New Britain herald., 1917-10-03
MURDERERS TAKE
 WITNESS STAND
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weeks and returned a week ago last Saturday night, accompanied by John DiVanzo. This was the witness first meeting with John and the two men stayed at his home that night, explaining that they wanted to buy butcher market in New Britain. On the next evening witness said he saw both men again and was told they had located a store and were to stay. On the twenty fifth, the day of the murder, witness said he saw the &C., cused at noon for the last time. Lawyer Egan cross examined Cagi- lardo relative to what the two New Workers were doing in New Britain and learned that early in the sum- mer Steve bought a horse to be use in peddling ice but did not use it. On Steve's return from his trip to New York he didn't use the horse at all, witness said, and admitted that on the day before the murder he sold the horse himself to pay the barn rent.
 Nathan Googel, a Chestnut street storekeeper, who lives a short dis tance from the scene of the murder, was the next witness called. He said he saw two strange men, dressed in dark and light suits respectively. pass his store several times on Tuesday between 12 and 1 o'clock, the day of the murder. In going back and forth | to work Simonelli always used to pass his store, witness said. Although he said their clothes were the same, wit ness could not identify positively the two men accused as the. murdererS. Motorman Tells of Ambush. Motorman Walter B. Linn, of S4 Pleasant street, who was on the Chestnut street line the night of the murder, testified to seeing two mon at midnight on Sept. 24 near the New Britain Machine company. The night shift goes out at midnight, witness said, and on Monday night as the workmen were leaving he said he saw two men watching the egress of the employees. He described the two men as dressed in dark and light clothes respectively and also said one man was short and stocky and the other was tall and slender. On Tuesday morning between 11:15 and 11:3O a.. m. he said he saw these same two men lettering near the Machine com pany. At 5:25 D. m., about half hour before the murder, he said he saw them standing at the samo spot
 
 identified the two prisoners as the men he saw.
 SimonelH Shot While Prostrate.
 Isidore Gorfain was another witness for the state. He said that on Sep tember 25 at D. m. he was deliver ing orders at ONeil's house on Chest nut street, diagonally across from the place of the murder. He said that cix 1,o sent a small boy into the house and then heard two shots. turned. saw a man lying prostrate, and then saw a man in a blue suit put his pistol to the victims head and shoot again. Witness said the man in the blue suit turned around, with his pistol in his hand, put the gun in his pocket, was joined by the man in light brown suit and both ran. Witness followed the fleeing men to Park street and then returned to the scene of the murder when he saw the murdered man lying on the walk.
 John Crowley, the small boy who was with Gorfain, told of hearing two shots in quick succession and then saw the man in the dark suit shoot at Simonelli's head as he lay pros- trate on the walk.
 
 street told of passing the Steele prop erty on Chestnut street on the night of the murder, when he heard shot, 1 followed by a second. He turned, l saw smoke from the guns, heard cries l of "stop them" and saw two men l rushing toward him. As he and two l friends essayed to stop them he said Dugone pulled gun on him and told 1 him to stand aside-which he did. Witness also described DiVanzo as l Dugone's companion. Returning to | the scene of the murder, witness told of the position of Simonelli's body. At this point court adjourned until 10 a. m. today.
 When previously arraigned Dugone ] told the authorities he was of age, 1 but now admits that he has not yet passed his twenty-frst birthday and Lawyer Egan was named as his guar dian. All relatives of the accused men who could be located have been summoned to their defense
 Girl Tells of Shooting.
 Proceeding with the trial this morn ing at 10 o'clock the first states witness called was Miss Hilda Torell of Chestnut street. Miss Toren testi- fled that she is employed at the Cor bin Screw corporation office and or the night of September 25, she was
 but a few feet behind Simonelli when he was shot. She said that near the Chestnut street crossing Simonell
 passed her and her two companions
 Miss Mabel Johnson and Miss Ger trude Dacey. Miss Torell said she
 heard two shots and saw a revolver and the flash of the powder as it was fired from behind tree. Then she saw the victim fall. Witness said
 she did not see who fired the gun
 but simply saw the weapon and pow
 der flash about twelve feet ahead o1
 her. Later she said, the man in the