New Britain herald., 1917-02-22

Thomas Dolan detected two foreign CTS acting in a suspicious manner on HungerfOrd court The officers called l to the men to halt, but they took to their heels With the officers in pur- suit. In the rear of the Hath buildings they were captured, and brought to the station where they were grilled se- verely. They told a story Which did
 not sound plausible and were locked in
 cells. At various times during the night the grilling was resumed but the
 men stuck to their story. This morn ing witnesses which the suspects men,
 toned were called and fully substan-
 tiated the alibis offered by ths~ men,
 and they were released. Several other suspects were brought to the station during the evening, but the police Ws6e unable to connect them with tls44n- cendiarism. "'- s6F Chief Hears Bomb.
 With the stringent orders issued by Chief Rawlings for the x16efe guarding ef property it is believssTthat the end tfof the reign of terror Has arrived. "A sl<ed today if he thought the fires
 nHght.she due to bomb explosions ChAI Wings said that he distinct 1&xa56 an explosion in the New Brit
 ain Tee Corporation building a few momSnts after the blaze had been dis |feovsFed. It was of such force, the
 chief said, as to cause him to beat a
 nasty retreat from the building.
 A woman whose identity has not
 been ascertained repoItsd to a local
 merchant this mornipgSof having seen
 three men at work in the Jewish syn
 agogue on Elm street piling up chairs
 and setting Q flaming torch which
 caused ignition. srhe noise, of an au-
 tomobile in fe6nt of the building
 caused the zen to run.
 A resiht of Dwight street on his
 way ,l2h4toWn after the excitement had
 started, was confronted by foreign
 CT on Elm street who stopped him and
 said. 'Ain't it great, there is plenty of
 fun on Main street. A few minutes
 9hter the blaze was discovered in the Hatch block.
 Every business street was carefully
 looked over through the night, the po-
 lice service car being pressed into
 service, with Drivers Wagner and
 RivaA' alternating. Back yards were secured along West Main Arch, East Main street and the adjacent vicinity, the vigiFgboine maintained until day-S
 break. Chief Rawlings paid a tribute today to the attitude of the police
 men, the day men an.l traffic officers responding on first call and working throughout the night.as
 The grationa afurther strength ems the opinions of those favoring more adequate police and fire depart 1nentSs While it has seldom been 1 necessary in the past to send to out side cities for aid, the possibility 6f similar occurrences suhstantiate the crguln nntS for n01ico fire departments.
 Crowd Demands Lynching. The temper of the crowd was vivid when suspects were taken into Gus tody by the police. Found lurking in
 the shadows and otherwise acting sus- piciously near Hunserford court
 shortly after discovery of the Hatch building fire, two men were taken into custody by policemen. It was with diff fculty that they got their men to headquarters and away from the 1 crowd. Lynch them Lynch them!' were heard as the crowd surged towards the policemen and their pris-
 oners. With drawn night sticks they kept their mon away from the crowd ' until assistance came. Let us ad- minister justice1 was repeated time ! and time again. Policeman Charles Anderson was nearly knocked out by an uppercut to his jaw, his assaiiant getting away in the crowd.
 Factory Departments Called. All of the available fire fighting ap- paratus of the private factory depart ments was brought into use early. being placed at the disposal of Chief Dame. OId-fashioned hand reels. drawn through the streets by pantlnS men, created a vivid comparison with the more modern motor apparatus. The private departments were oI