New Britain herald., 1926-11-02
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 (Continued from First Page) ence. Two tires on the car in posses sion of the trio are owned by Men tish and were stolen when his car was stripped. the police say.
 Tells of Clipped S20 Bills
 Last evening, on learning of the arrests, Officer T. c. Dolan recalled that the holdup in Bristol had not been cleared up, and Sergeants FL finger and O'Mara decided to send for Tapping. He was unable to identify the young men. and return ed to Bristol. but during the night the thought struck him that of the $500 which was taken by the high way men, two s20 bills had the edges clipped. He returned here this morning and told Sergeant FL finger of this fact before he had seen the money taken from Smarcuz. The money was examined and one bill was found to have a corner clipped off and another was clipped along the edges, corresponding to Tap pings description.
 Confronted with this evidence. Smarcuz insisted that he earned the money and had no knowledge of the Bristol holdup. He said he was learning trade in Plantsville fac- tory and earned s20 a week. Asked how he had come into possession of more than $500 when his weekly pay was only s2o, he replied that his parents did not accept board and he was very sparing with his money. Asked how he could account for the similarity between the two S20 bills Tapping reported stolen and the bills found in his pocket, Smarcuz said it must be 3. coincidence. as he had never seen Tapping until last night and had not taken part in the high way robbery
 I've got you. boy" Tapping told him. That's my money all right, and it's q lucky thing for you that I did not have 9 gun last Saturday night or you would be ready for an undertaken to which Smarcuz re- piled: You could not get me ready for an undertaken when you never even saw me before"
 Three Arrested Previously A short time after this interview Constable Murphy of Southington arrived at the police station at the request of the local police. and pre- sented a list of articles stolen from the hardware store. The shears and shotgun were on the list, also cart ridges and flashlights. Constable Murphy recalled that the young men ha' been taken into custody in Southington some time ago and were suspected of automobile thefts, al- though the charge was not proven l One of them had a revolver in his hand when Constable Murphy caught him hiding behind a tree. According to Guy Miller. Tadisco had worked on the Rogers farm a few months ago. It is believed by i the police that Tadisco's familiarity | with the layout of the territory sur, rounding the farm enabled him tt have Mentish's car stripped without detection, as the road on which tho car was abandoned is never used anC according to the farm hands, nobody could discern it unless they haC ! + Oo tfc
 Whether or not the Bristol hold. up and Southington burglary are fastened on the trio. the local polio, claim to have enough evidence tt convict them on the charge of thef' of the Mentish automobile. The Southington police today were work. ing on the case and the Bristol DO lice are also interested because O Tapping's identifiction of the money T would not want to accuse inno cent men, but am convinced tha roll of bills is mine." Tapping said They were certainly very amateur isf in their holdup, the fellow wht pushed the gun into my side latel dropping the revolver on the run
 ming board of my car, and allowing me to put my hand into my pocke
 for my money. If had gun
 could have shot the three of them.
 Sergeant Ellinger remarked tha publication of the story of the hold
 up in the newspapers accomplished the direction of suspicion toward
 the trio.