New Britain herald., 1921-07-22
HIGHWAYMEN STEAL
 IMPORTANT PAPERS
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 It was swung across the road and stopped, three men jumping out and lining up in front of the Barrier each with a gun in hand.
 One of the men demanded the pa pers that he was carrying, pressing his weapon against Holmes heart, the agent told the police. He delay ed moment then handed over the deposition. The papers obtained, the highwaymen turned toward their car. Holmes said he and Kelly jumped out of their automobile. Kelly fired at one of the men. He struck him he was certain. T
 knocked Kelly Down.
 The robbers turned back knocked Kelly down, and -disarmed him, re- turning to their automobile.
 The mghwaymen had made no at tempt to disable the agents car and they followed them as soon as they could. For an hour they sought to pick up the trail, but lost it and re- turned to the scene of the hold-up they said. There search was made for Kelly's revolver, but it could not be found and Holmes said he went immediately after that to the Haver- hill police station.
 No Trace of Robbers.
 To Captain M. A. Sullivan he pre- sented credentials as special agent of the attorney general. said he was carrying a deposition by Brownie" Kennedy that had been taken from him, related the story of the hold up and asked for assistance in run ming down the robbers. Captain Sul- livan communicated at once with the attorney general who, ha said, con- firmed the fact that Holmes was in his service, and a search was begun. It developed no trace of the fugitlves, although extended to Lawrence on one side and over a wide territory on the oth,r. Police and hospital auth critics in many places were notified to be on the lookout for party such aa Holmes and Kelly described in- cluding a man probably wounded in the groin
 Kelly had a scratched face and a loose front tooth to show for the assault. Holmes was uninjured.
 Important Deposition.
 The Eishawam Manor case in connection with which the attorney general has sought a deposition from Brownie Kennedy, has been center of popu- lar interest and of judicial consid- eration in the charges on which MT Allen has based petition for District Attorney Tufts removal. It is based on a party at Mishawam Manor. 8 Woburn roadhouse of which Brown ie'' was the head, in March, 1917, at tended by Hiram Abrams, Adolpha Zuker, Jesse Lasky and others prom inent in the motion picture world The attorney general alleges that Dis trict Attorney Tufts entered into 2 conspiracy with certain attorneys and others by which under threats o1 prosecution one hundred and flvt thousand dollars was extorted iron the motion picture magnates. A de position by Abrams was presented last week to show that he paid ap proximate1y that amount in severa installments.
 The whereabouts of Brownie Kennedy has been understood to bt in doubt for several months She ha been variously reported in Oklahoma at New York, bound for Europe ane at an unnamed place near this city.
 Unimportant, Allen Says.
 Boston. July 22.-Attorney Gen. J Weston Allen today characterized a not of importance the incident re ported to involve robbery of de position by Brownie Kennedy. Th' attorney general, who was preparint to continue presentation of hi charges of irregularity against Dis trict Attorney Tufts before the su prema court. said:
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