New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-09-30
Former Local Sporting Man Is Held AS Material
Witness In Police Scandal-Au Cases Coming
Up AT December Term OF Superior Court
States Attorney Alcorn
Hints At More Serious
Charges Which May Be
Brought Later. =

Hartford, Sept. 30.-Jacob Jennings
was released this afternoon in bonds
of $4,000, the bond being furnished in
cash by his attorney, Lawyer William
e. Eagan of Hartford Jennings was
arrested last night as a material wit
ness in the Richardson case and was
brought before Supreme Court Judge
Lucien F. Burpee in the superior
court in Hartford this afternoon. His
case was continued until next term Of
the superior court at which time the
charges against Richardson will be
heard.
Although friends of Detective Ser
geant Andrew ]. Richardson were
making frantic efforts to secure the
$4,000 bail demanded for his release,
at press time this afternoon it had
not been raised and the local police
man, held at the county Jail on a
charge of concealing a stolen automo-
File, was still behind the bars. So,
also, were his two sons, Andrew and
Wallace, held in $4,000 bail each.
and Jake Wrinkle, held in $4,000 bail.
Efforts are also underway to secure
bonds for the latter.
Meeting This Afternoon.
At $3.50 this afternoon a meeting
was held in the office Of Constable
Fred Wrinkle. where consultation
took place foT, the purpose of pooling
money to raise a fund to procure bail
fer Jake Wrinkle. The idea is to
form q pool to raise $4,000 cash to
put up as surety for the release of the
incarcerated nephew. Among those
VINO have agreed are Max Kennedy,
real estate dealer; Irving Rachlin, at
torney; M. Barney Miller, real estate
dealer; and Fred Wrinkle.
- Trying to Aid Richardson.
Friends Of Sergeant Richardson
were about early today making every
effort to procure for him. bail. Rob-
crt Budde proved his Loyalty to the
accused police official by doing every
thing possible to come to his rescue.
Mr.. Budde conferred with Lawyer P.
F. McDonough, but nothing was CIV
en- out as to what TRANSFERRED. Budde
admitted having talked the matter
over with Fred Beloin and P. S. Nc
Nahon. It was said that these men
would like to come to the assistance
Of the incarcerated official, but were
reluctant in view of the fact that
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the tangle.
Heavy Bonds Asked.
Held in bonds totalling $4,000, are
Andrew j. Richardson, up to last
night a detective sergeant in the New
Britain police department, his two
IONS, Wallace Richardson and Andrew
:. Richardson, and Jacob Wrinkle,
whose sensational arrests were told in
he Herald early yesterday afternoon.
MN ediately after being taken before
fudge Wolfe in superior court, States
Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn asked for
ponds of $4,000 in the cases of Ser
,eant Richardson and Jacob Wrinkle,
despite the efforts of Lawyer p. F.
counsel for the Richard
IONS, to secure a lower amount. That
he state must have something definite
IN the accused is the opinion of many,
When the amount of bail is taken into
The amounts are be-
ieved to be about as high as has ever
,een placed against an accused man in
he history of the state. -
Three Autos Seized.
Despite the frantic efforts pc Ser
;eant Richardson to secure bonds
nan, he was unsuccessful, and, with
he other three men, was removed to
he Hartford county Jail on Seynas
treet, to await trial at the December
ERIN of the superior court. Imme-
Iiatey after the men had been taken
n tow by the state officers, three
automobiles were seized. one a Stutz
elonging on one of the Richardson's,
nd Stutz and Buick belonging to
Vinkle.
Alcorn Scores Richardson.
1t was a severe arraignm ent that
tate's Attorney A1corn subjected De-
ective Richardson to when he stood
efore Judge Wolfe at o'clock yes
erday afternoon. Mr.. Alcorn in his
tatements seemed to lean to the opin-
On that Sergeant Richardson has been
Ultimate with a gang of lawbreakers
n this city, to which three deaths are
Mr.. A1corn disclosed that
he state police has revealed in in
estigation a story of gain, corrup-
ion and protection of crime" The
pecif1c charge on which the Richard
ons and Wrinkle are being held is
hat of concealing a stolen automo-
lie.
Calls Him Traitor.
Mr. Alcorn said, in reference to init
that Richardson was in league
18th lawbreakers:
How deeply he is involved with
MS gang / am not prepared to say,
ut 1 do know that there have been
yo deaths in New Britain attributed
!, the operations of this gang and one
cath just over the border line in
a arlington, all three of which the
ate is now investigating. The in
so tar made. discloses a
,rdid story of gain, of corruption and
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