New Britain herald., 1928-12-24
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 AFTER HARD RUN Policeman Mclaughlin Captures
 Edmund LeClare at 2 A. N. PLEADS GUILTY IN COURT Condemns Attention Paid to .Anony-
 nous Letters - Arrested for
 Drunken Driying-Three Cars in
 Snash-New Fire station Opened
 Following chase which started in the center of the city shortly be- fore o'clock this morning and ended about an hour later on West street. Edmund LeClaire. IS. of Fl Frances street was arrested by Officer John Mclaughlin on a charge of burglary. The accused pleaded guilty in police court this morning, but Judge William J. Ma lone deferred the imposition of sen- tence until he had had time 10 con- sider the case.
 At 1:&S o'clock this morning. Off cer Mclaughlin, while standing in a North Main street doorway. heard . sound of breaking glass on Laurel street. He hurried to the spot and found LeClaire just leaving the al leyway alongside the fish market of F. O'Loughlin Company at Laurel street. Mclaughlin ordered him to stop. but instead the youth turned and sped back up the alleyway, over Church street, across School street and up Pleasant street. The officer. believing that his quarry would attempt to double back on him. went up School street. Upon arrival at the west side corner, he met | truck owned by the Bristol Wet Wash Laundry, and comman- deered it. He then proceeded south erly along South street, locating Le- Claire near the corner of Chestnut street. To tho officers surprise. the youth headed for the truck and just as he was about to step onto the running board, Mclaughlin made the arrest. It later developed that Le- Claire was employed by the Wet Wash company and thought that that would be q good way for him to elude the police and at the same time to get to work. In his blouse he had 6 sandwich which was to be his monday meal.
 LeClaire, when questioned by Otfi- eer Mclaughlin, said that he was tempted when he saw the cash reg ister just inside the window of the fish market, The money which he hoped to get was to carry him over Christmas, according to his story. Today was the second time on which LeClaire had faced the court on charges of burglary. On June IS, 1924, he was sentenced to the Con- necticut School for Boys and ut that time according to police records, he admitted having committed four breaks.
 Anonymous Letters
 Scant consideration will be given anonymous letters in cases presided over by him in police court, Judge William J. Malone intimated Satur- day during the trial of Mrs Margaret Beecher of 332 Queen street, charg- | ed with violation of the liquor laws. T do not take any stock in anony- l nous letters" were the words used by the court after listening to test- mony presented by Officer William | Thompson of the liquor squad to tn" effect that he had received several unsigned letters about the reputation | of Mrs Beecher's establishment Since prohibition many such let 1 ters have been received by the po- lice department from persons Whc either lacked the moral courage tc sign their names or wert afraid o' becoming implicated in the court proceedings. The attitude expressed by the court Saturday will now pre- clude the use of such communlca, tions from the evidence.
 Arrested For Drunken Driving l Dominick Zaleski. alias Dominic' | Ales, local real estate man. who was fined $50 and costs in the city court week go for obtaining goods un- der false pretenses by the issuance of | fraudulent check was once more in the tolls of the police this morning. this time on charges o! reckless driving. driving while un- der the influence of liquor and eva sion of responsibility. The arrest Wa, made by Officer Timothy Lambert shortly before : o'clock Sunday n,orning in ForestNille center after he had eiuded the police for over twe hours.
 Shortly after Ii o'clock Saturda! night two autoists telephoned police headquarters that their cars had been sideswiped by ZalcsLi's car. hn' that instead of stopping. he had zig zagged along and their efforts tt ovevtake him proved fruitless. short time later. Officer John Mo. LauKhiin noticed Zaleski approach, ing the intersection of North Mair
 and North streets and stepping into the street. he signaled the driver tt
 stop. Instead of complying with ths