New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 26, 1924, Page 1

—— News of the World By Associated Press NEW BRITAIN HERALD i3 ESTABLISHED 1870 MAYOR NAMES JUDD MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ‘T0 DIG UP CARNIVAL “SCANDAL” FACTS e e—— Revives Charges Made By Third Ward Al derman By Appoint- ing Special Corps Of Investigators. Pajewski, Rutherford, Fay and Lynch Chosen for Co-workers — Paonessa | Subject Doesn't Want Dropped. Interest in the controversy arlsing of the Gates mine of the H, C. Frick Judd's Coke company, were brought to the w surface shortly after dawn today, Willlam H. “higher up' over Alderman charges that someone had apparently told Chief of Police | Willlam C. Hart to “lay oft" Coleman Brothers Carnival gambling was renewed today when Mayor A, M. Puonessu wrote the ing him of his appointment as first | eaplosion while nine women lost their member of a committee to probe the carnival situation with regard to the charges made by the alderman. in the commeon council, At the regular July meeting of the in- |unusual manner, common couneil, Alderman Judd troduced a resolution to instruct the per- mits be given to carnivals to play in Supplementing his reso- lution, the alderman told the counefl “driven into bring- license committee that no more New Britain, that he had been ing up the resolution” by reports that had reached his ears. He then told of how gambling wheels were closed by the police at one ciiman David L. Nair did not bring About action by the police, He con- ciuded with a remark: “I don't know who told him (Chief Hart) to ‘lay off" the Coleman shows-—hut nothing was done." The alderman said Councilman Nair, who was not present at the macting, knew he was going.to bring up the matter and that he had per- mission to use the councilman’s name. Councilman Nair returned from Can- ada the following day and promptly denied that he made complaint, as- serting that he had a conversation with Chief Hart and remarked that there was a booth at which money and not merchandice was given out, but it was nit in the nature of a com- plaint.* He also declared his bellef that Chief Hart had utilized the in- formation and did whatever was in his power fo catch the gullty parties, and if he was net successful it must have been because landing thes operators red-handed. The councilinan made this statement to the press and in an interview with the mayor. Mayor Demands Proof. On the day following the charges, Mayor Paoncssa sent him a latter demanding that he furnish proof of the guilt of persons “higher up” or retract what he felt was an aspersion upon the police and the city officials in general. He also volun- teered, should it be the wish of the alderman, to name a committee to in- Judd vestigate the entire situation with the | complaining alderman as chairman, Alderman Judd visited the mayor's office twice on the following day, but the mayor was away. time the alderman reiterated his made before the common council in statements to the pros€ For several days there had been no new develop- ments until today the mayor mailed his second letter, which follows: “Alderman W. H. Judd, City. “Dear Sir:- “At the last meeting of the com- mon council you publicly charged misconduct on the part of certain po- lice officials or men higher up in their handling of the gambling situation at the carnivals which come to our city from time to time, “Immediately thereafter 1 address- ed a letter to you demanding that you either produce proof of your statements or retract the statement. Considerable time has passed and you have not complied with either of these requests. “It may well be that you are ham- pered In your attempls to secure ac- curate information and to eliminate this possibility I intend to clotheyou with authority to help you in your endeavor. “Feeling that this w a matter which should not be left to die a natural death and should be definite- ly decided one way or the other I hereby appoint you as tie first named member of a committee to investigate the conduct of any and all city offi- cials in their handling of any and all @ituations which arose by reason of the presence of carnivals in our city. 1 request that you roport your find- ings to me as soon as you are able to finish a thorough investigation. “Very lrun yours, . M. PAONESSA, OTHERS ON C@MMIT The mayor named @derman Peter J. Pajewski and ‘Councilmen A. N. Rutherford, Thomas Fay and Stephen A. Lynch as members of the commit- tee to serve with Alderman Judd. Pajewski and Rutherford are republii- cans while Fay and Lynch are demo- wheels | reached safety, alderman advis- |fatherless as a carnival and at | another a complaint made by Coun- |shaft mouth, of difficulty in | n the mean- |Atlantic City Real Estate sistant, 10 MEN KILLED N PEAN MINE BLAST 65 Others in Shalt Escape Wlth , Their Lives - o1 FATHERLESS KIDDIES | Reseue Crews Do Heroie Work After Discovery of Explosion Which Re- sults in Fatal Cave-in at Gates, Pa, Gates, Pa, July 26.—The bodies of |ten miners who met death last night {when an explosion wrecked a seetion Seve | enty-five miners were at work when the blast came, and & check of the |‘l'\lllunlly list showed that sixty-five Twenty-seven children were left [ consequence of the | e | husbands, widower, How 1t Was | cred The explosion, according to Coron- er Baltz, was discovered in a most John Kelly, a Gates miner, was returning to Gates from | Palmer, three miles away, when he noticed a peculiar settlement of dust on his shirt, Kelly stopped to inves- tigate apd found it was coal dust. | Knowing that the dust from a mine i\rr.\' rarely reaches the surface, he |glanced toward the mouth of the Palmer mine and saw a ecloud of smoke and dust floating from the One of the vietims was a Rescue Crew On Job ran to the Palmer foreman's ounded the alarm. Ten Kelly office and (C nnmm?d on r’age Ten) ' SURRENDERS 70 POLICE New York Bank Messenger Who Dis- appeared Three Months Ago With #9,640 Returns Almost Starved. New York, July 26.—Three months {after he disappeared with eash and |checks totaling $9,640, taken while he was serving 'as a messenger for a brokerage house, Willlam E. Schott, 25, surrendered to the poliee today. With $3,240 in cash all spent and the checks torn up, Schott sald a |smarting conscience and the constamt fear of being captured had driven him to surrender, He declared that lately he had slept in hallways, sub- ways and parks In the hope of avold- ing arrest. The police sald he was exhausted and almost starved. Schott NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1624, DEFENSE INTIMATES STATE WITNESS HAS LIED ABOUT LOEB AND LEOPOLD GUSTAFSIJN’S FAMILY 1§ SUING CITY OF MERIDEN Claim Foles in Street Caused Johnson m.lnun Control in Fatal Accident, =Local Man Was Killed, Darrow Cross Examines Policeman Regarding “Friendly Judge” State- ment—Determined Fight to Save Boys From Gal- lows. Meriden, July 26-The eity of Merl den was today shrved with papers in a suit for §10,000 brought in behalf of the estate of Harry L. Gustafson, of [By The Asociated Pre New Britain, who was killed here last| Chicago, July 26— nsinuating that | June when thrown from the sidecar [the state's testimony which credited of & motorcycle, 1t is charged. that [Nathan Leopold, Jr., with a desire to the city was negligent in permitting [plead gullty before a “friendly judge" holes to exist in a pavement on Cook (Was a fabrication, Clarence 8. Darrow, ue, which ecaused David Johnson | |chief counsel for Leopold and Rich- of New Britaln, the dead man's com- |ara Loeb,, struck, hard today at this panion, to lose control of the cycle, |ovidence, e | It was the first time since the hoys SUBS AND PLANES Lo Jnlonded gullty to the kidnapping and OK murder of Robert I'ranks that their |counsel had challenged the truth of FOR MISSING YACHTSMEN uny material fact brought out by the | nesses summoned by Robert K, <rn\\e, state's attornoy. James J. Gortland, detective ser. x.-nm drew the fire of the defense at- Itorney, Island 10 Days Ago | After testifying that all other con- 5 [versations between the policeman and New London, July 28.—Submarines [Leopold had been recorded in some and Eagle boats from the base here |way, in notes or reports, the witness are alding the coast guard cutter |admitted that the “friendly judge” re. Gresham and army and navy pland® mark had not been put down either | in searching the Sound for trace of [in writing or shorthand . the 25 foot sloop Wanderer of Flush- | Isn't it true that this whole story Ing, L. I, which ten days ago left |ofhe conversation in which you sald Block Island bound for New London. |Nathan hoped for a prison sentence On board the sloop were Harold by a plea of guilty hefore a ‘friendly D. Hudson, Edward Riconda and | |judge' was a pure fabrication con- John Roder, all of Flushing. ~Since |cocted for the purpose of intimidating their departure from Block Island no |the court?” Darrow asked, word or trace of the men or sloop has “It is not,” declared Gortland, been found. An optician further identified the Captain Willlam V. I2. Jacobs, div-|glasses found near the culvert where Islonal commander of the coast guard |I'ranks' body was placed as having | at New York sent the Gresham out to \been made for Leopold scout the coast about Long Island and | A railrond clerk added a bit of evi- today the submarine base here sent |dence to the chaln of circumstances out wireless messages fo all subma- hich the state claims shows that the rines in the vicinity to ald In the [hoys tried to get a second ransom lot. search. Army planes from Mineola, L. I, and hydroplanes from Newport R. I, arcording to reports received here are scouting along the coves hereabouts, GRADE CROSSING CRASH J. M. Stocking of Simsbury Struck Scouring Long Tsland Sound for Trace | of Party Which Left Block the telegram rack of a parlor car in a Chicago depot. Alienists Called Willfam J. Healy of Boston and Dr. |Benjamin Glueck, New York, alien- ists were added to the staff of thé de- fense today. 'Thelr presence, it was sald, presaged a hard court fight for the lives of the defendants when they have their innings next week. and Badly Injured Near That Clarence S, Darrow, chief eounsel for the defense, announced that Dr. Town Early This Morning. Healy is director of the Baker foun- datlon of Boston, d Simsbury, Conn., July 26.—James b Syl a0 . anesalint in juvenile delinquency. He sald Dr, Glueck was formerly examining alien- ist at Sing Sing, New York and more recently attached to 'th« municipal courts in New Yerk. he, tive in juvenile cases. Today's Hearing. Whether the defehse attorneys would cross-examine James J. Gort- | land, detectlve sergeant, who yester- day revealed the crime philosophy of Nathan Leopold, Jr., was the princi- pal query bandied about today in ad- vance of the Saturday short session | of the hearing which is to settle the | punishment of Leopold and Richard | Loeb for the kidnapping and murder | of Robert Franks. Clarence 8. Darrow, chilef defense M. Stocking, assistant state forest fire warden, was seriously injured this forenoon when his automobile, in which he was driving toward his home, was struck and demolished by the 8:45 a. m. westbound passenger train on the Central Néw England rallroad at McNulty's crossing here. Mr. Stocking was removed to the Hartford hospital. View of the train i obscured at the approach to the crossing and it is believed Mr. Stock- ing thought the train had passed. The train moving up grade was stopped quickly. The automobile was carried a distance of 30 feet. The crossing is a dangerous one, one fatality having occurred there two vears ago. Mr. Stocking is about 45 told them he had spent the money in Montreal, .Boston and ,\lhan 8 couneel, told Judge Caverly just be- | fore adjournment Friday that he and | his associates, Benjamin and Walter years old and well known throughout this 1?109‘ Accused By Brother of Slaymg Mother and Father 14 Y_ears Ago Bachrach, wished to scan Gortland's | testimony before deciding this point. The court room erowd was a bit slow in assembling today, but had reached its usual capaclty propor- tions when court opened. Judge Caverly's grist of mail from seif-appointed advisers of the court Brother Arrested at York, ;‘ Coatsville, Pa., July 26.—Benjamin F. Dorsheimer, an Atlantic City, N, J., | real estate dealer, was under arrest here today of his parents, Mr. Dorshelmer, in Lancaster, yearsago. He was to be Lancaster later in the day for a hear- | ing. Dorsheimer declared his acrest was |t and Mrs, Peter Pa, 14t taken to | fi of his brother, Frank 13, Dorsheimer, who swore to the warrant, The warrant alleges that in order | to obtain possession of the large es- tate of their father, a wealthy liquor dealer, Benjamin Dorsheimer had |8 plotted the death of the father aid | mother and had accomplished it hy‘n asphyxiating them as they slept, in o, April, 10095, 1t adds that the death | n at the time were believed to have|a been accidental and that Benjamin |ng estate, | was appointed executor of the 3 in the |t} Thero was no explanation a charge of complicity in the alleged | murder of his father and mother, Mr. | and Mrs. Peter, Dorsheimer, at their home in Lancaster, 14 years a A.! Dorsheimer’s home is in Harrieburg, | Lancaster, Pa., i 26~ Attorney Joseph Wissier Sumner V., and his_as- | Hosterman, will | g crats, the last named being the chair- | confer today on the date of the hear- | . man of the Meense committes of the.| common council. Those who are asked to serve with Alderman Judd his brother, Frank M. ing of Benjamin F. Dorsheimer of At- lantic City, who has been accused by | Dorsheimer, of | today received the following letter | causing the death of their Parents . p, Tis Associated Press, | from the mayor's office: | here in 1910, Harrowson-the-Hill, England, July | “July 26, 1 Burprise has been occasioned here |26,-—The United States deefated the “Dear Sir: | by the bringing of the charge. The | Kritish Empire in the series of “You are Mereby appointed as a | coroner's report at the time of Qhelmmrhfls here today between the member of a committee to Investigate | death of the aged couple, April 16, American Olympic swimming team | 1010 was asphyxiated by gas. (Coptinued o8 FPage Ten) | had been found dead in their bed. |m, was unusually heavy thie morning, er to Franks' father by leaving it on | too s ne- | | charge while they were in the Charles ~SIXTEEN PAGES, FOUR HURLED QUT AS AUTOS COLLIDE, Machies Grash at Corer ol Maple and Whllmg Streets | |ARTHUR LANDRY F | Mrs, Walter C, Goft Serloy CROWD 50 BIG, RELIC OF Aercises in Honor of §t. Ann Ta Place on Grounds of Bristol Church, (Special to the MHerald,) Bristol, July 26.—80 great was t crowd this morning at the mass “3dag ) e n " ‘nes *ation of the relle the saint to the afflicted, perform [ When car 18 Overturned—K ensingy ton Man Admits His Hom Was Out | of Order, round the edifice, The erowd extended, over Ques street and onto the Federal Hill gre Four occupants of an automobile ven by Walter C. Goft of 403 Stan- ll‘)‘ street were hurled to the street and the machine was capsized when it was struck this morning about 2 |o'clock at the corner of Whiting and Cherry streets by a machine driven | {by Arthur Landry of Kensington, Goff |and R. H. Fuller of 159 Kelsey street escaped without being injured, but Mrs. Goft received serious injuries to | her hip, and was taken with Mrs, R, | H. Fuller, the other occupant of the | machine, to the New Britain General hospital. Mrs, Fuller suffered from cuts about the legs. Mr. Goff is pay-| providence, July 26.—Officlal § master for the Corbin Cabinet Lock |yegtigation to fix responsibility | Co. |the collision between the steam Landry was arrested by Patrolman | Boston and the tanked which 1s being used church {8 ready, was filled to ove flowing so that It was decided as services In the open, Thousands of people shrine today, of New FEngland and some from far west Ohlo and Michigan. Official Investigation tion was made of the accident and was fined $50 on a charge of reckless |driving when he was arralgned before Judge Benjamin W. Alling in police court this morning. Neighbors Awakened By Crash People ilving 100 yards away from sulting in the loss of four lives w: begun here today by U, 8 Steambo: ard F. of the Boston. The (Continued on Page Ten) Woman Admits Stripping Clothes WOULD FREE: PRISONERS | Bishop Lawrence One of Those Sign- | ing Petition for Rollins Brothers, in | Prison for Murder. Men and One Boston, July 26, — Bishop William | l“ndel’ Al'l'est- Lawrence of the Protestant Episcopal | diocese of Mgssachusetts {s among the signers of a petition to the gov- | ernor and council asking for the par- don of George I.. Rollins and Charles Rollins, brothers, serving life sen- tences in the state prison for murder. Frederick, Md.,, July 26.—It was don, 20 years old, of Martinsburg, Vi near Myersville, Frederick last night county who had both men under his affair, $2,000 each for the grand jury on technical charge of assault and bal tery, street jall also signed the petition. The petitioners express the opinion that the brothers are innocent of the crimes for which they were convicted and say that they expect'to be able to prove the identity of the persons who committed the murders, witness, Those arrested were members of party of about 50 alleged SAINT APPLIED IN OPEN vy l”‘ 1939, '~ of Bt. Ann at St. Jo- | that the pastor, Rev. wll, found it necossary | Native Policeman Made No in econnection on the spaclous srounds which sur. ! while the string of motor cars took up several blocks, The old church, until the new precautionary measurs and also for the henefit of those attending to hold visited the coming from all parts Of Steamboat Wreck On Swiftarrow William A. Doherty after an investiga- |oft Point Judith Monday night, re- Inspectors Robert B. Clark and Rich- Balley, who interrogated the officers and 20 members of the crew officers and members of the erew of the Swift. arrow will be interrogated Monday. From Girl and Then Pouring Tar woman who applied the coat of tar land feathers to Miss Dorothy. Gran- county | The petition was filed at the state | Thursday night. | house today. Mrs. Lloyd Shank, wife of a farm- | Sheriff John IKelther of Suffolk | °% admitted this fact at the hearing of herself and eight men cused of being participants in the All were released on bail of The victim was sent to jall In defanlt of $500 bond as a material to have PRICE THREE CENTS U.S. T0 DEMAND THAT PERSIAN GOVT. \TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO PROTECT AMERICAN CITIZENS FROM ATTACKS Latest Outbreak is When Persian Grabs Veil “" From Widow Of Slain | Consul And Then Spits Upon Her. he | on o Attempt to Protect Her From Assault, Dispatches en| to Washington Say, Washington, July 26. — State de- partment officlals prepared today to formally ask the Perslan government to take immediate measures to pro- |tect American citieans in that country | from attacks and {nsults from natives as !underutocd to be hostile against for. eigners a result of the killing ot Major Robert Imbrie, American vice- consul at Teheran, and developments tollowing that affair. Decision of the department to take this action followed receipt of advices from Joseph 8. Kornfeld, American minister, telling of insults to Mrs. Im- brie, widow of the former consul, for which a young Persian was sald to be responsible, Widow Is Assaulted According to the minister's des- patches, the Persian youth grabbed the vell worn by Mrs, Imbrie, at. tempting to tear it from her, and the same time expectorating upon h: person, The reported outrage was sald to have occurred at Teheran last Tuesday. A native policeman, reported ‘to have been some distance from the place where Mrs. Imbrie was attagked but who is believed to have witnessed the affair, made no attempt to protect her or interfere with her assailant, the despatch sald. { Mrs. Tmbrie was riding with the | wife of one of the officers attached to the American mission when the r- | a n- or er a8 at Victim Says Passing Auto- | quirage occurred. | ists Turned Headlights on | Her and Jeered—Eight State department officials| had da- cided to await the completion of the investigation being made of the mur. der of Major Imbrie before taking any officlal action or attempting to fix re- W sponsibllity for the wvice consul's QMK J5ath; iy hid recslvsd fornal | apologies from the Persian govern- ment and assurances that immediate punishment would be meted out to o | the assallants. Martial Law Considered Further steps, including the placing of the Teheran district under martial v, |law for the protection of foreigners, |also had been taken by the Persian authorities and their actions had caus- ed officlals here to belleve that the safety of Americans and other for- eigners had been assured. It was made plain today, however, a|that the state department would not t- | tolerate without protest the situation existing in Teheran or the possibility of future attacks by natives upon Amerlcan citizens in Persia. Notice a|of its decision in this connectlon was expected to be forwarded without de- charged with the murder accompanying him, | mandeered an automobile polies | witd the result of “spite work™ on the part | the warrant for the long delay in making ford comes as a reward for his efforts the charge, and Frank Drsheimer |and in recognition of his success here. refused to discuss the case, Mr. Morin will be succeeded by Ray- o mond Anderson, who has been hls as- | York, Pa., July 26.—Chester A sistant for the past year. Mr. Ander- Dorsheimer was arredled today on!gon is a New Britain man. Dawes to Open Campaign eral District | nominee for vice president, quarters today. i Both [and the picked team of leading swim- JUST LIKE NEW YORK Dealer However, Says | g Moscow, Usually Quiet, Has Sensa- Charge Is Result of‘ tional Robbery — Bank Messenger “Spite Work” — Second | nobbed of s2,000. Moscow, July 26.—This city, which s ordinarily one of the quietest in Pa Kurope, was the scene yesterday of a 2 | daring holdup, in the heart of the metropolis, of a confidential messen- ger for the state bank by five armed nen. After stripping the messenger |of $42,000 and assaulting the soldler | Murtry, 48, the bandits com- | Connecticut state police and at one belonging | o the commissariat of finance, first elling the chauffeur, and fled with and militla pursuing. After a | chase through crowded streets he police were forced to abandon pursuit and the robbers escaped. | Post in Capital City Danfel N. Morin, manager of the pencer Shoe Store on Main street notified today that he has been ansferred to Hartford where he will pen a new store on Asylum street ext week, He came here a year and half ago from Lawrence, Mass, and as successfully directed the manage- nent of the Main street store since hat time. His promotion to Hart- | At Lincoln, Neh., Aug. 29 ; Chicago, July 26.-—Brigadier Gen- Charles G. Dawes, republican | will open | with an ad- | August 29, it | republican head- ts national campalgn ress at Lincoln, Neb., as announced at AMERIC WiIN ers from the British empire, |at his home today following a long |a number of years and was a consult- | police department Captain McMurtry \D. N. Morin Promoted to | | i | l\ Hartford, July 26.—Forecast Jesse Murphy, now serving a life | term in Michigan for the murder ot a policeman and a near beer saloon proprietor in Detroit, confessed while an inmate of a hospital for the crimi- | nal insane in Pennsylvania that he committed the murders for which the | Rollins brothers were sentenced, but | later retracted the conl-‘lsinn He | was pardoned in 192 he might be lvro\thl here to stand trial for murder, Like the hundreds of letters, postal (Continued on Page 10) A. L. McMURTRY, FORMER STATE COP, DIES TODAY Was Especially Active in Motor Vehi- cle Department—Curbed Bright S S—— | or REPUBLICANS GATHER First G, 0. Headlights. ly 26.—Alden L. Mc- former captain of the Greenwich, July P. Gathering of Tmport- time chief inspector of the Connecti- ance in State is Being Held at Savin cut motor vehicle department, died ; Rock This Afternoon, iliness. He had lved In the state for New Haven, July 26.—The first re- publican get-together of importance since the national convention of the | party will be held at Savin Rock this | afternoon. Clarence G. Willard, as- sistant secretary of the republican state committee who has been ing engineer of national During his service prominence, with the state was especlally active in efforts to check speeding on the post road and other sections. While with the mo- tor vehicle department he invented & |gtated that thers had been a goodly number of devices to check powerful | number of responses to the invita- headlights and his plans were ac- tjons sent out to prominent party | cepted and incorporated in the state |jeaders and others In the state and law on the subject. His opinions on [geveral hundred aro expeeted to sit traffic problems and {llumination of ‘dm\n at dinner on the Sound automobiles and vehicles were in de- |front to listen to the waves and ob- mand thronghout the country. |serve the reactions from the various Captain McMurtry lived In Sound {speeches to come after the repast. | Beach for a number of years and was | Lieut.-Governor Hiram Bingham, active in local civie affairs, | whose candidacy for the gubernatori- | He 1s survived by a wife, one son |al nomination in the coming conven- and three daughters all of this place. [tion of the party has been most dis- cussed, was among the principal in- " 4 | Vited guests and was among the speak |ers to be heard. State chairman and | HIGH TIDES—JULY 21 |national committeeman 1. Henry | (Standard Time) | | Roraback former Governor Marcus H. | | P {Holcomb and Charles Hopkins Clark | | At New London— of Hartford are also among the 6:15 a. m., 6:35 p. m. | shore | [ At New Haven— " called upon. all but a filmsy undergarment. She | Attorney Russell Porter Clark of | 8:14 a. m,, 8:22 p. m. b (RS R————. said: | Stamford, counsel for the administra- '* J {Michigan Senator Takes | "1 wanted to do the job myseit. 1| g i 9. 2 took the tar from one of the men - 4 — Watson's Place in Probe |, pavred 1t over her. Then 1| coorimos STATE HoME ; » Washington, July 36.—A meeting | grabbed the sack of feathers and . = . ‘.‘ THE WEATHER —0— "authorlzwd to investigate the internal revenue bureau resulted in the formal for New Britain and vicinity: Indiana, Fair tonight and Sunday; slight- Iy warmer. lean, | I | | publican, Michigan, and a decision for | |a resumption of the inquiry Septem- # | ber 25. Telling | 1ast night, nno(hr-r girl had been ordered to leave in order that | the place by the sheriff, and having | no money, she had started to walk | to Martinsburg, hoping to get a lift She met Lloyd Shank, [ whom she advised to “go home to his| wife like a man, n the way. | time went on, |1 was a common dog. “They'd stop along the road and speak to them to |Bjorklund before their deaths durd | Nash their lights on me and look at [the past two years, and has refuse me look pretty?* they'd | jeer. “The only women there and me Meanwhile her girl companion had | disappeared. Mrs. Shank admitted fn her state- | magistrate | struck the Grandon girl twice with a speakers scheduled to respond when |ciuh and tire her clothes from her, ment 1(‘0!“[\05"‘1 the mob that participated in the tarring and feathering of the Grandon girl, by Mrs, Shank of recelving the atten- tions of her husband. Girl Tells Her Story. her story at the wh Miss G afterward Mrs "I hey had some Shank went away with her husband, | |and she continued on her way, ac- | companied by her girl friend. Knocked Down by Woman Soon afterward | taken by three automobiles, from one 1“""" unable to see anyone manipulat- of which sprang Mrs. Shank. | some words, Mrs with a club, the third blow. almost stripped her of her clothing. in | She could smell the tar, she said, and | principal charge of the arrangements | begged them on her knees “not to do people are such a thing.’ Encouraged by the | men, Miss Grandon | 8hank threw buckets of tar over her and showered her with “And in the wild uproar,” the vic- | “they slandered me like |that Carl Arthur Bjorklund, head of knock Jeered at ‘Don’t she All the to the today of the senate select committee Lthrew them on her.” The men accused are Calvin Shank, brother-in-law of the avenging wife; resignation of Senator Watson, repub- | Romer Shank, her father-in-law, and as Its chairman, his | Harry Leatherman, all farmers; Alvey replacement by Senator Cousens, re- |and Arthur Riee; brothers, employed in the Myersville garage, and Trving Rice, a third brother; nickls, and Grayson Doub, farmers. |cation address. antomobiles lay to Minister Kornfeld for presen- tation by him to the responsible offi- cers of the Persian government, . CALL TRAIN HOODOOED hearing randon said she and | o had been accused Crew of Innsbruck-Bludenz Express Refuse to Start Today Because of Superstitions. By The Associated Press. Vienna, July 26.—The crew of the | Innsbruck-Bludenz express today re- fused to take out the train, declaring it was hoodooed. For 10 successive |days the oxpress, the trainmen said, |has stopped dead after passing a stiff \grnda at the Arclerg tunnel although |police statloned at the place, have * sho said, and direct- ank drove up. words, and Mrs, they were over- | After |Ing the brakes. Yesterday, the train Shank struck hor‘utnp]wd three times although engi- king her down with 1“9”'"‘ experts were watching care- Her attacker then |fully the cause of the phenomenon. The rallwaymen assert that the oe- currences presage a great disaster and boycotting trains along | this itne. the ‘ vrs. Sister Sues Brother for Non-Payment of Notes Bridgeport, July 26.—Allegations eries of declared, feathers. the East End Coal Co., this ecity, oje tained more than $33,000 from his coming |parents, Charles A. and Margare§ by Autoists to pay on demand as promised, are |the basis for suits filed against him her [in superior court by his sister, Mrs. Julia Borg of Stamford, acting as ad- ministratrix of the estates of her mother and father. Attachments amounting to $42,200 wore levied against Bjorklund by Deputy Sheriff Frank Fasanella of this city yesterday at the direction of was rest were men."” that she | Washington, July 26.—Cooler weather, bringing to an end the heat wave prevalent in Washington all week, led President Coolidge to aban- don today his usual week-end trip aboard the Mayflower in favor of a week-end In Washington devoted to conferences and work on his notifi- Paul Gross-