Notorious Criminal Faces Fate in High Tribunal
Water G. Shean, son of a Springfield family, is named as Skelly's murderer accomplice in a string of banditry acts. He was captured while fleeing after an unsuccessful New Britain robbery that ended with a policeman shot. The Shean case remains undecided as his counsel James E. Granfield stands beside him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water G. Shean
Springfield
Chapman
Skelly
Shean
New Britain
James E. Granfield
Chapman Confers with Counsel on Notorious Bandit Case
Indirect victim of the Chapman conviction is described with his wife murdered near Muncie Indiana by George Dutch Anderson, a friend of Chapman, likely as retaliation after testimony at the trial. Anderson was killed in a pistol duel with a Muskegon Michigan policeman last Saturday. A photograph shows the bandit before his escape from Atlanta penitentiary and his near downfall ending in capture in Muncie and eventual murder conviction carrying the death penalty, with only minor changes to his appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wethersfield
Atlanta
Gerald Chapman
Hartford
Chapman
Muncie
Indiana
George “Dutch” Anderson
Anderson
Muskegon
Mich
Atlanta Penitentiary
Ind
Connecticut
Nathan Freedman
Groehl
Hugh M. Alcorn
Hartford County
Skelly
New Britain
Newell &. Jennings
Supreme Court of Errors
Notch on the Pistol Cited in Chapman Case Trial
Firearms experts Albert J Fitzgerald of Colt and Col. R D Jones of Smith and Wesson testified the pistol taken from Chapman in Muncie Indiana fired the bullets that killed Patrolman Skelly. Captain W A Jones, former New York police, supported the defense saying the bullets came from the same weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert J. Fitzgernldt
Colt’s
Col. R. D. Jones
Smith and Wesson Company
Chaman
Muncie
Indiana
Skelly
W. A. Jones
New York Polic
Chapman
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