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News of the Wo ** By, Associated Pr [ESTABLISHED 1870 FAIMAN DECLARES SHEPHERD PROMISED HIM GERMS TO KILL McGLINTOCK Head of - Bacteriology "School Said To Have Made Full Confession On Plot To Murder “Millionaire Orphan” Asserts He First Wanted $250,000 But Compro- mised With Youth’s Foster Father—Advised | How to Assure Death. Chicago, March 17, fever germs, which Nelson - McClintock, orphan,” were given Willlam Darl- ing Shepherd, foster father and | chief heir, upon his promise to pay $100,000 after seitlement of the es- tate, C. C. Faiman, head of a school of bacteriology, told Crowe, state's attorney, today. The amount was decided upon, Faiman sald, after he first had de- manded a quarter of a million dol- lars, reduced the amount to $200,- 000 and finally compromised upon & promise of $100,000 after numer- ous conferences with Shepherd. Advised How to Give Germs Falman said that he advised the michod of administering the germs apd advised 8bepherd as to further steps to assure the death of the rich youth, Approximately a dozen confer- ences were recounted in Faiman's statement and brought his assoclu- tion with Shepherd up to a time after McClintock’s death, when, # man gaid, Shepherd said he was go- ing away for a short rest, to return soon, — Typhoid killed Willlam Not Actual Accusation Taiman's statement did eviminate Shepherd in the actual manner of administering the germs, but said that the school head had eonched Shepherd:along.that line, informing him bacilli best could be given in cold water. Talman's statement as announced by the state's attorney said Shep- herd Kept alive the germs ip three test tubes he recefved ariginally for a period of four or five months, transferring them twice The aanounced statement contain- ed a question by Joseph Savug: sistant state's attorney, as to wheth- er I'aiman realized the eriminal us. pect from his own standpoint, his reply that he did. Discussed Other Germs Tnoculation of MeClintock tuberculoeis germs was discussed but abandoned, Faiman said, beea the dise would develop slowly. Iiphthe inoculation was an doned, Faiman said, because it per *haps would not work satisfuctorily in an adult, After typhold valope 11 in young man said, Shepherd was anx cause a doctor 1 been ¢ However, Faiman said, he r Shepherd by telling him that should the physician administer vaceine it would not counteract the bacilli if the cage were fairly well developed. Faiman sald that he told Shep- herd about the course took in different paticnts “Did you discuss the boy's suscep- Ability?” Faiman was asked, “Yes” was his reply. Cold Blooded l'ln||~ At a meeting at a hotel in her, n's n.ll‘uh nt eaid, | e dis pecially the methods of administering the typhoid cul- tures, We also d about DBilly and Shgpherd said it was about time he made his will, and aiso about time to disposc of him. He said it up to him entirely asto how the will was to be $1.000,000 was involved “I asked him and he said they were “1 told him to be Infect himself, Shepherd satd he of Miss Tsabella Pope fiance, said iman, “bec thought it would be best to avoid trouble later. “Did he ever mention witnesses signed the will, or if unduc fnflucnce was used to make Me- Clintock #ign?” Faiman was asked. “He told me that whatever he maid wouid be all right man an- awered, fever was well MeClintock, Septem- ! was about his cultures all right. carcful not to would take care the youth's| how Reports Progress He next saw Shepherd in Novem- ber, 1924, I came to my officc and told ms big proposition was in progress.” It was at that time, Falman eald, that Shepherd searched through the school letter file and regained a let- | ter he had written regarding a eourse of study there. When Shepherd took the letter, Faiman said, he began to spect on just where he “came in." Faiman Wanted His “l was figuring on the proposition falling through wanted something,”” Faiman quoted. Shepherd told him the whole plan was working out all right, ¥alman should not Worry, the teach- or said. was (Contlnued on Pags 34.) 1 Laear| WM Wlt”"”" “millionaire | Robert E.| not in-| with | ous Le- | led in. | sured | typhoid fever | made, and that | | the whole | and 1| and that| 'ulo() ‘pIopIsH 2[EW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1925, —EIGHTEEN PAGES AGREE ON PAYNG BIG COMPENSATION Paonessa and Kirkbam Favor Rward for Mzs. Kjbbe AMOUNT NOT DISCLOSED Former Matron At Town Home Sald To Have Been Seriously Affected By Tripping On Carpet While In $100,000 FOR CHICAGO SCHOOL IS NEW ‘DIPLOMA MILL This Is Charge Against| Faiman’s University City's Employ. A settlement out of court involv- ing the payment of a considerable Britaln to Mrs. Ida R. Kibbe, former matron of the town farm, will be recommended to the common coun- Chlcago, Marth 17.—The National |cil Wednesday night in an effort to University of Sclences here, the hiead [close up a compensation claim filed of which, Charles C. Faiman, has for Mrs. Kibbe by her attorneys. told state’s attorneys that he gme. In the absence of a definite agree- ‘\\'lluum D. Shepherd typhoid fever |ment on details of the seitlement, germs to administer to William Nel- the amount of money involved was son McClintock, “millionaire or- 'not announced today, but Corpora- phan” was charged today by John |tton Counsel John H. Kirkham sald W. Follmer, chlef inspector of the |the amount was practically decided state department of education, with |upon and assurance was given that being a diploma mill."” the compensation commissioner will It was once a recognized eecénd |approve. tclass school and was chartered ‘"f Mrs. Kibbe brought a claim before 11911, but hecame bankrupt. Faiman, [the ~ compensation commissioner | who' was sald by attaches of the SOme time ago, alleging that whils | school to be a graduate of the Uni- she was an employe of the charity | g # < . |department she tripped on a carpet versity of Missourl, was sald to have hn RiSt e alihome Yatalital et accident resulted in a nervous ail- ment from which she has not re- |covered. The agreement is the result of in- vestigation of the case by the char- ity department, Dr. George W. Dunn, the city physiclan and Cor- poration Counsel Kirkham. Mr. and Mrs. Kibbe retired as su- perintendent and matron of the town farm about two weeks ago. PREVENTS BAD WRECK Taborer, Walking | acquired the institution in auction two years ago. | According to Follmer many of its courses were mail order, advertised intensively in New York rural dis- tricts. Law, divinity, medicine, em- balming, languages, chiropody and other courses were offered as well a8 Dacteriology and pathology. Its etudents, Follmer said were clther gullible country people or quacks who wanted numerous diplo- mas to hang on thelr walls to im- press patrons. | Faiman is said to have acquired | the school for § at a sherid's/| auction, TIts prospectus, among its | Itinerant officials, bears the names, followed | Tracks, Discovers Six Inch Gap fm by symbols of degrees, of “Charles C. Falman, Ph. B, M, D, and| Rails At Batavia, N. Y. 1. D.,” as president and ount | | Willlam Richard De Vere, p.| Batavia, N. Y, March 17.--The | Ph. D, 8c./D.") a8 secretary. | wrecking during last night of one e lor more fast New York Central pas- | | senger trains probably was prevent- FATAL AUTO CRASH {¢d Dy the prompt action of an itin- | lerant laborer who did not have the i Iprice to ride and was walking on Kingston, Mass., Man Killed, Wife |the right of way, it became known 2 here today. Fatally Hurt and Mother Injured Michael De Santis, 23 years old, who said his home was in Rome, When Car Hits Stalled Trick, Y., and that he was walking therc {after having failed to find a job in ! s, March 17— gymalo, discovered a six-inch gap James Ashe of Kengston was killed [{n the rails of the eastbound pas- and his wife probably fatally in-|genger main line at East jured when an automobile in which |last evening. He walked two miles hey were passengers crashed into|pack to Batavia to report it. a parked truck in South Easton last| New York Central officials sald (night, Mrs. Mabel Ashe, mother of | geveral trains already had passed {the man killed, is in a serious con- lover the broken rail, each widening | | dition at a hospital in Taunton. SIX|the gap, and that had it not been small children who were in the au- rdmr‘mor(d and repaired aped injury. |morning, a wreck might of Brockton, driver of have occurred. De Santis was given sted charged with [a bed in a hotel, three meals, and | I with operating a railvay pass to Syracuse by $i the influence of liquor, |perintendent of Tracks Henry W. owned by a Tall River |Clough, firm, was parked at the side of the cement highway near a curve. The {automobile struck the rear end of | I k with great force, and Ashe | s sitting on the running rd, was crushed to death, Lays | held tn $1,500 bonds in Taun- | ton court for later hearing. | Declares \nplanes Could Wage an Awful Warfare San Diego, Cal, March | Speaking before the Flammer club of the American Legion here yes- | terday, Colonel Harry Graham, com- mandant of Rockwell field, sald air- planes could make war so terrible . e | that the nation with an inferfor air [toW from Huson %o New Tork.| defense would be forced to sue for | When it capsized its heavy cargo pea was lost and the boat broke away | “The only protection inst alr|from the tow. Two | attack 15 other aircraft and they|the barge were believed to have must be ready to fight at the out- [ been caught under the overturned break of hostilities,” Colonel Gra- [ vessel m said. “Potential air power will [ A tug brought the drifting vessel | not suffice, The fact that the arma- | to this city where efforts were made ment conference placed mo limita- [to turn it right side up. The vic- ion on airplanes is an indication of |tims were residents of New York |11.~ importance of air power.” city. During the navigation season iant airships capable of carrying | they lived aboard their barge. scores of bombing and fighting ships will b lopment | the colonel \i Physician Under the Law |Chiropractor Ruled Not | Waterbury, March 17.—In refus- i A. Tram’s claim for $30 rvices rendered to Lloyd Con- injured at the Waterbury Bat y Co. Compensation Commission- er Frederick M, Williams in the compensation court today ruled that | Topeka ,» March 1 A bin a chiropractor is not a physician or | to forbid Japanese owmershlp or a surge within the meaning of |leasing of farm land in Kansas h the comp: tion law. been signed by Governor Paulen, ANTI-VACCINATION BILL REJECTED AND LAW IS NOT TO BE ALTERED’ the Brockton, Mass., before | caslly while und The truc! FOUR ARE DROWNED Cement Loaded Barge Overturns in Hudson River Ncar Newhurgh | This Afternoon, Newburgh, N. Y., March 17.—Four | persons are believed to have been drowned in the Hudson off this cf ap | today when ‘a barge 1 ment capsized. Fred Dortwardt, owner of the barge, his wife and two smdll children are missing. The [arge was one of a number in Suzio Sues Italian Club For Building Clubhouse | Meriden, March 17.—Suit for | $35,000 was brought teday by the | Buzio Construction Co. of this city against the Sons of Italy club and its members to recover cost of con- | structing a clubhouse last year for | the organization. \I(-\\ ANTI-JAP BILL on 150 in a loud voice. Mr. Ashford moved reconsideration but | admitted he was not in the prevail- | ing vote so Mr. Bell of Salisbury made the motion. Then followed debate on the bill | State Capitol, Hartford, March 17. The clnation bill to allow ntious objectors” to secure riificates from a physleian and be | xempt from {noculation was re- sl by the house this afternoon. or the first time this session there was prolonged and somewhat anl- mated debate and a rising vote, The committee on public health | guments again and safety reported adversely on the | rejected a sccond time with only a bill and Mr. Russell of Middletown | few volces in opposition. moved that the bill be tabled. This A second bill which would change was lost §2 to €6, the present law in regard to school Darbie declared the bill | children to read instead of rejected Mr. Hoyt of New Haven| “ma making Inoculation compnl- who was on his feet trying to get|sory was rejected. This leaves vac- the speaker's eye, objected, and %M | cination laws as they are at present. question. Dr. Higgins of Coventr: 't‘fvmmiv'm chairman closed the ar- | Speaxer “shall” of Sciences |sum of money by the City of New ! Batavia | | Gierman | |B | —— | Prince Edward Island, aded with ce- | occupants of | Lincoln of ‘vlarcd in the senate today which was shut oft by the previous | t the bill and it was | FAVORABLE REPORT By The Assoclated Press, ‘Washington, D, O,, March 17— A favorable report on the nomina- tion of John Sargent to be attor- ney general was found unanimously mittee. The committee took less than three quarters of an hour to ar- |rive at tis decision. | = | | Namer Ambassador To German Capital ——ee JACOB GOULD SCHURMAN Washington, March 17.—Jacob Gould Schurman, now minister to China was named today by President Coolidge as ambassador to Germany, Mr. Schurman will take the place of Ambassador Houghton, recently transferred from Berlin to London. His elevation to the rank of ambass- ador follows out a policy of the present administration to make promotions wlthln the service wherever possibile. s Bl SO L Mr. Schurman has won the high re- gard of administration officials here by the manner in which he has handled many delicate |situations resulting from the ever- changing aspect of internal Chinese | politics. Before he entered the diplo- Imatic service he was prestdent of Cornell University, and had won an |international reputation as an edu- | cator and student of public affairs. Years ago he served as minister to | Greece, Of Dutch dec Mr. Schurman 1(\1\“#4] in his younger days at three universities—Heldelberg, and in both He was born at Freetown, | Canada, and York state iin and Gottingen | France and England. seventy years ago was naturalized in New in 1892. judicfary committee nomination of | of Indiana, and to be The senate ‘101'\\ approved the | Herman J, Gallow: (Ira. L. Letts of l(hode Island, assistant attorn general. ROW IN SENATE ! Democrats Accuse Republicans of Wasteful Extravagance—Deny Ad- ministration is Economical. Washington, March 17.—The an- nual row in the senate over the ad- | minstration’s record in expenditures was staged in the senate today, With Senator McKellar, democrat, ~ Ten- nessee, a member of the appropria- | tions committee, charging “the most wasteful extravagance,” and Senator Smoot, republican, Utah, taking up ! the cudgels for the republican party. Scnator McKellar sald the total | amount to Dbe spent “during the | ensuing fiscal year Is $4,123,789,- 786, four times as great as we spent just prior to the war. He said Pres- dent Coolidge was being misled into | belleving he was running an eco- nomical administration, while the | figures showed “a greater gance than at any time in the his- tory of our governm In the absence of C ren of the appropria tee, Senator Smoot, who bed only yesterday, d t | was no doubt that there was a sav- |ing of $24,800,000 in appropr! tor the next fiscal year as compared with the present year. comm Norris Says Attempt Was Made to Influence Vote [ Washington, March 17.—Senator Norris, republican, Nebraska, de- that an [ryrmz had been made t» influence his vote on Charles B. Warren's nomination for attorney general by propaganda coming from the | publican machine” in Nebraska.” 1 * ] | THE WEATHER | —0— For New Britain and vicin. ity: Unscttied with rain to- night and Wednesday, strong || easterly winds; not mmuch change in temperature, JOHN G. SARGENT, VERMONT LAWYER, IS NOMINATED BY COOLIDGE FOR ATTY. GEN. today by the senate judiclary com- | diplomatic | extrava- | man War- | Decision Made Upon War- ren’s Refusal to Accept Recess Appointment — Nominee Is Old Friend and Former Attorney General of His State. Washington, March 17.— John G. Sargent of Vermont was nominated Itoday by President Coolldge to be attorney general, Warren Refused | The name of Mr. Sargent was sent Ito the capitol after Charles B. War- |ren, twice rejected by the senate, |had declined to take a recess ap- appointment to the attorndy general- ship and after senate leaders had as- sured the White House there was a |fair prospect of quick approval of |the new nominee, As In the case of former Attorney | General Stone, President Coolldge |drew from among his close personal iacquulnmncvs in sclecting Mr, Sar- gent. | Nomince is Old Friend The nominee has spent his life in | Vermont, living most of the time at | Ludlow, where Mr. Coolidge as a {boy attended an academy. He and {the president have been friends for I)v"ars and when Mr, Coolidge was at Plymouth last summer he spent | many hours visiting with Mr. Sar- gen | Mr. Sargent is a former attorney {general of the state and is charac- |terized by his friends as “the best [lawyer in New England,” He is 64 years old. Coincident with the sending of Mr, Sargent’s name to the senate the White House made publlc an exchange of correspondence between | the president and Mr. Warren, in {which both made reference to the | fight against the latter’s confirma- tion as a "political controversy.” Mr. Coolidge's letter renewed his offer of a recess appointment and | Mr. Warren's declination on the ground that his acceptance woulc prolong the controversy to the pos- | sible annoyance to the administra- tlon. As soon as the new nomina- |tion reached the senate chamber it | was roferred to the judiclary com- |mittee and the leaders indicated | that confirmation would be voted in ‘H.lme to permit the senate to end its speclal session tomorrow, The whole situation had been canvassed in advance by the presi- dent who met both republican and democratlc floor leaders, and Mr, Coolidge had told them quite frank- Average Daily Cireulation For saren tian. 11,966 March 14th . PRICE THREE CENTS GHAPMAN ELECTS T0 BE TRIED BY JURY, HIS LAWYER TELLS JUDGE; CHANGE OF VENUE HEARING TODAY Mayor Wants Woman Cop To Stop Drinking And Smoking By Girls In Coat Rooms Of Dance Halls Reported Conduct of Flappers At High School Socials | Said to Be Behind Movement In & drive to curb smoking, that should not be tolerated, it Is drinking and other practices which (c/aimed, but i the absence of any 3 means by which policing can be had he has been advised are prevalont (o roctices have gone on uninter- among certaln groups of youns [rupted. It fs his plan to have a women iu the city, Mayor A. pollcewoman assigned to every pub- M. Pao- | nessa today requested Chalrman |I¢ athering at David L. Dunn of the police com- mission to ask his board for an ex- pression of opinion on the advisabil- ity of so amending the charter as to | make possible the appointment of | uno pOllCflV\vadn or more. possibility of smoking and drinking | on the part of the young women, the |officer to be stationed in the cloak | room to interrupt and if necessary |take into custody girls whose actions |are not proper. While the practices of young a need for policowomen. here. Al | ¥omen attending dances are respon- though today's step was accompanied islbl- mur‘c than any other relemclnt by his first public announcement, it |°f the city's deportment for the {8 known' thet! he i made a similas ‘mn:ors move, it is his belief that o e by e e ‘surh a city employe could serve the 7 department to advantage in other more than a year ag0 but nnlh!ns‘“a)s. lnvestigation of cases involv- was done at that time, | {ing girls would be productive of The executlve has requested || .op rogults it placed in the hands speedy action at this time so an of a capable woman, the mayor amendment may be offered to the |fce “Tu belioves a girl would citics and boroughs committee of | speak more frankly to a woman and the general assembly for incorpora- |petter understandings would result, tion in the city's charter., D Mayor Paonessa admits the diffi- The charter now provides for a @ culty of locating women who by police force to consist of a certain |iryining and disposition are fitted number of “patrolmen” and officers, | tor tnis kind of work, but he be- and In order to name a policewoman |lieves the police commission will it will be necessary to have the char- | {find it possible to secure the serv- ter amended, lices of capable policewomen. High school fraternity dances are In a recent trip to the middle said to have caused in a great meas- | west, Mayor Paonessa studied the ure the impression in the mayor's |governmental systems of several of mind that there is need for a female |the larger cities through which he member of the force to assure proper | pussed. In places where there are |supervision, The cloak rooms of po]mmmnn he reports, the mu- halls in which these affairs are held |nicipalities report satisfactory re- are frequently sccnes of actions |sults. FALLS SONINLAY 'HTS AT MURDER IN MUST TELL OF DEAL Ordered to Explain Liberty | Neighbor Heard Woman's Shricks— Stories of Party Told—Body Not Fully Identified |1y he did not wish to submit a new |appointee to such an ordeal as that dealt out by the senate to Mr. War- ren. They agreed that such a pros- pect was unlikely. Mr. Sargent received his education at Tufts College and was admitted to the bar in 1890. After serving |state’s attorney for the county m] which Ludlow is located, he was |elected attorney general of Vermont | on the republican ticket, serving |from 1908 to 1912, Since then he has engaged in general practice. | The nominee i3 a lover of out- {door life, and spends his vacations | | hunting and fishing. Last summer |on his first visit to the president at | Plymouth, he brought hm a basket |of fish he had caught nearby. Mr. Sargent participated {recent campaign as a speaker, Everett Sande: secretary to | president, who was chairman of the Irepublican speakers' bureau, de- [scribed him as a very forcetul ora- | tor. the 15 Speedy Action | The Judiclary Committee was |called to consider the Sargent nom- | !ination during the afternoon and | |Senator Curtis said he hoped to Hmng it into the senate itself before |adjournment today. A number of | | other nominations are to follow that | of Mr. Sargent, including appoint- | ments to fill vacancies in federal | district judgeships in several states. | | Text of Letters | The correspondence between President Coolidge and Charles B. | Warren follows: Under date of yesterda lidge wrote Mr, Warren: “My Dear Mr. Warren: As already indlcated by me, in case there is a vacancy in the office of attorney general after the adjournment of the senate, I shall offer you a recess appointment to that office. T (\f—} for 18 made in the first place as a | testimony to the unshaken con- | | fidence whiche 1 have in you and in the second place because I believe you are qualified to conduct that office for the public welfare. “I wish to express my great re- gret that any action of mine should |° lave brought you into a political | controversy. My regret is all the| |more keen because you made pa- | Itriotic response at a great deal of | personal sacrifice, when 1 sought vou out, without any action en your part, and asked you again to enter the public service of your country in which on several previoys o |slons you had already attained to |great eminence. This disappoint- ment is only modified by the fac! that from those who have refused) confirmation came the strongest | | assertions that they would gladly ap- | prove you for any other position of {trust and responsibility. “With kindest regar cst appreciation, 1 am v, Mr. Coo- and deep- very truly “CALVIN COOLIDGE ! Mr. Warren's reply, dated today. | satd: | Dear Mr. President | “Your confidence in me was decp- | (Continued on Page Three) | former secretary of | vessel Bonds in Teapot Dome Trial New Haven, March 17.—State po- lce were today summoning wit- nesses for an inquest by Coroner | Mix in connection with the death | of Leonard Dean whose body it is believed was the one found in the | debris of a cottage owned by his parents which was burned at Mo- | mauguin unday. Medical E: said today who fs missing had not been posi- tively identified. He said he was not sure that the young man burned might have met with foul play. Miss Marian Schollhorn who lives xt to the Dean cottage said today that a party of young men and By The Asso d Press. eyenne, Wyo., March 17.—Rul- t M. T. Everhart, banker and er of Pueblo, Colo, and son-| W of Albert B. Fall, must testi- as to an alleged deposit he made of Liberty bonds in behalf of the the interlor, fed- eral Judge T. Blake Kennedy today permitted the government to pro- ceed in the Teapot Dome suit with | its attemut to show a financial liaison between Fall and Harry F. Sinclal Icssee of the big Wyoming oil re-| serve. verhart y ranc rday refused to an- | swer the question on the ground that to do so might cause him to in- criminate himself. Judge Kennedy's decision held in effect that the actions of the witness indicated that he was refusing give testimony to protect a third party. Henry A. Wise, counsel for Fall and Everhart, asked time to confer with the witness before proceeding, and a recess was taken. RESCUED AT SEA Motorboat, tage last Saturday night. some of the par > gaid ¢ left the cottage and that heard ‘“horrible shrieks” of awoman on the beach. Later, she said, a man left the cot- tage, picked up some one on | beach and carried them into the house. This was several hours be- fore the fire. The body believed to be that of Dean was found under the remains of a piano in the ed cottage. RESTAURANT KING DIES Samuel S. Childs Was Operator 1 she to Adrirt of of Point For 12 Hours, Is Towed In- urs. Is Towed In- | pi0 Ohain of Eating Places— to Port By Coast Guard Cutter, New London, M miles oft Montauk Polr motorboat G-234 was distress last night by guard destroyer Downes at the destroy base here, it learned here this morning when Downes arrived in the with her charge & in her crew. Captain Frank wood, R. I mast told coast g adrift for 12 Passes Away in Sanitarum. New *hilds, York, president of f & ct March 17— the Ch H arium. Childs was born in Dasking- April 4, 1863, He was the New Jersey state 1 at Trent hool and lower har academy working een |and his men were destroyer, Peruvia;lrswA{cuc.ed of An Attack on (‘hlleam Buenos Alres, March 17 Santiago correspond La ,\" clon reports that t ayor of Tacna has sent a com icati the Chilean foreign saying that on March 13 a group of fans three times a tachment of Chilean mvfl Ticalaco, being repulsed Chileans. Cuban Ambassador to This Country Retires Havana, Cuba, March 17, — Dr. Cosme De La Torriente, Cuban am- bassador to the Unlted States, ment a cablegram to the & e department ily his eldest married sister, here yesterday announcing his resig- na, gave birth to twin gir natlon from the Washington Post “rau Becker is 47 years old and Sub-Secretary of State Guillermo || her husbang 48 Patterson eald today. P German Woman, 47, Has 27th Child Born; But 11 Others Are Living n to ice March 1 many Frau laborer, were Becker, bore 1th, ) y L] Eleven of the nd girls are still liv- m several pairs of by when On t 1t of the ar- rival of the st addition to the which there is a| MOMAUGUIN TRAGEDY * miner Holbrook who | hat the body of Dean | voung women were at the Dean cot- | the | cellar of the burn- | Mysterious Woman With Shean Said To Be Former Wife Who Returns To His Side. Bandit Accused of Killing Skelly Cool | and Unperturbed During Court Proceedings. | . | Policeman | ! (Special to the Herald.) Hartford, March 17.—The open ing shot in the legal battle for the {life of Gerald Chapman, charged with the murder of Patrolman James Skelly in the Davidson & Lev- enthal store, New Dritain, on the morning of October 12, was exploded in superior court this morning be- fore Judge Newell Jennings when Attorney C. W. Murphy of Danbury, one of Chapman's counsel, argued his motion for a change of venue. As soon as the proceedings were under way and Johnstone Vanee, publisher and managing editor of the “Herald” was called as the first witness in support of the motion, it was apparent that the session would be a long, tedieus one, and that in all probability, a decision on the motion would not be given today. The court was called to order at 10 o'clock and immediately after murmur went about that Chapman was downstairs and was belng brought up to the prisoner's pen, This was the signal for all eyes to focus on the head of the stairway, up which Chapman soon same, heavily guarded. Warden Scott of Wethersfleld prison, who has been appointed guardian of the body of the super-bandit by the federal au- thoritfes, was in charge of the guara {and was seated beside Chnpmm i the pen. Chapman Swaggers To Seat ‘The prisoncr was not handeuffed when he appeared in court amd | walked with a swagger as he strolled | over to his seat, He appeared much {less concerned over the proceedings {than did his guards. The only thing |about him that gave the impression |of cool cunning for which he is |noted, was his keen, penetrating eyes at shifted about the ecourtroom pparently taking in every detalil. Seated outside the pen, in the sec- ond row containing witnesses, was Walter E. Shean, the partner in the |burglary, who will be the star wit |ness for the state against Chapman | Beside Shean was a young woman M bout whose {dentity there was con- mnlerfiblc speculation. She was con- |stantly engaged in conversation wit] Shean, and accompanied him in and out of the room during the reeesses One story as to her identity that |came from an apparently authorita- |tive source was that she was Shean's |former wife, who divorced him shortly after the local crime. The |report was that a reconciliation hail been effected between the couple. Chapman Prefers Trial By Jury. | State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcor |was the first to address the court |He moved that Chapman be pre- sented before the bench to declar his preference for trial by court or by jury. Judge Jennings then order- ed Chapman presented and the pris- |oner was ushered before the bench. He was asked by the clerk to an- unce his choice and after about a |minutes whispering with Attorney Murphy, the latter announced that | Chapman chose trial by jury. Chap man never said a word aloud. After the choice was made, he was taken | back to the pen where he remained {throughout the proceedings. | Chief William C. Hart and Detec |tive Sergeant William P. McCue of New Britain were in the courtroom and with them were all the witnesses from New Britain who will be called upon to testify at the trial of Chap- man on March 24, It could not be ust what purpose these ere present, but it is un- rstood they were to identify th whose identity has v the police and hey saw the murder- re here. These were proprietor of a Maii Bernar loye of the Connec f the murdes ave been i of th ley company fooling with a fe Hi partner made a Carlson sing him to run out the door to the allev. As he did so, the s making hi alley, almos on jumper look at th proceed 1 he disay Carlson is repor office dive a r Carls aside, taking a good man. and watched him | Chestnut street where peared from view. | Newspapermen Questioned ‘ Questioning Johnstone Vanc: Atty. Murphy asked him to quots the circulation figures for his pape: and also to produce his filed show ing the issues in which the stories concerning Chapman were pub. lished. Thess files wore submitted for eonsideration by the eourt. Officials of the two Hartford pa- pers. the New Britaln Record, the Rristol Press and the Bridgeport (Continued on Page 18¥

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