New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-09-29
HOT DOG MAN DENIES SEEING WINKLE
ON DAY OF TRAGEDY, BUT ANOTHER IS
sure He SAW HIM DURING AFTERNOON
If East Main Street Tailor's
Story is True, Than 1t APP
pears That Kalkowski's
Confession is False.

Whether or not Louis Wrinkle.
whose body was found in the rear of
n Main street saloon two weeks ago
this coming Saturday. was murdered.
or accidentally fell to his death as
claimed by the local police and sup
ported by confession from Clemens
kaikowslU. still remains a question
upon which there il much difference
OF opinion.
Denies Seeing wInisIe.
"A sensational story. published this
morning, credited Joseph Roscnweig.
known as "the hot dog man" with
positively stating that he saw Wrinkle
alive on the Friday night at which
time. according to Kalkowskfs con-
fession. Wrinkle was actually lying
In hia cellar unconscious Today. how
ever RoEenweig does r. mental back
MIR and Just ms positively asserts that
hn was mistaken, that he did not see
Wrinkle on tho Friday In question. and
that IL was Thursday. the evening
previous, that he last saw the man.
Says Tie Had Seen Wrinkle.
This statement would apparently ef-
fectualiy kill any attempt to disciaim
the truth OF KaIkowski's confession:
but hard on it's heels comes another
story. The Herald today uncovered
n witness named T.. Rosenberg OF East
Main street who 10 certain that he
saw Wrinkle alive between 2 and .
o'clock on tho afternoon OF Friday.
September 16.
II Rosenberg's statement Is true.
then Kalkowskis confession Is false,
for the latter declares that Wrinkle
fell down the stairs in his saloon In
tho morning, remained unconscious
I'm the cellar all day and was finally
dragged out into tho yard between
0 and e:3o that night.
But Two Conclusions.
II Is Impossible to make these two
facts are obvious:
Either the police are on the wrong
scent and KaIkowski has lied. and IL
he has lied II will but strengthen al
ready voiced suspicious OF a more
serious offensc. or
Rosenberg is mistaken and. being
mistaken. there Is. thus far. nothing
definite with which to contradict Kali
kowalSi's confession and change the
opinion OF the police that he Is tell
ing the truth.
Roscnbcrg's Statement.
How the hi could Wrinkle be KILL
ed in tho morning when I saw him
between two and three o'clock in the
afternoon" said L. Rosenberg. who
] conducts n tailoring establishment at
81 East Main street.
Yea" admitted Mr.. Rosenberg
when questioned by n Herald repre-
sentative, Louis Wrinkle passed my
place OF business on the afternoon be-
fore the morning that his body was
found. do not know what day of the
week he was found" when informed
that tho body was found on n Satur-
fVRn MF nj
well then IL was Friday afternoon
between and o'clock he passed
here. lie wag wearing a straw hat the
rano shape as yours. (the shape de-
scribed corresponds to the hat found
with tho body) and he was smoking
q pipe or n cigar"
when they came IN tho other day
and told me they said he was dead
from rho morning of the day before.
said How the HI could he be killed
IN tho morning when saw him pass
By here In the afternoon between
and 3 o'clock "
Mr.. Rosenberg said Wrinkle did not
have n team when he saw him but
was walking on East Main street to-
wards Main. III / should have known
no was going to get killed, would
have pulled him i'm and locked him up
In here for a dav," he said.
RoScnwclg Mistaken.
Joseph Rosenweig, OF 226 Fairview
street. who was last night accredited
with making n statement TO the
effect that he saw Louis Wrinkle on
the night that he Is supposed to have
been lying In tho Kalkowski saloon
on Main street. after falling down n
flight OF stairs. today voluntarily
issued n statement to the Herald re-
porter. in which he now says he was
mistaken.
Rosenweig's statement today in
the presence OF witness. II as fol-
lows: "The report that I saw Louis
Wrinkle East Main street near
Summer street, shortly after
o'clock on tho night Of Friday. Sep
tember rs. was due to n mistake on
my part. I now want to state that
n was on Thursday night. September
Is. that i met and spoke to Wrinkle
on East Main street"
Now, Mr.. Rosenweig, is IL fact
that you first based your theory that
II was on Friday. September i6, that
you saw Wrinkle, for the reason that
you do not sell hot dogs" Fri
days." queried the reporter.
Yes. that 4 three dayS of