New Britain herald., 1929-07-12
Bristol News
DRAG PARK LAGOON
 FOR MISSING MAN
LifeguardS, However, Think StO-
 len Clothes Solve Disappearance


 HELD FOR THEFT OF AUTO | New Britain Men Are Arrested By | Officer Norton-Spanish War Me-
 morial Dedication Postponed - l Auto Catches Eire-Notes. r After dragging the bottom of the Rockwell park lagoon for more than | three hours for the body of d man supposed to have been drowned in | the municipal pool yesterday after | noon or last night. Life Guards Grattan O'Connell and Charles Rior- | dan abandoned their search early this morning, although they were | continuing their investigation today. The life guards secured grapp,ing l hooks from the local police station at about 1O.30 last night, when, upon i closing the bath house for the night, a pair of pants, a shirt, and a pair of shoes were found in one of the l checking compartments in the build 1 ing. It was later reported, how | ever. that some new clothes and | shoes had been stolen from the banks of the lagoon during the aft ernoon, and it is now thought pos sible that the owner of the garments | found in the bath house may have i donned the missing attire and left | his own clothes in exchange. The | life guards said that there had been men posted at the lagoon through out the day and night and there had been no indication of any trouble.
 Using the grappling irons, the life guards dragged all the deeper places of the pool until long after 1, o'clock this morning. The posslbil- ity that the missing" bather had "swapped" clothes was also voiced by the local police. No one. they said, had been reported missing in the city throughout the night ol early today. A section of the grap- bling hooks was lost last night and was being sought in the lagoon to- day.
 New Britain Men Arrested
 Eugene Johns, 29, of Brook street and Arthur Lewis, of East Main street, both of New Britain, were arrested late yesterday afternoon by Officer Edgar Norton on Lake aV- enue in East Bristol and later turned over the Sergeants McAvay and FL finger of New Britain, where they are wanted for the theft of an automobile.
 Officer Norton's suspicious were aroused when in patrolling his beat on his motorcycle, he noticed the car parked at the side of the road One Of the men. who. he said, had alighted just before his approach reentered the machine hastily upon seeing him. Officer Norton passed the car and, turning suddenly parked his machine in front Of it Neither of the men could show ar operators license or a registrat tion certificate. and he brought both to 1 the local police station in the ma chine. It was not until the men wer3 lodged in cells that Norton learned that the theft of the machine in which they were found had been re- ported stolen in New Britain few minutes before
 While charges of driving an op- flcate were lodge against the men at the Bristol station. they were held, | according 10 the local police. on charges of theft of an automobile in 1 New Britain.
 Funeral of Andrew Shores
 The funeral of Andrew Shores, 7e of g Summer street, was held at 1 his home at o'clock this afternoon Burial was in West cemetery.
 Postpone Dedication
 The members of the memorial committee of c. A. Hadsell camp L. S. W, ". have decided to post pone the dedication Of their new park and memorial following a re- port that many cf the guests of honor whom they had invited would not be able to be present upon that date.
 The dedication will be held tive weeks later when all the invited visitors are expected to be able tc attend.
 On Monday night there will be q joint meeting of the members of the camp and camp auxiliary to consider final plans. The meeting will be one of the most important of the year
 Automobile Fire
 An automobile belonging to Pau Kelly of Terryville avenue caught fire last might while he was cleaning it, and about $150 damage was don, before the blaze was eXtinsuished by Squad A of the local fire depart ment.
 kitchewaE Council Picnic
 Kitchewan council. degree of Pc cahontas, will hold picnic a Babb's park at Lake Coneamon' Saturday. The members will mee at Red Mems hall shortly after S5 o'clock and the cars will leave