Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-11
KNIFE USERS MAKING
 SUPERIOR COURT CASES
Sentences for Rome and Maonos Given and Trial of Albert Zeharba Is Un- derway.


 and Trial of Albert zeharba Is Un-
 derway.
 Tn the superior court here on We'd nesday morning. when it opened at 10 o'clock, further testimony from Mrs Maria Tassone was taken in the trial of James Maonos of Waterford, ac- cused of stabbing her husband, James Iassone, on May 25th in Waterford.
 After her testimony the accused, who had been charged with assault with intent to kill agreed to plead guilty and States Attorney Hull moved for sentence. Attorney Smith address, ed the court on behalf of the pris oner. Major Hull argued that he was armed fer trouble, as he had re- Volver, knife and a razor blade fas tened to a piece of broom handle.
 Judge Gardiner Greene made the sentence from 3 to i years in states prison.
 The states attorney also asked for sentence on Anthony Rome of Thames vile, found guilty last week by a jurE of stabbing Walter Capweu, a troll ley employe, after he was put off uf a car in Thamesville. Rome was given from 1 to years in states prison.
 Allie Becker of New London, aEn3 14. pleaded guilty to a forgery charge in endorsing the name of l. Katz on a check on the Union Bank of New London for $50 and uttered the same on June 4th. 1913. The check was drawn by NJ. Boyer. There were two counts in the information and the ac- cused was given a sentence of year in jail on each, the sentence on the second to begin upon the expire tlOn of the first. The sentence was SuS-- pended and the accused was placed in the custody of the probation off Cer. Attorney Boyer made a plea for h. ,-,1 -o11 J7Tr p3+ ', ha1 rI good the money.
 Samuel SelikOvitch, also q New Lon don boy. pleaded guilty to taking checks on the Union bank. SelikO- witch was sentenced to one year on one count and six months on another and the sentences were suspended un~ der probation. Lawyer HollanderskI spoke for him.
 Lloyd Benham, aged r, of Quaker Hill, who stammered so badly that he could hardly plead guilty to indeccnr assault, was given a year in jail and sentence was suspended.
 Lawyer Tanner spoke of the great responsibility of the family of the young man and said the boy had been kept at home most of his life
 Major Hull said the girl Is the daughter of a reputable women who has to do washing for a living. The young man is rather unsOphisticated.
  gives him trouble to decide how to dispose of
 For Stabbing in GIasgo.
 In the afternoon a jury was select ed for the trial of Albert Zeharba, on the charge of assault with intent to kill in stabbing Stanley Dutka in the hip shoulder and neck in Glasgo on July Sth at house where there was a, wedding party. Most of the testi- mony was taken through a Polish interpreter, Matthew R. Malinowsby of New Britain.
 States Attorney Hull is assisted in the prosecution by Attorney Arthur M, Brown and Attorney John D. Hall Is counsel for the accused.
 The accused makes the general de- nfal that he was attacked by Dutka and that he defended himself with a stick. Stanley Dutka was the first stabbed and he was followed by Stan islaUs Zwirecki, who was at the scene of the fight and by pr. s. H. Holmes of Jewett City, who described the wounds that he treated on Dutka-
 ConstabIe's Testimony
 Zeharba was arrested in a boarding house in the village and Andrew Chese- bro. constable in Pachaug. testified to being called after the cutting and gO- ing to the boarding house, where he found Zeharba lieing in plain sight at the top of the cellar stairs. The con- stable saw that the cellar window was open. but saw no signs to indicate that the fugitive might have gone through there. He waited about 20 minutes until Officer Wulf from Jewett City came and then found Zeharba as stated. Everybody else was outside the house during this time Zeharba eli int Tad hn found. The officers went through a basement door when they went into the house. The witness said that at the lower court trial, Zeharba said he hit Dutka with stick.
 State Rests.
 The state rested after Attorney Halls cross examination of Constable Chesebro.
 For the defense Attorney Hall called stanislaus zw1reck1 to the witness stand first and asked him to explain how the blood got on him, He said that there was blood squirting on him from Zeharba when the witness step ped up near him and there was alse blood on the front of his shirt, where Zeharba had put his hand The lat ter statement was brought out by a question from the states attorney,
 After & recess, during which Att6F- Hey Hall conferred with the accused, zeharba was put on the stand to tell his story of the assault.
 He said he had been in this country from seven ts eight years and had lived in GFisWeid four to five years, doing work at odd jobs. On the day of the assault he said. he walked from Jewett City to Glasge, looking for a jeb. Stanley Z4lwirecki went with him. They went te a factory but 1t was not working and in looking for i've men whom they wanted to see they came te a house where they found there was a wedding. They had not known of the wedding before coming there When the wedding party came back from church they had two drinks of whiskey apiece at the invitation of the bridegroom, and then he went into a room upstairs and talked with the men they were looking for. Then the bride came upstairs and invited them to come down stairs. where he had three or four drinks of beer and then the bridegroom insisted on more whis- key and Zeharba drank some more of that and then 1ell asleep on the tahlee