New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 6, 1927, Page 11

HIDNAPPER SLAIN IN CENTRAL PARY Shooting Leads to Solution of Scharlin Case New York, May 6 (/) — The kid- napping of Abraham Scharlin of Chicago, held under threat of death, has been disclosed as a re- sult of a gun battle in Central park west in which police shot and killed one of the alleged kidnap- pers and captured another. Schar- lin has figured in liquor charges in New York, Chicago and San Fran- cisco. Later, in the ‘arrest of still an- cother man as a co-conspirator, No demands for money had been {recelved by Mrs. Taylor, although Mrs. Scharlin recelved four letters and several telephone calls de- manding money for the safe return (ot her husband. Scarch of Marcus’ body at the morgue disclosed half of Scharlin’s Elks club card. The other half had been sent to the kidnapped man’s relatives with a threat that he would be killed unless cash was taken to a rendezvous in Philladel- phia last night. | Together with the Elks card, | police found five checks for $3,000 {each, signed by James A. Taylor of Brooklyn and made payable to |a Charles Kraemer of New York. Kraemer was arrested on a charge of complicity in the kidnapping, |but declared he could prove the |checks were legitimate. Marcus and Berman, police say, are known as hardened criminals. Marcus had a long record, and was |wanted in Montreal for the mur- der of a constable in 1923. Berman NEW BRITAIN DATLY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1927. BUTLER TELLS OF STRENGTH OF PARTY Sees G. 0. P. Gaining Power in the West Washington, May 6 (P — Strong republican sentiment in the West was reported yesterday by Chairman Butler, of the republican national committee, who returned yesterday from a tour that carried him into 10 states. This trip, he explained, was only one of several which ke conte plates during the year to take h to every state in the union in his campaign” to strengthen republican state organizations. Mr. Butler declared that he re- frained from discussing cither can- when asked how many times he had been questioned as Coolidge’'s candidacy for renomina- tion, he replied: “I didn't keep count.” San Francisco, he said, is making | national convention next year as it { has raised a quarter of a million dollars and is now polling national committce in an effort to obtain endorsement. to President i the | leave today for Boston, dldates or issues on his trip, but|ho r the convention, h Denver, and Cle opinion th 1wention would be a sub-commnittee of the imittee next December. riving inclu national During ompanied by casurer of the national nd J. O. White, execu- V. Hod commit tive secrets cago, Denver, San [Francisco, Angeles, Spokane and Minneapolis. Chairman B reported his findings to President Coolidge at a the strongest bid for the republican | luncheon yesterday at the temporary ‘White Hous guest there and last was night. a dinner He will where he expects to spend ten days beforc Other cities returning to Washington, <! Byrd Is Reported as | ot tnability to tind a pilot accept- |able to Rodman Wanamaker, finan- al backer of the venture, Chicf Warrant Ofticer Floyd Ben- was to have been the Abandoning His Flight New York, May 6 (P—The New York Herald-Tribune Com- | hett, who mander Richard E. Byrd has vir-|pilot, is still a patient in the Hack- tually abandoned his contemplated | nesack, N. J., hospital as a result of says *| New York to Paris flight because | injurfes sustained when the Fokker 50¢ and $100 Depa Grant’'s Economy ‘un | monoplane _ “America” upeet im landing at Hasbrouck Heights, N. J. April 16. It is sald Bennett will be unable to fly for several months. Commander Byrd whose wrist was broken in the.same accident, is said to be turning his attention ‘ to a south pole flight Charles Kraemer of New York, the | volice learned of the mysterious | disappearance of James A. Taylor, | Brooklyn business man, April 28, the same day Scharlin was lasti is said to be one of four gunmen indicted for the robbery of the Su- perior, Wis.,, post office in 1925, when $71,000 was stolen. According to information re- Hosiery and Underwear | torcycle seen, The whereabouts of the two men remained a mystery today. The wife of Scharlin had received sev- cral demands for ransom, which ranged from $400,000 down to $20,- 000, but Mrs. Taylor told police she had heard nothing to indicate her husband had been kidnapped. Fight in the Park The battle in Central park west which sent scores of persons sc 1ying to safety, occurred late yes terday when Joseph Marcus, alias “Red” _Thompson of Chicago, and his companion, Dave Berman, of Sioux City, Ia., elected to “shoot it out” with a Leen “shadowing” them. Marcus had been connected by police with the kidnapping because of several telephone calls he made from the Empire hotel, nearby on Broadway, to the rlin home demanding ransom money. Berman watching a ball game inside Cen- tral park when they realized they were being followed and started for the 66th street exit into Cen- tral park west. As they reached the street, Berman suddenly wheeled and pointed a pistol at De- toctive John Cordes, who seized the Eun and overpowered Berman. Mo- Policeman Richard W. O'Connor, who had been trailing Cordes, quickly arrived and when Marcus ignored his demands to raise his hands and tried to draw his gun, he shot and killed him. Police Worked Quictly The police had been quietly forking on the Scharlin disappcar- ance since it was reported by his Mrother, Nathan Scharlin, with NWhom Scharlin and his wife . Fsharing an apartment in West 7 Btrcet when he disappeared. No re- ‘port had been made on the disap- bearance of Taylor, The two men were sald by the police to be ¥riends. detective who had and Marcus had been| |ceived from San Francisco, Schar- |iin was involved In a series of nar- cotic and liquog charges on the west coast a few years ago. He was. one of three brothers who, po- lice say, owned a string of stores which traded exclusively with Chi- nese. In Chicago he is sald to have |been known for bootlegging activi- tles. He and his brother were indicted in New York for rum running but the indictments' were dismissed| |when important government wit- nesses disappeared. Scharlin’s occu- | pation is given as a real estate dealer. Authorities in Chicago believe | Marcus and Berman were two of the men involved in the unsuccesss- ful plot revealed a few days ago to | kidnap the young son and daugh- |ter of Charles H. Schweppe of Lake IPorrest and hold the children | for $1,000,00. | After Marcus was Kkilled Mrs. | Mary Goldberg, who sald she had | been living with the slain gangster in Brooklyn for the past three months, was sent to a house of de- ilontion as a materlal witness inthe case. 'Report Smith Will Be Given an Ultimatum | New York, May 6 (P—The New York Herald-Tribune says that for- | mer Governor William E. Sweet, of | Colorado, is in New York to notify | Governor Smith he must declare for support of the cighteenth amend- | ment to win Colorado's support in | the 1928 democratic convention. “I would like to see Governor Smith make an out and out affirma- tion of allegiance to the constitution |and the laws enacted to give it | force,”” Mr. Sweet sald. “He might |as well do it. 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