New Britain herald., 1924-11-19

show that the suspect had any part whatsoever in the affair.
 The chief said that one more per son who saw the murderer has yet to be shown the pictures of Stuy- vesant. This person is the woman who was standing with man, whose name the police have not divulged. outside the store. She is understood to be in Boston hospital. The po- lice are nov Y2rkirg On g check of stuyvesant' t'shalovements ffrom the time he vsIllAased fronS Ing Sing prison abont six months sgA up to the time of the murder, but Chief Hart is not of the opinion that any thing will develop to involve him here.
 Plainville Man Saw Murderer
 It became known today that there was another man outside the de- partment store when the murderer of Patrolman Skelly came out on the morning of the murder. The first reports were that Edward J. Johnson, the stable hostler, and a man and woman were the only ones who saw the murderer come out.
 The new witness IS a man named LaChance who lives in Plainville. l. IS reported that he was standing outside on the sidewalk when Wal ter J. Shean, the partner of the mur- derer, came up from the rear of the store. Shean Is reported to have asked him. What are you doing around here?" to which the mans anewer was What do you want to know for" The man watched Shean walk along Main street for short ways, and then went over and was peer!ng In the door when it was ierkei open and the alleged murderer walked out. Gun in hand, the murderer commanded him to stand back.
 Chief Hart sad that pictures of Stuyvesant had been shown to La Chance and he failed 10 identify them. saying that he was positive that the pictures were not those of 'he murderer, and being equally sure that the pictures Of Chapman were.
 The waitress at the Oli Colony Inn, Meriden, where Shean and his companion stayed Saturday night prior 10 coming here, is also report cd by tho police to have failed to identify the picture of Stuyyesant and she also Was positive that Shear'S companion was Chapman. The same results were obtained by the police when they showed the pictures 10 the man who was stand ing outside the store with a woman.
 May Delay Shcan's Trial.
 With the apparent failure 10 iden- ;ity Stuyvesant as the murderer of Patrolman Skelly and the consequent fact that the actual murderer is still at large, plans sre being made to have tho trial of Shean held at the Hartford county Jail on a charge Of first degree murder, as an accessory before tho fact, taken off he De- cemhar docket of the superior court and continued until a later date.
 The checking up Of evidence in the case and requestioning of wit nesses has apparently made the po- lice here more positive than ever that Gerald Chapman Is the man who fired the shot that ended patro1man SkelIys lie, and the recent devel- orments have given a new impetus 10 the search for him.
 Shean. the police are satisfied, vas well acquainted with Chapman, and according 10 his statement 10 Detec- tive Sergeant William r. McCue at the Harttori jail yesterday, he does not known Stuyosant at all, De- tective Serge. lt McCue had a long interview with shean during which pictures Of Stuyvesant were shown him. Shean looked at the pictures and after examining them, he told McCue that he never knew Stuyve- sant.
 Before the police started to Ques- ton Shean, Atty. James A. Curry, Hartford lawyer Rhc looked after s--.4.a . r.. zgN