The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-03
MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE
TWO MEN ENINDICTED BY THE GRAND
 JURT.
Laudano, for Killing Officer McKeon, and snyder, for Murdering His V,f~
 Still On-Other Cases The City Court.

| The grand jury yesterday afternoon re | ported indictments for murder in the frs degree against Andrea Laudano, for killin, | Policeman Hugh McKeon, and Charles Shy | der, for killing his wife Mary on Statt
 street, The case of William Force, charged | With breaking and entering is still on trial | The New Haven homicide cases of tht
 state of Connecticut against Andrea Lauda | no, the slayer of Policeman Hugh McKeOn
 and of Charles Snyder for shooting his wife were submitted to the grand jury in the
 criminal side of the superior court yester
 day forenoon at Il o'clock. Judge Rora | back convened the court at 10 o'clock. The grand jury is as follows:
 | w. H. Newton Wallingford John w. Coe | Meriden; F. M. Upson, Wolcott; William Ward, Naugatuck; Adna D. Warner, Beacon
 erick L. Gaylord, Ansonia; Robert $. Gard ner, Derby; Charles Graham, Orange; Gil. bert $: Benham, Hamden; Charles Page, North Branford; Frederick A. Spencer, Wa.
 A. Downs, Bethany; J. Frank Averlll, Bran l ford; George ". Coy, Milford; Elizur H.
 Sperry, New Haven; Henry F. Baldwin, Woodbridge.
 formed them at length of the duty expected of them stating that questions of homicide
 were to be brought before them. He told
 them that at least twelve of their number
 would be required to return true bill
 The grand jury then took the cases of
 Laudano, who shot Policeman McKeon on
 August 16, and Snyder, the burly tugboat engineer, who shot and killed his wife Mary on State street on September Il, and retir- ed Both z Snyder and Laudano were
 brought down from jail early in the day. Snyders case was first taken up.
 The trial jury was then called In and the case of John Lawlor, charged with theft, wa sproceeded with. Lawlor was found guilty and was sent to state prison for the minimum term of three years and the max imum of five years.
 The burglary case against William L. that horce th~ was u then @ taken up It is expected up Tor disposal to-day, and that the Lau- dano murder case will be tried this term.
 A nolle was entered in the case of Fran els Higgins, tramp from Meriden.
 Thomas A. Powers, vicious looking youth of Seymour, eighteen years of age. pleaded guilty to an attempt to rob hand some young girl, Mary A. Yellow, on July last He held her up at the point of a ps- driving home from Ansonia with d milk wagon. He took some three dollars. Judge Roraback sent him to state prison for two years.
 offense of theft, consisting of the stealing or silver watch and chain. valued at $11. from Edward Harty in Westville saloon Harty testified that he was asleep at the explained that this was third offense. and Judge Roraback gave the prisoner an nde- terminate sentence to the state prison at Wethersfield of not more than five nor less than three years.
 A jury was then impaneled in the case of W. W. Force. who was charged with the theft of secondhand books and the case was proceeded with. Charles H. Fowler appeared for the defendant and he address ed the jury, giving history of the charges against the prisoner. Go
 A bench warrant was issued for Antonio the Italsan employed by Salvador Martino. q gardener of Montowese, who was bound over to the superior court by Justice Austin, of the North Haven town court. Ruggiero is accused by the thirteen-year-old daughter of Martino, named Rosa, with having assaulted her. He had told the girl that he would kill her if she made any com oaint to Ter parents
 Short shrift was made of Ruggiero's case. He was speedily arralgned hefore Judge His victim, a pretty Italian girl, was in court Rugglero is tall, slender man, about twenty three years old. He was by Attorney Grove J. Futile md pleaded not guilty. His bond was fixed tt S1,500.