The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-08
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
END OF THE S1ATE'S CASE IN THE
 LAUDANO TRIAL.

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 Matters In the Common Pleas and Cit,
 Courts.
 In the trial of Andrea Laudano thu
 case of the state was concluded yester
 day afternoon. Several witnesses fol
 the prosecution were heard, including
 the police offifficers, the physician who
 attended Laudano, and Coroner Mix. | Policeman Turbert. who was on the
 witness stand at adjournment Wednes- day, was the first to give testimony
 morning. He was continued under
 ss-examination by MT. Blydenburgh
 counsel for the accused. One of the
 points emphasized by the defense was
 the fact that the witness at his former
 hearings in the city court, and before
 the coroner, had made no mention
 about the first shot being fired by Lau-
 dano into the ceiling. Turbert testi- fled that he first heard of the bullet hole
 in the ceiling by reading about it in a i newspaper.
 "In regard to the first two shots" asked MT. Blydanburgh, you said in 1 the city court, didn't you, that they, 1 meaning the first two shots, came from Laudanos directlon?"
 "I remember now that one was fired in the air." said the witness, | MT. Blydenburg then asked; Me Keon, as you testified. staggered after the first shot?"
 "Yes sir" said the witness. After the shot fired into the air?"
 "Yes, sir
 Turbert testified that on the night of July 31 his pistol was in the police building, and therefore not on his per sen. He thought the police regulations did not provide for policemen carrying pistols. On this line of cross-examin- ation the witness testified positively that he saw Laudano take his pistol from his "hip-pocket.[ Mir. Blyden- burgh then introduced as an exhibit the trousers worn by Laudano, and handed them to the witness.
 There Is no hip pocket there, is there?' inquired the counsel for the accused.
 Not as l can see.'
 Dr. Alfred c. Nader of 122 Olive street was next called to the stand. He saw the accused at 12:30 on the morn ing of August 1, and discovered then a bullet wound in the right thigh. The wound showed that the bullet passed through the thigh. Laudano, so the doctor testfles. then had moustache On ross-examination the witness said that the wound was in a dangerous po- Isl %H %s,I frpyy lao wound what size bullet had caused the hole
 Policeman James H Coonan, who vis- ited the house at 12 Prindle alley on August 1, testified that on that day he found two bullets; one in the ceiling of the front hall leading to the back hall; the other near the water closet door. As an exhibit to show the direction of the bullets the state introduced laths penetrated by the lead.
 Policeman William Dorfnan testified that on the night of the shooting he found five cartridge shells in room on the upper floor of the house at 12 Prin- dle alley. He identified teh shells in the possession of the state as those found by him, The shells were 3S-cali- bre size.
 Policeman Doughan picked up bull let in the hallway, one claimed by the state with which Laudano was shot.
 Policeman c. J. Eagan testified that he was at the house at about 1 o'clock on the night of the shooting. He found a trunk in an upper room, and break ing it open, discovered number of 3S size cartridges therein. He identified | the box and cartridges in the exhibit.
 The last witness called by the state In the Laudano murder trial yesterday | afternoon was John H. Barlow. who | was called as an expert on cartridges, | to give his opinion as to whether the bullets taken from the body of Police man McKeon were fired from the cart -idge shell which the police found in the house at 12 Prindle alley after the shooting of McKeon. Mir. Barlow tes- flied that they might have come from he shells found
 After this witness was heard, about
 o'clock, a recess of ten minutes was aken After the recess the first wit less for the defense This witness was Medical Examiner Dr. Bartlett, who lad already testified having been call- d by the state He was questioned ! ,y ex-Judge Blydenburgh as to the na- ure of the wounds which he found on IcKeon's body.
 The last part of the afternoon was in the reading by Attorney Russo, for the defense. of the steno- raphic notes of the testimony taken in he city court.