New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 1, 1925, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press —_— ESTABLISHED 1870 1 9wms LRTTTETTITIRY NEW BRITAIN HERALD uuv) ‘pIojJLwy Sa0q apy TAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1925. —EIGHTEEN PAGES Average Dafly Circulation Week Ending 12’121; ¢ March 28th , PRICE THREE CENTS EXPERTS INSIST BULLETS FROM BANDIT’S GUN KILLED SKELLY: HUNDRED MILLI IS REPORTED GIVEN FOR DODGE AUTO CO. Negotiations For Sale of Gigantic Detroit Motor Car Concem to Unnamed Group of Buyers Confirmed. Definite Statement Expect- ed Late Today—Gross Sales This Year Likely to Go Above the $200,- 000,000 Mark. By The Associated Press. Detroit, April 1.—Negotiations for the salg of Dodge Brothers, Inc, to a buyer or group of buyers whose identity has not been learned, are now in progress hers and an an- nouncement may be expected late today, A, C. Schwtrtz, Detroit rep- resentative of Dillon, Read and com- rany, New York banking firm, told newspaper men this morning. Conference Being Held Schwartz, E. G. Wilmer and S. W. Howland, al}, connected with Read and gompany, were ¥ ngwspaper men could not learn om they represented. Ctarence Dillon of the New York firm was in Detroit last week, it was learned today, Merger Report Denied One rumor that had gained head- way was spike today, when Alvan Macaulay, president of the Packard Motor Car company, denled that his company was involved in any mer- ger with the Hudson Motor Car company, and the Briggs Body cor- poration for the purchase of Dodge Brothers, Inc. . Another rumor to the effect that the General Motors corporation would purchase the Dodge interests was given point blank denial several days ago by officlals of General Mo- tors and Dodge Brothers, Inc. Other Reports Heard The Goodyear Tire and Rubber company was named In still another rumor current today as being the firm for which Dillon, ‘Read and ccmpany 18 acting. Confirmation of this and other rumors was lagking. | Tt has been generally understood that the heirs of John F. and Horace E. Dodge, founders of the corpora- tion, have for some tfme been de- sirous of disposing of their automo- vile company holdings. The cor- poration since the deaths of the Brothers fn 1920, has been operated inder a trusteeship created by their #llls. All stock in Dodge Brothers, fne., 1s held by the heirs of the orothers. Mr. Wilmer said: “Dillon, Read and company sect to lssue hefore night a formal satement announcing that purchased Dodge Brothers, from the heirs of John F. and Hof- ace E. Dodge, for a sum of approxi- mately $100,000,000, “The transaction has been com sleted except for a number of de- alls, which probably will not be roned out before night. “Among the defails not yet en- irely agreed on is the manner of Inancing the transaction. We can- ot say yet whether this will be an sntirely cash transaction, or, if not, n what proportion it will involve ash and bonds." Long Negotiations, Detroit, April 1.—The negotiations ‘or the sale of Dodge Brothers, Inc., ahich were belng brought to & head nere today, have been in progress ‘or several weeks, Henry Ford was tiven the first chance to buy and he -efected it, reports in financlals eir- es today said. it has (Continued on Page 14) Tne., | ON DOLLARS PRICE T0 BE CONN. REVENUE AN 1S UNDER ARREST Benedict Rabinowitz Is Con- nected With Waterbury office \CONSPIRACY IS CHARGED | Alleged To Have Taken $100 From Naogatuck Man To Fix Up Lat- ter’s Income ‘Tax Form—Bail Is Fixed At $2,000. | New Haven, April 1.—Benediet | Rabinowitz, attached to the Water- | bury office of the internal revenue | department as agent was arrested | Three Story Brick Orders were issued today from the office of Building Inspector Ed- ward J. Hennessy for the razing of a three story, six apartment brick house which was nearing completion at 357 Church street when the foun- dation slipped, bulging the walls and resulting in'conditions that made it dangerous for workmen to remain inside the bullding. The building, with the exception of interlor work, had been complet- ed. During the winter months the cellar became fllled with water and washed away part of the foundation before it was pumped dry. The add- ed welght as the bullding progressed | was too much for the foundation and | it slipped. | On the east wall of the building a decided bulge has resultéd, begin-| ning at the first floor and rounding| out a matter of several inches yp to Wall Bulging Ordered Torn Down; Foundation Undermined by Water Six Apartment Block On Church Street, Near Stanley, Must Be Razed At Once Building With the top of the butlding. On the west slde there is a noticeable bulge.also. Yesterday planks were placed up against the east side of the house to prevent its falling. Inspector Herinessy Inspected the building yesterday afternoon, When he saw the condition of the east wall he ordered workmen out of the bullding at once. He then issued an order to the owner for its removal without delay. The estimated cost of the apart- ment house was $20,000. It is of modern apartment house design and construction and was named “Church,” the name of the street on which it stands, To avold the possibility of falling with the chance of injury to by- passers, the building inspector will insist upon having the work of its removal undertaken at once. SACRAMENTAL WINE | here today on a warrant sworn out by James J. Donovan of New York | clty, spectal agent of the intelligence | department, | The charge against Rabinowitz is violation of section 123 of the fed-| eral criminal code which describes conspiracy to defraud the goven-| ment of income taxes. It is alleged | that Rabinowitz recelved $100 from | Jerry Murphy of Naugatuck, yester- | dayfto fix up the Jgtter's income | | rought befoy® Lynch, wi hifowitz was era] Commissigns examination federal court whil. Bail was 1t was understbo: inowita was arrested last night in Waterbury by two agents after the |close of what is said to have heen | | negotiations on payment of $500 claimed to be due from the Nauga- tuck Rubber Co. for reduction in the jamount of income taxes. It is understood that Jerry Mur- phw secretary of the lumber com- pany had previously complained to Washington that Rabinowitz had | made certain offers in regard to the {income tax schedules. It is said that | Rabinowitz as an agent had been lcxamining the lumber company's | books had made certain representa- |tions to officials of it that $10,000 |was due the government on unpaid |taxes but that this amount could be |reduced it he was given a fe The $100 which Rabinowitz is said Ito have recelved and which he is |sald to have had with him when ar* | rested was to be a part of the $500 |fee. Rabinowitz is said to claim that |he took the money as a gift to a| religious organization in Bridgeport. The accused man has been ten years In the federal service is mar- ried and has two children. A2 | GIBBONS AND TUNNEY | T0 FIGHT JUNE 12TH, | Battle Will Take Place at/| Polo Grounds—Men to 1| Meet at Catchweights | | i S 1 | New York, April ! Gibbons, St. Paul heavyweight, | Gene Tunney, American light-h | weight champion will meet in a 15 {round match at the Polo Grounds on the night of June 12. Articles of agreement were signed today I the managers of the two principals and Jimmy DeForest, matchmaker o} the Polo Grounds A. C. Gibbons will receive 30 per cent IOV the gate receipts as his share of |the purse while Tunney will recefy 20 per cent. Both fighters agreed {to post forfeit fees of $10,000. While the date has been set for Priday, June 12, DeForest eaid this | was subject' to change providing it |did not meet with the approval of [ the state athletlc commission. Fd- | | aie Kane, manager of Gibbons, rep | resented Gibbons at the meeting while Billy Gibson, manager of | Tunney, signed the articles for Tun- {ney. The men will fight at catch- | weights. | 1.—Tommy nd Ute. Inkisn Medicine Min Buried Baby Alive In Old Tribal Rites Durango, Colo., April 1.—Mormon Joe, aged medicine man of the Ute Tndian tribe, was arrested today at Cortes, Colo., following the death of an 18-day oid girl, wh was buried alive in accordance with fn ancient tribal ri The girl wos the daughter of Mormon Joe's son- fo-law., Fiat Nae, who s belng , 1t Is believed sought as an accessory to the crime According to information obtained by the distric and his wife were t recent illness by Mormon Soon his wife died | 1 carrying out the rite of ng the child with its mother Joe ter Nac's recovery, il A ed | on the advice of hls fathes-in-law. - | |an apartment at the Alamac hotel | business; MERCHANT MURDERED St. Louis Man Mysteriously 3 New York, April 1.—The body of Mack Passwell, gambler-bootlegger and former cloak-and<suit merchant ot a Park avenus apartment house. A bullet had entered the man’s throat and another his head. In his clothes were found a valuable watch and several picces of jew- elry, a fow cents in cash and a bank book showing recent deposits of $60,000. His fingers bore several expénsively jewelled rings. Rose Fain, owner of a fruit store who said she knew the Passwell family on Maple street, St. Louls, identificd the body. She described the dead man as one who “played cards a great deal’” and who re- cently had obtained permission to receive his mail at her shop. She was unable to tell where he lived. First efforts of police to learn Passwell's place of residence were | unsuccessful. Reports that he had were denied by the hotel manage- ment. Authorities sald they learned, however, that the dead man moved in mysterious circles; that he was a large operator In the sacramental wine branch of the bootlegging and that he had Jarge sums on deposit in banks other than that identified by the KEast River National bank passbook found on the body. SUNDAY SPORTS BILL | Move to Have House Reconsider | Tails and It Now Must Go to| Senate as Next Stop. State Capito), Hartford, April 1.— | Both houses of the general assembly | got down to business today after the oratorical displays of yesterday and | BOY OF 11 15 HELD FOR MANSLAUGHTER Atlantic City Youngster| Alleged to Have Acciden- tally Killed Playmate Atlantic City, N. J., Harold Metger, a 11-yg: lving ¥ith his pa pril 1. — old bay wasf placed ‘-'W«Iast‘Pointer and War Vet Named ndj wgs held/for ! JApFil 3’.‘-"‘) at Nor- | o0 g, Louls, was discovered today, | under arrest ol hnloal pare? 3 T cer (it b Stulied dato & ook in the cellpryaydor muifStaughter teday | in connec- | . Gerald Chapman, the arch-bandit, in close conference with his chief attorney, Frederick J. Groehl. Notice the calm of Chapman, despite damaging testimony linking him with the mmrdel:i for which he is on trial, and to which he has just listened. tlon with the shooting of Leon Feiner, 13 years old, yesterday after- | noon in a vacant lot, The youngster together with Ben- jamin Levin, was shooting at a target which they had fastened to a telephone pole on the lot near the Hotel Blltmore, according to the | story which he told to Prosecutor tepetto. After firlng the Metger | hoy said that he saw Leon fall to the | ground and becoming frightened | they ran away and went to school. | Last night Mrs. Metger noticed | the nervousness of her son but it| was not until she read in the morn- | ing newspapers of the tragedy that | €he began to question him. In a few minutes he related the story of | the accident. Then Mrs. Metger on the advice of her attorney took her son to the office of Prosecutor Re petto and surrendered him. It wa. there that he made his s(mrnwm: and a charge of manslaughter was entered. | According to the boy'd story he| secured the rifie as a premium by | selling salve for a chemical company: | #aid to be located at Tyrone, Pa. The prosecutor declared that he intended to see if some action could not be taken against concerns which have been placing firearms in the hands of young boys for work done for them, WHEELER'S CHARGES Declares Dept. of Justice Men Sup- | plied Witnesses With Liquor, Then Demanded Indictments, Chicago, April 1.—Senator Burton K. Wheeler, en route today to Mon- ana to stand trial on April 16 disposed of a large amount of busi- Heavy calendars in senate and | se were quickly disposed of and | practically all of the bills scheduled | for action were passcd. A move for reconsideration of the Sunday sports blll, expected in the house did not materialize and when adjournment was taken at 1:15 the time for such pass The bill cannot be brought house again unless on dis- | agreeing action of the senate, or veto Ly the governor. St. Andrews’ Parish House Partially | Destroyed and Loss is Estimated | 1 At About $6,000. Thompsonville, April 1.—Fire y morning partially destroy- d the rectory of the St. Andrew's scopal church here. The five oc- cupants, ilenn B. Coykendall, his wife and two year olds son and two teachers of the Enfield high school who live at the house were forced to flee scantily clad fro mthe burning building. Mr. Coykendall this morning ac- | cepted an offer of the First Pres- byterian church to use that church's IS0 va ed yesterday when family et Rev. Alfred T. Barr and f ed t0 Canada until the rectory can be rebuilt, The damage to the r tory is estimated at $6,000 - [ inquiry { ernment | reconsideration had | '° od that durlng the grand jury ch resulted in his indlct- of repre- « ment recentiy on cha senting a client before reau while holding his f federal agents | ederal bu- | v indict “the department of ju carrylng out a boast ma ago I Harry M. Daugherty. v brought many witnesses I never had heard of, herded them tc er in a Washington hotel, and supplied them with unlimited liquor for three weeks to give them courage to ¢ t the Sesigns of the persecutor months rry Mass. chorf on Gz;:solinc x Advises “House Cleaning” Boston, April 1.—The state com- mission on the necessaries of life in a report to the legislature today on its recent investigation of gasoline prices sald that if the oil industry did not “clean its | opinton would demand the in the be legistatio industry THE WEATHER —— Yor New Britain and vicin- ity: Generally fair tonight and Thursday; not much change in temperature, Ll | as premiums | |a part of the to Direct Dry Law Enforcement | |universal training commission, Later | {he became chief executive of the | New: York transit commission an was | appointed receiver for the New York land Que County Railroad Com- pany in January 19 i | Andrews, who 1s 58 years old, 1s| a native of Minnesota and served in | the Spanish-American war, the Phil- | ippine Insurrcction and took. the 172nd infantry brigade of the 86th di | vision to France in August, 1918, Placed Charge of Coast Guard and Cus- toms Service—Move in Line With Reorganiza- tion Plans of Treasury Dept. in C THEWOMAN IN BLAGK” | ' FORPRITS $1,000 BONDS| Millicent Fay Will Washington, April 1.—Supervision | of the major charged with the enfore federal agencics Be Rearrested the prohibition act was placed today Sl T : hen Found—Judge Tssues in the hands of Lincoln C. Andrews oy of New York, a West Point grs ate and a veteran of the great war du- Order To Police Woman | arrested last | v York, April 1.- Black," week and later identified as Millicent | Mrs. | iress of the | Flagler Taking oath us an asssitant scc- | -Th retary of the treasury, Mr. Andrews was given direct supervision the prohibition unit, the coast g and the customs service. All three of these agencies heretofore h been under the supervision of 4 istant Secretary Moss The internal revenue bureau, un der which the prohibition heretofore has functioned division of ury over which Mr. Moss charge. This cha tration nbunce While o in who was over ird | Fay, former governess for M. ppear in police court ver ch | Fifth Louise Wise Lewis $60,000,000 Henry did not es- arges of larceny avenue clothing has ¢ jail night, | srfeited and a warrant for her | was issued by Magistrate | | in treasury admir ot one series fter Ar ials dec When t} to fully ¢ listed in pol signific Andre organizatic the prohibition oms it was nd wholly or parti of the Volstead a Split Dry Unit In order to place the 1 of the tion enf was found prohibition unit revenue bureau prohibition comm legal functions to 1 Details of the ex The S ivicaticns v Mrs. Lewls. were stolen prisoner’s 1 fxed at $5,000 ceme hecks on 1 Andrews will hibition comm worked out ably will be d Additional Allotments For Rivers and Harbors Washington, Ajril a ¥ by th t brings the total the ¢ 1.—Additional otments War e In taking al tion enforcement tion of Assistant § treasury lifted a that official and ought to p: moval of plaints against Has Gool Andrews, a form: De lump su ted by ec appropr The new a Hudson River ; New York s $1,40 sy Army Record r i organiz AWare GERMAN CANDIDATI request in 1919, after training under the New York stat service, " Bit of Steel in Barrel of Pistol 'l'al:ut From Chapman in Muncie, Ind.— Prosecution Rests and Defense Takes up Task of Breaking Down . State’s Evidence WITNESS SAYS ATWATER TOLD HIM HE COULD NOT IDENTIFY SKELLY SLAYER (Special to The Herald) Hartford, April 1.—Two pistol experts positively declared on the witness stand in superior court. today that the bullets taken from the body of James Skelly, a New Britain policeman, were fired from a gun ' seized - from ' Gerald Chapman, mail bandit, when he was arrested in Muncie, Indiana, last January, Despite a long and gruelling cross-examination by Frederick J. Groehl, chief counsel for Chapman, their testimony was not shaken. Chapman remained unperturbed during their recital. The experts were J, Henry Fitzgerald of the Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Co. of Hartford and Roy E. Jones of Smith & Wes- son Co., Inc., of Springfield, Mass. Motion to Dismiss Indictment Denied Immediately after they had been dismissed from the stand, State’s Attorney Hugh M. Alecorn announced that the state’s case was closed. . Nathan O. Freeman of counsel for the defense immediately moved that the murder indictment against Chaj man be dismissed on the ground that the state had failed prove its case. The motion was denied by Judge Newell Jen- nings. Even though Fitzgerald and Jones were subjected to a searching examination by Groehl, they remained firm in their statements that the fatal bullets came from the’ gun found in Chapman’s possession. Assisting him, Groehl had William A. Jones, former captain and pistol expert ofsthe New York po- Tice department. Between' them, they framed a series of tech- nical ‘quéstions'Which were shot -ab- the- witnesses in rapid succession. Bit of Steel Made Groove in Bullet . A tiny piece of steel said to have projected from the in- terior of the barrel of gun taken from Chapman may make all the difference in the world. The experts for the state testi- fied that this bit of steel made a slight groove in the bullets and they showed the groove in the lead removed from Skelly’s body. According to their statements, an identical be found again in 10,000,000 cases. Groehl brought up the case of Harold Israel, who con- fessed to the murder of a priest in Bridgeport. During the trial there was a long legal wrangle between pistol experts and although Israel admitted he had done the shooting the case was dropped because the state could not prove he fired the gun. Boyd Not On Stand Spectators and court officials were surprised when ‘Alcorn rested his case without putting W. F. Boyd, a state witness, on t}}e stand. Boyd occupied a cell with Chapman at Muncie, In- diana, when the bandit was captured and Chapman is said to have made statements to him which were considered of vital interest to Alcorn. Contradicts Atwater’s Testimony ; The first blow at the state’s evidence offered by a defense \\‘1tne§s came when Arthur W. Baglin, manager of a grocery stlore in New Britain, testified that Patrolman Atwater said to him: “I could not recognize the man who did the shooting if 1 saw him.” Atwater had previously identified Chapman as the man who shot Skelly, An attempt to establish an alibi came when James Pendan- d‘ems. a fruit dealer of Springfield, Mass., testified that he saw Shear} and two companions in Springfield at 2 o’clock on the morning of the murder and that neither of the companions was Chapman. Crowds There Before § O'clock | Crowds larger than ever were be- sieging the Hartford county build- g long before "8 o'clock in effort to gain admittance to court room Chapman arrived at the eoun with his usual guard of eriffs augmented as it was by a squad of state po- of motor vehicles in Massachusetts for an operator's license and regis- tration for the stolen automobile, Dr. Dunn on Witness Stand v | Dr. George W. Dunn, one of the doctors who operated on Skelly, was called to tell the story of the opers- tion and the condition of the pa- an when Walter E. Shean was 1 by the dying man as the an the he was called to the 1 and found Skelly in a sem- condition and sinking He told of having te the policeman’s head te him open his eyes and speak when Shean arrived with the polies The witness satd he heard Skelly identify Shean. Questioned regarding man's attitude when Mrs. Skelly en tered the room Shean was taker out, Dr. Dunn sald that the police man did not dieplay any Interest i his wife at all. At this, Mra Skelly broke down, the witness said, ané was ushered out of the room. Skelly dleq during the course of the opera some of them on t necks in a apman Chapman Appears Weary s. always hollow, seemed more the dying red- | rimmed and s Lawyer Har- old Evans of Hartford was the only | one of present Lawyer appear- wera Freedr his anee, Befor: Judge Jennings the appearance of the wit- | stand this morning, | tion. id he would de-| Dr. Dunn answ clare a short ess until - more | Groehl'a questions stated be provided for the|heard Skelly identify Shean as the nber of witnesses who were | man who shot him. Dr, Dumn sald He asked Detectlve Ed-|he heard Detective Sergeant McCue Hickey to put more chairs [ ask Skelly questions and Skelly's prisoner’s pen for the wit- | answers were in substance what was A ne available | testified in the New Britain polics court. He said that Skelly sald in addition, “He had on a grey has” and Shean was then wearing & brown one. Pistol Fxpert Testifies expected identification of th er taken from Chapman in Judgs I that he ward J in the | rior court | from New Haven occupled a ge Jennings on the ney Alcorn opened the ings by Introduc- £ 8s full oxhibits the applications ds by Chapman to the registry (Continued on Page 14) & LA Connect Groove in Lead Pellets With groove would not |