Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-27
INQUEST ON LEVINE BOYS DEATH
Weitzich Bernard Under Arrest and Spends Night in Brooklyn Jail K When Confronted with Body He Maintained that He Knew Nothing of Boys Disap- pearance or Death Showed No Signs of Weakening

There were no new developments in the case surrounding the disappear ance and death of Harry Levine. on Wednesday. though the inquest was opened by Coroner A. G. Bill of Dan ielson. A number of witnesses were before the coroner during the day, in cluding Weitzich Bernard. the farm hand, who is under arrest, and being held until the examination is compIet- ed. He is in charge of Constable Gustave Lambert and spent the night at the Windham county jail in Brook lyn, where he is being held for the constable.
 Ordered to Hold Him.
 Wednesday morning, Asst. Supt. A. L. Story called Constable Lambert and told him that after reading The Bulle- tin he believed that Bernard should be held. and directed him to see that he did not get away. He had not been arrested previous to that as there was no one in authority to direct his arrest. Constable Lambert got into communication then with Coroner Bill at Danielson and told him to arrest Bernard and take him to the Smith mill, near Hanover, where. the coroner would meet him. This was done by the constable. who found Bernard in bed at his brothers home at 9.30 o'clock. Tuesday noon Bernard com plained of his back and was told to V nesday morning he sent word he could not work. In his room a search was made by the constable, who opened his satchel and trunk. He found some cigarette boxes, but not the kind that was found in the field, and while there were no cigarettes the boxes contained pictures and some of these were the kind which come in such boxes as was found near the body of the dead boy on Tuesday.
 Confronted With Body.
 The boys body lay in the black smiths shop at the Smith mill, in an undertaker's basket, over Tuesday night, and at that place the coroner met the constable and Bernard. The body was opened before Bernard, who displayed no unusual agitation at the time. He was questioned there in Po- fish about what he knew of the lad, but he maintained. as he had always nothing of the boys disappearance. It was thought that when he was con- fronted with the body he would break down, but such was not the case, said the constable, and he showed no signs of weakening during the day, even when he was taken to the spot on the hillside where the body was found He consistently maintained that he did not kill the boy or do anything to him. He was asked a number of questions Dy the coroner. AL InO u1lll the con- sta ble was given written order to hold Bernard until further orders. It was about 1O.30 when the coroner arr rived at the shop. Undertaken Grant was there and following the question ing of the farmland the body was replaced in the basket and taken to Taftville by the undertaken, who pre- pared it for burial, and it will be taken to New York tonight on the steamer Chelsea by the parents for burial in that city.
 Short Time to Act.
 Different stories are told at the Witter farm about the boys disap- pearance but the one brought out in the examination on Wednesday by the coroner, which was continued at the farm, showed that if Bernard dis posed of the boy when he was first missed he had to do it very quickly. The farmland had been working in the hayfie1d with the brother of the farm owner, Barney Schelter. At noon the two men came to the house for dinner, the farmland, who boarded himself going to the shed. where he ate, and the farm owners brother to the house for his dinner. Bernard was seen in the shed and as Mrs. Levine came looking for the boy she saw him standing near the shed. He did not act strange to her. and he says that he had gone back to the hayfeld when he heard her calling for the boy. In