Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-20
DANIELsON

Greeley of this place upon charge of violating the federal game laws created a mild sensation here We'd | nesday. Those who for years have heard many underground rurnors as tol what it is believed has been going on in alleged illegal trafficking in game birds are of the opinion that the ar rest of Mir. Greeley merely scratches the surface of what may prove to be one of the most interesting cases of it's kind ever uncovered in New En- gland. It is believed here that if MT. Greeley is guilty of the charges filed against him he is no more than the agent of the "big' men that are in volved in what federal and state game authorities claim has been practically wholesale trafficking in game birds. in and out of season, and in violation of state and federal laws, over a pe- riod of many years.
 John Greeley. well known here for many years, is not a hunter. An in spection of the records at the office Of the town clerk of Killingly will show no record of his having taken out a hunting license in many years He was not given to going into the woods after birds or other game and had
 none of the instincts of the hunts
 man. His interests. it is firmly be-
 Iieved here by many who have been watching for something to drop. not
 necessarily involving him. for many
 years were purely financial. if he had
 any interest whatever, and develop
 ments must show that.
 As MT. Greeley did no hunting on
 his own account the question arose
 here, scores of times Wednesday, who
 did shoot the birds that were captured
 in the trunk at New Haven. who han
 dled them after they were shot and
 what are the hidden agencies through
 which arrangements had been made
 for their disposal in New York and
 other cities, for the delectation of
 people who can afford to indulge in a
 'hot bird and cold bottle?' Many
 of these questions may be cleared up
 at an early date. it is believed here.
 Killingly is snugly tucked up into the
 northeastern corner of Connecticut, with it's eastern border resting on
 Rhode Island. and Massac achusetts less than a dozen miles away. It is an ideal place for slipping from state to state and the territory, lends itself
 readily to operations that might ex- tend through three states. Nothing appears in the Greeley case to date to esta blish that any of the birds seiz- cd in the trunk at New Haven were shot i'll Kiilingly and surrounding towns, but it is highly possible that this may be true.
 Throughout the past summer and 1 into the early fall Mr. Greeley was I employed here as driver of one, of the 1 delivery teams, of an ice company and I he was steadily on his job. He has not been seen about town much fol
 the past few weeks. however. Fol several years. up to about two years I ago he lived in Rhode Island and was ! employed at Providence. Narragansett 1 Pier and other places, so he has 8 wide acquaintance in that, territory 1 lie is I ikable man. mild of manner and hard Worlzer.z
 i The Rhode Island end of the case 1 as set forth in an article published ir i 9 Providence paper follows: 1 Through activity of State Commis- sioner of Birds Everett L. Wafine | and Deputy Commissioner L. H. sKno1 !! ct Warwick Q, trunk containing cartridges. 50 duail and four wood cock was seized in the baggage cal of a New Haven road passenger trair 1 at NeNF Haven Tuesday. i Jchn Greeley of Danielson Conn. 1! ] heinz sought b. federal authorities a; ;! the man who checked the trunk a Blgckst9ne, Mass. to New York on { l passenger baggage check. It is be 1 Heved the birds were snared or shot il this state.
 l The seizure was made by Connecti cut fish and game officials at Nev | Haven on request of Commissions | Walling. The haul is considered evi dence which may develop into an i'm 1 portant case Of violation of the gam i laws in connection with regula l traffic in game birds taken in thi
 state, and which eventually find thei 1 way to the tables of New York hotels Commissioner Mailing states tha for four year he and his deputies hav been tracking down a wholesale busi i, ness in game birds. which has beel i conducted secretly and in violation 0 laws in this state. He believes tn | trunk of birds found yesterday ma. result in the arrest of the leader of tn l business.
 | Arrests are being sought. with tn | probability of prosecution under tn Lacey act by federal authorities, wh, l were brought into the case yesterda, in Connecticut. and also New Yorl city. Federal Inspector Albert Stadl meir is cooperating with Commis sioner Walling.
 H According to Commissioner Wal1fn. and Deputy Knox saw Greeley checi the trunk at Blackstone and board tn train on which it was placed. Deput, l Knox also boarded the train to follow l Greeley and the trunk to New York. | Commissioner Wallirs learned iron Hartford by telephone that the trunl