New Britain herald., 1928-01-18
NO SPEC7A7ORS AT
 WATERBURY TRIAL
Judge Excludes Curious n
 aufito Case- TodlJ

Waterbury. Jan. 1A O1-The sec ond day of the trial N Leo Laurtto on charges of attempted murder and carrying concealed weapons, for which he is subject to . maximum combined sentence of 3s years. open ed today behind closed doors.
 By order of Judge Ernest C. Simpson. presiding at the Jury trial, spectators were not admitted.
 In spite of the ruling. the court- room was nearly full of witnesses, lawyers, and others directly interest," ed in the case.
 No startling testimony was intro- duced during the session. Chief 1T, importance was the attempt of At- torney Edward B. Kelley. senior de- fense counsel, to have barred the testimony of Attorney Albert J. Bronsky. clerk of the local city court.
 The state wished to introduce his testimony regarding the plea of guii> ty to the charge of carrying con- cealed weapons before that court, which was made by Lauritc by coun- sel, and subsequently withdrawn when Judge Abner P. Hayes, decided not to take Jurisdiction on that charge but to bind the accused over to the higher court on both counts
 The jury was excused while counsel argued tho admittance Of Attorney Bronsky's testimony States Attorney Lawrence L. Lewis claim ing that Attorney Kelley pleaded for his client in city court with tho eli ent's full knowledge. and that pre-. cedent justified admitting the evid- ence. The court took the dispute un- der advisement, and Attorney Bron- sky not allowed to testify this morn. ing. may be recalled later.
 J. Henry Fitzgerald. of the Colts Patent Fire Arms manufacturing company of Hartford. international. iy recognized as hand gun experts was on the stand when court re- cessed this noon.
 He was called by the state afte. guns purporting to be those be. longing to Laurito and Andriaccio, the formers supposed companion on the day of the shooting. and the three bullets recovered at tho scene of the shooting, were introduced. He identified I.aurito's gun as a Sauel automatic pistol of German make. of 7.65 milimeter caliber, the equivalent of .32 caliber.
 Andriaccio's gun was said to be 6 Smith and Wesson revolver of .32 s. and w. calibre.
 The court recessed before his tes- timony as to the opinion formed from his examination Of the three recovered bullets was brought out.
 John Machulis, of Wilson street was called by the state as the first witness this morning and told o1 being and eyewitness to the shoot ing. He failed. however, to identify I.aurito as the driver of the cal from which the three shots were fired. His testimony was slow and halting, through the medium of ar interpreter. On cross- -cxa imitation ht was unable to state how far he was in feet, from the closed car from which the shots were fired. though he stated that the car was in the middle of the street and moving al the time of the first shot.
 Lieut.. Matthew Balanda of the detective bureau and Officer Joseph Bendler, told of recovering one bull let from the wall in the rear of the shop of Charles Machanau uskas or South street. and Lieut.. Ralanada identified 1t.
 The detective also stated on the cross s-examination that he did moi observe signs of the r stail ng of soft drinks in the csta blisnment. and de. nied telling reporters Q. finding | bullet of other calibre than .32. Bendler told of hearing the shot. fired on the day of the shooting. and of going to investigate their cause County Detective Poland filling and Officers Cornelius sbanahan and George McElligott of the vice squad described seeing Laurito's car or Bank street, near Meadow street about an hour before the shooting.