New Britain herald., 1922-03-25
FORMER DETECTIVE RICHARDSON IS
 CALLED TO STAND IN MURDER CASE


 ness did not sec any, he said. MT. Gallagher said that while he was on the scene, MT. Foster. Mir. Bsacken and MT. Austin arrived. The witness said in his opinion the front door of the automobile was closed at the time of his arrival. He was shown a pie ture taken, which showed the body, and the left front door open. The witness also saw blood in the car, and quite a pool under the car. ... Lawyer Calnen asked where this blood was coming from, and the wit ness said 1t was from Renaldino's ear. Asked to describe the position of the dead mans head. MT. Gallagher leaned back in the witness chair, in- dicating how he saw the body. Law yer Calnen asked If the witness heard a shot on that day. The answer was in the negative. There is much shooting there at that time of the blowing in a direction that would have prevented his hearing a shot, at that time of the day, MT. Gallagher said.
 He Knows the Sound
 The witness was asked If he would be able to differentate between a re- volver shot and a rife shot, and the witness answered that he would Asked by the lawyer what time in the day it was, MT. Gallagher was not quite sure, but he knows he did not start to cut the bushes until after 10 a. m.
 Foster on Stand.
 Frank Foster, of Pennington, a real estate man, was next called. He said, in answer to States Attorney Alcorn's question, that he arrived at ahe scene of the murder about 12 o'clock. With him at the time was J. w. Austin. According to MT. Eos ter, there was no one else there at that time. It was MT. Lamke who first told him of the finding of the body, when he called at his house to use the telephone. He described conditions as he found them. He saw the revolver in the hand of the dead man, but he did not touch it, he said.
 The witness said also that he ob- served the torn coat, and blood at the back of the car. There was hand kerchief over the mans mouth, and there was an overcoat on the front seat alongside the body, the witness said. The man was dead, the witness said. Mr. Foster said that under the barway leading into 2. lot, he found some money on the ground. He picked it up, about sS in bills and silver. He said that MT. Brackcn also picked up some money frcn the ground. MT. Foster said that the shrubbery around the scene is very dense.
 Fingers Not on Trigger of Gun
 Cross examined by Lawyer CalneG, the witnes ssaid it was MT. Lamne who first told him of the finding Of the body. The witness said also that the front door Of the automobile was shut. Asked by Lawyer Calnen ii Renaldino's fingers were around the trigger of the gun, the witness said they were not. In answer to questions by Lawyer Freedman. the witness said he saw the photographer set up his camera, and that after first seeing the body with the hat on the head of the man, he went to his home, and on coming back to the scene, the hat was at the back of the car.
 John w. Austin, of Hartford, was a resident of Pennington on October 25 1920. He told of accompanying Eos ter to the scene of the finding of tho body. MT. Austin further described conditions, which were along the same lines as outlined by the previous witness. He was not cross examined.
 Picked Up Money.
 M. J. Bracken, of Pennington, also told of visiting the scene on the day of the finding of the body. He picked up some money near the barway leading into an adjacent lot It was s10, he said, and in bills. The money he turned over to Medical Examiner Ripley. On the cross examination, he said it was between il and 12 o'clock. He was certain that he was in his house at II o'clock when MT. Foster told him about the finding of the body. Asked if he heard any shots on that day, the witness said he did not, any more than those that were common in that vicinity at that time of the year. He was referring to the great amount of hunting done in that section, as told by previous witnesses.
 Policeman Testifies.
 William P. Hayes was the last wit ness of the afternoon. He said he is a motorcycle policeman, and had been connected with the department for the past nine yearz On October 25, 1920, he was detailed by Captain Thomas w. Grace to investigate a. re- port of the finding of the body of a man near No. reservoir. He pro- ceeded to the scene, going by Stanley street, turning at Ibelle's corner, and passing thence by the Caldwell house to the forks in the road. It was just short way from this fork in the road, that he found the body. At first he did not know who the man was owing to the handkerchief over his face, and the automobile was un- known to him On arrival at the scene, he found Lamke, Foster, Aus tin and Bracken there. He said there was a revolver in the hand of the dead man. He was shown a re- volver, and he testified that he was pretty sure it was the same one that he had seen in the dead mans hand.