New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 29, 1914, Page 11

. r /% Second Section NEW BRITAIN HERAILD. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1914. are not barred from " _ESTABLISHED BUSINESS 1850, * BECKER'S COUNSEL an investigation at the cerning the ex-police | ATTACKS WHITMAN . Manton Urges Investigation of A- ~lged False Stories of Prosseulor. New York, April'29.—Justice Sea- bury in the criminal branch of the supreme court after granting a mo- tion for a special panel of 300venire- men from which the jurors in . second trial of Charles Becker will “ Dbe selected, refused yesterday to start request Martin T. Manton, counsel to Becker, into the publishing of stories con- lieutenant which Manton said came from Dis- Every Dollar You Pay Counts Two If you are one of the first 25 to buy at this sale every dollar you pay down, up to $25, counts two. you pay $10 down, you are credited with $20; if you pay $25, you are allowed $50 on the price of the Piano. Can you imagine a fairer offer than this? Isn’t it worth get- ting up a little early in the morning for down to the store bright and early? sharing in this feature. That is, if and getting Out of town people Simply send in your check for whatever. amount you wish to pay Letters will be opcned in the order of their receipt, and if they get here in time will secure this special feature just as well as if you were here in person. ' $1.50 $1chk E. W. DAVIS, FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE 50 SOLD--WE INCREASE THE NUMBER TO 75 ONLY FOR A FEW DAYS Just ment for beginners and we need the room. For this next few days of the great sale, as the public seems to demand it, we will include some of the well known é makes of upright and square pianos and organs that we have taken in exchange as part payment for our Nelson pianos, such as Haines’ Bros., Cable & Sons, New- by & Evans, Matheschek and others, must go at a great sacrifice. the instru- will pay for many music lessons. this Great Saving possible, Our Player Pianos are standard 88-notc using all player Rolls and can be played by anyone—Can also be played in the usual manner. All of our carefully selected stock of H. PIANOS (High Grade Pianos) are included in this sale. ONE OF THE BEST BY TEST il ONE OF THE BEST PIANOS ON EARTH OPEN MONDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS 1 Subway Music Dept.—Where Special Sale of Music is Going on. to pl make as the one bought of us if at any time within one year from date | of purchase same shall be damaged or destroyed by fire, b Come, Join Our Piano Club Nov AND SAVE MONEY-ONE DOLLAR COUNTS TWO Our last club offer proved such a success we! have decieded to form another to consist! of not more than 50 members. To each one joining now we inducements: 1. A $375 Piano for $281.25 or a $630 Player Piano for $487.50. $550 one only $412.50. A e in the club members’ home a 3. As this great club offer means Pianos within a short time we can accept smaller monthly payments from club members than usual. - 4. Tn addition to a stool, chair ( or bench). scarf and one year's tuning ' free, we will allow two years’ time without interest. 5. To each club member buying a dozen rolls free and the use of cireulating roll library, which will sbe given at our store. Can you imagine any greater or more liberal proposition? Figure out the great saving in this It is The Barker Piano Company "~ HARTFORD, CONN., 278 ASYLUM ST. - NEW BRITAIN, CONN,, 46 MAIN ST. trict Attorney Whitman's office. Man- ton charged that many of the state- ments printed in the newspapers re- garding the Becker case were false. Justice Seabury after declining to start the inquiry told Manton to file affidavits with him embodying the objectionable articles. Manton did not show any inclination to do this and 'hinted that he would take the matter to Governor Glynn. The question of the inquiry came up immediately after Mr. Whitman had made his motion for the special panel. Manton concurred in that motion and then said: “Certain articles are appearing in the public press, particularly this morning. These articles charge the defendant with purchasing testimony, or/Have that insinuation. They have other false statements. One article is a quoted interview with the dis- trict attorney. False, Says Becker's Lawyer. “Since the charges are false, since this defendant has been tried before and since the court of appeals has the of said he has not had a fair trial these charges should be called to your at- tention on the eve of the second trial for proper action.” “I cannot see,” replied, Justice Sea- bury, “that the decision of the court of appeals has any reference at all to the subject matter of your re- quest.” Mr. Manton insisted that Mr. Whit- man must have authorized the state- ment attributed to him. “I cannot assume,” said the court, “that the district attorney has -made a statement to the public press which is ‘not true, and in the absence of any such proof I certainly .should not indulge in any such assumption.” Mr. Manton protested that the pub- lic was likely to be unfairly influ- enced by such statements or publica- tions. Justice Seabury then told the lawyer to file affidavits. Mr. Manton on leaving the court room said that he meant to take the matter to Governor Glynn. “The prosecution,” he said, “is trying to create the impression that we are not ready for trial. As a matter of Time is, 266 ARCH STREET, UNION LAUNDRY TALKS, NO. 4. ‘THIS EMBLEM YOUR GUARANTEE “Our Way--Spring Housecleaning Time” H‘l:]f thte W(lm'y and tl‘o(l:lbl(! of Housecleaning oW to clean. your Carpets and have th Lace Curtains “spick and span.” s The solution is easy—Just ring up and have our , wagon call. We have the largest carpet cleaning depart- 5 2 ment in the c.ity and do the best work. ’ are our specialty. We have a trained corps of workers : in this department, who ‘turn. out “That Guaranteed Work” that other laundries cannot duplicate, Qur wagons go everywhere, UNION LAUNDRY NEW BRITAIN, CONN. IS Lace Curtains ’Phone 904. {jury or use him as a witness before i Wednesday morning. fact Mr. Whitman is not ready, and I do not believe he will be ready on May 6 next. Furthermore, the dis- trict -attorney has intimated that we will use Sam Schepps as a witness. That also is not true. .Becker will be acquitted at the next trial and he will be free before Decoration day that he may decorate the graves of his baby, his mothér and his mother- in-law.” Becker -May Not Go on Stand. Asked if Becker would take the witness stand he said that such course depended entirely on the evi- dence presented by the distric attor- ney. “If the same evidence,” he said, *is presented we will not put him on the witness stand because the court of appeals made it clear they regarded the chief witnesses as liars.” District Attorney Whitman had an- other talk yesterday with William E. Burwell, one of the two men who committed perjury in the attempt io save the four gunmen from execu- tion for the murder of Herman Rosenthal. | Burwell seemed eager to add to his confession, Although the man is being closely watched he has not been placed under arrest. The dis- trict attorney is undecided whether he will prosecute the man for per- a the grand jury with the idea of going deeper into the working of the alleged “perjury factory” that is said to have grown up with the efforts to free the gunmen and acquit Becker. Mr. Whitman considers the situa- tion delicate because he does not wisi to take any steps that might be r garded as prejudicing Becker's cas There is no doubt, however, that he is | quietly investigating the story told | by Burwell, who says he was paid to give the perjured testimony. The district attorney's office is ready for the trial of Becker and the case will surely be called on next You Should Secure Quarters at The Hotel Washington Corner Lafayette and Washington Sts, European Plan. Best rooms in New England. Its home-like, cheerful and has a com- fortable atrhosphere. Single rooms with use of bath, $1.00 per day and up. Special rates by the week. JRegular Dinner 25c, from 11:30 to Commander of Marines; Aeroplane for Scouting i EROPLANE - 2~ Vera Cruz, April 29.—Colonel Frank Moses, commander of the marines which drove the Mexican army out of, this city, has proceeded twenty miles westward along the Mexican Central railway to protect the tracks. Every effort is being made to keep | the road open to Mexico City. All S near Vera Cruz have been Aeroplanes are being ac- preserved. tively used in scouting operations, and they have enabled the United States officers to know at all times the loca- tion of hostile forces within fifty miles of the city. By special arrangement with an insurance company we are able offer the following_ new piano of the same style and putting out a large number of Player Plano we will give two particulars of standard 88-note by hand P. NELSON Club Sale—$93.75 on one the Power of numbers that Wm. L. B. Barker, Vice-Pres. and Manager. H.'L Dyer, Sec. ““ CITY ADVERTISEMENT, NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS, Attention is called to the law cerning the registration of d shown by the posters issued by | Selectmen of Newy Britain, 1 The time for registration r Friday, May 1, 1914, and failure register on or before that date m that owners of dogs will have to a fine of One Dollar ($1.00) in ad tion to the regular fee. The Town Clerk's Office will open Monday and Saturday eveni to receive dog fees, in addition to regular hours, 4 Dated at New Britain this 20t day of April, 1914. ALFRED L. THOMPSON, Town Clerk. To the Board of County Commi ers for Hartford county. b I Hereby Apply for a License to Spirituous and Intoxicating Ldq Ale, Lager Beér, Rhine Wine, Cider at 117 Hartford Avenue, Tow of New Britain. My place of busines is not located within two hundi feet (is located Wwithin 160 feet fi Post Office) in a direct line from Church Edifice or Public or chial School, or the premises p ing thereto, or any public library cemetery. Dated at New Britain, this '13th of April, A, D, 1914, ALBERT B. VOLZ, Applicant, We, the Undersigned, are y and taxpayers, owning real estate, the Town of New Britain, and sign and endorsa the foregoing plication of Albert B. Volz for a cense, and hereby certify that applicant is a suitable person to licensed pursuant to said application. Dated at New Britain, this 13th of April, A, D, 1914, FREDERICK ENGEL CHRISTIAN BINHEIMER, JOHN J. RAMSEY, MICHAEL M'GINNIS, 1 o { WM. ¥. LON 1 Hereby Certity that the named signers and endorsers electors and taxpayers, ownin estate, in the Town of New Dated at New Britain, this 1 1 of April, A. D. 1914, : ALFRED L l