New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 20, 1928, Page 16

- WIF GIVES ALIB FOR HER HUSBAND Prosscaor Unabie to Shake Watetrbary Woman's Story Waterbury, Jan. 20 (P — Mra. Helen Laurito, otherwise known as Marino, was again on the witness stand this morning in defense of her husband, Leo, charged with the at- tempted murder of Alexander Di Nicola on December 19 and with carrying concealed weapons. She underwent & stiff cross examination at the hands of State's Attorney Lawrence L. Lewis, but her story of their trip to Naugatuck, and later to the Gualtieri studio here to have their photograph taken, at the same hour in which the shooting Laurito is charged with took place, did not weaken. Mrs, Laurito occupled the stand for the better part of two hours and was queationed in detail regarding many points of her testimony yester- day, 8he stated that her husband a driver of & fruit dealer's truck, and had no other business. The day of the sheeting, and the fol- lowing two days, he did not work.| The day after the shooting, they went to New York together In his car, and returned on Wednesday. At Westport, however, the car be- gan functioning badly, so she took the bus home from Bridgeport, while Leo took the machina to the Hudson garage in that eity. He got to Water- i bury about 9 o'clock that night and was arrested as he was about to en- ter his home, she sald. On Monday afternoon, thelr trip to Naugatuck was made at a speed of not over ten miles an hour, a she asked Leo to go slow, being nervous herself, How far it was to Nauga- tuek, she could not say. Her hui band came home every night she af- firmed ,and sometimes they went to the Stoffe Inn together. She knew Andriaccio, Salinardl, De Nicola, and May Dwight, some of them for years. At this point her answers were uncertain, and Attorney Edward B. Reiley, head of the defense counsel, objected that the questions should be put in a louder voice, as the wit- ness was somewhat deaf, The prose- cutor then said, “You had no diffi- culty in hearing Mr. Reiley yester- " the witness promptly respond~ . “Mr. Reiley hollers loud enough. No definite intention of having their picture taken Monday was de- termined upon until on their way to Naugatuck. The photographs were taken in their street clothes, she con- firmed. She dodged answering a queation as to why Leo had gone out of his way, bringing her and another weman back from Dr, Johnson's offics on the Friday before. Upon objection of counsel the coyrt ruled out the state's query as what jail Joseph La Porta was in while his wife lived for a year and a half with the Laurites, about two yeara ago. On the redirect examination by Attorney Relley Mrs. Laurito stated that her Busband had been shot about October 28. Defense attempt- ed to draw testimony regarding this shooting fram a witness but the court barred counsel's questions. Miss Esther Shapiro, employe of the photo gallery, who was the last | witness ‘yesterday, resumed the| stand when court'opened about a half hour late this morning. Ehe! identified the ledger and the ap- pointment book, and testified that “Mr. and Mrs. Marino,” as the Lauriton were known to her, werc at the studio some time between 3 and 7 o'cleek en that day. Efforts| by defense counsel, who had called hep an'® witness, to get her to give| a more definite time, were fruitless. The witness refused even to an- swer afirmatively Attorney Relly's |socialist eandidate defeated for re- DARROW MAY BE CALLED IN STUDENTS' DEFBNSE Famous Lawyer Being Mentioned in Yale Men's Plans for Trial. New Haven, Jan. 20 (UP)—Clar- ence Darrow or Arthur Garfield Hayes probably will be asked to as- sist with the defense if the case of the 19 Yale students under arrest for distributing serike pamphlets goes to the higher court, it became known today. * Philip Troup, defense counsel, was to confer with the astudents to. day to determine what course should be pursued tomorrow when the case is to be heard in munici- pal court. The students were arrested last week while distributing the pam- phiets in connection with the strike of neckwear workers. Today's issue of the Yale Alumni weekly defended the action of the 19 studenta, declaring that criticism directed against the defendants re- sults in an assumption that the Yale undergraduate body was too youthful to know its own mind. This assumption, the weekly said, confined the student to college studies and barred him from taking an active interest in social or in- dustrial problems, Taking exception to this theory, the weekly said that *“the moment an American university takes such a position, its usefulness as a train- ing ground for American youth ! seems to us to be seriously affect- ed.” Playful Heifer Hooks Farm Workman in Eye | Main, iwas driving west {crossing South Main to go into Rob Hooked in the eve by the horn of & cow near which he was working | J. W. Watson, employed on the L. L. Reddick farm in Newington last eve- ning, almost lost the sight of the eye. | Mr. Watson had been cleaning the | manger in a stall occupied by €ne of Mr. Reddick's heifers. The ani- mal, according to eye witnesses, gave a playful toss of its head just as Watson raised his head from the manger. One of the cow's hern caught him in the eye and at finit it was believed he had sustained a punctured eye ball. He was treated by a New Britain physician and this morning is said to be feeling much better. The eye may be saved. Husband's Picture on “Money” Causes Arrests New York, Jan. 20 (—A woman who saw her husband’a picture on what was tendered for a $30 bank note by a customer in her haber- dashery caused the arrest yesterday of a man and his wife and the seiz- ure of a complete plant for raising $5 fedemal reserve notes to $20. Mrs. Jacob Panken, wife of the election as a municipal court justice at the last election, was startled when she saw & picture of her hus- band on the bank note, Bhe in- formed Joseph A. Palma, chief ol {the New York division of the United States secret service, who caused the | arrest of Vincent Ritoli, a watch.; maker, and his wife, Mrs. Anna Ritoll. Palma said the notes were manu- factured by cutting the pictures of prominent men and eofficials frem newspapers and periodicals and us- ing them in place of the pictures of the president appearing on the bills. He sald more than 30 of them had been picked up by operatives during the last six months. New Britainites Eligible To Goodwin Park Club Because it now appears New Brit- ain may not have a municipal golf of ¢ er of Evans Fontaine, dancer, was course for several years to come, | the CORONER'S FINDINGS Litohtield Oficial Finds No Oriminal Responsibllity in Each of Three Tragedies. Winsted, Jan. 20 (P—Three find- ings were made by Coroner Samuel A. Herman of Litchfield county to- day, in misadventures which he had inquired into. Arthur Raymond of . Torrington was killed November 33 when his motoreycle rap into a truck. The coroner held that death was due to Raymond’'s owp carelessness. No erimis responaibility was found in the death of Willlam Lemp. son, killed when an automobile went over & 30 foot embankment oa the Traffic Sergeant John J. King re- sumed duty today after a brief ill- ness. Attorney Alfred LeWitt i able to be about after an iliness of several days. Spring bouquets of snapdragens, carnations, tresins, wallfiowers, cal- endulas roses, gweet peas, larkspur, cte. Flower Greenhouse 1163 Stan- ley street. Phone 3826-3.—adv. A son was born at New Hritain General hospital today to Mr. and Mra. Raymond Laurie ot 57 Rhodes street. New lunch specials at Crowell's. -=advt. - Judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of $33.50 has been rendered Salisbury-Canaan road November 4, | by Judge Henry P. Roche of the city The car was being driven by Lemp- son's nephew, Philip Lempaon, Michael Coftey, wngineer for the| New Haven road is exonerated by the corener in the death of Clara L. Jennings of Kent, whose automabile was struck by & train at the Gay- lordsville crossing in New Milford November 21. Driver Becomes Excited |street. Russe As Crash Is Imminent Automobiles driven by Royal G. Wilbur of 431 Commonwealth ave- nue and Carl Olson of Berlin col-| lided at the intersection of South Ash ahd Roberts streets about 6:30 last evening, causing damage to both machines. Wilbur on Ash street, erta street, and Olson was driving south on South Main street. Olson told Officer W. 8. Strolls that he be- came excited at sight of Wilbur's car going across the street in front of his car, and he did not know! what to do. In an instant, he said, his car had struck the other machine. Officer Strolls reported that a hub cap and headlight were damaged on Olson’s car, and the right front| wheel and axle on Wilbur's car| were damaged. Therc was no cause | for police action. | Art Exhibit to Close; | | —Kaiger Bill, the court in the action of J, Goldamith et al against Philip Scapellati. Greenberg & LeWitt represented the plaintift, MecCabe, ¢9 Walput 8t. Tel, ¢5¢.— advt. The police were notifled today of the return of the operator's licenses of Howard F. Copger of 482 Arch H. Truslow of 77 Ridgewood street, Charles Karvoski of 105 Broad street and Frank A. Barboza of 196 Curtis street. DOG CONDEMNED T0 DIE STILL FROLICS ABOUT | «Kaiser BUI” Has Appoal Pending Before Circuit Court—Free " on $300 Batl Mount Sterling, Ky., Jan. 20 (UP) German police dog sentenced to death for killing 36 sheep, frolicked today on the lawn at the home of his mistress, Mrs. Minnie Gray, not knowing the next few days mean life or death for him. A decision on whether the death | sentence will be carried out will be announced, probably Monday, by granted Kaiser Bill a stay, pending decision on an appeal. Public Shows Interest The art exhibit at the New Brit- ain Institute will close on Tuesday, Miss Greta Brown, librarian, has announced. This exhibit, which has been conducted during the past two weelks by the Grand Central galleries | of New York eity, has been well patronized by New Britainites and | has been declared highly worth | while by the many who have seen | the paintings and bronzes on view. | | ACCUSES WOMAN OF THEFT : Mrs. John Grabiek of Torrington! 'complained to Captain Kelly today that Mrs. Grabowski of 121 Broad street, this city, stole $60 and three savings bank books from her home | yesterday. The complainant was ad. | vised to report the matter to the Torrington authorities. DANCER'S MOTHER KILLED Miami, Fla, Jan. 20 UP—Mrs. I E. Fontaine, 50, of New York, moth- instantly killed near New Smyrna, Fla., early today when the automo- bile in which she was riding crashed into a passenger train of the Florida East Coast railroad. {will rec At the appeal hearing, W. B. White, attorney representing Kaiser Bill and Mrs. Gray, charged the dog was convicted on “inconclusive evi- | dence,” and asked the decision of the county judge, sentencing the dog to death, should be overruled. Kaiser Bill is at liberty under $300, bond. Employes Benefit In Publisher’s Will| New York, Jan. 20 (UP)—An en- dowment fund to better working conditions for employes of the Flushing Evening Journal was cre. ated by the will of its late publish- | er, John H. Ridenour, who Jeft an estate of close to $1,000,000. In addition, {ndividual employes bequests ranging from $500 to $5,000. & The largest beneficiary is Joseph Hemler, long associated with Ride- nour in publication of the Journal. Blocks of stock in the newspaper will go to two nieces, Mrs. Rachael Byers of Cincinnati and Mrs, Mary Radcliffe of Dayton. Nash BSuit or Overcoat—$33.90. | N Circuit Judge H. B, Prewitt, who '50prano; Judge Says Schmidt sad Dowdell Fulled to Exerciss Proper Pre- Finding, under all the evidence, that both the plainti® and the de- fendant failed to use such care as an ordinarily prudent man would use in a like situation, in view of the fact that the day was rainy and feggy and the road wet and slippery, Judge Henry P. Roche, in eity oltrt; baa rendered a decision in favap ot the defendant on the com- plaint-and -in favor of the plainti® on the counter claim, in the §450 action of Gustav Schmidt against Andrew Dawdall, The plaintiff brought suit after an automobile accident at the intersec- tion of Warmington road and the Britain-Plainville road on Octe- ber 9 last. The defendant replied with & counter elaim for damages, Edward A. Mag was counsel for the plaintiff and Howard P. Drew repre- sented the defendant. Judge Roche has rendered a de- cision, as the result of which the plaintiff” witl collect $60 damages, in thie action of the City Service Sta- tien, Inc., against Benjamin Solo- mon. Edward A. Mag represented the plaintiff. . The court found that there was due from the defendant to A. M. Paonessa, the sum of $60 as alleged in the complaint, and that A. M. Paonessa assigned the claim to the plaintiff corporation, together with the other assets of his automebile business and that he recelved value in the form of stock in the mew corporation. Judsment was there- fore rendered for the plaintiff. QUARTET REENGAGED The quartet and church organist ! at the First Congregational ehurch have been reengaged for anather year. Theron W. Hart s choir leader and organist. The guartet is as follows: Ruth Goodrich Horten, Jane Sartor) Tuttle, alto; Philip C. Magnuson, tenor; John A. Lindsay, baritene. REQUEST DATA ON MORALE A request for additional data on the case of Paul Morale of Clark street, this city, has been received by Attorney Thomas F. McDonough, counsel for Morale who planned to go to Boston, Mass, today on the matter. Morale was given & hear. ing a few months ago to show cause why he should not be deported to Italy as an undesirable person, hav- ing been convicted of a charge in. volving the moral code. AUTOQIST IS BLAMED Bridgeport, Jan. 20 UP — Wallace Woaod of Greenwich was held erim- inally responsible by Coromer J. J. Phelan today for the death of Wil- liam Mayer Nelson, 64, of Mead avenue, Cos Cob, stiuck by an auto- mobile operated by Wood on the post road January 14. Nelson received a fractured skull and internal hurts. NEW THEATER Milan, Jan. 20 (UP)—A new Lyric theater has been organized here to encourage youthful artists, It will be directed by the tenor Bruno READ WERALD CLASSIFIED ADS Natteo. Auto Laundry Canght Committing Owly & Petty Theft. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 30 (UP)— The "mourntul bandit” mourned in Jall today because he was caught in & petty automobile theft instead of :ln & dangerous and clamerous hold- P The “mournful bandit” has ated in Indianapolls for seme :m apologising most politely tg each vic- tim, and distributing green calling uwu inscribed with his adopted o Ho said he was Edward Badle; and told police he had planned t’(; desert the fleld of small-time thiev. ing and go in for major holdups. Bradley tried to absolve his broth. or, Earl, 20, who was captured with him, but finally admitted they had ;:::;d ':onther. Another brother, , 18 serving a prison term bank robbery. iyt foe ——— GOLD MOVEMENT. New York, Jan. 20 (M- of gold from Canada eaw:‘::‘“u.‘ DRESS DEPT. , day with an additional shipmeat $3,000,000 to the Bank of Mogtreal in New York. This is a total of $32,- $00,000 gince the movement began in To Hunt Missing Fliers Charleston, 8 C. Jan. 20 P— Willlam 8 Brock and Edward F. Bchlee hopped off at §:15 o'clock this morning from the local navy yard field for Washington and Phil- adelphia to search en route for Ted Mosely and Fred Herring, lost Mon- day night on ai attempted non-stop flight to New York. Authorities at Parls Island, marine corps base, reported today that no aviators searching for Mose- ly and Herrlag had communicated with them, and that nothing had been heard of the GIVEN GOLD MEDAL New Haven, Jan. 30 (M—Frank G. Drew, president of the Winches- ter Repeating Arms company was presented with a gold medal today for his 26 years of service to the cempany. The presentation was made by Winchester Bennett, a for- King Again : Journeys to Brazil. Rio_Jansiro, Brasil, Jan. 30 UP— ‘| Former King Ferdinand of Bulgaria. who a8 a young man visited South America a half century ago, hat agaln returned for a visit to pencw triendships he made on his firet trip. The former monarch arrived yes- terday at Rio Janiero on the steam- ship Sierra Morena, but did not land because of an indiaposition. He wil continue on to Buenos Alres Zippo Not Identified ; Doty’s Assailant William Zippe of 237 North street was taken into custody on East Main street about midnight by Officer David Doty on suspicion of having shot the officer on Elm street last May, but after being grilled by 8er- geanta McAvay and Stadler and Joseph Famzina of Franklin street, who failed to identify him, he was released. < Ofticer Doty noted a resemblance between Zippo and his assaflant.but the former denied that he had been connected in any’ Wiy with - the jooting. UTLET MILLINERY CO. 177 MAIN STREED Advance Showing— Never before have we offered so far ahead of the season, an assemblage of Spring frocks so diversified, so bewitchingly desirable, and so extensive. 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The defense, it is said, wish- o4 to discredit the testimony yes- terday of May Dywight, in which she indicated that her rallroad trip frem Providence to this city occu- pied but an hour or two. Laurito himself took the standin! his own behalf this noon, and cor- roborated in general previous de- ‘emse witnesses’ stories to the effect man whose name is on the rost Through membership in the club, golfers are entitled to preference on | house. JURY ORDERED TO ACQUIT New York, Jan. 20 (UP) — The Jury in the Brooklyn Bomb trial was ordered today by County Judge TFranklin Taylor to acquit Eugenio Fernandez, Joseph Roa and Victor Fern, three of the defendants. The that he was at a photographer's studio at the time of (hc-,‘:h:oflng i:;flnw::eag::':;gn:;m :.3‘&2"‘3’4 With which he is charged. He was Hoyos and Jesus De Silva will pro- only on the stand a short time be- ceed. The trial grew out of a bomb fore the recess for luncheon at 1|explosion near the supreme court fn o'clock. 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