New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 DEMOCRATS TO PETITION IN ATTEMPT TO GET ACTION ON TAX CU;‘F’; _.‘q;“--.'?,ugh Ice and Are Dragged Out of 14 Feet of % Anxious to Have Party' Measure, Calling For $335,000,000 Reduc- tion, Brought to House Floor. Coolidge Signs Measure | Raising Federal Judges" Salaries—Gould Inquiry | Postponed Until Janu- ary 4. Washington, Dec. 13 UP—Demo- | cratic leaders are planning to cir- culate a petition among house members in an effort to bring the $335,000,000 democratic tax reduc- tion bill to the house floor. They decided on this resort to- day as the only method of bring- ing their bill out of the ways and means committee, whose republi- can majority voted Saturday to pigeonhole it. The decision was reached at a consultation between Representative Garrett, of Tennessee, the minority leader, and Representative Garner, of Texas, ranking democrat on the ways and means committee. Under the rules the bill would come before the house for consid- | cration, regardless of the commit- tee, if the petition in its favor re- ceived the signatures of a majority of the total house membership, or 218 members, This is about 30 more signatures than the democrats can muster from their own party. Salary Bill Signed | President Coolidge today signed the bill raising the ealaries of fed- cral judges. The measure was ap- proved last week by congress. The measyre makes substantial increases in the pay of the entire | federal judiclary, including the su- | preme court. Its enactment was ad- vocated by leaders of the bar and by numerous organizations on the ground that living expenses had | risen to a point where they were out of all proportion to the sal- arles. It was also argued that high- er pay would attract to the bench more cappble members of the bar. Gounld Probe Postponed | The senate committee appointed | to investigate charges agalnst Sen- | ator Gould, republican, Malne, to- | day decided to defer further con- sidcration of the case until January | 4. The charges relate to storles of | a payment by Gould of $100,000 to | Canadian officials in connection | with a railroad contract. | Consideration was deferred at | the request of Senator Walsh, | democrat, Montana, whose resolu- | tion started the investigation and | who wished time to gather official | information. | AGRICULTURE DEPT. WANTS $128,362,000 e | Of This $80,000,000 Is for; Federal Aid Highway ‘ Systems | | { (A—Crea- to Washington, Dec. 13 tion of two substitute bureaus separate research and regulatory a tivitles of the chemistry and soll di- visions of the department of agri- culture was provided for in the de- partment’s appropriation bill, carry- ing $128.362,000 roported today by | the house. Of the total amount appropriated in the bill, nearly $80,000,000 was | for maintenance of federal aid high- way systems and mahy miilions more to continue the relentless war Ainst insect pests. The total was $77,812 above current funds but $4,- | 774,000 below budget estimates. The reduction was effected by paring down highway funds and authoriz- ing use of unexpected moneys previously appropriated. Secretary Jardine appeared before the house appropriations committee which drafted the bill. and recom- | mended consolidation of the bureaus of chemistry and soils into the bu- reau of chemistry and soils, He said that to the new bureau would bo transferred all the research ac- tivities of the two units, while a food, drug and insecticide adminis- tration would be created to conduct the regulatory, or police work. “Research work and regulatory work do not mix any more than water and ofl” he sald. “We have just grown up that way and we have developed to a point ncw where we thing regulatory work ought to be in another department by itself, rather than being in with rescarch opriations for the two new 16 totaled only $20,000 more n for the original divisions, the increase to be used in investigating plant-dust explosions, and farm fires which last year cost 3.500 lives and ! $130.000,000 in property, and in en- fercement of the naval stores act. | Materfal Increases over current | funds were provided for certain ac- | lvitles ncluding $480,000 more for | additional endowment to agricul- | {(Coptinued on Page 13) | sev erity of the storm at Duluth and face, sat Patrick Eugenc McDermott | will rise tonight in the Middle and {tions of the Atlantic States Tues- dbout | Western Tennessee. «.3 % ol BRITAIN HERAL Average Daily Circulation For Week Ending Dec. 11th ... 13,969 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1926.—EIGHTEEN PAGES ) CIRCULATE Horses Rescued from Drowning | in Pond of Shuttle Meadow Club =t After Hard Struggle they reappeared, John Clausson, the driver improvised a lassoo of harn-| ess-reins and held their heads above | the water. Planks were brought from nearby and slid under the struggling animals, both of which | were. worked over on one side. A | team of horses owned by Herman | Doerr then drew them, one at a time, to the surface. The animals later were blanketed and walked up and down the road- way near the club for several hours to prevent pneumonia from setting in. Aside from numerous gashes about the legs and body, probably caused by the calks in the shoes of the struggling horses, there were no injurfes. ARREST FOR USING B .&Sflm&’ rorses fell into 14 feet or #-%) hen the ice on the Shuttle Meadow club'y skat- ing pond gave away this morning, both being drawn out later appar- | ently none the worse for the experi-| | ence. Workmen employed by the club were detailed to clear the pond for skating but were advised by Valen-| tine Flood, professional at the club to keep the horses off the ice. In- stead, according to Flood, they de- cided to take a chance. After get- ting both horses and the scraper out into the center of the pond an ominous crackling was heard and a moment later both horses disap- peared below the surface. When LIZZARD RAGING INTHE FAR WEST Middle West and Southwest Also in Grip of Cold Wave M BEIOW IN MONTANA Coldest Temperature of Season— Schools Forced to Close—Little | Danger Blizzard Will Hit Eastern - MRS, MELLETT AND * CHID ON STAND ‘Widow of Canton Man Tells Story of Murder REPEATS WARNING GIVEN Wife of Slain Publisher ¢ Chicago, Dec. 13 (A—Tempera- tures tumbled spectacularly today across the central west in the van of a cold wave sweeping out from Alaska, As the storm crossed the Rockles and the northwest plains it left heavy snow and the coldest temper- atures of the season, and was re- sponsible for deaths and accidents in a dozen states. Six Tragedies Result. Six fatalities were attributed to the storm in the Pacific northwest. | On Lake Michigan a car ferry bound from Ludington, Mich., to Manito- woc, Wis., wag driven by a gale on| Incidents Leading to Husband's to the rocks near Milwaukee. ¥ ‘ An engine was derailed in the Killing. | storm near Northrop, Minn., ana Courthouse, Canton, O., Dec. 13 () | passengers bound for the Twin Citles ! walked a mile through drifted snow ,—With her four year old daughter at her kree, Mrs. Florence Mellett, to reach a rescue train. Three | widow of Don R. Mellett, Canton youths crashed their car into a train at Hager, Wis,, in blinding snow, But | by iener, this afternoon told from witness stand In common pleas court were unhurt, 31 Below Zero. Temperatures of 31 below zero at the story of her husband's murder. Wilder, Mont., 30 below at Crooks-| Behind t'e railing of the court- ton, Minn., 22 below at Devils Lake, 'room were 59 curious spectators D., and twelve below at Huron, |who a fe inutes before had won ! s 3 8. D., were recorded, and as the | a battle with some 250 other curlous St2tes }“:"""““fls&“;‘e"]‘_-‘"‘hf‘:b”' storm advanced Nebraska and Towa | persons for the fow scats allotted to | (R 1€ fie 18 Beld for TUG A0S GEG00 felt the first sub-zero weather of |the public in the courtroom. g W 15 E l“f_‘ g ‘l( 5 Heinle the season. Across the room from Mys. Mel- | COUIL 8% New Haven the fourth | Schools were closed because of the |lott, his glance seldom leaving her | 10U N GRS L According to the police and post office authorities, Hoffman's Private Detective Agency, of which he is the head, adverfised in newspapers and |other publications that he wowld teach detective work and place operatives, and that when he re- ceived applications he charged $25 and failed to fulfill the guarantec. The complainant mentioned in the warrant on which he was taken in- to custody is C. E. Lucarini, of 261 West 4th street, New York, but the postal authorities say there are Aumerous other complain and Chiet W. C. Hart has received a quiries about the ageney, ably on complaint of people were “stugg.” Hoffffman is alloged to have guaranteed $33 <y sal- ary to thos® who paid hi education as operatives. Other Activities Investigated. According to the postal a s, the Federal Toy and Company, conducted by Hoffman, is also being investigated. It is ?w. L. Holiman Said to Have Ad- vertised Detective Course Makes a |Scymour Strect Man Also Said to ° be Under Investigation for Con- Toy and Pathetic Picture As She Relates nection with Federal Novelty Co., Alleged Fake. Charged with violation of Sec- tion 215 of the penal code by using the United States mail for fraudu- lent purposes, Willlam Leo Hoftman, aged 39, of 108 Seymour street, was arrested this noon at his home by Detective Sergeant William P. Mec- Cue and was taken to Hartford this afternoon by Deputy United States Marshal Albert P. Marsh for a pre- liminary hearing before United at Watertown, 8. D., Mankato, Minn. one of the alleged murderers. reported ten foot snowdrifts. | Inalow scarcely audible tone, the Drops in temperature of 71 de- widow told her story. caressing from grees at Yankton, S. D, and 66 time to time the short brown locks degrees at Huron in eighteen hours: of her daughter's hair. forty degrees at Des Moines, Ta., in! Little June rested her chin on the 24 hours and twenty degrees inrails of the witness box. Wide- Chlcago in three hours were her-/eyed and plquant, she surveyed the alds of the cold wave. |scene from her vantage point, some- Colder Tonight | what bewildered, somewhat fascin- f By tonight, the weather bureau ated. 1':om tlme to time she would sald. the cold weather will be severe insist: “But mother—” And the in the entire central west, with zero rest of the question would be lost temperatures by tomorrow over the as the little woman, mother of Mel- cntire central forecast district ex- lett's four little children, cautioned cept the extreme castern and south. her and soothed her. ern portions, where five degrecs Dramatic Testimony above zero will mark the minimum, The ‘most dramatic point in the There will be snow in most of the testimony cam when Mrs. Mellett Great Lakes region, said in the mlidst of a plaixtie, tear- Alr malil movements west of Chi- less wail: cago were interfered with, and I don't know why 1 let him go trains were delayed throughout the to the garage alone” she referred northwest. Stockmen were warned |10 Mellett's trip to the garage where | fo care for range cattle and sheep.|ho Was slain in a fuslllade of shots No word had been received from fired from ambush. radlo stations on the Aleutian Is-| The half hysterical query was ; . Chlashan const singe, stricken from the court record at the ;’“31\1:;" taeAlesiAngY order.of Judge F. W. Diehl. Mrs. | | Mellett was on the stand half an hour, during which she told of tele- | phone warning to Mellett, a fow days hefore the murder, describing the sounds of the shots at the rear and (Continued on o 15.) < No Blizzard Comiing Washington, Dec. 13 (8 — Al- though the disturbance which has brought such cold weather to parts of the west is headed generally castward today's weather ma showed no indleatlon of a blizzard St GRL SHOOTS HERSELF, - BULLET MISSES HEARTJ and Tuesday in the Atlantic states and for rain changing to snow to- Rose Publ Commander Jackson Wires Opposition to Geneva Protocol night and Tuesday in the lower Lake region. Elsewhere the fore- cast mostly is for fair weather to- night and Tuesday in the states east| of the Mississippi river. Tt will be| colder tonight in the east Guif| states, the Ohio valley and the low- or Lake region and temperatures| Zawalick Blames icity for Desire ] u ashington, D 5 When the resolution ratification by the s Geneva protocal pled the United States and other nations not to con- tinue the study of uses of poison in w re was called up in the enate Saturday, € liram Bingham of Connectlicut read to th senate three telegrams indic: that the Connecticut world war vet- erans are opposed to ratifying the treaty and favor con study and investigation of gas warfare. One of the telezrams from Harry C. Jackson, department com: mander of the Connecticut T.egion It was dated New Haven and read “Speaking for Legron of Connee- ticut and citizens interested in sav ing arcady w aed defenses of nation, urge your opposition to Gin- g cvaggas protoco Another tele- | ¢ gram signed Edward [. White, jutant and dated sew Haven, read, ‘Ten thousand members Legion and auxiliary protest against Geneva gas protocol and ask your opposition.” The third tel m of protest was signed Robert H. Alcorn, command- er of Westville Post, No. 32, Am: ------ — | North Atlantic states. 5 Colder weather will overspread ss Rose Zowalick, aged 18, of the Ohlo Valley, the lower Lake re-| ! 6 Hunter road, who attempted sui- sion, the east Gulf states and por- cide In the living room of her home 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, as a chance for recovery, it was said at New Britain General hospital today. She “red a .38 calibre bullet into her breast and it narrowly miss- ed her heart, coming out on the right side. Her parents and brothers and sisters were at dinner when they heard the shot and rushing into the |room they found her on the floor. She was driven to the attempt on T her life by publicity attendant upon MAIN STREET BUILDING CONDEMNATION ORDER QUT ner tie by pubitcity attendant upon Re- varly last Sunday morning, the police finding them on the roof of a build- at 193 1 street about 3 o'clock. Although their actions were suspicious, they satisfied the police that they had gone into the building to warm themsclves after an auto- mobile ride and the reason they t 1 day. Cold wave warnings have been o ordered for the lower Lake region the Ohlo valley, and Central and t (Continued on Page Fifteen) Bullding Department Orders pairs On Stevens Bullding, One of Oldest in City au Notice of condemnation has gone t cut from the building department the owner of an adjoining property and they wanted to elude him. which was condemned several day X ‘ ARESE ago. (_“:L‘;I}i"i;(:””““r‘”‘;"::i'\f;;(“‘:1“:“"1{‘"‘? @ Legion, and also dated New The building department has or- 4" ciiciqe nnd‘lm‘ the following | aven. Both tors Bingham dered that repairs be made at ONCe | ieo. wp yant to thank all m"",‘flm‘ McLean of Coanecticut are op- to strengthen the Stevens bullding. |fronds and cnemies for the good POscd to ratification of this treaty one of the oldest on Main street and |14 haq tolk and favors. Becauge | DY the senate, at least untl posi- | which has long been under surveil- g publiclty that s killing me, it | tive assurance is obtained that all| lance. On the adjoining property, (saoms to me that even the m,‘n":mo other civilized nattons of the! March 15 has been set as the date|can talk and point me out. 1 mn't;“"’"“ will agree to absolute aboli- for completion of structural changes. | just «tand it any longer, my life {s| 10N of use of polson gas in war- The Connecticut Co. owner of a what T made it to be, and I'm suf- | {are. condemned building on Corbin place | foring the consequences. Please God ‘ notified the building department to- | forgive me for all that T have done | day that the structure will be re-|wrong. Y- - *now best I'm not quite | moved at once. The building has as black as I'm painted. also people | been in use for recelving trolley|should never down anyone. Tt never freight. A one-story structure con-|pays. Please Frank (her brother) Ining approximately the same flooF [have this published because T want | pace as new avallable in the two- cveryone to know how bad and | | story bullding, will be erected, anhamed I feel” 1 * t f r t 1 i THE WEATHER | t New Britain and vicinity: Rain tonight and Tuesday rising temperature tonight. v a I BUT HIS “PUPILS” COMPLAIN . his reporters on 61 pers: placed in a cell LEGION WOULD PURSUE 77 rests ma 2 John managers of the theaters, were the They Golding 30 men An movies in violation of the vice and yesterday by a listers who Marcus, |bridge theater, a half but JERSEY BLUE LAW SOUABBLE TODAY 1S MORE COWPLE {Man Arrested Yesterday Today Asks Arrest of Those Who Arrested Him CLATMS THEY 700, WERE - VIOLATORS OF STATUTE rvington Clean-Up Started by Thea- ter Men Who Had Been Forced to Close Down on Sunday — All Classes, Even Reporters and Pho- togiaphers, Are Affected — Epl- demic Spreads to Woodbridge. N Irvington, J., Dec. 13 A — |Ernest P. Biro, counsel, and also | t employes of the fabjan Theatrical corporation, Who y sted police in thelr arrest of violators of the Stanley- Each Accuses Other complaint was filed by John iller, Trvington lawyer, appear- for Herbert Krutschnitt, man- ager of a gas-filling station. Krutt- hnitt was one of the 100 persons arre yesterday, and it was on complaint that ten newspaper and photographers were ed that Biro and his 72 year old stat- in gathering dence Recorder Stod- rd sal uld not consider mplaints against Biro and the s until after yester- e been disposed of. Fines Imposed Charges leading to the arrest of he 93 persons yesterday were dis- sed of as follows today: Fines of $2 each were imposed six of whom pleaded ot guilty who were held guilty by Recorder Stoddard. Bond bail of $2 cach was for- feited by 23 persons who failed to ppear for the hearing. Trial by jury was demanded by “our employes of the Public Service orporation charged with driving jusses and vehicles through the treets. Their cases will be heard >n December 21, cases of ten who 1t guilty were postponed. an The often resented fon but those specificall empt- d by the law. The group contained 0 newspaper reporters, who had me trouble convincing th hey were working, filii proprietors, str car o 1otormen, druggists, barbe slacks and others. Three of the re- orters, one a woman, bail and were L. cooled, ho thelr freedom The 2tion Sill Police cooperated fully with the heater, men, one dctective beir wssigned to each with his pock d with complaint blanks. A sy ematic survey of the town of 50.- made, and the ar- e without tion as o nature of the offer being “gainful.” usemen| made for through §2 W also . but no ar- violation of ants Leave Slgns rested merchants placed the doors explaining they been arrested, but ald shortly. This they did inoss thrived. One rest tolephoned police ing, reqv ed carly, 1 noon. 1s on ro- and as he was too Ile was accom- Little escaped the detectives and heir helpers. The EIKs' club was and a young man arrested e played popular airs on a vio- in for the amusement of members B schnitt, w ate gas filling station opposite police dquarters, was arrested so many imes that finally after each ale he trudged his way across the treet to post his bail. It was upon s complaint thet the reporters ere taken into custody. Charles Bechtold, Warner and opc movers in the arrlved in town proceeding to ¢ river of the bus that ca rom New: By noon more arrests had been made Ministers whose protest he closing of theaters and the re- ultant crusade ¢ declined o comment counsel or the 3 management of Now Je ating against motion thea- ers in enforcing the law." aid the law would be as complete- y enforced as possible, however. ime Spreads to Woodbridge Woodbridge, N. J. Dec. 13 (P attempt to inaugurate Sunday mmorality act of 1854 was halted delegation of upor# Nathan the Wood- ur before he show was to have started. Marcus acceded to their request, pointed out that they were iolators in riding to his place in called manager of # | automobiles. pleaded police | min- ! PRICE THREE CENTS BANDIT ADMITS WEST 3T. RECOGNIZED BY VIGTIM, HOLD-UP; ARRESTED; BOT $125 IN STORE AT GUN POIKT PAROLED CONVICT SOUGHT FOR ARCH STREET HOLD-UP Chilicki Suspected of Cold | ("pope Declares Modern Blooded Shooting of | Woman’s Fashions' Are George E. Fredericks,|| An Outrage on Dignity Gas Station Owner. .1 Rome, Dec. 13 (A—Modern fashions for women were char- | || acterized as “an outrage in every | | | \ESCAPED PURSUER WHO EMPTIES GU! sense against human and Chris- tlan dignity” day in addressing sentatives of the || catholic Men. | Emphasizing his displeasure over the present modes, the Pontiff urged fathers to check their daughters and wives' ir- reverence and corruption as ex- pressed in immodest clothing. OLD MAN IS PROBABLE SUICIDE IN CAPITOL War Veteran Shoots Himself Rather Than Die by Inches by Pope Plus to- 1,000 repre- ederation of A state wide search is under way today for Peter Chilicki, 24 years |old paroled convict, who, it is be- |lieved by the pol is the bandit |who shot George E. Fredericks of 132 Lyon street, at the latter's store | |at the foot of Arch street, shortly | before 8 o'clock yesterday morning 'and escaped in an automobile amid a shower of bullets from the revolver | of Supernumerary Officer Walter | Wagner. The automobile is regis- | tered in Chilicki’s name and in his| {room at 40 Church street, Sergeant | P. J. O'Mara and Officer Thomas J. Feeney found a number of letters . | destroyed, photographs torn up and Indian a2 note as f s: “You may have | whatever you find here, and any-| thing you do not wish to keep, you | may give it to the Salvation Army.” | There is no doubt in the minds of | the police that Chilicki is the gun- man, and the description given by Fredericks tallles very closely with { ° |that of the paroled convict. eard a note of tragedy that mo Looks Into Revolver Barrel }nlentarily’ overshadowed the bustling | Feredericks was marking custom- |activities of the government, when Washington, Dec. 13 (# — Early sightsecrs at the capitol this morning ers' names on newspapers shortly 'john W. Caldwell, of Berkeley, Cali- | Lefore 8 o'clock, when an Auburn taxicab driver entered and asked him i he could repair a tire. Fred- ericks replied that he was too busy just then and the chauffeur left. The Nol o % s e " teri i iced, askgd A ¢ saw the shooting, but the f'\;:'ylnr?c'k:n‘:):;:g ;mnmg\:;l ih}?:h report of the pistol ringing through passes the store would make the (he long marble corridors startled first irip. Without looking up from Jn‘ff“éZ“’iniE‘,’l ;:;‘}:Crgien!:m'esh:\:gg; his work Fredericks roplied “Eisht t8 8 TUS ofiees and broueht o'clock, but they might be a littie | JHRY SBIUE the erumpled | late.” “Stick 'em up” Fredericks ‘(% A 5 . ! Coldwell was an inmat heard him say, and, looking up, his 'y 5 PVER TES AR }I:meO{hc':I: gaze met the barrel of & YevolVer | parly in the morning he had left his In a glance, Fredericks observed | o¢"7 /0 NS IO NE e had [eft his the features and genaral appearance | caviiol” He selected a spot but of the man and, reaching for his fow feet off the main corridor lead- back pocket, handed him a roll of jng from senate to house. With a bills, wring him that he would pisto] e fired into the side of his comply with the order to “F ork OVer head, and physicians said his death your dough.” < |Wwas a matter of hours. Victim’s Wife Passing At Time | In the pocket of his coat were Covering Fredcricks, the gunman two notes. One said: ordered him to open the cash regis- T have suffered a thousand deaths ter, which he did, and after taking the last six months. Why suffer a handful of money the gunman, ™MOre when there is no help?” stiil covering the storekecper with The other, scribbled in pencil, {he revolver, ordered him into the sounded the same plaintive note of back room. As Fredericks backed |"®70 ion.: his wife passed on her way to My health is gone. T am too old Joseph's church, and Fredericks 0 ¢ome back. I don’t want to die e b Be merciful in God's waving h ic effort to attract her upraised hands. The unman evidently noticed the ges- ture, for he commanded Fredericks to open a door which is shiclded from the outside view, by the parti- tion scparating the front and rear parts of the store. Several persons were outside the store waiting for the bus and Fredericks shouted to Supernumerary. Officer Wagner who was sitting in his automobile waiting for gasoline. The motor was run- ning, and drowned out Frederick shoults so that despite the proximity of assistance, he could not attract anyone. Tries to Kill Fredericks Reallzing that if ha obeved the sunman’s orders to open the door. he would have no chance of spread- ing t arm until the latter made his escape, Fredericks did not move the instant he was commanded to. whereupon the gunman muttered “I've a good mind to plug you.” to shortly leave the city soon. don't plug me,” Fredericks said, It became known that the resigna- “I gave you the money, what more tion followed certain charges which do you want? T've got a wife and had been made against Evans of three voungsters at home and they conduct in violation of the ethics of need me,” to which the gunman re- practice. In the superior court plied: “To Hell with them, I'm go- Friday State's ing to plug you anyway” and with Alcorn appeared that he pointed the revolver direct- ly at the center of Fredericks' fore- head. Fredericks heard the cli trigger and realizing his been saved only by the f cartridre to disc that of the chambers empty, he lungad forward and selzed he gunman by the right wrl twisting the revolver down and away from him. One bullet whizzed past Fred and struck the floor and a box. Bringing his left hand over to reinforce his right, the gunman forced the revolver iInto range of | Fredericks’ bhody and fired again, | this bullet taking effect. Stageered by its force, Fredericks fell to the ! floor. ¢ ot me, all right” he sald, his eyes on his assailant as the sting of the wound weakened him. Fortunately the bullet passed through the flesh on the left side and did not strike a vital spot. | Scranton, Pa., Dec. 13 () — Two | Covers Wagner with Gun hundred girl workcrs at the TLong As Fredericks lay on the floor, Handkerchlet Co. here, thrown the gunman tinkered with the lock under the shadow of suspicion of on the rear door, planning to escape, theft, wont on strike today. when Officer Wagner, wondering at .~ A Scranton 1.ewspaper the delay after having seen Fred- sald that handkerchiefs cricks inside, walked into the store. '§50,000 had been stolen Wheeling about, the gunman covered plant by employes. the officer with the revolver and demanded a statement from ran into the rear yard and jumping company clearing up the case, and into his car, which had been loft at the corner of Kensington avenue, | drove towards Rentschler street. | fornia, an Indian and Spanish war veteran, shot and probably fatally wounded himself at the top of a stairw st off the rotunda. ches. gment.” He also left <rections that Arthur Caldwell, in Berkeley, California, be notified. Arthur Cal ter, Mabel ning, Cal ONE OF LAWYERS FOR CHAPHAN IN TROUBLE Bar Awell Is a son. A dnugh Caldwell, lives at Ben- rnia. Harold Evans Resigns from After State’s Attorney Alcorn Starts Action. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 13 (A— Harold Evans, who has a law office in the United States Security Trust Company building at 36 Pearl street, has resigned as a practicing a torney in Hartford county and plans la: M. hefore Judge “for an order which is under- stood to e been in connection with the F T in- formation with , which was permitted to issue by the court, has not been flled carly this afternoon but probably will be in the court for consideration this week, ans today admitted made agiinst him ve the soliciting of business. ns became associate counsel in the defense of Gerald Chapman. 200 GIRLS ON STRIKE to of the life had of a fact was that in- o cranton Employes Walk Out Rather Than Work Under Suspicion of Theft. valued at went to thelr hor es. An official of the there had been some nothing like $50,000 warth}.’ company sald (Continued on Page 15) Attorney Hugh | yesterday from the [that the Brooklyn man had The girls today |tried to board or leave the [when it was gathering momentum when it was not forthcoming. they Robert Hopkins, 22, of 131 North St., Admits Sticking-up John Walko and Taking Cash. | | Admits Deed After Posi- tive Identification — No Clue to Trio Who Staged Grove Street Robbery. | | | | | | [ With the arrest this forenoon, of | Robert Hopkins, aged 22, of 131 | North street, on the charge of rob- | bery, the police cleaned up one of |the three week-end holdups which |terrorized the city. Hepkins, who |has a police record, confessed, the | police say, that he robbed the gro- | cery store of John Walko at 30 West | street about 9:30 Saturday night and Itook approximately $125 out of the | cash register. ’ Hopkins’ arrest came about through the keenness of his victim, {who saw him in a store at 45 East Main street today and recognized | him. Hopkins evidently recognized | Walkoiat about the same time for he |turned his head and left the store hurriedly. Sending another man to ."o!low him, Walko telephoned to 1t_apmln Kelly, who detailed Officers iJOhn C. Stadler and Daniel Cosgrove |and they surprised Hopkins in the | Zimitravich restaurant on Hartford venue. Handcuffing him, they took /him to the police statlon, where | Walko identified him. “There's no | auestion about it, he's the same fel- |low,” Walko said. “I would know | him anywhere.” Pleads Need of Money. According to the police, Hopkins readily confessed. He needed money, | he said, and knew Walko would have a sizeable amount in the store Satur- | day night as the place is busy all day. According to Walko, Hopkins |ordered him to “throw up your | hands or get your head blown off,” and Walko obeyed. Hopkins denied any connection with other holdups, saying this was his first attempt. He said he threw the revolver into the Glen strect dumping grounds, but a search of the place failed to recover | it, and the police are inclined to [aoubt the truth of this part of the confession, | Hopk who was accidentally shot in the head severa¥ years ago, |is thought to be mentally deficient. | When he was 10 years old he was arrested for injuring private prop- | erty and was released with a repri- |mand, but on May 16, 1919, he was convicted of theft and committed to | the State School for Boys. On Sept. 6, 1921, he was fined $10 and costs for theft, and on Sept. 31, 1926, he | was arrested for non support, but | was allowed on probation with the understanding that he support his | dependents. His probationary period | has not expired. Confession Surprises Police. | The police admitted they were | surprised at Hopkin's confession, as | he had not been suspected of con- | nection with the recent holdups. A ¥ g man who is under suspicion for the North Burritt street bus rob« beries is not in New Britain, and | there is a possibility that his arrest | would clear up the robbery at the | Capitol theater two weeks ago. (Continued on Page 15.) MYSTERY IN DEATH OF MANNEARR. R TRAGKS Victim Unable to Explain | Injury Near Berlin | Station | | Louis Hyman of Pennsylvania ave- nue, Brooklyn, N. Y., died at the ew Britain General hospital yester- day from injurics sustained in a mysterious accident which has baftled local authorities. He was found beside the rallroad tracks at 11 o'clock Saturday night about 500 feet north of the Berlin station by Isaac Anderson, colored, an employe of the Stiles & Reynolds brickyard, nearby. Anderson noti- fled Constable Orville Ventres of the Berlln force who in turn notifled hospital authorities. It was found that Hyman was suffering from a fractured skull and exposure and he was removed to the hospital where he died without telling of the cir- cumstances which led to his being found beside the tracks. | While waiting for the ambulance, the injured man tried to talk but those nea* him were unable to catch the meaning of his words before he |became uncons *jus. Relatives frem Brooklyn took the body back to that city for burial at 7 o'clock last evening. One of the theories advanced s either the train after the Berlin “op and had slipped on the foy rails. He was not bruis- ed sufficlently as to warrant the ex- planation that ‘o was struck by & thefts but [train, two cuts on his forchead be. Ing all the abrasions on the maa.