New Britain herald., 1925-03-14
Dissatisfied With Testimony

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 Dissatisfied With Testimony
 Claiming that the testimony pre- scented at the inquest into the death of Angelo ROta was not satisfactory, Joseph Barcella of East Berlin, a that the case be left open for a few days in order that private inVesti- gation might be made.
 Coroner Lowndes A. Smith of Mid dletown is conducting the investiga~ ton into the death of the East Ber- lin brick yard employe. who was mangled to death last Wednesday morning when he fell into disin- tegrating machine at the F. o, Clark plant.
 Barcella told the coroner that he had several theories of his own as to what caused his fathers death and the coroner stated that he would reserve decision for a few days
 Five witnesses were questioned re- garding the death of their fellow employe. but nothing showed that the death had been anything but ac- Cident. Rota was caught in the machine and his body was removed by workmen, who were questioned at the inquest. They were unable to explain how Rota. became caught in the machine.
 The machine had been shut off, according to witnesses, and Rota had climbed to the top in order to find out why the knives were rattling, it being his opinion that something was caught in thenL There were no Workmen who actually witnessed the death. Nearest to Rota was Philip Rami who was assisting in making the repairs to the apparatus.
 It is said that Rota called to Ram, "All right" this being taken as signal to start, Rami rclayed the signal to his brother, Frank, who was in the engine room. He started the machinery. Frank, it was brought out in the testimony, started to walk from the engine room and at that instant the emergency cord attached to the switch, was pulled. After several revolutions the knives stopped. Philip said he had heard cry from the machine and Frank nearly tainted, it was testified. Philip climbed to the top and, peering in, saw that Rota was dead. Other workmen rushed to Philips assist ance, the machine was reversed and the body removed.
 In addition 10 Philip and Frank. the coroner examined John Cooney of Kensington. Peter Moriarity of East Berlin, workmen at the yard, and Enrico Pola, superintendent. The coroner was anxious to find out whether there had been foul play in connection with the death of Rota, but it was brought out in the testimony that all the workmen near him had been friends of his, lt also developed that Rota had not been under the influence of liquor. Motherhood Meeting
 The Berlin Motherhood club will meet next Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Leland w. Gwatkin. The subject to be dis cusscd at this meeting will bc My Garden" and the speaker win be Mrs. Sidney NJ. Cowles of kcnsing- ton. These meetings are attracting many Berlin residents and the sub iccts discussed this year have been extremely interesting 10 the mcm- bers of the organization.
 Slight Auto Accident
 Three automobiles became in volved in q slight accident on the turnpike north of the post office about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The names of the drivers could not be ascertained. The damage con- sisted in few dented lenders.
 Every Member Canvass
 The annual every member canvass of the Kensirgton Methodist church will be held tomorrow afternoon, following luncheon at the church Flor canvassers and their wives after the session of the Sunday school After the dinner and a few short talks the teams will set out on their various routes. These teams con sist Of two men each and are as follows, F. F. Hanford and Robert Isaacson, Charles F. Lewis and Charles l.awton. c. H. Johnson and Thomas Hanford, George. Tryon and Frank Day. Roy Tryon and Charles