New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 19, 1923, Page 3

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WED | from eight to twelve years. freed, Mitchell also Charles Dewey, eonvicted caping *from state prison on 4, 1915, and sentenced to from to ten years. L * Claim False Testimony Mitchell's case was presented by man, has been should be freed Ito obtain pardons John F. McGraw made affidavit | Mitchell, and eac that he never believed Mitchell com- | cages was the sub mitted the crime. MeGraw was as- | cussion in sistant prosecutor at the time of the |the murder for w murder i | Louis M. Raffel of Waterbury and he| Superintendent George M. Beach |jjx =atural life ir ynrmf'd the board the hearing|of the Waterbury police department,| fraves a watch ould consume more time than ever |characterized the conviction of Miteh- | madi# in love witl before. He had a mass of documents | ol as the biggest miscarriage of ius- |wyinsted sehonl with him to support his contentions |tice in Connecticut and the weman|gomiy were oppo | that' Mitchell, an innocent man, ‘\'Bs)'hfl worst eriminal he ever saw | Hayes continued t sent to-prison for life on deliberate| (aptain §Dodds investigated the [to and pay her lying, twisted testimony and mlmk'n»‘,-‘v, and reported to Superintendent |but according to tional false testimony. | Beach that he failed to connect Miss Cook sought Mitehell, with Sophie , Kritchman | Mitehell with the crime of es- March five EIGHT PRISONERS ARE GIVEN PARDONS Three o[ These Are Lilers at ~ Wethersfield ~ Hartford, Dec. 19.—Eight prison- ers at the state prison in Wethers- field, three of them serving life sen- tences, were pardoned by the Board | n \ 28, | three miles of the scene of the crime. |house with her of Pardons last night at the conclu-| 1910, Ben s L e R e Stronz Effort By Friends to marry him he sion of one B gest T 5 | 'y 7. fog " ay, - X 3 » " P | 'l e Lol i ‘o( the longes hes.}muwmlw 15, 1909, having been’found| Great efforts were made in. the |turned the gun ver held by the board. The saadont ot Ml ndiv natdll-of . wood bout | €8s of Mitchell to secure his pardon.s the contention of began last Tuesday, lasted through- " & O0CIY pateh of woods about| e .\ vwcinth petition for free. |Haves had not out that day, and, because of the nu Affidavits were offered to show |dom and was backed this time by a|Miss Cook merous petitions still to be heard, was - ewcomer in Connecticul who gecy continued to terday, taking up the | that John Weisman, a former, deputy |V n in n o ho secur- | aiitibs dav. i sheriff of Hartford, had been in ihisi""‘ estjmony from -“’;""“ ]_:""” "‘]"““" tire day. i o vl s when he testified | WItnesses or concerned in the trial in Those pardoned and ti# rrm\;»:- fie had '] Support enlisted in o} i raterbury, | New Haven for which they were senfenced Mitchell in Waterbury. | " ¢ 0 € t state prison wm-)p | ®ix of the eurviving jurors who | official quarters, Sheriff ’Ilmmas”:,n? i -n. | convicted Mitchell, have madegaffi- | Rellly being one who gyttended ”'-"’::.l:?irg:lfl‘;l;“:;tl“:d::"“w\—“l" D-| Gavits that if the statements wince |hearings. One-half of the jury which der areh 28 1910, 1ol TMI" Imade in the case hed been presented |convioted Mitchell .13 years ago is| r.on March 28, 1910, in New Ha-| " E th td g ave |dead and most of the witnesses are ven county and sentenced o life im. |10 them at.the trial they would have | » , | Siakioan | returned « different verdict |either dead or have left the state John T. Hayes, convicted 'of sec.| ONe affidavit said that Weisman | 1In the trial of Sophie Kritchman, ond degree murder: on - Movember |Nad 8aid he had given his testimony | Mitchell was presented as one of the!in 8, 1901, in Litcheld county and |0 befriend Attorney William Ken- |triangle of Sophie. the slatn man,| Participation sentanced to life imprisonment. | nedy, counsel for Sophie Kritchman, |Kulvinskas, and Mitchell. The last George “Red Salvatore Conto, convicted of sec- who had taken Weisman's son, Her- [npamed was made to appear as the of Columbus and ond degree murder on July 9, 1908, |™Man, into his law office latest favored lover of the girl, Mo | alias in New Haven county and‘izf'nltcnfl'd‘i It was claimed by Mr. Raffel that tive for the killing was the desire| to life imprisonment ir?\mnn of the evidence offered by a [to get rid of Kulvinskas, reputed Steve Soos, convicted ' of usaunr"'":""f::“:“_::mn‘:'l"‘qnlrl'\:‘v’lgm she was | fiance to clear the way to kill and murder on February 21,|.°" 4 Kritchman, | for Mitehell. The brutal murder of 1913, in Fairfield county and men. | 2ccOmplice and financee of Mitchell [the vietim roused much feeling and in the killing of Kulvinskas, tenced to from twenty to thirty & had [the case was hotly fought out. The years, + " |#ided in the conviction of Mitehell |woman was given a life sentence but Howard Westover, convicted of |27 hence was “twisted testimony.” | wag later pardoned when her heaith manslaughter on October 1, 1918, in| Many Affidavits and mind sald to he failing. New Haven county and sentenced to | from ten to eleven years. [to show that \litchell Albert Esposito, convicted of con-|in the killing of Kulvinskas, includ tpiracy to commit robbery with|ing one from John B. Schmidt, of |she lured abuse on June 30, 1922, in New|Naugatuck, former chief of police, |D where Haven county and sentenced to frnmi Judge Walter 1. Makepgace, then | was alleged four to six years {deputy coroner, declared that Miteh. |back Nathan Salzberg, convicted if in anyway connected the The cases of manslanghter in Hartford crime was bnt March 6 1920 and sentenced the T ond degree murder on March | two seen Be Taken Alive, Colnmbus, Ohio ore of cities, in in Marietta, boast that he tured alive,” Detective ture that McGaha hands and could n reveiver. He was last of Sophie. were had no part |©Of some note and an expert of the piano. The state claimed Kulvinskas to a lonely Mitchell shot him. 1t that later Sophie went toned the injuged m Hayes, Mitehell, Sa 1 that | England’'s only Publication reign and the f Charl of as an te el with and as |1 Krit county an accomplics principal, Sar fa) Comfortable Coxw#ll chair upholstered m velour, with deep-springed seat and back. e $39.50 at (b) Martha Washington Sewing Cabihet, beautifully finished in s l 9.50 (¢) For Dad or Brother! signed smoking stand in mahogany finish . This splendidly de. $1.95,, $29.50 (e) Spinet Desk in walnut or mahogany, only . mahogany, as low as . ... Telephone 72 Open Evenings . Until Christmas long period of time the community i : They had |On the day of the of Union City, was convieted of sec-|not been able tg place Mitchell within | met her and went on intended GET “RED" McGAHAN . ‘amons Bank Robber is Captured in | Marietta—Had Boasted He'd Never McGahan, 32 is again under Taken into custody “would failed Posell, tood and by the time he Many affidavits were read qe“mng"fivlnrn her arrest she was a musician | It .‘tnd started to reach for his teacher | calibre revolver He was overpowered The London Gazette, is 2 was inaugur ZSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1923, LIONS GOYERNOR TELLS had been made| for Hayeés and| h of these twof ject of endless dis in which| e hich he was con- | |demned to spend the remainder of [J. L. Dreehen of New York Delivers | n prison oceurred. | maker hy trade,| 1 Winifred Cook, a teacher, but. her sed to the Inspiring Address at “Roarers’ " Meeting Here, The regular weekly meeting of the mateh. |y 4ong club was held at the Elks elih o protest his love|, 4 cvening. 1. L. Drédeben, district marked attention. | govornar of the Lions e prosecution. | ory apoke o 1,ionism » discourage him. | .cone Ay Dreeben told murder, Hayes that the greater percentage to the school| oonle measure their work in what When she refused|thoy can do for themselves, as, they shot her and then| put money in the hank for them himself. It was| gejves, educate their own children the defense (hal|pyjlg houses for themselves, and to shoot| practically everything they do iz fo benefit themselves and themselies alone. | He said that it is the duty of every [true Lion to measure his terms of | serviee in doing something for some one else, Mr. Dreeben said that it was not necessarily the large mem bership of a club that made its suc cess but that it was the unity which ! prevailed in the ciub snd the manner in which the members worked to gether. In closing he said nb should take a stand on questions of importance tc the community and in taking this etand it should be sure that it was right and then stick to its guns until through * A burlesque boxing bout put on as the feature enter®fnment and after twe fast rounds the decision was given to the masked marvel Through the courtesy of John Con taras, manager of the Capital thea ter, Miss Betty Washington, talented vielinist, favered with several num bers which were well recejved. Mr Wiggin's social orchestra of the Cen tral Junior High schonl rendered a ver of pleasing selections members of the club present and a number Waterbury and what it thd mem of on bers . Dec. 19 nted . mostly for alleged bank robberies, formerly known under many arrest in a restaurant night, * McGah never be cap- to materialize 0 timed the cap- n was using his ot quickly draw his carrying a tray of had dropped every ¢ . was n's state newspaper. ® years old ted during It was ther everal had 1uced from were intro es 11, the Display of Doll Carriages $2.50 $4.50 $8.50 (f) A spiofid gift! Fireside Chair, finished b $26.50 Artistic Gateleg Tahle, in rich walnut o0 $29 50 (g) finish, at John A. Andrews & Co. | WHAT TREE SERVICE MEANS club of New |3 Fesksint Dqvidsons Tevenlhai SRAAREL | , For Your Convenience # WILL REMAIN THIS STORE OPEN THE ¥ N . 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