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ITH ADAM? TRANSCRIPT. TFICRSPAY. JV1.T 23.Poison Candy Case MayBe In Jury’s Hands Today'.iCiAmatleo Cadenelli, Lee Farmer, Who is ChalgedWith Sending Candv to Arturo Maeeri, Also of41 - *Lee, \\ ith Intent to Murder Him, Says HeBought Arsenic in Order to Kill Rats—ClaimsReason He Had Woman Write Maceii’s Name and Address on Slip of Paper Was That He Was Communicating With Insurance Companies About Fires on His Property He Suspected Maeeri of Setting.5aHire!oorPiIbypiThe case against Amadeo Cadenelli Lee farmer, who is charged with .sending poison candy with felonioussurar.ee companies about numerous fires which had been started in his barn and other parts of his. property.of Lee. is expected to rcalt;.h the jury in. Superior Clt; art at Pittsfield .alt this afternoon, it was stated in court circles. Although all o: the te-t.m ...\ had not been presented when the court adjourned for lunch early thus afternoon, it was not expected that much more time would be required to hear the remaining witnesses Arguments will be presented as soon as the last witness has left the stand.The high 1 igh t y es ter day w.is 11 e testimony of Cadenelli. the defendant. who took the stand at 2 30' yesterday afternoon to offer his defense. He contended that the farm on which he lives in East Lee for years had been destroyed by rats from a nearby dump. Pheasants and chickens had been killed, and his provisions of fruit and grain In the cellar had been depleted.. Because of the menace of the rodents he had been, forced to construct a cement, floor in his chicken coop, his barn and his baloney cellar.Originally, In an effort to kill the rats, he told court and jury, he bought from Walter C. Taylor, a druggist in Lee. a tube of rat poison which, when spread on bread, was ineffective in killing the pests. Next he tried. Paris, green which likewise failed to accomplish the desired, purpose, Then he was advised that arsenic would be a successful agent in exterminating the unwelcome visitors, so on two different occasions he bought of Druggist Taylor some of the poison, explaining the use of which he expected to put it. He said that the reason he had Mrs. Ward write the name and address of Ar-and which, he suspected, had been s art* u ! v \ I a c e 11. Fu r: i. e r 11 * -■ s ’.: te ■: Art- U*A nthathome for 18 years and that when the former left two years ago to es*ab-lish a home of hLs own, he had kept his personal desk and papers in Cadenelli s house,Accounts for ActionsFrequently, the witness continued in his sensational statement. Maeeri would go to Cadenelli‘s house to transact business In this same desk Maeeri had at times kept arsenic locked in Under examination by Lawyer Tamburello, of counsel for the defense, the defendant accounted for his actions on Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26. when the candy was received by Maeeri.Judge Burns excluded testimony which was offered to show the hostile relations between Cadenelli and Marshall Brighinti. his son-in-law. who was one of the principal witnesses for the commonwealth It was Brighinti who had taken the package from Maeeri s mail box. brought it into the Maeeri house, and in the presence of Arturo, opened it to find the candy which contained the deadly salts. Cadenelli was prepared to tel! why he was not on friendly terms with his son-in-law. reasons that dated back to the young man's marriage to his. daughter, but was not permitted to do so. Brighinti is employed by Maeeri. Cadenelli was on the stand when court recessed until this morning.Paul Tamburello of Pittsfield and James E Hannon, of Lne are counsel for the prisoner Mr Tamburello. in his opening, emphasized that Caden-w! I* B NMJlmCSMwaii*txwsia:OPj H’ a: | H! asr* Igxrrlt * nr* tsa nYhilcAM
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North Adams, Massachusetts, US
Thu, Jul 23, 1936
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