New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 22, 1927, Page 18

DIES ON GALLOWS ASHS FORGIVENESS Negro Slayer of Two Expiates (Crime in Mississippi Jackson, Miss, July 22 (A—Wal- ter Burley, negro, who killed two white women here a month ago to hide the crime of assaulting one o( them, died on the gallows today after asking the husband and broth- | er of his victims to forgive him. “Mr. Reed, won't you forgive me?” he said to O. S. Rees, whose wife and 19-year-old sister were Burley's victims. “How could I, Walter?” replied Rees, who had visited Burley in his cell and who stayed to see the hanging. “ have made my peace with God and 1 am going to heave: Burley said ‘I am satisfied to die for the awful crime I have committed.” He spent & few minutes with a preacher and his last request was for time to say & prayer on the gallows. It was | granted. He calmly waited while the trap was sprung, but was not pro- nounced dead for 27 minutes. Burley went to the Rees home while Rees, a dairyman, was deliver- ing milk early in morning.The negro struck Mrs Rees and killed her as she slept with her two little chil- dren. Then he attacked the younger woman and killed her to prevent | her telling who he was. Burley was captured a few da later and taken to Montgomer to avold possible mob violence. Na- | tional Guardsmen were on duty to- day as a precaution. Find Second Mortgage On Land, Sue for $3,500 Ella Brower, Daniel Brower and Oscar Larson, all of Newington | have been named in a suit for $3,500 | brought by Wladyslaw F. Turley of Newington. According to the claim the plaintiff purchased property from Ella Brower after she had told him there was only one mortgage on the property. Later it was found that there was a second mortgage held by John E. Kilbourne who had already taken steps to bring about foreclosure. In order that he might preven this action Turley was forced to obtain money on a short term note at a high rate of interest, he said. ]l!-i further claimed that water rent on the property was not paid. Kirkham, Cooper, Hungerford, and (‘:mvp represent the plaintiff, Deputy ; Sherift Martin H. Horwitz served tho | papers. Suit for $75 has been brought against Herman Busch through At- torney Michael A. Sexton on behalf of Cox & Dunn. Constable James Mangan served the papers and at- tached the defendant's property on Greenwood street. Title to 8,200 Bleachers To Rest in Corporation A non-stock holding corporation will soon be formed to carry title in 5,200 bleachers to be installed in | Willow Brook park, the corporation | to be dissolved when the board of finance and taxation and the com- mon council provide funds to take | over the bleachers. This procedure ' has been decided upon as necessary to legalize the purchase of seats un- der a note to be signed by 100 guarantors so that funds may be ad- vanced by the New Britain Trust Co. for the purchase. The capacity | ,of the park bleachers will be in- | creased to 10,000 by erectlon of 1,- | 800 additional seats to be bought by the park board with funds appro- priataed in this year's budget. A | meeting of the park board and a committee of the school board will be held next week to formulate - plans for the corporation, Fichman Made Director Of Jewish Associations Meyer E. Fichman, son of Mr. and ! Mrs. D. M. Fichman of Hartford, formerly a resident of this city, has been appointed director of the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Hartford. Previous to his Hartford appoint- ment Fichman was associate direc- tor of the Jewish Community center at Washington, D. C. Fichman was born in this city and recelved his early education here. He was graduated from New York university in 1924 and took courses in soclology at Cornell univers He was associated with the Toynbee House in New York, served as d rector of boy’'s work at the i Educational Alllance in B and as musical director at the White House in New York. He is a member of the Alpha Lambda Phi fraternity. | Infidelity Is Charged By Captain “Gyp: Bridgeport, Conn., J Karin Tjader Smith daughter of the Tjader, world famous friend of Theodore charged with infidel erable cruelty in a s filed here today 1 Captain Gypsy Pat Smit evangelist, In addition explorer a Roosevelt 1 intol- orce is sbhand, to a divorc cnstody of |that it is not satisfactory |service {the city and despite its length Iback the [not deserve congr {the “nationai o | pital today. SUPT. HOLMES DISLIKES T0 USE “OLD BURRITT” Believes It is Not Suited Even For Temporary Occupancy For Daily Classes That the old Burritt school at the corner of Main and East Main| streets has long outlived its useful- ness as an educational center, and even for mo wmporary use were some of the|a facts brought out by Supt. 8. H.|youn | Holmes in a review of school condi- tions today. The school is one of the oldest in little or no improvements of on it since it was Br! Th, la, who |rescu have been made in 1} constructed in 1870, “This makeshift system help us accomplish muc: for school needs, and, old Bur hot cued | tett, |since | the { could will not parent economy, to the s to hold classes in th, was once abandoned. |and {adm nes feels, that conditions abou nt have shown improvement especially in the elementary school, but the junior high school situation is worse than it has been for some {time, The worse sltuation Northend and Monroe school tions but with th is in the see- | IS completion of the |air Robert J. Vance school only the| “Ti Northend school will be in a bad |little way, Mr. Holmes believe | HIBERNIANS ACT AGAINST MOVIES Protest Films Alleged Aimed Against Catholics Buffalo, N. Y., July 22 (UP) — The Ancient Order of Hibernians’ 55th biennial convention today was en h the election of offi- cers and adoption of several reso- lutions, two of which dealt with |motion pictures that place ths Irish race and Catholic religion in unfavorable light, and with the States immigration motion picture makes mention in particular “the expurgation version” of “The ns and the Murphy's,” which was barred by the hoard of motion picture censors of Ohio from being ut dde | lof t lanyt Fr to with cond oy of | may! a ca AL tion resolution raid gin” section of the immigration act of 1924 discrimi- nates against the nationals of cen- tral and southeastern FEurope and | the Trish Tree State. Ne afte rew near he nati Mrs. Marin | | 1 officers elect- | Silks, Spencer, | aven peac Du terds crow stepp en o with the sque: 1D pe: b en al o Personals Mr. and Mrs. Robert Legat of | Lincoln street and family will leave | for Allentown mountains where they will spend their annual vacation. Mrs. Thomas Conway and daugh- | ter, Mary, of Beaver street have left | for New York city where they will spend a week's vacation. Burith Wachter, daughter ! Mrs. Frank J. Wachter | an street, left today for ew York city, where she will visit friends. Miss Wachter intends to return to this city on Monday. Gunnar Thureson, clerk in P. & F. Corbin division or- | der department, spending his va- ' cation at a convention at Bridgeport. 1 was time Lis employed as a un William E. Lump, chief clerk of the factory order department of .| Corbin’s office, is spending his | who Colo; A son was born at New Britain General hospital today to Mr. and | Mrs. Irving Solomon of 60 Roberts | street. Rick ind horn to Mr. and Mrs. of 61 Wellington ain General hos- A son wa Carl E. Berr street at nd grot city has re- visit with | tusso of th 10 mont relatives in Iraly. Miss Marjory P. Leavitt 1d Miss Ruth N v street a ury i lr' it s, of the mith heir o odl child. Service made on Mrs. action is returnable court here on September, 120 EXECUTIONS, July 22 (U'P) Londo Mail's Wa ported foday had taken pl Ukraine during in connection with lice activities. tha ex st three ot secret po- GRAND DUKE 1LL. Paris, July ") —Th Dulke Nicholas head of the imperia and a leader in the movement, a chatean n twice yesterday. White Russian leaders have sum- moned Baron Wrangel to Paris to determina if followers of the grand duke should ally with Grand Duke | Cyril, wis ser| I DEATH DRIVER S Miss Tda Storm of Norden street will eave Monday for Brockton Mass., where will spend a few | wif week | she |of bravery in its history. s Cha her hi and brought her in T | briefy gove the mto me.” “Oh, Charle West Haven Men Arrested for, terday, Holm morr | Davenport and Congress avenues. He Boston’s Mayor Will Boston, | Malcolm E. Nchols will play host -H.’ Hotel ence ville, Albe BOY FALLS, BRE. lvlll\ Y IU |'l'n\|lln NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1927. SAVES SIX LIVES Pennsylvania Child Is Candidate for Medal istol, Pa, July 22 (UP) — A ment is on foot here for the 4 of a Carnegie medal to the gest candidate for that badge 7 ety oung hero is Charlle Capel- years old, son of a butcher in the last three years has ned six children from drow he Delaware and Lehigh e wrlie, between munchings of n dog.” admitted he had res- Frank Green and Mary Muf- from drowning in the canal Saturday. The names ot four of his rescues he remember. nk fell off a log in the canal 1 hopped in after him,” Charlie itted. ‘He gave me a scissor t the body and I gave him & in the jaw and brought him he added. aving of Mary was a com- simple thing, Charlie “Oh, she just went in over ad and I dove under her and ed ner up so she could get some o other 1 not here was a colored hoy and a Italian girl, and a couple ot rs a long time ago,” he said, T can’t remember their names. hese kids make me sick,” he d, “what's in pulling a couple hose birds out of the water? I swim pretty good and it fsn't hing." ank Green's rescue only it when Charlie came a new pair of shoes. Asked in where he got them he informed that “Mr. Green (Frank's father ucted a shoe store). What for I pulled Frank Green he canal today.” when he grows up a lifesaver or maybe came home out sa be he'll b rtooni: 7 KBRUA S WICK | - 8 YEAR OLD HERO |SEA, MOUNTAINS AND JUNGLE BEN'S FOLLOWERS IMPERIL SOUTHERN AIR ROUTE S Brunswick, Ga., July 22 (A—Paul | A. Redfern, youthful aviator, in| planning to take off from here on a LEGED SOUEALER | i believe to be the most perilous jour- ney ever attempted by a fiyer. For an attempt to better the con- tinuous, long-distance flying record | of Clarence Chamberlin, Redfern ha ilaid ont a tentative route which would take him over approximately 1,700 miles of water and 2,500 to 3,- 600 miles of land. Be sea, are more or Atl Assault w Haven, ath of a ery in a four the July d o story center of the city, James A. Holmes, street, West Haven and Jo- Brauss, of 189 Columbus ue, will face the city court to- oW on charges of breach of the e. | | building ! late yes- 36, of 64 Caribhean conditions n the Pa- lands Of‘ thousands never been ‘\hn\ by man, and many rang- of mountains, some of them more n 13,000 feet high. fore him are the whose atmospheric ¢ treacherous t iring the course of the rald yes- || ay, Holmes, v d watching the raiding officers, ped up to Brauss, who had driy- ut of place a short time before a truck, and slapping him in face, accused him of being a aler. A short time later, Brauss ared at polic dquarters bad- caten and stated that he had | attacked by Holmes and scver- thers while getting gasoline at | ling over a straight line course to Porto Rico, Redfern plans |to head almest directly for Rio de | Janeiro. He would strike the South | American mainland in Venezuela, | probably cast of Curmana, after | crossing the Caribbean sea. | On reaching land, he would have | to begin climbing to an altitude of more than 8,000 feet to avold the | jagged peaks which rise from the | taken into custody and a short | 'ange of the Guina highlands, | later Holmes was arrested at,| StAnding as grim sentinels over a house in West Haven, territory enly partially explored A forced landing in the fastness of these highlands, extend- | ing for a distance of some 500 miles | or more into Pritish Guiana would I mean instant death, in the opinion of airmen, From these mountains, Redfern | ng his way into the in- | 1 around the table at|terior of Brazil, which in area is 1 Bellevue will be six airmen jl1arger than the United ites, and | have crossed the Atlantic and | for the next 1,500 miles would fly who have conquered the Pacific. | OVer an expa territory with noted guests will be, tracts as 1 s New nd un- nel Cha A. Lindbergh, Clar- | penetrated by even the most ven-| D. Chamberlin, Commander | turesome explorers, \ hard 3yrd, Licut. George No- | Below him would be the Amazon | Bert Acosta, Bernt Balchen, | valley, in which danger lurks. A Lieuts. Lester J 1 and | descent into the jungles, miles of rt I\, Hegenberger. S R water, or upon sun-baked or semi-inun- lated Llanos plains is less inviting upon the sea and rous as the moun- Have Unique Guests | July 22 ( UP)—Mayor /i nique breakfast party he barring a change of p! le | Maitland ; t | KS ARM 1 nd fractured a arm while playing on playground yes- y on, H. A. Griswold Helen Bonney, dircctors on the md, removed him to the office Frank Zwick v lhere his in- was attended and later to New ain Gen tal where e abori to atmosphere 1 even the alf-wild onfined most Amazon ar ines are withst. 1 the prevailing in the small tribal flying i er of the ifern wor the stage of the hwest te of Matto Girosso, d have completed ap- three-fourth when he cross Gioyaz and a over and s, no (UP) mately comy in 1 Stock ighest pri York today in res stock to reports by shock absorbin, car wonld dity, 0. 1 the miles tow 1 by in near exceed 1 81 do Man- 1OUND D 7] rous route, to 1solir g 4'%\’("1, After ‘\h-('h (eamer London | | Crew T ned by John! Place nk the fanker Aungban, WIFE ING. was & United of 422 Main street shipping board vessel with a the police that ! \'L’rmk tonnage of 6,629 tons. It left t evening and had | Coxonada, Madras, British India, | is 25 years of for New York, July 12.) 5 Homestend rugged | |and abr: . /turers of school furniture, | READ HERALD CLA! GASOLINE TRANSPORTED FROM CONN. TO MASS. AND SO Hartford, Conn,, July 22 ((UP)— Gasoline is being transported from | Connecticut to Massachusetts to be sold for a price lower than prevails in Hartford and surrounding cities, according to members of the Auto- mobile Club investigation committee the Hartford Courant said today The newspaper quoted residents a: aying that tank wagons in the pro- cess of hauling the fuel have been BROWN'S ASSAILANTS IN GOURT TOMORROW Will Be Charged With Assault Wit} Intent to Kill When Arraigned New Haven, Conn., July 22—Th¢ four men’held in connection with the shooting of “Chic” Brown, for« mer |, state lightweight champion Monday afternoon in Church street, will face charges of assault with in- tent to Kkill when arraigned in the | city court tomorrow. All four were arraigned on breach of peace charges today and the cas- les were continued at the request of sistant City Atty. Daniel Pouz- ner, who informed the court of the which win be placed CONTINUE STORY Seek to Prove House of Benja- min Not Immoral St. Joseph, Mich., July 22 (UP)— The parade of defense witnesses to | extoll the virtues of “King” Ben | Farnell in the dissolution hearing | | of the House of David coxitinued to- and Gladys rland Jeffries, who came to the colony from Australia in 1903, |toth testified that there was no im- | morality ir the colony and that the | girls were not forced to marry. Vi- let was questioned the state bout the case Cline, who McFarland Those who will come up for trial are Frank Burns alias Bierne who lis alleged to have fired the shot it alleged was sent to Germany |19 alleged to have iire | which penetrated Brown's heady 3 she was abou become ;f‘“g“:’jgn;"r" e b, e HEooine [Vincenzo Arberti, allas Lamberta, | James L mnh’lrr\l Angelo {Shogdanica thend Lt 11\ mato, brother of “Chic” Brown and {been sent ithere 'becauss ol “her oy 'romlo, all of this city. [Eseligg ’ iesn G | The last named, id to have fired | e witness further testified that | "rown from a b ; cho had never been intimate with |, O H AR R BIIEOE SR i | King Ben although she had lived in |\ A8 V0 o0 o Te will face a |Shiloh for over five years. Both|charge of breach of peace. | girls testified that their leader nev- | s er smoked nor drank, Gladys McFarland | of Charles Jeffires, one of the min- s of the colony, denied the ex HJA nce of an “inner circle’” of girls [ for “King” Ben. EXCUSE Hoboken, J., July 22 (P—His assertions to Police Judge Carsley that he is a cousin of Jack Dempsey, boxer, today failed to save Joseph A. De v of Union City from be- jing fined $20 for speeding. “I'm in a hurry to get to New York to congratulate Jack.” he said, refusing to swear on the Bible. Charged with driving 85 miles an hour he declared his speed was but miles. He waited half an hour | while a lawyer got the money to pay the fine, EXCUSE DIDN'T | Files Marriage Intention, And Then Tries Suicide Haverhill, Mass,, July 22 (UP)— Scarcely' a week after he had filed marriage intentions, Peter Fanarcs of Haverhill was in a hospital here today, apparently victim of a sui- cide attempt. Fanares was fonnd unconscious on | Pilgrim road late last night. He was | taken to the hospital, where it later was reported he probably would re- cover. George Fanares, his brother, told authorities he ‘thought Peter had taken poison. About a week ago Fanares an-| nounced his intention of marrying Miss Mesinna Stavran of Manches- H. It was thought he was despondent hecause of opposition of the girl's parents to the marriage. Three Large Barns Are Destroyed in Big Blaze Charlton, Mass., July 22 (@) — Three large harns and contents, in- cluding hay, grain and farming im- plements, on the Robert Tucker “0ld Homestead” farm, were de- | stroyed today by a fire of undeter- mined origin, causing a loss of $20,000, The house was saved. The | oline can be trucked to Spring- | Property was but partially insured. and sold for two cents less in| The fire was discovered by the city than in Hartford the com- |engineman of a Boston and Albany mittee of the Automobile Club ask- | freight train, who aroused the ed why locally stored gasoline can. |department by sounding the whis not be sold for less than in Spring- |0f the locomotive. families of fleld. | Justin and Clifford r, who oc- |cupied the house, were unaware of | READ HERALD CLASSIFTED ADS FOR BEST RESULTS During middle age the LD CHEAPER THERE [lieaad fmakine fra et e o b oS tween Hartford and Springfield. ucks drive down empty and are -d at a point south of Hartford. vision changes material- ly—have an annual ex- ay | fill amination here. field E yesight Specialist 327 MATN 'STREET he Case of Ludwig Lee May Become International New York, July 11 (UP)—The case of Ludwig Lee, Norwegian, charged with murdering and dis- membering the bodies of Miss Sarah Brownell and Mrs. Alfred Bennett in Brooklyn, today threatened to be- come an international incident. Norwegian Consul General Gerard sent a telegram to Sccretary of State Kellogg at Washington asking him to tak from aults of police. Attorneys for Lee charged he was | badly beaten by police when he was | questioned” for 48 aours in an at- | tempt to force a confession. His | body badly marked with bruises ons, the attorneys charged, but permission to have photographs {of the marks taken was refused by Brooklyn courts, The attorneys also protested Lee's detention for 100 hours after his arrests before be was arraigned. Detention of any prisoner for more than 24 hours without arraignment is a misdeameanor it was said. Youth Kllled Stringing Antenna to Hear Fight , Mountain Lakes, N. J, July (A) — Stringing an antenna so that lie might tune in on the Dempsey- Sharkey fight last night cost Wal- lace Wilson of Bloomfield avenue, his life, when the antenna came into contact with a high tension | line. Wilson tried to toss the wire over the limb of a tree but it caught in the electric wire carrying 2,300 volts. His brothers, George and Fred. and his brother-in-law, Declz- er Romaine, were knocked down and burned when they attempted to rescue him. Randoli;h McNutt, Buffalo Fumltule ’\Ian, Is Dead v 22 (A—Ran- dent of the Co., manufac- and own- hotel of this it his home in the T years of was born in War- in 1851, and was from Warrenshurg acad- In 1584 company. Randolph McNutt of the Markeen died today wduated cmy and Dartmonth college. he founded the furniture He 3 an enth Dartmouth, were principally to young men that institution. his in the form of aid intending to enter HARLAN'S CONDITION N ¥, July s noted toda 8. Harlan, interstate mes former the commere who is seriously ill a summer home here. He seribed as very low with little held out for his recovery. commission, as de- hope BRADSTREE New York, July (P— Brad- reet's weekly compilation of bhank 1rings shows an aggregate of $9, 62,226,000, an increase of 1.9 per nt over last year. Outside of New York there was a decrease of 2.5 ver cent. treet LFIED ADS some action to protect Lee o | Tory. stic hooster for | henefactions | |the fire until aw ed by the ar- Liverpool Cup Is Won ;r\\'xl of the fire department. By Vessel Silver Lark | reap nerarp o Liverpool, July 23 (P — Silver | Lark, owned By Mrs. A. Bendir, | won the Liverpool cup here today. Somerville Tattersall's Foliation i\\us second and Reid Walker's De- lius, third. leven ran. Silver Lark won by three-quarters of a length, with the same distance between second and third. Silver |Lark was 10 to 1 in the betting, | Foliation 9 to 2 and Delius 6 to 1, The race carried a purse of about $10,000. | | | SIFIED ADS | Tradesmen! Do you need the serv- ices of a cement layer, painter, paper hanger, plasterer, carpenter awning maker, screen maker, garage build- er? Leading New Bri- tain tradesmen advertise their services in the Herald classified section under classification “Business Service Ren- dered” number 20. Ealthqual\e Tremors Are Registered in London London, July 22 (P—An earth- shock was recorded at 4:03 o'clock | this morning, Greenwich mean time, |by the instruments at Kew observa- The center was estimated to 00 miles from Kew. |bo Faenza, Italy, July 22 (® — An carthquake of extreme violence, last- | {ing two hours, was registered at & 1o’clock this morning by the seismo- |graph of the Bendandi observatory. -lh( epicenter was estimmated to be a distance of 4,700 kilometres in a soulhms(exly direction, 22 | RESIGNS AFTER 31 YEARS Ansonia, Conn., July 22 (P—Miss | Annie Hine tendered her resignation | as a teacher in the Ansonia public schools today after a service of 51 ars. Miss Hine is believed to have the longest period of service with the exception of one, of any woman teacher in the state. She has always | taught in the grades. USED FURNITURE! Those Odd Pieces That you no longer need can be turned into ready cash. Among Herald Classified Readers there are many who are looking for used tables, lamps, chairs, beds, baby carriages, ete. Here is a Suggestion A 4-line ad costs but $1.60 for a whole week, and it will sell quickly whatever you have to offer. It you want the suc- cess of being a part of big things train your- self to be an efficient private scereta n- | teresting work! Good f pay! Yes, we give rehate when you secure a buyer before the week is up. Just Telephone 925 Herald Classified Section Prepare for here, Success. MOODY SECRETARIAL SCHOOL ARCH ST. Prone 2