Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-11

 body could get down into the cellar from the store, and therefore Nathan Pumerantz couldn't have set the fire. Benjamin Pumerantz testifying for the defense had stated that he and William Lubchanslxy had nailed up shelving across the door. and the night of the day he gave this testimony the states attorney said that accompan- jed by State Policeman Theodore Downing, he had gone to the store and caused the door and door castings to be taken down. They were introduced into the court the next day.
 The door and castings which were brought into the courtroom Wednes- day were the same ones, he declared, | and if there were any holes in them at the former trial they are still there and can't be obliterated. He said that at the former trial strips of lnouldings were taken off the castings at the iIasti- gation of the defense who intinated that there might be nail holes under 1t which might not show on the out side.
 The state attorney declared that it was not the states contention that the l shelving had been nailed to the door | but to the easing, and that fair con- l structfon of the testimony of the ac- cused could not show anything else. Attorney Geary maintained his ob- l lection and asserted that it was only fair to the accused that he should be
 
 the time he is alleged to have made his false statements and not as it is today, and the door and door cas- ings were not in the same condftion that they were then. He declared that if the state did not intend to claim that the shelves were nailed against the door then the door should not be admitted as evidence, thereby caus- ing a false impression on the mind l of the jury.
 Judge Reed ruled to exclude the door as evidence but stated that the door casing might be introduced as material He noted an objection on the part of Attorney Geary to the ad- mission of the castings.
 State Rests It's Case.
 Alter a recess of about 10 minutes, the taking of testimony was resumed. Ing was put on the stand and told of 1 accompanying State Attorney Hull to the Pumerantz store and getting the door.
 Albert J. Fullerton, a carpenter , who testified at the arson trial in this city, testified to removing the door from the store and stated that there were no nail holes in the castings which were not made in the course of con- struction. There were two or three holes in one of the castings in group but they were made by small brads and could not have been made bJ shelving.
 John Mccarthy, the janitor, was next called and testified to using th' door in question two or three days be, for the fire by which to get to tht cellar.
 George E. Pitcher Testifies.
 George B. Pitcher of Norwich, civi f engineer, said that there was no othe 2 entrance to the store from the hall 1 way.
 Henry Rogers, a member of the Mia = gara Engine company, told of attend a ing the fire in his capacity Of fireman r and of stretching hose through tn f store to the cellar to fight the fire. 1 At o'clock in the afternoon, Jame P. Shea, owner of the building, testi Il fled that the door had been change = in no way by removal from one plac . In the store. to the other. f At this point the state rested an = after recess of five minutes the de f fense began its case.