New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 4, 1924, Page 18

rnest McArthur, a brother of James, tried unsuccessfully to block | his entrance, Land ran into the liv-| ing room and then into the bedroom | | where MeArthur was standing with | | his wife. Mrs. McArthur told Land not to shoot and ran out of the room McArthur ran into a closct and tried { to close the door hut could not. | Land’s Gun’ Jammed | Land, who was ding a feet away, is said to have tri | his revelver but the cartrid, |corroded and the gun became SLAYER OF TWO IS HIMSELF SHOT DEAD Land, Negro, Killed in Middle- fown Pistol Fight Middletown, Conn., March 4.—~Ju-| McArthur, who had lius Land, negro, wus shot and killed |automatic with him. empticd his pistol | bout 12 to fire werc am- | | here last night by James McArthur, | also a negro, at the latter’s home in Newfield, two miles from here. Mc- Arthur after the shooting called the Middletown police headquarters by telephone self-defense and gave himself up to Chief * Anderson and Captain Ernest McArthur, a brother, Charles Vick and Edward McGray are held &5 witnesses, Soon after their arrival at the Mid- dletown police station McArthur and the three other men were grilled by Chief Anderson and Prosecuting At- torney Tobin. All four were remand- ed for a hearing today. Trouble Started With Argument Tt is said that Land who boarded with family of Pender Ashford, au- other negro on the first floor of the | house where the shooting took place was visiting the McArthur home on the second floor early in the evening. He is said to have been intoxicated and to have gotten into an argument with McArthur, Land went down- stairs to his own room at that time but is said to have threatened to get MoArthur., It is alleged that later he went upstairs to the McArthur home with a .38 caliber revolver in his hand. DEPOSI and said he shot Land in Dunn, | at Land, two of the shots taking ef-| teet, one near the neck and the other! in the heart. The other three shots went wild, Land died one hour after| the shooting. Both men, each about | emple at Tut- | go Land figured romwell when trolley car | About on in a double killing af . became involved in row in which he pu asgun and | killed two men. Standing trial Land | was acquitted on self-defense plea. | He was ably def by ttorney Lewis, a noted color lawyer of Boston. The trial at the time at-| tracted widespread attention. Since | gaining his dom Land has given the police no trouble. Land before coming { resident of Meriden. “West of Ireland Is Hit By Famine, Reports Say' Dublin, March 4.~—Great distress is eported from the congested districts in the west of Ireland where condi- tions are stated to be worse than any since the famine year of 1848. Trade in England has affected the price of ye here was a| TORS IN this bank appreciate the personal attention which our officers cager to giv are always NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, Irish produce as well us diminished [in a two weeks’ 'session of drinkinig, the demand for Irish laborers. The |said the police. Théir last 28 cents farmers ure reduced to such an ex-|had gone for the bottle of poison. tremity in the poorcr districts that they have been obliged to consume for food the s potatoes they re- quire for the next crop. MAINE CITIES FOR wrcawormusric | KCAN CANDIDATES Famous Banker Starts For Elw"Mams Ha.vmg K. K- K. Ell!iOI‘SG- Today, But Sces No Need of Giving | ment Are Elected ‘ Out Reassuring Statements | New York, March 4.—J. P. Morgan, | - who leaves toduy on the Lapland for 2 two monthe' hollday abroad, con. | . Fortiand, Maine, March do=The | sidered the financial and business out- | XY KIux Klan played prominent look of the country so favorable that | PArts In two of the cight city elections | he could see no necessity for issuing |N6/4 1n Maine vesterday. In Saco a reassuring statement by himself, |V0ere John G. Smith, an attorney, Hlwestooloe atroanito st {was swept into mayoralty in a re- said; to have a good time, and ‘in: st. | Publican sweep, defeating Mu?or Wal- | ed that there was no business signifi- | ‘¥ J- Glipatrick, democrat. The suc- cance to the trip. At Naples, he sald, | :ssful candidate and his ticket had | he would board his yacht Corsair with | P6¢n endorsed by the klan as 100 per | cent American.” In FHgckland Lie tenant Commander Carfton F. Snow, | republican, who was elected, had the | lan endorsement. members of his family—but no busi- | ress associates—and indulge in a lazy | cruise of the Mediterranean, idling| kl ameng the Grecian Isles and salling ! e | as far east as Egypt. | Three cities, Saco, Rockland and | There would be no reparations or | F-astport, changed from thc demg- Garsinn toah conferences while."‘mc to the republican column, Elfs, Sbroad thel barken: mia |worth and Bath, returning to th'-‘ ¢ | party system “after several years of | non-partisan administration, divided on the issue, the former returning a | | democratic, the latter a republican. | |In each of the eight cities the total TRY SUICIDE T0GETHER Aged New York Couple Sperid Their| 1) Rockland the republican victory | Last 28 Cents to Purchase a Bottle {ollowed ten consecutive defeats for ' 3 | tnat party, !Woman Candidate in Favor | each other's "arms and unconscious, Of 9 0’Clobk Curfew Law | Raymond Smith, a former investiga-| Cedar Rapids, lowa, March 4.— tor for the New York Title & Mort- | Advocacy of a 9 o'clock city curfew gage company, and his wife, Mar- for men, women and children alike, garet, were found yesterday in their|evoked applause yesterday for Effie apartment on Park avenue, hours| Cherry, candidate for mayor of Cedar | after each had drunk a wineglasstul | Rapids. The candidate, one of the | of polson. trio of Cherry sisters, famous on the | A patrolman, hearing thelr groans, |stage a q,!:lrter of a century ago, ap- | broke into the apartment and gave|peared for her speech dressed in an | first aid to the aged couple. Bellevue | old fashioned silk dress, and old time hospital authorities say they may live. | hat and long black gloves. It was re- Besides the would-be sulcides were | called that her reccption on this oc- two insurance policies for $1,600 each, | casion wgs more kindly, than that on an unfinished letter which began: |the New York stage when she and her “Dear Blstar—Your letter should |gisters were greeted with a vegetable hflvs"b;tn -n:‘w:'r‘e‘: lu;_or;’er.'; nn: @{shower on the first night they tried penclled request that the bank where | out their abilities. Smith had worked be notifled, as well as his sister, Mrs, 4. M. Allen of Great Cove house, Wharton, N. J. Threatening poverty induced the Smiths to enter a sulcide pact, de- tectives sald. The wife recently had suffered a long lliness which culmi- uated in pneumonia and took most of their savings for treatment. Then the husband, despondent over the loss of his position, spent what they had left of Poison. New Yorky, March 4—Clasped in Faglish Tdfe Getting Longer The editor of Whitaker's Almanae, | for years accepted as a hand book of much miscellaneous information in Great Britain and the world, is pre- paring to change his tables rglating to the expectancy of life which Is now ten years longer than a few ye | due to the work of the var health organization ¢ TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1924 200 ARE ARRESTED Bulgarian Authoritics Take Into Cus- tody Those Who May Cause Any Trouble. ) By The Assoclated. Press, Sofla, Buigarig, March 4.—It semi-officially announced that the au- thorities at Kustendil, Petrich, and other frontier districts, also in Sofia, have arrested 200 persons regarded as likely to cause disturbances, Rumors are current that armed {bands intended to raid Jugo-Slavian territory and that the government has taken these precautionary measures use of its desire to foster good relations with thg neighboripg states. v A Sofla dispatch Sunday said ex- is | tremist activities were predicted dur. ing the present month and evidence was accumulating that the govern- ment was preparing for grave events. Official information was given out to the effect that communist and agra- rian refugees who fled to Jugoslavia after the last rebellion in September were planning to cross the border into Bulgaria. " . Passing of Opera Glasses | Although jewelers' still show them, and manufacturers still make them, opera glasses as the pride and prop- erty of every young woman, are pass- Opera glasses may still be rented in the theater lobby, and of course they are stlll given as gifts, but the custom once so popular in the days of Ada Rehan, Denman Thompson and Slara Morris seems to have died out. ing out. Trade AtHome Bargains Writing Papers, regula/r stock of Eaton, Crane & Pike papers ..... 259, oft Standard Ring Price Books, leather and imita- tion leather...331-3% off. s e Writing Ink—black, blue, red and violet; regular 10c. Special price. . 7e; 4 for 25¢ 6-0z. jars Library.and Ligtiid Paste; regular 35c. Special ............. 26¢c Ruby Rubber Bands, 1- oz. boxes, regular = 15c. . Specfal ...i000e0n... 108 1/4,-1!]). boxes, regular 40c. Framed Pictures . ... 40% Discount Pal Mechanical Pencil, reg. price 25¢. Special 10¢ Adinco Fountain Pens, regular $1.39. 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