Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-12
CoLcHEsTER GIRL rEsr1rrEs
TO FRIEDMAN,s VIOLENCE

He was trying to kill us an'' was the way, Carolina Rolkita of Colchester, 12 years old, characterized the attack of Harris Friedman on her father and un- cie at her home on Easter Sunday, tes- tifying Thursday morning in the criminal superior court at New London. where Friedman is being tried on charges of in- decent assault and attempt to rape Mrs Nellie Tarkowsky in Colchester. The girl said that late in the afternoon on Easter Sunday, Mrs Tarnowsky came over to her house, followed by Friedman and in answer to a question by State At ! torney Hull as to what he did there, she | answered that Friedman tried to kill them all. She said that Friedman punch ed her uncle, Joseph Litwin and when her father went out where Friedman was 1 fighting with her uncle. the former let go of the latter and started for her fa- ther, whom he knocked down. The child said that while Friedman had her father down, her mother struck him CFTied- man) over the head with dipper. | Barbara Litwin, wife of John Litwin. | testified that Mrs Tarnowsty came to the house on Easter Sunday afternoon, with her hair dishevelled and her waist | open at the neck and that she was fol- i lowed by Friedman. When she asked Friedman what he wanted he called her | vile names and she immediately went to the home of Mir. BoIkin. nearby and ask ed him to call a sheriff. She said that she was not there during the fight which took place while she was at Boikins' and that the fight had not started when she lleft. The witness denied striking Fried man with file.
 Dr. Edward J. HowIand gave testi- mony as to being called to John Litwin's house and to treating Mrs. Tarnowsky lSx,y,z tad oh fOnn1 no bruises on her body. He said that he
 also saw Friedman there and that Fried man was very much under the influence of moonshine whiskey. which was evi dent from the fact that he was not func
 tioning properly; that his muscles were
 not coordinating and that he was no
 thinking coherently. Dr. Rowland saiC
 that he took Friedman to his office an'
 dtessed about ten wounds on the back O
 his head which might have been caused by his being struck by dipper.
 Sam Zazuk, husband of Mary Zazuk
 corroborated the testimony of his wife
 telling about Friedman's assault upol Litwin, his father-in-law, and when h
 (the witnessl went to his aid, Friedman 1 attacked him and his wife beat Fried
 man over the head with dipper.
 Anthony Buddes a state policeman
 gave testimony regarding distances be
 tween the Tarnowsky and Litwin houses
 Wednesday afternoon Joseph Litwil
 told about Friedman coming to his broth
 CTS house, where he was staying, and t
 being attacked by him.
 Mary Zazuk testified that Friedma
 struck and knocked her husband dow and admitted that she struck Friedma over the head with a dipper while th latter had her husband down on tn ground, and she declared "If ha
 known then what do now, would hay killed him"
 Mrs. Tarnowsky testified wednesda to being assaulted by Friedman ip th woods near her home, of her escape froI him and of his chasing her to the hom } of her unole near by, which he entered She testified that he dragged her into , bedroom but she screained and woke U a man named Steve who was in the hous and whom Friedman struck. Then sh } ran to the home Of another uncle an
 Friedman followed her there.
 Dr. Cyrus E. Pendleton testified to b' ing called and to treating Mrs Tarnowsh } | after the alleged assault
 Steve Pileach, who was at the hon ) of Mrs. Tarnowsky's uncle when MT < Tarnowsky came there, told of bein g awakened out of his sleep by the fo = ] mer's screams and of being struck al i assaulted by the latter.
 After the state rested late Thursda
 afternoon, Friedman began his testimor !. in his own defense.