New Britain herald., 1927-06-02
UP CRIMES LADDER
 TO BURGLARY,CAS
Youths Starting With Petty 0fenSS Face Prison Term

Remarking that their cases bear
 out what has often been observed
 in court in cases of juvenile delin. quency. Judge W. c. Hungerford in
 police court this morning found
 probable cause in the cases of Henry Laskowski. aged r, of 435 North Burritt street. and Stanley killian. aged IT. of 146 Smith street, charged with burglary and bound them over to superior court in bonds of s1,000 each. He read their records. which have entries indicat- Ing convictions for petty offenses when they were mere boys. They started in juvenile court as have many others who later found them selves in serious trouble, he said.
 l.askowski pleaded not guilty but declined to make a statement while killian pleaded guilty and did not add to signed statement he gave to Sergeants O'Mara and McAvay, in which he admitted that he and Charles Laskowski. 20 year old brother of Henry, used a key to en- ter a store at e Orange street, own- ed by Joseph Konic. early Wednes- day morning. A quantity Of soap, cigarettes, canned goods. pressed ham. chicken and other merchandise all valued by Konic at $50, and ap- proximately SIP in change were talk en. konic testified, and Sergeants O'Mara and McAvay testified to re- covering the articles in a house at '9 Orange street, where the LaskoW- ski family formerly lived.
 Sergeant McAvay testified that he and Sergeant O'Mara went to 79 Orange street yesterday and the lat ter entered through the front door. The La7kowski family is about to move to Simsbury and is storing the household belongings in this house.
 Some of the stolen merchandise was found in bedroom and the rest Ill the attic, Sergeant McAvay said. He caught Laskowski after a chase through Gold street almost to Broad street. the youth having run when he saw the sergeant looking into an automobile which Laskowski bought recently.
 Late yesterday afternoon, near the foot of Pinnacle Moutatn, Serseants McAvay and O'Mara arrested Xiii lian but Charles Laskowski made his escape. Sergeant OMara gave chase and was within shooting distance of the youth but he refrained from wounding him, he testified. He fired ill the air and called to him to stop but the youth dove over fence and into swamp. killian was seized by Sergeant McAvay before he had a chance to run,
 Sergeant O'Mara told Judge Hun gerford that Henry Laskowski de- nied having been with Charles and killian when the store was entered, but he could not give a satisfactory explanation of the finding of $2.25 in his pocket. He recently bought an automobile for s1c5 on a monthly installment plan. the sergeant said, yet he is not employed and has no legitimate means Of obtaining money. He told the sergeant the money found in his pocket must have been put there by his brother and killian. killian, in his state. ment. absolved Henry from guilt. A Is year old boy, who was taken into custody with Henry Lash -uski yes terday. was released after proving an alibi.
 It developed. during the trial, that Officer Thomas Lee gave Sergeants OMara and McAvay the registration number of Henry Laskowskis auto mobile and the information that it was in the vicinity of the store dur ing the night. Sergeant OMara learned from the motor vehicle de- partment that the car was registered in Laskowski's name, and with this clue, the burglary was cleared up within few hours after it was re- ported. Sergeant O'Mara secured the city last night in search of Laskowski, but could not locate him.