Putnam patriot., 1930-07-03
THIS STATE TAKES
 PART IN TRIAL
Strategy of States Attorney Bradford's Office Revealed
 Last Saturday
Plant" Dummy Prisoner in Cell
 Next Trudeau

Connecticut's part in the case of Leon Trudeau. of Webster, charged with the murder of his wife. came to light last Saturday when Ernest A. Holland of Wiliimantic, assistant to Rowe H. Wheeler, was called to the witness stand in the Worcester Supe- rior court room.
 Hollands testimony revealed a strategy planned by MT. Wheeler, in- vestigator for States Attorney How- ard c. Bradford. Attorney Bradford, and executed by Holland. The tesgt- mony provided a bombshell in court.
 Assistant Investigator Hollands testimony, W hich revealed for the first time an important part which the Connecticut authorities have talk en in the trial, placed Trudeau in the role of wife-beater, if not mur- derer, and disclosed his intention of marrying Lena Wieczek the girl in the triangle, as soon as he was ac- quilted or had completed serving sem tence.
 These and other startling disclos- ures were secured from the alleged murderer by Holland, during a four day confinement in a cell adjacent to that occupied by Trudeau at the Wor- cester county jail during the early part of March. In accordance with the plan the Connecticut sheriff was in- carcerated at the jail apparently un- der all legal procedure leaving no loophole for Trudeau CT other con- victs to subject that the man in cell No. 90 that adjoining Trudeau's, was occupied by a dummy"
 Talked with Accused
 Holland occupied the witness stand Saturday for about one hour and a half and under direct examination by District Attorney Norman told of en. tering into numerous conversations with the Webster man.
 To a question by Attorney Norman "Did he (Trudeau) say anything about being interested in girl in Worces- teri" the dummy" prisoner replied, "Yes." He said he had a girl and she was in jail. He said the girls name was Wieczek. He said if he got out he would marry her and if he didn't get out he would marry her after he was sentenced and she would live with his mother"
 Asked what Trudeau had said about the ride with his wife on the night she was killed, Holland caused stir among the spectators with his an swer. .Trudeau said that the last time he saw her was February 22. He said she wanted to go to the Wieczek farm that night. but he got stuck on the road. He said that she insisted on going. He then told me the police had found her pocketbook and some beads there. He said they had an argument there tat the farm) and he choked her and got her by the throat He said you had to show woman you were boss"
 The prosecution again scored heav- fly in the Connecticut .prisoner's' reply to the request of Attorney Nor. man that the witness proceed with the story of other things Trudeau hac disclosed to him concerning their ac | tiyities of himself and his wife or the fatal night. Holland continued He told me that he stopped at q watering trough and washed up. He said his wife was with him then. Al i ter that they drove on and she said | NitN Wh1h1 AAttFs Fttihs 1R afttdus She tried to jump and he tried to grab her Trudeau said. He said he pulled the car off to one side of the road and nearly hit tree during the struggle. After she had jumped, Tru. deau said he went to Worcester where he bought some new pants, because his others were dirty and torn. He said he went to his girls house"
 On the matter of gun or revolver which might have been involved in the case Holland testified that Tru- deau had told him in the jail that he had told the police about a gun, but that there wasn't any and be wanted Co make the police work lot foT nothing.
 Not Shaken
 A battering cross-examination by Attorney Cronin, counsel for the de- fense, failed to shake Hollands testi- mony, but the questions assisted the witness in bringing out additional evi- dences against the accused. Holland said that after the conversation in which Trudeau had told of choking his wife to show her who was boss, he taunted Trudeau with a remark that he was not a strong man, to which Trudean retaliated with the boast that he could tear a deck of cards with his hands.