The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-01

Chief Ernest T. Belden, officers
Dewey Carpenter and Frank Dou-
geneck searched the Pequabuck
river shortly after day break Sun
day and found a .32 caliber revolt
yer. opposite the spot where the
bandit leaped from the wall.
New Britain police are waiting to
question the girl whose name was
on the slip Of paper found with
the Doctors cards and claim check.
She Is reported by her family to
be in Willimantic on a visit.
Chief Ernest T. Belden praised
the work Of Patrolman O'Connor
to the highest pitch and said: 1T
was q nice peice Of police work.
While II was unfortunate that the
man got the shot, the shooting was
credit to Patrolman O'Connor
and to the entire department"
Late Sunday afternoon the po-
lice believed that the slain bandit
was George l.. Hunt Of Brewster.
N. Y, from property upon the
mans person. In his clothes was
found membership card In the
Eagles belonging to John Gallant of
8 Irving street which shortly after
the shooting led the police to an
nounce that the slain bandit was
Gallant. Gallant later appeared
at the police station and reported
that a card, receipts, n blanket and
pair Of gloves had been stolen
from his car while parked on
Kelly street. He identified the
gloves which tho man wore as be-
ing his.
Sergeant T.. J. Feeney of the
New Britain police recalled that
he, as a member of the committee
OF the Eddy-Glover Post, American
Legion, which houses travelling
elgionnaires, had provided the man
who gave the name of Hunt with
q room In the Central Hotel In
New Britain, on Thursday night
after he had pleaded that he was
q war veteran without funds. At
the hotel, he said that he had con-
tracted a rash while cutting wood
in Meriden recently and was sent
to DIR Greenstein.
Sergeants Feeney and p. j. o.
Mara of the New Britain police
came to Bristol, Sunday to look at
the body and when they returned.
having learned the man had DR.
Greenstein's business card In his
pocket, they described the man to
the physician. DIR Greenstein said
the description fitted Hunt whose
name he had kept In his files and
later identified the man as being
the one that he treated as being
Hunt. A business card Of DR. Fer
dinand Briske of New Britain was
also found in the mans clothes.
but 1t was learned that he had
called at DIR Briske's ofhce Friday
morning and was referred to DR.
Greenstein.
The claim check. the police
learned. was for a grip which had
been sent from Newark, N. j.. to
New York city.
A call to the railroad Offices
brought the Information that the
bag contained nothing that would
aid the police In their investigation
Its contents consisting merely Of
all clothing.
On the night Of October %, 1890
Patrolman O'Connor had almost
the same experience when he shot
and killed Edward Thierault as he
attempted to hold up Rocks Drug
store on Maple street. The officer
who was having lunch In one of
the booths In the store was con-
fronted with n very difficult task
as the bandit entered the store
with a mask over his face and head
and ordered the officer back to
the wall, who acted accordingly,
but was looking up at the ceiling
to distract the attention of the
bandit. The gun man managed to
take $40 from the proprietor and
was about to leave the store when
O'Connor ducked behind show
case and followed the bandit to
the door. when the latter opened
up on the officer, who In turn
shot and killed the bandit. Officer
O'ConnOr was given the highest
praise for tho work and received
numerous compliments from many
local and state officials over the
fine piece of work. Patrolman
O'Connor is noted for being the
fastest man on the local depart
ment In drawing Il gun from the
hin