New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 27, 1925, Page 29

NDIT WITH | NACHINE (Continued from ¥irst Page) — trial, not to be outdone by the first three, was another noteworthy one in the matter of smashing precedents in the superior court, For the first time in history, a motion was made | to the court to exclude all witnesses, except the one testifydng, from the courtroom during the course of ex- aminations, The motion was made by Judge Aoehl, senlor defense counsel, while he was crossexamining Miss Bourne, after she had identified Chapman as | the man she had seen in the show- room at the motér company two nights previous to the theft of a Lin- ©oln machine, In meking his motlon, Judge Groehl sald that he felt that listen- ing to the. crossexaminations would be of value to following witnesses as they could gulde themselves by the answers given by the others. He said that 1t would be only just ang fair to the accused man to accept this procedure, Judge Jennings denied the motion at that time and gald he would take it under consideration. He gald that he had heard of that being done in cases, but had never baen gonronted with the necessity of degiding one. Taking the bench after a recess, the court announced its denial of the wvotion and Groehl ordered an exeeption noted in the record. The exeeptfon was the third ma- Jor one to be taken by the defense and which will form the basis for an appeal if the verdict of the jury is against the defendant. Father ' With Shean. When court opened at 10:30" o'clock this morning all the witness- es who will be called upon testify in the case were present, including Walter B, Shean, Chapman's alleged | pariner, who made his first appear) ance in court since the opening of the trial. Considerable interest surrounded the arrival of 8hean as, for the first time since his arrest last October 12, s father, Charles T. Shean, wealthy Springfield hotel owner, was with liim. The father and son chatted to- gether almost continually.and only on a few occasions did they display Interest in the proceedings, Chapman seemed amused when William Hance with whom he lived at Wieaton, Tnd., on occasjons last year, took the witness stand and told his story., When called upon to stand to have witnesses identify him, he vore a rather bored expressian. On two occasions he arose to be identi- fied before the state attorney had opportunity to request him to do so. Miss Larson Not Cross Examined Miss Edith Larson was called to tho stand bpt Judge Groehl did not wish to question her. James H. Snelder of Steubenville, was next called. He stated that he was engaged in the sales and sorvice. He said that he fiad a car of the typs found in this city in his show room. A clash between Mr. Aleorn and Judge Groehl over the intro- duetion of a photo of the sales- ryeom occurred, Mr. Alcorn said that he would connect it with the case and Judge Jonnings admit- ted it Bneider continued that . the . car later stolen was in the show room. Mr. Alcorn introduced what was identified by Sneider as the original invoice for a four-passenger phacton car. The motor’ and ear numbers were read from it as being 10259, A dcal for the sale ‘of, the car| was made on April 5, 1924 and the car was equipped for running. He sald - on Eaturday evening about 10 o'clock a man ‘came into the place to look at a “car. He had a4 bookkeeper, Miss Bourn nd they wernt home together. en he returped on Monday, the car was gone. ' It had been taken from the showroom, He saiv the same car Tuesday of last week for the first time since it was missing. The defense' had no questions to ask hink’ Girl Tdentifies Chapman Miss Bourne was the next wit- ness. She saldthat she remembered having a car of the type described in the showrooin, the picture of which she identified. She remembered a man coming to the place on 8aturday night, two days befors the auto was stolen. She thought he was in the courtroom, She pointed out Chapman as the man who was there except that she thought he had a moustache then. Chapman stood up for {dentifica. tion. She said he came in in a hurrled time since last weok in Hartford. Judge Groehl started a cross. oxamination of lengthy duration. He asked her how long she had sat {in the courtroom and she sald every | day since last Monday, +Bhe sald that Chapman's photo- graph was shown her in Steuben- ville by her employer., She recog- nized the picture immedlately, Bhe first came to Hartford Saturday of last week, Bhe nald she ldentified the man in the prisoner's pen, and didn't need to see him alone, Bhe sald Chapman was an wnusual customer and that was why she knew him. Judge Groehl here asked Judge Jennings to exclude all other wit- nesses o that they would not hear what the others sald, The judge answered that he would take the request under conslderation but would deny it at this time. Miss Bowrne denied that she sat in the front seat to get a good view of the deferdant, She sald that Chapman’s were another reason why she membered him, Saw Chapman With Stolen Car Willlam B. Alllson of Vergholz, 0., a motorman in a coal mine at his home, went to the witness stand. Tn April, 1924, he was a bus man for the Steubenville-Canton Transportation Co. On Monday, April 7, 1924, there was a fire - in the company’s garage. He went to Steubenville Monday morning at 12:30 o'clock and stayed until 4 o'clock in the evening, On the route that day, near Hib- bits, about 40 miles from Steuben- ville, about 7:15 a. m. he saw a car parked by the road. He passed it and stopped. The hood of the car was up. He went back and the hood of the car went do#n. He went to the back end of the car and {met a man whom he pointed out in court as Chapman, He asked if there was any trouble eyes re- and he was told to go along because there was no trouble. He was positive of {he identification. He (went back to his bus. Under cross questioning, le sald |(he car was headed towards Canton, O. He sald it was extraordinary to see a car of that type in that | locality. About two months ago was the first tine he saw a photograph of Chapman. The piercing blue eyes of the man attracted him, he said. “Have you remembered any other man with piereing blue eyes?” 1 Judge Groehl asked. | “Not such eyes as this man has,” |the witness answered. Defense counsel then asked who showed the witness Chapman's pie- ture in Steubenville, and the an- swer was “Hickey.” Asked what was on the photograph, he said he didn’t notice anything exceptiyg the face. He could not tell if a name was on the bottom of the picture. Groghl then asked Judge nings to order the photograph pro- duced 48 court and County Detective Edward®Hickey brought it out and handedgdt to defense counsel. Askellito describe the man stand- ing at hood of the machine, Allison*##d" that he could not do it as He didp't notice him espe- clally. Ths Mman wore a tan over- coat d@mg.a light hat. Tn the rear vealed that a {hird man was seated there. Asked to describe this man after he admitted he 8deliberately looked to see who it was, the wit- ness said he didn’t have the faint- 1ike or what he wore. the only occurrence on that day company. Tdentifies Stolen Machine James W. Brown of Detroit, Mich., a mechanical engineer for the Tord Motor Co., was then ecalled to further identify the stolen ma- chine. He was shown a plate with the auto numher and asked to identify was 10259 changed to 10369. The state's attorney equipment on this machine and pro- duced the auto trunk Shean's Springfield office, The trunk was identified and admitted for fdentificaton. The court then re- cessed. Jennings announced that he would deny the motion of Judge Groehl to exclude witnesses from the court- room. An exception ‘was noted. Floyd Flatchtman of the Ford Mo- tor Co. was then called to prove that the car found on Church strect was the one stolen in Steubenville, O, Admits Chapman Had Machine. Judge Groehl announced that the was willing to concede the fact that the machine had been stolen, the numbers changed, and that it was in the possession of Chapman, but sald that it was to he understood manner and, after trylng the han- |that it was not to be construed that dle of the door, and finding it locked asked if it was kept Jocked and when answered in the affirma- tive, he answered, “That's a damn good way to keep it.” She sald that when she went to work Monday, the car was gone. She saw the same car for the first | ARTISTIC MONUMENTS bullt, carved, lettered and placed in position on short notice. Nu- merous designs to select from, and varfous kinds and shades of marble and stone, to suit differ- ent tastes and circumstances, It planning a tablet, headstone, monument or mausoleum, give us & call. Estimates free, McGovern Granite Co. H. H. Rich, Dist. Mgr. with the changing of the numbers or the theft of the machine. The witness was then excused as was L. 8. Man of Springfield whoi | was to prove that the numbers had been changed on the gar plate. Recalls Chapman as “Tom Miller.” The third identification of Chap- man was made by William Hance, of Wheaton, Delaware county, Ind, who sald that the prisoner was the “Thomas Mlller” who roomed at his house, eleven miles from Munice, Ind., at intervals from April to Au- gust of last year. The second time that Chapman went to the Hance home he was driving the machine. MONEY CREDIT Up to $300 to housekeepers or property owners on furniture left in the home. Lauful interct only, QUICK — FAIR ~— PRIVATE Beneficial Loan Society Phone 1-9-4-3 ' §t. ' » Washington St 480 MAIN ST. TEL 127-2 Open 9w 5:3 Saturdays 9 to 1 Licensed by s .1 Bonded tb the State found in | Jen- | seat of the machine, the witness re- | est recollection of what he looked Pastor of the Pawtucket church for He said that @ Year and a half. Previous to that that stood out in his mind was {he | COnSTegational church in Holyoke, fire in the garage owned by his |*%5% | it. He sald that tha eriginal number |, and that it had been |(1a¢ with Chapman was then asked |}, Brown if a trunk was part of the |ror §500, | Immediately after the recess Judge | | {the defendant had anything to do | | before him. i s b to his home, it had Ohlo number plates, Me sald Chapman also had Indiana piates there, . He had traveling bags, clothes and one brief case. He had golf pants and stockings and often wore them, He also had a small brown book whose Bubject was “Paper Making." He had a pistol of either 88 or 45 caliber and three shot guns, One of the last was of Remington make, The guns and pistol "were identified. He kept the auto In back of Hance's barn, Hance sald that a “wrecking bar,” sledge hammer, eloctric drill, and small tools were kept in the car. These were pro- duced in court and Hance identified them. A collar bag and a soft hat were also identified by Hance as be- Ing property of Chapman, He also {dentified two pairs of low tan shoes as belng Chapman's and besides these a pair of rubber- soled golf shoes, Ie sald he fur- nished Chapman or Miller as he knew him with quantities of sacking made of burlap. Under oross examinations by Judge Groehl, Hance stated that three men were at his home. Two of them slept in one room and one slept alone, Chapman slept with another man, Groehl ¥ools Witness, In attacking Hance's identificatlon of the varfous articles, Judge Groehl brought the bag which he had said was in his home. Hance said that was the bag. Judge Groehl asked {him why out of three bags he could |identify one. Hance sald he could identify the bag. Judge Groehl took the bag and walked down the room, dropped it on the floor and then hrought it back. Hance sald it wasn't the same bag. He asked Hance if he was ever convicted of erime in Indiana and Hance answered “once.” Mr. Alcorn |asked that the inquiry be kept up [to find what ecrime it was. Judge Jennings said he would have the op- | portunity to do that later. | Court recessed with Hance still on | the stand under cross examination. At the resumption of court this| afternoon, the first witness called was Miss Alice M, Powers, secretary to the librarian of Cincinnati, Ohio.}| She ldentified a book ‘on *“Paper” from that library. Trederick H. Cooke, reference librarian in Akron, Ohio, identified a book on “Printing| Ink”. Martha Gimbell, librarian of Lima Ohio identified a hook en- titled "Reproductive Processes.” Chapman Salutes Witness, Rdward Buckley, of Waestfleld, Mass,, inn keeper on the Westfield- ngfield road, was the next wit- . When asked If he knew the ac- cused he sald, “Yes” At this point Chapman was asked to stand up, and as he did so he said, “How do you do,” to the witness, Buckley said that Shean antl Chap- | man had been at his place several |times and when they first came Shean introduced Clmpman, but un- der another name, He said that he didn’t remember what the name was. He testified that Chapman and Shean had been at the inn three | times, to his knowledge, Iach time there was another man with them, This man is supposed to be “Dutch” Anderson. The last time that they were at the inn was a week before the murder in New Britain, | * Minister on Witness Stand | Tev. Arthur Bailey, pastor of the | First Congregational chureh of Paw- tucket, R. I, was the next witness |called. He sald that he has been [time ha was pastor of the Second Asked if he could {dentify Chap- man, he sald that he could, but under the name of Ceorge TLaw- rence Shelburne, He sald that pre- viously he had had a telephone con- versation with Shean concerning the sale of préperty in Holyoke, He said that they had met Shean in an attorney’s office regarding the sale He said that the property is lo- ed in South Hadfield, He said | a man by | the name of Waldo Miller, Next day ie gave an option on the property Jury Finally Selected . WEW BRITAIN DA ILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1925, ont door o the torl n' ler- how lt 'u ol to remove & noon preceding the murder when it |set screw from a lock such as is Is alleged that Chapman removed a | on the front doors of the department Criminal ¢ urt records for Hart- | ford county are going by the hoards one after another as the Chapman trial proceeds. For the first time in the history of the county the statute giving the court power to confine juries for the duration of a trial has been invoked and Judge Jennings decided on keeping the jury in charge of sheriffs, The twelfth juryman to sit in the box and decide whether Gerald Chapman ehall go to the gallows at the Wethersfleld state prison or be acquitted for the murder of Patrol- man Skelly proved to be the most elusive person, it being necessary 'to examine 47 jurors before the state and defense accepted Samuel 8. Chamberlain to fill the last seat. Much to the surprise of all, the | actual trial of Chapman was started | immediately, Judge Jennings order- | ing tha sheriff 1o call the jury out of | ils room to take sea's in the bhox. Clerk Tucius ¥Fuller then adminis tered the jurors' oath to the 12 men at 3:45 o'clock and they settleq back | into their seats, only to rise imme- diately and listen to the reading of the indictment against Chapman. The charge was that Chapman, “a transient person” with force and arms in and upon one James Skelly, nolice officer of the City of New Britain, then and there, being fe- loniously, wilfully, deliberately and | of his malice aforcthought, did make an assault; a certain pistol charged wigh certain leaden bullets He occupled the front room down-| 4id he discharge and shoot off stairs in the house and came and | against and upon him; and the went. He has seen the same car in | yioresaid James Skelly then and Hartford. | there did languigh, and languishing He said that when the car came | 4jq live two hours—then and there | did gie.” | During the reading of the indict- { ment, Chapman was called upon to stand up, Facing the jury, Chap- man dropped his eves and survey- ing the counsel table immediately He remained motion- less during the reading of the] lengthy document. Not Asked to Identify Bandit. The case of the state against the master criminal was then opened by State's Attorney Alcorn. One of the featupes of the afternoon was the failure of Alcorn to cail upon Miss Edith Larsen, clerk at the Davidsen & Leventhal store at the time of the Davidson said it wasn't because the colored glass was specially for the purpose, in the rest of the store. sot Gerew from the lock praking it possible to remove a cyfinder the following morning, Another significant development of the afternoon was an attempt by Judge Groehl, in cross examining Samuel M. Davidson, one of the owners of the Davidson & Leventhal atore, to establish that two colored windows In the rear of the store near where the shooting of Patrol- man B8kelly occurred prevented much light entering there. This at- tempt by the senior defense gounsel was further evidence of the coming attack on testimony that is general- ly supposed will be given by Patrol- man Alfred E. Atwater, Judge irochl's evident purpose was to es- tablish that it was dark in that sec- tlon of the store and that positive identification from any distance would be impossible, The attempt was not successtul for Davidson tes- tified that the colored glass was es- peclally made for reflecting more light into the store rather than keeplng it out, No Result With Fourth Panel, When court convened for the aft- crnoon sgession, the roll call was made on the panel of 20 drawn after the morning adjournment, but as only nine of the jurors were present, Judge Jennings ordered a short re- cess to glve the rest more time to arrive. Going Into session a short time later another roll was taken and there were 13 present, so exam- ination of them was started fmme. diately, The panel was composed ot all Hartford men, Horace B. Clarke, an official of the Hartford Courant, was the first called. He was excused because of Lis newspaper connection. Samuel H. Havens had formed an opinion. Josiah F. Knowles had trouble with his hearing. 8amuel P. Willlams was- opposed to capital punis hment. Thomas W. Mohen was also opposed to capital punishment. “It 1 was accepted as a juror I+ would certainly find the man guilty without a doubt,” was the answer| Jacob L. Fox gave when asked Ly | State's Attorney Alcorn if he had| formed an opinion. He was excused without hesitation. Joseph P. Ken- nedy was opposed to capital punish- ment. ¥, Edward Bosson was op- posed to capital punishment. Louis M. Ames was opposed to capital pun- ishment. Tom W. Brown was also opposed to capital punishment, James C. Langdon was excused be- cause of ill health. Leviat 8. Knoek ‘was opposed to capital punismment, Edward Milligan, president of the Phoenix Insurance Co., was excused for business reasons, Unkelbach On Stand Max J, Unkelbach,. New Britain architect and civil engineer, was the first witness called for the state yesterday. His testimony dealt with the lay- out of the city in the section where the Davidson & Leventhal store is located, and also the layout of the store itself, Two diagrams showing | these were produced and after the defense concéded the qualifications of the witness, Unkelbach identified them as two he had prepared at the request of Alcorn. Alcorn then called upon the wit- ness to point out the locations.of the Herald building, the Davidson | & Leventhal store, the alleyway to the rear of the store, the Beaton & Cadwell alley, the alley near the! Dickinson Drug Co., the carbarn of the Connecticut company, Corbin place and the building in Corbin place in which a blacksmith shop | was located until recently. These are | the places that will be heard from later in the trial. Unkelbach was then questioned | regarding his floor plan of the store. He explained in detafl the location | of counters, doors, stairs, shelves | and office halcony. i Samuel L, Davidson of New Brit- | ain, part owner of the Davidson & Teventhal store in which the crime was committeed, was the second | witness called to the stand. He de- scribed the interior of the store apd corroborated Mr. Unkelbach's testi- mony as to the interior layout. He testified that at the time of the crime the store was befng re- modelled with an entrance beihg | made into the Iair Department store next door. | He pointed out the halcony in the | rear of the store on the map and suid that there were two front en- | * trances and two rear ones, one go- ing into tha cellar and the other to the main floor, The rear door leading to the main | floor was a rongh wooden one tened on the inside with a lock and \sp. The front doors were of the swinging variety. doubla action. He left the store Saturday night be-| tween 10 and 10:15 o'clock. On the rear balcony there were two safes, one an old fashioned one fas- | Jane, store, Having removed this screw itls possible to take out the cylinder from the lock by unscrewing. Having romoved the cylinder, he in- sorted his finger In the hole and drew back the bolt, Miss Kdith Larsen was then called and as she took the stand all eyes were upon her, as the state was expected to make thelr first attempt to identify Chapman through her. No such attempt was made and her testimony resolved itself into an at- tompt to establish thgd the burglar- izing of the store had been carefully planned, Miss Larsen sald that about & P. m. on the afternoon of October 11, she noticed a man walking back and fourth near her counter in the front of the store. Pipe in hand, the door with his arms crossed in front of him In such a manner that it would have been possible to tam- per with the lock as had been demonstrated by the previous wit- ness, At this point, the everyone in the court room was centered on the girl and beads of perspiration appeared on her brow as it was expected that the time for the attempt at identification had arrived, But State's Attorney Al- corn sald he was through with the witness and Judge: Jennings an- nounced adjournment. attention of City Items A son was born at the New Brit- ain General hospital this morning to Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Fowler ot § Belden street., . Victrolas, Pianos, Radlo at Morans. —advt, Henry F. Ludorf is In Providence on a business trip. Property on Robert street has been transferred to A. G. Hawker by the Commercial Trust Co. on Glen street to Joseph Perroita by Charles P. Dunn, on Connecticut avenue to Isabella Agnes Guenther by John Golembeski, Sealed bids for furnishing labor and materials for 1025, including crushed stsone, concrete sidewalks and curbs, relaying flag sidewalks and re-setting blue stone curbhs will be opened at a meeting of the board of public works Tuesday evening. Francis F. Duffy of Clark street has returned from S8t. Francis' hos- pltal where he recently underwent an operation. Thomas Gorman, son of Simon Corman of 382 Elm street, is re- ported as seriously ifl in the Meri- den hospital, The regular meeting of the Royal Arcanum will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock. take place and members wiil be present from Meriden, Hartford and Bristol, The Y. M. H. A, will hold a meet- Hammond Camp, U. 8, W, V,, and the ladies’ auxiliary will meet at 7:30 o'clock this evenlpg at the state armory, fire on Armistice street at 3:10 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Willlam Johnson of 490 FEast street roported to the police last night that a bicycle had been stolen from his home, A chimney fire at 120 Camp street at 10:25 o'clock this morning brought Co. No. 2 to the scene, and the Dlaze was extinguished before any damage was done. Jetters are being sent out by Mayor Paonessa to 33 churches in the city and to Kveryman's Bible class asking cooperation in clean- up week which begins April 6 Tony Scarillo was arrested this afternoon by Officer Thomas RBla chette for violation of Scction 4 of the motor vehicla laws, his truck not having the proper markings. Mrs. Elisha Adams and daughter, left today for Lagrange, In- diana, to visit Mrs, Adams’ daughter, Nrs. Mary Akers, wife of R 3. D. Akers, They will be away about three weeks, A birthday party was tendered 8 Winifred IFodt in honor of her enth birthday at the home of Miss Winifred Kehoe on Tremont street last evening. Games rlayed and Miss Fodt was the re pient of many gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nyquist of Newington road, Newington, are re- ceiving congratulations on the birth of twins, Edward W. Jr, and Ella yquist. Mrs. Nvquist was for- merly Miss May Wigglesworth of this city. were i with a lock and the other a com- bination safe. In the old fashioned aafe there | an envelope with $225 in it and in the modern safe on the lan there was $2,089.23. He recogni the envelope containing $125 Davidson stated that when he ar- rived at the atore on the morning of the robbery he found the | ! modern safe with the combination | knocked off and a fuse in the hole in the safe door. The small safe had been blown open and its con- | tents scattered all over the floor. | Fhotographs of the interlor and of the rear door were introduced and | identified by Mr, Davidson. Near the rear door, he said were rows of | shelves containing skeins of silk. He | sald one of the front doors Twas open and a Russwin cylinder lock ofgof it. He identified the lock Judge Groehl in the cross-exami- nation asked him if the shelves nem the rear door obecured part of the windows there. He =aid they did. Judge Groehl then asked if thers was colore¢ glass in them. IHe| answered yves. The judge then asked if it wasn't dark there and adapted | 1t wouldn't serve row of He was asked {f the shelyes In the store were built| higher. He sald they were. Ha was asked If the interior was darkeéned because of this. He said it was. Mr. Alcorn asked if there wasn't plenty of light near the stalrs leading to the balcony and hel answered, yes." | General Mechanic Hurd of the Russell & Erwin plant was then| awurder, to identify Chapman as the | @an she had seen standing at the called and he gave a demonstration | ritt THREE WANDER FROM HOME Three little children, aged, 8, and 5 years respectively, wandered away from their homes at 579 Bur- street this morning and were next heard from when it was re- ported to police headquarters that they had been seen going down Arch street, They were picked up by Officer Herbert Lyon and take home. Beaths | S Marian Elizabeth Brookman Marian Elizabeth, infant daugh- ter of Mr. and M Walter Brook- an of 735 East reet, died this niorning. The funeral was held this afternoon in Meriden and burial { in Oak Hill cemetery S e e Josaph A. Haffey Funerai Director Phone 1625-2 opposite St. Mary’s Church. Residence, 17 Summer St.—1623-3. s E————— Say It With Flowers. Qur store is as near to you as your telephone. Call 886-781 for all your flower warts, F. H. Bollerer's Posy Shop %1 CHURCH STREET Florists' Telegraph Service. the man went over and stood near | A class initfation will [ ing tonight at 8:30 o'clock at the club rooms. George Gans will speak and show slides on life in Palestine. Preparations will be made for the election of officers. | The joint committee of A. G. 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Travelers Ins ..., Hfd Fire Fts Am Hardware Am Hosiery Beaton & Cadwell. 5 Blge-Hfd Carpet com.105 110 Billings & Spencer com 6 Billings & Spencer pfd. 10 Rristol Brass o Aa Colt'’s Arms ., 31% 32y Fagla Lock ceeed 104 108 Fafnir Bearing ...... 80 Hart & Cooley........160 Landers Frary & Clark 71 78 IN B Machine o ST ) |N B Machine pfd .... 75 85 Niles-Bemt-Pond com . 27 30 [North & Juda s 42% 43y Peck Stowe & Wilcox. 30 | Russell Mfg Co 48 51 | covill Mfg Co .. 243 | andard 128l | Stanley Works .. s 53 Stanley Works pfd 2 orriggton Co ¢ {Traut & Hine ... Unfon Mfg (o Yale & Towne .. Conn It & Pow Hfd Elec Light [EINSB A Gas R i S N E Telephone N B Gas Rts CLFARING HOUSE STATEMENT New York—Exchanges, 761,000, { 000 balances, 77,000,000 | Boston Ixchanges, 56,000,000; balances, 20,000,000, ' MRS. COLBERT APPOINTED '} | | Former New Britaln Woman Made | Motion Picture Commissioner of | New York at $7,500 Salary, abeth V. Colbert of Al- | r., daughter of the lats | Ambrose Beatty, a former mayor of | Now Britain s been appointed a otion picture cogimissioner of the tate af New Vork. This :unoint- ment was made by Governor Smit and was approved yesterday by | state assembly. Mrs. Colbert's sal- | ary will be $7,500 a year, | | KRU - | ‘ | BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS Jennie Katz, through Nair & Nair, lias flled a petition in bankruptey. | She conducts the New Britain Deli- catessen Co. at 93 Hartford avenue. Her liabilitics are placed at $2,- 77.13 and her assets at $1.260 Mariano Marino, proprictor of & ry goods store at Lafavet reet, has filed a peNtion of bank- ruptey, giving his Mabllities at $4.- | 405.97 and his asscts as $900. Nair | | & Nair represent the bankrupt. SHOWER FOR MRS. BALOCKI | A miscellaneous shower in 1 of Mrs. James Balockl was 1 ,the home of Miss Mary Balocki, 27 | Holmes street, last night. Mrs locki recelved many gitts a large number of Ther friends present. In the course of the | ning games were played and ref ments served, Mr. and Mrs. Balocki | il be at home to their friends, at | 255 Jerome street, in the near | ture. 86 or | The sugar crop of the world will last, according to official estimates, MUST SUPPORT WIFE In the continued case of Sebastian | 9 charged and violation e 14 per cent greater this year than | Hungerford Russo, s, ' prisoner to pay PUTNAM & MEMBERS. NEW YORK & HARTTORD STOCR JIWEST MAIN ST NEW Tel. 2040 MNARTFORD OFFICE & CENTRAL Row TELY 2-ud We offer: 100 American Hardware 100 Landers, Frary 100 Torrington Co. Members New York Stock Members Hartford Stock BRITAIN~ v & Clark Exchange Exchange New Britain—Burritt Hotel Bldg., Tel. 1815 Judd Building, Pear] St., corner of Lewis, Hartford, Conn. We Offer:— CONNECTICUT LIGHT & POWER 8% PFD, CONNECTICUT LIGHT & POWER 7% PFD, HARTFORD CITY GAS LIGHT CO. COM. HARTFORD ELECTRIC LIGHT CO. COM. Stocks Prices on application. Thomson, Tenn & Co. Burritt Hotel Bldg., New Britain MEMBERS NEW YORE AND HARTFORD STOUK EXCHANGES Tel. 2580 Donald R. Hart, Mgr. WE OFFER:— New Britan Gas Light Co. Rights Price On Application Tel.2-T186 We Offer— 100 shares Stanley Works Common TELEPHONE 1012 s S RLZ2S # JOHN P. KEOGH Member of Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York Room 509, National Bank Building Joseph M. Kernan, Mgr, EDDY BROTHERS && HARTFORD B Hartford Conn. Trust Bidg. NEW BRITAIN Burritt Hotel Bldg. Tel. 3420 New Britain, Conm. " { "HE woman who knows how to keep herself healthy and equal to her work will, of course, be a happier wife. The more capable woman is a better b; mother. too. The Arch Preserver Shoe, Y giving foot vigor and usefulness to women, helps them to be more capable — better wives and mothers. THE ARCH PHESERVER SHOE "KEEPS THE FOOT WELL™ The W. G. SIMMONS 85 West Main wif nit of - 60 with nen-support of probation, Judge sentenced the | §5 a week to his today fi . CORP. St. which he would go days. American tobaceo is increasing ia ! favor in Egypt. - for a period of six moutns, in to Russo was also required to furnish a bond ot $200. co.| JUDD & COMPANY |