New Britain herald., 1925-03-20

 ed witnesses who claim that they saw "Waldo W. Miller" in his ma chine with Walter F. shean. his pal and partner in the local robbery. on the Saturday afternoon preced- Ing the murder here. These wit neases are understood to have iden- tihed Chapman as the man who posed as Miller.
 That Miss Herminia Gruendler, the young woman who was with Shean during the court proceedings on Tuesday and who claims to be the sweetheart of the prisoner, will be called upon to testify that Miller" and Chapman are one and the same person Is also expected.
 Two witnesses from Meriden will testify that Chapman and Shean stopped at the Old Colony Inn on the Meriden turnpike shortly before o'clock the Saturday night pre- ceding the murder. One of these witnesses is Miss Lillian Knell, wait- ress at the inn, who has told the po- lice that she served Shean and the superbandit about 9 o'clock and after they had completed their dinner, showed them to their rooms. The other witness, a man named Rupee, was the man who received them at the inn and showed them to the gar age where they put up the machine.
 A large number of local witnesses will be called, including James White, the livery stable man who identified Chapman. as the man he saw hurrying through Corbin place on the morning of the murder of Patrolman Skelly; Bernard Carlson, the Connecticut company motorman who encountered the murderer in the afeyway near the company of flee through which the escape was effected; Adolph LaChance of Plain- vile and local man named Heller, both of whom saw the murderer emerge from the store with gun in hand. Heller's wife, who was with him that morning, will not be called upon to testify as she has satisfied the police that she did not catch a glimpse of the mans face,- seeing him as he turned down Main street, Chief Hart said.
 Patrolman Alfred Atwater, the only eyewitness to the shooting and who is expected to share the role of star witness with Shean, Walter Ma Iona, Clarence Lampher and John Liebler, the four policemen who &C., companied Skelly to the store to in- vestigate the reported burglary, will tell the jury of their activities on the scene. Chief Hart, Detective Sergeant McCue and County Dctec- tive Edward Hickey are also ex- pected to be called by Alcorn to tell of their investigations and findings in the case.
 Besides the heavy expense that will be entailed in the matter of witnesses, the heavy guard it Is necessary to maintain while Chap man is being taken from the Weth- erstield prison to the county build ing and return results in consider able expense. This guard, and an- other one that will be outside and in the court building during the trial to insure against any attempt by friends of Chapman to secure his release will be maintained.
 Although it is not expected that any great effort will be made to trace the card received at police headquarters Wednesday afternoon by Patrolman Atwater threatening him if lie did not Hay off" on his testimony against Chapman, it is understood that orders have been given to maintain close watch on all witnesses in the case so that no attempt to tamper with them might be made. Whether or not the card was authentic is not causing any worry to the police as they are con- fident that every measure of caution isbeing taken to protect their highly prized prisoner and the witnesses who will testify against him.