Connecticut western news., 1920-05-27
TWO HIGHWAYMEN
 ARRESTED IN NORFOLK
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 taken into custody. It was of .38 caliber loaded with steel jacketed cartridges. He carried several extra cartridges in his pockets-14 in all. One chamber of the revolver show ed evidences of having been fired re- gently. There was a considerable number of people at the Norfolk station when the arrests were made and the incident caused much excite ment.
 The police picked up the trail at a fruit store on Center bridge, Tor rington, from which one of the men telephoned for the taxi late Thurs day night. The pair were traced to the armory, where they had attended dance in company with two Win sted girls. The Winsted girls, it was learned, had deserted their escorts while the latter were telephoning for the taxi. The police learned the identity of the girls and secured from them the names and addresses of the men but at the addresses, the officers were informed that the men had left the day before and had not returned.
 The officers immediately started combing all the avenues of egress from Winsted but at first met with no success. 1t was shrewdly assum- ed that the fugitives would attempt to get into New York state. The shortest route would be via the Gen. tral New England from Norfolk but nobody along the Norfolk road had seen the pair.
 The possibility that the fugitives took to the tracks, led Captain Gala brese to board a Winsted bound train at Norfolk. He stationed him. self at the rear door of the rear car and kept a close watch of the track. A short distance from Norfolk two men were seen, headed toward Nor folk. They did not answer the des- cription of the fugitives, however, and the conductor informed the off, cer that they were sectionmen.
 About midway between Norfolk and Winsted, Captain Calabrese's vigilance was rewarded when he saw man slink out from among. some bushes beside the track aftefm the train had passed. This man. was | alone but he answered the descrip- tion of one of the fugitives.
 Reaching Winsted, Captain Gala brese got in touch with Chief Nevin and informed him of his discovery. In the meantime, Chief Nevin had nabbed the other fugitive, Midtown ey, at the Norfolk station. It was known that the second man was somewhere between Winsted and | Norfolk and it was reasonably cer- tain that he would reach the Norfolk station either afoot or by train. So i the officers waited and when the evening train pulled in, they search ed the cars. McGovern was found aboard and was placed under arrest
 Both men had supposed that they had evaded capture and each was taken completely by surprise. Nei- ther made any effort to deny his guilt. The greatest praise is due to Chief Nevin, Captain Calabrese and Superintendent Slocum for the man ner in which they conducted the pur- suit. 1t was a case where every minute counted and a minor slip up at any stage would have resulted in failure of the plans.
 McGovern was arrested in 1913 in Winsted for the authorities at Dan bury, where he was wanted on lar ceny charge. He said that he was born in Des Moines and gave his oc- cupation as spinner. His home, he said, was in Philadelphia. Muldow- ney was born in Boston and is a yard brakeman. The fngerprints of both men have been taken and will be for warded to the police in other cities in an effort to trace the records of the pair.
 DiGiovanni's condition was re- ported to be favorable, though the bullet is believed to have pierced one of his lungs. The bullet struck him in the neck and took a downward course. It is not likely that any effort will be made to extricate it.
 Both men pleaded guilty in bor- ough court, Torrington, Monday to a charge of robbery and were held under bonds of $5,000 for trial in the superior court. A telegram was received from the chief of police at Trenton, N. J., stating that both men are wanted in that city on grand larceny charges. The two men were tatken to the county jail at Litch- | field to await trial.
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