New Britain herald., 1921-10-26
NOTHING OFFICIAL
 AGAINST POLICEMEN

0ASAGAVA V GAVxh AA AASAAAA SSVSASVsA KING DENIES KNOWLEDGE Chief Rawlings Also Disclaims Any
 Information Accusing Others Than
 Richardson-Alcorn Makes No
 Statement Today.
 Street rumors involving certain To- cal police officers in the liquor ring" probe, with the prediction that cer- tain two will be arrested soon have teen prevalent in New Britain ever 4ilnce the arrest of Richardson, detec- tive sergeant, his two sons, ad Jake" Wrinkle on the charges of harboring stolen automobiles and the holding Of various others in the city on bribery charges in connection with rum running.e
 No Official Statements.
 The entire city is probably familiar With the rumors and is also familiar with many more that will not pan out. Additional impetus was added to the police ring this morning by the publishin of reports presumably coming from the state police head quarters, or made to appear as if they were, to the effect that the ar rest of two officers might take place. Tn an endeavor to locate definite fact upon which to give real infor- nation concerning the possible out come of the hinted suspicion in the state police headquartsrs, the Her aid found no information Of value True reporters have heard the ru- 1nors in question but they also have heard others that are absurd upon he face of them. ChaEman P. F. King, of the police boaru, and Chief ". J. Rawlings disclain any knowl- tedge of any wrong doing in the force. States Attorney IAlcorn obviously will not talk, he had nothing to say'' when questioned this morning, and he chef of the state police is main taining his usual reticence. Policemen Mentioned.
 | Undoubtedly there are some people l. in the city connected with the liquor l Interests who have some fear of pos I SlUaO ueV0tOpIucutS, lIcT0 hI0 SOIue l who probably are in actual fear oil arrest. Rumor 4las it that certain in- l dividuals are in such a position-but rumor is rumor until ometMng defin- | ite is learned. It is said that those investigating the situation have con- lnectel local policemen. with the ring. While this may be so it cannot be of
 hsially verified.
 i Kings Statement.
 Chairman P. F.. King was asked if the attention of the police board, through rumors or any other source, had been called to other officers in the department being accused of 1 crookedness. MT. King said that he has not the slightest suspicion of any other member being connected with the present scandal. He further said 1 that he, as chairman of the board would welcome at this time any posi- tive information that any of the pa trolmen were or have in the past been l guilty of accepting any consideration for their winking at law violations. MT. King said the time has arrived | for the clearing up of all the rumors. i What Rawlings Says.
 I Chief William J. Rawlings also en- tered a denial that any positive in- l formation is at hand, connecting any of the m embers of the department with wrongdoing. The head of the department said that rumors that are | constantly spread, reach his ears, but l that there is nothing at this time which would warrant any action The | chief rather scouts the latest gossip as an attempt to keep in circulation | the Richardson-W Winkle-G -Giardino-Mc-
 Auliffe scandal
 Does Not Discuss Police, l Mayor Curtis said this afternoon ] that his conversation with States Attorney Hugh Alcorn yesterday aft
 ernoon was not on matters pertain
 ing to the alleged connections of To-
 cal policemen with the rum ring
 Relative to a published story to the effect that a local policeman had
 watched the unloading of a truck of
 liquor on the Giardino properties
 without reporting the matter, the
 mayor said that he has not con- | temp1ated an investigation to deter mine what truth there is in the re-
 port. He knew of no queries being
 made elsewhere to determine who the l policeman under suspicion is. The
 mayor remarked that he had not paid
 much attention to the story appear
 ing in morning paper.
 Alcorn Says Nothing.
 | Rumors to the effect that certain
 individual who was employed in this
 city and who left here immediately after the Renaldino murder for parts
 unknown, presumably g foreign shore had intimate knowledge of the Rem aldino affair and possibly shot the alleged liquor runner himself are given credence about the city and were called to MT. Alcorn's attention today. Whether he has heard them, whether the state police are taking action, or whether the train of cir
 cumstances have been investigated at all could not be learned from any official source. MT. Alcorn had moth ing to say' He did not pretend that the rumor was news to him, neither did he insinuate that he had called for any investigation as to the where abouts of the individual.
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