Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-19

Bridgeport, Conn, Dec. 1S.-Occupy- ing the witness stand for an hour and a half, William P. Hall. who drove the maroon colored touring car which carried Jennie Cavaglieri to Stratford and to a violent death on the evening of Oct. 22 last. told a dramatic story in the criminal superior court today or the occurrences of that evening. His narrative was listened to with the closest attention. The four men, Jo- seph Bunomi, James MattO, Frank Pizzichemi and James Ricco, whom the state charges with having accom- panied the woman and done her to death, by shooting, and whose convic- ton for first degree murder it is seek ing, kept their eyes upon the witness almost constantly during the whole time he was on the stand.
 Hall Tolls About Picking Up Woman.
 In a calm, almost judicial tone of voice Hall, under the questioning of States Attorney Stiles Judson and the cross examination of Attorney John c. Chamberlain and others of the half dozen lawyers appearing for the de- fense detailed how the car had been hired by Bunomi and Matto, how he as an emergency man had been called on to drive 1t, of the ride about the city and of taking on more passengers, in cludinE a woman, of the drive out to | Stratford, of stopping on the highway near the cemetery in the Putney dis trict of that town, of the whole party | getting out of the car, and of being | told to drive ahead and turn the car l about.
 Heard a Shot, Saw Flashes.
 T ran up the road about 15O feet he said "and had backed to the right side to get the proper swing for my car. As l did so I heard a shot. On 1 looking over my shoulder to the left saw several flashes, as of shots being | fired apparently into the ground
 He did not think at the time that anything was wrong, but thought the firing so much horse play by the party. Only when he had driven dowr to a spot opposite where the mer stood did he notice the body of the woman lying on the ground not fai | from the men and suspect the serious ness of the situation. Then, crouch ing down over his steering wheel tc avoid any possible shots which mighi be sent after him, he drove rapidly tC a farmhouse, where he gave the alarm He also told of having stayed all nigh | with the officers who were investigate |
 Stratford and this city.
 Revolver Found on Bunomi.
 The taking of evidence began with
 out preliminary statements by counse
 immediately after the twelfth seat il
 the jury box had been filled by Davit
 Hickey, a farmer of Monroe. Medica
 Examiner William B, Cogswell O
 Stratford, Coroner J. J. Phelan an'
 Constable Allen G. Judson of Stratfori
 being called to testify as to the natur
 of the wounds, the holding of the in
 quest and the arrest of the man and t
 identify an array of exhibits, includin
 photographs of the scene of the mur
 der, the bullets taken from the bod
 of the slain woman. and a formidabl
 looking revolver with a barrel som
 eight inches long and handle four o
 five more. The weapon takes a 3
 calibre bullet. It was taken from Bu
 nomi when he was arrested by Con
 stable Judson, and 1t is with thi weapon, the state charges, that tn Cavaglieri woman was killed Most ( this testimony was preparatory in it nature and with 1t the state bega
 laying the foundation for proving ii
 case.
 Defense to Claim Shooting Not De liberate.
 In its cross questioning of tn , states witnesses the counsel for tn
 defense gave an indication of it's lin
 of defense. The questions put to th , various witnesses sought apparently bring out that the shooting was nc
 the result of a deliberate plan, as th , state charges, but was the culminatio f of a night of "joy riding" durin
 which the party in the automobile ha
 been drinking not only before leavin the city but while riding about. :. Revolver Fired at Close Range. !, Thomas H. Rynalds, an employe fC the past A years of a local ammun tion company. was called by the sta at the afternoon session as a powd'
 expert. He answered a lengthy hypt
 thetical question by the state attornt q based on suggestions rom lne test 2 mony of the medical examiner and u [ coroner, and said that in his judgmei the pistol which killed the woman VI discharged at a distance of from 12 IA inches from the victim.
 He was followed by Olaf M. Mathit
 sen. an employe of the garage fro h which the car was hired He identift Bunomi and Matto as the two me d who had come to the garage to g the car The former, he said, did n speak, the talking being done u Matto.
 Got Packages at a Saloon.
 Hall was the next witness calle I He said he was present when the tv y men came into the garage and aft ' arrangements had been made for tl car he was asked to drive it, as the Il was no one else to call on at the tim z He left the garage with the two m' IL on the rear seat They went out toy
 ard Fairfield as far as lunch roo
 known as the "B and A." There u e two men left the car and went aero l, the street. Three or four minutes lat r they re-entered the car and Matto s rected him to go to Union square. ], was ordered to stop at certain & - loon or cafe and the men went into - When they came out Matto had sor
 packages in his arms which he sa @ Der of others, including the woma 7 had gotten into the car at that tin F. Matto Gave Chauffeur Instruction D Matto occupied the front seat wi 2 him and the others rode in the to s neau. He then went on to tell driving out to Stratford at the dire - ton of Matto; of being told to dri
 along the highway, and of how he ha
 pened to take road which led pa
 the cemetery. He said when Mat n directed him to drive along the tur ,r pike and to so 'by the Etratford in le he took what he called the "cut ove a as the highway beyond was torn | '5 As they were proceeding along a narrow road Matte told him not to Aa Af,a t~a A. -f