New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 10, 1929, Page 18

18 BUSINESS WOMEN WILL VACATE 0LUB Organization Gives Up Head- quarters Alter Six Years After approximately occupancy the Business sional Woman's club voted to Washir street. be vacated May 1, @ until the future o Profgs last evening club is set held on th About SIX years ago t New mo B om t ita VERNONTERS PAID S000 70 SETTLE SUTS FOR DAVACE WOMAN'S MIND BLANK Mrs. Anna Lazar of Allen Strect Found Wandering in Storm Un- able to Tell Her Name. shortly this a h rn to her was at the pital vas deeme le stay until tom Masonic Official Will _Explain Bible Passages of Plainville, fifth Maso an official Harmony . A. F. and next Monce He wil plain the Masonic interpretations of certain ptural passages used in on degree. Officers of Centennial lodge Masons have been wanted to have her the 1 ex g, and members and sojourning invited to attend Scraping together a living for them- selves, and for vou and your family—that's bahy will where chicks prove themselves of real benefit to you. Buy today from the reliable hatcheries whose ads appear in Classification 52 of the Herald Classified Ad pages. Welcome to This Inn of Ocean Gives Up Florida Minister Holds Betting on Horse Races Fair and Square Wreck of Plane u irplane that may the ill-fated craft was given up by WINTER SHUTS OFF HOPE FOR SUMMER Suden Snow Storm Wipes Out - oy m 88 in Monday Mot Editor Is Beauty At T‘“ autiful girl i University The mosi b Iclass at the Miss Berneita I iTa.. in the opinion of sides being queen prom. Miss Kunau Hawkeye, stodent ye of Towa her class, of the is editor, Hospitality in New York PRINCE GEORGE HOTEL FIFTH ! ALBURN M. GUTTERSO VENUE AND 28TH ST. ANAGER 1,000 ROOMS WITH BATH Single with Bath $3 to $1—Double with Bath $1 to $6 A HOME IN THE HEART OF THINGS A matron is in attendance for the comfort and of ladies traveling alone. unior i Knnau of Ciinton, | Be- unior | of the ’ E'EW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WE! SDAY, APRIL 10, 1929 Miami, Fla., April 10 P—There 1s nothing in the Bible to condemn pari-mutuel betting on horse races, in the opinion of Rev. Everett S. smith, pastor of the First Christian church of Miaml. The minister be- lieves, on the contrary, that the pari-mutuel system honest, and square.” Dr. Smith's views were expressed in a talk to the Miami Advertising lub in which he upheld horse racing s an amusement and denounced as “poor citizens” those "of a minor- ity of opinion who attempt to legis- late their personal prejudices into the laws by political manipulation.” The minister condemned the prac- tice of circulating petitions, as he sald was recently dene in Miami, irging state lcgislators to vote 'gainst racing bills. “1 have never been able to fair | differ- | entiate,” Dr. Smith said, a two dollar bet made at a pari- mutuel window and a $500 binder |put upon a $100,000 piece of pro- perty. Every one of us was a | zambler in 18 Gambling o closely interwoven with all phases and spheres of life, that no human | being can possibly define what is, nd what is not right, and put it inte a law. The best that men can {hope to do is reasonably and sym- pathetically regulate and modify. “The very best system of regula- |tion ever devised for the sport of | racing either for Miami or any place in the world, is the pari-mutuel | {eystem of betting. It is honest, fair | and square.” ! The minister, who is a former resi- | dent of Kentucky, pledged his sup- | port for horse racing as it is con- ducted by the Miami Jockey club. “between | MAD MAN KILLS WOMAN AND SELF (Continued from Virst Page.) but was reieased two years ago and returned to Fairfield Hushand in Hospital slain womans husband. an n. is in Bridgeport hospital suffering from kidney trouble woman of airficld, who runs a small store not far from the scens of the tr cdy Foch was with other ghbors “!m broke into the house when Mrs. Poch was unahle to gain entrance. In the Kitchen of the house where Mayer kept a cohblers hench did jobs of repairing for neigh- bors, the two bodies were found found on floor appeared to he one used by Mavher n his cohbler's work. Wh he The where The hammer th cther strike the ter-in- h it in the cutting her throat wit whether fend r, or <he used herselt fro ‘|4"IIA| naminer Called and Medical Ex- I. D. Davis we 1urder and suicide, immediatel v re notified o started Mayher tely and on various had bheen had been o the man her this today tha words with n the 1 to kill tant mother Fxpec Kelly Child, Hit by Car, Has Shoulder Injury examination of M showed a v oulder and bone, it was is listed a critical. 'l antomobil Herman Golon of W who was run dow ning on Broad sirect, was fo have a bad fr ind will he for a few weeks. unable to leave pital 1 ll\l l!l for whom one irisdiction of police e ngficld, htu ol from Woo onds to the court. He told the n to Spr arrest bond jum 1 address where he w ‘o be. it was learned loft Monday. The 1 ould remain on t located him, rather than 300 permancntiy. GET IN At Beginning of Season Confectionery Store Established Business on a Busy Corner LARGE WINDOW: bstantial Fixtures Will Sacrifice on Account of Health Address A. Guertin 107 George St., Bristol, Conn. Tel. 1312 i | The ! s 2 daughter of Steve Poch, | WIFE OF WATKINS ASOERTS EGAN GOT CASH AND JEWELRY (Continued from First Page.) predicament and Watking' defense in the hands of Frank Healy. Barber Came t> Hartford Barber said he was a friend of | Wartking and tried to help the latter out after Watkins late in May had telephoned to him in Texas saying he was coming to Seattle and had some- thing important to tell him. Barber said he came to Hartford and brought a note to Egan contfaining cerfain questions. and he also was | to get $5,000. Some of the questions were like these Why was Mrs, Watkina held un- der bail of $100,00¢ Why did not Egan ask for a writ {of habeas corpus to get Mrs, Wat- Kins' released from jail? What criminal charges made against himself? What was the civil status of Wat- flairs? said he asked Egan the| ions but didn’t get much satis- He said he started to write | lown kgan’'s answers, but Egan told | him not to do that, that it was ’ll'l-‘ and to destroy the paper. | I desiroy the paper. On his trip to Hartford, e said,! id not like it, and told him | out town as quickly as| He an said he was to come cast and get Watkins' affairs. Egan didn't | him any money and he said he aving that night on his way had heen | Hastey, an automobils | cstified that Egan, in apped” an automo- & to Mrs. Watking for himself which he drove 1928 the Mrs, bile belongi S until Nove of vswap” in mber, the »ecution Nearly Through trial entered its sixth da the state's case as offered by Attorney Alcorn well out- lined that indications wonld he by late would afternoon upen closed and defense Mrs. Watkins Resumes Mrs. Watkins rcturned te stand when the session opened Her direct t‘xamlnn'mn‘ nued this mornir vas co She said that after her arrest at | brought back 10 under $100.. of which she she w and placed bonds in default HEAT YOUR HOME WITH GAS Don't fail to visit our booth at the Exposition this week. Let us show vou one of our conversion jobs in operation and how vour present boiler ean burn gas at a cost not ex- ceeding 259, above oper- ating with coal. We also take pleasure in announcing the arrival of the NEW COLLIER COUNTER-FLOW GAS FIRED BOILER Which delivers water at 160 degrees Fahrenheit 1o the mains in six minute: from a cold start. J. Lyon & Son Gas Heating Department 1203 Main St. East Hartford OFFICE IN Particularly adapted to the Lawyers or Specialty Shops. ful and bright. office and hanks. SUITES THE Professional Building needs of Physicians, Dentists, Large waiting rooms, cheer- Parking space in rear, convenient to post Inquire ROBBIN'S CLOTHES SHOP 344 Main St. leareful | with mixed | @ the went to jail. She said that Egan came to jail and told her “not to worry, every- thing will come out all right. Very shortly Yeomans will be on the bench and your bail will be re- duced.” Mrs. Watkins also testified that Egan said he had been to see Al- corn at his summer home and both Egan and Frank Healy had great hopes that the bail would be re- duced. Mrs. Watkins related that Egan had come to the jail on another oc- casion and said he was in a hurry because Judge Yeomans was in his office and he, Egan, wanted her to sign a paper to straighten out some- thing in relation to N. A. I. bonds. The questioning then took anothe: turn and Mrs. Watkins said she had |been released from jail where she after | was sentenced to one year about two months upon recommen- dation of Mr. Alcorn. She said she !owed no money to Egan in conncc- [tion with her mother's funeral. On cross examination by Hyde, the wit- ness said she married Watkins in 1916. During her husband's troubls in Pittsburgh she had her home in; Cleveland. She knew of no other troubles i Watkins had had. She had had her home with him in various cities in- cluding San Diego and Memphi When she came to Hartford in 192 she gave to Watkins as she knew was in the brokerage business. Asked by Mr. Hyde if she knew Watkins was making money in the business, the witness replied: “I | presumed that was why he was in busines Invested Her $8.000 said Watkins invested She the had $8,000 of her own which she | he | | | | | $8.000 in bonds and made money for | her. She never discussed business af- fairs with him. She said that pre- vious to April 5, 1928, when her hus- band fled she thought the N. A. . was doing a perfectly legal business | {and there was nothing wrong about it The first time she met Egan was when she went to his office after her husband had called and she had brought to him a draft for $50.000 which Watkins told her to give to Kgan. She said Fgan stepped out of the office for a few moments and came back With a draft cashgd giv- ing her $25000. She said Eagon told her to be Mr. Hyde asked Mrs. Wat- kins if in a telephone coniversation ler husband she had asked him if he was coming back and she said she could not recall asking him ! the question. Mr. Hyde asked her it she recalled asking Egan for all the 50,000 and the witness denied that she had made any such request. She also denied that Egan had told her that he had advised Watkins to go away over the week-end. So far as she knew, she said Egan had told her that he had told her husband to go away without any ref- erence to a week-end. She said she wasn't & bit worried over the affairs of Watkins when he left as she thought everything was all right. She couldn’t remember when she en- dorsed the draft for $50,000, wheth- er at home or at Egan’s office. The draft was made out to M. E. Tresslar, her maiden name and at either one place or the other she | had endorsed it when told that it | was for legal business. All Right to Go Away The witness said Egan had said that it was all right for her to xo away. He had never told her to re- turn. When she called him up from | Sante Fe, and told him she had | heard the police had a warrant for her husband, Egan told her, she | aid, that they had a bench warrant | ued for his arrest. Mrs. Watkins said she was arresf «d at Sante Fe right after her tele. phone call to Egan. She engaged a attorney named Edwards but witness denied that she discussed the possi- | bility of fighting extradition. She said she turned the $25,000 in cash over to Iidwards who turned it over to Egan when he arrived a | few days later. She said she told gan that she had the $25,000 to use to take care of her mother and the children and to use the balance for herself. She said that on the way back to Hartford, she gave all her | personal jewelry valued at about $5.000 to Egan. She says she did this | at Egan's suggestion. When she ar- rived at Hartford she retained a lawyer to whom she told the incident of Fdwards turning over the $25.. | 000 to Egan. She said she regasded this as her | personal money and thought it was | the result of the original loan of $8. 000 which she had given to her hu band to invest, She said she dm-’ cussed with Egan the disposing of the furniture in her home in West | Hartford and some of it she pro- | posed to give to her mother and to | put the rest into storage. She denied she ever told F.gan to sell the furn wre, She said that at one fime when | her husband telephoned to her he told her to get certain books and | ers. She went there and got se eral books and her husband’s per- | sonal check book which she turned over to ligan This ended Mrs. Watkins' cross examination and there was no redi- rect examination. Harold C. Bailey, an assistant trust officer in a local | hank was the next witness. I CATTS AGCUSED IN COUNTERFEIT PLOT (Continued from First Page.) Baptized One Child It was brought out that Catts as a minister recently baptized one of Diaz's children in Tampa. The government charges that Catts and Diaz made their arrangements in the deal in Tallahassee last De- cember. The former governor long has been prominently identified in Flori. | da politics. When he was elected | governor in 1915, he Bolted the democratic party after having been beaten in the primury, and made a state wide race on an independent ticket. He was elected by a large majority. During the recent cam- paign he ran second in a field of five candidates for the democrttic nomination. Of the five persons named in the indictments only two had been ar- rested. The exact status of Miss Burwell was not known, as she was released following her arrest in Miami. Diaz and Dominguez were in jail in Tampa. Mir also was be- lieved to be in Tampa and his ar- rest was expected shortly. Known as “Gato” Former Governor Catts was known Blacksmith Work Automobile Axles Straight- ened, Bumpers Repaired. Truck Bodies Built. . Springs a Specialty J. C. Baker 224 Arch St. Phone 506 to the ring, the indictments char as “Gato,” a Spanish word meaning cat. The indictments list him as Catts alias Gatq. The plot was uncovered by federal men working out of Atlanta, when numerous $100 notes were reported in circulation in Florida and New York. Catts, according to government agents, had a working arrangement with a New York bank teler through whom all counterfeit money made by the syndicate was put into circu- lation. They said Catts was unsat- isfied with the appearance of the first run of bills made by Diaz and demanded that more perfect ones be produced. Catts is a large property owner in the western part of the state. He Charges “Frame Up” DeFuinak Springs, Fla., April 10 (#—*It's all a frame up.” former Governor Sidney J. Catts declared at his home today when informed that a federal grand jury had indicted him at Jacksonville on charges of aiding and abetting a counterfeiting ring. HEAT YOUR. 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