New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 8, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 ELH GITY BROKER HUNTED BY POLCE Countrywide Search Started for R. 1. C. Clarke THO OTHERS ARRESTED AT President of Brokerage House Gone Two Weeks—One Woman Reports $36,000 of Her Money Also is Missing. New Haven, Nov. 8 (M—A coun- try-wide request for the apprehen- sion of R. H. C. Clarke, president of the Clarke Company, Inc,, Invest- ‘ment brokers, was sent out by the New Haven police today as the out- come of arrest of two members of the concern, Saturday, on charges of idleness pending inquiry into the financlal affairs of the company. Those arrested were Carl B. Clarke, 26, brother of R. H. C. Clarke and Jackson Kerans, ‘28. The office of the company has been in charge of deputy sheriffs as two attachments had been made to recover money ‘handled, it was claimed, by the con- cern. President Clarke is said to have disappeared two weeks ago. $36,000 Also Gone In the course of inquiry into the handling of clients’ money the police have been told by Miss Carrie Silver- thau of 153 Everitt street, that ehe had given the concern $36,000 and this apparently is all gone. The certificates of stock which the con- cern returned to her, Miss Silverthau ‘claims are worthless. investment was given to President Clarke, just before he disappeared. Miss Silverthau has said. Other complaints of losses were made by Jacobi Press, a tailor in York street, who said he bought a $1,000 bond through President Clarke and when he tried to sell it he found that the bond was registered in another per- son’s name, The Clarke company, he says, took back the bond and of- fered to sell it but Press clalms that he received no money. A. Woodruff and J. Balley, two farmers of Guil-| ford have informed Nelson Durant, an attorrzy, that they gave Presi- dent Clarke a number of mortgage bonds to sell. After sale had been made the Clarke company refused | them payment and finally each re ceived Marlin Fire Arms compan bonds instead of cash. Durant had | communfeated with the secretary of | the Marlin company, Edward J. Brennan, who i& said to havo an swered that names on the bonds of | officers had been forged, the ¥alid bonds then being in the office of a | New York attorney. Durant went to the city attorney Saturday and on his presentation of the case Carl Clarke and Kerans were arrested. Accused Are “Dupes” The men arrested retained Ken- neth Wynne as counsel who ap- peared for them In court today and informed Judge Farley that neither | had done wrong but that each was| merely a “dupe” for President Clarke. Their cases wore continued search for President Clarke. It is claimed that the Clarke firm | has been issuing to customers bonds and stock certificates which were ir- regular in that they bore forged names or were duplicates of securi- ties which were held by others. Tt was also sald that an attorney here was “nipped” to the extent of $50,- 000. Worthless Stock Deal Miss Silverthau who formerly was a neighbor of President Clarke, says through her attorney, that at one time she had placed $100,000 with (Continued on page 14). AUTO LOOPS LOOP AND GOES UP IN FLAMES Turns Over Three Times— Driver Is Fined $500 Found gullty of the charge of reckless driving, John J. Matulls, aged 20 years of 423 Church street, was fined $50 and costs by Judge W. C. Hungerford in police court this morning. He pleaded not guilty and was represented by Judge W. F. Mangan. Matulis was driving an automo- bile on West Main street shortly after 1 a. m. Sunday when it col- lided with an automoblle driven by Stmon Disevicus of 111 Hartford avenue. The Matulis car turned over three times and was destroyed by fire. The other car was badly damaged in the collision. was injured. W. L. Hatch of West Maln street telephoned to Desk Sergeant Mat- thias Rival at 1:40 o'clock that an accident had happened near his home, between Grove Hill and Rus- sell street. Co. No. 4 of the fire de- partment was called, and. Policemen Thomas Tierncy and James Sullivan, who were in the vicinity of the ac- cident, arrested Matulis. Matulls testified that he was driv- ing at the rate of 18 or 20 miles an hour and in trying to avold the col- lision he applied the brakes with such suddeness as to cause the car to skid on the damp pavement and overturn. Judge Hungerford saild he does not belleve a car would turn over three times if it was being driven at the moderate spced claimed by Matulis. The money for | Nobody | asy Italian ‘m).‘c‘c Now Puts Ban on Certain Names for Youngsters Rome, Nov. 8 (A—"Tom, Dick and Harry,” won a great vietory this afternoon when the cabinet adopted a degree forbidding the bestowal of “ridiculous, shameful or sub- versive names,” on babies. The decree orders registra- tion authorities not to register names ‘“offending Italian insti- tutions. public order or healthy customs.” The authorities also were directed not to permit “nobodies” to tag their progeny with the surnames of christian names or famous or illustrious persons. _-— PROMINENT PRIEST WILL LEAVE CITY Ierred to Waterbury ST MARYS SCHOOL HEAD Curate Assigned to Assist Rev. Rob- After Five Years Service in Local Parish. Rev. Raymond Clabby, curate at St. Mary’s church for the past five | years, has been transferred to St. | Francls’ church, Waterbury, in an | episcopal order fssuéd by 3Bishep | John J, Nilan, head of the diocese | today. Father Clabby who will leave for the new scene of his labors this week, will be assistant to Rev. bury parish. Fatheg Clabby has served as a curate at St. Mary’s church for five years and for the past several years, he has been principal of St. Mary's Parochial school. During that time, ministration of his duties, carrying | school has reached a higher degree of efficiency than ever before. Father Clabby is a native of Bridgeport. He received his early education in the parochial schools there and upon graduation, he en- ered St. Thomas' Preparatory semi- nary in Hartford to study for the | priesthood. He graduated from there in 1014 | nd was assigned to study philoso- |phy and theology at the grand seminary in Baltimore. He was or- | dained a priest In Baltimore in } 1920. He was first curate to Rev. assigned Francis May in Mount | Carmel and ‘after serving a short | | while, there, was transferred to £t Mary’s church, this city. | Father Ciabby will take the place | of Rev. Edward Quinn in Water- | bury. Father Quinn has been named | pastor of the Catholic church In | Norwichtown to succeed Rev. Charles Brennan, pastor. Father | Brennan has been changed from the | until Thursday and the police began | pastorate in Norwichtown fo the | | pastorate of the Blessed Sacrament | church in Waterbury to take | place made vacant by the rocent | death of Rev. Charles Flannery. Singing Society Leader Fined on Liquor Charge Bridgeport, Nov. § () — Andrew |Tarsen, 61, president of the Norden | Singlng society, was fined $200 and costs and given ten days' suspend- led jail-sentence when arraigned in city court today on a charge of violating the liquor laws, Gus Johnson, 38, acting steward of the |club, was fined $100 and costs and given a ten day suspended jail sen- tence on a charge of violating the liquor law and was fined $25 and costs for permitting a nickel In the |slot gambling machine to be oper- ated in the clubhouse. The arraignment of Larsen and Johnson was the result of a raid on the singing soclety’s quarters in the former residence of William Bran degec at 4 Scabright avenue. The officers scized one case of Long John Scotch whiskey, 15 gal- alcohol and quantities of punch and assorted liquors. wine, Ww Rev. Raymond Clabby Trans- ert Egan in Neighboring City | Robert Egan, pastor of the Water- | he has rendered an excellent ad- | on the work of his office so that the | to be a | the | lons of bulk Hquor, five gallons of | NEW BRITAIN, NONE AT FAULT IN DANBURY GAS CASE Goroner Not Likely To Hold Knyone Responsible EXPERTS VIEWS DIFFER |One Holds Man And Boy Have Died From Ptomaine—Other Claims It ‘Was From Gas In Refrigerating System. Bridgeport, 1v. (A — Coroner- John JI. Phelan, concluding his in- quiry herc today into the death of Frank W. Force and his grandson, Warren Force Iromme, in Danbury, on October 14, indicated that he would find no one criminally respon- sible. Mr. Force and his nine year old grandson were killed by gas es- {caping . from an electrical refriger- ator in the Force apartment. Doctors Differ Dr. Frank G. Atwood of New |Haven, testifying at the hearing, con- lendcd that had the bodies of Mr. Force and the boy been subjected to examination by autopsy, it might |have revealed the possibllity of the |two having met their death through | ptomaine poisoning. Dr. E. H. Stratton, medical exam- liner, took issue with the New Haven |doctor on this point, declaring that {traces of the gas would only be |found on the body if the autopsy {was performed within 30 minutes |after death. Tt was brought out that the bodles were cremated. Dr. Atwood said he was testifying in the interest of ;‘ healthy citizenship.” Gas Leaks Easily State Chemist Harold T. Leaven- worth, reporting on an analysis he made of the liquid in the Danbury | refrigerator, said he found fthat it | contained 50 per cent ethyl chloride {and methyl bromide by volume and [that by weight it consisted of 35 per cent ethyl chloride and 65 per cent 1m«"'h)l bromide. The chemist sald he hac found it | difficult to keep the gas in a glass |container and expressed the opinion |that the gas is of such a nature that it could easily escape through | threaded joints. His analysis showed, the chemist stated, that “the liquid was of a high |degree of purity and no foreign or | deleterious substances were present. After pointing out that there “is always uncertainty as to the final | Physiological action when breathing |any gas with the exception of oxygen ‘nr air,”” the chemist sald that “the |best and only safe rule to follaw is |to assume that under certain condi- |tions all gases are more or less nox- that breathing the same is al- 2 to be aveided and that ade- 1ate ventilation must be provided in | |all cases where any volatile liquids or gases are used.” No Arguments Tarly in the hearing Coroner Phe- lan attempted to eliminate all testi- | mony that would tend to start a long | drawn out argument between various | .m'\n\x["clurnrq of refrigeration sys- |tems. 1t was the corsacr's desire, he |sald. to learn definitely the mature lot the gas which caused the death | |of Mr. Torce and his grandson and | o discover whether anyone was di- | rectly or eriminally responsible for |those deaths. All other issucs were outside his jurisdiction. he explained. | Dr. Atwood contended that re- | ports that the deaths had been caus- led by methyl chloride was “an in- justice.” e said he had worked with such a gas many times aad offered to “eat {t” before the cor- |oner if the latter desired positive |proof. The coroner said. however, that such a demonstration was un- necessary. Ptomaine. He Says Dr. Atwood said that from a his- tory of the case he was of the opln- ion that Mr. Foree and the child had died from ptomaine polsoning after partaking of a beef steak sup- per. They probably were tired, he f safd. C. H. Hays of New York, repre- senting a chemical company which produces methyl chloride, sald that | methyl chloride was free from toxic | offects. Men In the research de- | partment, he sald, had smothered | themselves in it until they became | unconscious from lack of air. With- !in two or three minutes, however, he explained, they showed no 11l ef- fect. He wanted to produce chem- ists at the hearing to prove this but (Continued on Page 18) Collie Dog Is Hero Nashville, Tenn, Nov. § (P— | Three years ago, Walter Gasser, dairy farmer, was given a forlorn little shepherd pup which a neigh- | bor had found on ‘a roadside. Today, “Collie,’ the once homeless | walf, is dying, a blackened singed, blind and crazed animal but he has who befriended him. “Collie” was a playmate of the children of James A. Johnson, ten- ant on the Gasser farm. Yesterday morning Johnson - poured kerosene into a stgye and when the liquid exploded and enveloped the John- son home in flames, the dog raced into the house. hed clothing ot Mary Aline Johnson until she awoke and made her way outside, She was fatally burned dash for safety, Then the dog leaped into Mrs. Johnson's room and awoke the in her paid his debt of gratitude to those | He pulled at the| In Fire That Destroys Home, Taking Four Lives| Canine Waif Repays Those Who Had Befriended Him When He Rushes Time and Again Into Flames to Arouse Sleepers—Is Fatally Burned. mother. She died in an attempt to rescue her two small children in an- otiier room. Meanwhile the dog ran inside again to the sleeping place of Ar- d Hedigar, another tenant. Hedi- | r jumped to his feet as a howling, barking creature sank its tecth in his wrist and then was gone. Willle Stephens was asleep in the rear of a truck. He was to start for Nashville an hour later. Into the truck went “Collie” and Stephens was brought to the ground by ‘the frenzied animal. Then, as the two men ran to the fire, “Collie,” dashed by them and | leaped time and again in an attempt to gain entrance to the Gasser home. After the fire which fatally burn- ed Johnson's wife and three children had died down, “Collie” was found where he had crawled some distance away, suffering burns which are ex- pected to prove fatal | | | | CONNECTICUT, { her body. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1926. —SIXTEEN PAGES Average Daily Cireulation For Week Ending Nov. 6th .... 14,127 PRICE THREE CENTS BURRITT BARS * An order, which is interpreted by ternities and sororities as a drive against the abuses which have crept into frateriity dances, has been sent out by the Burritt hotel forbidding “frats” the privilege of having the ture. According to information received from one of the members, the or- der is effective at once. Further proof that the hotel is serious in its drive was shown by a letter received by the Delta Xi fraternity, the largest “frat” in the school. The fraternity had engaged the hall since June when it received permission from Manager John Weakley that it might have the use of the ballroom for an annual dance. Manager letter: “I regret to advise at this time that from a business standpoint it seems advisable to ballroom at the Burritt Hotel for the dance of the Delta Xi fraternity. “Should it seem desirable to you | to talk this matter over Wwith |hc writer, I would be very glad to 80| into detalls with you.” REFUSES TO RENT BALL ROOM Notifies High School Societies They Cannot Be Accom-| modated For Future Functions. members of several high school fra-| hotel ball room for dances in the fu- | last | Carlos D. Smith wrote the following | cancel the ap-| pointment made for the use of the| FRAT’ DANCES; A representative of the fraternity accepted the invitation and was told | by the manager that his guests are inconvenienced by the large number of “stags” that lounge around the lobby while dancing is in progress. | | He sald conditions were not satisfac- | tory and had decided to take this| step. His action was contemplated by several of his predecessors, and sev- | eral times it was rumored that the school organizations were to be de- | nied the privilege, but the dances continued and the abuses increased. Older people who passed the hotel | were not at all impressed with inci- | dents that fell under their observa-| tion. | Following are thes fraternities at| the school: Delta Chi, Theta Sigma, | Alpha Tota Epsilon, Alpha Delta | gma, Phi Beta, Upsilen Lambda | Phi. The sororities are Alpha Alpha, | Beta Mu, Phi Sigma the Delta| jamma Sigma and Sigma Pi Epsi- lon. i Oné of the foregoing sororities | had anticipated running a dance at | the hotel and had the usual invit tions printed to that effect, but learned that it could not have the ballroom. ENDS 25 YEARS A3 TEACHER AT NB.H.S. James C. Moody Completes Quarter Century in Service Vice-Principal James C. Moody, ' director of the commercial depart- | ment of the Senior high school and the oldest teacher in phint of serv- ice at the school, will observe his | 25th anniversary s a mémber of the | school faculty tomorrow. On November 9, 1901, the school board voted to employ Mr. Moody, who was then a resident of Spring- field, as an instructor i1 penman- ship. His appointment came after | soveral months controversy between exponents of the slant and straight handwriting. He worked part time Turing the city two days ome week and three days the next week. Tha following September he was employed as su- i pervisor of penmanship in the grades classes in the morning and director of the commercial department in the afternoon. As time went on he was relieved of his position as supervisor of pen- manship and took over the position of director of the commercial de- partment on a full time He brought the department from ob- scurity to its present h.gh stand- ing. When he first took the posi- tion he was glven a room at the top | floor of the Academic building. had the assistance of only one teach- asis. (Continued on Page 13.) GIRL BREAKS BACK IN Miss Leona Smith of Thi; City at Point of Death in Wmsted ‘With chances for recovery against her, Miss Leona Smith of 48 Maple street, this city, lies at the point of pital, Winsted, her back broken as the result of an accident last eve- ning at about 6 o'clock in that city. Miss Smith, who is 17 years old, is the daughter of Mrs. Pearl V. Soith. Her mother today hastened to her bedside. ‘ Miss Smith was riding on the rear seat of a motorcycle operated by Joseph Deventhal of Cromwell and the couple had gone out for a ride carly in the afternoon. Main street, near Oak street, Win- The accident happened after Deven- thal had turned out to pass an auto- mobile driven by Sebastian Amato of 42 Bedford street, Hartford. The girl was thrown violently to the pavement and hurled through the air, striking against the curb. He was not injur- ed to any great extent. Miss Smith was thrown directly in the path of Amato's machine, although witness- o3 of the accurence say that in their | opinion the car did not pass over the | She was taken to hospital, critical condition ever since. tives say that stated today that her back was broken and that there is but a slight chance for her recovery. If she does recover, it is said, she will be a cripple for life. The police are in- vestigating the accldent. Miss Smith was employed at the Landers, Frary and Clark Manufac- turing Company of this city. Rela- THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled tonight and Tuc: day; probably rain Tuesda; not much change in temper- ature. 1901 and 1902 terms, coming to the | He | 0SS OFF MOTORCYCLE. death in the Litchfield County hos- | The ma- | chine skidded on the car tracks on | sted, and both Deventhal and Miss | Smith were thrown from the cycle. | Deventhal ‘was | where she has been in a | hospital authorities | SHRINE OF ST. ANNE ' AGAIN 15 DESTROYED Religious Relics Lost in $1,200,000 Fire at Quebec Church Today Annel De Baupre, Quebec, Nov. UP‘ —A number of cherished sacred lics of the shrine of Saint Anne saved from the fire that des- | troyed the temporary basilica today. is was learned when the vault \Of the sacristy was opened many |nours after 'the fire. The wrist bone of Ste. Anne, to which was attribut- e miraculous power, was found to | be burned somewha’, but otherwise | A number of the smaller and less widely known relics were uninjured. | The noted statue of ~Ste. Anne, which stood in the church, was destroyed. Quebec, Nov. 8 (—The Bascilica of St. Anne De Beaupre, a wooden | structure erceted to replace that of | the most famous Roman Catholic | church in North America, was burn- | ed to the ground early thi The original Basilica four and one-half years religious relies we the conflagration. The entire fire fighting force or | Quebec was immediately sent to St. Anne De Beaupre when word \\ns‘ eceived from the Redemptionist | hers that the Basilica was on | | mong the relics lost was one of | St. Anne saved from the flames in | March 1922, other treasures lost in- | | cluded the host. The Basilica was a | | temporary structure. Work is pro- | ceeding on a new building to replace | the original church burned in 1922. Defective wiring was responsible | for the destruction of the original | 2asilica with a loss of $1,200,000. The entire village Was threaten with destruction at the time. Que- bec firemen were powerless to save the Basilica owing to the fact that| the local waterworks could not sup- | ply their engines with wate | The original church was 300 years | old | The fire started in the top of the | | edifice from a cause not yet ascer- tained, and spread with great rapidity. Sparks were showered over the little town and it was feared for a time that the village itself would fall prey to the flames. Quebec firemen traveled at break neck speed over 22 miles of roads | made slippery by snow. The fire | fighters were powerless to Basilica and devoted their prevent a spread of the fire, s and parishioners, with sinking hearts stood by in silence and watched the flames ravage the building with its | priceless treasures Several heroic attempts were made | to enter the church and save the | sacred relics, but the fierceness of | tie fire drove veryone back. Relics adored by many thousand: of devout pilgrims: Treasures ir gold, silver and precious stones; gifts | { of kings and queens, vestments and | marvelous texture and church orna- | | ments which cannot be duplicated, | today were only a handful of ashe: and molten metal | A number of valuable paintings | escaped harm. One of the, * il‘(-lorin Raney,” is valued at $50,000. | Two statues near the door and the | | receptacle nearby which contained | holy water were saved. The building was equipped with | hose and engines but it was too late fire was dis- | morning | destroyed | ago. Many | e consumed in | | to use them after the covered. | W mdow Weights Lsed in Bridgeport Fight Bridgeport, Nov. 8 (T)—Dominick Cordoza, 62, is in St. Vin:ent's hos- pital in a serious condition as a re- sult of a fight at the store of An- tonto Larzarus, 36, last night. Cor- | | doza has a broken nose, broken jaw, | broken collarhone, his right eye is partly gouged out and he has a pos- sible fracture of the skull. A two pound window weight is reported to have been the weapon used in bat- ing him into insensibility. Police are holding Lazzarus, the latter's brother Tiafelo Lazzarus, 27 and Frank Silvia, 25, as Cordoza's assallants. The men deny the as- sault but fail to explain how Cordoza recelved his injurles. recently burned. {1924 in London, | dem: JAMES K. HACKETT, DEFENSE SCORES AS STAR NOTED ACTOR. DIES - WITNESS FOR STATE DOES NOT IMPLICATE DEFENDANTS \Famous American Stage Star Passes Away in Paris (WAS LEADING MAN AT 24| Later He Inherited Million From } Relative He Never Saw—*'Prisoner | of Zenda" His Most Famous Stage | Success. (P — James K. | \\'hoy Paris, Nov. | Hackett, the for many years has resided in Paris, | died today. | Death was due to heart disease following a long illness from an in- ternal complaint. Mrs. Hackett, who | was Beatrice H. Beckley of London, | was at the bedside when death came. | Mr. Hackett was to have appeared | tomorrow at a royal matinee before King George and Queen Mary of | England in a scene from Macheth | for the aid of the Stratford-on-Avon Shakespearcan theater which is to be built to take the place of the one He realized a week ago, however, that he would be un- abl. to travel from Paris to London for this occasion. Mr. Hackett was a great favorite with the French theater-going pub- lic. While playing “Macbeth” in he received an offi- cial invitation from the French gov- | ernment to appear in Paris. Later, he was made a chevalier of the Li 8 American actor, FLEES LINELIGHT PO S S A M, High Spots of Trial at Today’s Session of Hall-Mills Case Courthouse, Somerville, N. J., Nov. § (P—Robert Ehrling, on stand to tell seeing Mrs. Jane Gibson in De Russey’s lane, forc- ed to give maiden name but not married pame of his girl com- panion. C. Russell Gil seeing ‘Hall and Mrs. Mills to- gether on New York's Broadway in summer of 1921, more than a year before slaying. Fingerprint testimony resumed with Trederick Drewen, who made Willie Stevens’ first print, testifying. Death certificateg of slain cou- ple presented but withdrawn on defense objection, _—m | | ! sleeve told of T0 GAIN COURAGE (Charlotte Mills Spends Week- gion of Honor. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made in detail, but the | body will probably be taken to America. Fell Heir to Million The lap of fortune was piled hi;:h | with lavish gifts for James Keteltas Hackett, who, at the age of 24 was the youngest leading man on the American stage; at 45 fell heir to $1,000,000 and a few years later, In 1921, was honored by officials of the governments of both England and France for his Shakespearean play, When his most notable succes: “Othello” and “Macbeth” were g t the Odeon theater in Paris at the invitation of the IFrench govern ment, following an artis in London, Mr. Hackett a cable felicitating him on “the well merited recognition” his histrionic ability and declaring that the appearance of English and French dramatic stars on the stage with him was “significant of those ties by which the people of the three countrfes are bound in sympathetic | fellowship.” His Great Successes Mr. Hackett's most notable early successes were “The Prisoner of | Zenda" and its sequel, Hunlmu and “The Pride of Jen- | nico” in the late ‘90’s under the management of Daniel Frohman. It was not until 1914 that he essayed Shakespearean roles, in the first of which, “Othello,” he scored an im- mediate success. Two the Criterian theater, New York, he produced *“Macbeth.” Both produc- | tion were remarkable for the lavish manner in which they were staged. In the meantime he had become an | actor-manager, leasing two theaters co- | ships in Chicago, Boston and |and ready to face whatever of the‘smw witness in the Hall-Mills case, in ew York and partnc London. Of American Parentage James K. Hackett was born at| Wolt Island, Ont, September 6, 1869 of American parents tnnlmg in Canada. He attended a New York grammar school and obtained his forming university education at the College | he | of the City of New York, where received the degree‘of B. A. in 1891, A few months later he entered the | (Continued on Page Three) interpretation of | ic triumph | President Harding sent | of | “Rupert of | vears later, at | End i in New York READY FOR FRESH ORDEAL Prominent Figure in Murder Case | | | | says She Has Recelved Letters of | Sympathy From New Britain ! —Glad Mrs. Demarest Spoke. BY CHARLOTTE MILLS (Copyright, 1920, ¥amous Features Syndicate, Inc.) Somerville, N. J., Nov. 1 faced the reop + 8—Today | ning of the trial Over Sunday I| | went away from the atmosphere of Somerville and Brunswick which is so filled with bitter mem- ories for me. I went to New York, 40 miles away, and tried to lose my- self in the great throngs that erosd Broadway. Of course I could not share the gayety of the people around me, but their happiness as they went their way of pleasure | diverted my mind, and for a while |T could forget a little my own trag- | edy. It was a welcome relief not to be stared at and photographed and | pointed out to the curious as “the | daughter of the slain woman.” The | bright lights of the city were a sort |of curtain which shut me off from | | the depressing memories that gnaw- | ed into my mind and heart last | with new courage. ew P03|ti\'e, | for more ‘Robert Ehrling, in Lane Night of Hall-Mills Murder, Can Identify Neither Man Nor Car He Saw There. However, That Mrs. Jane Gibson Passed Him — Discrepancies in Stories Are Alleged. Courthouse, Somerville, N. J, Nov. 8 (P—Robert Ehrling, who said he saw Mrs. Jane Gibson, two automobiles and a “man with a mustache” in De Russey's lane the night of the Hall-Mills slaying, al though the second witness of the | trial of Mrs. Hall and her brothers toduy, held the star position throughout the morning session. Ehrling was in the far-famed lans than two hours on the night of the slaying, he said, and Mrs. Gibson passed his automobile riding her “Jennie” mule. Two au- tomobiles passed some thirty mine utes before he left, going down the lane. The question of the makes of these cars drew from Ehrling a sug- | gestion that one was a Ford sedan, with its solitary occupant a man Wwith a mustache. Pressed for details asto the character of the mustache, Ehrling said it was short. Two of | the defendants are full mustached. | It was incidentally stated during the examination that Mrs. Hall owned a Dodge sedan. The defense attempted to get in- to the record an alleged conversa- tion between Ehrling and Willard Staub in which Ehrling was asked it lie told Staub that *he could make some money by saying that he was in the lane the night of the murder.” This was held not competent, The defense also brought out cer | taln discrepancies between Ehrlipg's | (Continued from Page 10) FGUR SPECIALISTS VISIT MRS. GIBSON ! Doctors Insist She Will Be in Hospital at Least | week. T wandered a long time, up | and down Broadway until I was| | very tired, and when I went to bed | |1 fell into a peaceful sleep for the | | first time in weeks. Today, thanks to those few hours of forgetfulness, I feel refreshed | | bitter past which will pass in re- | view before my mind in the little | white courthouse of Somerville, | | Appreciates Tetters of Sympathy Right now I want to express my | appreciation to the readers of the New Britain Herald who have writ- | ten me letters of sympathy. I can | never tell you how those letters | | have buoyed up my spirit when it | was sinking beneath the weight of | (Continued on Page 14) ( Force Woman to Which Prevents Use of Hall | Unlock Door Rutherford and Barnes Report Violation of La\\ in Tenement House on Trinity Street. A landlady who locked the door | leading to the front hallway of her | house to prevent tenants from using | entrance and -exit, | has been reported to the prosecuting | of | hat means of violation following an building and ittorney for alleged tate and local laws, nvestigation by the fire departments. She is Mrs. Ida Peterson, owner of a three-family house at 59 Trin- ity street. She occupies the third floor. The tenant on the second floor was restrained from using the front entrance when a spring was removed from the lock, making it | impossible to turn the knob, it Is alleged. Building Inspector A. N. ford and Deputy Chief Eugene Barnes of the fire department ceived a complaint last night from one of the tenants and they went to the Trinity street house, where they found conditions as reported. A and that the door be opened was met with a plea that it was impossible. Ruther- “jimmy" the sowner discovered a way for opening the door. Study was given the lock, and it was found, the city employes report, the spring had been removed. The owner's action constitutes a breach of local and state safety law, by making an exit incapable of use, the city departments report. \ re- | SUSPECT BANDITS OF STEALING AUTO HERE ;May Have Used McAuliffe | Car in New York Holdup That the men who stole the auto- niobile owned by District Manager T. P. McAuliffe of the Southern New England Telephone Co., were pro- fessional highwaymen, who were in this city Friday night, and who held up and robbed a man near Mill- brook, N. Y., at the point of a gun, | 1s the opinion of Sherii Charles F. Close of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Mr. McAuliffe had left his car in {front of the office on Court street. | | When he left to go to his home it was gone. He notified the police and a “broadcast” was sent out. Saturday the local police were notified that the car was found near Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and Mr. Mc- | Auliffe went to that city for it. | Friday night | authorities were notified that a | motorist had been held up on the | When the chief’s driv- |1 | er went to his car for a oad near Millbrook. Two cars overtook him and crowded him off the road. One man held him up at the point of a gun while another went through his pockets and took his roll. The highwaymen then |left in the direction of Poughkecp- sie. A rescription of one of the | cars tallled with that of the Me- (Continued on Page 13), | with complications, the Poughkeepsie | Two Weeks Jersey City, N .J, Nov. 8 (A— Four speclalists today began an exe amination of Mrs, Jane Gibson, & who was suddenly removed from the Somerset county hospital to Jersey City hospital by Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson yesterday. After examination of Mrs. Gibson, the physicians issued an official | statement in which they said she had a “chronic gynecological condition™ and in thefr opinion, would be ‘“confined to the hospital for at least two weeks.” The statement follows: Mrs. Gibson was admitted to the gynecological service of the Jersey, City hospital November 7, 1926. “Dr. Charles B. Kelley, gynecolo- gist, and Dr. Charles Synder, resident gynecologist, held a two hour con- | ference this morning and Mrs. Gib~ son has been seen by Dr. E. J. Daily, visiting urologist. Dr. J. J. Duffy, radiologist, will see her today. “After a diagnosis, Mrs. Gibson was found to be suffering from a chronic gynecological condition with a moderately severe secondary anemia. This is complicated by an infection of the kidney and a toxic degeneration of the myocardium. “Mrs. Gibson spent a fair night and her temperature was lower this morning, Her general condition has somewhat improved. “Her greatest need at prosent is rest in bed, followed by such other treatment as is deemed appropriate. “In the opinion of the attending physicians, Mrs. Gibson will be cone fined to the hospital for at least two weeks." 8 - 1l prosecus , who per- Somerville, Alexander Simpson, spe tor in the Hall-Mills cas | sonally conducted Mrs. Jano Gibsou, | state witness, from a Somerville hos- | pital to one in Jersey City yesterday, said before court opened this morn- ling that radium was needed in the | treatment of the patient. Mrs. Gibe son has a kidney discase and pos- sibly cancer. Radium is available at Jersey City but not at Somerville,” said Mr, Simpson. “So we took the witness to 3G | “Then, too,” he added, “New York specialists can get to Jersey City much more quickly than to Somer- | ville should they be needed. | “I am sorry the Somerville peopl | feel as they do about my actien in | removing the patient. Somerville has a ‘nice’ hospital.” Mr. Simpson did not know when he will be able to use Mrs. Gibe son as a witness, he sald.