New Britain herald., 1929-10-17

Simpkins held the tube between
 his teeth while mixing up the | lather, gulped and swallowed the
 tube, which nearly strangled him
 in passing down his throat.
 pr. Clarence E. Mullens per l formed the operation after other | means had failed to remove the
 tube. which was located in the | mans stomach.
 door as well as inside, according to the witness.
 Attorney McDonou2h cross ex- amincd Officer O'keefe at length as to the entire conversation he had with Panelczyk and whether or not he followed it up and attempted to obtain a confession.
 Officer O'keefe said he did not go into details with Panelczyk be- cause he did not know what the latter had told Sergeant Flynn in the chiefs office.
 Judge Traceski questioned Officer O'Keefe about the conversation with Pawelczyk, declaring that so import ant a bit Of testimony should be very definite. The officer could not quote Pawelczyk verbatim but said the substance of the conversation was that fawclczyk wanted to know how the police received the tip" end whether or not there were tracks leading 10 the hotel room. Under cross examination by Judge Mangan and Attorney McDonough. Officer O'Keefe admitted that he did not make out report on the conversation until he completed his tour Of duty at o'clock. although more than an hour had elapsed at that time The reason he did not speak immediately to Sergeant Flynn about Pawelczyk's remarks was that he thought the sergeant, who had Pawelczyk in the chiefs office for some time, had glcaned the same information.
 MT. White. who rooms at the Hotel Erwin and is employed as d welder in the Stanley Works, testi- fled that early Sunday morning he was awakened by the noise of win dow being raised. He listened to footsteps in the corridor and on the stairs and about Is minutes later he heard the police about the premises. | White did not know which window | l.. inl, was he able to tell whether or not someone had taken such means to enter the hotel.
 At the opening of the afternoon session Daniel B. Sullivan, manager of the MohiCan market was called to testify for the state.. He identi- fled photographs taken under Of- hcer Dolan's direction, and told Of seeing smudges on the flour bags Front and rear doors were locked when he reached the store after having been summoned by the po- l lice Entrance had been gained ! through a window. an examination | of the premises disclosed. Mir, Sul- 1 livan could not detect marks of any l kind on the grease bench in the 1 bakery.
 Tn reply to Judge Mangan, the witness said there was no dough about where anyone could come in contact with it, the bakery having been cleaned up Saturday in pre- pcration for Mondays business. l Richard H. Erwin, owner of the ! hotel. testified that Cieszynski en- gagged a room about three weeks prior to Sunday. Pawelczyk was in i the room unknown to MT. Erwin. | Sergeant P. J. O'Mara testified l that he talked with Pawelczyk and l Cieszynski after their arrest. The | former told him, he WAS Cieszynskis 8 1 cousin and for that reason he went 1 to see him. He denied that he had | anything whatever to do with the 1 Mohican market He said he was not in good health and thought 1t would be more quiet in the hotel l than in his own home. He had been sharing the room with Cieszyn- ski for about four nights before l they were GIltSlcu.
 Cieszynski, according to Sergeant 1 O'Mara. told him that Pawelczyk warned him not to tell the police anything. He also told the sergeant that Pawolczyk spoke to him about going out and getting some l money" He denied that he had anything to do with the burglary but he admitted that he fell asleep some time after midnight and before that, Pawelczyk asked him two or Il three times whether he had gone to sleep CT not.
 Chief W. C. Hart followed Ser.
 gcant O'Mara on the witness stand
 and testified that PaweIczyk did no
 com plain Of being ill until Sunday
 evening. He was put in the women'i
 tier in order 10 be more comfortable
 Hc protested against being locked III
 and he kicked the plnster off thu
 wall "I would not say he was yer,
 sick" the chief said
 Attorney McDonouEh and Judg'
 Mangan moved for discharge or
 the ground that the state had no
 ngen made out a prima facie case
 The motion was denied and the de
 fonsc opened shortly before
 o'clock.
 At press time it vas apparent tha the trial would not be concluded un I'll late this afternoon.
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