New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 24, 1925, Page 4

Al e A TR 555 ARG s e SRR 1 PR A1 R S oD SR ot S the New Britaln court tomorrow in |the case of The State versus Frank Roulins and Robert Hartnett. SABLOTSKY WILL SEEK HEARING GAINED FOR SCHOOL FUNDS Finance Committee of Legisla- fure Grants Request Manager of Cigar Store Would Like to Run in Sixth Ward. 1al to tie lerald.) sam March =4 jted Clgar Store, will be a candi- accommodati ¢ ! t 1© jate for the democratic nomination City of New councilman the sixth ward, a hearing bef provided Councilman James J. Dunn tee of the does not seck re-election, he an- prospective candidate las his lite in the und Sablotsky, manager of the Hartford school nance col legislature and Senator practically all us soon as p CatA LR sopular seeks to represent, with t younger element in the femocratic party He taken an active interest in the recent tions and served on the advisory rd of the Hardware City Demo tie b. He attended both the nd e jonal conventions t year as a delegate. rship in the and the New ization haus gros Raeus Brit- 1s meml , 1O, B. B. nist orga ol dot urings bef Sablotsky has secured number of n which will he ldate ossary signatures o his petiti placed i the hands of the democratic town ool |committee this evening e City' Items Com- < ssista tilitie; ROSE, ndingd S e W. Traut will sl \""l“‘ (date to succeed himself as a member etz ommittee has announced, New Britain Council, {num, will visit Meriden council to- night, members of the local branch iwving in front of Judds hall at 7:30 o'clock The Catholic Daughters of Ameri- -a will meet tonight at § o'clock in 0. U. A. M. hall Tony Spina of 475 Myrtle street was arrested this noon by Office Thomas J. Feeney on a charge of operating a motor vehicle without an operators license. A meeting of the Woodmen of the World will be held tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in Odd Fellows' hall Mr. and Mrs., C. F. Allen of 76 Prospect street Publie 1 e a candi- city schoo! ————— S “PHILLIPS” MILK OF MAGNESIA genuine “Phillips,’ ilk of Magnesia pre- for 50 years | are gratulations on the birth of a son on Sunday. receiving con- N. H. ANNUAL APRIL 15 New Haven, March 24.— xative, corrective. |nual meeting pf the stockholders o 50-cent bot- [the N. Y. N. H. and H. R. R. will tions—any drug |be held April 15 at noon it was an- | nounced to by n antacid, bottles, also NOMINATION FOR COUNCIL IPraternally | this year, he | Royal Arca- | 5 siopern NEW BRITAIN DAILY ‘HERALD CHAPMAN PICKING ~ HIS OWN JURY (Continued from First Page.) bar had¥a reaction on thelr nerves and relieved, to some extent, the | tension. Willlam, in addition to hav- ing the honor of being presented | ahead of Chapman, will pay the court $20, the fine infposed. After | the Ostrowski e, court adjourned | until 10 o'clock | Alcorn Introduces Groehl, | promptly on the dot Sta Attor- joy Alcorn rose and said the state was prepared to proceed with the casc againgt Chapman, He intro- | dueed Judge Iorederick J. Groehl of New York as senlor counsel for the Jefense and requested that he be ex- e courtesies of the etate. Mr, Alcor surcd Judge Jennings that Judge Groehl was a member of | the New York bar in good standing. Judge Jennings acknowledged the ntroduction and extended the cour requesed. Judge Grochl thanked the court and sald he would make an effort to bring out the | and nothing but the facts. Attorney Murphy then made his o the jury and Judge Jen- nings turned it down. The fon of the jury was got- ten under way, | Hundreds Outside Building | Long before the time for | opening of court arrived, hundreds l”’ would-be spectators had gathered outside, the county building in hopes | of gaining admittance, but their ad- | vances were repulsed by specially | sworn in deputy sheriffs, who -were guarding the building since early morning. The order of Judge Jennings to exclude the public on the first days of the trial was strict- Iy er d by Sheriff Dewey's as- | sistan | gatiafied admittante to the | building could not be gained, part | of the crowd left, while the rest re- mained scattered about the streets The appearance of two Hartford motorc; policemen on Allyn street was a signal for all the | loiterers to gather at the entrance | to the alley leading to the prizoners’ entrance, Large Guard for Chapman | Their long wait was in vain how- | ever, for when the machine hearing Chapman arrived, all curtains were ed back in of the \ine bearing Chapman was an- | other machine filled with deputy tesies challeng selec that - |sheriffs and guards, and in front of \‘ms on the trip from the prison two armed Hartford motorcyele police- men rode, That there will be the greatest cts the ¢ 'nl precautions taken to insure |against any attempt by friends ot | Chupman to releaso him during his [trips from Wethersfield by State's | Attorney Alcorn was Indicated by [the guard that has been established, Surrounding the bullding asslsting the deputy sherifis, about ten mem- bers of the Hartford police depart- ment were on the alert, Scattered through the erowd about the build- |Ifg and in neighboring yards and |alleyways plains clothes men wero stationed, In charge of the guard that ac- companied the notorious eriminal from the prison was Deputy Warden George 8, Starr of the Wethersfield prison. Chapman was handeuffed and shackled to Fred W. Smith, a guard at the prisen, After entering the alley, the ma- chine bearing Chapman was drawn up close to the bulkhead leading to the celiroom in the basement, Chap- man wore a dark plue suit, a strip- ed Kuitted tie, a neat light colored overcoat and a“brown cap that was i8¢t toward the back of his head. Leaving the machine, Chapman's was pale and he appeared to be agitated and nervous, the sang-frid for which he is famous’ evidently having left him. The exact opposite, however, was his demeanor when he was ushered up into the courtroom. He had ap- parently regained his bearnings in cell room downstairs and when ared in the courtroom he ap- remarkabley calm. Walcott Dissell of East Wind- was the next called and he was excused by Judge Jennings for med- ical reasons. George V., the he apy Avery of Granby was the next juror to fall by the wayside, being disqualified his assertion that he had formed an opinion on the case as the result of reading the eWSpApPOrs. “Do you think that this fact would make it impossible for you to ren- | der an impartial decision on the case,” he was asked by the state's at- torney. “I think it would,” was the answer. James M. Ellis of East Windsor, a constable, was excused by the court, Judge Jennings ruling that he con- Inection was too close to the state, Willlam Hartzung of Burlington was the second prospective juryman to be peremptorily challenged by the defense, Attorney Friedman, after conferring with Judge Groehl and Chapman. In answering the ques- tions put to him, it was revealed that Hartzung served on the jury that heard the famous Cianflone murder case. He said that he was acquaint- ed with State's Aftorney Alcorn, but has never had any business dealings with him. Following the challenge of Hart- zung, the court excused Willlam H. Covell of Fast Windsor because of {llness in his immediate family. bt TUESDAY, MARCH 24, nfield, asplumber, gald that he would not oppose the imposition of the death penalty if there were eyewitnesses, but that he was opposed to it on circumstantial evidence, He was excused by the state after he made it plain that un- der no circumstances would be con- viet on clrcumstantial evidence, Edward Aldrich, a resident of Simsbury for the past 45 years, was the third man to be peremptorily challenged by the defense. He sald that he was not opposed to capital punishment, has not . formed an opinfon In the case, and was pre- pared to Judge the case on the evi. dence submitted! Friedman, he sald that “he had not exactly formed an opinion.” Ques- tioned as to what he meant by that statement, he sald that he had as opinfon from reading one side of the question, but he was ready to listen to the defense story and make his decislon on the evidence presented. Jay D, Harrison, a retired gateman of Enfield, was excused from service when he declared himself absolutely opposed to the death penalty. Allison Bidwell, a Glastonbury to- bacco grower was excused on a per- emptory challenge by Attorney Friedman, who questiofied the man in an effort to find grounds for dis- qualifying him without uslng a&n- other peremptory challenge. Several motions were made by Friedman to the court that the juror be disquali- fied, but they were denled. It de- veloped that Bidwell is connected with the Connecticut Tobacco Grow- lers assoclation, but he dened that he knew of any connection between |Btate's Attorney Alcorn and the as- soclation.. Judge Jennings came to the res- cue of Attorney Friedman in his ef- |forts to disqualify Hellze W. John- {son, a Burlington auto dealer. De- fense counsel made attempts to have Johnson disqualified by the {court because of his statgment that |he had formed an opinion in the |case. Johnson was asked if he could lay aside that opinion and reach a verdict from the evidence and he said he could. The detense counsel were opposed {to Johnson but their motions to have ‘Mn\ disqualified were denied, and so IFriecdman continued his ques- ;Honmg until Judge Jennings said: “1 {will excuse this man rather than fake any more time ‘with him.” At 11:20 o'clock Fred W. Viets was called by the clerk and answer- |ing all questions satisfactorily, was accepted by both state and defense. Viets is an East Granby farmer and lsald he had never served on a jury hefore, had not formed an opinion and would judge the case on the ‘evidence. In answer to a question by Friedman, Viets said that he would convict on very strong cir- cumstantial evideuce, | In answer to questions by Attorney | 1925. N tired* merchant, was excused by the state on & peremptory challenge by Alcorn, Upson said that he had read the papers on the case but had formed no opinion, William Henry of Canton was ex- cused on a ‘challenge by defense. |Henry 1s a manufacturer and is 76 years old. Attorney Friedman made a motion that Henry be disqualified because of the fact that he had been a justice of the peace in his town for over 80 years, but Judge Jen. nings denied the motion. Charles Harvey of Windsor, a farmer, was challenged by the state, He had formed no opinion on the gullt or innocence'of Chapman, he sald. Raymond D. Woodford of Avon was challenged by the defense, He had read the newspapers but had formed no opinion, He had not dis- cussed the case with any other mem- bers of the panel and would vote for a conviction on circumstantial evid- dence. §. ¥. Turner, a retired merchant qf Burlington, was excused by the court. He had formed an opinion. Alfred Bidwell, owner of a wood turning plant in Canton, was chal- lenged by State's Attorney Alcorn, He was not opposed to capital pun- lishment and had not formed any opinion. He said he would vote on the evidence as presented. He had talked with another juror and had expressed himself on the case. He had no knowledge ot New Britain or anyone living there, Fred Hubbard, a retired farmer of Newlngton, was excused by the judge count of deafness. “Can't you hear me plainly?” Al corn asked. " was the reply. Here Judge Jennings interposed to say that no chances should be taken in a case of this kind. Harvey Dunlap, a retired farmer a civil court jury. He had read the papers about the Chapman case but had not discussed it #ith other pros- pective jurors. He said he would not conviet on circumstantial evidence unless it was conclusive and’ full. He was challenged by the defense, John O. Cedar, a farmer, of Bur- lington, sald he was not opposed to capital punishment and had formed no opinion. He was challenged by the state, George 8. Coughlin of Cangon was excused by the court. He said he had formed an opinfon. Wilfred N. Hopkins, an Enfleld farmer, was excused by the judge when he sald he had formed an | opinion. Allen G. Pease, an East Windsor | farmer, was not opposed to capital punishment and had not formed an opinfon. He was challenged by the defense. | John M. Peters of Harttord, who NATIONAL MEAT STORES CO. Specials for Wednesday CHOICE VEAL CHOPS BONELESS POT ROAST FRESH FRESH HERRING ........... 12¢c . FRESH HADDOCK .......... 10c Ib. NATIONA 70 WEST MAIN ST. 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Steele, an Enfield farmer, was challenged by the defense. | John Gahan, a Burlington farmer, #1so stepped out of the picture when he was challenged by the defense. | Harry B, Mills, a Farmington justice of the peace, sald lie Was| opposed to capital punishment and | the court excused him from service, Charles D, Canfield, a Rocky Hill | farmer, was challenged by the de-| fense. | Bernard P. Keevers of Windsor | Locks was challenged by the de- | fense. Farmington Man Accepted | Thomas F. Rourke, aged 59, of | Farmington, was the second juror accepted. He is an insurance man | and married. He was not opposed to capital punishment and had not formed any opinion on the Chap- man case, he sald. Rourke was not said he would do his duty if called | upon, ; Court recessed at 1 o'clock for an" hour, When court resumed this ahrrvi noon Judge Groehl took up the questioning of talesmen. He repeat- edly asked i they would he preju- diced against his client if Chapman | did not take the witness stand. He also laid much stress on the weight | circumstantial eyidence would have in the forming of their opinions. | Eight Given Life | In Canadian Courts Montreal, March 24.—Life sen- tences were imposed upon eight men yesterday by Justice Wilson in the court of king’s bench. Sydney Harrison and Alfred Deschambault were sentenced for | thefr share in the slaying of F. X. Beauvis, shopKeeper, ¢f Verdun, Nathan Goldberg, Lester Benson, Norman Sylvester, Jack Gittleson, | Thomas Sanford and George Bifkin, were sentenced for robbing a mail wagon. Benjamin McLaughlin, Dan Me- | Laughlin, Jr., and Harry Mclver, | | convicted of conspiracy in the rob- | | Shriners to Build Their Eighth Hospital Philadelphia, Pa, March . 24— Trustees of the Shriners hospitals | for crippled children, meeting here, awarded the contract for the erec- | tion of a Chicago unit to cost $450,- 000 and authorized the establish- | ment of a mobile unit at Lexing-| ton, Ky. Bids for the Chicago hos- pital had been opened in that city last week. It will make the eighth to be erected by the Shriners for crippled children. A delegation from North Carolina asked that a mobile unit also be authorized at Asheville. Action on the request | Zedda Zube, | Harry TE A you have a standard by whlchfi to judge other teas. tea than SALADA in the world No finer FIRST DAY OF DRIVE BRINGS IN OVER $9,000 (Continued from First Page.) George Rawlings; R, L. Bartlett, B, E. Ogren, W. C. Milkey, L. Con« lon, C. A, James, I, A, Wooster, O, 1. Johnson, ¥. A, Myers,’ 8. 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