New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 18, 1928, Page 2

BONB RESIDENGE OF EXECUTIONER Home of Robert Elliott in " Qneens Blown Up New York, May 18 UP—The home | Pt Robert Elliott, offtcial execu- | “Yioner for five states and the man | “who pulled the death switch on Sac o and Vanzetti, was bombed ear | “this morning. | = Thrown From Beds. | « Elliott, his wife and two children, Zwvere thrown from their heds by the | explosion but were uninjured. The | house, located in Queens Borou Long Island, was badly wrecked The front porch.was torn away, the front door was blown in and every window was shattered. Threats had been recebod by E Jiott prior to the Sacco-Vanzetti zexecution and for a long time a po- | lice guard was maintained over his ‘home. Since the guard had been emoved the policeman on that heat +had instryctions to keep a speeial awatch over the Elliott domicile. Whether any recent threats had been Ireceived could not be learned. Elliott expressed the belief that the bombing was done by sympa- thizers of Sacco and Vanzetti, ra ~vals executed at Boston for the Jng of a paymaster. 1 Occupants Asleep. Elliott and his wife were asleep ‘Jn the rear room on the sccond floor ©f their two story cottage when the bomb exploded. Their daughter ' fGertrude, 17, was in an “room while a son Robert, Jr. a cousin, Thomas Lang, were in the 2room immediately over the porch. WAll were thrown out of their beds, Jbut suffered only minor bruises. Windows in houses for two blocks "away were shattered, and horses in *a station of the Sheffield Farms Milk <company several blocks away were thrown into panic, stampeding and overturning several delivery wagons. BLAM | per N to drive us Iuvestigate Report. | The police ‘nvestigated a report | that a lurge red touring car, carry-| ing four men, was seen near the | house half an hour before the explo- sion. Police throughout the Metro- politan area were instructed to stop | all cars of such description, and | question the occupants. | E BODTLEGGER FOR ARRESTS HERE IN LIQUOR DRIVE (Continued from First Page) however, when Chief W. C. Hart Woods that it tate's ses be t formed Mr. wish of the that the c quietly iv was the tor- ney May Fenn Arrested Last December Fenn, who was Ken into ¢ tody on Hartford avenue, Decerber 2, 1927 had an automohile contain- ing a special compartment for the conveyance of liquor, the police say, and for some time he had been operating in and about this city. It was said that when he was arrested he had completed deliveries of a number of orders accounting for the comparatively small cargo he had aboard. His customers in this city were said to have included many well known residents and it is also reported that he furnished liquor to some of those on whose alleged ac- tivities he has informed. | When he was ordered held for su- | or court n was plainly dis- | ased, and made every effort to | have jurisdiction taken in the local court. It was reported at the time that he had information that would | be highly interesting to the authori- | ties 1t he would “talk.” His arraign- ment in superior court was antici-| pated with considerable interest in this city, but the March term was well under way without any mention | of the case having been made and | | eged | stree NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 9 ldays. - “Big Bill was an able man, not w w HEA“ much of a philosopher, but a good [] ¥ [] propagandist. Like all men who —_— have big ideas he was unhappy.” Darrow successfully ~defended Haywood in 1907 when he was tried for complicity in the assassination of Governor Stuenenberg of Idaho. Senator Borah prosecuted the case. 24, of 192 Allen street, and Henry Majkowski, aged 30, of 109 Lafayette street, alleged proprietors of a store at 109 Lafayette street; William J. Fallon, aged 46, and Johnson Moore, colored, aged 24, of West Main street, Plainville, the | former the proprietor and the latter a former employe of Fallon's res- taurant. 308 Main street; William Hebner, aged 22, of 175 Grove street, and John Miezanka, aged 31, of 174 Pleasant street, alleged to have vio- | ted the liquor law in a smoke shop at 25 Broad street; Samuel Block, aged 39, of 54 Talcott street; Fred Joyce, aged 38, of 130 Cherry street 1 Harry Walk aged 26, of 40 irch street, alleged to have vio- lated the liquor law in a lunch cart 316 Main street; lgnatius Wisk, aged 27, of 104 Cabot street, alleged proprietor of a store at 111 Beaver Salvatore Fazzaino, aged 45, of 87 Spring street. Judge Mangan appeared for Fallon and Moore. At- torney David L. Nair appeared for k. Miss Angela M. Lacava ap- for Fazzaino, and Attorney Sable represented Joyce and Walker. The others were not rep- | sented. According to the police records, e is the only one of the group never arrested before. Wisk was ever convicted of violation of the liquor law, but has a record other- Some of the group have been arrested by the local police since the date mentioned in the warrants Practically all expressed surprise died in Russia. “Haywood had Been unhappy for a good many years,” Darrow said. “He was sentenced for nothing dur- ing the war when everybody went (Continued from First.Page) troubles of the old western federa- {tion of miners, in which Haywood | was a leader. Grew Fat in Russia | The former pals of “Big Bill" in Denver and other western centers would not have recognized the labor agitator in Moscow. As the years passed he grew fat land lived in two rooms given him | by the Soviet government in a Mos- cow hotel. At first he held several | Soviet executive positions but gur- |ing the last four years he had no |important work assigned to him. On gala occasions he dressed in a white ian muslin blouse and a snappy No Action Yet on Home Progress Exposition Here No definite action has been taken by the Chamber of Commerce in connection with the proposed home progress exposition in this city, ac- cording to President Willlam E. Attwood. Mr. Attwood and other di- rectors of the chamber recently held | a meeting with the owners of the Stanley Arena, where the project was discussed. At that time the ques- tion of Chamber of Commerce coop- eration was taken under advisement until May 15. It was intimated to- | day that the matter 1is still under| consideration. Mr. Attwood will appoint & com- mittee to ascertain the attitude of local merchants and manufacturers in connection with a display of New Britain products. co! at 20 is th “American Consul” “I'm the American consul here Haywood would tell his few Amer- ican visitors. “Be sure and give my regards to Judge Landis.” Advanced age brought to Big Bill the pangs of homesickness. He often rned for what he called “the |high hill country where the hard | rock fellows li He was full of reminiscences about Cripple Creek, and the days when he and his pals | “lifted the depot at Leadville." del |of jCl HOSIERY ment applicants will from examinations given candidates for plac by Commissioner * Beckwith, cities of New York, Boston, Phila- BAGS 18, 1928, TIFF HENTAL TEST FOR NEW FIREMEN Brain Twisters fo Be Prepared Alter Extensive Survey Intelligence tests for fire depart- be prepared in the departments of the untry's larger cities, if informa- tion sought from these cities is given the board. This plan is sponsored by Commis- sioner Harry A. Beckwith, who ex- pressed himself at meeting as of the opinion that the oral examination given more than the last board prospective firemen on that night to0 cursory and may not bring out e true mental condition of the ap- plicant. His opinion is shared by oth- ers on the board. In response to a_suggestion made the Iphia, Chicago and municipalities lesser size have been queried by erk John J. Keogh relative to their systems of examination. READ HERALD CLA? IFIED ADS SCARFS when brought in. Big Bill's eyes would light up with BOY ESCAPES POLICE a flash of his old fighting spirt #t About To Be Tumned In Kor| . .ijon o such names as Steve Violating Parole Bolts From Na- | Adams, Billy Green and Sherman . Bell. He never mentioned the lat- than Hale School. ter without a violent curse, temper- ing it with the remark that “them days is over now.” Zigmund Pawlowski, aged 16, of | 104 Cleveland street, was about to “That Guy Coolidge” be turned over to the jolice this| ‘“Boy, do you think I can ever get | forenoon for violating his parole | Dack?" he asked the United Press| : E S csentative recently. “Do you from the State School for Boys at ISPresent 3 Meriden, when he bolted out of Na- | think that guy Coolidge would pass tham Hale school on Tremont street | M through? These people over here et s have treated me fine. Ofticer H. C. Lyon was on the way | but this isn't Idaho or Calorado. GROUP Saturday Morning Is the Last Day of Our First of the Season | then rumors began to spread. Names to the school but the boy, with three like to die back in the United States. | Including Straws, Felts and SALE Silks—All Head Sizes. Police were unable to find anyone who saw or heard those who placed the bomb. Members of the aquad from New York headquarters Jestimated the bomb had 4 time fuse and had been placed either on th wporch of the house or under it a “half hour before the explosion. Appointed in 1926, Elliott was appointed exccutioner +tor New York early in 1926. At the .time he was executioner for Mg chusetts, New Jersey and Pennsyl- vania and since has been appointed to the same post hy Dclaware. He is 54 years old. A qulet, gray haired man, he never seemed affected by his death | dealing job until the execution of Mra. Ruth Snyder, the first woman | on whom he had pulled the switch. | i He suffered a nervous breakdown Yafter the Snyder-Gray exccution at|(he clean-up had been made on in- | tinued pending a conference between Sing 8ing prison in New York and | was under the care of a physician |he and State’s Attorney Alcorn had | principal of the achool. for several weeks. He has always avoided publicity and little is known | of his past life. were unaware of his occupation for some time after his appointment as New York's executioner. | Elliott has put to death more than one hundred persons and his income | is said to average about $4,000 a year, He reccived $900 for one day's work in January 1917 for executing three persons. When the police reserves rushed .to his damaged house today they | found Elliott in the kitchen calmly idiscussing the bombing with his| swife. ? “Are you going to stay here for | “the rest of the night?” a police cap- | tain asked him. “Do you want to | be escorted anywher “No,” was the reply. “Our room and bed seem to be all right. We'll | stay here for the rest of the night.”” | “We are going to remain right| here,” he added, “nobody is going| bomb | Even his neighbors | g | would be indiscri |were mentioned, with veiled insin- {uations, but nothing definite was !known and the expl tion of the state's attorney's office to the effect {that other matters prevented the ase from being reached was par- | tially satisfactory, though not entire. | " | |1y s0, especially to a number of offi- |cials and others to whose ears the ugly rumors had come. 1 Hart Admits Fenn Talked | | On Monday of this week, Chief| W. C. Hart was in the state's attor- | ney's office at the request of County | Detective Hickey. There was an ar- | ray of bottles of alleged liquor, pur- | 1o enter the chased in New Britain on various dates in Fcbruary, March and May, | by “agents” sent here for the pur- pose by the state's attorney's office. | Detective Hickey, when asked to- day by the Herald if it was true that | formation furnished by Fenn, said agreed that all information for pub- lication relative to the situation ould be given out by Chiet Hart. he chiet readily admitted that| Fenn had “talked” and although the “agents” were in M Britain a number of times since February, the | chief had not been aware of their | activities until Monday, when the Tesults were produced. In confer- | ence with Detective Hickey, Chief Hart received the information ne- cessary for issuance of warrants and yesterday the drive was instituted. Detective Hickey sald today that Fenn will be presented in superior court “very shortly,” possibly with- in a week. Further than that, he declined to comment on any phast of the case, and pointed out that it for him to pas: comment or discuss In any way, re ports or rumors of any sort. 11 Arraigned in Court Those arraigned in court today wero the following: Joseph Chanda, D. Miller Co. 26 CHURCH ST. Saturday Specials ARMSTkONG PRINTED LINOLEUM— $1.15 sq. yd. INLAID LINOLEUM— $1.59, $2.00, $2.75 sq. y. 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Given his choice between a jail sentence in default 6f a bond, or making payment of $10 a week to- wards the support of his wife and child, Raymond Laurie, aged 21, of 63 Jubilee street, hesitated in police court today but finally agreed to make the payments through the pro- bation officer. Laurie's wife, hold- ing her two months' old infant in her arms, testified that she has been receiving $5 a week for the support of the child, but she needs some- thing tor her own sustenance. Pro- bation Officer Connolly testified that the couple lived in a three room tenement until they had a falling out, and Laurie refuses to live with his wife since then. Questioned by Prosccuting Attor- ney Woods, Laurie accused his wife of having thrown the keys at him and ordering him out of the house as she did not want to live with him any longer. 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