New Britain herald., 1930-04-25
ID FREE SUSPECT
 IN BRISTOL THEFT
Bold Daylight Jewel Robbery Nets S2,0O0-Man Is Arrested
Special to the Herald)


 Bristol. April 25-One of the boldest robberies ever perpetrated iu this city was made in broad day light yesterday when two men walk cd into the jewelry store of Evar- iste L. Morin at l29 Main street and walked out again with two trays of diamond rings after an employ. Miss Helen Weber, had returne1 from the cellar where she had been in quest of wrlpping paper to do up ar article which the men had sup pcsedly purchased. The jewelrv stolen was valued at $2,000 by it's owner.
 Shortly after the robbery Edward L. Arnold, alias J. L. Arnold. who gave his address as being % 27th street, New York city. was appre- hcnded by police as he was proceed ing along School street in a big brown coupe, He was arrested on suspicion and, following an investi- gation by Sergeant Daniel McGilli- cuddy,, was booked on a technical | CIdlS Sb pl pl CaNIi pl lIlC pNoNNs AA~ told the police that he resided in l Terryville. after which they visited l the rooming house in which he said | he lived. Police found nothing more than two shirts in the room but discovered a number of pawn tickets and gasoline bills from sta- | tions about the state in his pockets.
 He was locked up after the arrest and was questioned by Chief of Po- { lice Ernect T. Belden concerning his whereabouts at the time ot the theft. According to reports, Arnold related truthful story and the po- lice were quite satisfied that he hal nothing to do with the Morin job. ! His car, bearing New York registra- ton markers, remained in front or police headquarters this morning. IL was intimated that he would be released sometime today as suffi- cient evidence is lacking. Local au- thorities notified other police de- partments of the state of Arnold capture but. so far, none of them seem to have anything against him. I EmpIOye Is Ir1cke1
 Miss Weber, who was the only one in the jewelry store at the time or the burglary, told police that the two men. neatly dressed and be- tween 25 and 30 years of age, walk cd into the store and requested that she show them some novelty ducks, which were on display. They aske1 that she put the article in a box but, as there was no box of the size wanted available. they asked If 1t vas all right to have her wrap 1t up iu strong paper and send 1t to al address which they gave her. The address. place in Plainville, vas found ao be fictitious. Miss Weber went to the basement of the store to procure the paper and when she returned felt suspicious of the men because, she said, they were laugh- ing.
 After the men had departed she glanced about the store to see Ii anything was missing and then de- cided to look in the show window. When she discovered the loss 1t was too late. as the men had gone away. She failed to identify Arnold as one of the men.
 It was reported today that thre2 men of suspicious appearance hal approached second jewelry store proprietor in this city shortly before the Morin store robbery and re- qrested information concerning ra- dio sets in the show window. Be ing unable to have him walk into the store, where they could have held him up, the men walked away. The proprietor, it is said, was armcd with revolyers at the time.
 Orders have been issued at head- quarters to every patrolman to b. on the lookout for suspicious look inG men. It is believed that tn } rc bbcrs were New Workers. This burglary is the fourth in Bristol lu week, three others having been made at residences earlier in the week. In the previous cases, hun . ; drcds of dollars worth of personal property was stolen.