New Britain herald., 1925-04-01

being involved in other gross crimes,
 Shean firmly denied that he had been promised immunity If he made good in his testimony against his alleged partner in the Davidson X Leventha burglary. He said that no one has told him that he would go free If he testified or made him any promises of a light sentence. Asked what his status was at the present time, Shean said that he was held without bail at the Hart ford county jail on charge of first degree murder in connection with the shooting of Patrolman Skelly.
 Nickel Plated Revolver
 That the states attorney was pre- pared to spring surprise on the defense by having the gun taken from Chapman at Muncie. Ind, identified as the one used in the shooting of Patrolman Skelly was the feeling at the close Of yester- days session. The witnesses who testified that they saw the mur- ] derer come from the store after the , shooting said that the gun in the murderers hand was nickel plated. The gun taken from Chapman by the Municc police was nickel plated and is understood to have been identified by a pistol expert as the murder gun.
 After Judge Groehl completed his cross-examination of Shean, States Attorney Alcorn then called upon a witness to identify the liquid found in Chapman's luggage as nitro glyCerine or some similar and equal 1 ly destructive explosive Following this witness, the two Springfield de- tectives who aided in the search Of , Chapman's room at the Hotel 1 Cooley told their stories.
 Chief Hart Tcstifiea
 Chief William C. Hart told Of his activities on the morning of the murder and of his subsequent in vestigation. He said that he was notified of the shooting soon after it occurred and went to, the store immediately. He described condi- tions as he found them, corroborat- ing the stories Of previous witnesses.
 He then told of his trip to Spring field and to the offices of the Shean Advertising Co.,. where in a store room, the loot and burglar equip mcnt alleged to be Chapman's was found. The bags that had previous ivy been identified as belonging to Chapman were produced and Chief Hart identified them as those taken from the storeroom. He also identi- fed a number of rifles and sawed of shotguns, saying that they also were found there, as well as an electric breast drill and other such equip mcnt. The states attorney called upon the chief to identify a num- Der Of articles of clothing alleged tc have been found in the bags.
 Telling of the finding of the arti- cles, Chief Hart said that he re. ceivod information in New Britain that they were in the storeroom ot the Shcan Advertising Co.,, so hc ] went to Springfield where he met ; Detective Sergeant William P. McCut . and County Detective Edward J |. Hickey. The key to the storeroon was given to the police by Howart , Shean and the articles found. They were placed in an automobile ant } taken to the New Britain police sta. ton where they remained until the! were examined the nxt morning. Judge Groehl examined the heaV! , paper wrappers that were on severa . of the bags and asked the witness i labels bearing the name of the Shear Advertising Co., were on the paper when found and the chief said the, were. Chief Hart said that he dic not know whether Shcan's room hal been searched on the morning Q the shooting or not, but that he ha, 5 informed Chief Quilty of the Spring AfTli l)DIltF tJcul u U (iytA AIlG morning Of Shean's arrest.
 . Clue Leading to Chapman'S Arrest
 County Detective Hickey CoTrob o"atcd the testimony of Chief liar rogarding the finding of the bag and equipment in the Shcan store room. He was called upon to idcn 'iry ihe various articles. Hickc told Of tho finding of tho America
 Express tag that led to the captr If Chapman at Muncic. He sai that the morning after the bags an, other stuR had been found he an Detective Sergeant McCue examine them at inc New Britain police sta ion.
 Tn looking over one of the bags
 Hickey said. we found an Americai Express tag bearing the name of DT
 larry Spickerman with d Munci
 ddress. This was immediately com
 aunicated 10 the Muncie police, th
 ,ost office department and the de
 artmcnt of justice and the watc
 as established on the SpickeTma
 pme that resulted in Chapman
 pture"
 He told of the search of Shean'
 Dom at the Cooley hotel the nigh
 fter the murder. He said tha
 thing was found in the room ex
 nting clothing.
 on cross examination, Hickey sai
 lt the wrappers on ihe bags wer
 -aled when found in the Shea
 orrroom and that there was n
 ign of them having been fampere with. lie said that circulars wer