The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-04
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Counse 1 Asks Judge Thomas For Habeas Corpus For Release.

Hartford, Conn, Oct. 4.- That Thomas M. McAuliffe, chief of the field force of the federal prohibition enforce ment staff in Connecticut, in tends to fight his arrest on a bench warrant issued by Judge Wolfe in the superior court here yesterday by every legal means possible, became evil dent today.
 His attorney Hary J. Calnen of this city made application to Judge Edwin $. Thomas of the United States Dis trict court for writ of habeas corpus for the release of McAuliffe from custody here. where he was held yesterday by the state authorities on a charge of accepting bribes, going to jail in default of s15,000 bail The move of Attorney Calnen came following ineffective attempts to se- tcure bail for his client last night It was announced from Norwalk that Judge Thomas would hold a hearing on the application in the Federal this afternoon.
 The release of McAuliffe on the iabeas Corpus writ will be vigorously States Attorney Hugh J. Acorn of | Hartford county.
 It was learned on good authority | that the arrest of McAuliffe was the the states attorney and the state 1 police by Detective Sergeant Andrew J. Richardson, of the New Britain police department, held in jail under | $50,000 bail, formally charged with i receiving and concealing stolen cars, 1 said to have been used in the boot 1 logging operations.
 Important revelations have also | been made to the state police it is | said by Arthur H. Harris, a young New Britain truckman. arrested yes- terday as material witness and pa | ro1ed in custody of his father, a wealthy resident of Hartford because l of the serious illness of the wife of l the young man, who was said to be | about to become a mother 1 Especial to The Times.) | New Haven. Oct. 4-Thomas J. Mc- ] Au1iffe, head of Director McKenzie's 1 force Of federal prohibition enforce ment agents, was arrested here yes terday and held under S15,000 bail. He was charged with taking brfbes from Detective Sergeant Andrew J; Richardson . of New Britain and Charles and Samuel Gardina, pro-
 prietors of the Grand Hotel of the same place, all three of whom are also under arrest.
 
 shock, as he had been generally re-
 garded as one of the most efficient and trustW orthy prohibition officers Since his appointment almost two years ago he has participated in hun dreds of successful raids and prose
 cutions. His friends here express
 themselves as saddened by the news,
 and stoutly assert their belief that
 McAuliffe is innocent and that he will
 be able to prove it when his day in
 court comes.
 McAuhffe's attorney, Henry J. Cal
 nen of Hartford, made a staten ent today in the form of letter to Director Mckenzie, in which he stated that his
 client denied most emphatically the
 charges made against him and said that his friends need have no fear of
 his ability to prove his innocence as
 the proper time. MT. Mckenzie has
 suspended MT. McAuhffe pending the
 outcome of the charges brought by
 States Attorney Alcorn. He has del-
 egated Ralph H. Blakeslee of North
 Haven, a member of his present
 force, to take MT. McAuliffe's force.