New Britain herald., 1915-01-28

them. he said, because of his inabili- ty to agree with his moth er- in law. After losing his job in a lumber camp near Greenfield about ten days ago, he journeyed in this direction, travel ing through North Adams, Greenfield. Turner's Falls, Northampton and Springfield before reaching Hartford Tuesday night. He made tracks for the cheap lodging house district near the river front and, while in a saloon in the vicinity, made the acquaintance of Shea. They immediately planned to go to New Haven together, he said for the purpose of securing employ ment Before starting out, however they had several drinks of gin. Later, he contradicted his testimony in stat ing that he and Shea were planning to go to Waterbury. Brown then OK plained that he and his companion boarded the i; ;01 freight train out of Hartford and rode to Wallingford with out alighting. He knew nothing of the stolen watch nor of the location of the power house, he said, owing to the fact that he did not get off the train when it stopped at Berlin.
 Shea was next called to the stand. He said he is twenty-four years old and makes his home with his parents in Holyoke On May 25th last, he re- ceived an honorable discharge from the Fourteenth Cavalry of the United States army. Unlike Brown, he was firm and resolute and did not try to play the sympathy game" It was plain from the beginning of his testi- mony thaA he was trying to corrobor- ate his companion as far as possible His attempt to cover up for him failed however, when the prosecutor pointed out some discrepancies in his state ments and he was forced to admit that he got off the. freight train at Berlin and went to the power house for drink. He denied taking the watch or even seeing it. Prosecutor Gibney asked him if he would expose Brown if he knew that he had taken the lmep1cce and received the prompt reply II object to the question:"
 Asked if he had anything further to say. Shea shifted his eyes from the floor to Brown and, after nov ing about uneasily in his chair. ad- dressed the judge. saying: There's no use in both of us going to jail for this deed, which only one of us done.'' He declined to explain him.
 
 chance to change his testimony, did not show an inclination to throw any moro light upon the matter. follow ing which Judge GriswOld imposed sentence
 While the judge was deliberating IS to whether or not it would be ad- Visable to let the prisoners go on pro- bation, Prosecutor Gibney took Brown to one side and gave him his last chance to confess. The latter re- fused again. When he returned to his seat beside Shea. Judge Griswold explained to the latter that he would give him sixty days in which to pay up. Brown stood up imm edately and begged Judge Griswold in vain to give him a similar chance, but in asmuch as the judge had reason to question his honor, hc remained firm.
 Mir Gibney intervened at this juno ture and again proceeded to question Brown. For a while the prisoner sus- tained his previous testimony. but then broke down and. turning to his fellow prisoner, cried out that he was going to make a clean breast of it. H admitted that ne also entered the power house yesterday morning and that it was he who took the watch and chain from the hook on the wall. He threw the case away on the way to Wallingford, and when apprehend- ed dropped the watch under a rad- ator in the waiting room of the pas senger station and placed the chain in a book lying on one Of the seats. Shea, he said, told him to take the