New Britain herald., 1919-12-02
Hardly had he inlc mn 115s ]

C., Hardly had the ink on his
 hStment papers dried than Seek
 was in up ito his neck" in troul
 Nt the Norwich camp, the officers
 countered considerable trouble "
 Beckett, who refused to obey any
 inc military commands given him
 his SuperiOrS. It was his boast tl
 11c had served in tho Canadian arn|
 which had seen more. service in a
 day than any member of the Fi
 Connecticut regiment would ever $ and for his reason he did not ipte
 to regulate himself to the orders
 the company non-coTns. Things
 so bad that it was necessary to plaX Beckett in the guard house, on
 complaint of Sergeant Edward Ogrd| From that lime until the compa
 moved to South Coventry, Beckd| was held in the guard house
 It was during this time th
 Beckett threatened to shoot one
 the officers and & general coul martial was ordered IL nas ney
 held, however,. Beckett did not a company his mates overseas, T
 next cscapadc that came to notiy was his appearance in Meride where he posed as a member of tl military police. In this role he su cceded Tn borrowing a revolver fro Chief Bowen, of tue Mcriden polio The Cheshire officials started q hui Tor Beckett and he was sought fC ihe theft of an automobile. 1t is b lleVcd that ho then made his wa north 10 Vermont. where at once I got in bad. resulting in his apprel tension for highway robbery and thI sentence he is now serving. He is th2 son or MT. and Mrs George Beclzet who. until recently, resided al 4I Madison street, and now live on farm between Berlin and Areride rI He has a brother who lost an arm \ service with the I'D in France, Bot boys were good athletes, Gcorel Beckett having played football on tbI New Britain High school eleven al one time. Luman, however. chose tJ pass up sports for excitement.
 Doubt sons Crime.
 Mr. and Mrs. George Beckett parents of the confessed murdcrcr have the sympathy Of their rrieud in the latest sorrow inflicted upoi them by their WaNWard Son. Thea are honest, hard working people vh, StrONe in every way to orinc II. their son along the slrai4ht lines oj and upon mnny uccasiong jhcN haNo shown him the error oi his ways, but tho parental advice was lnheoded by the youth. and now. nj asst he finds himself in prcdicumcnt which may eventually lead 10 uis paying tho price of his folly at the 'nd of inc hansman's rope some carly morning within the sray walla '' the gloomy Wethersfield prison.
 Mr.. and Mrs. Beckett arc working 'n their little farm near Mcrider. When opNriscd of the prcdican6nt h"'r son had got himself into, MT. icrkc1t, who was d captain of Cons oany I. C. x. G., at one time, cx- pressed himself as thinking his son liar If he said he committed nur- Ter. In speaking of his son, Mr. 3eckett gave the information that f when Luman was q small boy he was >icked in the head by horse. The fleet of tho injury he received, the V ''''N SC i''' N'''' IlrtI the uO3 D ullu tI urncd toward romance and excite. ncnt. Mr. Beckett was asked as to whether or not the youth had spent much of his time at. home in recent ears and he replied that if he boy lad 1t was unknown to him. Regarcl- ng inc tales told bv Luman relative O his war experiences, Mr, Beckett aid that his son had never made any SscrtiOns of his Valor 10 him. AIr. Seckett said that he and his father lad been notcd rihcmcn and )hat hs bought the boy had inherited some If their. ability.
 Victims Widow OycrioNcd.
 Mrs. Charles \. Taft, widow of the murdered man, is employed in a res- allrant in Hartford and. upon learn ng of the confession of Beckett, she herself as glad that the murderer had been caught Mrs. Taft aid that she has always felt that; ome day the Identity of the shaver. f her husband would be known. Mrs. oSeph Taft mother of the murdered nan, died in the Hartford hospital i've months ago brokenhearted be- ause of the unSoNing of the mystery the death of her son,