New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1923, Page 5

ASH MURDER TRIAL FOR LYNCHING MOB (Continued From First Page). about his neck and he was hurled over the bridge ralling. The fall broke his neck according to a cor. oner's jury and he probably died in. stantly, Girl Not Injured The girl was not injured in the al. leged attack. She said Scott, whom she identified positively, had sum- moned her to aild apother child caught on the bridge and then selzed her, was frightened away by the approach of a handcar, When the sheriff saw that his pleading would have no influence on the mob, he sent for Dr. Almstedt,’ thinking that the volce of the father of the girl might stop the lynchers. By the time the professor arrived the negro bad been removed and the crowd had started for the bridge. Overtaking the mob Dr. Almstedt was howled down and went back home, Throughout the whole affair the mob was orderly. At the bridge they found that the rope was not large enough and sent for another. ' During that time the negro was declaring his innocence. “Mister,” he said to a white man standing nearby, “before God I'm an innocent man, I couldn't die with a lie in my mouth. I never done it."” Just then a man carrying a large rope elbowed his way through the crowd. The rope was tied about Scott's neck and he was pushed off the bridge. Cursed The Sherift “We had been afraid this thing would happen for a week.” Sheriff Brown said. ““We had taken every possible precaution to assure the safety of our prisoner, We were con- Whose Home Was In a Grove street tenement, the roof pamtially removed by fire, the bullding exposed to the elements so that the rains of the past few days have brought down additional plaster, several rooms entirely gutted by a fire which occurred Saturday morn- ing, reside two families. Two widows, each woman Wwith three children, huddied into two small rooms, one of them being about the slze of a hall bed room in a New York rooming house, are existing in this tenement, There probably are other families on the first floor, But on the sec- ond, there is a scene.of desolation which has the appearance of a bat. tlefleld after a bombardment. One of the women is employed in a local factory, Saturday morning she was at her work. The two smal- ler children, a girl of six and a hoy of four, were alone in the house. The oldest boy, a frall chap, was shop- ping with orders from the city's charity department to provide the Sunday dinner, He arrived home about 8:30 o'clock and found his home in flames and the fire depart- ment pouring streams of water through the roof. Neighbors looked after the two familles, who occupied adjoining apartments on the same floor, until the arrival of the mother from the factory. It was a thorough and complete NEW BRITAIN DAIL Help Needed For Widows and Children Destroyed by Flames catastrophe the woman found after the flames were extinguished, In the attic where the clothing was kept, everything was burned. The only clothing saved by the two women and the six children, was that which they were wearing, In addition water poured through the roof as the flames ate their way into the apartment, and all the bed clothing was rulned, as were other articles, When Miss Cora M, Beale of the Welfare Assoclation was advised of thelr plight she iInvestigated this morning and found conditions as de- plorable as anything she has experi- enced for years, Neither mother has had a minute's sleep since Iriday night. The floors are covered with| water and mud soaked carpets, and water was dripping through the cell- ing. There was no bedding whatever in either apartment and all the furni- ture left consisted of a few chairs, a table, several boxes and a damaged bed, with water soaked mattress, for each family. “Help must come from some- {where at once,” sald Miss Beale in appealing to the “Herald” this after- noon for ald. ‘These women have no place to take their children, they have Ino spare clothing, no bedding and lonly what other aid the charity de- partment is able to give them. Two beds are needed immediately and bed | clothing, etc.,, cannot be supplied too soon.” SEARCH FOR SEVEN LOST AS SHIP SINKS 66 CAUGHT AT COCK FIGHT FORFEIT BONDS IN COURT State Police Pull Off Biggest Raid of Y R Macy Herald Square ay Sale of White % o New York Announces Beginning Monday, April 30th Fresh New Merchandise Specially purchased, and very specially priced Participating are: Women's Imported and Domestic Lingerie fident the mob could not get by the| inner door. I pleaded with the mob | and begged any in the crowd who | s Kind—Ralders’ Work During Storm (Continued From First Page). stood for law and order to come to my assistance. They only laughed at me—and cursed me.” Two other negro prisoners in the cell with Scott accused of similar of- fenses against negro girls were un- harmed. Dr. Almstedt said: “I wanted to see the guilty man punished, but not by mob violence. “Do you believe he was the guilty man?"” he was asked. “T have no doubt that he was,” Dr. Almstedt replied. ‘“‘He was identified positively by my daughter.” Thirty-four years ago Columbia witnessed a hanging by a mob. Twen- ty-five masked and armed men hang- ed a negro at the entrance to the Boone county courthouse. Windows at St. Mark’s Church Are Dedicated All windows and memorials outside of the chancel were dedicated by Rev, Samuel Sutcliffe at 11 o'clock service yesterday morning at St Mark’s Episcopal church. The Found- ers’ window in memory of the found- ers of the parish; the nativity window in memory of Robert Nelson Peck; the resurrection window in memory of Charles 8. Landers and the four porch windows symbolizing the four evangelists were among the windows dedicated, A bronze tablet given by Mrs, Nellle Humason in memory of Howard C. Humason, Robert F. Il-| lingworth and William Wenz, § Mark’s church service men who died | in the war, was also dedicated. Memo- | rlals in the chancel were dedicated | at the consecration services last Wed- nesday. Thomas Martin, 67, Quickly Follows Wife to Grave Thomas Martin of #39 Beaver street, died at the New Britain Gen- eral hospital yesterday afternoon at the age of 67 years of pneumonia, two weeks after his wife, Mrs. Cath- erine Martin, was claimed by death. She died on Monday, April 16, at the home on Beaver street. He leaves two scns, John and Samuel Martin and| three daughters, Mrs. Catherine Hooper of Brooklyn, N. Y., Mrs. Wil- ligm Smith of this city and Mrs. Eliza- béth Gorpfert. The funeral will be neld tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Erwin Mortuary chapel. Rev. A. B. Taylor, pastor of the Peo-| ple's Church of Christ, wil lofficiate | and interment will ‘be in Fairview cemetery. | 10,000 Miners on. Strike | After Petty Squabble | Scranton, Pa., April' 30.-—Nearly 10,000 mine workers in the Pittstown district of the Pennsylvania Coal Co. were idle today as a result of the| strike in the Butler colliery spread- | ing to the company’s other workings. | The strike at the Butler colliery started a week ago because certain | mine workers had not paid their dues, LANDSCAPE PAINTER DIES. London, April 80.—Mark Fisher, landscape painter, died here today. He | was born in Boston, Mass, but had| lived in England for many years. her seams in the opinion of Captain Danlel Miller Jr., who with 22 other ‘:sunvlvars, was landed here today. | The Beaconnett, formerly the ship- | ping board steamer Tuckahoe, he sald, began leaking at 4 o'clock in the morning with a heavy sea running and in less than three hours she had foundered. The collier was bound from Norfolk for Boston. John Bantiago, quartermaster, standing beside Captain Miller on the bridge, was engulfed in the waters with him when the steamer went down. The skipper saved himself by grasping a piece of wreckage. San- tiago was not seen again. | The sinking came so suddenly that | Third Engineer Frank H. Trafton land five other men were thrown into the water also. They are listed as missing because there is a bare | chance that they, like Captain Miller, | found a piece of wreckage to cling | to, but the chance that they were res- | cued is considered slight. The list of | probably victims follows: John Santiago, quartermaster; Frank H. Trafton, third engineer; | Walter Burke, oiler boy; Roy Lim- Sherman Leach, coal Aldo | Contcioto, mess boy. The list of survivors might have been complete but for the jamming of a lifeboat in the blocks as it was be- ing launched yet the fact that the same lifeboat was floated clear of the tackle and righted itself after the passer; of 15 others. One of the two lifeboats was low- lered successfully from the ship be- |fore the other jammed. Men still on the decks jumped for the boat that had been launched. where Mrs. Romi J, Hudgins of New- port News, wife of the third officer had been placed but other were un- able to do so. After the Seaconnett went down the men floundering around in the waters found the life- boat that had been jammed floating toward them. Fifteen of them clam- bered aboard. A heavy sea was running and the boats had a hard time to make the Nantucket Sound light vessel. That in which Mrs. Hudgins, a young wom- an of 23, who was bound for Boston with her household goods, was a pas- senger reached the lightship first. She was bruised when the seas battered her against the side of the lightship while she was being assisted aboard but kept her courage through the or- deal. Her husband was one of those saved. The Seaconnett built as the Tucka- hoe at Camden, N. J, in 1918, for the shipping board at a cost of $500,- 000 was saild to have been construct- ed in record time. STUDIES UNDER MRS. USHER Mrs. Clara Oakes Usher of Plain- ville, who has studied voice culture extensively in this country and in Europe, is the instructor under whom Andrew J. Basso of this city has stud- jed. Statements that Mr. Basso has studied under New York teachers are mistaken inasmuch as Mrs. Usher is the only person under whom he has been studying volce culture Children'’s Garters The HICKORY buckle is adjusted easily and prevents broken finger nails. Itisrust- proof as are also the extra strong pin and clasps. Ask for the genuine HICKORY by name. A.STEIN & COMPANY Chicago - New York seth, oiler; Manuel Sanchez, fireman; | Seaconnett went down saved the lives| Some got aboard | Ansonia, April 30—The 65 men cap- tured by the state police in a raid upon a cocking main at Schuetzen | Ipark this city early Sunday morning, failed to appear when their cases| were called in the city court this| morning and their bonds were declar- ed forfeited. Daniel Donahue of this city and James Mason of Mest Ha-| ven, the alleged promoter®of the| main forfeited bonds of $100 each.| The other 63 men put up cash bonds| of $10 each when they were arrested | Sunday morning. The raid was said to be the biggest ever carried out in the state. Ser- !gennt Frank Virelll of Fairfleld, headed the raiding party, which was made up of 17 state policemen. The| park is located in the extreme north- west section of Ansonia, within a few feet of the Seymour town line and the country for a half mile around is densely wooded. The state police were said to have been tipped off several days ago on| the and went to the park at mid-| night Saturday night. A terrific wind | and rain storm was in progress and {the crowd gathered late. The state | officers spent a wild night in the woods and were drenched. The first bout was about to be put on when the state| |officers appeared. Two women who were said to have planned to attend {the fight were in an upstairs apart- |men of the clubhouse and made a| |getaway. The police secured 24 hirds. The bond money amounted to $840, of which the city received $513.| | 'MERIDEN MAN LOSES ARM * IN FALLING FROM TRAIN Slips As He Attempts to Board Pass- ing Freight at Brooks St. Crossing. Meriden, April 30.—William J. | Wolgast, 24 years ago, of 90 Hillside avenue, was severely injured *near the Brooks street railroad crossing at | 7:30 o'clock last evening when he fell to the tracks from a freight train he had boarded as it was passing the railroad station. It was neces- sary to amputate his right arm, which was badly crushed. He was sald to have climbed on to one of the cars as the train was passing the north end of the station. | Having reached a point near Brooks street he fell back, his right arm being caught under the wheels, | George J, Semrau, of 214 Sherman | avenue, reached his side a moment| | after the train had passed and sum- moned medical ald and the ambu- lance. The ambulance arrived quick- ly, and Driver Patrick McGrath and Police Sergeant Schuerer took the in- | jured man to the hospital. | Dr. M. J. Sullivan, who attended | him, amputated the right arm near the shoulder, the limb having been terribly injured. Late last night it} was said at the hospital that the pa- tient's condition was very favorable. | Wolgast has been employed by the H. T.Smith Express company for several years. Early in the war he enlisted in the navy, serving an en- listment with the rate of coxswain. SUSPECT UNDER ARREST Chiet Hart Receives Word That Man Though to Be John Ivis is Being Held in Portchester. N. Y. Chiet William C. Hart of the New Britain police department today re- ceived word from Chief Donovan of the Portchester, N. Y,, police depart-| ment that a Portuguese, who gives| his name as Joseph Thomas, is being | held there. Chief Donovan states that he thinks the man being held is John Ivis, wanted by the New Britain police for assault on Manuel Fernan- dez, a Portuguese from this city, Fer-| nandez was shot in the chest by Ivis| at a celebration which took place in New Britain on Christmas eve of last year, The New Britain police will investigate. PASTOR RESIGNS Bridgeport, April 30.—Rev. Hal T. Kearns, for three and one-half years pastor of the Universalist church here, has resigned his pastorate to take ef- fect September 1 when he will leave 'by J. Leslie Irvine of Brooklyn and | | of the shooting they with a third man ' Children’s and Misses Underwear Blouses, Aprons, Corsets, Brassieres, Petticoats For full details of these important sales See Sunday’s New York Papers. R W) VAN BV D | NEW CLUE REPORTED Ward-Peters Case Takes On Different | Angle When Two Men Claim To | Have Been Near Scene. “ White Plains, N. Y., April 30.—For- | nier District Attorney Weeks and Sheriff Werner today asserted that they obtained from Saturday's papers their first knowledge of the story told | his son, Francis, the two latest wit-| nesses unearthed in the case of Clar- ence Peters, ex-sailor, shot nearly a year ago by Walter S. Ward, wealthy baker's son. The Irvines said that on the night | | | were in a stalled automobile about a quarter of a mile from the spot near the Kenisco reservoir where Ward sald he had shot Peters in self defense at | a blackmailers’ tryst. Father and son sald they heard no shot and, as a re- sult state officials are planning this | week to re-enact the tragedy to de- termine whether it would have been possible for the shooting to have oc- curred without having been heard by Irvine, Eastern—a)nn. Milk Men Get No Price Adjustment | Sterling, Conn., April 30—Milk pro- ducers in eastern Connecticut who | ship collectively about 60,000 quarts to Boston and Providence have been notified that there will be no reduc- tion in prices paid in May. In for-| | making, under direction of Mrs. | Yeager. Armour and Morris Men | At Hearing on Merger Kansas City, Mo, April 30.—Rep-|Three of the Four Naval Airplanes of Armour & Co. and Morris & Co. are here today for a| hearing on the merger of the two| packing concerns. Henry C. Wallace.“ secretary of agriculture, has issued a| resentatives Armour interests of Morris & Co.| charging it with effecting a “monopoly | in interstate commerce.” Co. and Mirris & Co. were consoll-| dated March 28 into a $550,000,000 ne C.2 dropped out of the line over| Hearings will be| Harper's Ferry, W. Va., and was be-| packing concern. conducted also at Omaha, Neb,, East| St. Louls, Chicago and other places. Y. W. C. A, SCHEDULE, Monday, 7 to 9 p. m.—Dressmak- ing class, also High school evening class. E Tuesday, 7:30 to 9 p. m.—Millinery. | Wednesday, 7:15 p. m. — High| schocl evening class. | Thursday, 7:46 p. meeting of Business Girls' club; elec- tion of officers and committees. | Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m—| First lesson of classes in lampshade | A Further information may be | had by calling Y. W. C. A. office. | New classes in swimming begin| Wednesday and Friday evenings and Friday afternoon. Evening classes for advanced swimmers are held on‘ Wednesday evening from 7 to 9, for | beginners on Friday evening from 7| to 9. Registrations should be made | BOMBING PLANES ARRIVE From San Dicgo Reach Bolling Field at Washington Today. ¢ Washington, April 30—Three of the | complaint against the purchase by the| four naval bombing planes which have | been engaged in the last ten days in a formation flight from San Diego, Bolling fleld. The fourth machine, lieved by the officer in charge of the flight to have been forced to land there. Mrs. Scott, Former Head of D. A. R. Dies at Age of 80 Bloomington, Tll, April 30.—Mrs. Julia Green Scott, former general of the national society of the m.—Monthiy | D A. R, died at her home here yes- | She suffered a stroke of paralysis Friday and never recovered consciousness. She was 80 years old. She traced her ancestry through both her father's and mother's lines to the Washington family. For two terms, 1909 to 1911, she served as president general. terd FIVE HURT IN TRAIN WRELCK. Cars Carrying Workmen Jump Tracks at Great Meadows. Belvidere, N. J., April 30.—A train " | . " . mer years there was an adjustment|now. ‘A physical examination is re of the Lehigh & Hudson railroad was of prices for May. quired of all entering pool. | The pool will be open as usual on; wrecked at the Great Meadows sta- tion early yesterday. Five men were New York Congressman | Tuesday and Thursday evenings for | injured, one seriously, and two (s To Address Rotarians Congressman Ciyde Kelly of New York will speak at the regular meet- ing of the New Britain Rotary club on Thursday noon, May 12. The regular noon meeting of the club will e omitted this week and in its place the members will attend a joint meeting of the Rotary and Lions', clubs with the Chamber of Com- | merce to be held Wednesday night at ' preferred stock to provide funds for|to recover. the Elks' club at 6 o'clock. | i adult plunges, and on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. For Juniors, the hours are: Tuesday, 4 to 6 p. m, and Saturday morning, 9 to 12. \ $1,000,000 STOCK ISSUE. New York, April 30.—Stockholders of the Commercial Solvents Corp. of Terre Haute, Ind., today approved an issue of $1,000,000 eight per cent first | ternal injuries, but they are expected a strained back the building of a new plant. S ——y { were demolished. The train, carrying thirty workmen who had been repairing the Milford bridge, which was burned by the for- est fires of last week, left the tracks whilt nearing the station. Albert Snyder of Great Meadows is the most seriously injured. l.ewis D. Earmer, and Dewitt Howell, also of Great Meadows, are suffering from in- Two other men were slightly hurt president. | American, Alleged Swindler, | Is Being Held in Mexico Mexico City, April 30—A local court has granted the petition of George Collins, an American business man here, requesting suspension of an or= der expelling from the country C. T. | Holloway, who was arrested at Vera Cruz on charges of swindling banks in New York and other cities of the United States,. Collins asked that Holloway be tried here on a charge Armour & (Cql,, to Quantico, Va., arrived today at| o defrauding him of a large amount | of money. Lefty D;Tenport Arrives to Bolster New Haven Team New Haven, April 30.—A pitcher from the Chicago Americans, “Lefty" Davenport, is on his way here to be- ccme a member of the New Haven | Eastern league team, and will prob- ably pitch against Waterbury here to- | morrow. He was obtained by Presi- | dent Weiss, it is understood, as a part | of the deal which sent Frank Wood- ward to the White Sox. |Glacken Arranging to Place |Miss Richards in Vaudeville | John Glacken, manager of the Ly- | ceum theater, arranging a vaude- | ville tour for Miss Edna Richards who | appeared with great success in a [ “Tab" show here recently. Miss Rich- |ards is a talented soloist. She is wer | known locally, having attended Mt | 8t. Joseph's Seminary at Hartford with several local young women. Manager Glacken plans to have Miss Richards open her tour in this city. | MAY BREAKFASTS TOMORROW. | Two May breakfasts will be served tomorrow. The Business and Pro- fessional Women's club will serve a May breakfast in the morning and the Ladies' Aid of the Baptist church at noon. | will serve one SHRIVER OUT OF GAME New York, April 30.—Harry Shrive er, Brooklyn National league pitcher was in a hospital today suffering from received while play- ing last week. 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