New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 15, 1926, Page 4

JAMS ON BRAKES, | OVERTURNS AUTO Driver Escapes Injuries But Car Is Badly Damaged Frank Clsz of 111 Lafayette street narrowly escaped serious infury shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the car he was driving_overturned on West Main | street. Cisz reported to Officer Fred | Wagner that a car going west on the street prevented him from pass- ing in the same direction and he | was obliged to apply the breaks to | avoid a collision with The top, fenders, steeri practically all the Wiadislaw Muszyn Place owns the George W. Truslow-of 61 Main street, while driv 1. Main street shortly be: this morning, struck Peter | < Sharp's Station, | Plainville, throwing him to the pave- ment and causing a cut on his fore- head. Chudzik, according to Trus- | low, started to cross the street, and became confused, making it impos- | sible to avoid striking him. Truslow | took him to New Dritaln General | hospital and reported the i | ident to Sergeant Flynn at police headquar- | ters. An automobile the W. H. Hall Constry Hartford, and driven Seledyn of 49 Lawlor st city, collided with an automobile | driven by Henry Frinari of 408 street, this city, causing considerable damage to hoth vehicles about 2:25 Saturday afternoon. Officer Fred | Wagner reported ari's car | pulled away from the curb as the | truck was i was | 1o cause by or poli NO GAIN FOR ‘WETS' - DINWIDDIE SAYS “Dry” Campaiguer Says Seuatet Situation Is Net Changed The charg 15th amend- ment was ‘" country did no according to E. C. Dir national chicf templar of the der of Good Templars, Who spoke at the Norden bungalow yesterday | afternoon. “There has been an or- ganized movement for more than | 110 years to enact prohibition laws, he said. “Since the passage amendment the wo the country have saved of dollars, 22 the people hilli ich are 15th of ns of mselves. There is ort to nullify them umendment must tional ement or 15th re never was a time or place s as pro! is today large part of this prosperity is due to prohibition.” The speaker said tlons did not da prohibition In the Senator-clect Walsh of satts will take the seat ] ator Lodze who voted a 15th amendment. Tle s thing holds frue in liam & Vare of T if he ever s seated place formerl: rose, an ackno sald 1t was doubt will be s . and Pinchot will appoint a ator. In New York Wagner is a “wet” than Senator Wad less Influence In the Wadsworth He quoted prohibition {1 Ford, Eibert Carver o the recent ¢ zo the cause of He but no more nd s b follow! Gary, ing H. H. Klar a Mas beddu ily of guests of Winthrop ¢ Daughters of T regular meeti at 8 o'cloc v Initiation will be held meeting. Mrs. Willianm street Is a pati pital. The the return of the of Fred T cott street 0. U. Life Imprisonment Is_ Given Cambridge Yorth sammbridge, Mass., N 15 (P— Donald 1 T 1son, vouth, who admitted that and robbed an elderly wo proprictor on ding, ed charge of murd gree. He was ser cisonmier A. Lourie. to be men to evidence rrested before h riage conld bo held. to im- Judge David howed h | sioner Be: | wasn't a MRS. MILLS WAS OPENIN HER LOVE (Continued from First Page) all and her brothers. | McKeever, who preceded Butler on the stand had been called by the state as proof of the fact that for- mer Sheriff Conklin made certain tatements to police under oath and then refused to sign the transcript of these statements, McKeever acted as stenographer | and also as supreme court examiner in the police investigation, in that he | administered oaths. When shown a copy of the ment which Sheriff Conklin is alleged to have made and then refused to sign he testified that | the typewritten portions were the ! sherift’s original statement, and the nencil notations were changes made by Conklin. Senator Case on cross- brought out that MeKeever had ad- | ministered oaths before witne: testified in the police invest xamination fon. He did this by virtue of his office | « as a supreme court examiner, but s2id he had no definite court in- structions to proceed in this fashion. “You were conducting a hearing?"” iemanded Case. 0" replied McKeever. nesses, “You were swearing witnesses in advance of preparing depositions?” a man before he be- | gan to talk 2" Yes.” “This paper of Sheriff Conklin's as prepared as a deposition to be ned and sworn to notwithstanding he was placed under oath at the outset? 3 “And he refused to sign it?" Did he ever sign it?" ase brought out that two mem- bers of the state police and five members of the Jersey City police | nt at the hearing, among | aptain Walsh of Jersey City. | ng questions Much About Walsh, | Here Simpson interrupted to ask | the witness if Captain Walsh was not the man who had come to Somerville @ few years ago to aid in e capture of the slayer of State! Trooper Coyle. | “Didn’t Senator Case write an ef- | fusive letter of thanks to Commis- | of Jersey City and of $2,500 divided between Walsh and another police- Simpson asked. replied McKeever, t's see about this, a6 “Do you know I wrote a letter of | in | heard that you did.” “Did you know that Walsh got the reward? heard that he did.” if this Captain | e man who accord- | Sutphen gave a wi ing up 1in the continued Case over | s objection, | don't know,” replied Me- | to Justice an ; it C: you know th ptain | Walsh is the same 1 who chained | Willard Staub, a witness, to a cot at | lice headquarters in this in- | ation 2" Hearse Driver Teslifies. Stillwell, who n which the r. Hall was drove body of the | removed from | Brunswick to Brooklyn for | r testified that he saw a, tch between an inch and a halt | hes long on the left side He safd he ob- | » scratch while on the ferry ch took the funeral party | George, Staten Tsland, to | He testificd he obscrved 1 when Mrs. Hall lifted il to put her handker- | f to her nose. ace. | glven over said he the opposi from the spot where the that the witness | 1 the other women | Hall in was on murders, was called aind and told of Mrs. ar to go to the e town, where he Rev. Mr. Hal the end of the t clock in the eve- sale This rs before fixed lills on the | two ques- > aid not Kr of er sevoral times before their deaths Two Together. them toget} or he loved M tinue ing to go soon ed high school.” hat have been?” Jap: s arnhardt | in Buccleuch | but compose X | bench in broad daylight?’ 'the prose- | | wanting to testify? | meet Mr. Hall who' was taking her | { Admitted Her Love. | Simpson had difficulty in first get ting from Mra. Barnhardt the state- ment that Mrs. Mills had told her she “loved” Mr. Hall. “Why the difficulty in saying that word ‘loved'?” the prosecutor re- marked. | He had Mrs. Barnhardt continue her recital when she discovered the feeling her sister had for the min- ister. “I suspected her for some time,” the witness sald. “She did not tert| me in these exact words until after 1 had confronted her in the Sunday school room a year, or a year and a half before the killings. “I came to New Brunswick to visit her and her husband told me she was at the church. “I went into the Sunday school room and called anor’ while Iking toward the study. Ir. Hall came out and it in here, maybe s church.” " He went info the church with me | to look for her. ! When we returned, she came out | the study from which Mr. Hall a few minutes before. ‘e was flushed and she said | She looked as if she had | ¢d her hat down over her head | aid ‘She's o's in the “We went into the study and Mr. Hall went out after a couple of bot- tles of soda and some eclairs, and we had lunch.” “After that she took me into her confidence. She told me she loved | him and that she used to meet him park and that he would write lotters to her.” | “What did they do in the park?” Simpson demanded. Gave Him Sermon Ideas. “She used to give him ideas for sermons,” the witness replied. “Well did they do anything else | sermons on a park cutor asked. The witness did not know. 5 “Have you any reason for not| y?"" was Simpson's | next question. | The witness said she had not.” | “How did you know that she loved } him?" Simpson continued. i “I knew about the prayer he| wrote for her,” Mrs. Barnhardt r plied. “When she was in the hospital he“ got up out of a sick bed to go to| her,” the witness continued. | “Did you ever say anything to her about the wisdom or unwisdom of being so bold in a place the size of New Brunswick?"” | “About a year before killed, I told her it was unwis “What did she say?"” “She replied that she didn't care who knew she loved Mr. [lall; she wasn’t going to hide it from any- | one.” “When did she tell you that?" “Seven or eight months before her death.” “Did she ever visit you in Pater- son?"” | “She came to my house right after | her operation, stay all night and went to New York the next day to to a show.” Mrs. Hall Unfriendly “Did e ever say any Mrs. | She said Mrs. Hall was unfriend- | about | This answer was stricken out by | nt of the court and counsel sldes. “Did you ever sec Mrs. Hall and | Mrs. Mills together?” | = | “How did Mrs. Hall act?” | “They were friendly at one time | ut three years before the mur- | the | 4 When did you last sce them to- | er2” | hout a year and a half hefore the murders. The guild was going to Bound Brook to hold services at | a home for the aged. I was visiting | Eleanor. When we arrived at the | church several people who had fur- | nished cars to take us to the home | were standing around. Mr. Hall put | Sleanor and me in his car. Mrs. | Hall walked up to the car, saw us there, walked back and forth and| then rode in another car.” “She was very angry at Mr. Hall for having placed us in the car,” the witness asserted several times. Mrs. Barnhardt's testimony as to | conversations with Mrs, Mills was | continued objection of counsel for the defense. | Signs of Jealousy. Asked if she had ever agai Mrs. Hall show signs of Mrs. Bernhardt said she rece | other occasion, during a Halloween party at the minister's church, when Hall “showed signs of jealou- seen | from the ness when Hall's ae- stayed away explained the w to describe Mrs. he tions. The prayer, which the n wrote for Mrs. Mills while she was in a hospital several months before the murders, was introduced in the form of a photostatic copy, but the court ruled that it could not be pre- | sented, after defense counsel had contended no proper s original. It | was brought out that the original | copy of the prayer was gotten frem Mrs. Barnhardt by a New York wspaper Over objection of the Mrs. Barnhardt was allowed to ex plain that the letters “D, T. L.”, which the Rev. Mr. Hall signed to his notes to Mrs. Mills, were the German words meaning “Thy truc love.” defens: . Mills Rival. drew from the wit tement that Mrs. Mills had that Mrs. Mi Clark, of the minister's Hall too, and w nor, because s of his attention.” The two women had been fricndl tut their friendship was stop because of this hardt testified she had been told by er sister. In carlier testimony, th states had sought to cstablish t Mrs. Minna Clark “spled” on the minister and Mra. Mills, tended t he carried to Mrs. Hall storics of their love affair, | Simpec | tending to her business there, and | for Mr. Hall’s little finger than for | meeting place, | ing place directed to the drive to Bound Brook | for servi | sh | dance? alousy, Mrs. Barn- | § and con- | § Simpson showed Mrs. Barnhardt | the black stockings worn by Mrs. | Mills when she was slain. The wit- ness exhibited no emotion in looking at the stockings to identify them. Robert McCarter, chief of defense counsel, took up the cross-cxamina- tion. Says Mills Heard It. “Was Mrs. Mills' husband home on the day she made thg remark that she cared more for Mr. Hall's little finger than for her husband's whole body?” McCarter queried. “Yes,” Mrs. Barnhard( replied. “Did he hear it2" “Yes. she made that remark to her husband several times, Charlotte and Davy and several others were there.” “Weren't they having a quarrel?” “I don't remember. “Wasn't Mr. Mills criticizing her activities in the church? Did he say she spent too much time at the church and not enough at home at- then didn’t she reply, “I care more vour whole hody?” “That was it,” ed. The two Mills children were read- ing newspapers during this testi- mony. James Mills, the husband, chewed gum unconcernedly while the defense, apparently, was once again attempting to point his way. McCarter tried to bring out that Mrs. Mills and thé rector had met in New Brunswick only in Buccleugh | park. “Did your sister tell you that they met on the last bench in the parx and that she helped him with his) sermons and other work?” defense counsel questioned. “Yes,” the witness replicd. “And they always met in hroad daylight 2" Met In Fvening. metimes they met in Mrs. Barnhardt | | the evening “Did she say thelr regular meet- | DOEGHT IT GET YOIR GO Goat-Getters AT S 26 8Y L | SERVICE, INC. ing place was in the ) 3 | “She didn't say their regular| she said they some- | 1ct there.” 1 “Did she ever speak of any other | meeling place | | MITCHELL MUST SPEED UP g ot OR PAY FINE IMPOSED in Brunswick that | Plumber Who Admitted Violation she spoke of 2" i “No, she sald they also met on| on avenue sometimes,” The | crabapple tree sector is beyond the | park on Easton avenue and McCar- | ter abandoned this line of question- times of City Ordinance Ordered by E Court to Change Work. Declaring that he does not in- {tend to allow much more time for { William Mitchell, plumber, to alter {2 plumbing job to comply with the |city ordinances as he was ordered [to do a month ago, Judge Allin for the aged. Mrs. Barnhardt said |in police court this morning im- did not remember who else went | posed a fine of $25 and costs and the trip. | suspended execution of the judg- She said that at a Halloween party 'ment for two wecks. If Mitchell she and Mrs. Mills danced Wwith |fails to have the job corrected by Mr. Hall. that time, he will be required to “Did you see Mrs. Hall at the pay the fine. party?” McCarter asked. | Mitchell said he has been unable “I didn’t her at all” Mrs.{to rajse the money required to do Barnhardt replied the job over. He was arrested a “Isn't it a fact v months ago but was not con- | victed. He pleaded his own case at |that time. About a month ago he arrested again for doing the work of a master plumber without a license and installing plumbing |in violation of the city ordinances. | The cost of carrying out the order |of the court will be more than $200, according to estimate. |Nicky Arnstein Must Again Go on Trial w York, Nov. 15 (P) — Jules W. Nicky) Ar |trial on six-year-old charges of re- | ceiving stolen property for which | he served a term in Leavenworth, it |das decided by Judge Rosalsky. Arnsteln, central figure in 1919 | Wall street bond thefts amounting to $5,000,000, was convicted on the | same charges in a Washington fed- leral court. Judge Rosalsky, in de- nying Arnstein’s plea that he was being placed in “double jeopardy” by being brought to trial again in gen- eral sesslons here, ruled that the federal and state governments drew their powers from separate sources and have the right to try a de- | fendant in disregard of the fact that one or the other has previously tried such defendant for the same offense. Arnstein is at liberty without bail. in '*hf' cross-examination was then s at the Episcopal home on that sie doesn't “I don't know.” “Mr. Hall danced with other pro- ple in addition to Mrs. Mills and yourself 2" | “I didn’t see him do so." On cross examinatior hardt w ed: “Do you remem- her any occasion when Mr. Mills came upon nor and Mr. Hall, and Mrs. Mills was prevoked chorged him with follow “I never heard of that, ed the witne: The witnes: ation, said Mrs, woman who did | on re-direet examin- | Hall was {he only not wear a mask at the Hallowe'en party at the although she did wear a Mrs. Barnhardt said Mr Hall aside watching as husband and Mrs. Mills danced to- gether most of the evenina. Tells of Seceing Car h K. Soper, of Hi Park, the next witness, told of see. ing a touring car, with two men sitting on the front seat and a wom- an on the rear seat, ton avenue at De about midnight on the r double murder. The witness said he was returning home with his wife and another married coupls tor attending a meeting of the| stern Star in New Brunswick. | At that time did you know Mrs. Hall, Henry Stevens or Willle Stev- ens?” asked Simpson. “I knew Willie Steve replied. church, costume, Manufacturing Meetings Are Held in Bridgeport Bridgeport, Nov. 15 (#—Confer- ences between heads of manufactur- i concerns in Connecticut and rles R.Allen of Washington, ed cational consultant of the federal board for vocational education, wi begun at the state trade school here The conference will continue throughout the week. Fifteen man- ufacturing organizations were rep- sented at today's conference, the purpose of which is to develop and train a group of men as leaders in industrial foremanship, to be used as foremanship training agents. A course in intensive training for these will follow the conferences, under the leadership of George S. ders of the state department of industrial education, according to announcement. The men to be train- ed will be selected by F. J. Trinder, state director of industrial education. ns," Soper was the touring car, sitting in the the witness The woman wore a light coat, tified. ARRESTED FOR EVASION. Detective Sergeant W. P. McCuc today arrested Phillp Bliss, aged 24 Burr avenue, Middletown, on charge of evading responsibility running over a dog on West Main street Saturday. The wit- nesses are Julla Schultz of 36 New field avenue and Edward Wagnet of 12 Woodruft court. fte A bridge wooden found at Kaerde (near Dort- nd) is estimated to be 5,000 years old and to date back to the econd Mortgae stein must again stand | 16 YEAR OLD GIRL ELOPES Mildred | Street Runs Away in Auto With Martino of 76 Cleveland | Angelo Martino, Neighbor. The police are clopement of Mildred Martino, 15 | year 2 old daughter of Tobedo Mar- tino of 76 Cleveland street, and An- gelo Martino, aged 21, of 88 Cleve- {1and street, which the girl's father | |reported Saturday. The couple went | way in an automobile, according to | | the report, and up to this afternoon | | had not been located. 'MARRIED, BUT STILL | | Former Groton Girl, 17 Years 014, | Attending Night Classes in | Springfield | Mrs. Josc investigating the | HUST ATTEND SCHOOL § New London, Conn., Nov. 15 (P — | j§ ph Megliola, 17, formerly |} OFFICR PEGT P 10 DATE, YOI i~ ~ %3 Jjonn wuck *3 59 ARCH ST. NEW BRITAIN, CONN. The Busiest Tailor in Town with the Little Prices. Opportunity knocks at your door but once and the fellow who grasps the right thing is the fellow who is always sitting on top of the world. Just Invest $3:00 and a few minutes of your time Then Come to J. WUCK of Groton, under compulsion is at- ;o tending sixth grade night |classes in Springfield, Mass., | Groton schoal authorities produce a | the sixth grade in a public school, | |it was learned here today. |records show that she graduated | | from the sixth grade in Groton in She was formerly Miss Rose | no of Groton, and was mar- | ried last July. A few weeks after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Meg- | § {liola removed to Springfield. Mrs. Megliola applied for employment in |a Springfield thread mill school | @ until | R certificate showing that she passed | Groton | g but was | § at 59 Arch St., City, and select an Overcoat or Suit of Clothes. It isn't a gift to be able to ¢- it, just plain com- mon sense. Come and sce me and let me explain how you can get a Suit or Overcoat for the small price of $3.00 Don’t Miss It! | denied employment until she pro- |§ | duced a birth certificate showing her |age. 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