Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-16
BOUND OVER ON CHARGE
 OF ATTEMPTED ARSON
Mareeiio Ria Held for Superior Court -Aeeuser Is ]. P. c. Won karisburg of North Ssopinqton,


 of North Ssoninsten.
 Justice of the Peace Andrew B. Da- vies of this city presided at a hear Ing on Tuesday morning in North Stonfngton when the case of the state vs. MarceIlo Riu, who Is an Italian, was tried. Riu was accused of at tempted arson several weeks ago, upon the resideHce of J. P. C. Won Karls- burg of North Stonington. A previous hearing in the case earlier this month had been post poned because Won Harrisburg was in jail in this city in default of s2,50O bail under which he had been bound of assault with intent to kill in shoot ing at MarceIlo R1u on the afternoon of September 25th, while Riu was on I a raft fishing in a pond that belongs to Won Harrisburg. l At the hearing Tuesday Attorney H. W. Rathbun appeared for the grand juror, Edgar ". Chapman. and Att l torney Allyn L. Brown was counsel I for Riu. I Mrs. Herold, who lives in the house l with Won Karlsburg. awas the first l witness put on for the state. II Attorney Brown raised the point l that he had understood that the grand juror didn't want the case prosecuted vate counsel of the defendant appear ing as prosecutor for the state Grand Juror Chapman. who was present. stated that when Attorney
 Rathbun came to him to have the com plaint made ouS he had made it out relying on the assurance that some evidence would be produced, but since then he had been unable to find any evidence to justify the making out of a complaint and he desired to have the case dismissed.
 | Justice Davies suggested a confer
 eRee between the grand juror and At torney Ratheun, while Attorney Brown | cited authorities to show that the grand juror had a right to refuse to f Prosecute if he wanted to do so \ Finally Justice Davies appointed MT.
 Rathbun special counsel and the trial | proceeded.
 Both MT. Won Harrisburg and Mrs. Herold admitted the gun firing when the gun was discharged three times into the air and not at the men. They
 claimed that Riu Afterwards came
 to them and said: 70. I'll burn you
 next time'' H Mrs. Herold's testimony was that all the lights in the house were put put at 10 o'clock and that at midnight she
 smelled smoke. She reused Won Karis- | burg They didn't think then that anyone was trying to burn the house,
 but they looked around to see where the smoke was coming from They did not look out of the windows The next morning a pile of ashes. which she said was two inches deep, was found by the side of the house and there were also burned sticks and dry
 chips and the side of the house was soaked with kerosene. There was also an Italian newspaper and an envelope E addressed to Marceilo Riu. It was lying about two feet away. The tes-' tinony showed that there were also
 other newspapers blowing about the + yard.
 II Albert Martin was another witness who described the place. Fl When the defense was put on, it
 was shown. that Riu could not speak |t word of English. He had received 10 or 15 letters since July 1st and it was the testimony that he was in the habit of throwing the envelopes l away after he had opened them ! Mrs. Julia Host testified that she had seen Won Harrisburg picking up newspapers near the fence in the morning. and Mrs McCullock testified that she had found envelopes thrown away by the roadside and addressed to Marcello Riu.
 |1 After the arguments Justice Davies bound the accused over to the su- perior court for trial. Bonds were
 placed at s2,e0o, which were fur
 nished-