New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 25, 1922, Page 3

. FORMER DETECTIVE RICHARDSON IS CALLED TO STAND IN MURDER CASE Trial to Be Resumed Tues- day Morning — Defense May Seek to Establish Alibi. When the trial of Joseph Cianflone, alias “Cowboy"” and Michael Rug- gerlo, charged with the nurder of Iinfo Renaldino at I"armington on Monday, October 25, 1920, opens at 10 o'clock next Tuesday morning, An- drew J. Richardson, formerly a de- tective sergeant in the local police department will be the first witness culled, When the court adjourned wsterday afternoon, it was just after State's Attorney Hugh M. Al- corn, had called on Richardson to take the witness stand. Owing to the lateness of the hour, Judge Wolfe de- cided it would be better to wait until Tuesday morning before starting with Kichardson on the witness stand. Alibi Is Defense Counsel for Cianflone said yester- day that when the defense gets under way, Cianflone himself will be placed on the witness stand to tell his own story, The lawyer intimated that the defense would rest almost entirely on the establishment of an alibi. Cian- flone has heretofore claimed that he was not in New Britain on the day of the murder and it is believed that he will stick to this story. It is un- derstood that the defense will bring in a number of witnesses from New York in an effort to establish an un- impeachable alibi. Lamke Cre amined John R. Lamke, who testified on the direct examination to having dis- covered the body of Renaldino, was cross-examined by bhoth lawyers for the defense. He was asked if Ren- aldino was dead at the time he stop- ped at the automobile. The ‘witness said he showed no sign of life. Asked what kind of weather prevailed on that day, Mr. Lamke said it was such that he did not wear any overcoat. T.awyer Calnen asked the witness if any person had touched the revolver while he was at the scene, and the witness answered in the negative. Mr. Lamke, also said that the photo- grapher arrived while he was at the scene. He was not acquainted with Renaldino, he said. He was asked by Lawyer Calnen if he made any exam- ination after finding the body. Lamke said that after calling the New Brit- ain police he did not interest himself to any great extent in the case, as such affairs ¢id not interest him. Asked what he did after discovering the body, the witness said he beckon- ed to a man who was mowing grass nearby. On looking at the body, he discovered the insurance policy in the overcoat pocket. Mr. Lamke said a motorcycle policeman arrived at the scene a short time later. There was blood, the witness said, at the rear of the car. He was asked if he examin- ed the note book referred to earlier in the day. Mr. Lamke said he look- ed at the first page, and saw that the writing was ingthe Italian language, and he did not look into it any fur- ther. Saw No Pictures Taken Cross examined by Lawyer Ireed- man, Mr. Lamke said he remained at the scene of the finding of the body until about 3 o'clock. He said he saw the photographer there, but he was not sure if any photographs were taken. He also told Lawyer I‘reed- ran, that he did not see anybody touch the revolver while he was there. Mr. Lamke said that he be- lieved the dead man’'s hat was on his head when he first discovered the body, but that later he saw it in the back of the car. He did not know who touched it. The witness saw blood at the rear of the front seat, but he did not see any blood on the rear seat of the machine. Carctaker Testifies 4 Thomas W. Gallagher. caretker at No. 4 reservoir for 25 or 26 years, was the next witness called. Mr. Gallagh- er said that on the day of the find- ing of the body, he was engaged in cutting some bushes, about 300 feet away from the triangle, and at the slope of a hill. He was not sure as to the exact time he was so engaged. He told of being beckoned to by Mr. Lamke, and on reaching the spot where Mr. Lamke was seated in his car, he learned of the body of the man in the car a short distance away. 'He then accompanied Lamke to a nearby house, where the telephone nessage was transmitted to the New Britain police station. He then ac- companied Le#mke back to the scene, where he saw the body seated behind the wheel of an automobile. He de- scribed the conditions, with the hand- kerchief over the man's mouth, pis. tol in hand, and the overcoat on the front seat to the left of the body. Mr. Gallagher said that no one touched the revolver while he was at the scene. He did not see anybody touch the body until the police from New Britain arrived. A short distance away under a barway he saw some money on the ground. He called at- tention to this of others in the party Saw No Footprints He was asked, on cross examina- tion by Law:. alnen, if there were Cuticura Qui oy ot any foot footprints near where the money was on the ground, THe wit- ness did not see any, he sald, Mr, jallagher said that while he was on the scene, Mr. Foster, Mr, Bracken and Mr. Austin arrived, The wiiness sald in his opinion the front door of the automobhile was closed at the time of his arrival, He was shown a pic- ture taken, which showed the body, and the left front door open. The witness also saw blood in the car, and quite a pool under the car, Lawyer Calnen asked where this blood was coming from, and the wit. ness sald it was from Renaldino's ear. Asked to describe the position of the dead man's head, Mr. Gallagher leaned back in the witness chair, in. dicating how he saw the body. Law- yer Calnen asked if the witness heard a shot on that day. The answer was in the negativ There is much shooting there at that time of the year, from hunters, The wind was blowing in a direction that would have prevented his hearing a shot, at that time of the day, Mr. Gallagher sald, He Knows the Sound. The witness was asked if he would be able to differentiate between a re- volver shot and a rifle shot, and the witness answered that he . wouid. Asked by the lawyer what time in the day it was, Mr. Gallagher was »not quite sure, but he knows he did not start to cut the bushes until after 10 a. m. Foster on Stand. I'rank Ioster, of armington, a real estate man, was next called. e sald, in answer to State’'s Attorney Alcorn’s question, that he arrived at ahe scene of the murder about 12 o'clock. ~ With him at the time was J. W. Austin. According to Mr. I'os- ter, there was no one else there at that time. It was Mr. Lamke who first told him of the finding of the hody, when he called at his house to use the - telephone. He described conditions as he found them. He saw the revolver in the hand of the dead man, but he did not touch it, he said. The witness said also that he ob- served the torn coat, and blood at the back of the car. There was a hand- kerchief over the man's mouth, and there was an overcoat on the front seat alongside the body, the witness said. The man was dead, the witness said. Mr. Foster said that under the barway leading into o lot, he found some money on the ground. He picked it up, about $8 in bills and silver. He said that Mr. Bracken also picked up some money frem the ground. Mr. Ioster said that shrubbery around the scene is Ve dense. Fingers Not on Trigger of Gun Cross examined by Lawyer Calne the witnes ssaid it was Mr. Lami who first told him of the finding of the body. The witness said also t! the front door of the automdbile wa shut. Asked by Lawyer Calnen ir Renaldino's 1i ere around the wrigger of the . the witness sald they were not. or to questions by Lawyer Freedman, the witness said he saw the photocrapher set up his camera, and that aiter first seeing the body with the hat on the head of the man, he went to his home, and on coming back to the scene, the hat was at the back of the car. John W. Austin, of Hartford, was a resident of Farmington on October 1920. He told of accompanying Fos ter to the scene of the finding of the body. Mr. Austin further described conditions, which were along the same lines as outlined by the previous witness. He was not cross examined. Picked Up Money. M. J. Bracken, of Farmington, also told of visiting the scene on the day of the finding of the body. He picked up some money near the barway leading into an adjacent lot.* It was $10, he said, and in bills. The money he turned over to Medical IXxaminer Ripley. On the cross examination, he said it was between 11 and 12 o'clock. He was certain that he was in his house at 11 o'clock when Mr. TFoster told him about the finding of the body. Asked if he heard any shots on that day, the witness said he did not, any more than those that were common in that vicinity at that time of the year. He was referring to the great amount of hunting done in that section, as told by previous witnesses. Policeman Testifies. William P. Hayes was the last wit- ness of the afternoon. He said he is a motorcycle policeman, and had been connected with the department for the past nine years On October 25, 1920, he was detailed by Captain Thomas W. Grace to investigate a re- port of the finding of the body of a man near No. 4 reservoir. He pro- ceeded to the scene, going by Stanley street, turning at Ibelle's corner, and passing thence by the Cadwell house to the forks in the road. It was just a short way from this fork in the road, that he found the body. At first he did not know who the man was owing to the handkerchief over his face, and the automobile was un- known to him On arrival at the scene, he found Lamke, Foster, Aus- tin and Bracken there. He said there was a revolver in the hand of the dead man. He was shown a re- volver, and he testified that he was pretty sure it was the same one that he had seen in the dead man’s hand. The witness said that out of the pocket of the overcoat on the seat alongside the body, was a paper pro- truding. He looked at it, and found it was an insurance policy, and then he recognized from the name on it that the dead man was Epio Renal- dino, whom he knew. There was blood on the floor of the automobile, and there was a blanket there whicn appeared to have been thrown on the floor. The condition of the dead man’s clothes indicated to him that there had been a struggle. He did; not see any photographer at the scene while he was there. The Cross Examination. Lawyer Freedman cross-examined the witness briefly. The witness said the blanket did not cover the blood, and that the blood had been running out of the side of the car. He was asked by the lawyer if it was possible to reach the scene of the affair by the way of Beaver street or Myrtle street, and the witness said it was. The witness said the dead man's hat was on the back of his head when he arrived. New motor developed by a French firm is the smallest bicycle engine]| produced to date. Ground Your Aerial to Prevent Blaze, Duncan Says. BY R. L. DUNCAN Director, Radio Institute of Amerlca A word of advice to the radio fan who I8 erecting his own set: There is no government license re- quired to operate a receiving set. But there Is a regulation of the National Board of Iire Underwriters pertalning to the grounding of the antenna. “Aerfal supports,” this order reads, | “are to be constructed and installed in a strong and durable manner, Aer- ial conductors, with wires leading down from same to ground switch, must be supported on approved in- sulators. “These conductors are to be kept at a distance of not less than six inches from the building, except LEAD IN FROM RAERIAL through non-ab- where entering the same approved non-combustible sorptive insulators.’” Obey this regulation faithfully. A large single-blade double-throw — The American Tobacco Company honored 111" cigarettes by choosing for their name the address of its Home Office—111 Fifth switch should be mounted on the outside of the house—on the window ledge if convenient—so the antenna may be grounded when not in actual use. The wire from the switch should be run Gown the side of the house— at the required six-inch distance—to a large iron plate or iron pipe sunk into the ground. Do not confuse this antenna ground with the ground of the ac- tual recelving set, They are quite different, as you will see in another article, Grounding the antenna protective measure. VOICES IN THE AIR KDKA (Westinghouse Station at East Pitts- burgh, Pa) SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1922 :00 p. m-—Popular entertainment by Bradley's Syncopaters. 8:00 p. m.—Talk by a prominent business man of Pittshurgh. 8:30 p. m.—Versatile entertainment by the Fellows Club Quartet and Mrs. Alfred C. Dunkle, concert so- prano, accompanied on the plano by Mrs. Archy Ritts, WBZ (Westinghouse Station at Springfield, Mass.) 7:30 p. m.—Uncle Wiggily Bedtime stor is just a Avenue, New York. The American public honored the judg- % Ouaflou:l wy ‘;‘ INCORMORATED «Which means that if you don't like *'111” Cigarettes, 7:46 p. m,—Market and weather re ports §:00 p, m, son, soprano; planist trice Dickin- Virginia Cook, Miss Aliss WIZ Station N. J.) ashion Talk by Mar- “New York Ivening (Westinghouse at Newark, T7:00 p, m,~ jorie Wells, World," ) p. m~—"A Budget for Beauty,"” y Norden Coppinger, Hotel Plaza Beauty Parlor, 8:00 p. m.—"Contagion," Charles V. Craster, Health City of Newark, 8:16 p. m.~—The opera “Martha' in English, by Flotow, will be rendered in its entirety by the Bijou Opera En- egmble of New York and well known throughout the east, The story of the opera will be given by J. IFalk, director, who will also describe each one of the four acts, between the acts. The cast is as follow Martha, Beu- lah Beach, soprano; Nancy Belle IF'romme, contralto; Lionel Charles Flyod, tenor, and Trunket, Leo de Hieroplis, baritone; Willlam J. Falk, director, at the piano. by Dr, OMmeer, SUNDAY PROGRAMS, KDKA (Westinghouse Station at East Pittsburgh) 11:00 a, m.—Services of the Emory Methodist Episcopal church, North Highland avenue at Rippey street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Rev. W. Woord T. Duncan, minister. 3:00 p. m.—Radio chapel at Station KDKA, conducted by Rev. W. O. Yates of the Swissvale Presbyterian church. 7:30 p. m.—Services of the Calvary Shady Rev, E, avenue, J. Van church, Pa. WBZ (Westinghouse Station at Springfield, Mass.) 3:00 p. m—Radio Chapel conduct- ed by Rev, Earl H, Thayer, §:00 p. m~-Church services WGI (American Radio and Research Corp., Medford Hillside, Mass.) Radio church service—Sermon by Rev, 1% W, Lockwood, D, D, pastor of West Medford Baptis tchurch. Miss Mildred Brookings, soprano soloist, assisted by The Wright Trio, Miss Hope Wright, leader, Miss Ar- line Brookings, organist A special feature of this service will be numbers by Brent Curtis, Boy So- prano Soloist of Trinity church, Bos- ton, Mass. Mr. E. Lewis Dunham, accompanist Estey Organ. WIZ (Westinghous Station at Newark, N. J) m.—Radio Rev, Eplscopal Pittsburgh, Itten, rector, at studio on Serv- . 3:00 p. Sermon by Chapel ices. ‘Warren Coon, recently chaplain, 113 Infantry, | 20th Division, A. E. F|, and member of the State sembly of New Jersey. 4:00 p. m.—"Life of Theodore Roosevelt,” by Dr. Lyman Abbott, Outlook Magazine, 7:00 p. m— ister's Last Fight,” by Captain Frank Winch, “the man with the radio voice,” whose recent talk on Buffalo Bill made a decided impression. The battle of the “Little Big Horn” was the most thrilling episode of our Indian warfare, and as retold by Captain Winch, promises to be a great treat, 8:15 p. m.—8acred Music recital by the Aedlian Orchestrelle. 0:16 p. m.—Musical Nerlion Trio. Radio Sparks. Messages coming across the Atlan. tic by radio are too fast to be caught on this side by the operator. Ba an automatic recorder is used tc take down the dots and dashes, as on a phonograph record. Then the operator can take his own time transcribing the message from this recorder, Program Summer means trouble for the amateur, Static will be so bad {t will be difficult to hear broadcasting stations 100 miles or more distant. Amateurs will have to be satisfled to work stations within a radlus of not over 75 miles, Never touch the crystal with your fingers when using a crystal detec- tor. Moisture from your fingertips will cause a film to form on the de- tector. One crowd that doesn't like radio- phones—Mexican revolutionists! In the old days rebels started activity by cutting down telegraph wires and paralyzing communication. Now the Mexican government is planning to install an elaborate radio system with government stations in all big cities. Meanwhile President Obre- gon is whiling away the time with his own private set. CARLSON A CANDIDATE. C. 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