New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 18, 1928, Page 24

‘IDNAPING SEEN NOW AS REVENGE “Texans Angry at Hi-Jackers, Looting Caravan ! Wink, Tex., Dec. 18 UP—The re- ported reprisal of a whiskey-run- | ning ring for the hijacking of a | valuable cargo of “Christmas” li-| quor presented today a kidnaping | mystery in the barren Trans-Pecos oil country that embraced all of the coldblooded cruelty of modern-day urban racketeering. The presumed victim was P. O. “Denver Blackie” Burcham, Wink restaurant owner, who was believed to be lost in the semi-arid and al-| most entirely unpopulated expan: of sage and mesquite, after having escaped from a water trongh where he reputedly was bound and left to die by rum runners. Reports this morning said a! Jozen tired posses, including more than 100 men, headed by redoubt- able Texas Rangers and Rio Grande vorder patrolmen, had not found the man after a day of hard riding over the mesa. Both sides of the | | husband’s ed’ Hannah. Nicknames of the law enforcement officers usually are ap- plied because of some well-known characteristic or incldent. They are S0 commonly used that residents hardly remember original given names. PLAN INVESTIGATION OF MYSTERIOUS DEATHS Two Former Husbands, Son and Daughter of Woman Die— Present Husband INL. Poplar Bluff, Mo., Dec. 18 (# — The word of a 37 year old wife stood today in refutation of her contention that Mrs, J. W. Edwards administered the poi- son from which he seriously ill in a St. Louis hospital. With Mrs. Edwards’ assertion that she is innocent, authorities also had the word of her husband that services’. He had a right to dismiss| she had his 15 y same W and killed Forest, the poisoned him old son, Mrs. Edwards, under questioning, said Edwards carried life insurance | Astor said.the playwright was there other fixing the final jurisdiction of as did her two former husban both of whom died under my ter, Ethel May Padgett, In view of Edwards' 12. allegation NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1928, Prosecutor Has Meaner Job Than O'NEILL STILL IN SHANGHAI HOTEL Did Not Leave City as He Reported in Letter Doctor. to ! Shanghal, Dec. 18 P — Eugene O'Neill, American dramatist, who |last week sent a letter to a nerve specialist who had been attending him, saying he was leaving Shang- hai Immediately, was in his hotel here today and it was learned that he had never left Shanghai as he had been supposed. The letter O'Neill wrote to Alexander Renner. Austrlan nerve specialist, was a ruse intended to throw interested persons off the dramatist’s trail. Dr. Renner today said that he :hzu! no knowledge of the ruse. “I don’t understand O'Neill,’ he contin- ued. “Apparently he disliked my me but he shows no appreciation |for my kindness and his actions are most unethical.” | The management of the Hotel but i refused to reveal his plans teri- |other than to say he was a very mitting judges to call ons circumstances as did her daugh- |sick man and was not sceing any- | raphers to take testimony verbatim | one. | O'Neill in his letter to Dr. Ren- ‘Texas-New Mexico state line Were anq the deaths of her daughter and |ner said that, due to numerous per- combed without avail. Missing & Weck Burcham has been missing since late last week. The story of the kidnaping came out yesterday when officers questioned a youth known here only as “The Blue Punk,” who told them that a booze running gang had seized the restaurant own- | er and taken him to an isolated spot, where he was thrown into a ‘water trough, bound with rope, fish line and barbed wire, and left to die. Investigators found substantiation of the story at the trough but Bur- cham was gone, presumably having slipped his fetters and wandered off into the near-desert, which contains no potable surface water. Bits of burned rope, wire and bloody fish line were found in the trough and | it was thought the victim had man- ‘ aged to ignite the inflammable parts of his fastenings, then cast off the wire bindings. “The Blue Punk"” told officers that the kidnaping act was in re- | venge for the hijacking of a half- million dollar cargo of liquor last Friday for which the leader of a whiskey running gang held Bur- cham responsible. He said the run- ners had brought the liquor in from Mexico, crossing the Rio Grande near El Paso, and headed for the Winkler county oil fields with pros- * pects of ready sale to the hardened oil fleld workers. Take Liquor Before reaching the destination, the caravan was halted by hijack- ers who took the liquor and‘cars and turned the first owners lo afoot to make their way to civiliz tion. The Winkler flelds are located in the Trans-Pecos region of far west- | ern Texas, about 250 miles due east | of El Paso. The region, which com- prises nine counties and an area as large as West Virginia, is one of the last fromtiers of range and following discovery of oil about two years ago is an ofl frontier, | with scattered and near-isloated wild and wooly boom towns. Rail- road lines are far apart and trans- portation is by airplane and motor car. Lawlessness in the border area, of great distances and inaccessible mountain hiding places, is com- | batted by Rangers and Rio Grande | border patrolmen, whose names | cattle . former husbands authorities are considering exhuming the bodies to determine if thcy, too, had been poisoned. Her first husband, Fred Padgett, died October 25, 1924, and her sec- | ond, A. X. Harr Her daughter, died April 16, 1927, Forest, her stepson, died recently. On his death Edwards brought suit against a confectionery store own- er, alleging the boy had been sold poisoned ice cream, but dropped the action when he became il Physicians hold slight his recovery. Mrs. liberty on $1,000 bonds. METHODIST HEN'S CLUB HAS AUSPICIOUS STAR Temporary Officers Chosen At Mect ing Attended By 85—Rev. anuary 19, last. May Padgett, hope for Frank Haggard Speaks. Roy Shillings was elected tempor- ary president of the-newly organized Methodist Men's club at an organ t at Trinity Methodist church last night. Three other temporary officers were elected. At meeting on January 14 permanent officers will he elected and a set of by-laws presented for adoption. The other temporary officers chosen were: A. P. Sheppard, vice president; William Pease, treasurer: and Frank W. . secretary. A. AL Mills, C. Lukens, Dr. T. E. Recks 1 A. Cash- more, and P. W. anks. It is expected that the temporary officers will be returned as permanent of- ficers A committee was appointed tn draw up by-laws and Attorney M. H. Canip, it corporation coun- 1, was made chairman. His as- tants are Walter Fletcher and Harry Hancock. The feature of last night's meet- ing was a speech by Rev. Frank Haggard of Hartford. hty-five men were present. When the club is completely organized it is ex- pected that a greater number will be affiliated with ft. Miller Bros. Circus 101 Ranch Is Sold Ponca City, Okla., Dec. 18 (P— Edwards is at | sons seeking to interview him and inquiring into his personal affairs, he planned to leave for Honolulu in :qurst of “peace and solitude which, 'if T do not find there, I will find if ‘[ have to proceed to the south i pole.” . f |Germany and U, S, Tied For Balloon Records Washington, Dec. 18 (A —Ger- many and the United States tied for first place in a summary of all |world records for balloons, airships and airplanes, made public by the navy department. Of 106 established records, the | United States and Germany each |hold 32, France 20, Italy 8, Great | Britain 6, Czechoslovakia 8, Hun- gary and Switzerland each 2, and | Belgium 1. | Eighteen of the American records | were established by naval fliers in aplanes and the only American /land plane world record, that for [altitude ,also was made by a naval officer. 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Kirk- {ham remarked last night as he | urged the charter revision commit- |tee to accept a recommendation of | the bar association that there be two | prosecutors on equal basis, instead |of one and a deputy. Judge F. B. Hungerford, who ap- | peared with Attorneys 8. J. Traceski ‘and Edward A. Mag and acted as | spokesman for the trio, was re- | quested to prepare a draft of an amendment covering this point, an- the city court at $500, & third per- in stenog- {and a fourth providing a small claims court. Small Claims Court ‘With reference to the last named proposal, it was made known that |a committes of the chamber of| commerce {8 now working on a draft and plans to submit it to the revi. {sion committee for approval. Judge! Hungerford's committee will work in | cooperation with the chamber mem- bers, The jurisdiction of local courts is | now limited to $100 and the nmoul’\tI |of judgment rendered, not the| | amount sought, is the criterion. The | attorneys asked that the limit be| | made $500, and that the amount; | sought after rather than the allowed | | 1sum be the figure to govern. Thei {om-ct of this provision is to restrict | | appeals to higher courts unless the ' i suit was for at least $500, excepting in cases where there is an import- | | ant debatable point of law. Favors Court Stenographer | | With reference to the court stenographer, Judge Hungerford ad- | vised that all other courts consider {this to be a cost of operating the court and that it is not taxed as costs against parties in a suit. He | recommended that it be so consider- ed here. The lawyers' spokesman praised the ability of Prosecutor Joseph G. Woods and his assistant, William M. Greenstein, but declared in favor of | a dual prosecutor system as a move | Merry Christmas Lust the wholeyear Garbage Collector, Kirkham Says for efMclency. “Isn't it trué” Alderman J. Gustave Johnson asked, “that the present charter makes the assistant prosecutor nothing more than an errand boy for the prosecuting at- torney 2" “Don’t ask me to commit my- self,” Judge Hungerford responded. He then hastened to explain that his remarks should not be intended as a reflection on the present prosecutor whom he described as “a man of long experience, eminently capable and conducting the office very well."” Functions of Small Claims Court The idea of a small claims court impressed the committeemen most favorably after Judge Hungerford had given a detailed description of how these agencles operate. Credl- tors are permitted to bring state- ments to the clerk of the court, usually a capable woman, and they leave $1 with each bill. The creditor is sent a notice to come to court and when he does he is confronted with the bill, asked whether he admits its accuracy, and if he does an effort s made to arrange payment. It he dis- putes the bill, he is offered an oppor- tunity to make out a statement in defense, and the creditor is brought in together with the debtor and both are allowed to tell their stories to the judge of the city court. Dozens of cases are disposed of in a half day session while hundreds are set- tled without going to court. Attor- 1 neys' fees and formalities of court are dispensed with, the debtor does not pay heavy court costs or lose much time, and the creditor is en- labled to collect many small bills | which he would not hother with in long drawn out litigation, it was ex- plained: Council to Designate Salaries The committee adopted a resolu- tion to change the charter and made | the common council absolute in the matter of salaries. This means that such salaries as park superintendent city engineer and several others in which the council now can merely accept or reject, will hereafter he tixed by the council. 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No Hold Over Commissioners On motion of Representative-eleet Thure Bengston, the corporation counsel will bring to the next meet- ing a resolution to have the terms of all commissioners expire at the same time as that of the mayor. This would prevent the numerous displacements of board members i I The Above ICE CREAM FREEZERS WHILE THE BoYSs AD AID TREATMENTS ; 132 MAIN ST ) with each change of administration. An argument advanced in favor of thig plan is that men who haye serv- ed conscientiously should not be em- barrasled by being removed for mo reason other than the fact that the new mayor wishes to surround him. self with commissioners of his own picking. GIANTS BUY BRIDGEPORT Financial Difficulties of Park Oity Eastern League Teams Are About Over. Bridgeport, Dec. 18 (UP)—Pur- chase of the Bridgeport Bears, local Eastern league baseball team, by the New York Giants was hailed here today as the end of the club's stormy financial history. The purchase price was not given in the announcement made by Presi- d:.t Fred Voos last night. Voos will be retained .8 executive of the club. Voos recently purchased the club franchise after it went into bank- ruptcy as the culmination of several seascnis of steady deficits. r It is believed tne Giavts will usa the Bears as a farm for untried big league material and thua br 3 many high calibre performers into the- Eastern league. New Sub Safety Device Is Offered Newport, R. I, Dec. 18 (M—A new device for saving life aboard sunken submarines has been submitted to the navy department by Dennis Sullivan of this city, the inventor, It is a form of valve designed to be built into the hull of submarines in one or more places and capable of being opened from either in« terior or exterior. It is claimed that it can be utilized for supplying air, food and drink as well as for telephonic communication, The invention has been viewed by Captain Thomas C. 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