New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 5, 1927, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 SCHROEDER'S MIND A BLANK; WOUND RECEIVED IN BATTLE MAY HAVE AFFECTED MEMORY Ex-Soldier Unable to Recognize Wife or Recall New Britain When Brought Into & Court. Judge Continues Case at Lawyer’s Request Until Mental Condition of Prisoner Is Determined. Unable to recall names, addresses, or faces of relatives, friends and ac- quaintances, Frank Schroeder, aged , of 116 Cherry street, was return- -4 to this city last night by Sergeant P. J. O'Mara, from Rahway, N. J., and arraigned in police court this morning on the charge of non-sup- port, He answered to his name and pleaded not guilty when the charge of non-support was read to him, but as his wife was about to testify. At- torney David L. Nair asked Judge | Hungerford to delay the hearing long | enough to permit of an investigation, | as Schroeder's mind appears to be | blank and it appears that he is in need of an examination and possibly | treatment. The attorney said he was | making the request as a friend of the | young man and his family. There | being no objection on the part of | Prosecuting Attorney Woods, a con- | tinuance until Monday, May 9, wag granted. Schroeder, who was wounded in | the head in the world war, disap- | peared several days ago and an ef- fort to locate him was made through radio broadcasting station WTIC at | Hartford. Last Saturday afternoon, as the bus conveying a delegation of | New Britain men to 2 Bible class convention in Philadelphia, Pa., was | stopped for repairs near Rahway, James Bachand of 202 Buell street, sighted Schroeder and spoke to him. Schroeder, a blank | look in his cyes, disclaimed acquaint- anceship with any of the New Britain | men, and after he was turned over | to the Rahway police he insisted that | Tie was unable to recall the circum- | stances of his departure from New Britain or anything that had oc- curred prior to the time he left, Never Heard of New Britain “Well, "'m glad to be brought back wherever T belong,” Schroeder told Sergeant O'Mara on the return irip. The sergeant talked with him 1t length but Schrocder insisted that he had never heard of New Britain and as the train pulled into the pas- senger station last night, he asked | him it he recognized the surround- | ing. “No, T don’t know where we are, at all.” Schroeder replied. At the head of “the railroad arcade, Sergeant O'Mara pointed out the cigar store in which Schroeder was formerly employed, and asked him if he recalled it. Again the re- | ply was negative, and this morning | when Schroeder faced his wife in Drobation Officer Connolly’s office, he gave her the same blank stare | that has featured his expression | since Saturday at least. Case in Doubt Until Examined | Whether or not Schroeder is ac- | tually suffering from amnesia can- | not be stated until he is examined, the police said today. He told Sr'r-! geant O'Mara he recalled having | been In Meriden but everything prior to his arrival there is blank. The sergeant, however, reports that | as he and Schroeder walked north on Main street last night, the latter turned down Commercial street of his own volition. “Oh, 0 you know | where the police station is, do you?” the sergeant said, and Schroeder re- lied that he saw the green door light and as there was a similar light outside the other police stations he has been in since being apprehend- «d, he concluded he should turn | (Continued on Page 16) MILLION DOLLARS AWAITS | HEIRS OF MAN LONG DEAD| i Joseph Shaw of | Descendants of Boston Who Died 70 Years ! Ago are Sought. Boston, May lion dollars is heirs of a man who died ago. At Joseph Shaw's death in 1857 he left only modest fortune. But | through the magic of compound in- 5.—(UP)—A mil- | iting for the living | 70 year: SACCO-VANZETTI \DEFENSE'S LAST TRUMP | for liberty backed by six Jonen charges of prejudice {allegations of bias, prejudice and im- Herbert B. Ehrmann, defense coun- TRIES TO WRECK TRAIN |attempted to derail a north | passenger train ahout |the wooded section near the Cremo |tory reply, It War Destroys Memory FRANK SCHROEDER PLEA WITH FULLER Mass. Governor Has Their Per- sonal Demand for “Justice” Document Written In Prison Cell Reinforced by Several Affidavits Throwing Light On Judge's Al- leged Animosity. Boston, May 5 (P — freedom which Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti have waged with unremitting vigor since their conviction for murder six years ago entered today a new phase, and G ernor Alvan T. Fuller for the first time in the long litigation had be- | fore him a personally written plea striking | into the by the ! trial court never before published. Plea Is Vanzetti's The plea was Vanzetti's own. The affidavits were from prominent per- sons who unanimously testified to The fight for affidavits which brought propriety by Judge Webster Thayer. presiding justice, who after being up- held by the supreme court in his refusal of a new trial recently sen- tenced both prisoners to death. cco's decision not to join in the petition for clemency was attribut- | ed by William G. Thompson and| (Continued on Fourth Page.) | SENT AWAY T0 ASYLUM Youth Bent on Avenging Dog Found to Be Insane John | both | Friend, 57 Whitman street, who bound 8:20 Sunday evening, Judge W. C. Hungerford in police court today committed the youth to the State hospital at Nor- | wich for treatment. The recommen- d-nion was not opposed by Attor- |ney Cyril F. Galfney, who repre- sented Fricnd, Sergeant Michael Flynn testifled that the police were notified Sun- day evening of the attempt to de- rail the train and he and Officer Bloomquist investigated. Friend {was turned over to him by three young men who had him treed in On recommendation of Dr. L. Kelly and Dr. John Purney, of whom examined Frank aged 17, of | Brewery. Asked the reason he had put a railroad tie on the track Friend could not give a satisfac- the sergeant said. Rail- Policeman F. Howard Smith tified that he was notified of the case and talked with Friend at po- terest the comparatively small es-|lice headquarters. ¥riend admitted tate, unclaimed during the inter- vening years, has piled up to the | million mark. Shaw had five children—George, Willlam Charles, Joseph and Mary. | Whether any of them are still liv-| ing, lawyers have been unable to | determine. The attorneys are seek- | ing to establish this fact and also | are trying to locate grandchildren of Shaw. Thus far, only one claimant to a share of the fortune has appeared. Thomas Shaw of Dedham, father of | six children, who believes he was connected with the Joseph Shaw family. | The search for descendants has extended to, Minneapolis, to which | city William Shaw went from Bos- ton many years ago. A technical error was believed responsible for the fact that the Shaw estate was not divided among the five children at the time of Shaw's death. ‘to both officers that he put the tic ant strcet and William Goodwin of a year ago and he intended to de- Clarence Heller of {who was with the others when they | caught testity. ion the tracks. Dr. Kelly testified that Friend told him he had been drinking prior to committing the act. In the opinion of the physician, the youn man is in need of treatment as h appears to be mentally unsound. Dr. Purney, who also examined him, testified that he appears to be irresponsible, but not vicious. Henry H. Coleman of 128 Pleas- 73 Chapman street testified that [the tie had been taken off the tracks by Fricnd and put back a few minutes later. Goodwin re- moved it about a minute before the train rolled past. To Goodwin, Friend said the train killed his dog it and thus rail avenge his pet. 10 Austin street, Friend, was not called to itended to show BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1927. —.TWENTY PAGES. Thought Passenger on Liner Had Bag of Snakes; Were Kittens New York, May.5 (UP)—Sus- pecting Mrs. Anna Redmonte of Philadelphia of taking snakes to Ireland, a steward on the S. S. Cleveland notified the baggage master, who insisted her grip be examined. “The steward heard hissing,” he sald. “Snakes? What would I be carrying snakes back to the land of Saint Patrick for!” exclaimed Mrs. Redmonte. She opened the bag, revealing two small kittens. BRIDGEPORT MAN BELIEVED 0 BE MURDER VICTIM Body Found in Middlelield | Thought to Be That of Salvatore Gaetano LATTER MISSING FROM HOME FOR NEARLY WEEK | Wife Sure Husband Was Slain— them He is Man Who Recently Figured in Park City Slaying and Was said to Mave Become “Marked Man"” After Being Acquitted on Charge of Murder Then. Bridgeport, Conn, May 5 (P— Salvatore Gaetano, 38, of 101 Steb- en street, missing from his home here since Friday night, is believed to be the man whose body was found in the woods at Middlefield outside of Middletown. Gaetano's wife, when show ar- ticles of clothing found on the hody of the slain man identified them as belonging to her hushand. Leo Catella, brother-in-law Gactano, left for Middletown forenoon to view the body and en- deavor to confirm the identification, Gaetano is the man who on vember 23, 1924 shot and killed Jo- seph Gimigliano, 33. Gimigl was a .brother-in-law of Dominick Cesare, wag ambushed and shot with sawed off shotguns and- died and Ann street, a short time prior to the shooting of Gimigliano. Following his arrest for the shooting of Gimigliano, - Gactano claimed that he acted in self-de- fense. Whatever the motive, it was established that Gimigliano was the first to draw a revolver in the quar- rel. He shot Gaetano through the right thigh. When placed on trial in superior court on a charge of murder after he had recovered from the bullet wound, Gactano was found not guilty of the murder. At the time of his trial it was @ stated that Gactano was “a marked man.” Not Definitely Identified. Middletown, May 5 (®—The body | of man found in Middlefield Tues- day had not been identified up till noon today and Coroner L. A, Smith had had no information from the state police as to promising clues. He was awaiting a formal report of the autopsy on the body made by Dr. Loveland, medical examiner, vesterday to determine if possible, the exact wound which caused death. One feature of the dead man's hands was that a thumb is missing from one of them. The state police are known to he rching in Bridgeport for a man | who is missing from home and who had had the thumb of his left hand amputated. The missing man, Salvatore Gae- tano, is without one thumb and this {s believed to be missing from | nis teft hand. was about five had a belt “G" on it, The dead man fect ten inches tall, buckle with the initial and a signet ring on the left )nnd H with the initials “I” and It is understood that Sergeant Frank Verelli of the state police will come here this afternoon with details of a description of the miss- ing Gactano. PRIEST'S KNEECAP BROKEN Rev. Thomas F. Iawlor Removed to Hospital in Waterbury as Re- sult of Fall Downstairs. Rev. Thomas F. Lawlor, at St. Mary’s church, was taken to §t. Mary's hospital in erday afternoon suffering from a fractured kneecap. Iather Lawlor fell down a flight of stairs at the home of Peter McCrann of 57 Vine | stroet yesterday morning while on a visit taking the census of the Dr. David P. Waskowitz was moned and had Father Lawlor sum- re- moved to the New Britain General | an examination that the knee was sprained. instead of being fractured. Upon returning to the reetory on Main street, Tather Lawlor was again examined and t was disco cred that the kneecap was frac- tured. Tt is estimated that he will be unable to attend to his duties. He is principal of St. Mary's paro- chial school. Kospital where of ! this | no | | City Delivers Message and Mayor | alleged rum runner, who | instantly near his garage at Hough avenue | DISASTER AS ON THROUGH One Man Known Drowned Before Tomorrow. New Orleans, La., May § (P — Fifty thousand persons were threat- Mississippi and its tributaries, spew- ing, swirling water from torn levees {and backing over lowlands to form | an ever growing lake which left but | | the tops of trees above its surface. M8re than twelve thousand in- !hahllams were being driven from | | Tensas parish in the first complete | | evacuation of the parish since 1852, | The towns of St. Joseph, Water- | proof and | serted as were dozens of smaller | { communities in the path of torrents | | streaming: through a breach in the l] wee at winter quarters, four miles bove St. Joseph. Desertion Continues Virtually all of !already had heen given over to the backwaters of the Red and Old | rivers. Twelve thousand residents were affected by the flood in that arish, where 425,000 acres of rich, alluvial cotton and swamp land | were covered. Vidalia and Ferriday, | the section’s principal towns, either | already were entirely under water or were expected to be submerged within the next few hours. Other neighboring parishes, Madi- son t and West Carroll, More- | house, Richland, Franklin, Catahou- la andAAvoyelecs, also were feeling the effect of water from cither the M ippi or its tributaries. One Drowned, 24 Marooned A man was reported drowned near Winn Island, Richland parish, 50,000 MORE PEOPLE FACING Little Hill—Fleet of Rescue Vessels Searching Out Refugees, Finding Many Perched on Housetops and Trees—Rayville, Ark., Likely to Be Inundated |ened today with the wrath of the | wellton were being de- | Concordia parish | Admission Tax Totals Over Thirteen Million In Nine Month Period i S Washington, May 5 (UP)— The treasury has collected more than $13,352,000 in admission taxes during the first nine months of the current fiscal year and another $7,368,000 on club dues, the internal revenue bureau announced today. States producing the greatest amount of revenue from both classes of taxes were New York, Illinois, California and Pennsyl- vania. CHOICE OF HALL PROVES POPULAR WITH ASSOCIATES New Britain Man Hears Many Words of Commendation on Appointment SAYS HE DOES NOT SEE SELF IN DICTATOR ROLE FLOODS RACE BROKEN LEVEES When 24 Are Marooned on ‘where | twenty-four persons were m arooned upon high ground. A swift current prevented boats from reach- | ing them. Rayville also was report- |ed in a precarious position, being threatened by the waters of the Bouet river and by the overflow Tirom Arkansas streams. Five thousand persons had been made homeless in that section with- in twenty-four hours. Motorboats |and skiffs were utilized by rescuers throughout the night in saving men, women and children from house tops and trees. Another ominous threat impended with various reports of other levees | weakening along the M ippi line, | Appeal For Workers. Further west and to the south, Rapides Parish officials appealed for men and Spades as many citizens struggled with the waters of Bayou | Rapides. An attempt to cut the le- ¢s along that stream was belicved forestalled with the arrival of armed men to patrol the embankments. Montreal, in Ouachita, was forced to do an about face to fight a mo; imminent foe as Lafourche Swamp, | filled with waters loosed by the Ar- | kansas river, turned upon the city. Worlc was started on a levee exten- sion which would place the town behind a barrier that would hold out | the water. | Refugees streaming into Delhi, lo- | cated on a ridge in Rtichland Parish, Rather Inclined to Look At His Finance Job As That of An In- vestigator and Adviser—Plans to Build Up Spirit of Cooperation All That Among Departments State May Benefit By Savings. State Capitol, Hartford, May 5.— inued on Page 16 (Conflnned £54L0) The nomination by Governor Trum- STATE JEWELERS' CONVENTION HERE| Meetmg at Country Club {DISCUSS TRADE AFFAIRS | No- | | Wela Extends ians Host at Luncheon. | The 14th annual convention of the | Connecticut Retail Jewelers' associ- {ation is being held today at the | shuttle Meadow club. The conven- tion opened this morning at 10:30 | o'clock with President George H. Dyson presiding. Registration of delegates was in charge of Sturman S. Dyson, sceretary. The address of welcome by Mayor | Gardner C. Weld was followed by an address by President Dyson. The secretar report and appointment | of committees preceeded a report on trade conditions by C. C. Costello of New London. Committees in charge of the con- vention are as follows, Reception committee: Oscar | Thomas, chairman, Howard Bron- Roberts, M. P. Leghorn, J. Hayak, B. Georges, all of New Dritain. Committee on resolutions: Costello, New London; Todd, Bridgeport; { Crabb, New Haven. | Nominating committe | Lux, chairman, Hartford; W. True, Middletown: Fred Weber, Meriden; William Deakin, Danbury { Wm. C. Hawley, Pridgeport. Auditing commit George P. ington; Anthony W. Hull, Carl W. Lindquist, Frederick G. George George H. Dyson, Presi- dent, in; George W. Truc first vice-president, Middletown | William Deakin, second vice-presi- dent, Danbury; Sturman F. Dyson, secretary and treasurer, ain. FExecutive Hull, Wallingford; committee: L6 o (Continued on I‘wr- <!\toen) {Retailers Gather for Annual President George H. Dyson of This | Welcome—Rotar- | George | Anthony | Costello, bull of Senator Edward F. Hall of New Britain to be state commi sioner of control and finance confirmed by the state senate today. His nomination is the only one of the four members of tlie board of VATIGAN DEFINES POLITIGAL STAND 5222 = Holy See's Attitude Said to Be |y, s sovepnor that s to ve co | irmed nor has until July 1 to appoint the other three. Senator Walcott of Norfolk, chair- man of the committee on executive cmination in reporting on the nominations, said, often given to a m: time to propose or s | one for a high position that arous Keeping Quitc Apart | his unqualitied enthusiasm and the | hearty support of every one inte From Political Struggles in Vari-| tca. But the nomination by his excellency of Edward Hall for this } One of Non-Interference NOT SUPPORTING SMITH Neither Does It Favor Any Other in his life | Candidate, ous states, Is Statement, mands an unusual amount of cour- common sense and vision and which may mean so much to ti Rome, May & (Copyright, 192 by the United Press)—A semi-offi- cial and e tement of th Holy o toward the presi- dent of Governor Al- fred E. € w York was ob- tained by the ate Leader Shaw of | from a qualificd spokesman for the|[said the appointment w Vatican. a formal matter and that it meant Five Points Made much to the senat Among the points made by the| He said the success of the new spokesman for the Vatican were the [ board was assured with the selec- tollowing tion of or Hall as commis- 1. The sioner. cans who view The resolution confirming the Iy the can nomination was unanimously adopt- *“most unfortu ed. The Holy Sce does not know of any reason for desiring that a Catholic should be president of the | United States. universal and al.” unquestioning ap- Ameri-| as See | attitude of those s candidacy ,, ie Holy was 2, Mccting 1s Held The board of control and fnarce | met for the first time today. The new hoard includes the four 3. There will be no meddling on|members of the old board of con- the part of the Vatican in the cam- trol, the governor, comptroller, i | treasurer and attorney gencral and The Tloly Sce often has ex-!the tax commissioncr, secretary of pressed satisfaction with the atli-|state and the commissioner of con- tude assumed by the president of ftrol and finance, as ex-officio mem- the United States bers and three others who shall be 5. It is the policy of the oV |clectors, They are to be appointed See to abstain from all political |y Governor Trumbull before July ugzeles within the various states. !y this year. The law creating the | “The apostolic delegates to thei, oy joarq fixes five quorum. United § " the spokesman con- Tavorable: Action tinued, “has been reccived every- cutive nomination of Sel where most cordially even though a4 T. Hall of New TBritain he does not enjoy diplomatic stand- the commissioner of control ing. The Holy often S nce, had not been confirmed pressed satisfaction with the attitude Ihyitns nate when the med by the president of they b .. " pyie™ ponination, however, United States, especially with re- it T been favorably acted upon by spect to his ad tional char- he committee on executive nomina- HoRong “'" | tions and was to be reported in b | Senator Walcott of Redding, chair- | of the committee, after the |senate had disposed of business on the calendar. clection 1s Popular The tor I to be and See he Catholic religlon has never had any grounds whatsoever to (Continued on Page 17) Recalls Order {Cop “Handcuffed” by Board Restriction, Pow- Bootleggers Flee As Policeman | That the selection of Scnator Hall | to hecome the executive officer of {the hoard was a popular one was ovidenced by the congratulations the | senator received yesterday and to- ;,,‘\_\. | “The governor made a good EA" a state al told the senator this morn- | “I've been on committee with | and you have seen that ther | choice in selecting you, him. Two men alighted and be- | gan poking about the car as though make repairs flashlight but offic ng. cou they were ahout to i is no time wasted. was | favorably | “1t is not | v | delivered this new and important work which de- | welfare of our state, does meet with | Redding | s s more than meeting took | And we have al- | They were using a curate Waterbury | parish. | they could not see the oificer, who was shiclded from view of passersby. Hearing the rattling of tin, the of- | and when | erless to Prevent Law- breakers From Escaping | | ficer approached quietly lahout 25 feet from them he was, able to detect that cans were being | handled. In an both men, the officer rushed them but they separated, one running in | an easterly direction and the other in the opposite dircetion, but both zoing towards Hart strect. (Continued on Page 17) | The recent ruling of the board of | police commissioners relative to the | firing of revolver shots at prisoners uspects probably allowed two { men to escape arrest on Walnut Hill park night, and curiously nough, the automobile concerned in the incident is the one that figured in the chase through the north end of the city a few months ago, the firing of several shots that night re- sulting in the issuance of an order by the commissioners to the police not to shoot except in urgent cases. Officer John Liebler was standing in the grove in the south west cor- | ner of Walnut Hill park about 9 o'clock, when he saw an automobile | pull up and stop about 75 feet from attempt to arrest| jor THE WEATHLER | | New Britain and vicinity: Unsettled tonight and Friday, probably showers Friday: slowly rising temperature. ek i | | | | {the job across, it's [ene will feel badly about it, I'tor Hall replied. {up ays gotten along nicely and complished things.” “If any one in the state can put you, senator,” he was told a minute later by another well wisher, “Well, I'll try to do it, so that no e As T sce it, the main thing for me to do is to build cooperation right straight through.” Not As Dictator Senator Hall said he looks on the role of the commissioner in the light of an investizator and adviser not ¢ d to saving the state 1 ount of money on control of the finances, Senator Hall said th to he made will be by s of the institutions them- The department does not in- state’ ny (Continued on Page Two) Criticized in London CIHARRIS & EWING ANDREW J. MELLON ‘NELLONISH COINED BY BRITISH PRESS Uses This Word fo Describe Secretary’s Stand on Debts KELLOGG'S REPLY BRIEF | Tersely Says That Secretary Mel- i lon's Statement to President Hib- | ben of Princeton is Purely Domes- tic Affair. London, May § (UP)—Mellonism | was the word coined today by the London press to describe the atti- I tude of the United States secretary of the treasury toward war debts. The editorials were unanimous in greeing that the British debt note veek was a “well de- rved rebuke” to Secretary Mellon. Press is Unanimous Afternoon and morning papers like joined in the barrage of sup- | port for the British note which stioned the accuracy of state- ments made by Mellon in a letter to President John G Princeton university. British complaint was that Mellon had implied that Britaln was re- | ceiving more from her debtors than was paying to the United States. in all along has reitcrated the car debt policy stated first by Lord Balfour that Britain would expect no more from her debtors than was | reauired to pay the British debt 1 que: (Continued on Pa‘n Nine) ASKS AID OF POLICE WHILE SELLING LIQUOR | Youth Drops in for Con- fidential Chat, Is Ar- rested Later Anthony Vidutis, aged 18, of 565 according to | ¢ of Chief W. C. Hart in court today, called on him a time ago and asked that he be given protection by the police | while selling liquor in his store at 28 Franklin street, was discharged [ by Judge W. C. Hungerford, who | said the state failed to prove that liquor had been sold on the prem- iscs or that the place had the repu- tation of heing a place where liquor could be bought. He warned Vidu- tis. however, that he will be caught eventually if he conducts a place | such as the police charged. The testimony of Chief Hart was | that Vidutis called on him and in- troduced imselt as the former ookout” in the restaurant at 221 | Elm street. He said he was in bus | ness for himself on Franklin strest and wanted to talk to the chief about liquor, The chief said he told him the detective bureau took care of liquor cases, hut Vidutis said he [wanted to talk along different line n he said, according to the chic t he wanted to he protected | police {Also Describes { came on Average Daily Week Ending April 30th . .. 14,158 PRICE THREE CENTS GRAY STANDS IN COURT T0 SHOW JUST HOW HE STRUCK SNYDER DOWN WITH WEIGHT Gives Sensational Tes- timony, Admits Own Guilt, But Insists Wo- man Bound Victim’s Neck With Wire. How His Frequently Urged Him to Elope and Marry Her. Paramour Queens County Courthouse, New i York, May 5 UM — Henry Judd Gray rose on the witness stand to- day and demonstrated how he had jwielded the sashweight with which he beat Albert head. This was {n the first minutes of his cross-examination by counsal for Mrs. Ruth Snyder. Gray told in an unemotional voice of trying to strangle Snyder Wwith wire after Mrs. Snyder and he had beaten him unconscious and she had chloroformed him. “But I couldn’t do it,” he mid. “I was too shaky and drunk.* Mrs. Snyder, while plotting her husband's death, begged him to marry her, Gray testified, “I told her I absolutely would not. That would be bigamy,” he said. Several times when he was half drunk she broached the subject, he added and admitted that once he almost consented, but got too Snyder over the ‘ y drunk to go through with it. Weeping In Courtroom. While women spectators sobbed and his former sweetheart, Mrs., Ruth Snyder, wept with him, Gray yesterday testified how she respond- ed to his plea, “Momie, Momie, help me!” by ending her husband’s fight for life with a sashweight blow from behind. The trial of the little corset sales- man and his former mistress for the murder of Albert Snyder, magazine editor, reached dramatic heights us Gray described the murder scene, Yelled For Help. He told of being led into the room where the victim lay asleep, how Snyder engaged him in a death struggle after he struck the first (Continued on Page Five) WARDEN AT PRISON UNDERGOES OPERATION Left Leg Amputated Fol- lowing Stoppage of Circulation Ff Harford, May & (P—Warden Henry K. W. Scott of the Wethers- ficld state prison was operated on at the Hartford hospital at 9 o'clock this morning for a stoppage of the circulation in his left leg. The leg was amputated just above the knee. The operation, which required forty mlnutc-, ‘was reported to have been ‘“very successful.” Air. Scott, Who is sixty years old, has been warden at the prison since April 26, 1920. His present trouble suddenly Sunday, but it was not known until last night that amputation would be neces- sary. The stoppage of circulation was caused by formation of a blood clot in the blood vessels. Dr. A. M. Rowley of Hartford, performed the operation, It is expected that Warden Scott will have to remain at the hospital for several weeks and until his re- covery is complete his duties at the prison will be assumed by Parole Officer George H. Bradley. BOOTHE'S CONDITION Report Is Discouraging But Patient Still Is Alive and Is In Conscious Condition, Roanoke, Vr., May 5 (#—Discour- ng reports continued today on the condition of Walter L. Boothe, young | farmer, kept alive in a hospital here by artificial respiration for more Sena- ! and | & | the prosccuting attorney to call on through | the | | While sclling liquor. | than two weeks since paralysis grip- Decause of his age, the chief|ped his body from the neck down. said, he did not take him too seri- | Boothe retained consciousncss, how- ously, but brought him out of his|ever, and physicians sald he wus joffice and as Detective Sergeant!able to sleep occasionally and that llinger happened to be there. the | his heardt action was holding up. hief told him what Vidutis wanted. It has become necessary to in=- The sergeant advised him to go 10‘c|>v:\s~" the speed of the flexion of work and forget about the liquor ihis arms to induce breathing, the business, the chief testified. count now approximating 36 to the | _After the state's testimony was in, | minute as against 20 a week 8go. | Prosceuting Attorney Woods rested |1t is estimated that the arm move- I his case. As Attorney Lawrcence J.|ment has heen repeated about 400,- Golon, defense counsel, arose to[000 times since the youth’s lungs move for a discharge, there was @ |collapsed. The members have be- stir among the police oficers as they | come inflamed and swollen and ban- | conferred relative to the failure of |dages have been resorted to. Officer David Doty, night patrolman |on the Franklin street beat, who | was expected fo offer evidence rela- tive to the reputation of the place. | Judge Hungerford told Attorne | Golon he did not care to hear the MAXIM “NO BETTER” Lake Hopatcong, N. J.,, May 5 (® —The condition of Hudson Maxim, inventor and explosive expert, was said today to be *“no better.” Mr. Maxim, who is 74 years old, is suffering from ulcers in the l!'omach apd anemia. (Continued on Page 17)