New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 19, 1927, Page 8

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8 _ee——— HITS CAR, FLEES T0 SECOND GRASH Evader Caught After Gollision on Plainville Road A contlnuzace granted on Bum Officer Peter ead from Mai rkowski chased 1 Chestnut y, in a also. urday night. S police car, was in the speeders Pined $15 Michael Cefone, 19 aged 19, of 131 street, Hartfo il ned sts for speed driving a truck at the to 40 miles an hour o street we about 10:30 Saturg it F Oscar G. Lenz, Jletown, was fined $17 ‘peeding. e was driving at of 40 to 42 miles an hour on ith Main street between Whiting 11 Roberts strects and increased ced of ar to 47 miles an d costs for the t he n to spe he was drivin ister than he driv thought the ’ (& s ord otr Tasi Driver Pays $2 1 Yagoobion, aged ant P. goobion nklin & iccident wi as driving a taxica re and figured in an Hart street ) ( ore 6 o'clock H turn William H street testifl French's the taxic paveme Pearl ire. Officer Dl was notif axamine goodion had no st Judge Roche ir fense, License Snspended Bot Drives The Mad 30, 0f 115 G t Iriving a car owned by Dwight | jeense was under suspension, W |continued until Saturday | Judge W. F. Mangan appear M ik, HOUSE OF DAVID -~ 'HING SUCGUMBS ued from First Page) & Yo death old many declined year, ted Dr. Sowers' red into receiver- “queen,” ution of his court appearances during ing of the receivership ac- rought b state, Purnell ricd in on a stretcher. In the the receiver- fected, phy- | re presented 3 associate counsel colony attorney, to show Il's death was a matter of ney Encling ey this Bernar lieve a word of i Dewt today nja 1l live . While ac- cepting Benjamin's death, Dewhirst will insist the body be held as long at the colo denied this, as n would not die. To ed he “didn’t be- 1 dec was s law a body must n 72 hours after disso- irred. The local health | 1 permit a hody to lic a an additional 24 hours § ondition of the Lody warrants 1 dalay, Queen” Mary was not at the bed side when death came to the leader | of the House of David. 1 death came to Benjamin the who had given the best r lite to Benjamin’s insti- 15 in her own apartments in her building on the colony ounds. Word of Benfamin's passing was arried 1o her hy ene of the girls ended the “KIng" in his colony attor- | confident, | the law will permit. | undertaker or | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1927. “Poor Benjamin, poor Denjam was Mary's ¢ At the bed: to the “kin h came yrtle Tulk, Ben of years and the ed with him £0, his 1 Florence nd others of the over a y Walker retinue Renj follow rom a farm boy well became in itinera *k-of-all-tra found preache nally absolute spi health declined, ed in his band of foll litigatton which had 1 for many years descen Born in Kentucky, March dissension When d Angelina Br ter of a Greenup county farr cording to her story on the { stand, Purnell al He liked to i iting where t and sleep. eserted her and was sixteen he 1l he had to do ' In two ye s, their ehild. “If nd stayed fifty m said. In 1580, he married Mary Stollard who later became the famed “Qu Mary.” By his ow not divoree his fi thought it was unn Purnell and his nomadic lfe as pr years later, they knocks of “Prince” Mic in Detroit and members, It was sorbed the i ater built the Colony. As a preacher who co; converts, Purnell foun | eyes of “Prince Mi known, and rose to be an offic the cult. Mills was arrested ¢ to jail for alleged mistre colonis While the imprisoned, Purnell and Mrs lisagreed over the colony. About 1865, that the spirit 1 that he wr admission House of 1d bring In favor in the of was Mills 1 of the nounced had s 1 in him the true enth Messenger.” He told those who had signified their willingness to follow nim that the “graph” had deseended nd selected him as the vehicle for the spirit of truth and the other mysterious functions with which he laimed to be endowed. The basic et of the faith founded by Johan- na’ Southcote in FEr 5 was that a mes 144,000 select souls to ever life on earth. Six self-styled sengers” preceded Purnell, taught that he was the last would carry out the prophecy. In 1903, Purnell went to Benton Harbor, Michigan, with a handful of faithful follow and set up the | House of David, Its first quarters Purnell sting “hes- He' and Since 1886 we have been building up for ourselves a ducers and reputation as pro- sellers of better- than-ordinary milk. That reputation is one of which we are proud. It is a valuable asset, that reputa- tion. It is a sure thing that we will do nothing to jeopard- ize it; that always depend upon us very best. our customers can for the SEIBERT & SON - Pasteurized Milk & Cream = ake SuveIts Seiberts PHONE ~ 1720 _ 437 PARK ST. NEW BRITAIN, CONN. 1014, aval o homes of converts over the cult Purnell and his wife and sometime Poverty anche of court arnest. From noll was under almost Yinally, early were gworn or members of the d crime carrying sor ent, Purnell niding place and re- until the fall of »d him upon the wer s close to rants police s« cted raid investigation, three gmed by former rs charging criminal assault, the state to break up the wealth Pur- ve piled up, & {Es xins of proBpentiy: thi ged fraudulent \cquired many acres of I S property of cult ; nd | mem r it In t place came out v , shrunken chang zain the Acquired Much Yand. o dissolution being a gay itual leader Faithful colon- . branded the hey insisted nor be harmed white flanne corated built £ the cult. ' built nnected for hin He with faith forbade weard, pr \ger D COLLISIONS \ by Paul Vis- cy strect and of 106 orner of Park bout 11:30 Sat- rwerary Offi- s drl rd, roundin Asnall s hair and ke trous bre cars after th colony rth on & ler wi involving charges of fraud rs of a seriou nature. Purnell a complicat and hidi 1 kept handy talks of a federal Iy damaged. Officer Ustach re- driven by 5 Winthrop a0 o'clock OF FURNITURE for Flim LOKERS ECRETARIES LAZY CHAIRS WRITING DESKS BRIDGE LAMPS FIRESIDE CHAIRS CHEST OF DRAWLD S WARDROBES rom Him— ) the Family—A LIVING ROOM SUITE! n t | A Geszynski &Sons Nerwr Britains Finest Furnitare Gslablishment 515 Main Street in | on piled | because he | who | faithful to immor- | Sexton | oy driving Breniss | old street and | rell was driv- | ‘ing north on Arch strect and the cther car came out ot West Pearl street and turned south on Arch street. Tyrrell's car struck An- drews' car and damaged the left running board, left front fender and left door of the latter. Herman Fogelson of 142 Fairview street reported to Lieutenant Bam- forth at 5:45 Saturday evening that 'as he was driving in an easterly di- rection on Dwight street, a woman whose name he did not learn, stepped in front of his car just east | ot Ericson & Johnson's store and b girl'| came confused. He was unable to | avold striking her, but she did not appear to be injured, he said. He was driving at the approximate rate of 10 or 15 miles an hour, according | . Harper reported | I that cars driven by Peter Rizaucka: of 109 Jubilee st and Victor N. | | Holt of 45 Jubilee street collided labout 9:30 Saturday night at t | Main and Elm str Rizauckas | | was driving east on East Main street | and Holt was driving north op Elm street. The cars were only slightly | camaged, according to the offic report. MUST PROTECT DEER. Worcester, Mass,, Dec. 19 () Worcester park department officlals today were faced with the problem of protecting the deer herd at Lake park following the discovery that 16 of the 24 animals there have been Killed by dogs in the past 10 days. 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