New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1924, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press HARTFORD MAN FROZEN T0 DEATH WHEN SUDDEN DROP IN TEMPERATURE SETS UP NEW COLD WEATHER RECORD * <ot o SPECTACULAR FIRE IN BERLIN ROUTS FOUR FAMILIES OUT INTO THE COLD Victim, John Yardy, 40, Had Been At Christening And Evi- dently Fallen To Street In Drunken Stupor. Near-Zero Mark Touched —Records of 52 Years Shattered — Motorists Report Epidemic of Frozen Radiators. 148 Hartford, Nov, 17.—John TYardy, 40, a boarder at 126 Charter Oak avenue was found frozen to death on Hendrickson street at 6 o'clock this morning. had been to a christening party at the home of relatives and the police raid that he was in condition when he cumbed to the cold. Chilled by a gale sweeping from the northwest the temperature here this morning set & new low mark for November when it dropped to 6 degrees above zero at shortly be- f o'clock, Th vious low record for the station’ year his- v was made November 27, 1017, the temperature drop fell and suc ra 1 ped to Near Zero Weather Terrington, Nov. 17. county shivered to in a near- gero ‘temperature. The minimum temperature during the night in the ity was § degrees while tn the out- Wing sections marks of 3 and 4 ¢ grees were reported, The sudden drop by the mercury was preceded by a sharp downpour ot rain for an hour early vester- day evening that was followed after a brief ciear perfod by a snow flurry of considerable intensity. The vel- ocity of the w creased rapidly until it reached gale proportions which it maintained throughout the night. — Litchfield Drop n Temperature Nov. 17.—Ansonla ‘associated towr Derby, Seymonr, rieneed most eevere drop in Savere Ansoni the oth Shelton last nig temperat and and expe t the of the season, mar real toueh of winter 1 v long spell ny weather for the tuie of Beginning with a slight rain- of an unusua of = fan panied b later tur fnereasing mometars ing and ral scur INg 10 at furnace fires to going the cold nto buil last ever was acc which rapidly to hail i spell wn to 19 this morn- there was a genc in which iings by 26 Degrees (n 12 Hre 17.—The momete 30 degrees from 1 oclock 17% ho thm morning It dropped 26 de hours from 6 o night to 6 this ing she long warm 1ast break which b tie past m thus period tion for Yesterday noon the 54 degrees g it was eight grees b 3 4 at about 6 0 with a dash of rain and high Another sl esme down at he total rair 1-10 of an inch morr i) thermometer registered while this mo W freez star winds wer Taln andlwicet out 8§ o'c did not at all exceed Records Are Broken Nov Early 17 40 y when a co wir nding 5 ter 1 ve were broken Ay brought along on a wind igh eloelty dropped the temperature to Pab Al open the safe o and obtaimew § It was wald that he | an intoxjeated | Blaze Owned Jones — Firemen From New Britain and Meri- den Summoned. ing. Four when Jones, Mrs. Gibney Mrs. Gibne; it Th lost every Stanle Destroys © by families we their homes and or 80 years of age, nearly lost her life, ¢, breaking out morning in a house | Berlin, owned by E. completely building, the loss being estimated at about § The comp! ructure was ely, only the shell cupants of hing, although the partially covered by insurance. The house was a large families making their homes in ft. On the first floor resid owner of the property, and Mr. and y Barrett. H floor was occupied by Mrs. Plumah Skinner and Mr. and their famil who happened to be | and Mrs. on Ber House Dynamite routed from woman, over early this lin street, R. (Dynamite) destroyed t} burned out the house loss i3 one, d Mr. Jones, The second Howard up at about 5 o'clock this morning, simnelled smoke. She investigated and upon apening a door, was nearly overcome by a great cloud of black smoke which rolled into the hurriedly summoned who made sure that the chil- a from t t back and woke th She | band, dren then ¥ tenants, All had reached the outer air in when it doo: Ir near dea safety Gibne Tones her & Gibney V i for. y entered ttempted to artment, wh8 CROKER’S WIDOW DLCLARES SHE was room. her hus- g. He other butid remembered Skinner had not been lock had ga Mr. Jones the galn entrance and house. but found that ed. ined access Meanwhile, to (Conttnued on Pags 14) four | [ collected more than spent over Thompson [ Juad, total re le remain- | #41 many pames ar all the the 1o G. 0. P. HAD §11,315 TOSPEND ON CAMPAIGN |- Expenses Were $6,310 and Balance in Treasury Is $5,070 The republican town committee $11,000 and $6,000, to q with City Clerk A, T William H report shows ipts of $11,315 and total itures of $6,310.1 a talance in the tr The list of contributors c 1 contributio way from $3 up. A Harold L. Judd, § B. H. ley, $200; F. h George I, 1 all, $100; L. W. Young, $100; $100; B. A, Haw Rogers, §100 . Holmes, $45 , $100; ldwin, $600; W I. H. Judd $100; Vibberts, statement fi chairma few or lows m $500; Emm Kimball, § shnson, HAS HAD SPIRITUALISTIC TALK WITH DEPARTED TAMMANY CHIEF His Spirit Came to Her Most Offen in Ireland Because ol & 1 brave , $300; I Things Over There Were More Peaceful, She Sa_\s; —Declares People Who Oppose His Spiritually- Expressed Wishes Invariably Suffer. ng o | that while was Mr this o tshme Ricl mar and but m th n ard Cr suft aga her inst n clared that ehe - | the Noy asions, that she Yn wa 1s in today on t Tammany off and Croker from my Jr Mrs. was 17.—Mrs, Bula Richard Croker, Adriatic, ds had conferred with chieftain on Four Men Killed When Train Crashes Into Car Peori pr yester lay bile m t after No | o L gy MRES BULA 'l.-vu\l'; IN CRITICAL CONDITION Policoman Shot By Rohber in Strat- ford May Not Live—Posse Hunts Yor His Slayer THERMOMETERS GO NEARLY 70 ZERO Winter Stumbles Across Thresh- AUTO RADIATORS FREEZE Garage Men Swamped With De- mands for Service and Denatured Alcohol—Mercury Reported at 10 Degrees Above at 4 0’ (lock a. m. From a temperature averaging be- twe d 60 degrees during the ‘1\‘ he mercury dropped below zing point for the first time this Al lnu night and ing struck the -m,,_,vm kept on until at this morning it was in grave danger of hitting the zero mark. With 10 ero and a high wind ents who were forced to get up early go to work ex- perfenced a taste of a real winter. Fur coats and ear muff ere very wuch in order, jitneys and trolleys arried thelr usual “winter pass; who prefer to walk during the summer days and those who w enough to wind bundled to a de mbling Are- tic explo t unusual to see peop alking backwards times to escape the severe bite of wind. Automobile owners probably suf- 1 most, | is of cars being this mornin enae Th obile radiefors & tremendous, all dealers t in this I from forced St spent two 1 o being ab is car. He e to procee: (nl'l \\l\u' (nmN With Evening. Legan to drop &h er which struck tl st even showers, « rain a Enow Haven of a st rm blown ge trees In Walnut Hill down driveways tmbs w nd vicin ) STILL HE SLEPT Plunging Off Pler Onto Pile of Rocks At 48 Miles An Hour Fails to Awaken Driver—Held As Drunk THE WEATHER Hartford, Nov, 1 for New Britain and vicinity Fair tonight; Tuesday increas- ing cloudiness and warmer, orecast 4 o'clock | the| was re-| > l -'J n. .),, J\r Average Daily Week Ending Nov. 15th ... culation For 11,448 PRICE THREE CEN'TS * ENBONDS HELD AS SKELLY SLAYER TWO YOUNG AUTOISTS FOUND DEAD IN CAR | 17 and 18 Year Ol Buffalo Asphyxiated By Exhaust Fumes —TFather Finds Bodles Buffalo, N. Y., 17.—John Krysztan, 18, and Francis Mazurow- ski, 17, were found today, asphyxiat- €d by fumes from an automoblle ex- haust in a small garage in the rear of the Kry home. Both bo; were found sitting 1n the front seat of a small automobile in the garage by Roman Krysztan, father of one of them, after the boy’ Nov. of the automobile motor, which was running at high speed. The father way at first driven back by the fumes but carried the boys out with the ald of Joseph, another son. The young men left the Krysztan house Sunday evening with the ex- rressed intention of going for a ride, They are believed to have closed the | garage doors and started the en- | gine to warm it up before driving out iInto the cold, and to have been asphyxiated by the paring to drive out. STAMFORD WOMAN 1§ HELD FOR SHOOTING Leg Received During Fight Stamford, Nov. 17.—Tony Gerol- the hospital this afternoon wit t wound in the leg infl a bullet fi from a gun h Mre. Camelia Laginestia, 18, wo children. The grinder calls and was there ienato, the husband, came home. The grin friend of the fam An ar- yegan which merged into a| and then Mrs. Laginestia got n and fir ice, the second 1aking the wound. Husband were arrested because of 1 the grinder is charged 1t upon the hu by | 1d by | mother at the house t FOUND HAIR ON CAR This, With Blod Clot On Fender, Holds Wallingford Man On Charge of Manslaughter, Wallingford, Conn., Joseph Dombrowsk, of chard street, was t superior court by Ju | morning on a charge of ter, as being Verontea Wo! r 9. Medic e found 1 the dead gir tender of the car and. a e the sed the fatall p. Dombrowsk! Stanley Merchowskl, i | testified that althoug responsibie for alk, age r of t the tima i ybody. | MAY GO HUNTING NOW Governor Templeton Lifts Ban | W¥hich Has Held Back Huntsmen Effective For Rest of Season owing proc his aHrtford off ing ban “The recent rains ha ded drought an d the danger of for Charles A this rainfall ha tions hunting m the remainder of the y safely T therefors proc suspension of the ~lared by proclamat 8, is Compensation Ratings Are Not Rene\\ahlc Washi tion ates veter mother was awakened by the roar | carbon monoxlde | fumes from the exhaust while pre- | {he sald, Visitor Gets Two Bullets in | amo, scissors grinder, was taken t0 | jeores h nl COUZENS CERTAIN ~" OF CRODKEDNESS (Fegls Sure Tlegal Liquor Per- nits Have Been Issued ;FULL PROBE T0 BE HELD Also Will Delve Deeply Into Fn- forcement of the Tax Laws and Find Cause for $22,000,000 De- creass in Income Taxes Washington, Couzens of the mittee Nov. 17. spectal investigating the inte reve bureau, declared toda was convinced by the reports of the committee Investigators that number of industrial alec had been issued {llegall ed the principal sourc | gers. At an (‘X"F\Jl\n ression committee Wednesday the chair will recommend a thorough investi- | gation Into that phase of prohibition enforcement. He said tc 1 'not seem reasonable that mand for industrial alcohol should have heen In in “leaps and younds,' ce the Volstead law be- came effecilye. The investigators had discovered —Chairman senate com- | of th the de- ased that strong influences had to bear on the in alc been brou, revenue bureau to obtaln | permits. | 1In additlon to the prohibition | unit, the commitiee will go into en- {torcement of the tax laws. | Senator Couzens sald { mittea w centering one its investigation on the cause of e of $22,00 in inec taxes from 1016 to H 1t $2,000 ol thase been traced in tax exem ]' gec d the other had heen claimed to due to deprecia in busin ble the com- angle o & ss. The dates for opening ings wiil be determined later. ‘SAILOR SWEPT OVER RAILS OF ADRIATIC | White Star Liner 12 Hours | Late, Due to Cyclonic (iales at Sea hear- Man Robbed in Yonkers As Policeman Looks On RFCEIVER TOR for hootleg- | 2 Y., who was 1x1')«>.¥1‘f-] by the New York police last Frida; | slightest hesita |George Stuyvesant Of Troy, N. Y., Positively Identified By Edward Johnson, Livery Stable Hostler, As Gunman Who Shot New Britain Policeman—Picks Him Out Of Num- ber Of Men Paraded Before Him. {Formally Charged With Homicide and is Being Held Without Bail Awaiting Extradition Proceedings By Connecticut Authorities — Detective MecCue Telephone News of Arrest to Chief Hart. The man who is alleged to have murdered Policeman Jame: Skelly of the local police department in cold blood when Skelly, with other policemen, surprised him in the Davidson & Leven- thal store the morning of October 12, is under :n'u«L in New York city and has been formally charged with the murder o the local police He is George Stuyvesant, 28, of Troy, N in connection with a robbery in that cit; 3eing Held For Murder Stuyvesant is now awaiting the completion of proceedings for his return to this city to answer the charge, having been formally ar red for murder before a magistrate’s court in New York tl morning. Ie was ar- raigned after the New Yol hnh"r had checked up their infor- mation on him and Edward J. Johnson, the local stable hostler, had picked him out of a line of pl'.m‘ s as the man who came out of the Davidson & Leventhal store after the shooting. Ile is held without bail for the local authorities. Suspected of Being With Shean Chief William C. Hart of the local police department re- ceived a tele phnnn r';xH from Tieut. Davie of the New York po- lice last Saturday night and was told that they had arrested Stuyvesant there in connection with a robbery in that city and that they had mtvm“ ation that Stuyvesant was the partner of Walter J. Shean in the burglary of the Davidson & Leventhal store, and fired t hat ended the life of Policeman Skelly. Chief Hart was told that Stuyvesant was to be arraigned in a New York court this morning on the robbery charge so he sent Detective Sergeant William P. McCue, with Johnson, the hostler who saw the man come from the store after the shoot- ing, to New York this morning to investics When confront- ed with the New Yor pzwmv' this ., without the 2 tion inson identified him as the man he saw walk out of the store with a smoking gun in his hand, and dis- appear from sight down an alley nearby. raditior urder t 4 ot {! 1 te Chapman 10 Theory Fades he Victim PROVES FATA