New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 19, 1929, Page 22

(5 CONVICTS SAW = WAY FROM CELLS (Continued from First Page) ‘K, Mellett, crusading Canton pub- % lisher—was one of the most sensa- <stional Ohlo has known. The freckle- faced Pennsylvania boy who found is place In the ganglands of *"Cleveland and Canton was named as the “trigger man” in the Mellett slaying. Young was sentenced to life for “the murder of Harrison L. Royden, Marietta policeman, during an at- tempted safe robbery at Marietta in i the mpring of 1925. He is sald to| have been known in Ashland, Ky, 4s & safe blower. Jacko was sentenced in 1927 at the age of 19 for the murder of « John-Boube, a Cleveland butcher, | “uring an attempted holdup of lhei hutcher shop. | Welton, alias Walden, was sen- tenced to serve 12 to 25 years for| the holdup of a card game in Cleve- | tand in 1927 in which $4,000 was; stolen. He 1s sald to be wanted in| Philadelphia for murder. - Resso was sentenced in 1927 to a .term of from 10 to 25 years for a minor robbery. Warden Blames Officers In a statement issued several lours after the escapes, War\len’ Thomas fixed responsibility on *ig- ., norance and disobedience of orders| { \on’ the part of officers.” | He said that some officer had en- trusted the key to the ventilator door to an inmate plumber and had fhereby paved the way for a collu-| sion between the plumber and the vscaped men. Thomas also said that the called 6 o'clock count” did not Te- | _ yeal anybody missing while the pris- | oners who remained in the cells de-| * tlared that the men has escaped be- tween 4 and 5 a. m. | Charles Shibley and J. B. Isaacs, guards on duty in the third (lor‘i vere summoned from their homes . for questioning by the warden, who ¢ also quizzed the men who remained\ in their cells while their fellow pris- oners escaped. A fellow prisoner who refused to cscape sald that Walton sawed the “bar of the cell before the lights went out last night while he drowned out ..the rasping sound of the saw with the drone of & jew's harp. The stat>ment made by Warden Thomas soon after the escape was * iHscovered by Dan Donzo, record “‘glerk, wh- " l.e came on duty about 7:8§ % m., was as follows: : Thomas’ it *“The whole thing illustrates that no mechanical device, made or con- wasiyed, will withstand ignorance and disobedience of orders on the part of officers. Investigation has shown 1hat 80. e officer trusted the key to the vcatilating corridors to an in- mate plumber, thereby giving the plumber the means by which a collusion seemed to have been form- ed ‘between him and those who es- vaped by leaving the corridor door “s0- | ! Dante Plerce, Des Moines, Ia., farm . paper publisher, has been mentioned 38 p possible candidate for secretarv of agriculture in the Hoover cabinet. “No matter how careful I am when our youngest daughter-in-law is here, she is sure to hug he rbaby close %0 her an’ tell him his grand- pa don’t love him one hit.” right 1929, Publishers Syndicate) | Wsetport town unlocked and orly held closed by a small wire, : “The so-called six o'clock count did pot report any one missing while from the seven men left in the three cells shows that the men left between 3 and 5 a. m.” Jailed As Man” Canton, Ohio, Feb. 19 M—Pat McDermott, who escaped from Ohlo penitentiary today, was convicted as the “trigger man” in the slaying of Don R. Mellett, Canton editor, who fell a victim of the organized vice ring of the Canton *jungles” he had warred against. McDermott, a Cleveland undor- world figure, was serving a life sen- tence, having been convicted of first degree murder Christmas eve of 1926 with recommendation of mercy. He was arrested after hiding with bootlegger friends in a luxurious Cleveland apartment as Stark coun ty authorities hunted him as the man who carried out the actual shooting in a murder plot hatched by Floyd Streitenberger, Canton city detective; Lowms Mazer, Canton vice lord; and Ben Rudner, Massillon hardware dealer. Mazer, who turned state’s evidence, and Streitenberger and Rudner now are serving terms. Shot in Garage Mellett was shot to death the night of July 16, 1926, as he was putting his car in the garage, Sus- piclon fastened on members of the Canton “jungle” and questioning of Mazer and Steve Kascholk, a friend of McDermott's, led to the search for the Clevelund gunman. McDer- mott, meanwhile, had hidden in Cleveland with Ben Nadel and Johnny Paff, bootlegger friends and later went to Nanty Glo, Pa. his home, where he finally agreed to surrender, He was brought to trial Dec. 4, and the case ended with his convic- tion on Christmas eve. Judge J. Edwin Biehl sentenced him to l!!s’ imprisonment on the jury's recom- mendation of mercy. McDermott, who is 28 years old, was taken to the penitentiary on, Jan. 12, 1926 after vain attempts to gain a new trial. Mazer told investigators that Me- Dermott had come to him shortly after the killing of Mellett with a story of how he had crouched be- hind a bush and crooking his gun at the elbow, dropped the editor and then made an escape which might have proved indefinite had not he ylelded to the pressure of his brother, Thomas, and decided to take his chance in the courts. a Principals in Trial Were Former Chums ‘Watertown, N. Y., Feb. 19 UP— Some 10 years ago, three boys at- tended the S8andy Creek high achool together. A few days ago, their paths con- verged again and they met in the office of a United BStates commis- sioner here. One was the United States commissioner, W. Glen Lar- month; another was Isaac Wright, of the United States coast guard, while the third was Almon DeWitt of Sandy Creek, alleged liquor smuggler. Wright arrested DeWitt eon charges of smuggling and conspir- acy. He pleaded not guilty and was held in ball of $3,000 for federal court. Westport Will War On Speed Maniacs Bridgeport, Feb. 19 UP—In an ef- fort to halt excessive speeding on the Boston Post road within the limits of their town, officials of the court have in- augurated a new rate for speeders, In future automobile speeding cas:s coming before the Westport court, the driver will be fined according to the number of miles per hour he was travelling. When outside the village center and when ordinary conditions pre- vail the town authorities will toler- ate 40 miles per hour, “The speed maniacs have forced us ‘to take this action,” Prosecutor Stanley T. Jennings raid today. “Of coyrse it will also increase the motor vehicle department's revenue, but we are not interested in that angle.” 1f you lose it—Try a Herald Clas- sified Ad. AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN “Jane always winds up by sayin’ we oughtn’t to believe evil until we know, but she %ives all the horrible details rst.” (Copyright 1929, Pullishers Syndicate) FOR SALE Modern 7 room house, oil heat, es- tablished neighbor- hood. West end of Y Two car gar- A [l ;H”‘n\f' f i INSURANCE REAL ESTATS Commorciel Tram Comgaoy Bobidag otk i Above is Inventor Martin in bis horse-drawn aleplane of 20 years ago as it appeared when he re- constructed it recently, preparatory for shipment to the Smithsonian museum. The small picture s that of Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Lonis, the arrow indicating the balancing planes whose principle Martin discov- ered. Below, he is shown with his latest invention, a new type of airplanc propeller. BY ISRAEL KLEIN Canton, O., Feb. 15, — Time is creeping softly upon Willlam H. Martin and his wife, Almina, who live on their little farm not far from here. They have had their griefs and | pleasures and are ready to resign to the inevitable but for one more supreme moment of happiness. This they hopefully expect will come when the world recognizes Martin as the inventor of a type of airplane that has since succeed- ed in taking Lindbergh, Chamber- lain and Eevine across the Atlan. tle, and when Mrs. Martin s hailed as the first woman to fly. His claim is the discovery of the principle of the V-shaped balanc- ing plane which has perfected the monoplane. In the small living room of their farm house we sat around a shiny coal stove and talked of inventions, aviation, first (flights and the future, Martin is 74 and a foot-long straggly beard flows down over his chest. Mrs. Martin looks much younger, for her brown hair has not a tinge of gray in it Given to Smithsonian He was loquacious about his first airplane — a monoplane built according to a principle for which he obtained a patent in Beptem- ber, 1909. Recently he put to- gether the parts of the original plane, which he had had stored in his barn, posed with it, tore it down again and shipped it to ‘Washington, where it will be set up in the Smithsonian Institution museum. ’ That is his first proud step toward world-wide fame. It is based upon the construction of two wide balancing planes coming down in a V-shape from the hori- zontal wing above fo the bottom of the fuselage. Martin opened & box in which he kept the model of his original plane. The inside of the cover bore newspaper pictures of Lind- bergh and his S8pirit of 8t. lLouls and one of Levine's plane, the Co- lumbia. “Notice how these built,” he said. machines are “The horizontal THE PHONE RANG AND STEBBINS WORKS -BUT THEY WouLD NOT Give THE MESGAGE Y0 musk 9 X33 plane is above the motor. These things that are now called struts and which T call ‘balancing planes’ run down to the fuselage. Now look at this.” He took from his pocket a solled and worn patent certificate. He turned to claim number 10 which clearly covered this point. “Do you see the similarity? Those broad struts are there for a purpose and I pointed that out in my invention 20 years ago. They aren't as broad as my bal- ancing ‘planes because smallc = bal. ancers are enough when greater speed is obtained. “My patent has run out and I'm not looking for financial gain. But I want to show you that I discov- ered this principle.” For more than 20 years before his invention, Martin worked on this idea. Fiew in 1900 In 1909 he rigged up a peculiar machine with wide planes made of English longcloth and shaped like a large triangle, in front of a boat-like framework. A smaller broad triangle he set up in back. jand weighed 175 pounds. |" Mrs. Martin helped him rig it up and tow it out to the crest of a hill on the Martin farm. *“Old BIill,” the farm horse, was hitched to the plane, for it had no motor. Martin got into the seat, grasped the controls and yelled “Giddap.” Off went “Old Bill” down the |irncline and up sailed Martin in his plane. The route was about 800 feet diagonally across the fleld. And Martin didn't come down un- til hig horse stopped at the Zence. Goes Up 50 Feet ‘Then Mrs. Martin sailed up 50 feet, even higher thany her hus- band did. She contends it was the first time any woman ever flew an airplane, “I didn't realize T was so high until T looked down and saw our neighbors’ houses,” she “I wanted to fly again when we took the plane down to New York for the Hudson Fulton celebration, but I never got a chance,” Arriving at New York, the Mar- THEY SAID THEY x WANT YO TALK TO c M TRYIN' TKETCH PNEUMONIE! THE BOSS WANTS ME BACK ON THE JoB, AS SOONS T KIN STAND THE- FROZEN NORTH, DAGNABRT!! The whole planc was 32 feet wide | recalled. | {tins tried out their plane on a race track. It sailed along smoothly when he directed the chauffeur in the towing automobile and a jockey who was at the controls, But when he got into the plane himself the towing rope broke and the best he could do was guide his machine into a picket fence to avgid a calamity., That ended “is New York debut. He packed up the pieces and returned home. Martin displayed newspaper clippings describing _ his early flights and those of Mrs. Martin. At the time also their grand- daughter, who is now Mrs. Blanche Roth of Waynesburg, O., flew the plane, but Martin played safety first by locking the con- trols and “just giving her a ride.” Martin displayed his latest in- vention, a scythe-like type of pro- | peller, designed to sweep the wind away from the plane instead of into it and thus avold loss of speed due to “skin friction.” He has applied for a patent on this, but his greatest wish is to be re- membered for his flights more than 20 years ago. [ PELLEY NOW HEADS NEW HAVEN ROAD (Continued from First Page) president of the Central of Georgla, a subsidiary of the Illinois Central. Resigns at Savannah Savannah, Ga., Ieb. 19 (®—John J. Pelley, who today resigned as president of the Central of Georgla railway to become head of the New i York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, began work as a station {clerk for the Illinois Central in 1899. He had been head of the Central of Georgia and its auxiliary, the ! Ocean Steamship company, since 1926. It was understood that would leave here at once prepara- tory to assuming his new dutles on WONDER WHAT T AN BE one daughter. | he:| March 1 in the New York head quarters of the New Haven railroad. His successor, Albert Early Clift, of Chicago, who resigned as senior vice president of Llinois Central railroad to head the Central of Georgia, ar- rived here today. The story of his career also was one of & rise from the ranks to im- portant executive posts in railroad- ing. Entered Service Early Mr. Pelley, who is 51 years of age, began railroad work after hav- ing attended the University of Il- linois and devoted 27 years of his life to the Illinois Central. In 1900 he was made a track apprentice and his first promotion came in 1904 when he became superviser of the Indiana division. A year later he was transferred to the Memphis division and from 1908 until 1911 he was COOLIDGE HAS AD 1000000 CALLERS He Has Stakon Hall Milin Hands Darin His Torn Washington, Feb. 19 (UP)—More than 1,000,000 persons, an gverage of close to 500 every calendir day, have called at the White House to greet the president or inspect the executive mansion since Mr. Coolidge took office August 3, 1923. Approximately half that number were greeted personally by the pres- ident with a hand shake, either at roadmaster of the Louisiana and|the executive mansion, or in his Tennessee divisions. From 1912 un- til 1915 hy was superintendent of the Tennessee and Memphis divi- sions. Becoming general superintendent of the Illinois Central Southern lines at New Orleans in 1917 he; was promoted to general superin- tendent of the Northern lines two years later. In 1921 he was given leave of absence to go with the car| service division of the American Railway association in an important executive capacity and returned to the Illinois Central in 1923 as gen- eral manager. In November of the following| year he was promoted to vice pres- ident in charge of operation, a post he held at the time he was elevated | to the presidency of the Central of! Georgia and Tllinois Central sub- sidiary, He succeeded L. A. Downs in the latter post when Downs be- came president of lllinois Central. Mr. Pelley was born in Anna, T1- linois, in 1878 and has a wife and City Items A -birthday party was held Sun- day in honor of Philip Adler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adler of 40 Tal- cott street. Thirty guests were pres- ent, including many out of town re- | latives. Phillp received many useful | gifts. Refreshments were served. A son, John Alexander, has been born to Dr. A. J. Cavins and Mrs. Cavins of Terre Haute, Ind. Mrs. Cavins before her marriage was! Miss Grace Lrickson, daughter of | Mr. and Mrs. John A. Erickson of 18 Hart street. Dorothy Hansen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hansen of 11 Law- | lor street, observed her seventh birthday Saturday by entertaining a group of friends. Games were played and refreshments were served. The little hostess received many gifts. | | Next Governor of NEA San Francisco Bureau If Governor-General — Stimson is called from the Philippines to the Hoover ecabinet, Dr. David P. rows (above,) ex-prei University of California, will the Manila post, accordmg to Pa- cific coast political gossip. Dr. Bar- rows installed the Philippine school | system and was mentioned fov the office when General Wood died. ‘ Aren’t We All HEY/ASH. G AH! HES KETCHE ADOCOR FER ) | PNEUMONIE, HUR? office in an adjoining building. An official count of all guests, in- cluding those at state receptions, shows 703,623 visitors up to Febru- ary 1 this year. The figures are the officlal tabulations of White House police. Miscellaneous receptions, includ- ing the traditional New Year's and Easter programs, accounted for 220,986 additional callers. Each guest at these functions represents a hand shake for both the president and Mrs. Coolidge. 'They have made an inflexible rule to greet personally every caller on such occasions, as vell as at the formal state recep- tions of the winter social season. Many Parlors Sight-seers who inspected the White House parlors numbered 802,- 998, The president’s mid-day pub- lic reception lines at the executive offices added 179,639 handshakes. A total of 124,347 persons came to ths White House on official business, an average of approximately ten a day for every business day. These calls represent the whole range of official business, from congressmen urging postmaster appointments, to cabinet meetings. The president has posed with 957 delegations on the White House grounds, These totals, according to White House attaches, represent only the Washington calls. No record is available on such affairs at the var- ious summer camps which have Leen Mr. Coolidge's vacation havens. The Condition of The greatest hand-shaking day on record at the executive offices was April 15, 1925, when 1,869 persons were in the public line at noon. The previous record, held by Fresi- dent Harding, was 1,137. Is Big Month April is always the biggest month for the White House polise for it is the month which brings hundreds of thousands of sight-seers to the cap- ital ta see the famous Japanese cherry blossoms of Potomac park. Following are the official figures for both hand-shaking callers and ‘White House sight-seers during Mr, Coolidge's term: Callers . 18,795 31,5 . 49,518 41,380 17,506 ... 82,328 arp decline in the 1927 totals is because the president-aban doned the White House between March 1 and October 1 that year to permit extensive repairs. There were nq public receptions in the temporary White House at 15 Du Pont Circle. President Coolidge has had more public callers than any other presi- dent, according to veterans of the ‘White House police force. President Harding, who first opened the White House grounds to the public after the war, had only 15,342 at his noon- day receptions during 1922, In 1924, the first full year under Pres- ident Coolidge, the number jumped to 31,526, 8ight-seers 33,647 BLACK HOPS FOR NAPLES Marseilles, France, Feb, 19 M— Van Lear Black, Baltimore publish- er, hopped off this morning for Naples, Italy, in continuation of his flight from Croydon, England, to South Africa. y . Special Notice Be part of that large crowd which will be at Judd's hall tonight where a whist card party will be held. All you champlons and near-champions will have your opportunity to show Jjust how good you are at the games tonight. A door prize will be offer. ed 80 you still have a chance if ys are the losers. Remember—Jud hall—tonight at § o'clock—admi sion 25 cents. 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