New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 14, 1924, Page 10

10, HDWCOYISHELD INEW BRITAIN ONMURDER CHARGE Tells Wild Story, Saying Victin Killed Hersell Aug the him " K prigs Los Angeles, Cal, i MeCeoy, veteran of whese fists fetohed newn more tha tury ago, sat in here 1o faging the most haatt e his career—a fight to free himself the charge of murdering & woma The woman, Mrs Theresa dnoreed wife of a wealthy was found dead early in the apartment she ahd whose true name is Normnan had occupied for several “Mr. and Mrs, N. Bhielis head was a .32 calibre bullet Was an automatio pistol of the same calibre and a note signed by Metoy bequeathing all his worldly possessions te his mother Pinally He sulks MeCoy was arvested ' atter terrorizing employes of twe fashionabie slightly wounding @ quarter of a « jail cell desperite Mors antigue yesters Mut'o) Nelby h 5 A When 4 hours later and patro and shooting and three persons, he was stubbornly lent for a time, but finslly talked freely Mra, Mors killed herscif, he sald; the shock and grief "put out his NEhts” and Alled him with an insane rage to kil her husbhand, “who droyve her to it,” to Kill all those who stood in his way and finully to kil himself,” But fate hid Mors from him, and | his plap to kill himself was lost in| the swirl of events, | Porgot To Kill Himself T was going to kill myscif,” he sald explaining the note found In the apartment, “but—I torgot." | Police believe portions of MeCoy's| story, but declare his suicide defense | has already received its Kknockout blow from th id's own sister, Mrs Jennie Thomas, whom they quote as sa)ing McCoy came to her home soon after the shooting of Mrs. Mors and Burst out with: 1 just had to kil that woman." Late last night detectives called at the Thomas home, but after confer ring with the woman's attorney they agreed not to question her further, on the understanding that she would tings in tell the complete story of McCoy's visit [ architecture, and alleged confession to district at- facy from torney Asa Keyes at 10 a, m. today. |'hecome, McCoy, under re-grilling at the ity [ {rinsically hall, admitted that he had ealled vie, if his sister soon after Mrs, Mors' death | huflding but “couldn’t remember jrh.n 1 told [the main schodl buitding and the pow- i abullow donglotaved. er plant. A dormitory or group of Insists on Suicide Tale I SR He clung to his suicide version of | "y o0 0 e ey the. shooting, telling detectives that | . ¢\ iuve enlargement, while tennis Mrs. Mors was driven to despair by her {00 appie flelds, etc., were in- troubles with her former husband, ‘r”m,“, in the priginal plan i1 b el that she suddenly eried out that 8he f i ivionc et wait howe o ke eouldn’t stand it any longer,”” and at- | 0y i, at it last scesion cut tempted to stab herself to rlmn‘h with |down the appropriation for the local a butcher knife. When this failed he | .00, "on i untii more money is pro- said, she took a pistol from a AVeSSCr | o) ‘tne dormitories can not be drawer and fired a bullet through her .. head before he could stop her, il exteriora. of the bulldin Police declare, however, that what | . o S Colonial ‘ted ihvak L th Mrs. Mors really planned was a recon- | oyi¢o igints and trimmed with Geor- clliation with her former husband, | iy noibic” the roof being covered and that McCoy's jealous OV [ with unfading green slate. The cen- this fmpending reconciifation led him [ 000 Tl s six iassive ma to kill her and then to go out seeking |, ¥ ,.'. 5 to kill Mors, shups Layout Of Plant Fo £750.000 The school new state norma in Belvidere, now in the final rtages of decoration, is the m and al y autiful schoo! q The buildiy nley street § i3 constructed conrtyard and | 1 0ld New F the Colonial siyle s type, while a and Helland, through 1 condition, American and is our have oney of its in the sta which is located on Wells interior st south of around an keeping with \glond sur leg- has in- ngiand 10¢ ) W [ The now completed are 0 other and much older Searched For »"“T ¢ 1o | Colonial structures—Faneuil Hall and In his search for Mors he “f"‘ l' Independence Hall—and is worthy of the Mors antique shop, where, accord- |, 40 4ps pince with them. ing to' his own story, he planned to | s {minds one of | q shoot Mr. Mors and then kill Mr. and | v ln~l nivr H Mrs. Sam Schapp. who operated a | The building iz divided shop next door and who recently had itz e on cac h side o_r the central made efforts to bring about a recon- |¢Ourt. ~The main building contains ciliation between Mr. and Mrs. Mors, [ recitation rooms and offices, the left \What he actually did was to wound | Ving 13 given aver to the auditorium, \Tilliam Ross, a patron who happened | the right occupied by {he to enter the Mors establishment and |fymnasium, and the library is in the Mr. and Mrs. Schapp, whom he pur- rear. ! : gk y guad into their shop when they refus- intering the main portico with its ed to be lured into the Mors place, [great marble columns surmounted 9 #i- | the most delicate of Colonial capits three was wounded sei :\a:!‘: e ses into the lobby, flanked Wt leading to the winge, wing is | wide corridors telling of this shooting affr McCoy explained oyver and over again | c he | that he had besn drinking, and that | cipal and the business office, while on he was crazed with shock and grief | the left are offices of the department md out of his head. | heads and a waiting lobby. s saved By Breakdown | On axis with the entrance is the Police for a lime helieved that Me- | 1arge teachers' demonstration room. Coy had found Mors and Killed him, |This is a new feature in the local sys- hu: after a search of several hours his tem and permits more pupils to wate! attorney reported to contral police sta- | the actual 1 -.1,’n t tion and announced his client was | Was formerly po ible. Une ready to be question . 1t was then | plan a few girls were taken to a regn- e o f o oo revealed that Mors was on his way (o in one of the thr his shop about the time McCoy enter- Nv-mi‘\_ ( i p and ed it, and, but for the fact that his children will he automobile broke down, wonid have schools and hold reached his place of business iy the ‘ his room, e former pugilizt's shooting pupils can midst of the for pug il feliaol ipuoilgiuer orzgy. about the room 3y the r l:\,\""t; training of the children epaired, shouting warned Mors that He accordingly remained McCoy was safe in jail charged with suspicion of mur- der, assault with a deadly weapon, with Intent to kill, and robbery. v the old claseroom ining roc—hut Wt from the their class in the center of while 150 be accommodi banks E wateh There and a # tr 1o Lrou hools now, nori sehaol of scats the are rece the cccond and demonstration with e were machine could Newshoys headline time the however, extras recitation the alzo nine ption main flooy W hose o Moy reom on first was amuck vy until the vity hullding i finor of Th art Dire room v el at he seirnees Iy above the lecture room 100 & Across benches cquinned productive m contains woekin Relatives In dew York New York, Aug. 14 Mrs, ¢ Moers, mother-in law M Mors, of whose murder in geles “Kid" McCoy i New' York city with Mosrs said the correct spelling of the family name witl n ) that after going to ¢ Ifor tad changed the spelli Tue slain woman, at mother, came here Czeehd-Flovaki ographer for the meta) busine ago. Mrs Moer married Thercea Weir After their came her 1 1 compan: traded of America dent. Mors pered during t siumped loter T.o8 Angeles ert shop. and dra ypparatn arvie €. with sink Albhert An @ in Mrs. | for : hood 1 prriment storero and a ppa Los notion 1 ) live chemi At and ., the conthern of this floor VNeo equiy vided yped ¥ hology three cated all » m Room I's actin furd as_the metal ADMIT RABRIS PAMILIES Aug ) Tioston gince lar in the five Jewish this country day admitted 1 months' touri post bonde to in tor be alione imm from J ' 1 s ted in th Asportation to Which Wiil Open September 8. izned in | own | pediment and tower, re- | into four | , | fireproof as . ¢ [tection is assured by the presence of ) | To the right are the office of the prin- | of students :h;w‘ and | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, 'S NEW NORMAL SCHOOL TO BE BEST AND LARGEST IN CONNECTICUT Beauty And Efficiency Miraculously Blended In r Training Teachers, set nto gilt ling windows pre , 18 brig bordered with walls, the ¢ and h vith fenlights highly or pro ri i m the are 1 confum support tene numerous effective agalnst a delicate bl {Rronnd, The stage | equipped with all the hehting of d by p . [ in e or Lrown ba y lar ne At a small pleture ery Wprratue treme rear 1 containh hocth. The with fresh air by [roora™ ventilators and has in ¥ of fo room is motion is furnished several score ' five ¢ 1 al in b Icony andiorim mush- it andi- m | ehorns and is immediately toram is a m | for teaching voc th hout vided th a small stage, vi or m i ri; 0 people Gymnasium Plans Tri the south wing and balancing the |auditorium is the gymnasinm, Ibeing 45 feet long and 50 feot large enough to allow the (of basketball, indoor luseb lother indoor games, while |12 provided for specis [ main ! 'rec! director's a rest room ithe grm work (the gymnasium |36 showers. Acrozs the contral main building "!' large and pl |72 feet, is lighted by large windows on | both sides, panelled in gray and {haz a fireplace at either end. 1t is {flanked on cach sida by large locker | rooms and toilets. The central court, which is later to as n con- and circular s around it wiich, W S Teny Behind the ler one for with the physi- ices and find th ho ho ) Bene are washrooms and € the 1 it room, by from 1o court 0 [ be planted with flow: tral featnre a fountain |cateh basin, and the land about the fountain ar | fantastically irregular | French windows give on to little bal- | conies surrounding the court. Although the building is as nearly possible, further pro- i pe tor pa th pt and will hose ateness | numerous sections of fire i cseveral fire alarm boxes, |be inexcusable, for the building is At- {ted out with a gr W of clocks, {which “are placed in all classrooms, | the auditorium, the library, and even lthe shower room. front of the buildinz a across which semi-circular drivey Ads to the three main en- trance A towering flazpole in {b center of this lawn is surrounded hy | while evergr ! fringe the face of the buildin wdl | The power house, which is well in I the prear of the main group, is ¢ of he not only the pres ing, but also snch dormitories be built in the future. Nearly Million and a Hali of Bric! ¢ furnished by to show to 5 wide in [lawn, Tw N trees a cireular seat, jci s fo of ro; the the com- hiteets will sh of work n | piete the building. 10,000 I mon brick, 24,000 face brick, 3 | nterior face brick ,and 80,000 [:V:vl.ull nsed in its construetion. also 15,000 square feet of | partitions, inforced 00 cubic yards | foundation | amount con- 5,000 1, Kk were were bric There structural cotta 0y of and 1 tooting terra 100 square feet ' con- | crete floor slab, of conerete and general assembly | act to establish a | a hoard of tris- from the Connecticut passed an sehool nd proposals New Dritain, at a partsh of Berlin and hav- | 3,000 inhabitants, offered to apparatus, and a 0w raised by | normal tees called for towns in the ¢ that time ide a building, I'he New Britain 1*und was or- | bid theee other 1850 T'he dneation mpany of the work and epted in IFebruary, ened in May by buying the being built on the Central Junior onverting it into a The first principal Hartford, ladies and re 10 zanized to f eity ac over zohonl Ampiis then school, building ool nard and wits plac wus closed dur- lack of 1ise of running ex- bufld- tocation were legislature the city of additional on Hillside ter- i the boilding this fall 1 a mor tious fave o moe cided st appropriated N Britain ralsed % The e pirehased upon il r i M used nntil a camn p remained itior Men the Althongl " al vl A nnin the e fe gl m ory mit tion, the scho sion il be or honry o1 Ve 1spen Los ople with then = many " I'Hl wer yoears, L fl m the nothing ma A refursed b VS 100} t e ahon o room authorif " the of in and lost it prunc sit ow belr th an idin il t dormitor nher of students, the hy a pr prpils number the as this will and will al viouches rapidly Angalas, ign 1 ting the California, policics n tronb! on possible, of fall t com st } ac > number t at the next 't t I neses Onee rit on s 1 bed « Huven Jarge 1" st or vl the ) T ori d the modation of of ho not only ed th stature hat then th ll\\‘ ogan not the ppropria- entran of edu nor 175 handling contained | puplls Inst appli- ived in school close for st nor- 1 the eetion v Quar- in he the new ahandonment not pro- an in- Further- is new 3 last funds of more entrants, t han ineinl the completion of work worl oW reporting niors on the following day, co at The gath republicans W ith ay n ite ¢ ur one oms ower 'California HAS FINEST regi York Vanderhilt's Copenhagen fitti deseribed (finest ship of [ New in York and # guiost for pengively bath Hoover P Gf Republican a construetive ican party. i rm and ted month's fini apnlied aveed a k. The being but it on aises Policy sneeess, from counties, \tion ta carry al campaign in the state Aug. vacht t v a co cht her narbor, was ry. oms ) rooms, the the furnished g 14—In t Herbert ting iast of the 11 formed on the pri YACAT. 14—y Bedette, st of 84 a ing type arrived 1 under dette tha " in th Louis. 17 cach ecach ench w and of contr rm a full wenk, September pect of mind of Calvin Coolidge Hoover night Coolidge-Dawes cam- He spoke the an owner clors of the ing as has heen found necessary to postpone the open- ing of the entrants 8 Party e a the in- upon re- which was attended J southern or iden- lorick W. built 0,000 and | 50,000 and as the to enter here Amer has a and style The ox- has a Teaches on Trip Miss parts of Europe, Katherine has fin; by " Kor Wost Thomas weed a trip hir Indics and echool Augnsta, ound in Phitip- many onee new in GUST 14, 1924 FATALTRAIN WREGK, Long Tsland Railroad Emploges Are Blamed Aug. 14.—Three indict- ments for second degree manslaugh- New York, ter were returned here by the extra- ordinary grand jury of Queens county the Long Island railroad wreek in Long lsland City, July 30, in which one person was killed and more than 50 injured. Those indicted are Long Island railroad employees—Alfred C, Hunt, towerman; James J. Moore, assistant engincer, and James W, O'Laughlin, | supervisor of towermen. Hunt and which investigated - | Moore have been held in 825,000 bail, {hut O'Laughlin has not been arrest- ed. Accompanying the indictment was a | presentment which was submitted “in | furtherance of our duty ae grand jur- ors and in the public interest,” which said in part: “The control and operation of this switch at the time of the wreck is {now condemned by the engineers of the transit commission. As the com- mission now condemns the switch and its operation as antiquated and | obsolete, it must have been anti- | auated and obsolete before the wreck and that being eo it was the duty of {the commission to have ordered and required the removal of the switch and the installation of a safe method | of operation it now recommends. | “We condemn the failure of the Jcommission to make proper action for /the removal of this condition before | [the disaster and for its very evident | policy that ‘anything is good enough’ until the contrary is proven by a disaster costing human lives, and we also condemn the officials of the rail- road company ahove named for their {negleet to take the initiative in the adoption of ways and means for the protection of human life and for their tofal disregard of their respon- PAROLE IS REFUSED Judge Malthie Declines To Liberate The So-Called Society Bootlegger of Hartford, | Hartford, Aug. 14.—Superior Court Judge Maltbic vesterday, after a hearing, refused to commute > sentence of Donald Siegal of Providence “society hootlegger,” who, on March 31, was sentenced to serve |nine months in jail, Prominent Hart- ford prople were listed as custome of Siegal and Harry Bliss, his part- ner. Providence people and Siegal's [lawyers said that his wife and hahy jwere in destitute circumstances and [that the man had heen punished |tnough. Judge Maltbie said that at {he time he imposed sentence, with |all the circumstances of the case (fresh in his mind, he did not feel that the penalty was excessive. Ho sajd ke had no reason to feel “.mu- and helieved the practice of commuting sentences was a poor one, He refused to either cormimute the sentence or parole the man and said {that there need he no hope of a pa- ;rnlr later, [Secret Arms Depot Found By Bulgarian Patrol Force | Pariz, Aug. 14.—A Bulgarian pa- trol 1 | north Burgas, an arms and munition deposit comprising cases of revolver and cartridees, ten of and four caees of rifle ammunition all of Ruseian man- ufacture, according to a Sofia news | agency dispatch, The discovery was [ made during the investigation of in- of am- bom formation received by the authorities | Russians were secking to create arms depots secretly on Bulgaria's | ™ Sea coast as well as in Ru- mania near the mouth of the Danube. that PLAN BIG RAILROAD. San Salvador, Aug. 14.—According advices from Gua shortly riun from te be started which will daladorean border. nite Ivador with the railway Puerto Barrlos and the Mexico line, which connects with the railwars of the United States, This gtretch. of raflread will form an tmpertant link in the projected Pan- |American rallway. railroad line acapa to the The line will on a new discovered in a cave at Emine, | twenty | emala, work is to | of | Guatemala | r_——————_———_—_—_——_—__"‘—-‘"’ P TTE— IRISH HANDBALL STAR " LOSES 10 AN AMERIGAN | ; Yankee Athletes Continue to Pile Up | | Points At the Dublin | Games Today | By The Assaclated Press, Dublin, Aug, 14.—J, J, Heany of the United States defeated O'Reilly three games to one in the | mateh of a handball tournament of the Tailteann games today. O'Reilly was the first Irishman to win a single game from the American who crossed with deadly accuracy, Kkilled at will and picked balls from the ground with both hands. The scores were 21-11, 14-21, 21-11, 21-12, Brennan, of Treland, defeated O'Don- | nell of the United States, 21-13, 2-15, 21.7. | The Dublin newspapers today com- | ment enthusiastically on the perfor- | mances of the American athletes in the track and field events yesterday, | especially on the six victories of Har- {old M. Osborne, of the Illinois A, C., |who broke three Trish records. Osborne, who was in splendid form, } failed narrowly in an attempt to break the world’s high jump record. | Renerally believed that his failure was | due to the softness of the takeoff re- !sulting from the recent rain. 1In the | standing high jump, Oshorne failed to | reach his own record but he | the Irish record by four inches and | made himself the popular hero with |the crowd. The fine running of Jack- son V. Schulz, New York A, C., in the !200-metre dash, accounted for the third record. BULLS WI Vancouver, B. 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The manufacturers know so well whet Nuga-Tone will do tha they campel all druggiste ta guarantee it and refund your money when vou ara not Recommended, guaranteed and fnr sale hy g00d druggiate, PRINCE'S and and and otherwise | by | deciding | 1t is | broke | Re- | CABINET AGREES "IN LONDON ISSUE Germany in Complete Accord With Envoys at Conference | The Associated Press, | Berlin, Aug. 14.—President Ebert |presided at an extraordinary session of the cabinet convoked at 7:30 o'clock this morning to discuss the |situation which has arisen in London because of the failure of the French and German delegates to the interna- tional conference to reach an agr ment on the time limit for the mili- ilar,\' evacuation of the Ruhr. | An ofiicial bulletin was given out announcing that the members of the cabinet were in full accord with the attitude taken by the German dele- gates London. The latest serious developments at |the London conference are comment.- ed upon by all of the Berlin news. papers which, without exception, agree that a crisis has Been reached on the question of the military evac- |uation of the Ruhr. It is generally agreed also that there seems to be little or no hope of a compromise un- less the French are prepared to make |concessions for, it is stated, it is ut- By |terly impossible for Germany to make |turther concessions, The newspapers point out that the | bills whereby the Dawes report may [be put into effect in Germany, will |never obtain the necessary two-thirds majority in the reichstag unless the chancellor is able to announce that [the German delegation has returned from T.ondon with a definite written protocol, signed hy the French pre- | mier, to the effect that the Ruhr will Le entirely evacuated by a certain date in the very near future, There is no doubt whatever, It s generally conceded that the govern- ment would have {he support of all the political parties in a refusal te agree to anything short of complete |rvacuation at an early date and that |it i3 prepared to face the conse- auences, however heavy, of such a refusal, The Berlin press emphasizes fits |contention that the Ruhr occupation |has always been fillegal and that, if the French now show an unwilling- ness to evacuate the area, it would prove clearly to the world that French |policy still aims not at achieving an understanding and friendly relations with Germany but as a perpetuation of distrust and il feeling between the two nations |Shell 0il Company Shows Great Yearly Profits San Francisco, Aug. 14. A gross income of $12,392,788.00 for the quar- [ter ending June 30, this year, for the shell Oil company of California was revealed today in a report issubd hy G. Leigh-Jones, president. Deduction of $6,280,190.10 for depreciation, drilling expenses and other items left balance of $6,1 §8.09, the report aid, The balance does not provide | for federal taxes and does not include | profit from the sale of investments. | JACKIE COOGAN BLACK | FOR BOYS Jackie Coogan's hlack | CAT CONTEST AND GIRLS cat “Friday” who appears with him in “Little Robinson Crusoe” will be at the Capitol theater Monday noon, 12:30, August 18th. All boys and girls who bring a black cat to the sembles Jackie's black cat Capitol theater on that Monday noon who most re- “Friday” in size, age, and weight will receive FREE TICKETS TO SEE - Jackie Coogan Little Robinson Crusoe If You Don’t Own a Black Cat Bring Your Neighbor’s Black Cat