New Britain herald., 1928-07-02
ALLEGED H0ADUP
 MEN BOUND OVER
Oliver and Richards Plead Guilty
 to Highway Robbery
UNABLE TO GET BONDS
Jail for Wife Bcater-Sanders Case Continucd-Holiday Business Ob- ser,ancc-Mcet After Many Years Death of Mrs. Ellen Bailey.

Death of Mrs. Ellen Bailey.
 Raymond B. Oliver, S5, and Charles Richards, alias Frank Richards, alias Frank D. Lavely, A. of .2 Alder street, this city. plead 1 cd guilty to charge of highway robbery before Judge William J. were bound over to the September term of the superior court under | bonds of 5000 each. They were un- able to secure bondsmen and remov- cd to the Hartford county jail this morning in the custody of Sergeant Henry Jeglinski and Officer James l Burns. Neither man was represent ed by counsel
 Richards. alias Lavely. pleaded not guilty to an additional charge of obtaining goods under false pre- lenses. He admitted having purchas- ed q suit of clothes from the Peoples Clothing Store on North Main street on June 16 under the name of Lavely and paying the sum of $5 down. He also stated that it was his intention of paying the balance last Saturday night, but unfortunately for him, was arrested early Saturday morning. William Horowitz, manager of the clothing store. testified that when Layely missed his first weeks payment, he mailed him a letter which was re- turned by the post office department 1 because the addressee was unknown. | Detective Sergeant Daniel Me. Gillicuddy, who with Officers | Thompson. Mccarthy. O'Connor and Lambert, made the arrests testified to receiving the telephone complaint from John Haskell, the victim of the holdup, and the subsequent arrest or the two men in their room at % Alder street. Both men. according to the sergeant. denied the charge but a search Of the room revealed suit Of wet clothing and a twenty dollar bill. five dollar bill and one dol lar bill under the bathtub. This represented the amount taken from Haskell on Terryville avenue while he was on his way home early Sat urday morning from the plant of the New Departure Manufacturing company. A second suit of clothes, also wet from rain and walking through wet grass was found in an- other room. Neither the masks nor the revolver, claimed to have been used in the holdup were found. Both men. according to the police sergeant, after further questioning at police headquarters admitted their guilt but denied using a gun. Officer Thompson testified that his investigation showed the Richards had registered at the PeSl hotel on North Main street on June 18th un- der the name of Frank D. Lavely. That was the date on which he pur- chased the new suit of clothes. The | tags, which were removed from the suit, were later found in the hotel room by the manager. The key 10 the room was found in the posses sion of Richards when arrested. In spite of several grillings, both men repeatedly denied using a gun. However, yesterday according to the police. Richards stated that he had used a clothespin wrapped in cloth This morning, when question: ed by Judge Malone. Richards ad- mltted using broken .22 calibre blank pistol, which he had found at Rockwell Park several days ago.
 Prosecuting Attorney James T. Mather. in recommending that the men be bound over to the higher court. read the records of both men. Richards had been arrested on three occasions in Brockton. Mass. for of- lenses ranging from assault on his mother-in-law to robbery with arms. He had served one sentence of IS months. Oliver served one iail sentence for carrying a loaded re- volver.
 Mrs Oliver was present in court this morning and both she and her husband were weeping when he was led 10 the awaiting police car hand cuffed to Richards.
 Wife Bcatcr Jailed
 Tt Is too bad there is no law which would permit us to authorize policeman to give you a beating." Judge William J. Malone told Will liam Kerr of Forestville in police court today. when the latter was presented on charges of assaultng his wife and drunkenness. Mrs. Kerr testified that conditions had reached the point where it would he impossible for her to continue to live with her husband, who, she stated. had been idle for over two months.
 Kerr informed the court that he had just secured steady job as car