New Britain herald., 1928-01-17
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 An order went out, and small waaps' of smoke that grew iAto clouds. rose from the ground. The mob at hrst hardly appreciated what was happening. Al the acrtd fumes reached their nostrils, however, they beat . retreat and the huddled mass was broken.
 The victory. however. was short lived. One officer threw | bomb from which he had not released the pin. It fell harmless into the crowd and one quick-witted member picked 1t up and hurled it to the veranda outside the Jail.
 It was then the turn of the de- sought the rear of the building and purer air.
 i. No sooner had they done 70. than a bullet crashed through . window, passing over the sheriff's desk, but harming no one.
 D0sen Arc Arrested Plain clothes men in the crowd took their cue. In less than five minutes .. dozen rioters. considered ring leaders. were hustled into the jail.
 The situation developed in critical fashion. and sheriff's officers asked the aid of the fire department to treat the crowd with high pressure water hoses. The fire chief refused on the ground that his men were un- protected and that the rioters sure. ly would cut the hose and leave the city without first protection.
 Mayor William McKeighan com municated with Governor Fred w Green at Ionia, who authorized the l calling out of the militia.
 It so happened that some 75 men of the 18th field artillery were drilling in the local ar1nory at the time. They were hustled into march. ing order, served with many rounds of ammunition. and held in readi. ness. ] Defenders still hoped diplomacy would save the day. They sent ou1 word that two cousins of Hotellins could go through the jail and testify whether the slayer was there.
 Crowd Doesn't Believe
 The offer was accepted and thu cousins returned and declared tha their relative no longer was in the jail. But the crowd was too angr. to be so easily appeased. and thu rock throwing broke out again. Police made another concession Twelve members of the crowd wer' invited to go through the jail ant satisfy themselves that their quarr! had been removed. This offer alst was accepted, this time with better i results.
 The delegates returned and sue ceeded in convincing many that thu proposed principal of the lynchint party was not at hand.
 Still, nucleus of irreconcilableI remained,
 : An hour later, 12 women entered the Jail to satisfy themselves tha the child slayer was not there.
 After they emerged the crowd be gan to dwindle.
 The prelude to the unpreced entet scene of mob violence was the arres of Modelling. He had been found fl Owosso under circumstances tha pointed to his guilt. Any possible doubt vanished when he broke dowi and confessed.
 Oscar G. Olander. state police commissioner. lost no time. Barrel! had the county prosecutor. William R. Roberts, obtained a detailed state ment from the man than Sherif Frank A. Green and his deputies cleared the office of all persons.
 These persons were hustled to thu rear of the jail. A few minutes latel a limousine shot from the front en trance. It contained Hotelling Prosecutor Roberts. Commissions Olander, Police Chief Scavarda, al leaving without ceremony for part unknown.