New Britain herald., 1917-10-03
Di Vanzo and Dugonl Try to Escape Noos! at Wethersfield fQ Murdering RaffaeN SimOnelii. < 
STATE COMPLETES
 ITS CASE TODA'

Witnesses Tell of Hearing Shots ax1
 Seeing Prisoners Run Away-Co}
 ductor Had Seen Them on Ches|
 nut Street Previous to Crimc-vl
 tim Shot While Flying Helpless |. Ground.
 Especial to the Herald. J
 Hartford, Oct. 3.-John DiVAn)
 and Steve Dugone, accused of t
 murder of Raffaele Simonelli in NJ
 Britain, took the stand in superb
 court this morning in an effort to cape hanging at Wethersfield. Fl state completed its case today a1 when court recessed for the lun2 hour Dugone was still on the statl Change Pleas to Guilty. Following a lengthy conference tween relatives of the accused ttS}
 and their counsel it was decided n yesterday afternoon to change th1
 previous plea of not guilty to gutl4 Both DiVanzo and Dugone VI ] brought before Judge Case at 3:lkl 1 III. and asked if they fully understo3 1 the possible result of their changAsl plea.
 DiVanzo. attired in gray suit, | one he wore on the night of the F
 ing appeared like a broken man. a ; shuddered as the clerk read the ma 1 lnS~ p1, A,S
 plea was he broke down and vel 1 rnurrnuring to the Italian court |
 terpreter: ''Si.' Dugonc who said
 was under 21 years of age,
 dressed in dark blue suit and Bt6 ! sullenly before the bench as ] charge of murdering Simonelli
 read tos him. He shook his head fik tered "M" in surly manner and
 his nerve faltered. He swalaoN
 hard, looked steadfnstly at the II
 and finally wiped a tear from eye Later. seated in the prisone
 pen, DiVanzo, broke down and 9<
 bed, while Dugone also cried. Befd the trial proceeded however. bt | men regained much of their forr l boise and were brought out to tlII l lawyers table where they could | and hear the witnesses.
 The first witness called by Stat' 1 Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn was Maxl Unkelbach, the civil engineer Fl
 drew the map of Chestnut street q 1 took measurements at the scene 1 the murder. MT. Unkelbach ideu, 1 fed the map and several photograph , showing exactly where the murf took place in front of the AndxuIl 1 residence on the evening of Sept&4 Der 25. The prisoners exhibited lid ] interest in this part of the trial Y , looked constantly at the floor. l3E 20 occasionally dabbing his eyes Nj l his handkerchief Fatal Bullets Shown. Medical Examiner H. A. Elcock t1 ! titied to inspecting Simonelli's hC shortly after the shooting. Simon{ i was dead when the medical examtI arrived and was lying face down; ! the edge of the sidewalk, his f4 buried in his hat. The hat was i'll !! with blood and other blood sta] were on the sidewalk, he said. 1 Elcock told of searching the dd ! mans pockets for identihcat marks There were no firearms the dead mans person, Dr. Elc1
 said Telling of a further post m tenn examination pr. ElCock said ] found three bullet holes in the IT and back of the head. As Dr.. cock pointed out on States Attors Alcorn's head, the location of the b lets neither of the two prisoners l ed his eyes. Two bullet wounds 1inotaS ron hA II was singed. Death was caused the bullet that entered the center the back of the head and pass through the base of the brain, Elcock said. He then produced
 bullets that caused death As Jud Case examined these little leaden m sengers of death DiVanzo lifted eyes momentarily and Dugone a glanced up. Dr. Elcock said the fa
 bullet was of .32 calibre. The seco bullet was of .3S calibre. the doc averred. The third bullet was not covered at the autopsy, as it enteI
 the neck and took a downward cou into the thorlx.
 Nurdcrcr's Cousin Testifics. Nicholas Cagilardo took tho std and through an interpreter said . resides on Church street, Now B ain, near tho Union Works. Hc s he was acquainted with Raffaele monelli and also knows Steve Dugd who is his cousin. He said St% visited his house last summer, May, June and July, and stayed month and half. He came fsj New York and apparently did work while living in New Britain. receiving telegram from his sft