New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 23, 1924, Page 1

g fiowu of the Worlti By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 AS ‘HE ATTACKS HER NEAR | She Atded Clergyman in Slaying HER HOME IN PLAINVILLE |\... <o ot st ver. Armed Posse Scours Woods Until Consta- bles Arrest Charles Evans At Home On Pearl .Street. Mrs. Mary Thompson of Town Line Road Says: “That’s the Man, T'd Know Him Anywhere.” (Epecial to the Herald.) Pialnville, Bept. 24.—Charles Evans, colored, of Pearl street, was arrested this noon by Policeman An- drew Hogan and George Schubert and locked up at the local jaif on a ! charge of attempted criminal assaplt following an attack on Mrs. Mary Thompson in & secluded spot on the road about 10:30 o'clock this morn- ing. Mrs. Thompson positively identi- | fied Evans as her assailant when he | was brought before her. The attack occurred on the Town Line road which marks the boundary betwen Plainville and Southington. Mrs, Thompson was returning from picking flowers in a field and haa! reached a spot about 400 yards from ! i her home which is on the road. The | highway at this spot is bordered on both sides with a growth of dense| brush and stunted trees. As she was walking along, Mrs. Thompson atates that from the| Plainville side of the road, a negro leaped out from behind her and seized her by the throat. She was unable to scream and was knocked down, she says. The negro tried to drag her into the woods, but she fought him and dragged him down. | Scared:Away by Auto When he had her down, she states, the colored man then tried to assault her but she swccessfully warded off all his attempts., Finally, getting his | band off her thromt, she screamed and almost at the same instant, the purr of an auto motor was heard | approaching. The negro, punching | | nothing of the affair. THREE UNDER ARREST AS HIGHWAY ROBBERS Man and Two Women, Negroes, Accused by Meriden Man Charged with highway robbery in connection with the alleged assault upon and theft of about $70 from George H. Schafrik of Meriden in that city on Saturday night last, three colored people, one man and two women, were arrested in Hart- ford last night by State Policemen Dooley and Palmer, Those arrested were Lesley R. Shields, 29 years old of 30 Wolcott street; Mrs. Allene O. Brownie, 25 years old of 288 Belleview street and Mrs, Marle Stiles, 34 years old of 287 Belleview street, all of Hartford. All three expressed indignation at the arrests, claiming that they knew They were held in the Meriden police station over night, being unable to secure bail, and were brought into Meriden police court this morning, the case being continued until temorrow morning so that they may secure a lawyer. They have not secured bail as yet. The alleged holdup occurred on Pratt street in Meriden on Saturday night, the victim was knocked down {and robbed of his money.. His as- sallants immediatel drove away in a car but after a chase into Berliv and up the road toward Rocky Hill, they escaped. The state police were on their trail all day yesterday. Schafrik did not report the affalr to the Meriden police on Saturday night, but commbnicated with Ber- lin authorities reaching here. He en- deavored to enlist the aid of a group of people in a store in Beckley, when tile negroes stopped the car for a few moments, but before they could get up enough nerve and the car had started again and the fugitives were soon lost aithough Constable Frank Brown and Prosecitor Charles F. Lewis made an extensive search. During the chase Schfrik secured the license number of the car, but upon Investigation found'that the number was faulty and that it ap- her in the face, ran up the road to- wards Red Stone Hill and Mrs. Thompeon hurried to the Plainville- | Southington road and sent in a call | to Depu . W. Furrey. Officer Furrey hastened to the spot | and when he heard of the serious- | ness of the crime, he sent in a call for his brother officers. Patrolmen Thomas Royce, Andrew Hogan and George Schubert responded. They were later joined by Justice Edward P. Prior and as the story spread around, ahout 30 men from the| fown Solned in the hunt. Many of | them were armed. Posses Scours Woods The police®ien formed a searching party and scoured the woods and brush for the man. Mrs. Thomp- gon, because of the nervous shock plied to a car that had been stolen, non, I, Says Two Planned Murder of Her Husband and His Wife That They Might Wed. Mount Vernon,, T, Sept. 23— After an all night vigil, Mrs, Elsie Sweetin confessed this morning that she was implicated with Rev, Law- rence M. Hight, of Ina iIn the plot to poison her husband and Mrs, Hight in order that she and the minister could be married, thus con- firming the confession made yes- terday by Rev. Hight. Arrested yesterday at her home in Ina, near here, Mrs, Sweetin denied any part in the alleged poison plot, as had been admitted by the minis- ter, but broke down this morning jafter belng closeted in the ' same | |cell with the minister, and with | State’s Attorney Thompson, Text of Confession The text of the confession signed by Mrs, Sweetin follow “The first time that T noticed that Lawrence M. Hight had any feeling of affection for me was in April, 1924; my husband, for some time had treated me without affection. “Rev. Hight continued his ad- vances ‘and 1 finally discovered that T returned his affection. Ahout three months ago he suggested that he glve me some poison to give to my husband and he would do the same to his wife, ‘Was Horrified at First. “At first T was horrified, but he talked #o0 plausibly and I had such confidence in him that it seemed to me to be right to do it. We then finally agreed that 1 was to ad- minister poison to my Thushand, Wilford Sweetin, and he was to ad- minlster poison to his wife, Anna Hight. And when a week or two later my husband was hurt in the mine, Lawrence Hight gave me a paper package which he told me contained poison, and he told me to | glve some of ‘it to Wilford in any- thing. Fed Poisoned Candy. “Wilford was hurt in the mine on the night of July 16, and the fol- lowing day we went to Benton and went to a drug store and got some ice créam and soda water and on the way home I gave Wilford, my husband, some chocolate candy, in which I had mixed some of the poison. He became very {ll and seemed later to grow better and on Tuesday I gave him more poison in (Continued on Page 18) Bride of Seven Months Sues Her Husband’s Parents for $10,000 ZRHNLEITERS FILE SUIT ASKING $23,000 DAMAGE Maple Street Boy, Driver, And Father, Bring Injured By Auto Action under which she was laboring was | unable to give any description of | her hssailant. { Deputy Sherl#f Furrey sent in calls | to the surrounding pblice forces to ! be on the watch for the man nnd‘ in the meantime, Policeman Hogan had received information from a woman that she had seen a colored man whom she described as shoie and stocky, wearing a dark blue suit and a light hat, walking down the | railroad tracks towards the place nf‘ ethe attack about 9:30 this morning. | Others who were Interviewed told | the same thing and the trail led to | the woods again. Woman Identified Evans | Here ‘the policeman following fresh footprints in the sand, went | along a path through the woods but were unsuccessful in thelr search. Added information , from others pointed to Evans as a suspect and Policeman Hogan and Schubert ve. solved to take the man to the woman in an effort to identify him. | They went to Evans' home on Pearl street and found him homs. They arrested him and brought him before Mrs. Thompson who, when £he saw him, cried out, “That’s him, | I'd know him anywhere.” Evans was promptly locked up and will await trial on the charges of the wmmn.\ Mrs. Thompson received a ‘ beating at the hands of her nmnnm Her lips were bruised, her nose was bleeding and her face was| scratched. Her throat showed the red marks of fingers where they were pressed against her windpipe. Her clothes were torn and the ‘dirt had been gritted Into her back where | she hadl struggled. | No record of Charles Evans ever having been conlvcted here for | criminal assault on a woman could | be found in the police records. Evans was identified this morning by a| number who had known him pre- | viously, as the man who was convict- ed in New Britain and . sentenced | from the high court to a term of | years in prison for criminal assault | upon a woman in this city. . HOOD OF AUTO STOLEN. Bernard McAvay of 9 Bronson | street reported to the police this| morning that the hood of his au- | tomobile was stolen last night \while it was parked in the vsar of the | Lyceum thegter: 1 {representing the plaintifts Buits aggregating $23,000 have been {instituted by Albert W. Zahn- leiter and his son, William, of this city, against M. W. Krikorian, also of this city, for injuries received by William Zahnleiter on June 2 last, when struck by au automobile own- ed by Krikorian and driven by his son, Lennia M, Kr'korian. Albert Zahnleiter's suit amounts to $3,000 and the boy is suing for $20,000, The plaintiffs claim that | young Zahnleiter was riding a biey- cle on Maple street on the evenfng of June 2 and that he was struck, pulled from the wheel and dragged a considerable distance by the car. They further claim that young Kri- korian was not exercising due care, It is their claim that as a result the vietim will be' pérmanently disfigured land that he has suffered intensely, [1t having been necessary for him to undergo a surgical operation. The papers were served by Con- stable George A. Stark and the writs are returnable in the superfor ourt in Hartford on the first Tues- day in Octdber. George W, Klett 1s in each case, Forbidden to Play Jazz, Drummer Commits Suicide Berlin, Sept. 23.—"The days of jazz music are gone, and as there is nothing else for me to do I have de- cided to hang myself,” were the farewell words of Kurt Kranzler, tass drummer in a local jazz band. Kranzler was discharged because he persisted in + dominating the | band’s performances by too lusty ap- plication of his drumsticks and cymbals. When told that modern dance music no longer demanded ex- cegsive noise Kranzler was selzed with a fit of melancholy and disap- peared. Yesterday he was found hanging by a strap taken from his bass drum from a tree ig the Grune- wal KILLED BY TOADSTOOLS Bridgeport, Sept. 23.—Mrs, ‘Maria Santillo, 55, of Huntington, died to- | day in Bridgeport hospital of polson- ing caused by eating which she mistook for mushrooms. She is'the second victim in her fami- | 1y to succumb, a son, Nagzerens San- | tiltay 88, having dled last Thereday. toadstools | Mrs. Atkins Claims ligion Was Factor Shattering the Romance With Her Schoolbo) Sweetheart. Re- in (Special to the Herald.) Bristol, Sept. 23, — Mrs, Nellfe Doran Atkins has brought suit for damages amounting to $10,000 against her parents-in-law, Clar- ence B. and Maud Atkins of Wood- land street, for alienation of the affections of ler husband, Richard Atkins. According to the writ, which was served late rday afternoon, the plaintiff, who is a member of the Roman Cathélic faith, was be- littled and scored because of her faith by her parents-in-law, so that | they the affections of her | husband and destroyed the happi- ness of her home, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Atkins were married on February 16 of this year at Fayettville, New York, by the Frederick Fraser, pas- tor of Presbyterian church of At that time Mr. Atkins John's prepa ew Yor! lessened Rev, the that city. was a student at St. tory school at Manifus, After their marriage they re- turned to this city. In the com- plaint the plaintiff claims that she suftered distress of mind and body {and loss of the love of her husband. She states that she was eompelled to leave the home and take up her residence at a local hotel and that she was compelled to rely on the assistance of her friends for aid. She also states in her writ that she has been unable to locate her husband and that the only informa- tion given her by her parents-in-law concerning him is that he has gone blind. » Property of Clarence B. and Maud | Atkins, the defendants, on Wood- land street was attached by Con- | stable Joseph W. Harding vesterday through a writ issued by Attorney | Joseph P. O'Connell, attorney for the plaintiff. The case is return- able &t the October term of the perior court |Eva Tanguay Going Blind in Right Eye Los Angeles, Sept. 23.—Eva Tan- guay, vaudeville actress, 1 quoted as saying that a cataract is impairing the vision of her right eye. “It's MEANS REPUDIATING INCOME TAX PAYMENT Has Not Paid—Brookhart Willing to Reconvene Senate Committee Washington, Sept. 23.—Gaston B. Means, investigator and ‘star witness, in the Daugherty investigation, was charged. in district supreme court here today with having repudiated his income tax, Internal Revenus Collector Tate flled a tax lien judgment for a total of $267,614.40 which covers unpaid and added penalty for.non-payment, The tax is §214,091.52 and tHe pen- alty for failing to pay is $53,5622.88, Means in his testimony in the Daugherty investigation which he repudiated in a signed statement, |and later to some inquirers disclaim- ed the repudiafion while he affirm- |ed it to others, described himself as an Investigator of wide activities drawing large fees, some of them at times from foreign governments. Concord, N. C., Sept. 23.—Gaston B. Means, (’enlr']l figure in. the Daugherty Investigation, who on Sunday repudfated sensational testi- mony given during the investigation, today refused to discuss the case further. Means arrived here last night, joining his wife and child at the tome ‘of his mother, Mrs. W. G. Means. Camp Perry, Sept. 23.—Senator Smith W. Brookhart, chairman of committee, today said he had wired Senator H. F. Ashurst of Arizona, the only member of the committee in Washington, that he might, if he desired, call the committee together to hear additional testimony. TEACHER RESIGNS AFTER 1 YEARS OF SERVICE . — .‘flju Mary E. Callen Has Yong and Honorable Record in Bristol School. (Special to the Herald.) Bristol, Sept. 23.—Miss Mary E. Callon, teacher at the E: Bristol school for thel ast 46 years, tendered health, she has been principal and has seen | to the present large plant. Her at- tendance record 1s a model of per- fection, as but a few days have seen her absent from her duties until the last few weeks, when failing health | cauee her retirement. DEATH OF J. P. MONSEES vives Wife By Only Two Months— Funeral Services Thursday. John Paul Monsees, aged 72 years, died early this morning at his home, 5 Jubilee street. Mr. Monsees was city for the past 50 years. He was a retired milk er and one of the oldest members of the Coficordia and Harungari societies, Mr. Monsees’ wife died last July. He is survived hy one son, Henry J. sisters, Mrs Meyen, all of*this city. The fyneral will be afternoon at 3 o'clock from his late home, Rev. Martin Gaudian officiat- Ing. irial . will be in Fairview cemetery. —_— Vets at Allingtown *To Be Entertained By Eddy-Glover Post Supday, September 25th, Eddy Glover Post of th American Legion, will visit th lingtown hospital for‘disabled veterans of the World w The par cave the post rooms at k noon ' pro- ceeding to Allingtown by auto- mobile. All embers are urged to go and those in position to furnish cars ar reg ted to communicate wit! the post officers or N« Jackson. chairman of the committee in charge. The progra v include a concert by the Eddy Glover Post band ngs by Dav personat Laud Mary Williams and talent to be announced. ladies’ auxiliary will accompany the post and will provide pack- ages of smokes d confections for the disabled veterans. A cordial invitation is extended to the citizens of New Britain to participate in the visit and the committee in charge hopes that many will avail themselves of the opportunity of making New Brit- {true,” she is reported to have sald “I'm going blind in that one eye. 1| don't know what I shall do. An| operation 1s & fisk." ” oy ok & aln Day one that will be long remembered by the disabled vet- erans at Allingtown There are local men now tak- g trearment af the hospital. income tax for the last three years | the senafp Daugherty investigating | her resignation today because of ill For the greater part of her term, | the school grow from one little ronmt Well Known Jubilee Street Man Sur- | Monsees, one daughter, Mrs. Albert | Laskoski, four grandchildren, —one brother, August Monsees and two | Dora Seitz and Mrs. R. held Thursday | ' NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1924, —TWENTY PAGES. WOMAN FIGHTS OFF ]VE(,'RO Poison Victim’s Wife Confesses PARTY DISHONESTY FLAYED BY MORRIS Democratic Gubernatorial Gan- dicate Makes Acceptance Speech CITES GILPATRIC CASE After Mentioning Fall, Forbes and Daugherty, He Questions Condi- tions of Conn. State Treasurer's Acoount, New Haven, S‘pl. 23.—Charles G. Morrls, nominee for governor on the democratic ticket, was notified of the fact that the recent democratic convention unanimously chose jim as the party etandard bearer by | State Chairman Edward M. Yeomans this afternoon. Mr. Morris did not go to the convention and so his ac- ceptance speech was held in abey- ance until the state committee could be called together to meet the nominee for the* head of the state ticket and his running mates on the party ticket. The notification gathering was held at Hotel Garde this afternoon, and it was a jolly affalr as all the committee members, men and wom- en, were as happy as the day was pleasant. Mr. Morris was on hand early at party headquarters which are at the hotel. As the committee- men and committee women appeared they were formally introduced to Mr. Morris, and then to the other nom- inees as fast as they appeared. At 1 p. m, the gathering was of considerable numbers as quite a few of the party leaders had aleo called to greet the nominees. Mr. Yeomans made the notifica- tion speech which was of few words, hut in them was an assurance that the democratic party stood behind the ticket and that the party looked | to Mr. Morris and his associates to carry the ticket through to victory. Mr. Morris made a reply which was as follows: Honesty An Issue, Mr. Morris said in part: “To my mind honesty in govern- ment is one of the major issues of this campaign. It has been brought to the fore conspicuously in the na- tional campaign by Fall, Forbes and Daugherty. persons are credulous enough to be- lieve that a Gilpatric, who accord- (Conflnpnd on Page Seven.) COUSINS ATTACKED BY INFANTILE PARALYSIS Joseph Halloran and Wil- liam O’Connell Afflicted With Same Disease | | Joseph Halloran, the eight year old son of ex-Mayor and Mrs. Jos- eph M. Halloran ot Grove Hill is & | | patient at the Hartford Isolation hospital, and William O'Connell, about the same age, the son of Dr. jnnrl Mrs. D. W. O'Connell of Cedar | street, 15 a patient at his home, both | | suffering from infantite paralysis. | The Halloran boy is in condition but the O'Connell boy has | only slight traces of paralysis. | The formér has been ill since last born in Germany and resided in this | Saturday but his cuse was not con- | general ered as serlous when Dr. O'Connel!, second patient, | paralysts. The patfent are cousing until atting made a diagno yesterday the s of A brother of the \Halloran boy, | William Halloran, died suddenly | last week and Dr. O'Connell said this afternoon there is some question as to his having had infantile pa- is. Death came so suddenly that a diagnosis could not be com pieted, - Mob in Miss. Mutilates - Jackson, Miss.,, Sept Albert | Brunson, negro, who last night was | | selzed from officers by a party of masked men, was returned here to day.from near Clinton, where he was located after his release by his cay [tors, who performed an operation { upon him | The negro and a white woman | | sald to have come here recer | Hermanville, Miss., were a raid on a house in the negro sec- tion of the city Sunday night. Brun- son was being taken to Vicksburg tor safekeeping. Following last night's incident the woman was spir- ited away by the unannounced place Pirates Must Play in New York Thursday tly from authorities to an New York, Sept. 23.—Pittsburgh must play the third game serles with New York her day in preference fo staging play-off of a game "ago o that daté in Pittsburgh This was | definitely declded today when Bar- ytuss, Pittsburgh presider falled In an effort to have header. with the “Giants 1 tomarrow * % THE WEATHER —Forecast for New Britain and vicinity Fair tonight and Wednesday cooler tonight, probaBly light frost. - * It may be that other| critical | { - Negro Friend of White | arrested in | Week Ending Sept. 20th .. 10,582 PRICE THREE CENTS TWO DYING, FOUR SERIOUSLY HURT, AS TROLLEYS CRASH AT GHESHIRE; QIGNA_I. MIXUP PROBABLY 15 CAUSE MUkv. " "RANT IS ISSUED; |Accident Occurs At FOUR STA1..S HUNT VOTTARI| Merriam's Corner When Waterbury Bound Car And One From Milldale Collide 3 Head-on. , Motormen, Who Stuck to Their Posts Trying to Most . Dangerously In- jured. Cheshire, Conn.,, Sept. 23.—Six persons were hurt, three seriously when two trolley cars crashed head-on at Merriam’s Corner this forenoon, The injured, rushed to St. Mary's hospital at Waterbury are: Early Dilger, motorman, not ex< pected to live. Francis Kirby, mo= torman, not expectedto live. Martin Dwyer, Southington, reported in a critical condition, Theodore Hayes, possible internal injuries. Terence Mulligan, Southington, scalp wounds and fractured skull. Earl Hotchkiss, Southington, body lacerations and broken arm. Mistaken Signals Mistaken signals are believed to have caused the collision. The cass were operated on the Milldale Trame= way line. That more persons were not hurt is due to the fact that only a few passengers were riding om each of the colliding cars. The car operated by Motorman Farl Dilgel§ was proceeding from Waterbury after stopping at a switch a short way from the scene 1ot the accident it is believed that Dilger either received a wrong signal or mistooic the signal fnr a clear track ahead. Hit While Speeding The car operated by Francis Kirby. s traveling from Milldale toward erbu nd according to a state- ment by Kirby at the hospital he ex- pected to meet the other car at the gl itch. * Approaching on a descending gfade and rounding a curve at a high ‘| rate of speed the car operated ‘by Dilger was almost upon him before ! he was aware that the collision was inevitable, Kirby said. Both men remained at the con- trollers in an attempt to slacken speed befors.the crash came. Most of the passengers were hurl- ed to the floor of the cars and the motormen’s platforms were badly smashed. Every window in both cars was smashed. Dwyer and Mulligan were pas- sengers in the car bound for Mill- dale and were hurled the full length of the car. They were unconscious | when taken out of the car by a res- Picture shows Giuseppe Seorsoto and his wife, Amelia. The latter is on the point of death at the New Britain General Hospital from a bullet wound, alleged to have been inflicted by Jobn Vottari, who is sought by the police. ' Mrs. Scorsoto was shot as she and her husband lay in bed. | | | | | ANTHONY FIN | He saw.John Vottarl shoot down | Joseph Angelo, he told the police. | Fin lives'in ¢he house where Angelo | boarded. He says he actually saw the shots fired. He will be used as |a state witness. |s Wh e “r: Amelia, Scorsoto, 38, of | e st s 1o ILLED BY TRAIN AS HE e s e ot RIS OFR, R, TRACKS hospital end the body of JOHN VOTTARI | Wanted for murder, John Vottari |is the object of a pclice seareh in four states. His description has been |broadcast throughout Connecticnt, |New York, Massachusetts and Penn- vania. | Joseph C. Angelo lies in a Hartford | # o undertaking parlor awaiting burial,| Pela Josef Fatally Injured—Friend | C® Party, and hurried to the hos the continuing their | | pital in ambulances, e hat| EScapes By Diving Into “Lock | An investigation of the accident y for a clue | wili lead to the arrest of Jokn Vot-| Shop” Pond. has been started, tari, alias Giovanni Vottari, of 38| @pala Joset, a Perstan who has| z eet, the alleged assailant of |heon in this country only three | His fon has been sent toYBritain, was run down and killed i owns in C it, Massachusetts, | 1,y the Boston express due here at Aaw ok an " naylvania. 540 o'clock last evening near the The search for Vottarl has been | Hign street crossing as he was goir unproductive as far as’ clues thatpome from work at the Fafnir Bes vould indicate his present where-|jug'cio fla { about is eoncerned, but papers found | yocof resided at 16 . in the man's effecis at his home re- | 4o wax 21 vears old in |Governor However, Hints veal information of a valuable na-| P |a companion he was walking east o o op o120 ire In case his capture is not made | ¢ eactho oks St ek at Some PO.\SIhIht}’ of nd t wit ’ AL It | ed that the fugi- |, Sy Irregularities tive 1 working for thel, "¢ R at]ite % men pas a “|were on a shart trestle er whi e Aol b th o 1 23.—Gover short of funds. This fact \\\” pres |y had no mpleton has received a | vent the man from g to hiding | oh : ; for any period of time it S At - p on. the audit of ate confident will resu \fi‘vun'n\}w‘] s e b e e oy w he ordered fo'- Murders Warrant Tssued. ¢ | Josef was struc in the Putnam National . ba of Pros Woods He was pidked up still breath N ta e ® vy chargin 1 place ]»l.\ e ‘: W : a H Gilpatric was shier and 1 ) the New | ! Hor DAY te X SRR : ( nor n sa t e S A rtain co s 1 b 4 ¥ A two | € ged 1 nd, Sau i New st d L T b w T e ) B i Following res Speeds In Front Of Train, Driving One Hand | e e From Running Board, Grabs Child From Death | :::. 22, o ( Me( s been devoting nporia, Kas, Sept. 23. Seeir and haa g whatever assigtance mond Steinm quick witted mo wing his le he could to the covernor as exect orist, yest v saved th fe of a | secretary. Today the governer torist, yesterday saved the life as 2 e id that he d not intend o -ap- vear old girl by snatching her from ' ypro g int an executive SerreMTI b in front of a moving train 1 0 he work at the executive office crosst e driving his au r ew S0 great that it could not be bile f the runnihg board ust as aken care of under the present are o hand a miles an hour, So s ngement The child, daugh of the Rev. m r be The governor addresses a gathers and Mrs, R. H. Gearhart, had wan- rear der whePle It was grazed by |ing of ciergymen at the Graduates dered onto the tracks directly In the locomotive, | clud in New Haven this evening. : B 3 b 5 - Average Daily Clrcuhuu ; Avoid Collision Are Two -