New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 26, 1920, Page 1

=== |NEW BRITAIN HERAL - ESTABLISHED 1870. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1920. —SIXTEEN PAGES. POLICE DECLARE RENALDINI STAGED TRAGEDY TO LOOK LIKE MURDER AND THEN FIRED B Explain Victim Was Fi- nacially Hard Pressed, Faced Arrest And Made Shooting Look Like ici Make Sure Am Wife Would Get $10,000 - Insurance DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE. s Police, abandon murder theo- ry. Claim Renaldini stole from Mancint. Owed money to Totire. Faced criminal prosccution. Planned suicide to look like murder. & Had $10,000 life insurance, But: No explanation s made of how hands could be calmly resting in lap after having fired tatal shot into right car. Or how head was drawn away back in very unnatural posi- don. Or who ripped lapel, pockets and other sections of man’s clothes. Or reasonableness of victim tylng gag so tightly about own face. Driven to desperation by the un- coasing offorts of numerous creditors 10 foree him to make good conaider- able and unable to do so, Fng Renaldini, sent a bullet crashing | injo his brain yesterday morning, ending his days of worry by suicide. ‘Swueh is the mccepted theory of the [#tate and local poljce in the case of the beau hrummel Itahan whose life- less body was found at noon yester- day near the No. 4 reservoir in Farm- ington. That Renaldini was heavily Mdebted to his former employer, An- tonio Mancini, and the latter's broth- ersn-law, Joseph Totire, an Elm wtreet grocer, was told the local po- lice last night while both were being Interrogated in the police station. Just | how extensively Mancini is the loser | through the apparent dishonesty of | his former employe, the Franklin ptreet macaroni maker was unable to say today, but from what he has Jearned so far, the sum will probably Rotal between $5,000 and $10,000. Police Sure It Is Suicide. That the dead man carefully planned the sulcide with every de- gatl that would lead to the belief that | be had met with foul play, the police Authorities are satisfied. The revol- «ver_with which thé act was commit- ted, was.purchased by the deceased on October 14, in a Main street hard- ware store. The bullet which ended the man's life fitted an empty cham- ber In the gun held In his hand when the body was found. Insurcd for $10,000. ‘While those who first saw the body miter the loca satisfled themselves that the affair was & murder, due to the gag.in the mouth of the dead man, the scattered money & short distance away and the torn condition of the clothes, the po- Jice advance the theory that Mint did all this himself in his prepa- ration for suicide, in order that the murder theory would be accepted, and dbat the 310,000 Insurance money which he Is sald to have carried on | Nis Mfe, would be paid his child- widow without any litigation by the Ansurance companies. A policy for $2,000 was found on the body, and Iast night a very intimate friend of the sulcide sald that only a few days wgo Renaldini took out an additional $8,000 policy. Mancini Tells of Theft. During the interrogation of Mancini mnd Totire at the police station last night, the financial difficulties, as far ns these two men are concerned, were prought out. Renaldini was a trusted mmploye of Mancini, and every confi- dence that could be bestowed by an pmployer onan employe was invest- edin Renaldinl by Mancinl. About 15 days ago Renaldini absented him- polf from his work, and as the time went on, Mancinl began to look up Bis business standing with the patrons of his firm with whom the dead man eame In contact. One of the first patrons visited by Mancini told him that only a short time ago he had pald the dead man a bill of $235. No yecord was ever made of a return to the firm. Becoming suspicious Man- eini conducted his Investigation and police were notified | Renal- | ULLET INTO HIS HEAD Renaldini, Who Detectives Now Say, Commitjed Suicide, and His Young Bride of Five Months dini, and Constable George A. Stark was looking for him to attach his super-six Hudson car when he learned of the tragedy. In connmection with the recent purchase of the new car with which Renalidn! cut such a’swath for several days, it was learned today that he turned {n another car to the 8. & F. Motor Sales corporation for which he was allowed $700 on the purchase of the new machine. It is sald he did not give any cash. More Financial Trouble. Totire, who is'n brother-inlaw ot Mancini, wds badly nipped by Re- naldini. According to his story to the lice, a note which he endorsed for Renaldini was coming due next week. It is believed that the dead man's financial condition was such that he would be unable to meet this obliga- tion. Totire also. told the police that a short time ago he was forced to pay $300 for a note he endorsed for the dead man. When asked how it was that he endorsed the second note for Renaldini, Totire said he belioved him to be a good fellow, and he liked him. Scout Booze Ring Theory. Rumors have been persistent abbut the city that Renaldini was connect- ed with a whiskey band whose efforts were to carry liquors into this state and city, and that a dispute arose between those connected with this nefarious traffic that led to the kill- ing. Sergeant A. J. Richardson said this morning that the dead man, in his opinion, did nmot have enough money to engage in this traffic, al- though there was a possibility that he may have worked for others. In a local garage where Renaldini kept his car he is purported to have said at various times that if things broke right for him he would be well off. Leaves Good-bye Message. The finding of a note on the floor | of the auto yesterday, and which has since been identified as being in the handwriting of the dead man, indi- | cates that he had carefully planned his end. The note, written on a plece | of common pad paper and translated | from Italian to English, reads as | tollows: 76 Franklin street, Man- | eini knows that I have $2,000. They | have assassinated me, and made mo | suffer, suffer, suffer. Laila, good-bye.” \ Made Death Plans Carefully. Detective Sergeant Richardson who worked on the case with the state | police until about midnight, said to- day that in his opinion Renaldini | tore his own clothes, threw his money in the woods, and tied the gag about his own mouth before pulling the trigger, In order that the theory of | murder would be accepted. The young wife of the suicide told the police that her husband had said on leaving the house that he was going to Farmington to collect some money. This is gecepted as a yarn to allay suspicion that he contem- plated ending his life. Renaldini evi- dently learned that his creditors were rapldly closing in on him, the po- lice say, and was driven to suicide by the knowledge that with his acts discovered he would have to face criminal actian. He was the sort of fellow that had for years enjoyed himself, and the thought that he might be incarcerated in prison, is believed to have caused him to end his life. Autopsy is Performed, The state police were notified wis 0 engaged yesterday when the news of the death of his formor em- ploye reached his ears, Law Sult Was Pending, early yesterday afternoon of the find- ing of the body. and Chief Thomas F. Esan detailed State Policemen Arthur Pinnell, Thomas A. Mitchell, . medical authorities of Farmington, it was moved to the undertaking rooms of Larat and company where the autopsy was perform&d last night by Dr. Philip D. Bunce of Hartford. The autopsy disclosed that but one bullet ended Renaldini's life. Dr. Bunce, in the autopsy, found powder burns in the inside of the| ear, also about the right side of the head. This strengthened the belief that the deah was due to sulcide. Opinions Differ. Opinions concerning the death of Renaldini have been rife in the city, many choosing to dilverge from the theory of suicide because of the at- titude in which the body was found. There has been no formal expression of opinion from the coroner but he is said to belleve in the suicide | theowy. The ruse of saving his life insurance money by the means said to be adopted, and the fact that he owed considerable money, makes the suicide idea tenable. Nevertheless it | is only by a freak that the arms dropped into the lap instead of to the side, straight down, and that the head was stretched back, instead of slumped forward. His position was most unusual, to say the least, for a suicide. In addition the gun ad- | mittedly his wn, had been fired three times and but one bullet took effect, it being fired at so close a range as to burn his ear. The funeral will be held Thursday morning at 9 o'clock from St. Mdry's | | church and interment will be in St. | Mary's cemetery. 'MASS IS SUNG HERE TODAY FOR M’SWINEYi | Services At St. Joseph’s For { Repose of Hunger Striker’s Soul. At St. Joseph’s church this morning | at 7 o'clock a requiem mass was sung by Rev. Patrick Daly, pastor, for the repose of the soul of Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney, who died yester- day at Brixton prison following a 73 day hunger strike, The Sisters of ! Mercy who teach in St. Joseph's parochial school received holy com- | munion. The pastor has planned for a re- | quiem high mass to be sung next| Monday morning at the church for | the repose of the soul of the deceased, at which the parishioners will be in attendance Announcement of the time of the mass wil be made Sunday morning at all the masses. Although no announcement to that effect has been made as yet, it is probable that other Catholic churches will take similar action. Kelly Tire and Rubber { Attached For $50,000 New Haven, Oct. 26.—Announce- | ment was made here today that E. Raymond Thorsby, its former secre- tary, had placed an attachment of $50,000 on the assets of the Kelly Tire and Rubber Corp.. whickh suc- | brink of def | Chafree aged 8, | a machine driven by Mott for the IRELAND SENDING REPRESENTATIVES T0 ATTEND MAC SWINEY FUNERAL THURSDAY Father O’Meara of St. George’s Cathedral brate Mass—Absolution Bishop Gotter—50 Irish Volunteers Will Form Bodyguard. . London, Oct. 26.—Inquiries which have been made of members of the family on behalf of the government regarding the arrangements for the funeral of Lord Mayor MacSwiney of Cork, have been interpreted by Father Dominic, the late lord mayor's pri- vate chaplain, as an indication that there will be no interference with the family's plans and that the body will be turned, over to them immediately after the inquest. This, the home office states, will be held Wednesday morning. Pending the inquest the details of the arrangements for the funeral and the route to be taken in removing the bady to Cork have been left unde- termined, The body is still in the Brixton prigon, clothed in a coarse brown Fran#iscan habit. It is reported from Dublin that all the members of the Dail Eireann, or Irish republican parliament intend to come to London for the absequies here. It is also stated that a body guard of 50 Irish volunteers will at- tend the funeral party throughout the Journey. A deputation of 21 members of the corporation of Cork headed by Deputy Mayor O'Callaghan, arrived this morn- ing to attend the London services and accompany the funeral party to Cork, Will Cele- By Archbishop Mannix and Ten members of the Cork harbor board also are here, together with many persons prominent in the civic and commercial life of Cork and other Irish cities. : /The members of the late lord mayor’s family were continuing today their vigil over the body. This noon Irish self-determination league announced it had received defi- nite word that the inquest would be held in Brixton prison at 11:30 a. m. Wednesday. It is expected the body will be placed in state at St. George’s cathedral, before 6 p. m. Wednesday and will remain there until Thursday morning. A body guard, which will De relieved each three hours will be Pposted' about the catafalqua. Solemn requiem mass will be sung at the St. George's cathedral at 11:00 a. m. Thursday, the celebrant being Father O'Meara, the administrator of that cathedral. Absolution will be ®iven by Archbishop Mannix, the Aus- tralian prelate, and Bishop Gotter of Portsmouth. The funeral party will proceed from the cathedral to Euston station at 2 P. m., contingents from all the Irish societies from London and representa- tives from Irish civil and commercial bodies marching in the processon. COX, PREDICTING SUCCESS, DECLINES TO AMPLIFY RESERVATIONS PROMISE GAMPAIGN OF LIES, IS GOX CHARGE T0 G 0. P. Urges Redoubled Efforts of Republican, Defeat. Trenton, N. J., Oct. 26.—Demo- cratic state Chairman Charles F. Mac Donald received the following telegram from Governor Cox.: “The ground swell far the and the democratic ticket is about to overwhelm the republicans. The most reprehensible and untruthful cam- paign in political history is at the at. Now your effort, has redouble if such great | efforts as you have made can be re- | doubled. Let us make overwhelming the effort which you have put forth in behalf of a cause greater than any personality of mine, but I must al- ways feel under a personal debt to you for what you have done in my name.” CAPITAL INCREASED New Britain National Bank Stock- holders, Voted to Enlarge Present Capital. At a special meetWg of the share- holders of the New Britain National bank at 11 o'clock this morning it was voted to increase the present capital of the bank from $310,000 to §500,000 and the number of shares approximately. The increase was considered necessary by the stockholders by the reason of the constantly growing business and larger deposits. The new capital will be the largest of any bank in Hart- ford County, outside of the ones in Hartford. The capital surplus and underwriters’ profits will amount to about $950,000. Y. W. H. A. Elects Staff Of Officers For Year Although its drive for new members has not ended. the Y. W. F. A. met last night and elected the following officers as well as formulating plans for the year: President, Marion Brown; vice president, Minnie Clark: secretary, Molly Gillman; financial secretary, Pauline Bersoff; and treas- urer, Louise Berman. At Meeting This Morning AUTOISTS RESPONSIBLE. New Haven, Oct. 26.—Coroner Mix today held Leroy W. Mott of 34 Bird street, Medford Mass, criminally re- sponsible for the death of Elmer A. at Derby struck by owner J. D. Whittaker of Boston. 28 PEOPLE RESCUED New Rochelle, N. Y., Oct. 26— Twenty eight persons were rescued by firemen when #he Palace hotel was damaged by fire here early today. The loss was placed at $60,000. [P ——— | WEATHER. —— Hartford, Conn., Oct. 26.— Forecast for New Britain and probably tonigh! | | | | ! league | is the time to! Winds Up West Virginia Campaign After Declar- ing Willingness to Accept Any Treaty Provisions Suggested. ¥ { Kenova, W. Va., Oct. 26.—Governor Cox closed his West Virginia cam- paign here today with another appeal for the league of nations and a state- { ment that the churches, labor and | Women were together in the move- { ment, which he said, was sweeping the country. A year ago former President Taft, the governor said, prophesied his | present view of the situation, e B to pay Judge Taft a said. ‘““He has the gift of prophecy. Speaking just about a year ago in West Virginia, he said that labor would endorse the league of nations because of its labor pro- visions; that the churches would en- dorse it because it is right; and then when the women were given the vote they would be all for it because of their abhorence for war; and in the last week it is perfectly apparent that Judge Taft correctly visualized the future. . § “From pulpit comes the same fervor. the than the and congregation story of religious No ciass has been reading * league more industriously labor. 1 found miners in mountains of this state (Continued on Page Fourteen) . DEMPSEY TO FIGHT Champion ‘Wil Fight French Champion, Carpentier, Early in 1921—Details Left Till Later. New York, Oct. 26.—Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier were matched here this afternoon for a fight for the heavyweight championship of the world. The contract will be formally signed tomorrow. Under the terms of the contract as agreed upon today the pugilists will meet sometime between February 1 and July 1, 1921. The conditions stipulate a' bout between 16 and 15 rounds for a record purse and a per- centage of the moving picture re- ceipts. Linotype Operator Sets New World Speed Record Salt Lake City, Oct. 26.—Elder De- witt, linotype operator on the Tri- bune, one Sunday night established what is said to be the world's record for linotype composition, setting 82,- 500 ems in six hours and 35 minutes, an average of 12,540 ems an hour. The setting was in straight away com- position and not in competition. American An em ig a printing term, designat- ing a measurement. For instance, a column in this newspaper is 13 ems Iwide. Ed. Russia-Poland Treaty Is Reported Signed ' London, Oect. 26.—Ratification of the preliminary peace treaty between ‘ Poland and Bolshevik Russia was vot- ed by the all-Russian soviet yester- day, according to a wireless dispatch from Moscow. George Tchitcherin | bolshevik foreign minister, explained | quiry. l | PRICE THREE | VOTE FOR DEBS AND WRE. POWER FROM CAPITALIS GROUP, SOCIALISTS AR {Lfifilm ASKS WILSO | T0 DISCHARGE POST War Veterans Protest Ac-, tions of Assistant Sec- retary of Labor. Washington, Oct. 26.—Formal dis- missal from office of Louis F. Post, assistant secretary of labor, was sub- mitted to President Wilson today by a committee of the American Legion. | Legion in demanded Representatives of the the Pacific Coast states last May an investigation of Mr. Post's | official conduct with reference to the deportation of aliens and the national commander of the Legion appointed a committee of three to make the in- This committee recommended Mr. Post’s dismissal. An announcement by the Legion committee today said the special com- mittee’s report reviewed the entire matter of deportations and stated that the labor department cancelled from January 1 to June 15, 1920, 2,115 deportation warrants, ordered depor- tation in 530 cases and deferred 60 cases. “Its main contention against Mr. Post,” said the announcement, is that 42 of the aliens ordered deported, were actually deported but that at that point, Mr. Post took charge of the matter and the deportations ceased.” BRISTOL FACTORY CLOSES N. L. Birge Sons Co., Makers of Knit Underwear, Shuts Down for Indefi- nite Period. Bristol, Conn., Oct. 26.—The N L. Birge Sons Co. makers of knit under- wear, today posted notices that be- ginning tomorrow the plant would be shut down indefinitely owing to the conditions in the textile industry. Two weeks ago the factory went on a,three days a week basis. Three hundred persons are employed. UPSON-HANNIGAN Engagement of Former Docal Man, Now Officer in Army, to California Woman, Announced. The engagement of Lieutenant E. Y. Upson, who is stationed at a hos- pital base in the Hawaiian Islands, and Mrs. Gertrude Renton Hannigan, of Redwood City, California, has been announced. Lieutenant Upson expeots to get a leave of absence soon, and' the wedding will take place the latter part of the year. Lieutenant Upson is the son K of Lawyer and Mrs. A. W. Upson\ot Shuttle Meadow avenue. He is a grad- uate of the Niew Britain High school. He studied at the Massachusetts Agri- cultural school after which he en- tered the Naval Military school at Washington, D. C. At the time of the armistice he held the rank of cap- tain in the infantry. Italian Ministers Meet To Talk of Adriatic Rome, Oct. 25.—An important council of ministers was held today under the chairmanship of Premier Giolitti. It was decided to resume ne- gotiations with the Jugo-Slavs con- cerning the Adriatic problem and to bring them to a conclusion in one way or the other before the reopening of parliament which is fixed for Novem- ber 10. \ Only One-Half of Tax Lists Are Handed in Although there is but one week more for the filing of lists of taxable properties with the board Of usses- sors, Chairman August Burkhardt has anacunced that but 50 per cent. of the lists have been handed in. A 10 per cent. delinquency charge is provided for by law for those who fail to report taxable properties by November 1. BELGIANS WIN AERO. New York, Oct. 26.—Officials of the Aero Club of America today conced- ed that the Gordon Bennectt interna- tional trophy. for free. balloons had been won by the Belgian entry *Bel- gica,” piloted by two Belgian army officers, Lieut. De Muyter and La- brousse. The Belgians covered about 1100 miles between Birmingham and Lake Champlain, where they landed yesterday at North Hero Island. DISCUSS SETTLEMENT. London, Oct. (By Associated Press) —Formal negotiations between the government and the executive of- ticers of the miners’ federation in an effort to settle the coal strike were reopened this morning indicating that the informal discussions which had been in progress sinée Sunday had proved satisfactory in some measure at least. THRONE TO PAUL. Athens, Oct. 26.—The throne of Pre-Election F Both Republs Democrats Financial Olig ARRAIGNS BOT POLITICAL Sees in Any tract of Imperi ers to Protect B in War. ; X Chicago, Oct. 26.—Th ecutive committee of party issued a final ap day urging socialist su sympathizers to vote fa Debs and Seymour S nees for president and( | respectively. It says: “The drift from thel capitalism has been by our opponents. I all signs indicated & for the socialist pacty “The old two party b er is crumbling. The these two party organ | ruling classes is almo the dissolution of the ocratic parties in the noj eight years before the'| Lincoln to the presids \ Financial Olig: ““The servility of the democratic parties to: and capitalistic oligarch ious as the servility of Democrat parties to slave ownebs and slave |decunmg days of ‘sla ord of domestic equals their record ‘o quest overseas. If > the mailed fist in Halth mingo is a shocking overthrow of the military rule in the inte erican bankers, it shoul gotten that all this has out any protest from bers of congress. “It should not be the military heels that, pirations of the peoples™ republics merely follow, set by the republican: quest of Hawaii and American impenialis half dozen little Bel® possessed by forme®¥ class. Against Any . ““While ~French jrili the perpetual enslavws masses of central 00| Cox’s league or Harp is realized, it mean; the imperialistic po their booty taken in P their peoples oversensm tary boots of impero trators. It means on * world the crushing o dependence and annex the United States fof ploitation by a handful oil and mining investors. t means a monstrou reaction at home with i crushing of free disc independent press and pation of power in beh ant imperialism. It mx age of our youth as con in protecting the dollars" overseas. I3 “Against this dark shines one beacon of hope, dous socialist vote. It the awakened masses to for their own welfare.” Standish Descend . Buried in East Orange, N. J., q body of John R. Paddo descendant of Miles 8 taken taday to Cheshire,) burial in the ol New Engi tery of his family. Mr. Saturday at his home herf author and a former pud Physics at_Stevens Instii nology, Hoboken. He from Yale university. 30 YEARS IN PR New Haven, Oct. 26.—Ji lucci, found guilty after saulting and robbing a may taurant here in August, was to 30 years today. He had b guilty previously of robber Mirano, his partner, was one to three years. Washington, Oct. can citizens have been kilk Tampico oil fields*dispatch the state department said icans are Arthu L. Mosley tave E. Salier (or Saller). * CAPT. BRAND 1 New JLondon Oy