The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-29
Detective Who Shot O'Connor Lad Criminally Responsi- ble, According to Off,
 oials Finding.
TAKEN ON BENCH WARRANT
Summoned to Superior Court, Where He Pleaded Not Guilty to Man
 slaughter Chnrgc-The Finding.

afternoon. The finding holds Quinn criminally responsible for the death of the lad. Shortly after the finding of Coroner Mix was rendered, Deteo- tive Quinn was summoned into court on a bench warrant issued by Judge Case of the superior court and served by Deputy Sheriff Hut Quinn had been out on bonds of s2.000 since the | shooting Upon his arrival at court he was put to plea on charge ot manslaughter, to which he pleaded not guilty. The former bond was de- | elared off, and a new bond of s2,O0O was set. Late In the afternoon this bond was furnished by Attorney Philip Pond and Mir Knopp of Bridgeport. Quinns trial will come up during the present session of the oorrt probably next week. Quinn was very nervous yesterday, It is said he has hardly eaten since the occur renee.
 It will be remembered that last Thursday afternoon he shot. Tamse O'Connor, one-armed seventeen year-old lad of 45S Blatchley avenue, in the back. near Cedar Hill, and the
 victim later died at the New Haven hospital after hard fight for his life.
 The complete finding of the coro-
 ner In the case Is as follows: Hav-
 ing been notified on the 26th day of
 April, 1908, that James R. O'Connor.
 white male. IT 2-3 years of age,
 late of the town and county of New
 Haven, state of Connecticut, had
 come to violent death, I at once
 took charge of said dead body and
 made all proper inquiry respecting
 the manner and cause of said death
 After said inquiry and having reason
 to suspect that said death was caused
 by the criminal act, omission or care.
 lessness nf another or others. I held
 an inquest, and caused an autopsy tC
 be performed on said dead body, by Dr Charles ] Bartlett, medical ex. ] aminer for the town of New Haven who on the 2Sth day of April. 1908
 rendered to me a sworn report of sat
 autopsy as required by law. Said in. quest was commenced at the town o , New Haven, on the 26th day of April r 1908. The following named witnesses
 were examined at said inquest: James A. quinn, POS Wooster street New Haven, Conn.
 , Frank Sposa, 10 Prince street, New , Haven, Conn.
 Nathaniel Downes Forbes, 87' George street, New Haven, Conn
 Lottie Bartholomew, 1885 Statt
 street, New Haven, Conn. n Charles LeGrand, 1881 state street :, New Haven Conn
 . John Craig, Chicago
 William Dlppel 264 Ralph avenue
 Brooklyn.
 Minnie Overstate, 136 Welton street v New Haven.
 William Mittwollen, 67 WeltoI street, New Haven, Conn.
 U Jerry Sullivan, Boston, Mass. ,, Andrea Cragh, 225 Third street U Boston, Mass
 After considering all the testimon
 taken at said inquest, and the repor . of the autopsy I, on the 2sth day o . April 1908 made the following find VI ing concerning said death to wit: U James R. O'Connor was one . armed boy. having lost his left arm h accident few years ago, and reside V with his parents at d5S Rlatchley ave V nue, New Haven, Conn. On he al
 ternoon of April 23, 1908, he togethe 10 with another young man. got into a ' empty bOX-car, attached to about tn . 7, middle of freight train No. 860 of tn /, ', New York, New Haven & Hartfor V Railroad company while said tral ~ was passing Blatchley avenue brdg,
 the train being on it's way from th '. New Haven yard of said company { W Hartford, Conn, their purpose bein !, to get free ride on said train Ther v of several cars of said train, nun
 ber of other young men, strangers { :. these two boys, who were in this wa - also getting free ride.
 " After said train had passed the ur
 per end of the Cedar Hill yard, an - was upon the main line track of tt
 Hartford division of said company an Il when about one hundred to one hur | dred and twenty-five feet south of | signal located by the side of said trac | and known as Banjo signal No. 12, tf train came to stop, and four or fiN of the young men who had been riC ing upon the bumpers of this train, gt into the open box car where O'Connt
 and his companion was.
 II As said train left the New Have yard, there boarded said train thr, special railroad agents in the emplC II of the New York, New Haven ar H Hartford Railroad company who we on said train for the purpose of a resting any trespassers who should a tempt to obtain a free ride on sa train. As said train came to ste
 at the point as herein detailed Jam
 A. Quinn, one of these special railroG
 agents, went at once to the said emp
 box car and approaching the opf II door of said car, with a loaded thirt JI eight calibre revolver in his han II pointed said revolver at the men WI II were in the car and told them II stand still, not to move" O'ConnC
 being evidently frightened, jump,