New Britain herald., 1917-10-03

had any trouble, with the police and
 worked every day. He said he came
 to New Britain a week ago Sunday to open up butcher shop as Dugone
 had told him there was a good Oppor-
 tunity there. He said he visited Sev-
 eral prospective stores on Monday and
 first saw Simonelli on Tuesday noon
 He said Simonelli spoke to him first
 and asked him if he wanted work.
 Simonelli talked the Italian language
 and in the course of their converse
 ton it developed that both came from
 the same little town in Italy. Simon
 elli asked him If he knew a family
 named Rocco, the name of his moth-
 CTS family. Here the witness broke
 down and sobbed bitterly. Upon re-
 gaining his composure he said Simon
 elli left him, telling him he could
 not return to Italy because he had
 some trouble. At 6 o'clock the two
 men met again and he told him his
 name-Raffaelo Simonelli Amid
 tears and sobs the prisoner told of
 his vision of his little old mother in
 Italy and her constant story of the
 murder of her brother by Raffaele
 Simonelli. All the rage of a life
 IllIlS sui SSd thIOuSH HIS DIdlu, lHo
 prisoner said, and in wild fury he
 drew his gun and shot to avenge his
 mothers years of sorrow DiVanzo
 says he has an uncle. Frank Rocco,
 mayor of a town 1.ear Rome, Italy.
 The accused said he told the police
 he shot Simonelli twice, but in reality
 he shot only once. DiVanzo said Du-
 gone did not know Simonelli and he did not know that his friend carried
 a gun. He also insisted that the fatal
 meeting with Simoneli was by chance and was not prem editated. His only
 other statement was that he did not
 come to New Britain for the purpose
 of murder, but was looking for
 store.
 Asked by States Attorney Alcorn
 if he belonged to any secret Italian
 organization the accused profasseG
 not to understand what he meant by
 the term "secret society" The ac-
 cused said he was not looking for Simonelli and did not even know the
 man, though he knew the name. He
 denied talking With Steve about Si-
 monelli.
 DiVanzo denied the previous state ment of MT. Linn that he was lettering around the Machine shop at midnight
 NAoIudy. lII ttuLO Scdlu lHdl HIS pdSS- ing of the Machine shop Tuesday noon was merely accidental and when he again passed at 5:3O D. m., it was on his path homeward. He also denied
 that he stood in ambush behind the trees on Chestnut street and as Si- monelli passed he asked him how he made out. Simonelli asked him many questions concerning himself and be- cause of this curiosity he insisted on Simonelli disclosing his identity too. As soon as Simonelli told his name DiNanzo said he pulled his gun and shot Witness denied that he or dered Dugone to shoot the body as it lay on the ground and said he saw Steve shoot only once. Witness also denied threatening people who tried to stop him. The prisoner said that k,s boy he was told that Sim cneli i was the alias under which his uncle's murderer was known in the United States To Lawyer Holden's question whether DiVanzo belonged to any as 1 sociation, he said he had planned to 1 join Masonic order when he was 22 years old.
 Dugonc Also TestifieS.
 l Dugone appeared much more calm on the witness stand. He said he was 1 born in Italy on May 5, 1896 and came to New York on July 22, 1912 or 1913. He said he got job on the
 railroad at first, but later got work at his trade as butcher. He said that l for the past four years he has made a practice of spending months vaca-
 ton with his cousin at 311 Church 1 street New Britain. This year he
 said he was in New Britain during July and August and returned to New 1 Britain on Sunday, September 23, with l DiVGnZo.
 | He said he intended to open a ! butcher shop in New Britain and tried l to hire store from a MT. Clark. He l said he brought DiVanzo to New Brit ain to interest him in opening 9
 butcher shop. It was the natural 1 course of their walk, the accused said 1 to pass the Machine company. Du- l gone identified his revolver and de- l nied having had the gun in New Brit l ain during his first trip but said he l brought it back with him from New l York two nights before the murder. l The first time he heard of Simonelli l was when he heard DiVanzo tell the police of the old feud. Dugone said he shot Simonelli because he heard | DiVanzo say "You shoot him. and he l thought his friend was in fight. we were two friends together and when John shot him and said You shoot
 him I pulled my gun and shot," Du- gone said he did not hear DiVanzo
 and Simonelli hold any conversation or argument previous to the shooting 1 To the states attorneys questions Du- l gone said DiVanzo did not know he 1 carried gun, but "he probably l though I had a gun in my pocket' Dugone said he bought his gun from