The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-21

This afternoon 1t was expected that the police would reach a stage in the Investigation whereby they could confront Calabrese with new evidence. alleged threats made by him in the presence of witnesses that he would get rid of her (Mrs Leach) some day" The authorities feel sure that they are in a position fo establish a motive, vengeance for some grievance the suspect held against the deceased. If the author- fties prove their point, some of the Anticipated sordid features of the whole case are likely to come to light.
 Assistant States Atotrney Will liam B. Fitzgerald and County De- tective Roland filling of States Attorney Laurence l.. Lewis office were preparing today to take an active part in the case, assisting lhlembers of the detective bureau in smashing down certain features of Calabrese's story. particularly his claim to sincere friendliness with Mrs Leach.
 It is the "hunch" of the police that the two had quarrelled on previous occasions over personal matters and that the climax came Tuesday night when the two. after spending several hours drinking Together at the home of MT and Mrs Fred DiLeone of Lakewood road. started for home in Gala brese's truck. They left the DiLeone residence shortly before , o'clock Monday afternoon. The telephone call to the police revealing the mur- der came at 9:15 o'clock. Calabrese has yet to explain away the four ahd one-half hours which inter- wened. That the two rode about Wolcott. the Meriden road, Plank road and that immediate section, While under the influence of wine. is apparent to the police.
 In several points of Calabresc's stosy his claims show weakness. He claimed that the two men stoyped his machine and pulled Mrs Leach out of his truck and marched her off in the direction of the sand pit. He waited a few and then discovered, so he alleges, the body.
 Bloodstains on his clothing, traces of sand in his new arctics and shoes, and his explanation of the discovery. conflict with other features of his story. The police claim that the woman was smashed in the face in such brutal man Iler as to fracture her skull m two places, break her nose and knock out several teeth. He'd body was dragged over the ice-coated snow for d distance of thirty feet and pitched into the pit.
 NThe police openly question his story of the two men and cling to their theory that Calabrese was alone at the time and that as a motive his drink-inflamed mind rcsurrected the personal "grudge" he had been harboring against her. Of course it is up to the police to prove their contentious by actual evidence and not by recOnstructive efforts, they admit.
 Although a thorough search has been made of the vicinity of the crime no club, stone or shovel su- speeted aS having been used in the atrocious attack has yet been dis covered. The police hope that some one will eventually find the weapon of attack.
 Among the several facts estab- lished by police and medical testi- niony Is that Mrs Leach was not selected as q victim for a criminal assault. Whoever was responbile for her death simply battered her lead and face in and left her dy- ing in the sand pit.
 The stains on Calabrese's truck have been found to be those of wine. Both he and Mrs Leach had become nauseated from their drinking. Similar evidence was found few yards from the sand pit.
 Last evening in their roundup of witnesses the police took into custody one Ralph Mangini, 25, of 362 Lakewood road. a brother-in- law of Calabrese. The two men ap- parently have had verbal and fistic battles over Mrs Leach. Mangini has been considered her "boy r.iend," who was willing to marry her, if she obtained a divorce. He is apparently bitter against Gala bfese and some of his remarks on record are not to be considered in favor of the suspect. Mangini was at the DiLeone home. sleeping, while Mrs Leach and others were drinking. He claims he was on his way to New York when the mur- der was committed and that his foreman was with him. The police are checking up on this claim.
 Mrs Leach, who was recently