New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 8, 1927, Page 5

FOUR HOLDLPS INTHIS VIGINTY Highwaymen Have Busy Time Over Week-end Four anotmobile parties were held up and robbed at the point of a gun in New Britain, Southington and Bristol early yesterday morning iy three men traveling in a light se- lan, and an attempt was made to | stop Policeman John Bresnahan of he Southington police department, nortly after midnight Saturday ight. i The first holdup cccurred at Lake ompounce when an auto occupied | v Steve Skensky, Thomas Oczeiniec ! nd Louis Barchikowsky of Bristol | as held up while the men were re- | alring a tire on what is known as ‘Cemetery avenue.” A strange au- | omobile drove up and three men | umped out. Twd of them “bointed zuns at the men and ordered them o “stick’ em up.” Skensky ignored | he order and was knocked uncon- | cions. Four shots were fired by the rob- \ers, one of which narrowly missed tarchikowaky. The highwaymen got Ten minates later Arthur Souller | \nd Henry Cormier with two young women, all of Bristol, were held up, almost at the same spot. They told | the police that three young men in | an auto foced thern into the ditch | and hetd them np at the point of & gun. The young women as well as the men were searched but a diamond ring and $45 in cash in possession of one of the girls was overlooked. They got $5 from the men. The girls remembered having seen the robbers before in Bristol. Policeman John Bresnahan of the Bristol police department was driv- ing along Lake avenue, in the same | vicinity a short time later. A man stepped in front of his machine and pointing a gun at him ordered him to stop. The policeman drove his machine straight at the man, strik- ing him and knocking him to the side of the road. When he went back to investigate the would-he robber had disappearcd. About 20 minutes later a phone call was received from Southington saying that three men had held up a party of men and girls on West street in Southington and took $47 ! from them. They ordered the par not to move for 10 minutes and drove off. Before one o'clock Sergeant John C. Stadler on duty at the desk at the New Britain police headquarters was notified by Rocco F. Cacchillo, 319 Oak street l.hat he had been held up and robbed at the point of a gun while coring home from Southington. He said he was com- ing over the short cut by way of the | Shuttle Meadow lake when the ben- dits drove up and stopped him, two of them cevering him with a gun while the other went through his Pockets. He was robbed of $75 and a gold watch. Sergeant Stadler Gustave Hellberg., Michael Brophy, Louis Harper and Thomas /Blan- chette to tha scene to investigate. No trace of the handits was found. Although police of the entirc vicinity are looking for the bandi and have a fairly accurate descri tion of them, no complaint has heen made to the state police according to Superintendent Nicholls, sent Policemen EX-CADET DENIES HE WAS ROMANTIC! Knight Can't See Chivalry in Restoring Princess New Albany, Ind. Aug. § (P—| Newland De P. Knight, of New Al-| ny, former cadet at Culver Mili- ary academy, “cannot see that} there was much chivalry” to his playing “knight errant’ to Princess Ileana of Rumania when she fainted 1t Rossville, Ind., on her tour of the I'nited States with her mother, Queen Marie, last winter. Knight's act of succoring the princess was related by Queen Marie in dispatches from Rumania. The ‘ueen said the princess was “quite | overcome by the manliness, tender care and chivalry which was shown by the voung student.” “We administered ald anyone | would give a person who had faint- .," Knight said. “All that T did was o rub her feet and ankles. When he regained consciousness she ex- pressed surprise that she had faint- | d and wondered why she had done ! o Nothine romantic ever came of it. Abont three weeks later I re- cived a picture of the princess and 1 tpewritten letter signed by her | ihanking me for my attention. I did 1ot reply to the letter and 1 do not selieve T had any romantic ideas \bout the incident.” he incident occurred while the rrincess. with Knight, Colonel Cal- | vin P. Chambers of Culver, Miss Marr. the princess’ English tutor, and the chauffeur were en route in an automobile from Chicago to I dianapolis. A blinding snow was alling and the princess, who was | driving, crashed into a truck at ant Park, Ill. The accident upset r and on reaching Rossville she | complained of being ill. Th went into a drug store whe princess fainted. *She was ca ipstairs to a doctor’s office. loctor heing out, Miss Marr Knight administerea first aid. 1S INJURED" Aug. 8 (P—Count Laszlo | Szechenyi, Hungarian minister to the United States, has been seriously in- jured in an automobile accident says W Havas dispatch from Budapest. The dispatch says that attending he necessary to operate on the surgeons have decided that it will count's left eye. | The and | India, with a population three timen that of the United ‘States, has an area only one-half that of this country,” ity I be followed by a | contest in which any beautitul girl | WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF BRUTALLY KILLING MAN Nurve on U. S. Line Boat Charged With Pouring Acid Down, Sleeper’s Throat. London, Aug. 8 (A—Mary Jose- phine Waite, 24-year-old nurse on the United States Shipping Board steamer American Trader, who was arrested when the vessel docked here yesterday, was charged in the Thames police court today with murdering Lewis Fisher, the Amerl- can Trader’s refrigerating engineer, by pouring acid into his mouth while he slept. Further action was postponed un- til it was decided whether extradi- tion proceedings for her removal to the United States would be institut- ed. The crime allegedly was com- mitted last Friday, while the vessel was off Bishop's Light, near the Scilly Island. Miss Waite, a thick-set woman wearing a black hat pulled over her eyes and a blue coat with fur collar, | watched the magistrate closely while the charge was read. A police in- | spector testified tbat, when he saw | the prisoner at the Rotherhite po- lice station and told her she v-ould | be charged with murder on the high | eas, she replied | “There is nothing like that in my | heart. I love the man and I love | him now that he is dead. 1| wouldn't hurt a fly.” i It was stated in court that Miss | Waite was an American citizen | though British born of Irish par- | ents. 1‘ OBEH GROTTO WILL ENTERTAIN STATE Memberé of Order to Meet in Bridgeport Obeh Grotto of Bridgeport, Conn., will be the host of the 35 other Grottos in New England during the $th annual New England inter-Grot- to convention and field day, on Aug- ust 19 and 20. Aziz Grotto of New Britain s planning to attend the convention nd participate in the long parade and also in the contests at Pleasure | Beach. The convention program will be- gin on Friday afternoon August 19. Upon arrival of each Grotto in| Bridgeport, transportation by auto- | mobile and bus will be furnished by the Chamber of Commerce and Obeh ! Grotto for a sight-seeing tour of the | city of Bridgeport, knokn where as the Park City. On Friday evening a full form ceremonial will be a feature at Pyra- mid Mosque. This will be followed | by a midnight show in the Cameo | theater. The Saturday program will include | a dress parade in the morning and | a barbecue dinner at Pleasure Beach | at noon. During the afternoon the | and contest, patrol contest, ten box- | 1g bouts, and an athletic meet will | Lathing beauty | every- | Prizes will and 3rd in | in the city may compete, he given for 1st, 2nd, each, contest. The evening program on Saturday will include a fireworks display and | dancing with a real New Orleans | mardi-gras. POLIC ARCH FOR DOLLS Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 9 (UP)- A blanket order has been issued to this city’s police to search for two dolls and a doll carriage stolen from four-year-old Dorothy Lopez. The order was issued after Dorothy had personally appealed to the authori- | tles. ! LIFE'S AMBITION DESTROYED Concord, N. H., Aug. 8 (UP)— For nearly two years, John St. Ar- man, carpenter, d>voted most of his spare time to building himself = home. st week the house was fin- ished. 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