Show I BANDIT TRIAl I GREAT I II Alleged Slayer of Policeman Policeman Police Police- I man Under Heavy I Guard I HARTFORD Conn March Maich 24 I By Ey A. A P. P P. Gerald Gerald Chapman bandit ban ban- dit lt and jail breaker extraordinary I goes goes on trial for tor his life today appearing ap ap- ap- ap j In Hartford county superior or court on an Indictment charging him with the murder of a n. New Britain Brit Brit- am ain aln policeman James J. J Skelly last I October 12 I A community tense with expectations of a great show awaited the court appearance of Chapman about w whose ose person there has ben thrown an extraordinary halo of romance Elaborate preparations had been made for the safe sate conduct of ot the prisoner to and from his solitary cell In the states state's prison at Wethersfield four miles mUes from here Shackled he will be transported In Ina Ina ina a motorcar In which heavily armed guards will be seated Another car filled with other well armed deputies deputies deputies ties will trail the prisoners prisoner's motor Chapmans Chapman's array of five counsel headed b by Frederick J. J Groehl of New York said today they would start their battle on the Jury panel Groehl nd nd his associates insist that there are too few city men In InI Inthe inthe the panel which has been drawn I largely from urban districts Walter Valter E. E Shean Shean the second man who was concerned l In the New Britain department store store robbery which ended in Skelly's death and Alfred E E. Atwater one of ot Skelly's brother patrolmen will be principal witnesses Shean who Is the son of ot ota a a. prominent prominent nent hotel owner of ot Springfield Mass told police that Chapman had be been n his accomplice lice and lie he was a the actual tuil murd murderer rn of Skelly Skelly- |