New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1927, Page 11

MURDERS HUSBAND, : MOTORS TO PARTY Hammers Mate to Death and Has “Enjoyable Evening” S (A—A rest b a county jail smoking cigarette for solace, was 2 sar old Velma West's preparation for facing a charge of hushand slay- ing today. Mrs. West sizned a confession yos terday that she had slain her hus- band, Thomas E. West, 26, Tuesday ight at their home in Perry, Ohio, near here, using a claw hammer and . table leg for weapons, and that she had then motored to Cleveland 10 keep a bridge party engagement. The slaving, she said, followed & anarrel. The arrest was mad th land home of her mother, Mrs. Cath- ¢rine Van Woert. Brought here \rs. West was given no intimation that she was suspected of haviug knowledge of how her husband had e was questioned by and Prose- 0., Dec. cel smussen h Paulin. After two hours of « smussen suddenly asked: « the hack door d him af . e bridge par - 1o n invited hy M Cleveland, quarrel, the confession wsvand did ot want her to go. In little hungalow at Perry the uma heated, Mrs. West unmer from the kitch- followed her husband into the nd struck him a blow on o confession said. Then aa said. their leg which had beer 11 table &nd beat foet wit iled, and faking tha lifeless confession d ag in the mont ood-stained garm she for the hridge party. It was 6 o'cloc She went down to - parlor, picked her music off the piano—for she knew would come monotonous and that s vould be asked to sing—Ileft the house with the lights all burniu; «nd drove in her own car to Cleve- When she reached Miss Young's shie said she went upstairs and blood from her hands The guests at the party about bridge and she, beginner. In time the ame grew monotonous as she pected it would. They asked her to play. So she played while the others danced. She remained overnight with Miss Young and in the morning went to r mother's home in ast Cleveland tor they had planned to shop to- gether, They had just returned from | the shopping tour when datectives cama to the house. Mrs. West col- lapged when she heard the news| t her husband had been killed. | Young West was the son of T. B. West, of Perry, well known nurser: man. He was employed by his ather at the nurseries, ‘HOT MAMAS' SHOW FOUND OBSCENE Three Male Actors and Manager of Comedy o Be Sentenced Los Angeles. Dec. 8 (UP)—Threo | male actors and the manager of the | musical comedy “Hot Mamas" wifl [ sentenced tomorrow on a charge of presenting an obscene production. The four men, T. B. Dalton, man- | wer, Harry Graves, Bud Dameron | and Bob Whalen, actors, were found by a jury late Wednesday night after more than nine hours'| deliberation. Despite the adverse verdict againat | 1= four, defense attorneys said they considered the decision a victory for ! em in that the 27 chorus girls of ihe cast were found not guilty. Los Angeles vice crusaders, led by | ome vashed the d arms, knew little 1 was a Are You Rooked For Christmas Books for the Book Lover. ex- | I works right away. |a cold from turning into NEW BRITAIN DAILY HER: ALD 'he Revs, “Flghung Bob" Shuler and ’ \he attire of the girls and also (hn dancing and singing. PflwER flvER R R The members of “Hat Mam: Asks were taken into custody when a vice squad raided the show. The Interstate Commission Gongress for Authority trial consumed almost two weeks ! and was enlivened by the testimony ot nu two ministers, e second day of vghlml; Bob” dis court room with an imi “voluptuous manner in which one of the show gzirls grinned.” Rev. Breigler declared at one ses- sion that a dancer didn't weur cnough clothes to “flag a handca Costumes of the girls were intro duced as evidence and despite Re te Commierce Breigler's testimony that he couldt nnual report, the see through them he said they wer scanty."” the trial the tion of the Ao railroad ington, D s, to control solidation ess loday by policies com, commis 2 who! fitione to rilroad which BANDITS SENTENCED Frank present laws gov solidation, nearly tend to give a firme on - I of teral rplete ould 0! ent ) up- Todzia of This City Onc of Cou- Those Given From Three to Five | grese ma ion or one ca - consolids control of Years in Prison. any man with o orization. approvy proposal i'rank Todz Nasl need 1o stre his this city, was sent from prison three to five years Joseph Pinkewitz and John Cooper, both 18, of 324 Sum- mit av Perth Amboy, N. J., were sentenced to the state refor- matory by Judge Ernest C. Simpson of the superior court yesterday in ion with a series of holdups robberies in Cheshire, Bristol and_Southington during two weeks of November, The young men wers gang of five, hiles, broke in Cheshire, in state’s | prevent in which railro; and 1t nprove such con- ions of control ner,” insure the 10 modify or allow in part proposals submittad to it. Finally, the suggest- 1 to disapprov: when thes he inclusion of raflroade which it considercd \ uled in a partienlar vious suggestion that the law which re promulzate a general consolidating all the major railroads of the country into a limit- SENTENCED 10 JAIL e e Repor powers Such three of a that s'ole four antomo- int6 a gasoline station entered two Bristol stores and held up a dozen petting parties in that section. Edward Glotke of Southington, alleged lead- er of the gang, and another mar whose name is not known to tii authorities, a commission low pro; ing upon its regular work for the fiscal year 1327, the com- mission eaid 1t had approved the js- sue by railroads of securities having 1 total par value of $1,157,388, Tta work on valuation of railvo: was aleo bronght nearer a close a the report predicted that by June 11928, the valuation work, begun in 1307, would be practically Anthony Albanese Gets Six Months— Other Tocal Cases in Superior Court Disposed of. Anthony Albanese of this city w sentenced to six months in juil by Judge Ernest . Simpson of th superior court yesterday on charges | oq, of illegal transportation of liquor and carrylng a weapon In his auto- mobile Other in eases disps of were, amut, 1 1 of tools from a garage, suspended sentence to the reformatory, probation; Peter Zaladonis, violation of the liquor law, $200 fine and 60 as Disenssing rallroad operations, the | commission pointed out that in sed operating efficiency | greater safety for human limb was notalls in the learrier field at the present “Although the frelght business was greater in 1626 than in 1920, | the report said, “there a redue- days in jail; Clifford Renshaw, 1%, [tion of over a quarter of a million forg 60 days tn jail: Charies | employes and n Charboneau, obtaining mon nder Lin time worked false pretenses in New Britaln, six | periods. 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