Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-21

Qio Il6 itOI CO4IIl11l LIA4S OI1SA4oS o5eAlilSl the law of Massa achusetts and not of Connecticut
 This was the question raised by his attorney, H. M Enrich, before Judge Allyn L. Brown in court here Tues day in moving to have court direct |, a verdict for the discharge of the ac- cnsed. Attorney Ehrlich also claimed i that the state had failed to prove the i other count of theft in the inforEla- ton against Mokus, but Judge Brown overruled the motion and the trial pro- ceeded.
 Trial of Molzus on the charges of theft and embezzlement of $480 from | Hannibal L. Hamlin on May fifth last | was begun in the superior court here Tuesday morning before Judge Brown | and jury. This is the case in which | the time of the frame Capt Guilty |, of the Springfield detective department 1 but allusions to the Springfield police i force entered very little into any of the testimony Tuesday.
 HanibaI l.. Haullin Of Boston was ] called 10 the stand by State Attorney Hull as the first witness for the state He said that he is special agent for the U. s. interdepartmental social hygiene board, which has headquarters in Wash ington, and that it's work is in aiding state authorities in suppressing vice He first met Mokus in the latter part of April or early in May, being introduced by Attorney Ireland at the head of a stairway in the building where MT. Ire l lands office is. Later Mokus came to him and asked him if he could get him a position with the federal prohibition department. Hamlin teld Mokus that he 1 had g friend in Connecticut who wanted some work done and this would be a good chance for Mokus to prove his 1 ability. Accordingly, the witness said, | hei took Molzus to MoosUp, Conn.,, to the house of Deputy Sheriff TiIlinghast and some time later saw Mokus at a hotel in Springfield where Mokus told him he had finished the work for the Moosup deputy sheriff. MoI1us said, according to Ham 1 lin, that there were Springfield Italians 1 100 cases of whiskey and that he had 1 been in Norwich where he had got in touch with a Greek boarding house keep CT who would take him to MT Morrissey of the American house who would buy 25 eases.
 Liquor From Glenn Falls
 Mokus went on to say, according to the witness that he came to Norwich and saw Morrissey, but the Italians would not deliver the liquor without a deposit and Morrissey would not make a deposit. The witness said that he then had Mokus meet him and Attorney Ire land at the Hotel Bridgway in Spring field, where Mol1us repeated before Mir
 Ireland the previous statements he had made to Hamlin. Molzus said the liquor was coming from Glenn Falls, N. Y. and that the liquor was taken out of Springfield in the automobile of the chief of police. They were safe Mokus said, according to Hamlin because the police chiefs chauffeur was known and nobody would hold him up. This con-
 Versation, Harnlin testised. was on Wed nesday May 11th
 Molzus and Hamlin next met in Spring.
 field and came on to Norwich to the
 Wauregan house together on May 13th
 Hamlin said in continuing his testimony.
 AIoEus left Hamlin at the hotel, saying
 he was going to see Morrissey and was gone about 2 hours, from to T D. n
 When he returned he said he had seen
 MoTrissey who would accept the whiskey and pay for it. Before this, HamIin said.
 Ge had been to Deputy Sheriff Filling hastis house at Moosup with Mokus and
 had arranged for a place about 20 miles
 outside of Norwich where Morrisseys
 car was to meet the alleged run run hing auto
 When Molus returned to the hotel
 after he said he had seen Morrissey, he told Hamlin, according to Hamlin's
 testimony, that Morrissey had cut down the order from g to 15 cases, alleging, according to what Mol1us told Harnlin, that he had bought a lot of whlskey the
 day before. Following this conversation
 Hamlin testified that he and Mokus went i out of the hotel and walked along to
 the left to a place where there was 9
 sign, Lenox house, which Molzus said , was the Greek boarding house keepers
 place
 S4VO In Marked Bills l The next. day HamIin said in his tes- l timony, Mokus and he met at the Waure- gan house Gnd Mokus said he had tele- l.. graphed to Springfield and everything , was all right That afternoon, Hamli1
 testified, he turned over to Mokus s400 ; in bills at the hotel. All the bills were marked with pin bricks and the numbers 5 were taken.
 l State Attorney Hull had HamIin read from memoranda of the numbers and 5 markings on the bills, which were two
 $100 bills and four $50
 S10 bill was offered in evidence and
 was iden flied by Hamlin as one of the
 lot he had handed to Mokus. It was the l bill which had been marked by two pir . bricks in the cipher in the lower right
 hand corner.
 Took Receipt For Money Hamlin took receipt for the money ; he said. It was written on Wauregar | house letter paper and was laid in as . an exhibit. The receipt mentioned Ham. lin as trustee of the Citizens League anG the $400 as a deposit to be used in se curing evidence of violation of law. Int body of the receipt had been dictated by Attorney Ireland Hamlin said. Tht money was handed over an May fl be tween 4 and D. m
 Hamnn told Mol1us to send him tele gram when the auto with the whiske, | left Springfield The telegram was read ! Train leaves at D. n.," with the sign I ature Maurice. The time was to be in
 serted to correspond to the time the ca e would leave.
 Telegram Told of Trouble
 Sunday, May 15, after Hamlin hal been to Tilinghasts, he returned to tn > Wauregan house and there found tele } gram from Maurice saying Train leave . at 9. m. Nothing doing. Was il r. trouble"
 On Saturday, May 21, HamIin sai ;- he saw Mokus in Springfield and aske s for an explanation. NIokus toltI hin T. that they had started from Springfield ; in 9 touring car and when about hal U way to Palmer a sedan car had over U taken them. A man was driving an
 there were two young women and an
 other man in the car This car stoppe , the alleged run running car, accordin u to Mollus, and a man he thought wa y named Granfield asked him to give al f account of himself Granfield said 'rW ' don't want you very well," and ordere
 Mokus to get into the sedan, sayin