New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1927, Page 2

AN GLAINED BY "~ THD_FAMILIS Haly St Pustied to Lear s Trie denity Turin, May 18 (UP)—A baffling case of “lost memory and finger- prints” is absorbing the attention of all classes in every corner of Italy. The mysterious man known as “the human enigma,” who, after OUR SCHOOLS gearly a year’s residence in the in- stitution for the insane at Cullexnoi near Turin was simultaneously “rec- | ognized” by two women as their husband, and identified by two sets al brothers and sisters as their rela- | tive tn the person respectively of | Protessor Giullo Canella, high school principal, and Mario Bruneri, whom | the police want for fraud, has| caught. the Imagination of the pub- | lic here. i - Despite the evidence of finger-| prints that the unknown is Mario Bruneri, and the assurances by po- | lice authorities all over Europe that the system is infallible, the Turin magistrates, in order to avold any possibla mistake, have continued | thelr examination of the case. The strange case of “the human | enigma” has produced a number of curious side developments. A duel has been fought on the outskirts of Turin between supporters of the ri- | val theses; at least one hook has | heen published on the case, and the ! vaudeville shows and comic papers all over the country have featured the Canella-Bruneri affair. One of the smartest cafes in Tu- rin put two new cocktails on the market, the “Canella” and the “Bru-| nerl,” and if public sympathy is any | indication of the truth of the mat-| ter, then the mystery man should | be Canella, for three *Canellas” are| being drunk to every “Brunerl’ | The offer of a reward of $1500 by the Canella family for any informa- tion as to the whereabouts and re- | cent history of Bruneri has caused | scores of practical jokers to write to the magistrates ofering mislead- | ing information. At least a dozen | “Bruneris” have appeared, and in! consequence complicated the work | of the authorities, unwilling to let | a genulne clew to the case slip by. Spiritualists and mediuums have "“asked to be allowed to take a hand in the case, while several hypnotists have offered to put the unknown into & trance which will clear up, they allege, his true identity without fail. As Mario Bruneri was a printer, it has even been suggested that a test be taken of the unknown's blood for traces of lead and anti- mony, which, it is stated, would, in view of the man’s old trade, cer- tainly be present. DENTIST Dr. A. B. Johnson, D.D.S. Dr. T. R. Johnson, D.D.S. X-RAY, GAS and OXYGEX —Photo by Johnson & Peterson MISS LORETTA M. McKEON Washington School Miss Loretta M. McKeon, who ha been a resident of Berlin all her life, was educcted at the New Brit- ain High school, the New Britain State Normal school and at Clark University, Worcester, where she took up summer courses. She began her teaching career in city in September, 1923, after having had previous experfence in the schools of Berlin. Miss McKeon teaches geography and sclence. TWO-PIANO RECITAL Misses Berglund and Gerrish Provide Program at Camp School, Vocallst and Violinist Assisting. The program of a recital of music for two pianos at the Camp school next Friday evening was announced today. The executants will be Miss Mildred Berglund and Miss Made- line Gerrish,who have been with Ruth Bennett Lindsay Nellie Carey Reynolds, cont and George Westerman, violinist, will assist. The program will be as follows: Waltz, No. 4 (Licbeslieder) .... B ... Brahms Romance ... ; Arensky | Waltz No. 1 (Liebeslieder) ; Brahras Gerrish Sunshine Lehmann . Strickland Bralie | Miss Berglund and M {Good Morning, Brother Ma Lindy Lou ; | As T Went A-Roaming .... Mrs. Reynolds {Le Soir ....... .. Chaminade |Le Matin .. Chaminad | Valse nsky Miss Berglund and Miss Gerrish Spanish Dance Rehfeld Liebesfreud ... veases Kreigler | Mr. Westerma s Gerrish at the | Hard Trials (N ... Burleigh You (with violin obli- gato) o e, (SR Romeo in Georzia ...... Scott Mrs. Reynolds; Miss Gerrish at the plano; violin by Mr. Westerman Spanish Rhapsody ...... Chabrier Miss Berglund and Miss Gerrish NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1927. MODERN BETECTIVE THINKING MACHINE 0ld Style “Dick” Supplemented | by Man of Action Not so many years ago, the men- tion of the word “detective” brought to the mind of the average pepson a picture of an elongated individu- 1, with a Sherlock Holmes head- piece and a bent briar pipe to give im all the appearance of a tricky, “wise” fellow, to whom all myster- ies, however deep and baffling to an ordinary policeman, faded as though made up of the mist that recedes before the rising sun. He was a favorite character amateur and professional thespians, who were always certain of brin; ing down salvos of applause as they acted him into the most ridiculous positions imaginable. The more asi- nine and clumsy he was pictured, the better the average person seem- ed pleased, and it did not require the slightest stretch of imagination or anything but a very shallow dcpth of perceptive powers to see very clearly that to the mind of the onlooker, a “detectlve” was a huge | joke, intended to be laughted at whatever the excuse. Modern police systems, however, and the development of new meth- ods of doing police work, have rele- gated the joke to an inconspicuous place in the background, where it is becoming more and more over- shadowed as the policeman of today | —he of the plain clothes and busi- ness like appearance—is advancing steadily towards a prominent place is no longer productive | ment to mention a “big city dick, and the few attempts that have been made of late years to tickle a theater audience into gurgles of overflowing pleasure by parading a thiek-necked, heavy - mustached, gum-shoed ‘‘cop” about the stage while everyone else in the show out-maneuvers and outwits him, are of merri- not recorded among the best suc-\ cesses. New Britain Keeping Step In common with the police de- partments of other cities, not only in Connecticut but throughout the country, New Britain's force of pro- tectors and enforcers of law and order Includes several detectives. They are men who have displayed outstanding qualifications their terms of service in uniform and have been promoted to posi- tions which oftentimes tax their endurance—mental as well as phy- sical—to the point where temporary shifts to other duty are required. None of them is gifted with a sixth sense. They cannot tell today what | is to happen tomorrow, and when something actually happens, of a nature that demands their atten- tion, they start to work on it with- | out the slightest assurance that they { will clean it up satisfactorily, for lmobody realizes more than they that the human shortcomings are present in thetr makeup to a degree equally as great as in their fellow men. A detective’s work is never cog- pleted. He reports for duty in the morning with numerous niatters on his mind, and he may have among | | ing information in such a way as| during | if followed, would bring him to the end of his tour with everything at- tended to, yet the chances are that he will not be in the office half an hour before an assignment creates itself in the form of a mur- der, & burglary, an automoblle | theft or something equally as in- | sistent in its demand for immediate | attention, with the result that the things he had planned to do remain updone fer days and probably weeks junless they happen to be turned over to someone else in the mean- time. He may have plans for at- ! tending the theater in the evening, | only to be detailed ten minutes be- | fore the end of his day's tour on an investigation that keeps him busy until well into the night, vet he is expected to do his duty, every- thing else notwithstanding. weeks without anything tangible to show for their efforts. They must go about their work quietly, obtain- | to avoid spreading word of their mission throughout the community, | and when various clues are follow- | ed to their end they may be found | to have led to nothing of value, yet, | the days or wecks have been spent, | and while the public criticizes and Pooh-poohs because certain cases | are not attended to, the detective {must bide his time, hold his temper, and work on and on. Sometimes he ‘b[\.s the satisfaction of clearing up | every detail with little effort, but | he cannot afford to sit back and | compliment himself, for the very | next ring of the telephone may call him to another assignment far { more important than that which he | has just completed. | In New Britain, the makeup of the population adds greatly to the | difficulty of detective work. Prac- | tically every language is spoken here, and crime is no chooser as to to | in the life of every community. It| pationalities. It is necessary, there- | fore, that the plain clothes officers | working under Detective William | P. McCue, acquaint themselves with | sources of information in all quar- | ters of the city and among all | classes because they have no way of | telling when they will be badly in | necd of a clue that cannot be un- | carthed except through the willing- | ness of outsiders to help the police. They must be acquainted with the | criminal element and they are held responsible for the movements of | the type of men at whose door the | guilt of many cases may be placed | it the proper methods are used. Tt |is not enough that the detectives | walk the streets and mind their own business. They must observe condi- | tions and people, ard nake the business of other people | their business also, if they are to | be successful in the performance of | their duty. ] schedule 1aid out for the day, which, | Frequently, detectives work for | they must | Mind Mnst Work Fast Many instances of the value of quick thinking are told by police- men whose service has given them knowledge and experience that could not be obtained in any other line of endeavor. One story, which is vouched for by veterans in the service, illustrates the important part played in police work by the use of one’s wita. A youth who was suspected of having gained entrance to a store and taken a considerable amount of merchandise and money, had been brought to the police sta- tion for questioning, but withstood the efforts of the officers to shake his story. Released, he was brought in again when his actlons directed | suspicion towards him, but once | again he defled the officers to pro- duce proof of his guilt, and again | he was freed. A few days later, however, it was decided to take one more chance, the police having every reason to believe he was gullty, and for the third time they closeted themselves with him and went through the burglary from start to finish, “I'was in Plainville that night,” the youth insisted. “How did you get home?” he was asked. “I walked all the | way,” he answered. “Did you cross Black Rock Bridge?"” he was asked. “I did,” he answered without a quaver. “Oh no you didn’t,”” the of- ficer shot at him. “You couldn't | have crossed the bridge that njght | because it is being repaired and no- | body has crossed it for several days. }Now you're caught, and you know | it, unless you climbed over the rails and made it that way.” The youth’s | face brightened. “Yes, I climbed | over the rails. You're right, they're fixing the bridge, but I got by,” he | said, feeling assured that he was | safely past another obstacle. But he | had reckoned without giving the officer credit for that great quality | often referred to as “police head.” | There were no repairs being made to the bridge, and of course there | were no rails about it. The youth | had been caught in a lle, and with- in half an hour he had broken down, confessed his guilt and was locked up for trial. Many important arrests have been { made on clues which seemed value- | less at first glance. Buttons lost off | coats near the scene of crime, caps | and hats with distinguishing marks, | blood stains, finger prints, all have | played their parts in helping the police to run down gullty persons. 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