The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-25
VOL. 58-NO. 124-EST. 179O.
SMITH IN PROVIDENCE A FEW WEEKS AGO


Identification and address Is tncom- plete. the police barred them from the building. Only those were admitted to the Police building on Fairfield ave- nue and to the City court room were witnesses, principals, court attaches, and reporters. The proceedings be- fore Judge Boardman lasted less than five minutes.
 Finger Prints Taken.
 Sidney Tibbals, 114 Whitney avenue and William Dunn. Otis street, Straf- ford. with other Conecticut employees were in court. Tibbals and Dunn, who were Iackja,cked, seemed none the worse for their experiences, though a welt showed on TibbaIs' forehead. As soon as the one day continuance was granted the men were hurried to the Bertillion room on the top floor where they were photographed, their finger prints taken, and their bodies
 Stone Unidentified.
 That Stone was formerly a local pawnbroker was first the belief of some of the police. Later the theory was followed that he was a former employe of the Connecticut company but comparisons of photographs of old employees and the dead man failed to establish identification Eff forts are being made through a clue and a New York address, to find more history of Stone.
 Efforts are also being redoubled to find Friedman" the supposed brains Of the gang; the man who planned the job and hired the gunmen; and the man who either was expected to be in waiting to receive the money or who actually got out of the car at Barnum terrace. Stratford with tho money. If the latter is true, he saw the pursuers on the trail ditched the evidence. and ran or walk ed away, losing himself in the neighbor- hood, and perhaps later joining the chase.
 Try To Get Guards.
 That Dunn, shortly after the affair, for some reason made statements to friends that he did not shoot at the bandits was ascertained today. How ever, it seems evident from the fact that Manager J. B. Potter of the Con- necticut company, standing at win dow watching the men. and Assistant Manager CroSson, on the street a few yards away, saw Dunn fire the shot, would make 1t evident that Dunn was confused as to just what did hap pen. This would not be surprising, especially in view of the fact that gun men often try ito get guards who bump off, any of their pals.
 Coroner John J. Phelan, immedi- ately following the session in City court tomorrow morning, will open his formal investigation into the shoot ing of Stone. It is necessary to in vestigate this angle, the same as it would be had a police officer shot a person. During the day today Medi- cal Examiner pr. s. M. Garlick, this city, and Medical Examiner Phelan, will conduct an autopsy. The body is at Potter's morgue, corner of Elm and Broad streets. Last night md today hundreds viewed the body, hoping they might recognize the man.
 Jersey Justice Needed.
 That a hurried trial, Jersey Jus tice" is necessary and urgent in this case, that bandits so daring as to at tempt a holdup in the very heart of the city in broad daylight should be warned away from the community, is the concensus of public opinion States Attorney Homer S. Cummings could probably take no action that