New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 9, 1924, Page 1

An Daily Circulation PRICE THREE CENTS GILPATRIG LIKELY T0 LOSE EVESIGHT Is Blind Today and May Not Recover From Effects 'SHOOTING IS UNEXPLAINED Victim of Self-Inflicted Shot Now Wants to Tdve—Rank Examiners ever the safe'y of the state funds, it Fint, W at the capito! today, | th Work But No Report te er Gllpatric had placed | Given Publie, Amounting to less than ' the First National bank | + of which he was cashier, st no apprehension 1s felt over the | solveney of that institution. Similar deposits are made in banks through- out the teate The auditors are exp. to Governor Charl results of thelr investigation within a few days. Mr, Gilpatric was refused a loan by two Hartford banks recently, it was atated tody. He visited these banks in an attempt to have discounted some notes for one or two of the corpor- | ations In which he was interested, The bankers wera unsatisfied with the financlal statements of the corpora- tions and refused to grant the loans, | it was said B ESTABLISRED 1870 GBBONS KAYDS Hi OPPONENT IN THIRD Jack Bloomtield No Match for| Aggressive American TOMMY NOT EVEN MARKED Britisher Lands But Four Blows, Two Light Taps To Head and Two Wild Slugging Swings in Third Round-- Bout Was Set for 20 Rounds ~SIXTEEN PAGES, TE AUDITORS WORKING OVER GILPATRIC'S BOOKS Again Helief That Accounts AN Right—Loan Refused Him Recently, NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1924, DISGRDERED fiIANfl" Where Body Was Found " BLAMED FOR MURDE? v ] Medical Expert Testifies in De- fense of Leapold Today PUGILIST ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF SLAYING GIRL “Saflor KWid Mack” Also Accused ot | Wounding Two Others And At. Eapress are tempting Sulclde, Hurtt Lewis W ley are rd, Aug. 9.-~Hlate Auditors FPhelps and Willlam P, Bal nearly through with an audit of the Looks of the state treasury de- partment which began July | as & part of the regular routine audits but | which has been conducted with spe elal care since attention has been di- rected toward the financial affairs of | Treasurer Glipatrie, Nothing has 0| far developed as to cause any alarm York, Pa., Aug 9 —Fred McLean, | a pugllist, know as “Bailor Kid Mack" is in the York hospital, murl = ed by sheriffs, following the shooting of Peggy Larue, and m Vles ON RE”GION TOL') wounding of Lenora O'Hrien, and D, W, Dorwart, about a mile from here today, e . At Melean s sald by police to have | Pofense Witnems Doclarce That Loeh shiot himself through the chest afler shooting the others In the party dur. ing & dispute over possession of a re. | volver. G : S | A pussing n'ulnmr'a’hmm ;tpvd'l’lri ':yn \ Aug, § h iated Pre |shooting to the polfce, who took the | . vine slands were e e o Tt ndon. Aug, 9, |WouRded persona to the Nowpltal. A [(or 'the mantal and physical gevelop —Tom Gibbons American light heavy. |quantity of liquor was said to have |, o0t of Nathan 1%, Leonopl, Jr., whic welght, knocked out Jack Bloomfield, [been found at the spot. permitted him to fall in with Richard English aspirant for heavyweight| Information charging McLean with | oop's childish phantasy to commit honors in the third round of thelr Murder in connection with the shoot- [ pa portect crime, resulting in the scheduled twenty round bout in the |!n& Was ordered flled by District At~ g, anning and. slaying of Robert Btadium here this afternoon, torne® Van Bamen after an Investiga- jpanks, Dr, H. 'S, Hulbert, Chicago, Saved By Bell tion by private detectives psychiatrist, testified toda in the ‘The bell saved Bloomfield from ba- e e hearing to Ax their punishment ing knocked out in the second round, Leopold’'s thyroid gland had The American floored his British 'LIEUT SMIT“ REFUSEb | diseased, but the disorder has subsi opponent three times in the second |and his pineal and pitultary glands Insistent That Aviators, round, the bell saving Bloomfleld on have not functioned as they uld the third knockdown, after which the the doctor, fourth df the defense's ex Can Finish—Relief Ship Is Tcebound Recame Embittered Toward Gl Follow ing Death of His Mother Vress. -Disordered held responsib Putnam, Aug. 0.-—Fears that O, Harold Glipatrie, state treasurer and cashier of the First Nationa! bank of | Putnam who shot himself at his home | here Thursday will sufter loss of his to report | eyesight, even should he otherwise re. mpieton ”"]rour from the bullet wound in his | head were expressed today to the As- soclated Press correspondent by ¥, Raymond Gilpatric a brother of the wounded man, Mr, Gilpatric sald that his brother {s blind foday and unable to see, as & resuit of the evident paralysis of the optic nerve, caused by the shot which entered back of his right eye and lodged behind the left eve. seconds had to drag his limp form perts to appear In the sixteen days of through the ropes to his chalir for the | session, testified. intermission, X-Rays Are Shown Bloomfield went out groggy for the r HOIbs Gaedtx tavi v atarhetta CHELPRILaC.RodiQiphons Bovted i show to Judge Caverly causes of thy Wialw 16k (9 the Hebl, Sd & LY vouth's mental and physical disorders foRpipichinat Tae BtHhse wepndown on which the defense basis its plea for mitigation of punishment. In summing up, he concluded that the boys, he having described Loeb's disorders yesterday, came together as necessary complements, one of the other, and that Leopold unable to re- sist Loeh’s leadership, their assoclation led to the murder of Bobbhy Franks. | Dr. Hulbert said the X-ray pictures | showed streaks downward and lateral- Iy on the skull« “They are of no medical cance,, although I never have them before. “They are from preparations Leo- pold used to keep his hair in order,” explained the doctor with a smile, Today's Testimony Dr. H. 8. Hulburt, fourth alienists for the defense was on the witness stand to conclude his direct lestimun_v when the hearing to dl"flr“‘ mine punishment for Nathan ¥, Leo- | vo0 pritain Tads Were Working Way pold, Jr, and Richard Loeb for kid- | Condition Still Critical His brother withstood the opera- tion in an attempt to remove pressur: from the brain yesterday and he pass- ed a restful night, Raymond Gllpatrie |sald. He confirmed however the re- ports from the hospital that his breth- erls in a critical condition and steted that altogether the case is not any too hopeful. No further attempt has been mads to locate the bullet. Directors Do Not Meet The meeting of the bank directors which it was announced last night would be held today was called off,.it was announced at the bank shortly before noon. It had previously been reported that the directors had met at 9 a. m. and it was anticipated that they might have before them for con- sideration the report of the federal bank examiners which was completed last night. The later report stated that the meeting had been abandoned as unnecessary. Federal Bank Examiner Gréén of the Boston district, remained here to- day, Examiner Beane and the others SPEEDING IS DOWNPALL Attracts Attention of New Haven Cop Phnto shows the pafi1 from the old road a]onz fhe hadgemw where the body of O'Neill was found yesterday. The corpse lay across a barb-wire fence about 100 feet from the path shown. | The. fence runs parallel with the line of trees shown at the left. | and Now Hamden Man is Facing ! Inserted picture is photo of the finder, Joseph Barcella, Liquor Charges. O°Neill Believed Slain By Gang and Body Thrown Qver Fence 'BOY SCOUTS NEAR BODY of the | - AS BARCELLA FOUND IT| By The Amsociated Pr Reyjavik, Aug. 9.—Lieut. Lowell H Smith, commander of the American army round-the-world filers, will not listen to any plan for abandoning the remainder of the flight because of un- usually bad Ice conditions along the | east coast of Greenland. Lieut Smith apparently is worrying continually about the ice difficulties but rather than abandon the flight at this stage he asserts that he would prefer to go airectly from Reykjavik to the west coast of Greenland. Re- ports from the east coast indicate that the Ice continues to present serious obstacles and that, under present con- ditions a landing at any place on the ceast would be impossible The New Orleans, the plane which Erik H. Nelson piloted to Iceland, New Haven, Aug. 9.—Chasing an automobile which was speeding through Whitney avenue in the town of Hamden today a motoreycle police- man overhauled and arrested John Dayvoos, of 1075 Dixwell avenue, finding a number of jugs of alleged | “moonshine” liquor in the car and a number of empty jugs and bottles. | Taking Dayvoos to the office of the local prosecutor the policeman obtain- |ed a search warrant for the Dayvoos |home. With a “party of local con- (stables he entered the house and gar- |age where was found a shed and a 50 gallon still, a smaller still of ten gallon capacity, 20 gallons of liquor, | signifi- | seen | | Two Ribs Found Broken at Autopsy—Foul Play Gen- erally Credited—Had Al- tercation With Gang Re- was taken ashore today for overhaul- ing, was found to be in such good condition that very little in the way of repairs had to be done ta it and almost no spare parts have had to be napping and murder of Franks was resumed before Caverly. A half hour before court was open at 10 a. m. the court room Ju 1dge to Robert | was | Toward Fence Where O'Neill Lay After All Day Search w Britain Boy Scouts in camp cently—Funeral Held To- | day. | 405 gallons of alcohol and a quantity lof mash. Dayvoos was held an a charge of violation of the liquor law. KICK IN SHINS BT having left early today following the completion of the audit of the bank's accounts. Wants to Live Now F. Raymond Gilpatrie, in his state- ment today ventured no epinion or ia- formation as to the cause for the act He 414 sy however that there had been & change |at Portland worked hard in an ef- fort to find the body of James O'Nelll, | watchman at the used. The motor was found to be in good condition. Lieut. Smith's plane will not be taken ashore because it is filled and a line of would-be specta- | tors wound downstairs from the sixth | floor and cut along Austin avenue to | Retailing the head for further | examination in the hope that the |7 Year Ola Derby Girl Dies of Bone | Of the state treasurer, for the count of four and got up the sing night blesding from the nose and stagger- izg. Gibbons laced into Bloomfleld with vigorous hooks to the head as soon as the Britisher got to his feet and drop- ped him with a left for the count. Uppercut To Chin It was a right uppercut landing squarely on Bloomfield's chin in the second round that really settled the issue. From then on Bloomfleld was grogay and soon afterward went down for the count of six. When the Britsher rose Gibbons smashed him with hard rights and letts to the head and Bloomfleld went down for the count of nine. As soon a8 he got to his feet Gibbons downed him for the third time. Tom Hit Only Twice. The only blows Bloomfleld landed during the entire fight were two light taps to the head in the first round and two wild slugging swings in the third. Gibbons left the ring without a mark on his body. In the first round the American fighter attacked constantly. The Englishman was impassive, almost immobile, in the center of the ring, but he defended himself well except for a right hook to the body which Gibbons landed almost every time he attempted it. In the seéond minute of the second round Gibbons feinted with a left to the body and then planted a right up- percut &quarely on the Briton’s jaw. Bloomfield didn’t drop to the floor at the time, but it was this blow that beat him, and he was wholly unable afterward to ward off the hurricane hlows which Gibbons shot at his head. SUAYERS CONFESS 8. Envoy to Mexico Reports Thu» Men Who Murdered Mrs, Have Admitted Gullt, | Washington, Aug. 9.—Charge Scho-‘ enfeld at Mexico City cabled today that the Mexican foreign office had informed him that the two Mexicans “supposedly responsible for the death of Mrs, Rosalle Evans, spontaneously confessed their guilt.” The two men are Francisco Ruiz and Alejo Gareia. Mr. Schoenfeld received a note from the foreien minister containing thie information, which was sald to have come “from competent authori- ties” presumably at Puebla. The dis- pateh did not say what reason was as- | cribed for the erime Fatally Bumed Trying to Save 5 Horses From Death Bridgeport, Aug. 9.—While trying to rescue five horses from a burning barn at the rear of his home early to- day John Casaliers, 46, was so badly burned that he will probably die, He is in St. Vincent's hospital in a eriti- cal condition. Cavallers succeeded in saving two of his horses, two webe burned to death and a third had to be shot when it broke madly from the tarn in a badly burned condition, WEATHER OUTLOOR Wasthington, Aug. 9.—Weather out- ook for the week beginning Monday: | North and middle Atlantic state fair ice spreads. ! Evans (& | Rask to reach Angmaksalik and es- lin this late stage of their world flight. valued at $150. believedyit will need no repairs. The aviators, if success crowns the re- mainder of their flight, will thus have crossed the Atlantic without using/ the spare parts provided for them. ,‘ The airmen sald that the trip to| Iceland was 4 mere game compared1 with the flight from Alaska to .the| Kurile islands. Even the experience in the fog between the Orkney and‘ Faroe fslands was mild in campari- | son, they said. By The Associated Press. Reykjavik, Iceland, Aug. 9.—The U 8, Crulser Raleigh sailed from here at 7 o'clock this morning in search for a landing place for the American | round-the-world fllers on the east| coast of Greenland which has been reported to be ice locked, thus af-| fording no safe haven for the planes. — | Quincy, Mass, Aug. 9.-—The plane Boston II, bound for Nova Scotia as a rellef plane to enable Lieut. Wade| to particlpate in the last part of the Clark street ,a block away. The deefnse, expecting that comple- tion of Dr. Hulburt's direct t esti- mony and eross-examination by Rob- state’s atforney, w two-hour ses ert E. Crowe, require the entire was not explicit in statements reg | ing witnesses to follow Dr. Another alienist and Foreman pold and Allan Loeb, brothers of young defendants v defense witnepses y Dr. Hulburt picked up his t mony where he left off yesterday his describtion of Leopold's slave” phantasy, Dr. Hulburt onld ssion, zard- | Hulburt Leo the sre on the list of to be called. esti- | with said | Stanle r Chemical Co., East Berlin. The | Loys arose early in the morning and | were taking- | the phantasy was continued until the | the his phantasy setting life, age of 18, pattern of of the perfect kind." such a person in Loeb, said the ness, and wanted to be loeb's fect slave in amy manner, through kidnapping and murd There were no criminalistic p world flight, left the Squantum naval alr station at 8:15 a. m. daylight/ time, today. Lieut. McDonald planned to fly to Bar Harbor, Me., and thence to Pictou, N. 8. The weather was ideal, On Board Supply Ship Gertrud Rask, near Angmagsalik, Greenland, Friday, Aug. 8.—(By Wirless to the Associated Press—Since she was caught in the ice field near Angmag- | salik early this week the Danish gov- ernment steamer Gertrud Rask, sup- | ply ship for the East Greenland sta- | tion of the American world flight par- ty, has drifted with the fce 65 miles south of Angmagsalik. It will be im- | possible for her to escape until the { If the steamer frees herself she| | will make another effort to reach Angmagsalik from the open sea to the |north of that port. | It was the inability of the Gertryd tablish a landing place there. for the American army fliers that has com- plicated the situation for the airmen | On Tuesday the Gertrud Ragk re- ported herself stuck fast in an icefield | some distance off Angmagsalik and with apparently small prospects of | freeing herself speedily. The ice con- ditions off the Tast Greenland coast were the worst in many years, she re- | ported, Efforts are now being made by the combined army and navy forces on | the Teeland station, where the air-| men are stalled for the present at Reykjavik, to find a suitable landing place for them on the Greenland east coast, probably further south than Angmagsalik, so they may refuel| there for the jump to the west nnztm and thence to Labrador on the Amer- fean mainland. Burglars Eat Ice Cream As They Loot Small Store New Ha‘en. Aug. 9-Thieves en- jtered the fruit and vegetable store of Stephen Manoukin on Dixwell avenue, | {Hamden early today and stole $75 in ennies and a quanity of merchandise Before they left the burglars sat at a table and enjoyed a repast of ice cream and other eat- first paM, local showers latter part. Cool Monday followed. by slowly rising | temperature. Caoler agatn near end. l!lunden authorities say. ables, The place has been similarly entered ten time in ten years, the St llife Leopold was re before he was of age to be, | |identified | tense nine asies in Leopold's lite, but hi tasies influenced him very largel do what he has done, continued doctor. Religious Views The testimony veered to religious lite, beeause of his advanced 1y for Leop: tion well and when he reached the age he not care to be confirmed Thinks Self Superior Leopold once visited a church which there was a stained glass dow portraying the Madonna Christ child, said Dr. Hulburt. pold did not know the figures his mother with the donna, and himself with older ¢ in the picture, possible 8t. John Baptist, said the doctor. “He does not say ‘T am Chri said the witness, “but says ‘T am superior persons of the world' ™ Dr. Hulburt in his notes, His Mothers' Death finally found fault with makes mistakes, ma when he took {'He bacuse God a great mistake mother, “His mother's death made change in Leopold's life adjust himself to the world atfer died. “He finally saw no good, no right, Leopold lacked the doctor. “He | should fit with phantasy. He found He wanted to make found he could not He made self into a non emotional, sheer tellectual personality, He does have swings of moods as Criminal Tenden Asked as to Leopold's no wrong."” close friends, telt his his ‘king-sla they did friends, in criminal | tendencies by Walter Bachrach of Hulburt said Leo- counsel, Dr pold stole some stampe at the ag from his counsin, stole brother's necktle and traded it a gl He never the per- han- to the v Leopold's ambi- | here the body tion coming to be the “pertect slave | “1ere Leopold found | | hovs had found the body, orhood on the west After ast side. credit boys, ured the nei; of the Mattabessett river. | lunch they started on the They have been given much efforts. Two of the Henry Fagan, vards from the body Joseph Gareella found it The group left camp at about 5 o'clock yesterday morning and arriv- 1 in Berlin at 7 o'clock. They trudg- €d all day and at the time the hody was found the main group had pass- ad 100 yards from the spot was found, and two were even_eloser. that the but Scout for their MceGuire about Virgil and when about as stated, circulated of them, A report was ven | Commissioner Walter O. C ook said to- | day flians |k | old's | ma- did in win- the wilness saying that | Hartford Girl Dies of intellectual | confir] and | Leo- but Ala- | child the st the read God | king his reat dia she said ve' him in- istic de- e of his for “The hoys did not find the hody and were about two minutes too late. erefore, the farmer gets the oredit:" FATAL CRASH ON 'PIKE Injuries Re- ceived in Auto turning From Dance, Hartford, Aug. 9. —Elenore Hart- 16, of 100 Barker street, died at Hartford hospital at noon toddy ult of injuries sustained in an on the Berlin turnpike early this morning. Three others in the group returning from a dance ured The machine Iriven by Lonis Ginsherg, of 116 Pres. ton street was reported to have struck a truck parked at the side of the road without lights, nett, the 28 antomobile a res aceident were 1528 l’nund Swordfish Is Caught With Rod and Line Los Angeles, Aug. 9.—H. J. Mallen, Los Angeles business man, yesterday canght 528-pound swordfish off Santa-Catalina lsland It is said to be the largest of its kind ever cap- a | tured with a rod and line. life with no God, | | in friends | 12 feet six feet ten inches was 48 inches swordfish was and four His sword The inches long girth long | of the boat and disabled the propeller | ,cigar bands, of which he was mak- | ing a collection, justifying the th by the etatement “why, right; 1 wanted them." some fruit from a stand once The bridge cheating plan Leo doctor, who added were not keen enough said_the “They make it a enccess and lost money (Continued on Third Page) hefts that was all He also stole pold evolved with Loeb was not a success, to by in his final lunge HIGH TIDES—AUG, (Standard Time) 10 : ; 5:40 p.om. Haven— 609 a. m,; 6:37 p. m. At New THE WEATHER Hartford. Aug. 9—Forecast for New Britain and vichnity Local thunder showers this al ternoon or tonight: Sunday generally fafr and cooler, Accident While Re- | The fish knacked in the side | yome | with the progre | (' [ | nue, | sure skull may reveal some mforma-,’ tion as to whether the blow of a | murderer caused the death of| James O'Neill of this city, whose | badly decomposed remains were |t found in a lonesome spot in| Cromwell yesterday, authorities, | it was learned from unofticial | sources today, turned over the| body to undertakers for burial. | Condition of the bedy, which had| probably been exposed to the ele- ments for about two weeks, made it impossible to any tangible evi- dence at the autopsy' performed last night by Medical Fxaminer Charles| E. Bush of Cromwell, at the Cough- | lin Undertaking parlors in Midd town. get Two Ribs Broken, Two broken ribs testified to the| fact that O'Neill had been injured b fore his death. Whether they were cracked by the blows of an assassin whether they were the resuit of a fall is not known, but it is generaily believed the authorities working on the theory of foul play, although| some of the oftlcials continue to en- tertain the idea that O'Neill, mental- ly deranged, may have wandered through- the woods while in an exhausted condition suf 1 injuries in a fall which eventually resulted in his death. Relatives of O lin people gene scout the theory eill and East Ber-| ly are inclined to of accidental death, and insist that everything connected with the case points to murder. They point to the fact that the dead man | was sober and industrious, was ap- parently sound mentally and that| there was no reason why he should suddenly leave his work at the Stan- ley Chemical company in East Berlin, | where he was employed night | watchman, walk off without extin. guishing the lights and |I¢ office door open, even put on his hat or coat. Had Altercation That O'Neill had altercation | with a gang of negroes who had tres- | passed on the property of the Stanley | Chemical company wowee kr. be- fore his strange disappearance is told | by his wife, She seemed to v'wnk it possible that he had subsequently been waylaid by enemies, struck down | and his body t over the lone- rdad in automobile and thrown into the bushes | Coroner L. A. 8mith of Middletc who is at the shore, Medical Examiner Bush said today, 18 constantly in touch ss of the cago and will me time next an brougt an ywn onduct an inquest s week. Dr. Bugh was asked that foul play entered int of O'Neill. The exami here are no means of telling or not this was possib That his brother-in-law if he thought the death | that whether said meot ai1 | with foul play is the firm conviction of Richard Pershken of Newington ave- New Britain, who has followed the case thoroughly and has done a| great deal of searching for the missing man. Pe said today that he is that O'Neill h n harshly dealt with. Beyongd this statement Mr. Pershken would not say any more. He said he would probably have more to say at a later date _(Ccnlrlgl{sfi on Vl'hlrd Page), | day, caused, | pot | fractured. | at the home of a cousin here, | made publie toda a Poisoning as Result of Quarre] With Another Child. Derby, Aug. 9.—Flora Fritz, 7, of this city, dled in the Griffin hospital | | today of injuries caused when she was icked in the shins a week ago yester- day by a five yvear old girl. On Sat- urday following the accident she was unable to walk, on Sunday she was taken to a hospltal and an operation was performed and death occurred to- the hospital authorities by poisoning of the bone. TRAIN KILLS YOUNGSTER ;T\\'o and One Half Year Old Child Fatally Injured When Run Down at Stepney Depot This Morning, Bridgeport, Aug. 9.—Alfred Rodo- wicz, two and one half years of age, was struck by a train at Stepney De- shortly before noon today and died on the way to the hospital here abroad thetrain. The child’s skull was The train stopped to plck up the injured youngster and an am- bulance, ready here when it arrived, took the body to a mOl'E\JP SLASHER IS ARRESTED Middletown Man Who Cut Wife With Knife When He Roturned After 10 Years is Caught. Middletown, Conn., Aug. 9.—Sebas- tiano Carta, whois alleged to have | slashed his wife with a dagger late on the night of August 1, after he had returned to the home of his wife on Ierry street after an absence of 10 years and who disappeared after the slashing, wase arrested late last night Carta was held in default of $10,000 bail when arraigned in city court today, and the case continued until August 5 to await the result of his wife's in- iries. She is in the Middlesex hos- pital in a serious condition. Oppmlmn to \\ ar and Defense Day Plans Voiced | Cineinnati, Aug. 9.—An emphatic stand against all wars, a protest| against the defense day plans, and equality among races, was the nm(ude assumed today by tho Young Peop! Evangelical League, meeting in Quad- rennial conference here,- which un animonsly bodying these principles, NECK BROKEN IN FALL Stamford, Aug. 9.—James May of 28 Exchange Place, Portchester, N. Y., lineman for the Stamford Gas and Electric Co.,, who fell from a ladder here yesterday died of a broken neck at the local hospital today. When he fell he was changing wire service ll the Concrete Pipe works. It Is be- lieved he recelved a slight shock, causing him to lose his balance, UNFILLED STEEL ORDERS New York, Aug. 9.—Unfilled orders of the U. 8. Steel Corp. on July 31, totalled 3,187,072, decrease of 75,433 tons under the total at the end of June adopted a resolution em.- | in the mental attitude ot his brother who having previously expresssd a wish not to live had now every desire to recover and is fighting a game bat. | tle for life. The change came, the | brother said after his conferences with the members of his family and an avalanche of messages of encourage- ment from his friends. Bank Examiners Finish = . Federal bank examiners comipleted their examinations of the affairs of the bank late last night. They made no statement last night. The examiners wers understood to have left the city with the exception of Examiner Beane who remained to give advice to the bank officlals in case of any poasible emergency. Assistant Cashier Guy D. Baker declared that no discrepancies In the accounts of the institution had been discovered and reiterated his statement that the bank was perfectly solvent. Makes No Statement Though consclous following yester- day’s operation Mr. Gilpatric made no statement in explanation of his at- tempt on his life, it was stated. Mrs. Glipatric who arrived from Maine where she had been visiting at the summer home of Walter Gilpatrie, brother of Mr. Gilpatric, who came with her and other members of the family continued to remain silent as to the cause for the aet of the state treasurer. Both Mrs. Gilpatric and the brother Walter, of White Plains, N. Y. visited Mr. Gilpatric at the hos- pital but what took place at the meet- | ing was not disclosed. + It was learned that Mr. Gilpatrie left a note at his home for his wife, which was found after the shooting. The note was sealed and relatives who declined to make public the contents, said they were entirely personal. Mr. Gilpatric's condition was re. ported unchanged during the fore. noon. Bank {s Normal Conditions were absolutely normal at the Putnam bank today. The re- assuring statements of Assistant Cashier Baker have completely al- layed any feeling of alarm locally con- cerning the bank’s condition. Putnam people were stunned by the news of Mr. Gilpatric's attempt on his life, were generally willing to accept the belief that his act was impelled by personal reaso ("‘on(lnued on Seventh Page) IDDLETOWN GIRL KILLED \ | Mise Grace Robinson, Phone Opera- | tor, Died of Injuries Received When Struck by Automobiliist. Middletown, Conn., Aug. 9.—Mies Grace Robinson, 25, of Cromwell, & telephone operator at the loeal ex- change, died at the Middlesex hos- | pital early today from injuries sus- | tained late last night when she was strick by an automobile driven by H. M. Foddg of Jacksonville, Fla., a8 she alighted from a trolley ear ia Cromwell. - Miss Robinson's death, according to Medical Examiner Charles E. Bush, was caused by a fractured skull. Her jaw was a'so broken in three places and her chest crushed. Foddg was released on his own recoghizance pending the coroner's inquest. ___, o »