New Britain herald., 1928-09-14
WITNESSES POINT
OUT ACCUSED men
Lunch Room Man Identities
Raymond and alone
TRIAL ON IN WlLLIMAN1IC
Others Also Identify Car In Which
Alleged Slayers Of Trooper Nelson
Sped Away - Victims Uniform
Exh1bited In Court,


uing its attempt TO build up the
first degree murder case against
Roland G. Lalone and Albert J.
Raymond. the state today produced
five persons who saw State Trooper
Irving Nelson slain on the night of
April s. and four other persons who
saw the car used by the slayers OF
the officer shortly after the shoot
ing.
Identified BY Witness
The chief witness of the morning
was Michael +. Radiezk. Webster,
Mass. lunchroom owner who de-
clared that between 5 and . o'clock
at night on April 9Th, two men,
whom he later identified from pho
tographs as Raymond and Lalone,
ate at his lunch cart.
Asked why he noticed the two
men particularly, he said that a
third man, whose name is Langevin
was in the cart when the two men
came in and he said to them: What
are you doing here?''
Dadiezk did not remember what
their reply was but he did look them
over, Later he was shown half d
dozen photographs by police and
from the bunch picked out Lalone
and Raymond as the two who had
been in the lunch cart on that night
Saw Green Sedan
John Jarozz of Webster testified
that on the night Of April eth while
on the way from Thompson TO Web
ster a green sedan slid by him and
turned into Long Branch road. He
thought nothing OF it at the time
but when he reached Webster he
heard Of the shooting Of Nelson
He reported to the police and with
several officers returned to the Long
Branch road section.
They followed tire marks. the
trail leading into Dudley. Mass, and
while passing Brandon Road. in that
town they saw the car standing
there. The registration was 40l,976
On cross examination the witness
was asked just one question ant
that was: Did you hear Of . s.
year old man having been shot II
Dudley a. = murder suspect?"
He replied that he had not.
He Saw Car Speed Past
Sergeant George Ladd Of the Put
nam police. testified that after hav
ing been notified of the Nelson
shooting by the Willimantic polio,
a closed car bearing registration
401,s76, sped by him in From
street, knocked over traffi
standard and disappeared from hi
view beneath railroad underpass
He saw two men in the car. boil
on the front seat. He could no
make out their features. Asked wha
! he did next. he said he hurried t
police headquarters and with sew
eral other officers began chase o
the car and followed it to the Mass
achusetts state line where trail va
lost
State Policeman Elton g. Nolal
was called to the stand to identif.
the uniform worn by Nelson on tn
night he was shot to death. Nolal
Identified the uniform and badg
and they were offered as exhibits
Villagers Testify
Pomfret villagers also gave firs
hand accounts of the murder
James Byrnes. near whose gener
al store the officer was fatally sho
was recalled to the witness stand
Byrnes said he saw Nelson pas
the store following a sedan. hear
shots and saw him fall to tn
ground after dismounting from hi
motorcycle. He was not cross exam
ined.
Henry NJ. Graves Of Pomfret. VIII
knew Nelson, testified he saw tn
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