New Britain herald., 1927-01-31

legged swindle was perpetrated on July 1.
 She said her husband was in the business of manufacturing decora- tive furniture in New York. He de- votes all his time to his business going to work every morning and not getting home until 6 or ! o'clock at night. Her husband never went away from home unless she went with him, until he came to New Bri- tain. she said. He never left New York city during the months of June and July 1926.
 In reply to questions by MT. Gi- deon she said she did not know of any forged checks in her husbands possession. nor had she ever heard of him using the name Sachs" by which he introduced himself in this city.
 Mother Calls Him "Fine Boy"
 Aaronson was "a fine boy" accord ing to his mother. Mrs. Miriam
  nue D. She said he was married two years. Before his marriage he lived at her home. he worked every day and always brought his pay home to his mother. Since he has been' married he has treated his mother fine"
 When her sons wife went to the hospital last May she went to keep house for him. remaining there dur ing the seven weeks following the return of her daughter-in-law from the hospital. In all this time she saw her son twice every day when he went to work at o'clock and after when he returned, she said. They did not have much money and the mother very often paid for the food out of her own funds. She also bought clothing and surgical dress ings. Her son had financial diffi- culties in his business and borrowed s6,000 from his father-in-law, Jake Udikewitz. Before going into busi- ness for himself Arthur was a sales- man. His father -in-law is a painter and contractor and 1t was money borrowed from him which enabled Arthur to enter business.
 Chief of Police Hart was asked but one question, whether or not anyone had been placed under oath at the hearing before the lieutenant gover- nor. He answered in the negative.
 McCue Ignorant of Sweating"
 Detective Sergeant McCue was questioned by Attorney McDonough on the alleged sweating" of the prisoner, according to story in the Herald. Ale said he did not know what sweating" meant used in this sense, but that no efforts had been made either to intimidate the ac- cused man nor to offer him clemen- cy to confess. He testified to the alleged confession made by Aaron son to him and also to an alleged bribe attempt.
 MT. Hummer testified that he had seen Aaronson in the New Britain police station and identified him as thu man with whom he did business in Newport News. He said Aaron- son. under the names of Joseph Cohen. had represented himself as an agent of the Pioneer Rubber Mills. Inc. and said he was going to establish branch factory in New port News. He told of the forged check Cohen" had deposited and of his drawing check for $5,000 against this account, taking the pay in Liberty Bonds.
 MT. Marks corroborated the testi- mony of Mir. Hummer and said he had seen Aaronson in the Virginia bank. where he used the name of Cohen. .
 Dolan, finger print expert of the New Britain police department, tes- tifled to taking finger prints of Aaronson and sending them to New York and the [. s. Bureau of Identi- fcation at Washington. The finger prints tallied, he said, with those of a man wanted under a number of aliases and with 8 prison record re-