New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 3, 1926, Page 4

FOUR HUST DIE FOR HILLING ONE Jersey Justice Descends Upon Holdup Men Newark, N. J., Dec. 8.—For the first time in the history of New Jersey four men were convicted yes- | terday for the murder of one man and sentenced to dis in the electric | Edward J. Howland were called. The | eldest Wasnesky girl was dead. Dr.| | Howland took the sister to his of- | fice and and at the hospital found lone leg broken and the other oruised. State police from the Groton bar- racks took charge of the case and | said that, pending the finding of the | coroner, they would not arrest Miss Cahey. MASS. REPUBLICANS chair for the crime. The men, Joseph “Big Joe" Ju- llano, Nicholas Joseph “Little Joe" ' Juliano, Louis “Kid Ruff” Capozzi | and Christopher Barone, were con-| victed of murdering George N. Con- | dit during a holdup at the Reid Ice | Cream company on July 19, | They were sentenced last night by | Judge Edwin C. Caffery to die the week of January 16. The faces of the defendants anched as they heard the foreman, | Robert G. Hoffman, announce the verdiet. Counsel for the con- lemned men announced the case would be appealed. Condit was murdered and Joseph | Dull, & youthful guard, was wounded by the men who, driven in an ex- pensive car, by a liveried chauffeur, | intercepted them as they were en- | tering the Reid plant with a satchel containing $13,250. The chauffeur was Robert Bou- dreau, and whose confession led to the ap- prehension of the other four on October 18. COLGHESTER GIRL HILLED BY MOTOR Driver, Also a Girl, Collapses Riter Tragedy Coichester, Dec. 3 —While walk ing home from school with her sis- ter and a friend at 5 p. m. yester- day, Irene Wasnesky, 17, daugh of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wasnesky, & senior at Bacon Academy, was killed by an automobile Monica Cahey, 23, of 55 Coleman street, New London. Her sister, Fan- nie, 14, & freshman at the academy, was severely injured and taken to 8t, Joseph's hospital in- Willimantic. Helen Konsar, the friend, was not hurt. Miss Cahey, who said she did not see the girls until too late to turn| her machine aside, collapsed after the accident and was taken to Dr. Lena's hospital at 153 Broad street, New London. Usually the girls rode home in the | grade school bus, but yesterday the grammar school children had no classes and the bus did not run, The three girls were a mile south of the center on the main highway when the automobile came up from be. hind and struck the Wasnesky sis- ters. The car stopped against a tele- graph pole. Constable Harold Brown and Dr. THE BURRITT GIFT SHOP, INc. At the Professional Bldg. 8 West Main St. We Coi who turned state's evidence | driven by Miss | A Most QUALITY GIFTS FORMALLY ACCUSED Complaint Abont Funds Used Sent to “'gh_iugton Boston, Dec. 3 P—Republican or- | ganizations of Massachusetts today faced charges of “excessive and un- warranted expenditure” of $453,236 during the recent campaign in which Senator William M. Butler, chair- man of the rapublican national com- mittee, was defeated by former Senator David 1. Walsh. Thesy chargus were contained in | a telegram sent last night by Conrad | W. Crocker, general counse] of the | Liberal Civic League of Massachu- setts, to Chairman Reed of the sen- ate campaign investigating commit- [tee, In the message, Crocker de- |clared that investigation by the |league “indicates flagrant violation |ot our state laws” and ‘@hat we | have already uncovered justifies con- {tinuing our request for full investi- gation here by your committee.” | Chairman Francis Prescoti of the | republican state committee remained undisturbed by Crocker's accusa- | tions, asserting that to his knowl- edge there had been no violation of {the law, “elther in act or intent.” He estimated the republican ex- penditures at approximately $173.- 000, “or about $30,000 less than in the campaign two years ago.” ROOSEVELT PREPARING Archie and Wife and Friends Plan- ning Hunting Trip Into Arizona er | Mountains. | Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 3 (P—Scarce- ly a year has passed since the lure | of Asia and the Ovis Poli called two Roosevelts to the far eastern | steppes, and once more the urge of | the “red gobs” has brought a mem- !'ber of the famous family to the edge | of the mountain country, this time |bent on a jaguar and mountain lion hunt. Archie Roosevelt today was clean- |ing saddles and assembling equip- | [ ment for a trip into the mountains of Southern Arizona and Northern | Mexico, seeking big cats. The party consists of Mr. and | Mrs. Archie Roosevelt, their cousin, { Mrs. Stuyvesant IFish and Fairman Dick of New York City. They will be accompanied by Billy Chester, noted mountain guide and lion {hunter, who some time ago success- tully piloted Stanley Graham, na- tionally known nimrod, in his | search of mountain lion with bow | |and arrow. Next to Moderately Priced ‘dially Solicit Exclusive Collection of Your Tnspection NEW BRITAIN DAILY HEDALD, I BUSSES ATTACHED, ' PASSENGERS WALK | | Bridgeport Sherill Deal to | Patrons’ Pleas Bridgeport, Conn. Dec. 3 (@) — | Passengers became enraged and |sehedules were seriously Interrupted |vesterday after two New York-Bos- |ton motor coaches were held up and |attached by Sherift P. J. Reilly while |passing through Bridgeport. The sheriff took up his post out in the | Black Rock section of Fairfield av-| |enue to take them under his care 'and protection. LMo a committee last night to be drawn by Colonel Samuel E. Winsiow, for- ER 3, 192w, ¢ New York, ‘Were uled in the office the award, announced {ts action. up and presented to the conference today by the 100 persons who at- tended the two-day motor: vehicle |conference which opened here yes- terday. In speaking before the gathering {last night General Alfred F. Foote, | commissioner of public safety, urged a uniform traffic code for the state, |uniform traffic signals for use by | policemen, uniform signs for warn- ing of dangers on the road and uni- form signal lights for the guidance |of traftic in citles. His recommenda- {tions brought applause from the gathering. | Ernest Greenwood, secretary {the committee of education of Hoover Safety conference, urged | uniform motor vehicle code be put |into existence throughout the coun- try. of the a| mer -eongressman from this dlatrict and now & member of the rallroad arbitration board. At the afternoon session John W. Bowman, director . of the RBoston Automobile club, led the attack on |the auto tax question. After point- ing out the heavy taxation already on automoblies and automoblle | owners he closed his speech with a | |plea to “stop the mania of taxing | motorists in the state and find other | !methods of raising funds for build- |ing and maintaining highways.” ‘Slamford Sanitarium Is Defendant in Lawsuit New Haven, Dec. 3 (#—Papers in 'a $25.000 suit against the Stamford Hall company, conducting a private sanitariuvm at Stamford, brought by jegress. Later, however, ground into of the clark of the United States district court here, and were de- livered to U. 8. Marshal Walter for services. 5 Mrs. Ettinger was received at the sanitarium March 1, of,"this year, suffering with acut melancholla with suicidal tendencies and five days later her lifeless body was found on the ground at the rear of the building. She had been locked into a room with windows barred on the outside, and for a time there was no indication as to her method of the earth where her body had been found, a key was discovered which unlocked the room, Negligence on the part of the san- itarlum employes, resulting in her securing the key and eventually in her death, is alleged 1) the suit. —_— 89,000 TRAIN WORKERS FIGURE IN ON INCREASE Copductors and Trainmen in East Will Participate in 7% Per Cent Raise in Pay New, York, Dec. 3 )—Eighty-nine thousand conductors and trainmen of eastern rallroads have heen awarded a 7% per cent wage in- crease which s expected to improve railroad labor relations in Canada and the south. 4 Ralirpad men declare the award made yesterday will be used by the conductors and trainmen of Canada as an argument that they should be granted an ingrease. They voted & | It is also sald a board may be ap- pointed and similar negotiations carried on in the sguthern and west- ern districts where the question of wages has not yet come before the board of mediation. The conference committee of the eastern rallroads estimates that the increase will amount to $15.000,000 annuajly. Fifty raliroads are af- fected, the Increase averaging about 42 cents a day per man. SPEAKS ON “SHORT STORY” J. Berg Esenwein of Springfield, spoke on “The Modern Short Story" at a meeting of the Esther Stanley chapter, D. A. R. this afternoon. Hostesses are Mrs. F. Raymond Gilpatric, Mrs. Willil.m H. Judd, Mrs. John C, Loomis and Mrs. James Commercial transportation In the Louls Ettinger, as administrator of READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS etrike but pe | Unpaid bills for gasoline and ofl, | | extending over a period of two years | 3 and claimed to be due the Sunficld company, were the basis for the at- tachments, brought through Deputy City Court Judge William J. Buck- ley, acting as counsel. One bus was delayed for three |hours while its passengers fumed and sputtered and the other was |still in a garage last night, its pa- trons having departed on various trains for their destinations. | Bound for Boston, a bus ownedu | by the Boston-New York Auto Coach company was stopped by the sheriff |early this evening He took pos. | session of the coach to eatisfy a bili |of $500, the driver telegraphed for |aid while the passengers spent gheir |time as best they could. Tt was |three hours before the $500 arrived | by wire and it was 4 o'clock before the bus moved on its way. | On this coach a woman had paid |85 for a special seat for her poodle |dog. Having disposed of the first | bus, Sheriff Reilly took up his sta- |tion again on Fairfleld avenue and lat about 6 o’clock stopped a New | York and Boston Auto Transit com- pany bus. A policeman aided him in this effort. Passengers and driver were {nsistant upon justice and so away all went to the Third Precinct police station, where the right of the sheriff was protested. Police advised the patrons and operator that they were without jurisdiction, the ac- tion being of a civil nature. Seized to satisfy a bill of just un- der $2,000 for gas and oil, this last bus operator found it not so easy to !have that amount telegraphed to him. The sheriff took the bus and put it in a garage and the passen- gers had to be content with their money back. MASS. DRIVERS MAY FIGHT TAX ON “GAS” Demand to Know if Money is to Be Laid Out on Highway | Improvements Worcester, Mass, Dec. 3 (P—A resolution protesting the passage of a gasoline tax unless zutomobile rvegistration fees are reduced and it is shown that the money derived from such would be used for the betterment of highways was given to Raphael Bldg. 7 |air within 18 months was predicted |the estate of Sarah Ettinger, late of | FOR YOUR WANTS of arbitration here, which granted | 'poned it until a board | H. Robinson. The meeting was held at the Loomis residence. TRIM YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE WITH KNICK -KNACKS BUT SURROUND IT WITH USEFUL GIFTS -~ AR SECRETARY This handsome piece books, a place to write ar room The price of retary at Porter” Only Wi 3 N £25 g g T N TR = o Red The in Genuine Mahogany. will ceriainly Christmas joy into the home. 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