The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-13

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of a man.
Patrolman Murphy was recalled. He
testified that he had seen the three Ital-
ians together on Fair street an hour
before the murder. He heard Sparano
say Damn him: I'll fix him"
Sergeant Mcbride was next put on the
stand. He was in the station when
Fitzgeralds body was brought in. He
then gave detailed account of the ar
rest of Sparano, which he conducted.
Patrolman j. F. Keenan, who found
Fitzgerald, testified to the circum
stances attending the discovery of the
PROSTATE man. He was breathing at
the time the officer found him.
DR.. M. c. White, upon being recalled,
testified to the dead mans having a re-
turn ticket to Meriden.
Patrolman Bixby found Fitzgerald's
hat and handed it to Patrolman Sea-
man Smith, who took it to the police
station.
Patrolman Smith said that he had
found knife on the opposite side of
the street from where the hat was
found. The knife in court was shown
the witness and was recognized.
Sergeant Cowles said that he accom-
panied Sergeant Mcbride to A Hill
street on the morning of the 2Sth of
December, few hours after the muir
5nr, wac a0p,p,ittad MoPri6a n
dark lantern which, as soon as he
reached the room in which he had ccca-
sion to think Sparano was, he turned
full upon the prisoner. The latter jump
ed up and said: You wanta me?'' While
Sparano was dressing Cowles searched
his pockets. II found razor blade and
a knife. He had some difficulty to find
a hat and when he succeeded in doing
so 1t was not tn cone he had been wear
ing during the evening"" said the wit
ness.
Sergeant Cowles said that he then put
the nippers on Sparano and took him
toward Whiting street. He said you
tella me something" At the corner of
Meadow and Whiting street, close to
DR.. Mailhouse's residence, there was a
pool of blood on the sidewalk. Both
saw the blood and Sparano said: 81
killa nobody; I hava no knife" This
was the first thing that had been said
about killing anyone.
Sparano had said that two Italians
were with him during the evening. He
could not remember the names given.
Sergeant Cowles was not cross-ex-
amined, and Patrolman John Fl. Moore.
the next witness, corroborated what he
had testified to.
Pauline ffoeffer, who lives at DR..
Mailhouse's, testified to finding a razor
in the yard on the morning following
the murder.
Detective McGrath said that Sparano
had told him that the two men with
him during the evening We're Vincenza
Alteria and Francesca Casterla. He
had had trouble with them and had run
home A man had tried to stop him
on Meadow street, but he had lodged
| him. Sparano said that Jimmie want
ed to fight him and drew knife on
| him.
Detective Poronto testified to seeing
| the razor. He was the last witness
| called by the state.
| The first witness called for the de-
fence was Achilles Capecelepo. He
| identified the knife in court as the one
| he had seen in Mattei's saloon on Hill
street. Allerio (Jimmie) took the knife
| from his (Jimmie's) pocket about a
week before the murder Jimmie was
afraid of the Priest" as the prisoner
was called.
| Luigi Sparago was also in the saloon
on the night referred to by the first
witness. He had seen Jimmie draw the
/ knife.
| Sparano was called at o'clock, and
nearly all the rest of the day was con-
sumed in getting from him a discon-
nected account of his whereabouts on
the evening of the 9th of December,
| the date of the murder. His whole
story seemed to center about the trou-
| BILE that he had with Jimmie, who, ii
seems, had, according to his story, de-
| termined to kill him. The prisoner was
in several places during the evening
| where LIQUOR was sold, but he had con-
siderable difficulty in locating them.
| In answer to a question on the cross
| examination by the state as to whether
| he had threatened to kill one of his as
sociates in a peanut stand on Meadow
street, he said that he had not, follow
| ing the answer by why should l kill
him?" He did not recognize either the
razor or the knife in evidence as being
| his. When shown the cap he was not
sure that it was his cap, but it might
| be.
| Neither the direct nor the cross-eX-
animation succeeded in getting any So
luton to the murder from the prisoner
He answered Interpreter Spinello's
questions readily, and only once did he
seem to tire under the fusillade of ques-
lions put to him on the cross-examina-
ton by Mr.. Williams. He admitted be-
ing in a fight with his Italian associ-
ates and, becoming alarmed, ran to his
home on Hill street.
When Sparano was dismissed, Keen.
an, the man who claims to have beer
attacked on State street in front of the
Aldrich house by Sparano and his asso
ciates, was recalled. He did not think
that the knife on the table was the one
that Sparano drew across his throat as
he lay in the street. keenan, said thai
he was drunk and the Italians Were
drunk. He had had no words with
them