The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-14
My Mind, She Stop"
 Coscia Tells Court
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mony had difficulty in making the jury hear him. At one point Judge Cornell interrupted and said, Dom chic, these people want to hear what you say" At no time did the accused use an interpreter.
 Naturalized
 Yesterday afternoon the accused testified he was born March 25, 1894, in Italy and came to this country with his sister, Mrs. An tonic Insogna, and a brother in 1913, arriving in Waterbury on Good Friday, March 18 He became a citizen following lengthy study at night school, he said.
 Coscia evidently had difficulty hearing some of the questions, and at one point Mascolo asked about his hearing. The witness said his right ear became dead in 1917 at the time of the last war.
 Asked how long he knew his wife, the former Carmella Spallone, whom he married April 25, 1942, he said I knew her when she was baby" He said he lived with his sister until he was married, and that at one time his sisters home was on West Porter street, short distance from the Spallone home
 Coscia said he and his wife and her sister, Anna, lived in the first floor at 419 Washington avenue until after Anna married Adolph Cyr on July Is, 1942. The day before the Cyrs returned from their honey moon he and his wife moved to the second floor and the Cyrs then moved in downstairs, he testified. Coscia stated that at the time of the CyrS' marriage he was friendly with Cyr, but that trouble began two or three weeks later. In the course of his testimony he described in detail his work on cement sidewalk on the premises, finished the week before the shooting, and also told of remodeling work done in his second floor tenement. Nervousness Evident Coscias nervousness was evident when he was handed a photograph of the Washington avenue property. His hands shook noticeably. At an- other point he lifted an unsteady hand to his lips as he testified, and his attorney asked him to put 1t down so the jury could hear more clearly.
 On cross-examination early yes- terday afternoon, Mrs. Coscia was asked if Coroner Stephen A. Hom- ick had asked her a series Of ques- tions on the day of the staying. She replied, Maybe he did. I don't re- member" She said she remembered seeing Miss Florence Eccles, court stenographer, take shorthand notes on that day.
 Portions of the coroners tran script of testimony were read by the prosecutor, question by question and answer by answer and Mrs Coscia was asked if she remem- bered the individual questions ane answers. Each time she replied sht did not remember them. Several times Mrs. Coscia said T really don't remember anything I said that morning"
 , At one point the prosecutor re- ! ferred to her direct testimony tha ! Cyr had come to the second Hoo on the morning of the laying. HI asked if she had told that to th' coroner, and she replied she did no remember. Questions asked Mrs Coscia by Assistant States Attorne! Walter w. Smyth on Sept. 28 ant answers she gave were read, ane Mrs. Coscia continued to repea' that she did not remember them
 Others who took the witnes! stand yesterday afternoon were Mrs Anna Insogna Manello, Coscla' niece, who identified garment be- longing to Coscia; Officer Josepf Lavallo, who said he saw Coscia 1T the cell block three or four day. after the staying and noticed marx on his temple; and Sergeant Georg' Chatfield, who said he saw mark on Coscia's temple, when the ac' cused was at the booking window at police headquarters on the morn ing of tn eslaying.