The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27


The prisoner also had letters Of credit from Chicago
bank dated March 194 which said they were to INTRODUCES
him in Mexico Also linked with Mexico was letter writ
ut was reported several times during the search for
Leary that he was in MeScol.
draft card showed that Donovan" had registereu
with Selectve Service Board in Brooklyn N. " April q
Differences in the middle initial given by the suspect
noted in his papers Some listed him as James l"
Donovan" others James o. Donovan"
Floyd Ortendah former business associate of the pris
said he met Donovan when the latter was operating
restaurant Chcagos South Side Orendahl said they
became friendly and that Donovan offered to back him
in religious goods business firm known as the Midwest
Religious Goods Company was set up However ssa
dahl he said Donovan quarreed business matters ana
broke up their association The prisoner he said then
founded his own religious goods business.
Lived FashiOnaby
Police at Chicago said that Donovan had lived for the
Shore Drive overlooking Lake Michigan. The apartments
are adjacent to the Drake Hotel where Terney works
at the fashionable HYDE Park Hotel The manager there
described him congena but quiet and said he had few
The man identified as Leary by Palmer and Terney
by Palmer yesterday afternoon at Michigan Avenue
and Monroe Street Running to traffic policeman Patrol
man Joseph Flood Palmer pointed and sad THAT is
wanted in Connecticut He skipped bond of $50000
know I'm from Connecticut, too
Patroman Flood took the man into custody at parking
lot The prisoner who wore Chesterfield coat asserted ne
was James Donovan.
At police headquarters Patroman Flood said 81 turned
my back on him and he tried to walk away very rapidly He
acted very nervous and shifty.
Donovan" showed recognition when he faced Palmer
No Fingerprints Available
Terneys identification of the prisoner Leary
after the former Waterburan read in the Chicago morning
papers of the arrest of Donovan He went to police head
quarters and was brought before the suspect
That's the guy, all right, said the hotel detective.
Terney said he and Leary had been boyhood friends
and that there question about the identification.
No hngerprints of Leary available, and formal
identification of the suspect Waterburys missing
Comptroller awaited the arrival of Commissioner Hickey at
Chicago.
There was explanation of the suspects statement
that ne 81 of and the birth certificate giving
the age of Donovan" as AZ.
Dead Ringer"
Police Captain Jerome Looney said the man in custody
was dead ringer for the photograph of Leary in want
ed circular. The prisoner also had from kidney
operation did Leary and squnted when took off
glasses, mannersm ascrbed to Leary. Captain Looney
said handwriting check also tailed
Patrolman Flood said that when he called to the
pect, Hey, Dan," the man turned around
Commissioner Hickey accompanied on his trim to
chicago by Sgt. Adoph Pastore State Police detective
The State Police head confident that Donovan Is
actually Leary and prepared return him to Connec
cut to start the 10 to Is term imposed by Judge Ernest
A. Inglis in Superior Court in 1885,
ANY possible extradition proceedings waited on the
rival of Commissioner Hickey at Chicago
Inc two former Waterburians who identified the sus-
pect as Leary well remembered here Palmer was in
the ONCE supply business and had frequent dealings with
eary Tlerney, former commander of CPL Coyle Post
american Legion and former deputy sheriff here knew
Leary from childhood days. He has been in Chicago for
some years. -