New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 13, 1927, Page 22

TANPERWITHALTD | DU ASSESSED §1 Berim Puir Arvestad Alter Con- duct Arouses Sespicion | Paul LaCroeux, aged 33, and| Ernest Provost, aged 30, both of whem are employed by the Mer- win Brick Co. of Berlin and make thelr home in that town, were fined $16 and costs each by Judge W. C. Hungerford in police court this morning on the charge of tamper- | ing with an automobile owned by Alexander Hills ot 15 Parkmore | street. According to Provost, his| companion entered the car, which was parked in the rear ot City Hall, and Attempted to start it, believing | it to ba the car of a friend. Pro- | vost had no part in the incident, he | t | | inslsted, and LaCroeux sald he got 70 /= | probation and it he proves | Justice Bcudder came to the bench out of the car as soon as he real- | izéd he had made a mistake. They | had been drinking on Grove street and were on their way to the center | of the city, where they intended to board & bus for Berlin, they said. Supernumerary Officer Willlam | Cronin testified that he was in froat of the Burritt hotel about 8:50 * o'clock when Milton ~Ratner, who ! lives at the hotel. told him to arrest the men. Detective Sergeant Mc- ! Cue testified that he happened to be in the police station about 10 o'clock and qustioned Provost and | his companion. They said they had| been drinking and LaCroeux| thought the car was owned by & friend. Provest, according to the; sergeant, came from a small town | near Plattsburg, N. Y. and served & sentence in the Elmira penitentiary | for theft of an automobile, his| cousin having been implicated. La-l Croeux is a native of Canada and | came to Berlin from Luwrence," Mass, He had never Bsen arrested | for motor vehicle law violation of | any ®ort, according to Sergeant Me- | Cue, but was arrested for something else In another city. Mr. Ratner testiffed that he and Councilman Thomas Fay and Cyril J. Curtin drove Into the yard in the | rear of City Hall and saw one of the men in the car, while the other was outside of it. They left when the | witness and his companions drove in, and it was observed that they dld not appear sufiiciently familiar with the surroundings to make their way out. Mr. Hills came in and the Mrs, Ernest Middleton of Barnett | suspicions of Ratner and his com- street. who has been seriously ill | were almost kindly, overruled the paniens were confirmed. Mr. Hills | with pneumonia, s recovering at his | motions. testitfed that he did not know Pro- vost and his companlon, and had not given them permission to use ! the car. Guilty of Stealing Tools John Csarny, aged 16, of 196 Cur- | of John R. Hourigan of 185 Fair- |counsel, Willlam tis street, pleaded guilty to the| charge of theft of a pair of glasses, | a flashlight, and tools worth about $15, and was given a suspended | commitment to Cheshire reforma- banquet to be given by the Catho- |of the opportunity the state per tory, with one year's probation. He | and a 15 year old companion stole tools from a shed near a house in | the process of erection on Adams street on Easter Sunday, he admit- | ted, and their intentions were to dis- | pose of the loot and spend the money. Detective Sergeant Ellinger lestl-l ] & of every home, fied that uad the glasses in th boy’s possession and.on going to his Rouse to recover the flashlight, he found the tools. Richard Huriburt ot Andrews strest owns the glasses and light, which were taken out of his car as it was parked near his home. The tool which have been identified are owned by Oscar Pet- erson of 23 Glen street, Eric Ren- shaw of 18 Norden wstreet, Alfred Carlson of 30 Sunrise avenue, Solo- mon Rosen of 23 Buell street, and Eric Anderson of 149 Arch street. ‘There are other tools which the po- | lice are holding for identification. Judge Hungerford told Csarny he | has embarked in thievery on a large scale and it appears that the court must tea im to let other peo- chok t L | Arst degree after littie more than an ple's property alone. Apparently, his parents are not joncerned about him, as they wefe not in court, the judge observed. Czarney replied that his father has not work- ed for six months and was in arch of a job, 30 he could not at- tend court, while his mother was obliged to stay at home arid care for the baby. Judge Hungerford im- pressed on him that he must behave unworthy of the chance being given him, he will be required to serve the reformatory term. Must Care for Family Stanley Smolenski, aged 41, of 200 Beaver street, who has been be- fore the court' before, has been neglecting his wife and children and has been drinking heavily, Pro- bation Officer Connolly told the court. Judge Hungerford lectured him on his duty to his dependants and warned him that he must work or he will be punished. Smolenski's excuse was that he has not been feeling well, but Judge Hungerford replied that he cannot expect to have good health if he drinks day after day. Smolenski sald he has work in a factory and he agreed to 8o to it this afternoon. City Items Demonstration Chambers fireless gas range Friday and Saturday. J. M. Curtin Co, 404 Main 8t.—advt. Big Dance at Norden's Bungalow | Tonight. Admission 50c.—adv. Plans for the annual party of the Motherhood club of the Monroe school will be made at a meeting | of the club this evening at the school. One cent sale at Miller & Hanson Drug Co., 30 Church St.—advt. Lloyd Middleton, son of Mr. and home, One cent sale at Miller & Hanson Drug Co., 30 Church St.—advt. The police were notified today of the return of the operator's license view street. One cent sale at Miller & Hanson Drug Co., 30 Church St.—advt. The committee in charge of the lic Daughters of America at the Paragon, Monday evening, has chartered a special bus which will leave the center at 7:15 o’clock. President John C. Loomis and As- sistant Treasurer Louis D. Thom: of the Commercial Trust Co. have returned from & business trip to Boston, 0 You Don’t Need Much Money to Own a New Playerpiano YOU will find it surprisi rchase this high q ampbell playerpiano. payment plan places it within y easy to ity Kohler Our eigeeail Give your children the benefits ot a musical education while you are paying for the piano. Bring music into your home now—with a play The Kohler & Camp possession in over iano. is & cherished 230,000 homes. Its unusual quality, wonderful tone and rea- sonable price have made it the choice of Music and schools all over ‘eachers, Musical Institutions the country. Kohler & Campbell pianos are guaranteed by their makers, And we unhesitatingly ace ugon them our own guarantee— ked y our record of many years sell- ing quality merchandise. KOHLER & CAMPBELL Playerpianos Fom & 3495 spress Convement terms if desrea Come in and let us demon: strate the remarkable musical qualities of the Kohler & Campbell piano to you SENTENGED T0 DIE| MRY. SNYDER. GRAY (Continued from First Page) the trip to the prison at Ossining until Mondsy. Although police mo- | torcycles were stationed outside the court house, it was decided to post- pone the journey. All of the seats in the great court- room, where twelve men listened to the evidence against the two and found them guilty of murder in the | hour deliberation last Monday, were | filled at 9:30 a. m. today but the| | vast crowds that featured the trial were missing. Two jurles, trying minor felonies, were in the panel boxes and had| front row seats fer the sentencing| of the country's most noted slay- ers. It was exactly ten o'clock when| | accompanied by Supreme Court Jus- | tice Carswell. Newspapérmon press-| od forward around the counsel table. | The spectators stood. Then came the prisoners. Mprs. Snyder's Appearance | Ruth Snyder, her hair freshly |curled and blond tresses straying out from beneath her black, close | fitting hat, appeared as though her night’s sleep had been fitful. But the woman despite her mourning| | garb was surprisingly fresh, | “There she is” the crowd whis-| pered and pressed forward for & bet- | | ter look at the woman. On such a| grey day as this, Mrs. Bnyder might| have been doing the housework in her Queeps Village home, having seen her nine year old daughter Lorraine, off to school, but instead she was before the bar of justice, | with death near at hand. Two Iguore Each Other Qray stood only three feet from his former mistress, but their eyes| never met. His customary neatness { was somewhat marred by a wrinkled coat and a collar that would not fit around his neck. Edgar Hazleton, counsel for Mrs.| Snyder, removed his overcoat and stepped forward to the side of the | grilled bench. He movad that the verdict be set| aside and fhat a new trial be grant- ed. He stated his grounds in an al- most inaudible voice, and Mrs. Bny-| der, looking at him, obviously WM' unable to hear her attorney. ! Justice Scudder, in tones that/ | He then pronounced the sentence. | Mrs. Snyder displayed no emotion isave that reflected in her tensed | muscles. It was then Judd Gray's turn. Hls! Millard, made the| |same motions, which likewise were | | overruled. | Neither Says Word | Neither prisoner took advantage| mits them to give any reason why the | death penalty should not be exact- |ed. Attorneys for both stepped up | quickly and spoke in‘behalf of their clients when Justice Scudder went through the gesture outlined by, statute. After Gray had been sentenced, the prisoners and thelr guarda mtdei a lane through the crowd that had crept closer and closer as in Roman days the throngs clamored insist- ently to be “in &t the death.” Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray were returned to their cells, with the promise that unless thelr sentences were relaxed, they should sit in a chair and suffer electricity to pass through their bodies until their hearts no longer beat. On Monday, the two who once were lovers and then turned upon each other bitterly, each alding in the other's conviction, will be put in automobiles, handcuffed to guards, and driven to the prison at Ossining. It will be the first time Mrs. Sny- der has been ‘handcuffed. Solitary Confinement. The woman who found her great- est pleasuré In bridge parties and such pastime will be put in virtual solitary confinement. Her only com- panions will be three matrons posted to make certain that she does not commit sulcide. Bhe will go into a cell 6 1-1x8 in dimensions, with solid concrote walls except in front, where steel bars cut it off from the corti- dor which leads to the electric chair in & chamber 150 feet away. From hor cell she will emerge for only one hour each day for exerclse in the 24x18 foot yard, surrounded by a high concrete wall. No other women are 'n the death house. The woman's section includes three cells, and is in a wirg isolated from the main prison, where Gray will be housed. Still Likes Gray. T like Judd yet, in spite of what he has done to me,” Mrs. Snyder was reported to have told attend- ants yesterday. Gray's at‘orneys de- nied he had expressed a desire to see Mrs. Snyder, but he seemed to have lost his resentment against her, ac- cording to jail attaches. Gray prayed in his cell with a 8al- vation Army girl yesterday, and seemed to gain solace from religion. Mrs. Snyder refused to rvcelve re- l1gidus workers. The Fatal Words. Here are the words spoken by Justice Townsend. Scudder today when he sentenced Ruth Brown Snyder to death: “The judgment of tha court is that you, Ruth 8nyder, for the mur- der in the first degree of Albert Snyder, whereof you are convicted, be, and you hereby are, sentenced to {the punishment of death; and it is ordered that, within 10 days after this day’s session ot court, the sherift of the county of Queens deliver you, together with the warrant of this court, to the agent and warden of the state prison of the state of New York, at Sing Sing, where you shall be kept in solitary confinement un- til the week beginning Monday, the 20th day of June, 1927, and, upon some day within the week 50 ap- pointed, the said agent and warden of the state prison of the state of New York, at Sing Sing, is com- manded to execute and do execution upon you, Ruth Snyder, in the mode and manner prescribed by the laws of the state of New York.” He repeated the same formula in sentencing Gray. 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