Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-19

lu tue CASo OL Lu9 Btalo tVS' Fulnp 8araci and others. in the superior court here, the prosecution had it's , case all in on Wednesday, and the defense had begun It's side by put ting Joseph Bruno. one of the ae, cused, on the stand. Bruno and Fa- ; traci are two of the five men accused Eof assault with intent to kill on M. r L. Mason of Mantle in the early morning of August 4.
 Bruno made a general denial of any I knowledge or connection with the case, in several particulars contradicting ! the testimony of Philip Faraci who turned states evidence. and was a witt Y mess against him and the others on Tuesday and Wednesday. When court adjourned at 4.30 to ; come in again this morning, Bruno was under cross examination, and was explaining why he left New London for New York on the night train aft CT seeing Serrato and Alfiero arrest ed. 's> Y
 The opening of court qr Wednesday morning was delayed N minutes by the late arrival of Attorney Lawless, l counsel for two of the accused.
 Faraei Stayed Behind Rock.
 Faraci resumed his testimony from athe day before telling of. moving fabout Mantle with his companions
 
 drove along. All but him. he said, , ran out from behind the rock towards | Mason, but the witness stayed be- hind the rock. He heard shots fired, but didn't know who fired them. Later tthe others returned to where. he was and all ran down the road. They wandered about for about three Honrs, meeting several men. In. the woods Joseph Alfiero threw away the pistol. The men separated and the witness returned to his home in New Lon don.
 Macon shet in the Breast.
 After the cross examination of Fa-. ,raci, Dr. F.sH. Dart was called. He testified to caring for Mason who was wounded, The man was shot near the heart, the bullet glancing across his breast, and lodging in his right iside, from where 1t was extracted. Mason's- Brother on the Stand. 4 When court was resumed at two , o'clock after the noon recess, Everett { B. Mason. q brother of M. L. Mason, testified to knowing Faraci well and to receiving a message on Sunday morning, August 4, that his brother had been shot by three Italians. Later , in the morning, In New London, he saw Faraci Alfiero and Serrato. to- i gefher, informed the police of that and the three Italians were arrested 1 The witness got considerably tangled up when the attorneys tried to make him locate roads by the points ofsthe Acomp48fc-1 4, fs F, ,a a0 Sxss
 Identified ssrrsto and AiRsre.
 l Joseph H. Perkins. of East Lyme, a farmer, testineH that he knew Philip Faraci and saw him on the morning 1 of August { going by his place with two other men. He picked out Ser rato and Alfero as they sat in the pen as the two who were with Faraci. . The time was between 5 and 6 o'clock. ! He said he had no difficulty in identi-. flying the men when he saw them in the. chain gang eorning up the court room hall TuesdAx afternoon To At : tsie SWithess saidssit wast q mile and &thGif from tue Mason splace to his
 sHarry ,PkrIstns the l4 year old son ofs the witness, gave testimony cor tpborative.ih his fathers, and identi- 9ed the sauna two men in the pen.
 Clark s. .athanl who lives near is alleged tb have been attempted, said he was awakened by shots on the mornfng of Apgust 4. and looking out saw three men running past the house towards Nikntfc. 2 Mason's team with two rnek fin ft4theh came along.
 tAa What Deputy Sheriff FoundsFS
 Deputy Sheriff J. H. 'Tubbs was the next witness. He testified to exam ining the ground around, the boulder and behind the wall. finding the grass crushed down as if some one had lain there and several stones were prop ped up against the boulder. He iden- tiAed cigarette boxes and papers which he fonnl there: an empty bdt- tie and an empty paper bag, which was yof similar make and mark to the. Kind he found at Mrs. Brockway's and only there. He told ofsJoseph Brunos arrest in New-- ork- about a month af- ter the assault
 Deputy Sheriff M. J. Martin identi- fled the empty bottle found by the boulder and produced the label which he had taken on. He told of the ar rest of Alhero and serrato in New
 William J. Messinger, who testified Tuesday, was recalled to the stand, and testified to going alone on Tues day to examine the neighborhood of the alleged assault and finding across 2the road and behind a clump of bush ess two blank envelopes which he iden- Stified- One had an Italian name on It., with New London address. and both bore the business card of the same New York business house.
 Mustard Mark on Paper Bag. .7ic Miss Ella Johnson, who lives with c.Nrs,a Brockway at Mantle, testified to being in the Broadway store on Sat sEday night, August 3, leaving at Il o'clock Faraci bought five sand wtches that night ak the store, and she identified the bag found behind the rock as like the kind they. had in the store. Her identification was by a mustard mark on the inside of the bag. : sss o
 Mrs. Emma L. Br6ckway followed
 Miss Johnson on the stand Her ev- 1 fdenee was eofFeberative--- Miss Johnson's as to the sale of the sand
 wfches. and the identification of the
 bag. ~
 Lieutenant Jehers of the New Lon don police force testified of the ar rests of Serrato and Faraci, and told of statements made by Serrato and l Aliero. n
 Sheriff Brown Tsstifes. #i
 Sheriff Sidney A. Brown testified
 to noticing prints in the ground as ii people had been sitting near the boul-
 der and wall He told of the arrests , of Alfero and SerTato., At police sta
 tion both these prisoners at first de-
 nied they had been to Mantle. but /. AetatNuaaW