New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 2, 1925, Page 1

~a News of the World By Associated Press —_— ESTABLISHED 1870 NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1925. . Average IZfly Circulation For Week Ending March 28th , 12,121 —EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS CHAPM. > (g APV b ‘gmuufl,) 7 ON STAND, CALMLY ‘WARDS OFF ALCORN’S ATTACK COAST GUARDSMAN KILLED BY SHOT FROM AN UNIDENTIFIED VESSEL UNIONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GIRL DROWNS WHEN TRUCK GOES OFF CANAL BRIDGE New London Patrol Boat Fired Upon Near Race Rock Light Early This Morning While Chasing Sus- | pect. Murder Ship Escapes— Secret Service Men Take Up Hunt — Another Sailor Wounded in Fusi- | lade. | Nw London, April 2.—Karl Gus- DUELL 15 BRANDED AS LIAR BY COURT Plaintiff Against Lillian Gish Arrested—Com- plaint Dismissed New York, April 2. — Charies H. Duell, head of a motion pleture com- pany, was held for grand jury action on a charge of perjury today after Federal Judge Mack had dismissed tafson, 33, chlef hoatswaln's mate on the coat guard patrol boat CG-237, | was shot and mortally wounded this | morning at the wheel of the 75 foot- | er as she started out in pursuit of a suspected rum runner, three miles south of Race Rock light. { Henry M. Carlson, motor machin- | ist's mate of Philadelphia, asleep in his bunk below decks, narrowly es- | caped the same fate when another | bullet tore through theside of the | patrol boat and grazed his abdomen | causing a deep flesh wound, | Dies at Hospital The chase, . which had only juset | hegun, was abandoned when Gus- | tafson fell and the patrol boat made | for the munieipal wharf here where the victim was put ashore and rush- | ed to the Lawrence and Memorlal | Assoclated hospital here where he died four hours later. Although fully consclolis to the last Gustafson never knew the course of the fatal bullet, Coast guard authorities admit they have not a single clue as to what vessel may have fired the shots| which peppered the port side of the | vessel from stem to stern. H Government Takes Action | Coast guard headquarters at Washington was notified after the | arrival of the patrol boat in port| here and department of justice| agents and secret eervice men .are| expected here to take up the inves- tigation. In the meantime Lieut. Commander George E. Wilcox, com- mandér of the destroyer Downes temporarily in charge of the sec- | tion base here, during the absence of | Commander W. H. Hunter who is in ! Washington, got a beard of lnvutl-[ gation under way, | The CG-237, one of the most ac-| tlve of the local patrol division of 76 faoters and commanded by Boat- | swaln John M, Gray of New Bed- | ford sail last night for regular pa-| trol duty. During the night she had | been scouring the waters in the Rase, Chase is Started Suddenly over the bow of the pa-' trol boat was sighted a shadow, some distance ahead. The form was evidently that of a vessel of eome sort although it could not be defl- nitely 1identified. Immediately the patrol boat which had been Iying idle with light out, started to give chase, Scarcely had the vessel got under way when a volley of shots came ! trom the southward, and in rapld succession poured like rain onto the port side of the hull, Before any | opportunity to retallate was offered, Gustafson, who manned the wheel while Boatswain Gray stood hosldel him ia the pilot house, feil. At about the sametime, Carlson, | motor machinists' mate, who was off watch and sleeping in his bunk on the port slde below came out of his quarters displaying a flesh wound in the abdomen. The 75 foot patrol boats carry ma- ohine guns. Several other patrol boats from the section base here other than the 237 were out on pa- trol duty last night, AGAIN A GRANDFATHER. Clneinnati, April 2.—Chief Justice Willlam Howard Taft today became a grandfather for the tenth time when a son was born to Mr. and Mra. Robert A. Taft. No name has yet] been selected. The baby is the fourth | son of Mr. and Mrs. Taft and the; eldest of his brothers, Willlam How- apd Taft, 111, is named for the chlef fustice. 8150,001) in Counterfeit $10 Bills Taken in Raid Montreal, April 2—One of the big- zost raids ever undertaken against counterfelters in anada was staged Ly the Royal Canadian Mounted po- ico at a farmhouso near L'Assomp- ton, Girarg Parish, yesterday when y seized $150,000 worth of coun- terfiet §$10 bills, at least 500,000 cut papers of the same size, ready to e printed, & foot and power driven inting press of the most up-to- and other paraphernalia men were arrested. iwho is a lawyer in additi the bill of complaint filed by Duell LILLIAN GIsH CHARLES H, DUELL in his suit to compel Lilllan Gish, to make plctures only for his com- pany. “Never in 22 years of judicial ex- perience,’ said Judge Mack, “have T had before me a case of - such a flagrant breach of trust as has been shown in this. With the possible ex- ception of one case, 1 have heard no other case wherein there was more perjury in connection with both the affidavits for preliminary injunctions and the testimony offered to the court.’ Ball for Duell was fixed a 000, but Judge M him In the custod f and brother, Holland . Dus Duell was undergoing cr amination when the tr The trial began March Judge Mack announced his inten tion of asking disbarment of Due o being president of Charles H. Duell, Inc., a motion picture company. Duell was head piration Plctures, the compa which Miss Gish signed her contract. T $10,- ex- halted company later went into liquida- tlon. Referring to testimony concern- ing the employment of George W. Newgass as attorney to represent Miss Gish while she was under con- tract with Inspiration Pictures, Judge Mack said: : “The court finds that the action of the Inspiration Picturcs company and of Charles H. Duell, individually "and as president of the company, in the alleged employment of Ne as an attorney for Miss Gish fraudulent—intentionally and k {ngly Judge Mack said he did not be lieve that Newgass as informed of the true situation at el was supposed to b belialt of Miss Gish. FOR FALSE PRETENSES | | I [Four Other Companions | Escape — Ruth Barnes, Driver of “Borrowed” Car, Going Too Fast to Make Curve, Is Be]iefi | Unionville, April 2, — Marthas | ‘Hawlny, 16, daughter of Mr, and 1Mr!< M. Hawley, was drowned in the | canal about a mile south of the cen- ter this morning, when she and four other high school girls, borrowing | @ truck standing near the school during the recess went for a joy ride | and hurtled off the bridge over the | eanal into the water. The four other girls escaped drowning, floating or swiming to the banks of the canal. | The truck was owned by John | | Dunne, who had left it standing at | | the curb while he wais at work in | the town hall, next to the school | yard. According to his story, the ! girls out on recess, took the truck | without his consent or knowledgo | and proceeded to drive away at a fast rate of speed. The truck is eald to have been driven by Ruth Barnes, { while Miss Hawley, Esther Lawton, | Christina Young and Madeline Bow- !ler made up the rest of the party. Shortly. after they -reached the bridge they were seen by a woman | who stated that they were driving at an extremely fast clip, | The bridge which spens the canal | in g0 doing make a curve so that it | crosses the water at an angle. It is evident that the driver of the fatal truck was goin too fast to make the turn and the truck shot through the railing into the water. 'Mike Gresh, working near the bridge, heard the eries of the girls and came to thelr rescue. By the tme he arrived, however, Miss Hawley had drowned, The other girls appear to have suf- fered no more ill effects than fright, Mies Hawley ‘was a sophomore in the local high school. WANT MISSING MAN Morawa, the Police Say, Worked Check Game Here A warrant charging the obtaining of money under false pretenses has been issued against Joseph E. Mo- rawa of 5 Fairview street, by Prose- | | | | | manner des SHEPHERD' PLEA S TURNED DOW Bail Refused--Arraignment I Scheduled for April 19 APPEAL WILL BE MADE Defense to Take Bail Fight to State Supreme Court—Judge Rules Af- fidavits Are Question For Jury to Settle. ' By The Astoclated Press. Chicago, April 2. — Willlam D. Shepherd, charged with murder, to- day a second time was denied free- dom on ball by Chlet Justice Hop- kins in the criminal court. The judge sst Shepherd's formal arralgnment for a week from today after defense attorneys had indicat- ed they proposed to appeal to the state supreme court in the question of ball, Judge’s Decision Judge Hopkins after considering the six affidavits filed yesterday by the defense, refused to reconsider his previous declsion denying to balil. The question of Shepherd's guilt or innocence of the charges in the indictment that he murdered Wil- liam N. McClintock, his foster fon, | by typhold inoculation, to gain his million dollar estate, was not up for deciston, the judge said, and he would not be forced into any expres- sfon of opinion as to such guilt or innocence. The affidavits the court held, did not warrant reopening the ball fuestion. “The affidavits purport in the main to attack the character and credibility of the state witnesses and that is a matter for a jury,” said Judge Hopking. : Sate’s Attorney Crowe asked that Shepherd be arraigned at once so that an early trial date could be set, but W, 8. Stewart sald he want- ed time to decide whether to appeal to the supreme court question. The court then set the ar- ralgnment for April 9 and sald it could be continued if necessary in case an appeal was decided on. The defense affidavits principally attacked the character and testi- mony eof C. C. Faiman, head of a school of sciences who was indicted with 8hepherd. Faiman confessed on the bail that he had supplied Shepherd with | typhoid cultures obtained from the city health department, and instruct ed Shepherd how to administer the | germs. Faiman also testified that | Shepherd had told him he had a “million dollar deal” under way which Falman said he believed re- ferred to the killing of young Me- Clintock to get the estate, and that Shepherd had promised him $100,- 000, The defenss produced from Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, health commissioner, and other health officiale that typhold cuitures could not have been obtained in the ribed by Faiman, Other attacks were made on the state's witnesses and charges were made that the testimony against Shepherd was framed in a blackmall scheme by which Faiman was induced by afdavits cuting Attorney Joseph G. Woods, | who alleges he drew two checks against the account of his father, Charles Morawa of 388 East street. The Fairview street man is now being sought and when he is appre- henged the - complaint amended to one charging. forgery, the prosecutor says. Morawa was arrested March 17 on a charge of non support. On day he called at a store he owed a bill of $10 and 1 a check for $25 bearing will be | signature of Charles Morawa. | le recelved a receipt and $15 change. He called la another stora re he owed and p! sented an $80 check, bearing e same signature, and received $59 change. He has not been seen that date by the storekeepers ter received their checks re- ned without being honored. who IRISH CAMPAIGN Defeat Enemics and Keep Border Stable, is Advice Given By James Craig. By The Belfast, Associated Press April 2.—"Defeat you mies and have the border stable |gicly ordered 20,000 lire giver he and sympathetic toward the govern- |yeteran and as Piroll departed, the | ared Premier Sir James |monarch took 500 lire from his statement on the eve of [pocket and sald, “Byy food with r elections. this.” position of official candidat — b improved 1n the last few d * - though the governme suppor- | | | ters concede that they are likely to || THE WEATHER 2l lose t ats in Belfast, two to in- —0— kel endent unionists ar one to a ¥or New Britain and vicini- r can former can- || ty: Unsettled tonight and ¥ri- As the a strong iine on th that T tie Irish border leved remier ( prac y will be unimpaired ) physical violence and threats of punishment in connection with the death of a woman alleged to have died of an illegal operation, to make his charges. KING OF ITALY GIVES FREELY T0 WAR VETERAN Saves Paralyzed Warrior From Be- ing Evicted From His Home By The Astociated Press Ro April Giovanni Piroll, age 31, a mutilated war veteran, partly paralyzed, unable to speak normally and in tatters, today ap- proached the guard of the royal palace saving: “I want to see King Victor Emmanuel, for whom I fought bled." When informed of the n the gates, the king sent for him Ir the presence of his monarch was too nervous to s king asked the vete him whila his story was told “What can I do for you?" n to sit aske Sir the king when.it was completed who had been At lenght. Piroli, evicted from bis house, said his dream was a cottage of his own. Bu it would cost 10,000 lire, he added King Victor Emmanuel mmedi- day: not much change in tem- perature, [ S———— Former Choir Boy Denies Murder, Deft Master of i Matching Wits With Prosecutor eit. Naster of Noachabamce Denies Murder of Policeman Skelly in This City—Freely Admits Other Crimes —Volunteer Witnesses Flock to His Defense and Contradict Previous Testimony—Pistol Experts’ Opin- ions Exploded—Groehl Rests Case LAWYERS MAKING SUMMATIONS TODAY; CASE MAY GO TO THE JURY TOMORROW (Special to The Herald) Hartford, April 2.—Kingpin of the underworld, meticulous in his choice of words, Gerald Chapman, himself, around whom 50 many myths have been built, stepped in the flesh into the full glare of the limelight in superior court today and with 1nnnchalance gazed straight into the eves of Prosecutor Hugh i{M. Alcorn and calmly denied that he murdered Policeman James Skelly in New Britain on October 12, 1924, I Big Moment of Trial It was the big moment of the trial. The man who had | been pursued by the cream of the detective world since 1921, | when he made a sensational escape from Atlanta penitentiary, { was here standing before the crowd of spectators. He was ac- ,‘tuall,v speaking, although his tone was modulated to a pitch | employed in parlor conversation. His arms moved, but not im- ipelled by any inner excitement. Without emotion, and fre- “ quently deliberating before replying to the rapid-fire questioning | of Alcorn, he lolled in his chair on the witness stand, the per- sonification of ease, master of himself, focal point;, of the | courtroom beyond whom every other person, every other ob- } ject, blended into shadow. | “Chappy”’—it was the “Chappy” of the eriminal ‘tribe who | was sitting there--admitted without equivocation/ haying par- ’tlcipated in other erimes. But the murder of “JNn” Skelly— | he knew nothing about it. e 3 S T N Pistol Experts Contradicted :(Jonglalu]ate's Theltl o ‘btamfonf Man Has Nax { Chapman’s appearance on the witness stand camg as the | Sunday Sports Bill | row Escape as Blast GERALD | MAYOR LAUDS STAND ?ALL CLOTHES BLOWN OFREPRESENTATIVES _ OFF BY EXPLOSION | Attitude | Mayor A. M. Paonessa has writ- ten Representatives B. W. Alling {and F. O. Rackcliffe congratulating them on their stand in favor of leg- alizing Sunday sports. In his let ter, the mavyor criticizes the legisla- tors who would curb what he con- iders “harmless athletic contests.” aonessa’s letter follows “Dear Sir:— | “Please accept my congratulations on your stand in support of a bill to legalize sporting events on day afternoons. “I am pleased to see New Brit- ain's representatives voting witl those who do not believe in deny young people a few hours of inno- cent sport and recreation, and I feel certain you will find' yonr ac the approval of very nearly one in the city “In this day when it see every new piece of log n is cal- culated to curb the liberties we now enjoy, it iz gratifying to see our lez istators golng on record as o to continuing useless restr | harmless sport. | “If I could see how Sunday sports might interfere with the pr servance of the Sabbath, T we one of the first to raise an o 5 but I fail to see a logical objection since the hours of play do not con- flict with church service, nor & supervised games conducive of any- thing but good whole manship and recreati Sun s nearly yer ob- o the day sports is industrial cen A goodly percen on, by reason of 1ds the greate within factory wal gis- ot so closely <on N take their recr week, wo the right to 1 catior during n or ternoon. You and your col onstituents. I am | and T und e will concur T senator, Mr. Hall, is heartily i llency, Governor 7Trur ire to the bill | “Sincerely “A. M. PAONESSA Mayo Masonic Emblems 800 Years Old Unearthed Washing April 2.—Tnterior avators, working Grand nationa ume in Arizor reported today that they had unearthed shell carved in a primitive repre Masc i climax of a series of sensational incidents. Two pistol experts, | Rocks City | both of whom were volunteer witnesses, contradicted testimony | 5 LILY | given by two other pistol experts who said yesterday that a ; | buillot taken from the body of Skelly was fired from a revolver | Samford, Aprit 2—A terrific ex- | Seized on Chapman when he was arrested at Muncie, Indiana, { plosion shook the Sprin, section last January. A third volunteer witness, a responsible business | today and scores of persons ex-|man of Holyoke, Mass., told the judge and jury that Chapman hibited treme fright when | _ © ", 1. iy workshops in | WS in*his store at 2:15 o'clock on the afternoon of October 11, three s! the meking of aerlal freworks| Walter E. Shean, who admitted taking part in the burglary at ;\-‘umhs m,..“ e In one nl’ the! Davidson & Leventhal's store in New Britain, had previously sheds was Michac urra, who is + » 9 §i 3 P Al Moo Commiros” g testified that Chapman was with him at that hour in Spring- the making of th bombs, Lutur- fiQ]d, ‘\'IASSA L A R AR Do il When Chapman stepped from the witness chair, Frederick over his boy and hair mostly J. Grochl, chief counsel for the prisoner, announced that the singed off. e was | shed in| defense rested its case. which a bomb exploded and evegy Nt o T atool Biggest Crowd of Trial = = blown off 4 he hurled Deputy sheriffs attendant in the | visit the house and measure the at least 40 feet. Tortions of his|court room wers hard beset this| foors for rugs o luding remnants of an| morning to find chairs enough to | % : found 50 yards away, | accommodate all those who were | JicLeal said that Chapman told o adjoining sheds blew up after| able to get by “Big Dan” Ahearn Nim he was going down to New York fire reached them. Two other sheds | and into the court room. The larg-|and would be back the following were unharmed est crowd of the entire trial flocked | Tuesday to complete details of the | The bomb plant is in a marsh| to the building today, drawn by the | oy . . some distance from hot The vi- | expected sensation of seeing Chap- | * R lonasivostiesin iy identification, saying the only dife the explosion were felt { man take the stand. ngdale and women | Shortly after 9:30 o’clock, Sherift | ference in Chapman's appearance ¥ ir homes and drop- | Edward Dewey ordered the doors of | that he is much paler now. o their kne In the | the court room locked because the er to State's At- Alcorn said he could nct be positive whether n ale ed r of the room was filled to yard. Mr. Co | was overflow. Mobs of people, the ma- it was Friday or proaching the s but was un-| jority of them women jammed the Saturday but he was positive the b He said did not corridors while > was 2:15 o'clock in the after- know what ca xplosion. He s another mob out- He said that he saw no auto- sald no dy 15 used but the the court house steps |mobile. corn asked if Chapman xplosion m e been due to t and turned back by had ever b there before, McLean swders esed in a squad of Hartford answered “No, sir.” “Did he make your place his headquarters?” “No, I am not that type of a man, is eight or 1 and there tnesses testi- accused man 7 and 7:30 CHAPMAN ARE SOUGHT i Chapman Appears Refreshed “That's all.” sald Alcorn - Wi ) entere s Pistol Experts r o . y 3 Harry 4 3 ens of Hartford, of Part of 82,400,000 Mail e the Colt t Fire Arms Company H was t to the stand. He Robbery Loot Thought |7\ ing lsaia e obabia Tor in Detroit ra b his e > t re asking him to — 5 E make tatements, Judge Groehl Says Chapman Was in Holyoke did not attempt to qualify him as an e A e inutes | €Xpert . Ins 3 that marks on a bullet ec 2h T be duplicated i or g1 Al- corn asked him if he had examined r [§ v by gun and hullets and he sald he I \ i Rt 4 not. . Alcorn asked if it would & w ss siand | make any nce in his opinion Rl i if he would examine the gun. He Mel Jlleged visit by | sald he thought not. He said he had Chay name of George | vol ily called Judge Groebl %his 8. o his store in Holy- morning and offered his services. r n Stevens is one of the superior officers 3 it at Colt's of J. Henry Fitsgerald who testifes s a pistol expert for the s s o prosecution vesterday loo 4 Says Ballets Differed. 3 tu John D. Peterson of Westfield, & — M consulting engineer for the ordinace DAYLIGHT SAVING ORDER department at the Springfield arsen« lon, Apri ew @ bombshell into the courta need At room when he sald that he had ex= (Coatinued on Page 13.) S m. Ap