New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 9, 1925, Page 26

Didn't Know It Was Chapman, Mr, atter ALGORN AGAIN FLAYS CHAPMAN (Continued From First Page) suspicion of ¢ As to the pman’s identity. nec troduced, not have testime Mr, y of the New Britain ture of Chapman at Muncle, Ind., | N¢ss¢s. It was neccssary to connc Jan. 14 of this year, Mr. Alcorn | Chupman with the property found gave unstinted praise to County De- to the refusal of the court tective Edward J. Hickey for the Witne Mr. 4 capture of Chapman, saying that it was a result of a telegram sent out from his office by the man in charge of the investigations. Tells of Shean's Ald | it Reterring to the nccessity of trac- | incident happened while I° ing Chapman, Mr. Alcorn said | poing examined, but Shean, who had been with Chapman at the time of the robbery, had given | the Information that his companion | was known as Waldo W. Miller and | it was necessary for the slate to show who Waldo W. Miller was, Shean drew a sketch of the forma- | He polnted out that no exceptior tion of Chapman's head. hls skull [ was taken, and no mention being of a very peculiar shape, Mr. [ made to dischs jury. Alcorn told the court. No Real Legal Point, Concerning the testimony of Ren It is on such Uittle incidents Hance, the state’s attorney id | 1) they are Hance was a man anyone could take | o new trial,” to and a man anyone would belleve, Hanee had identified many of the artieles found In Chapman's room in Springfleld, at the Shean storchous or at the scene of crime, as having heen in Chapman's possession at the | Hance farm in Muncie, Tnd. . wit of the court. lent of the thr 1 court when t} erring to the » men standin nitroglyceri did not appear in the record Alecorn pened and probably would not ha known about it until M, called their attention to it, doubted if the Mr, A n sald, a real leg do not ey | not guilty of the crime charged.” get into the trial evidence on whic error might be found,” suid Mr, Al Alcorn said it was pot until the visit of Shean and Chap- man togMeriden that Shean had a ssity of Introducing all the testimony which had been in- Alcorn sald he could | convicted Chapman on the| to corn said that was a matter in the discretion inei- up {fered in evidence, Mr, Alcorn said | ey was dla- claimed knowledge of what had hap- Grochl and he Jury would have no- | N wus as relying on to obtain “Not| t I question was raised, They n contend thelr elient was “No one ever tried harder not to 1| corn, “and If any got In, it got by NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, e e ——— e me, But there was no exception it, and no objection to it.” Comments Defense, Mr. Alcorn made a strong point of the alleged prejudiclal statements of wihe state's attorney In his urgument before the jury, and asserted such statements as were made wero = in reply to Judge Grochl, He declared | Grochl's strategy through the en- | Ure trial was to have his clicnt con- | stdered a crook; that the mall roh- bery In New York was a crime vorthy of his client but the cracking | of a coup es wus bencath | him, The record showed a reference | o a *paltry $24,000" which would be a pretty falr morning's work for any one else, Shean a “Lobbygow."” ling from the record ho told of Groehl having called Shean “lobbygow.” “I never heard the word before, but whatever it means, Shean Is just that. He had a fond- ness for women and race horscs.” Mr. Alcorn contended the state's | attorney should have some latitude for he was dcaling with a shrewd crowd and a clever criminal who was represented by a shrewd and oful attorney. He claimed he.was entitled to question Chapman as to his record. after Groehl had paved the way by his examination relative | |to his four previous convictions. “I do not want to take buck a {word T sald,” mafntained the state’s | | attorne or T was justified in what |T said and you will say T was justi- fied after you have read | (Groenl) says. The record s sald ‘Chapman was found within ten miles of Northampton, where is the | | humble home of the president of the | United States.’ T might just as well | have to jd he was_found within 25 !miles of my own home, or within | [850 miles of the city of Washington, the capital of the country | Alcorn Ambitious | “Mr. Groehl said I was ambitious. | He did not say he thought 1 was| ambitious but said ‘T know he is’ 1| wonder who told him T was ambiti- | ous. He did not get it from me. He did not get it from any friend of | mine 1 had ever told 1 was ambi- | tions. He got it from the outside and 'he hoped that in repeating it one man might have vielated his oath to say ‘we will stop him in his am- | bitions! T am curious to know who | | ish Bethany chu | nrngram, [ OCTOBER 9, 1925 but C not the slightest doubt man committed that murder." Preedman’s Rebuttal A surprise bLirthday party was Mr, Alcorn conctuded his urgu- |held Wednesday evening fn honor of ment at 11:30 and then by permis- | Philip Seleyd ut his honi slon of the court, Mr. Irecdman lmour street, A number took fifteen minutes Lo vefute some |were entertained, of the statements made, He tended the court should read hap- | Shop, 87 W. Main 8t., Prof. Bldg.— wavt, | | YOUR MONEY'S on Seys of guests con-| “Masterplece” chocolates the | Grange Hall, Children's BACK Toe | Jw== 1 D, Miller Co. 26—CHURCH STREET—26 I'he Old Reliable Store evidence from cover to cover and A then determine whether there had been any abuse of the discretion of the court, ara Olcott of s operated upon for appen leftis yesterday at the New Britain General hospita) and is reported as progr g favorably. Miss Olcott S & teacher as the Monroe street school. Pictures roduced durlng our 1st WOOL BLANKETS | birthduy party. The Burritt Gif | : am 3, Bryan $12.00, $13.50 pair Mr. Freedman, PROGRAM CONPLETED FOR "ot i 5 R ) COTTON BLANKETS, 66x84 Saturday Only, Special $2.39 pr. COMFORTABLES —_— I, where the national convention of $2.50, $5.50 to $10.00 Arch “Whether Mr, Alcorn is ambitions, or whether counsel sald ho was am- bitious should have uothing to do with the man who was on trial for a certain specified crime,” declared Worcester, Mass, Cle street rallway officials was held, Heights Institution | Nabbl Gershon Hadas will be the Speak at xercises at Rackliffe speaker of the evening at the regu- TAPESTRY, 54-Inch $1.98, $2.98, $3.00 yard H meeting of Jehudi Halevi lodge No. 710, 1. O, B. B., at the Odd Fol- CRETONNE and CHINTZ from 25¢ to 98¢ yard KENWOOD BATHROBES | all wool, all colors—$18.00 | ‘The third annual observance of the Children's Home Sunday will be license fee for ragpickers held at the institution on Rack- by ‘the license committ liffe Helghts, Sunday afternoon at | common council last night, 3 o'clock, and an excellent program [ Victor, Harry and has been arranged. ijan have incorpora Alderman Walter Falk s n Motor (o, man of the gencral committ arrangemen He announces that the princi peaker will be Rev. Mr. Lindberg of Worcester, Mass, Mr. Lindberg is an orator of note and 18 regarded as one of the most brilliant of the Bay State's clergy- [formerly conducted men. Members of the clergy from Sternberg on October ow Britain and otlier pointa about the state will also be in attendance. A musical program of note has been planned and will include se- lections by the Wennerberg chorus and a male from the Swed- h. A feature of the program will be the rendition of several numbers by the childien of the Children's Home, Following the completion of the refreshments — will be i3 planned to hold the the vas voted ce ot ufe| Joseph chair- on Dony with a ¢ zation of § d paid in, The charity ovening to tri Martha | purehase the hoard will meet tins sacl routine busin nith BATES GINGHAMS | 32 inches wide—18¢ yard NSES SUSPENDED ce have heen notificd by sstoner of motor vehicles that the operators’ licenses of the following have been Henry Ludorf, Touis and Harold Tackney. q; | ecki l served. Tt ca ontdoors ather is favorable, but in case of rain, the program will be presented e providing | gatu;rday Snecials MEN’S COTTON SHIRTS $1.62, $1.98, $2.50 and MEN’S WOOL UNION SUITS ;t;r Quick Returns Use Herald Classified ! AND DRAWERS 98¢ each MEN’S WOOL SHIRTS ND DRAWERS 3.50 $3.25, $3.50, $5.00 MEN’S COTTON UNION SUITS $1.25, $1.50 Full Line of ARMSTRONG’S PRINTED and INLAID LINOLEUM and RUGS Let Us Estimate et ——— . Adots | — N | {among Chapman's friends in Hart- in the auditorium of {he home. | ford told him 1 was ambitious. /) “Why 1s Mr. Groehl not here to- | |day? Unless he s sick it da his | v to be here. Perhaps it is be- | i of that very thing he s not| Y i | i “Plus Satisfaction ! 125 w0 *50 fof the time-table to the jury after tailored by Kirschbaum City Items | works i e n L d of publie will | old a hearing Tuesday the proposed taking of highway purposes from IKensington avenue fo Linwood strect, the new | street to be known as Cambridge ef, and establishing street and | zrade lines. The Tuberculosis Relief tion will meet at 5 o'clock t fternoon at the elinic In lding. the jury had retired to consider th cvidence, Mr. Alcorn contended the | defense counsel were eager to have it go in, The jury might have’ wanted to ascertain the time of de- | n Chapman had eald Spri 1 the might have wanted to know i b a train left during the afternoon at{ Thomas IT all. After Mr. Freedman had con- | throtigh the Camp It ulted with his client and had [pany. property s agreed to let the time-table go i, |fo Clarence J. Calla | ind Mr. Alcorn had agreed, the| One ivory vay fo the court took further precautions and |lucky birthday Tholder at our 1st inquired of counsel on either | hirthday celebration, The Burritt “Is it all right; is it agrecd to 3t Shop, 72 W, Main adst. The court was assured it was all| Miss Mary Welsh, daughter of t, and now they claim it Ar. and VMrs. James J. Welsh of o court that erred.” | West Main street is a paflent at St Hopes for Conviction { Prancis’ hospital in Hartford 1 state rney told of the| [Iostoria glassware reduced, ni bar associa- | Saturday evening. Celebrating 1ale and the like stris- [ 15t birth The Burritt Gift 8h the crime wave. He [ —advt supreme court should | John Shea of Beaver street fs un- easy for criminals, i ahle 1o work bhecanse of an fnjury 1o “Chapman is an enemy of so Tis foof. Tie stepped on a nail while he murdered and pillaged the eoun- [at work in the shipping department as 1 said he did; he had a | of the North & Judd Mfg. Co. urt will Display of new fall dr worth hers 15 sceing at the Mary Elizaheth Dress Booth's sold taday e com- is street, | Overcoat satisfaction at this store embraces all the things a man wants in a really fine overcoat. First ~— pleasing, graccfu| style. Rich, warm woolgn fabrics, in novel patterns. 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