New Britain herald., 1928-05-16
ATTY. ALFRED levitt
TAKES LIFE With GUN
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afternoon. DR.. David P. Waskowitz
OF New Britain. a close friend Of
Attorney Levitt. later saw the body
and noted that rigor morris had set
IN. In his opinion. death had oc-
CURED less than - hours prior to
this noon.
Friends Alarmed at Absence
Yesterday morning, Attorney Le-
Witt breakfasted in a local res
taurant with Herald reporter and
appeared depressed and at about
$50 o'clock he left for the town
clerks office in Newington. driving
his own car. a coach. His mission
was to check a title TO a piece Of
real estate for the Berlin Savings
bank. and he intended to be In his
Office to keep an appointment at II
o'clock. When he did not return,
his stenographer was surprised. as
he was known to be very methodical
and punctual. Inquiry was made by
telephone at the office of the New
inston town clerk and word came
hack that nobody had seen the at
torney there. 1t was feared then
that he might have met with an ac-
cident. and an investigation was
started by his law partner, Attorney
Albert \. Greenberg. Inquiry was
made about the city and nobody
who had seen MIN could be reached.
With the expectation that lunch
hour might bring him either to his
home or his office. fears for his
safety We're allayed. but as the aft
ernoon wore on and nothing was
heard from him. Attorney Green
berg became alarmed Then it was
noticed that a revolver which At
torney Levitt had in his desk was
missing and Attorney Greenberg
summoned Assistant Prosecuting At
torney William NJ. Greenstein by
telephone. Attorney Grecnstein be-
ing a close friend of Attorney Lee
Witt and his partner. Attorney
Greenstein. not knowing the pur-
pose of the call which came by tele-
phone from stenographer in
Greenbcrg 4 LeWitt's office, hurried
10 respond. and found Attorney
Grecnberg in teara. Briefly, the
story was told. Attorney Greenberg
being barely able to control his
emotions. He said the revolver and
at least three bullets we're missing,
and this fact. coupled with his law
partners failure TO return since
morning, alarmed him.
Mounted Police Sent Out
Attorney Cireenstein and Attorney
station and laid the facts before
Chief Hart, who detailed motorcycle
officers u ride about the outskirts
Of the city in an effort to locate the
missing attorney or find some trace
OF his car. Detective Sergeant G..
G. Ellinger was detailed TO drive q
police car. the possibility being en-
tortained that an accident on a side
road might have caused injury to
the missing man and prevented him
from summoning help. but the
search was in vain. Meanwhile.
hope was entertained that Attorney
Levitt had merely neglected to no
,fy his office that he had gone 10
Hartford or another city about the
state, and would return later in the
day, but afternoon turned into eve
ming and evening into night, with
cut any developments.
At 7:co o'clock last night. the po-
lice officially announced that the
attorney was missing. Prior to that
time the mystery was known to n
few friends Of the attorney and his
father, NJ. S. Levitt of II Russell
street, but gradually the report
spread and the police station was
Hooded with telephone inquiries.
which increased as Tho night wore
on. During the evening. It was de-
cided to inform Attorney LeNitts
wife Of the fears that had been
aroused. She was overcome with
grief and was placed under care OF
a physician.
Was In Newington
This forenoon. Attorney Green
borg and Samuel Meshken. called on
Chief Hart and reported that con-
trary 10 IUe uISI ItpoI l. lIS iA''t''e
man actually had reached the town
clerks office in Newington. because
T. report of his check-up on the real
estate title had been mailed TO the
Berlin Savings bank. the envelope
bearing a New Britain postmark at
1880 yesterday, forenoon town
Clerk Francis admitted that it was
entirely possible for the attorney to
have been in the office unknown TO
him, for he was in and out. and RS
Il was only necessary to check the
tile TO ascertain whether or not any
Instruments had been recorded on
the land records. other than those
shown on the title. it would nave
taken only few minutes. Before
leaving for Ncwington. Attorney
Levitt took a stamped envelope
from his office for the purpose OF
mailing the title check-up.
Waves Greeting to Acquaintance
Attorney Greenberg and Mr..
Neshken also told Chief Hart that
BENJAMIN Brill of the Alpert d
Brill Candy Co.. of this city had seen
Attorney Levitt on East street
tbout 1890 yesterday forenoon. and
that Treasurer Henry Deming of the
Berlin Savings bank had seen him
abou, 1o:45 O'Clock driving towards
Berlin on the Beech Swamp road.
According to the information. Az
torney Levitt waved a greeting 10