The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08

I ing car to Cake Joseph 70 Cne AoS- pital.
 Find Meager Clues
 Detectives shanahan and McEl- ligott found few pieces of a, brok- en truck reflector Strewn along the highway near The Pines, where the accident took place. Constable Wil- liam Dumschott O. Wolcott, who was driving toward his nome at the time o. the accident, reported that he had followed a big, red truck. with 8 canvas cover, from the Sacred Heart church out Wolcott street.
 The two detectives examined truck after truck, but all the driv- CTS questioned were able to account for their whereabouts at the time of the fatality. Detailed checking-up led the detectives to the discovery that Patrolman Eugene Blodgett had to move @ big red truck on Brook street late Saturday after noon.
 Truck Ordered Moved
 Patrolman Blodgett recalled that the truck had been blocking traffic while Richter was making de- livery and he ordered that 1t be moved. The driver, he told Detec- tiyes Shanahan and McElligott, turned on the lights of the truck as he pulled away and he noted that Q pair of green warning lights was set on the body of the truck, above the cab.
 The same truck was found to have stopped at an East Main street market for about 10 minutes, and then to have started out East Main street. The time, the detectives say, checks Cxaotly with the 6:3O D. m. hour at which the Schilling boy was hit.
 Direction Taken
 Next In the detectives investiga- ton was the direction of the truck after 1t struck the boy. At first 1t was thought that the vehicle turned up Lakewood road, but then 0 witness was found who saw the truck with green lights above the cab proceeding through Wolcott to Bristol.
 A checkup in Bristol brought about further information and yes- terday, the detectives sent word 60 Richter, through an acquaintance, to drop in local headquarters. Richter failed to appear, and an- other message was sent to him last night. He appeared, then, this morning, and Detectives Shanahan and McIclligott, as soon as they had examined the truck, detained Rich- ter and called in Deputy Coroner Smyth.
 Deliveries Proved Clues The truck is used for the delivery of fish, and 1t was through two de- Iliyeries here late Saturday afternoon that the vehicle was sraced.
 Joseph Schilling, ST., of Wolcott road, father of the lad who was killed, visited headquarters while Richter was being questioned. "It was fine piece of detective work he said. "On Sunday, Detectives Shanahan and McElligott told me I had enough to sadden me, and not to worry about the arrest of the hit-and-run driver. They seem to have kept their word"
 still Work on Case
 Detectives Shanahan and McElli- gott this afternoon continued work on the case, seeking to complete loose ends of the investigation. Deputy Coroner Smyth plans to question Q number of additional witnesses before ending his irl- quest. Stenographic reports of the testimony given by Richter, and his companion, White, were taken down this morning and this after noon.
 Pending Deputy Coroner smyth's finding, there will be no new of- ficial developments in the case. The coroner's finding will determine whether or not Richter will be held for automobile homicide and evasion of responsibility.