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19 REVOLUTIONS TOLEGE STUDENT " WITHN 19 YEARS " ROMIGDE VI yesterday morning. Steel rods were brought into use, a metal detector was also employed in the search, Ji- rected by County Detective Edward J. Hickey, for the weapon which Mr. Hickey seemw to think will be found in the vicinity. | |was tond. This was addressed no shoeting during the night. Note of No Valuc The authorities are holding a not2, which they regard as having little value, found across the road from the place wWhere the student's boly to “Billy." a nickname of the atudent’s the Vatican for decision. It was feit that if actual cenversation took place between representatives of the government and the church the chances for a settiement were par- ticularly strong. Mr. Lewis that investigution had revealed no connectien between ths two. MEXICO IS OPTIMISTIC OYER RELIGIOUS ISSUE Takes Novel Oath m.e theory that the weapon was |sister, Mary. The salutation is the hurled into the swamp either by jonly word decipherable in the pa- Huntington or an assailant after the Per. shooting. Detective Hickey said he would An inundated plot about ten have another conference with Mrs, from where the body lay was tue (Hnnlln‘ton this morning, if her con- center of activity and so carefully |dition weyld permit her spesking was it covered that a fountain pan lof the tragedy. He would not give and pencil, lost by One of the search- 'any reason for speaking with nper ers yesterday, were found in the again. mud, a couple of feet Lelow the suir- He had conferred with the moth- b face of the water. Hip boots bor. er after the autopsy. The detective medical examiner, who jeined them | .. .4 1. the Windsor fire deparr- 'admitted the failure to find a re- this morning in a search of the|, . were worn by the investigz- volver hurt his suicide theory, but axampy lof-tound doptynints which | o o isaid he would continue his search {they established ~as Huntington's. | ™., o1 weapon discovered this to whatever bypath his investigation | by |These led from the top of & hill be- " (0 I NS Ol near a led him. {tween the center of the town and a N TR B i lonely lot about one-cighth of a mile |PT70R T T8 0L here trom the spot where the body had |, T I I‘y"_”" e mde‘ e il i metal indicating device in an effort The footprints began at the tob ¢4 ghtain the pistol used in the of the hill and were lost for sonlelcrimpl ihis ngtrmant Sataut il distance, but were again Wsible Near | o ob o pocket watch with a hand the acene of the shooting. 1t Was| . picn gips i the ficld of iron or learned from a meighbor of the |y 0 " Conaniv utilized to locate Huntington family that young Hunt- |\ oo " e "o 0" wan trisd ington was not a walker. Instead. | . by Detective i_mkey vesterduy the neighbor said, he was somewhat lazy and indolent in his habits, and &z‘tr“";“’e‘:f‘::: ;;::i';m;"d A hetter would have refrained from walking : 4 5 long distances. The neighbor told | Huntington “Woman Hater of the numerous occasions when the | The note which was found across youth. sent to the drug atore by his |the road from the place where tiie mother, had refused to walk the [body lay was assigned to one “Bil short distance, and had ridden to |—the nickname of Huntington's sis- the druggist's in the family automo- |ter Mary. According to Detective bile. {ch- ;, the rest of the note is not Hickey said. however, that the | decipherable. footprints indicated the student had Young Huntington wi considerad walked a part. if not all. the distance [something of a oman hater, to the spot where his body was | friends of the dead youth stated to- found. iday, and had no special girl friends Victim Used Right Hand in the town whom he visited on his Tt was definitely estgblished today | frequent trips home. It was re- that young Huntington was right called that in his high schoel daye, handed. This. Dr. Costello said,|it was his custam to attend schosl would refute any suicide theory. in- | fynctions “stag” or with a relative. asmuch as the bullet which had kill- {ppis fact, the friends stated, would ed the student had entered the left |y ongly tend to eliminate the theocy side of his head. going into the tem- | o o Jove affair prior to the death. ple and coming out over his right — pno body was found a short dis- ear. Had he killed himself Hunting- tance off Bloomfield avenue, in the ton would have had to use his left hand. which, Dr. Costello pointed out. would have been unnatural. The medical examiner's report of homicide, which he will submit to The investigators firmly held to (Continued from First Page) ! no NEW Gavaw! Eloctric LI-STEEL REFRIGERATOR Merican Gommt Yay Unr stable—500,000 Lives Lost Mexico Cify, May 9 (UP)—As the Sonoro-Chihuahua revolution nears its end. a glance back over the files shows the outline of Mexican history since 1910 as foilows: Ninetcen revolutions in 19 years. Two hundred thousand lives lost. An unestimated toll of hundreds of willions of dollars damage to pro- perty, The recapitulation (round round) as compiled by El Universal Grafico: | 1.—Francisco 1. Madero heads the first movement of a revolutionary nature against the government of General Porifirio Diaz, triumphing after six month of fighting: Presi- dent Diaz flees from Mexico; Fran- visco Leon de la Barra becomes pro- visional president to be succeeded Francisco Madero. (Began Nov. 1910.) small pool of water, at the scene of the shooting, the county detective and his a ant drained this pool, Lut nothing bearing on the case was found. Revolver Shell Only Clue - The only definite clue in the hands of the authorities is a 32 calibre | shell. found near the body. Hickey | and his deputies, together with the President GillI's Stand Comsidered as Inviting Catholic Mierarchy to Take Imitiative. Mexico City, May 9 (@—Undis- guised optimism that a way would be found put of Mexico's church- state difficulties prevailed in many ‘quarters in Mexico City today as the full import of President Portes Gil's stand Tuesday night was recognized, The president was seen here as | naving issued an invitation to Arch- nshop Ruiz, regarded as head af the | Mexican Roman Cathelic hierarchy. {to take the initiative in the conduct of negotiations for a settlement of the-year-old question. This, it was believed, might be done by the prelate proposing a meeting himself with Sr. Portes Gil, or by laying the entire maiter before —_— Girl Not Connected With Case Waterbury, May § (UP)—Mins| 16, of Poplar road. Cambridge. whose simultaneous de- parture from Cambridge with Wal- ter Treadway Huntington of Wind- sor precipitated an investigation, was at the home of her uncle, Rev. Gomer R. Lewis, here today. A note with the blurred address “Billy” was found near Huntington's body in Windsor. After it was learned Miss Lewis left Cambridge !Saturday night. the night Hunting- ton left Harvard for home, it was suggested to authgrities that the| note might have been addressed to “Lily.” | Cambridge police Associated Press Photo When taking office as president of |undergraduate association of Bar- |nard college, Gladys Vanderbilt agreed 1o resign if her personal con- victions became incompatible with those of the organization. A revolutionary movement headed by the Liberal party in Baia California, Coahuila, Vera Cruz and Chihuahua gets under way in Sep- tember, 1911. At the end of three the rebels are destroyed in You ean -flvma lesa-contly- v|l= . '::fi" all-steel like ub. built e which will slvays -o--u‘ m tep, is perma. ol GENERAL @ ELECTRIC ALL'STEEL REFRIGERATOR Barry & Bamforth 19 MAIN STREET TELEPHONE 2504 The year 2589 of the Japanesc era, being the 18th year of the pe all Taisho, began on Janwary 1, 1929. 3.—The “social-agrarian” revolu. tion headed by Andres Molina En- riques and Alfredo Robles Romin- squez is demolished in 15 days by President Madero (1911). 4.—Pascual Orozco undertakes a vebellion against Madero, starting in the north of the republic. The movement was “suffocated” by Gen- cral Victoriano Huerta at Bachim- ba, Chihuahua. General Jose Gon- zales Salas, secretary of war, one of the rebels, committed suicide follow- ng this defeat (1912). 5—The Maderista government crushes another outbreak begun by Genera] Bernado Reyes, also in the north (Nuevo Leon). General Reyes' troops refuse to sccond the movement and Reyes 1s captured and sent to Mexico City (1912). 6.—Gerneral Felix Diaz captures assured Rev. ., Esstors over the N. B. C. petwork 42 stations. P e T 4P ¥ T s T ® Goon HARDWARE SINCE S taseasa #2 S st Pt B2 s S LAWN MOWERS PRIZE ' WINNERS SUPER GREAT AMERICAN WILLIAM PENN i but commonly known as the Murphy place. The road of red dirt is seldom used for traffic. according to a resi- dent of the section, who added that, it murder had been committed, the Nothing succeeds like suc- cess—but success follows only _after reputation. If the port of Vera Cruz by surprise. Two weeks later the Madero gov- ernment has again triumphed over its enemics (1912). Zapata's Long Revolt 1.—@eneral Emiliano Zapata be- zine & movement in the south of the republic which is almost constantly under way for eight years. The Za- pata rcbellion lasts from 1912 to 1620 when the Zapata chiefs finally 4grée to the plan of Agua Priet: 8,—The rebellion which cor the lite Madero is started by Gen- +rals Felix Diaz, Bernardo Reyes and Manuel Mondragon in Mexico City, Febpuary, 1913. It is victorious in ten days and its victory is followed by the clection of General Victoriana Huerta (by the congrcss) ms prei- dent, 9.—Genreral Venustiano Carranza aftep one year of bloody combats, béginning February, 1913, ovep- throws the government of Victoriana Huerta. Rlocodiest of All 10.—General Francleco Villa, at the head b aggy i the noren, rev s, One hundred thowsand ure killed In_this, the bloodiest'of all Mexican rcvolu. | tions. Villa at. times controls the wmajority of the country but in the end 8 beaten by Carrancistas led by | General Alvaro Obregon. 11.—General Felix Diaz in 1919 again leads an army against the Car- ranss government. After two years of fighting, Diaz is compelled to flee the eountry. 12.—Gen¢rals Obregon and Plu- tarce Elias Calles (present minister of war) win the government from the hands of Carranza in a two weeks’ fong revoluilon in May, 1920. The rebeliion ended with the killing of Carranza in Tlaxcalaltongo, V. ¢. 13.—Gencral Pablo Gonzalez rises against Obregon and Calles in Mon- terey. N. L., in 1920. He is expelled trom the republic after being arrest- €d by the federal forc 14.—General Francisco Murguia organizes a movement against Obre- zon which spreads to Durango, & n- | 4loa and Coahuila in 1521. Mur-| guia s eaptured and shot in the| state of Durango. 15.—In 1920 General Manuel Pe- | lacs initiates a rebellion in the states | of Pueblo and Oaxaca against Car- ransa. It culminates in the accept- ance of the plan of Agua Prieta. De la Muerta Crushed 16.—Obregon in three months crushes the rebellion started by Adelfe de la Muerta in Vera Cruz, Jelisco and Oaxaca in 1923, | 17.—With the promulgation of thr religious laws in July, 1426, which is followed by the closing of the Catn- olie churches, the so-called Catholic | rebellion gets under way in Jalisco, Colima, Michoacan. Guanajuato, Qucretaro and San Luis Potosi. This mevement siill continues intermit- tently. 18.—The Calies government de- 1roys the Gomez-Serrano rebellion o: Heptember, 1927, in four weeks. Both Gomez and 8errano are captured and | exeeuted. 19.—The Escobar revolution. or- | ganized in the states of Vera Cruz | “‘hihuahua and Sonora, begins March 3. 1929, OBSERVES DIRTI'ID\\ A birthday party was held at the | home of Miss Marion Liebler. daugh- | 1r of Officer and Mrs. John M. Lich- | Jer of 102 Lawlor street last night The party was given in honor of Miss Lieblcr's 16th birthday anniver- | sary. Games were played and songe | were rendered by guests. Refresh. | ments were served and dancing en- joyed. KODAKS FILMS New Britain’s Kodak Headquarters Johnson’s Camera Shop “A Complete Kodak Servic 67 ARCH ST. Opp. South Church |that he had intended returning yes- Coroner Gilber J. Calhoun tomorrow morning, says that death was in-| stantaneous, Dr. Costello discounting | the theory that the death agony was prolonged because of evidences of nausea found near the body. These | evidences, he said, are symptoms of | death, and may accompany even the | process of riger mortis. Williams Not Under Suspicion | Burdette Williams, life long chum | of the slain youth, who had accom- panied Detective Hickey during the first part of the investigation, re- fused to comment on the case. say- | ing that Hickey had cautioned him not to speak of the tragedy. A close friend of the Huntington family, who had spoken of Willlams at some length last night, declared that Huntington did not kill himself. “‘Walter never shot himself. 1 know he didn't do it,”” this friend said. Detective Hickey said that Williams had been eliminated even as a pos- sible suspect, and. declared he had never been under suspicion. He declined to say why he ‘One {ordered Willlams to accompany hith on the tour of the swampy lot. “He | has accounted for all his actions Tuesday night.” he said. Meantime, Mrs. Mary Clark Hunt- ington, widowed meother of the slain student is prostrated. Her grief is complicated by the mystery of the case and the conflicting theories of the two principal authorities that so far have conducted the investigation. Before her collapse, the mother, who is the widow of the late Henry A. Huntington, Hartford attorney, de- nied there could have been any mo- tive for her son's killing himself. 8he said his visit to Windsor was one of frequent visits he made from Har. vard during the school term and sity of of evi at 1t tied in un terday. ilunt For Missing Weapon A big pump was brought into use to drain some of the land near he place where the body was found liv Why its wonderful flavor has won world-wide approval * 1—“Canads Dry" ade from high-qual- Jamaica ginger d through eur ex- clusive extraction process retsing all the flavor and aroma of the ginger root. * 19 ma lutely pure dients, balanced in process of and the Houses of Parliament corner of a lot owned by John fin-t' shooting ‘ Detective Maurice Kennedy, gators in the case, conferred with members of the Huntington famiiy \Harvard was said to have been in a caprici- hadlous state of mind Tuesday evening when lhe drove Huntington The studeni’s mother told autheri- ing was not disturbed. Death been caused by a builet fired through the left temple. after conducting a preliminary #- vestigation, declared that Hunting- {ton was aWve when his body w {left or thrown on the ficld. Persons nada Dry” from sbso- blended and proportions. A secret arbons- tion enables it to re- tain its sparkle long after the bottle is opened. SERVED in Paris and New York . . . served in London assailant had selected an excellent e for the deed. No houses are in | the immediate vicinity and a quizzing farmers in the section failed to disclose a clue to the crime. the in- vestigators announced. Morbld Throng Gathers Hundreds of cars, many from out the scene of the yesterday afternoon and visitors state, visited ening and today many waded about the lot ankle deep in | niud and water in an attempt to find the gun used. Mrs. Mary Clark Hunt- {ington, the mother, waa repocted to have been prostrated with grief over the death of her son. Following the autopsy. County ahd Constable leading Hickey investi- the Main street home. Huntington, who was home from college for a brief visit, when he went riding with Burdett Williams. a high school classmate. was 10:30 o'clock. Williams said, home. s she heard her son call to her the house that he was going to see LEdward Prouty at a locul drug store. and his movements the time of his death have remained He never went to the store thereafter to disclosed. A diamond ring was on one of Huntington's fingers and his cloth- had Detective Hickey, ing In the vicinity of the farm, {the place where Governor John H. :Trumbull spent his childhood, llell'dl ! ly under ingre- I-bwm metheds exact Ppurer gingér ale. at Ottawa . . . “Canada Dry” is the aristocrat of beverages. Mellow as the man- ners of a diplomat . . . sparkling as the wit at a state dinner . . . refreshing as the beauty of the women gath- ered there ... 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