The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-02

Imperial Package store at 2l Con- gresg avenue, testified he did not remember seeing zukauskas on Nov. 1. He said he was called by Officer James Little to post bail for zu- kauskas.
 Michael Croce, operator of gas station at Congress avenue and Bank street, testified ZukauskaS came to him without coupons for gasoline one day. He said 1t might have been iov. 2. zukauskas told him his child was sick, the witness stated. He gave him gallon or two of gasoline. he said.
 John Waitulonis of l25 Congress avenue, owner of the Royal restau- rant on Congress avenue, said Zu- kauskas was in the restaurant on Nov. between and 6 D. m. He said the accused had about three or four beers, and did not look drunk. He supplied the defense at- torneys with names of other per- sons who were at the bar that af- ternoon.
 Edward Leonard of Meadow street, one of the patrons at the restaurant, said he entered the cs- tablishment with Zukauskas that afternoon, but left first. He said he had been close friend of the for- Mer policeman for 19 years and on cross examination testified the de- fendant always had q good reputa- ton.
 Mrs. Zukauskas, wife of the ac- cused, became noticeably weary at this point in the proceedings. A sheriff brought her glass of wa ter and offered her cough drops a8 she began to cough. Zukauska8, appeared indifferent to the pro- ceedings and spent most of the morning session reading trans cript of evidence taking prevouBly.
 Anthony RamanauSkaS Of l85 AL der street testified he saw Zukau- skas between and 7:30 d. m. Nov. 2. No indication was given what further use may be made of that testimony.
 Other witnesses called included Lieut.. William Foley, Officer Ray mond T. Grady, Officer Anthony Lombardo, Officer Leo McKcnna, William Mole of the Modern Glass shop, and Thomas Wagner of the Personal Finance Co.
 River Search Described
 Lieut.. Foley described the un8uc- cessful search in the Naugatuck river for guns zukauskas allegedIy threw there after the shooting.
 Officer Grady told of the diScoy- cry of one revolver shell and two rifle shells off Spring Lake road, near Lakeside boulevard Nov. ,. Defense Attorney w. w. Gagcr questioned him about hunting in the section, in an evident effort to show the shells may have been left there by hunters
 Officer Lombardo told of selling a .32 caliber revolver to zukauAkas during Christmas week of 1943. He | said Zukauskas had asked him to find a gun for him in connection with his work as a supernumerary 1
 Wagner, manager of the Personal | Finance Co, l99 Bank street, who | testtAed that Zukauskas made q loan of $l00 on May l3. l944. $G0 of which remained unpaid on rosS-exam1nation, Wagner said Zu- kauHkas said he made the loan to pay q personal debt. He said the payments had been made regularly | up to and including Oct. 1914.
 Shell Identified
 Detective Grady Identified 32 | 0a aIEII af1I, La ...td h. F,n on Bradley avenue, Nov. 5 Officer | John Flaherty testified that he ob- served q car going from Congress | avenue to Chase Parkway at about | 36-40 miles an hour, as he rang the | box at Highland and Walsh avenue | Nov. at II D. m. A police cruiser. | iii which were Detectives James | Stack and Paul Moynihan and Po- liceWoman Mary NorRren, was | parked alongside the box al that l time he said.
 Among the items identified by | Coroner Homick yesterday after noon and this morning was blood stained towel found off Lakeside | boulevard with the clothing of Mrs. Plungis. He also identified shovel 1 as the one which Zukauskag told | him he used to bury evidence of the staying.
 The coroner was recalled to the l stand just before l D. m.
 Coroner Homick al yesterday l afternoons session completed the i reading of Zukauskas' confession to i the staying, and then told Of visits 1 made with the accused on the af- ternoon of November to VarioB ! spots involved in the staying.
 He told of being led by ZukauS- ! kas 10 the location in Middlebury | where the accused said he had | broken glass from the Plungis cal. The two of them, accompanied by |