New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 24, 1924, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 HAILS KLUXERS AS | ONE KILLED, 10 INJURED As |FACES HANGING ON SAVIORS OF WORLD Rlao Last Reluge of American Patriotism, Evans Asserts DO NOT HATE CATHOLICS Neither Do Klansmen Hate Jews Or . Negroes, But System Which Runs | “Counter to Anglo-saxon In- { lllnct."‘ Speaker Asserts, Kansas City, Sept. 24.—~The Ku Kilux Klan was held up as “The last refuge of American patriotism, worthy of the name”, by Imperial ‘Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans, in ad- dressing the second Imperial Klon- vokation of the order here today. “Klansmen and Klanswomen are werll the ‘Salt of the earth’, upon whom' depends the future of civili- sation”, he declared. Future Is In Balance Asserting that the future of Amer- fca, and the white race, “Hangs in the balance”, he said- that “The blood whieh produces human lead- ership must be protected from in- ferior blood, and from the compe- tition which saps the vitality of lead- ership, because it makes the strug- gle for existence such a burden that people stagger under it”, “You,” he told his klan audience, “are of this superior blood. You are more--you are leaders in the only movement in the world at pre- sent, which exists solely to establish a civilization that will insure these things”, “History has proved and is prov- ing dally”, the speaker declared, *That only Nordic and Anglo-Saxon people have reached a high level of intelligence. Immigration, Problem Turning to immigration, he said; “I'he undesirable hordes from oth- er lands are driving to our shores the millions who for one reason or another have been hesitating. Every attack upon the Klan more clear- cut the issue of Americanism against alienism. Americans are sometimes slow, but they are plodding and dis- cerning and they are honest. Hence, they will eventually discover the Kian—and recognize it as the last refu of American patriotism, worthy of the name. Unified at Last “Unified at last, with a purpose that is definite and holy with a mili- tant organization, with the zeal and | courage and loyalty which made the Nordic and Anglo-Saxon peoples the greatest on earth, we are ready fo stand as the French stood at Verdun and shout to the alien hordes, ‘Thou Shalt Not Pass.’ “Millions of. Americans are in arduous quest of leadership toward better govermmnent, adequate law en- forcement, the elevation of soclety and a more perfect national patrio ism. The Kian alone supplies that. Warning Klansmen not to under- estimate the strength of the op- position “To the forward march of the Klan,” Mr. Evans said: “When petty persecutions ranm.{ our enemles resorted to direct ter- rorism. They started a series of riots which has shed blood and dis- graced our country throughout the summer, and it is still in evidence— perhaps to remain for some time to| come. Most of the attacks were plan- | ned and directed by the same forces | which were behind the early form of persccution. Some, it must be acknowledged, have been the prod- uct pf racial instincts, hostile Americans and everthing American. No Racial Hatred He declared that thg outside world “Will eventually know that | Kiansmen do not hate Roman Cath- olics, Jews, negroes or aliens.” “The Klap's fight,” hecontinued “is not with the people, but with systems ‘and instincts and principles which run counter to Anglo-Saxon instinct, American and Protestant christiani- ty. The Klan does not exist to com- mand people In their religious beliefs. Our watch-cry s ‘Back to the Con- atitution.” “The constitution of the United States tolerates creeds, but it favors none. Hence, the only demand the Klan makes of the Roman Catholics church is that she cease meddiing in American politics and that she come | down from her self-crected pedestal of special privilege and take her place alongside the Methodist, Bap- | tist and other churches. | “The Klan believes in the upbuild- | ing of the American nation—found- ed, as history emphatically declares | on the supremacy of the white raee, the genius of the Nordic and Anglo- Saxon peoples, and the jfree private interpretation of God's word. “The Lord has guided us and shaped the events in which we re- joice. He has held us under his| protection, . The fact that we have this divine guidance and protection should, and must, increase our faith in the Klan in its growth in grace | and power in its mission in its final complete victory.” | Aircrafts Products in 2 Years Almost Doubels Washington, Sept. 24. —Value of aircraft products almost doubled in the two years from 1921 to 1023 The census of manufactures, an- | nounced today by the census bureau | ghows that the indusiry turned out | $12,945,260 worth of products last | year, an increase of 94.9 per cent over 1921. Airplanes numbered 505 and seaplanes 82, Other Industries for which the 1528 value of products announced, | included: electroplating, $12,243,133, | an inerease of 52.3 pe: cent; artists’ | ateria’s $5,638,743, an Increase of | 24.1 per cont; and wool _scouring, | $5.190,001, an increase of 20.1 per | cent. Accident Occurs At Kalamazoo, Mich.—Expx:ess Mak- ing Nearly 60 Miles An Hour When It, Strikes Car. Kalamazoo, Mich., Sept. 24.—One person was killed and 10 others were injured this morning when a west bound passenger train on the Michigan Central struck a stalled automobile at a grade crossing here and left the ralls, plling up the ld~ comotive and elght coaches, \ Arthur C, Adams, engineer, of Jackson, Mich, was killed, = The firemen, H. E. Martin, of Jackson, was among the injured. Other in- Jjured included J. L, Jackson, pull- man porter, New York; C. W. Hoff- man, New York; Frederick I. Mil- ler, Rochester, N. Y, F. A. John- son, New London, Conn, Running about an hour late, the train was traveling between 50 and 60 miles an hour it was es- timated, when it struck the auto- MRS, TELL'S CASE IS BEFORE GRAND JURY State’s Attorney Presents New Evidence Seeking Murder Indictment Middletown, Sept. 24—A grand jury to hear the evidence against Mrs. Johanna Tell, who confessed to killing Charles F. Blair, or Blaha, a farmer of Killingworth, by whom she was employed as Tousekeeper, last April, was sworn in in the Mid- dlesex county superior court today, and after being instructed by Judge Arthur F. Ells retired to consider a presentment of first degree murder laid before it by State's Attorney Er~ nest A. Inglis. The members of the jury were: Edward G. Burke, Saybrook, as fore- man; James J. Boylan, Leo B. San- tangello and Oliver H. Cone, Sr., of Middletown; Davfd A. Carlson and Berkeley C. Stone, of Portland; Thomas H. Sellew, of ‘Cromwell; Harlan G. Hills, of East Hampton; Marshall Emmons, of East Had- dam; Elwyn T. Clark, of Haddam; Paul N. Shailer, of Chester; Niles E. Gladding, of Essex; Edmond C. Spencer, of 0ld Saybrook; Oliver H. Chalker, of Westbrook; Stanley D. Reed, of Clinton; Lovell Parmalee, of Killingworth; Arthur J. Clark, of Durham, and Edward E. Lawton, of Milldlefield. Judge Elis took an halt lour to explain to the jurors that their duty wae not to try the case but to listen and consider evidence to be offered them by the state's attorney to §o- termine if such evidence was suffi- cient to warrant trial of the woman. The court explained also the degrees of murder, first and second, and that of manelaughter, ‘The jury retired at 10:45 and the court recessed. Mr. Inglis had summoned 16 wit- nesses, nelghbors of Blair and offi- | cers who were engaged in investi- gating the case. The jury recessed at 1 p. m., hav- ing heard about half of fhe wit- nesses. BUTLER SEEMS SIATED 10 BE FIRED I PHILA. As Result of Dawes Plan Working Out, Staff Is Being Cut Down Materially. By The Assoclated Press. Paris, Sept. 24.—Application of the Dawes reparation plan is so diminishing the activities of'the reparation commission that the com- mission’s staff is being cut down considerably and the eventuality of important changes in the commis- sion itself is being considered in di- plomatic and political circles. It is understood here that the British government is in favor of radically reducing the expenses of the commission, even favoring the substitution of regular diplomatic agents for the present members. Realization of this project is meet- ing with difficuity from French sources where any belittling of the importance of the commission In& any diminishing of its activity before the efficiency of the Dawes plan Is definitely demonstrated are looked, upon with disfavor. It is thought possible, however, that the assistant members of the commissien may suceced the prin- | elpal delegates for some of the mem- ber countries. These assistant mem- bers would be aided by the legations | in Paris of their respective countries. AUTOIST EXONERATED Middletown, 8ept, 24.—Harold M. Foddy, of Brooklyn, whose automo- bile hit and fatally hurt Miss Anna Grace Robinson, a telephone eperat- jor of Cromwell on the night of Aug- | ust 9, was relieved of criminal re- sponsibility by Coroner L. A. Smith in a finding made tolay. No one is held criminally at blame for Miss Robinson’s death EPIDEMIC IN BELGIUM Brussels, Sept. 24.—The foot and mouth disease which is raging among the cattle of Belglum, thus far has caused losses estimated at 50,000,000 francs. In August the total number of cattle afflicted was 142,292, A large number of hogs also e stricken. mobile which stood crosswise of the rails. The owner of the car had gone to get help in pushing the automobile off the right of way. As Engineer Adams, who was scalded to death ,applied the emer- gencyy brakes, the train of 11 steel coaches apparently buckled in the middle. One pullman car shot to the right, knocking down telegraph poles and finally coming to a stop on a street right side up, The next car started in the same direction, ‘and was partly tipped over. The rest of the coaches were strewn along the right-of-way. The last three coaches remalned on the rails: All main line {racks were torn up for 300 feet, fhe big steel rails being bent like hair pins. Less than half a dozen windows in the cars were. broken. LITCHFIELD POSTAL CLERK IS ARRESTED Robert Tucker, 29, Ac- cused of Having Stolen From Mails Torrington, Sept. 24.—Robert Tucker, 29 years old, a clerk in the Litchfield postoffice for the past 14 years, was arrested In that place last night by postal Inspectors on a charge of stealing from the United States malls. He was brought to Torrington and placed In the lock- up. It was expected that he would be arraigned before a federal com- missioner in Waterbury today who would fix bonds and hold him for & federal grand jury. Thefts from the mails have been in progress in Litchfleld for consid- erably over a year. Many complaints have been received by,the postoffice department that money mailed in that town has not reached its destin- ation. Patrons sending money to mail order houses were the chief victims, it its stated. The postal inspectors resorted to the use of decoy letters in their in- vestigation sending one through each of the clerks, The one handled by Tucker disappeared and he was ncoumed of ti it] He denied knowledge of it but the inspectors, it is alleged, found it in his posses- sion together with marked money that had accompanied it. Two other letters which had been sent through the Litchfield postoffice were found in his possession, it is alleged. FIRE AT SOUND VIEW Two Cottages Valued at $4,000 Owned by Danilel Doyle of Hart- ford Are Destroyed Today. New London, Sept. 24.—Two cot- tages valued at $4,000, owned by Daniel Doyle of Hartford, were de- stroyed by fire which threatened the entire colony at Sound View, at an early hour today. Fire apparatus from Old Lyme responded to a telephone call after the fire had been discovered by a nelghbor, the fire- men later being joined by New Lon don fire fighters. The loss is par- tially covered by inswgrance. Miss Lucy Appleby, telephone operator at Old Lyme, kept the wires busy in calling neighbors to the aid of the firemen. HOOVER AS WITNESS Governor Pinchot of Penn. Also Will Testify for Capt. Rosenbluth in His Murder Trial New York, Sept. 24.—Herbert | Hoover, secretary of commerce, and Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania will be character witnesses for Cap- {tain Robert Rosenbluth at his trial |in Tacoma, Wash., on an indictment charging him with the murder of Major Alexander Cronkhite in 1918, it was announced by Rosenbluth's attorney, Jonah J. Goldstein, before |he left with his client for Tacoma today. The trial Is set for Septem- | ber 30. Both Secretary Hoover and Gov- ernor Pinchot worked with Captain Rosenbluth in government service, the lawyer said. |Miss Robinson Engaged To Ronald P. Boardman Formal announcement of the en- gagement of Miss Frances L. Robin- son to Ronald Peck Boardman of New York city has been made by Miss Robinson’s parents, :Mr and Mrs. Theodore W. Robinson of Evanston, Illinofs. Westover school and made her debut In Chicago two years ago. She has ear, years In New Britain, left for New York last June to accept a position with the Charles W. Hoyt Advertis- Ing Agency. He was a member of the Shuttle Meadow club, New Brit- ain club, Yale Club and Soclety of the Colonial Wars of the State of Connetticut. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bradford Boardman of Schenectady, N. Y., formerly of New Britaln, A tentative date of January § has been set for '8 wedding. | Miss Robinson is a gradunate of the been studying abroad during the past | Mr. Boardman, who lived for two TRAIN HITS STALLED AUTO | CHARGE OF PIRACY German-American From New York Held in Brest SENSATIONAL EXPOSE MADE Accused Skipper Refuses To “Be The Goat” And Threatens To Tell In- side Tale of Yiquor Smuggling Into U. 8, By The Amsoclated Press. Brest, France, Sept. 24. — Max Jerome Phaff, a German-American who gave a New York city address when arrested in Paris, Sept. 16, on the charge of piracy on the high seas, and who stands in the shadow of the gallows, If convicted before a maritime tribunal sitting here, ar- rived in Brest today and was lodged in the naval barracks jail. The charge against pirates who held up the erew and stole the cargo of nearly 36,000 cases of whiskey. Hearing Set ¥or Friday Phaff’s preliminary hearing has Dbeen set for next Friday, but Attor- ney P. G. E. Gide of the Paris and London bar assoclations, acting for the defense, has requested a post- ponement until 8ept. 30, in order to have an opportunity of further studying his client’s case before en- tering a plea of not guilty, The French law of April 10, 1825, still governs cases of piracy on the high scas. The penalty for convie- tion is death hy hanging. There has | 1871, when & Greek privateer was tried at Toulon, convicted and ex- ecuted, The Trial Court. appointed by the adngral command- Ing the Brest region. Tt will be pre- sided over by a maval officer with the rank of captain who will be as- sisted by two lieutenants judges attached to the local It is the present intention of the defense, after pleading not guilty, to challenge the competeney of the tri- bunal. If this {8 overruled, an alibi will be offered which will tend te prove that Phaff was fn Halifax when the Mulhouse was boarded and 1ooted. 5 Phaff, it is inderstosd. my adwirt in the court procecdings that he smuggled contraband liquor into the United States and demand a trial before the United States courts. The defense also may argue that the owners of the Mulhouse are liable to the American courts. The Phaff case, it is said, is likely to develop some sensational revela- tlons econcerning’ the wholesale smuggling of Hquoer into the United States, The defendant declarey he is unwilling “to he made the goat” | |and says he will {mplicate men | “higher up” in America as well as | reputed reliable firms in Great | Britain. | ! 3 | Slayers of Maj. McLeary | Sentenced to Execution Chesterfield, 8. C., Sept. 24.—Mor- |timer N. King and Frank Harrell, | were found guilty of the murder of | Major Samuel H. McLeary, United | States army officer, by a jury in cir- cuit court here late yesterday, and | gentenced to die November 21 in the | The jury deliberated Both defendants, | who had confessed the crime, re- | | electric chair. only 30 minutes. Phaft grew | out of the boarding of the Irench from y freight steamship Mulhouse off the |the Canadian coast last July by armed |Ported, for the republican senatorial been no trial under this law since | 725 defeated by EDGE VICTORIOUS Wins Overwhelming Primary Victory Over Kean LATTER PLEDGES SUPPORT Defeated Candidate For Republican Senatorial Nomination Wires Con- gratulations And Assurance of Hearty Backing. New York, Sept. 24.—Hamllton ¥, Kean, who was defeated by United States Senator Walter E. Edge for normination as republican senatorial candidate in yesterday's New Jersey primary, today telegraphed Senator | Edge a pledge of hearty support. the message said. hearty support.” Edge Easy Winner Newark, N. J, Sept. 24.~Returns the present incumbent, 221,285 and Hamilton F. Kean 167,608, In Essex county the republican league candidates for assembly with | an extensive program of reform that included state highway awards, as- of “useless” offices, were swept aside by a great rush of organization strength that brought vindication to Republican County C“hairman- Jesse | R. Salmon and defedt to all but one sembly. Organization Defeated In Passaic county the organization the McCutcheon | faction which had supported Kean | and in that deefat Assemblyman ‘Henry G. Hershfield, dean of the {lower branch of the legislature, with I l The tribunal to try Phatt witl be | SCV-OT Albin Smith, tncumbent and | designated for majority senate lead- | ership were eliminated by Assem- h'Iymnn Henry A. Willlams. Wil- |liams will not reach the required of the |28¢ of 31 until after the senate has navy, one naval engineer and thres |CONVened and during the campalgn clvil | courts. 1 It was freely predicted that if he is nominated and elected attempts Wwould be made {0 unseat him. Sen- ator Smith is expeeted to run in- dependently, One congressman, John J. Egan, democrat, 11th district, was defeat- ed for renomination by Oscar L. Aur der Helde, organization aspirant, iWho adyocates licht wines and beer. 1 Patterson Renow/nated ; Congressman Franels F. Patter- |son, Jr., was renominated on fho,rg,. publican ticket {n first district defeating Charles A. Wolverton by approximately 600 votes. This was the closest congressional contest of |vesterday's primary elections. Wol- | verton carried'Gloucester and Salem |counties, but Patterson’s heavy vote in Camden swept him to victory. | Patterson had the endorsement of |the republican organization, Was a Real Battle Atlantlc City, N, J., Sept. 24, — Senator Edge when asked today to comment on the result of yester- day's primary sald: “I merely wish to show my deep appreciation the magnificent victory. | many friends, and is more than re- assuring. The great interest de- | ber.” GITY AUTO WRECKED Bridgeport Car, Rushing Fainting ceived the death sentence calmly, and made no comme | | NEW RADIO STATION I Worcester, Mass,, Sept. 24.—Clark university is to install within two months one of the most powerful radio stations fn New England. It [will be known as “WCBT” and will | have 500 watts power. It isthe plan [to have men of nation-wide promin- | ence speak from this station. Cottage Place Man | Successfully Grows Beans by the Yard || Beans by the yard? Absolutely, Mr. Burbank, E. E. Warren grows them at his home, 47 Cottage Place. | and were introduced into Ne Britain by Mr. Warren, who ob- tained the sceds in Byesville, | | | Ohio, his former home, and planted them last spring. The man who wrote “Jack and the Beanstalk” must have gotten his inspiration from yard beans. They do not grow to the clouds and Into the garden of a glant but they are of sufficient height to be impressive Mr. Warren has a plant seven and one-haif | | | | | feet high. The beans drape gracefully toward the ground Mr. Warren has one bean pod ||| which 4 inches long. He ||]says the people in Ohio plant ||| them in their front yards for decoratiye purposes. * THE WEATHER l o= Hartford, Sept. 23—Fdrecast | | for New Britain and vicinit || ¥mir tonight and Thursda || little change in temperatu | || light frost tonight. i1 | H * * | By L. | tomobile, were injured They're of the string bean variety ||| Woman from Cemetery, Figures in Bad Crash With Machine. Bridgeport, Sept. 24.—A munici- | pally owned automobile operated by Joseph Schietinger which was rush- ing to a doctor's office with Mrs. Willlam H. Beloin, who had fainted as she was returning from her hu band's graye after burial services, was wrecked in a collison with a machine driven by Deputy Sherift James P. Kiernan, at East Washing- | ton avenue nd Kossuth street, at noon today. “Congratulations on your victory,” | “I pledge you my | sterday’s primary with 168 of | 9 districts in the state unre- | nomination, gave Walter E. Edge, | sembly voting systems and abolition || of the 12 league candidates for as- || for | Teported today that her 1t was g |remalns unchanged, being regarded real battle, and a vote of confidence |38 Very critical. made possible by the loyalty of so|Angelo was held this morning in . POSTERS . TN der. MURDERER GONE AND NO GLUE IS FOUND Slayer of Joseph Angelo Succeeds in Eluding Police of State In spite ‘of the exhaustive scarch being conducted by the police for the murderer of Joseph C. Angelo and wounder of Mrs. Ameclia Scor- | s¢to, the fugitive has so far elud- €d all attempts of the police to lo- | cate him. The police have been unable to secure any clue as to| where the man proceeded after he was last seen going through the fields near St. Mary's cemetery | shortly after shooting his two vie- tims Sunday night. Mrs. Scorsoto continues her bat- tle for life at the New Britain Gen- | eral hospital and hospital officials i condition The funeral of | Hartford. John Sponsa, official superior | veloped insures victory in Novem. |court Italian interpreter connected { with the office of State’s Attorney | Hugh M. Alcorn, came to the city | yesterday afternoon and has been | working with ~Sergt. Michael J. | Flynn on the case. The two men | went to 38 Oak street yesterday aft- ernoon and took the trunk of John | Vottari, the murderer, to the police station, and made a thorough ex- amination of its contents. A num- ber of letters belonging to him were found and these were inter- | preted by Sponsa, giving the police considerable information concern- ing the man's affairs. The major- ity of the letters were from Indiana, | Pennsylvania and New York. First citizenship pa found showing that on Nov he applied at Gary, Ind., e papers contained sworn at Vottari was born in papers. T statements t 13.) Six persons in the Beloin funeral | (Continued on Page i party, who.were in the wrecked au- | and her brother-in-law, Edward Be- | loln, were taken to St. Vincent's| hospital and the other persons were treated at nearby doctors’ offices. | The funeral automobiie turned over three times after striking Kiernan's | machine, GOES SUDDENLY CRAZY South Deerfield Man Becomes Rav- | ing Maniac in Albany—Attacks Barber, Fires Own Clothes. Albany, Y., Sept. 24.—Joseph W. Ripka of South Deerfield, Mass. who came to this country from Po land penniless 2® years ago and is !now a wealthy produce merchant, became violently insane in this city today. He destroyed practically all the fixtures in a Broadway barber ahop, attacked Francisco D'Anza court interpreter, when the latter came to the rescue of the terrified barber, and set fire to his own cloth- ing after he had been subdued and taken to a police station. Later he was sent to the psychopathic ward of the Albany hospital. The merchant, with his wife and two sons. sere motoring to county to negotlate for the purc of an onlon crop. According to Mrs. Ripka, her husband is rich and | w operates one of the largest produce | farms in western Massachusetts. Sie 5 FOULD GLAMP DOWN LID | | £ Business Places. | | ON SUNDAY BUSINESS Day Loxd's Alliance Intends to Wage Campaign to Close All busi- Efforts to close stores and ness places in New Britain which remain open on Sunday will be within a few weeks by repre- of The Lord's Day Al-| ar according to information re in this city this morning. effort will be made made septatives ceivg | The liow lectures in one or two local ch stinday, tion will attempt New after which the organiza- to form among s a branch of hants' Day of tention Britain merck is the of officers of ance to attempt to call a meeting and invite all the merchants to be presen At this meeting it is likely sug- gestions will be made that the pow- ers of the police department be in- voked to keep New Britain closed up tight on Sunday eakers from the Alliance will ¥ at the Methodist and German Bap- | tist cl urches Sunday. Because of other engagemeiits th probably not epe and South Congregatio: s or at the | NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1924. —SIXTF The above is a photographic copy of the posters that have been sent broadcast through several states in an effort to round up Giovanni Vottari who is wanted by the local police for mur- | These include six Connecticut » PRICE THREE CENTS NEGRO BOUND OVER Adams, Alias Evans, Once Be- fore Sent fo State Prison HAS NEW BRITAIN RECORD | Hearing Held In Plainville Without | Delay Because of Feeling Amnu“ Residents — Justice Ryder Sels | | ¢ Bonds at $5,000, ! | (Spectal to the Herald.) { | Plainville, Sept. 24, — Charles | Adams, allas Evans, colored of Pearl | street, was bound over to the nexi 4 |term of the superior court under bonds of $5,000 by Justice Merritt 0. Ryder in the town court las night on a charge of attempted criminal assault. County Detective | Edward Hickey and Grand Juror 8, | 8. Gwillim acted as prosecutor and | Adams was defended by Lawyer . Howard P. Drew, { | Although Detective Hickey, who |had come to Plainville upon being | notified of the capture of the man, | put Adams through a severe grililng during his investigation, Adams {would not admit that he was guilty |of the charges brought against him ¢ | by the state. Mrs, Mary Thompson, | the victim of the assault, positive | identified Adams as the man whe | had attacked her. | Sentenced ¥rom New Britain | Adams was also identified by De | tective Hickey as the man who had | been sentenced from New Britain to state’s prison for criminal assault committed in that city some years {ago and, although it could not be | verified, it is said that Adams is af |present on parole from Wethersfleld . : | Mrs, Thompson related to the i court the circumstances of the as- sault. She said that she had gou a short way from her home on th Town Line road yesterday morning to pick some flowers by the road side. She said that as she was ye- turning home, when she reached » secluded spot in the road which i bordered on both sides by trees and dense shrubbery, at a spot about 200 vards from the railroad tracks and about 400 yards from her home, ¢ negro, and here she pointed to Adams, jumped from the hushes at the side of the road and had seized her by tie throat and had knoeked her down, Fought Man For 15 Minutes She sald that for about 15 nifn: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES IN CONN. There Are 50 With Total > s utes she had baftled her as Asgets Amo““t‘ng to with ail her sbremEit Mt :v!a!::;t “30,173,694 |dly becoming weakened because of the choking she was receiving and |Adams was battering down her re- Hartford, Sept, 24.—Insurance | Sistance, when an automobile was Commissioner Howard P. Dunham |l€ard approaching from the direc- submitted today to Gov. Templeton | tion of Red Stone Hiil, his report relating to fraternal bene.| She said that Adams heard the fit societies operating in this state. [CAT and getting to his feet stabted The number of these socletles is fity, | {0 Tun toward it. She said that she an increase of two for the year,|talled to the driver of the car o so- | catch the negro, but the driver, cieties. The total assets are $330,-|although he must have seen the two 173,694, an increase of $36,545,886.|and knew something of what had The liabilities increased from $71,- Deen going on, passed by and would 356,596.66 to $12,470,061.53. | not stop. She then related how she Assets of the six Connecticut com- | 1ad gone to a neighbor's home on panies amounted to $20,987,105.42, (the Southington-Plainville road and an increase of $2,359,101.12 over last | 1ad asked them to call for the year, These societies had a total | Police. balance of $20,609,335.34, an in-| Lawyer Drew tried to weaken the crease of $2,335,326.55. | woman’s testimony of identification, There was a decrease of $58,886,- | LUt Mrs. Thompson remained stead- 535.13 in the liaMilitics of the 50 so- | fast in her statement that she was cieties. Commissioner Dunham ex- | Positive that Adams was the man plained this decrease by reason of | Who attacked her. the deparmtnet's refusing to permit| Deputy Sheriff Furrey and Offi. societies to carry tabular reserves as | 'S Hogan, Royce and Schubert liabilities in the financial statements, | {estified that they had been called The total income for the socleties |t0 the scene. Officer Furrey stated for the year amounted to $117,482,.- | that he had received a telephone 92216 and the disbursements to ! call between 10 and 10:30 o'clock $86,025,626.02. The increase in the that a woman had been assaulted at total income for the year was $6,-|he town line. He had hastened 503.184.10, | there to investigate and when b from Mrs. Thompson, he had sun moned the other officers. He d Collier Goes Down in Boston Har- bor Early Today After Collision tracks towards the scene of i scribed the search which follow: | ‘Woman Picks Out Adams, Owing to testimony of a wou: who had seen a negro go down ti With Steamer. Boston, Sept. 24.—The steamer Edward Pierce, a collier plying be- tween Newport News, Va., and Bos- | crime earlier in the morning, su picion pointed to Adams as the ma: It remained for the officers in com pany with Mrs. Thompson to star ton, sank in the outer harbor early |O% & auest of identification. The today after a collision with the had gone to the center and ha steamer Mundelta. The Mundelta al. | auestioned one colored man there but Mrs. Thompson said he was no the Going back up toward Hart's Corner, t had come to th home ot Adams’ sister which border on the railroad tracks. As the approached the house, Adams wa seen standing by an automobil When Mrs. Thompson saw Adam so was dar both vessels , but the crews of aped injury. According to the harbor police, the collision was due to misunder- standing of signals. The v . both leaving port, were proceeding on parallel courses before the crash. The bow of the Mundelta struck the Edward Plerce abeam and crushed | She said, “There's the man, I'd kno in several plates. A tug took the him anywhere.” Upon this, Polic Plerce 15t but ahe went down an Hogan, Schubert and Furre the chan before reaching th latter half supporting Mr s STHE whilch BOK ompson who was in a faintir Sisadiny e % se | condition, seized Adams and placir = him under arrest, brought him i Captain Riker of the Plerce and|an nobile to the town lock: s werattakin fonkboard Th lasten Negro's Hearing. b before their vessel went down.| A large posse of men, some arn Captain Jorgensen and his crew re-| with pistols and one with a doub mained on b i the Mundelta,|barreled shot gun had been scour which had cleared for New York|ing the dense undergrowth an last night. woods near t scene and thes By were called off hy the policemer REFUSES TO ANSWER Police in neigh! towns ¥k Bridgeport, Sept. 24. — Bernard | been notified were on t} Hickey, of Hart{ operator of a watch all day f A man answerir motor truck tha ly injured Earl | the description. The fecling abor Doerr of this citv st Friday, to- day declined upon advice of counsel, to be examined by Coroner John J. Phelan Hickey is under arrest on a charge of manslaughter and will be arraigned in the Fairfield town court October 2, by which time Coroner Phelan will have made & [trial as he was unable to raise th: inding in the Doerr death. amount of bail imposed by the jus [ tice. DEATH LIST 45 | St. Paul, Minn, Sept. 24.—Revis- ion of the death list in the tornadoes of Sunday, in Wisconsin, cut Thn“ number of cead today from 54 to ¢5. the town was so intense throughoi e day, that it was thought bett to have Adams tried last night in stead of Keeping him in town. H was transferred to jall in custod of Detective Hickey and member of his staff immediately after th Sent to State Prison. Charles Adams was sentenced to (Continued on Page 14) o ON WOMAN'S STORY i L “ i . oo A4