New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 14, 1925, Page 1

e e By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 CHAPHAN IN MOOD FOR MURDER HERE Said Police *“Will Be Lying Around Here Like Bees” HIS MOVEMENTS TRACED Bandit and Shean Came to This City [ to Burglarize Besse-Leland Store But Burglar Alarm Forced Them to Change Plans, For the first time, the story of the | movements and plans of Gerald Chapman, master criminal of the age, and Walter E. Shean, wealthy Bpringfield business man, on the af- ternoon before the burglary of the Davidson & Leventhal store and the murder of Patrolman James Skelly, has been learned for publication, It has been closely guarded by the police and the state attorney's of- fico, With the revealing of the story, it Became known that the Davidson & | Leventhal store was not the objec- tive of Chapman and Shean when | they started for New Britain. Their intention was to ‘“knock off” the Besse-Leland store. The proposed break in the Besse-Leland store was abandoned by Chapman, according to the story, after he visited the store and upon examination found that it ‘was completely wired with a burglar alarm system, | According to the Information, Chapman and Shean started from Springfield early on the afternoon of October 11 and headed toward Hart- ford. It is reported that Shean claims that he was unaware of their destination, or the purpose of the trip until sometime after they had left Springfield and were well into Connecticut, 1t was then that Chapman is re- ported to have informed him that they were “going to knock off a ,place in Connecticut and pick up a little change.” The pair arrived in Hartford and continued through to this city, Chapman pulling up in the | machine near St. Peter's church, where the two men left the car and walked to the center of the city. Chapman at Besse-Leland's Leaving Shean on the sidewalk outside the Besse-Leland store, Chapman is reported to have gone inside, returning in a few minutes and telling Shean that there was “nothing doing on that place, it is all wired.” The two men then walk- ed along Main street and Chapman looked over the Davidson & Leven- | Christopher Hagan of the police department, was shot and kill- | ed by an unidentified negro early to- 0, Waq N5 Imsauun, Autos an .at Million and By Fire at Kansas Motor Show Ohio Governor’s Son Goes to Jail Celumbus, 0., Feb, 14.—Hal Donahey, 18 year old son of Gov. ernor Vie Donahey, today was sentenced to three days in jall for violation of the automobile traffis laws here Yesterday afternoor, Young Donahey pleaded guilty and was sentenced by Muncipal Judge Mahafty in police court. He was taken immediately to the city prison. Governor Donahey sald he wanted the judge to treat hls soh'the same as he would any sther person and announced that he would not pardon him, MERIDEN-NEW BRITAIN BUS SERVICE MARCH | ‘Inlgr-Cily Route on 40 Minute Schedule, Conn, Co. Announces Meriden, Feb. 14.—The Connecti- cut Co. today informed Mayor H. T. King that starting March ‘1, motor busses will bo operated between this city and New-Britaln on a 40-minute schedule, The line will probably run from the local railroad station on State street to North Colony street and thence on to the Berlin turn- pike. UNIDENTIFIED NEGRo SLAYS NEW YORK CoP | |Detective Shot and Killed ‘While Questioning Robber Suspect New York, Féb., 14. — Dotective w York day as he was questioning the asn a accessories Valued thal store and decided that he would |82d two companions while searching &0 in there and reconnoitre, | for highway robbers in the Bronx. En.ering the store he waiked down |The assailant escaped hut his two to the rear in one alsle and then ' COmpanions were brought down by returned and walked up the other aisle. Satlsfying himself that he wa: aequadited with the layout of the place, ne went to the front of the store where he leaned up against one of the doors, It was while he was leaning against this door that he is alleged to have removed thy screws from the lock, and was obsaerved by Ldith | Larson, a clerk on a nearby counter, The Larson girl noticed the man standing there for several minutes, but was unaware of the act he was performing with a small serew driver behind back, Having finished his work ‘on the door Chapman is reported to have returned to the street where he re- joined Shean and told him that the place was all set for the break. The two men are them peported to have gone to Waterbury, returning to Merlden about 9 o'clock that night, where they put up at a roadhouse, after purchasing some fuses, a jini- my and a few other burglar tools at & Meriden store. Come Here Farly in Morning The trip to this city on thg morn- ing of the burglary was started at about 5 o'clock and the machine was parked on Church street, @n the way here, Shean said that fltm gave him a revolver and toldl to use it If it was necessary. Shean is reported to e stated that he remained in the @atomobile while Chapman went to the store and broken into it. Later, while both were working on the safes in the place, Chapman sald, referring to Johnson, a stable hostler they had met in the alleyway. “I wouidn't be surprised §f the fool went and told the police, but if hé does they will | be lying around here like bees.” Chief William C, Tart and Detee- tive Sergeant William P, MecCue took the Larson girl to Hartford with | them yesterday. It is understood | that she was taken for the purposc | of identifying Chapman, but was not called upon to give him a close When Chapman is alleged | to have been in New Britain he was | sporting & mustache, and it is re-| poried that the absence of the mus tache on Chapman yesterday baffled the girl and makes it neccssary for | her to give him a closer scrutiny be- | tore she can identify him positively. Chapman Cool in Court The remarkable coolness of Chap- man when he was arraigned before Judge Jennings in Superior Court yesterday afternoon to plead to tle murder charge against him amazed spectators and officials. They couid not believe that the man realized that he was being placed on trial | for 4 crime that means the death | penalty if he is convicted. g Accordi.ug to those present in court, Chapman appeared utterly in- different to the proceedings, al- though not a movement was made by anybody in the courtroom that| was not observed by the master eriminal. The keen penctrating eyes of the modern Rafues flashed about the courtroom with every move any- body made, although his head and body remained motionless. County | (Continued on Pag= »=) lstrict where many holdups | been reported, negroes to question them. the men dropped a tape wound cable wire, fashioned like a black jack and as Hagen stopped to pick | his revolver |the detective's body. within a short time. fled, Policeman Hegney emptied his Hagen's pistol which the | handed him. The two wounded men gave their names as Harry P. Whit- shots fired by Pollceman Hegney and vere captured. Hegney and Hagen, touring the have three One of stopped the up the the weapon, the negro whipped out nd fired two shots into Hagen died As the negroes revoiver at them and then used latter had man and Norman Robertson. The identity of the slayer is being sought through them. SUSPICIOUS FIRE §200,000 Blaze in Pittshurgh Occurs as Scheduled in Anonymous Ietter to Fire Marshal, Pittsburgh, Féh, 14.—Four down- town business buildings were dam- aged to the extent of $200,000 today by fire, believed to have been of in- cendiary origin. Fire Marshall Pfarr ordered a po- lice investigatiod when a represen- tative of Pittsburgh fire underwriters informed him that he had received a letter early this month, telling the underwriter to “expect a big loss by the lcral Tobacco Co. or the In- udstrial Cigar Co.” occupants of one of the buildings. The letter was unsigned. The dam- aged build supied by the tobacco comps the United Fu niture the O. Gude, the G, O'Brien and Poster Advertising companies, Fined and Jailed for Printing False Labels Hartford, Feh, 14.—( rged with forging Iquor labels and being cessories after the fact in liguor violations, David Nassif fleld, Mass., and Charles Beckman of Wethersfield, alleged proprictors of a plant at No. 5 ( apitol avenue here, known as the Home Products Co., we each sentenced to il for 80 days and fined $150 and cc by Jwmige Day in police court this morn- Ing. if .0ld the court he haa been in the business five ycars and was also connected with the Home Products Co. in Springfield. 19 Are Sent to Jail On Disorder .Char Philadelphia Nin of the 38 men and women arr in connection with a disturban a theater during an anti-bolshe address last night, were today sen- tenced to five days in Jail by a po- lice magistrate. others with one exception were fined A girl who the police started the her name as Anna Lipschultz, 19 ars ol was sentenced (o 10 dese ore o J. the » m alleged of Spring- | heckling and who gave | W BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAI Half Destroyed Building Worth $650,000 Is Levelled—City’s ' Oldest Fireman Dies in Flames —Five Nickel Plated Chassis at $20,000 Each Among Exhibits Ruined. By The Assoclated Press. Kansas City, Mo., Feb, 14.—Motor- dom’s newest offeringa for 1925 were reduced to a mass of twisted and charred wreckage early today in a fire that ended the Kansas City mo- tor show by destruction of the Amerlcan Royal livestock pavillon. Three hundred ‘pleasure cars, ap- proximately 756 motor trucks, two alrplanes and, accessories destroyed were valued at $1,500,000, The $650,- 600 building was levelled. Veteran Fireman Killed. Captain John J. Crane, 65, Kansas City's oldest fireman and head of the only remaining horse-drawn company in the department, was burned to death. He was’ caught on an Incline between the main building and an annex while attempting to work a hose. Most of the cars on display: had been shown at this year's New York, Cleveland and Chicago motor showa and were intended for the San Fran- cisco show after the display here ended tonight. The fire, the 713th of the year| here, broke out in the last few min- utes of Friday, the 13th, The doors of the show had been closed an hour, thousands of per- sons having crowded the pavilion throughout the evening. Flames Spread Rapidly. The firé originated in the annex among flimsy decorations due, it was believed, to faulty wiring. The flames quickly spread to the main struc- ture, “One minute there was a little blaze and the next it was all over,” eald Jess Simpson, pavilion engineer. Blast after blast rocked the build- | Ing as the flames reached the gaso- | Iine tanks of the cars, George Bond, manager of the show, declared all tanks had been drained, but that the fumes in the tanks probably caused the explosions. Virtually all apparatus n the two Kansas Citles was rushed to the scene, but the efforte of the firemen | wewe unavaiiing beeause of thé great headway guoined. Within less than two bours the pavillon walls had crumpled and the roof of the main| structure crashed in, Din as Horns Howl. The ghdsts of the recently proud kings of the motor world seemed to| shriek and moan from the inferno | when sirens and horns on the cars were set off as insulation burned from switches and wiring. Many of the exhibits were special- ly designed by the manufacturers, Five nickelplated chasis built especially for show purposes and | valued at $20,000 cach were de-| stroyed. | A wooden balcony in the main building upon which many high| priced cars were exhibited hastened | the spread of the fire. As the bal- cony gave way the cars plunged down upon others on the arena floor. Finest Pavilion in U. S, The pavilion, owned by the Amer- ican Royal Livestock association, was dedicated November 18, 1922, and | was considered the finest of its kind in the country. The floor area was seven and one-half acres and the auditorium had a seeating capacity | | or 14,000, | | GIRL LEADS RAIDERS | | 15 Year Old Phila. Miss, Pinding | Mother Dead in Bed After Drink- ing, Takes Police to Saloon. Philadelphia, Feb. 14. — Finding | her mother dead in bed, a 15 year | old girl early today led a police raid on a saloon, where, she asserted, her mother had obtained a pint of liquor last night. | The bartender w arrested and | held pending analysis of the liquor. Police said the owner of the saloon is serving a 30 day sentence for {I- | legal sale of lignor. | The girl, Sarah Kilfeather, said that her mother had bought the | |liquor for a “Friday, the 13th” party. Coroner Phatton who ordered an in- quest, declared that should death be found due to alcoholism, the seller of the liquor would be held for mur- der. ‘Two 18 Yr. Old Mothers Aided Robbers “For Fun” Chicago, Feb. 14.—Two 18 year ald mothers were held today with four men alleged to be their complices in eight holdups during several of which the women had their bables with them. Mabel Robertson and Genevieve Watier ad- | | mitted, the police sald, that Kept thelr husbands in ignorar their operatio! { were “for fun ac- they SUE FOR 849,000 | Waterbury, Feb. 14.- Mary Lacey, adn rix of | the estate of Miss Nellie Lacey, who Jost her life In the disastrous fire in | the Walton apartment here on De<| 15, Attorney Joseph Guil- | foile has started suit against Jill\ll‘S’ and Nellie Wa both eof Hartford, for $60,000, The suit is brought ainst Mr, and Mys. James Wall of | I Hartford, as the ewners. for Iiss cember NEW DIVIDEND T0 §. W. STOCKHOLDERS Extra Brings Rate Up to 10 Per Gent on New Shares OFFICERS ARE RE-ELECTED A, M.OON: Chosen Chairman of Board and C. F. Bennett President Again—Annual Meeting of Hart & Cooley Held This Morning, The stockholders of the Stanley Works, at thelr anhual meeting this afternoon, voted to accept the rec- | ommendation of the board and di- 25 rectors and retire per cent of the preferred stock of the concern. Thoy algo carrled out the recommenda- tion of the board that the amount of common stock be increased from $6,500,000 to $10,400,000, The dircctors voted a dividend of fwo and a haif per cent on the new common capitalization, payable April 1. In order to make the eame rate applieable to the first quarter of this year the directors also declared an extra dividend of 37% cens per share on the old capitalization, This, together with the dividend paid Jan- uary 1, is equivalent to two and a half per cent on the new capitaliza- tion for the first quarter. The holders of preferred stock re- | elocted the following directors: Alix W. Stanley, M. H. Whaples and ¥, G. Vibberts. The common stock- holders again chose George P. Hart, E. M. Stanley, E. A, Moore, F. G, Platt, F. 8 Chamberlain, C. I". Ben- nett, W H, Hart, P. B, Stanley, and . E. Cooper as directors, The board of directors met after the meetings of the stockholders and continued the following in office for another year: chairman of the board of directors; T. A. Moore, president, C. F. Bennett; vice-presi- dent and counsel, J. E. Coope presidents, E, W. Christ, Malcolm Farmer, W. H. Hart, P. B. Stanley, and J. E. Stone; secretary, E. W. treasurer, L. W, Young; as- sistant secretarics, P, F. King and M. H. Pease; assistant treasurers, R, E. Pritchard and J. B. Wilbur, Jr. Hart and Cooley Mecting Howard 8. Hart was reelected chairman of the board of directors of the Hart & Cooley Co, at the an- nual meeting of tha directors this morning. and the other officers were again chosen, as foliows: president, N. P. Cooley; vice-president, J. H. Robinson; vice-president and treas- | urer, R, C. Twichell; secretary, | W. Blanchard; assistant secretary, P. Usher; assistant treasurer, liam H. Hart. The stockholders reelected the fol- lowing board of directors: Howard S. Hart, N. P. Cooley, E; H. Cooper, George P. Hart, E. M. Stanley, J. H. R.| Robinson, R, C. Twichell, M. 8. Hart | and Willlam H Hart. The regular quarterly dividend of 4 per cent, payable April 1, was voted by the directors. MRS. LONGWORTH HAS A BABY DAUGHTER Congressman and Wife Re- | joice at New Arrival, Their First Chicago, Feb, 14.—A daughter was | born today to Mrs. Nicholas Long- | worth, formerly Alice Roosevelt. Physicians said both mother and baby were doing well. The baby was born at 10:30 a. m. " The child is the first born of Mr. gworth and is an tion to the g ildren Theo- dore Roosevelt. Representative Longworth ex- pected to arrive here tomorrow from Washington. Mrs. Theodore Roos of the former pres Mrs. Longworth to the n did the latter's brother Roosevelt. Representative Longwe also had planned to be here. The baby weighed six pounds 81 ounc nurs and was a normal he The mother too, was | dition though for some time the dauvghter's arrival, was ur anaesthetic Mrs. Medil McCormick, Senator MeCormick also ied Mrs. Longworth and her relat to the hospital. Mrs. Longworth congressman and the latter a daughter Mark Hanna of Ohio, been close friends and p: suggestion of Mrs. MeC decided to come to ( e herself under medical She arrived three weeks ago. is s, the omy wife Mrs. of the Ol McCorn of Feb. 14.—Rer tative Longworth, was given a tnous reception today when ed into the ter the news from Chicago had beex circulated among his colleagu Washington, house a few mi * THE WEATHER For New Britain and vicin- ity: Fair tonight. Sunday un- scitled, probably followed by rain or snow, t much change in temperature, » ) vice- | STORRS 70 CONTINUE AS GOMPANY TRUSTER But Has Resigned Position As Pres- ident Of The Connecticut Co,, Eftective April 1, New Haven, Feh, 14—~Luclus 8. Storrs, president of the Connectieut Co. since 1914, today resigned his office and the federal trustees of the company accepted his resignation. His letter was as follows: “With many regrets I herewith offer you my resignation as presi- dent of the Connecticut Co, to take effect April 1 so that I may accept another position which seems to me greatly to my personal advantage. Sincerely yours Lucius 8, Storr: The trustces made an expression of regret at the action of Mr. Storrs Wwho is to become managing. direc- tor for the electrie railway industry under appointment of the American Eleetric Raily association ex- ecutive committe Mr. Storrs will continue trustee of the company. It s understood the® trustees. at |their meeting did not act in the matter of a new president, John K. Punderford, long has been vice-pres- | idemt and general manager of the company and is not only a trained executive but was graduated from Sheffield as an engineer, JARDINE 15 CHOSEN MEMBER OF CABINET as a Succeeds Gore—Coolidge | Nominates Parks as | Gov. of Alaska Washington, Teb. | Jardine, president |agricultural college was selected to- day by President Coolidge to be | secretary of agriculture, | He is to take office on the retire ment of Secretary Gore, who on | March 4 becomes governor of West | Virginia. | Along with Mr. Jardinc's nomi- nation the president today sent to | the senate the nomination of Frank . 14 —William M. of the Kansas Kellogg, of Minnesota now am- | bassador to London to be secretary of state after Secretary Hughes | leaves the cabinet March 4. This action leaves three cabinet appointments pending before the senate, that of Charles B. Warren to | ibe attorn al having been sent to the:apitol a month ago, but | delayed by opposition. on of Mr. Kellogg to sue- ceed retary Hughes had beer | previously announced, but within {L\n hour of the time Mr, Jardine's | nomination was sent from the White | House the supporters of other ca didates still hopeful of success, had | called there in an effort to sway the president’s decision. Mr. Jardine, who is a member of |the president’s agriculture confer- nce, was chosen from an original | list of nearly 200 names. The execu- |tive, In making the selection, tried |to obfain a man with a knowledge {of marketing and distribution, which he regards as the primary problem facing American agriculture. | George Alexander Parks of Alas- ka was nominated by President | Coolldge to be governor of Mr. Parks, who. has been station- | led in Alaska for several years will s |cated yesterday , CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1925, —SIXTEEN PAGES. RESCUE SHAFT NOW- S NEAR 10 CAVE Diggers Can Talk With Men in Old Tonnel 20 HOURS MAY DECIDE — \ | etration Into Sand Cave Will Be In Front of Collins—Officlals Con- | fident Man Still Ts Alive—Will Lower Shaft Today. Cave City, Ky, Feb, 14.—Men in | passage to Sand Cave | the rescue shaft | the natural talked to men in being sunk toward ¥loyd Collins, en- tombed cave explorer, while making soundings at 11 o'clock this morn- ing. ! “H. T. Carmichael and Albert Marshall, a miner, went to the bot- tom of the shaft and held distinct conversation with Ed Brenner and two other men who were in the pas- sage as far as the cave-in,” said an official statement. “It is estimated that we will reach Collins in about | twenty hours, if no other difficulties occur. We still have six more feet before we reach the original lima- stone top, belleved to be the roof of the cavern leading to Collins.” The shaft, according to Mr. Car- michael will tap Sand Cave between Collins and the point where the cave-in occurred in the natural pas- sage last week. The point between the cave-in and Collins was esti- mated at twenty feet. The penetra- {tion of Sand Cave will be in front of Collins. Previously it had been believed that it would be behind him. Digging will continue until 3 o'clock this afternoon when a new section of timbering will be lowered into place, one of the diggers said at noon to This will take until about 8 o'clock tonlght “gnd when the digging is resumed wé may cut through to Sand Cave any minute,” | he added. Is Still Alive Collins s still alive, the members | of the state’'s military charge of the situation, declared yesterday evening. ve of th members on the rescue squad said they heard coughs or groans from him, some through the crevice lo- morning in the shaft wall, and two heard from the upper side of the cave-in down in Sand Hole, £d Brenner of Cincinnati anid Alex Bailey of Louisville convinced General H. H. Denhardt and others board of the military hoard that they had | trofn | ¥ really heard these sounds Collins, and the court ecollectiv and individually expressed their ¢ victions that Collins is alive. “Before hearing this testimony," General Den said, “some mem- bers of the board said they had felt resigned to the fact that Collins was dead. There had been no airing of those opinions for fear they might exert an adverse influerfce on the morale of the rescue workers. these members are optimistic that a rescue, will be effected and the pris- |oner will be brought out alive.” 'FIRST EXEMPLIFICATION OF SCOTTISH RITE HERE Thirty-Second Masonic Degree To Be Conferred On Candidates March 14. | succeed Scott Bone whose term as | governor will expire In several | | months. BLOOHFIELD WOMAN HELD ONBORDS T AT 500 Will Face Superior Court on Charge of Attempting to Murder Husband. addi- | Hartford, Feb, 14.—Mrs. N Matson after a hearing in t field @ourt today was bo the March term of the superior cot in bonds of $5,000. She is cha 1 with assault with intent to Kill her husband, Archie Maston ! Mon- day, and it is the c * state hat she put poisor a that he d brea There, a surprise ing before Justice William Rely this morning when Ethel, the 9 v¢ old daughter of the couple, t that she had been told to tell the court that mother put poison in t breakfast Monday mor The little girl when Henr Calnen attorncy Maston, said that at morning she had wr ‘1 wish mamma wo When she was called to ore being put under ¢ s eligibility as a witn estioned by Mr. Calne ds that she adm! lies and had b at school for three yc The husband was able to Francls' hospital this city, to hear and testify Bloom- over to irt on last iim into the it the he stifi saw e teapot & atl S8 Was aga War Veteran Found With Throat Cut, May Survive Danielson, Conn,, Feb, 14 war veteran who sh army and Fall River or New Bed efore yoster in a boarding house today throat cut but still alive. He mill employment yesterday work this morning and ed. Medical opinion was that he had a bare chance to recover. Josey who ca from y was fo with his w ater re Scottish Rite degree of the Masonic fraternity, will be exempli- fied in New Britain for the first time in the , March 14, with exercises in the afternoon and eve- ning. A meeting of the committee of 12 members preparing for the ex- emplification of this was held night at the Burritt hotel and the date definitely decided upon. The degree teams of West Hartford and har| In addition to members of the expected that de Plainville, Be il thems for advanc o last ast a la r of local it is gations from Br in and elsewhere ves of the oppor- ent. imbe lodg Gl will PRE-HISTORIC GIANT Finding of Skull and Bones of Male in Florida Gives Risc to Specu- lation on Big man beir 1 158y seven an lay ove 1t New I\li'ilinr'd_\\'b‘r{{nn Is Missing, May Be Suicide vith grappling g the bed of the a pl Hous. children. T was a for ok Mrs vo about The wife is 18 ir er on it about ! making a search difficu in | them | high degree | Manchester will be in | | which was | imp: |50 to Named Secretary to ; Mayor Paonessa | JOHN E. BUTLER John E. Butler, son of Mr. Mrs. James M, Butler of 4 High. street, has been named s Mayor A. M. Paonessa and started on his duties in that office today. He succeeds Paul F. Robinson, secretary to the mayor for more than a year, who has resigned to become con- nected with the automobile agency of the City Service Sf The new secretary is a grad e of New Britain high school in the class of 1924, JUDGE ORDERS BOYS T0 ATTEND CHURCH Must Go Every Sunday or Be Sent to Cheshire Reformatory and and saes they ‘g0 to church every Sunday for is one of the terms of the probation that Judge Benjamin W, /\Hlng imposed Bucheri a year on ok and police court this mior {80 to church meaning Alee Slater n on a that a single Sunday to the will be senten shire reformatory forced. The boys were arraigned be- fore the court on c the arge of theft in store 29 ntered fayette street ist Monday and tslephone pay station removed and rifled, Another term of the probation sed by the court was that they work and pay out of their own ear for the tele strument they ruined and for the $6.80 they obtained from it. Obed- tence to the Fourth Commandent during the year wiil ed of the two boys as it w out in court th attempting to a authority in th to obey parents, Jug lare 16 year jon ree ivi that they would of the gave them a Sergt. Geor ed up the yo! mitted to him th the Lafayette ey W so be requir s brought ave | the reins ir homes, and h the edicts of S air t i saw for the purpos som ars. When they ar rived, they that the te pay station was attached or they wires, so BRGS FOR DEATH Mangled Bronyville Boy, His Foot By Train, Pleads With Policeman to Shoot Him. Four Policemen Wounded As Riot Gun Goes Off Tenn., 1 M Mem »pt eight motor to contaln liquor retary to | ation. | en- | Average Daily Week Ending Feb. Tth .. .. Circulation For' 11,685 \JURY FREES SANDS BUT HE IS ARRESTED BY FEDERAL OFFICERS AS COURT ENDS |“Bean King” Was Tried | For Grand Larceny In Million Dollar Fail- ure of His Enter- prises. Grace Gerks, His Confidential ~Secretary, Guilty and Sentenced to Two to Four Years. Mrs. Alblon, N. Y., Feb, 14.—T.ewls E. Sands, Albion bean magnate ac- quitted by a county court jury today of first degree grand larceny in eon- nection with the estimated $1,000, 000 failure of his bean enterprises, was re-arrested by a United States marshal on a federal warrant short- Iy after his discharge from court. The jury deliberated 12 hours in the other case. Sands, who w dited with hav- ing built up du g and after the | war the most extensive bean bugi- ness in the world, was absent frem | Alblon on September 12, 1924, when it became known that his companies e in financial dificulty, He was sted in Tampa, Fla., six weeks | 1ater on a warrant fharging first de- grand larceny. The specific | charge on which he was tried was the diversion of carg of beans in his ! warehouse belonging to a San Fran- cisco firm to fill sales orders of the Sands Co. Woman is Convicted The acquittal of Sands follows the conviction of his confidential | business manager, Mrs. Grace Keil Gerks of Rochester for second de- | Bree forgery in connection with the company's financial troubles. | Last night she was sentenced to | not more than four nor less than two years in Auburn prison. Mrs. Gerks, who staunchly sup- ported her employer both in state- | ments made to the authorities after | her arrest at Huntingon, Ind, last | November and / during , her trial { swore that all {financial manipula- tions in the Sdnds Co. had been | made in a fight to keep the enter- | prise on its feet since the war. Dur- ing the war Sands had contraci with the allies totalling several mil- lion dollars. | Bankrupfcy proccedings against | the company recently were adjourn- | ed with no action taken to await the outcome of the criminal trials. The liabilities of the company were estimated at $1,00,000. as ¢ ERSATILE MINISTER LEAVES HIS PULPIT Rev. J. C. Libby Was Taxi Driver, Tailor and Carpenter " ille, TFeb. 14— f 35 Broad invil Advent has his ne known today cet e stian storate, No reason and Mr hed by , Tesign resigned en for the action could t be r . He has not, ed from the ministry to preach in chi on phon 10weve buts continue: throughou day. He is r of other busi- winville, amony work, tailoring mored th work I o chureh verified Lib Postpones Hi State 1 Mascart Trip to United for th g Rich betw for 1 e would v Mascart y in the ting March. W Three White Men Die in Clash With Texas Negro Ora , Tex, 1 14.—Thr killed today in en negroeg a) Joe Projes 1 Deputy Sheri Two negroes were a;