New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 6, 1925, Page 1

per- ter- oyd " he Ider em- t to eks. hich wvith de- pave TN \ ‘ll‘:gg:,onmn “JApY ‘Ressyry Hug ymopesuv BELATED DYNAMITE BLAST ~ KILLS TWO MEN WORKING ON FARM IN NO. WINDHAM Victims Were Blowing Out Rocks When Fuse Failed To Go Ofi— One Started Examin- ation When Explosion Occurred. Fragments of Stone Hit One Man, Ripping Head Open and Blowing Out His Eyes and Tearing Off Arm. Willimantle, April 6,—Willard C. Standish, 60, was instantly killed and I'rank Ditrich, 45, died later from injuries, through a belated explosion of dynamite used in rock-breaking at Ditrich’s farm in Beaver Hill dis- trict of North Windham today. Standish was gssisting Ditrich in blasting rocks. A charge had been set and the fuse ignlted, There was no explosion and after waiting sev- cral minutes both men crawled to the ‘excavation in' which was the vock to be shattered. Standish was looking into the hole wvhen the dynamite let go. He was liurled 20 feet by the force of the vxplosion and landed against a stone wall. Apparently every bone in his vody was broken, Ditrich was hit by fragments of rock, his head being torn open, his cyes blown out and one arm torn trom its socket, . Clarence Palmer, who had seen | the explosion, sent word for an am- bularice and 8t. Joseph’s hospltal vehicle responded and Ditrich orought here. He dled shortly after veing admitted., Standish and Ditrich were farmers and nelghbors. . The former leaves a wife and son, Raymond, and Dit- rich a wife and two children, FIVE BANDITS STEAL | $2,300, oUSPEET HELD Harrison, N. J., Has Spec- tacylar Holdup at Car Barns This Morning Harrison, N. J, "Aprll . 6.—Five masked robbers flourishing revolvers carly today held up the stationmas- ter, cashler and two other employes of the Publlc Service'Car barns and |term of 26 scaped in an automobilg with $2,500 cash which they secured from the | ashier's cage. i One of the alleged robbers was rrested later when James Kennedy, <he cashier, claimed to have identi- ied him by his heavy vgice as Ed- ard Dooley, 27, a former employe st the car bar Kennedy said he recognized the voice when the rob- iors ordered his hands up. |depth. The robbers were found to have ut telephone wires before making thelr raid, which later delayed pur- uit by police. John B. McCallum, (ght stationmaster, who was sitting in an outer office, hiree of the robbers while a fourth crabbed him by the throat. MeCal- um was marched to the cashier's of- ice, where two holdup men covered sennedy. The office door was open- 4 with a key taken from McCal- Ito the W. T. Grant Co. 89 Main street, for a | years, the net rental for | was covered by | TWO YOUNGSTERS DIE IN FARM HOUSE FIRE Nine Other Persons In- jured in Blaze Near Batavia, N, Y. . Batavia, N. Y., April 6.—~Two chil- dren were burned to death and nine other persons were injured, one per- haps fatally, when fire destroyed a tenant house on the George Rhodes farm between Wheatville and Ala- bama Center early today. The dead are Johp Scroger, 12 years old, and Avls Scroger, 5 years old. Thelr bodies were found in the ashes of the two-story frame house, burned beyond recognition, after the fire had burned itself out. Willlam Schoger, the father, was seriously burned internally and may not live. Seven other children, ranging in age from less than a year to 16 years, and the mother, were burned about the face and arms. The mother was | most seriously hurt, but is expected to, recover. The fire which developed from an unknown cause, was discovered by Mr, and Mrs, Scroger, who were sleeping on the lower floor, at 6:30 this morning. The nine children all were asleep on the second floor, When Mr. and Mrs, Scroger awaken- cd, the house was enveloped in flames, The parents ran up stairs, awak- ened the children, and found retreat by way of the stairs cut off by flames. Grace, aged 16, the oldest daughter, threw several of the small- er children out of a window ‘and leaped after them. Scroger took the youngest child, (Continued from Page Ten) Highest Rental Ever Paid Here Qbtained For Main St. Block W. T. Grant Co. to Give $688,000 for 26 Years to Farley, LeWitt and Mc- Donough. Willlam J. Farley, George Le Witt and P. ¥, McDonough, today leased the Ward block at 28 which will be $688,000. The rental to be paid by the Grant Co. s the highest rental per year ever paid for in the City of New Britain. The present building will be re- CAUSE OF HURDER 1S INEXPLAINED Friends Unable fo Think Why MecCoy Killed Sweatheart HE ADMITS THE SLAYING But Refuses to Go Into Details of Reasons, Although He Explains How and Where He OCommitted the Killing, Greenwich, Aprll 6.—-An inquest will be opened Thursday morning ip- to the death of Miss Beatrice Don- nelly of New York city, who was killed by James A. O'Mahoney, here yesterday, An autopsy showed that three bullets had entered the young woman’s chest and another had wounded her arm and hand, Medi- cal Examiner John A, Clark will continue the autopsy in order to make a report to Coroner J. J, Phelan, Patrick McCoy of 998 Amsterdam | avenue and Willlam Anderson of 573 Amsterdam avenue, New York, who married Elizabeth and Kagherine Donnelly, respectively, sisters of the young woman who was kllled, were at the Greenwich police station to- day to make inquiries in behalf of Mrs. Donnelly, the victim’s mother. Gives No Reason, McCoy was permitted to talk with shooting Miss Donnelly. McCoy says that O’Mahoney ‘an- swered an advertisement for a room to rent which he had inserted in a newspaper two and a half years ago, and took a room at McCoy's house in 57th street, New York city, While a roomer he met Beatrice Donnelly and had kept company with her for wnearly two years. McCoy sald he thought they had much affection one for the other, and O’'Mahoney was an accepted suitor so far as he could observe, McCoy sald O'Mahoney told him that he had done some plumbing work on the E. C. Benedict house at Indian Harbor. This house s not/| far distant from the place where O'Mahoney shot and killed Miss Don- | Belmont, Mass., Has Atro- moved and replaced by a modern de- | partment store, housed in the first floor and basement of a building with 50 foot frontage and 200 feet The building will be two stories in height, entrance to the sec- {ond floor belng by way of the Cen- {tral block which is also the prop {of Messrs. Farley, Le Witt and Mec- Donough. Terms of the Grant lea {follows: Toor the first six s, 1000 per annum; for the next 10 y 1$25,000 per annum and for the last |10 years $30,000 per annum. The {Grant Co. will pay all taxes, insur- ance and other charges incident to um’s pocket, Kennedy attempted to |the maintenance of, the bullding, cach for ad alarm bell but a com- nand and threatening move of a rob ors’ gun changed his mind. Two others of the holdup gang hen brought two other public serv- tce employes, Charles Nelmann and Michael Campion, into the office where all were lined up, faces to the wall, One man then took the money from the safe to their automoblile and came back for a pile of bills, the week-end receipts, but left several lundred dollars which had not heen ‘rapped up. {and another substitute at a cost of lapproximately $150,000, one-half of which will be advanced by the les- sors. There are three stores, several of- fices apd apartments in the bullding to be removed. The Soda Shoppe, owned by §. M. Davidson and Charles Bernsteln, is the only store having a lease, and under its tefms {it can occupy the building until No- |vember 1, 192 Mohill Brothers, news dealers and stationers, and the Economy Grocery Co. have stores in DID HE DRINK? PR e o e e will be ready for occupancy about three months after work is started |and it is the intention of the Grant Co. to begin business in the latter part of this year. Between 1 and 20,000 square feet of floor sps will be available, this including the departments in the basement. The R Head of Baldwin Locomotiver Works Declines to Say Whether or Not He Imbibed in Bermuda. New York, April 6.—Samuel M. | Viuelain, president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, vho s under a $10,000 agreement not to violate the prohibition act be- | fore May 19, on his return todsy | trom Bermuda, evaded questions of to the one in Hartford, will be in- stalled. The Wark block is situated in the center of the highest land value y. Valuations per front s t intoxl- {2one in the city ‘atiart:elll.qur:“a%r?:; :;(::r;;t “"" |toot are higher at this point than at “When I drink, I don't drink tor |0 other place In New Britain, and pleasure,” parried Mr. Vauclain. 1t is regarded as the hub of the city’s “When one gets to be about 100 | business wheel. . vears 0ld,” he added, “one wants a The lessee, W. T. Grant, has had 1ip now and then. phenomendl succees in the doller de- | The contract not to violate the|partment store busines. e started prohibltion law was made between |With one store In Lynn, Mass., about | Buchanan, whose body 15 years ago and now has a chain of | Saturday in an abandoned cellar hole | Mr. Vauclain and three of his asso- | tes in business, W. A. Garrett, now deceased, A. 8. Goble, of St. Louls, and R. A, Hoy, of Houston, Texas. The Iatter three agreed to forfeit ment store earnings showed $1,000 each it they Broke their en-|Grant sales in 1917 to have been sagement, ! Secrctary Andrew W, Mellon also| came in on the steamship Victoria from Bermuda. He ®as on his way to Washington. more than 80 stores, been $25,000,000. Messrs, Farley, Le Witt and Mc- (Continued on Page 10) (Continued on Page 15) CHLOROFORM IN WAR (A5 MASK KILLS VET. cious Murder Mystery on Its Hands ! Belmont, Mass., April 6. — State police joined hands with the author- | | ities of this town today in an effort | to solve the mystery of the ‘“gas| mask” murder, the victim of which, | Alexander Buchanan, Nova Scotia | carpenter and war veteran, was | found on Saturday in abandoned cel- | lar Tole In the woods near the Me- | TLean hospital In Waverly. A gas mask of a type used in the U. S.| navy had been fastened to the man's | head, and chloroform poured into the chemical chamber of the mask | had caused death, physlclans sald. | Beyond declaring thelr bellef that | the crime had been carefully planned | and executed, the police admitted | that they had little materfal to work | on. An autopsy today was expected | 1o disclose further the circumstances | of Buchanan's death., Preliminary | examination of the body revealed no i marks of vioience and it was believ- | |standard Grant store front, similar | As an Indi- | In Béimont, Mass, s cation of the success his business |that she knew of no enemies who has met, a recent report on depart- | might wish to harm Buchanan. Miss the | McKenzie sald she and $3,000,000 and those of 1924 to have | that she cawe | | ed that the man had been |The present building will be removed | seized | suddenly, probably from behind, gagged and chloroformed, and then carried some distance to the place where the body was found. Larly reports that Buchanan, who was 29 years old and a native of Sugar Loaf, N, 8, had lived in fear of death for some time were contra- dicteq by the police after interviews with his friends and relative: Search was made, however for Mis Jessie McKenzie, formerly employ ed as a maid by the Brookline fami- [ Iy, whose engagment to Buyshanan | was broken last Novembe Mies McKenzie is believed to be residing | in Detroit at present. In the cham- ber which is designed for chemicals had been poured enough chloroform | to kill 25 persons, the police said. A | gag had been ineerted in the man's| mouth so tightly that the tongue was | split. The strings holding the mask in place were neatly tied with what sailors call “ebb tide” knots. | Buchanan served nine months/| with the Canadian forces overseas and was several times wounded. Police Investigating the case recalled that another murder was committed | almost at the same spot in Waverly 18 years ago. A nurse at the McLean | hoepital, Clara Morton, was killed | by a negro who later was convicted of murder and died in jail. Detroit, April 8.—Miss Bessie Mec- Kenzle, former fiancee of Alexander was found d here today Buchanan wera engaged for about a year and to De it shortly after ending the engagement several months ago. She had mnot' seen Buchanan, she said, since thelr en- died in a few hours. |that a little daughter of the Collins | WO KILLED IN CROSSING CRASH Hushand and Wile Meet Death - in Bridgeport GASOLINE BUS HITS CAR Mr. and Mrs, Timothy Collins Are Victims in Tragedy Which Occurs Near Trumbull Boundary Line This Morning, Bridgeport, April 6.—An automo- blle containing Mr. and Mrs. Timo- thy N. Collins of 850 Reservolr ave- nue, this city, was struck by gasoline bus No, 1409 on the Berkshire divi- slon of the New Haven road shortly | before noon today and were killed. . The accldent occurred near the Trumbull boundary line. The body of Mrs. Collins was thrown about 100 feet by the impact and the husband was ground under | the front of the rallread car. Engineer Harry Russell and Con- ductor Willlam Schilling were in charge of the rallroad bus, Coroner Investigates Coroner J. J. Phelan on hearing of the accident hurried to the scene to, investigate. Engineer Russell, whose home is in Falls Village, Conn,, told the coroner that the au- tomobile containing Collins and his wife sped up the hill from the east and reached the railroad tracks just as the big gasoline operated railroad car arrived at the Carson street crossing. “I had been blowing for all crossings but the driver of the automobile didn’t heed the warn- ing,” said Engineer Russell. “In- stead of stopping for the crossing to see whether any train was approach- ing the driver of the automobile kept coming and the automobile smashed right into the front of my engine, “My car was traveling at approxi- mately 30 miles an hour. We were on time, The automoblle appeared so suddenly from the left that there was no time to bring the rallroad car to a stop. I saw a flash of the automobile as it suddenly came onto the tracks end it seemed to slam right into the cowcatcher. I had all T could do to keep my seat for as the automobile was struck it tumbled along the tracks until it finally threw the front truck of the car off the rails, The rallroad car swayed so as to throw me out of the seat as the automobile was bein; pushed along under the front wheelp. It was a terrible thing and could have been avolded if the driver of the automobile had only stopped at the crossing before driving dcross the tracks.” Child Not In Car. Although it was feared at first had been killed in the accident due to'the fact that a child’s hat had been found near the wreckage, the police located the child at home. ALCORN'S SISTER IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION | | Mrs, W, A, Pimm in New Haven Hospital With Possible Frac- ture of the Skull | New Haven, April 6.—No change | was noted by the doctors at New Haven hospital this morning in the | condition of Mrs. W. A. Pimm of West Brooklyn, N. J, elster of| State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn of | Hartford who was hurt by a trolley | car yesterday. She is thought to be! in critical state with evidence of a! skull fracture, | Mr. Pimm was Hartford with her husband. There | had been a blowout of a tire in| Hamden. Mr. Pimm was putting on | another tire and Mrs. Pimm was as- | sisting him by handing to him the necessary tools as she stood beside the machine on the trolley track | side. A car passed her and in that passage Mrs. Pimm was caught and thrown to the ground. Apparently, while the car was passing her Mrs. | Pimm stooped over and a part of | her clothing was caught on a pro- | jectlon of the rear of the car, just what is not known. The car was| stopped a short distance away, Mrs. Pimm was taken to the hos- tal and State’s Attorney Alcorn and another brother, Major W. F. Alcorn of this city notified. $30,000 FIRE LOSS Rialto Theater in New London is returning from Destroyed—Cause of Blaze Has | Not Been Determined. New London, April 6.—Fire early | today destroyed the Rialto theater, | a motion picture place. The damage is placed at $50,000. The alarm was sounded at 2:30 o'clock and a few minutes later ‘a call for additional men came in. Ten minutes after the | alarm the flames were shooting through the roof and a eral alarm summoned every avallable | plece of apparatus in the city. One| company Was unable to respond be- | cause its apparatus was undergoing ropairs. The fire was under control at 5 o'clock. The cause of the blaze | has not as yet been determined. | FOR THEFT Stamford, April 6.—John Anas- tasis, of Boston, was sent to jall for | three months for theft of a hand- bag belonging to Miss Jane Elder of | Plttsburgh, Pa. on a train in city court today. The bag contalned | about $100 worth of art It was | said Anastasis was caught trying to | jeave the train with the bag |action against Average Dally Circulation For Week Ending April dth ... 12,881 PRICE THREE CENTS FEDERAL OFFICIALS GIVE BROAD HINT THEY WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH CHAPMAN HANGING When The Verdict Was Received As the jury brought in the death verdict for Chapman a great crowd gathered outside the Hartford courthouse, ALCORN CONFIDENT CHAPMAN WILL PAY TOLL ON GALLOWS OEE TIMETABLE AS BASIS FOR DISPUTE Could Not Be Admitted in New York After Trial New York, April 6.—New York | attorneys are at variance in their opinions on the part a raliroad timetable may play in securing a new trial for Gerald Chapman, who, on Saturday, was sentenced to hang for the murder of Patrolman James Skelly during a holdup in New Brit- afn, Conn. The timetable was asked for by the jury, after it had retired, as an ald In determining whether c1mp<i‘ man could have left Springfield, | Mass., after 3:30 p. m, and arrived | in Brooklyn by 8:30 on the night of | the murder, The schedwle had nnt} been introduced as evidence nor| authenticated as exhibits must be, although counsel for both state and | defense agreed to let the jury ]za\'el it. Former Governor Charles 8, Whit- | man, who as district attorney prose- cuted the slayers of Herman Rosen- ; thal, sald such procedure would !‘M] be allowed In New York, Chief As-| sistant District Attorney Pecora agreed with him while Federal At. torney Buckner, on the other hand, thought that by agreement of conn- sel the introduction of the timet was permissible, OBJECTIONABLE SIGN 1§ | SEIZED BY AUTHORITIES| Refers To Devision In Chapman Case and To State's Attorney Alcorn, Police Say A sign placed In the window of a Main street delicatessen store Sat- urday afternoon dealing with the verdict of the jury at the Chapman murder trial is in the hands of the police and it is understood that the authorities are considering taking Charles J. Finley, whose name was signed to the pos- ter. The sign caused a great deal of excitement during the short time it was on display in the window and the police lost no time in having it removed after its presence tl became known to them. After the removal of t a study of its contents, | Joseph G. Woods was prepared to| issue a warrant charging the author | of its with breach of the peace but decided against this procedure after a conference with Chief William C. | Hart, who communicated h sign and ]‘ Prosecutor | | transterred to the state Prosecutor Does Not Ex- pect Federal Authorities Will Take Convicted Murderer. Hartford, April 6.—State's Attor- ney Hugh M. Alcorn, who prosecut- ed Gerald Chapman for the murder of Policeman James Skelly of New Britain and secured a conviction, feels sura that the state ot Connecti- { cut had every legal right to try the :bumm tor the crime, and that e sentence of death having been im- posed, that sentence will be carried out, This opinion was expressed by the Hartford county prosecutor in com- ment on the report from Washing- ton that Chapman might have to serve his 25 years' sentence in At- lanta before being executed for the Connecticut erime, Alcorn Expects Cooperation Unofficially Indicate That Policy Established When Bandit Was Given to Connecticut For Take Place. ow ‘Washington, April 6.—The dectar- atlon of Frederick J. Groehl, coun- sel for Gerald Chapman notorious bandit convicted last S8aturday of the murder of Policeman Skelly in New Britain last October and sentenced to be hanged, that he wil insist that the state of Connecticut has no right to hang Chapman until he has completed his 25 years sentence in the penitentiary has placed a novel REPORT NEW EVIDENCE PP SARGENT WILL NOT MAKE A RULIN UNTIL STATE DISPOSES OF APPEAL Trial Will Be Pursued—Admit Justice De- partment Will Step Aside to Let Execution ¥ ™ e question before the Justice Departe ment, A similar question to this, whethe er the twenty year penitentiary sen< tence for the mail robbery has pre« cedence over the sentence of death imposed on Chapman by the Harts ford eourt has not come before the Justice Department in the memory, of the oldest officlal in the criminaf diviston, it was sald today by sevoral justce officlals of twenty years sere vice, " Officlals of the triminal divisiont at once set to work golng through the files to determine if there is any AS BASIS FOR APPEAL Groehl Laying ' Plans to Carry Case to Court of Errors Developments since Saturday morning when Gerald Chapman was sentenced to hang at'the ‘Wethersfleld prison on the morning of June 25 for the murder of Patrol- man James Skelly in the Davidson & Leventhal store on the morning of October 12, 1924, seem to indicate that the battle to save the life of the daring criminal has only begun. Judge Frederick J. Groehl is busy in his New York 'omco making preparations for an' appeal to the state supreme court of errors in an effort to get a new trlal for the | murderer of the Jocal paliceman, He is quoted as saying that he has found important new evidence upon which he will base his appeal for a new trial, The sentencing of Chapman has also started the wheels grinding in the department of'justice at Wash- ington and Assistant Attorney Gen- eral Willlam J, Donovan has an- nounced hat a corps of legal experts “I can see no reason for any dif- | has been set to work investigating ference of opinfon,” sald Mr, Alcorn. | the status of Chapman and whether “I have had the fullest cooperation | there is any legal obstacle of the department of justice from the start and expect it will continue. | It would be an idle ceremony of the | department of justice if it gave Chapman over to the state of Con- | ticut for trial and conviction if ible, 1t any change in policy templated after the trial. “I went over the whole situation with Assistant Attorney General Donovan and laid the whole case be- fore him. The result was Chapman released to Connecticut for trial. t was the sole purpose of his ister. The attorney general {s given power under the federal law to order the transfer of prisoners in accordance with his judgment, TIn| his right to transfer, therefore, the attorney general ordered Chapman prison at| Wethersfield. The state's attorney's | office on its part applied for & writ | of habeas corpus which would give | the state jurlsdiction over the pris-| United States Attorney John oner. to his execution in accordance with the sentence tmposed Saturday. State’s Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn is carefully noting developments in the case and it is understood that he is making a study of the situation to be prepared to oppose any at- tempt to eave the twentieth century Raffles from the gallows. Public sentiment on the conviction of Chapman has baffled the compre- hension of court and police officials. Judge Newell Jennings, the presid- ing judge at the trial, remarked Sat- urday as he sat in his chambers after eentence had heen imposed on precedent which would have & bear< ing in. determining the ection of the Justice Department in ruling om the point made by Attorney Groshls Sargent Not Prepared to Speak Attorney General nt assertell ’he was not prepared off d to give his opinion on Whether Chapmas can escape the Connecticut gallows for twenty years by insisting om serving his federal sentence for mall robbery. He will not jssue & ruling on this point and probably will not make any study with a view to reaching a decision on it unti after the Connecticut court has taken final action on the appeal of Chapman for a new trial, Attorney General Sargent said. ' ‘Hint at “Hands Off” Policy = Justice department ofticlals tele the position that it wouid be im- .| proper for the department to make any ‘ruling on this fine point raised | by Attorney Groehl in advance of a final determindtion of Chapman's eppeal by the Connecticut courts, Some justice department officlals in discussing the case, entirely unofli- ¢laily however, suggested that inas- much as the justice department haa exhibited & complete willingness to accede to the request of the Connec- ticut’ officials that Gerald Chapman ‘be temporarily released from the Atlanta penitentiary where he was servifig a twenty year sentence so that he could be carried to Connecti= cut to be tried for his lfe, it is quite likely the justice department | will show equal willingness to forege the imprisonment of Chapman fom twenty years in the penitentiary so that he can be hanged in Connectie cut. It would create a very queer sifa uation justice department officials agreed in answer to a suggestion by, the Herald correspondent if afte¥ granting permission to the officials of Connecticut to take Chapman from the Atlanta penitentlary to Hartford for trial for his life, the Justice department, since life sene tence has been imposed, should ree | fuse to allow the sentence to be exe | ecuted until after the notorious bane dit has served his 20 years imprisone | ment, Chapman cannot understand the | Having already granted the state attitude of the publlc toward this jof Connecticut's request to takeé trial. Tt seema to have been enamour- | Chapman from federal prison to try ed of the man” That the reckless |him for his life it was admitted un« daring of the cool, calculating and |officlally by justice department offle unemotional criminal has appealed |clals, it is quite likely the justice de~ and won its admiration in spite of [partment will again step aside to ale his conviction for the cold blooded |!0W Connecticut the opportunity te murder of Patrolman Skelly is the |Work its will with Chapman, opinion of the officials and members | Justice department officials have of the bar who heard the evidence |80 far shown no disposition to main~ Buckley appeared in open court by | ant Attorney Gen- consent to direction of Ass eral Donovan and gave the writ of habeas corpus turned Chapman over to the state of Connecticut for trial.” Grochl Going tc Washington Judge Frederick J. Groehl of New York, senlor counsel for Chap- man, said today that he expects to g0 to.Washi to determine Chapman's exact status as a prisoner, and whether or not he must return to At roehl expects following his visit to Wash- ington to come back here for fur- ther with Chapman relative to the appeal Prison Authoritie ton later t confarence Mum State's Attorney H about whom an mark was made Vaudeville Man, Dies New York, April 6.—Frank Fo- garty, known a gencration ago to vaudeville goers as th “Dublin Minstrel” difed at his in| He | ome Brooklyn today of pneumonia left the stage several years ago an became secretary to Edward nn, then borough president Rrooklyn, holding that post until his death, At one time Mr, president of the W Fogarty THE WEATHER o— Hartford, April 6—Forecast | for New Britain and vicinity: Fair tonight and Tuesday; somewhat warmer Tuesday. | ¢ form State prison aut v are ‘' pman an tion about h be given ont. He is be there exactly as any other pri sentenced to death, it was sald will be allowed to see no his attorneys, or friends or re the authorities know are Nathan O. Freedman o junior counsel for the « man expected to confer with awing th that no further { of any sort wil Gh of | cour 13 Troliey Cars Burned, Loss Is Put at 5300:000 New York, April 6 ts each, we in a fire of the company's o 174th street and S vard. Sixty other n had been tak which | in the case. Deputy Warden Hughes of Atlanta prison, who was present the trial, took note of the public sentiment in favor of Chapman, and remarked: “It is all well and good for the public to stand in awe and gaze at Chapman while he {s under arrest and a very heavy guard, but that man loose among them rou would find a very quic ange of fee he only hope of saving Chapman from the gallows, according to at- toreys who were present at the trial, would be insistence by the federal orities that he complete his 2 federal sentence for the $2,400,- ) New York mall robbery before Connecticut sentence was car- It is generally conceded man's health is fmpaired he would not outlive that the aut ried out. e notorious criminal is at the time in the custody of the of Connecticut as the re: f corpus issued nings to State’s The question now to t er the sentence of death imposed by the state can take precedence over the 25 year federal No precedent has been f. n the federal archives in which a simllar situation existed sentence, and the only case in the minds of of- | ficlals in which & federal prisoner was turned over to state authorities was the famous Ponzi trial sachusetts. The circumstances se were different in regard tence, it is pointed out, as e imposed by the state was similar to the one imposed by tederal court ailing a prison ng would take place.” | {tain Chapman as a “regular border™ [at the Atlanta penitentlary for 20 |years 80 long as Connecticut insiste {on ridding the Georgia institution of | his presence. ' IDENTIFY KIDNAPPER {Mrs, Jones Is Picked Out By Child as One Who Stole Young Maluski : Boy in New York City. New York, April 6.—Mrs. Mary Jones was held in $100,000 bail on & {charge of kidnapping after she had !ben identified in court today as the woman who took five-year-old Rai- Imonde Von Mal Jr., from the Washington Hel s district in a taxicab on March 29, The woman had been under arrest several days on suspicion of having kidnapped the boy as revenge against his father for | causing her arrest recently. Anna Logan, 10-year-old of the missing child, 1d iffed Mrs. Jones as the woman who followed the boy on the night of his disap- pearance. No trace has yet found of him. been Held Up and Robbed In Walnut Hill Park Nicolo Deloreto of 12 Milk street was held up in Walnut Hill park last night and robbed of $5. all the money on his person. he reported t6 Sergeant Michael Flynn at police headquarters this morning. Delorete was headed for the New Britain ,General hospital, he said, and as he passed the wading pool a stocky man wearing a light overcoat and light hat told him in good English to “put ‘em up.” Deloreto obeyed, later no= tifying the authorities at the hospie ital. Police records do not indicate | whether the robber had & gum ’: