New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 25, 1923, Page 18

KIDNAPPERS SAVED FROM DEATH TODAY Gon. Sl Commnes Psaly (075525 Lile in Prison Albany, Oet. 25.—8ante Cusamano and Antopio Mari wo of the men | vonvicled of the murder of fAve-year: | old Giuseppe Verotta, after Kidnap ping him, did not go to death in the | electrie chair today at Bing Hing Thelr sentence was commuted by Gov Smith te life lmprisonment on the recommendation of Judge Talley, who sentenced them, and Districl Attorney | Banton, who prosecuted the cuse They sent Lo the governor a jolnt let tor with the following four reasons| for executive clemency! | “First—"The convietion of each e fendant was based largely upon the testimony of Roberto Raffaele, who was awaiting execution after eonvie tion for the same erime, We are mind ful of the extreme probabllity that | such testimony as Raffacle gave might have been predicated upon his hope, which was in fact thereafter realise Lj | . that his own sentence of death would be o nuted to lite imprisonment. " id=-It 18 an established fact | that while they were corvicted of murder in the first degren in having | participatcd in the death of Giuseppe : Varotts, a ehild that hud previously been kidnapped, at the time of the death of such child they were in cus- tody and were prisoners in the city of York. “Third—Who were the actual mur- derers of the Varotta child has never been disclosed, If these two defendants are exocuted it 1s lNkely that the real culprits will never be known, If sub- sequent disclosures or information should bLring to light their own identi- ty it is our belief that the testimony of these two defendants might aid in the conviction of the actual murder- ers, “Fourth—In the decision of the Court of Appeals in the case of Cusa- mano, aMrming the judgment of con- viction, two judges dissented upon the ground that the evidence in the casc other than that given by Raffaele was 1ot in their judgment sufficient to Justify the death sentence.” arotta child was kidnapped 1921, from in front of his at 5564 East Thirteenth street. The kidnappers wrote twice to Salva- tore Varotta, futher of the boy, telling him if he did not pay $2,500 ransom Giuseppe would be Kkilled. Thefather turned the letter over to the police, A scond letter was received saying it would be useless to search iar the child. The boy's body was fuund in the Hudson river, opposite Piermont, N. Y., on June 11. A week before the discovery of the body the police, using a decoy, arrest- ed John Melchionne, an Italian la er, in the Varotta home, where it was charged he came, demanding $500 of | the $2,600 ransom. Roberto Raffacle, James Ruggiere, Cusamano and Ma- rino were arrested in the Varotta hull- | wity, where they were waiting for the return of Melchionn. Rugguere, a stepson of Marino, confessed to writ- ing the letters. Raffaele was identified | by the elder Varotta as one of the men who had made an oral demand for cash. HAYNES ASKS CLEARING Requests Methodists to “Correct” Statement That Differences Among Officials Hampers Law Enforcement Washington, Oct. 25.—Prohibition Commissjoner Haynes today asked the board of prohibition, temperance and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal church to ‘“correct”, a re cent statement disseminated by it charging that m row among prohi bitlon and treasury officlals was handicapping enforcement of the law. He said that such charges were con trary to the facts. Secretary Mellon, Commissioner Blair, of the internal revenue burean, and Assistant Prohibition Commis- sioner Jones were among those men tioned in the board’s statement as concerned in a disagreement. + DIES OF INJURIES New London Man Passes Away At Hospital—=Was Thrown From Car Which Overturned On Groton Hill. New London, Oct. William A Bray, 23, of this city, died early to day at a local hospital of injuries re celved late last night when an anto- | moblile he was riding in turned tur- | tle at the foot of I'ort Hill, in Gro- ton. His companion Cornelius Wal ker, 25, also of this city, who w slightly injured is under arrest on charge of manslaughter and is held in $5,000 bonds by the state police. TEACHER W/ RIGHT, Father—Did you tell your teacher I helped you with your I'rench exer- clses, Tommy? Tommy-—Yes, Father—And what did she say? Tommy—She said she wouldn't keep me In today because it didn't| seem fair I should suffer for your ig- norance.~Exchange. 2 Lbs. Lard 29c. advt, Stromberg Carburetor A. G. Hawker | We Clean Everything Under the Sun General Housecleaning | A Specialty NEW BRITAIN WINDOW CLEANING CO. 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B, Proudman of Frederick street, motored to Hanover New Hampshire, last weck-end visit their son, Donald, a student at Dartmouth college, Mr, and Mrs, William Hine, Mias Marjorle Hine and Robert Hine have returned from Uxbridge, Mass., where | they attended the wedding of Miss | Beatrice Waterhouse and Everett Hine | on Monday. The public bridge party given by the Woman's club of Maple Hill in the new Grange hall last Saturday evening was very well attended., The prizes were awarded to the following: irst, Mr. and Mrs, Fred Fuller; sec- ond, Mrs, Nelson Mann and Mr, Hunt; third, Mrs. Hunt and Mr, Wilson, and consolation to Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Skinner. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Latham of Theodore street, will leave tomorrow for Flizabeth, N, J,, to spend the week-end with relatives, o wa Miss Grace Vining of Boston has|'™ been a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Mann of Robbins avenue this wecek. Miss Mabel Smith and Misses Laura and Mary Camp attended the session of the national council of Congrega- tional church in Springfield on Sun- day. Mrs. Frank Rau of Robbins avenue i spending the week with her sister in Westfield, Mass. % Burritt Root has returned from a trip to New York. Mrs. M. J. Shonts of Stuart street is in New York visiting her daughter. STAMFORD MEETS EVERY COOKING NEED This is all that is left of an auto that crashed into a railroad abutment at Bridgeport, Conn,, killing one man, the South Ameri- inju probably fatally, CLAIMS TRANSFER OF LOTS WAS 70 AVOID ATTACHMENT Yung Sues to Have Deed Set Aside and to Collect $1,500 For Damages Jacob Yung, through Attorney Donald Gaffney, has brought suit for $1,600 against Anthony Abromo- wicz and Peter Poplowskl as the re- sult of an accident on Stanley street near Allen street Sunday evening. The plaintiff also brings a second count of fraudulent transfer of prep- erty to avold attachment which he asks be declared vold, The writ is returnable in the superior court the first Tuesday in November. Walter Yung, son of the plaintiff, was driv- ing the car at the time of the ac- can :gresenhtive of a big packing company. Another man was claimed, the defendant was the own- or olght tots on Beach street and these lots would have been available for attachment but for the fact that the day after the collision, Abromo- wicz transferred them to Poplowskl, The plaintiff asks that the transfer of the lots be’ declared fraudulent and vold, and be set aside. ROBBERS RAID SHIRT SHOP Buffulo, N. Y. 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