New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 4, 1922, Page 16

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1922, 18 ™\ ~ BRITISH EMBASSY ASKS FOR RUM BACK Claim Liquor Was Seized Illegally Outside Limit | his homge in Kentucky, and was living at the same address the te nlml.‘ . City ltems was arrested on instruction of Assist- | e < ant District Attorney Edwards by the| October Victor Records, O. L. police who at first supposed that Miss| Pjerce & Co.—advt. avoy's death was self-inflicted The truck at Engine Company No n a When Creasy yas arrested for her |4 (s being overhauled by - Mechanic (/] — murder, he protested that Miss Lavoy |Fdward G. Burke of the fire depart- was upset because he had told her he |ment, was going to Montreal, that he dozed | Worla's series, play play, 275 and that she slipped his pistol trom | Main 8t., Pilz's. Adm —advt, his pocket and shot herself. Mildred| hare will be a third anniversary Simser and Marjorfe Dubey, &chool|requiem high mass at St. Mary's teacher friends of sthe slain woman, |chureh tomorrow morning for the bt i Bk oo e \Hnlfl the assistant district attorney that |j¢a A, J. Hart neola, illlam 2 reasy|they were in an adjoir room, | PR S was convicted of the murder of Edith | jeard a shot fired and rushed intg| GUIPransen Player.Planos, [Tavoy last night by a jury in thelthe sitting room, where they found a $21,000 seized county court. The Kentucky mechan-|\figs Lavoy lying on a couch. On the September 14 from the British steam.|ic, wWho was accused of shooting the|gtrength of the story the arrest of ship Buema | 'reeport school teacher who spurned|Creasy was ordered, The lic Db ttentions and whose body was| (reasy was indicted for the murder Appleby, d in the living room of her b of Miss Lavoy by a Nassan county tion navy house on North Main street, I'ree- | grand jury at Mineola on June 30, officials and i he ort, on June 23, last, heard his doom||ast, Among the witnesses called dur- crew of the Buema |sealed by the jury without the twitch |ing the trial was George Davison, an United States ( { a muscle, He walked with a brisk | arist, ] I |applauded a retort by District Attor-|4pe maating known He answered the questions|ney Weeks and was ordered from the isked him calmly and precisely Bolrtro o Creasy said that he was not mar- ried, car builder, and %1, born Charlottsville, Va., and lived at onln, A et Ky, His: tather. and.siaten| BOY DIES OF INJURIES. him when the jury came| Hartford, Oct. 4--Norman Tisch and seated on the other|aged 10, died in a hospital late y of the crowded court room were |terday from injuries received in the FINDW. M. CREASY * GUILTY OF MURDER Kentucky Mechanic Shot Edith New Telephone Number 3-1580 HARTFORD LEAVE YOUR PRESCRIPTION AT THE DRUG DEPT. §£n—:pie—_Numbers In Women’s Lingerie Silk, Crepe de Chine, Radium, French, Philippine and HARTFORD New York bassy has made v state department a e return of Oct. 4 The British em ntations to the Morans. advt A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mvs. Paul Buchere of 48 Lafay- ette street, Kohler & Campbell most popular piano at C. L. Plerce & Co.—advt. Laurel court, O. of A, will hold an important meeting Friday evening, October 6. An election of an import- |ant officer is in order. The regular revealed as a sultor for '\“”Inupnbr and social time before the cargo of on rding to John comm ot the was by the was release ommissioner g araignmer verdict ACCIDENT VICTIM DIES. Leo Percofsky, aged four years, of 46 Spring street, the victim of an au- |tomobile accident yesterday morning . |on Spring street, died shortly after 4 lo'clock yesterday afternoon at the |New Britaln General hospital. The a steel ceized within mas B, Felder submitted evi that the Buema was at the time it les Vi were le limit lefe to prove near into court v miles at sea Are Seized. ions also are gtood to i ve the of British M. Ga claime. seiz Mosher and M. | whic it 1s| outside of the fon Moshe: | about 1,500 cases of | ( currency, whiie r cargo of the M. M. Gard- Captains of e been indicted by the ury at Trenton. communica- department was nished Am- 1 Geddes by m represents eized vessels, le he declined to state the pur pose of his visit to Washington, Ralph A. Day, prohibition enforcement di- rector, is believed to departed for the capital last nigh r a con- ference with state and treasury de- partment officials regarding the note of the British emba The Briti government ex- pressed semi-offictally a desire to co- operate with American prohibition of- ficials in a crusade against the il- legal importation of liquor to this country, but a tension is known to exist over the commercial aspect of vessels carryi liquor The British admiralty, according to prohibition of ficials, feels reticent in the matter of issuing orders that British ships can- net legally carry liquor cargoes to waters contiguous to ports from which such liquors are barred No Official Sanction ‘While the admiralty never has given official sanction to the carrying of liquor cargoes by rBitish vessels bound for Atlantic waters off the coasts of New York and New Jer- sey, it is felt in officials circles here that British officials believe that Am- erican customs officers have no legal right to molest British ships that un- load liquor to American rum runners provided the British craft remain outside of the three mile limit and do not violate American laws by communicating with shoremen That many British vessels are en- gaged in bringing vast supplies of liquor from the Bahamas to Atlantic water off the New York and New Jersey coasts is freely conceded by John D. Appleby, commander of the dry navy The liquor {is being brought into New York and New Jersey ports, he points out, by Amer ican vessels that go out and meet the British rum runners Retarded Progress. The recent decision of s Marion both of hat less ssy's tion to the state Sy has of liquor ship seizures outside of the three mile limit admittedly has re- tanted the progress of the prohibition navy. That ruling, it is believed, was made following secret representations to the administration of the British embassy The question of America's right to seize British vessels outside of the three mile limit became conspicuous several weeks ago, when the captain of the British motor cht Onwar denied customs officials the right to board his vessel and inspect the car- go. classified ads help you to purpose Herald accomplish your ¢t} OYSTERS CLAMS CRAB MEAT SHRIMP SCALLOPS LOBSTERS HONISS’S 24-30 STATE ST. HARTFORD EYESTRAIN IS A SEVERE STRAIN on the Vitality of any child, a heavy handicap to progress in school or at home work. ‘We Specialize on Children’s Eyes A. PINKUS EYESIGHT SPECIALIST 300 Main Phone 570 REMOVAL - of — E. R. Hitchcock & Co. 203 Main St. To Their New Buiding 39 CHESTNUT ST. (Opposite Car Barn) Is "Announced. PRINTERS BINDERS PAPER RULERS 1d Mrs. Lavoy and their daugh-|Central New England raiiroad yards boy was run over hy an automobile the &Y o President Harding's cabinet causing suspension | Creasy's sister threw her| her brother's neck just| °r shook his hand and spoke words of encouragement. Verdict Returned at 9:50 P. M. The verdict of murder in the first «2gree was returned by the ju | 4.80 o'clock. The jury retired at 7:15 | r#ock and began its deliberations in a room where were collected hundreds | of letters written by or to the slain| school teacher, a blood-stained pillow and the weapon with which the evid- ence indicated she was killed. ‘When counsel for Creasy asked for a poll of the jury each answered “guilty Judge Smith remanded Creasy for sentence on Oct. 7. | In dismissing the jury, Judge Smith| thanked them for the attentiveness| with which they had listened to the lestimony throughout the extended trial and for the fair spirit in which they had waded through the mass of testimony. When the prisoner was ed away to his cell his counsel an- nounced that an appeal would be aken for Creasy, inasmuch as Judge mith refused to entertain a motion| for a new trial. The corridors of the court house crowded with many of the same per- scns who have attended sessions of the trial. There was a large repre- entatjon of women, and all were were highly agitated when the word | was brought that the jury was filing into the court room. The court warned those present that he would tolerate no demonstration when the verdict was announced i “Any person in the court room who feels that he or she cannot control his feelings is at liberty to leave now,”| 2id Judge Smith Among the last witness for the| lefense, called by Henry A. Uterhart, | counsel for Creasy, was the young| man's father, James A. Creasy. He| said that the accused was one of| twelve children, all living | Said Case Hinged On Letter | Mr Uterhart took three and a haif| hours in summing up. He saii that| the answer to the whole case a| special delivery letter dated May 12,] i sent by Miss Lavoy to Creasy.| H said the letter was sent to Creas after the latter had informed Mis Lavoy that he no longer cared for & and he argued that the letter proof of his contention that Miss| Lavoy did not reject Creasy and in| that way furnis mative for the| crime of which sy was accuscd | rict Attorney Weeks described a coward who sneaked Le-| an innocent girl and whil2 el was unaware of his purpose. shot her| He then undertook to an- swe Tterhart's contentinn fhat| there was no m tor Creasy fo| kill the school tea r, saying: “I will answer that. He came here| to ruin her, but th God, he failed." | Edith E. Lavoy, . was shot (01 death in the sitting room in the house | where she boarded at 156 North .\)mni street, Freeport on the evening of June 23, William M. €reasy, who had | but recently come té visit her from | N \ [ 6x9 ft. f goleum Rug, | only | e goleum Rug, only .. vantage of it. 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