New Britain herald., 1926-05-18
SOME ON STRANDED VESSEL
 DRUNK, ALSO COKARDLY, IS
 STATEMENT BY PASSENGERS
SHEAN IN PRISON;
 LISTED NO. ll,32l Chaplnan'S Aid Must Serve Year
 Anyway in WetherSield NOW IS MAKING SHIRTS

v Will Be Continued in this Occupation
 Until Good Conduct Merits Other
 Occupation When Vacancies Oc-
 cur.
 Hartford May IS CP-Walter E. Shean, one time of Springfield, Mass, more recently of Hartford where he spent 19 months in the Hartford county jail, is now a full fiedged in- mate of the Connecticut state prison at Wethersfeld. He is Walter E. Shean no longer but is registered at the prison as number 11,321.
 Taken Down by Hickey
 The advent of number 11,321 into the state prison. so far as the prison was concerned, was no different than that of any other prisoner delivered into the custody of Warden H. K. w. Scott and his associates. Shean was NNAA' VI Nu GU t4lN pl lSOll pS county Detective Edward J. Hickey, and his assistant, Gerald Risley. He was in the prison less than two hours after Judge L. F. Waldo Marvin in the superior court had pronounced sen tence of from one to five years. Shean having pleaded guilty to charges of carrying concealed weapons and with statutory burglary.
 Is Given Number 11,321
 Shortly after 1 o'clock Shean was booked at the prison and given num- Der 11,321. He was then led out to the prison receiving room, where he was given 8 bath and provided with new clothing. This consisted of q prison uniform and some new un- derwear and after he was garbed as a prisoner, he was immediately taken to the factory and put to work.
 Shean's adaptability for work other than that of making shirts in the prison factory was not sought out by the prison attendants, and in this re- spect he was given the same treat ment as is accorded every other in mate at the institution.
 Making Shirts Now
 The business of the prison is the manufacture of working shirts and Shean will be so employed until per- haps later, when in the judgment of the officers, he has by good conduct and efficiency. meritcd being placed in other departments as vacancies may occur.
 Must Serve Year
 Shean will serve at least one full year in the state prison. His sen tence of from one to five years, in view of the fact that he had al- ready served nearly two full jail years, actually means that he receiv- ed a sentence of from three 10 seven years for having been the compan- ion of Gerald Chapman on the ill., fated expedition from Springfield to New Britain on October II, 1924. Shean had no part in the killing of Policeman James Skelly and actual ly had no part in the burglary at the Davidson and Leventhal store, but he did embark from Meriden on the burglary enterprise and did have in his possession a revolver given him by Chapman.
 Doubt Vengeance Theory
 Many have been freely predicting that Shean would pay to "the gang for squealing on Chapman, just as Ben Hance paid with his own life and that of his wife, and as the of the garage at Steben- vile, Ohio, paid with the loss of their garage and automobiles. There are few in official life who are of the opinion that any such thing will happen, however. A leaderless gang Is gang no longer and with Chapman and Anderson both dead,
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