The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-16
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| 1Ou QlQ not pull the tIlgSer!
 "No, I would not pull the trigger"
 You did not shoot because you were afraid of him"
 No, no. It's absurd to shoot man."
 You didn't shoot Cyr to defend yourself
 T did not intend to shoot him."
 You did not pull the trigger of the gum" No"
 You did not point this gun at Adolph Cyr and shoot him, did you?" ''No."
 You did not shoot him for any reason?"
 No.
 You did not shoot him for any circumstance in which you found yourself?"
 Do you know of any way in which this gun can be fired with out pulling the trigger?"
 No, I don't"
 At another point in the examin-? ation, the prosecutor asked Coscia if he looked through hole in the kitchen door after his gun fell on the hallway floor.
 Coscia said he did, and that the hole was the one through which the gun had been pulled back and forth.
 What did you see when you looked through the hole?"
 T saw Cyr on the floor"
 How much of his body did you see?
 T saw the head" Coscia point ed to his chest to show how much of Cyrs body he saw.
 Did you see a hole in Cyr's chest?"
 No" "No.'
 How long did you stay watch ing through the hole?"
 An instant"
 You did not know whether he was dead or not?"
 No"
 Did you think he might need help?"
 Almost Overcome
 No. When I Saw him on the ground I was almost overcome. lost my head. How could I help him. I was SO afraid I wasn't | thinking any more of anything"
 Did you call doctor?"
 ssT I,,,t more"
 When you walked away from the door you didn't know whether he was dead or alive?"
 T did not know"
 Early in the hearing Coscia was asked in detail how Cyr had chased | him to his second floor apartment. | Cyr didn't quite catch him, Coscia | said, adding, he wasn't on time"
 Cyr did not enter the second floor kitchen but stood over the threshold with his body bending | over, Coscia testified. The witness said his wife heard | him scream, Help. Help. This 1 one, he wants to Kill me-" Cyr was almost stuck in the door when Mrs. | Coscia tried to push him out, the | witness said.
 When he came out with his gun toward Cyr, Cyr began to run and Coscia followed, &C., cording to the testimony.
 When MT. Cyr saw me and saw I had the gun in my hand he start ed to run down." the witness said.
 There was nothing to prevent you from shutting and locking your kitchen door, was there" the pro- secutor asked. T wanted to reason with him, "Coscia replied.
 You didn't run downstairs be- cause you were filled with anger" asked later.
 No, because I was full of fear" CoScia stated. You were afraid? Is that why you chased him downstairs?"
 T wanted to reason with him." You chased him because you wanted to reason with him-not because you were afraid?"
 Threatened Him
 T was afraid of him because he had threatened me"
 If you had remained in your kitchen and locked the door you would have had nothing to fear, would you?'
 Yes. But it might have happened some other time.'
 Asking about the breaking of the Cyr kitchen door, Fitzgerald queried, After Oyr closed the door, you struck it?
 T was going pushing the gun to open the door. wanted to 
 And you pushed the gun through the door?"
 Lightly, pushed it. and 1t went ln."
 You continued to strike the door with your gun?"
 No" just once. The gun hap pened to be in just little"
 Tt happened to be in just a lit- tle?"
 Yes" II You banged your gun against [ the door at least twice?"
 No."
 Are you sure of that7"
 Most sure"
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