The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-11

Whb COHJIuueu IOI LWO Wcekb hL tIlt request of the state.
 The finding points out that VII. son fired his gun, though "he hac no actual knowledge that a felony was being perpetrated by Mahoney or any other person."
 Though fatally wounded at B. m, Mahoney was not found un. til five hours later. Then his body was found by neighbor on rail road embankment off Lafayette street.
 Twenty-Five Witnesses
 At the inquest, Deputy Coroner 6myth quizzed a total of 25 wit nesses. Those questioned were a. follows: Samuel Cooper, Patrick J Costello, Patrick Hobart, Ernest Holley, Edward Jenkins, Katherine Jenkins, William KosloSki, Peter Krakauskas, Mrs. Mae Larson, An. drew Mahoney, Mrs. Mary Maho. ney, Francis Mahoney. Louis Mar ceau, John J. Mcdonnell, Mrs. Mar. garet Murphy, William Murphy Ernest Pakul, Michael Sokowski Francis c. Strakauskas, John Stra. John J. Walsh. Mrs. Fan, ny Wilson, Montgomery Wilson Susan Wilson, Benjamin Zeligman
 Deputy Coroner smyth's finding follows:
 The deceased, Edward Mahoney, was employed as a WPA worker and lived at IA Lafayette street, in Waterbury, with his mother and brother, Francis. On the night of April 27th Mahoney spent some time in a tavern in the Brooklyn section and then purchased a bot tie of whiskey, which he and two companions consumed. At about 12:30 o'clock on the morning of the 28th of April he went to the home of his brother-in-law. Will liam Murphy, who lives at 8 Rail- road Hill street. He remained there only few minutes and left, apparently to go to his home on Lafayette street. His body was found at about six o'clock in the morning, about fifteen feet east erly from the railroad tracks in the rear of his home. IA Lafayette street.
 There Is grocery and meat store. owned and operated by Samuel Cooper and his wife. Fanny Cooper, which is located on the first floor of the block at IA Lafayette street. The apartment above the store is occupied by one Mike Sokowski. and the third floor front is occupied by Montgomery Wilson, colored, his wife. his mother and his eight children. The Wilson flat consists of four rooms, two of which face Lafay- cite street.
 At about one o'clock on the 28th of April, Wilson was awakened by his mother, who informed him that she heard the sound of breaking glass, and that she thought someone was breaking in- to Cooper's store. At about the same time Sokowski, who lived alone in the apartment directly underneath the Wilson's, was rap- ping on the floor of the Wilson front bedroom and asking Wilson to come downstairs. As a matter of fact, some person or persons had thrown several stones through the windows of the Cooper store and one stone had been thrown through the window of Sokowski's front room.
 Wilson got up and secured from a suitcase in his bedroom Colt blue steel .32 caliber revolver, which he had purchased about ten years ago in Philadelphia. He loaded the gun with five steel jackctcd bullets and went to the window of the front room. His testimony is that he raised the window and fired one shot down towards the sidewalk, with the purpose in mind of frightening any intruders. He had no actual knowledge that a felony was being perpctratcd by Mahoncy or any other person. Immediately after he fired the shot he heard a man cxclaim as though in pain and he then thought that his bullet had taken effect. He then went to the apartment of Edward Jenkins. who occupied four rear rooms on the floor below. He told Jenkins that some one had broken into Coopers store and asked Jenkins to accompany him to the home of Samuel Cooper for the purpose Of informing him that his store had been broken into. This he and Jenkins did, returning to Lafay- cite street with the Coopers, who then called the Waterbury Police Department.
 officers John J. Walsh and John Mcdonnell responded to the call. together with Detective Lieu tenants Pakul and Hobart. It was then discovered that bag of flour weighing about 25 pounds had been removed from the inside of Cooper's store through one of the holes made in the front window when the stone was thrown through 1t. The bag of flour had broken open and its contents scattered on the platform in front of the store. There were foot prints leading from this bag of flour along the sidewalk southerly to an alley which leads to the railroad tracks beside which Ma honey's body was found. Maho- ney's clothing was entirely cov- cred with flour as well as his hands and arms.
 Upon his return to his apart ment after notifying the Coopers, Wilson took the gun and box of cartridges that he had in the house and put them under the head of his bed. Tn the morning when he learned that the body of Mahoney had been found in the rear of the building he took the gun and put it in the kitchen stove and threw the cartridges in- cluding the empty shell into the chimney where they were later discovered by Detective Lieuten- nwAIAw asaA 0IS han nkN