New Britain herald., 1930-09-25
YOUTHFUL BANDITS. WAIVE TRIAL HERE Lasalle Street Holdup Case Goes
 to Superior Court COURT C0MMENDS GATORS
Prosecutor Woods Also Has Words of Praise for City Employes and Supefnumerary Who Arrested Netupski and Sinldewicz.

Raymond Boyle and Anthony Roulard, employees of the public works department, and Supernumer- ary Officer John Kranzit, were com- | mended in police court today for | their handling of the situation which arose on Monday afternoon when Nicholas Malectz was held up in his store at 91 Lasalle street. Prosecut- ing Attorney J. G. Woods said the trio deserved great credit lhnd Judge Stanley J. Traceski agreed, adding that Boyle's efforts to catch John Sinkiewicz and Vincent Netupski wtre entirely commendable. He acted like good citizen should" the court said.
 Cannot Raise Bond
 Netupslli, who is 23, and lives at 316 Elm. street, and Sinkiewicz, who is IS, and lives in Bloomfield, were bound over to superior court in statute on robbery. Attorney Thomas r. McDonough, defense counsel, said the amount of bonds mattered but little, as the youths could not raise any money. They were taken to Hartford county jail this afternoon to await trial in superior court in December.
 Officer Kranzit testified to his part in the spectacular chase through the streets on a city owned truck driven by Boyle, and the find ing of a 25 caliber automatic pistol, fully loaded, also a box of bullets to fit the pistol, buried in rubbish in a narrow passway in the rear of Myrtle street, between the New Eng land Ice Corp. building and the P. F. Kelley property. He was painting eraffic marks at Beaver and Broad streets when Boyle called to him to chase an automobile in which Netupski and Sinkiewicz were speed 1 ing from the scene of the holdup. He knew nothing of what happened prior to being called, but it was he who cornered the youths and placed l them, under arrest, lat4r searching until he found the pistol and bull : lCtt, t-lGo ttil Ol tL upbNl EoloNC. Boylc testified that the storekeep= CT called to him to chase a car which was leaving the corner of NcClintock street and Lasalle street, and he put after it through Con- cord street, Pennington avenue, Washington, Broad, Beaver and Lafayette. Roulard was with him but was not called to testify.
 Hold-Up is Demonstraed d
 Malectz, at the request of Prose- cutting Attorney Woods, gave a emonstration of the manner in which the pistol was pressed against l his back by SinlNewicz. Mir. Woods handed him the pistol and turned | his back SO that Malecz might prod i him in the manner in which Sinkie- wicz was alleged to have done.
 The youths. according to Malectz, ordered orange soda and as he turn ed to get itSfor them, he felt the pistol against his back. He saw Netupski open the cash register and heard him call out that there was nothing in it, and both youths ran their hands over him hurriedly be- fore making dash for the street. The register actually contained, four .quarters and a half dollar which were not taken. Malectz ran into the street and gave the alarm to which BhXle responded.
 Attorney McDonough cross exam ined Malectz particularly with rela- ton to Netupski's part in the affair. Continued on Page Two)