New Britain herald., 1928-01-10
blRS CONFESSION
 IN BURGLARY CASE
ht Jud& Holds Llskovski for
 Slpsief Court Trid

Prevented by the rules of evidence fron introducing an alleged confess sion by Stanley Killian. in which Charles Laskowski. aged e1. of 43s Burritt street. was implicated in the burglary at Joseph Konic's store at e Orange street on May s1, 1927. Prosecuting Attorney J. G. Woods nevertheless succeeded in building up . case against Laskowski in po- lice court today and Judge NJ. D. 0axe found probable cause and bound him over to the March term of superior court in 5000 bonds. Attorney Cyril F. Gaffney, represent ing Laskowski. claimed that the state had failed to connect the young man with the burglary, but Judge Sake said he felt that all though there was probably not suf- ficient evidence before him to make a finding of guilty beyond a reason- able doubt, a sufficiently strong case for bind over had been made out. Laskowski was not called to testify.
 Sergeant P. J. O'Mara testified that he and Sergeant P. A. McANay investigated the report of the burg lary at konic's store. and in room at 69 Orange street they recovered q quantity of pressed ham. a chicken and some money, while in the atfic they found cigarettes. Konic idenii- fied all the articles as having been stolen from his store. The money amounted to $12.50. he said. On in- formation given by Henry Laskow- ski, brother of Charles. the sergcants drove to the foot of Pinnacle moun- tain, near the Pennington town line, and came across Killian and Las kowski. reclining in the shade of a tree. Sergeant McAvay seized Xiii lian and Sergeant O'Mara tried to apprehend Laskowski but his ho;A was not strong enough and his quarry ran through the woods. Ser geant O'Mara said he fired three or four shots in the air, not wishing to injure Laskowski. but the latter did not heed the bullets and made his escape.
 Clothing in the room at es Orange street was identified as that of Las kowski, the sergeant testified, and from the appearance of the bed and the room ill general, at least two persons had slept there. There were numerous cigarette stubs about the floor and the bed clothing was dis turbed. The police had information that either Mir. or Mrs. LaskoNskl intended to move into the room. as they had not been living on the best of terms.
 As the weeks passed, Laskowski did not make his appearance in New Britain. 50 far as the authorities were able to learn, and Killian was bound over to superior court where he was given . suspended sentence. He has since been arrested and committed to an institution in New York, according to information re- ceived here, and for that reason he was not available as a witness against LaAkowski.
 Denies Implication in Letter
 Some time after Laskowski's es- cape, Sergeant O'Mara received a letter which the young man had written to his sister and the latter had re-posted to the sergeant. At- torney Gaffney read the letter, after which he agreed to have it admitted as evidence provided the state would be bound by It's contents. Prosecut- ing Attorney Woods said he would be bound by everything 1t contained. and proceeded to read it. It disclosed that Laskowski wanted the sergeant to return to him a revolver, watches, a pocketbook and similar articles which, he said. were rightfully his property. He told where he obtain ed them, and relative to the konic burglary. he wrote that he was in- toxicated in the rear of an automo- bile when it was committed and had no part in 1t. The reason he ran from Sergeant O'Mara was that he had been arrested a short time be- fore May 31 on the charge of viola ton of the liquor Jaw and he did not want to have his name in the news papers again. when he was innocent of any connection with the burglary according to his letter.
 Sergeant r. A. McAvay corrobor- ateA Sergeant O'Mara's testimony and told of Laskowski's arrest 8 few weeks ago. Having received in- formation that the young man waf at home. Sergeant McAvay stationed Officer NJ. J. Moore at the front door while he went to the rear. He had the warrant but he did not serve il until Laskowski had been cornered on the third floor. having run out oi his own tenement apparently in ar attempt to escape.
 After konis had testified that Inc believed entrance 10 the store hat been gained by use of key. At torney Gaffney moved for dis charge on the ground that Laslow ski had not been connected with thu burglary The case lacked the cs sential elements of burglary, he con, tended. The fact that Laskowski rar when Sergeant O'Mara tried to ar rest him could not be taken as eyi