New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 22, 1922, Page 1

STORRS DE CLARES CONN. CO ISN’T MAKING ENOUGH NOW TO WARRANT LOWERED FARE Two Proposals For Set- tling Trolley Rate Dis- pute In Bridgeport Argued Before P. U. Commission Figures Introduced Show Material Gain Since Jit- ney Has Been Curtailed. Bridgeport, March 22—Two pro- posals for settling the trolley fare is- sue in Bridgeport were argued before the public utilities commission in ses- sion at the City hgll here today Mayeor Fred Atwater and members of the mayor's transportation committee asked that the present radical five cent fare system be continued with the benefits of a reduction through the token system being allowed for riders in communities on the outskirts of Bridgeport. Judge Carle Foster appearing for various business organizations in RBridgeport, Fairfield and Stratford asked for a unit five cent fare within the limits that were established for the ten cent fare, with a two cent transfer. Figures Are Offered. Kigures made public by Chairman Richart T. Higgins of the public utili- ties commission at the opening of the hearing, show that the operating in- come of the Bridgeport division for the period of the five cent fare test from November 20 to Kebruary 28, after the payment of taxes, amounted to $12,485.50. It was also shown that the company on a five cent fare dur- ing the months of December, Jan- uary and ¥ebruary 1921-22, had ah operating income of $20,489 as against a deficit of $37,925 for the same months of 1920-21, when the ten cent fare was in effect. While the deficit was piling up, the trolley company faced unregulated jitney competition and for the three months which showed a surplus on a five cent fare Jitneys were regulated. Not Farning Enough President Lucius S. Storrs in pre- senting the case for the Connecticut Co. stated that the company ‘“was not earning enough to function in civie growth and civic necessity” and claimed that a comparison of revenues under the five cent fare with revenues last year meant nothing because jit- ney competition had been reduced in the meantime. “Until the time comes when the transportation corporation can be delegated for the sole med- fum of transportation, the community must suffer through higher fares" he said. The city council when the hedring opened. Lucins Storrs, Manager J. B. Potter of Bridgeport, Assistant Controller Thomas J. McGreevy and other of- ficials of the Connecticut Co. were present. OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR HELD IN BRIBE GASE Former Bank Commissioner Also Mentioned by Grand Jury as Recipient chamber was filled President Okmulgee, Okla.,, March 22 (By As- sociated Press)—Governor J. B. A. Robertson of Oklahoma and Fred G. Dennis, former state banking commis- sioner were named as recipients of a $25,000 bribe to deposit $150,000 in state funds in the Guaranty State bank of this city and allow the bank to continue to operate while in an in- solvent condition in an indictment re- turned by the district court grand jury against John P. Cook, former president of the bank and John H. Rebold vice-president. The bill was made public shortly after noon today after Cook anfl Rebold had been ar- rested. MERIDEN LAWYER ACGUSED Attorney Morris M. Wilder to be Tried Next Week on Charges of Usury— Bonds Fixed at $500. Meriden, March 22.—Attorney Mor- ris M. Wilder was arraigned in the police court today on charges of usury based on alleged loans of sums to local persons at illegal interest rates. Mr. Wilder was arrested last night by State Policeman Cone and was released in bonds of $2,000 furnished by ex-Mayor Daniel J. Donovan. Wilder asked for a week's continu- ance of the hearing in order to pre- pare his case, which was granted and he urged a reduction of the bond in- asmuch as only $05 was involved in the complaint. It was reduced to $500. HAS MILLION VOTERS Chicago, March 22.—The registered voting populatiun of Chicago pussed the one million mark yesterday the final day of re befere the primary election il 1 the total ii- cluding n:en and wonien being 1. 037, ¢ SLOGAN 15 ADOPTED FOR COMMUNITY DRIVE “8 In 1 For $40,000"— Displays in Store Windows “Eight in one for forty thousand,” has been adopted as the officlal slo- gan for the United Community drive next week, according to an announce- ment made by Director T.eon A, Sprague today. The slogan means the eight organizations included in the United Community corporation and the amount desired is $40,000. In order to indicate the progress of the drive, it has been planned to put a large banner across West Main street, running from the monument in Center square to the top of city hall, The banner will contain the slogan and other wording as follows: “8 in 1 for $40,000; Give your share this week in the community drive.” In another portion of the banner will be the wording, "Today's total,” and the daily results will be placed there after noon every day. The ban- ner will be of waterproof canvass and will measure 12 feet in length and four feet wide. Special exhibits representing cach of the organizations in the drive will be placed in windows of local busi- ness, firms during the week. These \"Xhlh“‘l will be for the purpose of conveying the particular object of the organization. One of the large windows of the Connecticut Light and Power com- pany will be used by the Boys' club. This exhibit will consist of various projects by means of which the Boys' club is training juveniles into better citizenship. The Tuberculosis Relief association will have its exhibit in the window of Crowell’s Drug store. The Boy Scouts will occupy the large window of the “A. A. Mills store, while the Girl Scouts will ocenpy Monier's win- dow. The Visiting Nurses' have arrang- ed for two windows, one in the Erick- son and Carlson store and the other in Dickinson’s Drug store. The Day Nurgery will occupy one of the large display windows of the B. C. Porter Sons store, and the Welfare Or- ganization will demonstrate its work in the New Britain Gas company's windows. The City Mission exhibit will be in the windows of the Abbe Hardware company. T0 REPORT NAY NAYY BILL Agrees on Authorizing Enlisted Strength House Naval Committee of Navy at 80,000. Washington, March 22.-——The house naval committee agreed to report a bill fixing the maximum authorized enlisted strength of the navy at 80,- 000 plus 6,000 apprentices, or 10,000 less than the number Secretary Denby declared was needed to operate the treaty fleet. The bill provides that not more than 200 members of each graduating class at the naval academy shall be commissioned this year, in 1923 and 1924, There are 541 members of the first class at the academy to be gradu- ated in June. Strikers Confine Efforts to Throwing Stones—Some Shooting—No Strike Or- dered in Lawrence, Mc- Mahon Says. March 22.--Workers in some of the mills affected by the strike were attacked by strike sym- pathizers in the Fairlawn districts to- day on their arrival in electric cars from Providence. The police say stones were thrown and revolvers fired and that about 35 workers were forced to flee. So far as the police have learned no person ‘was injured. Pawtucket, No Strike Order Yet. Providence, March 22.—President Thomas I°. McMahon of the united textile workers of America announced this morning his organization would leave with the employes themselves the question of whether or not there should be strikes in the mills at Law- rence which have announced wage cuts. A mass meeting of the workers at the mills affected will be held to- morrow night, Mr. McMahon said. Suggests Recess, Providence, March 22.—George H. Webb, chairmah of the state board of labor which appointed the hoard of mediation and counciliation that Ras been trying vainly for several weeks to settle the textile strike in Rhode Island said today that he believed %ie latter . body should recess tomorrow until such time as its services are sought by both sides of the contro- |at 11 a. LEAI]ERS B(INFIBENT OF TREATY PASSAGE Senator LaFollette Leads OF At- tack on Four Power Pact FINAL YOTE ON FRIDAY House Rules Committee Today Ap- ‘Will Permit To- proves Mcasure Which Consideration Of Bonus Bill morrow, ‘Washington, March 22.—A flood of prepared speeches for and against the four power treaty was loosed in the senate today as the period of unlim- ited debate came to an end under the unanimous consent agreement which will bring a final ratification vote Friday. The four power arrangement was assailed by Senator La Follette as a scheme of Great Britain and Japan to secure cooperation and protection of the United States “in their further schemes of exploitation and imperial- ism."” Sure Of Passage Confidence that the four power Pa- cific treaty would be ratified by the senate was expressed today by Sena- tor Underwood, democratic leader on leaving the White House after a con- ference with President Harding. Senator Underwood also expressed the opinion that the reservation to the treaty as reported by the foreign re- lations committee would be adopted. Senator Lenroot, republican, Wis- consin, also talked over the treaty situation with the president today and expressed confidence afterward that ratification was certain. Bonus Up Tomorrow A resolution making tomorrow a special suspension day in the house 80 as to consider the soldiers bonus bill under a suspension of the rules was approved today by the rules com- mittee without a normal record vote. Chairman Campbell of the rules committee said the house would meet m,, an hour earlier than us- ual and that there would be an hour’s debate on the resolution before the bonus bill was reached. Only a majority vote would be necessary for adoption of the resolu- tion which provides for four hours debate on the bill. WON'T SUPPORT FAMILY Wife of Anthor, Edgar Lee Mastérs, says He Earns $12,000 Yearly—Or- y dered By Court to Aid. Chicago, Marech 22-—Poetry, penned years ago by Edgar l.ee Masters, au- thor of “Spoon River Anthology,” was cited as the basis for court action here wherein Mrs. Helen Jenkins Masters was granted a decree of sep- arate maintenance by Judge Ira Ray- nor, it became known today. Mrs. Masters told the judge that the poet deserted her March 1, 1919, and has refused to support her and their two daughters. She said that while he was traveling in Egypt and Europe, collecting material for his writings, she was compelled to open a boarding house, in order to make a livelihood and educate their children. Mr. Masters’ yearly income was more than $12,000 according to Mrs. Masters. Mrs. Masters 1n addition to being granted the decree of separate main- tenance with an income of $300 monthly, was awarded $2,000 back versy to assist in adjusting the ques- tions at issuc. alimony. Workers in Pawtucket Mtlls are Attacked But No One Is Injured HOTEL MAN DIES Lee Smith of Lockhaven, P&m., For- merly a Resident of Bridgeport— Prominent Mason. Lockhaven, Pa., March 22.—Lee Smith, died suddenly of heart trouble last night at the Hotel Fallon of which he was proprietor. ~He Hhad had hotel interests at Bridgeport, Conn., and Narragansett Pier, R. L. South Norwalk, March 22.--Andrew Lee Smith, who is survived by & widow, is a prominent Mason, in Con- necticut, belonging to Pyramid Tem- ple, the Royal Arch Masons, the Knights Templars and the Milford lodge. School Officers Seek Girls in Bridgeport Bridgeport, March 22.—Officers of the Connecticut Industrial school for girls at Middletown are in this city today searching for Gertrude Kline and I°rances Gattrich, who escaped from the institution Sunday night. The Kline girl's mother lives here while the home of the Gattrich girl is in Ansonia. CHURCH IS THREATE D Beaumont, Tex., March 22.—Notices have been posted on the doors of the Blessed Saucrament Catholic church for ‘negroes threatening to dynamite the church and to tar and feather the pastor the Rev, A, A. Laplante. Sherift T. H. Garner and Mayor B. A. Stein- hagen have received a conmnunication of protest signed by more than a tdozen citizens, | Plaintiff Fails to Prove De- fendant’s Alleged Breach of Duty Resulted Winkle’s Death. in The $25,000 damage sult against Klemens Kalkowski of this city by Mrs. Ada Winkle for the death of her husband, Louis Winkle, was thrown out of the superior court today by Judge Maltbie granting a motion for non-suit and taking the case from the jury. Failure of Proof Judge Maltbie said in substance the suit was an action for injuries result- ing In death and the plaintiff must prove that breach of duty by the de- fendant did result in death. There had been a fallure of such proof the judge said. The death certificate and the physi- clans said that Winkle's death Sep- tember 17, 1921, was caused by a fractured skull and Kalkowski's so- called confesslon—on which the suit against him was based—was to the effect that Winkle fell down the stairs from Kalkowski's saloon to the cel- lar, that Kalkowski found him there and with Mike Nich carried him to another room in the cellar and laid him on some bags thinking the man was drunk and would sleep off his condition and recover from his injuries About 9 o'clock at night Kalkowski found the man “still breathing easy" and thinking the fresh air would do him good carried him out and laid him in the grass in the rear yard. Winkle was found there dead the next morning. Has Not Been Prosecuted Kalkowskli's statement made to the New Britain police September 26, re- sulted in his being bound over to the inal court on a charge of man- slaughter, but State’s Attorney Alcorn has not seen fit"to present the man to court on that charge. North & Judd Votes Its Regular Dividend At their board meeting today, the directors of North & Judd Manufac- turing company declared the regular quarterly dividend of three per cent payable on March 31 to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 25. PADEREWSKI RECOVERING Paso Robles, Cal, March 22.—Ig- nace Paderewski, world famed pianist and former Polish premier, hag rallied from & severe aitack of infiuenza, it $25,000 SUIT AGAINST KALKOWSKI IS DISMISSED BY JUDGE MALTBIE December term of the superior crim- |- PARKER AND DOLAN I CONTEST FOR COUNCIL Former in Third and Latter In First Ward—22 Candidates Out As the time for final preparation for the spring primaries draws nearer the crop of candidates seeking nom- ination and election to the council from the various wards increases, To- day two new political aspirants ap- peared on the council horizon, com- ing from the first and third wards. Clesson W. Parker of 1056 Vine street, is circulating a petition for his | nomination to the common council from the third ward. ‘“Keck” Park- er, as he is generally known about the city is the son of ex-councilman Clay- ton A. Parker. Although this is Mr. Parker's first political venture, his friends feel that he {8 admirably well qualified to rep- resent his ward in the council. Mr. Parker is a graduate of the lo- cal high school where he was one of the best football quarterbacks in the school's history. He is also a gradu- ate of Middlebury college. During the war Parker was com- missioned a second lieutenant. He is employed at the Parker Shirt com- nany. T the first ward, Harold K. Dolan has announced his candidacy. Mr. Dolan lives at 32 Monroe street, is a son of Sanitary Inspector John A.| Dolan, himself a former council and is employed in a cleri- ion at the office of the P. & Corbin division of the American Hardware corporation. Others who have announced their candidacies are: First ward—Councilman Henry W. Rice and lLawyer David L. Nair, for councilmen. Second ward—Alderman J. I° Gill, for alderman; ¥red Johnson and Wal- ter I‘alk, for councilmen. Third ward-—Clifford John D. Humphrey, Frank for councilmen. Tourth ward—Nathan | Thomas Dolan, John Mikalauskas, | George Molander, C. Adrian c.mson‘ for councilmen. | Tifth ward—Councilman Joseph | Miynarski, Car] Overstrom, for coun- | cilmen. Sixth ward--Councilmen M. T. Ker- win and T. Frank McCormick, for aidermen; B, V. pougherty, Hellberg, 1‘ Cadwell, Googel, | was announced today. Same Wages be ENGLAND MAY YET ENTER INTO FRAY May Have To Consider Placing Of Cordon Of Troops Between Belligerent Factions London, March, 22.—(By Associated Press)—The British government may have to consider whether it will be possible to draw a cordon of imperial troops between the warring elements on the Ulster frontier, Winston Churchill, the colonjal secretary stat- ed in the house of commons today. Belfadt, Mlarch (By Associated Press)—Desultory firing continued all day yesterday from the free state side of the border along the frontier of Counties Tyrone and Monaghan be- {ween Aughnacloy and Caledon, mostly from snipers located in houses inside the boundary line, according to reports from the border received here today. London, March 2 (By Associated Press)—The situation on the border between Ulster and southern Ireland is going from bad to worse and is such that some trifling incident may draw the rival forces into a conflict which will shatter all prospects of peace in Treland, says the Dublin correspondent of the Times. Belfast, March 22.—(By Associated Press)—There has been marked ac- tivity by the Ulster special constables in the Derry districts since yesterday. Along the Derry-Donegal horder they bave blocked a number of by-roads in some cases digging trenches across them. The specials are using shov- els, crowbars and wheelbarrows com- mandeered from the Derry corpora- tion’s street cleaning department. Denver, March A worthless check for $275 drawn on the defunct Denver State Bank and signed “0O. What Luck,” was accepted in Kansas City, Mo,, March 3, in payment for an automobile, passed through the Kan- sas City clearing house and was dis- covered to be worthless only yester- day when it reached Homer 8. Mc- Millan, executive officer of the credi- tors of the defunct bank. THE WEATHER —— Hartford, March 22.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight and Thurgday; colder tonight. Fire Commissioners to Recommend Lynch, Otto Schmarr for councilmen. Paid all Firemen Members Will Meet Tomor-| row Morning to Draft Re-i port Opposing Cut Salaries. in At a meeting of the board of fire commissioners tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, a report will be drafted | for presentation to the salary commit- | Stephen | Herald “Ads” Mean Better Business SOUTHMAIIVST MAN TELLS OF BEING IN RUM RUNNING BUSINESS WITH CIANFLONE EXPECT BATTLE OVER DEMOCRAT PRIMARIES Proposal to Change By- Laws Will Meet Opposi- tion, Is Report. At the democrat city convention to | be held March 31, a resolution will be introduced to suoplant the present | convention and caucus system with | direct primaries for the election of candidates for city and county of- ficers and for delegates to the county and state convention. A lively battle on the adoption of | the proposal is anticipated, The con- vention plan has many supporter. who are reported to be lining up op- | position to the resolution thut would put this system out of existence. Both democrat mayoralty andis dates, Messrs. Halloran and Paones iy are in favor of the primary system, Mr. Halloran has advocated the change for many years, while Mr. Paonessa has also been in favor of the primary plan for electing candi- dates to the city ticket. On the other band, the measure to amend the commit- tee's by-laws, assert that the conven- tion provides a pre-election stimulus which greatly benefits the party. Campaign speeches, speeches second- ing nominations and other addresses enliven the convention and invariably points are brought out that have been productive of votes, they claim. In accordance with rules, Lawyer David 1. Dunn, chairman of the dem- ocrat town committee, has been in- formed by mail of the proposed change. A copy of the communica- tion follows: Mr. David L. Dunn, Chairman, Democrat mittee. Dear Sir:— You are hereby opponents of Town Com- notitied that at the city convention to be held in the spring of 1922, the following resolu- ! tion will be introduced: Resolved: That the rules of the democratic party of the City of New Britain, Conn., in force since 1910, regarding the present method of elec- ticn for candidates in the city election, cundidatea for county officers and the election of delegates to the state con- vention, be amended so that the method of voting, beginning with the spring election of 1923, instead of bhe- ing the present method of conven- | tions and caucuses, become the direct primary method. Signed: STEPHEN A, J. M. O'BRIE MOTHERS ARE OPPOSED LYNCH, TO TEACHERS’ PAY CUT| Central Junior High School | Association Passes Resolutions The mothers of the Central Junior tee of the common council, in which it will be recommended that the pres- ent scale of wages in the department | be maintained. The meeting has been called by Chairman Emil Hjerpe to act on communication from the salary mittee. The board has been request- | ed to readjust its salary list to come within an amount 10 per cent. less | than the present item for personal| services, | Chairman Hjerpe came out public- | ly yesterday as opposed to reducing the pay of the fire fighters. He is| supported in his stand by Commis- sioners William Kranowitz and IFFred A. Parsons. Since they composed a majority of the board, it is assured | that no pay cuts will be recommend- ed. The fire board has fought con- sistently to maintain the present schedule of wages. When the salary committee recommended adjustments the commission replied that present conditions, without fhe two platoon plan, did not warrant cuts in pay. Agaln, when the board of finance and taxation lopped 10 per cent. off the salary items, the commission strenu- ously objected. The resignation of Lieut. Thomas Higgins will be acted upon. Lieut.| Higgins quit Saturday afternoon after | being paid off. WATER COSTS §14,700 Emil Wentz of New York Sells Well a| com- | Known Fluid Customers Who| Want Whiskey. | New York, March 22. Water causing Emil Wentz, 29 a lot of trouble | to has | been years old, He was acquitted yesterday of sell- ing 28 barrels of it to a former police- man who thought he was buying whiskey, but today James Bli of Dat- terson, N. J., told a story of a neat| little contalner filed with whiskey | and placed in a barrel in such a way that any prospective purchaser would | get a good taste of real whiskey and buy water, 11 asserted that Imil worked that stunt on him and caused his arrest on charge of selling 22 bar- rels of pure water for real liquor at a * price of $14,700. ling force, and [z e | rectly | Doolittle, | windshield High school held a special yesterday at the school and | mously passcd the following resolu tions: “Inasmuch as we, the mothers of children in New Britain pubiic schools, wish to maintain the present high standard of efficiency among our teachers and, inasmuch we unanimously agreed that to salaries at present would inevitably result in throwing out an alarmingly arge proportion of the present teach the consequent filling of these positions with teachers of an inferior type, be it resolved that we, the mothers, present to the Committee of New Britain {urgentiy requesting the committee to {maintain the present schedule of sal- arie id petition to he signed by the mothers hore assembled.” It was then voted to send the peti tion to the hoard. AUTO STRIKES | REh C. Doolittle Tries to Avoid Hitting meeting sehool Dog and Crashes Into a Tree—No One Serionsiy Hurt. A Word ecar, owned and Doolittle of 265 crashed into driven by Farmington avenue, tree about op- | posite Skritulsky's block on Washing- a'clock this after- daughte the car, was cut broken glass from ton street about 1 noon. Doolittle's who was riding in about. the face by | the windshield. According to Mr. Doolittle, who w | seen by Policeman William P. McCue, detafled on the case, he was procoed- ing south on Washington street and was just passing Skritulsky's block, when a dog ran across the road di- in the path of the car. in avolding the canine, swerved to one side and drove the car into a free, The radiator and the fender on the car were hent by the impact, the shattered and the top was ripped off. Mr. Doolittle was un- tnjured, and Dr. William Flanagan, who was called to the scene by an ex- cited person who said that a man was lying dead at thg side of the road, ex- amined the girl and found that no treatment was necessary. unani- reduce ! Sehool | a petition, | Eunice, | Mr. | Renaldino Murder Trial Gets Under Way When Jury Is Finally Com- pleted This Morning— Testimony Begins |John Arute, One of First Witnesses, Tells of Illicit Liquor Transactions. (Sperial to The Herald), Hartford, March 22.—-The trial of Joseph “Cowboy' (ianflone and Mich- ael Ruggerio, charged on October 25, 1920, with killing Enio Renaldino in ‘lhr‘ Town of Farmington, was gotten under way this morning in superior court with the jury completed at 11:20 o'clock. Arute Testifies. One of the first witnesses called by |the state, John Arute of South Main street, a trucker, struck what is ex- pected to be the keynote of the en- tire trial, when he told of entering into agreements with Cianflone for the transportation of liquor. Other sion were John A. kgan, a civil en- gineer, who drew maps of the locali- ty in which the body was found, and Oscar J. Murray, a photographer, who took pictures on and after the day the body was found. Jury Is Completed. An additional 80 jurors court this morning when the case reopened and the work of selecting the remaining four talesman was taken up. l.ewis Tryon of Glastonbury, were in the the court. Lorenzo Bentley of Manchester, re- tired, was accepted, making the ninth selection. l.eonard Armitage of Bristol, was not opposed to the death penalty, but would not convict on circumstantial evidence unless it was very strong. A. C. Seeley of Hartford, was ex- cused by the court on account of illn John E. Grifin, a Hartford yf\w,e!er, ‘V\'!h opposed to capital punishment, land was excused, | ward H. Butler, a resident of llast Hartford, and a bookkeeper, said he was not opposed to capital punishment in all cases. He was ex- cused. Bernard V. Keevers of Windsor Locks, was excused when he placed himself on record as opposed to con- |victions through circumstantial evie dence. Emerson E. Strong of East Harte iford, was opposed to the death pen- |alty. He was not asked to serve onm {the jury. The tenth talesman Hodge of Glastonbury, a farmer. In reply to a question, he asserted that evidence that the accused were in the nquor business would not influence ‘hn decision. Leland H. Darling of Manchester, l“,m accepted as Talesman 11. He is an insurance agent. Mr. Darling said {he had formed an opinion that Ren- laldino was murdered, but if accepted {for jury duty would dismiss that opin- lion and allow the evidence to mold his verdict R. J. Smith, a Hartford insurance agent, was opposed to the death pen- alty. Judze Wolfe asked him if his feelings in that matter were prompt- ed by his business. He replied in |the negative. He was excused. Joseph M. Stocking of Simsbury, | was excused by the court. Walter R. Miller of was next intorviewed, Sta Attorney | Hugh Alcorn asked if his opinion | conld be influenced. Attorney Calnen | followed with a question as to whether or not the opinion could be influenced by what the state's attorney might say jor do. In rebuttal, Mr. Alcorn re= minded that honest men do not need to be influenced | Irank G. Curtis of Glastonbury, | was excused by the court on account of poor hearing. Cianflone’s rk of Ha Ernest L. l.llmr‘r who conducts a | garage in Fast Granby, was ¢xcused by the state. Harold G. Colt, living reservoir, Farmington, | body was found, said he w penalty. was Melvin E. Granby, r excused Fred G near No. 4 where the was excused when he s opposed to the death Jury is Completed I'rank A, Rohothan, an Avon farine er, was selected to complete the jury, | He is first selectman in Avon, not ope [ posed to the death penalty and had ead but little of the case. He felt it is his duty to serve on the jury if selected |, he explained, and would be ashamed to be considered a man whe would not serve wihtout fear or favor, The jury was then called in and ine tructed. Clerk of Court Lucius Fullep dministered the oath, The state then charged the two aee cused with murder, alleging Cianflone to have been guilty of the nctual shdoting and Ruggerio to be an me- cessory Attorney Henry J. Calnen arose and explained to the court that he is rep- | resenting Ruggerio, while Attorneys IFreedman and Bernstein are appears ing for Ciantlone. Maps of Murder Scene. The state called as its first witness, John Egan, a civil engineer, and a resident of Windsor past 66 years. On lebruary 23, 1922, Mr. Egan drew maps and made meas- urements in Farmington (Continued on Thirteenth Page), witnesses heard at the morning ses- first juror interviewed, was excused by Locks for the at a place S e RS