New Britain herald., 1924-09-24
Adams, Alias Evans, Once Be
 fore Sent to State Prison
HAS NEW BRITAIN RECORD
Hearing Held In Plalnville Without Delay Because of Feeling Among Residents - Justice Ryder Sets
  Bonds at $5,O0O.
Special to tho Herald.)

1 street, was pound over to lno neXl term of the superior court under bonds of s5,000 by Justice Merritt 0. Ryder in the town court lasi night on charge of attempted criminal assault. County Detective Edward Hickey and Grand Juror S. S. Gwillim acted as prosecutor and Adams was defended by Lawyer Howard P. Drew.
 Although Detective Hickey, who had come to Plainville upon being notified of the capture of the man put Adams through d severe grililng during his investigation, Adams would not admit that he was guilty of the charges brought against him by the state. Mrs. Mary Thompson the victim of the assault, positively q identified Adams as the man whcs had attacked her.
 l. Sentenced From New Britain
 Adams was also identified by De, tective Hickey as the man who had been sentenced from New Britain to states prison for criminal assaul, committed in that city some years ago and, although it could not be verified, it is said that Adams is al present on parole from Wethersfield. Mrs. Thompson related to the court the circumstances of the as sault She said that she had gona a short way from her home on tht Town Line road yesterday mornipe to pick some flowers by the road side. She said that as she was re- turning home, when she reached a secluded spot in the road which + bordered on both sides by trees and dense shrubbery, at spot about 2Dt yards from the railroad tracks and about 400 yards from her home, 2 negro, and here she pointed to Adams, jumped from the bushes al the side of the road and had seized her by tSe throat and had knocked her down.
 Fought Man For f5 Minutes
 She said that for about IS mir utes she had battled her assailant with all her strength, She was ran. idly becoming weakened because of the choking she was receiving and Adams was battering down her re- slstance, when an automobile was heard approaching from the direc- ton of Red Stone Hill.
 She said that Adams heard the car and getting to his feet stafted to run toward it. She said that she called to the driver of the car to catch the negro. but the driver. although he must have seen the two and knew something of what had been going on, passed by and would not stop. She then related how she had gone to neighbours home on the Southingtoti-P Plainville road and had asked them to call for the police.
 Lawyer Drew tried to weaken the woman's testimony of identification, but Mrs. Thompson remained stead fast in her statement that she was positive that Adams was the man who attacked her.
 Deputy Sheriff Furrey and Off. cers Hogan, Royce and Schubert testified that they had been called to the scene. Officer Furrey stated that he had received a telephone call between 10 and 10:S0 o'clock that a woman had been assaulted q. the town line. He had hastened there to investigate and when h. learned the nature of the assault from Mrs. Thompson, he had sun, moned the other officers. He d. scribed the search which followc Woman Picks Out Adams.
 Owing to testimony of worflt who had seen a negro go down tf tracks towards the scene of tn crime earlier in the morning, s,is picion pointed to Adams as the mai It remained for the officers in com pany with Mrs. Thompson to star on a quest of identification. The had gone to the center and ha, questioned one colored man there but Mrs. Thompson said he was no the man. Going back up toward Hart's Corner, they had come to tn home of Adams sister which border on the railroad tracks. As the approached the house, Adams wa seen standing by an automobile When Mrs. Thompson saw Adams she said, There's the man, I'd knoY him anywhere" Upon this, Policc man Hogan. Schubert and Furre, the latter half supporting MrS Thompson who was in a faintin, condition, seized Adams and placin him under arrest, brought him ir an automobile to the town lockul
 Hasten Negro's Hearing. | A large posse of men, some arnle with pistols and one with a doubl barreled shot gun had been SCOUT ing the dense undergrowth an woods near the scene and thes. were called off by the policemen Police in neighboring towns hac been notified and they were on th watch all day for a man answerin the description. The feeling abon the town was so intense thrcughou the day. that it was thought bettc to have Adams tried last night in stead of keeping him in town. Il, was transferred to jail in custod of Detective Hickey and member. of his staff immediately after th trial as he was unable tc raise th, amount of bail imposed by the jus tice.
 Cont to Cf.to D.leor,