Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-07
Thursday

stroyed.
 It was announced here Thursday morning that a Legislative train will begin running next week. This train will make up in this city and leave here on it's first trip next Tuesday morn Ing. The train is due to leave Putnam at S.10 a. m., and to reach Hartford at 1915 a. m. It will run Tuesdays. We'd nesdays. Thursdays and Fridays of each week This new train is put into ser vice chiefly for the benefit of members of the legislature, but may be used by any traveller.
 Charles Chippio. who gave his address as 586 Grand avenue. New Haven. and frankly admitted that he had been ar rested in Willinlantic for booze running. hunted up Captain J. H. Bulger Thurs day afternoon and told him rather amazing story of holdup that he de- scribed as occurring about 9 o'clock on Wednesday night on the state highway at East Putnam. near the home of Ralph Gibson at the Four Corners.
 Chippio said that his friend Harry Del basico, also of New Haven. was relieved of a roll containing about $500 and that | another Italian whose name the police did not obtain. but who is aninEni- i grant recently arrived. had $40 taken | from him. Chippio exhibited roll con | taining about 5000, horseshoe dia- mond stickpin. a beautiful diamond ring | and a gold watch that the highwa ymen i did not get. Getting suspicious over the ! fact that a car had followed close be- ] hind his machine all the way from Put | nam. Chippio had slipped his valuable l into his overshoes and, having outfigur- | cd the stick-up men mnaged to save | his money and jewelry.
 According to Chippio the hold-up was 1 at the point of revolver He and his | companions were ordered out of the cal | and mace to keep their hands pointing | toward the heavens while the pair ot 1 hold-up men went through them. The l search of Chippio and his friends includ | ed hunt for firearms, of which they
 had none. While Chppio and his friend. | were held at bay one of the robber.
 took Chipp;o's Cadillac car and drove off with it towards Providence. settin;
 it afre and abandoning it after he hac
 gone distance down the road. I'm 1 car is a total wreck and looked like
 mass of junk on Thursday when officer
 from this city and members of the stat, police department inspected it.
 Having cleaned them of all the valua
 bles that they could find and assuring
 themselves that Chppio and his com
 panions Lad no frea rms. they were al
 lowed to go and the lloldup men. drvini
 a car having Rhode Island registra ton
 hurried off toward Providence.
 The story Chippio told Captain Bulge
 Thursday afternoon added much desire,
 information to telephone report of tn
 holdup that came into local police head
 quarters about 9.25 Wednesday evening
 This message described how men in on
 automobile that had been following an
 other one from this city on the route f
 Providence had held up the occupants O
 a Cadillac car and robbed them. Officer
 Laird and Jarvais, having obtained per
 mission. procured car here and wer
 rushed over to East Putnam. The
 found no trace of any of the men wh 1 had been in the cars. but did learn tha
 three men, who appear now to have bee Chippio and his two conpa panions, ha E started to walk toward Providence O4 ficers Laird and Jarvis continued in tha } direetion until they came upon tn abandoned and burning Cadillac car. an i finding no one about the machine 6 anywhere in the vicinity returned to tlli
 citp
 Chippio in his tAK with Captain Bulge
 was entirely frank about his recent COT , nection with the booze running game. bl said that there was no liquor in his ca
 Wedn nesday night when he was held u; : l He appeared to be aware, however. th; persons who were of type to hold-u and rob him knew of the fact that ! frequently makes the run between tn l. | city and Providence on the way fro = New Haven and that he carries lar.
 sums of money on his person. Other d a velopments during the afternoon ind : cate that the hold-up men were on u $ lookout for him Tuesday night here n Putnam. but he did not come tlroug o This same gang was again in town Wednesday night and when his CadS . came through the square they trail II it out along the Chepa chet highway
 their own machine and held him up at t eS first favorable opportunity.
 l'' This is the first road agent job to e pulled of in this territory and it W n strike terror to many automobiles vi
 do riding at night. Interesting develo
 ments in this case are expected with the next 24 hours. however, as the p lice have certain information that m; tsi prove of great value.