New Britain herald., 1926-01-27

was gong 10 Europe, SAe tolQ nm her father was in the barber shop across the street, He went out and came back little later with Mr, Mcshkcn, He asked her how she would like 10 have her father go to Europe with him and she said she thought it would be a wonderful thing for him. Forman told her ho had reservations made on a steam. lshIp for December 2Gth, Her father decided 10 go and Forman said there would be another boat on January 2nd but 1T Moshken wanted him to wuir and cancel his reservations he should have some guarantee that he would go, They thon agreed to have Mrahkcn pay S5or 10 Iormah as a guarantee of good faith,
 She sail that Mir, Levitt came into tho store and drew up the agreement which Forman took with hm, Forman again appeared in the store on December @lst and asked if ho could leave two trunks Of goods with hrr father until they came back from Europe, Mcshkcn said he could He brought th" trunks into the store and she helped Forman 10 check them up She made n list Of lho gools at Forman's dictalion and when she started 10 price them she considered the prices ridiculous and called her fathers attention 10 them, .i.lNug him that he would be foolish 70 he responsible for them. Mesh ken then asked Forman to take out fire insurance on them. He said the ,tur was unsalcable and was stu(i that they would not buy because it was old and of q style that was three or four years old. She heard Forman say that he could sell some She saw Forman again in her home on December gSth. lie game 10 the house ahout 10 o'clock and was go- ing 10 leave between ll:l5 and 1i.30 end he asked her to telephone to the hotcl for a room for him. She saw her father stop Forman and ask shout inc agreement, She heard the statement about the holdup and SAW Alfred Levitt tear up the first agreement and draw another. She saw him make out q check and For man sign all these things. She heard Allied ask Forman about the coats Forman said 1t would take some time to get them from BaIti- more to New Britain. She told him they had 10 have them by January ', for the January sales. Alfred asked if Forman would be able to lave them in New Britain on Janu- ary and he stated he would.
 Alfred went 10 Mir. Meshkon and read q memorandum of the coats. Norman asked for a copy and she wrote one for him. She said she did not point a revolver at Forman nor had her father done so. She had no gun and there was no assault made nor any threat She said she bought stuff for her fathers trT to Europe but this testimony was ruled out by Judge Marvin. The Il''Al Ull lllt Stdub " NdS ISdJpl ' ! Glotzer, q furrior on Pratt street Hartford, for 1 years. He began 10 testify as 10 the worth of tho goods and Lawyer Goodhart ob- ioctcd Judge Marvin overruled the objection. Glotzer said he had ap. praised the goods last week ant found them to be unsaleabe. H. said they were very old. at leas > or n years. Three years ago they would have been out of style six o' seven years. At that time they ha, no salcahle value. He said the only value they would have would be a' skins not made up. They were worth about Si0o. Lawyer Calner asked him if he knew what they would be worth in various parts o tho country and he said he did no' know but they would be worth ir any place not more than s400. Tha' ended his testimony and the de. fenEr rested.
 Lawyer Alfred Levitt Of this city . had just gone through the prclin1in ary direct examination of Lawye , Robinson yesterday when court ad iour@nl until today.
 \ tilt between Lawyers Goodhart ropr. ser'ing Forman, and Robinson for Mo>hkon, was prrcipitato1 whel t,oodhart objected to Rohinson' uucs'ion whether Levitt was { momher of tho bar in gool stand mr,
 Lawyer Goodhart stated that h would east doubt upon this when h.
 u.k niu under cross-cXauinatiol .,causo he has hoou associated Titl IF. Robinson in the defense in tn 'Hl Judge Marvin ruled that tn r.r.sIon shou'd ho allowed and NIT '.ahtnson then said Tn spit" Of m, i.l,nd's remark, VOL are 2 membe rthn lar in good standing are vol "r''" and Levitt aswered that h -a7.
 I1j'ip rhason. 0'ph'w Of Mesh ',u. who was present in the stor .rn 'ho first agreement was draw rr "u1 who was also present q
 ',&Nkns house on the night of Do ..uItr %. related his tale 10 th