The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-04
Judge ExOnerates
 Constable ElwOOd
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(Continued from Page One) ua1,s once;4 e "Whsree" Tn the select, hall After a few more questions concerning E1wood's character Gould was released from the stand.
 Arthur Bennett was the next wit ness and the same questions were asked him. Mrs. Elwood was called to the stand again and related her telephone message with Prosecutor Wakeman.
 Bennett Causes Sensation. > Bennett caused a sensation in the court when he was asked if he had ever arrested anyone under the in fluence of liquor before. Indeed I low sobered up and got out of Jail.
 The many friends of Elwood were at the town court this morning to congratulate him on his success and after the trial E1wood seemed more like himself. During this morning he was drowsy and highly nervous and during the pleas sat in an ante room putting a cigarette.
 I'm Good Kid," Said skebo. skebo. on June A. to Constable Hezekiah R. Elwood "I was in the war. Don't lock me up.''
 50 didn'ts,' said Elwood to Judge Jonathan Grout, yesterday, in Fair field town court q told him I'd take 8 bond. I arranged for him to bring the money"
 The boy, did bring the money. He brought it in four miscellaneous, but be and his father. Andrew Skebo got the money from the state police, after they had accused the Fairfield con stable of attempting to blackmail them.
 | trial, in the court in which he had often appeared as a defender and order, to prove that he is not, after l 56 years of his life man and boy, spent in the town, guilty of black | mail. 1 The constable wears a broad black band, on his arm. Why did you per init this young man to give ball. in stead locking him up, inquired Bacon Wakeman, Fairfield prosecu- l tor.
 well" said Hez, ''he was a re spectable looking young man, he tolo me he was a good kid, and that he hat
 been overseas and I just thu thought ,i 1 When teh money for the bail bono l was all paid, $125 in all. came Stat' | Policeman Hickey one evening. wfu
 a warrant for the arrest of the con
 Hickey asked. Its home dn tn drawer of my desk" said Efwood. 1 So Prosecutor Bacon Wakeman- tel | ephoned to Elwood's daughter t
 look. She did, and telephoned back that the money was there, SIPS, nicet folded ID, in good order just as l | ought to be if the accused had in | tended to turn it over to the court They went up to Elwood's house, an<
 got the money. State Policeman Hickey took it. and made distribu tion of it, to the persons of the stat police who had put up the mone | that the Skebos\ might use, in the1
 effort to get something on the consta 1 ble.
 Sometimes the evidence made
 seem as if the method of doing cr1rn
 inal business in country towns wer
 on trial rather than Elwood. It ap | pears that the constable takes tn bond, quite commonly, if it is not
 real estate bond. The prosecutor onl. | takes real estate bonds.
 l Elwood has in time past, he tes l tified, taken other bonds on the in
 stalment plan, by way of mercy ap
 parently to the culprit- There was l bond of $50, which was paid in fou l installments and was $1O Short,Whe, | the funds were turned in to Bacol Wa,keman. The accused hadn't com through with the last $10. Hugh Lav cry, United States Commissioner, wa | counsel for EIwood In his exam nation of witnesses Lavery develop ed the method by which constable
 and deputy sheriffs usually took ba bonds in automobile cases.
 | Various witnesses testified to tn circumstances which led to the ar rest of Joseph Skibo. A big ca
 came into Spruce street at a hig
 rate of speed. It seemed about turn over. The driver was dresse
 in a bathing suit. There was