Evening journal., 1914-07-17
NOW Guard AGAINST
Loss OF Articles
AttOrney-General Puts Into
Effect Receipt System
to Protect All
DEPUTY NEVER SAW
GLIELMI'S TIMEPIECE

Under a new system which will be
Immediately placed into effect by At
torney General Josiah o. Wolcott it
will be impossible in the future for
watches, money or other articles of
value, which have been taken from the
owner to be used as evidence in cases
before court to disappear without
the responsibility resting upon some
certain person or department. In the
future the attorney general will issue
receipt to the police department. for all
articles received from that department.
The establishment of such a system
is a result of the disappearance of a
watch and chain, owned by Emidio Gil
elmi. which was to have been used as
evidence in a case at a recent session
of the Court of General Sessions
When the case was called for trial the
watch could not be found and has not
vet been discovered II was alleged
that the watch was stolen from Glielmi
by another ltalisn, who was arrested.
a watch similar to the one described as
belonging to Glielmi was found near the
spot where the prisoner had been ar
rested. When the case was called for
trial the watch could not be found; the
court. and was finally dropped for lack
of evidence. After the case was dropped
Gielmi asked for the return of the
watch, but no trace OF it could be found.
The police department declared that the
watch had been delivered to the attor.
ney-general, while the attorney general
had no record OF having received the
watch.
General Wolcott yesterday
stated that under the proposed system
such an occurrence would be impos-
sible in the future. He explained that
when a person arrested is searched
the police department will be re-
sponsible for all articles taken from
him and kept as evidence. As soon
as the articles are turned over to the
attorney generals Office a receipt will
be issued to the police department re-
/ neving that department of all re-
1 sponsibility for the return of the ar
| ticles. the attorney general then as
suming that responsibility.
A development has arisen In the
Glielmi case in which contradictory
statements are made by the police de
partment and the attorney generals
office.
II is claimed by the police depart
ment that the watch and money were
sent to the attorney generals office
at the time of the trial Of Bruno, whS
was charged with stealing the watcf
from Glielmi, and that this evidence
had resulted in Bruno's conviction a
that term of the Court of General Ses
sions.
This case was handled entirely b!
Deputy Attorney General Armon d
Chaytor, who prosecuted Bruno ant
worked up the evidence in the case.
Mr.. Chaytor. when seen by a re
porter this morning. denied that tn
attorney generals office had receives
the articles in question. On the con
trary, he asserted. the States prose
cution of the case was handicapped b,
the absence of these articles.
when I went to submit the case Il
the Grand Judy" said Mr.. Chaytor, q"
made a search for the watch. so
|, could be identified as the one stolen
, I not only searched in the place
where the evidence was supposed d
be placed when brought TO the offic,
but l also searched other place
where it might have been placed b.
accident But I could not find it."
4 Mr. Chaytor denied the statemen