New Britain herald., 1922-03-29

him on the trip homeward, He was asked if any stops were made on the way home. and he replied that the truck stopped at the kely-Spring-
 field service station on East roth | street, New York, The route travers- cd, according to Brown, was over the
 Boston Post road, and a stop was made at New Rochelle.
 Brown Gets $500 Cheek.
 According to Brown, the party
 reached New Britain Monday. De- tober 25. 1920, between l2:3o and
 o'clock. The automobile was driven ' to Browns garage, according to his
 statement, and Joe Cianhone left, The
 witness did not know where he went | Brown said he first learned of the | death of Renaldino after reading the
 papers. The witness said he again saw Joe few days later. He raw John Ciafhone, whom he knew at that |
 time as Frank Cianfone, who paid
 him $500 by check. The check was exhibited, showing that 1t had been
 made out to Michael Brown and
 drawn on the New Britain National
 Bank. It was endorsed by Michael
 Brown and Harry Brown. The date
 on the check was October 26, 1920.
 Had Small Liquor Load.
 The witness was examined by
 States Attorney Alcorn. He was ask
 cd how long he had been trucking
 for the Ciannones, and he said he did
 not know. He knew he started in
 1920, and believed it was in July. He
 admitted that his memory was not
 good on that score. The witness said
 that all his dealings for the Cion- f1ones were in hauling liquor. States
 Attorney Alcorn asked the witness
 how many trucks he owned at that time, and the witness said two. He said that he now owns four trucks. Brown admitted that John Cianfione
 had backed him on a note for sl,ooo. The witness was not sure as to the date of the return from New York | with Joe Cianfone. but he knew 1t was on a Monday and on the same day that Renaldino's body was louhd. No Argument With Bronstein. , The witness denied that he had had , an argument with a man named Bron- , stein from New Britain, at New iork. , He was asked if he had talked to ser
 reant Hart relative to the case. Brown
 said that he might have done so. The
 witness was not sure, however, that
 he claimed that he saw Sergeant Hart , on North street on the night prior 10
 the finding of. the body. Asked II 1 John Cianfone' had been to his home since the affair. the witness said he had, Brown denied to the States At
 torney's question that he had made the statement that his wife tMrs. f Brown) had fixed the time ot the
 Renaldino affair.
 Had Walnuts and Raisins. ] Asked by Mir. Alcorn why II was e that Cianflone was not waiting tor hlm : when he had an appointment "ltn . him at New York, the witness sald . the accused did not know the time ot . his arrival at the metropolis. The S witness was asked what kind Of a
 load he had on the return trip from
 Now York. Brown said he was not sure 2 iust what it was, but he thought IL r was walnuts and raisins. He was d asked by MT. Alcorn if he did not n have liouor for Cianfone, and II so a how much. The witness sald ne uiu |. have about 10 gallons of liquor on lne : truck. Asked what was done "i'i' e this liouor, Brown said that 'ohi IT Cianflone had unloaded 1t.
 tt The witness was asked by Lawyer o u,reedman if he was not sure as 'o s the date being October 25, l92o' put l. Inc witness would not so state.
 l. Wife On stand
 , Mrs. Joseph Cianflone, wife ol on' l. of the accused, was the next witness 1T o,d the last of the afternoons ses T. sion called, She said in ans"er 10 ouostion by Lawyer Freedman as ,,bere her home was that she hao II ID home at present but was stopping y u,rtford She said she is the "l1e n the accused, and the mother ot tw lo children. a. boy, eight years old an n' a qirl. three years old, Asked "fei che vas born, the witness said ~ 7talv. She said that her husbano Wa
 a shoe -cobhler. Lawyer freeoin" asked the witness where she resloe . in october. 1920, and the witness sal ,t 1so7 Third avenue, New 1ork. Sh a:l ,hen described the block in which sh II, res;ded at that time, stating that Nod a butcher shop on the groun .N floor. owned by her brother-ln-iaN IT. 1he witness said that this market wa |. | rsed at times as an entrance into nc ' tenement. She said that her husoan I did make trips to New Britain by times.
 ,, pS Sure husband Was Home .t Asked by Lawyer Freedman as ,,y where her husband was on octope n n g. 1920, she said he was al nom ,r She said that this was clear to h' he owing to the fact that the familS ha been invited out to a party at IT he , home ot her sister on the day follow n- n ing. The party she said was Tn hon' nu of st Raphael. The witness said tn; 1a on the night of October "A, 1920 h' a. husband was with her, spending U
 evening at the home of her slste
 Mrs. Cianf1one said that on the WE 4. home from her sisters, she stoppe ,e to get the children some milk al or lunchroom which was on the aVeh' ss traversed toward home,
 i'd Left Home October 25. lS2o ,h On october 25. 1920, Mrs. Clal - eone said she saw her husband ear . in the morning. He had arisen in r snonse to a knock on the door, ar
 then retired again. When he aga