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SELF DEFENSE PLEAIS CONTRADICTED(Continued from Pago One)of the shooting had been living with Clemer.te at r» Kossuth street, Xor-walk, in her storv related on the stand, declared Padula waa armed with both the knife and gun.After preliminary question i byLoren Wtllts prosecuting acorne*of the Criminal Common rieas court. who l*» presenting the case, had h«%en asked and anawerethe woman launch'd Into a story of the iiiDVon onn .f Clemente and herself on the of the killing.'Vl«*m*nte left me in hl« home at 2 o’clork In the afternoon to go to ’he home of 1i s uncle. Jerry Varelll on Lexington jivenue. In tin eveningat nlinu* 0 o'clock I went to thePit re 11: home where Clemente and the Purell 1 tatnll were singing and dancing In replies to questions tiy Attorney \\jlils. Mr-. DiToall stated that *he did nut ve any signs of liquor in th* house and that none of the per.-ohs there drank any In her «reej ee.When go.rg to '.he Parelll home, the woman declared mat she saw Padula entering Lexington avenue si»h- *tr»et. He was dressed In and trousers and wore aHIS CONFE!Buhl Denies $300, after Express Fir Partially Backfrom i a routt .ipHemmed Homereturnedwoma nher storyto stay -it go no me I return-'Th* with:'Memento told me not the iMrclli hon.se bin to and I ring hack the b.ibv. ed home but (t:d not bring th'-* buby who was then asleep. On my **conlt;l trip tu the Faielli house I «aw Padu.a standing on i he siJowalk.“1 sta-^ed nt Fa re Ill’s house about SO minutes and then Clemente uni I left. I\idula was standing across the sircvi and called to Clemente lo wft’l, he said he had something lo talk to hun about. Clemente walked lt;i few tret aw ay from me aiul PaduIn crossed over. He walked upto Clemente anil said 'you owe me$5 0 and I want it..’ Ho talked in a \er lorn! \ok*C. Mr Pare III came out if h s house anil told Padula not to ta:k too bind and to go homo, That ho i a me there only to raise a disturbanceClemente said he did not have the money and he could not pav it and then Pad.il.i pul led a knife from lus pocket and Clement grabbed his hand. He had the knife in his leh hand Clemente *aid 'do you want to kill me for nothing/ Padula pulled a gun out of the :ront of his trousers ami Clemente tried to gral* :t and grubbed hte vi«rht hand. 1’idulri held the gun In hl« righ*. hand. When Clemenie saw' ihe gun he let go of Padula's hand whl h h?’d the knife and Padula slashed him ncr*s* the back of the ha nil which held the otic In which Fad da held the gun.“dvrm nle let iso Padula.backed a wav about six feet and fired one -shot. Clement* fell and Padu’a jumped between Mr. ParellJ and me. I said you have killed him and be said 'good I will shoot hint aga;n‘ and he fired another aho* vvhl.e Clrmente was doubled up on the grouQd.”A* this point Judge Wolfe adjourn* ed court until i:30 ►VTork hn Tuesday morning when the woman w ill he* oaMeil to the stand to complete her s'orj.Edfcinecr On Stand,T'le first witness called to the stand by the state was Aubrey 13. Fill er of this city, an engineer, who identified a map which he had dr a a n and whu h shows the ricinlU i.f ^‘Miiiiinn avenue and Kossuth «Crlt;et in N«dw alk The map was offered and entered as state’s exhibit No J.J William W. Tracey of Xor-wa.k, .modioli examiner, was the next witness mid described the wound* he found upon Clemente's body during an autopsy, Two bullets were fired into Clemente's body. The fir-t entered the le^ side, drilled through I he nppe- pfirt ot the hip bo? e and passed through the in-tes’.mes and out through tie rlgtp side. The second buPef fnteicd the right side and passed upward and out through :ho lower part of Clement* M cIlCS*.Fpnn (ros-examinatlon. Judge Ca-l Fos'er of this Mty. lutedwith Attorney Darnel Keogh of Norwalk in the defense, asked Dr. Tricry if in his examination of Clemente at Norwalk hospital a fewNEW VOltK. Mare Confusion surrounded Frederick buhl. Jr. alt; 000 mail robbery ton’*After American Rail comiw ny repr enent tit Iv tin 11 y Miltonian tin ted hit their record* revealed company robbery in An Illinois. Buhl retraew* si on. ru-ht'-s storv teas bory occurred at Altnt was an express ear ro orla In I M2 3 and cxpi investigators were trad of this to see If Buhl‘hi ed In If.After repudiating h Buhl told pollen that inept were pending njp embcr-Semcnt In New :ii k police were advise veJopment and nnnoun would send detectives lo question Buhl,In retracting his cor said that realizing that sev in diet trie nts were »t the stoiv in the hope to Alton, once there, thought it would be flt; thero was no mail ro' would be released.The New jersey Brooklyn police said, c Kleinent in Fast Oran* 9. 10 23, and in New* 24. 1026.The supposed confirstnrv came just whepostal inspectors had ed the Millionaire K a conclusion that wcsby the pronouncement Brill, psychologist and Ft end. who describe* pathological liar. W. arrested vc«terdacv he s postal authorities on a de.shriblng the alleged gust 2 3. 1*123. as a m IVtint Five AweKxprc^s company of! monov stolen in the roexpress car from tvhlc on was as Buhl had ed to a Chicago and bound for St. Louie.The express eonipan; sn’d their records s guard was murdered up. Police began pi charge Buhl formally and robberv. althoug was made immediate I: The police also startec the five accomplices mBuhl was arrested \ tip In Brooklyn. w with his wife and chi be told them freey :his five accomplicesLiberty street. Oil leap ago and planning the \\ ent to Alton, lib, on the next rlav looted said. Tie anti a paT $50,000 share of tlie lc vttrcl ht Bismarck, N. monev was burled ir grave under the head mad* the confession. 1 cause mv conscience Vminutes after element*** entry, hediscovered signs that would point to thi* alleged fact that Piemonte at th«* tr iiof iho shooting -was in-that he but he such wfoundcould19 pOtI*»-*yi-du*U1-r)disii1toxfeated | Dr Tracf*v stated I re su^ii mdic'jtions ■ put be po.silno that I th* flt;\rt.A total of 41 talesmen were examined hefor'* the selection of n 1117 was completed. Those who are heading Hi* case are: Albert Hloan, retired, Bridgeport: JosephSvUJvat), farmer, Redding-: FredFroueh. caroenter, Newtown; George W. AKlams. reilrecl. AVentport: William M. Smith, retired. Stamford: lt;*orge S. Relndell, retired, New Funaan* Patrick H. Bra^y. retired, Bridgeport■ Joseph W. (Jrenninger, retired, iridgepor1; R- Fradlev Jtn-mnigs, carpenie-, Fairfield’ George II Sanger, carpenter. Bridgeport;Liurenoe F Hal!, retired, Bridgeport and James V. McCormick, re-ti ed, BliOgeport.Ten rlt;f those examined were excised by tf— court. Th*v were-Walter S. Nirdjinger, C’buke D.Line, William Rowland. Oku ice 1-Page. Max Fohen. liarrv fiiiler. all O’' Bridgeport; James T, Hoche of Falrf t Jd; fieorge X-:. llayes. N’nv-town* J la rob I R Hull, \V*stpo**t. and lt;’hnrle.M 1’. SulUvan of K*i«tnnLxcnsod bv the state were: Louis Walter Loow'itli, Dorr William J)oran. Frank J-imes F. W:ii‘enntbe all v, Mendel? K. Pcrv andDig Cemetery I «BTSMAKGK. N. D fAlv) A sexton placed na a windswept hilltoj GatholK lt;*emeierv In finding !10M00 rep' beep stolen in a mall ten. Tils.. In lf»2 3.Police and Father pastor of St Mary's oil ated the treasure him ing word that Frcrtei had eoiHrssed In New and a companion had each m the cemetery a Glrcapo and Alton J Ormes made during rr»cr of 1923 were se search on the the or would hnvc cho?en ;i near n newly-mod* signs of his digging wc other frefchlv turned Police officials ha post a guard at the r* ly until the monpv is tftviv proven fal?e.FALL OF SHA IS EXPECT(Continued from! Beilh, V'b’.t ney,lt; raf e and this ♦ 1-i-1 v w r-;s•vIt-ri-10J*'r;u»k Finncrfv of Fairfield: ?;inr-f -rw M. .Mil’er of Trumbull au*l Mlrhael Fast ale of NorwalkKxcuvcd hi Dm defense were John ? Mlt;*Dunough, Muvene L. Sullivan.(»»un 11 nrn.s. all of Bridgeport; J. Ar'hur sfierwood of Knston; Walter H. Puffmd and Randolph Bradley WinTeld B. Baxter of John E. Eiwood of Uoljiort. William Starr of New-town. Herbert \V Wright of AVest-poi'’ Jo 'n Jaeksnn lt;f Bridgeport: i hi ward W (5'lletfe. Easton and Ed-w«irlt;i M Jflll of 'jTuuibun.. •* Fairfield New Far.nanId:eiec-CC TTING THK CO.AL l3fLL.1-1-njr-My ic-usun of tb«' Increased ellb I-« noi ir. t manner of making use of the fuel, Hie ra It oads of tliLs fountr.v .’Ui* greatl.v cut down ihe lt;o:il bill in recent you s. As com-ar-d with ih** pra«ihc of* a ie^ »i*u the ra’lroads duifng theaet 'O.l Iyear s-tvej 29.0u0.000 tonsof Nanking, th cue To fompletolv cut ofr. t: Nallon.illstp absolute great Yangste valley.The Indications are lung troops arc off* different resistance to ers. If 1heso reports commented here, thej -confirm tlie rumors Fhang is negofiatirSouther ii eommandei Sh« lc for nn nrraug'-f’hang Tstrng-f'hnng from the YnngLse va!In Shanghai there rumow, supposedlySouthern a^tnts, on iist \lrtorlcs In antic ocrup.ijion of ShangJ tionali-t«, tli«* Generahere iris called a g* begin hiinorrnrt and Ihe * ** is oi oupied !a list fnrvcfi».In its cijninui ni(?u union urg«s the woi fro*’n «l .^orderly H' dmiioust rations Tho se'dbed ri4* purelv of ture, with the object Jpg the svmpaihy o with the Xatiunafi.st fight against the NorFoi'jicn conimcrcii China are sc me what th*‘ administration noti-'Mirs In tertuln n tioTialist control, wht unions are can^irnr ttco v.ork in th*:r ow tionallst government able to intervene.Preparation* are Kankirg for the Ip drawn I of foreigner6 lt;dLv tatlK to the S« •hough no genera 1 fore gr.*r hfte J‘t hec Chitusc pjoimlatton i imnU Uy. no? because occupation of the uof fear that Sliamnngjslt; vin exci*s^es before ret
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