New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 5, 1926, Page 1

.2 W BRITAIN HERALD EW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1926, —SIXTEEN PAGES News of the World By Associated Press Average Daily Circulation For 13,279 Week E ndmg April 3rd . ESTABLISHED 1870 PRICE THREE CENTS §NO CLEMENCY SHOWN CHAPMAN e e ASKS IN JUNU"[]N CONFESSED ‘BAD MAN' LAST LINE IN CHAPMAN'S LIFE Wil Be Hanged Tonight — Governor Permit ‘ FROST GUILTY IN BETHEL : ARSON CASE, 170 3 YEARS |\ BUILDING CASE ADMITS HE'S A FRAUD TO BE WRITTEN BY HANGMAN| ~ Condemned Man To Speak, Despite Alcorn’s " | o ] Judge Banks Finds cused Guilty—Convicted Man, Worth $200,000 on ' HAS LARfiE WAR GHEST Night of Fire, \0“‘ Penniless—Hired Gang-: sters to Burn His Fac-' Ac-| PAI]NESSA SAYSI] l] P, Ruthertond Takes Action Against Sidoti This Afternoon FIRST SEEKS WARRANT Owner of Building |Charges Stute Organiza- tion Has Sent $50,000 Into City Now Under Con- struction Ordered To Halt Opera- tions, But Is Advised Declaring that the state can politi organization sent $50,- 3uild n Ton April & D—Charles| o5 (o city last Tucsday for the SR I : ,-.‘ nont, New York, was{ 2000 0r arat ating George A. i Eaand gullly of AON eRd NS ol Hr e 6L O B neiinattor iced by Judge John W. Banks to 10 A wa for mayor, and then to defeat the Alfia Sidoti, owner of rom one to three years In prison. ¢ excention was granted. present mayor, ourse of cor vas found guilty of having|Angelo M. Paonessa, sile Trimk and Spe in Bethel on republi- | By His Lawyer. erford oscouting Att Joseph G. Woods this afternoon rest of a building in 165 Wash- | 8 10 abide | ent's order | @ Prosecutor Woods r d that an injune- ion be 1ight and therford de- ided to ask Corporation Counsel Today's movems bring to a head by Attorney George W, Brady, who has advised : depart- at the polls, speaking at a | noonday rally at the P. & I Mayor ington stre by the build Corbin |y t ° | gates today, shouted: by Roraba votes in the city of N The mayor's y plan Henry can't buy w Britain." i in court h $2600,000 attack on the repul- it is expected to | llcan powers opened with a declar- | ation that he is independent becau 15 he does mot rely upon the strength el fc of certain corporate interests whose client to ic { 1l aim, he said, is to bring New Dritain |ment's order, bhack into the republican column, An inkling of what will probably form a part of the mayor's campuign 1 tes cendiary fire s today, three young son was attached to government in- 1 tax units in Washington and New York districts and is a certificd public accountant. un- Sidoti t out from the office tor E. J. Hennessy, claring there would be * cre Front permitt he court room orney Homer 8 Cummings at length aded o Dear Sir “In accordance ith Section 6B I hereby or- the build- Wash- building du 5 ning ac Weld, was given v cited at length his efforts to securs © nore and cheaper coal during the crisiy of last winter. He declared (INg You are er the governor refused to Ington str power to take steps he have been beneficial calle ‘1 two conf s to wh ed coal deale Many of de M»r\ no interest in for ;~r|u discussion and so, he om under bonds a8 unable to accomplish time as s vhat uvun otherwise have greatly e Se8 0N his case. ited the city, Paonessa’s op- t m\\l 1t, Weld a coal merchant, HELD UP AND ROBBED n- slonally_adopted a f the zoning ordinance, ra stay of progress of I8¢ t 166 danks 1 sent EA681 give him said felt wonld rost will n and he then be required to go prison at once. His attorneys took ppeal to the supr cour rs. Judge Banks granted a st xecution, allowing t his ¢ t ove ne, which is a viol ordinanc “You a reby ordered to do o ! on said s the alte ren a confer- intil such tim he e been car vour wmayor told of park, strect and | ooy, His bullding, according hool improvements during his ad nds to a five- inistration and praised the tax breach Systeril new to do cpartment, exte i zoning law three Guanmen Make Away With To Proceed | Arthur N, | e proposcd | ¢ Brookline Youth, in Fair- field Jail, Made Up Own Daring Tales eport, April b of Brookli to Detective —Walter G ‘-“”0” 2 Mass., con fessed an today that th which he had out police T tened carcer o rime ined to the irsday n after he nu to a Bible talk Simpson L my od conscie r his weird tr ) he to be blamed ¢ rime and advent iay Boston newspapers of h fession to the local in tl son's con police and his 0 go to mes extend ail in atonement ing from petty | bery, hurried 1ome in Rrookline lice that rime was He t for ¢ assured T0- story of a life 1tion. his son 1 polic young Gor had never been in the arm coast gnard nd t ve deserted fron ed. He quietl jon 1 not v had ore could nc mitted the crimes claimed The yout: s br wn to | 1 Captain Regan ¥ e had perpetrated hts ago in claiming to gotten religion” and been in 88 a life of sin, Captain John H. vy or| EMle ANOTHER HAS . CONFESSED SLAYING Rolief Society Head, Washington, Issues : Statement on Chapman I’risnn(‘r\' well commi o train rob- | . 0 Br rt from his || Church Sends Plea Denver, April & (Pr—1T ion of tho Liberal Deny he bull of er, ma omuy Gerald Passengers Aid in Work Of Digging Out Train 1e Lake, N. Y., April § (#— S assiste the ing the locomnotive of t lone to thi nowdrifts today 5D ning on the the New York more than train cre he tr village out of train, run- Adirondack division of tral, reached here an he behind time, - TWO ARRESTED FOR THEFT OF AUTOMOBILES IN SOUTHINGTON Bandit to Swing at Wethersfield for Murder of Policeman Skelly on October 12, 1921, We a Vflw il be placed il b ud 8 1 to 5 is corp. will be cl Kind-he crant, family, who seldom made an ar- hen only w conld {y'm 1v0id Murde JBarly ris 4, wers on Octoher 12, 1924 rs on Sunday, O shocked to that e in- glary it store of Dy Main sir ison forts we Vigorous Objections — Prosecutor Weaves Sympathy For Murdered Ben Hance Into His Argument Opposing Clemency For Convicted Man — Groehl Insists Prejudice Alone Has Convicted His Client OUPNGIESTD o s v DEATH [;[”. AT fi : lesca”‘"‘!(ondcmna. tion of Prosecutor’s Lack f Consci ? Gualds Pricticing Exectton g e AE A B Three Weeks quest for Justice. | PRIEST WITH PRISONER Tonight's Vethersfield, Conn., April 5 —Gerald Chapman mukt han; |for murder. The board of ‘p‘xrdnna this afternoon unani- mously rejected his applica- Death House—Lawyers For Chap- | tion for commutation of sen- tence to life imprisonment, Privatc Wethersfield Prison, April § (4 ‘(‘-er.\ld Chapman, fighting back a¢ the state in an effort to save his lifc told his own story to the board of pardons this afternoon by permis- |ston ot Governor Trumbull, who pre sided Excention First In New man Will Provide “Ill'llll T'or Notorious Gunman, Wethersfiell Prison, Conn., April (®—Geruld Chapman, a slender, | outlaw who shot a policem n surprised while rob safe nearly two years ak‘u. first victim of Connecti- anging machine at mid- Chapman Talks Calmly, When he was called upon the man rose from his seat. He stood erec | and did not move an nch. He looke:| at the governor. His voice at first was indistinct. It did not waver, o | did Chapman show eny sign of me as he | tal worry. There was simply a ! | flutter, He said t of the Insane pris- | Pected to say any lown two flights of | morning had not prepared anythir el one pman | But he had heard some stateme te stalrs at six| by Mr. Alcorn which he thoug ¢ this evening and take his|could not be overlooked. place in the cell to awalt his ep-| He said: “Mr. Alcorn mald ‘T yointment with death. not protest my innecence.’ 1 do The Death. Chamber believe I could enter any prot ith room adjoins the death | Which would be loud enough to an ordinary room, small, | heard. and about 12 feat high. Only but merci- achine which | w s a man to the ceiling and then im an additi ek comes down A end oners’ wi is the de will walk dfl\\l\ stairs, Makes Human Appeal : ew manila rope which hangs| I feel that I must say somethine slde . Boviry - Have .1 : xl ! nelline do exist, | . . . ter of the ceiling gives any inc gal aspects of the case but ean Vair ~ex Were Playing. e silde 1 et Men Responsible for Dis- tion of its use. That and the dark |do rely upon the ‘human appeal "‘ A i Sead e (B Eh e S usk farinie Allan MacArthur, Head of Willi- colored sq of mosaic directly | the case. I thought I would go o\: ) York, April 1 o Bioe ~alatiin: S ARLBR R LR LML) e he intends to advise ient to proceed and when case comes into court to test e e hoard constitutionality 20,799 HERE ENGAGEIN - . GAINFUL OCCUPATIONS . About 20,000 of Population Work in Factory >lants * political manhandiing experiments that may pro it is, the taxpaving pul 10 must pay i come aside ily 10 is being laid ou will b ¥ is of vital importance that t be administe today so that future you making your in shall gover: OIRL lS ARRESTED Taken ailure Stialip Olinols Miss Into |10 €conomize, eve 1o e ac- e b > nost ise In Chicago On Shoplift- |worthy motive t mayor to insti a Custody ! 2 financial nkrup ing Charges. ystem that will hicage, April 5 (®—Miss ibac, daughter of D, crations necessity clibae, Wanakee, 1L, t great sums in interest and vd mysteriously m Y nments on prineipal. \or ospital i G eatn e A ReRRuraen| nurse, 1. e Ther coxtly improvements ove - But there is the unwise use Tmprove city is to prog they are costly. was a student ot i “hie sioal st a Chi i Stege, S 109 i said |danger | privilege oung woman, in connec- Dr. {made if very ofter nounced today, H ments Howev small hoost ir wi comypara 1y {the ci ¢ have in past store arly two millior hearing ollars worth o ts to the city's ed upor sed upon young wo- Miss Delli- | \ese improveme lepariments. Your f s ondition they I parks for calth of you a platoon system in i rains of love ctters ()n le'lfl ( ommhamn . r April & (®—The productior commis rnment { study of tarif inges In rates luy Ly Commission at, before t group committee, y i Railroad to Go Onto Daylight Saving Again Haven April 5 Accordin ssued from t adqu sroad and if permitte 80 that t be served sent a 1 not t to do nterests - t ture FLOWLERS ARE STOLEN t of any grouj Haven, Ap - 1 | “Whether ers placed on es in the | property%or ¥l Saturday | pay taxes indir stoler “time § ay night | interested 1 otted ) ill be warn- ous actions on the tinued on (Cou Page 10) | Allan Prisoner Is mantic Torce, Aged 53 Years, Ptomaine Poison Victim, Willimantie, Conn MacArthur, 53, \\\[m itic poliee mln\ his April 5 (A chief of the hom ter a short ill hysiclans ‘(‘, ty for n il a time y and wai was horn in Miln i, and came led in Willimantic in employed in the old plant to this country 1881, was first company SUITS FOR $5,000,000 Damagzes Asked in Criminal Libel Action Brought by FTormer (oyv- ernor Davis of Kansas, 5 P power by Go Accused of lm])"lwn.mnu (NTmln Norwalk, Co ited States geport arrest of Al ayton, who 1 to scver assing frau King jall. The federal w appearance of Ten (ars in Month, is thought, ight by Constable f Casimer Smarcuz of Mill street, and Edward J. Glatk aged 18, of Willilams strest. Bot ere bound over under heavy L g in town court by Deg Murphy aged 21y ll.muu scssion by For e someon fi with them. b Invari: Too Much Competition in Busine Bmv(h‘wm‘r Yays o, \( THI WEATHER Hartford. April 5.—Vorecast for New Britain and vicinity Mostly cloudy and <lightly colder tonight: Tuesday fair and colder Springf yeen poir . NEW WITNESSES SAY © GHAPMANWAS IN flH!U \',md.:li;x. Insist Gunman Was There vight of Murder Seven at SCHOONER ON ROCKS noose the I'rom the pulley in the center of | In death chamber cefling, er room. There | room is anoth- | ey over which the rope winds. | 1 end of the roap is a heavy case since est at Munc spoke for 80 minu the board adjourned Asks Only Justice, his closing words Chapn “I think all I to say {s @ tr In this | simply that I am asking for justic which releases the | The fact I don't feel obliged to dra A peep hole fn the fany special hypocritical phrases. 1 room for tn feel the same humanly he signal No one | said want When T was brought to Atlanta | was Immediately placed in solitary | confinement on bread and water for e days. My th was so enda gered that I was taken out ani chael | placed in the hospital. There was the | not one solitary word about belng taken to Connecticut. “Well, I told them t fectly all right to it 1 got a con wi nothing to fe Priest With Him » lust six hours will pass all Only Fathar Mic aplain at Chapman | hat 1t was per 0 to Connecticu cticut, I had £ a policeman ore stock 1 other charges, con ar of Con! } be irty s s At the sldn 1 did theso Father Barry will be R iy ! L il 1 K you know wh & s LS 5 = ivable that you Four more P will bring up the Will Gaze pman will guards, two rear. guilty was entered t On Crucifix “The reason I dwell on my funo cence—my voice can’t be heard." frequently parative (Chapm ments en prophec futur e case 1 s pose that possibly tions Shean's Brother bus m was A Walter MRS, HUNGERFORD 101 DI IN GRUAT FIRF ! April & (P governme to all asures. total tinved on Page 11) (Con