New Britain herald., 1921-10-20
HELD
 ON BRIbE CHARGE
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brothers, proprietors of the Grand l l hotel which place is said to have been the headquarters for the gang, l
 two men i-l plain clothes and a Wal
 iingford policeman, held up the truck on a lonely road just north of Wal
 iingford and seized the liquor valued l at $15,00O, according to report. Net Is Closing in. A foreigner, travelling with Harris, 1 is said to have been relieved of $500 at the same time, the gang allowing l him $1 for return carfare to New York. Threats by Variola and his l friends subsequently, induced Rich | ardson to settle for the stolen liquor, l it is said. Richardson, the Giardino brothers and Variola are said to have l admitted their guilt Jake Wrinkle, l also under arrest, has admitted his guilt, it is said
 l The rumors of the alleged bribe is l in connection with a missing load of 1 booze, duplicates the arrested at torney to a serious extent. The load, coming here from New York, never stopped over night at Deni- /, sons garage, as was at first supposed, but after a brief stop in the city, when Variola, it is said, was left off, Ithe driver kept right on going and l disappeared. Denison learned by
 accident, where the booze was kept. Variola gave Denison, it is said, a check for $2OO and $500 in cash for finding the liquor. Then with Renal dino he drove to where the stuff was cached.
 l Later Variola became sore at 1 losing his $500 and made a com
 plaint to others, with the result that
 the conference was called in Green perg's office between Variola, Green berg and Richardson. Denison was asked to the conference by Green berg who told him it would cost him $1,000 to settle. Greenberg also in-
 Iormed Denison that unless a settle
 inent was made there, he as prose outing attorney would be compelled
 to prosecute the gang in court, so it IS said. It was at this point that feeling ran rather high and there ensued a quarrel between Denison and Variola
 in which the garage man called the Italian. a liar. Greenberg attempted to placate the men, while Richard son, with the remark: You can settle it among yourselves got up and walked out.
 l Believing he was being fooled Deni-
 son refused to pay the $1,O00 bu,
 finally was permitted to compromise by paying back $25O of the $500. This was done by a check on the Conner clal Trust company, now in the hands
 of the state. The checks was made out
 to Variola and handed to Greenberg, who accepted 1t. Variola later cashed the check it is said.
 | When an attempt was made this
 morning to interview MT Denison, the latter appear very reticent but stated
 that he would talk to the proper au- thorities whenever they wanted him
 to-. When asked if he expected to be
 suboened as a witness in the Green berg case, he replied, "They don't have 1, to subpoena me, if they want me lthere all they have to do is send mo
 word and I'll be there when they want me-" I got into this business inno-
 cently," he added as an afterthought,
 and I'm going to help wherever I
 can to straighten it out"
 It is understood that Denison made ) but two trips to New York. Both ltimes he was engaged by Frank Maiet- ta, alleged to be the leader of one | , trip Mr. Denison is alleged to have stated sometime ago he was not sus- Ipicious of. On the second trip he is z alleged to have had his truck loaded with cargo of Napoleon Hair Tonic" which aroused his suspicious and he decided to quit.
 . The prosecuting attorney under fire has been nervous and i'll at ease
 ever since the arrest of Detective , Sergeant A. J. Richardson, with whom !he is alleged to have been inti mate. A significant fact is noted that
 lwhen questioned by a Herald repre-
 sentative as to his alleged accepting of tribes, etc., Richardson, a short ] time prior to his arrest, welcomed
 the presence of Greenberg in the room although the conference was ; private so far as anyone else was | | concerned.
 Another thing which has been noted is the fact that all witnesses exam
 ined by Richardson in the alleged
 IKa1kowski confession, in the death of Louis Wrinkle were examined in the : lpresence of Greenberg. As it is be- lieved by many that this confession
 was a fake, this fact also is signifi- 70 cant.
 
 . Greenberg was arrested, was issued
 lby Judge Wolfe in the superior
 court during a recess yesterday aft
 ernoon. It charged Greenberg with 3 having "wilfully, corruptly and felon-
 iously'' taken $125 from Variola on 3 June 20, 1920, while Greenberg was = "then and there prosecuting agent } for the county of Hartford con- . cerned in the administration of Jus
 tice, to wit: in the enforcement of y the Constitution and laws of the 0 state of Connecticut then in force . relating to the sale. transportation !. and possession of spirituous and in- toxicat ting liquors, flor the pur- j. pose of influencing his behavior in ''' office"
 !, The state police are said to be on D the lookout for Thomas McNally, who formerly worked for Richard
 son in the restaurant which h.