New Britain herald., 1930-07-14
Sl0,000 BAIL SET , FOR HOLDUP PAIR
 ! IN STORE ROBBERY
Youths Order Market Owner Into Refrigerator at Point Of
 Revolver
W0MAN'S SCREAMS BRING
 POLICE; TWO ARRESTED

' Capture of Desperadoes While r Third Escapee-Stick-U With Knife Gets Nearly s2O0 at Frank I lin Square Gas station.
 7 Charged under statute which provides a maximum sentence of 25 years in states prison, James Cow boy) Caplocki, IS, formerly of 343 Burritt street and for two years fugitive in New York. and John Salamon, 19, of New York, former ly of 196 Smith street, pleaded not guilty in police court today to the charge of robbery while armed and were bound over to the September term of superior court in bonds of s1O,OOO each. After court, the Bridgeport police sent word to the local authorities that they wanted Caplocki for an automobile theft, he having slipped his handcuffs and jumped out of bus which was talk ing a number of prisoners from the superior court in Bridgeport two years ago. Whether the sentence to the state reformatory at Cheshire which had been imposed before he escaped, will be enforced, was not known today, but it was pointed out that the charge on which he was bound over today is far more serious than the Bridgeport information.
 It was 12:15 o'clock Saturday night when Caplocki and Salamon. accompanied by a third young man who has not been apprehended, walked into Klennens Kukuc's store at "A Clinton street, after having waited for some time for the line of customers 10 enter and leave. Or dering butter, which they knew was kept in the iCebox, they watched Kukuc until he had his back turned and Caplocki pulled a loaded re- volver and ordered him to stick 'em up and keep still,
 Woman Screams Alarm
 The other bandits took charge of Kukuc's wife and Albin Bukowiec, IA, of 72 Clinton street, who is em- ployed in the store, but as the lat ter followed Kukuc into the icebox in obedience to the commands, Mrs. kukuc took flight and her screams were heard several blocks away. The bandits, forced to make their haul hurriedy, dipped into the cash register and ran out of the store as Mrs. Kukuc reached the street through a rear hallway.
 Officer James Kelly, on motor cycle duty, was near Burritt and Myrtle street and Officer Anthony Pechout, on patrol duty, was near Clinton and Burrtt streets when they heard the screams, and both hurried to investigate. Salamon was seen hurrying along the street and Officer Pechont stopped him just be- fore Officer Kelly appeared, and at approximately the same time Cap locki sprinted away from the store. revolver in hand. Turning Salamon over to Officer Kelly Officer Pe- chont chased Caplocki and caught him when he stumbled and fell in swamp near Armistice street. Pounc- ing on him, the officer disarmed him and placed him under arrest. Up to that time, neither Officer Kelly nor Officer Pcchout knew what had happened in the store, but in the meantime Lieutenant McCue had been notified at police headquarters Of the hold-up and Sergeant J. C. Stadler was sent to investigate.
 Waterbury Men Freed
 Upon hearing the stories of Kukuc, his wife and Bukowiec, Ser geant Stadler telephoner back to headquarters and set out on a search of the neighborhood, coming across three Waterbury men, who were driving an automobile away from the curbstone on Corbin ave nue, a short distance away. He
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