Putnam patriot., 1917-10-19
PRIVATE KING
 FOUND GUILTY
Jury in Superior Court Decides lie
 Stole Diamonds Valued at SZ10
Court Grants Stay of Sentence for Two Weeks 10 Hear Kings Attorney
 on Motions

Clarence A. King, Dsnielson, mem Der Of the 3sth Coast Defence Compa ny of Long Island Sound, now al Fort Terry, WIS found guilty of the larceny of S270 worth of diamonds from the store of McEwen x Chapin, Danielson, last Juiy, by jury in the superior court, Monday afternoon. .after an hour and halfs deliberstion. i Kings attorney, R NJ. Douglaas of ] Norwich, immediately moved in ar rest of judgment on the ground of ir- regularity in the trial, in that juror, Edward Barrows, of Canterbury, visited the McEwen * Chapin store, and also moved that the verdict be set aside as against the evidence. A stay of two weeks was granted so that the attorney can file his motions and be heard At m adjourned session of the court at Willimantic, Monday, Oct. 29.
 No sooner had the jury declared King guilty than his two sisters, Agnes and Eva, who have been in the court room every day during the trial, broke down. Their cries and moans could be heard all over the room and Judge Reed requested relatives to take them outside. Kings father and two brothers were also in the room when the verdict was returned.
 States Attorney Searls asked that ] k ing be taken into the custody of the court and he wss taken in charge by Deputy Sheriff John Fitts.
 The two motions were then mi ade by Attorney Douglass, who said he would file them in writing with the clerk the next day.
 The state's attorney said he thought the bond Of sl 900 should be increased in view of the accused having been found guilty and suggested that it be | fixed at S2,500 This amount Was fixed. Attorney Douglass req 1ested that it be reduced but the court | thought that It was small enough under the circumstances. The maxi mum penalty is five years in state prison.
 When the jury rendered the verdict Of guilty the foreman, F. A. Libby of Putnam, was asked if they had found the value of the goods stolen. He ! said that the jury understood that the value had been agreed to by counsel. The jury went back and in three quarters of an hour came in again find ing the value to be S270.
 Foreman Libby also said that mem bers of the jury had requested that the exhibits, which included the dia. monds, be checked up. This was done by the sclerk and they were all ac- counted for
 The trial of King lasted five days and attracted considerable attention. King appeared day after day dressed in his soldiers uniform. The state built up it's case piece by piece show ing that diamonds had been taken from the Danielson store and pawned and sold by King and man named Albert Talnose, charged jointly with King, who turned states evidence. Each young man accused the other of the theft. King admitted pawning the jewelry but said he had no knowledge that the property was stolen.
 It was Saturday morning that the matter of Juror BarIows. was taken up. MT. McEwen, one of the proprietors of the store, twhen questioned by Attor- ney Douglas, said that he met Bar rows in Putnam restaurant. That Barrows asked him about fixing watch. That he took the watch to his store. That Saturday morning Bar rows came into the store for the watch but it was not ready He said that the juryman only remained in the store n few minutes and that no men, ton of the case was made. He only knew Barrows by sight Attorney Douglass then made motion that the jury be dismissed This WAS oVerruled by the court and an exception noted.
 King was unable to yet bond and was taken to jail.