The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-03

tContinued from Page 1) the services" Staple said, disclosing that the doctor was accompanied at the tame by Dr. and Mrs. Merrill c Joss of Washington, D. c, They were expected to testify later.
 Clinton w. Hinkley, Richmond Water Company employe, said he aided in the search for the beard ed stranger" who was described by Dr. Joss after the crime. He said he found mans foot prints in snow leading 20 feet from the house and reported them to police
 Three other witnesses told of See- ing suspicious looking man" on the outskirts of the town several hours after the staying.
 The partly-bald defendant was near collapse as he told the story of his life with his physician-wife and of his romance with Mrs. Eliz- abeth Chapman Mayo, 35, comedy Gardiner tea room owner whom he first met as a patient.
 But on completion of cross-exam- ination by Prosecutor Frank I. Cowan, Dr. Joss recovered his com posture and stepped calmly from the witness stand to his seat after glancing briefly at Mrs. Mayo who sat in the tiny, crowded courtroom near Mrs. Lillian McKinnon, sister of the slain woman.
 Asked by Defense Counsel Er- nest L. Goodspeed if he had killed his wife, Dr. Joss paused, moistened his lips, and said:
 No sir"
 Unshaken in Story
 He remained unshaken in his story during cross-examination.
 pr. Joss explained that he and his wife Luverne were married af- ter divorcing their respective mates. But he explained that be- cause of Dr. Luverne Joss illness they were unable to live as man and wife for more than two years.
 Dr. Joss said he met Betty" (Mrs. Mayo last December and two weeks after the first meeting pledged his love as she decorated a Christmas tree in her sisters home. They '.Saw each other quite bit" he said, revealing they had attend ed cocktail parties with friends and taken many auto trips alone.
 The doctor and Mrs. Mayo planned to divorce their mates, he said and he first broached the sub feet to his wife Luverne as they lay reading in bed one night. pr. Joss testified he said:
 sLuverne, I love someone right here in town, and I would Ike to have divorce-a separation.
 He testified his wife replied:
 ssI understand, dear. We talked this over before and I know how YOU feel about it. But we will con- finue to be friends throughout our lives"
 Dr. Joss said he did not tell his wffe the name of the woman he loved because lie was not asked to- re said he and his wife agreed that divorce proceedings or separation ,7nnld start in about six weeks.
 Dazed by Shock
 Tza told of being dazed by the nook of finding his wife uncon. -rios,g in the cellar on the night of fs1e crime and having only a hay xnoWledge of events that followed liIatiI after his wife's death at a
 The state charges the doctor K,ldqeoned his wife with a rock ;nflfcting 27 head wounds ranging 7rnzn one to three inches in length ~nd crushing every bone Tn the woman,s head. .;n
 They further charge he admln: sakered d severe injection of mor- 5hine to the unconscious woman Fore bandages from the WoumdS F,srinq an ambulance ride to a hos nitaI and delayed for 45 minutes fne administration of a transfusion
 The defense contends the slay- srr could have been done by a sbsarded stranger" whom Dr. Joss Haid he met ct the door or ms none as he left on an errand short iv before finding his wife in the rellar He said the stranger" de- naanded narcotics and muttered threats.