New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 11, 1925, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press IR L 2 “yda( APy LM NYmg N1 ESTABLISHED 1870 DEATH DIVE FRON “HOSPITAL WNDOW David Elia, While Insane, Jumps - Out of Window p—— OVERPOWERS HIS NURSE Plunges to Ground About 40 Fect —Nelghbor Sces Fatal Leap and Goes to Rescue—Hospital Mum on Details, Overpowering his nurse in the male ward of the New Britain Gen- eral hospital last evening about 6 o'clock, David Elia of 180 LaSalle street, in a fit of insanity, jumped through a window and plunged to the ground about 40 feet below, sus- taining injurles from which he died about an hour Iater. Ella entered the hospital for an | operation about three weeks ago, He was convalescent but was kept under | continval surveillance because of his mental eondition. He was what is known as a paranofac, and had a form of insanity wherein the pa- tient has hallucinations that he is being persecuted, Little is known of the details of the accident, a strenuous effort hav- ing been made last evening by Miss Maude E. Traver, who was tempor- arily in charge of the institution, to prevent any information leaking out, 1t 1s known however that heroic efforts were made by Ella's nurse, whosé name has not been divulged, to restrain him and that despite her efforts the crazed patient broke away and plunged through the window. The patient was scen to jump from the window by Fred A. Dehm of 45 Griswold street, who called his brother Walter F. Dehm and ran across the street to the hospital, Here they were joined by another man from the neighborhood and a nurse, off duty, who came out {rom the nurees’ home. Mr. Dehm cover- ed the man with his overcoat and the four carried him into the hos- pital where Miss Traver took charge. Dr. John B, Purney, deputy medi- cal examiner, was called and declar- vd-death was due to accident, Although death occurred about 6 o'clock no information could be se- cured at the hospital for several hours afterwards. Even the police lepartment had heard nothing of it +8 late as 9 o'clock, although Desk rgeant Matthias Rival stated that it was nothing which concerned the the police under the circumstances. Efforts to reach Dr. T. Eben iteaks, superintendent, were fruit- ess. Dr. Reeks jo away on a fishing trip with James 8. North, president 't the training school for nurses. Miss Traver, who' is directress of nursee, assumes charge of the institu- lon during the absence of the su- perintendent, and she refused to nake any statement until a member of the hoard of directors had been Judge Accuses Female Drivers as Incompetent North Bergen, N, J,, April 11, ~—Assessing a fine of §6 on Miss May Shectman, 17, of Garfleld, for reckless driving today, Re- corder Alfred Miles said: “Women drivers are incompetent and unfit to operate automobiles.” “The trouble ls, you presume upon your sex,” he sald to Miss Shectman, “Since unlversal suffrage came Into existence you have shown the men no con- sideration. In traffic you ride roughshod over everybody and expoct to get away with it be- cause you are the gentler sgx.” DYING GIRL ASKS NO PROBE OF HER MURDER of Fashionable District London Stirred by Brutal Slaying By The Amociated Press. London, April 11,—The Scotland Yard authorities are detaining an unnamed man in connection with the death yesterday of Grace Bla- kaller, a pretty sixteen-year-old dancing teacher who was found with her throat cut Thursday night hud- dled on the steps of her mother's home in the fashionable West Ken- sington district. The mystery of the case, which previously had been set down as one of assault, deepened when the po- lice came into possession of a let- ter which reached the girl Thurs- day morning and which, they say, is of the highest importance. Its con- tents are being closely guarded. Prior to the detention of the man [today, Bcotland Yard had announc- ed that it was searching for a man described only as a “young Indlan student.” It was learned today that the girl for the last five years had not been living with her mother, but made her home with Captain Langmaid, a retired regular army officer, Wwho upon her father's death promised td act as her guardian during her life- time. Captain Langmalid, it is sald, |went to visit his own father and mother over the Easter week-end, and the girl had returned to her mother’s house during his absence. She went alone to a motion plc- ture performance Thursday night, and a few hours later her mother {heard a cry and found the girl on the doorstep with a wound in the throat. The only words she would |say, according to the report, were “pboy from India.” TLater she re- make :an investigation. The case fs complicated by the loitering about the vicinity several days prior to the crime told accost- |ers that he was a solicitor's clerk | watching the house in connection with ‘divorce proceedings. Miss Blakaller was well known told of the situation and advised her that the wisest thing to do, for the | good of the hospital, was to tell the | story. Elia resided at 180 LaSalle street and was a widower. He leaves one nephew. | WEATHER MAN SENDS GOOD CHEER T0 MANY Predicts That Weather Generally Will Be Fair and Warm Tomorrow ‘Washington, April 11, — The weather man spread good pews to- day for all those preparing to blos- som forth tomorrow in Easter finery. Generally fair weather over the| entire country with temperatures at | normal or above was the forecast. There will be some scattering ex- | ceptions with showers early tomor- row in some sections of New Eng- Jand and west of the Rocky moun- | tains, In the belt from the Great Lakes | eastward to northern New England | temperatures will be slightly below | normal. | Light showers are probable in the | lower lake region and northern and central New York this afternoon or tonight, POLICEMAN T0 WED | Whitinsville, Mass., Patrolman Shot When He Tries to Detain Five | Men as Suspicious Persons. l Whitinsvile, Mass., April 11.—Fred | Caston, a police officer, was shot and | seriously wounded early today in & battle with flve men he had attmept- | ed to detain as suspiclous persons. | He was taken to a hospital with a bullet lodged in his left thigh. An operation for the removal of the! bullet was to be performed today. Caston was making his rounds with Albert Cullen, a brother officer, when they discovered an automobdile parked at the entrance to Pine Grove cemetery on Linwood street The three occupants of the car gave conflicting explanations of their presence there, and as the officers walted two other men arrived. As Caston and Cullen sought to search the new arrivals one of them fired. The battle then became general, at lenst twenty shots being, fired. With Caston being wouggled Cul- cn was unable to contiynd the un- qual contest and the five men es- saped, According to the pelice offi- ‘ers the automoblle carried a Rhode #land registration number. in the west end, where she appear- ed as a child actress in a number of musical performances. Although |she is described as attractive, she |is not known to have had many men friends. Recently, she has been seen with a number of Indian students, |some of whom, it is supposed lived lin the artists’ quarter, Chelsea, | which is not far from her mother’s | HERE'S A NEW “WEEK” April 13-19 Will Be Observed as “Be Kind to Animals Weck”—Spon- sored by Varlous Societies. Chicago, April 11.—The right of dumb creatures of kindly treat- ment will be emphasized by church, school and press in conjunction with. societies engaged in animal protection during be kind to animals week, April 13-19. Sponsoring organizations pointed out that the week dedicated to kindness to animals has been a fixed institution for many years and logically followed the observance of “mercy” or “humane’” Sunday that has nearly a halt century of prece- dent behind it. “In setting aside one week there is no thought that the other fifty- one weeks should be passed by without noticing this important phase of human endeavor,” a state- ment sald. “The annual be kind to animals week drive has been pro- ductive of good and has enlisted the generous backing of thousands. Many who have participated in its speclal exercises have discovered for the first time the amount of char- acter building material there is be- hing 1t.” SAYS IT WITH KNUCKLES Al- Charles J. Finley, Merchants, loged to Have Hit Truckman as Part Payment of Bill Charles J. Finley, proprictor of a Main street delicatessen store from which the police removed posters dealing with the verdict of the jury in the Chapman case, jumped into | the spotlight again this morning | when Harry Brown, a truckman, en- this morning, according to his re- tered a complaint to Lieutenant Samuel Bamforth at police head- quarters. Brown told the police that he had done trucking for Finley yesterday and that the bill was $9, of which Finley paid him $3 yesterday, telling him to call this morning for the balance. When Brown presented himself port, Finley walked around from behind the counter and strick sim in the jaw, saying “there's the bal- ance of what's coming to you.” The pollce are investigating the incident quested that the police should not | fact that a young man who was seen | lof the district attorney's office walked In. | They arrested him and 1 his | partnef Wiiam Barris, sleeping | nearby. Officers avow that Barris ran the day shift and Ma e night. W BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1925, ~SIXTEEN PAGES. . INALCOHOL CHASE ‘New Britain Man Areted Allr Bristol Pursuit tW()MAN SHOUTS WARNING But Police Go After Sedan and Over- haul It Half Mile Away Fwom Scene of Rald—Owner Makes His (Special to the Herald.) Bristol, April 11,—With all the [thrills of frontler ®attle, Officers |Henry Jeglinski and William Thompson of the local police force |captured Walter 8kiba of 315 East Main street, New Britain, and a large sedan in which eight gallons of liquor were found, last night after |a chase which lasted from the home |of Frank Twardy on Stafford ave- nue to Farmington avenue, almost a half mile, Henry Olus of 37 Har- ris street, New Britain, owner of the | car, escaped the police for the time | being. the raiding squad had swooped down upon the Twardy home, where five gallons of liquor were found. As the police were intent upon their search of the Twardy home, the se- dan was seen approaching. Mrs. Twardy rushed out and shouted to the driver to go on as the *“cops were there.” The machine spurted on, but Officer Jeglinskl was already after it in the police car and after Officer Thompson had fired five shots after the sedan, the machine wes abandoned, the occupants tak- ing to the flelds. Skiba was captured but Olus got away. Examination of the captured car later showed that one of the shots had plerced the left hand fend- er and others had lodged uncoms fortably close to the driver. Twardy, owner of the raided home and Skiba were booked at headquarters for trial this morning. Twardy has appeared before the lo- cal court before on similar charges. WHOLESALE POISONING FEARED AT GARY, IND. |Police Probing Strange Deaths of Five—Sixth Is Now Il MOTHER ARRESTED Chicago, April 11.—)rs, Dav- 14 Cunningham, Gary, Ind, widow and mother of David Cunningham, Jr, who is in a critical condition diagnosed as caused by poisoning, today was taken Into technical custody by the state’s attorney for ques- Uonlns. The thrilling chase dccurred atter | { Underworld pals of Gerald Chapman, bardit, sentenced to die for the murder of a Connecticut policeman, are blamed for the burning of the Stanton Motor Company’s garage at Steubenville, 0., which destroyed the building and 50 automobiles at a loss of $75,000. Miss Catherine Boorn, secretary of the company, had testified against Chapman, identifying him as an automobile thief, TOEEP SHINGLES 0N COOLIDGE STANDS PAT ROOF OF HOMESTEAD ON CHAPYAN HANGIN Mrs. Cecelia Peck Makes Unusual Bequest in Will Federal Authorities Will Not Interfere to Save Him Say (Speclal to the Herald.) | | | | Chicago, April 11.—Investigations | of the polsoning of David Cunning- ham, 24 year old Gary, Ind, m chinist, has been started by authori- tles who have been informed of the deaths after short {llnesscs of five | members of his family in the last| | stx years. | Cunningham, whoee condition Is] | serlous, is in a hospital here. His | organs were filled with arsenic, Dr. | | | | Thomas A. Carter of the hospital | staft reported to the coroner. He was first stricken sfx weeks ago a eating lunch at work. Two days later [ e became violently il after eating | an evening meal at home and since has been near death. | The family deaths began in 1919, | relatives told the coronmer, David | Cunningham, the father, suddenly | became {ll and dled in his home, | | then 1n Valparaiso, Indiana. The | | next year, Isabelle, 18, a daughter, | | ded arter a two weeks' llness. Har- | Ty, a son, 24, dled in 1921 after being | sick ten days, and Charles, 18, an- | other son, died in 1922. Walter, 13 | dled after ten days' illness in 1 | The mother and a daughter, May, | 17, are the only other surviving | members of the family. The moth- e | port, neighbors said, who described | | the family as moderately ecircum- | | stanced. The earnings of David and | | the procecds of insurance policies | | | have heen the mother's sole support, | - it was said. | Mrs. Cunningham suffered a nprv- | ! ous collapse six months ago. An aunt | of the youth, Mra, C. R. Barry, re- | ported the series of sudden deaths | to the hospital authorities after tests | had shown the presence of a large | quantity of poison in Cunningham's | organs. Coroner Wolff's office sald it | was probable the report given him would be placed before the state's at- torney and action also probably would be taken on a request of rel tives to open the graves of the dead members of the family. STUDIED CITIZENSHIP But While He Did It Loomis, Cal, Man Was Engaged ‘Whiskey—Arrested. n Stilling 11.—Perusin Loomls, Cal., April a pamphlet entitled "How To Be- come an American Citizen,” John Maloney, 33, a candidate for citizen- ship In the United States, reclined on a cot and between paragraphs watched a fifty gadlon still perform. He neglected to watch the door and a deputy sheriff and an operative r has been left almost without sup- | ' Washington, April 11.—Having Bristol, April 11.—The will of |tyrneq over Gerald Chapman, At- Mrs, Cecelia Peck which Was ap- janta penitentiary convict, to Con- proved in probate court today makes | nocticut state agthorities for trial on bequests of §200 to the trustees of |tho charge of murder, President the Cheshire Methodist T scopal | Coolidge sces no reason for the d- church for church purposes; $200 in cral government to interfere with trust to keep shingles on the Peck |the execution of the death sentenco homestead in Cheshire as long as !imposed as a result of that trial. it is occupied by descendants of the | While he has received no special Peck family; and provides that veport from the department of jus- four-fifths of the residue shall be tice as to technicalities which may apportioned among relatives and |be raised as to Chapman's status, one-fifth shall be given the New- the president is fnclined to regard ington Home for Crippled Children. [the government's action surrender- Since the estate i3 valucd between INg Chapman to the state as clos- $20,000 and $3 gift to the |ing the matter entirely from the fed- Newington home will be L eral dpoint in view of the out- $5,000 and $6,000 come of the trial. He assumes that i o the state was cred to pros rge broughe aj jurisdiction, a ntence, and Woman Arrested as Pied Piper for the Chickens him to enforc wi s he has t Fresno, Calif, April 11.—Hens € ! been v hiof Know and answered (ha eatl of | nformed,tnof desclopments the volce. of thelr mistress. Mrs, T, |indicate that any other course will Virgo of Fresno, led to the arrest | V¢ Pursued. of F. B. Skelton, who s being held ; BTy ) Indianapol pr on charges of burgiary in co eral agents , tion With widespread chicken thefts, | oo SECHS _Accompanied by officers Mrs. [gri e nant SN Virgo yesterd visited ON'S tharge of violating the place here where more Sl b thresontadt ta s, all alleged to have e RS rious chicken from o Spicke were kept. Calling to 1 SouBT in her own pe rs. Virgo 2 was rewarded when her own h ha ush to her with clucks of v New Britain ) Officors, satisfied with cording de ation arrested Skelton, an's cap 0ld Time Easter Spirit Will Be Revived In Oak Park, At Chicago | Citizenry Will Walk to Church, Disregarding Autos, and the Men Will Wear Their Frock Coats and Silk Hats As in Manner of Years Gone By.' of the €a movies motoring, golf i complex recreations, will | Ll in Oak Park, a suburb of AYS oL population, in a mi e cherry blossoms and ci N in which citizens will walk : oot e \ip and wear frock coats and siik | P2 wats in the manner of y g by. | o £ The plan was originated by a'; | newspaper editor Oak Parl THE WEATHER the world's larg i I 0 voted down a proposal T Hartford, April 11—Forecast operation of Sunday movies, and v for New Britain amd vicinit taken up by several organiza Cloudy and wnsettled tonight. which be distributi thous sunday probably cloudy in of cherry troes. O merning: Tair during after ¥ noon Average Daley Circulation For Week Ending April 4th ... 12,881 BULLETS NICK AUT0 | Blame hapman’s Pals For This HINDENBURG GIVES ' FRENCH POLITICS MUDDLED s Tor Saqurng o NO SUCCESSOR IS LOCATED - German Name and Peace AYOIDS WORD “REPUBLIC” Declares There is Need For Long, Quiet and Peaceful Labor, Es- pecially that Which Will Cleanse | | } Internal Politics. | By The Assoclated Press. | Berlln, April 11.—In a proclama- i tion to the German issued | today Fleld Marshall | burg, presidential candidate of the | united parties of the right, the na- tionalist-conservative bloe, app to all patriotic Germans who desire ‘ “to safeguard the honor of the Ger- man name and soclal peace | "The proclamation, In which the word “republic” is not used, contin- ues “My life is an open book to the | world I belleve I have done my | duty in difficult times. As a soldier 1 considered only the weltare of the whole nation, and not that of tles he chief exccutive must s people Von Hinden- | above the latter. Never Loses Falth “I have never lost faith in the Almighty. I am no longer young enough to believe in a sudden change in things gene Neither war nor internal rebellion can liber- ate our enchained and unfortunately disunited nation.” “There is need for long, quict and peaceful labor, especially for that which will cleanse our political life | of péiticians who use politics for | private use. | “Just as the first president never | denied his socialistic origin, no one | can ever expect me to renounce my | political conventions. At the present time I regard not the form of the state, but the spirit ammaung it as | dectsive.” [ 'ARRESTED AS “LONE KID” DARING SCHOOL BANDIT g ot Michizan Mysteries | University i Solved When Prisoner Admits He Is Man Sought. An Arbor, Mich, April 11.—Ann Arbor police today sald the “Lone Kid” who two years ago entered and robbed several sorority liouses at the University of Michigan, is now in custody and has admitted his iden- (Hty. ILeo A. O'Toole, 21, who was ar- rested Thursday night and arraigned in court yesterday on_a larceny charge, has confessed, that he is the “Lone Kid,"” who signed that name in soap on the mirrors in rooms that were robbed. Two ars ago the “Lone Kid” first hega ving his trade mark, Then, after several robberies, his activities sed with the arrest in Chicago of Nathan Leopold, Jr, and Richard Loeb for the murder of Bobby Franks, it was that they were the “Lone Kid." Both had been students here A'Toole was arrested after he had left the Alpha Chi Omega sorority house and was attempting to enter the Alpha Omicron Pi house. O'Toole id by police to have confessed lentity as the “Lone Kil” but to a series of robberles of several sorority is s not only to houses. several watches, klaces and trinkets amo value alto, er to about $3 senting, the police said, virtually all that has been reported stolen in the various robberies 0T is not a university stu- rent O THREATS BY HAIL FOR JUDGE JENNINGS DBristol Jurist Spikes Rumor That Chapman Admirers Have Threat- ened Him With Harm April 11.—Judge N sided Gerald v fligod o of case gs’ mail containe from admirer was on duty a e while he was a PENN, COMES IN SECOND Cambridge Wins Track Meet's Mile Relay Race, and Oxford Comes in Third German people nor in the ald of the ROGERS T00 WEAKTO MAKE NEW CONFESSION New Haven Police Visit Him at Schenectady Hospital Nuw Haven, April 11.—Word came to the detective bureau today from the chief of police of Schenectady that the latter officer with a stenog- rapher had visited Thurlow H. Rog- rs at the hospital to obtain a fur- statement from him bearing up- on his alleged confession of killing his infant child and placing body in a bag which was checked In the New Haven etation, The officer reported, however, that | Rogers was in such a weak state | no connected statement was se- ured. Capfaln Deegan of the detective bureau said that he was awalting a finding from Coroner Mix, and after that declsion would be made as to | application for a warrant for F 5 arrest. Religlous contention unbalanced the mind of Thurlow H. Rogers and caused him to chloroform his seven | weeks' old baby on March *24, ac- | cording to the story told by Benja- man J. Weiner, Thurloy's former employer, and substantiated by Mrs, Sigred Nordgren of 431 West Maln street, this city. Rogers himself 1s alleged to have sald that he killed his child because he did not want it brought up under any religious | faith other than his own, although it is said that he would have allowed the baby to be reared a Catholic had not his mind been disordered by the death of his wife and the haste of her parents to have the child bap- tized, Rogers is mow being held In Schenectady, N. Y., pending extra- tdition to this state on a charge of homicide. He is suffering from an overdose of sedatlve, acute spinal meningitis, faulty heart actlon, and inflammation of the brain. He was {found in a Bchenectady hotel a week ago with a rope around his neck In an attempt at sujcide, KEx- tradition proceedings have been be- gun by the police of New Haven, whers the alleged erime occurred and Rogers will be brought back as soon as he {8 released from the hospital. | Mrs. John Valaitis, grandmother of | Rogers' dead wife, has indentified the clothes found on the dead infant which was checked at the New Ha- ven rallroad station, and all isfor- mation needed for extradition has been sccured. His condition, how- ever, will make it impossible for Rogers to be moved for at least a week. Weiner, a New Haven druggist, told of a special delivery letter re- ceived from Rogers and dealing with the religious wrangle over the baby; Rogers spoke of his wife as an angel, but told of his troubles with her family. This was on March 14, and on the following day Rogers visited the Waoiners in New Haven: he ap- peared {irrational and talked contin- ually of his wife, baby, and religious |dilemma. He sald that he would yield to the Valaitis family and left the house. On Ms to Mrs. the infa h 18, he brought the child ordgren in this city, where was taken care of for two Nordgren declares that e to have the baby h was the baptized a Catholic which turned Rogers against that cou 1 led him to commit homicide, He took the baby from the Nord- gren 1 March 20 and went away sister-in-la Mrs. Earl Rogers of West Hartford, pre- umably to her home. Captain James J. Deegan of the New Haven letective force hi stablished the s pur rtford, w on the 24th here again 'r the report- on Mrs. 1 by a > was visit 8 w R iliness has pasesd, nor will he 1 a finding until Rogers has been brought to New him Auto (‘rnshc; lncrefise With Coming of April 1 New H imits in th rted the | found | togers’ | committed the !Premier Is Overthrown In Senate Although | His Majority In Cham- " ber of Deputies Re- i mains Intact. ‘.Painleve, President of Lat- | ter Body, Appears as Man Most Likely to Suc- ceed in Forming Min- istry. | | | EREEST Dy The Assoclated Press. . Paris, April 11.—The Herriot cabinet 1s out of power, overthrown | by the senate because of the charges ;lhal under M. Herrfot's rule the | legal limit of the bank note circu- | lation had been secretly exceeded, but M. Herrlot's majority in the | chamber of deputies remains vir- | tually intact. At a general meeting this morn- ing of the four groups of left par- ties forming the governmental ma- Jority since last May, a resolution was adopted “to continue with un- shakable determination the policies for which the country voted at |the last election.” The meeting | represented about 340 deputies con- stituting a good working majority of the chamber. The soclalists, 104 strong, went even one better when they decided they would support no other than M. Herriot. | The senate declared itself in such unequivocal manner—ihe adverse vote being 156 against 132—that although the consultation of Presi- dent Doumergue looking to the se- |lection of a new premicr, have | hardly even started, it may be said {that M. Herriot's immediate return is very unlikely. Tooks Live Painleve | M. Painleve, president of the | ehamber, who announced that he would not accept the task of form- | ing a cabinet when it was first men- tioned, but “would sacrifice him- self to the cause of “the lefts" yshould no ether politfoian be fwand {able to reconclie the widely divir gent viewpoints of the scnate and chamber, appears to the man | most likely to succeed in forming a | ministry. President Doumergue's task is | especially aifficult because the other | day the senate not only repudiated | the financial policy of the Herriot | Bovernment, but specified 1t could | not support any government but a | coalition of all the republican | groups. This was considered as | tantamount to declaring war on the | chamber. | be Painleve Confers M. Painleve, who is in consulta- tlon with the leaders of the chama ber, if he accepts would be pra- | mier without portfolio, and his ad- | herents assert that he would re- | quest former Premier Briand, for- mer Minister of Finance Loucheur jand three members of the Herriot | cabinet, General Nollet and M. | Chautemps, and De Monzie, to as- |sume the most important minis. tries. | Unless M. Painleve ac the commission to form a cabinet im- i raediately, the ministerial crisis s certain to be long and arduous. M. Herriot did not appear at the chamber when it met for a brief session this mor g before ad- | Journment to Wednesday. He re- mained in his rooms until noon, receiving only the closest friends. SUSPECTED BURGLARS | Two Taxi Drivers Held in Waterbury Believed to Have Stolen Safe { Y¥rom Store. { Waterbury, A 11.—Abe Gold- taxicab and 1 Itin- who was a 2 feld this city, were » superior court un- ach city th waived ex- suspected by ved in steal- r's store, on and welry South ago. safa, ¢ where ks m t HEAVY QUAKE FELT Seismograph At Georgrtown Regis- ters Scvere Earth Tremors About 6,500 Miles From Washington, 500 recorded at on the universi Georgetown The tremors d until rted and e maxi- and wit T:03 1 Torndorf, dle town university said he ancis tlate the direce rbance from Washe ngton He ped the earthe quake as “very heavy,” wald