Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-25
Nervich Buiietin, Willimantie Omc ss ckureh street. Telephone 105.

SSrviek Buaieen. winmautie omce, @ ckureh street. Telephone 105.
 
 The police court was crowded Friday morning when the men caught Thursday night in the police net set for booze run nsrs came before the court The drivers of the two cars captured, Carl Lemeuro and Charles ChipDo, with their passen- gers. Tony Magora. Tony Mandello and 1tose yelleca, appeared and stated that their home was in New Haven. Lemeuro and Chippo. the drivers of the booze wagons. were held on charges of reckless driving. Aiandello. Magor and Miss Vel leca were charged with having intoxicat- ing liquor in their possession. The five pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Nelleca girl gave her age 10 the court as %. and Arnold Peckham was appointed guardian ad Item in her case. She stated that she had been staying in New Haven but that her home was in Providence. R. l. Al the time of the questioning neither she nor her ccHSanions in the second au- -tomobiie knew that the liquor they had hidden had been found by the police The police had. however. found a footprint in the vicinity of the hiding place Of the whisiey that compared with the imprint of the shoes worn by Miss Velieca. and marks of automobile tires cofrespOnded wit hthose on the booze running machine, and these facts aided in clinehing the case against the trio.
 chippo. acting as spokesman. stated that they desired Co secure counsel, and the eases were accordingly continued un- ti Monday. Dee 27. Judge Frank H. Foss fixing the amount of bonds at S1. 0O0 each. During the afternoon Friday Joseph Pella of New Haven, relative of Antonio, Hs. fa a5f e1t kay, of 5000. covering the aggregate bonds of the five. and Judge Fo( gave a receipt for the money. Chief Killourey then re- leased the accused and they were imme- diately arrested by the federal authorities and bonds of $500 each was named. Pella did not have the necessary money at the time but despatched a messate to Kew Haven for the S2.50o necessary to release his friends. The amount was paid upon the arrival of the cash. about o'clock Friday night. and the five were released. The five arrested evidently treated the whole affair as a joke and during the night and before trial Friday morning they were singing and laughing n their cells.
 The capture of the second ear laden with whiskey took place some time after thc capture of. the Cadillac with the 24 EA1t1s AiAiE dfEtSL was que to the me work = Samuel Simpson. who runs q store in North Windham near the location of the first capture Thursday evening. Two men and girl appeared in his store not long after the arrest of the occupants of the Cadillac and tried 10 get in com nunication with New Haven party. Mir. simpson. believing they were in with the booze runners. went upstairs and using a party line called the loca. police. and an- other hurried trip resulted in the arrest Of the three. IL was found later that they were calling Colony 1891. New Ha- Ven. which is the telephone listed oppo- Site the name of Fred Antonio of I73 Wal nut street. and this led 10 the discovery that at least one of the cars was owned by Antonio. The trio denied any connec- tion with booze running and stated they had put uD at StinDson's because of trou. ble with the lighting system of the car The three were locked up for the night and then a three hours search followed before the liquor they had hidden was located by the police. The liquor was found hidden behind a stone wall owe, Bear Hill. in the town of Chaplin. aboul mile from the highway
 The number Of cases found eouallet that Of the Cadillac haul and the evaIu, CT the booze at present-day figures was well over s5.0e0. The liquor was discov. cred early Friday morning by Officer Johr killouney. whose driving pinned the two in the hrst car caught and made then surrender rather than take chances witl Inc riot guns loaded with buckshot thaf he police carried with them
 The landing of these two booze r11nuinr Automobiles represents one of the biggest