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RTH ADAMS TRANSCRIPT. THURSDAY, JUTPoison Candy Case MayBe In Jury’s Hands TodayAmadeo Cadenelli, Lee Farmer, Who is Chalked \\ ith Sending Candy to Arturo Maeeri, Also of Lee, W ith Intent to Murder Him, Says He Bought Arsenic in Order to Kill Rats—ClaimsReason He Had Woman Write Maccri’s Name and Address on Slip of Paper Was That He Was Communicating With Insurance Companies About Fires on His Property He Suspected Mace ri of Setting.The case against Amadeo Cadenelli Lee farmer, who is charged with ' .sending .poison candy with felonious I intent to murder Arturo Maoeri, also* j of Lee. is expected to reach the jur 1 j in Superior Court at Pittsfield late ! I this afternoon, it was stated In court circles. Although all of the testimony had not been presented when the court adjourned for lunch early this j afternoon. It was not expected that j | much more time would be required to hear the remaining witnesses Argu- : merits will be presented as soon as. the la si witness has left the stand.The highlight yesterday was the testimony of Cadenelli, the defend- \ ant. who took the stand at 2 30 yes- ! terday afternoon to offer his defense t He contended that the farm on which he lives in East Lee for years had j been destroyed by rats from a near- ; by 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 j forced, to construct a cement floor j 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. Pari* green which likewise ’ failed, to accomplish the desired purpose. Then he was advised that arsenic would be a successful agent j in exterminating the unwelcome vis- | Itors, so on two different occasions he bought of Druggist Taylor some j of the poison, explaining the use of | which he expected to put it. He said i that the reason he had Mrs. Ward write the name and address of Ar-i turo Maceri on a slip of paper was t that he was communicating with in- iFINANCIALNorth American Avia non ..... 8 .1Northern Pacific ........ 27.4Ohio Oil ................... 13.1Oils Elevator ________ 27.5Packard Motor Car ........... 11.2Pennsylvania Railroad ........ ST.::Phillip Morris .................. 97.2Phillips Petroleum .......... 45.3Pullman Incorporated ....... 51Radio Corp ........... 12Reo Motor Car............... 4 7Republic Steel ............... 21.5Sears Roebuck ............... 79.1Servel, Inc.................... 24 4Southern Pacific ..... 39 7Southern Railway ....... 18'-4Sperry Corporation ......20.7Standard. Brands .............15.7Standard Oil of N J .....63.6Studebaker Corp ....... 11.6Timken Roller Bearing ...... 65 7Union Pacific .................135United Aircraft .............. 27 4United Fruit.................. 82.7United States Rubber ........ 30 3United States Steel............ 64 4United Corp ......... 8 1Warner Bros, Pier ...........11Western Union Tel ..... 89Westinghouse ___________.....________134 4Wool wort h Co ........ 52.6Zenith Radio ............ 31 4Curb QuotationsAmerican Superpower......... 2 7Cities Service................. 4 7Electric Bond A- Share ....... 24 7sura nee companies about numerous fires winch had 'been started in his bam and other parts of his property, and which, he suspected, had been started by Maceri. Further he stated that Artur Maceri had liv^TS m his home for 18 years and that when the former left two years ago to establish a home of his own, he had kept his personal desk and papers in Cadenellis house.Accounts for ActionsFrequently, the witness continued in his sensational, statement. Maceri would go to Cadenellis house to transact business. In this same desk Maceri, had at times kept, arsenic locked, in. Under examination by Lawyer Tamburcllo. 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 Maceri.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 Maceri s mail box. brought it into the Maceri 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 Maceri, Cadenelli was on the stand when court recessed until this morning.Paul Tamburello of Pittsfield and James E Hannon, of Lee. are counsel for the prisoner Mr. Tamburello. in his opening, emphasized that Caden-rHi would have a legitimate excuse for buying arsenic to be used in exterminating rats; that Cadenelli had been the victim, of many .fires which he had reason to believe were started by Maceri; that the candy box. when examined, showed many fingerprints none of which were those of Cadenelli. Mr. Tamburello intimated tha- an attempt would be made to show that both Brighinti and Maceri would have ample reasons for conspiring against Cadenelli and perhaps to “frame him in this way. The lawyer said evidence would 'be presented, on this line.Testifying for the commonwealth were Marshall Brighinti. Arturo Maceri. the alleged victim; Mrs. Edith M. Ward. Walter C. Taylor, druggist, who sold the poison; Chief of Police Frank T. Coughlin, Dr. Albert C. England, medical examiner of Pittsfield; Silas P. Smith, lieutenant of state district police and Dr.. Charles W. Schraeder, assistant analyst for the state department of public health. Dr. Schraeder told of the amount of poison on the candy, Brighinti testified that, on the evening of April 26, as he was walking into Maceri’s house, he saw the mail box partly open, and on going to close it found a box which he brought into Maceri’s house, there opened it with Maceri’s help and they discovered, that the candies had suspicious cracks 'In them and white powder was on the pieces of candy. They then called Chief Frank T. Coughlin. Maceri testified to the same effect.Mrs. Ward, seamstress, in Lee. said she often had occasion to help Cadenelli in matters of reading andwriting a* he is an illiterate. Bhe | said that, a short time .bet .we the 1 j sending of the pouon package j Cadene'.ii had asked her to write on' a piece of paper the name and address of Arturo Macen. which she ! did. Druggist Taylor described the . sales of the poison. Dr. England said that the amount of poison would be a lethal dose. Tte officers ■reportthe arrest* and of their 1 investigation during which the-j found m Cadenellis house envel-' opes from which stamps had been | removed, a bottle of glue and stick-: paper of the same width as that I used to hold together the paper on ! the box of candy. The paper written : by Mrs. Ward had been stuck on I the box and the stamps were there uncancelled In other words, the package had not been through the j postoffice, but left at the box ap-j Foreman KLnoblock of the jury.’ which was hearing the Cadenelli | poison case, reported to Judge | Burns that Juror John P. Nan of 1 North Adams was ill and unable to serve that day, In consequence Judge Burns said the remaining 11 men would continue hearing the i case.ST. JOHN’S MEN’S OUTING NEXT WEEKAnnual Affair Listed for Mohawk ParkThe annual outing of the St John's Men s club church outing will take place next Wehnesady at Moha a * Park in Charlemont. Members will leave this city in the afternoon and will participate in a program of spo^s and games until 6 o’clock when a supper will 'be served. Besides the members of the club, sons of the members will also attend and a program designed to please their desires will be arranged.Karl Kroeh is president of the club. Other officers are vice president. Frank Stockwell; treasurer. William H. Berry; secretary, Arthur Henwod; and executive committee, David G Mosley, former mayor Archie J. Pratt and. Dr. .Frank W. Montgomery.“Water Bobbing” Stunt For Ladies* Day at “Y”I The stunt for the day at the YM. C. A. swimming pool yesterday j was ’'Water Bobbing It was pass*| ed by the Misses Margaret Cum-jj in in g,s. Stephanie Gregaiis, Veronica j Merlini, Margaret Tileh, Josephine | Seddon. Nettie Anglie, Mary Lynch. ' Belt a Hi sty. Leo DeGraffe, Loretta | Loft us. Elizabeth Hunter, Annie Lynch, Margaret Ba tiers by. Ann Loftus, Marion McAndrews, and j Veronica Loftus The Red Cross Be-; gmners Test w as passed by Linda Hunter. Rita Catrambone, and Helen j Clark. The A R. C. Swimmers test ! was passed by the Misses Louise ! Dach and Mildred Cuddeback.Foreign ExchangeNew York, July 23 P —Foreign exchange easy; Great Britain demand. $5 02; cables. $5 02; 60 daybills. $5.01; France demand. 6 61 1-4; cables. 6 61 1-4; Italy demand, 7.90,| cables. 7.90. i Demands:Belgium, 16,89: Germany free,| 40.29, registered 22.60; travel. 26.25; i Holland. 67.97. Norway. 25.23; Swe-i den. 25,89; Denmark, 22.42; Finland, i 2 22; Switzerland, 32,70; Spam. ! 13 70; Portugal. 4 57 5-8; Greece 94 1-4; Poland, 18 96: Czechoslovakia, 4 15te; Jugoslavia. 2.31; ' Austria. 18.90N; Hungary. 19.90; Bull mania. .75; Argentine, 33.47N; Brazil | 8.7212Ni Tokyo. 29.32; Shanghai. I 30,25; Hongkong. 31.85; Mexico City. I 27,85; Montreal in New 'York... 99.90 j 5-8; New York in Montreal. , 100.09 3-8.N - Nominal.Norway s forte in tht | this summer lies in t-hOlymp
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