New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 3, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 LOTTERY CLEAN-UP PROBE CONTINES Basgball and Clearing House: Pools in Limelight GRAND JURY INVESTIGATES Many Wealthy and Prominent Men Reported Involved—New York Yankee Manmmeni Reported Opposed to Gambling in Bascball. Politics Iuvolved Boston, Dec. 3 (#)—The Hud- son pool, under investigation by a federal grand jury, contribut- ed $15,000 to the last republi- can state campaign, according in information in the ‘hands of federal officlals. A second Investigation of gambling pools centering in and around Albany was forecast when investigators disclosed that rival pools were in opera- tion controlled by democrats. It was indicated that represen- tatives of the Hudsen pool, who face indictment, might assist the government {n prosecuting rival pools. | | | | 3 (A — Ramifica- tions of a gambling pool that operated throughout the eastern United States and handled “stag- | gering sums” in lotteries on base- ball and clearing house statistics, were under investigation today by the federal grand jury. Many Are Implicated Federal authorities said the or- ganization was known as the “Al- bany pool,” but that it also oper- ated under the names of the “Hud- son pool” and ‘“clearing house pool,” and that politicians, club- men, bookmakers, bartenders, race track touts and agents scattered throughout New England and New York were implicated in its promo- tlon. While its prizes were said to have run as high as $7,000, it was reported that they represented only | a part of the total sum received from thousands of speculators. Banker Gives Clue Investigation of the pool, federal muthorities revealed, was started after Joseph T. Stephen, a Boston bank clerk who recently pleaded guilty to embezzlement of $10,000, told them he had lost part of the money ‘“playing the pool.” Investi- gators declared that his case was only one of many in which large sums had been lost in an attempt %o win the capital prize. Fight Agents Turn ‘Witnesses under summons in konnection with the {investigation include police officers from Troy. N. Y, and Springfleld and West Bpringfield, Mass, as well as de- tectives of the Boston and Albany railroad. Between 25 and 30 of the witnesses were sald to have been investors in the pool, and it was reported that eight agents had ngreed to turn state’'s evidence. Boston, Dec. | | Yankces Favor Cleanup New York, Dec. 3 (A — Any in- vestigation on foot to smash base- | ball “pools” or that will in any way lessen gambling on baseball games will recelve the hearty ap- proval and co-operation of the New York Yankees. Edward G. Barrow, business manager and secrctary of the club, while denying any knowledge that the grand jury investigation of sev- eral *pools” in Boston had pene- trated New York, was loud in his support of any move to diminish betting on the national pastime. Know of No Probe Neither John J. McGraw, man- ager of the New York Giants, Col. Jacob Ruppert, president of the Yankees, nor Willlam F. Baker, president of the Philadelphia Na- tionals, knew of any secret inves- tigation of gambling in baseball. All have been active in preventing betting through the regular chan- nels of Natlonal and American league activity since the scandal of 1920, when several members of the Chicago White Sox were blacklist- :l]llNNlE’ LEWIS AGAIN ‘PLACED UNDER ARREST Park City Sportsman For- feits Bonds in Hartford Court Today Hartford, Conn., Dec. 3 (A—CIif- ford J. “Connmie” Lewis, wealthy Bridgeport sportsman, well known in sporting circles throughout the east s a promoter of fights, football con- tests and other sports, was arrested in the offices of Robert T. Hurley, superintendent of the state police, Thursday afternoon on charges of drunkenness and breach of the peace after he had created a disturbance n the state police headquarters*here. | Lieut. Walter T. Stiles ordered him | focked up. Tewls, who conduc and bowling alleys in and is owner of a large estate in Redding, failed to appear in the Hartford police court today to an-| gwer to the complaints filed against | him and Judge Day ordered the forfeiture of a bond of $100 which | s furnished by Charles St. Pierre { | a poal room Bridgeport [ night for the release of T.ewis. | NEW BRITAIN HERALD “pao, MW . oy T 0383 3 Threatened Strike Both Sides Compromise a Montreal, Dec. 3 P — The wage dispute in which 15,000 Canadian trainmen had voted to strike unless they were given an Increase was settled today. S. N. Berry, senior vice-president of the order of Rallway Conductors, and W. J. Babe, vice-president of the Brotherhood of Trainmen, an- nounced the settlement was peaceful and that the men had been granted varying wage increases. They had been in conference for several days with railway officials in an effort to prevent a walkout. A strike had al- ready been voted. Railways Averted by Settlement Varying Increases in Wages, It Is Announced. e on Lanadian nd Trainmen Will Receive The men had demanded a six per cent increase to lift their wages to a level with those of American trainmen and conductors. Although the men did not get all they wanted, Berry said, they had considered the offers of the railways preferable to throwing the country into turmoil by a railway strike. E. W. Beatty, president of the Canadian Pacific railvay and Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian National railways, were negotiants for tiie rallways. The reopening of negotiations followed mediatory measures proposed by the | government. | | ALLEGED GRAFT CASE GOMING BEFORE JUDGE Echo of Gubernatorial Campaign Will Be Heard in Court Middletown, Conn., Deec. 3 (A— | Facts brought out in two hearings held in Westbrook recently when ac- cusations made against Eugene A. Post, a former superintendent of the state highway department, by H. D. Tyler of Chester, were investigat- ed, will be presented to Judge John R. Booth when he comes here Tues- day to open the December term of criminal superior court. This was announce¢ today by State’s Attorney Ernest Inglis. The case is an echo of the recent gubernatorial campaign ‘when Charles G. Morrls, the democratic nominee for governor, charged that he had recelved an affidavit showing {rregularities in the highway depart- ment. It was charged cusations that Post, who recently was discharged by the state highway BRADDON RESIGHS AS Y BOYSSECRETARY [Will Accept Post Troy, N. Y., on Feb. 1, 1927 in| Clarence H. Barnes, general sec- | LARGER ALLOWANCE Will Ask Legislature to In- crease State Grant REERS EXPLAINS APPEAL Large Sums for Laboratories and Mechanical Devices for Public Benefit and Deserves Encourage- ment, He Believes. Polnting to the fact that the New | Britain General hospital, an institu- | yion pecause of the fact that the new the | | same bi-ennial allowance from the | | sttae of Connecticut as was appro- tion of 220 beds, now receives priated when there were only 90 beds, Dr. T. E. Reeks, superinten- an increase be sought at the 1927 | sesslon, opening next month. Two years ago the legislature de- nied requests for increased grants | trom a number of Connecticut insti- | tutions, including the local hospi- tal. At that time a boost from $17,- 000 to $25,000 was asked. This grant is for a two year period. ! retary of the Y. M. C. A., announced today that Verne C. Braddon, boys work secretary has accepted the po- | | sition of city boys |Y. M. C. A, at | change is effective February 1, 1 |1ocal association from Roanoke, Va., | by Mr. Barnes June 1, 1925. Since | | coming to New Britain Mr. Braddon: | has made a host of friends and has | been very successful in boys' work. | It 1s with real regret that his asso: | clates regard his leaving, but the po- | | in the Tyler ac- commissioner has used state work-, men on the state’'s time to build a seawall at his cottage in Westbrook. The state department was unable to find rocords showing that Post had relmbursed the state for any work done at his cottage. '$10,000 VERDICT FOR ARGAZZI BOY'S DEATH Jury Finds Against Caffe- gan in Superior Court Today Damages of $10,000 against Ed- ward Caffegan of New Britain were awarded the estate of Leo Argazzi on a suit brought by Milo Argazzi, administrator, in superior court this morning before a jury and Judge Booth. The jury returned the verdict after it had held two ses- sions, one of an hour's last evening and another morning. According to evidence Leo Ar- gazzl was in the back seat of Caf- fegan's car, asleep, When it col- lided with a truck owned by C. W. Reynold of New York city in Wal- lingford. The Caffergan car was driven against a telegraph pole and Argazzi was instantly killed. Al- though Reynolds was named inthe suit no verdict was returned against him. Frederick J. Rundbaken and Morris Blumer represented the ad- ministrator; Joseph F. Berry and David R. Woodhouse were Rey- nolds' representatives and DeLan- cey S. Pelgrift represented Caffe- gan. MAN FROZEN T0 DEATH This Is Only Casualty in Boston District Resulting From Winter's this First Attack. Boston, Dec. 8 (A—One death was recorded in Boston today as a result of the cold wave which gripped New England last night. An uniden- titied man was found frozen to death in Boston. In a pocket of his clothes a paper, bearing the name, “Warren Clancy,” was found. It| was the first casualty reported. In two places ovarheated stoves caused fires from which several | families narrowly escaped. At Brain- tree, Mass., two families were trap- ped in the upper floor of their home Four adults and three children were saved by firemen who carried them down ladders at St. Johnsbury, Vt. five children were carried from & burning farmhouse. While the mercury still hovered close to the zero mark the weather bureau hold forth promise of some slight relief tonight with snow or rain tomorrow and rising (Pmp(‘ra—: tue along the coast. “Peaches’” Alimony Will | Start From November 11| White Plains, N. Y., Dec. 3 (A— | Alimony for k.ances Heenan (Peaches) Browring will begin as from November 11, it was decided | | | |today by Justice Morschauser. terneys for her husband, Edward A weelk azo, Lewls was arrested in | Rridgeport for allezed violation of | the state Iottery law. Tt is charged | that he is the hoad of a lottery In Tanneetiont and Maseachusetts and | that the e=alne nf tha Iattery fekets | (Continued on Page 33.) Browning, wealthy Manhattan real estate dealer, has asked that the £300 weekly grant begin as of No- | vember 22, the date it was awarded. | but Justice Morschauser chose the date of service as its starting point The counter separation suits will be heard January 24. 1 duration, | | | this fact, | the | and VERNE: G. BRADDON. sition offers such opportunities in & larger city that Mr. Braddon is be- ing congratulated for being selected for the position. Mr. Braddon was educated in the schools of Elyria, Ohfo. He played basketball and football and was on the track team of Elyria high school. | He attendéd Oberlin college for two | years and then entered Y. M. C. A.' work, in his home , as assistant boys' secretary. After two years' service he went to the Roanoke, Va., Y. M. C. A, where he had charge of the physical activities of the young- er boys and assisted in other work of the boys' department. | After two years' experience Brad- don accepted the call to the local |association, where he was given charge of the boys' work. During | the past year and a half he has or- ganized his department into groups | | of Ploneers, Friendly Indians, Com- | ‘mdes of Jesus, Junior Achievement, Employed Brotherhood and Hi-Y classes. He was active in Trinity Metho- | dist church, where he taught a | class. He also conducted a class in | | the week-day religious school. | | | | All on Board Wrecked Steamer Sailor Totila Are Safe—One Burned Firing Distress Signals, St. Pierre, Miquelon, Dec. 3 (P — All members of the crew of the Ger- man steamer Totila were saved when the vessel was wrecked yester- day morning on the south coast of Langlade. Tugs, whith put out from here, brought back one sailor whose face was burned while setting off dis- tress signals. The others remained at Langlade. The captain of the Totila, the tug crew reported, refused to abandon his ship and has wired for assls- tance to refloat the steamer, Which was in ballast, bound for Montreal. First reports of the wreck, brought here by Captain Roper of | the F'rench steamer Propatria, which | would be a (o\a\; German steamer loss. The injured sallor was burned while making signals with fuses. Dis- | tress calls were picked up vesterday ! morning by the Dutch steamer Sas- senhelm, but she was unable to lo- cate the Totila owlng to the fog. Fall-Doheney Defense | Criticizes Sec. Wilbur | Washington, Dec. 8 (A—Declaring navy witnesses are being prompted from Secretary Wilbur's office, re- gording their testimony, defense counsel in the [fall-Doheny oil con- spiracy trial today called on the sec- retary for an explanation. The defense put another of fts trumps o the table today by call- ing as a witness Admiral J. K. Rob- | ison, who handl:d the navy's end of | the 1922 oil leasing program, | a Boston | skill to be a successful As head of the Connecticut hos- pital association, Dr. Reeks has an active interest not only in bringing secretary of the | @Dout financial aid from the state to | Troy, N. Y. The| hospitals, but in having the legisla- | : 927, | ture recognize the efforts put forth | Mr. Braddon was secured for the | DY institutions to increase the scope | of their scientific w Explanatory of this stand, he points to the fact that some hospitals, including the New Britain General hospital, ex- pend large sums of money for th equipping of laboratories and em- ployment of help, for X-ray service and for other mechanical devices of benefit to patients and thelr at- tendan’s. Outlays of this nature, he feels, should be taken into consider- ation when the state is considering appropriations. Several years ago, Dr. Recks sug- gested that the assembly asked for | a uniform system of reports cover- ing the work done in the preceding two years period and the outlay of funds for work enumerated. A uni- form system of bookkeeping w later called for. ing of hospital executives of Connec- ticut, Dr. Reeks presiding, a sym- posium was conducted and interes ing material ®oncerning systems w recorded, but it appe d to be the consensus that a uniform system could not be used to advantage since smaller institutions would find the system superfluous. Because of the local institution will probably present its case as before, furnishing available reports covering main financial outlay. ACTRESS TESTIFIES Musical Comedy Girl, Suing for Hall Million for Broken Engagement, Cross Examined Today. Pittsburgh, Dec. 3 (P—Cross amination of M Anne Caldwe musical comedy actress, was con- tinued in federal court today in the trial of her $500,000 breach of promise suit against John W. Hub- bard, wealthy Pittsburgh manufac- turer. Judge W. H. S. Thomas oc. cupied the bench, together with I'ederal Judge Davis, of New Jer- sey, a visiting jurist who has been Learing cases here. The carly examination of plaintiff centered about the differ- ent places she llived during the time she claims she was engaged to Hubbard. She named a number of Atlantic City and New York apart- ments and hotels she resided In, and, replying to defense question, sald the rent was paid by Hubbard Asked if ghe had entered or made an attempt to enter the Atlantic City beauty pageant in 1921, Miss Caldwell replied in the ncgat She said she became cngaged ubbard in Atlantic City early 1922, the Too Much Pre-M New Britain Institution Expends; " FIRST CHURCH SPIRE At the last gather- ! topics of hospitalization 'TEN NEW FIREMEN 10 BE APPOINTED (Fight Will Be Named for Station in Belvidere 'TH0 VACANCIES NOW EXIST | Comnussion Expected To Hold Spe- | clal Meeting To Make Selections and To Select Captain and Lieu- tenant for New Company. A speclal meeting of the fire board | to appoint 10 regular members to | the department is under considefa- station in Belvidere is practically completed and is soon to be put in service. The appointees will include two ifts of four men each, which is| | dent sald today he will suggest that | ihe regular company strength, and | | two men to fill vacancies in the ranks. Appointment of these companies and opening of the new station will! necessitate important shifts in the department and advancement for | two firemen since a captain and a | lieutenant will be selected for the new compa It is likely that only one of the appointees will be placed on each shift at Belvidere, the oth- ers being sent to other companies to become familiarized with the and more experienced firemeén ctailed for service in the north end. The regular monthly meeting of | th. fire board will be held Decem- ber 14 but the special meeting will be held before that date, it is ex- pected. { I | i | | | IS PRONOUNCED SAFE Engineer Inspects Steeple Today, Declaring 1t 0. K. | request of A. P. tt, chairman of the building on, W. Vincent Barry of Haven, the city’s consulting en- teer on covsteuction. inspected the spire of tac First Congregational ch today and pronounced it cting at the i n A. N. a report on next ) steeple was Rutherford who with the building onday night, reporied to be in 1ger of falling last night and an |inspection was made, Notations of |a pereeptible leaning were recorded | for comparison at a later date to de- |termine how gradually this condi- tion has been coming about. A light aggravation of the condition lias been found, but in the opinfon of the inspectors there is no immedi- [ The dang | Barry and Rutherford also visited the properties on Ma on which partial condem be rccommended to the board. Eskimo From Far North Finds It Cold in Jerzey Newark, N, J.. Dec. 8 (P—TIkwa, imo, from the land of ice, gloos and temperatures of building | jury yesterday, [EW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1926.—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. 'HOSPITAL TO SEEK Average Daily Circulation l’u’ Week Ending Nov. 27th ... 14,027 PRICE THREE CENTS FATE OF MRS. HALL AND BROTHERS NOW RESTS IN HANDS OF JURORS; DEFENDANTS LOOK FO GHARLOTTE IN RAGE ~ ATDEFENSE LAWYER Never Heard Such Ridicu- lous Things as He Told Jury Panel Retires at 1:44 o'Clock After Listen- ing to Charge By Jus- tice Parker Explain- ing Their Duties. Justice Tells Jurymen Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt Must Be Proved —One or All Can Be Convicted. BY CHARLOTTE MILLS (Copyright, 1926, Famous Features Syndicate, Inc.) Somerville, N, J., Dec.—I thought this dreadful case would go to the but there are still long hours to wait before I can know. Today Senator Simpson makes his plea to the jury and Judge Park- er will deliver his charge; then I will sit wonderingly and doubtfully awaiting the verdict. After yesterdays session, T went | to my room and cried, 1 was so fu- rious. I have never heard such ridiculous things as Senator = Case | ypon Mrs, Frances Stevens Hall and told the jury. He took the attitude |nap brothers Henry and Willlam that my family was to blame for the | gtevens were charged with the mur- | terrible tragedy that overtook my | der of Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills. Mrs. ! mother and Dr. Hall. He seemed 10 | Mills was slain with the Rev. Ed- think that we should have stopped their affair. But what could we have done? What could anyone ever do to stem the tide of love? Even if 1| had fully realized how far thi love had gone, I am not sure that I would have wanted to stop it. That love was the only thing in mother's life. It was her onl happiness in her drab existence. And father could have done nothing either. Mother had ceased to love him. She Courthouse, Somerviile, N. J., Dec. 3 (A—The Hall-Mills case was given to a Somerset county jury at 1:44 o'clock this afternoon. The trial was started one month ago today ward Wheeler Hall, Scptember 14, | 1922, The Judge's Charge “Although the trial has lasted | for about a month fundataental is- ues are stmple,” Justice Parker {sald, “as all the defendants have denied the acts, your principal in- quiry will be related to that issue. “The state must prove without |reasonable doubt that Mrs. Mills was | was murdered; that the murder overpowered by her deep affection was in Somerset county; tha: the | for Dr. Hall defendants had a part in it”” He Of course, I would not expect Mrs. | said that one or more could be Hall and her family to understand | found guilty. f R ACQUITTAL ! |Simpson in His Argu- ment For Conviction, Replies to Attacks, | Calls Defense “Slimy” 1 and Criticizes Jury. Pictures Mrs. Hall as Cold and Cruel Woman—De- clares Willie Is Man Who Has Learned Lesson Well | s - !_Courthouse, Somervills, N. J,, Dec. 3 (—Speaking for less than two hours, Alexander Simpson, spe- cial prosecutor in the Hall-Mills |case, summed up for the state to. day by assuring t.e jury that “the honest men among you will decide llhls case.” The prosecutor throughout left an impression that he felt the state’s effort was a lost cause among some | of the members of the jury, but that |he hoped some of the other mem- Ibers would hold for a conviction. | The state's counsel Wednesday asked the court to declare a mistrial on the ground that there was pre- judice against the state’s case and the special prosecutor among . the jurors. One, John W. Young, he isaid, had applied an epithet to the prosecutor while talking to his fel. |low-jurors, In his summing up he referred to this, saying: “I have offended Mr. |Young. 1 don't know why.- I am | sorry.” olie: ey 2 i | all that. I believe they are incapable | There is no question, Justice Refers to Other Trials |of understanding the depths of | Parker said, “that Mrs. Mills was | love. And naturally the defense law- | filled with a lot of cheap dramatics. Senator Case went over to Mrs. Hall and raised her hand on high and *d the jury if they could imagine | seems little possibility that it was | the hand of this geutle woman com- mitting murder. Without answering that question I can say that stranger things than that have happened in this world. The defense is certainly making a strong pfay on the social position of the Mall-Stevens clan. What has that to do with justice? They es on the strength of their wealth and influcnce. And then that hint that Mrs. Gibson might have slain my mother and the man she loved. How sbeurd and Senator Case knows it. Why should poor, hard-working Mis. Gibson murder two people. And why should she have cut my moth- er's throat after she was dead? No, | that slashing of the throat proves that the slayers sought some sort of revenge against my mother. There | are few people her enough to do thae. | ot oo e BASE FORGERY GHARGE ON who hated (Continued on Page 33.) v degrees below zero found New | Jersey, 1 above. too cold for him yester- day. Ikwa, by trade a herder of rein- deer, came recently from Pethal, laska, to take care of eight of the imals that a local department s‘ore enclosed in a corral for a Christmas exhibit. Directly across e street is a fire house, and there a_spent most of the day rub. hing his hands over a steam radia- tor and sighing. It's the humidity that him. “Home," mourned, .‘ni(‘e dry cold. Here it's too damp." a—rriaée P&ting Decreases Happiness of One in Six Women, Killing Romance—Girl Questionnaire Shows s Who Consider Matririony But An End of Own Efforts Are Condemned By Dean of Women at This School. w— the Dee decre 3 sed Cambridge, Pre-nuptial Mass., petting passed near the Totila, were that the | hagpiness in marriage of one out | of every six women who answered University questionnaire love and marriage. This was revealed by Mrs. Lucy Jenkins Franklin, dean of women at the university, In an address on marriage as a profession,” before the Soclety of Harvard Dames. She belicved the answers truihful be- causo the women did not have to sign their names. “The majority of women testified that their happiness began when they felt that they had to go outside their homes to work,” Mrs. Franklin said. This, and a condemnation of petting as taking some of the ro- mance from marriage were two fre on | quent reasons for unhappiness, she said. Mrs. Franklin declared that mar- ringe should be a profession and that it requived “as much study and wife and mother as it does to be a successful doctor.” She condemned a flippant attitude toward marriage. She attacked the attitude of ‘“some girls who fcel that marriage is an end of effort.” “Simply and the love and loyalty bestowed on a husband is not enough,” she declared in con- | clusion. “The modern woman must have a third loyalty. This third loyalty may be to children, to an | outside interest which does not in- | terfere with the home life or a definite goal to work to. An object for which both are produce a happy marriage.” # THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinit Increasing cloudiness tonfgh Saturday rain and warmer. | | #® * where the mercury fell to| striving will | | Manuel Atashian, Bristol, Said to Have Discounted Paper at New Britain Trust Co. Charged with forgery, with intent to defraud the New Britain Trust | Co. and Morris Jackson, a local tallor, Manuel Atashian, aged 3 | proprietor of a restaurant in Bristol, | was arraigned in police court this { morning and his case was continued hothers | until next Tuesday on request of At- | consider “is a | torney Cyril F. Gaffney, who enter- ed a plea of not guilty for him. Atashlan was arrested in Bristol and returned to this city last eve- ning by Detective Sergeant George C. Ellinger. It is alleged that - he | | forged and counterfeited & promis- | |sory note, endorsed by Jackson, ed suspicion long enough | FAKE PROMISSORY NOTE: dead and that she had been mur- |in this county. “Although we shall instruct you on lesser degrees of murder there | such. ! “The evidence {s both direct and circumstantial,” he said. *“The di- rect is controverted and so we i think is much of the circumstan- i thal” Where | sufficient, the justice went on, “if you are unable to you will be entitled to consider that fact.” The Motive Phase “On the motive phase, a great mass of evidence has been adduced ond you should be able to decide. Has the state shown beyond a rea- sonable doubt, is the fundamental {esue, all charged actually and must all have heen present.” {as principal, first {one present and committing crime, Sccond degree, ing in concert. | Third dcgree, principal {but not approving or watching to prevent surprise ready to ald companions. It the state failed to prove any one of the defendants was there jand participating, such persons | should be acquitted. Must Prove Presence Presence must be proved beyond |a reasonable doubt, the cqurt sgid, | reviewing the claims of edch ofthe {defendants of not being in Da Rys- sey's lane. There is more or less ! testimony in support of denfal, he sald. But the state remains under the burden of proving them at the |crime. The duty of the jury is to the evidencé, the court |said. Very often circumstantial evi- idcnce is persuasive evidence of guilt but it must exclude every | doubt of the judge pointed out. The Visiting Card ng the visiting card “S-17" referred to Detective degree would be the present and act- present or innocence, Discus: | the court proof of motive is not | find a motive | he' rald. The defendants are' He described degrees of murder | aiding or | He also told the jury of the possi- yers wouldn't want to understand it. | dered. Nor was there much doubt |Pllity of other trials in connection The defense plea to the jury was | that the crime had been committed | with the case in the event of an ac- quittal. “Don’t you helieve the ad- | ministration of justice in New Jer- sey will sta:d by and see a miscar- riage,” he said. The prosecutor pointed out that |there are five other trials possible, one each for the three defendants and two for Henry Carpender, in- {dicted but not tried on two charges of murder. “That it may be an expense to Bomerset county is Somerset's look- tout.” When Simpson finished speaking a (few minutes after noon, Justice |Charles W. Parker anhounced that |the jury would be charged after the luncheon recess. The case is ex- pected to be given into the jury's {hands about 2:30 o'clock. Bergen Onens Argument Francis Bergen, county prosecutor, spoke briefly at the opening of the |court 'session, . .ying that while he | was not making an apology he wish- es to explain the connection of Simpson and the Jersey City police |with the case. He was told by the court that h: must confine himsel to the evilence and he did not get |very far in his address, under.that limitation. | “It 1s in evidence that you are | prosecutor and have been for some |time,” sald Justice Parker to Ber- gen in explaining the limit to be placed on his speech. When the prosecutor declared that he wished * to explain the presence of the Jer- (Continued on Page 30) WILLUN J. WORAM " DES AT AGE OF 79 IResident of City 50 Years; With S. R. & L. Co. 40 Years William J. Woram, 79 years old, | wherein Mary Hovanesian purports | Totten's identifying it as the one a resident of this city for §0 years, | to be the maker, and that the note | was discounted by the New Britain { Trust Co. The amount involved is 18300, | Atashian derived considerable | publicity a few weeks ago as a re- | ! Boston University Inquiry Shows Sure Method of |sult of a Charieston exhibition given | in front of Bristol police headquar- ters by the Fahey sistcrs. Both girls claimed that their desire to dance in public was gained as a result of | some liquid refreshment which they |drank in Atashian's restaurant. “‘Bum"iodgers Virtually Sentences Self for Life New York, Dec. 3 (P—John J. (Bum) Rodgers, notorious criminal and escaped convict, virtually sent- enced himself to life imprisonment today when he changed hiz previous plea of not guilty to one of guilty on a charge of violating the Sullivan law as a fourth offender. 'this charge makes him subject to the new Baumes law which make life scntence mandatory for a fourth offender. Sentence will be imposed next Tuesday. DEMOCRATS' EXPENDITURES Boston, Dec. 3 (P —Expenditures of $86,3340, outstanding liabilitie: of $6,512.07, and receipts of $86.- 360.86 were reported today by the democratic state committee in the return of expenses in the recent election campaign in which David 1. Walsh defeated Senator Willlam M Butler for the United States senate. 1 \ found at the scene and outlined the ate's contention of the history of the card. “If the print is Willlam Stevens’ and it the card is genuine it is a fair inference that Willlam Stevens handled it at the scene of the crime although not conslusive, on the card,” he said, “and if you | are not convinced beyond a reason- | gone.” Mrs., Gibson Again justice referred to Mrs. Jane testimony as the chief direct evidence. If her story was true, he charged, it would appear conclusive that the defendants were | there, and in corroporation, the state refers to cars resembling those owned by the defendants. “You must assess the value of this testimony,” he said “Reasonable doubt .he said, is not a possible doubt, but that state which leaves an abiding conviction in the jurors mind that there may | be innocense. The charge emphasized that some | e Gibson's "of the evidence applied to only one | of the defendants, some to two, and some to all, indicating that the case of each must be considered separaté- ly. “We understand Mr. say with regard to a letter written |by Sipel that it is evidence of the truth of facts contained therein. (Continued on Page 33) “You are confronted with a denial | able doubt, the value of the card is Simpson to | 40 of which he spent as cashier and bookkeeper of the Stanley, Rule and Level Co., died at 6 o'clock this morning at New Britain General hospital from the effects of a shock he suffered Sunday. He had been living with his son, Dr. George B. { Woram of 45 Lincoln street. The funeral will be held at Peo- ple's church of Christ tomorrow aft= ernoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. Harvey O. Olney, will officiate. Burfal will be irview cometery. Mr. Woram had been in failing health from the effects of a shock he was stricken with about 10 years ago when he was forced to retire from his position at the Stanley Rule and Level office. Sunday when he was again stricken he was taken to , the hospital. "He underwent an i operation Tuesday. | He was born in New York city, John Woram and Mary Rose | Woram. He came to this city in 1876 | to accept a position at the Stanley Rule company. He was a member of Centennial lodge, F. & A. M. and | the People's church. His surviving relatives include two sons, Dr. Woram, prominent dentist, | and Archibald G. Woram of this city; a daughter, Mrs. H. B. Clark of Guilford; four sisters, Mrs. Stan- | ley Husted, Mrs. Willlam Clark, Mrs, | Frederick Cortis, and Mrs. Gilbert | Wiggins, all of Biooklyn, N. Y.; six grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.