After the prosecutor declared his belief in the defendant's innocence the Judge requested his presence in chambers, This would not be allowed without the defendant's attorney also being present in an in camera proceeding. The Latin phrase 'In camera' is a legal term that means 'in private.'
The accused was apprehended in Ohio and extradited to Connecticut. According to the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act, the following must occur for extradition to proceed, (1) A valid arrest warrant issued by the demanding state, (2) A request from the Executive Authority of the demanding state (typically the Governor), (3) A judicial hearing in the state having custody of the wanted person. Yet in this case while the minimum for establishing sufficient probable cause for the issuance of an arrest warrant (the man being held in Ohio meeting the general physical description of the Connecticut murderer, who had been in Bridgeport on that date, and possessed a .32 caliber handgun) had been established, the accused, who had made no attempt to conceal his whereabouts on the date of the murder to Ohio authorities, did not even know why he was being held after extradition back to CT.
During the investigation of this crime, witnesses reported that the murderer wore a dark coat and a light hat. The next several scenes show detectives forcibly grabbing anyone who met that vague description, indicating how roughshod over the law police were acting under severe pressure to arrest a suspect.