Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 5, 1922, Page 14

RAIN TODAY; PROBABL § BHOWERS TOMORROW' Lo oCon | FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS DESPATCOHES efihefiullvlm_sfi | 1 | ATHER An area pressure from the Hud #on Bay region has movad southeastwar “ier the Canadian maritime provinces| Frank Delgran, alias. Smerchansky, i and |16, of New York, turning state’s evi- {dence. testified in the.superior court at New London, Thursday, .that Charles vas | K. Gerard. an employe of the Ashland ursday | Cotton Co. at Jewett City, was the in- hird | stigator of the attempted hold-up of stil ,xhp Ashlapd Co. paymaster on the Showers | night of March 10th, with a pay-rol 24 hours | of $2,800. Mississipp) | Deigran has pleaded . guilty to the |charge of assault with intent to rob % land Gerard is on trial'in court. State Attorney ~Harlai A. Hull -is beng assisted by Attorney Thomas E. Troland in prosecuting tbe case and | Attorney Thomas M. Shields ot Nor- is defending Gerard. e E. Pitcher, civil engineer of explained a map of the Ash- o. plant. particularly the in which the holdup took place. Saw Gerard With Delgran. Wilfred Charteir of Jewett City, who time of the holdup was em- in a bowling alley and who he heard of the attempted the same night. He testified robbery |to seeing Gerard and Delgran in the bow Foreeast 1g alleys the day of the holdup, g with other boys there and g to set up pihs. Under cross examination by Attor- hields, the witness said that Ger- was not hanging around with Del- 1 any more than he was with any he other boys. Paymaster Duggan Testifie: Paymaster Wm. J. Duggan was then lled the stand and testified to ng been employed ‘at the Ashland iig s wes ption mills for about six years -and o — ving heen paymaster for three or . c..s | fous years. - He' told that his duties pa ter consisted of getiing the unoney from the bank in the morning, ing n;. t back to the plant where it as put up in envelopes by grls i he office, after which he distributed id that he started to pay the day t off at 3.30 in the afternoon and ignt shift at 7 o'clock at night. e witness sald that.he had known ard about six months and that wcused had worked at the on mill, in the weavi | partment in the day shift for about two months. Dusggan declared that he d d not know Delgran and that he had nevergseen him. lle testified that he Q in at 7 o'clock to pay off the shift as usual and that he had 2hout $2,00 in envelopes in a box which be carried under his arm. He cld of starting from the main office plant, walking across the bridge anning a river betwecn the office and e main plant and of going up the stone steps to the tower door. Revolver Pointed at His Head. Duggan testified that he had just stepped through the door into the room of the tower when he saw a gun point- | ed at him from around the railing be- | Sides the stairs leading to the cellar | and then saw Belgran come up from revolver in his hand. a handkerchief tied over his mouth and nose. Tre tide, aw flood T. AF'!VILLE his w.tness gaid the Delgran orde-ed him chin 3p his hands, which he did doing o the box with the pay | dropped on the floor. Had Paymaster Blindfolded. | Delgran then ordeced him to yp on a platform in a corner of 1room at the foot of a flight of stairs |jeading up. Duggan said that he was facing It the cormer with his hands | i the a'r and Delgran with his gun | pointed at him was within three feet of him. Delgran then took a cloth and band- aged the eyes of the witness and at the same-time he sald something which | Duggan said he couldn't hear because it was muffled by the handkerchief chich Delgran had over his mouth. At the same time he heard someone on the stairs and heard the person say some thng but he couldn't distinguish what | it was. The witness said that he could I not see who. it was because his jwere bandaged at the time. | Robber Was Interrupted. Duggan testified that he then heard { someone come down the stairs and the A |person tied the cloth over his eyes. aly 1 T 3 About that time someone came out of of the card room, leading eut of the tower room and Delgran ordered that person o put up his hands but the | person ran back into the card room |instead. e said he knew this from { the slamming of the door. Mill Help Fleg. to th and i money and the stz af Mrs Rode James GGraham society held a heir fo was Miss Ch Mae Cro Andrew F) will a A few seconds later, Duggan® said | lecture room- | that someone else came out of the iinal chureh | card room and jumped on Delgran and promi . he (the witness) turned around. In 1Abby is judge | doing so the bandage fell from his and @ trustes of pyes and he saw Gerard nearby and insane. and his Delgran in a scuffle on the floor with Harvey Maynard, the boss carded, and he started to help Maynard. At the same time eight or ten other people came out of the card room and Dug- gan shouted “For God's sake, give us a hand.” Instead all the people ran back into the room. ineresing o hos: To Operate Bus Line f incorporat ot stkts Mot were filed incorpo Transportation n The capital Is $50.- Shot Delgran in Hand. start with $10,000, ™ s tormed e Frami 3y | By this time, Delgran had gotten eer St M- |partly out of the door with Maynard et i ta sataniie | holding on to him by the leg while . cight sersios | Delgran had hold of the door which he -4 nerste highuas hemees |had shut against his own leg. Duggan ow Harttord The imem|said that he ordered Delgran to hold » ¥ J. Gear. Fdward 1 |UP his hands and when he didn't he et and Thomas A. Scott. aii of New |fred three shots from the 32 calibre ordor { revolver with which he was armed out of doors. After the shots were fired CHARE Cotpensetivs Delgran fell on to_the stone steps and later he learned that he had hit Del- |Bran in the hand._ The witness and Maynard went out and seized Delgran, G | Then Duggan went out doors and . Norwieh, em-|fired the remaining two shots from his vastos. 190 West | royolver as an alarin, after which he employe strained | went ty the Ashland boarding house ate of $10.26. where he teiephoned for a doctor and for Mr. Carpenter. the agent of; the mill. = workmen's compensation en approved by Com- Donahua Moment, ACCUSES JEWETT CITY MILL HAND OF INSTIGATING ASHLAND CO. HOLDUP e et { gran’ | Hospital |stat [ment of After that the witness said -that Tie went back into the card room . cffice | where Delgran was it Wit oy | nard and Harry Davis, the mgat watchman, watching him, while Ger- ard was sitting on the sill of the of- fice window. Tater Officer McDermott came in and took both Delgran and Gerard to the lockup. Paymaster Duggan said that later the money was recovered and he checked it up and found it was all there. Paid No Attention to Gerard. He was cross-examined by Attorney Shields who brought forth testimony that Duggan had heard Delgran say to some one “Tie him up,” to which Duggan replied at the time, “Yes, Jack, tie me up.” Duggan admitted that he did not pay any attention to Gerard at the time of the hold-up because he had known Gerard for some time and had always spoken to him. . Duggan admitted that while his best impression was that Gerard came down the stairs, he would not swear that he didn't come out of the card room. He said that he did not see either Delgran or Gerard touch the envelopes. 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He said that he ran out into the tower room and was confronted by Delgran with a gun in his hand who ordered him to hold up his hands which he did. The witness testified that Del waved the gun from Duggan to self but that when he (Maynard) got a good chance he jumped on Delgran | and there was a tussle during which | Delgran got part way out the doo Maynard said that he had hold of Del- leg and as the former started | out the door, he (the w.tness) closed | the door on the alleged robber's leg and held him fast. John Tobin, a mill hand, next test fied that he was out in the areaway a cigarette and when he chanced to-lock into the tower room | through a window, he saw the Lold-up and ran. stooked in the state will be added to the The phea the wood which th the Jast four yeal President Walc ley and Lucius F. of the s consider & plan to est throughout the i would be 1 no huntin; ers and forests. hown He plans to have the throughout the state in FRESH the Many for c commission’s | application report |nave been re Jil- | port which wiil be distributed to those lly intcrested in fish and game vities in this starte. Forester Delgran Turns State’s Evidence. Delgran, who is turning te's vei- dence, wa$ the next witness. He gave | his name as E nuel Smerchansky | when he took the stand. Delgran told of mecting rd the aftérnoon (f‘ the hold-up and of the lattcr asking him if be would join him in a hold-u Delgran told him he would easy and he was assured b e I that it was easy and that the joh was to held up the paymaster of the Asi l land Cotton mil h he admitted doing that night, assisted by Gerard. Toe following jury is hearing the e with Judge Frank W. Haines pre- siding at court: Albert W LOE(‘!\ Frederick N th Delaney of this cit nison, Groton; Angus Stonington: kred W chairman | € ) soon | R net rece dge for 231.90. This SIPTS SHOW. INCREASE ts of the Thames river | {8 the month of April we is a small increase over ! March( Lut from now oul larger. The figures are: | wou stravs- for 1 Frankfuriers Bologna Minced Ham pictures of the vario nection with the stoc'si James W. and W. Edwin Charles H. Den B. Chesebro, Perkins, Joseph New Director Burean 0Of Head Chzese, Ib. . 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