New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 15, 1925, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 WIFE DOUBTS HER HUBBY'S “BUSINESS TRIP,” FOLLOWS, LEADS RAIDERS TO HOTEL | COUNCILMEN FAVOR Aids Chicago Police In| mom NEW BRIT IN: SPRINGFIELD MAN KILLED (ONE ARRF g :NVTHER SOUGHT FOR MURDER IN CRASH AT E. HARTFORD William Dowd Meets Death When Auto Hits Guard Rail | At Underpass, Rod Being Driven Completely Through His Body—Acetylene Torch Used to Cut | Corpse From Wreckage. | Finding Him In Fash- | ionable Apartments With St. Louis Woman. | Then Appears Against Couple in Court and Also ‘Announces Intention of MOVING MARKET Farly Morning Inspection Proves Disorder Charge WAY FURNISH STALLS Suing For Divorce Costs of Produce Less Than Flse A Siks where Though Honr May Tecp Ghicago, Aug. 15 P—A divorce| DOwn Customers — Mei Fayor suit will be filed by Mrs. Thomas F. | agormine | Lawrence, her attorneys say, as the | upshot of the raid she led yester-| Fotatoes, tomatoes, peas, beans, day on a room in the fashionable carvots. Hey, there ye ot my Lake Shore Drive hotel, where she place, what's the matter wit ye found her husband, wealthy St Nice pes 8 lady? Officer look-ut l.ouis business man and Mrs. Julid 'ypas guy parkin® in front a the f Gruner, St Louis society widow. Rt v hhiout s mein The Lawrences were married in | /Y000 wenty-five years ago, as|% o iy wamn't a country falr, it was > Fernald, Mrs. Lawrence was | - 00 ) : a ago belle and was married | G5 b i and divorced from George M. Pull- | ot S prer-eyed ieporter made an oiticial tion 6 o'clock this morning. Jr., son of the Pullman com pany founder and brother-in-law of Frank O. Lowden, former governor [visit was an “eve opener” 1l ot Llinois |visitors who were not too familiar Wife is Vigorous fwith the scene. rence made a vigorous | Trucks and teams loaded esterday. After | fruits and vegetamies. How many no ing her had jone knows. When the visi ar- smashed open the hotcl room door rived they counted 41 vehicles, but as a slimax to a vigil In the park fully a dozen arrived within the nest blery across the street, she ap- |five minutes and others kept on ar against her husband and viving for an hour. They lined both at the police station |sides of East Main street from Main 4 subsequently in morals court |almost to Hartford avenne and half- ere Lawrence was charged with |way down the west side of Center a sta ory often and disorderly street. Conduct | Baskets of greens siood half w Have (o he Examined {across the sidewalk. which v Lawrence and Mrs, Gruner, widow |0ther baskets and boxes piled up in Jack Gruner, millionaire st (Dack made a narrow lane between I sportsinan, wers required by | \Which paddlars, purchasers and fie Lr. Herman K. Bundesen, health |tory workers on thei to their commission, to undergo a physical | PiAce of employi JiEd e cxamination or spend thirty u iled ""‘: logtIcd, HEl "" under quarantine, Policcman, fear- |15t of humor, but generally goos natnred, “Kidding” back and forth hetwre hucksters seenied to he the ¢ jug suicide prevented om walking too clo Mrs, Gruner | to the win- n dows while biood tests were taken m of amusement in the oceasior ‘Don’'t worry,” she assured then, periods when not making & “I am not going to jump.” : !..”,y councilman, ye oug Both Lawrence and Mrs. Gruner |, ¥ (O ot B0 O pleaded not guilly to the charges med to be the most | 5 {iiimorals count: Bondst ot S LB 0SB 1 el & ate eRpe e were provided and the case . tinued to August 20, I Out in treet frucks and team,, court room they faccd a vere lined, somet two deep on camera men, part of whom they leach side VAR ! hall eluded by running through city through the middle of t coridors und up a flight of |automobiles hoc stirs. Neither could be later. | they for Tft on “Busin hoys with Lawrence came here a week ago | serviee follow ostensibly on business. His wilc med bent on stret followed after she was in I llar to abn and Mrs. Gruner had registered at | tions. A sol the hotel as Mr. and Mrs. T. I, lest to presery Law, When arrested the couple said chios eir name Da ntil eon- Farmers from t 1 | t1ons view fronted by Mrs. 1 merchants o sirable INSURANCE COMPANY = CONTESTING PAYHENT uld answ over here Claims Judge Ross of Ten- nessee, Auto Victim, | ist visitc \toes™ Was a Suicide Enee g Al 15 (Pr—suit | don't to open 1t of an Judg surance company Ml al that It was from t 1 to mobile ha 3 e death re ; i irregular failure of t Carrall, fort vas indi now at i year for yetitio REOPENS MONDAY FACTORY - L T ason for the re ntinued on | 0. branch office in that eity, was {drivi Harttord Dowd 15 (M—William | Orange street, | Ge stant manager Life Insurance Aug 34, ot 123 Springficld, Mass, of the Metropolitan rge €. Graham of G , Springfield. He haif \sleep on the rear seat at the time nesse was of the crash and conld give no iceldent had hap 10 insta Iy killed at & ing when the this morn- ar which he struck an iron guard railing he railroad tracks at the Ea connt of how the pened. Graham wasythe owner of the car tland, meeting Mr, Dowd in Hartford was ‘ | State’s Witness A;zainst‘. Hartiord underpass, st evening had oftered 0 arive | (‘hapman Reported Will- « of the rods was driven com- |him to Springfield. Mr. Dowd said | pletely through his body and thrust |ho would drive the car ing to Stay in Jail—Con- | him out of the driver's seat info the Mr. Dowd leaves a wife and two . 3 3 | raeat. The ear continued 14 fect [chitdren, who have heen spending | demned Convict Not Ad- | before it came to a stop, & en- |the summer at Groton T.or \ ;1 | kg the rail with the car body |Police investizating the acc vised of Muncie Murders that an acetylene torch had to he uot hold Graham in any way liable, | | used to free Dowd's body from the but ha will W\bly appear as a od | witness in the hearin Hartford, Aug. 15 M—So far as prison officiuls know, Gerald Chap- | AT 3 e BRI man has not been informned of the | reprical that resulted in the death of Superstitious? Read | What These People Did to Test It Out 5 (P —Three Hance and his wife, varden 1l K. W. Noott said that ndit has had no visitors dur- morning. His attorneys may | A1 upon him at any time, but nons | VN, Y. POLITIES IN COMPLICATRD MESS ing th 1 highwav. In a dying statement Ha laid th rime to th ples defied all manner of su of them this morning indicated any | (s A ol PR ance ‘Ald tue crime 1o bl jtion whan ' al minutes intention of visiting Chapman be- | tCcO8MHNE Circular sent Out By | door of George (“Dutch”) Anderson, pal of Cha man, and 'k the 13th minute n(,” 0ol “(\ qn[” l‘\l”,l H“ S 10 e ARGGRT L) ek, ! Police, Charles (“one arm”) Wolfe of Muncie. Wolfe was captured ) hour of Friday, they mocralie plY (KNS be- Guard Not Changed | i shortly after the shooting vere marricd in death cell num- | | e s The news of the double murder | Chief William €. Hart of the local if5 Sl i § bor 13 of the old Rritish conviet | W”d G”y fi“k(’l vill have no effect so far as the |police department was notified | t was at the Hancni home thn(» Ande!-snn and Chapman 5 dodkadiniineichi- 1 \ p cnarding of Chapman is concerned, | night by a telegram from 1, o, Ran. 11ved after their escape from Atlantic penitentiary and after ‘ r R T Ticale | : sl o] ttempted the robbery of a New Britain, C cago ri ore, o warden said, as prison officials || & chiet of poiice, Chapman attempted the robbery of a New Britain, Conn., mer- Thirteen guests v TR\ | QI | believe that the regular guard 18 so | oo Lie Muncie Hesalih s shme! hi i avi 3 o tRhPUBleANb Mm ”Ph” Lo e e e e v ‘101 ; mur “lf'."‘ .L;J his j.lpllls: establishment which nsnltod_m‘the S]d:\lnz of a pthe mony which was concluded amid | | S tho outside to liberate the | e P¥ Georse reon infofficer. Hance was one of the principal witnesses against ioRena shior ol icrorl | R - o prisoner. P Ay Chapman following his arrest here. G bl G ‘i ferman Qpposed by Bennett on | = cnapman fs under sentence 19 ehief sent a telogram to ¢ | Wolfe Under Heavy Guard S e e e G i o e e | D! c. {th«‘nyvn::a‘\”'w‘ l\‘\w‘-i‘-‘ll;; Jolph, asking him to cxte Just what occurred on the highway before the fusillade of | preme court for a new tria e |, A the Hanhce fa S S . R perstitions couples who applied ‘\ Decide to Run Independently 6 \H ard early in October. e '(”) Ao : ki ,‘;'-l shots riddled Hance and his wife has not developed although g i [ Ho Tiotos D SKheriff Bdward W, Dewey ook the | ponqeses =) Aok tHatith Wolfe arrested in Muncie last night is held under heavy guard. and lfi,WH appeared in ¢ Loses Democratic Nomination. |0 iide regarding W The part played by Hance in the | Wolfe refuses to talk. Mrs, Hance died instantly while Hance capture and trial of Cliapman for the | lived long enough to gasp out an accusation against Anderson | - . o 1y stimony at the Chapman trial | | cold bleoded murder of Patrolman and \\'0“‘(_, eedoaais — — ven more damaging to the bandit | rames § in the Davidson & o T . ; . 3 ) ihnnthaloriiTances st e e B o | A terrified farmer's wife, Mrs, Charles Cromer, standing 2:’ A WE[:K [Jl H{K u Shean Will Know [vear was most important, and he 0N Her front porch, witnessed the tragedy. She related: [} " L & Sherif Dewey felt sure that Shean |was expected to recvive goodly A ould be told the news from Mun- fathefvenardi (o tho fcap- (SR 1 Shooting Begins SUINH M“ HI]NMR[‘ fe. but that officials wonld not give > crlt for information “Three machines were coming | reported that Shean has been fear-| During the trial of Chapman jcarrying an Ohio license, a large — | fui of reprisals and was very williy with the Muncie police wit- 0 { red automobile the Hance car, Wi - ‘has « Mar. 0 st n fail, even thovgh no er were the iests of Chief []HAPMAN b [;L“SE PAL‘TM red machine passed the others (Chicago Man Charges Ma Lot has as vet been brought | William €, Hart and Defective Ser [almost in front of my honse. The : . wre in circulation. He sainst him by State's Attorney |geant William P. McCue in this cit coupe pulle i a de Jannelli Lar Y circu | Al T ¥ | coupe pulled up in front of the quise Rorough President Maurice R \: h M. Ale T Detective geant McCue took the Hanca car and stopped. Mrs. Hance With Slander IS, one of he three county Jead- | M Alcorn fa at present out of [party on a tour of i tion of lo- o Linked T()}thh(‘l' in | was the first (o alight from fhe ma- ers supporting Mayor Ilylan ¥n on a vacation, as are several [cal factorles, and Hance, who was a chine. She was bare footed. Her ca | Say Agrecment Broken officials who were connected with | plain Hoosier farm o had never ' Crime for Years—Robhed | nhusband stenped out a second later. e B A hoiih Gerse Wi he trial of man hers last | travelled to any extent, wa nazed | 5 A few words were exchanged and St et in, said he still intended SPrins. it th During his visit here, be ' {7, S, Mail Truck in 1921 o bandits shot. Mrs. Hance fell : ‘ : , g D . t hiel r TR > ‘ ecame acquainted with a number of f ad with a bullet through her vels and clothing and required i 5ie = s | F G U ocal men e | he Hance and a man su . [ tocat {head. Hance and supposed AEvacmenthto Tepavh vadals 5 SHe et Y AJGS MAKE BI HA L | Throughout the trial New Yorl 15 (P —Gerald ) to be Anderson began wrestling in Ianae . r, H. J. Brennan $25 a week o0l ¢ N Cald S b | anes Chapr and George Anderson, | ral shots were fired \ 1he May- joons I tickets for Thieses Fater Syrac RelFariyl[l o who now s ve w | Bee ~hee mnoe e a0k heliir i Mer Syracuse House EArly | on him for the part he who now is alleged to have wrecked | freq atter him and he fell mortally i : pag| Today and Get Away With Loot and news of his murder, al- | vengeance in his name, have been | wounded as he ed over a fence ; < to the local p Hesparably crime for | into a cornfield." Valued At §50.000, sLEDERR R e e o o : Aug. 15 windaw e of Albert & P— entered Jimmed . early this bruary with her and carried away a small ' n e tair 1 MWing Hoopl ‘ i rs. Sobey and family AR S Slan gl it but an hour whil ! LNSUIDERaiasshol R tored to a friend's home, re party last Saturday at t 12:20 o'cloc A larg car was seen to drive slow 1 down the street shortly 1" i " robbery was reported but ] iption could be obtained of 0 in Escape With Lives ., Aug. 15 (A aplane into He terday resulted Aroostool Pictures of the President Cl ) iral W. A. Mofre loft the city ye ( S y 1pport DEAD BOY'S MOTHER ISTEALS RIDE ON AIRPITAVNE,fiGOiNG SUES AUTO PROPRIZTOR| FROM NEVADA TO LOS ANGELES, CAL. Mes. Anna Martin Claims 810990117 Years Old Youth Grabs | Noscie reiated, save them from s Damages-AsiRcenlticof | Onto Wing as Aircraft r A b Leaves Ground — Wind so ed 1 urr 5 Whips His Shirt to e TR S S S veds THE WEATHER Uiz Aug for New Britain and vicinity L = t Generally fair and somewhat Inexr v A ( warmer Sunday bt A Hartford. 15.—Forecast HIGH TIDE t the = L 1 hir Aungnst 16 (Standard Time) s 5 g e At New Tondon, 7:20 a. m.; f \ v e 2 p. m. At New Haven . S a m:Sa3pm the frst T In Sept t HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1925.-SIXTEEN PAGES. r'tfor ~ OF INDIAN WHICH HELPED TO CONVICT GERALD CHAPMAN ' Has Been Marked for Reprisals MURDERED MAN Average Daily Circulation For ] Week Ending 12,021 Aug. 8th ... PRICE THREE CENTS d, Cop n, A qu. LE WHO GAVE INFORMATION 'Ben Hance, Who Testified at Trial in Hart- } ford, And His Wife Shot Down in Cold Blood Near Muncie—Dying Man Accused “Dutch” Anderson and Charles Wolfe, The Latter Now Being Held Under Heavy Guard —Woman, Witness of Double Slaying Tells Gruesome Details. VISITED THIS (T Hance Was Guest of Police, During Murder Trial — By The Associated Press AMAZED AT FAGTORIES Muncie, Indiana, Aug. —Vengenance trailing those who (testified against Gerald Chapman, nortorious bandit condemned to die for the murder of a New Britain, Conn., Policeman, struck down Ben Hance and his wife near here vesterday, The Hances were shot to death on the Anderson-Muncie Might Have Recofved Share of Re- ward As He Gave Pirst Tip After ATy | The gunmen then turned their 7 to thelr stories today De- | 7 e e " hal | weapons on the red machine which tective Sergeant McCue today said Their st job was their ho! 1-;»;.‘1 stoped rds up the road. mail truck on lower Broad- = Another machine which passed also (Continned on Page 13) Ayt in | was fired at before the two slayers — vhich 50 in | Jumped into the coupe and drove | away. BOY, T BY AUTO, irities and jewels. Appre- Hance Accuses Anderson . for this crin they were| To a Middlctown oflicer called to ry for te 25 years | 1ce, the stricken man gasped: R | | “He sta at my home. I told I Decide Driver of Car, J ed on April b fon him. shot me—Charles 4 successful break [ Wolfe and Anderson." Ponessa, Was Not to ree times. | Hance after being rushed to a YA the prison | Muncie hospital called for Fred on, and | Puckett, chief of detectives but be- N - ) e 250 owing | fore Puckett arrived Hance died. s ac i Puckett was one of ers who t aided in the capture of Chapman last January. Several hours after the shooting \ store at | Wolfe was arrested at the horhe of : ( Ser the course of [his mother-in-law, Mrs, Myrtla 1 by Jo ipman shot and | Strahan, A coupe resembling the ¢ ! r s 1y 5 at the tragedy was o s Chay Mun- in front of the Strahan maintained a stoical Hances Feared Reprisal ! « ere Ac 1g to local officers the wproach : S lived in constant dread of ‘ I e are ce C an's conviction < S ' ety 1 0 s o condemn: sl Paone : ° on Har Wanted to Get Newspaper ' oo vt i Notoriety, Raid Graveyard | s Peters Minnia th locol officers that Ane- neighbor- s was engag- Indiana. In is asuppositior RACE HORSES SsoLb 3 r — - A u fun | 2 Murder Recalls Burning of Garage % . ville, O., Aug. 15 P — T rder of Mr. and Mrs. Ben 5 his | Hance near Muncie by George Ame \ tmatory | derson, pal of Gerald Chapman, be« cause of information they are sald 1m have given leading to Chapman's e arres!, recalled tonight the burning T Germeny, Aug. 15| Of & large garage here a short time Sl £—0. 3 of New York, dfed|after Dorothy Daren had identified re last night. He had been 1i} for & long time. l (Continued on Page Thirtesn)