New Britain herald., 1923-06-12
POLICE CLEAN UP
 BURGLARY MYSTERY
Alleged Boy Robbers Caught With
 Loot on Them
HAD RANSACKED HOUSE

HI \, N, E, Zion Church m Iiruii- Town Plan Commission Meets,
 Advent Christian Church Noies, | Albert Mankus age l4 years ol
 Booth street, New Britain, and AleA
 siefanick Of Mountain View, were Il tried in the juvenile court this morn,
 ing at 10 o'clock hy Justice M, a.
 Ryder on charge Of thefts from ssv,
 eral stores and houses in and about
 flainVille, Mankns was found 10 he
 Niolator of parole from the State
 School for RoYs al Meriden and as
 he vas wanted hy the New Britain
 police, he was turned over 10 Patrol. man Patrick 0'Mara Of inc New
 Britain detective bureau, for aues.
 tioning before he is returned tn tho
 reform school, Tho case of Stefanick
 was postponed until the boys father
 who Is in Meriden. can he summoned
 to court.
 The boys were caught and inc cn.
 tering Of Rogers Bakery and Hem.
 mingway's store was solved, after they bad ransacked tho home of Mir.
 and Mrs. Daniel Delay on Mountain | View. About 10 o'clock yesterday
 morning. Stefaniek came tO the home
 Of the Delays and finding Mrs. Delay
 at home, told her that she was want
 cd at the telephone in neigh bor's | house about half milo distant | The boy said that tho family would hold the wire until she arrived there, and Mrs. Delay, not suspecting any thing out of the ordinary, hurried down the road.
 When she had left it is alleged that Mankus and Stcfanick ransacked the house from top to bottom and ran away with a gold watch'and chain and several other articles, including | q dime savings bank and q pocket book.
 Mrs. Delay finding that the tele- ! phone summons was a fake hurried f. home and found the house turned topsy turvy. She reported the facts to Grand Juror William Foran. who sent Officers Thomas Royce and Daniel Emery to the scene. In the
  caught by the neighbors after a chase, and the Mankus boy was ap- prehended by the policemen.
 They were brought to Plainville and into the presence of Mir. Foran at the freight depot. There they were questioned but Mankus evaded e all the questions put to him. He de- nied everything.
 In the mea ntime Officer Andrew Hogan had performed some sleuthing in the vicinity of the Delay home, and he was in possession of num- ber of important facts. He confront I ed the Mankus boy with them. but still the auth critics were unable to move him. The boys were finally separated and when the Stefanick lad vas questioned, he broke down and confessed that he and Mankus had T, ,ecn the robbers. W
 A general confession then followed cI he police say. The lads told the fol- al owing story. Mankus came to Plain- SC file Saturday evening to go fishing Iot with another boy. They failed to neet and he met Stefanick. On Sun q, ay afternoon about they proceed fl, q to Hemmingvay's store and climb J, 1g in through cellar window, Ice obbed the cash drawer of pennies sa nd then took a carton and half fl, cigarettes. lar Leaving thcre with their booty con ealed, they went back to Mountain Pl jew and in the night they entered n ogers bakery through a rear win co ow and rif1cd the cash register, it ar alleged. oh Monday morning, they then hit on co le scheme to ransack the Delay ome. When seen, they started to te Tn and while going through su vamp, Mankus was seem to have a NI stol. He alned It at one or his Dc lrsuers but the gun failed to go oft vii Q then threw it away and was lught soon after. A number of ar ,ckages of cigarettes were found on sta em, f1ashlight, four boxes of .e2 Ian fiber bullets, and several other ob- ala cts including the savings bank from tes e Delay home, The watch and fo, ain, however. and several other ob- cts of value were not found and the m q ankus boy would not tell where  ey were. tbi Patrolman Patrick O'Mara told stice Ryder this morning. that the ID, w Britain police had been on the ,kout for Mankus because he had plated his parole from the Meriden orm school. He stated that he was nre nted in connection with several Rri saks in New Britain. He was turned dis er 10 the New Britain policeman. siot Before taking him to New Britain, her trolman O'Alara and Officer Schu- arc t of Plainville took the boys 10 Am untain View with the hope of re- new ering some of the booty which " believe is cached there. The - nkus boy, breaking down in tears. l the New Britain officer that he kh w where the stuff was and he S'' id show them the place.
 he PlainNille police and the au- rites have received large num-
 of compliments on their work in
 case. Officers F. W. Furrey. A ,mas Royce. Daniel Emery. An Her W Hogan and George E. Schubert. VITO of whom worked on the case. were mes Iplimented by Justice Ryder. hay became known Iater that some of thai booty, including the gold watch She chain. had been recovered when Fan Mankus boy brought Patrolman to T .ick O'Mara to the scene of the is h e. 1'ru
 <. M. F.. Zion Church hay, he Plainville A. M. L. Zion church Joht been placed on a circuit with the EIiN iden A. M. F.. Zion church under will