New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 5, 1929, Page 11

,. BRENNAN'S SLAYER DESCRIBES ESCAPE Plolo Says llo Nade Sing Sing Getaway in Heavy Fog Elizabeth, N. J., Feb. § M—The slayer of Bill Brennan, heavyweight pugilist, was in jall today after hav- ing been a fugitive from Sing 8ing prison for two years. Joseph Piolo, who disappeared mysteriously from prison on the night of March 3, 1927 was arrested here last night as a suspiclous char- acter, Detectives took him into cus- tody after watching his movements for more than & week. Their sus- picions had been aroused by the sus- pect's apparent prosperity, with no visible means of support. ' When approached in a cafe he said he was James Lavelle of 802 Broadway, Newark. Detectives sald they found a pistol in his pocket. An automobile he had been driving was registered in Union county under a fictitious name. Police said his iden- tity the-escaped convict was es- tablished through police records. He said that under cover of & heavy fog he slipped out of his cell carrying his mattress with him. making his way to the ‘top of the wall with the mattress. He said he held it before him and leaped into the Hudson river. Swimming a distance, of about three city blocks, he climbed ashore and was away before the siren on the prison sounded warning & pris- oner had escaped. Prison authorities when notified of the capture immediate sent offi- cers to confirm the identity and to claim the prisoner. Pioli was indicted with four others for murder in connection with the shooting to death of Brennan in the former boxer's cabaret in New York city in July, 1924, He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree in October of the same year and was sentenced to 8ing Sing for 20 yoarn, Escape Is Kept Secret On the night of February 8, 1927 Pioli and another convict, George Walmale, were reported missing from the prison, For several days prison authorities refused to admit they had escaped, maintaining that the prisoners were hiding within the walls of Sing Sing. In April of the same year a man surrendered to police of 8an Diego, Cal., saying he was Pioll and askiug to be locked up because he feared he would cpmmit another crime. He was unable, however to convince Sing Sing authoritics he was the es- caped convict and later changed his story, claiming to be Joseph Ferri. He was released. Bill Brennap, Chicago pugilist who at one time was a confender for the heavyweight championship, retired from the ring in 1928 after being knocked out by Luls Firpo. Jack Dempsey knocked him out twice, once in six rounds in 1918 and in 12 rounds in 1920. After quitting the fight game, Brennan became proprictor of a cabaret known as Tia Juana in up- per New York city, On the night of July 15, 1924, Brennan was in his establishment when five men en- tered and opened fire on him. As Brennan fell, James Cullen, & state trooper, went to his asslstance &nd was shot, dying later from the wound. Two men said to be mem- ters of the gang, James Hughes and TFrank Rossi, were arrested immed- fately after the shooting. Pioli was taken later. The killing of Brennan was be- lieved to have been the outcome of & quarrel between the former fighter and Pioli, who had been ejected from the cafe by Brennan for using abusive language to a woman. Pioli was under indictment for the slaying of his brother, Santos, when arrested for the Brennan killing. Las Vegas May Steal Reno’s Divorce Trade Reno, Feb, § (M—The battle of Gretna Green is under way. Defending a bill to give five southern Nevada counties but one district judge, Assemblymdn Bran- son said at Carson City yesterday that a coterie of lawyers have planned to set up the town of Las Vegas as a rival of Reno in the di- vorce business. The counties affected now have three judges, but Bran- son charged that without divorce cases they had not enough business to keep more than one occupied. Mrs. Philander Knox Asks Limited Decree ‘Washington, Feb. 5 P—Philan der C. Knox, son of the former sec- retary of state under President Taft and one time senator from Penn- sylvania, has been sued by his wife, | Mrs. Josephine Poole Knox, for -a limited divorce. Mrs. Knox in her petition said that her husband treated her cruel- ly and that his drunkeriness caused her such humiliation that she could not continue to live with him. Mrs. Knox, a West Virginia girl, FROM PENNA STA., NEW YORK The Miamian Gulf Coast Lid. LoSem LlrpilSem AtfanticCoast Line The Starndard Railrend of the Senth married Knox in 1917 and in 1925 she returned to the home of her parents in Charleston. Soon after- wards she filed auit for separate maintenance. In that suit she also charged cruelty and excesaive use of intoxicating liquors. There was a reconciliation and the case was set- tled out of court. In her suit filed yesterday, Mrs. Knox asked the protection of the court to prevent Knox from molest- ing her and requested that in ad- dition to 3500 a month which she is now receiving that Knox be required to pay attorneys’ feea incident to the | auit. Bhe fixed her husband's income at $18,900 a year, exclusive of extra dividends on atock holdings. — JUNIOR PRON ENDS ATDAWN AT YALE Morning Alter Breakfast Comes on Hoels of Last Dance New Haven, Feb. 5§ M)—The rays of a brilliant mid-winter sun were lighting up with the prismatic col- orings the eastern horizon this morning, as the last strain of mu- sic of the dance faded away in fra- ternity houses, the concluding por- tion of the annual junior prom night at Yale, Then the fair guests with their escorts hurried to keep the ‘“‘morning after” breakfast date, which in the long ago was preceded. or followed by a call at chapel where the less fortunate but expect- ant underclass men gave all atten- tion to the girls in the gallery and none to “prexy” who was conducting the service from the pulpit. All the adjectives heretofore ap- plied to “proms” were placed on that of last night and then some, for it was agreed that the dance in the university dining hall, was one of beauty, and the array of gowns most dazzling, The number of guests from else- where was large and every part of the United States seemed to be rep- resented. Robert A, Hall, chairman of the prom committee, a student distinction which is among the high- est soclally, with his guest Miss Ed- | na Nais, from his home town, Oma- | ha, Neb., led the grand march. ‘Today, the guests of the juniors. after a very short time given over to rest, awung into a round of par- ties, skating, dancing, driving and sports as preliminary to the frat dances tonight which will bring the prom season to a close, ICE IS THIN Lowell, Mass,, Feb. 5 P—Ice cut- ting got under way on the Merri- than it has been in years at the beginning of the annual harvest by the Danlel Gage Com- pany. The river is frozen to a depth of only eight inches. Ice company officlale declare a minimum of 12 inches is customary before cutting is begun. AGED MONSIGNOR DEAD Byracuse, N. Y., Feb. § (®—Pas- tor of St. Patrick's church here for 53 years, Right Rev. Monsignor James P. Magee died yesterday at the age of 87. Monsignor Magee was born at 8t. John, N. B,, on Christmas Tay, 1841, GO LIGHT ON LAXATIVES! Everyone needs a laxative' AT TIMES. But there's no need for making it a HABIT. If you have the habit, you can be rid of it in thirty days. Or less! And this is how: strong cathartic—don’t. Instead, take a little cascara. That's not a viclous drug, but the bark of a tree. The laxative made with cascara couldn’t harm a,child. It is, in fact, the one cathartic many physicians \will approve for children. Gentle |as it 1s, cascarizing is just as thor- |ough in cleansing the colon as the more powerful purges that actually sap a person's strength. Proof that there's no habit from cascara begins the very day after CASCARETS They W Beware of geews badon dint ~EJREKA Weleome the Eureks Mas, Rease Geelts ton Expert 00 Down 0nly3 ‘Balance Meathly Barry & Bamforth 19 Main Street mack river here yesterday with the | Yice thinner i A DOCTOR'S ADVICE: The next time you go to take any OHI0 NOVES 10 INPEACH BUGKLEY Refusal o Resign Ofice Columbus, O., Feb. 6 (M — Im- peachment proceedings have been started in the Ohio legislature against Bert B. Buckley, state i treasurer, who was convicted in fed- eral court Saturday of attempted the prohibition laws. | Governor Myers Y. Cooper initl- lated the legislative action last night after Buckley had refused to accede ‘to the governor's demand that he resign voluntarily. Gov. Cooper pre- pared a message which was read at the opening of last night's session of the house of representatives, de- manding that charges be preferred. ‘The house unanimously adopted a resolution calling for committee investigation' of tion, Speaker O. C. Gray announced appointment of & committee as the first step in the impeachment pro- ceedings. Charges must be voted in the house after which a trial is iconducted with the state senate sit- ting as a court. Buckley, who is the first state of- ficial to face impeachment in Ohio, is free on $10,000 bail pending ar- the federal court conviction. He faces a maximum sentence in the federal penitentiary of 28 years and a fine of $27,000. ito John Eckhart, acting assistant {prohibition administrator, for in- formation of federal activity againat Cincinnati’ breweries, and that he had rélayed supposed tips to opera. tors of the Jackson Brewing com- pany of Cincinnati. Governor Cooper's name was mentioned at one time in Eckhart's |testimony as one of the “higher- ups” Buckley said had ‘come to him protesting against raids on Cincin- nati - breweries. Eckhart = later (amended this testimony, eliminating the name of Gov. Cooper and that |of United States Senator Simeon D. | Fess, aho likewise had been men. |tioned in the original testimony. 'Steps in Front of Auto And Fractures Ankle (8pecial to the Herald) Meriden, Feb. 6—Edward Korn of 343 Cook avenue, Meriden, suf- fered a fractured ankle about 10:30 O'clock last evening when he was knocked to the ground after step- ping into an automobile at the in- |tersection of North Colony and Cen- ter streets. Earl J. Raineault of 198 Main street, New Britain, driver of the | automobile, reported to the police that he was driving his car south on North Colony street when the Cook avenue man atepped from the sidewalk into the side of the ma- chine. The driver took Korn to the office of Dr. Henry Kaplan, who ordered the man taken to the Meri- den hospital for treatment. Action Follows State Treasarer's , bribery and conspiracy to violate |f Buckley's convic- || gument Monday on his appeal from | Testimony at the trial was that it Buckley had offered $300 monthly | f§ READ HERALD CLASSIFIED Alm; " taking. Instead of being clogged | worse than ever, the bowels more inclined to move OF THEIR | OWN ACCORD. You may have to take cascara several times to estah- lish regularity. But the times yon need this gentle stimulus grow further apart. And you NEVER find you must increase the amount. Cascara’s ideal form is the candy || | Cascaret that pleases any palate, and ‘you'll find them at the first drug- |atore you ask. 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