New Britain herald., 1922-03-30

that leads to the police station, cian- Hone said he first knew of the Renal
 llno murder when he read 4 ,n the New York paprs, What he read, Ae faid, was Hll that he knew about ihe affair
 Uilnt hnnw licnaliinn,
 tmnnono'a attnnti.si Wns rnllrd hy his counsel lo the testimony ol Crop ancgc about him directing ihe pnio- mobile on the morning of October, ah, 1920, to the spot where the body nf Rcnaldino was found, The witness suid ihis was not so, He claimed that he lid not know the road, the scene whore the body was found and that hn did not know Ronaldino. He Was a',;cd if he knew the Knggerio brothers, and hc sAid hc did
 trool,cd Iiguor Deal,
 llc wa9 asked ir hc had any infor- rHtinn concerning the ownership of the fiN hnrros of whiskey that vas eiorod in the house at Berlin, The witness said that the \ruto brothers nroretoin Eocpo and others owned it. Ilo was as'cd if he know il was stol- cn, tiunfonc said he had got "wlSe" nhoui tho theft of the three barrels of iiduor. and ho callcd his brother ono sidc in tho "lorc on Main street md anol,n to him about it The witness said that Angelo Ciannonc then ad- mit,od thnt ho had i"douhlc crossed" the othcrs hv ta',inG tho liquor him aelr CinnAono denied that he had pro, iors to this tim" made any state nont to the effect, that he would like to know who stole that whiskey, and he would make them pay for ii.
 ciannone denied that he had nccn cropancsc on Sunday. october o4, 1920. aa testified to by the latter, and that he did not sec him on October o5, a.0, or ride in a Cadillac with him. The witness once again denied that he had been near tho scene where tho body was found. The witness raid he saw Cropanese in this city on Fri day. and he went to look for him oD | afayottc street He was asked nhout the payments at the Commercial Trust company on his notes. and he raid his brother usually took care Of that.
 Denies Shooting
 He was asked when he next came back to New Britain, and he said fl vas on November 9 Lawyer Freed man then asked the witness if he had heard Cropanese on the witness stand say that he (Cianf1one) had shot Eena' dino. 'I didn't shoot any hody," was his reply. He denied be ing with Croranese on october 25. 1920. Once again during his nterro -ation did he reply to question, that he did not shoot anybody.
 The accused said he stopped selling iuuor in November 1920, and open ed up a shoe cobbling shop at West New York. N. J. He later sold this rlacc and opened a similar one in he same town. and was conducting t when the state police placed him under arrest. He said his family knew where he was. He came to this city in 1921, he said in July, when his sister was married. His arents arrived in this city about April or May. but he did not come to see them until July. He said he was not in this city on the fourth Sunday ,f March. 1921. He said his shoe cobb ing shop was open on that day and he was there until closing time. Here Lawyer Freedman showed { ooh purporting to be a memoran- lum. kept by the accused. It was not permitted az evidence by the court. Tho accused also denied that he had been at the passenger station in New Britain on Sunday. March 21, 1921. He did not gee Croraneae on that date and did not stab him with a razor he said Ciannone further add ed that be did not carry a razor or articles of that kind.
 Questioned By Alcorn
 The accused was then taken over by States Attorney Acorn In answer .o the first question i, he knew James Cannon, the witness said he did. He said he frzt met him in the spring of 1920. Cianfonc said he knew