New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 7, 1929, Page 11

CUSTONS CHIEF S DRENGHED B ACID Foe of Drag Peddlers Disligured While He Lies Asiosp ' Philadelphia, Feb. 7 UM—Believe ing that a member of & narcotic ring or & young man acquaintance of his dsughter may have been re- sponsible for the act, federal and city detectives today sought an acid thrower whe atticked Joseph L. Green, 40, a customs official, while he slept, Green, field chief of customs in. spectors and guards at the port of Philadelphia and noted for his prosecutions of smuggling cases, re- mained in & hospital, his face, neck | and chest seared Wit hacid. Physi- clans feared he might lose his eye- ~ wight. " The attack on Green was made ! early Wednesday when he was asleep at his home. Mrs. Green and two daughters who were in adjoining ‘.rooms, did not hear the intruder. He eacaped by a rear door with several hundred dollars worth of Jewelry. Search is being made for mem- * bers of a narcotic ring broken up . recently, and for a young man ac- quaintance of Miss Catherine Green, " who is alleged to have threatened to disfigure her with acid, after she had told him their friendship must tease. Because of this alleged threat and because a note sent to the Green home some time ago bearing the word “Revenge” and signed with a skull and cross bones, Green and ' hin daughter exchanged bedrooms. It was partly Green's suspicion of ® series of shipments of drugs from Europe that led to the exposure of & narcotic smuggling plot with Which the name of Arnold Roth. stein, gambling king, was linked - posthumously. A member of the . ring may have attacked the customs ®ficial in revenge, it was said. . Green staggered into his wife's . jbedroom soon after the acid throw- er escaped and told her what had happened. His face was badly burn- ed. Mrs. Green called police and a . Physician and Green was taken to ;& hospital. Detectives found an empty acid bottle in the bathroom and a basin into which the liquid had been poured befors it was thrown into Green's face, Michigan May Soften Its Life Penalty Law Lansing, Mich., Feb. 7 P—More than 200 offenscs are eliminated from the list of felonies now includ- #d in the habitual criminal section ©f Michigan's criminal code upder provisions of an amendment to the gode designed to remove liquor of- . Jenses and others of a so-called ’ Minor nature from the life penalty Pprovision. f The measure providing for the changes drafted by Wilber M. Brucker, attorney general, was be- fore the house judiciary committee today. The amendment provides that to make life imprisonment mandatory, & fourth conviction must be for a crime demanding a maximum penal- ty of not less than five years for a first offense. The bill faces the opposition of R. M. Holsaple, superintendent of the Michigan Anti-8aloon league. . Fishing Schooner Hits Sunken Hulk Hull, Mass., Feb. 7 (M—The New Bedford fishing schooner Gleaner atruck a sunken wreck off Stony Beach here and sank early today, her crew of seven taking to a dory as the vessel filled rapidly with wa- ter. The schooner was returning to Boston with a load of fish and was heading into Boston harbor when she struck the submerged wreck- age. The vessel was under the command of Captain L. A. Doucette, owner of the craft. 80 many are the uses to which aluminum has come to be applied in industry thgt it has come to be known as e modern metal.” DRINK WATER T0 HELP WASH 0UT KIDNEY POISON If Your Back Hurts or Bladder Bothers You, Begin Taking Salts. When your kidneys hurt and your i back feels sore don't get scared and proceed to load your stomach with g lot of drugs that excite the kidneys and irritate the entire urinary tract. Keep your kidneys clean like you keep your bowels clean, by flushing them with a mild, harmless salts which helps to remove the body's i urinous waste and stimutates them to their normal activity. The func- tion of the kidneys is to filter the blood. In 24 hours they strain from it 500 grains of acid and waste, o we can readily understand the vital « importance of keeping the kidneys ¢ active. Drink lots of good water—you > €an't drink too much; also get from any pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts; takes a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast each morning for a few days and your kidneys may then act fine. This famous salts is madc from the acid of grapes and lemon juice combined with lithia, and has been used for . years to help clear and stimulate clogged kidneys; also to neutralize the acids in the .yst m so they are ho longer a source of irritation, thus often relieving bladder -weakness, Jad Balts is inexpensive; cannot injure; makes a’delightful efferves- cent lithia-water drink, which every- one should take now and then ‘o help keep their kidneys clean and active. Try this; alse keep up the water drinking. and no doubt you will wonder what became of you: kidney trouble and backache. Amks [P THIS NAS NAPPENED Jack Hayward, struggling young insurance broker, becomes engaged to Ruth Lester, secretary to “Hand- some Harry” Borden, promoter of dubious stock companies, whose pri- vate office is just across the narrow airshaft from Jack's. On & Saturday morning in Janu- ary, tho promoter has two women callers. The first is Rita DuBols night club dancer, whe is te accom- pany him to Winter Haven for the week-end. The second is Mrs. Bor- den, Borden's wife and mother of his twe children, who calls - for her monthly alimony. Learning he is buay, she agrees to return. Before she goes she giimpses the pistol in Ruth’s desk. While Ruth takes dic- tation Borden makes & playful pass at her and she screa attracting Jack's attention in the epposite of- fice. He is furious. ‘When they meet for lunch, Ruth discovers she has forgotten her bank book and rushes back to the office. At the luncheon table Jack says he left their theater tickets on his desk and returns for them. He returns strangely perturbed. When on Monday morning Ruth finds the body of Borden sprawled on the floor near the window, she reviews Jack's strange behavior and is petrified with fear. She runs to his office and, finding him out, looks frantically in his desk for his gun. It is gone! Jack “e- turns immediately and accompan- fes her to Borden's office where he calls the police. Fearing Jack shot Borden through the open windows she rushes into Borden's office to close his window before the police arrive. The window 1is already closed! The police arrive. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY ¢ CHAPTER VIII Tt the brief instant hetween the turning of the knob of the outer door and the entrance ef the police, Ruth had time to get control of her nerves, For fear so horrible that she now wondersd how she had been able to bear it had been lifted from her mind and heart. The window of Borden's private office, opening upon the airshaft, and directly opposite to Jack Hay. ward’s window, was closed. How could she,.even for a moment, have belleved her man was guilty of murder? Her reasoning was exquisitely clear and simple: The only way Jack Hayward could have shot Borden was through the window. She herself had left Borden's door locked, because of his dcadly fear of holdup men or the assaults of loss-crazed investors in his stocks. Porden would never in the world have unlocked it for Jack Hayward, for it was his custom, she knew, to demand to know who wanted to see him, if he was alone and unpro- tected 1n his office. The enly person, probably, whom he had admitted = was his wife, whom he was expecting, and she undoubtedly had already called b:- fore Jack's return to his office ‘o get the forgotten theater ticket. “Henry P. Borden’s offices?"” an aggressive voice demanded un- necessarily, for the name was painted on the door. “What's hap- pened here?” Ruth Lester was still standing in the protective circle of Jack Hayward's arm. B8he looked curl- ously, no longer afraid, at the of- ficer in plainclnthes who was ad- dressing her. Behind him stood two policemen in uniform, but Ruth scarcely saw them. The de- tective towered over her — a gigan- tic man, at least six feet three inches tall and broad in proportion. He looked as if he had grown griz- zled in the service of justice, but was still not satiated, getting a savage joy out of running crimi- nals to earth. “I am John C. Hayward—offices in this building, and this is Miss lester — Ruth Lester, cretary to Mr. Borden, who 1is — In there. Murdered,” Jack answered the de- tective quietly. “I'm Detective Mann,” the huge the strange {introductions “Move aside, please. Let Who discovered the body “I did,” Ruth whispered, horror of that thing inside swooping down upon her again. “I—I got to the office this morning at 9:15, and—and found him there.” “You've been in there, too?” Mec- Mann jerked his hcad at Jack. Just looked in. I didn’t touch anything,” Jack answered. “Except the door knob. No good having it photographed for finger- prints since both of you've touchud 1 McMann answered as ho grasped the knob in his own hands. Another jerk of his head indicated that the two uniformed policemen were to enter the room behind him. Sergeant Mc- man completed curtly. ee him. Ruth and Jack stood aside to let the three of them pass. then watch- «d from the doorway. The detective stopped just inside the door and gave a keen, scarching glance about. apparently lesy interested in the tody on the fioor near the window than in what he hoped to find in the room. “What are these crumbs and pea- nuts doing on the rug?” he demand- ed, whirling upon Ruth. “Oh!” she gasped, guiltily. “I— 1 must have dropped them when T saw~-Mr. Borden. I—I was going Saturday and I thought—" “Pigeons! McMann ejaculated. “What pigeons?” Ruth’s tremulous voice ex- plained: “This is the top floor of the building. A flock of pigeons nest on the roof and I've been feed- Ing them at noon for several weeks. I—I was s0 startied at seeing—Mr. Borden — when I opened the door that 1 dropped the little glass bew! full of crumbs and peanuts.” “Hmm!” McMann beetled his eyebrows at her, then strode about the room, his eyes searching the floor, the walls, the desk. Then, at last, after so long a time that Ruth felt like screaming to him to get it over with he went and knelt teside the dead man’'s body and lifted the outflung right hand, whose fist, Ruth noticed for the first time, was clenched col vulsively, BLAGK P QY ©1529 By NEA Service, Inc. “8ti McMann pronounced. “Dead a good many hours, I'd say. Shot through the heart. Must have died quickly, but Dr. Nielson will tell us that. Rand—' addressed one of the policemen—*put in a call for hecadquarters. Tell the chief it's murder all right, and to send Dr. Nielson over right awa; And Biggers, you stand outside tha door in the hall and keep the crowds away. The news will go through the bui'ding like wildfire, once it gets started. Did you spill 1t?" he demanded of Ruth. She shook her head. “I told no one but Mr, Hayward. T went ‘o him immediately after—after I saw Mr. Borden. Mr. Hayward has of- fices on this fioor, around in the next wing. We are — engaged to be married. That's why 1 went to to feed the pigeons the first thing | this morning because I forgot to him." “That ®0?" McMann's little, squinted gray eycs studied the pair in the doorway. He seemed about to ask some question concerning their relationship to cach other or to the dead man, and then, to Ruth's great relief, to decide upon & query of more immediate impor. tance. “Did Borden keep any money or valuables in the office? Do you know what he had on him Saturday? TLooks like he must have been murdered as long as Sat- urday.” “I know that he had $500 in tens and twenties,” Ruth answered steadily. “He had mc go to the bank to get it for him, as he was going to Winter Haven for the week-end. His train was to leave at 2:15. T don't know how much more he had. T caught a glimpse of a yellow-backed note in his wallet when he put the $500 In, but 1 didn’t see the denomination. He also had a pair of railroad tickets with a Pullman drawing-room ticket, which he had had me buy for him."” As she spoke, the detective was searching the pockets of the dead man’s coat, trousers and vest. “Here are the tickets O. K. and some loose change in a pocket. But there L ... Hmm! “There have neen a number of holdups in the building in the last few weeks,” Jack volunteered. “S8omeone who knew Miss Lester to be Mr. Borden's secretary may hiave seen her cashing the check for $500 and—" “I'l do the maybes thanks!" McMann interrupted karshly. “Now, Miss Lester—by the way, any relation to Colby Les- ter, the lawyer?"” Tears sprang 1into Ruth’'s eyes. “He was my father."” McMann's glinting eyes were gentle for a moment, as they took in the small figure. “Sorry. Miss Lester! T had no idea. Do re- member the boys saying he had a kid — I mean a daughter—that he on this joh, [VISI3]4) 00 The womuu who slumps on cer- tain days of every month has not kept abreast of the times. Midol has made painful periods a thing of the past for thousands of women! Midol is not a narcotic. It does net interfere with the natural and necessary process of menstruation. But {t stops the pain. It eases the organs affected in five to seven min- utes. Furthermore, the woman who anticipates her time and takes a| tiny tablet of Midol beforehand will| experience no pain at all. Try to realize Midol does really end all suffering. even discomfort, no matter how hard a time vou've| always had. At drugstores in trim! aluminum case for firty cents, ANNE AUSTIN was crazy about. . . . Now, child. in your own words, tell meall you know about this business. When you last saw Borden, everything of importance that had happened Saturday, anything you can think of to help me." “Please, may I sit down — in my own office?” Ruth faltered. The detective Look a chair beside WARD, BREAD KING, DIES AT HIS DESK Baking Gorporation Head Suc- cumbs to Heart Attack New York, Feb. 7.—UP—William B, Ward, president of the Ward Bak- ing corporation and regarded as the most powerful figure in the baking industry, died at his desk yesterday. He was ¢5, years old. His secretary, L. D. Haldiman, found Mr. Ward leaning on the desk. When unable to rouse his em- ployer he called an ambulance. The ambulance surgeon said he had died of heart disease. Mr. Ward was of the third gen- eration of his family te engage in the baking industry. He came into prominent public notice in 1926 when the government intervened to stop a $2.000,000 merger of food industries which he had conceived and was putting into operation. One feature of the proposed com- bine which was organized in Balti- more as the Ward Food Products corporation, was a plan to give onec- tenth of the earnings to charity. Mr. Ward was born in Pittsburgh, Pa. educated at Alleghany college, Meadville, Pa. and the Wharton School of Finance University of Pennsylvania. He entered the bak- ing business with his father. Robert Boyd Ward, in Pittsburgh in 1906. After various connections through which he organized several units of the business, he became president of the Ward Baking corporation when it was organized in 1924, Croat Bandit Chief Condemned to Death Zagreb, Jugo Slavia, Feb. 7 (P— Stefan Prbitch, one of the most notorious of Croatian bandits, and four of his confederates, who within a short space of time killed 18 per- sons, were condemned to death to- day by court martial. ‘This summary action indicates the severity of the new dictatorial re- | to carry out executions of scores of criminals which had been deferred by the old government because of parliamentary action against the death sentences. WEXICANS DODHED T0 LIVING DEATH 174 Criminals Sent to Lone Pacific Penal Island Mexico City, Feb. T (®—A freight train threading its way through Mexican mountains today carricd 174 men and women, convicted as criminals, to a fate deemed herc as bad or worse than death. Tomorrow the 174 will arrive at Manzanillo, Pacific pert, and will be put aboard a small steamer which will take them to the penal colony on a tropical island in “Las Tr Marias” (the Three Marias) group, oft the coast of the state of Nayarit. The complete isolation of the group. the tales of horror which have come back from the archipela- g0, and the hopelessness of the lot of those sent there, have given the islands a reputation in Mexico any- thing but savory. Sentences to penal servitude there usually are rescrved for extreme cases. start Jowrney Singing Weeping relatives and friends of the convicts watched them as a military police guard, more than twice their number, herded them out of the penitentiary here yester- day and into box cars. The convicts themselves, determined, it seemed, to make the best of their lot, sang popular songs as they filed into the | cars. All of the prisoners arc old of- fenders. Together they constitute the largest group that Mas been sent to Las Tres Marias in a long time. Each prior to departure was given two pesos (less than a dollar) and a supply of food and cigarettes to last him on the journey. The new governor of the penal colony when he took charge recently gime in Jugo Slavia, which plans‘ For Your Daily Toilet Ruth's desk, making notes on sheets of yellow paper, as the girl told her story. “Baturday is always a since it is a half holida; began, her hands tight locked on the desk before her, her brows knit in an effort at concentration. “T ar. rived first. at half-past nine, then Benny Smuth, the office boy, came =t “Where is he now?" “He hasn’'t come in yet,” Ruth admitted. “He soméumes soldi¢rs on the job when he knows Xr. Bor- den is out of town. He was to go sway for—" “The boy's demanded, pencil poised. “Why, I don’t know,” Ruth ac- knowladged reluctantly. “I have an old address on file, but his family moved the first of January. I told him to give me his new address, but someone interrupted, and I'm sure he didn “Guess he'll stroll in later.” Mec- Mann dismissed the office boy. “Now go on, please. When did Bor- den come in Saturday?” “About 10, as usual. Some woman, who would not give her name, had just called for him on the phone, and T told him, describing her voice. He knew who she was, but he didn't mention her nam “Ever hear her voice before?" McMann was instanly alert. “She had called several times during the four months I worked Lere,” Ruth answered. “Once I put her through to Mr. Borden, and he told me to remember her voice and never do so again. She has a beau- tiful, throaty contralte. . . . Yes T'd know it if I heard it again, over the phone anyway.' “All right. Go on." “Mr. Borden dictated for about half an hour.” “Any trouble between Borden, - Miss Lester?” pounced. “Trouble? Oh, no!” Ruth pro- tested, flushing. “He was always very considerate of me, till the very day of his death—'" Which was lit- terally true — until the very cay of his death! *“He dictated, as T said. until Benny interrupted to say that #n old man was in this office, de- manding to see Mr. Borden. I went out to talk with him, because Mr. Borden wouldn’t see him, of course—"" “Why ‘of course > Ruth gazed at the detective blankly for a moment, then her eyes lighted. How could she have forgotten that the old man had muttered threats against Borden's life? . . But, oh. he had leoked 80 {ll and beaten! Her eves eloud- cd again, but she answered honest- ly: “Mr Borden would never see anyone who had a grievance. Thr old man—he wouldn't give me his name, insisted on sceing Mr. Bor- den — said he had lost a fortune— all his savings—in one of Mr. Ber- | den’s stock promoting schemes id the old man threats against Borden “Yes.” Ruth admitted slowly you and McMann address McMdnn| announced that the whip and other Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment ‘There is no simpler, daintier or more effec- tive method of caring for the skin and bair than is afforded by the daily use of Cuti- cura Soap for cleaansing and purifying and Cuticura Ointment for soothing and hesl- ing irritated Powder cools and perfumes. - surfaces. Cuticura Tslcum stz = P |such means of punishment are to {be abolished during his admiuistra tion. He said also that welfare work the | |would be carried on among i prisoners, |Americans Hurt in Cuban Auto Smash Havana, Feb. 7 P—Two passen- |gers who arrived here on the liner | Mongolia, en route frgm New York to California, were in a hospital in a serious condition here today due to an automobile accident yesterday. The two men were known as Thomias Wood, said to be a motion picture actor, and Joseph Menkis. The accident occurred when the car in which they were riding attempt- ed to take a curve at too high a speed and turned over, pinning them | underi ath, ITALY MOURNS CHRISTINA | ome, Feb. T.—M—King Victor | Emmanuel ordered a fortnight's | mourning at the court here in mem- ory of Maria Christina, queen mother | of Spain, who dicd wednesday. | just wont YOU can fili all national Szlt an our sall ) . BURNS CLUB REESHUTS:; All officers of the Robert. ‘ Burns club were reelected at a ¥peeting held Tuesday evening. ' They mre: President, H. E. C. Hill: Vice presis dent, C. S. 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It was designed to appeal to forward looking people, who demand in their automobiles an increasing degree of beauty, lusury and comfort. Prices §745 and wp. 1. [“But T think he was just talk- ing, as people do who are furious and helpless. They frequently say things they don’t mean—" “S8uppose you describe the old man and let his lawyers worry about his defense, if it comes to McMann brought the giri back rharply to the business in hand. *“Remember, Miss Lester. your employer has been murdered. and I'm counting on you to help me find out who the murderer is." (TO BE CONTINUED) Quick Pile Relief ui e R Dr. Leonhardt's Hem-Roid fs guaran- teed to banish any form of Pile misery. or money back. It gives quick action even in old, stubborn cases Hem-Rokl i% a harmi blet that removes blood congestion in the lower bowel—the cause of pilen. 1t brings joyful relief auick and sfely or costs nothing. 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