New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1925, Page 30

CHAPMANS FATEIN HANDS F THE JORY (Continued from First Page.) | Alcorn Hits Back at Grochl “Let him live to repent™ The elosing words of Judge Groehl were | repeated by State's Attorney Alsorn as he opened the closing argumen to the jury. “What was In the fense counsel when plea?” Alcorn asked not an admission of heard one.” “For the first time In my life motives have ! state’s attors remarks mad ing the d eyed words fr the perfidy of hi added The defense has made a disagreement, Alcorn sald o of them belng the fact that Chapman goes back to Atlanta if acquitted on mind of the de p I that wa gullt, ips can rks," A ST n yrn two bids for lot them meip nim out. Connecticut {in his chair I his face P Then let them say ‘If you are ever in Con. and confronted by a police- him down because a jury will let you go." b this he concluded 1, as usual, lounged lazily as Alcorn flayed him. watched Aleorn indolently, wearing its usual gambler's nectie man, sl and by the defense, in the prelimi ary argument before the jury at t opening of sesslon, On the morning+of the murder Wit ¢h \apmar man Skelly was on duty and pe formed his duty well, rather heroically, for that was t manner in which he acted. I minute Judg The de mpt to L th Denies Motion se lost an eleventh hour lave the case withdrawn ry on the ground Alcorn le improper and prejudicial ts in his summation, Judge fed the motion and im- began his charge to the | coward, {own protection, he crime is not primarl but is an affront to the public pea of the State of Connecticut. Th affront must be wiped out." objected to as Alcorn's | having up and to | rney general who had | leased from a govern- | |v son to permit his trial in " to Alcorn's reference others “waliting | deliver Chapman and varlous Freedman { » Chapman and pillaged” land" to a reference murds fown t} L of many of the witnesses, especial from the west, seemed of a min he said. other |vesterday morning by Hugh M Lean, Holyoke furniture dealer, Gl 1gs cautioned the case plece by plece, Assistant State’ Attorney Rinehart Gideon analyzed the testimony presented by the state yesterday afternoon's the policeman, Gideon sald “Patrol- ‘We might say he entered the store In the discharge of his duties that morning he was shot down in cold blood by & without a chance for his agalnst the person of James Skelly, He told the jury that the evidence |nature, but all of it {s “the threads that we have woven into the fabric,” Speaking of the testimony glven con pointed out that the witness had NEW‘ BRYFMN DAICY HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIU men who testified tol ‘experts, Gideon to consider the two men and to com- pare them with the three who had testified the day before, He said that Stevens might be an officer of the Colt company, but his experience and knowledge as an expert are not to be compared with the three wit- Resses of the day before. He asked the jury to consider the attitude and demeanor of Peterson, the other de- fense expert on the witness stand, ‘I have no brief for Walter Shean," Gideon stated. He added: “Hls statements are here, The Jaw |Mtself will dispose of and take care of Walter Shean. You watched him on the stand, You know what kind of a man he is. Does he show the brain to carry through such a crime?"” Gldeon asked the jury to compare Shean and Chapman and conclude which one is the man to carry out |Only to have it disproven later. In such & crime. He said he did not |Making this statement, the defense think that 8hean had the courage to |cOUnsel went outside the evidence in do it. In his,closing remarks, how- |!he case and was warned by Judge ever, Gldeon said “with all his faults, |Jennings against doing so agaifl, however, I belleve that Walter Shean Is telling the truth to you and that the accused~man is gullty of the crime as charged.” seen expressions of disbelief or be- lief pass over the faces of membe: of the jury, but hoped thaj these things would not prevent them from reaching a fair and impartial verdiet, He dwelt at length on the fact that if Chapman is acquitted, it does not mean that he will walk the streets again 2 free man, but that he will go back to the dungeons of Atlanta prison for a sentence that means life to him, with all chances of escaping lost forever. He sald that he could not understand the motlve of the state in belng so anx- fous to bring a man here for trial who was already in a prison serving a sentence that actually meant life, He then asked the jury to consider well the matter of identifications and called attention to the case In Penn. sylvania where a bank cashier and two gas statlon attendants had iden- tifled Chapman as the murderer, n- he of | re he he 1y ce at Iy or c- ve . CAPT. EARLE RETIRED ‘Washington, April 8. — Captain @ 3, 1925, MUST WIN IN COURT Not Untll He Has May Count Kar- olyl Press Clalm for Retwrn of Money Taken During War, Washington, April 8. - Count Michael Karolyl, former president of Hungary and now in this country, must win a court suit before he can press his claim filed with the allen property custodlan for return of $10,000 of a fund taken from him during the war. Four contributors to a fund collected by the count are suing in the District of Columbia supreme court for a return of thelr donations and the alien property office has advised Karolyl that no actlon can be taken until the suit is settled. The fund, reported to amounted to about $37,000, collected by the count to support a form of government he proposed for Hungary. When America en- tered the World war, he had $16,. have 000 of the fund. Karolyl's claim for return of the $10,000 was based on the Winslow act which provide for return of enemy funds up to that amount. He sald he desired to invest the money. British Cotton Industry Seeks to Minimize Loss ‘Manchester, April 8—Representa~ tives of all branches of the British cotton industry conferred here to- day to find means of spreading the heavy losses of the last three years over more shoulders, and to reduce production costs. The export trade has suffered greatly because of high costs which have been felt by tho milllons of inhabitants of trapical countries, where only cotton goods \are worn. The question is considered so im- portant that spinners and weavers have invited representatives of the bleaching and finishing branches to confer with agents of the export trade in the deliberations. The conference is expected to last for some time, THE HERALD npnmlmr Anl‘l“ Vor Quisk My ference. OONIIWUTIVI 1!'!"1@'. Yo 4iee 41,80 Yearly Ord Mln Upon Application. Count 6 words to a llna 14 lines to au inch. Minimum Space, 3 linea :Illmlln Book Charge, 38 Ba; Ads Accepted 0'.' '.I"l.phnl tor convenlence of Customers. Call 935, Ask for n “Want Ad" Operator. ANNOUNCEMENTS Burial Lots, Monuments 1 Pttt —— NEW BRITAIN—Mounmental Works, 133 Oak Bt. Monuments of ell sizes and descriptions, Carving and letter cotting Lour_speclalty, AiRAcils not been able to say definftely that as a “murderer |Chapman was at his store on Satur- experts |and pillager.” |day, the day before the murder and nings warned the jury |had admitted it might have been warefully the evidence [F'riday. Alcorn's assistant then hean. While the law did [pointed out that even if it was on 1 corroboration of the |the Saturday prior to the murder, it v of an accomplice, the |Was entirely possible without contra- dict tht testir of the three ot court said, that in “most Instances |dicting the state's evidence. He re. Soirte Ao i bitter it is unfair to rely upon it without [called the testimony that Chapman when he discussed Harold ns ot |corroboration.” and Shean had left the machine at & the Colt's comnpany and he said: *“I| Judge Jennings warned the jurors |garage to be washed at 12:30 o'clock say to the Colt Manufacturing com- |that they must not permit sensa- on the Saturday afternoon, and had pany that it they ha v more tional storics they have heard or [then parted, Shean meeting Chap- men in their employe lke Stevens, read concerning the notorious bandit |man again at shortly after 3 o'clock the quicker they get rid of him the to color their opinion as concerns |[When they got the machine and better.” Ha recalled that Stevens |his guilt or innocence. started for New Britain. McLean pretended to give expert tesimony | Any of Four Verdicts had testified that Chapman was in without even examining the gun or | The court explained that the jury his store from 2:16 o'clock to 2:45 bullets. under the law, could return any one |o'clock. Alcorn's Greatest Effort lof four verdicts against Chapman— | He sald that the testimony of Ha went on discussing the evidence | first or second degree murder, man- Edith Larson, former clerk in the in' what court officials agreed wm'shmg‘nr\r or acquittal. Davidson & Leventhal store, regard- his greatest effort before a jury. Court attaches and spectators |ing the removing of the screw from His emotion at times threatened m\dnh» approached Judge Jennings the lock on the front door pointed e ruome pim. Tiis volce failed him |when recess had been declared and |strongly in the direction of the ac- | on several occasions, and the strain congratulated him on the manner fcused man as the murderer, indi- fndar which he has besn working |he had delivered his charge to the cating a keen mind and intellect and | during the trial showed itself for the |JUTY ani on the “clearness and fair- [the clever manner in which the bur- Ridd time: ness” of his words. glary had been planned. “Yon can’t convict Shean of mur-| Golng over the evidence this charge. jur seard T The state's attorney quickened when he discussed the pisto who testified at Groehl Opens Argument Ralph Earle, recently granted leave Judge Groehl, menfor defense |[TOM his duties at Newport, R, I, counsel opened his argument, which | V28 retired today upon his own ap- he was not able to complete before | | plication. He is to become preai- adjournment time. He opened with |(|l‘nf of the Worcester Polytechnic an expresslon of appreciation Mglnqmna in Massachusetts, Judge Jennings, State's Attorney Al- corn and the jury for the manner In which he has been treated during the trial. He dwelt considerably on explana- tions of the presumption of {inno- cence and the statute regarding rea- sonable doubt. He said that at cer- tain times during the trial he had BU RIAL VAULTS—Concrete, steel reio- forced; r preof, hermetically seals o4, will ast either wood or metal. Do not require larger lota. Reasonably priced. N. B. Vault Co. Kensington. Tel. 647-15 Florist 3 GUT FLOWERS—Daffodils 76c, & doz, Easter plant: New Britaln Greenhouse, CUT FLOWERS—potted plants, pleasing variety, Specializing on funeral work Johnson's Greenhouss, 617 Chureb 8t. NICE CARNATIONS—§1 a doz. Very e flowers. fandallle's Greenhouse, 32185 Oak Bt. 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LAST CALL TO THOSE WHO WANT ve —SPECIAL COMBINAHON— s uounu ueu:rnf EA INDIA CEYLON = SPECIAL Good Sound 200 Personals [J in the der In any degree” he told the jury In discussing the alleged accomplice of Chapman. “Shean had not seen me at all when he made his clean breast of tha whole affair,” the | state’s attorney said in answering the elaim of Judge Groehl that Shean testified agalnst Chapman to win Immunity for himself. “Never in all my life in any case have I heard such a tirade of abuse heaped upon witnesses,” Alcorn said He added: “All the state's witnesses are llars, according to defense claims. Even the Cooley hotel has been defiled by the defense, the only hotel in Springfield that colleges for women in the vicinity of Springfield will permit their students to go to. “A liftle tag gave the lead ms ‘murder will out’ eventually,” Al- corn said. “All honor to the Muncle officers that faced Chapman,” he went on, adding, “tht state of Indlana could do no better than recognize them Alcorn characterized the cross-ex- amination of Shean by Judge Groehl as “the most merciless and cruel ex amination I ever heard” He & that Judge Groehl had hared ever act of Shean's life. “I glve you my pledge that the state will punish Shean for his part,” Alcorn prom- ised. Mr. Alcorn said there was no use talking about Stuyvesant. He was mistaken by the New York police, | his employer furnished him his alibi and they let him go. He sald Chap- man was the only one left. He said the evidence was “conclusive beyond 1 reasonable doubt.” He sald, "I can almose hear Mrs. | Ekelly say in the words of the post, | “There is no death. An angel treads | across the face of the earth in the | wirit of our loved ones and we call | them dead.’ *“No 12 men in the entire eountry | n render 80 useful a service as you | an render in this case,” he eald. | “Your work here will be a mon ument to Connecticut justice.” “Then pointing to Chapman he sontinued, “Send him back to At- lanta and let Anderson and the rest | City Advertisements DAM AND SWIMMING ¥ New Britain, Conn.,- Apr Sealed proposals by the Board of P: of New Britair on April 1 tion of a da grading of a sw! cessory disposa P00 will Kk Com Conn,, nnt deposit to successful bidders 1 of the p fore May der of the amount or by ten days dors CORBIN AVENUF RUILDING LINT Notice is } giver hearing will b Board of Publi Britain, Room 3 Tuesday evening the petition bullding bin Ave enue to Stee A 1 pers: ed to be they see ca Iat s BOAR PUBLIC W( H. Johmecw, secretary. 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