New Britain herald., 1926-02-25
BIMBA PROSECUTOR
 RECEIVES SECOND
 THREATENING NOTE
Ioday'S Letter Warns Of AsSaSSi- nation ii Accused Is Not
 Found Guilty
EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE
 OF YESTERDAYS LETTER

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 state Witness Says He Was Not Offended By Bimba's Lecture But Thought That He Was Exploiting "Ihc People The same As Thc
 rricsts"-Court Objects to punS.
 Brockton, Mass, Feb. % Pt-- A threatening letter, the second since 'ho trial of Anthony Bimba, Lith- uagian editor, charged with nlas- pbDmy, opened here yesterday, was received today by Associate City A. loruey Joseph M. Veracka, who is in the prosecution of Bim- ia.
 'Che letter, which yeracka said came to him in the morning mail, was made public as todays session Of the blasphemy trial opened, It read in part;
 OppDScu 10 blIiDh
 "Ecmember. attorney, if Binlba is not sentenced, We can shoot. Don't be q coward. There is a God. What about the rain, the sun and many other things? He is q fool that hates others to live, but Hoff- man is with him. Let's have war.
 The letter was written in Eng fish and mailed in Worcester. Tho Hoffman referred 10 is Harry Hott- man, counsel for Bimba. The mis sire received yesterday threatened Ithe associate city attorney witt Idyath if Bimba was convicted an, was signed fred hand,' Today! communication apparently iron persons opposed to Bimba, wa signed, "L. t. C."
 New Interpreter A new interpreter was sworn n today as a result of objections rais cd by the defense yesterday 10 ill tcrprctations of evidence in tn lIithuauian language. John Bolone 1 who testifod for the prosecution yesterday, vas recalled for cross eX animation today.
 Priests Exploit Pcor" Bolonos testified that he was nc offended by what Bimba said abou God in his address in the meelln here, but that he felt Bimba eN ploited the people the same as th priests. He gave m "mphau "sura" when asked whether he b" .!leved priests did exploit u people.
 "rho main idea I took away" h said. twas that it couldn't be know there was any God for science Wa not shown pro or con-
 Joseph Trainovilz was the S"con witness of the day and the fourt of the trial.
 Because the court was dosirous c noting in his own hand the origin5 Lithuanian utterances charged { Bimba, he was asked to repea slowly each word while Judge Kin struggled with the Slavic phonetlc Bimbas statement
 translation cf this testimony { given later. was "he (Bimbal sal nopcs, cardinals, bishops and prieS i3rr monarchs. Also they are demo crats of people. They take peop land torture them innocently. An what good do they do you?"
 Once again a paragraph ir whic Brnba is alleged to have said, 'tt priests say you have soul and " soul is found within my sole' W; gone over word by word.
 This led Judge King to remarl "Puns are always offensive and tn is a poor ono. Perhaps we ha' spent too much time on this sole a shoe
 Mir. and Mrs Bimba again sat t rother at the table of their collhs'
 Further testimony that Bimha hi urged the overthrow Of the unit
 states government and the esta
 ushment Of soviet rule was oiler' by prosecution witnesses today Bimba is editor of q communi newspaper in Brooklyn and the n'a vhemy charge is based on a 22
 year old law in Massachusetts. WI f uesses were Litnuanians who were z lis audience here on the night January 26 when he spoke 10 the
 in their couutry's language. Dif ! culties these men had with the En fish language caused the trial s drag slowly today and questions Il . to be repeated many times and Oft 2 answers had to be explained vi
 the aid Of an interpreter.
 As was the case yesterday, only
 few spectators were able 10 cro'
 into the tiny district court room
 hear witness testify that Bimba h
 denied the existence of God, q that he had said the red flag communism eventually would wa over the capital at Washington.
 John Bolones, the first witne
 said he had taken the idea aW - from the meeting at which Bin n spoke, that 'it couldn't be kno y that there was any God, for scieI . has not shown pro or con-" r Joseph Trainovitz, the second V h ness, gave substantially the sa
 testimony as that given by Witnes 4 yesterday. Under cross-cXaminat y he admitted Bimba had said sor IS (Conttnued on Fourth PRge.(