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Did you own this revolver"

Did you own this revolver"
How long did you know Ander.
SON..
Three or four years." Chapman
answered.
Chapman kept dropping his voice
and the court admonished him to
raise his voice. The bandit talked
in refined manner.
your Witness" Groehl said.
Prosecutor Alcorn began cross-ex-
aiming Chapman.
Alcorn asked the accused as TO
his past record.
Chapman referred to his mail
truck robbery in New York, January
10. 1921.
traversy as to that incident" Chap
man said. 81 infer you know all
about that affair"
ibid you pull a gun and fire
shot in Muncie Ind, when you were
arrested?"
"Wouldn't Be Foolish"
"A man stuck revolver against
my heart without warning. He
didn't tell me he was an officer"
did you pull the gun on the Of
ficer and afterward say he WIS
damn fool?"
Il wouldn't be 50 foolish" Chap
man replied.
ibid you ship any goods from
the West to Shean?"
"A few bags"
Alcorn asked Chapman if one.
of the exhibited weapons was "his.
mo. A great many guns look
alike
as it yours? It was found in
your property" Alcorn said.
you must remember there were
others with me In Springfield,
Chapman answered.
Were you In the Cooley Hotel
in room c 31?''
IT was In the Cooley Hotel"
said Chapman.
was this Jimmy in your Lin.
coin carr" asked Alcorn.
Was SheAn's Car.
"You have not inquired as to the
owner Of the car. It was in
Shean's car"
Chapman said he had supplied
nftroRlycerine to Shean from the
west. with other burglary tools.
The witness Infatuated that Snean
had been q Stcrekeeper OF burglary
THAT electric drill identified by
wilIiann Hance, Of Indiana, IL not
the aaY,ne one ! had at Eaton. The
other electric drill is still out
West" Chapman said.
Asked II he had been in Clarks-
burg, w. Va, Legionaire. Pa, or
Elnaira, n. Y, on certain dates
Chapman replied:
"You must not think can place
myself on certain dates. l nave
seen always In q travelling state
q fugitive from justice"
"Was Anderson with you the
morning Of your arrests"
Not In New Britain.
when did you last see Ander-
SOM"
"In December"
"You were not in New Britain on
"No. was not" Chapman said.
you let Shean take your carr
mo, no. / did not" Chapman
The witness described his move
naents on the day preceding the
He said he left Holyoke at 3
o'clock in the afternoon, returned
to Springfield where he changed
from gray suit he was wearing. =.
IT left the Cooley Hotel and
went to the barber shop. Then i
caught a train to New York." Chap"
man said.
sively. He extended his long, lean
fingers when explaining a point.
When the question embarrassed him
he stroked his head slowly.
Ibid you help Anderson when
he escaped from Atlanta?" Alcorn
asked.
mo"
Did he help you to escaps?"
mo"
Wore Brown Suit
Chapman said when he left
Springfield on October II he wore
a brown suit which matched the
golf trousers In the States exhibit.
"Were you in the Meriden Inn
on October H."
NO"
You heard the waitress at the
inn identify YOU"
II did plainly" Chapman stroked
the right side Of his neck.
What states were you In dur
ing the months of August and Sep
tember?" Alcorn asked.
I'm August I was in Muncie,
Ind. West Virginia, Ohio. Pennsyl-
vArlia, New York and Massachu-
setts," Chapman related softly.
Alcorn suddenly produced two
bags and pulled forth two expen-
stVe fur coats.
GrOehl Objects.
Groehl, Chapman counsel, OBJ
jected to IAN attempt to prove
another crime"
Chapman seemed eager to explain
saying: eff you don't mind I'd like
to explain the situation"
During the legal exchange be-
tween state and defense counsel,