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Girls Testify In Trial(Continued from Page 1).[ ihe was. She said she then ran (cut of the restaurant.1 Her description of the man j vith the rifle .was bald or short i haired or light '.: colored hair, ! medium height and wearing a I piaid shirt.*' /‘ .On cross examination she saw | the rain was not wearing * Hght i blue shirt. • ,1 Mis5 Cardoza said;she had no-* flced two other girls.at. a near-\by table as well as e-number of people -at17the counter. %On cross examination by Arab A. Arabian, both witnesses told the juFy, they, did hot seeigirl it the next table fall to| the floor before or after they f heard shooting.j Yesterday afternoon the jury? heard testimony from five wit. nesses. . . i Roa aid W. Dunbar of 26 Stockholm St., an employee at Ray-\ thedn, said he and his fiance,shufflebojrd about 11:30 p-W Coria ««id he occasionally methe young man at Quality Lunch after ho. closed his place, anc had made similar arrangements Oct. 5. .Costa said he closed his place about 1 a.m.,-went to QualltJ Lunch, looked in but did not see Robertson, and left.Also called to the witness si and was Louts E. Bourff, sailor, who said.he aceompar.* ted the two ■ slain •' iillors to tbyn Oct. 5/Bourff told .the jury the three went to the Newport' ..Taverj Hbout 9 p.m. where-he said they drank for most of the evening He.said they .went to the Quail fy'Lunch at 12:15 or 12:30 a.m. arriving- about -12:45.Bourff said he had too mud to - drink and ^stayed only-a few minutes because .he felt sick. The oilier two sailors remains* at Quality Lunch, he said. Hexucxau o ....., told the jury all three in the! ^whlsT’ife^ entered'tho reslau- group were wearing civiitsn [rant about 11:30 p.m.- Oct. 5.Dunbar said-. he recognized Robertson, who ^ also was cm-ployed at Raytheon at that time. Although he did not snow t Robertson by name, he told the i jury ho greeted him as he co-Jtered the restaurant, from t Broidway.1 Dunbar said Robertsonjihowed no sign of recognizingi him end did not return his greet [ing, Dunbar, and his fiance took iseats at table in the rear of »the restaurant.1 About five minutes later, Dun-ibar said, he saw Robertson erv Jter through'the Spring Street , entrance. Facing the’ S p r 1 n g iStreet entrance, Dunbar tesU Jfied ho saw the defendant car-dying a 30.- 30 caliber lever ac-'tion rifle.| On. cross examination by i Arabian ho admitted, his identification of the gun was def-rinitcly a guess. . •[ He said earlier'he was familiar with guns. Dunbari said iRobertson walked-past his la* [blc, past the cash rcgis ter, ibrought the rifle up, and “start-led shooting”1 Dunbar told the jury that heituraed around to watch. He UeslLfied, it seemed to him Robots on ''didn’t take full aim, iTaklng full aim in Ins opinion, Jhe said, would be to bring the trifle up to the shoulder and look ■down the sights. He heard Jthree shots, heard glass breaking, and ran from tho cafe.* Joseph M. Costa, owner of the lAli American Cafe at 501 Thames St., told the jury he had seen •Robertson about 9 or 9:30 p.m. [Oct. 5 In his place. .I He told the jury the defendantte/dercd a few beers and playeddottier.Another person who said he witnessed the shooting was Wit liain D. Anialo,Janitor at Len lhal School who lives at 47 Pel hara St.Amato testified he arrived at Quality Lunch about 1 a.m. but the owner quickly put him out because “[ was a little drunk. Ho. said ho vie wed the. shooting through a window from outside the restaurant,. On cross - examination by Arabian, AntaLo said he wasn't sure that he had seen anyone fire any shots- -He said lie ’•heard two shots, He referred to the three . men as sailors, testifying that he thought one of the three was in'uniform.The final witness during the afternoon session was Miss Lillian Murphy of 59 Aquidneclc Ave., Middletown, who'said she came to the cafe around i'g.m.with a girl friend. '■ ■-She slid she ind her friendsat down at- a 'tabic neafc. the Spring Street entrance. About !5,rainulcs later, she said she iaw a man enter the Spring Street door carrying a rifle.,ir. M-n1Lr.(T ItHrl rHe walked, past‘her table and looked right at me,” she said. At that point Miss Murphy said she fell to the floor in shock, before. she explained. She said ,ci had never seen a real-gun before,1* she explained..She tild she later identified RoberUoa Jn a police line . up. * -. ,She fa Id she remembered hearing three shots, but *! remained on the floor.Testimony was expected to continue during the afternoon. Other attorneys for the defense are William W. .Corcoran and Joseph T* Houlihan,itCIic1BISB
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