New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 12, 1924, Page 15

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1924. ce given by Mr TELLS OF FORBES 222 et S OLOEST . OF . young woman tn Hornberger's apart- ment on u night in Augost, 1929, | : when Mrs Hornbeiger was out of town, Mrs, Butler was employed to —_— care for the hous. | The Hornbergers were married in WEMBER IS DEAD 'SEEK 10 LURE POLICE BOATS ONTO ROCKS v York Rum Runners Iail and Nortimer Sags He Never Ex-| vl "5\ 5o socs Jobn Rose of Willmantic Was| ™ O™ Yo ® ;vhr-lr separation in 1923, Mrs. Horn. | wj 35000 BaCk {berger has lived fn Stamnford, Conn. pOC X » asked alimony of $76 & week |from her husband's salary which | |she estimated at $25,000 a year, | By The Assoclated P ! Chicago, Dec. 12, 1 timer, principal RU\’!l"ll;lll‘\lll:lll"\.H;‘I!A::;; THEY'LL MAKE 'EM HAPPY I in the Forbes-Thompson conspiracy @ result of Injuri trial, testified In cross-examination o « today that Charles R. Forbes, for- Hcalth Department and Relief So- mer director of the Veterans' Burean | 4 i approached him for a loan of $5,000 ¢!#ty to Have Christmas Troe for : on June 1B, 1932, five days before, | Cpjigren of Tubercular Parents || he had testified previously, he gave ; Forbes $5,000 in cash in a Chicago| Children of tuberculosis parents hotel, = who are being given medical as- Mortimer was on the stand for the sistance by the health department fitth day's cross-examination, He and the Tuberculosis Reliof sociely, said Forbes visited him at the will be the guests of that soclet h ‘Wardman Park hotel in Washington (& Christinas tree Parfy & few days |[.iar he Jearned to ask for the loan to help financg before Christmas, t his wife's visit to Europe. | The tree will probably be placed money, but would see what I could | Miss Ventlie Logan, nurse for the || do for him,” the witness said, “I relicf sociely, is making arrange- then told Thompson and Black wlat Ments for the eve Forbes had sald, and then went back | Subscriptions of sh, toys, cloth- to Forbes and told him things could | IN& and fruits and candles. Tn pa#t During this employment he had res a boy he & 90 Years of Age Willimantie, Dec, 12.—John Wes- | brought disaster to the rum run- ey Rose, aged 00 ast night at St J cars, died late I's hospital as caused by a fall n the stone steps at the city hall hore, November 15, which caused partial paralysis. Up to the time of ifs death he had been unusually ae- Ive for his age, having been super- ntendent for several years of a lafge ilding in Boston until he retired from active labor last February, Mr. Rore had & wide acquaintance nd in New E ppec his father from Ma rade and for ahout 40 vy, was a b k superintendent of bridga build “I told him I did not have the |in Grotto hall on West Main streect, |- 7, L ngar arious rallroads, He ussisted in the milding of the Boston, Providence and Fiskiil railroad, later the New t.and is receiving | LaTAle S8 gland road, whicl was eventually orbed by the N. Y. N. H. and H. e fized up.” years, the public has generously |yided in Hartford*and New Haven, 7. W. Thompson, Forhes' co-de. SupDorted fhis movement and the fendant, and J. W. Black, now dead, | $0iety hag received numerous do- g were partners in scveral contracting | Dations, some largn and some small, |t firms seeking veteran's hospital con- UL All b tracts. Both were Mortimer's g the Christinas tree party an enjoy-c at the Wardman Park hotel at the | aPle event for'a large number of $ children | The relief ceive contrib ¢ hopes to re en you gave this money to s then, it was in the nature of " Randolph Laughlin, Thomp son's attorney asked. “He asked for a loan,’ Mortimer numbers to make possible a gift of |4 candy, fruit, toys and wearing ap- el to every child who attends. |c “Well, was it a loan, did you ex- pect to get It back or not 2" “We never expected to got it back.” upon to support the movement. i , Dee, 12.—Mrs. Camille | empting suicide sever days Ruling Is Reserved Tn Dhvorce Ac- e time during the night. Tt § believed the pretiy young woman tion Brought By Mrs. Hornberger dropped from an open window to {he Against Her Husband. fire escape in the early morning | Wich darkness. Mrs, Bilech appeared in | Wife early tor New York, Dec. 12, — Supreme o city court here several days ago | ! d with driving w co of liquor. 81 and claimed that 0 he Intoxication was intense excitement t e t Justice Nathan 1 decislon after 1 divorce vetfon hr Court resery den jur today ring evie ght by Mrs. James Herrod Hornber Tier husband, who is known to the pub- lic as Colin O'More, operatic tenor, did not defend the suit. The action was based upon evi- cides awheel, Iz in sufficlent to compete with any bieyclist over ra of red hrocade | ter, who witness slecves and panels of | mother, and himseif, but his revoly- Jeer missed fire, Mr. Rose was the oldest member n point of age and membership of he Pythias in the state, being a > contributed to make |member ot Natchaug lodge of this clty. He was an ardent bic, il a few years a list and un- ged in long a standing offer 50 in long distance riding. Attendants at the Willimantio camp grounds will recall his mem- n this section Mr. Rose is survived by a sister, DURING NIGHT Lucy A. Rose of Worcester, Mass,, and . brother Henry of New York ity. His wife died several years ation 48O, et trom ot institution Murdered Wife Because She Used Powder Freely Reading, Pa., Dec, 12.—Anthony ski, of this eity, killed his lay, and, according to he police, confessed that he shot o under the | her because sha “used too much lenled the powder and paint and ran around | t ap- | With other men." 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