New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 11, 1922, Page 13

I | [CLAIMS GRAND JURY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE Supreme Court Justice Mills Brings Attack Against Proceedings In the Ward ‘f“ White Plains, N. Y, July 11.—Pro- ceedings of the grand jury which in. dicted Walter 8. Ward wealthy baker's #on for first degree murder of Clar- lence Peters ex-sallor were vigorously attacked today by former Supreme Court. Justice Isaac Mills, WArd's counsel when a motion for dismissal jof the Indictment came up for hearing [befere Supreme Court Justice Seeger. Mr. Mills charged that Dist. At- torney Weeks had improperly con- ducted the grand jury hearing and, jpecifically had withheld from the nd jury knowledge of Peter's haracter and reputation, “I charge that he suppressed the 'actg that this man Peters was a [desperado and a thug” Judge Mills declared ‘‘Never since the day of the Spanish Inquisition has a greater outrage been [perpetrated than was perpetrated in fthe grand jury room by the examina- {tion of witness by the enemy of the .Idetendlnt." FALL PROYES FATAL |Kensington Man Dies at New Britain General Hospital as Result of In- . juries Received Yesterday. Charles Morton Strong, aged 70 |years, of Kensington died at the New Britain general hospital this morning the result of injuries recejved in a fall from the roof of a house yester- |day morning. Mr. Strong was at work shingling a house: on Main street, Kensington, when he fell to the ground, sustaining several frac- tured ribs. He was attended by Dr, A. J. Goodwin, who ordered his re- moval to the hospital. The deceased was born in Portland, Conn., and would have been 71 years 0ld the latter part of this month. He leaves a wife, and one daughter, Mrs. James B. Ellsworth of Kensington, and one son, Leroy Strong of New Britain. He is also survived by a sis- | ter and brother in Erie, Pa. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Ken- sington Congregational church. Rev. Carleton Hazen will officiate and bur- {al will be in the Wilcox cemetery, East Berlin. SCHUTTE GETS REPRIEVE, .. Hartford, July 11.—Governor Lake today granted a reprieve until Octo- ber 24 to Emil Schutte, of Haddam, under sentence to be hanged July 21. 'The governor's action was taken after hearing on Monday attorneys for Schutte glve reasons for application for a second trial on the grounds of new evidence and an indiscreet juror. HELD IN BAIL Man Killed When Drunken Saloon- Keeper Discharges Revolver— Ac- cused Held For COriminal Trial, Greenwich, July 11.—James Briggs, a saloonkeeper who was held crim- inally responsible by Coroner Phelan for the killing of Arthur Doran a former chum on Sunday, July 2 was charged with involuntary manslaugh- ter in court today and was held . by Judge Mead for the superior court In 815,000 ball, James F, Walsh the prosecutor told the court that the story of Doran’s death was an old one ligquor being the primary cause. Briggs while intoxicated was carelessly hand- ling the revolver which was dis- charged. There was no evidence of a quarrel. The ehooting was accidental but the man who had the gun and Doran had been indulging in lquor freely. Briggs has been in the lockup since Doran’s death, McMahon With Paonessa On Tax District Idea P. 8. McMahon, one of Mayor A. M. Paonessa's appointees to the charter revision committee, is in favor eliminating the first taxing district. Mayor Paonessa came out yesterday in favor of having but ont district in the city and discussion about the| streets indicates that the proposal is| being favorably recelved. Action on Defective Sewer Up to Prosecutor If any action is to be taken in the | question of a defective piece of sewer pipe alleged to have been placed by an employe of Fred Marchion, a sew- er contractor, the action will be by the prosecuting attorney, Judge John H. Kirkham, corporation counsel has ruled. The public works board re- ferred the matter to Judge Kirkham following a hearing in connection with the last meeting. The alleged defec- tive work was done on Allen street. STRIKER IN COURT New Haven, July Walsh a former car repairer was in court on a breach of the peace charge today he being the first person ar- rested here in connection with the strike. His case was continued and the evidence was not made public but it is asserted Walsh tried to in- timidate a man who is at work. MORSE CASE NEXT MONTH. Bridgeport, July 11.—The case of Harry F. Morse, son of Charles W. Morse, charged with conspiracy to commit fraud by illegal use of the mails which has been continued sev- eral times before U. S. Commissioner Lavery, will be taken up the latter part of August. The case will not | be heard here until after a similar | case is tried in the U. 8. Court in Portland, Me, it was announced to- day. MODERN BOOT SHOP Specials For ) Wednesday Morning| 300 PAIRS Ladies’ S Oxfords and Pumps In Patent Leather, Vici Kid and White Canvas .00 A PAIR WRITING PAPER SALE Stock Up at These Low Prices QUERVRRIEE . 1L Ui i v 75¢ to $1.00 Values ........... 30¢ 45¢ $1.50 Values .................. 60c $2.00 to $2.50 Values ......... $1.25 $2.75 to $3.00 Values.......... $1.50 These are Eaton Crane & Pike Pa.pers In One, Two, Three and Five Quire Boxes. ADKINS’ 66 Church St. New Britain lurduy in bonds of $1,500. of | 11.—Robert | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1922 NO MARITAL TROUBLE IN FAIRFIELD DEATH Husband of Woman. Found Dead at Fairfield Beach, Says No Family Quarrel Was Responsible, Bridgeport, July 11.—That Mrs, Jane Richmond Borden Hotchkiss, 36, whose body was found floating face downward in the water at Falrfield Beach yesterday, died from an attack of acute Indigestion brought on by the shock of immersion in the cold water is the opinion held by her husband and friends today. “There was no trouble at all. We never had a quarrel in our married life” sald her husband, Edward 8. Hotchkiss today. Mr. Hotchkiss stated that his wife had not been feeling well since Sun- day. Little importance is given to the fact that the deceased was seen talk- ing with some man at the beach, to whom she |s reported to have said: “Go away, you are {impossible." That a man with whom she had no acquaintance accosted her and that she rebuffed him, is the explanation given today by friends. “There s no evidence that the wom- an died as the result of an act of a second party. It appears to be either a case of sulcide or accidental drown- ing" Coroner J. J. Phelan said today. In view of this fact no autopsy will be held or inquiry made by the cor- oner. CONDITIONS IMPROVED. Officials of the Haven Railroad Make New Statement Today. New Haven, July 11.—The New Haven road’s statement {ssued at noon said that conditions today were “im- proved materially over any previous- ly.” It added: “The personnel of the mechanical department is, with the assistance of loyal and patriotic manufacturers and industries being built up on a firm and lasting basis. There have also been a number of the men out on strike who have returned to duty as new men upon coming to the realization that this strike was beilng waged not apainst the railroads individually but against the constituted government of the United States. This morning there is an increase of 250 skilled mechanics cver the force working on the first shift yesterday. JUNIOR GOVERNMENT Chautauqua Youngsters Elect Mayor, City Clerk, Health and Police | Commissioners Royalstone Williams has been elect- ed mayor of the juvenile city govern- ment conducted by the Junior Chau- | tauqua at the Chautauqua tent. Miss | Dorothy Ruggles, a Chautauqua work- er, is the instructor. Miss Virginia Gordan is city clerk, William Baker, William Attwood and Betty Hans are law and order commissioners; Robert Booth and Harriet Parker are public service commissioners, and Albert Loomis and Katherine Gold were named health commissioners. The audience was well pleased with the Great Lakes string quartette last night, and an afternoon audience enjoyed the Hughes-Bawden concert company, and Mary Agnes Doyle in a dramatic reading, “In Walked Jimmy."” Tonight there will be another con- cert company and a lecture by Rev. Dr. Robert Norwood, of the St. Paul's Memorial Episcopal church, at Over- brook, Philadelphia. The Dunbar White Hussars will be here tomorrow afternoon and evening, and George H. Turner, the lecturer, will speak in the evening. il Democrat Club Plans Big Meeting Tomorrow At a meeting of the Hardware City Democratic club tomorrow evening in K. of C. hall on Main street, an en- tertainment will be presented and box- ing bouts put on. The outing com- mittee will recommend that a clam- hake be held at McMahon's farm in Kensington, Sunday, August 6. DE) STATEMENT., Culbertson Claims That Shots Only Were Fired. Bloomington, Tll, July 11.— Col Culbertson at 10:30 o'clock deniq that more than four shots were fired last night. Someone, he salf, fired at a sentry with a shot gun and the sentry fired three times in the direc- tion of the flash. Seven citizens living near the shops, however, telegraphed Governor Small that approximately 200 shots were fired in the direction of their homes last night, and they asked that the militiamen be restrained from further shooting. Despite Col. Culbertson's report, a newspaperman who spent the night in the shops and heard the shooting, sald he was told by the officers on duty there that 300 shots had been fired. Col. Culhertson denied the report of the men in the shops that automatic rifles had been used. THORPE FINED $50. Col. Four Famous Indian Athlete in Wrong With Martford Management Hartford, July 11.—Jim Thorpe, center fielder, and Ted Hauck, third |baseman of the Hartford baseball | |team were today indefinitely sus- pended by James H. Clarkin, owner of the club. Thorpe was fined $50 and Hauck $100. They are charged with breaking training Thorpe has also heen fined 850 by President Dan | 0'Neil of the Eastern league | These penalties are the direct re- |sult of the indifferent work of the two | |men in the games at New Haven Monday. The league fine was im- posed on Thorpe because he went into the New Haven grandstand after be- ing removed from the game and threatened to “clean out the crowd.” | FUGITIVE ARRESTED. Hartford, July 11.—Nicholas Oc-! chifinto, a fugitive from justice, | wanted in Brooklyn, N. Y., for grand larceny, was arrested here today by Sergeant Noonan and Policeman Eck- strom as he was about to leave the| New York boat at the State street dock. He was presented in police | court and the case continued to Sat- | |knew him to identify him. The check |who was with him. The check came |back and Mr. Watts said the signature | |was found upstate and brought hare |it was preparing to ask an injunction Cl_ty Items Men's collar attached fancy striped shirts, 2 for $1, Bargain basement. Besse-Leland's,—advt, There will be a meeting of the Cathollc Women's Benevolent Legion, Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock in St | Mary's school hall. All members are | requested to be present. Men's shoes, high or oxford, heavy work shoes or dress, all $2.95, Wed- nesday morning, Bargain basement, Besse-Lelafnd's—advt, Tickets for the Holy Family Circle | outing ta be held tomorrow can be| secured at the school hall tonight at| 7:30 o'elock. George Lohman of Main street, who has been confined to his home for five weeks with illness, is slowly re- covering. The next regular meeting of Bur-‘ ritt Grange, will be held at 8 p. m,, on Saturday evening at Judd's hall. A social hour will follow the business session, Final arrangements for the annual picnic and outing to be held on July 22, will be made at the com- ing meeting. Margaret Dorsey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dorsey of 14 Broad street, sustained | a gash on her forehead this after- noon in some unexplained manner. | The child was found in front of a house at 141 Washington street. The | police ambulance was summoned and‘ she was taken home, The board of public works will act tonight on bids for paving Dw!gm street, and on the building of a cow- crete bridge on Wells street, \ Louis Jones of the Home Banking | and Realty company, has sold for| Richard Pritchard, a cottage on Hart street to Herman Kalmanowitz, the Broad street grocer. The enrollment at the summer school which opened in the Central Junior High school yesterday was somewhat smaller than )ast year, ac- cording to Miss Mary C. Gorman, | principal. Yesterday there were 770 pupils. On the opening day last year | there were over 800. PERSONALS Mrs. K. L. Johnson and Miss Esther | Sparmer are the guests of Mrs. W, H. Phillips of Worcester. aged two years, Beatrice Koplowitz of 3§ street, a student at the Tni- of Vermont, has returned from with a schoolmate at Maple- H. Miss Dewey versity a visit wood, N. Miss Georgiana Murnee and Mrs. Fred Tarbell of Hartford spent Sun- | day with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Terry of Park street. Mr. and Mrs, Liegy Roy and fam- ily of Montreal, Canada, are visiting with local relatives. Edward Ryan, assistant superin-| tendent of City Hall, and Robert| Ryan, of Bridgeport, will leave Satur- day to spend a week at Coney Island. Charles Baisden of Maple Hill is spending the week at Mattabessett cottage, Indian Neck. Franklin Crawford of New York | city, formerly of New Britain, is in town for a short stay. | DEATHS AND FUNERALS James J. Kelly. The funeral of James J. Kelly was held at 10 o'clock this morning at St. Mary's church. Rev. Willlam A. Krause was the celebrant of a high mass of requiem. The pall bearers were William P. Hallinan, William Kelly, James Kelly, John Walsh, W. J. Kelly and James Riley. The bur- fal was in St. Mary's new cemetery. Archibald McBrain Archibald McBrain, of 86 Columbia street, for 40 years an employe of the Corbin Screw corporation, died yes- terday at the Hartford hospital after a brief iliness. He was 74 years of age and was born in Scotland. Fun- eral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Erwin mortuary chapel at 3 o'clock Rev. William Ross will have charge in Fairview cemetery. George Tuchsingér. George Luchsinger, aged about 33| vears, of 49 Dewey street, died this hospital. He was admitted institution| last Sunday. He vived by his parents, to the| is sur- FORGED GHECK Man Took Check Book of Host and | Realized Cash On Faké Signature, | is Claim of Police, Greenwich, July 11 Willilam | Mex Petrol | Reading . ..... ‘! S Steel pfd .. |Hfd Elec Light |Billings & Spencer . | Colt's Arms |Stanley Works com Burial will be | | Operator William afternoon at the New Britain General | | | day. | number were less than WALL STREET STOCK EXCHANGE REPORTY furnished by Putnam Quotations & Company, Close 463 537% Low 46% 58 7% 112 79 60% 12054 1427% 90 52% 101 3Ty 113% "Vx K High Bt Sug ... 46% Can ivoin. BB Loco ,...,.118 Sm Rf em., 79 8m & Re,. 61% Tel & Tel..120% Am Tob ., 1427 Am Wool ....., 90% Ana Cop 528 Atch Tp & 8 F.101% At Gulf & W 1. 38% Baldwin Loco .115% Balt! & Ohlo ... 28% | Beth Steel B 71 Cen Leather 30% Ches & Ohio ... 68 Chi Mil & 8 P 28% Chi Rock Isl& P 437 Chile Copper ... 2214 Chino Copper . 30 Consol Gas 119% Corn Prod Ref.105% Crucible Steel 75 Cuba Cane Sugar 16% Endicott-John N 811 Erie .. 163 Erle 1st pfd 24 Gen Motors ... 148 Goodrick BF .. 40% Inter Con ....., 11 Inter Con pfd . 31z |Int Mer Marine . 187 Allls-Chalmers 501g | Pacific ol . BT8 Int Nickel . 17% Int Paper ... 52 Kelly Spring Tr 4914 Kennecott Cop.. 3554 Lacka Steel .... 76% Lehigh Val . 651, ..lfifl% Midvale Steel .. 35% Mis Pact. L ,i20% N Y Cen . 96% NYNH&H.. 3134 Norf & West ..110% Nort Pac ... 7Y% Pure Ofl ....... 30% Pan Am P & T 72% Penn R R .. 44 Plerce Arrow .. 18% Pittshurgh Coal 64% Ray Con Cop .. Am Am Am Am Am Am 16% 133 Y 563 Ref 33 .90y 24% Royal D, N Sinclair Oil South Pacific South Railway . Studebaker Co 13585 Texas Co . LAY Texas & Pacific 291 Tobacco Prod.. 79% Union Pacific .. 142 United Re St .. 685% U. 8. Food Prod 17 U S Indus Alco 5614 U S Rubber Co .623% U S Steel 121 62 103 Utah Copper .. National Lead . (Judd & Co.) Bid ..635 ..655 .162 LT 24 19 5 Asked 645 665 164 182 26 Aetna Life Travelers Am Hardware Bristol Brass ... Eagle Lock Hfd-Bige Cpt Co . Landers, F |scovill Mfg Co .. |Standard Screw .. Niles--Be-Pond com |North and Judd .. Perk< Stow and “llcox ’H‘fi Russell Mfg Co .. 51 Stanley Works pfd Torrington com Union Mfg Co .. ahiviene 45 NEW YORK CLEARING HOUSE REPORT Exchanges 945,700,000 Balances 69,500,000 YOUNG RIDE AS OLD WALK City Hall Elevator Operator Makes| Observations While Interesting Compiling Statistics. During the last three weeks in June and the first week in July, Elevator Wilbur at City Hall, piloted his elevator cab a dis- tance of 370,500 feet, or about 70 miles. In that time 963,300 gallons of water were used. A total of §,310 persons was carried, or about 388 a Of this number percent, up but one flight. Interesting 75 went | to note in this connection Mr. Wilbur is that 60 percent. of this| 40 years of The more advanced in age in-| walk when they have but to go while the younger explains, age. variably one flight people ride, he has observed. Wormsley was held for the superior | court today on a charge of forgery in | connection with a check taken from | the checkhook of E. D. Watts whom | he had visited. Tt was charged that | Wormsley took the check, and with| another man, asked that it be certi- fied at the Greenwich Trust Co. the check being made out to one A. K. William. Wormsley went to Hartford and in a bank there he gota man who was then cashed and the money turned over by Wormsley to the man | on it had been forged ‘Wormsley: and arraigned. His bond was fixed at $2,500. May Remove Phones From Homes of City Employes As an economical measure, the committee on supplies and printing is considering the removal of free tele- phones from the homes of a number of city officials and employes. The worth of this service to the city is now commensurate with the cost, it was argued at a meeting of the commit- tee last night. No action has been taken. TO ASK 1IN Chicago, July 11.—The Chicago and Eastern Illinois announced today that in East 8t. Louls to cover all points in southern Illinois. 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