New Britain herald., 1915-01-26
ft|x Pu|Iano Bound Over to Supcr-
 ier Court for Indecent Assault. RELEASED UNDER $l,o0o BONDS
Accused Makes Denial-Boy's Mother Also Charged Prisoner With Hug ging Her-Court Suspends Judg- ment on One Count.

Finding probab able cause to have tribunal for trial, Justice A. H. Con dell this morning bound over. to the superior court under bonds of S1 900, Felix Pullano, charged with indecent assault on Patsy Ruben, an eight years-old boy and with simple assault on the little fellows mother, Mrs. Con- setti Retonno. The court suspended judgment on the latter count, despite Pullano's plea of guilty and ordered tke prisoner held for trial for the al- legged offenSe against the boy. Friends furnished bail and the accused was released after the hearing.
 Pullano made an earnest plea to the court. protesting his innocense and intimating that he was victim of a "frame-up" but Justice Condell considered the testimony offered by the state sufficiently strong to warrant holding the accused. The states case was built entirely on the stories told by Mrs Retonno and the boy, and Pullano's testimony was unsupported.
 Pullano who is thirty years old, was taken into custody last night by Deputy Sheriff w. C. Hart and Officer Philip Marno. He was locked up for, the night, Justice Condeu re- fusing to admit him to bail.
 The arrest was made on complaint fof the woman, who made the allega- ton that both offenses were com ritted Sunday at her home on East street. Pullano was found at the wCman's home by the officers, who were advised that he called to apolo size for his actions. He vigorously denied the more serious of the charges but admitted that he had car ried on a Irritation with Mrs. Retonno, to which she seemed most agreeable.
 In court today Mrs Retonno testi- fled that on Sunday, Pullano, who was a guest at her home, insisted on hugging her. despite her protests. She claims that although she warned him frequently ne followed her to the woodshed, where ne again tried to embrace her. She exhibited a scratch on her face which she said was in f1icted in her struggles to escape from Pullano's clutches She testi fled that on the same day the accused had taken her eight-years-old son, Q, child by her first marriage, into a bedroom and had committed an in- decent assault on him She had
 
 and on Investigating found that Pull lano had enticed him into a bedroom. The door was locked from the inside when she attempte to enter the room. The boy would tell her nothing con- corning the incident, she declare1, until yesterday, when, she said, he ac cused the prisoner of the assault
 Little Patsy's version was similar to that of his mother and his test- mony was of a most damaging char cter.
 Through Interpreter John Petnato, Pullano told the court he was guilty of assa aulting the woman, but there were extenuating circumstances which he believed made punishment unwar ranted. He stoutly maintained his innocence of the charge made by the boy.
 For weeks, Pullano explained he had been in the habit of calling fro- quently at the RetOnno home. He visited the house every Sunday for the past month, played cards with the boarders, bought beer for Mrs. Re- tonno and was treated to drinks by