New Britain herald., 1927-07-25
Jack Biladena, 10,
With An Unsavory
Record, Said to Have
Confessed Stranghng
Rose Bordino, 10 year
Old Girl.
Arrest Follows Finding of
Partly Decomposed Body
Near Highland Lake by
William Webb of This
City.

Winsted, Conn. July rs R-Rose
Bordino the ten year old daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Bordino, of
this city, who disappeared a week
ago Saturday. was slain in the aban-
doned factory of the New England
Pin Company, and Jack Billadella.
10, is under arrest as her alleged
slayer.
Confession Is Claimed.
The police say that at 1880 this
morning after a long grilling Billa-
della confessed to killing the girl
whose body had been found last
evening in the swamp at Hulburt's
Cove, in Highland Lake. The youth
was Immediately taken to the coun-
ty Jail at Litchfield by police supt
John H. slocum, state officer and
Prosecutor c. w. Winslow Of the
town court.
Youths Record Is Bad.
Billadella was committed to the
Boys School at Meriden for assault
upon a young girl on September II,
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rested during his period Of freedom
for theft from st. Joseph's church
here. He was again paroled and the
past few weeks had served as sub
for his step-father as Waterman at
the empty factory of the New Eng
land Pin Company.
The Bordino girl disappeared
while on her way home week ago
Saturday after she had bought two
flower pots in down town store.
She had to pass by the pin factory
and over the bridge which spans
Mad river. The police in their in
curry had become convinced that
the girl had dropped out Of sight
in the vicinity of the factory and
Officer Alton Smith even searched
the place because of suspicion which
attached to young Billadella.
Death BY Strangulation.
According to the police Billadella
has confessed that he killed the girl
by strangulation after getting her
into the factory and pulled a sack
over her head and tied her legs to-
gether. He hid the bundle In coal
bin.
The recovery Of the body was
brought about after Billadella had
been seen to throw a bundle into
the swamp. The fate OF the girl
was quickly revealed.
Patrick V. Joyce, who lives in
Ridge street, which is the street
which passes close by the factory,
late yesterday saw an automobile go
through Hulburt street and thence
thorugh East Lake street In the d.
rection of the lake.
He says the driven got out. look
ed about to see IL he was observed
and then began to tinker with the
engine while other autom obiles went
by. When the road seemed clear
the man carried bundle from the
car to the woods in swampy ground
ard left it there. returning to. the
car and driving away.
New Britain Man There.
Joyce says he told Of the incident
upon going into his house but at
first it was thought by others that
someone had merely got rid OF
bundle of rubbish. However Joyce
and his brother-in-law. William
Webb OF New Britain. went into the
woods and in pushing their way
through underground they found n
woman's coat and then the bundle.
From the latter came stencil. The
men returned to the road and had
Raymond Bushnell drive them to
the police station.
Police Supt Slocum with Captain
Frank l.. White OF the force and c.
L. Mahoney, an undertakes. went to
the woods and secured the bundle
and took 1t to the undertaking
rooms Of the last named.
The contents proved to be the
body of the Bordlno girl. Coroner
Samuel Herman had a preliminary
autopsy held at once.
Identification was made by DOM
mic Bruno, neighbor of the Bor-
dinos as the girls parents were not
permitted to see the body as 1t was
in state OF partial decomposition.
The mark by which Bruno deter
mined beyond question that It was
the Bordino girl was a scar on the
neck.
The police. meantime, had been
looking for Jack Billadella, as he
is known here. and found that he
had gone to Torrington In his car.
When he returned at 1880 he was
arrested and taken before Superin-
tendent Slocum. 1t is understood
that he refused to incriminate him
self until about 1880 this morning
when he told the story which had
led to his being placed in the Itch
field Jail until the authorities can
make formal charges.
Will Plead Insanity.
No date has been set for a hear
ing for Billadella. 1t was said this