New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1928, Page 1

TEN FIRENEN HURT THREE $4 BODIES "THREE MEET DEATH PRICE THREE CENTS £ [omom UGN COV. SMITH RAPS ARGUMENTS A5 FRE DESTROYS | DENTIFED: NV FOR SNYDER SLAYERS' LIVES; | AS FLAMES SWEEP DEPT. OF STREETS “Bossy” Gillis Swoeps Out Nen Whe Failed to Support Him " the- Polls NEWBURYPORT I8 CITY OF “REGULAR 6UYS" NOW Mayor, Omce Arvestod, Mlhl Epemies in Just Half an Hour and Adjourns to His Favorite Lunch Room-—Says Men Who Fought to | Defeat Him “Too Tired Out to! Work on the Highways.” Newburyport, Mass.,, Jan. § UP— It took Andrew J. halt an hour to reorganize his street | department, make a change or two in the fire department and announce his plans for snow and ice removal —but what a job be did. He didu't even take off his hat or s0 much as unbutton his overcoats. And he didn't need to refer to the city books, All he utllised was his memory, but that was as warm toward ‘“‘regu- lar guys” as it was relentleas toward “bum losers, bull throwers and gold bricks.” The strest department felt the first blow most heavily for it was there | that heads fell right and left. ‘Goldtooth” Mahoney who has long ornamented a city construction gang was the first to fall by the wayside. “He'll hava to do his loafing on some, other city’s payroll,” ruled the new city head, while the Roman gang was dismissed as “even worse.” The unfortunate Romans have been members of the road repalr squad. Grimily but rapidly “Bossy” tore through the rest of the department. Non-Suj Go “we'll keep Connie Bhea and Dave Finnigan and Jack Kelleher,” he decided, “but wipe the slate of the rest of these birds. Crosa off Red Hogan and Mr. Joe! Fairbanks. They can take & much needed rest at the club. The work they did to beat me at the polls must have tired ‘em oyt-* g Then it was his triends® féning, J. I. Nevins was famed to strest super- intendency. “There's some fellers,' said Bossy, “that think a day's pay for shovelling slush is as good & graft as a ticket to the United States menate, J¢ I can give 'em .what they waint I'm going to de it." He did it, too. Outlining the coming - winter's campaign against ice and snow, “Bossy" warned his superintendent to “get ‘em while they're young and | don't let 'em grow on you." There will be great reform in the future hiring of horses to man the snow plows. Half a dozen stable- men and icemen are to “get an even | break” but there is going to be one big exception, former Mayor Michael (Continued on Page Seven) DENAND SQUARE DEAL AT NORTHEND SCHOOL Parents Petition for Im- provements, Referring to Enpty Promises ‘When the school committec meets January 13, it will receive a peti- tion from the Parents and Teachers’ association of the Northend school asking that the building be modern- ized and that the district be placed on an equal basis with other sections of the city insofar as school accom- modations are concerned. Considerable criticism has been | directed at the board by the par- ents of children residing in that lo- cality and it has been hinted that favoritism, {8 being shown in the construction of buildings for certain parts of the city. Beveral broadsides were fired in the board's direction at a meeting of the association and a committee ‘was appointed to make a formal re- quest that conditions be changed. Heading this committee is John E.| Curtin, and essisting him are Thom- as W. Hinchliffe, Benjamin Clark, Charies E. R. 8wensk and Frank Gentlle. They have prepared a !or-; mal. statement asking the following ' improvements: A gymnasium ‘n| which physical training may be ear- ricd on in & more thorough way; & | more sphcious auditorium; adequate | quarters for Parents and Teachers association meetings; additional classroom space s0 that no group will Kave more than 40 pupils; a teachers’ foom: light, outside dress- ing rooms; & modern and well equip- ‘ ped kindergarten; firepreof stair- ‘Wways on all sides; modern plumbing in the dasement. Charges hive been made by the! parents that the school board has ' provided excellent accommodations in every other part of the city while the children of the Northend district | have been required to attend what the parents call a school in a dis- graceful conditien and a detriment to their health. They clalm im- provements Bave been asked repeat- edly, but with np results other than promises which/ they say, have re- mafned unfulfiled. In their opinion there is no other acheol building in as poor condition,: structurally «nd from & standpoint of accommoda- “Bossy"” Glllll.‘ Newburyport's newest mayor, just: ki ‘They arrested Andrew Gillis for selling gas without a permit in New- buryport, Mass. “R-r-revenge!” cried Gillis. Hé ran for mayor, won, and promptly announced discharge of the appointive pfficlals who caused his arrest. FIVE POLIGEMEN 10 GET HEARINGS YALEDA'LY'S HOME; PROBING DISASTER Undergraduate Organ Plns By latod Bdition to Keep Up Hall Gemtury Recond DANAGE 10 PRINTING GOMPARY ABOUT $300,00 Nine Men Injured as One of the Walls of the Bufiding Oollapses— _Other Suffers From Exposure— Mwm_hr- tially Wrecked—DMiraculons Ea- cape From Death Recalled, New Haven, Jan. § UP—Ten fire- men were injured, six seriously enough to require hospital treatment in a fire which gutted the two and & halt story brick building housing the printing plant of the Van Dyck Printing Company here at § o'clock this .morning. The blase destroyed the Van Dyck bullding where the Yale Newa is published and caused extensive damage to several struc- tures, Collaps: of one of the walls of the building injured nine of the men while one suffered from expo- sure, ‘Those injured were: : Captain Eugene J, Mulligan, truck company 1, right leg broken at the ankle, Removed to his home after cast applied at New Haven hospital. Captain C. - W. Jackson, engine company 132, bruised about shoul- dera. 3 ‘William Cleary, hoseman, at Grace hospital with possible fracture of knee-cap. James J. McKnon, hoseman, pos- sible fracture of right eclbow, at Grace hospital. y Clifford Barrows, hoseman, lacera- Wid, Northwest Gale Charns Sea and Forces Sespension of Diin Operatios ATR-PURIFTING LIE T ON L-FATED SHIP Investigators Study Course O Prov- incetown—Attempt To Visualize the Two Vemels Before Collision Before Placieg Blame of Accident On Any Individual or Growp of Individuals, ‘Washington, Jan, § UP—The three men taken out of the submarine 8-¢ have been {dentified by finger- print experts of the bureau of navi- gation as Lieut. Commander R. K. Jories, Lieut. Joseph McGinley and Chiet Machinists Mate Aaron Albert Hodges. Jones, the commander of the ves- sel, lived at Halethorpe, Maryland, but his parents live at Hennessey, Okla. McGinley's home was in Norris- town, Pa., and Hodges lived at Riv- erside, Cal. The navy department has sent of- ficlal death notices to the next of kin of each. ‘Weather Stops Diving Provincetown, Mass., Jan. § P A ¢5-mile northwest wind kicked up the sea and forced the salvage fleet assembled at the acene of the sub- marine 8-4 disaster to suspend all diving operations for today. Weather indications were that the diving could not be resumed until late to- morrow or Saturday. The unfavorable weather set in early last night, soon after the bod-| fes of three of the B-4'a crew were recovered by divers. Plans were tions and bruises, returned to duty. u, hoseman, seri- |made to begin the operations today Cyril Charbonea ously abrasions hips and lega, Grace Theee Regulars, Two Supernum- eraries Gity lor Breaking Reles | THO ABSENT FRON FIRE Two Former Bluccoats File, Appli- cations For Reappointment With ' Chief Hart—Petitions From Both Previously Rejected By Boards. Three regular policemen and two supernumerarics will be before the committee on rules and discipline next Monday evening, it was an- nounced today following a prelimin- ary discussion of their cases by the committee last evening. The regu- lars are Vincenzo Santucci, Peter McEvoy and Eugene Kieffer, and the supernumeraries are Thomas Saun- ders and Charles Lesevicius, Chief Hart said today that Officers Me- Evoy and Kieffer will be called upon to explain their absence from a fire at 11 Orange street at 2:11 a. m. on December 24. The nature of the complaints against the others was not disclosed, in keeping with the policy of the department. In the event that the discipline committee recommends a hearing in any of the cases before the full board, the details will become ’public, other- wise only the disposition of ' the complaints by the committee will be reported. Would Retorn To Service Chief Hart announced today that Frank Parker and William Doherty, both of whom formerly served As regular policemen, have made appli- cation to return to the force. Park- er wants reinstatement as a regular policeman, while Doherty is willing to start as a supernumcrary. Both hospital. Joseph Quinn, back injuries, re- turned to duty. James McGHll, hoseman, exposure chest and arms from cold and water, Grace hospital. Hugh Dacey, ladderman and Har- old Porter, tillerman, Srulses and abrasions about body, treated and returned to duty. Only one wall of the two and a half brick structure housing the Van Dyck Printing establishment was left standing after every fire company in the city had fought the stubborn blaze for nearly three hours. Three adjoining bulldings - were partially damaged by fire and water. (Continued on Page Nine) GIRL WITH FACE SCAR BRINGS $15,000 SUIT Claims Wound Received in Collision Left Perma- nent Mark Alleging that she received & wound to her right cheek that ne- cessitated 13 stitches, that it will leave a permanent scar, and that she recelved other injuries as the re- sult of an automobile collision, Rose DeChechio, through her father, Michael DeChechio, has brought suit for $15,000 damages against Ludwig Rojolick. The father of the plaintiff has brought suit for $500 for dam- ! age to his car. Greenberg & LeWitt represents the plaintiff in each ac- tion, and Deputy Sheriff Martin H 'men resigned from the department | Horwits served the papers. at daylight and the salvage fleet re- mained at anchor during the night near the scene of the disaster. Div- ers working in relays of three, two inside the submarine and the third remaining outside to assist them, were to have beem sent down if the ‘weather permifte), At daylight: Yowever, offirers on the Faicon, flagship of the salvage fleet, decided that weather condi- tions rendered further operations impossible for today and the fleet steamed into Provincetown harbor and anchored. Boston, Jan. § UP—The navy's in- | vestigation of the 8-4 disaster, which opened yesterday at Boston navy | yard, was resumed at 9 o'clock this | morning. Lieut. Frank L. Worden, | commander of the submarine 8-8, sister ship of the 8-4 who was ex- amined at length yesterday as to the construction and operation of 8-type vessels, continued his testimony. Studying the probable positions of the submarine and the coast guard destroyer Paulding, which rammed and sank the 8-4 oft Provincetown Dec. 17, Lieut. Worden sald it was indicated that one of the buoys| marking the measured mile course (Continued on Page 8.) ILLEGITIMATE CHILD PLACED BERURE WIDOW Compensation Commissioner Gives Insurance to Child Bom Out of Wedlock Instead of to Maa's Wife. Swamtord, Jan. b P—A child born | out of wediock had greater cium uuder the suates’ compensalion laws Liat the lawiul widow of her father, in & case wihich was passed upon by Compensation Cownussioner &£. T |during an attempted holdup & year |ns0. \YEGGS WITH' SLEDGE HAMMERS CRACK and since then have made one effort to return, but the board would not appoint them. Raymond Mount, & former supernumerary officer, has also made application for reinstate- ment. It i3 expected that Parker, Doherty and Mount will be examin- ed by the discipline committee at Monday’s meeting, and Edward A. Hornkohl, a new applicant, will also be examined. Hickman Indicted for Munrder of Ivy Thoms Los Angeles, Jan, 5 UP—William | Edward Hickman, confessed Kkid- naper and killer of Marian Parker was indicted for a second murder today when the county grand jury ordered him to'trial for the slaying of C. Ivy Thoms, Rose Hill druggist, The plaintiff in the $15,000 action : Bucaingaam before he left office, claims that she was riding in her (he decision made pubiic today father's car which was driven by snows. Mr. Buckingaam relinquisn- John Romano, on December 11. The ed ouice on ‘Yuesduy to Charies E. machine was proceeding along North ; Williamsson of Lurien, appontee of Burritt street in the direction of '(;overnor Trumbull and tie decision West Main street. The defendant’s was one of the last he filed. It 1s machine is alleged to have turned ibulmveu that there has been no other from West Main street into North'cage of tnis kind simuiarly passed Burritt street and crashed into the. ypon in the state. DeChechio machine, with the re. Mr. Buckingham gave compensa- sult that Rose was thrown to the'ijon of §11.42 & wee for 312 weeks, | ground and severely injured. In ad- 3190 burial expenses, and reasonable dition to the wound on her cheek. medical and hospital fees to Clemen- Rose claime that she recelved lac- tie Fontana, of Greenwich. as guard- erations to her right arm and wrist. | ;yp of Mari Gloria Gotelll, aged 4. | It is claimed that the defendant rye evidence was that the child was was negligent in that he turned ., ofrypring of Glovanni Gotelli who trom West Main-into North Burritt | pyq jiveq with the Fontana woman street and falled to keep to the right ¢op nine years. #ide of the road. Gotelll died in Stamford hospital : The father's claim sets forth thoi“ May 17th from septic poisoning same reason for the sccident. He contracted while in employe of Rich- | asks $500 for damage to his car. ards and Company on April 13. Mrs. Mary Gotelli, wife of the man whe lives in New York, made a claim un- der the law. Commissioner Buck- ingham threw out the claim on the ground that the claimant had not EIGHT SAFES IN BRIDGEPORT OFFICES Bridgeport, Jan. 5 UP—More work | players were handled and left be- for tiro safe makers in Bridgeport. | hiad. Cracksmen with a sledge hammer ' , Ct'ehs Too and Cosl, Company, and “4rift;” the latter a pureh.| . L. Mills Motor Agency, 7316 broke into eight safes in offices dur- Fairfield avenue, $170 cash, platin- ing last night. As the “drift” 48 um bracelet, dlamond ring and old used to demolish the combination style jewelry worth $706. knob the safes attacked will need Automobile Service Station, Daniel repairing. Ralph, 2045 Fairfield avenue, $12. ‘The visits were made as follows: The men went into the Mill r Iron Ledge Quarry Company, 330 | Motor Sales Company but found no North avenue, where three safes | safe to crack. were opened. No loot. The police have tn opinifon that Pequononck Coal Company, next the cracksman are the same as have door, two safes, $1.50 in cash. The | worked in New Haven and Provi- contracts of Bridgeport elub ball | dence. lived wnth Gotelll immediately jrior to his injury and death and that she . had not received support from him. | The Fontana woman had filed a ! claim in behalf of her daughter and | proved that Gotelll was the father. The award was made to the child through the guardian. Commander Leslie Bratton, U. 8. N., who is to serve as judge advo- cate of the naval court of inquiry into the 8-¢ disaster. 2 SIX NEN ARRESTED "IN NEAIGAN PLOT Arms Said to Be Smuggled From United States REVOLOTION ATTEMPT FALS Attempt to Overthrow Governments, In Quoreatro and Guanajuto Re- ported Uncoverod——Alleged Com- spirators Seisod, Mexico City, Jan. § UM—A revolu- tionary plot in the states of Querea- tro and Guanajuato, for which arms were sald to have been smuggled from the United States, has been ! discovered. Six alleged ringleaders were arrested and cited to the at- torney general for trial. The attempt at revolution was to have been made January 1 in Quer. eatro and Guanajuate . in combina- tion with rebel groups eperating in the atate ef Jaliseo. ORe OF thuse Juan Deigurdo arrested, charged, acoerding to the government, that the conspiracy was directed by Alfred Robles Domin- gues at present in exile in the Unit- ed States, The arrests were made by Jose Mascorro, head of the Mexican se- cret service, and a group of opera- tives who went to Gueretaro. There they captured Andrea's Guerrero Navarro, Gregorio Leon Torres, Jose Arreguin Rodrigues, Tranquilino Rasques Rodrigues and Luna, all of whom pleaded guilty. At Cludad Juares on the United States border, Ricardo Rangel was captured. He was engaged in smug- gling arms and ammunition furnish- ed by parties unknown to the gov. ernment in the United States. These arrested declared that they had been engaged for weveral months in various towns in Quere- taro and Guanajuato in recruiting men for the uprising and were awaiting the arrival of arms and ammunition. More Arrests Due More arrests are expected. The police have been furnished with the names of individuals implicated in the conspiracy. Mascorro said the movement had been completely crushed with the capture of the principal ringleaders. The military commandants of Quere- tero, Guanajuato and Jalisco have taken measures to prevent disorder in accordance with detalls of the plot as furnished them by the police. DOUBTS PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SUCCESS El Universal, Mexican Paper, Com- ments Editorially on America’s Entrance Into Nicaragua. Mexico City, Jan. § (M—Com- menting editorially on the Nicara- guan situation, El Universal today doubts whether the Pan-American conterence will be a suceess and sees the possibility that President Cool- idge may cancel his trip to Havana unless fighting is stopped in Nicara- gua, because Latin American opinion s already-united on the subject. After reviewing American editor- fal opinion in regard to the happen- ings occuring on the eve of the Pan- American congress, the paper finds that the campaign against the rebel General Sandino is unpopular in the United Statea, It regrets that con- sternation ia the United States is only due to the fact that several marines were killed in the last com- bats. Berlin Blast Kills Seven, Hurts Twenty Berlin, Jin. § UM—8even persons were killed and 20 injured in a vie- lent explosion which wrecked and set afire & house in the northern part of the city shortly after mid- night. It is feared other persens may have been buried in the ruins. Of the injured, 17 were tenants of the place and . the remainder were firemen. The explosion, which is believed to have been due to a defect in the main gas pipe, ripped out the en- tire side waill of the building from the basement to the Sfth story. ANCIENT HOSTELRY Mr. and Mrs. Albert McKenea of Bridgeport Lose Lives in g Fir HOTEL REGISTER BURNED; NUMBER LOST UNCERTAIN Idemtity of Comnmecticut Resident Somewhat Indefinite as No Mc- Kenna of His Reported Rank l»‘ Found in Bridgeport—Blaze Be- Meved to Have Been of Incendiary Origin, Osmining, N. Y., Jan. 6 P—The bodles of two men and a woman were recovered today from the ruins | of the historic Westkora hotel, de- stroyed by fire belicved to have been of incendiary origin, The victims were unofticially iden- tifled as Albert Albrecht, a waiter, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert McKenna. |The McKennas were said to be well |known In Syracuse, N. Y. and in Bridgeport, Conn., but it was not known which of those cities was their home. The hotel register was lost in the fire and a definite check on the num- ber of guests was not possible Charles Fleisch, owner of the hotel, sald he believed all other persons in the building escaped. McKenna, Fleisch said, had de- scribed himself vaguely as an officer of the law in Bridgeport. Fleisch was not certain whether McKenna still held that post or whether he had relinquished it. He also heard that McKenna was a traveling sales- man, and understood that the couple had & nine-year-old child. Albrecht, Fleisch said, had arous- ed other occupants of the hotel on HOPES FOR CLEMENCY ' I BETTER BUSINESS PREDIGTED IN 8 Secrefary Dower of Manufac- tures Assn. Speaks Here (ARALYSIS OF CONDITIONS Trade During First Half of Yearto Be Better Than Duriig Last Half of 1927, According to Present Outlook. [ Improvements in conditions in the business and industrial world this |year were predicted at the meeting jof the Rotary club today by William {A. Dower, industrial secretary of | the Connecticut Manufacturers' as- sociation. Mr. Dower opened his address with an analysis of business in 1927. | He said the activities among Con- {necticut manufacturies as measured |by man hours were about four per cent off. They started 1927 at a new !low level. The production of pig iron has fallen off seven per cent. Steel ingots are even worse. Unfill- ed orders in steel production reach. ed their lowest level in 15 years last May and then started to climb. On November 8, however, they were still 10 per cent below that of a |year ago. | He said the decrease in man hours | probably was somewhat offset by an |increased per capita output. The | per capita output increased at the |rate of seven per cent annually | since 1919, he sald. The retail situation Mr. Dower finds much better. Mail order and chain store business has increased an upper porch from which firemen | rescued them, but Albrecht ran back | into the bullding toward his room. | His body was recovered in a corri- | notably, while department stores show only a one per cent increase, which is just part of thelr normal dor on the second floor. The bodies of the McKennas were taken from the third floor, near their room, Incendiary Blamed . The fire, which Charles Fleisch, . 9¢ the hotel, believes was of lacen % had hoadwyy a 1170F fire- men ti rescue attempts were greatly hampered. Until provided with smoke masks | °® they could see the waiter and a woman they believed was Mrs. Mc- (Continued on Page 14.) SHOPS HERE WORKING ON NEW FORD AUTOS /Parts or Machinery Being Made in Local Area New Britain {ndustries which have iheen associated in one way or an- other with the production of Ford automobiles in past years have gone into the new year with considerable work yet to be done for the Detroit | manufacturer. At the Fafnir Bearing Co. plant contracta for generator bearings are |being filled. This type of wok has been carried on.for several yecars for Ford as well as for many of his competitors. It is claimed there is acarcely an automobile produced in which there are no Fafnir bearings. The New Britain Machine Co. has held several contracts from time to time and 18 now producing machin- ery which will be used to turn out Ford parts. old model and replacements is being carried on at North & Judd's wherc several contracts are nearing com- pletion. This factory has not con- tracted for any features of the new- est type of Ford car. In the special work departments of the Stanley Works some work ,femains although there is much less Ford activity than in the early part of last year. The curtailment of productin just prior to the new car's appearance resulted in much of the contract being cleanct up. Goss & De Iecuw are turning out in large quantities, machines which jwill be used by concerns furnishing Ford with parts, factory does not sell directly to Ford, but much of its output is in- tended to produce features of the iear, Requested salary Increases of city officials and employes, which will come before the common council committee on salaries tonight and itemorrow night, amount to $23,835.- 'H. exclusive of the request of Miss |{Cora M. Beale whose salary as New Britain agent of the department of state aid to widows is $300, and who has requested an incrcase, not stat- ing the amount. The proposed increase of 50 cents per day for the captains, lieutenants and privates in the fire department would cost $16,877.504 and the in- crease sought in other departments would entail $7,958, If granted. Work which has to do with the' The Kensington | SALARY COMMITTEE ASKED TO ADD $23,835 TO CITY'S PRESENT EXPENSES! | growth, |” The wholesale trade, he said, was | three and a half per cent below that of 1926. He found 4n this an indies- tion that consumption has kept up {but that wholesale shalves are being s pleaned, a4 & well, the Harttord stares showing s increase of from thies 1o -five 2 nt. | Money, he sald, has remained easy. Call moncy increased tly at the year end, due to holiday eurrency demand and year end settlements. | At the end of the year he said all | money was cheaper than in 1928 |and 1926. i The purchasing power was well | maintained. “A wide diffusion of | | purchasing power among the masses is a most fundamental underlying factor” he stated. *It depends most- |1y on two things, high wages and | steady employment.” He quoted & research service to show that wages showed but little change, was in favor of the employe in 1927. Hourly earnings in the third quar- (Continued on Page 14.) 'LINDBERGH HOPS OFF FOR MANAGUA AT 11:36 Hero Ace Flying on Fifth |+ Lap of Central Ameri- can Tour | Tegucigalpa, Jan. § UP—Col. Chas. | A Lindbergh hopped off trom Tegu- |cigalpa to Managua Nicarggua at 11:36, a. m., central standard time. The hopoff marked the beginning of the fifth lap of Col. Lindbergh's !tour of Central America, carrying him into troubled Nicaragua where |rebels have clashed with American | marines. | The projected route of Col. Lind- {berzh was planned to carry him first south to Leon and then southwest to Managua, taking him from 20 to 30 miles away from the scene of the Nicaragua disorders near the Hon- duran boundary line in the state of |Bueva Segovia. | — Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Jan. § U —londurans regretted today that| “the marvel child” had to leave | ! them. H To the paople, Colonel Charles A.: Lindbergh has become “El nino pro- | digio” (the marvel child) and his| l (Continued on Page 14.) 8:00, Miss Cora M. Beale; 8:15, health department request for in- crease from $4,500 to $5,000 in sal- ary of Dr. R. W. Pullen, superin- tendent; 8:30, board of assessors, request of Miss Lena E. Kranowits, first clerk, for increase in salary from $1,350 to $1.500; 8:¢5, public welfare department, request for in- crease in salary of Mr. and Mrs. Q. Waite Palmer, superintendent and matron of Town Home, from $1.- 800 to $2,000; Superintendent John L. Doyle, from $3,600 te $2,800; ‘The schedule of hearings tonight 1 s as follows; |der Executive Speaks Wi'h Dry Smile of “This Psychosis” and “Twi- light Zone Business,” Lawyers Offer. Verdict Which Will Rescue or Set Two in Electrie Chair Will Be Made Probably on Monday, Is Belief. State Capitol, Albany, N. Y., Jan, 6 UP—For two hours today lawyers made a last fight before Governop 8mith for the lives of Mrs. Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray, undeg sentence to dle in the electric chair a week from today. ‘When the lawyers were finished, the governor merely said: “Well, the hearing is over,” and walked out of the room. It was understood that he will give his decision on Monday. Mr. Newcombe said the trial was fair and the verdict fair, and point- ed out that the conviction had beea unanimously upheld by the court of appeals. The minds of the said, had been thoroughly searched by four alienists and both Gray and Mrs. Snyder were adjudged sane, “These doctors were unbiased and they were able,” he said, *“and I move that their findings be used te guide justice in this case.” Newcombe remarked that he felt strongly about capital punishment, but he could not but advise in this case that justice be permitted “te |run its course.” Governor Interrupts Governor Smith interrupted here to ask what testimony there had been concerning Gray's mental con- ditien, v patient whose mind is wandering. We amert that Gray could: distin. guish between right and wrong but could not regulate his actions @ce cordingly.” “I don’t see that there is any question of sanity here,” said the governor. “Why, by your argument anyone who wanted to do & mure would just have to do some other foolish things first and get oft clean. Hits “Twilight Zone” *“Now there’s this twilight zone you speak of. something about that Jury?” Millard said it ‘'would have been futile as a jury could only reach & verdict according to law, and no mental twilight zone was recognized by law, Argument grew warm as the gov- ernor tilted verbally with both Mil- lard and Hazelton about mental states. “Why,” the governor said, “when you come right down to it there & something abnormal about everyone who commits & crime.” i The governor finally said he did not know anything about “this psychosis you talk of” and ordered before the (Continued on Page 15) FORMER PRESIDENT OF TRINITY COLLEGE DIES {Rev. Dr. Luther Succumbs in Pasadena; Students Plan Tribute Hartford, Jan. § UPM—Trinity eol- lege, alumni and the city of Hart- ford will participate in memorial services Saturday afternoon for the Rev. Dr. Flavel Sweeten Luther, president of the college from 1904 to 1919, who died in Pasadena, Cal- ifornia, Tuesday at the age of 77. The services will begin at 3.30 in the afternoon in the college chapel with President Remsen B. Ogilby officiating. arranged for the same time as Dr. Luther's funeral in Pasadena and Dr. Ogilby announces the friends of the late Trinity president will be welcomed at the services here. Philip J. McCook, justice of the supreme court of New York, = member of the class of 1895 . and |son of the late Rev. Dr. John J. McCook, who was a member of the faculty for many vears, will speak for the alumni in tribute to Dr. Luther. Attorney Arthur L. Ship- iman will make an address in be- {half of the city. He was & pérsonal friend of Dr. Luther aund was as- ilflehM with him in the Monday | Evening club. - The tribute of the ifaculty will be expressed in an ad- (dress by Professer Charies E. Rog- ors of the engimeering ts prisoners, he | Why didn’t you put . The program has been -