New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1927, Page 13

Second Section STATE DEPARTHENT INHEARST’ PROBE Executive Officials to Trace Trail to Mexico Washington, Dee, 21 (UP)—State partment jals here and fn ill be called by the & committee with other new witnesses to trace the Mesico City nate investig itional trails of allegedly forged tional documents developed i the committee hearings thus far, George T. Summerlin, American iarge at Mexico City; Former Am- assador James . Sheffield; Mor- paperman, and obably Secretary of State Kellogg are to bhe summoned in connection ris Decoursey, new v York representative of the nk of Mexico; a former newspa- correspondent. Murray rged that the Amerl- to the best of his had purchased many s papers While the state department de- lined to take any oficial notice of v, the United story of Robert H. Mur- | EW BRITAIN ITERALD [-] NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1927. dispute between O'Dell and his wife, the latter being Gray's sister. Some- one pushed him off the steps, he sald, and he went along without an- noying anyone. Officer Danicl Cosgrove testifiedd | that he and Sergeant Feeney made | the arrest about 10:25 o'clock at Austin and Chapman streets after having failed to find Gray at O'Dell’s home, Mrs. O'Dell having com- plained that Gray was making a disturbance. YOUTH OF {7 HOST DIE IN ELECTRIC CHAIR John A. Andrews & Co. Inc. 6 FLOORS OF GIFTS—GIFTS SUPREME— {(JTuztancer AN EVERLASTING TRIBUTE OF FRIENDSHIP! SEilp AA__~NAS An Ohiv Boy Who Murdered Child and J i its Mother Refused Petition | Sohmer — Handel i | aramount—Wurlitzer Columbus, ©., Dec. 21 (UP)— | { Floyd Hewitt, 17 year old Conneaut boy must die in thé electric chair | for the murder of little Fred Brown, ' § | the supreme court ruled today in | denying his motion for leave to fils | a petition in error from the judg- | Bl ment of the Mahoning county court | i of appeals. | Only Governor Donahey can now | intervene. | Hewitt was indicted by the Ash- | B tabula county grand jury for the murder of the Brown boy and his | mother, Mrs. Ceila Brown, 27, on | the night of February 14. Hewitt Cable—Nelson (Gem and Lester Pianos informed that ft ged papers were | Miguel Avila, agent, | who procured the Hearst document | vhich implied that the Mexican overnment was to pay four Unit- | s senators $1,200,000 for n propaganda.” It is understood, however, that| e American cmbassy had seen and other documents. s to be permitted an to refute Murray's! harge that he as Mexico City cor- | ondent for the New York Times | bricated” one forged paper | sented it to the American | through Avila, The docu- ent purported to show Murray | s @ secret publicity man for Mex- | o. The new witnesses probably will | heard when the committes re- umes open hearings December 27. TWO BOOKED FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING | | { railroad employe, was at work. | edly attempted to attack Mrs. B had gone to the Brown home to lis- ten to the radio. Fred Brown, Sr., the hushand, a | listening to the radio, Hewitt ALL ELECTRIC RADIO All Electrie No Eliminators No Batteries Six R. C. A. Tubes Single illuminated dial control — Concealed Newcomb Hawley Loud Speaker with Baldwin unit. All metal chassis. Li- censed under R. C. A, patents. Rich mellow tone with greater volume, Just plug in your elec- tric light socket. =4 his advanc nded, Hewitt bea who repuls ed, the state cont Mrs. Brown to death with a poker. Fearing the son, who witnessed | the murder of his mother, might tell | what he had seen, Tewitt killed the youth with a baseball bat. He then carried the small body to the cellar of the Brown home and hid it un- der a pile of wood. After the court of appeals on | October 8§ affirmed the Ashtabula county commons pleas court and found Hewitt guilty, his date of ex cution was sct for last November 13 Pending his appeal to the supreme court, that court allowed him an indefinito stay. Despondent War Veteran Leaps to His Death New York, Dec. 21 (A—Thomas Bartridge, of Detroit, a war veteran out of work, leaped to his death to- day from a sixth floor window of SO NAZ S AR Operators in Police Gourt Today | to Be Heard Jan.§ Three motorists were before Judge ! | 3. F che in police court today, | two of them charged with driving | vhils under the influence of liquor, | nd another for driving without a license and a registration in his pos- | session. The cases were continued | until Tuesday, January 3. | Louis C. Pierce, aged 49, of 136 | Eaton avenue, Meriden, was driving | on the wrong side of West Main | street, ncar Wooster street, accord- | ing to Officer W. S. Strolls, and | caused a collision between his car | and one driven by Charles Gifford, | aged 27, of 15 Kelsey street, about | 5:20 yesterday afternoon. Gifford | was going east and Plerce was | zoing west and damage was done to | thelr cars although the drivers es- aped unhurt. Officer Strolls charged | Pieree with driving while under the influsnce of liquor and Gifford with failing to have his license and reg- istration in his possession. Attorney Smith of Meriden, rep- vesenting Pierce, asked a continu- ance, saying he had just been re- taincd and knew nothing of the de tails of the accident. Judge Roche fixed the bonds at $200. Gifford, in addition to bein witness in the Pi Frank L. Maln street, ., aged 40, of 27 rd, who was ar- . rested about last night on| nley street by Officers Politis Muszynskl on the charge of driving while under the influence of liquor pleaded not guilty and his | request for a continnance was grant- ed. Prosccuting Attorney Woods told the court that Attorney C. J. McTLaughlin of Hartford will rep- resent Wrang. Bonds were fixed at 2300. A man who was with Wrang was charged with drunkenness and pleaded guilty. His case was con- tinued until January 3. Floyd Gray, ed 28, of 369 Tast street, was found guilty of charges sach of the peace and drunken- ness and was fined $5 and cost Judge Roche warned him that if 1 ted again the court will re- voke the suspension of a commit. ment to the state farm, which was imposed on his last appearance in court. John O'Dell of 97 Austin street, brother-in-law of Gray, testified that | the latter called at his home short- Iy after 9 o'clack last night in an intoxicated condition, carrying a suit case from which various articles of | clothing were dronplng. Tt \\‘n!' necessary to eieet him, O'Dell said. Gray pleaded guilty to the drunk- enness charge, but denled that he had eansed a distnrbance. He went to O'Dell's home to get “Dukle a dog owned hy his father, and the only disturbance. he knew of was a | | a useful We have them from $10.00 up. Al Time payments 96 West Main Street, e e GIFT BOX FREE (8 TYPEWRITERS “RENT A TYPEWRITER” New Britain. Typewriter Exchange | & &8 the Hotel Flanders. His body was found on the roof of an adjoining building. Thomas Jones, with whom he ltved in a rooming house, said Bar- ally was employed as a but had been out of work for several weeks. Jones said Bar- tridge, a widower, had becn despon- | dent lafe but left their home last night announcing that he would visit his mother and sister in Detroit over the holidays. He registered at the hotel and was assigned to a top floor room. A maid looking from a second floor window discovered the body. STORM WARNINGS ISSUED Washington, Dec. 21 (P—Storm | warnings still were displayed today | S on the Atlantic coast from Delaware breakwater to Eastport, Maine, but the weather bureau, gauging the tirst day of winter, saw a slowly dc- creasing intensity in the Newfound- | land disturbance. 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