New Britain herald., 1930-04-08
PRISONER F0RGETS
 NOCTURNAL THEFTS
But Judge Sentences George Fingerhut to 50 Days in Jail
BOY IS KILLED BY AUTO
George Neubaucr, Jr., Held After Fatal AcCidcnt-Collision on Cross ing-Tcn Seek Police Jobs-Boy Caught Tampcring With Auto.

T don't remember" was the an- swer given Judge Joseph NJ. Dono- van in police court this morning when George C. Fingcrhut of Col 1 linswood, N. J., charged with break ing and entering three stores in the southern section of the city, was | quizzed concerning the case in ques- tion. An Investigation was started by Officers James Burns and Thomas Mccarthy at about o'clock this 1 morning following the receipt of a telephone call at police headquarters from Mark Eldridge, store proprie- tor. of 49 Sigourncy street, who re- ported that someone had been proving about his parlor and place of business. The man. he told police. had left and was proceeding afoot in the direction of Hull street. The officers immediately went to the scene and arrested Fingerhut at Hull and Carlson streets. About two dozen cigars. a quantity of cigarettes and 94 pennies were found upon his person. The articles were identified by the victimizei store owners in court this morning.
 The other stores allegcdly robbed l 94 Union street and by s. A. Ozirski at 51 Hull street. It was believed by police that the pennies were talk en from Karwosliis place, the cigars from Eldridge's and the cigarettes and box of snuff from Ozirslii's.
 Eldridge, testifying. said that he was awakened early this morning bs footsteps and thought they wer, those of the milkman. but hi! thoughts were confused when h. failed 10 detect the usual sounC made by q milk wagon.
 Officer Mccarthy asserted tha' Fingcrhut claimed. when apprchend. cd to have won the articles found upon his person on punChboard He said that the man was not intoXi- cated but had been drinking. En. trance into the complainGnt's cstab- lishmcnt had been gained by smash ing a rear window and releasing q bolt. The burglar had broken into the other two places by smashing rear windows.
 Judge Donovan. in imposing sen tcnce upon tho accused man, stated that his mind had been a|read, made up" to sentence him 10 jai for six months but because of tall by Eldridge, who knew him quite well, he would be lenient and give him only GO days. Eldridge told thf court that Fingerhut was of Z respectable New Jersey family Hi. sister and brother -in-law had resid ed with him for a period of abour six years, he averred, and then lef for California.
 To Investigate Killing
 The case of George Neubauer, Jr. 22, of 1S4 High street, held by tht police under bonds of s1,00o, wa! continued in the anteroom of polio, headquarters this morning by Prose cutting Attorney Anthony J. Rich pending further investigation. Neu bauer. who was recently bcqueathet the sum of s20,O00 by his grand father, he late George w. Ncu bauer, to he given 10 him in parts was the operator of an automobiI which struck and killed Arthu Bricre. 11-year- old son of Mr. ant Mrs. Amadee Briere of 21 lngra ham street. in front of the plant 0 the F. Ineraham Clock Co. ol North Main street last evening q 7:50 o'clock.
 The boys father who was nca at hand at the time of tho accident immediately took him to the Bristo hospital where, It was revealed, h had died from q fractured skull Ncubauer told the lpolicc in his re port that he was totally unaware o . the accident, having absolutely IL knowledge Of the boys presence I