Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-07-13
ATTAWAUGAN SAFE CRACKER
HELD AT NEW HAVEN
State Policeman Hurley Went to That
City Tuesday After Frank Smith,
Who He Is Sure Is Guilty of Breaks
in This Vicinity.

State Policeman Robert Hurley of
Hartford was in New Haven Tuesday
to be present at session of the SUI
perior court for that county for the
purpose of Identifying two men held
for burglary and in case of failure to
convict them of the charges against
them to arrest one of them on war
rant charging the blowing of the safe
in the office of the Attawaugan COM
pany in the village of that name a
few months ago.
Frank Smith, alias Greenwich Red,
81. is the man that Hurley: will bring
Gaping conviction at New Haven.
There is little douot in the mind of
the state policeman that he is the lead
er of the grang that cracked the At
tawaugan safe. That was decided
j months ago and a warrant for his ar
rest issued by Prosecuting Attorney
Arthur c.. Bill.
Smith is professional safe breaker
and has done time for the offence.
Held with him at New Haven at the
present time is Charles Harris. 80, al
so a professional crook. who was SEN
fenced in the superior court at Nor
witch on September IS, 1906, to serve
from one to four years in the state
prison for blowing a safe at Volun-
town on May 26 1906. Greenwich Red
was also implicated in the Voluntown
break. but he escaped conviction.
Both men are known the state over
as extremely bad characters. They
have travelled together for years, and
there is good ground for believing. that
many of the breaks that have occurred
in this part of the state during the
time that they have been out of GUS
tedy during the past ten years is
chargeabl to them
1t was the day after the break at
Alta waugan that Detective Hurley
made up his mind that Greenwich Red
was the man he wanted for doing the
job, but he has failed to get in touch
with him until this week. when he
was apprehended at New Haven and
charged with burglary A picture of
Red among a group of those of a doz-
en- other crooks was pointed out by
five different Attawaugan men as that
of one of a trio of suspicious looking
ing about the village and in the Vicin-
ity on the day preceding the break.
There was no question about the pos
itiveness of the identification. Each of
the five men was shown the dozen pic
lures separately and each picked out
the same man without hesitation. Har-
ris may also have been with the gang,
but this is uncertain.
There is reason to believe also that
Red was the leader of the gang that
tried to crack the safe in the local
pOstoffice a few months ago. There
is evidence to back this assertion of
the state police that for good reasons
may not be printed here. However if
will get in all probability from 20 to
80 years, as this is his third time up
for burglary. If he is so fortunate
as to escape in that court. Hurley
will Immediately take him in charge
and bring him to Danielson- In that
event the developments may prove
mighty interesting. Chief George NJ.
Pilling was notified by telephone by
Policeman Hurley that the man want
ed here was under arrest.
Personals.
Miss Eleanor Johnson is the guest
of Norwich relatives.
Mrs. II. j. Paine of PaWtucket, r. l.,
who has been the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Rowland r. James for several
days. left Tuesday for Rochester. n
Y. where she viii spend the remainder
OF the summer with her niece, Mrs
Oscar +. Bellows.
Mrs. c. II. Burrows, Miss Myrtis
Burroughs, Mrs. B. C. Hopkins and
Helen Hopkins are spending several
days at Quonochontaug, r. /.
Going to Pacific Coast.
Miss Emma Pilling and Luther Pill
ing started Sunday for a trip through