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FID 10 SAVE 01LIFE SAVS PADUIAAT MURDER TRIALWoman Held Him When Vic* tim Drew Knife He Declares—Re-Enacts Scene.A fight to the death on Lexington avenue !n Norwalk on August 8. 1924 between Gennar© Clemente and Anthony Padula, twenty •five, or 11 Davis place. Norwalk was dramatically re-enacted yesterday afternoon In Criminal Superior o*ourt before Judge Isaac Wolfe and a Jurv Pndula fa being tried upon a charge of second degree murder. He was indicted by a grand Jury late I \ai year after his capture in Montreal where he had fled after Clemente's death Jn the Norwalk hospital.Padula wa« called to the stand by his coun*el after the state had rested its case. During his testimony* ho was explaining the facts leading to the fatal fight when It[3turspiodlt;mafignotop]Tino’witMr. Adams declared that he Mas suggested that the movements v.*na nsu nn «■ n turnrof the pa‘r could best ba described ™ f I *attempted, to get Padula to peace-1 fully leave the neighborhood he was attacked and stabbed twice by the man. Ho denied that after the killing he returned to home to get gun and go after Padula. Ho stated that he chased Padula ao he could tell the police which way the man went.Womoij VvoundetL Pareill was locked up at the Norwalk police station that night and Detective Sergeant Martin Lengyel testified that he had examined Pu-relli at the station and had found theiwo knife wounds as the man had described. Sergeant Lengyel also stated that the foIlowVg morning h© had examined artfc round two knife wounds on Mrs. wucla Pareill, who testified that she did not touch Padula, but that he came after her when ahe stepped in front of her husband.Sophie Pareill, 14 year-old daughter testified that she was not sure but she believed Padula had a knife In his left hand at the time of the affray. She admitted In cross-examination that she had talked the matter over with her parents aevera! times. She denied several statement credited to her in the mitwtea of the Inquest into the shooting held by Coroner John J. Phelan.Juror Collapses.George TV. Adame of Weston, onethlt; of Tnt wa tic on Mlt; liesinaaiInsielon*whterstaKtagreth«reiNoUKof the jurors, slumped down in hla aeat during the trial and was carried to the Jury room. Dr. Frederick W. Adame of the Veterans' Bureau was called and administered restoratives. After the usual noon hour re-by acting. Attorney Daniel Keogh -of Norwalk, counsel for the accused assumed the role played by Clfe-mente.Durlncr ih© psuedo struggle in front of the jury box a large knife which the state claims wag carried by Padula and which the latter claims was carried by Clemente camo Into Padula’s possession.State’s Attorney William H, Com-ley immediately rose to his feet and protected the presence of the knife, an ugly looking weapon. In the hands of an accused murdercK A fine thing, declared the slate's attorney. The scene waa resumed After Judge Wolfe had cautioned defense counsel in handling theknifeUpon direct examination which was not completed when court adjourned for the day and will be resumed today, Padula stated that he was horh In Italy and cyime to this country on October 23. 1921. Judge Wolfe ruled out the passport offered as a defense exhibit.Loan *1 Victim Money.Padula stated that he worked In the Rough Hat company in Norwalk. and that about two years ago he lent Clemente $0 when the latter said he needed It for counsel fees. He saw Clemente about once or twice a week after that, he stated, but never asked for the money. According to Padula, Clemente was gone from Norwalk fop about a year and a half and it was not until two weeks before the killing that he kne^C.imcnte had returned to Norwalk•'I saw him standing on the porch of Jerry PareM's house at 47 Lexington avenue. I spoke to him and walked right by.At the time of the shooting Padula had been suffering from ivy poisoning for three br four weeks and on the night of the killing had left his home enroute to a drug store when he observed Clemente and Mrs. Mary DiPoall. Padula's cousin, on the opposite side of the street. The woman admitted in direct examination last week that she was living with Clemente as his wife at 5 Kossuth street.I recalled the debt. Padula stated, and called over to Clemente that I wanted to see him. He stopped and I walked towards him. Wemet Ift the middle of the street. Iasked him about the $50 and he replied ‘here It is two years afterward and you are still looking for it * T said he could pay me a little at a time and he told me he had killed two people In Italy and that if I asked him for the money again, he would kill me also.At the same time Jerry Pareill came out of his house swearing. I told him what 1 wanted and Pareill s-ald *he could not kill Mike Callsante today but’ we can kill vou now' I told Jerrv that this was mv business and as we were friends I did not think he should butt In. Pareill got mad and punched me in the face.Clemente grabbed me blt;y the coat and punched me two or three times. He was bigger than mo and I hollered for a policeman. He put hla hand on his right hip and drew that knife with its sheath. I made a grab for it with both hands and I got the sheath. He etlU had the knife and kept coming after me.Mrs Lucia Pareill *\nd Marv Dl Pofill grabbed me from the back and I struggled to get away from them. Clemente kept coming, saying that he was going to kill me. I got away from hte women, pulled my gun and fin d twice. Clemente fell and dropped the kctlfe and Pareill went for it. I picked it up with mv left hand and r?n.* vVhv did vou not run when Clemente came afetr vou with the kmfc? Padula was asked.Held By Women.I could not run. The women had me by the hair and the arms.“How close did Clemente get to you with the knife?‘About two or three feet.Why did you carry a gun? was tho next question, and Padula re-i piled* Because every Italian carries°ftpadula denied th© test!mom* of Mrs Dl Poali that she had seen him loitering on Lexington avenue aoout an hour before the shooting He admitted later, however, that he passed the Pareill hou»e earlier In the evening on his way to an Uncle shlt;Pareill. an uncle of Clemente and ing testified yesterday that he hadi ... .J tkA rtf t Vifi iiSfifi*-Mary DiPooli, the state's first witness was recalled to the stan'd at tho resumption of tho case yesterday and repeated her tale of Friday in which she declared that Padula had been armed both with a knife and gun.When arrested In Montreal, where he fled after tho killing, Padula declared ho shot In self-defense because be was attacked by Clement* with a knife. Mrs. DiPafoll has testified that Padula drew a knife andafterward shot Clemente.She stated on direct examination by Loren Will Is, ^prosecuting attorr noy of the Criminal Court of Common Pleas, who Is presenting the case, that after Patrula shot Clemen-t© he ran away and she chased him shouting. You have killed this man for nothing and now yon don’t want to be arrested. according to her story Padula stopped, pointed his gun at her and said. 3toy where you are. He fell our thefo. You will fall over here If you chase me.t'ipwi croea-exft ml nation Mrs. DiPaoll stated that she left her husband, ‘Nicholas, in New Brunswick. New Jersey when he drank too much, went to Stamford with a man named Tuccl and later went to Norwalk where she lived with Clemente at 5 Kossuth street. 9he denied that she had ever lived with Tuccl os his wife.The woman denied that at the coroner’s hearing In Norwalk she testified she had seen Clemente about G o’clock on tho night of the murder. Her story today was that Clemente left her house at 2 o’clock in the afternoon and she did not see him until 9 o'clock at night at which time she went to the home of Clemente s uncle, Jerry Farelli, on Lexington avenue.The fact that police entered the Pareill nouse on that night a short time before the killing was admitted by the witness. She declared that, when the police entered, Clemente hid in a bathroom In the house and that she went home, only to return a short time later. It was when she and Clemente were in their home about 10 o’clock that they were accosted by Padula who demanded $50 from Clemente.Magic Vapor.Here Is a dandy trick for the older boys and girls. For it you need a tumbter, a plate and a handkerchief. which you borrow. Tho plat© is placed over tho Uumbler and the handkerchief thrown over It. After making a few magic paws over .the handkerchief and uttering a few ••magic words, the handkerchief removed. To the great surprise of the spectators the tumbler is full of dense vapor, resembling, smoke the plate is removed tho smoke pours fo:th into tho room.The secret of tlie trick la that you, as tho magician, «nust previously prepare for it. The preparation consists of putting a few drops or spir t^ of salj In tho bottom of the tumbler and a few drops nf strong water of ammonia on the bottom of the plate. As soon a» the plate is placed on the glass I he vapor begins to form, duo to th*a chemical reaction which takes place.andie.meVasireAIhodala?ChmitoimetheceinenupniseoiglibeoftoAsgeofinfInwllo\offrcdlTselHileahePcanoevevlt;th.LPI.olefulangehaheArthiallsu-hewlhoaseianth1onaixth-4IUredYidabeen most of the da of the shoot I In* testified yesterday thta he had i seen Padula swinging a knife in front of Clemente when he had arrived at the scene attracted by the loud talking of the two men.The witness stated that when heDancingiurn Engagement Originalub Orchestran of Jftglify Trained and Well bos with Plenty of Ability and 351Another Coin Trick.On© of th© popular co n tricks used by magivlans ia to take a tin plate or a platter and after showing the audience that tho plate is empty, pour from it a shower ot coItia into someone’s han*d». Perhaps you would Ilk's to know Just how this mysterious shower of coins Is made to appear.The professional magician, of a spec‘a! kind of acourse, us a spec al kind of a platter In performing this trick. The amateur magician, who l3fvldrw]melt;3toCiinMOiIshiP*mhandy at making th ngs, can easily make such a device, which has a false bottom, chute or a »lide at thta back. A piece of tin is bent and soldered on the bottom of tho tin plate so as to provide space for a number of coins. Do sure to mult© the slide large enough so that when the plat© Is tipped at tho proper angle all tfra ©oIjjs tv 12 teadily rofl out Into the hand.An Army Gome.Thp game of Three Deep, which soldiers often play as a means of exerc’^e and recreation is also « popular pastime among girls and boys.To pmy fhls gams all the players except two form a double circle, each of which contains the same number The players are paired off and all lace toward the center of the o rcle. The two players on th© outside of the circle are designated ah It and the runner.There should be space of a yard t/Jtween each group of players forming the doubl© circle. A runner may stop in front of pair of players to escape being caught by the it. As soon as he atop® then that pair and the runner become three dP*p” and the outsideplayer then becomes the runner, j tlPMflt;ftPhEr»hewpkIfaIItlrIU gam goes on this way am j] the “W* succeeds in tagging u runn-cr. The play is then revered, the former ft becoming th© runner and the runner beco ng -it.”wdE
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Wed, Mar 23, 1927
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