Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-13
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 Broadway ia front of police headquar ters. was turned into gypsy enoanp- ment for about two hours early Wed nesday evening when eight automobIles belonging to band of 56 Monteyideo gypsies, were parked there while thu police conducted an investigation oves complaints of theft Of Itaoney at Nor wich Town and at Willimantic.
 One more automobile belonging to the band was sought for but could not be found. It is believed the woman who got the money was in this car and \ was learned that machine with gyp- sies in it had gone through the city and over the Laurel Hnl bridge in advance of the main caravan, which took the route down Washington street and over towards the West Side. The caravan was coming from VII limantic and was halted on the West 1 Side and ordered to drive to police headquarters after Chief George Linton | had received complaint from Teodel l Ethier of West Town street that a gyp- l sy woman had stolen $50 from the till l in his store.
 After all the women in the. caravan
 had been lined up in police headquarters for MT. Ethier to identify the one whc ! he claimed took the money, he decide, she was not in the party.
 Chief John Costello, who is ss, and
 head of the gypsy band. while not ac- | hitting the theft by any of his people l finally agreed to make good Mir. Ethier s 1 loss. which ended the case as far as the Norwich authorities was concerned
 But Chief Daniel J. Killourey of Will limantic telephoned to have the band de- | tained until he could see them as Will l limantic barber named Cote had been pf f,xsn the afternoon.
 Chief Killourey and Mir. Cote arrived by automobile about 7.30 and again ths l women were lined up but Mir. Cote coule not pick out any of them as the one wn
 took his money. The old gypsy chic.
 did not leave his soft couch on a pile oi
 comfortables in one of the cars but con
 ducted negotiations through his son
 They denied emphatically any responsi
 bility for what took place in Williman
 tic and declared they were willing to e
 back there and put themselves in tn,
 hands of the Willimae etic authorities ra
 ther than pay any more money. Tn
 whole caravan was at length allowed [,
 depart ordered out of town by Capt. ' J. Twomey, who sent Officer P. Murph. | after them in the auto patrol to see tha they kept moving in the direction the. started, through the West Side on tn : way to New London.
 ] Chief Klliourey Sergeant John : Kane and MT. Cote went as far as tn submarine base, looking for the miss
 ing gypsy automobile and learned ths a car with three women and two chil E dren in 1t and a man driving had gon through there about O'Clock.
 : The woman who got the money fror n MT. Cote was a slick operator, accord ing to the story he told. She tried tn e lwell known fortune telling dodge an
 then told he must hold something va : uable in his hand to get better fol d tune. He had a roll of s60 in bills. wit s an elastic around them, that he shove e and put back into his pocket. But he . hand followed after the bills and he d. Q clares that she managed to peel of h s20 bill, two tens and one without di: : turbing the elastic which was sti y around the roll when he counted 1t v few minutes after she left the barbt |. shop and then discovered his loss. The band had 8 variety of car k which included several Fords. Cadillai
 a Dodge and an Essex. The cars cal r ried Maryland, New York. Florida an e Ohio registrations. The gypsy chit | said they had come from Binghamptoi }, N Y, to Boston and were now on the 8 way to New York again.