Putnam patriot., 1929-10-17
MAzZOLA MAY KNOW
 HIS FATE BY TONIGHT


 The state made considerable pro. eress Friday and introduced some ci its important witnesses. A policeman testified Go viewing the body. seeing fiugerprint marks on the victim
 hroat, right eye blackenea and face sera atehed. He also told of finding < basin in which there was d small quantity of water mixed with what appeared Co be blood. He said Mag zcla told him he eft for work about 65O o'clock in the morning and that his mother-in-law was all right at that time.
 Dr. Charles Jenkins, the physician summoned to the scene, told cf view ing the body and said that rigor mort is had already set in. He was follow ed by Medical Examiner Dr. Louis l. Mason who was on the stand for over two hours giving detailed facts of what he saw at the Mazzola house and what the autopsy disclosed. The doctor said marks on the neck indi- cated stragulation. He told of blood on the woman and what appear ed ta he an effort tt wash some of it away. A piece of the woman's larynx. preserved in bolt c, was put in evi- dence and Dr. Mason pointed out a fracture which. he said. could only have been produced by a strcng man using extreme force to produce T. was his opinion that the woman had died within three minutes after re- eeiving this injury.
 Coroner Arthur G. Bill testified to holding an inquest and his verdict be- ing one of murder.
 Another police officer told how Mazzola had stated he left for work at $50 and arrived at his employ mentas section hand on the railroad at seven o'clock. At the police sta ton tflhe following Saturday Mazzola was questioned and stuck to his story as to the time of going to work. When confronted by the foreman of the section gang. Mazzola changed the time to 730 and when the foreman said it was not as early as that Mag zola told the foreman that he, the fore man. was not there at 7.30. The off, cer also told of life insurance policies found in which there were no pencil ciaries named. Cash was found in the house and bankbooks on which there were deposits of nearly $4,000.
 A number time" witnesses were then introduced who saw Mazzola the morning the murder was discovered. A woman also testified that she saw Mazzola that morning carrying a pan which he empticd in the yard. She fixed the time at from seven to ten minutes after seven o'clock. Court adjourned until Tuesday morning.
 State Rests
 The state rested, Tuesday afternoon, after calling ten witnesses. The de- fense scored a point when it success fully combatted the states attempt to show financial dealings between the accused and the woman who was mur- dered, his mother-in-law. It Is as- stunned that the state wished Co get the evidence before the jury tending to prove a motive.
 Frank Russo. who left for Italy the morning of the crime was discovered, was called by the state. He testified that Mazzola called on him about twenty-five minutes of eight and talk ed with him about his proposed trip. Other witnesses testified Co seeing Mazzola as late as S.20 and S.25 o. clock. It has been testified that the accused stated that he went to work shortly after seven o'clock the morning of the crime.
 John Sullivan, section foreman, under whom Mazzola worked. was the most important witness of the day. He testified that Mazzola did not come f.f. Ha men. When the men started up the track to go to work at eight o'clock ! he. the foreman, walked Go the rail- road station and sent telegram to the supervisor telling him to deduct enc days pay from Thomas Mazzoia's ! time He then went to where his crew was working Soon afterwards Mag zola showed up. He told Mazzola what he had done about his time. 1 Mazzola said his tardiness was be- cause he had had trouble with a boiler. The witness said the accused had been late but two or three times in the sixteen years he had worked for him. During the questioning of Mazzola by the police, in the presence of the foreman, Mazzola stated that he went to work at 7.30. Witness tried to cor rect Mazzola as to the time but Mag zola insisted 1t was 7.30. As he was leaving a wake held for the murdered woman Mazzola requested him to say he. Mazzola, had gone to work little after seven o'clock. should anyone question him about it. The foreman was cross examined at length by Att torney King of defense counsel.
 The telegraph message sent by the foreman Co the suprvisor at Frank lin was put in as an exhibit.