Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1931, Page 7

FOUR DIE IN CHAIR FOR 1328 MURDER | Fifth Member of Pennsyl-| vania Bootleg Ring Isin | Jail for Life. \ By the Associated Press. BELLEFONTE, Pa., August 17.—Four | men died in the electric chair at Rock- view Penitentiary here today for a mur- der they committed three years ago. A fifth member of the bootlegging gang, | who was convicted of first degree mur- entered the death chamber. The four men, arrested almost two ! years after the slaying of Hoffman on his father’s farm, nine. miles from | Johnstown, were described at their trial as members of a liquor ring operating throughout Cambria Copnty. | The State charged them with going | to the Hoffman farm in search of a hidden cache of liquor. Testimony at the trial disclosed Hoffman was killed during a fight which followsd his denial that any liquor was hidden on the premises. | The fifth man, arrested with the! others fcr the crime, is Tony Polumbo, der with a recommendation for life | imprisonment The electrocutions today marked the second time in the history of Pennsyl- vania that four men have died in the | electric chair for the murder of a man. On March 7, 1927, four Philadelphia gangsters were executed for killing a Philadelphia po THE EVENING STAR, WAsuaINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1931 CARNEGIE REPORT HITS LEGIONNAIRES% Foundation Head Scores Alleged | :gl‘}nu‘-!“w it xgsm l;:ele: &chr;:?n‘xl:; “Raid on U. 8. Treasury"—Col- | “absndoned his position as a patriot.” lege Seniors Flayed. politics.” He labeled as “political colonels” those members of the G. A. R. and American Legion who worked for pen- sions and bonus legislation, and said In the discussion of college students, the report said the “ravages of for- getting” cause the senior to lose, even before receiving his sheepskin, much of the knowledge he has acquired. S5/ 100 Sameh e Tu In conclusions based upon examina- NEW YORK, August 17—A report | anm of 10,:)00 fiuden%lln Pe‘ansylvn:ix:; which ranged from an analysis of the | the report said: “The college senior college senior as little wiser than the | FCOFRiNes only 61 out of 100 words - | familiar use by educated persons.” college freshman to a denunciation of | the pension policies of the American | P o oG s, was ueuea| KIDNAP INSURANCE OUT today by the Carnegie Foundation for ———— the Advancement of Teaching. NEW YORK, Dr. Henry S. Prichett, president of |form of insurance, created to meet the foundation, in his section of the | “modern criminal enterprise,” becomes report departed from an analysis of | effective today. August 17 () —A new | to_discuss “patriotism, pensions and | from “violence by the strong arm” and | County, in Michigan, premium rates| contain s clause covering “kidnaping| will be highest. New York, the Bronx where the victim is taken back to the | and Queens, are second. store to open the door of a safe.” | st The National Bureau of Casualty and | John Burdon, a locomotive engineer Surety Underwriters yesterday described the policies as an “answer o the univer- | o0 'he Helensurgh-Glasgow Toute in sal need of the small shopkeeper to ob- | Scotland, retired after 5215 years tain blanket coverage.” of railway service, which is just a year In Chicago and Cook and Lake Coun- |and a half longer than his father was ties, in Illinols, and Detroit and Wa: $9.85 to $15 SUMMER THE HECHT CO. F Street at 7th convicted of killing Louis Hoffman on his father'’s Cambria County Farm, is T. §. Steamer Aground. serving a life sentence. | OWEN SOUND, Ontario, August 17 The men executed today were: Frank | . Cantilla, Pronk Powell, Carl Crow and | (P)—The United States steamer Mani- Joseph Parsi. {tou, operating between Chicago and Just 28 minutes were required to put | Mackinac Island, was still aground this the four men to death morning at Mud Lake, Information re- Parsi was the first to go, followed by | cefved here was that passengers still Powell, Cantilla and Crow. were aboard. The steamer ran aground Cantilla had to be supported as he terday during a heavy fog. the organization's 25 years of activity| The policies will protect storekeepers DRESSES Empress Eugenie Herself was only Man’s Guaranteed Wrist Watch List Price, $5 For men who'd appreciate a vacation free from wrist watch worry . . . here's the Ingraham, guaran- teed for one year. Its very good looking chromium- finished case and link bracelet won't tarnish. Its crystal is non-breakable. 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