New Britain herald., 1922-03-01
CIANFLONE'S TRIAL IS SET FOR MARCH 70
States Attorney Alcorn Ready to
 Proceed on That Date

r The March term Of the criminal court will open at Hartford on next Tuesday, and its session is Of consid- erable interest to local people due to the probable trial of Joseph Cow boy" Cianfione and Michael Ruggerio, indicted for the alleged murder oi Enio Fenaldino. States Attorney Hugh NJ, Alcorn has made known that he is ready to proceed with the trial, and has asked that it be assigned for March 20. Both Cianfone and Rug gerio are in the Hartford county jail. It Is snid that the information at Renaldino while Ruggerio pinned his arms.
 Richardson Snid Suicide.
 The crime was committed in Oc- tober of 1920. on the lonely road near Reservoir No. in the town of Farm ington RenaIdino was employed as clerk for A. Mancini, a macaroni dealer. and his name was linked with the alleged activities of the local bootlegging ring. At the time, 1t was the claim of Andrew J. Richardson, then detective sergeant Of the New Britain police, that Renaldino had committed suicide. There were many doubts expressed that such was the case, and the state police, who enter ed the case on the day the body was found, always disclaimed the theory of Richardson. It was not until after the scandal broke in this city, that things began to come to a head One of the early arrests was that of Dom- mick Cropanese in this city. He was | taken into cust )dy on South Main | street, and his arrest was not made known until some time afterwards. It was when the scandal was nt its height that the news Of Cropanese' 8 arrest became public. It was rtated at the time hat he had made some important revelations regarding the Renaldino affair.
 Suspects Captured.
 Ruggerio was caught by the state police after a chase from Berlin to this city, in which Policeman Michael J. Cosgrove played an important role. He was held on technical charge. Then came the arrest of Cianfone n West New York, N. J., by State Po- liceman Anthony Tomanio. Rug gerio previously to the capture of Cianf1one, had been brought before the grand jury, and an indictment of murder in the first degree was re- turned against him and Cianflone.
 May Not Try Richardsons. l Other cases of importance locally | t,;e sons, with Jacob Wrinkle. who are 1 held in connection with the theft of 1 automobiles The senior Richardson and Wrinkle have entered pleas of guilty. Andrew J. Richardson, Jr., IS, with his parent, locked up in ;he jail at Hartford, while Wallace r. Rich l ardson, another son, is out on bonds It is not thought that the Richard sons will be arraigned during the coming term, because of the fact that they are supposed to be of importance to the prosecution in pending liquor | case against Thomas McAuliffe, for mer prohibition enforcement officer. The McAuliffe case, which was ouashed in the United States court by Judge Edwin S Thomas, has been Hp- pealed to the supreme court, and the decision on the appeal has not as yet been made known.
 Five Other Cases.
 Five other local cases are on the docket for the coming terms, as fol- low:
 Joseph Radnarski, drunkenness; breach of the peace
 Clifton Davenport, violation city or dinance.
 Carl China, theft.
 Frank Bruska. statutory burglary.
 Peter Zalidonis, violation llquor law.