New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 11, 1929, Page 3

ABETZ BECOMES PROCESS SERVER Resigns as Sergeant of Police in Schenectady (Bpecial to the Herald) Bchenectady, N. Y., Jan. 11—Ser- geant Jack Abetz, who has been a member of the local police burcau for 25 years, has retired from the department to take over the duties of process server for the new district | sttorney, Roy W. Peters. Sergeant Abetz is a native of New Britain. The completion of this quarter century service was not allowed to |Poured oil on the body or any where | defense, denled that Inear it and the match was lighted | in_com- | pass unnoticed. Before the ser-| geant checked out from his last | eight-hour shift, he was the recipient of several testimonials of the esteem | in which he was held by his asso- ciates in the bureau and by many of | the local business men. entation was attended with some ceremony and brief speeches, the briefest of which was given by the sergeant himself, although those who know him never found him at a loss for words before. The personnel of the first precinct. augmented by many of Jack’s friends from the other districts gathered in the court room at one o'clock. Chief of Police William H. Funston presented the sergeant with a piatinum Mason’ . seal ring, from the center of rwhich a diamond twinkled. Engraved on the inside of the band s the inscription *“From the ociates of the police department. The chief also hand- ed the retiring officer a pipe and a Lumidor of tobacco. Then followed brief talks by Pi- trolman Jerry Moynihan, Sergeant| Ephraim L. Traver and Jack Swart- out, who represented the local busi- ness men. He carried as a token of appreciation to the sergeant from | several of the local merchants a bouquet around the stems of whose flowers was entwined $45 in bills. Mr. Abetz joined the police bu- reau on June 10, 1903. Distinguish- irg himself as a patrolman, he was made a scrgeant on December 31, The pres- 1913, which position he held until | the time of his rétirement. His career has been marked by his in- telligent and fearless performance of his duty without regard to the con- sequences or possible harm to him- self. *As square a man as we ever had on the force” was the way one of the older men in the bureau de- scribed him. Paris Police Watch Seine for Suicides Paris, Jan. 11 (#—Suicide in the eine has become a hard job. An anti-drowning” campaign under- taken by police headquarters has reduced deaths in the Scine by 50 per cent, Police Chief Chiappe told the municipal council. CLAIMS $1,455 FOR COAL The property of the A. R. Swan- mon Coal Co. located on Osgood ave- nde and on Jordan street, was at- tached to the value of $5,000 by Deputy Sheriff Martin Horwitz in an action brought by the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. of Pennsyl- vania, through Attorney F. Berry. The plaintiff company claims $4,- 435.23 due on overdue bills. DISCGOUNT REDUCED Berlin, Jan. 11 ()—The Relchs- bank today reduced the rate of dis- count from 7 to 6 1-2 per cent. The rate of advances was reduced from 8 to 7 1-2 per cent. OPERATIONS “I was three times under an operation and I was very weak and nervous and could not eat. 1 suffered for ten 1 learned about Lydia E Pink- ham’s Vegetable Comnound ard my husband bought me a bottle. I felt a little better and he bought me two more. 1 had the Compound in m: home for two years and itall the time. Now I feel strong and can do anything.”—Mrs. A. Michalk, s443 Mitchell Ave., Detroit, Mnc}ugan. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Gumuound STOP! READ! SAVE! Any Odd Shape Crystals Fitted While You Wait Ouly 50 Cents WHY PAY MORE! Watch and Clock Repairing for > Price Elsewhere. PERKINS & CO. [4-YEAR-OLD BOY GUILTY OF MURDER ((Centinued from First Page) while they had Rehmeyer down? | They didn’t want it, that's why. | “If you believe money was the| motive in this murder, you must find | this boy gu#ity of murder in the first degree.” That"s the law and it's my duty to uphold the laws of the state. “Whether you decide lifé impris- | onment or the electric chair as due | punishment is no concern of mine.” |" Herrmann also brought in a new \pmnt in his address. *“If this boy | and Rehmeyer was killed, | mitting that crime, Curry and the others are guilty of murder in the Ifirst degree. Ignore Age - “I ask you to stop your ears and close your eyes to the question of age." The testimony of Curry that he and Blymyer wore gloves during the | |crime was called the “crux” of the| case, Judge Sherwood began his charge at 10:10 a. m. Court opened today, the summa tion of his case by District Attorney Amos W. Herrmann and the court’s instructions were all that rem:une:l, before the second trial in York county's famous witchcraft murder went to the jury. The biggest obstacle in the path of the commonwealth to prove |contention that robbery was the mo- |tive for the slaying was the refusal (of Judge Ray P. Sherwood to admit as evidence the alleged written con- |tession of yeung Curry that he had |block of wood. That was the key- (stone about which the district at- its | | hit Rehmeyer on the head with a| NEW RRITAIN DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1j, torney had built his case, Changes Mind The court changed its mind after it had once overruled the objection of W. W. Van Baman, Curry's | counsel, against admitting the state- ment, and after the defendant him- self had raised the question. Curry said he made the “confes sion” on the promise of Herrmann {to help him. This occurred on the night of Curry's arrest, several dlwl |atter the slaying of Rehmeyer. < “Didn’t 1 say 1t might help you?” | ithe prosecuting attorney asked him. “No, sir, you said you would and |that's why I signed the paper.” | “What did you think I meant by | {help?” “I thought you might get me out| |of all this trouble.” Curry, the chief witness in his own robbery had | anything to do with the slaying. was asked by Van Baman his reason | ! for going to the Rehmeyer home on the night of the killing, November | “To get the lock of halr,” was his | quick reply. | Then Herrmann asked: “Just why, John, did you go along with Bly- I wanted to see witcheraft performed.” | It has been testified repeatedly | that John H. Blymyer, Curry and | Wilbert G. H wanted to get a lock of Rehmeyer's hair and bury it eight :Iu‘[ underground to break a “hex- ng” spell Rehmeyer was supposed to | have cast over Blymyer and the par- | | ents of Hess. The boy denied that he had any part in the Kkilling except Rehmeyer “while Blymyer and Hess Leat him. Blymyer Yawns Blymyer, who was brought into court by the district attorney, lis-| tened to Curry's testimony and vawned. Herbert B. Cohen, counsel, refused the request to have his clicnt take the stand as a com- h witness against Curry. Blymyer was convicted of murder jin the first aegree on Wednesday He‘ to hold | his | with a recommendation by the jury that he be sentenced to life impris- onment. Sentence was deferred pend- ing the disposition of a motion for a new trial. Hess is still to be tried. Curry’s attorney asked that a no more severe verdict than manslaugh- ter be found against the boy. The district attorney declared that he would press for a verdict of murder in the first degree, despite the de- fendant's youth. | Murder and Suicide Malden, Mass, Jan. 11 UP—A ;murder and suicide {involving an| aged negress and a white man was! | discovered today by police at the home of Frederick Blohm. Mrs. Re- | | becca Eaton, 65-year-old negress, | who roomed 1n the house, was found beaten to death with an iron win- | {dow weight. Blohm's body was found hanging from a water pipe in the cellar. Police discovered the tragedy after Mrs. Blohm, who was| | working elsewhere as a domestic, | had received a telephone call from her husband saying that Mrs. Eaton | was dead. Radio Monopoly Up some of this| Before Commission | | Washington, Jan. 11 P—The fed- | eral trade commission would be re- quested in a resolution {introduced today by Representative Davis, dem- ocrat, Tenn., to transmit to the |torney general for action all evi- dence taken in tha case charging several concerns had a monopoly in radio. | The resolution referred to the in-| | vestigation conducted by the trade commission into the charges made |against the General Electric Co., the American Telephone and Tele- graph Co., Western Electric Co., the Westinghouse Electric and Manu- facturing Co., the International ‘R:dm Co., and the United Fruit Co., | the Wireleas Specialty Apparatus |Co. and the Radio Corporation of | Found in Malden | dead in the kitchen. She had been | | 1 | | {damage was to the | | to succeed Rev. | to the justice department for action. democrat, Washing- | Senator Dill, ton, introduced the resolution in the senate. Berlin Suffering From “Flu” Epidemic Berlin, Jan. 11 (P—An epidem of influenza, though in a mild forn has begun to worry Berlin. An est mate said that one out of every 1 inhabitants of the city was sufferir from the malady. Hospitals and pr vate clinics were being taxed 1 treat patients. Staffs of hospi themselves had been deple through iilness. The death rate ha | been comparatively low. | Throws Stone Into No. 10 Downing St. London, Jan. 11 (A—An unem ployed man, who had walked to London from Yorkshire, was arrest- ed today for throwing a stone at the door of No. 10 Downing street, famous official home of Great Brit- ain's prime ministers, Prime Minister Baldwin was with- {in his office at the time. The only paint work of the door. HELD FOR MURDER New York, Jan. 11 (®—Francis Preheney, 21 years o who des- cribed himselt as a “Jerzey beer run- ner,”” was arrested tod, charged |with the murder of Leco Moore, 19 years old, who was room in a Gold stre days ago. Police sald Breheney killed Moor: because he belleved the youth had taken more than his fair share of the proceeds of a burglary they jointly participated in three months ago. ot in a wash- t building two RE F. L. SHEA Lowell, Mass, Jan. 11 (A—Rev. Francis 1. Shea, assistant pastor of |St. Peter's Catholic church here isince 1917, has been transferred to St. Theresa's church, West Roxbhury, Dominic Rock as as- Thomas F. Lyons. sistant to Rev. Tt would provide that the monop- |The transfer is effective next Mon- oly complaint should be turned over |day. MACKAY & WALLIN N STREET JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE offers an opportunity to save many dollars on Furniture and Floor Coverings. REVENT a cold by rinsing the hands with Listerine before each meal? Sounds strange doesn’t it? Not when you know the facts, however. During the day your hands accumulate germs. Ordinary washing with soap and water doesn’t destroy them. 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