Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-11
BOTH DENY CUTTING KARNEWICk
Kuska Testes the Man Was Stabbed by His Own Friends
 In the Dark by Mstake-kaminska Says He Had No Knife-Fitchvlle Stabbing Case Will Go to Jury Today.

The criminal superior court in ses- sion here on Thursday was occupied all the day with the trial of Thomas Kulnska and Peter Kaminska of Boz rah, accused of assault with intent to kill Epold Karnewieh of the same town The case was begun on We'd nesday morning after three other mat ters had been disposed of by the court.
 On Thursday the trial advanced to the arguments of the counsel, three of which were made in full, and States Attorney Hadlai 4. Hull had spoken for 20 minutes in the final argument when it came time to adjourn court for the day at 4.3o. He will conclude when court comes in this morning, and then the jury will receive the case after Judge N. A. Shurnway has delivered his charge to them.
 The jury selected in the case is the following: Herbert A. Gardner, Hans Larsen, Norwich; Morris Flynn. Pres ton; Arthur c. Standish, Colchester; James c. Crary. William c. Paten, Kneeland, Lebanon; Chester s. Maine, North Stonington; Samuel Milner, Frank. A. Fitch. Sprague; George A. Kennedy. Lisbon.
 The assault on Epold Karnewich with some sharp instrument took place on the Fitchville road on the night of May 26. and Karnewich was badly cut in the right shoulder, in the back of the neck and in the small of the back one Of his wounds all but reaching g fatal spot. The two men on trial and whom he accuses were strangers to him, and both were drunk, according to their own and other testimony, while 1t was shown that Karnecd had had but two glasses of beer that night Peter Kan1inska, whose name was corrected to Choinecki. when he got on the stand. is defended by Attorney Thomas M. Shields. Thomas Kumska | the other man accused, Is defended by Attorney H. H. Pettis
 Epold Karnewich. the victim of the l assault. was the first witness placed on the stand by States Attorney Hull Wednesday He told of a dance that followed wedding festivities in Bozrah and of the fight and stabbing that took place in the road afterwards. | In the course of his testimony, the
 witness removed his shirt collar and Shumway and the jury the stab sears | in his shoulder and back
 M Malinowski of New Britain is l acting as. interpreter in the Polish
 language in the trial.
 | Bennie Dubeclzi, Joe Farbutka, Con- Brown and Mike Tucarski were ths
 other witnesses for the state. l The defense began when Attorne5 Thomas M. Shields had Peter Kanirl- ska, one of the accused, take the stand | Peter testified that he saw Thoma!
 Kumska strike Epold Kernewich in tn. | face. then put his hand in his pocket
 and strike Epold again a downward
 blow. Epold ran and Thomas ran af 1 ter him and struck Epold in the back Epold went down and Thomas jumped
 on him, the witness testified, but h, | 1rof In al etc .1
 What the witness did, he said, was t stoop over and take hold of Thomas who was on top, and try to pull hin | off, The man underneath hollered tha he was cut with knife. Peter dende, that he himself had any knife.
 He was cross examined by Attorne.
 Pettis and the states attorney. Tn
 witness admitted he was drunk at tn
 time of the assault.
 When court came in on Thursda,