New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 15, 1929, Page 1

News of the World Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 VICTORY FOR HART WILL BE FOLLOVED BY BOARD INQUIRY Commission fo Iavestigate Gre- beck and Stadler Bat Not Un- til Gardiner Case Is Over JURY REPORTS VERDICT FOR CHIEF OF POLICE Pajewski to Pay $1,001 and Gar- diner $501, According to Decision Flled In Superior Court After Hearing on Slander Charges—De. fendants Expected to Appeal to Higher Tribunals, That the board of police commis- sioners will await the outcome of the prosecution of Henry E. Gar- din r in superior court on the charge ot criminal libel before acting to clear the atmosphere of the condi- tion caused by mention of members of the police department as pur- veyors of information about Chief ‘W. C. Hart and the department, was indicated today by Chairman M. W. Bannan. It is generally expected that Gar- diner's case will be heard at the March term of the criminal side of superior court, State’s Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn having stated a few months ago that the reason it was rot tried at earlier terms was that it was not the policy of his office to prosecute criminal cases while civil actions were pending in court lon the same information, Board to Delay Action Chairman Bannan said today he dld not anticipate that the police [board would act immediately. It is lexpected that whatever action is taken will be in the nature of an in- vestigation to determine the truth or falsity of the statemeénts made by Gardiner and Ira B. Leonard during he trial of the $25,000 slander and libel suit won by Chief Hart yester- ay in superior court, that Officer illiam Grabeck was a “go be- veen” in arranging a meeting be- ween Gardiner and Peter J. Pajew- ki. Pajewski, on the witness stand, classified the officer as ‘‘a friend” nd denfed that he had acted in the atter claimed by Gardiner and eorard. Stadler May Be Questioned That the commissioners will also nake an effort to determine the na- ure of the information which Gar- fiiner testified had been given him bout Chiet Hart and the police de- partment, by Sergeant John C. Btad- er, 18 expect. 4, Gardiner was ready o disclose the entire conversation, vhich he claimed to have had with he sergeant on the street, but udge W. F. Mangan, counsel for Chlet Hart, blocked it through an ERGER OF EXPESS (ONPANES IPPRDVE ‘ederal Commerce Board Gives Sanction for Huge Consolidation Washington, Feb. 15 (®-—Full pproval of rallroad plans to con- lidate the entire express business it the country iIn the hands of a ngle corporatioh, the Rallway Ex- ress Agency, Inc., was given today y the interstate commerce commis- jon. Under contracts which the com- pission approved, the Rallway Ex- ress Agency will issue 1,000 shares capital stock and $32,000,000 of ve per cent bonds and will acquire 1 of the property of the American allway Express Company. Profits om express service will be divided ong railroads in proportions to he business which they contribute d the nominal issue of capital i1l be divided among the 86 lines hich are members of the associa- | NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1920.—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES Here You Are, Girls! How to Live to 100 Boston, Eng., Feb. 15 (P— Miss Wilhelmina Robinson has reached the age of 100 years, largely because she has left men alone—she says. “I detest men,” she avowed on reaching the century mark, “and I put down my long and happy life to the fact that I never was foolish enough to marry one.” Miss Wilhelmina wears a fril- ly cap and shares her rooms with two milk-white cats—both ladies. *““ingle women have a far better life than any wife,” de- clared the white haired little spinater. “Married women are always ailing with something or other. The hospitals are full of them. “I never asked any man to marry me—and no one ever asked me to marry: him,” she said. “I always hated men.” JUDGES PAY BLL HILLEDIN SENATE Waterbury Man's Plan for Re- veage on Gourt Fails SALARY COT WAS OBJECT Houso Rejects Measure Making Re- moval of Serial Numbers from Autos and Radios Tiegal—Speciul Auto Court Turned Down. State Capitol, Hartford, Feb. 15 (P—With the judiciary committee of the general assembly standing between him and his aim, Edward Udelowitz, electriclan of Waterbury, failed today in his effort to avenge himself upon the judges, the clerk and the prosecutors of the Water- bury city court. Benator Peasley, judiciary chair- man, in asking the upper body to accept the committee’s unfavorable report and reject a bill decreasing the malaries of the judge, the dep- uty judge, the clerk, the prosecu- tor aud assistant prosecutor, said that Udelowitz, who had had *“a number of bad criminal experiences in Waterbury,” had obtained intrq- duction of the measure for “re- venge.” He maid Udelowits had tried to ®9¢ & license to practice the trale of electrician and failed, but had gone right on working at the trade and had been punished. Persuaded Reprosentative Then he had been arrested on a charge of non-support. Believing that the Waterbury city court ofti- clals were all “against him” the electriclan persuaded Mr. Hunger- ford, of Watertown, to put in a bill cutting the officials’ salaries, Udelowits was the only supporter of the bill when the judiciary com- mittee held its hearing, Mr. Hun. gerford showing no interest and not even putting in an appearance. “He entertained us,” sald Senator Peasley, “but failed to convince us of the necessity, or justification, for (Continued on Page 10) BLANE 0LD COUNGIL FOR TAX RATE JUMP Finance Bonrd Fixes 28 Mill Levy for Next Fiscal Year A tax rate of 28 mills, including a levy of one-fifth ot one mill made this year and collegtible next year, was adopted by the board of finance and taxation last night. The jump from 26 to 28 mills is made necessary, members of the board say, by the common council's action in cutting appropriations last year and by the normal increase in maintenance costs of city depart- ments, Few new projects are made possible. The proposed fire station for the western section. & new ladder com- pany, municipal golf course, cloth- LINDBERGH COMPLETES PANAMA MAIL FLIGHT LINDY'S WEDDING EXPECTED IN MaY ' Mexico Gy Contident It Wil Be “Scene of Ceremony | NORROW SAYING NOTHNG | Ambassador Refuses Daughter's Romance With Press —Mexican Papers Print Sister’s | Picture Labeled “Anne.” | Mexice City, Feb, 15 (UP)-—The ,capilal expects the wedding of Miss Anne B8pencer Morrow and Col.| Charles A. Lindbergh to be held ln‘ May or June, probably in May. | If Lindbergh comes here at the| end of this month to open the enw | Brownsville-Mexico City air mail route, as expected, it was believed the date would be set then. Lindbergh, it was assumed, wouid | prefer Mexico City as the place for the wedding, since he has often ex-| pressed fondness for this country, | where he first met his fiancee, and | he probably would be able to got| greater privacy here than anywhere | in the United States. Miss Morrow's wishes in the matter are known only | to herself. Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow, at his weekly conference with the press, declined to make any refer-| ence to his daughter's wedding and only smiled at attempts to draw | him out. His only concession was to make arrangements for all news- | papers to receive approved photo- graphs of his daughter. | The Mexico City papers have been | publishing pictures of Elizabeth and |Constance Morrow, the ambassador's | | other two daughters, and labelling them “Miss Anne Morrow.” Miss Morrow continued today | | | i to Discuss to | (Continued on Page 10) | MILLION DOLLAR FIRE IN ARGENTINE CAPITAL 1,000 Autos Destroyed in' Buenos Aires Ware- | house Blaze | Buenos Aires, ¥eb. 15 (UP)—One |fireman was killed and several were ' |injured when fire destroyed gov- | |ernment warchouses over an area | |five blocks long today. ‘ Principal iday at the i Col. Charles A, Lindbergh after he landed at Miami, Fla., completing the first airmail Left to right: Harry Lee Busey, radio operator of pl. {who accompaniod Lindbergh; Owen S. Pittman, Mi 1l postmaster; and from Atlanta.) ight to Panama. ne; Mayor Sewell of Miami; Col. John Hambieton, Lindbergh. (Picture by telephoto ((Goes Abroad at 84) ELIHU ROOT. ROOT WILL SET SAIL FOR EUROPE TONIGHT Leaves at Midnight to Sit With World Court Jurists New York, Feb. 15 UP—Elihu Root, who is 84 years old today, will sail for Europe at midnight on the Italian liner Augustus to accept an invitation of the League of Na- tions to sit with jurists to revise the statutes of the world court. Although not acting as a repre- scnative of the United States gov- ernment, he is expected, while in Europ, to try informally to lay the ground work for acceptance of the American reservations. At the home of the former secre- excellent health. He planned to Elihu Root, Jr., in-law. and his daughter- CONCAVE’ DANCING FORBIDDEN AT H. § Slade Issues Regulations Regarding Students’ Posture An official notice was issued to- Senior High school 'POLICE BALKED IN CHICAGD MASSACRE ‘No Clue Llt Beind by Slayers of §ix Gangsters 'WOUNDED GUNMAN SILENT | Gusenburg, With Ten Bullets in Body, Calmly Tells Sergeants No- body Shot Him—Little Hope of Nabbing Killers. Chicago, Feb. 15 (A—DMajor Fred D. Billoway, assistant pro- hibition administrator, today advanced the theory that police ofticars themselves killed the seven gangsters shot to death in a north side gang stronghold vesterday, and Qdeclared that he belicved the names of the actual « slayers would be known before night. | Chicago, Feb. 15.—(P—A blind |alley lay ahead of police today as | they sought the trall of slayers in { Chicago's latest, and bloodiest of all, | gang Killings. With a day and night of investiga- tion behind, police still sought a clue sters and a doctor yesterday morn- ing. They were frankly discouraged. ‘The record of 72 previous gang kill. inge in the last four years without a conviction—many without an arrest —Ilent little hope that the present in- vestigation would be more success- ful. There were no witnesses when' the | assassing entered the 8. M. C. Cart- age company garage at 2122 North | Clark street about 10:45 a. m, yes- terday, lined up their victims against lnn policemen, and carrying guns, | spend the dag quietly with his son, | emerge from the garage, enter what | she thought was a police squad car, | and drive rapldly away. But that was the most definite story the police | had. i “Nobody Shot Me" | One of the victims, Frank Gusen- | berg, survived his wounds a short “ time, and was conscious, He was the only hope of authorities for an eye | witness account. But the code of the | gunman kept him silent. | A police sergeant leaned over the | gangster who lay dying at Alexian Brothers hospital. | “Who shot you, Frank?" he asked. | “Shot me”" said Frank Gusenbrg, | “Why, nobody—shot—me." But early today, when they com- pleted an examination, to the shooting down of six gang- | a brick wall and shot them down. A | |tary of state it was said he was in|Woman saw four men, two dressed PRICE THREE CENTS: SEGOND NOTE ADDRESSED TO RICE'S COUNSEL NOW REPORTZD FOUND ON CORPSE OF SLAIN DETECTIVE'S WIFE Has Been Officer for 24 Years and Chief Execu- tive Since 1908—C. S. Neumann Succe Albert F. Corbin, for the years an officer with the Manufacturing Co. and for 2 its president, resigned from the company today at the annual meet- plant. |president to succeed him. He been secretary of the company Mr. Corbin plans to devote his immediate future to recreation and travel and he and Mrs. Corbin will |Cuba. Started to Work at 16 Tn 1882, at the age of 16 years, |P. & F. Corbin Co. He remained “lh»‘m until 1889 when he entered {the employ of the Thompson Hous- (Continued on Page 26.) ing of the stockholders held at the| Carl 8. Neumann was ele ted | has | leave on February 23 for a trip m' | Xr. Corbin entered the office of the | Corbin Retires After Long Term as | li[esident of Union Mfg. Co. | | 1 | To Take Deserved Rest 1} ALBERT F. CORBIN JULIANR. HOLLEY \Heart Attack Takes Vice Prsi- dent of Bristol Brass Corp. STARTED AS BOOKKEEPER came Official in 1893—Was Dirce- tor of Several Corporations and & Promiuent Mason. (Special to the Herald) Bristol, Feb. 15.—Jullan R. Hol- ey, 73, first vice president of the | Bristol Brass corporation and a di- tions, died suddenly at his home this morning following a heart attack brought on by indigestion. When stricken he had just reentered his home after having driven his son to catch an early Boston. His residence was at Bellevue avenue. Mr. Holley was born in Mansfleld, | Conn., May 16, 1855, the youngest | of the 12 children of Perry and Lois Holley. He attended the grammar schools of Mansfield and the East- | man Business college at Pough- | keepsie, N. Y. Following his gradua- tion he entered the employ of the late J. M. Todd in Forestville as a clerk and bookkeeper and after five years was admitted to partnership in 1 5 1 Todd and Holley. A year later he sold out his interest and moved to Bristol, entering the employ of the rolling mill of the Bristol Brass and Clock company (now the Bristol Brass corporation) us bookkeeper. Five years later he wus made secre- }mry and assistant treasurer and at (Continued on Page 10.) ALLOWAY, ADRIFT, . NAVIGATION MENACE 'Qiler Who Stayed With Wreck May Lose Sal- | | coroner's | DIES IN BRISTOL ‘Milk Delvery Auto Backs Down Eamed Steady Promotion and Be- | rector in a number of local corpora- | “morning train for | the concern under the firm name of | by | | | THO BOYS STRUCK | BY RUNAWAY TRUCK ‘Meuage Left for Ac- cused Man in Care of King, is Latest Rumor -Lawyer Uninformed of its Existence, He Declares. Authorities Still Refuse to Divulge Contents of First Missive, Declared to Clear Rice of Killing Jackson—Motive Is Mys- tery. Norwich, Feb. 15 UP—Infor- mation in insurance circles here which knew of the policles which Detective Willlam E. Jackson had carried, was that the aggregate insurance on his life was about $20,000, which will g0 to his daughter, Juanita, sole survivor of Jackson's im- mediate family. Willimantie, Feb. 15 (P—A second note may have been left by Mrs. Gertrude Jackson throwing lght vpon the slaying of her husband, Hill for 90_Yards LAD, 14, SAVES WOMAN Joseph Hultgren Arrested After Ma- | chine Fractures Teg of Sahvatore Muzotta, 7. and Bruises William Genovese, 7, on Beaver Street. Leopold Mailloux, 14, of 658 Main street, saved a woman whose name | was not iearned, from injury by be- ing run down milk delivery truck owned by Joseph Hultgren, 30 by a of 21 Francis street last evenin: but two boys were truck and Hultgren was arrested on struck by the charges of alowing stand unattended was running, and drivin while the engine an automo- bile with defective brakes. Tn police | court today, Prosccuting Attorney J. G. Woods ordered a plea of not guilty entered on each count and recommended that the case be co: tinued until February in 8300 bonds, Judge Traceski accepted the | recommendation. Truck Goes Over Curb Hultgren, according to the police. left his truck at the curb in front of 83 Beaver street while he went into a house, and in his absence the ve- hicle rolled backwards down the in- cline for a distance of 90 yards be- fore going over the curbstone in front of 63 Beaver street and striking | Salvatore Mazotta, 7, of 112 Beaver 42 High street. The Mazotta boy sustained a fracture of the leg near {the ankle, and his companion was | bruised and cut. 1 New Britain General former is at Mailloux saw the unidentified (Continued on Page 10) 45 BLIND PERSONS the vehicle to | hospital and | | the latter was able to go home after | being attended State Detective Willlam E. Jacksen, in his home on the evening of Janu- ary 29. One note written by Mra Jacks son was found by Medical Examiner | l.ouis 1. Mason in her stocking when he examined Mrs. Jackson's bedy st the undertakers' rooms Wednesday afternoon. The import of this letter given out by the medical ex- aminer was to the effect that Mrs. Jackson said she killed her husband and that Trenor A. Rice, deputy | sherlff, under indictment was inno | cent. | The second mnote reported to L |in existence is said to have bee |addressed to W. A, King, of Rice« ‘u-ounut‘l, and it is indicated thé con. (tents were for Rice. King sald he | had not heard of this envelope anl confirmation was lacking from of- ! ficers engaged in the case. Rice is Uninformed Rice who is in the eounty jfall nt | Brooklyn, had not been informed of Mrs. Jackson’s auicide or the finding of a note written by the woman which, according to Dr. Masen, ex- (Continued on Page 35) MAN FALLS INTO POND, RESISTS BEING SAVED Declares Fish in Bundle Drew Him Into Water Rescued from the icy waters of “Lock Shop pond” shortly after 12 | o'clock last might, John Kopchinski, 40, of Mountain View, Plainville, was arrested for drunkenness by Of- ficer William Grabeck, but when ar- raigned in police court today before Judge Stanley J. Traceski, he insist- ed that he had not had a single drink last night and “the officer was drunk if he says I was drunk.” Judge Traceski suspended judgment in view of the fact that it was Kop- chinski's first arrest in 18 years, and also because he bhs 10 children. Questioned by Officer Grabeck, Kopchinski said he had a bundle of fish upder his arm and was walking along the rallroad tracks about op- LIVE IN THIS CITY vage Award | physicians found 10 bullets in Gusen- | on of railway executives. Naptha and alcohol exploding in | Principal Louis P. Slade explaining |, oot ody. posite the Russell & Erwin fire ing allowance for policemen, pre- 31.-.5 warehouses shot flames 80 feet!the school's stand on improper pos- ' Effective March 1 The new arrangement takes effect March 1, all property acquisitions hving been made tentatively by the liroad representatives prior to bmitting the issue to the commis- v of the early date for the tablishment of the mnew system, e commission hurried its consid- fation of the project. The facts| ere submitted on February 6, and | e program was approved February by a vote of the commission, th no members dissenting. for an- uncement today. Practically all the express business has been indled by the American Rrilway press Company since 1920, but e contrac governing it (xpire rch 1 he new arrangement Il take effect in time to supersede old one. be Ruth Wins in Costume as Infant St. Petersburg, ¥ Feb. 5 Babe Ruth, king of home Irun hitters, last night donned a haby's long dress, wore a blonde lwig, carried a milk bottle and on first prize for the cleverest ostume at the annual Beaux- rts ball. Ruth rode into the ballroom pn a little red wagon pulled by woman dressed in the accept- 4 fashion of the gay ‘99's who natal clinic and sanitarium are among the more expensive projects put back for another year. Provision is made for eight addl, tional policemen and six firemen, for an addition to the vault in the town clerk’s office. for four automobiles an automobile to be used by the deputy chiefs and master mechanics. An increase from $2,000 to $3,5600 in the police pension fund was voted, and the firemen's pension fund was boosted from $1,600 to $3,500. A cut in the school department budget, from $1,289,900 to 1,265, 400 was made. Reductions voted are: Bupplies, $35.000 to $30,000; text books, $15,000 to $13,000; library and apparatus. $3.000 te $2,500: furniture and equipment, $10,000 to $9,000; repaira $70.000 to $60.000; fuel, $35.000 to $30.000; miscellan- eous, $13,000 to $12,000. The street department account was hacked at from all angle: ducing the amount from $572, to $358,300. In the wsewer main- to make the new figure $28.000; the permanent pavement fund lost $11,- 000, being set at $10,000; street im- provements were cut from $30,000 to $23,000. No allowance was made for a new street connecting High and Washington streets, effecting a sav- ing of $17.000. The police department allowance of § 0 went clothing into dis- hook a bright red rattle at (Continued on Page 21) for the police department. and for | tenance account, $4,000 was pruned | |into the air and showered the flam- |ture in dancing. ing fluid about the vicinity. Win- | primarily for the new students i |ehattered by the explosions. | More than a thousand automo-' “Good posture is practiced. Th biles were destroyed and damage|young woman is not to have he | was estimated at more than $1,000.- 4rm beyond her partuers side; he 000, although no officiul figures were | arm should not be extended to th allable, middle of her partner's back. Th President Hipolito Irigoyen, col-|young man's right arm should b larless, arrived at the conflagration |ahove his partner's waist. soon after it first started at 4:30 a.| “The posture fnvolving the con m. today. Firemen in & line nearly | cave appearance of the young wo a city block long, played a huge | man's back is avoided. curtain of water on the flames. They | were driven back f-om time 10| “The practice known as ‘shimm time by explosions. | ing’ is avoided. They succeeded 1in checking the| “Dancing that blaze before it reached warchouse B where more than 2,000,000 gal-! lons of naphtha and lcohol stored. | It reads as follows: 2% is confined WEre in’ is forbidden. “Young women remove their at: | Lefore going on the dance floor.” Two Explosions \\'lzeck Dwelling at Worcester Worcester, Ma: Feb. 15 P— Two firemen were injured and four ! other firemen and two patrolien | | New Britaln and yicinity: were knocked down when the sec-| | Fafr tonight; Saturday in. ond of two successive explosions| | creasing cloudiness, warmer, wrecked a three story wooden dvell-| | followed by rain or snow in ing at 222 Shrewsbury street this| | morning. ) {4 ! The odor of burned powder which %-— clung to the wrecked house caused police to conclude that bombs or dy- | g namite had been set off. None of those who Ilive house were present when blast occurred. THE WEATHER in the either | | * Although issued to a small portion of the fioor is avoided “The practice known as ‘cutting | the afternoon or at night. 1 — % ' ford. | The “massacre” as it was being ¢ | called today, resulted in the virtual {dows for many blocks around were applies to all students in the school, | *IPihilation of the gang that took up Dion O'Bannion’s beer-and-blood e el (Continued on Page 7) “ HARTFORD CAPITALIST RESCUED FROM YACHT - Bloodgood’s Pleasure Craft Sinks Near Shore at Key West “Face to face dancing is avoided Key West, Fla., Feb. 15 (M— | Names of half of the persons aboard ~% a yacht which sank in five feet of | water 200 yards off shore here lust night were revealed today, clearing up the “mystery” in connection with | | the affair. Those whose identity was made ! Iknown were A. T. Bloodgood, Hart- tord, Conn,, capitalist acht; Captain A. Dillon and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Lindbergh of Hart- The identity of the other four was not revealed, The eight yachters were rescued from the sunken craft by coast guardsmen. They had been en route from Miami to Havana and had pu is bese. The yacht ran aground. owner of the | e the disabled freighter Alloway was adrift and menacing navigation Unimak Pass, Aleutian Islands. was broadcast by the naval radio station here today after unsuccessful efforts had been made by the coast guard cutter Chelan to tow her to safety The hopes of James L. Posey, ot Seattle, oiler and storekeeper of t! Alloway, of receiving a generous re- ward in salvage because he stayed with his ship after the imembers of the crew had been res. cued recetved a setback as the Che- lan reported that the derelict had been lost in the fog and darkness. First Believed Insane Posey was called to leave ‘the ship last Tuesday {rocks of Aikiak lIsland. After serv- ling single-handed for two days as |the captain and crew of the freight- \‘ (Continued on Page 21) {Court Increases Salaries Of Probation Officers Increases in the salaries of Pro- ihauon Officer Edward C. Connolly {and Juvenite Probation Officer Ruth Bristoll have been directed by the judges of the police court, effective April 1. Mr. Connolly receives an Increase from $2,600 to $2. Treb. 14 UP—Warning that | State i i other 33! | “the mad m“-r(sr:x:e {of the Alloway” because he refused | people. a | Bridgewater, |fierce gtorm drove her toward the | Cornw: | | | Survey Discloses Total of 1,560 in Connecticut Teb. 15 (®—The sta 1 of education of the blind finds the are 1,560 blind people in Con- necticut distributed in ps. The larges New Haven which | ford is next with 1 port there are 107 5, Meriden 53, Ne . Nor- 4z, Stamford $5 and Norwalk Hartford, w There are 26 small towns in the which do not have any blind They are Andover, Bethany, Burlington, Chester, I, Cromwell, Franklin, . Killingworth, Ledvard, Lis- bon, Marlborough, Middlrbury, Men- roe, New Iairfield, North Canaan, Cld Lyme, Old Saybrook, Prospeet, Scotiand, Sherman, Union, Warren, Westhrook and Woodbridge, These statistics conform to the es- imate of one blind person to every thousand of population which is ac- cepted as a fair standard by work- ers for the blind. The state board of education announced recently that its population estimate for Con- necticut based on the school returns for September 1928, is 1,579,747, and it is interesting to note how closely 50 and | the figures of the state board of e Miss Bristoll trom $1,500 to $1,800. | ucation of the blind conform to this. | ficer house when the fish, becoming un- able to resist the lure of the pond, drew him into the water. The offi- cer was patrolling Lake street when he heard shouts and cries from the | vicinity of the railroad tracks, se he hurried to investigate and saw Kop- chinski floundering about 10 or 15 feet from the shore. A night em- ploye at the' Russell & Erwin fac- tory heard the cries also and on secing Kopchinski's predicamen: took a long hooked rod which i used on the furnaces and with O Qrabeck’s assistance, haule | Kopchinski to safety. For several minutes Kopchin:! struggled and fought against being | rescued, bracing himself against th bank. Asked if he wanted to die, h- replied that he did and appeared angry at being interfered with. At police headquarters, Lieutenant Rival had him undress and put his clothes where they would dry. A miafit outfit was rounded up for him about the police station. Officer Grabeck l4arned that Kop- chinski had been seen walking from Grove street onto the rallread tracks and then he disappeared from sight. A minute or twe later he was splashing about and sheut- ing. According to Officer Grabesk and Lieutenant Rival, there wad ®® - question as to his condition, but Ithere was no way of determining whether he deliberately leaped tni the pond or lost his feoting and Se8