The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-11
Husband Describes
 Shooting Of Wife
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! on her husbands lap. They were returning from a visit with MT and Mrs Douglas employed by a Mrs Porter in Woodbury. They left Woodbury shortly after midnight on ! March 18th. .
 Proceeding along the road to Eouthbury, Walker said he noticed roadster following the car in wnlcn he was riding. This car passed the Peebles car twice. He sald the roadster stopped along the slde or the road and when the Peebles ma chine passed. he noticed nasnisnt flashing from it. His car olo iio' stop, he said. a shooting. the witness stated. and pe- twaNn the first and third shots, ms ruife collapsed, and fell forward, cry ] ing, "Oh, I'm shot" .. Walker said Peebles stopped the car. MT and Mrs Peebles got out with hands held over their heaos' believing it was holdup. An officer appeared from the fol, lowing car and asked why they dld not stop. The answer was that they did not hear any orders to stop. Ine officer was told that a woman in the car had been shot. The officer snapped back, Well. you're lucky you were not all killed" Walker said. ..
 The witness said the officer 1n- structed that the woman be taken to the hospital and then jumped into his car and drove off.
 MT Lewis asked Officer Herr to stand. "Is this the man who was ln uniform?" he questioned, pointing to Trooper Herr. T don't recoiiect, said Walker, T only know the badge number was 54." Walker 1den- tified Richter as the man who was driving the roadster when he saw him at St Vincent's hospital.
 Walker said Peebles started after the disappearing roadster and kept blowing the horn of the coupe until the roadster halted. Peebles told Richter that his car had fiat tire and could not make speed. Richter then took the woman in his car 10 St Vincent's hospital in Bridgeport Walker stated.
 Walker was the second witness ! called. Medical Examiner Dr Kirsch- ] baum was the first witness. He said he performed an autopsy on the body of Mrs Walker on April 26th at St .Vincent's hospital with Medical Examiner H. R. DeLuca of Bridge port. He described the injuries and said the death was caused by acute infection of the pelvis and one kid ney, inflammation of the bladder and laceration or severance of the spinal cord. He said the bullet en- : tered the back between the fourth and fifth vertebrae. He said he found small pieces of lead in the spinal cord.
 { Dr Kirschbaum showed the jury i where the bullet entered the woman's back when States Attorney Lewis went to the stand and asked the witness to demonstrate.
 Attorney James M. Lynch, repre- senting the accused troopers was 7 putting Walker through severe cross-examination at the noon hour. Dr Curley said he was called to St Vincent's hospital about 9 O. clock of the morning of March 18th and performed an operation to re- move the bullet. The bullet was introduced as an exhibit and identi- ' fled by Dr Curley. His descriptions of the wound and cause of death, corroborated Dr Kirschbaum's tes- { timony.
 He admitted on cross examination to Mir Lynch, that the bullet show ed evidence of having struck some thing hard before entering the body. He said he did not know whether the marks on the bullet couple have been caused by the bullet first strik- ing a hard pavement of concrete.
 Medical examiner DeLuca was the