New Britain herald., 1922-11-20
Authorities May Gather
 Others Into Net Follow ing Arrest of Giardino
 Brothers Here.

 ,lomcr in a liquor deal. charging whis- Key rates for plain water; a mad chase along the Berlin turnpike with two automobiles travelling more than so miles an hour. a revolver pointed at a mans head and the recovery of the deposit paid for the "whiskey'-ali the material for a modern short story featured sensational police case Saturday afternoon. As a result Charles and Samuel Giardino. former proprietors of the Hotel Grand and who were mixed up in the Richard son -Greenberg rum scandal. will be given hearing tomorrow night in the Newington town court before Justice E. Stanley Welles It is not known what charge will be preferred against the two as the authorities decline to state.
 Hint Others Are Involved
 It is understood that Prosecutor Davis, of the Newington town court, conferred with States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn at the county building this morning Owing to several new phases in the case, the authorities handling it have declined to say whether there are any new developments. Hints are made that the new scandal involves many other persons other than those mentioned, and that several arrests are impending. The state police have been called in it is said and are conducting an investigation.
 MT. Welles declined this afternoon to state what charge has been placed against the Giardinos, and he also de- clined to say whether or not warrants will be issued for others mentioned in the case by the former proprietors of the Hotel Grand.
 Arrested By Local Police
 The arrests of the two brothers who were caught in the net a year ago, but who were subsequently, allowed to go. without trial. was made at the home of Samuel Giardino, at 61o Arch street, by sergeants William P. McCue and Michael J. Flynn and Policeman Gustave Hellberg. The arrests were made at the instigation of the New ington authorities. and the prisoners were turned over into the custody of Grand Jurors F. Stanley Welles and George Davis, and Constable Walter Garfield. of Newington.
 The alleged affair in which the Giardino brothers are believed to ht the principals, happened Saturda, morning. with J. H, Stanley Of New York as the victim; From what car be learned, Ire whoie- affair was tn, result of an attempt at double cross ing in a liquor deal. According tt the local police, the Giardinos impii- cated Ernest Hadf7eld and Charles Hadfeld. proprietors of a store in the Hotel Grand building: Edward Hor- witz and Alphonse Mira.
 After the Giardino brothers had been taken into custody. they were questioned at the local police station. It is the claim of the accused broth CTS. that Stanley had attempted to dupe them out of $50 and when they discovered that they had been deceived they followed Stanley and recovered money they had paid as a 1 deposit for the purchase of four bar rels of liquor.
 Whiskey Ran From Sleeve. According to the Giardinos' story, | they met Stanley on Saturday morn l ing at garage on the turnpike in | Newington. on an appointment en- gineered by Horwitz. The brothers and one of the Hadfields motored to l the garage to purchase 25 gallons of | whiskey for each of the party. This whiskey, it was understood, was to have been stored in the garage by Stanley.
 Samples of the booze were supposed to have been drawn from one of the barrels. According to Charlie Giar- dino, he noticed that Stanley was using rubber tube which was up his sleeve, pouring the liquid into glasses for the prospective purchasers to sample. A deposit of $50 on a deal of s1.S0o was then made by the New Britain men. The brothers then boarded their automobile for this city to get the remainder of the purchase money
 On their return to the garage, 1t was found that Stanley was missing. Information was secured that he would return iD a short time. In the meantime the Giardinos examined the barrels and discovered that they con- tajned plain water. Soon afterward Stanley was seen as he sped down the
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