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;V-Two witnesses testified tbii * fcarnfng in Superior -.Court 'iii nht murder, trial of Stephen Hqb .-ertson, they wcY^custome-ra in the Quality Lunch cafe- early ,0cI. B, 1967, when two .Sailors were shot to death-r ;/ :carrying'a. gun or'rifle.'. ■ v Robertson, 2Lt%ol 551 Wolcottopened this morning's'.session ^ before Judge Christopher. D ef i Seslo with' testimony from Miss j Sheila A. Cory of 1057;Wapplng Road, Middletown. She and her j cousin,. Miss Alice .M. Cardoza . eiilered the restaurant-about ;ia.m. she told the jury,' ■ ' -:AyeV^Middlelowrv is- charged with 'the -murder of Russell A. Schilling/23, of'Newport, Wash., and James'D. Cook,. 20, oE Port Arthur, Tex.The cousins look a table- neir.Both.told the jury they hidProsecutor James S. O’Brienthe .rear of the restaurant and Miss .Cory said she* sat-facing . the Spring Street'.entrance.About 10 minutes later, she testified she saw a man come* in the Spring Street entrance carrying a rifle. She turned to talk' in her cousin, according to testimony, and he*rd two shots.i • She identified the. man as• ‘'slender to medium build, blond _ hair, fair-rosy complexion, light ’ blue shirt, dark pants, and in I his early 2Gs.”[ She said she ran.out of the restaurant and later eajne hack., She added (hat she noticed .'a ; i man, who looked to her to be • s the same man who had the riFlc , t in the.rostauranl, running'north ; . on'Broadway.? When she returned to the res-luaranf, she said she. saw two -men lying on the floor.1 Miss Cardoza was next to' tes-s tify. She first saw the man with z the guu after he passed her table. She first viewed-him frnm his back, ■He carried the rifle' at hip ;* height, AEiss Cardoza .explained, j He walked about three-quarters e of the way tfosvn the. counter a and “seemed 16 bo. standing a there,*’ she said. . a Sho.said she heard .a* shot.After the sbo!, Miss- Cardoza c said, the man turned toward the r rear of I he res! aura n I where(Conlinuen on Paga'2)
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Newport Daily News
Newport, Rhode Island, US
Thu, Jun 06, 1968
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