New Britain herald., 1924-10-13

Il street, and Skelly and Atwater start ed down the alley to the rear en- trance of the store. Lanpher shut off his engine and left the auto shortly after the others and followed them into the alley.
 Atwater testified that he was the first to enter the store and as he turned to the left. the man in the store came running down the stairs. ordering him to ''get down there again or I'll kill you" and at the same time, the policeman testified that the man opened fire. He was behind counter, but one of the bullets struck slSelly, who was few feet away from the entrance.
 Lanpher appeared at the door at this instant, and skelly fell into his arms saying, They got me in the leg" His right leg was crippled by the shot and he thought that the bullet had entered his leg. It was not until his arrival at the hospital that the location of the wound was learned and the seriousness of his condition was realized. He was conscious up till the time he went under ether for the operation in which he died.
 Skelly dropped his revolver as he staggered after the shot, and as soon as 1anpher had turned Skelly over to man who works In the rear stable, he picked up the revolver from the floor and ran to the front of the store, where he had seen Chapman disappear. He was told by Johnson that the man had gone down the next alley but Lanpher lost sight of him going over fence in the direction of Chestnut street. He then went back to where Skelly was and took charge of him until the arrival of sergt. Rival with the police patrol in which Skelly was taken to the hospital.
 Not realizing the seriousness of his condition, the wounded police- man insisted on walking without aid cut to the police patrol, but when he arrived there, he had to have as- sistance in entering the machine.
 Chapman Walks Away The coolness of Chapman after shooting the policeman was striking,
 Johnson testifying that he was in front of the store when Chapman emerged, the smoking gun still in
 his hand. He looked at Johnson, said there's been a man shot in , there" put the gun in holster un- der his arm, and walked off down the street.
 , Maona and Leibler, who had chased after Shean down Church street, followed him walking at a fast clip. Shean stopped at the auto- , mobile in front the Herald office and dropped the brief case into the y rear of the machine. He then step
 ped onto the running board and , leaned over the front seat. After this he left the machine again and I continued walking down the street
 He had not proceeded far when he was caught on the coat collar by B Malona, who said eve want you 2 shean asked "Whatfor?" The DO q liceman told him he was wanted fol a entering and burglarizing the David son & Leventhal store. Shean laugh
 ed and said he wasn't in the stor' & and denied that he had carried H brief case.
 q The police took him into the ma chine, after refusing his request tha H he be allowed to go down and ge q a. cup of coffee in restaurant, an H started off for the police station. AT \ irving at Church street, they learn
 ed that the policeman had been sho # so they went over to the store. H Money Blown From Auto When Leibler was getting out 0 M the machine on the right hand side H a number of bills started to fall ou N of the machine, they having beel I tucked in the cashion of the seat H sheap. In his confession, admitte' q that the money was the s126 tha \ had been taken from the sate una E had been blown open.
 % The money was picked up ana th 2 nrisoner was brought to the ponc E station. When he was questioned D M the police, he gave his name a N George B. Clark of 1s2 west 'o' t street New York city, but this wa M learned to be a fake address. ii N was identified as result of an eS H amiration of his effects by Chie
 Hart who took charge of the lnNes N tigation. The name w. E. snea q was engraved on a medal he hau . | h,s watch chain and which had pee ' given to him as manager or TO" Inc crew. The initials w. E. s. wer q engraved on his watch, ana thes \ gave Chief Hart the clues 'llat re $ suited in establishing his identity Is He was arraigned in police cou' A this morning under the name H George B. Clark.
 \ Chief Hart Criticizes
 q The failure of the police to cove < the front door of the store was al
 tributed by Chief Hart as the reaso
 for the escape of Chapman. He tol
 Policeman Lanpher that the mistah in handling the situation was
 three men going to the rear or tn
 store and leaving. the front door UT
 guarded.
 He said: 'If man had stayed the front door on guard, we mgr z have had another dead policeman { but we would also have had chance to get the murderer of Jir { Skelly,"
 \ The investigation by Chief Hal 4 and members of the detective ourea NJ which was conducted at the stor E after their arrival, revealed the re suit of the work of master worE
 men. The first precaution that tn
 yeggmen evidently took after enter
 ing the store was to remove the cy
 inder from the lock on the fror
 door so as to afford them an escap H from both the front and the req H ir the event that they were detected