New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 12, 1928, Page 1

Are But Part of Whole TOTAL COST ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $3,000,000,000 Secretary Declares, Under Question- ing, That He Does No¢ Comsider American Navy Today to Be First Class—Would Replace Veassls as Soom as Possible Under Washing- tom Treaty. Washington, Jan, 12 (P—Secre- tary Wilbur disclosed today before the house naval committes that the navy department has drafted a com- prehensive 20 year building program of which the $725,000.000 program already announced is only. a part. While he did not make public the larger program, the secretary testi- fled under questioning that it pro- vided for the replacement of battle- ship as soon as this is possible under the Washington arms treaty. Three Billlon Dollars He said that the annual expendi- tures would be about $168,000,000 per year or a total cost of approxi- mately $3,000,000,000, Within a few vears, he added, replacements of the capital ships under the treaty would e necessary and the program had been formulated with that in view, Representative Vinson of Georgia, ranking democrat on the committee, asked the secretary if the committee then must take luto consideration, in passing upon the program already announced, the fact that an addi- tional construction program would | be necessary. Mr. Wilbur that it would. Not First Olass Navy The secretary’s statement was made after Vinsen had asked him if he belleved the American navy was replied UP TO DOWN A Williams (right) co-pllot, and the SNALLPOX FOUND AT MIDDLETOWN ASYLUM Male Attendant Stricken —Now More Than 60 Cases pox patient being located in the Clarence Chamberlin (left), New York-to-Germany fller, with Roger They are photoed here with A. R. Martine, New York broker and finan- clal backer of the undertaking. Middletown, Jan. 12 UP—A small- | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1928.-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES (NEA Bervice, New York.Bureau). Bellanca monoplane pictured below. ’GHAMBERLIN AGAIN IS OFF T0 SEEX REGORD ; Forced Down Wednesday | But Returns Aloft This Morning | | Rbosevelt Field, N. Y., Jan. 12 ® | |—Clarence D, Chamberlin, trans- Connecticut State Hospital for the ,yjantic flier, accompanied by Roger | Insane during the night, an addi- o wjlltams, took off in a Bellanca | |tional case was added to the 27 "‘ipluo at 10:13 a. m. today in an | Middletown which had been official- | yttempt- to break the world's en- ’ly noted by health ofticers yester- g, rance flight record. | day. The total of cases in the coun-| Ap gttempt was thwarted vester- ty has gone above the 60 markand gy after four hours by the failure Middletown has 35. 'ot a fuel pump. The case at the hospital is that| Chamberlin said he had been in- of & male attendant. Precautions| o had already been taken to fmmu- formed that weather conditions nise as many as possible of the now a first class fighting force. “We need cruisers,” he answered. | ployes or in other ways have eome} “As I tried to point out yesterday, into contact without persons out- | that is an absolute need.” |side the imstitution. Physicians | ““Then your poaition as secretary is | were rushed today trying to deal | that we Have net & first class navy?” ! with long lines of persons applying continued Vinson, ! were favorable for the aerlal grind more than 500 inmates who as em- |ahead of him, in which he and Wil- | liams hope to break the existing endurance record of 53 hours, 22 minutes and §1 seconds. LAWSON ON TRIAL ON ARSDN CHARGE Hears Witoess ntimats H Tried to Chlorolorm Him STARTLING cl_.gll IADB! Acquaiatance, Taken Home By New York Tes Room Owner, Tells of Night of Fright. Westport, Jan. 12 M—John Don- ald Lawson, tea room owner in New {York City, was given a hearing in |town court teday on ihe charge of arson and endangering humaa life in the fire which destroyed his Imperial avenue mansion on December 18. |Lawson is husband of Katharine Stewart Lawson, nationally known sculptress, and is a Dartmouth | graduate. Tells of “Wet” Cloth He has been under $10,000 bonds which figure was a reduction from $25,000, the original figure. Frank Adams, painter and handy man, picked up by Lawson in a municipal lodging house in New York, the chief witness for the state, testified that when he awakened in the house that night, just before he knew the place was afire, he found a cloth on his chest which gave out an oder like the one he noticed on a cloth shown to him when in Norwalk hospital and which he was told was saturated with chloroform. Adams further testifled that Lawson had visited the bedroom a short time before the fire started and it was one of several visits made after he, Adams, had | retired, Lawson was in the court room | with his counsel, Harry R. Sherwood, and frequemtly he talked with the |latter and made many notes of the testimony of Adams. Adams said he was asked by Lawson, who found him in the lodging house, to come to Westport to do odd jobs about the lawson estate, Lawson drove him up on December 17, stopping at sev- eral roadhouses on the way “to get {a drink.” Visited Adams’ Room At one Lawson bought a bottle of wine. They arrived at the mansion in Imperial avenue late in the after- noon. It was dark and there were no lights in the place. Lawson, he said, made a fire in the furnace and B Hearing in Westport Courte—Chaioe | Pick Cowles Again for Kensington P. O. Berth || SIDNEY M. COWLES BY GEORGE H. MANNING ' (Washington Buresu of the N. B. Herald) Washington, Jan. 1'.'—Conne-~‘ man E. Hart Fenn of Wethersfleld, | today recommended to post office; department reappointment of Bid-| ney M. Cowles as postmaster at| Kensington, Conn. It is expected | his nomination will be sent to the| senate by the president for con-| firmation in few days. I MRS, CODLIDGE 15 | VISIING NOTHER | | Retwss 0 Home Towm of Nortbampton lor Short Stay | SON JOHN COMES OYER, T00 CONFLICTING LEGAL OPINIONS ON ORDER OF STAY OF EXECUTION FOR MRS. SNYDER BRING ( JUDGE HAS GIVEN 00T HIS DECIION ONWRIT FOR GRAY (Coodomned Wan's Counsel Ap- pears Dejected But With- holds Definite Statement HAD PREYIOUSLY ASKED GOYERNOR SMITH T0 ACT, Lawyer For Gray Petitions Against Sending His Client To Chatr If| Mrs. Snyder Also Does Not Pay | Supreme Penalty Tonight—Says Such Action Would Be Fearfully | Unfair. New York, Jan. 12 (#—Samuel L. Miller, attorney for Henry Judd Gray, today filed formal application with Federal Judge Goddard for a writ of habeas corpus to halt Gray's execution, scheduled for tonight. ! GRAY’S MOTHER | counsel. Judge Goddard acted upon the| | application, but referred all inquir-| St at OMd| les as to the nature of his action to| First Lady of Land Stops | Miller, who said he would not re- | Home—Her Mother, Sertously 1Il, | veal Whether it had been favorable | or unfavorable until § o'clock this | Brightens Her Dmhlu’-‘“w.mon, et Visit, ‘ Miller had announced this morn- ing he would apply for a writ of Northampton, Mass., Jan, 13 UP— | habeas corpus. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge arrived in| Mother Signs Writ at Northampton from Washington at! by ald of a lantern secured bed- clothes for Adams to use in one of ; the chambers, The two finished the | wine and Adams sald hs retired. The It had been hoped to start the flight at dawn today but after me- wine had made hiut sleepess and he | | Kpew-#Met Lawson -came into the! “Yes," replied Wilbur, “And to make it a first class navy it will be necessary to have the 71 ships proposed in the $723,000,000 program,” Vinson inquired. Wilbur said that this would be ne- cessary, but that he wished the com- mittee to remember that the pro. gram was designed to cover needs tor several years. for vaccination, Mayor Bielfield and :hanics had eompleted repaivs t0 room several times to look at him- | year-old mother, bue, wt Dickinson hospital since Decem- ber 1, Met By Neighbors Mrs. Coolidge wus met at the The writ, he said, was signed by | A disheartened figure in somber clothes was Mrs. Margaret C. Gray, mother of Heary Judd Gray, when ON CONFUSION Restraining Writ Issued By Justice Levy Called Ilegal By Attorney General Who Asks Judge to Vacate it. 'Hearing Called for 3:15 o’'Clock This Afterneon Meanwhile Sing Sing Executioner Is Ordered to Be in Readiness. New York, Jan. 12 (P—Hearing on a stay of execution for Mrs. Ruth Snyder was postponed from § o'cleck until 3:15 today at the request ef Edgar F. Hazleton, her chief of The hearing had origin- ally been set for 10 o'clock tomor- row morning but was changed to 3 o'clock at request of the attormey | general's office. Warden Gets Ordevs Warden Lawes of Sing Sing prison was under court order to stay the | execution of Mrs, Ruth Snyder but at noon it seemed far from certain that the order would stand up under the counteraction of state officials, The stay was ordered by State Su- preme Court Justice Levy, but en ine structions from Attorney General Ottinger, Deputy Attorney General Robert P. Meyer was scheduled to see Justice Levy at two o'clock te ask him to vacate his own order, Thinks Order Iliegal Ottinger expressed the opinion that the court stay was illegal and Beyer sald he would ask Justice Levy to countermand it em the 9:30 this morning to visit her 18- |Gray's mother and set forth that|Sh® came to Ossinirg f Mrs. Lemira Good- ' the condemned man's constitutional | %1%t 0 her dodmed who has been ill from influensa | rights had been violated by a joint | SINE death house. She - trial with Mrs. Ruth Snyder, who | | or her last in the Sing was photo- ed thus at the entrance to the rail- road depot. son was convicted with him, At the sere time Mr. Miller =n- inounced that he had wired Ggverno: | First Belectman Peck were also try- | |ing to ‘fix the place for an isolation hospital te take care of the over- {flow trom the Middlesex hospital fuel pump, they discovered g leak in the emergency pump valve, !by which the load of gasoline can 'he released quickly in case of ne- cessity. Repairs to the valve caused : /! a further delay in the take-off. university, following the lead of ™ cygmbertins plane carried 461 :"‘“'_" "‘"I"""'~ 18 oftering itself | .,y of gasoline in the main or vaccination and more than 200 | iyn1s put the pllots also put two student body at Wesleyan | | students had been scratched up to | |selt (Adams) holding | high above his head. Adams in his testimony said that | he finally got nervous because he |got the ‘mpression that Lawson "'wu crazy” and the frequent visits gave him a “regular nightmare. | He would suddenly find Lawson standing over him. Adams said he | finally felt as the lantern | train by Mr. and Mrs, R. B. Hills, | Smith asking for a stay of execution | neighbors, and Mrs. Alice Reickahn, | for Gray for as long a time as Mrs. | the Coolidge housekeeper, and was | Snyder is granted one. driven to the Coolidge home on Mas- “It would be fearfully unfair to sasoit street with an escort of two Permit any advantage to be given| state police and a local policeman |Mrs. Snyder,” the ' telegram read, on motorcycles. 8he was accompan- | “permitting her to enjoy the addi-| fed by Dr. Joel T. Boone of the |tional days of life which Gray could | White House staff and John K. Fits- | not also enjoy." SING SING EXECUTION DAY ROUTINE IS DRAB Grim Spectre of Death {ground that it was unwarranted and in direct violation of the oriminal code, In the meantime Warden Lgwes | prepared to’ leave Oumsining for Ale | bany to confer with Ott | Smith in New York declined t» any statement abeut the case but i | was learned he had been asked for instructions by the warden and had referred him to the attorney geasral Gray Not Mentioned The court stay made ne mention of Gray, who was convicted with Mrs. Snyder for the murder of her husband. The stay was granted hee Under the $725,000,000 program, which wiil provide for 25 cruisers, tive alrcraft carriers, nine destroyer leaders, and 32 sybmarines, Wilbur said that annual expenditures would noon, The “pest housc” will be opened 3“’ care for the patients and addi- five-gallon cans of gasoline aboard, making a total of 471 gallons. The probability that the Bellanca | monoplane would be jolned by an- | it “daylight would | never come.” { Makes Six Visits, After the sixth visit of Lawson. tional cases will be quartered tnone | dams testified, he began to feel gerald, a secret service man, A snmall gathering of friends were |at the station to greet her. Mrs. clate counsel, Willlam J. Millard. ItI | Hills drove the car with Mrs, Cool- | idge on the front seat beside her. | The message to Smith was a tele- Hangs Heavily Over All Activities | read: i “We pray that in simple justice oy | | {gram, signed by Miller and his asso- | | by Justice Levy in tonnection with a civil suit brought by the company which insured her husband's life, |asking annulment of the policies en the ground that they had been eb- other competitor for endurance | ¢ rhe |tained by fraud. Mrs. Snyder’s coun- " i Ossining, N. Y., Jan. 12 (P)—The {honors was foreshadowed in tho | “doPY” and noticed a peculiar odor. I'riends noted that- she seemed in|You grant a reprieve to Henry Judd | deadly routine of an ey |sel asked the stay on the greund | almshouse nearby. 2 | excellent health and anxious to see Gra yfor a period covering the time be as follow: | wing of the cution was | Beginning in 1929, $55,200,000; 1920, $110,400,000; 1931, $141,100,- 000; 1982, $141,500,000; 1933, $139,- 000,000; 1934, $93,800,000; $18,600,000; and 1936, $10,400,000, The secretary said that either just | Both places are on the outakirts of the city on the banks of the Con- necticut river. Another clinle i being held at 1936, [the city hall this afternoon. There | |is a possibility that, the churches |may omit services Sunday although | announcement by George A. Weiss A e then found a rag on his chest [That he might take off foday in his | Which was damp with a fluld which | Stinson-Detroiter. |had an odor like that he had no- ticed in the Norwalk hospital. When |in presence of police he was asked |if the odor on a rag shown him w; i the same,and he said it was. Adams’ 'Senate Naval Committee before completion of this program no definite decision has been made. Approves Special Probe or at Its immediate conclusion the hattleship replacement program would begin. He also said that the navy desired to have the first pro- gram well under way before 1936, as it would be best to have a consis- (Continued on Page 10) SHARKEY REPORTED IN FINE PHYSICAL FORM In Pink of Condition for Lindy Arrives Safely At Colon From Panama | Panama, Jan. 13 (®—Colonel |Charfes A. Lindbergh, who will use |Colon on the north side of | Canal Zone:as his base for future |hops en route to Havana, took off tor France field from Campo Lind- bergh shortly before ten o'clock this morning. France Ficld, Colon, Jan. 12 (®— flight from Panama City, PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION Washington, Jan. 12 (P — Harry the | Col. Lindbergh landed safely on his | Washington, Jan. 12 U — The {senate naval committee today ap- | proved the joint resolution calling {for an investigation by a specia commissfon into the sinking of the |submarine 8-4. The vote, § to 8, was along party {lines and overrode an objection of the democratic members, who in- 3-med upon a congressional inquiry |into the disaster. | After the meeting the democrats jannounced they would carry the | fight to the floor of the senate. | ‘The resolution, which already has passed the house, was amended by the senate committee to require a report of the commission by March 15 instead of May 15. It authorizes | B. Amey was nominated by Presi- [the president to appoint & commis- words were: “It was just ke I used {to smell in hospitals.” Prosecutor Jennings asked Adams uestions which brought out the act that the odor was identical | | with that he tdentified while in Nor- E | walk hospital. | Adams said he threw the rag on | the floor and in a few minutes Law- | | son came in, looked at him and then | | went out without saying a word, | Ieaps From Window. | Some minutes later he noticed the |room was full of smoke, Adams said he tried to go out the door and | saw that the hallway was ablaze, so he unlocked the windows which | Lawson previously had locked and | jumped out to the ground, two stor- | ies below. | Lawson went to a neighbor's her mother. Mother Brightens Up It was said at the hospital early this morning that Mrs. Goodhue (Continued on Page 21.) N. G CURTIS EXPIRES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS | Assistant Cashier at P. & F. Corbin’s Dies of | Heart Disease | Newton Gaylord Curtis, 71 )‘eur-{ old, of 21 Hamilton street, a resi-| dent of New Britain for the past 50 | !in which the life of Ruth Brown Snyder may be spared by the court. !1t. would be frightfully unfair to permit any advantage to be given | | Ruth Brown Snyder to enjoy thie |additional days of life which Henry Judd Gray gould not also enjoy.” vividly described today by Edward | W. Hickey of Tarrytown, N. Y., for- mer chiet clerk at Sing Sing prison. “An execution day at Sing Sing is | much like any other day until about | noon when the close relatives call for | thelr last visit with the condemned, Tawyer 1s Dejected Miller left the court with a de- iected mien. He told reporters that he would leave for Sing Sing at four o'clock and that the judge's decision would be announced at Miller's of- fice after his departure. Judge Tells Why Supreme Court Justice Aaron J. Levy today told why he granted a (Continuad on Page 21.) ASBURY PARK CASINO LEVELLED BY FLAMES |years and assistant cashier at P. & | | en’s secretary may be called to wit- {has been aroused, the guard shift | { F. Corbin’s, died of heart disease this Loss is Estimated at Half Million he said. *“The warden usually allows them to remain a little longer the | last day. “The storekeeper asks their de- | sires for dinner and supper. The | prison censor is kept busy going over | last letters written by the condemn- ed, and the chief clerk or the ward- | ness a last statement or legal docu- | ment, “In a case where usual interest 8oing off duty at 2:30 p. m. is or- dered back to duty at 5 or 6 and are | stationed ahout the prison gate to eep the curious at a distance. There is nothing to see outside the prison, but a crowd usually congregates. | *“About 3 or 4 o'clock in the after- | noon the executioner arrives. Should that her presence was necessary im the insurance action. The whole situation arising from the last minute stay of executien of the woman prisoner was one of in- tense confusion. But one point was | plain to all, that the battle over ex- tended life for Mrs. Snyder was sharply drawn and that both sides (Continued on Page 21.3 FALL LEABS T0 DEATH OF MRS. REYNOLDS Pneumonia Follows Aecci- dent to Winter Street Resident Fight With Heeney To- morrow Night Puneumonia which developed after she had fallen down stairs at her home, 68 Winter street, is belleved he fail to appear by 4 o'clock the warden and the electrician begin to nervousnes: The |dent Coolidge today to be United sion of five, three of whom shall be i house and called the firemen saying |morning at 6:30 o'clock at his home | | States attorney for the district of [selected from civil life and twe | there was & chimney blaze in the after an illness of two weeks. Dollars—One Fireman is New York, Jan. 12.—UP—Jack #harkey is in excellent condition for his 13 round battle tomorrow night with Tom Heeney, and shows nmo further trace of injury to his left hand, two physicians of the state athletic commission announced to- day after a special examination of the Boston heavyweight. “In general, Sharkey's condition in excellent,” sald a statement issued by Drs. Willlam H. Walker and Jo- seph 8. Baldwin, who examined the ex-sallor to remove any existing doubt about his condition, following his six months lay-off since losing to Jack Dempsey last July. “Sharkey has never appeared be- fore this cammission in better con- dition,” the statement added. It was an injury to Sharkey’s left hand that forced postponement of his bout with Heeney a month ago, but the doctors found no remaining evidence of this. Netiher did they find, they said, “any functional de- fects In the wrist, fingers or elbows of either arm.” The only outward siga of injury was a rope burn on Sharkey's left shoulder. This was sustained truining several days ago and is mostly healed. The most convincing evidence of Sharkey's good general condition to the physicians was the boxer's pulse, which wgs 60 at normal, jumped to 6% after vigorous exercist but re- turned to normal again within three migutes. Notwithstanding today's examina- tion Bharkey will be reexamined to- morrow at 3 p. m. when the official weighing in takes piace at Madison Square Gardes. | Vermont. Because ltv Economy to Be Stressed “The ‘do's’ and ‘don’'ts’ of budget-making — mostly the ‘don’ts".” will be the subject of tonight's gathering of chairmen of city departments at which Chairman Edward F. Hall of the beard of finance and taxa- tion will endeavor to impress on all boards the necessity for par- ing down estimates of expendi- ture for next year. Heads of all departments have been ask- ed by Mayor Weld to be present. { Frank Seward, Prominent New Haven Man, Is Dead Frank Seward, prominent in the social and business life of this city, ! died this morning at Grace hospital at the age of 85. Mr. Seward was president of the M. E. Seward and Sons company, up till 1916 when the company sold out to the Maxim Munitions cor- poration. He was a member of the 0dd Fellows and the. Sons of the Revolution. Funeral services Saturday merning. will be held On Heads of Departments | | Union League club, the masons, the | from amang retired naval officers. Boycott Memorial Committee Meets E_ !erlin Members Reported Staying Away, Believing Busi; ness Should Be Conduct- ed in New Britain. | Several members of the World |War memorial committec have ab- | sented themselves from recent meet- ings, including one held yesterday, |in protest against gathering at the | #huttle Meadow club for the reason | that it is located In the town of Ber- lin and on the principle that gath- held in city buildings. | Objection was made to meetings | jat the country club soon after the | committee began to function and it |has been growing until it now re- sults in poorly attended meetings. In spite of this fact the gatherings have been held there in all but a few instances. The members present at the meet- ing yesterday decided to place 128 ibronze plates on the circular base of the memorial, 127 to be marked ! with the names and service record | of the known dead and the last to be dedicated te the unknown soldier. place. ,out of control. The firemen found the blaze | ITROLLEY JUNKS COUPE; | DRITER SAFS, ARRESTED He was widely known and was! noted as a soloist in amateur musical | shows in his youth. He was a mem- ber of the Apollo guartet which has| since been disbanded and for 21| years he was a member of the Hart- | ford Choral club. | Born in East Hampton. he came | of 21 display signs of Overcome. Asbury Park, Jan. 12.—®—The Municipal Casine, located on the Boardwalk at the foot of Asbury street, was destroved by fire today. | The structure, a two story affair | which housed a dance hall and ilk’- found a bottle of alleged liquor {to New Britain at the age |years, and entered the employ of |Russell & Erwin. Later he became |connected with the Union Manufac- turing Co., where he worked for 27 ars. For the past 15 years he was th P. & F. Corbin's. He was not- |ed as an excellent penman and was | | Auto Reduced o Scrap On Stanley : Street—Operator Drunk, | Police Say. Faul L. Benson, aged 35. of 55 " | He wi ber ot P. & ¥. Cor- sible death about 7:45 last evening |, 1'¢ 88 & member of T & B o on Stanley strect, near the entrance | (o, crogational church. to St. Mary's cemetery, when & coupe | “gyryiving him are his wite, Alice owned and driven by him crashed | (wyco WP LI 408 PU NI e, head-on into a trolley car in charge |kenneth Hartman: two sons, Guy W. of Motorman Michael O'Brien. 8er- |y riig of East Hampton and Clifford geant P. A Meavay and Officer (i curtis of New . Jorses: two Michael McAvay arrested Benson on |y others, Charles §. Curtis of Hig- the charge of operating an automo- | 2ot Hfe (RAE I B SO O pant blle while under the influence of |grntt TRE LML - F ., K. C. liquor, and in police court today is|girong of East Hampton: and Mise request for a continuance untll next | yinnie Curtia of New Britain: and | erings of municipal bodies should be ' Tuesday was granted, in $300 bonds. | geven grandchildren. He told the court he will be repre- | e funeral will be held Saturday sented by Prosecuting Attorney Jo- |afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home. seph B. Griffen of Hartford. {Rev. Theodore A. Greene, pustor of The trolley car, due at the cen- |{he First Congregational church, will ter at 7:30 o'clock, was going south |officiate. Burial will be in Fairview and the coupe was going towards cemetery. Hartford when the collision occur- red. The top of the coupe was ripped » completely off, the left side was| ' pulled apart, the windshield was , smashed, and the right and lert | doors broken. 1t is belleved the ma- | | chine in beyond repair, yet Benson | | escaped with @ siight cut on the | forehead and @ few bruises. The po- THE WEATHER New Britalm and viciaity: Increasing cloudiness tonight; raim Friday, not much change fn temperature. ! in the car. — {many beach concessions, was valued at $500,000. | Discovered by a watchman short- |1y before 3 a. m., near the studios 10f broadcasting station WCAP, the fire gained headway rapidly, despite the efforts of the local fire depart- | iment and appartus from seven near- by towns. The flame spread quickly |10 all sectiona of the building and {for a time threatened surrounding ! structures, Including the North End | hotel, in Ocean Grove. | The building boused numerous | ,Boardwalk candy and novelty con- | | cessions, and included a second | | floor dancing balcony which was | often used by conventions. It a sister bullding to the Arcade, which | was left a mass of ruins by fire last | July. One of the largest concession holders, Messrs. Leiding and Heintz, manufacturers of candy, who were apparently the heaviest losers, esti- mate their loss at $75.000. Valuable machinery which was | located in the basement of the west | wing and which included a lighting | plant, serving part of the beach | front, was not affected by the fire. | One fireman was overcome by | smoke, but no fatalities were report- | ed. | No deflnite plans for rebuilding the Casino have been announced but | it is expected the city will erect | some sort of structure to take its | | place before the | coming summer season. law compels the warden to carry out the execution, and should the exe cutioner fail to appear it would he his duty, or that of the electrician's, to throw the death switch. “The executioner usually sits awhile in the reception room, possi- | bly alongside relatives awaiting to say goodbye to the condemned. He remains the prison office until! closing time, then goes to the vil- lage for supper and probably attends a motion picture show to take his mind from the impending ordeal. | “At ¥ o'clock the executioner re- ports back o the prison. fests the chair and apparatus and busies him- self in the death chamber until exc- cution time. “Meanwhile, the prison s have gone over the account books to ascertain what valuables and money are left by the condemned. Th visit the prisoner and ask what dis- position he wishes to make of his property. “Newspaper reporters and the of- ficial witnesses arrive by 9 o'clock. The warden nervously paces to and | from his house to the office. The | clerk makes out the death certifi- cate. At 10:45 the witnesses are lined at | up, checked off, and led to the ward- en’s office to wait. In the death house the spiritual advisers are pray ing with the condemned. 'he witnesses are marched quiet- 1y through the big gate in the hall and through the prison yard to the death chamber. The prisoner is walked in. In about six minutes the execution is over. “The witnesses, silent tragedy they have just march out again from My S witnessed, | the death | opening of the | house, through the big gate and dis- | chureh and Dueial appear into the night to have heen the cause of the desth last night of Mrs. Bridget (Flaherty) Reynolds, long time resident of this fhe was the widow of Luke Reynolds, former manager of An- drew, Swift & Co. Mrs. Reynolds suffered the fall Christmas eve and injuries she re- city. |ceived confined her to bed. She ap- parently recovered and was about again when pneumonia set in and she had been in failing health since the early part of this week. She was about 60 years of age. Born in Newington she came te Britain at an early age and re- ed her ‘education here. The herty family was among the arly settlers in the Smalley school section and she lived there for vears. S8he married Luke Reynolds, who previous to his death 16 years N ¥ 'ago was one of the most prominent business men in the city. He was & prominent democrat. He served as alderman and councilman in the fourth ward when there.were four wards in the city, Surviving Mrs. Reynolds are four daughters, Mrs. James Deghan, Mra Victor Kelton, Mrs, Henry Pelletier, and Miss Madelyn Reynolds, all ef New Britain; three sons, John Rey- nolds of Detroit, Mich., Frank Rey- nolds of New Britain, and Edward Reynolds of Middletown: a brothes, Edward Flaherty of Middistown; three sisters, Mra. George Flukes of New Britain, Mrs. Frank Grast ef Hartford. and Mrs. Dennis MoCarthy of New Britain. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at a time to be announeed later by J. M. Curtin & Co, S0iie takers. Services will be a8 Bb. 4t