New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 8, 1927, Page 1

o FINAL EDITIO ESTABLISHED 1870 NTRY MOURN Damage of $300,000 Is Caused By NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, AUGUST 8§, 1927. —SIXTEEN PAGES. GEN. Wj]l]_l]’§ DEATH| Two Bomb Explosions At Utica, N. Y. | Interment With “Rough Riders” in Arlington Cemetery MILITARY BURIAL TUESDAY Late War Hero and Governor-Gen- eral of Philippines Dies After Operation for Tumor at Boston Hospital Sunday. Boston, Aug. 8 (M — Arlington National cemetery and a little plot alongside the “Rough Riders” he once commandeg and loved, today awaited the body of Major General Leonard Wood, governor general of the Philippines, who died here yes- terday. ‘The general's body is to go to the national capital tonight and to- morrow he will be accorded the honors that the army pays to its distinguished dead. His interment with the Rough Riders of Spanish war fame will be by request of Mrs. Wood, who is to accompany the body to Wash- ington. She was with him here when death came suddenly follow- ing a serious operation at the Peter Brent Brigham hospital. Gen. Wood returned to this coun- try recently to report to President Coolidge and to rest. He had been operated upon for hernia last Jan- uary and was believed never to have fully recovered his accus- tomed robustness. The general was born in Win- chester, N. H., October 9, 1560. Gen. Wood's Career The spectacular rise of Major Gen- eral Leonard Wood from an obscure post in the medical corps to a com- manding rank in, the combatant branch of the United States army was one of the outstanding features of American military annals. Ap- pointed an assistant surgeon several vears prior to the Spanish-American war, Wood rose to the foremost rank of American generals, his active duty culminating in the governor generalship of the Philippine Islands after he had served four years as chief of the general staff of the army, the topmost military com- mand. While his rapid promotion, ascrib- ed largely to his close friendship with Theodore Roosevelt, was the subject of frequent criticism in mili- tary circles, General Wood's service was recogrized throughout the es- tablishment as of the highest type. His first official commendation for gallantry came during hostilities with the Apache Indians in 1885, when he was given the congressional medal of honor for bravery, and his work throughout the World War, limited as it was from the general's standpoint, won him the distinguish- ed service medal “for especially meritorious and conspicuous serv- the placing of a medical officér in command of troops—a prerogative jealously guarded by line officers \as a departure so exceptional in the military establishment that it has since been prohibited by army regu- lattons; but that General Wood jus- tified the trust and proved his value as a part of the fighting arm is con- ceded by many of the highest mili- tary authorities and was shown even more conclusively by his unusual rise to the peak of the profession. General Wood was born in Win- chester, New Hampshire, October 9. 1860, the son of Charles Jewett and Caroline T. (Hagar) Wood. His pre- Jiminary education was obtained at the Pierce academy, Middleboro, Mass., following which he attended Harvard university and was gradu- ated from the medical school in 1884 For a year thereafter he acted as house surgeon at the Boston City hospital and then began the general practice of medicine in that city, but ihe lure of adventure, aftermath of his intensive study, induced him to join the army as an assistant con- tract surgeon in June, 1885. _The fortunes of war cast his lot with General Miles in Arizona, where he served until 1891 in the field of ac- tice operations against the Apaches and also as commander of an .l"- fantry detachment and a scouting party With the famous Lawton ex- pedition against Geronimo in Ariz- ona, Néw Mexico and below the border. Was Valiant Soldier Throughout these hazardous cam- raigns Wood displayed a capacity for endurance and a reckless con- tempt for danger which won for him the admiration and respect not alonc of the hardy frontiersmen but of the friendly Indian trailers who accom- panied the expedition as well. His ability as a fighter and hissqualifica- tions as o commander won speedy recognition at the hands of his su- periors, especially during the terrifle forced marches through the desert wastes of the southwest, hence the voung officer was invariably select- »d to lead expeditions against the flerce Geronimo, chief of the mbst ruthless and bloodthirsty tribe of In- dians in North America. Beloved by his men for' the per- sistency with which he followed their hardships, and respected by his cuperfors for his inborn ability as a leader, General Wood cupped his first few months of active service with a master-stroke—the taking of Geronimo and most of his trouble- come followers. His reward came in the form of the medal of -honor and promotion to the rank of cap- tain. i “or the mext two years, ending with 1889, he was attending surgeon at several posts and forts in the southwest and at the Presidio, San Francisco, later serving in the same capacity at Fort McPherson, Geors fa. ® General Wood has been the friend (Continued on Page 14) IWEALTHY RADIGAL JAILED 3 HONTHS Three Buildings Destroyed and Scores of Lives are|Edward Holton James Guilty of Endangered By Blasts. estimated at $300,000 was caused here today when two explosions shook several city blocks and en- dangered scores of lives. Three dwellings were destroyed and a score of other buildings in the Italian quarter were damaged. Both explosions, occurring within two hours of each other and in the same section of the city, were pre- Utlca, N. Y., Aug. 8 (M—Damage !edlnted and caused by a secret | chemical |James J. Donovan partment: avowed. The second and the worst of the |blasts occurred in a thickly popu- lated district. It levelled a two fam- |ily dwelling, unoccupied af the |time, broke windows and rocked |homes for a quarter mile area and |caused slight injuries to about 20 | people. explosive, Acting Chief of the fire de- Boy Crushed to Death by the Pet He Loved Huntsville, Ark., Aug. § (P — Price McCloud, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs, Everett Me- Cloud, is dead today, a victim of his pet. The child was trampled to death by a horse too old to work but kept because of the the love the little McCloud boy had for it. While playing yesterday, Price advanced toward the horse which was grazing nearby. The horse charged him, knocked him down and pawed him. Price's parents rescued the child but he died soon afterward. MRS. HELENA HESLIN DIES AT HOME TODAY High Street Woman Had Lived in This City 53 Years Mrs. Helena (O'Dell) Heslin, 65 {vears old, a member of one of New { Britain’s oldest Irish families and a resident of this city for 53 passed away at her home at 60 High street this morning at 9:55 o'clpck after a short illness. Mrs. Heslin follows in death her husband, Thomas L. Heslin, who died four months ago. His death was a great shock to her. She had been in failing health since that time. IHowever, her iliness was not thought serious until about three weeks ago when she was taken to St. Francis' hospital for treatment. She was born in County Cork, Ireland, December 1862, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William years, he was 12 years old the family came to the United States and sct- tled in New Britain, Previous to leaving Ireland Mrs. Heslin had been graduated from St. Mary's of ing of grades up to what is the sec- ond year fn high school in the United States. ‘She won recognition by her scholarly ability. Mrs. Heslin was known through- out the city as a person of unusual business ability and until recently she was active In the real estate field. Fraternally she was active in the Ladies' Auxiliary, A. O. H., of which she was one of the oldest members, the Daughters of Isabella and was also a member of St. Mary's parish. A large family survives her in- cluding six daughters and two sons. The daughters are Mrs. Willlam Hinchlifte, Mrs. Peter Kelly, Mrs. Kenneth Munson, Mrs. Leo Fortier, etta Heslin. Her sons are Thomas and William Heslin. I"ourteen grand- children, all of this city, also sur- vive, Mrs, Heslin's llam F. O'Dell, solemn high mas: nephew, Rev. Wil- will of requiem at the funeral Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Mary’s church. TInter- ment will be in St. Mary's cemetery VISIT CONDEMNED MAN Mother and Sister of Madeiros Are graph. Boston, Aug. 8 (P)—The mother and sister of Celestino Madeiros, un- | chalr at Charlestown prison on the | same night that Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed, today called upon the condemned The two women came to Boston from this morning. They carried a cam- era when they arrived at the prison and asked permission to take it to [ the death cell, explaining they had no picture of the condemned man. The request was refused by the prison authgities. The two women were visibly affected when they left | the prison office. Souvenir Hunters Cut Patch From Lindy’s Plane Cincinnati, Aug. 8 (A—A souve- nir hunter cut approximately a square foot of fabric from a wing of “The Spirit of St. Louls,” Charles A. Lindbergh's airplane, in his trans- Atlantic flight, it was discovered to- day on an inspection previous to his take-off for Louisville. xperts patched the rent. FIRE IN ANSONIA Ansonia, Coun., Aug. 8 (P—An exploding gasoline torch caused a fire at the Tire Service Station con- ducted by Warren James on Maple street this morning, damage of $900 being done before the blaze was subdued. No one was hurt in the explosion. and Ellen (Fitzgerald) O'Dell. When | the Isle which is a school consist- | Mrs. Walter Spencer and Miss Lor- | celebrate a | Refused Right to Take His Photo- | | der sentence to die in the electric man in his cell ih the death house. | their home in New Bedford | | HEIR TO THE SEARLES' |Walker Had Succeeded in Defeating Relations in Court | Lawrence, Mass, Aug. 8 (P—| 'Arthur T. Walker of Brooklyn, N. | Y., who inherited the greater part' of the estate of the late Edward F. |Searles, Methuen multimillionaire, died suddenly last night at the| Searles mansion at Windham, N. H. | He was stricken with an attack of | |indigestion and death came tWo | hours later. 2 ilker had been the confidential | adviser of Searles, who died at his| | Methuen estate on August 6, 1920. | Immediately after the filing of the | will of the eccentric millionaire, leaving most ‘of his estate to | Walker and comparatively small | {amounts to relatives, a contest was | started. His nephew, Victor Searles, sought {to break the will on the ground that Searles was of unsound mind when {he signed the document and was subjected to undue influence. The contest finally was settled out of court and it was understood that Vicor Searles was given in a neigh- | borhood of & million dpllars, { Last February suit for $15,000,000 was filed against the Searles estate | by Angelo M. Ellison, who had been | employed by Searles as a youth in Methuen. Ellison claimed that {Searles had promised to provide liberally for him in his will. A jury decided against him. In March last the courts were sked to determine whether the University of California should re- ceive a contingent bequest of $250,- 1000, The court ruled that Victor Searles had forfeited a bequest of this amount by contesting the will nd that it should go to the uni-| versity. Most of the Searles’ wealth came from his wife, who was the widow of Mark Hopkins, western railroad | magnate. After her death Searles lived most of the time virtually as a recluse on his great estate in! Methuen. Her grounds, surrounded by a high wall, were carefully guarded from the public. He built | a great mansion there and another | in Windham, N. H. a few miles! laway. Tmmense gardens surround- od the Methuen mansion and build- ings and grounds were filled” with all sorts of curios. Searles was a liberal benefactor of the town of Methuen, contributing funds for the building | of schools and other purposes. Several months after his death rumors that he had been polsoned led to the exhumation of h After an autopsy it was determined that he had died of natural causes. The Mtthuen estate later was cfltl up into house lots and another man- sion owned by Searles at Great Bar- | rington was sold to a syndicate. Mr. Walker was born in Canada at Chatham, Ontarlo, 49 years ago and had known Mr. Searles for about 12 years prior to the latter's death. For the greater part of that time Mr. Walker had acted in the |capacity of confidential secretary. | The fortune which he received |from the Searles estate made little change in his mode of living and he | continued to occupy a small apart ment on Picrpont street, Brooklyn, N. Y. He went by the subway every | morning at 9 o’clock to his office at 11 Broadway, New York City, rather than ride to business in his automo- bile, DROYNS WHILE FISHING | | Maine Man, Unable to Swim, Sinks to Death When His Boat Col- lapses—Companion Trics Rescue. | | Warcham, Mass., Aug. 8 (P—Un to swim, Joseph Doucette, of Westbrook, Me., was drowned in | White Island pond here yesterday when the boat from which he was fishing with a companion, capsized. His friend, dward Lund, of On- set, tried to rescue Doucette but be- | | came exhausted from his efforts to |get the struggling man to safety | {and bad to let go to save himself. | The boat overturned about 50 vards | trom shorc and the men were half, iway to the beach when Doucette | went down. His body was recovered {last night. Charge Stamford Water o . Co. Removed Mail Boxes Stamford, Conn., Aug. S—Charg- ing that the Stamford Water com- pany in laying water mains has re- moved mail boxes, cut down trees and otherwise changed the land- scape in their section of the city, North Stamford residents have sent protests to the Governor of the state, the board of selectmen, the public utilities commission, the post office department of Washington and the logal postal authorities, 2 ? s MILLIONS DIES TODAY 5% = Ray fines totaling j the court. When Inciting Riot ACTIVE WORKER FOR SACCO Nephew James and Graduate of Harvard, Refuses to Rise For Reading of Court Complaint Against Him. of Late Prof. William Boston, Aug. 8 (P—Edward Hol- ton James, wealthy radical, today was sentenced to serve ninety days in jail on charges of inciting a riot and assaulting a policeman, during a Sacco-Vanzetti demonstration on Boston Common yesterday. James tence rather than arraigned before Judge Dowd in district court James de- clared he refused to recognize the courl's jurisdiction. He refused to rise for the reading of the complaint against him saying he would not stand up “before murderers, whether they are judges, police offi- cers or goverrors.” After reading of the complaints he declined to plead. He was fined {$50 on the charge of inciting to riot nd $25 on the assault charge. He asked the court how much the | fines would mean in the form of a | | prison sentence and when informed said he would take the ninety days. Is Harvard Graduate, James, who i3 a nephew of the late Professor Williams James, wide- | iy known psychologist, James, novelist, has come :nto prominence through his radical views at various times since his graduation from Harvard in 1896, After practicing law in Seattle and everal other cities for a time after leaving college he went to Paris where he became cditor of the Lib- erator, a radical publication. MHis views as expressed in that publica- tion resulted in the arrest of his London agent and the seizure of several hundred copies of the publi- cation on the grounds that it libel- led King George. Went to German He returned to the United States and then went to Germany during the early part of the war. He was arrested there and confined in pris- on forty months because of the views he-expressed. James has been active in the Sac- co-Vanzettl case for several year: Last April he attempted to re-enact and Henry the crime for which the two were | arrested in South | convicted and wi Braintree but refused to appear in court and disappeared for a time, Several others arrested in con- nection with the turbances were arraigned today Joseph Moro of the defense —om- mittee, who was arrested Saturday while distributing handbills calling attention to yesterday's meeting, was fined $20. Harry Canter of the Workers party of America, who was arrested on the common yesterday was fined $10 for violating the municipal park rules. A charge of disturbing ihe peace was dismissed. Alfred Freldman, who was charg- ed with disturbing the peace, failed to appear and a bench warrant for his arrest was issued and the $100 bail posted yesterday was forfeitcd. 3uilio Pica was fined a total of $55 on charges of Inciting a riot, assault and disturbing the peacc. LEVINE AND DROUHIN SIGN CONTRACT TODAY Flight Start Now Depend- ent on Weather Con- ditions Paris, Aug. 8 ¢P—Charles A. Le- vine and the French aviator, Mau- rice Drouhin, today signed a new | contract. As soon as Levine deposits 300,000 francs the start of Paris-to-New York flight will pend only on weather conditions. The contract provides that Drou- hin shall receive 100,000 francs (about $4,000) for a year's service, dating from July 7, pavable at the ate of 2,000 francs weekly. In ad- dition he will receive half the pro- fits acruing from motion pictur stories of the flight and soforth. Levine agrees to deposit 300,000 francs with the Bank of France, their de- payable to Drouhin's wife at the rate | ¢ 10,000 francs a month for six months in case Drouhin is lost, the balance is to be turned over at the end of that time. Tt the flight is not taken within three months of July 7, Drouhin will nevertheless receive salary for the year, and if another plane crosses ahead of the Columbia either Drou- hm or Levine can renonce the con- tract. The French pilot however, in this case will still be entitled to re- ceive the salary for the year. WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Unscttied: probably showers tonight and Tuesday; cooler Tuesday. I} HIGH TIDE (August 9—Daylight Time) 75 imposed by | cco-Vanzetti dis- | Strike of 500,000 Call- ed as Protest in New York, Now Strongly Armed Against More Bombings —Sister Heads Demonstration in Paris. Homes of Public Officials Under Guard in Wash- ington — Boston Police End Radical Rally—Sev- eral Arrests for Distri bution of Literature in | New Haven. ! Associated Press. ons tions in behalf of Sacco and Bartolomeo Van- heigitened in intensity ove in the United Stat By th De: | Nicola zetti Ithe week-end |Europe and South America, wider cfforts were planned today. leaders in New York to draw 500,000 workers Radical | promised t the decision that will the electric Charlestown, Mass., next In other parts ga protes | two men to send the ichair at |"Thursday morning. of the world two internationally sympathizers of the known radicals [ strations in favor of the condemned ! men, Demonstrations were staged 3 terday in Paris, London, Munich, |Germany, and Boston other |cities of the United serious disorder occurred Sts were although som made. | Increased police vigilance against order was established in the chict cities of the world. Public officials guard extra ahout and | States were under | white in precantions | United States { American property. ' New York Bars Parade | In New York Police Commissioner | Warren probibited parades but said he would permit a mass meeting in Union square, arranged for tomor- | row by the socialist party, the I. W. W, and the Sacco-Vanzetti emer- ney committee. Meanwhile, Com- missioner Warren said, the mobil- {ization of 14,000 policemen on guard Ithroughout the city and at a large nnmber of public buildings and in subway and clevated line stations | would continue “until further no- |tice,” and that the hunt for those | responsible for the explosions in two {subway stations Friday night would go on with unabated vigor. | I'rom six to ten thousand people milled excitedly about Boston Com mon yesterday when police revoked ng permits on stands where nzetti sympathizers had Ibeen substituted for speakers to whom permits had heen issued. Po- lice Commissioner Crowley halted the Sacco-Vanzettl speakers as they Lbegan their addresses while police- men, mounted, in plain clothes and on patrol duty dispersed the shout- ing crowd. One man was arrested special other countries were thrown representatives cease talking. Sister Heads Signorina Luigia Parade Vanzetti, sister the chief figure in a demonstration |by 5,000 people In Paris averal thousand Sacco-Vanzetti sympathizers marched to the Ameri- |can embassy in Tondon to protest |against the sentence. At the em- ¢ thty were told the authorities sought audience with were {away. Specches followed | Park after aparade from the em- [bassy. A World war veteranyled the column, seated in an improvised electric chair and wearing a black cap over his face, “Save Sacco and anzetti from the electric chair,” one banner said. Railroad workers ployes joined em- read labor new groups weré called out for to- morrow. However, a protest strike of three days was ordered halted tods but it said demonstrations wonld be continued Twenty were arrested as police dispersed a crowd of communists in front of the American consulate in Munich. Police of Stockholm, Sweden 1d would permit meetings of Sac- anzefti sympathizers but for- bade them to enter the property of the United States legation there. Scattered mutterings against the sentence of the two men were heard in the T'nited States. Philadelphia Under Guard Extra police guards remained on duty in Philadelphia while investi- gation was continued into the ex- plosion that wrecked Emmanuel Presbyterian church there Friday night. J. Eads How, known as the .. {Continued on Page 13), and | from their employment tomorrow in ! continued plans for further demon- | No ! nd public buildings in the United | for refusing to obey police orders to | of one of the condemned men, was ! in Hyde | Average Daily Circulation For Wi Aug. 6th ... Arthur D. Hill, retained to make an eleventh hour appeal to the courts in behalf of Sacco and Vanzetti, is pictured here t his desk. Boston attorney Defender, and Warden of Prisor To Warden William Henry of the Massachusetts state prison at Charlestown falls the grim task of supervising the Sacco-Vanzetti elec- trocutions. Vanzetti Writes His Impressions Of Gov. Fuller to Yillafelletto, Ttaly, Aug. S.—(UP) | —Inhabitants of this village who | knew Bartolomco Vanzetti as a boy | today persucd the latest letters from | the famous prisoner and pondered lon his fate which has stirrcd thou- sands. | One of the letters received hy | Vanzetti’'s sister commented on the advisory board selected by Governor | | Alvan T. Fuller to review the Sacco- | Vanzetti case. “The commission was composed,” wrote the condemned man to his sisters and his father here, “of A. Lawrence Lowell, Samuel W. Strat ton and Robert Grant. The first two have talent {and are men of brains and heart who {do not give a judgment unless they have a firm conviction of our Of these (Lowell and Stratton) I| have no f They were very cour- |teous. They approved openly of our |reasons, even to my id But, Grant, instead gave me the impres- |sion of not wishing to understand the eviderce favorable to us. He cemed to be an encmy and to favor our enemies whom he resembles. “That which the governor will do, I do not know. But, T have a little | faith in one thing alone. 1 know | | that if with all the proofs favorabl {to us and with the little falsities against us he sends us to death, he | will be an assass hose who know | him say he is honest, sincere and | courageous. I do not know and I i have no desire to belicve that he is ibad. If he is good and courageous he will not assassinate me for two ertmes of which T demonstrated my innocence whilst the prosecution zre | to | his hunger strike in which he sald | what His Home Town “If the Governor is Good and Courageous He Will Not Assassinate Me For Crimes of Which I Showed My Innocence,” Condemned Tells Father never demonstrated even the proba- bility of my guilt, # “My health is good. They treat me well and I can write letters and buy extra food, “Rosa, Sacco's wife, visits us three or four times weekly and those outside do everything they can for us." Vanzettl also wrote another letter his family when he first began he thought that Governor Fuller and his commission, when they saw the truth would concede both him and Sacco some consideration. “Instead,” said the letter, “from little they told me, both the governor and the commission do not wish and are not able to understand. Tt is certain that Grant is hostile. He ured the governor that he was impartial in order to influence the other members of the commission. They certainly are superior and bet- ter than Grant but, judging from the last interview they gave me T gain the impression that they are not able to understand the maliciousness and the injustice of this trial through reading the evidence. “The commission has maltreated sincere defense witnesses because their testimony contradicted that of certain Americans. “When on the night of June 30 they transferred us to Charlestown the flowers remained in the cell, and were crushed. They were blue flowers which grow in the wheat fields, flowers whiah we throw in the path of a procession on Corpus Domini Day. “Be of good spirit and soul.” THUG WEAPONS LAND | THO MBK IN PRISON {New York Men Arrested for Trans- porting Pistol, Rifle, Blackjack as I Well as Plenty of Ammunition Stamford, tAnd Con Aug. 8 (P— Macqueen and James G ove, two Brooklyn, N. Y., men were arrested yesterday for carrying concealed weapons after a | {pistol, a rifle, ammunition 1w |blackjack had been found in their | posscsston and in their automabile |were each sentenced to three months | lin jail when arraigned in city court | today. Pierce and Tlorence W s, also ooklyn who werk ed Thursday on charges o were committed o the stat for women. They werce also 1 with attempting to break ng tried to escape from the lockup yesterd ampson Holds Lead in Ky. Contest Ky., Aug. S (®-—Judge | D. Sampson, member of the Istate court of appeals, had a major- votes today over Rob- collector of internal in their race for the republican nomination for governor. | With nine counties still missing and [most of the 111 counties reported complete, the figures from the vote |in Saturday’s primary we amp- som, 90,771; and Luca .$34. Some counties reported only majorities, and these figures are not included in the total value for each. In the democratic race, in which i Robert T. Crowe, former speaker of the house, has conceded his defeat by J. C. W. Beckham, former gov- ernor and former U. 8. senator, Judge Beckham had 145,610 votes to 116,528 for Crowe. All the totals rre theft | farm ‘Judge |than 4 | were based on unofiicial returns, FATHER AND TWO SONS ARE BURNED T0 DEATH Perish When Fire Levels Home and Spreads to Oother Residences and Pershing Hall Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Aug. § (UP)— A father and his two sons were burned to death when fire destroyed cir home at Avoca, a small town ar here today. e dead were: William Owens, 45. William Owe Jr., Allan Owens, The three believed to have been in the house alone when the ire was discovered. The blaze badly damaged two other residences and Pershing Hall. 16, are Hungarian Minister to United States Injured pest, Hungary, Aug. 8 (P— Professor Emil Gross, eye specialist, who has b n called in to attend in- iiuries which Count Laszlo Szechenyi, Hungarian minister to the United States, suffered in an automobile ac- cident yesterday, today said that he did not believe he would be able to save the count's left eye. Count Szechenyl, whose wife is the former Gladys Vandebilt, suffered veral cuts about the face in the aceident which occurred yesterday morning. GRAIN PRICES SOAR Chicago, Aug. 8 () — All grain prices went soaring today largely on account of reports of serious crop damage by frost in Canada. Ap- proaching the close of business for the day, wheat quotations were up 6 cents a bushel and corn more cents with all deliveries of corn touching, the highest level yet thls season, ,q A eek Ending 14,012 PRICE THREE CENTS JUDGE SANDERSON DENIES SACCO REQUEST FOR HABEAS CORPUS WRIT AND STAY OF EXECUTION; RADICALS NOW TURN TO COOLIDGE FOR RESPITE Counsel Says Judge Was Prejudiced and Often Turned to Jury Box With “Contemp- tuous Sneer”—Fuller Gives No Hint of Deci- sion. } {Heavily Guarded, Judge Webster Thayer, Who Read Death Sentence, Arrives in Dedham to Hear Arguments on Pe- tition for New Trial — Early Decision Likely Boston, Aug. 8 (P—Justice San. derson of the state supreme court today denied petitions by counsel for Nieola Sacco and Bartolomeo Van- zetti for a writ of habeas corpus and @ stay of execution. H4 also denied a petition for a writ of error. Justice Sanderson said that after giving the arguments all’ considera- tion he must deny the application for a writ of error. “This court,” he continued, *has no authority to grant a stay of sen tence. “The questions included in the petition for a writ of habeas’ corpus are not proper to an action for a writ of habeas coryus and are therefore dismissed.” Two Hour Argument | Arthur D. Hill, chief defense counsel, argusd for nearly two hours and Attorney General Arthur K. Reading replied briefly. The only witness was Willlam G. Thompson, former chief defense counsel, othep offers of proof being submitted by Hill in affidavits. & Hill asserted that Sacco and Van- zetti never had been given a fair trial. He charged that Judge Webe ster Thayer of the superior court, who presided at their trial and re- fused them a new trial, had shown prejudice “either consciously or un- consciously.” He admitted that the petition for a new trial upon which he was to appear before Judge Thayer at Dedham this afternoon had not been filed within the time limit required by the statutes but said that he would argue at that time that the superior court had a right to act upon it. Thompson testified that before he was officially connected with the case and when he was simply “a friendly observer,” he had sat in [half hours during the examination of jurors for the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti. At that time Fred Moore ‘was chief defense counsel. Accuses Judge Thayer { "“At each objection by Attorney Moore,” Thompson said, *“Judge Thayer stared at Moore as though he was an object of curiosity and then turning to the jury box with what I can only call a contemptuous sneer, he would say, ‘objection over- ruled.” Attorney General Reading called attention to the fact that this case had been pending for seven years. “While I do not charge that Mr, Hill has been dilatory,” he contin- ued, “these defendants have been dilatory. These defendants have not at any stage been deprived of any rights. There now enters the qu tlon of the rights of the people of this commonwealth. ‘This writ of error, 1 have come |to the conclusion, has been brought |as the last step the defendants can take in the courts of the state and for the purpose of removing the case from the jurisdiction of the state courts into that of the federal courts. “This commonwealth has the wel- fare of every person within its bore ders equally at heart. These de- fendants have had good counsel and their every right has been re- spected.” Before leaving the courtroom At- torney Hill filed an additional affida- vit which he said he would also fila at Dedham later in the day. He said it was signed by Candido Dibont but declined to say to what it related. Hearing This Afternoon The hearing before Judge Thayer at Dedham was set for two o'clock this afternoon. No word came from Governor Alvan T. Fuller during the forenoon as to when he would give his declsion on the petition seht him by defense counsel for a stay of exe- cution, Counsel for Bacco and Vanzett! pinned their entire hope today upon three separate steps to obtain a respite from death for the two con- victed radicals, found guilty of a double murder. 8 It any one of the steps succeeds, there probably will be no execution at the Charlestown state _prison Thursday morning, but, if all fail. the doomed men will be a bit nearer the electric chair and one of thele precious three remaining days of life will have expired fruitiessly. .. {Continue on Page 13) the Dedham court for three and a ~