New Britain herald., 1925-03-31
SHEAN ADMITS HE
 WAS WILLING AID
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 (Continued from First Page) talned many irrelevant statements, but Judge Jennings refused to order Alcorn to produce the statement ex- cept on the state attorneys condi- tions. Groehl refused the statement on those terms,
 Groehl gave Shean an unpleasant few minutes over his admitted pur- chase of $4,SOO of $7,oOo worth of bonds he knew to have been stolen from the bank of Wyomissins. Pa,
 The name of George stuyvesant was brought into the case by Groehl who asked shean if he knew him. Shean said he didn't although Groehl showed that both Shean and Stuy- vesant had used the name Clark as an alias and both were on one occa- sion told police they lived at lS2 West S6th street, New York.
 Stnyycsant was the man identified in New York city jail last Decem ber as Shean's accomplice in the New Britain crime, Chapman Out of Picture
 For more than an hour Chap mans name. nor none of hts aliases was mentioned in court this morn ing. Shean in his role of star wit ness under fire engrossed all the at tention, the crowded courtroom eagerly drinking in the recital of the details of his past life, Chapman ceased his note making lounged back in his chair, fingered his chin and watched his one time friend under fire in the witness chair
 With startling suddenness, Groeh returned to Chapman, asking f Shean had not attempted to ge Chapman 10 do some jobs" for him This Shean vehemently denied Groehls questions showed that h. has had from Chapman some of tn intimate details of his association with Shean. Shean, his voice rais l ing, denied having given Chapman | information on possible safe rob berries.
 | Jimmy and Sledge In Court shean took the stand at f0:2 o'clock The jimmy found in th store and the sledge hammer wer introduced as exhibits. The con tents of the brief case were intro l duced.
 Judge Groehl started shean 0 on a nerve racking gruelling by ask ing him how old he was, if he wa married and if he was living wit
 his wife. He answered S9 year married and not living with h' wife.
 l Are you divorced"' | q understand I am" l He was married 17 years but ha no children. | Never Convicted Cs Crime | He said he was never convicte
 of any crime. He first met Char | man the latter part of June, 192 | How did you know who he was l Shean here hesitated and asked 7 have the question repeated. He sai
 he knew him only through Geort = Brown. He said Brown came fro N somewhere In the west. he doesr
 know where. He met him for u
 first time about four years ago
 the Hotel Cooley. K He said he was quite friendl!
 with him. He stayed in Springhe
 about eight or nine weeks and the E he went west. He didn't know whe' N he went and he didn't ask him. I ~ said he never saw him since. r = heard that he was In Atlanta priso m Did you know he was pete
 man. a safe bloTer:"
 No"
 X You knew what 'peterman mea
 then, didn't you?"
 "No, I didn't"
 You knew Brown was a pete " man when you met him in the Hot - Cooley, that rendezvous of croo
 that is owned by your father?" lI 'No, did not. He told me ax was an electrician"
 Did you believe him?
 "Yes, I did" en Did he know any other trien
 of this kin? 2"
 T don't know, l only talked vi
 him In the hotel about automobile VI Tn what respect?" He was looking for serial nu R bers to use in the west"
 With stolen cars?"
 "Yes."
 You knew. then, that he wal
 liar"
 T found 1t out" AN Then. you'd accept anyone V - came from Brown after you kn - he was liar?" Yes"
 He said he never heard from
 since.
 You remember that when ]
 were arrested you said you gave wrong name out of respect to y
 father, because you didn't want WN disgrace his name?"
 Yes" . You didn't disgrace him on
 other occasions did you?"
 No"
 You you know another man ns
 cd Brown" \ No, do not" 'A Don't you know Inspector Ere
 of the department of justice ."
 Yes" E Well. he's another Brown, | '5 he?"
 F "Yer, 1 forgot him" K Denies Posing as Detective. n He said that Inspector BrowR t'