New Britain herald., 1930-04-15
Stolen RCNOlNers RccONcred

Stolen Rcvolyers Recovered
 Before coming back to New Brit ain after their fruitless trip to New York. the officers located two re- volvers in Mrs. Smulski's home. One Of them was identified as the property of Carlo Ferre, whose store on Elm street was one of the many entered by the trio, and the other was owned by the proprietor of a Chinese laundry on North Matn street, The serial number was ground off the Ferre revolver so as make identification difficult, accord ing to the police,
 Realizing that the trail was hot, Smulski and Wieczorcll left New York and were soon in North Caro- lima, Virginia, South Carolina, W ashington and other southerl cities. They saw Scrgcants Fceney and McAvay in Washington, they said, but the police doubt it all
 though the two sergeants wee there few weeks ago. The police
 theory is that the pair kept in touch with New Britain through the news
 papers, and they admitted that
 while in New York they had somc-
 one buy New Britain paper, at a
 newsstand, but they never went to the stand themselves because they knew that thousands of fugitives had been apprehended by that mis- take.
 Hide In Woods Here
 Last Friday night they stole into
 New Britain and hid in the woodeI section off Russwin road until Wieczorek was able 10 go to his home under cover of darkness ani
 get some clothes. They went 10
 Bridgeport the next day and locate l Mikolajczyk, who left New Britain several months ago. He went with them Saturday night to Stratfor1, where they broke into a garage and were about to take a car when the lights in a nearby house illuminated the yard and they fled. A short distance away they made another | attempt to steal a car out of q | garage and this time the owner mo- tified the police. The trio had not gone far on foot before a moto:-
 cycle officer overlook them ana
 locked them up.
 Wieczorek gave his name as Ray
 Kelly and Smulski posed as Albert | Roy, both giving New York as their
 home. Mikolajczyk gave his name
 az Nichols, but made the mistake of
 telling his correct address and when
 the police went to his home they
 learned of the deception anl
 brought his sister to the police sta
 ton, where she identified not only | her brother but his companions. l whom she knew while living in New | Britain.
 Check Up On Other Burglarics The local police were convinced | today, they said. that Rzewnicki, | Wieczorek and Smulski committed
 more burglarics in New Britain than
 they have yet admitted, and State | Policeman Austin was at police l headquarters today checking up on | several burglarles in Unionville,
 Avon, Pennington and other places about the state. The police suspect
 that Smulsbi and Wieczorek broke into house on Underhill road, near | RussWin road, last week, but they l would not admit it. The fact that they admitted being in the wooded section the same night, added to the
 complete stopping of house burglar ies in the city from the night of
 Rzcwnicki's arrest and his compan-
 ions escape until last Friday, con- vinced the police, however, that they
 were implicated.
 On the way back from Stratford
 yesterday, the police stopped at Thomas Naughton's store in Plain- vile to buy soda water for Vice
 zorek and Smulski and as the place was one of the many they admitted having broken into, Naughton was in- tercsted in seeing them. Before the police car drove off. Wieczorek
 called 10 Naughton that it would be advisable to spend 10 or D cents
 for q can of oil to use on the bell Of his burglar alarm so that 1t would function the next time bur glars tried to gain entrance. The night they broke in the alarm did not work. they said.
 A shoe store in Tcrryville and q store in Thomaston were among the places they admitted entering, ac- Cording to the police, and when the police in those towns and the state police and New Britain authorities complete their check it is expected l that 70 or moro automobile thcfis and burglarics in stores. inns and
 dwelling houses will have been cleared up.
 Not Disturbed Ky Charges When informed ly the local po- lice in Stratford yesterday Of Rzcw- niCkI's confession, Wieczorek and SmulsNi were angry but gradually Calmed themselves and agreed to add 10 it, In police court they ap-
 pcared the least concerned of any one in the room and carried on q
 whispered conversation while wait ing to be put 10 plea. occasionally smiling and winkinG at friends in
 the gallery Only one count was read, charging them with breaking into Julius Ncubaucrs bakery, and
 Wieczorck and EzcWniclli had diffi-
 culty restraining laughter as the
 loot was enumerated, including
 bottles of milk, candy, pics and l chewing gum.
 Attorney MonkicWicz mentioned
 in his brief reference 10 the bonds, that one of the reasons Rzcwnicki
 was held in 5000 bonds for the
 Forest1ille burglary vas tho finding
 Of revolver in his possession i which made the offcnsc moro seri- l ous than those alleged in New Brit | ain. Detective Sergeant O'Mara whispered to Prosecuting Attorney l WOOfS and tb1 1attnr in forD, n Il