New Britain herald., 1925-03-31
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 What did Inspector Cunningham from the department of justice see you about?"
 He had information relative to stolen bonds"
 Where did you get your informa- tion?"
 From people who tried to nego- tlate the sale of them through him.
 What did you do?"
 "I telephoned 10 Washington to the department of justice and told them about the bonds"
 He said a man named Marshall in Springfield had the bonds and Jo- seph was his first name. He had no middle initial. He wouldn't know his writing or he wouldn't call him good friend" He knew him two years. He met him in an office where they make bets on horses. He never made" any books.
 He had been at the Saratoga race track several times, He used to meet Marshall on the street and ir a lunch room.
 What, in that night lunch wagon where you used to hang out?"
 He said that he never had lunch cart as a hangout.
 Not Marty Donovan's lunch wa gon?"
 He said Donovan has a nice res taurant on Worthington street, bu he was very seldom in there.
 Reference To Crooks Ruled Out
 You and all youracrook friends?'
 "l object" shouted Mir. AlcorI Jumping up.
 Sustained. Strike out the wort crook" said Judge Jennings
 Did you ever take Marshall t' the Little River Inn?"
 Never"
 Are you and Marshall the sam man."
 "No, it's impossible"
 How did you first meet him?' | Tn d HOTec pVoi fooh4t oiiN " casionaliy on the street.
 He said that they talked abou the topics on the street, but he neve had business with him.
 Did he offer you stolen bonds?
 "Yes."
 What did he say?"
 That he had sl0o,o00 stole bonds to sell?"
 What did you say?"
 "I told him I would see him a day or two and let him know" shean didn't know where to reac him but he told him 10 get him : the Hotel Cooley. He heard frol : him a few days later. He said ! telephoned Washington the night the first day. He told MT. Cur : ningham, then assistant to Williai , J. Burns, chief of theasecret servic 1 He said several days later Bi Brown came from Springfield. F s said he was sent because of tell phone call to Washington. He sal he listened to the proposition that he could notify the governmen 1 He denied that he negotiated ar part of the bonds. He didn't kno whether Marshall was ever caugl l or not.
 Not Indicted For Murder . Judge Groehl asked him if he hi been indicted for murder. He sa Q NO" He said he was held on l murder charge without bonds at | c Hartford county jail. He made n full statement but he didn't sign [ He says he hasn't changed it. e He has been sitting in the cou t room Thursday and Friday of la
 week and Monday of this week. He has heard the witnesses tes d fy. He heard the request that Jud n Groehl made to have the witness e excluded from court. He said he s e in the first or second row of seal Q Judge Groehl returned to the Ne !. Britain police station. '- Didn't the officers there kick "
 around and beat you up?"
 Shean denied this, but said he to 1t his story to Chief Hart. He said
 always did business with the head
 concern and that is why he call = for Hart. el Was Marshall the head of IS business?"
 T suppose so." Ie You met him in horse pt
 room and all these fellows we
 your friends?"