New Britain herald., 1927-04-30
NAB SH0PLIFTERS
 i 0N TOUR DE LUXE
(Continued from First Page.)
Loot From Boston Store

Loot From Boston Store Hugh J. Donnelly.~ proprietor of
 the Boston store at POS Main street, , said the loot included articles taken
 from his place of business having a
 retail value of $56.56. The cost
 price was about one-third less than
 that figure, he said Mrs. Janet G.
 McGuiness of IS Carmody street,
 buyer for the Boston store. testified
 that she had identified some of the articles and she was certain she had
 seen both women in the store. Miss Daly. who pointed them out to Sergeant McAvay, testified that she
 saw the women in the Fair store within the past month and she was
 told by clerks in the store that they were about the store last Saturday. The stockings stolen in the store were valued at $o.s5. she said. Ono Talks. Other Steals Miss Emeline French of 6lO West Main street, gave graphic descrip- tion of the theft Of the stockings in i the Fair store. She saw two wo- men at the stocking counter and on approaching them and inquiring if . there was something she could do for them, she was told they wanted purple stockings, of which there were none on counter. They then i asked If store carried deep laven- der stockings and Miss French re- piled negatively. One of the wo- men seemed intent on retaining Miss French's attention, while the other , leaned on the counter short dis tance away, according to the testi-
 mony Soon afterward they left, after having walked up ond down the store a few tics. Miss French arranged the counter and missed the stockings. She reported the incident 10 Miss Daily and they left within d few minutes on orders from A. J. Leventhal, one of the proprictors. 10 They located them and Miss Daily
 called Sergeant McAvay. Miss French said she was almost positive she had seen the women in the store last Saturday.
 Phillips. in his own behalf testi- fled that q physician advised him 10 leave New York for his health and it was his intention to purchase q restaurant or cigar business, so he started for Connecticut. He has i boarded at Mrs. Grezenski's home for 20 months and when he told her his plans. she and Mrs. Yesak asked to be allowed to accompany him on his trip. They stopped along the route and while he looked about for business locations, they shopped, he said. He denied he had any knowi- i edge of their thcfts. He has lived in the United States l. years and has never been arrested before, he said. Wanted to "Scc Comccticut' Questioned at length by Judge AL ling, Phillips admitted his correct
 name was Philipshik. He was born in Russia and prior to his illness he
 worked as an electrician. Asked by Judge filling the reason the women accompanied him, he said they want ed to ''see Connecticut" He had
 never been in this section before, nor had they, and they decided to come along. Judge filling remarked on their attention to stores as being an
 unusual way of seeing Connecticut" :"
 Asked relative to the hotel bill, Phil
 lips said he paid s45o of which the
 women gave him $2,0o.
 Mrs. Grezenski. weeping and sob-
 ping, took the stand and after ad- hitting her guilt. said she had never stolen anything before and she would never break the law again. She denied she had told Sergeant
 McAvaE she stole in Meriden and
 "alllngoford. An acquaintance in Brooklyn taught her to shoplift, she said.
 Mrs. Yesak, who was entirely con-
 posed on the stand. said she had s3S when she left Brooklyn and be- 1crc reaching New Britain she spent about $50 for the silks found in the suit case. She did not steal any thing until she reached this city, but she admitted she had no slips to snow for her purchase. She said ihiIlips was not aware of the thefts
 False Pocket in Skirt
 After court, the police reported that skirt in which a false pocket was being sewed, was found among the women's effects. The addition Of the pocket had not been con- plcted when they were arrested. It IS presumed they planned to operate III other parts of Connecticut. con- ceallnS the goods in the pocket while gong from the stores to the car. as they admitted having done in this city.
 Court attaches remarked that a,- though the women claimed they had never been in New Britain prior to yesterday, they pleaded guilty to the charge of theft of $56 worth of mer- chandise at the Boston store and not guilty to the charge of theft of Ho worth of stockings at the Fair. fhey were found guilty on both counts.
 German Amhoccodov A Ta