New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1925, Page 1

-~ A PRI TR I News of the World y Associated Press R —— ESTABLISHED 1870 .I""f:) ‘f’v"’}l-'u" L Wag “yips reiqyy MMS Waneau, BRITAIN HE NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT,FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1925, —THIRTY-TWO PAGES. - JURY CONSIDE ! . ING F CHAPMAN IN MURDER CASE SECRETARY WEEKS 1§ ON SICK LIST Head of War Department 1l With Thrombosis LEFT ARM 1§ AFFECTED Modical Bulletin Says He Sould Be Out in Few Days—This ts First Intimation That He Has Been Seriously Sick. Washingfon, ~April 3.—Secretary John W, Weeks of the war depart- ment is {ll with thrombosis. The secretary has been confined at his home, for: several days, but there had been no intimation that he was serlously {1 untll ‘his. physi- cians today announced the cause, Dr..B. L. Hardin, lssued a state- ment today saying that the secretary on the morning of April 1 had a thrombosis of one* of the - small branches of the -middle artery whith had produoed weakness of the muscles of the left arm but gerebral that no otper symptoms had re- sulted. The sfatement added that Mr, Zeeks should be out in a short time, - " Doctor’s 'Statement The text of the physician's an- nouncement, made public by acting Secrétary Davis at the wat depart- ment, follaws: “Early 18 the morning of April 1, Secretary Weéks had. a thrombosis of one of the small branches of the middle eerebral: artery, producing a weakness of the muscles of the left arm. No other symptoms have re- sulted. Considering the rapid im- provement he has made in the last 48 hours, Mr, Weeks should be out in a short time.” Mr. Weeks, who is approaching his sixty-fitth birthday, has not been in robust health for some years, He returned to' his office early thls week after a two weeks’ stay in Florida, and subsequent visits to other southern states. He appeared at the time of his return to be enjoying improved health. In the interval since he returned he has been exerclsing his functions as secretary of war., Papers dealing with important war department business still were belng sent to his residence today for his considera- tion, Because of his health, however, the secretary In sagreeing last GIRL DIES OF MENINGITIS; BRISTOL SCHOOL AFFECTED HERRIOTGRANTED e s B“Nfl_lflgfi VOTE| Room 16 Fumigated Fol- lowing Pupil’s Death. French Cabinet Then Announces Change in Vatican Policy (Special to the Herald.) Bristol, April 3.—Closing of the school Pl y an F[NAHGE PROBL UP structure was fumigated, upon or- ders of Health Officer Joseph I, Wolsard, following the death yester- day afternoon of 13 year old Jos- ephine Casimerl, daughter of Mr., and Mrs, Pasquale Casimeri, of Mar- Jorie street, of meningitis, Quarantining of the home to pre- vent the spread of the meningitis has also taken place. The young girl attended school as usual on Wednesday morning but complained of f{linesy soon after school sesslons began. She was ex- cused to go home at 10 o'clock and yesterday she died. Investigation of the death was made by Health Officer Woisard and {School Physician Arthur 8. Brackett, who {s also local medical examiner. As a result the closing of the room was ordered and all of the puplls of the room have been excluded from | |school. French Government Now Seems To Be Leaning Toward Capital Levy §ince Resignation of Minister of Finance, By The Associated Prass. | Paris, April 3.—The chamber of deputies today voted confidence in Premier Herrlot, 530 against 26, An interpellation by Deputy Dall- mier, which had been much adver- tised, proved to be a friendly affair, gotten up by veteran parliamentar- fans, apparently for the purpose of glving the premier an opportunity of staking the question of confldence and getting a formal Indorsement from the lower house before facing the senate next week in the fight ‘upon the government's general pol- icy. Will Report Next Weck | Premier Herrfot told the chamber | he would present next week té the | R finance committee first, and then later to the chamber itself, the bills SEEKINE MUR“ER SHIP' which the government was prepar- ing for the renovation of the French | . Certain No Other Govt. Vessel Fired Fatal | finances. - Meanwhile he ‘would give no details concerning the measures | Shots at CG-237 | | ‘proposed, “in order to prevent their ‘being made the basis of political maneuve: y ‘The premier asked Indefinite post- ponement of the discuselon on.the| interpellation, making it a question of confidence, Deputy Maginot explained that the opposition groups did not desire to | New London, April 8.—Possibility | (Continued on Page 15) | her vietim for a rum runner, that| fired on the patrol boat . CG-237, | | mortally wounding Karl Gustafson, | chief boatswain's mate, early yester- CASE AGAINST ULLWAN SETTLRD OUT OF COURR |25, 2= s o e - | mander F. H. Young, In command | : .| of sectlon base No, 4, announceq to- Neither Accused New Havener Nor | gy, S | Every coast guara vessel attached | Noras, RIMOUE, WHLEDIyRIEe S o5 0T hass, dentrisen anatitts Terms, | saving bases in this vieinity has ac- | counted for its movements on the | New York, April 3—The breach of | fatal night according to Commander | promise suit brought by Miss Flor- | Young, and it is revealed that none ence Reddington, professional nurse, asking damages of $150,000 from Col. Isaac M. Uliman, corset manu- facturer and republican leades of | assault on the government craft as New Haven, Conn., was discontin- ued in the supreme court today. The case was dismissed after counsel for Colonel Ullman informed Justice Guy that a satisfactory set- tlement had been reached by the parties involved in the suit. Coun- sel for neither side would reveal the terms of the settlement. Miss Reddington in her complaint charged that Colonel Ullman broke his promise to marry her and t he was the father of her 4-year-old son. Trial of the case was halted on | Tuesday when lawyers on both &ides entered Into negotiations for a set-| tlement. The jury hearing the case | was dismissed pending outcome of | vestigation tonight. the negotlations. | P FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT | was near the vicinity of the zone | three miles south of Race Rock light | to have been a rum runner, The board of Investigation today continued functioning with the be- ing a machine gun that did the fir- nitely established that the which killed Gustafson, Ilke those |i dug from the hull planking, from a machine gun, Lieutenant Commander Roach, members of the investigation board |at<he hour of the mysterlous gun |p, | port company and its subsidiary, the she was pursuing what was belleved {Pan-American Petroleum company, |to obtain and control naval oil re- llef that it was a rum runner mount- |similar indictment against Fall and Harry F. ing since to the eatisfaction of coast | ful conspiracy in the leasing of the guard ‘authoritles it has been defi- | Teapot Dome oil reserve in Wyom- bullets |ing to the Sinclair interests. were | day's court rather than |only to an attack brought against from a high powered rifle. [ the senior members and other [made by Sinclair counsel are expected to complete their in- |Pectation now is that the court will . ATTACK O FAL Criminal Indictments Thrown Ont of Court TECANIGALITY OF THE LAY Assist. Atty. Gen. Present fn Grand Jury Room When Action Was Taken—Same Applies To Fall-Sin- clair Indictment. WILL FILE APPEAL Washington, April 3. — The government will appeal from the decision of the supreme court of the District of. Colum- bla, quashing indictments re- turned against Albert B, Fall, Edward L. Doheny, Harry F, Sinclalr, and FEdward L. Do- heny, Jr, in . the ol reserve cases, This announcement was made today by United States District Attorney Gordon after a tele- phone conversation with Owen J. Roberts of speclal govern- ment ofl counsel, at Philadel~ phia. Washington, April 3.—The gov- ernment's effort to secure criminal convictions against Albert B. Fall and the oil magnates who negotiat- ed the celebrated western oil land leases with him encountered a seri- ous setback today when &l ‘of_ the % indictments were thrown out ef court, i Reasons For Action “io/ b0 fing, interior ‘secrefary, Edward: L. Do¥ heny, Harry . Sinclair, nor Edward L. Doheny, Jr., had been legally in- dicted. The bill charging Fall and Dohenys with criminal the 8inelair conspiracy indictment. | The circumstances veloped before the senate ol com- |the mittee and later before a grand jury |And & call for the new sngine was| |a record run and soon had a line of {hose playing on the bullding in splte of the unfavorable conditions, Tht ! ) [Newington fire teuck arrived shortly | ©f German ships lafter 7 o'clock, having heen |because the driver could not be lo- | What dif ctted, | here, were recited at length in the indictments, which werg returned on June 30 last, It was charged that Fall and the two Dohenys maintained an unlaw- ful conspiracy from July 1, 1921, to December 11, 1922, to enable the an-American Petroleum and Trans- 1 in California. |the me grand jury returned a erve No, The Sinclair, charging unlaw- wasg This ndictment was not mentioned In to- ruling which applied not buil and throw out also the criminal “harges relating to Teapot Dome. Government ‘tounsel accepte the [ ¢ dicti NEWINGTON RESIDENCE IS SAVED BYN. B, F, I, - {New Pumper Given Test A single line of hose, 900 !e(»t! Washington, April 3.—A tempor. teng and stretching uphill from a which the New Britain fire de- {stationed at headguarters onderful,” according to Chief Wil- liam J. Noble and enabled the fire- men to save the rear part of the| conspiracy " s | that it was a coast guard mistaking |first was dismissed on the ground" hf::fd "'fi”m’:l‘]‘ whole bullding ap- | that the assistant attorney general's | P’ b o presence in the gramd jury room |tl€ house, which is known as the was contrary to law, and then the |JoDR “""m‘_" place and was at one feourt proceeded in another opinion |time a show place, was totally de- " 1 to apply the same rule to the Fall- fi”}‘\’lifémn | Terms of Indictments |covered the blaze and a still alarm | surrounding | W8 sent in at |the granting of the oil leases, as de- |PTought Co. No. 2 to the scene, but | |story brick and wood structure, the | {brick front being a total | |contained £3 head of cattle, were | Willimantic saved by the prompt work of the | New Britain firemen, |local department, Chief Nobls Miss.,—35-04, Chapman to Serve Rest of Prison Term At Wethersfield If He is Not Convicted of Skelly Murder, Justice Department Says BY GEORGH H., MANNING (Washington Bureau of N, B. Herald.) Washington, D, C, April 3.—Gerald Chapman, the notorlous highwayman, will not be taken from Connecticut and back to the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, if the jury should not report a con- viction for the alleged murder of Patrolman James Skelly in New Britain last October. He will be taken back to the state prison at Wethersfleld, Conn., whera he will be avallable for a second trial for his life if State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn should decide to try him a second time in case the jury disagrees at the present trial. Chapman has been permanently assigned to serve his prison term of 20 years or more in the Connecticut state prison at Weth. ersfleld, it was stated today by Assistant Atorney General Donovan, In answer to questions by the Herald correspondent, Following the conference held here two months ago when State's Attorney Alcorn asked the justice department to allow the State of Connecticut to try Chapman for his life for the alleged murder of Patrolman Skelly, Major Donovan made out orders permanently providing that Chap- man should be Imprisoned at Wethersfield instead of the Atlanta Denitentiary, it was sald at the justice department today. With Chapman confined in the Wethersfield prison, under federal authority but in charge of the State of Connecticut, there will he no difficulty about getting permission at any time to take him back to Hartford for a second trial, or even a third if such s considered desirable by the state authoritles, justice department officials said, INJUNCTION HALTS TRANSFER OF SHIPS ;Court Order Holds Up Sale of Shipping Board Calif.- Orient Line When Old Maxim Machine Fails g I | ary injunction blocking sale of the | shipping board’s California-Orient line was issued today by Justice Hitz of the District of Cotumbia gupreme court. The injunction was lssued on pe- tition' of the Pacific Mall company, which now operates tha line and which was an unsuccessful bidder for its purchase against the Dollar interests, | In its petition the Pacific Mail company contended that the boad's| decision to sell the five vessels to the Dollar company, decided on after a bitter row among board members| and by a majority of one, was il-| legal for many reasons. | The court proceedings may not| only delay indefinitely consummation | of the sale to the Dollar 1interests, | but probably will submit for the first | flme to judicial construction the| language of the merchant marine act | of 1920. The only injunction pro-| ceeding agalnst a ship sale previous-| ly brought was that of William Ran- dolph Hearst, wheh blocked the sale | ok was the sole implement with ent fought a fire at the home ! Ivatore Curobba on the Rocky ad in Newington this morn- ) but The new La France pumper proved The front part of | 6:06 o'clock and ! Maxim pumper failed to work This arrived at the fire after ed during the| war, and in that ent question, CONFER Representatives, delayed | STRIKERS Mill he buliding was a two-and-a-half | s, while Wwooden “L” and the barn, which Yelegates e | e e Civic Delegates and Former Em- | outside of the jurisdiction of the | b ployes to Meet Again Today. aid | RALD ATE Average Dasy Circulation For | waren 250> 12,121 March 28th . PRICE THREE CENTS 1 i Judge Jennings Says Either of Four Verdicts Can Be Returned—Case Closes at 12.59 This Afternoon Alcorn Rent With Emotion as He | Pleads for Hanging and Declares Groehl Admits Guilt JUDGE SAYS HE WILL DISMISS JURY IF THEY CANNOT AGREE BY MIDNIGHT (Special to The Herald) Hartford, April 8.~Gerald Chapman’s fate rests on a de- cision, or lack of decision, by 12 men, who are now locked be- hind doors considering a verdict on the charge that he mur- ilgred Policeman James Skelly in New Britain on October 12, 24, All preliminaries have been completed. The evidence is in. Opposing lawyers have made their summations. Judge Newell Jennings has delivered his charge, a brief one. The jury has retired and is now considering Chapman’s fate, When the clock indicated 12:59 this afternoon the case went to the jury. Acting on Judge Jennings’ suggestion, the 12 men went to lunch. They returned at 2 o'clock and were locked up in the jury room. They can return any one of four verdicts: First degree murder, second degree murder, man- slaughter or acquittal. Judge Jennings said if they did not return a verdict by 11 or 12 o'clock he would dismiss them for the night. Groehl concluded his argument this morning, payi Y- ticular attention to Walter E. Shean of Spfingtli‘:id:nghp:s.. characterizing him as a “weakling”, “our angel friend,” & “piker”, a “lobbygow” and a rascal, Groehl asked the jury: “Do you think it logi man, this super criminal, this supposed loater. | mail truck, would choose a weakling like Shean . on a safe-cracking expedition 7’ unsel-also The chief of-4] criticized the itnesses o methods of the state al many times before they identified him as the max Seen from the Davidson & Leventhal store or in the vicinity, “Putting fear in the hearts of the jury is an old prosecu- “Let Chapman live to repent, tion trick,” Groehl declared, “Don’t let the pleas of the state’s attorney that this man may again escape from Atlanta, may take your life or may go out and kill another. policeman, influence you. If acquitted, he will £0 back to a prison dungeon to die, He is not strong and has not rr_;any vears to live.” AS soon as Alcorn opened his summation, he pinn i words on the plea of Groehl: “Let him live to repent,’x’) decfigri]:; that thxs. was an admission of guilt by defense counsel, . During hgs summation Aleorn spoke with istense emo- tion under which his high pitched voice frequently broke, He descrlged as a “\zxper's sting” Groehl's allusion ivesterdav to Alcorn’s motives in “spending a fortune to convict Chapman.” Jifdge Newell Jennings concluded his charge to the jm:v and the case was given into their hands at 12:59 p, m, e SRR 1 Promises to Punish Shean ! an ought to be punished and Waitress at the Old Colony Inn et T assure you, gentlemen of the jury, 0{":’;:"’ He called to the attention hat he will be and adequatels,” the [ . iqe, 1557, the tast 1t shie had state’s attorney sald in his | S riorhancd estimate the damage. The| Willlmantic, April 3.—A conter- | ding was fnsured for $4,000. ence was opened over the strike sit- uation at the American Thread mills | here between the civic committee, TORRINGTON LOSES Fall-Doheny indictments, A tha pépresentatives of ‘the Tosrdor| Philp |shinilar attack, however, has been | directors and the strikers' commit- | Lt U tee this foremoon andaiter a short | Fall-Sinclair indictments and the ex- | Connecticut Team Defeated fn Na- | o0, fO1En000 A0 d until the | follow the rule it laid down today | tlomal Tournament by Whecler, |late afterncon. The directors of ny present were General | Kaley and C. R. Kerr of New The local officials of the company present were Agent Don C. hicago, April 3.—Upsefting pre- | lons, Wheeler, Miss., tie £ {ren e 2 Curtis and Superintendent Carieton month to continue in the cabinet, check, howeve 5 “_"""‘i»;(','o;{“"; i il }:°t‘;"”""“r"‘“"”"" aiieng 10921 |S. Pollard. The strikers 1 for did so with the understanding that ' ; . Sheureseniinatines S e L tournament ftod By eides 1 e ! he would return to private life it | Bridgeport Truck Driver Dies of In- 48 Murders, 32 Manslaughters, 28,104y nave presented fresh evid- | feated Torrington. ( 35 to 14, | 300 S e T . . . Acci-|once to a grand jury now Sitting | winning a place in th i-finals, | L oW B e egket R rru;.;urrfislc:ll:;;fluz? :;):Tc);ltl:: juries Recelved When Car Hits | Justifiable Killings and 155 Accl-|Phee 10 8 Srand Jury mow siins : civic.commit ] 3 R oMtiin, S ke dental Deaths fn Three Months, | different technical basis their char e nIG o, B iy o Pole in Danbury. | that a consplracy did exist in viola- | rorward, Szosskowski, but ALSeior Wrmmireadgparmprepared Thrombosis is an obstruction ot ° e “ ; statement to the effect that ov the blood circulation by a clot,| Danbury, April .—Henry Wen- | Chicogo, April $.—Killings of Chi- | tion of the criminal laws. .. |couldn't stand the pressure statement to the effect tha “,'mch n thl; case apparently ha; dell, 24, a,', independent newsdealer | €880 during the first three mont) of| The opinion tJm)aly ‘:i’n‘ han v\t The Holliday brothers of Wh ¢ ‘ll‘rvsn‘nml' l;) tex T cs | 1925 sct a record for the city, w down by Chief Justice McCoy Who [ ) voq epe coo ts, shooting 13 |2nd general condition 2 3 ed in delivering morning papers | s ; t o Y A Slar DArLS, BUoOtIng 18 e A ra R et | A 75 % her month in higtory, police re-!ing prosecution of the oil reserve Wheeler never wages at this time. i st Publishing Co. of ,Bridgeport, 3 | 45 S g deed L derndbn 2 ¢ 7 ith a tele. | race riots tice and placing it in the hands of}ip, ang of the first hal? had T rr' KILLS \ H} AN SE N = S s v cases of man same time the right of the atto. of 1 toms had not yet _developed, the | bury-Bethel state highway, abont | 5 ™ TR axciiad ganeratiorfany lorihial saslatantelingon o it N ! : secretary was urged months ago by [ midway between this city and | abla homicides,” in addition to 153| appear before the grand jury. Bristol, R. I,‘Man, 69, and Wifc members of his family to retire to |Rethel. Wendell had completed his | ;. | private life. During the latter part of President Harding's administra- deliveries to was returning to leaths in motor aceide newsdealers here and | | Bridgeport when | A ST . years, is the assistant attor gen- Failure Belicved Cause o e g under care of physiclans | the blowing out of a tire on nis car (Chinese in Chicago Have |t s the o Bisdat g the |Three New Jersey Men. To Seme 7| T2Hure Belioved Cause who ordered him to refrain from|.qugeq the vehicle to swerve from . ~ : ; ; \ e dres ‘ R " s grand jury investigation. H w » g | tol, R. 1 exerclse of an :‘"‘e"““” nature. pro-|the roadway and plunge into the | Big Peace Celebration the indictments which mow. are| $0.30 Years As Result of I\I\]m\p-in_ SRR hibiting even his customary go! 1 Th ) ridently wi Chicago, April 3.—Festivities to- 2 5 . H _ N s = K pole. e car, which evidently was | h . Ar e { thrown out of court. | 3 ¢ and killed his wife, Harrie ir games and laylng out for him a|.oving rapidly was degolished. | day are In progress in Chicago's two The court overruled the conten-| P8 and Attacking Girl home here and then tu e pis rigid dist. 1| Wendell was unconscious when | awns in celebration of peace| yo; of counsel for the ofl men that Somerville, N. J., April 8.—Three 'tol on himself. The aged UBGEr N UwitaL T ‘e""“d assistance reached him and his; be the On Leong and Hip 8ing| ), raqio speech of Senator Thomas 'men who were convicted of cr found dead in bed by condition ma\@g ‘ml‘{m""“:""d’l‘:x death occurred shortly after he was | Tongs after bloody strife that was| ; "yooien “of Montana, chi ssault two years ago today ho came in answer to BVIMAS taEA e s oonh The im. | admitted to tho Danbury hospltal. | marked by murders by thie Ul &ndj o500 of the!sebate ol inquiry; dUF= (7 10/80 year atate Drivon 1oras satr. telephane message that nis wife's at the war department, Foik Sl Howne Van ot 163 Woodl hvsine fe In many cities. But today | 1 "1ho time the case was pending they wore SR h e e T v it provement was of such a satisfac- Britysport A of cooking plg, burned| y.pore the grand jury, rendered the Cleary to hear the reading of a su- over business matters, neighbors tory nature that he was encouraged e - { other sacrifices 10 peace| i 4iotments void. preme court opinion confirming said. to discard for the time being the | . were wafted from the Chinatown| ™y 4150 gverruled the claim their sentences Mrs. El h J. Kenyon of War- idea of giving up his place In the | Captors of Chapman | doors where lighted lanterns huhg el ST rén laughter, found the Smith [ or : 1 The men, Thomas M Martin S ! Visit Murder Scene | and much scariet and gold vy way (Continued on Mannon and Louls Ferrano, were home locked whe rrived in S > Puck ectives | of coloring was displayed. SEATS convicted in June, 1923, of criminal- se to the te v i Captain Puckett and Detectives | Of coloring was ) e onvic June, al- e " West Virginia House Has Brown, Collins, Goodpasture, and | e 4—————— x|l assaulting Mrs. Marie Bodvenski ple were found lying s s Turned Down Amendment | Hance of the Muncie, Ind., police CROSBY GIRLS WIN in the Bound Brook cometers, o ble were found lsing eid Charleston, W. Va., April 3.—The | force were in New Britain today | waterbury, April ? THE WEATHER which place they took her after’Kid- >ith & buliet wound throug! house of delegates of the West Vir- | looking over the scene of the mur- high school girls' rifle tean: no- 0-— napping her in the street | The sen-;t ght ear. 1“:1 call ginla legislature today rejected the, der of Officer James Skelly, whose |tified this morning that it won Hartford, April 3—1I orecast 1|- yces were appealed, bu ;””,. con- la >“ :o‘.r( :‘.’ ~‘ e proposed child labor amendment to | alleged assaifant they captured in lonal champlonship of the | for New Britain and vicinity: | |viction was sustained by the higher | th, who wa & , the federal constitution. The vote|Muncle. Warden Hughes of the rifle corps with @ score of || Generally falr and continued | [court a few weeks A fou ntly opened & aall store near was 66 to 19 with seven members | state penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga., |500 and 63 A's, 25 B's and 6 C's.{| cool tonight and Saturday. ‘rom'lr'-dl n‘vm hu;mhr\» fatto, '(:s‘;l.?’ \;rv 2 r\‘(:” h:'; : )Fr. i I absent. Action on the proposal has | where Gerald Chapman was con- |Lon lfw* Ont, was second and Fres. Ls Fflva n R 0 |mm prgristre-dsiosbare e ®at yet been taken by the senate. fined, was with them. jmo, Cal, third, 1 |t of the department of justice Oliver E. Pagan, indictment expert for in Found Dead Bed—Business the testimony of Miss Lillian Knell, | closing ! at the tnn on Saturday night, Octo- Arsuinant | ber 11, 1924, had no mustache, Shean was In one of the ante-| He turned again to the “angel rooms adjoining the court room and | friend Shean.” He clatmed that had an opportunity of hearing the vers in their final pleas. He came to the court room door on more Shean knew he was going to get | consideration for his part in the | trial of Chapman. He said: *T don't than one occasion to nod and smile | Want to see Chapman punishea tor at his sweetheart, who has been | Something he didn't do.” present dally since the trial began, | He claimed that the revolver pres- There was some adverse comment | 1t Was not the gun that Miiled court room regarding | Sk He called attention to the ce in the bullding as | testimony of the pistol expert yes. 1t all testimony was | terday who said that thers wae an and that he was not needed | extra scratch on the murder bullet were unable to under- | 80 not on the others, He sald that nfessed burg- | there was no proof from a doctor one of the | that any metal had come near the ous criminals, | bullet when it was being taken from m about with | the body of Skelly. edom instead of | He said he wanted to give Al prisoner corn great credit for his hard work of erime In the case and he admired him for pt it. He said that all the exhibits were General Public Excluded produced in court to make a stage fha play. He sald he couldn’t understand why Chapman who was a big crook, a super bandit, would “take a weak. ling with him. He again termea Shean a “lobbygow."” “Would he plek on a piker like that? Would he take a man like Shean? Groeh! said he felt sorry for the old gentleman who was standing hy his son. *“Not once, tions at Hartford county g were very instructions to ascend the bui except those who had pa of the press and the bar. An instance of the strict precau- twice, but ns being taken to insure the jury | many times.” rom seeing newspapers was evident | He attacked the identifications his morning when Deputy Sheriff made of Chapman and compared Harry Comstock warned all those them with Skelly's dying identifica who were re ers to| tion of Shean as the murderer. hide them from tk ury when the He sald when a man is passing members were ordered to take their ' out he s truthful. He sald on the es in the 'y box. other hand Chapman didn't have a pectations before the was ' decent lineup when he was identis med with the conc of fied. He hadn't heard anything J Groehl's summation, were | about fingerprints in this trial, He would be hed to- |eald that he was assuming that ¥ someone had found fingerprints but pman appeared in the prison- d with ken yester- because they didn't bring them in j scratch on the murder bullet, n looking well satnsi ad t the cas the momen for the He sald Chapman was going back g of sassion arrived, he [to an Atlanta dungeon. “Let him gianced at the clock several times live to repent in the days to come,” o sce the hour of ten approach. he said, “he wiil die in the dungeon Attacks Waitress' Testimony in Atlanta, Judge Groehl began the congclu- | 10:31 o'clock. of his summation by attacking | He concluded at (Continued on Page 39)