New Britain herald., 1926-04-06
MAYS SISTER
 ATTENDS BURIAL
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continuod from First Fagc.) into the night to his parish house adjoining Sacred Heart church on another street.
 Some time after the funeral Hir. Dillon said that he had been pledg,d to secrecy as to the details of the funeral and that 1t va. not for hu1 10 say who N"as present at the grave pr "ho had in fact claimed the body. rom church sources, however if "as confirmed that the grave had been Consacrated before interneut look place
 Priest Claimed Body
 It was also later confirmed that the woman at the grave vas Chap mans sister but whero she came from and her name were not men, toned In the background vas Toman friend of the sister. It pas stated with authority that the sister did not claim the body nor did she cypress any desire 10 do so. tn. claim having been officially made by Father Barry. after on Easter Sndav. counsel of the man had given assur- ance that they would claim it if no one els3 did and see that it was properly buried
 So far as the prison authorities know Chapman had no property other than two ordinary gold washed collar buttons, and q book os synonyms which he used in his cell and which later article vas so well thumbed that 1t vas evident the man used it constantly in his reading. The buttons are in an envelope in the prison office. That there was no clothing belonging to the man ras due to the fact that he vas brought here from Atlanta prison and the flothers he wore on the trip up wera later destroyed
 Woman Sought Body
 The execution of Chapman with all its attendant excitement, its ex- traordinary gathering Of men within the prison offices and Of armed oir- cers outside, passed off, in the opin- ion Of the police. with no untov ard incident An elderly woman. who said she was Victoria . N. S. Cook. sought to secure Chapman5 body 10 give it burial in case no one else claimed it. She vas al thc capitol and later at the state prison. Not much atention was paid to her as her talk was not always connected She desired to go into the board of pardons room while the hearing was on but was not permitted 10 do so Later she said that her exclusion was duo to the fact that she was wom- an. She was sitting on q bench in The outer office when the board ad- 1ourned and seeing Mir Groehl thought he was Governor Trumbuu. Tho governor, who was coming downstairs, was pointed out 10 her but she did not reach the executive betore he went into the wardcn's office. The woman told officers she was from Boston, that she vas not wealthy but would stay in the city long enough to make sure the body did not go to the Yale medical school. She disappeared from sight 2bout four o'clock
 Petition From Warden
 The petition for executive elem cncy which several women had cir culated in the city was delivered al the governors office in the late afternoon about the time that Chapman's counsel filed a petition and writ for a new trial in court.
 In accord with law. Medical E1- aminer Batty Of Wethershcld. will tile a record Of Chapmans death and if is believed that the case will be officially closed next month when papers on file in court are disposed ot.
 Shean Case Up soon
 The case of Walter L. Shean Of Springfield. Chapman's accomplice at the New Britain store robery proceed : ing Officer Skelly's death. and later l Chapmans accuser. will probably i