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* News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1024, —SIXTEEN PAGES, Average Daily Cireulation sy o 10,391 July 19th PRICE THREE CENTS gy s S R POLICE RECORD IS | Syracuse Police Seek Burglars DEATHPENALTYIS ELM CITY TRAFFIC LOER AND LEOPOLD CALM AS ULEAN, HART SAYS| Who Fired House After Binding | GIVEN 10 MOUREY' POLICEMANKILLED ZEGAL FIGHT TO DETERMINE @t Suprisd 0 lam ol And Gagging Their Woman Victim !French Court Finds Him Guilty 15 Run Down by Coupe Driven by Charges at Council Meeting Syracuse, N. ¥, July 25.~The en- tire Syracuse police department was MUST wATc“ FoR P"FALLS mobilized today In an attempt to | trace two burglars who this morning \ | foreed an entrance to the Lenox |apartment house, bound and gagged Reports Chief Oppose Probation for Miss Frances Stabb, 34, and after take ing a small sum of meney from hep Sacond Offenders Agatnst room, set fire to the house, Who Fight Lives Are Endangered Guilty Clients, Criticized, Liguor Laws—Lawyers for The lives of Miss Stabb and feur roomers in the house were endan. gered as the flames rapidly swept There are no dark blotchea on the | through the apartment, and in ,,.\,,{. fair records of the New Britain po- 1o rescus the people several firemen lies department, according to Chief | were overcome by pas fumes and Willlam C. Hart in an address 10 the | narrowly escaped death New Britain Kiwanis club at the| The fire had started to eat its way Burritt hotel today. Chief Hart|inie the first floor when firemen opened his addreas by stating that he [ yanehed the building. They found had been attending the International|ynat Miss Stabb had been earried to Association of Police Chiefs in Mon- [ine front poreh by roomers. One treal and was aurprised to find Inlo¢ the men in the house trapped on newspaper clippings and information |,y . second floor was rescusd by fire. from friends that there vas a discus: |yen 5 sion about carnivals, gambling and | ged graft, etc. “The police de-| partment, however, I8 not involved," he said. He referred to the political | :,."’.::;";:,v':'-.:.:,;:-z,;'.:‘;:::":fl-d’ INOTHER STEANER IV TROUBLE, NO ONE HURT #aid it requires considerable thinking fo be able to keep to the middle of the road and avoid "leads™ laid for James T. Morse Aground Off Maine—Passengers Are Taken Off Like a Movie Thriller, Tha incomplete story which Miss Stabb was able to tell has all the them, Referring to a etatement concern- ing the police department made re. cently at 2 meeting of the couneil, Chief Hart said he was not alarmed, that he was sure the phrase used in the council meeting had not been in- tended exactly that way. Liquor Selling and Probation, He told about his trip to Canada and some things about the aetion of the association, One thing he spoke of was the unanimous sentiment on | the part of the police chiefs against piacing on probation second offenders against the liquor laws. He eaid the wollce officials all agreed that tHe first | offender was entitled to the benefits of probation but that placing a sec- ond offender on probation was one of the worst things that could happen. He also stated that the police chiefs voted to present ' a paper to the | Stonington, Maine, July 23.—The steamer James T. Morse of the East- ern Steamship Lines, Inc., which left Rockland early today for Bar Harbor with 200 to 300 passengers, grounded on a flat rock while at- tempting to negotiate the narrow channel between Crotch Island and Green Head at the entrance to Sfon- ington harbor. American Bar association decrying ef- forts on the part of some lawyers to | The steamer was believed to be un- | qualities of & movie thriller Miss Stabb awoke to find two masked men | !ronverllnl in low tones and |sereamed, but the sound was | heard by the other roomers. | She was then gagged and bound hand and feot, and the men took §70 {in rent money in an adjeining room, | “We must cover up our tracks" | Miss Stabb heard one of them say as | {they loft, and Miss Stabb saw no | mora of them, Then She Smelled Smoke, In a few minutes she smelled smoke and soon saw it eurl under |the bedroom door. She worked her | way across the floor and into the hall. |way in an attempt to waken vhal |other roomers. Her low moans final- ly were heard by another woman, who rushed down with her husband, | | As the man ran through the lower | {hatl, he stumbled over Miss Btabb | and his wife held open the door while he earried the woman to the porch. Miss Sfabb was removed to i hospital where she was reported to | ih' suffering severely from shork. FIFTH BODY REPORTED FOUND OFF WESTBRODK Bridgeport Man Thinks It Is That of His Little Daughter Westbrook, Conn,, July 23. — The | body of a girl, 14 or 15 years of age was picked up floating in the sound oft here today by H. M. Stevens, who | was out in a power boat. The body | was towed ashore and taken to the !local undertaker's by order of Dr. D. A, Fox, medical examiner, Dr. Fox sald the body that of a girl was |damaged and as she struck at low 2Pout b feet 2 inches in height, weigh- on 22 Counts »or ROBBED SHATTUCK HOME ' Prisoner Takes Sentence Calmly and Shakes Hands With Wis When Trial Concluded—Has Three Days for Appeal Tawyer By The Assoclated Pres Parls, July 22 Mourey today was sentenced to death having been found gullty without ex- tenuating cirecumstances on all of the 22 counts for which he was on trial, ineluding charges that he participated in the robbery In 15922 of the home of Albert R, S8hattuck, New York bank- er, The jury which had listened yester. day and today to evidence by Mr, Shattuck, Mrs, Shattuck's maid and a deposition by Mrs. Shattuck, awarded 10,000 franecs damages to Mr. Shat- tuck, who under French law was a civil party to the case besides being a witness in the criminal proceedings. The jury also appointed an expert to determine the valus of the jewels which had been stolen from the Shat- tuck home in Washington Square, New York city. Mourey took the ver- diet without flinching, simply shaking hands with his attorney whaen the lat- ter was given three days in which to appeal. FRESH AIR FUND 1S BEYOND §5,000 MARK About $500 More Needed for Undernourished Boys and Girls ~~Alphonse Gabriel | Mrs. George Coan SHE Patrolman R Tawrence Murphy, Duty at State and Wumphrey Streets a War Veteran—Was Wounded Twice. New Haven, July I8.—Policeman Lawrence Murphy, on trafie duty at Humphrey and State street was struck and fatally injured by an automobile this noon, He was taken to the hos 12:40 o'clock this afternoon. The sald to have been driven \cer into at automobile, by a woman, jamgned the o a trolley ear, Mrs, George Coan, wife of a well known local insurance man who was driving the coupe which struck the policeman, was arrested and held for the coroner, Murphy had directed traffic to move norgh and south on State street when Mrs. Coan, driving east on Humphrey street, came into State street and struck the officer, knocking him into the trolley car. He was thrown back under the automobile suffering inter. ne! injuries as well as a fractured skull In the automobile with Mrs, Coan was Mrs. Mary Butler of Winthrop Ter- race, Murphy was a war veteran having served overseas and been twice wounded in action. He had been four vears a member of the police depart- ment. He was unmarried but has brothers and sisters in Springfleld, Mass, SKIERKOWSKI AND HAYES SAID T0 HAVE HAD ROW |Chief Hart Prefers Charges Against Former For Alleged Threat I | [ on | pital with a fractured skull and died | THEIR FATE STARTS TODAY ACCUSED YOUTHS PUT " ONAIR OF BRAVADD Leopold Jests With Report- ers While Waiting for Murder Court to Open — | Chicago, July 23.—Nathan Leopold was ¢ erned only with the manner n which reporters wquld describe his | lothing when he was interviewed shortly before he entered the court. room today, Loeb consented to the | Interview and while Leopold was nonchalant and in a joking humor, Loeb was almost stolid in his in.| difference, “Are you nervous?’ Laopold was | asked | “Do 1 look it?" he answered and laughed, | Both boys were smoking tnnluntly} |and clearly showed the strain that | they were laboring under. Leopold | | however, was talkative. | “I hear you fellows had a hard time | deseribing our clothes the other day,” he satd. “Now I don't want you to| | make mistakes today. Remember this | |18 important day. ow look at me. What am 1 wearing? If T walked away this min- | ute not one of you could tell accur- ately. So I'm going to help you out. Dick's hat is a soft Fedora. It's dull gray. Mine is slate gray."” Then he laughed and while enjoy- ‘lns his own humor, Loeb, evidently nervous, sald: “Oh shut up, Babe,” | e 'WOMAN AND GHILD LEAVE N AUTO FOR PACIFIC | Mrs. Orsie Fxpects to Reach TLong Beach, Calif,, in 23 Days by To Latter, | Chief William C. Hart of the police | Northern Route. Prosecutor Reaffirms His Decision To In- sist On Death Penalty For Both Of Young Franks’ Slayers. Dead Boy's Father and Parent of Leopold Pa- thetic Figures in Court as Hearing Proceeds. SOME EVIDENCE TO BE HEARD PRIVATELY By The Assoclated Press Chicago, July 23.—~The kidnaping of 14-year-old Robert Franks by Na- | than Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, was a strictly “commercial proposi- tion,” the abductors wrote in their first letter to the father of their vie- tim. The letter was read today in the opening of the hearing before Chief Justice Caverly to determine the penalty the two college youths shall pay for the death of young Franks, to which for the second time they affirm. ed today their lawyer's plea of guilty. Recites Murder Plot State's Attorney Robert E. Crowe, in an opening statement, recited the story of the boys' planning of the “little fellow’s murder” from what he sald was the inception of the plot in the minds of the two brilllant sons of prominent familles here last fall. Every detail of the planning, preparation, foreseen by the young conspirators, was reviewed by the prosecutor. He told of the perfection of the de- tide it was expected ‘she would be |ing about 140 pounds, with bobbed, It was attired in a bath- The While New Britain people have de- cided not to let the maintenance fund | of the New Britain Fresh Air camp | tails for their plot on May 21, and of a careful deliberation afterward in the question of who should be their help clients escape punishment when | they are guilty of serious crimes. | floated on the flood tide within a few | sandy hair. Why Arrests Increase. hours. She was resting easlly. The |ing suit shoes and stockings. Mrs. J. Orsie, a former local resi- department has prefererd charges| in this against Supernumerary Policeman dent who recently arrived | He also stated that the increase in |Steam lighter Sophia was standing by arrests in New Britain in the last |to render assistance if necessary and faw years was not due to prohibition |the tug Somers N. Smith was ordered es much as to parking ordinances out from Rockland. and the ordinance regulating the| The steamer was®proceeding cau- cieaning of sidewalks In winter. tiously in a very thick fog when she Heé offered his cooperation ofiicial- | fetched up on the rock.unear Crotch ly to the Kiwanis club and said he |Island, about two tleamer lengths off would be glad to receive the assis- | her course, tance and cooperation of the mem- bers in return,’ Joseph W. Ward was clected to fill the vacancy as distret trusteef. It ‘Wwas voted to dispense with the meet- 9 ing next week because of the joint Rockland, Maine, July <23.—The meeting with the other clubs and the | passenger steamer James T. Morse, of Chamber of Commerce. ‘Hhe Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc., Kiwanians, despite the fact that|which left here early today for Bar Attorney Mirris D, Saxe said they | Harbor, struck on Crotch Island, near were giving away their age, turned |the entrance to Stonington Harbor, back the pages of time and made |shortly after 8 o'clock, in a thick fog. the ball room resound with such old time songs as “The Good Old Sum- mer Time” and Sweet Rosie O'Grady.” J Norman Mor#ill won the attendanck prize which was given Dby Attorney Donald Gaffney, and Dr. Norton wore the baby's bib for being late. Attorney Harry Ginsberg, Stanton Ashley, Harry O'Connor and Rev. Dr, Abel A. Ahlguist formed a quartet and sang “Sweet Adeline." FELLS GUARD, ESCAPES FROM BALTIMORE JAIL Convicted Murderer Forces Three by points were landed here in boats. Those bound to Mt. Desert Island points remained aboard the steamer. in boats. None was in danger. The' steam lighter Sophia went to the assistance of the stranded steam- er, The tug Somers N, Smith was or- dered out from here, taking along F. 8. Sherman, superintendent of the Bangor division. The steamer was proceeding slowly in the fog and probably grounded on a reef in the vicinity of the granite quarrying set- tlement. TIGE GONE AGAIN Coolidge Pet Cat Does Disappearing Act—Let Him Go, Is Ultimatum of President. Washington, July 23.—Tige, Presi- dent Coolidge's pet cat, is lost again, has been lost for a month and has been virtually given up as lost for- ever, Tige wandered off several months ago and was found only after notice that he was missing had been broadcast by radio. The cat then was glven a collar to keep as a souvenir and Tige began again his nocturnal wanderings. Mr. Coolidge ruled against another | Locks in Completing Break For Liberty. Baltimore, Md,, July 23.—George ross, one of the four youths con- victed last month for the murder of Louis Cohen, Baltimore jeweler, felled his guard and escaped from the city hall about 2:15 o'clock this morning. In making his escape gross stole a pistol from the guard and then jumped over the jail wall. Robert Emerson, the guard, was knocked in the head by Gross with an iron bar and then locked in the escaped man's cell. He was uncon- scious for some time after he was located, and late this morning it was impossible to get an accurate account of just what transpired leading to the escape. Bernard J. Lee, warden at the jall, said this morning that an iron leg from the cot in Gross’ cell had been used by the prisoner to force his way from the ceil and also to fell the guard. In making his escape, Warden Lee sald, Gross had to force three locks on the cell door. MARRIES WHITE GIRL Battling Siki, Senegalese Boxer, Takes New York Woman As His Wife To- day, New York, July 23.—Battling Sikl, Senegalese pugllist, w: married to- dav in the municipal buillding to Lil. llan Werner, white, of this city. The boxer's real name, Louis Fall, was signed to the marriage license. He gave his age as 23, and his birth place as St. Louis, Senegal, Af- rica. The bride, who gave hér age as 30 years, described herself as an art- i fiki also described himself as an ‘artist.” for soclety other than that found around the White House. BABY PEGGY ILL Youthful Performer's FEngagement Cancelled Because of Iliness Fol- lowing Vaccination. Atlantie City, N. J., July 23.—Can- cellation of a national tour by Baby Peggy, child motion picture star, was ordered by a physician yesterday due to illnese of the child. She is suf- vaceination in Pittsburgh last week. ances yesterday and today were broken. The specialist attending Baby Peg- means critical. Baby Peggy's elder sister, Louise, aged eight, is also similarly 111 as the result of her vaccination. {Girl's Clothing Stolen As She Wades in Pool Clothing a little girl had left in the dressing tent at Walnut Hill park this morning while she was in swimming, Siki stated on the license that he |was stolen according to a report made had never been married before. Dis- to'the police by ‘the child’s mother, patches from Europe at the time the 'Mrs. Abdcz, of 40 Sheffield street. boxer was preparing to come to this Another complaint wag received country stated that he had a wife and [from the woman this afternoon that a family who had accompanied him |woman neighbor had at"uck one of from Africa. her children, Passengers for Stonington and near- | Some of the passengers were landed | Finally he left for good. | radio search on the ground that Tige | plainly had indicated -his preference | fering from fever as the result of a Numerous engagements for appear-| gy etated that her illness was by no | body ts being held awalting identifi- cation, It was belleved that it might be one of the three giris of the party | | of seven mussing since the overturn- | ing of a cance party of children off | Fairfield last Thursday. Dr. Fox has { communicated with Bridgeport in an effort to locate the parents of the | missing children, The girl's tecth showed evidence of | work, evidently straightening | | considerable dental with the intention of | them, Dr. Fox said. Bridgeport, July 23.—A description | of she body of the girl found off Westbrook today telephoned to the { police department here was declared by J. A. Nordquist to tally with that | of his daughter Alva, one of the | drowned children. | Bridgeport, July 23.—The body of | Clinton Nordquist, 12, son of Mr. and | Mrs. Albert Nordquist, was found floating in Ash creek early today by Police Sergeant John F. Cassidy. Ash creek is about two miles from the | | place where the seven children are | believed to have been drowned from | & canoe last Thursday. This is the | fourth body to be recovered. The bodies of Ernest Peterson, 8, | youngest of the seven children miss- | ing and Walter Bergquist, 12, were picked up yesterday off Fairfield ! beach and that of Florence Benson, | |15, oldest of the seven, was found off | Seaside park late yesterday afternoon. | | Search for the hodies of Kthel Beggquist, 14; Alva Nordquist, 12, and | Alva Anderson, 14, the other three | children s still in progress. The seven children started out in | |a canoe from St. Mary's by the Sca | Thursday sand the overturned canoe | was found floating in the sound the | following day. FACE LIQUOR CHARG { Darien and Fairfield Men Arrested by State Policemen on Charge of Vio- | lation of Dry Laws. Bridgeport, July 23.—James Feeney | of Darien and Leslie P. Olmstead of Fairfield, were taken into custody to- day by Sergeant Frank Virelll of the state police on a bench warrant is- sued by Assist. State’'s Attorney E. | Earle Garlick charged with the un- | |lawful possession of intoxicating | | liquors. The pair were arrested as a result of a raid in Stamford on July |6 when a forty foot power boat and |39 cases of Scotch whiskey were | eelzed by federal and state agents as a result of a tip furnished by Harvey T. Bissell, eollector of eustoms, TRANSFERRED T0 HARTFORD jnrp&flmem of Justice Office in | | | To Be Done in Connecticut, { | Epringfeld, Mass, July 28.—Orders | | were received here today from Wash- | ington closing the department of jus- | tice office and transferring the agents in charge to Hartford, Conn. It is | indicated that the district comprising | five counties, will be divided, Frank- lin and Worcester counties being placed under Boston jurisdiction. | Hampden and Hampshire counties | under Hartford and Berkshire county | under Albany, N. Y. The district was formed eight years ago. Local or- ganizations are planning the closing of the office because [ | | {thh water department, I still keep going. Reported by Treasurer.. Springficld Has Been Closed Work | | to protest | | g0 by default, neither will the fund peter Skierkowski because the latter city after a 21-day trans-continental ‘With |5 alleged to have threatened to punch | motor trip from her home in Long for additional housing suffer. $880 on hand, the Lions' club still to be heard from and the barn contain- ing probably $200 worth of lumber turned over to the Fresh Alr camp by the housing fund will probably reach its goal and A check received today from the Raeus club, puts this fund $560 further ahead. The maintenance fund continues to grow and today's reports jump that fund over the $5,000 mark, with a fair start towards the last $500. With the annual golf tournament coming at | the Shuttle Meadow club a week from today, which is expected to bring in at least $300, the full amount of $5,500 {s almost in sight. Lvery cent is needed. Yesterday the Herald reported the receipt of 650 cents from a group of children who had a show in the cellar of their home on Park street. If children can raise money in small amounts, surely their elders can contribute like amounts, If 200 more people contribute $1 each, nobody will miss it and many more children wiil be happy. That there Is some real sentimént back of the contributions is shown by the receipts today of a tiny box containing $2.50 in gold from Earle B. Hick. A check was received for $10 from the Painters' union and the cash received by the treasurer boosts the fund towards the last lap of its Journey. The contributions for the housing fund include a personal check sent to Treasurer L. W. Young for $85.57, a check for $265 from the Kiwanis club, a check for $480 from the Ro- tary club, a check for $50 from the Raeus club, and the Lions' club, de- spite the many public services it has been called 'upon to perform in the | past year, has voted to collect from its members to help the fund. The maintenance fund is as fol- lows: Previously acknowledged . Earle B. Hick (gold plece).. Painters’ Union $4,055.55 2.50 10.00 45.00 Total .. vee..$5,013.05 REBELS WANT ARMISTICE By The Assoclated Press, Santos, Brazil, July 23.—The Sao Paulo revolutionists are reported on efforts to enter into negotiations with the Brazillan government relative to an armistice but to have failed, Presi- dent Bernardies having announced that the rebels must face the penal- ties of the Brazillan laws. AUTO BNEAXS GATES. John Coffey, xatotender at the Elm street rallreed crozuing, reported to the police this morning that David Spector of 28 Hurlburt street, drove his automobile against the gates at the crossing and broke them. i | HIGH TIDES—JULY 24 (Standard Time) . At New London— 3:27 a. m. At New Haven— 5:40 a. m. | | | | 405 p. m. | 6:04 p. m | * THE WEATHER e Hartford, July 23.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: | Fair tonight and Thursday; lit- of the benefits that have accrued from its location here, | tle change in temperature. | —— e ¥ [| #2.000. e e et St st jSupermn’nerary Policeman Joseph Hayes and he used vile langudge in so doing. The matter will be referred lto the discipline” conimittes of the police board and action will be taken at the next regular meeting of the | commission. | The trouble occurred Inight in a lot on Stanley street. pernumerary Hayes was Fairview cemetery when his attention was drawn to the condition of James McHale, a carnival worker, who had been stricken {ll. The policeman sent in a call to headquarters for an automobile to take McHale to the New Britain General hospital. Super- numerary Officer Skierkowski was de- tailed to drive the service car to the scene, last Sunday | Su- lot Officer Hayes in alleged to have made a remark about the car sent. Iteis alleged that Skierkowski asked Hayes if it was necessary to send a truck and followed this up with a | threat that he would “punch ‘Hayes' |head off” if he did not “shut his mouth” at once. Officer Hayes took (up the matter with Chief Hart upon the latter's return from a trip to ‘Canmla. with the result that both men |were called into the office last night |and it was decided to bring the mat- |ter before the commission. Chief | Hart has not suspended Sklerkowski. | EXPECT APPOINTHENT S00N to Name a Coolidge TIs Expected Diplomatic Envoy to Mexico Within Very Short Time. ‘Washington, July I3 - President Coolidge is expected to Ml promptly the post of ambassador to Mexico, | soon to be made vacant by the re- tirement of Charles B. Warren of Michigan. The ambassadorship at Tokio, an- other major post now vacant, proba- bly will not be filled until after the November elections, but relations with Mexico during organization of the new claims commisslons are held by Mr. Coolidge to require immediate desig- nation of a successor to Mr. Warren. Bellef was expressed in official cir- cles today that Mr, Coolidge would go outside the diplomatic service to obh- tain an ambassador for Mexico City. Brings Suit for $1,000 For Dog Bite Injuries Suit for $1,000 damages brought today by Attorney Harry Ginsburg acting for Alfio Brunetto |against Stanley Drezek, the action arising out of injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff last October when Drezek's dog bit him Deputy Sheriff Martin H. Horwitz served papers on the defendant to- day and attached property on Me- Clintock street In the amount of | Fireman Heery to i‘ake Miss Welch for Bride The wedding of Miss Welch, daughter of Mr. and M Welch of 8 SBexton street, to John J. Heery of 189 Clark street will take place at 8t. Mary's church, Tuesday, September 9. Miss Weleh is employed at the Fair Department store and Mr. Heery is a fireman stationed at No. 3 station, and was a member of the 26th division and served overseas during the wr, on duty at | When the machine arrived upon the | was | | Beach, Calif., is starting out today on the return tour which, by reason of a change in route, will taks her 23 days, she anticipales. The remarkable feature in Mrs. | Orsle’'s trip is the fact that she is | making the tour unaccompanied ex- |cept by her daughter. Her return | will be made without an escort also. Mrs. Orsie left kong Beach May 19 and came by way of a desert. She vietim. The sons of numerous wealthy families were considered before young Franks was agreed upon. Termed “Cold, Cal The defendants were styled calculating murderers.” Listening to the state recital of the details of the boy's death with ap- parent equanimity of spirit, the two defendants sat calmly in their chairs behind their counsel “'eold, experienced some trouble with tires but no engine trouble through the long 21 days of travel. She has planned to return by way of the northern route. | ABANDONS HER KIDDIES Rochester Mother Arrested After De- | | | | serting Two Ohildren—One Found In Meadow. |Lottle Dana, 23, of Sandy Creek, N. Y., is being held by the police of | Wolcott, N, Y,, because of the aban- donment of her two boys, 18 months |and two and one-half years of age. | The younger child was found today by a gearching party. The older boy was (found in a meadow last night. | Mrs. | with John Bowley, who left her after |a few days. Discouraged, she said she |decided to abandon the bables and |took them out into the woods Mon- |day afternoon, kissed them goodbye |and went away, The younger baby had nothing to cat for two days and suffered much from exposure and was said to be dangerously ill, A SUICIDE IN JAIL | Waterbury Man, Dolng 60 Days for Breach of the Peace, Hangs Him- self in New Haven County Jail. New Haven, July 23, — Louls Sa- molls of Waterbury, serving a sixty | day sentence for breach of the peace, | hanged himself in his cell at the county jail today. He tied a one-end | strip of his overalls about his neck, | the other end to a clasp near the ceil- ing and jumped from the cot in his | cell. Tecause of his surly disposition, | jail officials sald, Samolis had been | confined in an fisolated cell. |Trolleymen in Contest To Cultivate Mustache Officials and others connected with the New Britain division of the Con- | necticut company are watching with a | great deal of interest a contest being |staged between Sam Schupac, a mo- | |terman on the New Britain-Meriden |1ine and Inspector Sigford Norton |connected with the superintendent’s |office. The contest is nothing more | |or less than a mustache raising race, the idea being to see who can raise | {an adornment on the upper lip first. | | The odds are sald to be even on the | betting and there is a well grounded |rumor floating around the car barn on Chesntut street that Superinten- to the man who wins, WHEAT CROP THREATENED Chicago, July 23, — Smashing of | | high price records began again in the | wheat market today after several days’ pause. The new soaring of values was accompanied by advices that black ruet is menacing the crop in Canada. Dana said she left her home | Frequently one would whisper to the other. Leopold frequently sat virtually motionless for periods of 10 or 15 minutes during the recital. Franks Is Composed. Loeb, however, frequently adjusted | his stylish bow tie, moistened his lips with his tongue, and picked at specks on his sleeves. Jacob Franks, father of the slain boy, sat quietly | beside his attorney—chewing gum | with apparent determination, but wholly without outward show of feel- | Rochester, N, Y., July 23. — Mrs, | "8 Nathan Leopold, Sr., father of .one | of the 19-year-old intellectuals whose | fate is at stake, sat within a few feet of his son, and next to another son. | His brow was creased and deep lines of grief bore evidence of a parent's bowed spirit and heavy heart. Tnsist On Death Penalty. “Of course we are going to Insist on the death penalty at every appro- priate opportunity,” Mr. Crowe told newspapermen during a brief recess. Some Private Evidence. At one point the state’s attorney alluded to evidence he would ask to | “present to the court in private.” “The nature of the evidence,” he said, “as will be seen, and doubtless appreciated by the court, is sugh that |it would be improper to reveal it in open court.” Coming to a recital of the first show of weakness by Toeb during his 'first questioning by State’s Attorney | Crowe, the prosecutor raised his | volce and paced nervously hefore the | bench, He told of Loeb's excited cry for |a rlass of water after he was told that his companion had revealed thefr secret., “My God!" the youth eried. Ha then offered to tell the whole story. The same strategy applied later to |Leopold, Mr. Crowe said, produced & ke reaction. Fach Accused Other, ach accused the other of being tha actual murderer, and sought to save his own neck,” the prosecutor shouted “In the name of the people of the state of Tllinois and of the parenthood and childhood of the stats, we de- mand the death penaity for both of |these cold blooded and viclous mur- derers,” said Mr. Crowe in conclusion. Defense Begins, Clarence Darrow, 67-year-old vet. eran of the Chicago bar, the chief de. fense counsel, immediately attacked the Crowe statement. “To describe the crime as the most {atrocious and the most everything else In history,” Darrow sald, “is to draw upon the imagination of the state's attorney.” Crowe objected to the tenor of Darrow’s remarks, demanding a rule ing from the court on whether {t was Mary F.}drnl W. J. Bryan has offered a prize | time “for statements or for conelud- .M ing arguments.” Darrow responded that Crowe had “sought to stir up feelings and pas- sion” in his talk. The court ruled that Darrow should confine himselt to objections and am opening statement. Father Takes Stand. e (Continued on Page Sixteen) ., o R PRSP O | [