New Britain herald., 1926-03-22
HAD FOUR ACES, THEY DIDN'T COUNT
Someone Tore Up Cards and
 Kallen Lost His Roll

Preliminary testimony was begun this morning in police court in the case of Alex Swiorczynski, aged 20, of Summer street. Plantsville, who i is charged with conspiracy in q card game, on February 23. in which 1 Alfred kalen, aged 2P, of Hartford, i claims to have lost sl,&O0 in Il game Of stud poker which began just m ] tun," at 3.G High street, New Brit ain.
 Detective Sergeant William r. Nc. ruc testified that he received call at o'clock on the afternoon of February 93 from GG Broad street, and when he got there Kallcn com plainod of being defraudcd of $1,- &o0 in a game of stud poker in which SWicrcGyuski is said 10 havo been implicated. with his brother John, aged 22, and Leo FCluskoWski, aged q, ot Hartford The latter two have skipped bonds of $500 each which were posted in police courts of New Britain and Hartford on similar charges.
 The sergeant said that Kallcn re- lated the story of how the money was taken from him. This story
 was told, according to MCCuc, in the detective bureau of the police
 station in the presence of the trio. KaIloh is sail to have been ap-
 preached by the trio in his store at
 Hartford, by the men who asked
 him if he had a second hand car 10
 sell, Kallcn told the sergeant that instead Of going to PoquonoclI where
 the car was stored he three men
 took him 10 New Britain where he
 lost" S1,3Q0 in a game of cards.
 after which he said John and
 Feluekowski and Alex. left in car,
 leaving him at S2C High street alone - with Johns wife.
 The trio were apprehonded in - PlantsyiIlc that night by CQnstablcs
 Thompson and Murphy. who
 claimed that John attempted to throw an envelope containing $7G0 = underneath q vcranGa.
 t1'l B'ttlll V 4lJld W llD JSSlSttil III T the investigation told substantially 2 the same story as McCuo.
 Kallen took the stand and in a nervous manner told q story in [ which he often contradicted him. ! solf. He stated that he has known U Alex for four years. He said at first that three men came 10 hi: : store on thc night of February 22 . asking him if he had second hanH Ctr to sell He later said that only = leo was there that night
 ! He said that he took the en. ! vclope with him and they went tC = Hartford. He said that he felt tho effects of q drink he had but Johr
 showed him how to write out { D check, He declared that he tool u $9oQ from two banks in Hartford . and then they returned to the Higl q street house. He insisted that Whcl Inc got into the house, FcluskoWsk
 told him that he and Mrs SwicrC - zynski had been quarelling an' V , that he had torn up the cards. :, "Thcn ] don't want to play!" Kal :, lent said he told the men, but h, " agreed when they told him the. would play just for fun.' =. Later h. said they decided to play n for money and after the first dca
 he said hc pulled ont his roll tC
 count some money when John an,
 Alex grabbed the roll, and cried F "You lose. you lOsc,'
 ,t On examination hy Thomas ! .s McDonough, counsel for SwierCzyn I ski, Kallcn said that he had nevc a said before that John and Ale l. grabbed his money. When askc,
 tho reason why he did not tell Scr T. rrant McCuc, KalIcn replied, " ss guess 1 was nervous"
 ,. Judge liungrrrord then interrupt .r "d tn" proceedings 10 say that tn ,- trial must either h" over at 11:1 ~ o'clock, or that it would be ncccs
 sary to continue it. IL was the 2: lo:3U o'clock, and the trial had bee lc in process since shortly b, fore " o'clock.
 ,c When asked hy McDonouEh if h i- eyer sold liquor to Leo, KUllcn dc D. nicd that statement. He also dcnic 10 that he asked leo to come 10 Nc' 9. Rrit"in to see woman. He said Una
 he. has novcr before played card'
 Kallrn said that he used to work i
 saloon but did not play cards i
 the saloon.
 n Th" NrAt %ay j.. y,til that Ale r camr in mI said that hc had
 custom for tho ear. lln said in;
 lolm was also thfrr and tha. Fclu! lN Ar~St came in later. kallcn sai
 toal l." tod ll"m he would dri,
 'h"m 'o roluonncE i'm his truck
 sr in" car, hu h" said that Joh
 st3t'd h." would rather ride in t- closed ear, so John gave I'eluskov d ski Sl" to go out and get a car,