New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 8, 1929, Page 11

WIDOW LIVED IN CONSTANT DREAD Foar and Biackmail Figure in Bumhnnum!m/ Chicago, Feb. $.—{M—Fingers of Year, blurred by blackmail and stain- ed with sinister suggeation, had left their smudgy whorls on the Burn- ham death mystery today. No matter where it turned, the of- ficial inquiry into Mra. Selma Burn- ham's death 10 days ago followed & trail of dread and distrust under ‘Whith the wealthy widow lived after the death last July of her husband. widow turned over §§ per cent of the slot’ machine company holdings to Riley, with the added stipulation that he was to have the entire estate when she died. Mrs. Burnham went %0 far as to engage a private de- tective agency to investigate Riley, her sister said. The agency was to turn over its files of the case to the inveatigators toddy. Disposition of Mra. Burnham’s es- tate has encountered difficulties through failure of her affects to re- veal a will. A law {i said such a Will had been drawn, and produced a copy of it. A will signed in 1920 by both Mr. and Mra. Burnham provid- ed she was to inherit her husband's cstate, in the event he was the first to die, and that upon her death it was to go to'her stepdaughters, Mra. Ballard and Mrs. Gowen. Q In-an effort to get to the bottom of hints of blackmall, authorities learned that Burnham was twice Sanford A. Burnham, slot machine{married, that he had been sued for manufacturer. Even Burnham's death, with ne thought for six months but that it ‘Was from natural causes, was drawn into the state’s attorney's investiga- tion. Burnham's daughters, Mra. Sid- ney W, Ballard of Detroit and Mrs. G. Howard Gowen, both the wives of physicians, made a formal re- quest last night for exhumation of their father's body. - Statement A statement by Dr. Gowen was ®ne reason given by Henry E. Ayers, sssistant state’s attorney. Dr. Gowen arrived at the hospital operating + r00m just as an operation was being completed upon Burnham the day before he died. “I asked Mrs. Burnham why she @idn’t let me know her husband was 11" Dr. Gowen sald, “Her answer was: ‘Oh, T suppose you think T kill- ed him.** y . Previous wtatements by persons ‘lose to the Burnham household had hecited the same fear by Mrs. Burn- ham that she might be blamed for her husband's death. further details of the part play- in the Burnham affairs by Ed- 4 T. Ril who assumed man- gment of Mrs. Burnham's business rest last fall, were given by Mra. land Collins of Palo Alto, Cal, a er of the dead woman. She visit- d Mrs. Burham “while Riley was in power,” she said. Constant Warnings Mrs, Collins declared Riley was tonstantly warning Mras. Btirnham that her fortune was in danger, and that mysterious persons were at ‘work to obtain her money. Riley, she said, ordered all locks at the Burn- ham house changed, awd he himself changed the combination of the vault at the company offices on several oc- ‘casions, changing it twice in one night, in accordance with Mrs. Col- lins' story. 8he sald Riley Is an alias, and that when he first met Mrs. Burnham in May, 1928, he described himself as oldier of fortune' and a “govern- ment spy.” Mrs. Burnham was despondent at the time, her sister sald, her husband having been sued for $250,000 for alienation of affec- tions by a Chicago physician. S8he ‘was en route to Cuba to complete the sale of slot machines to be used in Cuban gambling resorts. Su of Riley When Mrs, Collins visited her sis- ter last November she said she found Mrs. Burnham suspicious of Riley. It was shortly afterward that the Ironing 3 Times as Fast —While you are comfortably seated. Here's the modern ironing, alienation and that he once was ar- rested on serious charges involving a young woman who died before the birth of her child. Investigators said that Burnham had lost large sums gambling during his life time and that his widow, , frequented Chicago and subur- ban gambling houses. Forge Fires Revived By Horseshoe Tossers Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 8 (#—TFor want of a nail, a shoe was lost; for want of a shoe a horse was lost; for want of a horse a kingdom was lost, and the trade of blacksmithing started to wane. g ‘Want of the horse, however, Is not deterring J. M. Jackson, pro- prietor of the city’'s only smithy, from preparing for a rush of busi- ness. He is turning out many or- ders for horseshoe sets. Cquipment for horseshoe pitching has been installed in five city parks. Two courts have been laid out in accordance with regulations of the National Horseshoe Pitehing association in each park. L. I. 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Lehman, with a personal fortune of $25,000,000, whigh offérs the lieutenant governor oppbdrtunity to pursue the daintier avocation ot clipping coupons, is learning al about state government under Gov- ernor Framklin D. Roosevelt during the world war when the governor was assistant secretary of the navy, Col. Lehman was assigned to help Gen. George Goethals and then it was learned that he had ‘unusuai knowledge of business and financing, an apparent passioin for work and a talent for organizing. There is far too much to tell of New York's lieutenant governor. Although one scarcely hears of the licutenant, governors in the various states, Col. Lehman's job is to be an important one, according to the idcas of Governor Roosevelt. Col. Lehman will sit in on all state business and acts as the gover- nor's representative whenever called upon. Lehman gave up many director- ships and associations in many buai- ness interests to learn all about state government “from the bottom up.” For instance, he was a di- rector in the Studebaker Corpora- tion, vice-president and treasurer of a textile concern, a director in the Franklin Bimon company, Fidelity SPECIAL OFFER <l THIS »~ MONTH pany and more than that Lebman’s wife, two boys and a girl remain In his Park Avenue home in New York while he has a bachelor's suite In an Albany hotel. All this for $10,000 a year when he doean’t need the money. Col. Lehman a Jew Col. Lehman is a Jew. Mayer Lehman, his father, had already amassed a fortune by the time Her- bert was born. Herbert was the youngest of seven children. His father came to the United States while quite young, went to Alabama and got into cotton trading and mer- chandising. He lived in Montgom- ery, Ala,, and when the Civil war began he was close to Jeff Davis. After the war Lehman went to New York. He was one of the founders of the Cotton Exchange and he and his brothers established the invest- ment banking firm of Lehman Brothers, one of the largest finan- cial powers of today. Herbert was taken into the firm in 1908. Col. Lehman is a graduate of Wil- liams college. That college gave him an honorary degree and later he built a dormitory for it and eqquipped it. It cost him $50,000. Col Lehman likes to work and thinks it's great to have a family. “Good home conditions are the best insurance we have for developing | American culture,” he says. The most important phase of acronautics which is developing n Canada is the use of aircraft In mineral exploration and develop- ment., - YOUTH BOASTS OF WHOLESALEMURDER Northcott Claims He Helped to; Riverside. Cal, 1 s —| Guards at Gordon Stewart cott's cell reported today that the | year old Canadian, convicted of | murdering threc boys, had repeat- | ed previous statements that cleven persons had been slain at his check- en ranch near here. The guard: implicated year old nephew s cott, his father, in the alleged slay- | ings. | “I killed six and Sanford and | dad killed the other five,” 1the guards quoted Northcott as having | said. He made the same statement | after his arrest but later repudiated | it, according 1o county officers. Sentenced Monday A jury after a litte more than | 1 Northcott again | his 15 found Northeott guilty Lewis and Nelson Winslow, broth- youth, the death, sentence mandatory, | Monday; ar appeal. E In his appeal, Northcott wil self. The young Canadign was brought disclosures Kill 11 on Chicken Rameh |muae i s Reri 1o~ |who was being held for deportation to trial here owing Yo to Canada. Young Clark sa eral boys, nia homes, had been slain chicken ranch. Clark admitted the rah Louika Northeott. Northcott, father of Gordon, held as a material witn Arrested in Canada Northeott and his wother arrested in Canada atler led by youmg Clark, of bone, hair and tra the chicken ranch. Mexican lad’s head had b ed and buried, a thrown into crude graves At the trial, Northcott was brought to Walter Collins at the ranch. Northeott, who will be sentenced | was sentenced to life imprisonment. announced he would take be | aided by McKinley Cameron. Cana- dian lawyer, who has advised him since he dismissed his American at- torneys carly in the trial and took over the conduct of the case him- d sev- including three who had North- |disappeared from southern Califor- at the | participation alleged murders under threats by Northcott and his mother. Mrs. Is: Garunl was office found bits | Signed ot hlood at ark said the n burn- d the hodies of ”"'. ‘\Vin.flu\\' boys covered with lime and | scientists testified |a session marked by a g two hours' deliberation last night [that some 50 bits of the evidence of slaying [were from the bodies of juveniles |Shortly after the trial began Nortn- | totat turnover for cot' dismissed his attorney and be-|211.900 shares. conducting his own defense. 1le| A threat trom the federal rederve questioned numerous witnesses and Lhourd that uriless tha fands yofng at the conclusion of his defense took |into speculative ehannels wepe gare the stand and denied he had killed | tailed drastic action would be taken, |any of the boys named in the indict- {.coupled with the annoneenient by | ment. the Bank of England of an advance —_— in the discount rate from four and hL 4 Bank Statemeat In connection with the warning of the federal reserve board to mem- | displayed unusual interest in the |statement of the Federal Reserve T‘]mormw 0 cfitch Up | Bank of New York, which showed |of $110,000,000™in the week. New York, Teb. 8 (P—The Stock | Addition of 275 more seats to the Exchange and the Curb Market will | go0k exchange which will increase crippled by | TSt increase in the membership in erippied bYihaf a century. Under the plan of influenza, must catch up with their jnepe each of the members of the Ifrom the sale of the *rights” will acerue to the present members, in | | | brokers' clerical stalrs, one-half to five and one-hyif, per BECAUSE OF FLU ib.-rs banks - regarding expansion | brokers’ loans to have set a mew " |be closed tomorrow. The reason as-|the number to 1,375 has been ap- work. lexchange has a 25 per cent interest |cent, were the chief factors in ‘the 1of speculative loans financial girele Stock Exchange and Curb Close record of 69,000,000, an increase y exchange officials is that|Proved. by the members. It {8 the Announcement of the suspension | in one additional seat. The proceeds lot trading was made at the close of l drop |which carried some stocks down 19| | points 1| A wave The first mineral prospecting ex- of selling which hit the| pedition by plane ever planned was ers, of Pomona and an unidentified |January 2, shortly after Mrs. North- | market soon after the opening gong | undertaken by a syndicate of capi- The verdict carried no rec- {cott had pleaded guilty to complici- ommendation for clemency, making |ty in the slaying of nine year old She |started a plunge wlich rallic brought a turnover of 1,328,000 talists in the spring of 1925, having !shares in the first half hour and|for its object exploration work in iter | the uncxplored regions of northern ie | British Columbia and the Yukon. in the day were unable to stop. METAL BEDS $19.75 Walnut Square Tubing Twin Size $1275 Metal Beds Walnut, Mahogany or Maple Finish Windsor Metal Beds and Twin Sizes Ivory Finished Square Tubing Twin Size Beds ws 51000 THE NEW $29.75. 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