New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
LINK CHAPMAN WITH
 BURGLARY AT ELMIRA
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Express tag which led the trailers of Chapman to tho Indiana city.
 Richardson was in conference yes- terday with States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn and inspected Ave fur coats which were stolen from his store when the two bags were taken. The safe was blown open and s6,oO0 in cash and s3,500 in bonds stolen. He noted the numbers on the bags yesterday and promised to report as soon as he checked up. Ills tele- gram to Chief Hart today forges an- other link in the evidence against Chapman tending to show that he was in this part of the country last fall.
 Richardson was shown four coats in the custody of the states attor- ney and said that although they answered the general description of the garments stolen from his store he was unable to positively identify them. He said that he would have the manufacturer from whom he buys the coats come to Hartford to identify them. There are two squirrel fur coats one Hudson seal and one Jap mink. In addition to these four coats, Richardson said that an expensive Persian broadtail coat had been taken, but no trace of this coat was found by the local police.
 At the time of tho Elmira bur- glary, the police of that city said that the job was evidently the work of an expert of remarkable daring, as evidenced by the manner of > gaining entrance through front door of the establishment and man. ner in which the two safes were blown open.
 Two bags were also taken from the store, the belief being that the burglar used them to pack the coats In, so Richardson took the serial numbers from the bags held by Alcorn and will check them up with the files at the store to see if they are part of the loot taken.
 The fur coats were included in the booty found by Chief Hart in tho offices of the Shean Advertising Co. in Springfield several days after inc murder of Patrolman James Skclly. They were packed in two su.tcases, which were neatly wrapped up in plain paper when found by the police when they went to the Shean office to investigate a tip received by Chief Hart. Be- sides this loot. the police also found a large quantity of nitroglyccrine, fuses. drills, sawed off shot guns and number of books.
 Two of these books deal with various kinds of paper and inks, the police believing that Chapman was studying up on these subjects pre- p2rinS to opening up a counterfeit inS plant in South Hadley, Mass, where he and George (Dutch) An Gcrson. his pal and also an escaped convict from the Atlanta peniten- tinry. had purchased the home of Rev. Arthur W. Bailey. The books are believed to have been taken from the Cincinnati. O., public library, and Miss Alice M. Powers, secretary of the public librarian in that city, is now on her way to Hartford te identify them.
 It is the belief of the police. that if Chapman burglarized the Elmira store, it was on a return trip from Indiana, where he evidently had been spending considerable time. Elmira is on the direct route from Indiana 10 Springfield, and it is be- lieved that Chapman stopped off at Elmira long enough to make the break. Arriving in Springfield, with his loot, he packed it in the bags and wrapped the bags in heavy paper preparatory to sending them away. presumably to some fence" he used, but he never got the op- portunity to send the parcels.
 That the trial of Chapman will z be one of the most expensive mur- der trials ever held in this state is tho belief of the authorities, States Attorney Alcorn giving an estimate of $25,o00. Expenses for witnesses are expected to mount well into the thousands, as the state will be called upon to pay their ex- penses to Hartford and their ex- panses there during the trial, which is expected to last at least two weeks.
 To assume an iron clad case against Chapman, police from Muncie. Ind. and federal agents from that district will be on hand during the trial to testify as to their knowledge of Chapman, and incl deuts surrounding his arrest in that city. Besides these western officials, New York federal and city detectives who worked on the case with the To- cal police will be called upon to tell es3 stories of their Investigations.
 @Aat the man who posed in Springfield as Waldo W. Miller" was in reality the master criminal will be testified to by a number of Springfield witnesses. It is under stood that the police have summon