Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-12

 the neck and the other down to the jaw bone. There had been cuts up close to his hair over the frontal bone on both sides of the head. That on the left side ran down over the ear and cut through the top of that. There was also cut over the outside of the right eye and one in the left cheek The cuts were all clean cuts and might have been made with razor. The cut down into his neck was in dan gerous proximity to the carotid ar tery and the man had lost large amount of blood. but was surpris- ingly strong nevertheless. The doc tor said he sewed the wounds up and sent the patient to the Backus hos pital.
 On cross examination. by Attorney Cronin, the doctor said that Johngreg- no had evidently been drinking that night, but he could not say to what extent. Johngregno was able to walk around all right, but was ugly while he was being seWed up and was hard to manage.
 Testimony of Johngreano.
 Johngregno is a man of small stat ure, hardly five feet tall. He was next dence through the Italian interpreter, Louis Dondero of New London. The witness said he was a married man with his family in Italy and had been Tn NOfWlcn aDOuC yearS lie WOFh- ed for a local contractor
 Johngregno testified that he met Leonardo Batiste in a house in Nor Wich on the night of May 4th but couldn't tell where. Another man by the name of Albino was there. There was no trouble at the house. Late at night, after 10 o'clock, the witness, Batiste and Albino went out to walk. He could not tell the name of the street On the way they were argu ing about an argument BatlSte had had with another man. The argument got hot and Batiste accused Johngregno of being against him. Then Batiste punched him and Johngregno and Johngregno struck him back. Batfste put his hand into his pocket and then cut Johngregno on the top of the head.
 Shot Revolver in the Air.
 The witness pulled a revolver and fired three shots in the air, he said, Batiste getting one bullet through the hand as he stuck up his hand to ward off the shots After the shots were fired. the two men went to the ground together and Batiste cut him up. Some other men who were there ran away when the first shot was fired. Batiste also ran away after the cutting.
 Johngregno said he went to the house of a man named Fredericks to wash off the blood but could not get III anu theh He "elt to lho PoIICS station.
 Johneregno Also to Stand Trial.
 In answer to a question Johngregno said he had been arrested and out on bonds for trial in the superior court for assault on Batiste.
 The witness said he had been board ing at No. 306 Franklin street, but he professed complete ignorance of the names of other streets or where the h. I1h h1 TnV7F Batiste There had been a christen- ing at the house and they drank some beer.
 On cross examination by Attorney T, NJ. Shields, Johngregno said the house they went to was not on the same street as that on which he board ed but was in back of Franklin street. The people in the house were strangers to him and he was taken there by the other men. He had all the drinks he wanted at the house, five. six. ten, twenty glasses He denied that he Batiste, where there was first boss and a second boss.
 After Witness in Worcester.
 Capt Twomey and Policemen Jacob Vetter and Charles Smith are among the witnesses summoned.
 There is a states witness in Wor- cester who is wanted here and on Thursday afternoon after court Capt. TWomey left for Worcester to sum mon the witness for Major Hull.
 William NJ. Burdick of Norwich, Charles H. Benjamin and Morris R. Flynn of Preston, Albert H. Foote of Colchester, Walter c. Burdick and Arvine Dawley of GriswoId, Elmer E. Pultz and Henry J. Williams of Leba- non, Merritt Austin of Bozrah. John c. Stevens of Sprague, Benjamin Hall Of VoluntoWR. Charles A. Whitaker of Lisbon