New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 29, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 uwo)) ‘PIOJUIH “3daq *3APY 1 NS NIRRT a8 VYV V BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1926. —-SIXTEEN PAGES BANDITS BIND AND GAG MANAGER OF CAPITOL THEATER, ROB HI E TRICKS THEM OUT OF ABOUT $2000 M OF 3251, C. G. Barrett, Covered JOCTOR FSCAPES | With Gun, s Bound "¢ DATIENT DIES Hand and Foot With el Wire While Pockets Are Rifled. Hunting For Dr. Yochelman Strangers Depart When YIOT[§ 1S GIRL OF %! He Tells Them Satchel | | Containing Receipts Is| at Police Headquarters. Bridgeport Eclectic, Wanted for Al- leged Criminal Operation, One of | Those Who Has Fought State's Banning Edict. SAVES CASH IN SAFE | Bridgeport, Nov. 23 t — Dr.| BY USING HIS WITS |Isidore Yochelman, eclectic physi- | (clan who has continued to practice here despite the fact that his state | license was revoked, could not be 1 found today by Bridgeport or state | agalnst bis forehead, his hands and | V0 SV 0 o E P on & ankles bound and a gag tied securely | warrant charging him with per- | about his mouth, Carlyle G. Barrett, |forming an illegal operation upon With a revolver point pressed |over salary or anything else, police that she was a victim of an illegal operation. Death was caused when infectlon set In as a result of several ruptured vital or- ‘gans. Curtis Peck, of 628 William street, was named by the girl as manager of the Capitol theatre’ on |Miss Mabel A. Derry, 20, a tele- | 2 s phone operator, who died West Main street was robbed of a Sunday | morning from blood poisoning funds, by two men In the theater | 1 Yochelman disappeared Friday OTleogotny: night and when it appeared Satur- ceipts beloved o be about $2,000|aie, police secured a warrant for | lay in a safe in the office, but|the eclectic’s arrest and began to | work the combination and that the | disappeared. satchel, which the gunmen admit- Lawyers in Conference up at police headquarters. tor Dr. Yochelman, was in com- Found Bound With Wire munication with Assistant Prose- for 15 minutes after the duo left, warrant was issued, and endeavor- finally being released when one of ed to fix. bonds for his client. He building detected muffied calls for |that his cllent would not leave the | help and came to investigate. The |city but rather would surrender strands of radio antenna wire used |000 bail. Police are confident that | to bind him, notified the police im- |they will apprehend the man to- | detective bureau with what descrip- (ing Attorney Lister stated last tion he could. Several suspects were | night that he felt confident that if cluded the work was that of local Autopsy Performed men who are belleved to.be re-| An autopsy performed by Medi- The men are belleved to be about |firmed the girl's statements to the 21 years of age. Both wore caps and as tall, with a pimpled face. He was the one whose gun was pressed “frisking,” the gunman who made the search being of shoter stature. the opinion of Barrett who sald throughout the entire proceeding $ , sy commnd s va | TAUNTON'S BUSINESS Barrett was in his office on the | ing shortly after 9 o'clock and had just arranged the payroll money outside the door. A moment later, from behind his back, he heard an|Theater and Factory around and faced two men, one with| Building Destroyed— at St. | Vincent's hospital early $250 pay-roll and $7 of his personal [ which followed an operation, | A satchel containing two days’ re- | 4y gtternoon that the girl would | Barrett insisted he was unable 1o |look for him. By that time he had | ted was their objective, was locked | Attorney J. B. Dillion, counsel Barrett was helpless in his office |cuting Attorney Lister after the the scrub women employed in the lassured the prosecuting attorney | theater man, his wrists cut from |when he was able to raise the $5.- mediately and then furnished the |morrow while Assistant Prosecut- sought out at once. The police con- [they did not he would surrender. sponsible for previous hold-ups. cal Examiner H. R. Deluca con- light overcoats. One was described aaginst Barrett's face during the That the latter was inexperienced is (Continued on Page 14) the shorter man trembled. mezzanine floor of the theater build- SE[;TI“N THREATENE" when he was attracted by footfalls order: ‘“Hands up!” He wheeled Loss-$1,250,000 @ gun leveled at him, each with his coat collarturned up partially- hid- ing his features. Another command that he hold up his hands, shook the theater manager from the rigid pose Taunton, Mass, Nov. 29(—Fire | the of amazement into which he was thrown by the sight of the gunmen, and he obeyed. At their order he placed his hands behind his back. One of the duo took a piece of wire from his pocket and wiped out the Park theater and the | RIS SPEAKER HAS | QUIT THE DIAWOND Tnto Business FIFTH MANAGER 10 G0 Four Other American League Pilots Also Retired This Year—Speaker Always Has Been Colorful Ball |than beverage purposes; and that at $3,000. Player. Cleveland. 0., Nov. 23 (P—Trls Spealcer, leader of the Cleveland Tn- dlans since midseason 1919, resigned | as manager today, Speaker set forth he had absolute- ly no differences with the ball club that conditions are as amicable as they ever have been, but he made up his mind that if he was to get anywhere in the business world he would have to take the definite step he has decided upon sooner or later. Speaker has several business propositions under consideration. Is Fifth to Go This is the fifth American League manager to elther resisn or be re- tired by the club owner since the close of the 1926 campaign. Lee Fohl, boss of the Boston Red Sox, was first to tender his resignation. Owner Phil Ball announced the retirement of Goorge Sisler, and Dan Howley has been named to pllot the | Browns. all ball the Detroit Tigers. Ty Cobb, most colorful of He has been re- ed by Gceorge Moriarity, former yer and of recent yoars American | pla League umpire. Owner Charles Comiskey of the Chicago White Sox | surprised everybody a couple of weeks since by breakirg into print | with the announcement he had gtven Eddle Collins his walking papers and promoted Ray Schalk to the | managerial role. Speaker hes won undying fame as flelder, base-runner, thrower and batsman. No successor has been chosen. A Feature For 20 Years New York, Nov. 29 (P—Tris Spealer's resignation as chieftaln of the Cleveland Indlans today closed one of bascball's most chapters, rivalled probably only by the achievements of Ty Cobb. For 20 years Speaker has been {one of the big features of the dla- | mond. His litetime batting aver- age, like that of Cobb's, is well over .300 mark, for onlv once, in 1919, did he fall below that figure. His average in that season was .206. peaker, a native of Hubbard, Tex., played minor league baseball in Texas after leaving the Fort Worth Polytechnic Institute, he joined the Boston Red Sox in 1807, and soon earned recognition as one (of the game's great players, com- bining remarkable ground-covering ability In the outfield with his powerfal batting. [For nine years he played brilllant ball with the Red ! Sox as a member of that famous trio—Speaker, Lewis and Hooper. RESTRICTIONS ON WHISKEY UPHELD | Supreme Conrt By Close Vote Backs Volstead Law EMr Mcmbers of Tribunal Give Dissenting Opinions As to Right to Limit Quantity Prescribed Each ! Ten Days. Washington, Nov. 20 (P—Volstead State And Bridgeport Police Denies Trouble — Wants To Gai‘m i whiskey physicians may prescribe to patients each ten days were sus- players, quit as leader of | Itained today by the supreme court. The decislon was by a sharply di- vided court, four members, Justices Sutherland, McReynolds, Stone and Butler, dissenting. The dissenting opinion was that the state had ex- |clusive jurisdiction to regulate the use of intoxicating liquor for other | congress had not prohibited the use of liquor for medicinal purposes and that it did not have authority to do 50. | Victory For Govt. The decision, which was rendered in a case brought by Dr. Samuel W. | Lambert of New York city, marked another victory for the govern which has been sustalned by court almsot without exception in its program for dry I enforee- ment. The court previously has ruled that malt liquor possessed no med cinal value and upheld the W Campbell act prohibiting beer pre- scriptions. Justice Sutherland asserted that | the majority had deprived the states of the exclusive power to controi medicinal practices and had trans- ferred it to congress. Justice Brandeis opinion of the court. JOHNSON LOSES JOB AS CITY INSFEGTOR Prominent Swedish Repub- lican Fired By Public Works Dept. delivered the Robert C. Johnson, an inspector in the employ of the department of public works, is the second member of that staff to lose his job in th “shake-up” which is expected ev: BURGESS IS HELD UNDER §3,000 BOND ‘Bound Over to Superior Gourt Manager of Local Office of Elabo- rated Roofing Co. Sald to Have Kept Moncy Turned in By Cus- -tomers—Trial Next Month. { After a hearing In police court | this morning lasting more than two hours, Kimball ~Burgess, aged 33 | vears, was bonnd over to the De-| cember term of superior court on | | the charge of embezzlement of | $1,018.1S while manager of the Myrtle street office of the Elabo- rated Roofing Co. of Waterbury. | Burgess pleaded not gullty and was |represented by Attorney Thomas ¥. MecDonough. Bonds were fixed | | Robert Sims 182 Carlton | strccet testified that Thomas O'Brien, a salesman, called on him | to sell him shingles about two | weeks prior to September 23. Later B sold him the shingles and hey were delivered. On September 12 Burgees calied to collect $30 and 3 paid him and took a receipt. Miss Annie Hiltpole of 470 North of ook a recelpt signed Panl Simonion of 41 Connerton | stract did $110 worth of business ¢ith Burgess and Joseph Marne of | Cherry strect paid $200 tq' wrgess for a roofing job, they tes- | ied. | Emilio Marfenni of Edgerly | trect, Berlin, testified that Bur- | and Thomos O'Brien cailed on | in August after a| 1 s0ld him a roofing | job for $275. He took.a receipt for his money. Mrs. Augusta Thrler of 179 Hart! street testified that she pald Bur-| ess $100 for shingling the roof of | Der home. Charles Skamens of i fjouth Main street testified he paid | 5270 to Burgess for a roofing job. Ralph Chant of 40 Bain street te {iifiad that his wife pald § to Durgess for a roofing job. A. New- n of 81 Jubilce street testified | ihat he paid $136.85 for a roofing i job. ! Office Clerk Explains Shortage | | Miss Dorothy Andrews of 1568 Mc- « Clintock road testitied that she has| been in the empioy of the Elahor- | ated Roofing Co. since July, 192 She explained the card system used in the office. In the Sims case the only p nt was one of $13 made | be sent in when | with reference to which Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending 14’027 Nov. 27th ... PRICE THREE CENTS MRS. HALL, ENDING TESTIMONY, SAYS EVEN NOW SHE IS NOT CONVINCED IDOCTORS ARE LIMITED JUDGE AND LAWYER CLASH F—HEW iAdmits Belief Now “There Was Some Slight HAMLIN FORWARDS PETITION T0 WELD More Than 250 Names Obtained For Court of Honor SBAND'S UKFAITHFULNESS Attachment” For Mrs. Mills and Has Chang- ed Her Mind in That Respect But Still Feels She Herself Had His Affection—Testimony All In and Defense Rests Case. PROTESTS T0 RUTHERFORD Takes Appeal From Issuance of | Permit To Erect Magonigle Mem- orlal Shaft—Spcaks of “Elcment of Decelt” By Opposition, The names of more than 250 signers of a petition to perpetuate the temporary court of honor in granite in preference to bullding a World War memorial shaft. were forwarded today to Mayor Weld, ac- companied by a communication from George V. Hamlin, spokesman for those who favor a change in present plans. Included among the names is that of George A. Quigley, a former mayor, and two clergymen. Mr. Hamlin cxp the first installment with others to petitions now in circulation are returned. ned to have all names in by close of this week. Mr. Hamlin hints at an alleged attempt on the part of the memor- ial committee to mislead the public, he wr that his associates “do not like the element of deceit that has appear- ed in the form of information to the public to the effect that it would be a physical impossibility to build the court of honor in stone; and the | that if it were possible to do so, | the cost would be prohibitive, plus the further fact that those in charge have never seen fit to inform the public just what that prohibitive price might be, Protest has been made to the bullding department against) issu- (Continued Page 11) EIGHT DEATHS OCCUR ains today's names are | 1t is plan-| Courthouse, Somerville, N. J., Nov. CHARLOTTE HINTS AT BIG SURPRISE CORING | Expects New Trial if Jury Acquits Three Principals | BY CHARLOTTE MILLS (Copyright, 19926, Famous I'catures ' | Syndicate, Inc.) Somerville, N. J., Nov. 29—Beforc | the week is over this trial will cease to be a ilving thing and will take | its place in the long line of memor- ies which Frances Stevens Hail stand at 12:20 after testifylng for four hours, During which she denied any knowledge of the murders of her husband and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, She testified for two hours Sat- urday and about the same time to- day. Throughout she was calm and did not falter as Alexander Simp- son, special prosecutor, harried her | With questions, many of the ques- tions being repeated several times. Not Yet Convinced Today she said that she is not convinced that there was “any- thing serious” between her husband the Rev, Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Mil “I admit there was some slight attachment,” she said, “*but I am not convinced it w: anything serious.” In previous testimony she had said that she mever doubted her hus- band's fi ity and believed him de- voted to her. Mrs. Hall was the last of the three defendants to testify. Her brothers, Henry and Willie Stevens, also de- nied any knowledge of the murders left the witnes have crowded themselves into my mind these past four years, What will come after, heaven only knows. Much depends upon the which the elderly 12 men of the Jury bring into the court. Will they free Mrs. Hall and her two brothers {or will they doom these three to N -3 T A, | of tho minister and choir singer. Co ece: 5 s It s entirely possible that thu‘m"”“fri;,;;“;;s;ir’”m:“:"" as ‘“;‘.‘; jury has been so confused by con- ] Eilotny: Go6 1:30 o'clock flicting and twisted testimony that o] they will acquit rather than take| Defense Rests Case The defense rested fts case this | any chance of punishing people who s miad Be Tonoaans rmoon at 2:19 p. m. after spend The defonse may think that when | iNE SUERUY less than seven days in [ this is over their clients can retire| PTeSenting its testimony. The state | again to their life of ease and try !3d required thirtcen days in pre- ‘.m forget the sting of being tried | SCNINE its case, with rebuttal to fol- | for murder. But I am not convinc- | 1o the defense’s closing. The de- lcd of that. I have a feeling lhal‘rc““ introduced eighty-two wit- all three may be tAed again under | Tessern while the state used cighty- | other thdictments for the murder of | fOUr on direct. | Dr. Hall, and next time they will be| Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall con- tried separately. | tinued her testimony in the Hali- | “Many people believe that even it Mills murder trial upon resumption | the defendants are acquitted now, | ©f court this morning. | they still have not removed them-| Mrs. Hall entered court smiling verdict and was warmly grected by rela- {llustrious | at the office by Mr. Sims according to her records. In the Hiltpole case : no payment was made in the $45.50 debit, Miss Andruss testified, ac- | cording to her records. | In the Siwonian case the office records do not show a contract and tually to take eeven men off payroll. Johnson is a republican. Joseph Ryan, foreman in the department's storeyard on Harvard street re- |celved his notice Saturday and to- the | selves completely from the shadow of possible guilt. Many things still remain unexplained, and the world | will never be satisfied until they are explained. | Mrs. Hall is a strange woman—at | least she is to me. Even as a little FROM FOOTBALL GAMES Season’s Toll Also Includes tives who sat inside the railing. Her brother, Willie Stevens, extended his morning hand shaking to the court crier and stenographers. Mrs. Hall will take the stand for cross examination,” Justice Parker {day Johnson was informed that the department has decided to terminate his employment. Ryan is a demo- crat. Johnson has been a concrete in- spector since last spring. He was formerly an assistant superintendent at the state capitol. He has been active in republican afrairs. Chairman Reginald Towers of the public works board said this after. noon a successor to Ryan has al- ready been chosen but announce ment will be withheld until the lat. ter part of the weelk. He set at rest rumors that an official of anothet department is to fill thy post. Johnson is a former member of the republican town committee and no payment was made, she testified. In the Marne case there is no record of a_payment having been made. In the Marienni case no record of pay- ment is shown. There is no record of a $30 payment by Mrs. Ehrler. In the Skamens case the records show a $27 payment. No record of pay- ment of $20 by Mr. Newman and $17 by Mr. Chant appears on the of- fice cards, according to Miss An- druss. Falls to Turn in $50 She was with Burgess the night of September 22 when Mr. Sims pald $50. She expected Mr. Burges to turn in this payment the ne day but he checked out of a local hotel the night of the 22nd and she | hurts received on the gridiron 200 Who Are Seriously Injured New York, Nov. 29 (P—Football, with a toll of eight deaths aud 200 | serious injuries, proved less fatal during the scason just closcd than in 1925, when 20 youths died of The badly injured numbered only 50 in 125, however. ed B, Primm, Jr, of West ord, Conn.,, died Oct. 2 from spinal injuries received while practicing as halfback on Amherst college second eleven, Sept. 29. Francis O. Margargal, 22, died of {my life in so many different ways. child in her Sunday school class 1|2nnounced after court had opened used to think she was so different fiftcen minutes late. ot et geaple. Dressed in black, she walked Today as T looked at her in court | briskly to the stand where on Satur- 1 was reminded of all the different | day at adjournment she was meet- Kinds of fecling: I have had toward | ing with quiet voice the fire of her since T first knew her until now. | Prosecutor Alexander Simpson's T know it seems peculiar that 1| cross examination. have had so many different kinds of | The first question asked by Simp- feelings toward the same person, but | son was as to whether she had ever it's true. Mrs. Hall has figured in spent a slimmer vacation with her husband at Manasquan or any New Jersey scashore resort. She answer- ed she had not. | Saw Nothing Suspicious But today, when she sat there on | Yoy gay you saw nothing suspl- the witness stand under the fire of cious in the conduct of your hus- questions, T felt so sorry for her. 1| pang ang Mrs. Mills?” continued really did. She was calm, and just | guio o8 to look at her you wouldn't think | o Then, too, the way I feel towards | her depends a great deal on my own mood. H. O. Rogers Silver company this Speaker, who wlill be 89 next morning, causing damage estimated | April 4, came to the Indlans in a at a million and a quarter dollars, |trade in 1916, and succceded Lee and threatened spread through the I'ohl as pilot of the team three heart of the city befors it was| vears later. The following season was for some time prosident of the | Fourth Ward Republican club. He has also been a member of the Swedish-American Republican did not know where he went. She telephoned to the Waterbury office of the company and learned that club Burgess had not been there. A | representative of the Waterbury of- fice came here and started an in- broken neck fn Wilmington, Del., Oct. 11. Injured in game at Phila- delphia two days before. Henry Kamm, 19, died of heart allment after playing in game she would arouse much pity, but 1| .y Tould Just feel what was meine on | You saw them in church, and you in her mind and hearf. There she | was facing all those people and be ing forced to tell so many little in- at timate things that people just don't | never saw anything suspicious. al- though you did see a camery in this court room Saturday? Mrs. Hall said the camera was in cautiously circled about Barrett, then | checked. tied his hands. Next his two ankles| A wind that had driven were bound tightly. A handkerchief | flames from the rear of the &ag was placed in his mouth to com- | theater to the factory and thence | plete preparation for the robbery. |across Mill river, died down by § Barrett protested at this point and [a. m. Taunton firemen alded by verbal abuse was heaped upon him. | companies from outside the city During their tirade against him, the | gained control of the fire. hold-up victim made mental notes of | The fire damaged the first dis-| the deflections in the volces of the | trict court building, ignited 0dd| gunmen and furnished this informa- | Feliows’ hall, and threatened to| tion to the police. sproad to other structures in the Barrett’s Pockets Rified. heart of the downtown business Barrett later muttered another |section. Firemen from Brockton protest, informing the gunmen that | did yeoman service in checking the it was his own personal funds not spread of the flames to a row of | those of the theater they were tak- the Park wooden stores on Cohannet street | ing, but this failed to halt the rob- | after the fire had jumped the river. bery. An expensive watch and chain | The H. O.Rogers silver works was | with a lodge charm were in the vic- |the Theaviest sufferer. John J. tim’s vest pockets and plainly \'iu-}mc‘m“v owner of the factory, said ible, but they were not disturbed. |his loss was a million dollars, in- From a trousers pocket one of the | cluding destruction of valuable ma- gunmen extracted the roll of bills | chinery, with no insurance. — Re- | and place dit in his own coat pocket, | Placement value of ther property | Other pockets were turned —inside | Purned was estimated by the owners out, but nothing was found. At one |3t a total of a quarter of a million time Barrett's keys fell to the floor, g;”&?\-’r:‘n?: of Which was covered and the smaller and apparently . Younger gunman politely reached | Besides tho factory and theater, Hown, pioked them up. caretully | Which were destroyed, seven proper Closed the snap, and placed the | lles suffered damage. These were | Scket baclk 1. Barrett’s GOt | the 0dd Fellows’ hall, roof damaged | e Taree Susit Tiy Btise |and chimney knocked down; Cav- - 3 | anaugh block, badly damaged; dis- | When his clothing had been rifled | ¢y %0004 “bullding, root and tower one of the duo demanded to know‘dnmas(‘d' Church & Burt stable, where the satchel was. Barrett re- lxdof cand' orie ehd. damageds New plied it was at police headquarters. 'p ;0 ocq Toist Drill company, roof We've been after you for three | yr9%es8 Twlst Dolll company, woof days for that satchel and you know e : o vete one | Plumbers, roof damaged. it’s in that safe. Open the safe, Bihters .08 e tor Eruask aliout ) of the men commanded. > the state armory two streets away Through his gag Barrett insisted | 119 455 barn on Washington street, | the saichel was placed at police | give n G AR O O etant. | headquarters and that he did D0t |~ Guores 0, Mansfield, state fire in- know the combination of the safe.!spccior said the cause was not His inslstence won and no further | krown” but that the fire evidently pressuro was placed upon him 10| hag been burning a large part of open the vault, the night, since the flames were | Barcelt attempted to discover the | coming through the roof of ldentity of the man whose gun Was | theater over the stage when placed against his forchead and | firgt nlarm was sounded. | he guided the Indians to the Amer- | ican League and World Scries titles. KEENE COMPLAINANT HAS NOT PAID FINE Hamden Town Prosecutor to Take Action Against New Hamp- shire Man, Hartford, Nov. 29 (P—Wallace Redish, executlve secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Keene, N. H,, who complained to Governor Trumbull of alleged Inistreatment in the Hamden jail a week ago Su.- day, has not yet paid his fine for speeding, and steps will be taken to collect the amount due, accordins to Bertrand B. Saltzman, of Hamden today. Mr. Saltzman said that the town offictals were taking no cogniz- ance of Mr. Redish's protest since “there was nothing to do, and no reason for doing anything.” Although the town of Hamden fs tanding behind its prosecutor and | police officers, the matter is being taken up by Governor Trumbull, who sald today that he would write to Mr. Redish this afternoon in re- ply to the statement roceived here | from the latter recently. Mr, Redish, however, reiterated his charges this morning by tele- phono and announced ‘that he had written a letter of complaint to the president of the Hamden Chambe. of Commerce. Browning’s Suit Will Start On January 24th White Plains, N. Y., Nov. 29.—(® —The scparation and counter sepra- | Boston, Nov. 29 (A —Charles Wat- ‘mn Allen, former president of Little, | Brown & company. Boston book | publishers, dled at his home here to- LLEN DT Ve tigation, rossed-examined by Attorney McDonough, Miss Andruss said sh always made the bank deposits ex- cept once when Burgess made a de- Assistant Prosecuting Attorney | day. During the visit of Charles posit. On the Hiltpole receipt she Dickens to this country, Mr. Allen ' signed Burgess' name because Bur- had served the author as a private gess told her to do so. Mr. Cantin of {courler to rush his proofs to and the Waterbury office came to the from the printers, local office every Wednesday to pay | the employes and on one occasion he told her he would bring the cards The Bristol police late this aft- from Waterbury and straighten out |ernoon arrested three men suspect- the system In the local office. All ed of being implicated in the rob- wages were paid by check so far as |bery at the Capitol theater here she could recall except once when |this morning and are holding them | Burgess paid her in cash. | pending the arrival of New Britain| She told Burgess to keep her | policemen and Manager Barrett of | check when it came. In reply to At-| the theater, who will make an ef-| | fort to identify them. | (Continued on Page 14) | o | THR SUSPECTS TAKEN ‘Two Motorists Killed As They | | Stand on Car Tracks to Argue| ’ Third Man Serioucly Hurt in Salem, Mass. — Drivers! Were Debating Right to Park Without Lights ‘ Salem, Mass, Nov. 20 (M—Two Glichrest, driving by, nearly struck men were killed and a third severe- | Rocco’s car. He was alleged to have | ly injured carly today when they | pulled up In front of it and walked | were struck by a troliey car while | back to argue with the driver. Roec- | arguing about parking an automo- co and Renwick left the car whon | bile without lights. | the argument started, and with Gil- The dead were: Delbert Gilchrest! chrest, stood on the trolley track. and Frank Rocco, both of Lynn. Jo- | They failed to see an oncoming trol- seph Renwick of Salem was taken |ley and before the motorman could | to the Salem general hospital suffer- | stop the trio had been struck. | Ing from contusions and lacerations | | of the head and body. b According to the police, Rocco's the | tion suits of Edward W. Browning, | car, driven by Renwick, ran out of the | wealthy Manhattan real estate man, | gasoline at the foot of a hill on the | | Nov. | or Killed, | through a scrimmage drill Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 17, Leo Jaomin, 22, former Detroit high school piayer, died. two days after recelving fractured skull in game between Army teams, Oct. 27. Constantine Wasielewski, member Quantico Marlne team, died Oct. 30 of injuries received in practice Oct. 19, | Wallace O'Brien, 19, member Grass Valley, California, high school cleven, dled in hospital, Nov. 16. eral weeks after injured in prac- tice. Watson Rogers, 16, Granville, | Ohio, high, dicd Nov. 19 of internal injuries rccelved In game Marysville high. Harry Finnegan, Park High, Buffalo, 21, of broken hack received in game previous day with Canisius Prep. The ith 16, of South N. Y, died average age of 3 died from football hurt 19 years ag in previous seasons, whole formerly at least one man has | died each year on the gridiron, each death occurred fn a hospital in| 1926. A broken neck, once consid- ered certain to cause death, was less fatal this year, three persons recovering from that injury. One youth, in upper New York, com- peted this scason afier suffering a ho | broken neck a year ago. The bulk of major injuries that torced players from contests for three weeks or more consisted of broken shoulders, arms, legs, ankles, wrists and ribs. Regular physical examinations tended to reduce the| number of deaths resulting from physical defects. Amos A. Stagg, veteran Chicago her line of sight, and to be plainly scen. She had the photosrapher who held the camera ejected Satur- Mrs. | day by speaking to Judge Parker. of | Never Had Quarrel like everybody to hear. T know how terrible that is hecause I've been through the same experience. Most people think I hate Hall, and that she hates me. course, T don’t know exactly how she | feels ahout me, hut 1 certainly do not hate Mrs. Hall T can't help associating her with the great tragedy of my life. That is only natural. She is part of it, just as a lot of others are part of it. But today, as I looked at her I realized more than ever that she (Continued on Page 13) STILL ANMTHER HELD IN LOTTERY CLEANUP “Lou Dewey” of Bridge- port Is Tenth Seller Under Arrest Bridgeport, Nov. 20.—(#— Louis a vole, known in sporting circles .ou Dewey’ 'was arrested at 11 o'clock today by state police ser- geant Frank Verelll as the tenth vietim of State's Attorney Willlam H. Comleys’ drive against lottery ticket sellers. Up to noon “Dewey” who is aleged to have sold a number of the treasury balance tickets in the city, was unable to furnish the $5,000 bond asked in his case. It became Known today that a “Did you ever have any talk or quarrel with your husband with ret- crence to his attentions to Mrs. Mills?"* asked Simpson. 0," answered Mrs. Hall. Simpson reverted to Mrs, Hall's use of the word “casualty” in tele- phoning to the police on the morn- ing after her husband disappeared. There was a long argument over this Saturday in which Mrs. Hall demon- strated that she knew her dictionary. “Don’t you regard the word ‘casualty’ as referring to a death?” Simpson asked today. “I don't think T did,” replied Mrs. Hall. “Don't you remember my asking the question, and when you started to say ‘ves' this defense chorus shouted no’?" “I remember your asking the question, but I don't think I sald it did,” replied Mrs. Hall quietly. Mrs. Hall said she had gone over a statement which she made on Sep- | tember 23, 1922 to Assistant Prose- cutor Toolan. Simpson asked who went over it with her and she re- plied “Mr. Pfeiffer,” who was her counsel four years ago and who is assoclated with the defense In this case, He then asked her to repeat all of her conversations with James Mills, husband of the slain woman on the day after the minister had disap- peared. | Mrs. Hall repeated the statement she made during her direct testi- coach, who has never had a player rigid checkup of the printing houses mony, that she went by the church on his elevens permanently injured was himself the victim of the most peculiar accident of the year. While putting his men in the in the city is being made with a view to determining the sources of the printed tickets. John Cunahrowewicz, alias “John Sanburn” of this city was also ar- of her husband, stopped there and asked Mills, sexton of the church, | whether the had seen the Rev. Mr. Hall. “Don’t you remember saying to jand his 16-year-old wife, Frances | outskirts of the city. Renwick stop- New Britain and vicinity: late afternoon dusk, Stagg got {n| rcsted today on a warrant issued by = Mr. Mills ‘They’'ve been murdered to- when the hold-up man found him- self under scrutiny he pressed the gun harder and commanded Barrett Fire apparatus from Attleboto Heenan “Peaches” Browning, will and Brockton responded quickly to| begin January 24 at Carmel, county calls for atld and wero largely in- | eeat of Putnam county. A previous strumental in preventing spread of decision had set the trial for De- (Coutinued on Page Fourteen) [ the flames. | cember 4 at Poughkeepsie. | near the trolley tracks. ped the automobile and other mem- | hers of the party went for gasoline. There were no lights on Rocco's car, the police said, and it was parked Rain tonight and probably Tuesday morning; warmer to- night; colder Tuesday. | | i | the way of a fast-charging back Prosscutor Shannon of the clty court and was knocked unconscious. The | He is sald by the police to have had 64 year-old veteran coach was back| 100 lottery tickets in his possession when arrested. Bonds were fixed at $5,000, (Continued on Page 1¢) zether'?” asked Simpson. There was no answer. “You hear the statement read In (Continued On Page 12)