New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 8, 1927, Page 3

INDIANS FRIENDLY T0 WHITE MEN HERE Liven on Terms of Peace and' Amity With Settlers New Britain was never the home f any Indian tribes, but when the first white men appeared here the rritory now included within the city limits was the hunting ground of two tribes, neither of which was of anything approaching a warlike cter and one of which won fts | recorded battle through a uaws. Most of New of Berlin were at part of the hunting 1s of the Mattabesetts, a clan ngunk Indians who lived along necticut river and had a I near the present Christian lane. Lodges were located in Beckley and Kensington. The Tunxis Indians along the Farmington river hunted through tha northern section. The Quinnipiacs from the south hunted through here while there were also raids from the Mohawks from the west and the Pequots from south. _Neither the Tunxes nor Mattabe- s€tts were numerous, the strength of the former beir mated at only 100 warriors or about 400 indivdu- als. In fact, only some 6,000 or 7.000 s scem to have lents of Connecticut in spite of the exag- ated raports of great warrior | in the early Indian wars. Friendly Toward White Men | Both tr toward | white 4 no instances of © record- E 1 of the old land along the river to tes in 1635 for xoats and five vears the tlers did something which later | n taken as an xample 1 come land a second tim 0! Indians, buying into Farmi the Tunxis tribe, Th a a4 by bot and were glad some, been res ed. river later Pe- the te m s Pe ts were practically desjroyed by 2 colonists’ campaizn but other In frequent and Gians made In occur incursior 1 one of the in this ction ns from the north, captives to be held for ured a man named s between Plain- and killed him relp. The region rdered a In- | tribe paid the two n kn A Tunxis had an the previous year but the ped and ti bute la Life for a Life nxes w cct to str The they uld not not h injure penalty if the whites even accide being a life for : a were ki ness or i the to surrender or be 1 this provision 1 to buy wood them liquor. prohibition But the whites held a ve the emers. Two o Indians sent six war- riors with the expadition against King Philip, the defiant red chief- The chief trouble with the In- from their habit of en- range Tndians by shoot- | into the fowns. Their 1y reduced, 1in 1711 neighhorhood of came south look- 4 the Tunxis the invaders on what and had they was 3 1 nor to for this s $25 a pint viol 1 ians came tertaining ing bullets servations were The great battle tribe from t ckbr A for acer g arriors now a portion of t “ountry club golf cours sanguinary o pressed th Tunxis d the it flight Amazo ntities of owly defenders 1ws collee- ockbridge putting it to N an ek God-fearing scttled this section 1 and made early plans the conversion of the redskins ; was passed ng whites who had n children li with them fto and catechise them, while fterward a school was es- tor them. The records tell | had nine pupils, three of a tricd writing and one of whom actunlly could write. By 1751 | tie Indians were so Christianized that t were given the right to build a seat in the old church gal- lery. and shortly afterward an In- n teacher took over the school. Become Numerically Weak About this time the group of Tunxis Indians in Simsbury dropped of existence, the individuals hav- fted away to other tribes. But her of Quin cs came to ith the Farm on tribe and for this race, Then came the | ord and Wind- mnants of the Matta- town and Berlin, to prevent utter threatened. ions, hy 1761 milies in the wving moved | for 1s hought now to the census Only 35 Wangunks were time, In the last h Wimpey ir two Tunxes, Eli- Solomon Mossuc! eral as: nbly for Connecticut laws tha h dians ceuld now 1 write, understood the Bi were Dritish subjects, al- cry poor. The request was and other v 11 been encroaching on in spite of effo and the first wed b other one si Adams, ac t the Six Nations had ask- | xes to join them in the | » Oneida country of New York | and that many would like to go. Be- fore action could be taken the Rev- | upulous | on the petition | a| ) ! commer | Spain. . WASHINGTON COP olution broke out, natives went westward of their own | accord. The Burgoyne-St. Leger | campaign, the sesqfi-centennial of which has been celebrated this year, came in 1777, with the Mohawks taking the side of the British. The Tunxis emigrants, having espoused the American cause, were driven off and sought temporary refuge at| Stockbridge but later returned to the west. White Settlers Buy Land The difficult question of selling the land was scttled in the same vear. Trouble arose from the fact that the Indians owned the property as a tribe and no fair distribution of the proceeds could be made. But the land was divided up among the 41 persons then left in the tribe and | sales began, the sellers gradually moving away. The Wangunk claims were cleaned up in 1785 and this race passed out of existence. By 1806 only a few Tunxes were left in Farmington under the supervision of an overscer, most of them having removed westward. In 1831 a fur- ther removal to Green Bay, Wiscon- sin, took place, and Tunxis tribe, as | . passed out of notice. The last member of the Tunxis ion Jisted on the church records vas Thomas Curcomb, who died in 1520, but the real “last of the Tun- | was Henry Mossuck. who was a sad speciment to clese the history of a race. Convicted of theft, he became a seaman for a period, hut returned and was implicated in a murder, but the sentence of hang- ing was commuted. After gerving 17 years in prison, Mossuck was r leased when the two men convic with him admitted that he rothing to do with the o in 1883 the Tunxis race came inglorious end when Mossuck in the Farmington poorhouse. Numerous finds of arrowheads, tomahawks, potfery, and other Ir dian articles have be: hade in ew Britain, Farmington, Plainville, nd Berlin and many lements are still coming to light, but thes mute relics are the only traces re- | maining of Indian tribes which from | first to last befriended the white | man as few Indian groups did. U5, T0 DISPLAY AT EXPOSITION Sending Exhibit to Event in| Spain some of lhn{ Washington, Oct. § to the influence the colonization of ¢ ment of t United States, h Mission style of architec- e will be used in American ex- bition buildings at the Interna- tional Exposition in Seville, Spain, | in 1928 The, this country’s ish exposition (P—In tri- of Spain on tural develop- bute T e the commission in cha display at the Spa headed by former Campbell of Ari- designated William T. of San Diego, Calif | and has planned a com- | nsive group of exhibits show- | ities of Am in agriculture leavor. [Drivate from the United States be housed in her exposition buildings American buildings will in- one permanent and two tem- | porary structures, and after the | fair the permanent structure will the American consulate ut as he which etarts will include the of th American re- October Thero-Ame world. All t publies will he with a population of gost city and the 1 center of southern In its cathedral lie the tones of Columbus, who,sailed for America. from the litth port of Palos, only a few miles away. om this region came most of the arly settlers of Cuba, Florida and | lifornia, and for many year Seville was the only port from which vessels for America were | allowed to clear. | UPHELD BY CHIEF Supported in His Drive Against: Tmmodest Women * Washington, Oct. 8.—(P—Faced | by a modern problem perhaps as | weighty as some of those which con- | fronted nis grandfather of Clvil War fame, Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3rd, di- rector of public buildings and parks, vesterday upheld one of his police men who requested a young married | woman to lower her skirts while | seated on a park bench. | Col. Grant said, however, it was | impossible for him to say how short | a woman's dress may be “without | making her conspicuous or attracting | public attention in the parks.” The decision came after a closed | hearing in which Mrs. Ross W. Kel- | ler, 2§, complained that Park Po- liceman J. B. Lawler had ordered her to “pull your dress down" while seated in Franklin park with her husband last Wedn and that | the act greatly embarrassed her. | While Mrs. Keller had not com- | mitted an “arrestable offense,” Col. Grant held that Lawler had “done his duty.” He said that circum- stances must govern cach case of | ! this kind, however, and that when a policeman notices that a woman is attracting attention it “is only an | act of kindness for him to call her attention to the fact.” The evidence, he added, Indicated that Lawler was entirely courtcous, that he spoke first to the woman’s tusband, and when the latter refu ed to speak to his wife, called Mr: “a_gentlemaaly way." Lawler was said to have testiffed He that a “prominent politician” asked |It is the largest and most s him to speak to Mrs. later, after the hearing, thought at least she was entitled to an apology, but Col. Grant did not think this necessary. Keller. The | consists of the tand | kad | 2nnoyed by the ac | was on (the best gasoline locati NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1927. DEFACED NUMBERS RESTORED BY HEAT Police Devise New Method to Gombat Auto Thieyes In addition to all the agencies known heretofore in the business of tracking down automobile thieves, there has been developed the use of a process that came to public atten- tion during the recent trial of two nien who were convicted in superior court and sentenced to state's pris- on. Despite their protestations of fn- rocence, the proof presented in sup- port of the allegation that motor numbers on the cars which had been stolen and recovered, had been changed, went a consideral toward convicting them, automobile turned out of s engaged in the numbered in such a way ke possible proper identifi- cation, but it is a simpla matter, ac- cording to the processing experts, es to file away the num- stamp a new set in their stead. a short time the substi- tuted numbers take on the appear- ance of the original series, thereby confusing police or others who might be seeking to identify the p ticular machines for the purpose of tracing the thieves or merely re- covering the cars The process which was used suc- v in the local cases, however, might well he feared by thieves. It use of a chemical an acetylene torch by which he metal on which tha numbers are stamped, is heated to such a degree that it expands, revealing the outline of the original numbers with arity to prove that thay sted. To witnesses who had en it put into use prior to the recent operation, it was a revelation The old numbers literally popped o view as the matal expanded un- bers a n sful ficient ¢ not | der the heat Experts in the use of this process have every confidence in their abil- ity to reveal defaced numbers and in all probablility=they sayv, there will be many cases in the criminal courts in which the process will be found to be of invaluable assis- to the authorities. It is not, an absolu certain wuse it depends on cer- ions for its successful use s already been proven of iderable value. Jt Is one of the many developments of recent years in the equipping of the aufhorities with a means necessary for the ap- hension of automobile thiev ind it is used by insurance compa investigators and pol depart. ents In New Brit tance however, method be tain cond police are not tivities of automo- File thieves to the extent that the rime is prevalent in many cities and towns in Conn Many cars which have been N Britain stfects found within 24 hours wstances tending hey were borrowed rath- er than ent to com- ft. Lake street, between ington and High. where thea- ter patrons and shoppers make a e g their cars at night, has been the scene of m thefts of automobiles in the past year than any other single etreets in the city, according to police ree- the reason being that there is comparatively little foot travel t 4 stolen on w have been under prove to ere at night and it is no task for thieves | to drive away without entering brightly lighted central district, It Lake that some of the automobiles in the recent eases stolen the were BRAINS OF REVOLT IN L0S ANGELES La Huerta Awaiting Trial for Violating U. S. Laws Los Angeles, Oct. § (UP)—A man who aspires to combine the revol tionary forces of Mexico and effect the overthrow of the Calles-Obregon regime sits in a modest Los Angeles bungalow—nhelpless. The.man is Adolfo De La Huerta, former provisional president of Mexico, one time colleague of Calles and Obregon, close friend of the late Pancho Villa, most noted figure of modern Mexico, and until the past two years a power in Mexican poli- tics. The band which holds his hand is an indictment charging him with conspiracy to violate the United ates neutrality laws by attempting to smuggle arms into Mexico, His trial on the charge is scheduled for Oct. 31 Doy nt of justice agents watch his every move and he will not commit himself on any revolu- tlonary policy—for it might create — prejudice against him. | But he will tell you of his opinton | of Plutarco Calles, president of | Mexico, and General Alvara Obre- gon, with whom he was allied Wi Carranza was overthrown. “Assassins” he mutters when he thinks of the relatives and, friend who have met death and the ruin of his own political aspirations since lles and Obregon first came into power in the southern republic. “The, world should now recogn that Calles and Obregon will at no obstacle in furthering th political power,” he said today. “They are now engaged in killing off all the men of influence in Mexi- co—the very flower of the nation. | Cut Daughters of No name fits except ‘Assassins’ Of his brother, Alfonse, whose | tullet-riddled body was on e bi- tion in a public square at Nogal Sonora, De La Huerta said: “He died because he dared dis- agree with the tyrannical doctrines of the present regime and he was | my brother so Calles and Obregon wished to be rid of him. “Personal advices to me indica that he was not killed in battle, official communication stated Rather he was kidnapped, shot be- fore a firing squad and without trial. He s assassinated “Even had he been actively lead- rg troops against the Calles govern- ment his execution would be a vio- lation of law.” The d the Fr not tl ac- of General 1s the cause and of present revolutionary the former Mexican - offi sserted, orrano was a power in politics. | He stood an equal chance of receiv- | ing presidential € Calles nd Obregon want no others to hold office so he ex ted “Outrage of Serrano en instit i opposition to he government and Obre- be victorious a power founded as theirs cannot stand | for long." De La Huerta denies the charges for which he must stand trial while he admits his antage: and Obregon. “I have been in the U several years and in that h done nothing wk h could be mlwv‘; as a neutrality violation 1 MAY OPENOCT. lflj Prosecutor Rushing Prelimi- | ; naries in N. J. Murder Case ction was followers arm Calles Th i now is, Mays Landing, N. T, Oct eedy trial for Mrs. Mar m ahl and Willis Beach, Ham ton poultryman, both held with- | out bail on indictme the | murder of Dr. William was sought by a their announced ¢ er st th i Repetto lantic county, be made to Mrs. Lillienda admirer compl time for open 1g before October 1S. If the case nnot be called before the 1Sth, Mr. Repetto said, it m thr months before it can be brought up Police announced they had ed 1wo additional witnessds who sav they saw Beach near the lonely which Dr. Lilliendahl death on September 15 wh ing with Mrs. Lilliendahl. Counsel for Mrs. Lilliendahl indi cated a plea for bail wonld be mada | bafore Monday. Charles M. Phil of Hammonton, her perso ney, t to New York last night to consult with Edward Beckworth, who has been retained in the case, and Col. Clarence Hodson, a New York investment banker, who is a distant relative of Mrs. Lillienda 2 P | aret horities today an up of oupis prosec: 1 At s attor 1 FREIGHT CONGESTION Lima, Oct. 8. (A—Low the Magdalena river. only mea freight transportation Atlantic coast and the Columbia, has resulted in a cor tion of froight at tran Steamboat companies are no heavy or bulky months, hoping hy as draft to keep their ships off sand bars in the bend at " aground. There is also freight con gestion at Buenavertura on the Pa cific coast, bit this is attributed the lack of port facilities a road equipment. interior AFRICA A COTTON MARKET Cape Town, Oct. S. (P—Both m - and women of French West ar cotton clothing, with the sult that cotton is the largest § port. Great Britain now supp! about 60 per cent. The men Vleached shectings and from which to make “houbous,” shirt rcaching to ground, worn o sateen trousers that are bagey tho ankles. The women insist 1 dyed sateen for their “boubous” a Luy fancy woven piece -goods scarfs, in which they carry cvery- thing from babies to household s plies. shirting Rackliffe Oil Company Acquires | Harry P. Battey’s Filling Station Third Filling Station Now Owned By Local Independent 0il Company. ‘The Rackliffe Oil company organ- ized last January and owned by F. E. Rackliffe, Jr., takes over one of ons in the west end. This makes the third fill- ling station to come under their con- | Britain’s most popular ‘trol and gives the public an oppor- | now recognized by local n tunity to purchase from them in all sections of the city. The Rackliffe Oil company's other filling stations are located on Frank- to pre- Kellers' attention to her skirts in/lin Square and East Main, corner of Stanley street. Their East Main street station was built last spring. ious in New Britain, with four large drives, two on Fast Main street and two on Stanley street, four air towers, two water towers, and two substantial brick and concrete ofl and grease | pits. | Oil changing is s (lu. all stations whicl is |by their illuminated pits. | Franklin No-Knock Gasoline, New gasoline, is | motorists as |the best value offered here. It pos- | sesses greater anti-knock character- |istics than any other non-dope gas- |oline sold in New Britain. It is |100% pure gasoline with less car- |bon residue and greater power and :dv:l!v(‘ring more mileage than any other make. In addition to Franklin No-Knock gasoline sold at the filling stations, it is marketed exte: through this territory where ) have installed pumps and delivered by their own fleet of trucks.—advt. possible | STAT IN GONVENTION- Speakers Hit Against Nation's Waterb th st Revolutio, morning Congrega hapt A ern air ser Equal to guard 'v'fln for |ana | sary. sire 2 sufficient army, s not alo mportant is navy ne the de- nd pork equal vy also hile those Lazio and large quantities of horse. ern Italians eat nearly h mutton and go bors, but only about much beef and one-g pork DRINK HEDIGINES INQUART QUANTITY Abyssinians Think Amount all fons of | -0 o ectoa aonine i Abyssing but go in mutton and goat, |and his queer request him to be the most make sure h man In general, sinjans as a | race. “Once,” he tells, “I served an old woman with an internal draught 14 a poisonous disinfectant for |external use. The patient drank |the disinfectant and applied the |other medicine externally, and, stranga to she was cured of oth complaints, and sang songs of v outside my pharmacy to show her gratitude.” scemed to direct way to had got to the right for EDARIS disintegrating ige 2 eat comp: The south- | twice as as their subversio criticized a freel ci ed United after the World War which bore the oath declare it my never to ke n war, off {or defensive, i al o The a lcome the morning by Mrs. James V local chapter an in behalf of Denounces Secret Mrs. W natio Zahn regards Abys- marvelously healthy 15 uart to. be part nsive tio Secret Foes 8 (A —"National was the keynote of the meeting of the Connecti- ury, Oct. city : Encmies the American | TRACTORS IN EG Cairo, Oct. 8 T4 of th chased o United PT (P—Egypt bought tractors it has pur- far this year from the The mechanical draft imals constituted the major item the imple trade with this Low prices now being re- for Egyptian cotton have led buying. n held here esterday and afternoon in th tional church, under States. from sec in ent ng. v Haven, Bridgeport The amount of blood in the aver- s from twelve to fifteen teenth of inds, —_— ASTOR PIANOS Uprights, Players, Grands Est. 1768 REBUILT USED PIANOS $50 Up Walter H. 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It is not to be bound down by tradi- tion, but moves forward in the atmosphere of friendly helpfulness that is more and more per- meating American banking, And perhaps another reason why our employees sing as they work is the fact that every day they serve a growing group of cheerful, prosperous customers drawn from all walks of New Britain life. lo Come and mingle with them when we hold our Housewarming and 12th Birthday Celebration. THE MERG AL » TRUSTCO. T NEWBRITAING gy Open Saturday Evenings 7109