New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 30, 1925, Page 12

" (Continued from First Duge) machine at all, Liebler then fdenti- fied a small envelope with $125 In it | aa the money and envelope hie found tucked In the side of the cushion on the front seat. After identifying s, Alcorn produced at .45 calibre automatic revolver and the witness identified it as the one = that found inserted between the cusilon body of the machine near the r's seat. Liebler then tedd of to the store and to police w with the prisosar, Groehl put Liebler tseough samination, , He «dked ad bedn a police itain and he He was ask he had talked the case over with his broth- or ofticers and he said * Groeh! asked ‘. u didn’t talk this over with anyone Liebler answere To bLe with no one at a I want you o n Groehl Groeh! asked was and he said At the corner atreets.” place him tl solutely not,” man Groehl asked T of Skelly's h of Shean as the man He answercd he did not. “Did you read about it papers”” ‘*Not at all,"” Liebler, He nlso averred that he at no time made any statement concerning the ease, as he was not called on eourt, He was not present when Dr, George Dunn testificd. He remem- hered Detective Sergeant McCue's testimony He heard ) ‘had identified ¢ shot him “Then why d hear about it?"” answer. He said he doesn't kr about a man going to Church street. Mr. Alcorn objected to the word “conveniently” concerning Shean, hean was ahout 100 ahead of him on Church street He heard someone say “There’s one man standing on the corner.” He said Shean was facing north He said he brought the auto back to the store. He saw Atwater at the rear door with his gun in hand. That was 15 minutes later Malona Tells His Story Walter Malona was the next po- Meeman calied and he told of meet- ing the other policemen in lan- pher's machine at Court street and the subsequent arrest of Shean hy ®im. He identified a breast drill that he said was found in the ma- chine. Objection was offered by Judge Groehl to the drill's admis tance as an exhibit, but the court admitted it for identification. When the state’s attorney opened up-a brief case and started to lay out the burglar implements it con- tained, Groeh! jumped to his feet and protested to the court that Al- corn was trying to create an atmos- phere against the defendant by ex hibiting the tools v h had not i any way been connected with Ch man. Judge Jennings ordered implements entered for identifica- tion without exhibiting mn. Ofticer Malona stated that he was at Main and Court streets when the car with the other officers in it came around the park. He ar rived at'the store about the time as Liebler and he say, “There’s a man at of Church and Main sire was just turning the corn He didn't recollect who it was at * first but when Judge Groehl duced the New Britain police record he remembered that it Johnson. He knew Johnson to New York to identify another man. He returned took Shean to He then went He met Officers T water in the turned hand “'Was was tift cross 1 how long he er in New B him ofti sald 1 you su you honest, m where St was standi hurch you to " “Ab- police- ification in answered Cue say that Skelly ean as the man who 1 vou say vou didn't asked Groehl. No ow who told - the same d sonteons corner He pro- court was ent to the store then the polic store had water he 1y 2 Groel State’s Attorney H who is prosecuting the case aga Gerald Chapman in Hartfo; the murder of Patrolman has the record of never having an importint case. As he led witnesses through testimony that slowly placing the noose about Chapman’s Chapman said *That man is murdering me." Skelly is neck i heard ‘ in | Two of the important witnesses whose testinony is being woven into a noose for Gerald Chapman, the famous mail robber, on trial in Hartford, for killing a policeman in this city, are Catherine Bourne (above) Steubenville, 0., and William B. Allison of Bergholz, O. Their testimon ked Chapman with the murder car found here. Lampher Caught Skelly ence Lampher wag called and lie corroborated the tes- timony of the previous two, He told i Malona and Licbler runing to- 1 Church street and Atwater and ed down the atley to the partment store. At- st to enter the store Patrolman Clar ar of water was the followed by § i Immediately after Skelly entered the witness testified that he heard three shots and as he etepped up the irs, Skelly fell back into his arm leg being rendered help- Tampher then sat nan down and ran ' store, but he at glimpse of the s right less by the the injured p to thie front no time eaught a o r stated that when 1 directed the offi- Main car- morning He heard dentifica- n who shot at the ing given She October 13 fn po! st of tion of Sh him He ear door as I saw 1 r in the morni Dramatic Moment in Court fell over the court room corn hush fell alle an has been the ce discussion and it ] that Atwater was a sc a6 to of ng attack took the Twitness stand gan his story r sound to b the courtroom of his a that morning appeared and ots.” the ress as he dra- pman, seat- The state- n¥nt cam Atwater told of en- the or of the store and | 4 a counter. | from the left after rived and | ¥ pointed to €1 ed the e Shortly stay there 1s of Groeh 1 has has | running beca r soles on. Sergea Cue told him so. “Were you criticized for your ac-| marriéd to Drew Pearson. The girl, 19, is now in San Diego. | age for marrlage?” wrong ' | Cha tions?" “Not by the police department. heard outside criticism.” He sald the only reason he didn't shoot was because he didn't hear the man run. He said he dropped to his knees behin® a counter. “Yes and poor Skelly got the shot behind you when you dropped to your knees, didn't he?" asked | Groehl, “Yes," answered Atwater. | He said he arose to his feet threa | seconds after he dropped to his knees. “Were you sure gone?" asked Groehl “No, T didn't see him." | He sald he didn't go to the front | door because he expected the man | to make a dive for the rear door. “Was it because you were afraid?" | He sald he was in court and heard the testimony as to Shean's identifi- | catlon, He testificd there, but if the court record says that he gald the man dropped a sledge hammer and a jimmy, it was a mistake, He did not say testimony. at | that time, given as to Shean belng | the man who shot Skelly was| Wrong. | “Was the identification of this man an afterthought, then?" | “That's all,” and Atwater was fin- ished. | Heller Identifies Chapman | Henry Heller of Rockwell avenue, | an employe of the Stanley Rule & Level plant, was called to the stand after Groeh! announced that he had | ¥ finished With Atwater. Heller testi- | Chapman of killing Patrolman fied that he was waiting in front of Skelly in this city, Hermenie Grund- the Davidson & Teventhal store for |ler (above) s anxiously awaiting & Hartford trolley car. the outcome of the trial of He told of the arrival of the po- famous mail robber. lice in front of the store and of two going toward Church street and three down the alley. Heller hieard a shot fired down back somewhere and Johnson rush- ing out of the alley waving his arms in the air. A short time later he saw a man come out of the front door of the store with a nickel plated gun in his hand. “The man stared me straight th the eye and kept staring at me and I started back so I could identify him,” the witness said. “Do you see that man in the court room now?" Alcorn asked. Raising his hand Heller pointed out Chapman and said: “There's the man right there, Mr. Chapman.” Heller said that he didn't watch the man go along the street past the Tair department store and was turn- ed over to Groehl for cross-examina- tion Heller, in answer to Groehl's questions said that he was born in Worcester, Mass, and now lives in New Britain. He works at the Stan- ley Rule & level Co. He and his wife were a runaway couple and were married in New Britain. “How old was your wife?” “Sev- enteen years. ou know the legal “Yes, sr, 21 the man had| . Called “the sweetheart of Walter . Shean,” the pal who turned company motorman, fold the court that he was in an alleyway near the Connecticut company car barn, | when a man came running through with such precipitation that he al- most bumped into him. He was | likewise positive that the man was { Chapman. James F. White, a -New Britain livery stable owner, testified that he | had taken a horse to a blacksmith shop on Corbin place and saw a man run past and in the direction of Church street. He said he had no doubt that the man was Chap- { man. Groeh! attempted to shake witnesses in their testimony the: uck to their stories. Thomas J. Feeney of the New | Britain police department and Dr. Waterman Lyon, medical examiner in that city, were witnesses late !this aftcrnoon. | Shean Goes to Witness Stand At 3 o'clock Shean took the stand to testify, Everyone sat forwards on the edge of their chairs. It was Shean who, after his arrest, said his the but | burglary was Chapman, years."” | “You knew your wife age?” , sir, T told her to do it.” “Then you were guilty of subor- nation of perjury?” “Yes, because I loved her.” He said that his wife was an ex pectant mother and she was going to her mother's home in Boston. She vas standing beside him, but she didn't see the man's face. She also heard one shot He surrendered himself when he heard they were looking for the thirg party outside the store. | He said at the police station he was shown about 30 pictures and he picked that of Chapman as the man he saw come out of the store. He said his wife was not called to court. He was not called to New York to look at Stuyvesant. He was sure an was the man because he Yot a very good look at him.” Three More Identify Chapman At the resumption of court this three more wWitnesses identified Chapman as the man they saw in the vicinity of the Davidson | & Leventhal store on the day of the | murder. Adolph 1. e of Plainville, a| ight watchman employed by P. & Raleigh, F. Corbin, said he was on his way |writing in his own epitaph, home from work when a man with |“Whom the Gods would destroy gun in his hand came out of the |they first make mad,” Prof. Hugh He pos ¢ identified Chap- Morson, 75, committed suicide yes- man terday by cutting his throat at the Bernard A. Carlson, a Connecticut state hospital for the insane. { her | BIRTHDAY PARTY | Miss Marjorle Walker, the daugh- {ter of Mr. and Mrs, Benjamin J. | Walker of 675 Corbin avenue, ob- | served her seventh birthday Satur- | day afternoon, entertaining a party |of girl friends at her home. The | Walker home was decorated in & color scheme of pink and white. The guests included Misses Serita Bennett, Norma Buddy, | Avery, June Fortin, Dorothy |and Helen McAvoy. gave Hart 25 YEARS A POLICEMAN “harles J, McCarthy of 1208 Stan- strect, one of the veterans of the New Britain police force, will ob- serve the 25th anniversary of his appointment tomorrow, After many vears on the night force, he was de- | tailed fo trafiic duty about six years ago and then given a day beat with traffic relief duty at n hour: After a short he was given a bLeat in the south- ern section of the cily, where he is at present. ley afternoon EPITAPH N. (', March 30.—After Countess’ Daughter Weds te's evidence and accused Gerald, & Dr. Ahlquist Announces Plans For accomplice in the department store period on theater duty, | FINE OF §7,000 13 LEVIED ONRICKARD (Coutinued from First Page.) publisher, at a party attended = by President Harding, and Postmaster General New, Sccretary Hughes, At- torney General Daugherty and a number of other government offi- clals. Muma said, the agent related, ‘l)m' Daugherty had discussed with | the others the, posaibility of the film | being exhibited generally, Special Prosecutor Sager, assistant attorney general, who handled the | case for the government, succeed- ed in getting into the trial record | testimony that $7,000 in fines had been paid by Quimby to his repre- sentatives who were fined in various states for exhibiting the film, Thomas J. Spellacy, a former de- partment of justice agent, testified at the trial to much the same story as told to the senate committee by Holdridge. Willlam J. Burns, former chief of the department, also testified | to talks with Muma which Sager held showed that Muma was active among Washington officials to have the hands off policy, maintained in regard to showing of the films. MISSIONARY CONERENCE | Mecting Under Direction of Work- | ers from China and Synod Secretary | Plans for the missionary confer- ence to be held at the First Luth- eran church were announced yes- lmda.\‘ by Rev. Dr, A. A, Ahlquist, the pastor. The conference will open at 2:30 o'clock Thursday aft- ernoon, the first meeting being held in conjunction with the meeting of the Ladies’ Aid society. In the eve- | ning there will be an {llustrated lec- {ture on China and the sessions will | be resumed at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. Meetings will be. held | Saturday afternoon and evening, the | evening's program including an open forum. Sunday afternoon there will be a mission rally. The conference will be in charge jof Rev. Alfred Trued and Rev. | Walter Lundbeck, returned mis- | slonaries from China, and Rev, Frey Wyman, fleld secretary of the mis- sion board of the Augustana Synod. | The regular service will be held Sun- | day morning, the communion ser- mon being preached by Rev. Mr. Lindbeck and the regular sermon by Rev. Mr. Wyman. . | Churches in Bright Colors Urged | The Wisconsin Synod of the Pres- | byterian church has hit upon what |is considered an ethieal and dignified (advertising idea for the modern church, It is to paint all churches in bright colors on the outside. This idea is intended, of coursé, for coun- | try churches or the frame structures in eities, as stone would hardly lend itself that way. It is proposed to give each church a sign which will ! be used commonly on all Presbyter- jan churches so that everyone at a | glance will know it 1s a Presbyter- fan house of worship, | Eight Miners Traj + As Shaft Is l’l\q:gded Newcastle, ‘England, March 30—~ Clutching & projecting ridge near the root of the mine, elght miners BROOM CORN ART II (0 Gmp cu"“ 0' Yonng h this afterncon, Two hundred men were in the pit when the in- A g A m rush of water came, but merican Art all ot away except elght, One man , who came out safely said the water was up to his neck Chicago, Margh 80, impulsive cur\'.q of the F);:nc:ul:r): nouveau style had Its otgin in the when he escaped. American broom corn, ' asserted CITY COURT ASSIGNMENTS Charles R. Richards, director of the American Association of Museums, e assigned as follows by Judge Willlam C. Hungerford in clty court this afternoon: of cago. i 3 : 4 “When t o & m. Greenstein for plaintiff, a now atyle of art,. turned.to 'fhe | Scndant Eva Gernauskas et al va curved line of nature, a young lad of 17 in Dayton, Ohio, named E: Col- onna, was a publishing a little book Adolf Czaponis, April 2 at 10 a. m. B. F. Gaffney for plaintiff, Mangan called ‘An Essay on Broom Corn,” Mr. Richards sald. “The book, dated for defendant. Nathan Alpert vs, 1887, consisted first of a. naturalistic Harry M. Gordon, April 2 at ¢ p. m. D, Gaffney for plaintiff, Mil- drawing of the broom corn, and then a series of abstract designs utilizing kowitz for defendant. Miner, Read and Tullock vs. Charles P. Leonard et al, April 6 at 10:30: p. m. Nalr its curves. ?ncld Nair for plaintiff, Klett for de- “Colonna later went to Paris and |fendant. Morrls Parsons va. Jo- eventually joined the Paris group |2¢Ph Wilcsenskl, Aprll € at 2:30 which was developing the art|P M Kiett. for plaintiff, Nowlicki nouveau style, His furniture and |nd Hungerford and Saxe for de- jewelry appeared in the Paris expo- sition of 1900, and were so impres- slve that photographs were miade. fendant. -Vincenzo Pavano vs. Sal- vatore Genovese et al, April 6 at When I was visiting a prominent art official in Parls I noticed in'his of- 2:30 p. m. Klett for plaintiff, Hun- gerford 'and Saxe for defendant. fices some of Colonna's furniture, He admired its artistic worth and pre- Louis Croil vs. John Kunz, April 6 at 2:30 p, m. Mangan and D. Gaftney for plaintiff, Xirkham, 2 by Cooper, Hungerford & Camp for ;:r'\\:: d’:‘“f,‘f"“‘h the art nouvean: | Cs . dant. Henry Schupack et al The art nouveau style in the hand of great designers like Colonna has a lasting artistic value, according to va. Joseph Giantonio, April 8 at 10 a. m. Mag for plaintiff, Nair and Nalr for defendant. Carmelo Faz- Professor Rchards. The reason that it 2Nt v&. Louis Landau et al, April failed as a great art movement was that the curve on which it was based was too subtle an art form and could 8 at 10 a. m. Casale for plaintiff, Ginsburg for Landau, LeWitt for only be handled with success by genius, When it was taken up by the City Hardware Company. Dalsy Roberts vs, Henry W. Austin, April 9 at 10 a. m, Nair and Nair for French manufacturers they did not plaintiff, D. Gaftney and B. F. Gaft- call-in the best designers, with the [Ney for -defendant. Commercial result that the curve wag used in all [Trust Co. va. James Passerin! ot al, sorts of exaggerated and bizarre ways |ADril 10 at 3 p. m. D. Gaftney and and the style was soon run out. B. F. Gaftney for plaintiff, Nair and Nair for Scapelati. David Dorf- man vs. John Maleski, April 13 at 2:30 p. m. Traceski for plaintiff, PLAN BALLOON FLIGHTS :Nowlckl for defendant. Frank |Salamenta vs. Frank Biuchas, April Entries in Elimination Contest Will (13 at 2:30 p. m. ~Nowicki for ‘o] | Plaintiff, Klett for defendant. Wal- faclude Army and Afreraft Devel- | v “5orno ve. Leo F. Flechtner, opment Co. Crafts. {April 15 at 2 p. m. Mangan for plaintiff, Klett for defendant. St. Joseph, Mo. March 30.—En- eles ntihe Tatlonal SlIDAHEDIbALS - oz o o e e ha el ere Ay L1 RN DD ANTIC CONNEREN Y e United States| Willimantic, March 30.—A com- :i:l){ ,:;‘([;:u:.h:,: of two free bal- | mittee of the Amerlcan Thread Co. loons, and the Alrcraft Development |strikers met with the clvic media- company’s balloon, “The Detroit.” | tion committee today and talked The Goodrich-Zeppelin ecompany has | over the controversy. The commit- advised that it will have an entry. | tee has asked that a director of the A 150-acre fiying fleld, recently company come here for a confer- purchased by St. Joseph, has been |ence. The strikers’ meeting this leveled and pronounced by army of- | N0On was addressed by Senator John | ficers to be suitable for the event. |[Powers of Pawtucket, R, I, a mem- Major General Patrick, chief of ber of the national council of the the air service, has directed a team | United Textile Workers of America. of two officers at Langley Field, Vir- ginia, to have charge of one of the army big bags, and Lieutenant Frank McKee, Scott Field, Belleville, 11, a technical expert of the army's aviation department, has been here to look into the gas situation. Lieu- tenant Frank Kehoe, Jr., Scott Field, has been detailed to duty in superin- 00K INTO INCREASES Providence, Mareh 30.—The pub- lic utilities commission will begin its investigation nto the proposed rate increase of the N, E. Telephone and Telegraph Co. on April 10 in the state house here, The taking of | testimony will probably begin April G0AL REACHED IN CONMOATTY DRIVE (Continued from First Page.) school, who handled the printinz even to the extent of having th trade school work nights to get | out; B, J, Porter, who had charge ¢ the luncheons; ' Attorney Donal Gaftney, who handled publicity; th New Britaln Sign Co.; and Mr. Wil llamets, who handled the bulletl) board; Ben Parker, who furnished music; the various entertainers whe supplied a program at each lunch oon; the Burritt hotel management; the preas; Park Superintendent Ralph Wainwright for permitting the chest to be placed on the park; the clergy for announcements from the pulpits; George Paris of th: Pahimah advertlsing agency for cards in jitney he merchants for wgndow displa; he Smith Busines: college; the Chamber of Commerce, the Raeus club, the Lions club, the Kiwanis club, the Rotaiy club, the Knights of Columbus, Aziz Grotto the theater owners, factory heads, Willlam W. T. Squire, Dwight Skin- ner, Ensign Carl Frederickson, Wal- ter O, Cook, Will Day, Miss Ventlie Logan, Miss Lols Shaw, Mrs, F, J. O'Brien, the. Tuberculosis Rellet so- clety and Fresh air camp officlala. At the suggestion ot B, J. Porter the workers rose and . gave three cheers for Mr. Sprague, The workers today were guests of Azia Grotto. Solos were sung by August Klein, The reports today were as fol- lows: Captain 8. Raymond .. Geo. Rawlings . Fred Hausman Pledge Amount $1,468.85 3,944.42 1,046.25 233.00 550,15 860.65 266.50 86,50 797.00 1,284.35 541.25 881.35 441.00 476.25 363.76 900.00 65100 Russell, Gold .. Walter Bell ..... Harry E. Parker.. Logan Page Emil J, 8hjerden... Mrs. G. T. Kimball Clesson Parker ... Mrs. J. C. Loomis. . R. K. Pullen ..... Mrs. L. W. Young Geo, H. Dyson.... Miss Mary Meyer. . Frank H, Shield... B. A. Grzybowskl. . Mrs. Owslak ..... Mrs. H. C. Warner C. W. Buckey ... Total Yesterday . Total Today ... 439.65 458.30 636.10 650.50 $44,625.53 $17,626.82 Total to Date $62,252.35 SUSPECTS RELEASED Fairmont, W. Va, March 30— County Prosecutor Marshall W, Og- den announced today the release of four men who were arrested follow- ing the explosion two weeks ago at mine No. 41 of the Bethlehem Mines Corporation, in which 33 miners met death, The men were released Sat- urday after they had been examined by Mr. Ogden. They had been held because they were the last four men seen to leave the mine before the blast. Hcusekeepers and maids will be in big demand beginning this month especlally for country homes. If you desire such a position read the Clas. tending the inflation, of the balloons. | 185, Yours truly, John Smith All the world despises an anonymous letter. We like a man to sign his name to what he writes. But did you ever think that unknown merchandise is anonymous? Nobody to vouch for it. No name signed. Notice the advertisements in this paper. 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