New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1929, Page 1

By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 BOLD HOLDUP AN LOSES HIS NERVE AND TAKES FLIGHT Youth Confronts North Street Barber With Pistol, Demands Money, Changes Mind - MELETTI REMAINS CALM AS HE LOOKS INT0 GUN Bandit Says “I'll Be Back Later,” Flees and Joins Pal in Street— Police Find 20 Youths Answering Description of Fugitives as They Hunt Through Streets in North End, William Meletti of 53 North street was in his barbershop at 63 North street, just around the cor- ner from Main street, about 9:39 this forenoon when a young man entered and called for attention. Meletti, who was in a rear room. answered, and to his surprise, found himselt looking down the barrel of a nickel plated revolver. “I want your money,” the gun- man told him, but Meletti saw his hand shaking and at once realized that the only danger was from & wild shot, which in all probability would not be fired at all if he put up a stiff front, “Whateha trying to do, kid me?” the barber threw at him with ef- fective nonchalance. nonchalance, *No, I'm not. I'll plug you,” gunman answered. “Well, I've ncver been plugged yet, but if you start plugging you'll do it only once,” Meletti countered. still keeping his cye on the waver- ing gun. “I'll_ come back.” the gunman de- a dash for the pursuit, Has Accomplice Outside Edward Keller of 102 Lasalle street was on the street when Mel- etti rushed out and called to him to stop the fleeing youth. A second young man, helieved to be a con- federate of the gunman, was across the street as though on watch, and he ran ‘over North street and through Beaver stréet near the Fal- con clubhouse, while the gunman kept on through Broad street. The police were notified and Cap- tain George J. Kelly detatisd:or- geant T. JoFeeney and OMice James M. McCue and James H. Mc- Cabe with the service car, to inves- tigate. At the barber shop they picked up Keller, who told them one of the pair appeared to he about 25 years of age, and the gunman seem- ed to be several years younger. They were wearing gray caps and blue shirts. Kel'er said he could not recall ever having seen them before. 20 Answer Description Circling about Broad street, Grove, Beaver, Washington and other streets in the vicinity, the police saw fully 20 young men wearing gray caps and blue suits but Keller was certain none of them were the pair the police wanted. On Broad street, Bergeant Kecney notified Officer Fred Wagner of the automobile squad and Officers J. M. Liebler and E. B. Kiely of the liquor squad, but no trace of the young men was found. Returning to the barber shop, Rergeant Feeney obtained a graphic description of the attempted hold-up from Meletti. If the young gunman though the barber was unnerved or frightened in any way at the lllhl| of the revolver, he was sadly mistak- en, for Meletti might have been completing the most commonplace task so far as his poise was con- cerned. Gun Shook “Like Anything” “I tell you Tom, I never see any- thing like it,” he told the sergeant betweean dabs of lather on his chin as he prepared to shave himself. *“T hear the door slam and 1 knew some one was coming in and then I hear scmeone call and I tell him I will be out right away and when I come out here he is. I'm sorry now I didn't grab hold of him. He was only a kid, maybe 18 years old. The gun was shaking like anything and it scemed to be all rusty. When he go out the door, he told me he'd be back later and I holler ‘sure, come back tonight'.” the CIGARETTE WAR ENDS New York, May 10 #—The Eve* ning Post says today that an early advance in prices for leading brands of cigarettes will be made, thus ending the cut-rate “war” that has existed in the industry for more than a year. Conferences with represen- tatives of several of the leading pro- ducers have been held within the past two weeks at which they have discusbed the situation from vari- ous angles and are understood to have reached a solution of the prob- lem—increased prices. At these Mmeetings it was emphasized that the “war” was becoming too costly and was resulting in no benefit to them- selves. Three Fall to Street As Sedan Door As Hulbert Willey of Maple Hill, Newington, was rounding the corner of Linwood and Hart streets to go east on the latter, about 9:30 last night, the right front door of his sedan opened and his wife and two children ‘were thrown out. Supernumerary Officers San- ders and Spoorier assisted them hack info the car, and reported that they did not appear to be injured. The policemen. advised them to see a physician, NEW BRITAIN HERAL NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1929.—THIRTY-SIX PAGES l Repeats His Victory ! HAGEN IS AGAI BRITISH CHAMPION Wins Open Tournament for Fourth Time With Total of 202 SAME SCORE LAST YEAR Johnny Farrcll Scores 298 to Go Into Second Place—Leo Diegel Hits 209 (o Land in Third—Abe Mitchell and Percy Arliss Are Tied for 4th. Muirfield, Scotland, May 10 (#)— Walter Hagen today won the open |galf championship of Great Hritzin for the fourth time with a scor: of 292 for the 72 holes of champion- ship play. For a time after the champion finished there was some confusion as to his score, a question of doubt arising as to whether his tota! should be 292 or 293. It had been reported that his ball moved as he addressed it on the third hole of his lust round and a penalty strike w: tentatively added. Later it was of- ficially announced that the champ- ionship committee found no evi- dence that the ball had moved, so his final rourd was 2cor:d 75 for a ground total of 292, the jame score by which he won the title last ycar ut Sandwick. As the champion reached the home hole with a score of 75 for the. final round, his second 5 on a day of high scoring by his fellows, the crowd greeted him as the re- peating champion in spite of the fuct that some of the cream of the go'ing fraternity were still to be Fkeard from. AS reports came in on the progress of the few who could overhaul him by a golfing miracle it was seen that there was no chance for him to lose. Only Johnny Ferrell and Leco Diegel had ar. outside chance to catch Hagen as he finished. When Farrell took 39 strokes for th: first rine holes of his last round he was eiiminate and Diegel with a score of 41 for the first nine socn after re- moved himself as a possibility. Bobby Cruickshank finished with a score of 301, Watrous 303, Armour 305, Jimmie Thompson 308. Johnny Farrell, open champion of the Vnited Btates, tinished with a sparkling round of 75 and with a 72 hole score of 298 went into second place. Leo Diegel returned a score of 77 (Continued on Page 20.) AMERICAN ENGINEER KILLED IN MEXICO Thomas S. Decker Stabbed by Miners He Caught Aslcep on Their Jobs in Jalesco. Mexico City, May 10 (# — Dis- patchcs to El Universal from Gua- dalajara today said an American mining engineer, Thomas 8. Decker, whose United States address was not known here, had been stabbed to death inside the shaft of Cinco Minas mine at Hostotipaguillo, Ja- lisco. His slayers, two angry miners whom he had reprimanded becausc they were asleep on their jobs, es- caped. The body has been taken to Guadalajara for burial. He is sur- vived by his widow and two daugh- ters. Gibson Reports Washington, Ma® 10 UP—Ameri- can Consul Gibson at Guadalajara, Mexico, has reported to the state department that Thomas Decker, an American, was killed at Cinco Minas on May 8§ by two Mexican mjners. Gibson said that the motive for the killing was not known and that the authorities were making an effort to apprehend the slayers. State de- partment records did not show any information regarding Decker. Y BLAGKHAL ON YOUNG Widow Demand lor $10,000 Made on Mrs. Oliver Beardslee HUSBAND A RECENT SUICIDE |'lb|k€ Surrounded for Ap- pointed Meeting But Failed to Find Anyone Attempting to Keep Appointment, Stamford, May 10 (#—A demand that $10,000 be given to a woman carrying a lilac bloom who was to be in the west bound side of the Stamford railroad station on the eve- ning of May 8th was received by Mra. Gladys Foster Beardslee, voung widow of Oliver Beardslee of Strat- tord, who Killed himself last month. police announced today. The station was surrounded by officers that night but the woman carrying a lilac bloom did not appear although a woman wearing an arti- ficial lilac cluster took a train. She was followed to New York and her identity established as a person who had nothing whatever to do with the demand. The demand was in a letter writ- ten in New York on May 3 and sent to Mrs. Beardslce at her home in Stratford. The letter went to her attorney, W. F. D. Kilpatrick, however, who notified the police and sent the let- ter to them. As a precautionary measure the police threw a cordon of officers about the station during the evening. The letter said that the writer, name not given, had evidence to show that “You (Mrs. Beardslee) murdered your husband,” and the $10,000 in exchange for the evidence was to be in $100 and $50 bills. The letter which the police have is as follows: “You murdered your husband. You know you did. 1 have evidence to prove it and I will give it to the po- lice unless you come to the Stamford railroad station on May 8 at 8 p. m. with $10,000 in $100 and $50 bills. You will not sce me. A woman with a lilac in her hand will be ting. Give her the money and she will gi you the evidence. Don't say any: thing. “P. 8. AVest bound station form."” The letter was well written good quality of note paper, and po- lice: were unable to say whether it was the writing of a man or a woman. ‘When & woman who had an arti- ficial lilac cluster on her coat board- ed a train an officer went also but in New York it was determined that she was on her own business and was not the expectant visitor at the station to get the money. Mrs. Beardslee was not in Strat- fora when the letter was received and given to Mr. Kilpatrick. So far as known here, she did not know of the demand made. Oliver Beardslee shot and killed himself and Coroner Phelan deter- mined his act was suicidal and that death was not homicide. Y. W.G. A, CAMPAIGN PASSES GOAL SET Workers Report $14,323 at Final Luncheon This Noon Place plat- ‘Workers in the annual Y. W. C. A. campaign had the pleasure of learn- ing at the final luncheon this noon that the amount sought, $14,000, had been exceeded. The pledged and received amounted to $14,232.16. Mrs. Marcus White spoke. Team reports were as follows: Amount forward ... $8,402.35 Teams Mrs, Hayden Mrs. Roswell Moore. .. 3—Mrs. George Roger. 4—Mrs. Noah Lucas .... 5—Mrs. Richard Pritchard 6—Mrs. Louis Oldershaw . 7—Mrs. Erpest Pelton. ... 8—Mrs. Kenneth Searle.. 8—Mrs. Robert Frisbie. 10—Mrs. Leon Kibbe. Berlin--Mrs. Pardon RlckP)’ Maple Hill—Mrs. Latham. Belvidere—Mrs. Con(don . Plainville—McLeod Business Girls ... Life Saving Girls Dormitory . Lilian Susio . 55.00 160.25 83.50 70.75 128.00 108.05 184.00 80.00 149.00 243.50 43.00 15.00 066.30 lllillal Gifts .. 3,854.00 'lotzl .$14,323, Report Lindbergh Will Wed Soon After June 1 Mexico City, May 10 (UP)—The marriage of Miss Anne Spencer Mor- row and Col."Charles A. Lindbergh is expected to take place soon after June 1, judging from plans of Ain- bassador Dwight W. Morrow, father of the bride. ‘The ambassador will leave Mexico City for the United States sometime between May 25 and June 1; it was learned and it was expected thc marriage would be held soon after his arrival PAWTUCKET GIRL FOUND Pawtucket, R. 1., May 10 (® — Anna Rodgers, 16 year old junior high scheol pupil. who ran away from home April 30, was in custody of the juvenile court today. 8he was found last night in Providence and hrought back to this city by the po- lice, on ! total | GOVERNOR GUEST INRICHMOND TODAY Blues’ Anniversary REVIEWS BRILLIANT ARRAY Gover nam Phalanx, His Escort Applause—15 Guest of Governor Byrd. Richmond, Va., May 10 (A—Go (ernor John H. Trumbult Mr Trumbull of Connecticut with a bril- liant retinue of guardsmen arrived today for the opening lof the 190th anniversary of the Richmond Light Infantry Blu which were well under way in the afternoon. The Connecticut execu- tive was accompanied by his military staff and” accompan ng. eacort and ceremonies governor's Koot Guard, and the Put- Phalanx of Hartford. These cld-days military organizations are not strangers in Richmond and the welcome given them was full of southern warmth and hospitality such as they have had in heartv measure on previous occasions. The celebration which will cor tinue through three days opencd with a parade which was under smiling skies overhead and with the principal streets lavishly decorated. nam line were 22 famous military units’ of long lineage from ten of the or- iginal 13 states. Governor Harry I%. | Byrd reviewed the parading column Trumbull joined him after ut troops had marched and Gov. the Conne past. Toth the Foot Guard and the Phalanx won the applause of the great throngs of Richmond residents along the curb. After the parade a presentation of colors to the various centennial le- gion groups was made. Tonight there will be another parade to bg wound up with a mili- tary ball. of Gov. Byrd during their stay. Reccive Key to City At city hall square the Connecti- cut troops received a key to the city from the mayor. dreds of members of the other vi: ing units and the Richmond Blues. Sight-seeing will fill in the homw tomorrow and there will be a pil- grimage to Yorktown. Sunday, aft- er church service, the Connecticut units will start for home, With the Connecticut troops in the | W With Mrs. Trumbull Arrives for | was the first and second companys, |for an | | | | Gov. and Mrs. Trumbull are guests | Clustered | round about as spectators were hun- | t-| 1 | | earth. ITARIFF BILL BATTLE THREAT BROADENS Dissatisfied Republicans | Represent Farm and Oil States Washington, May 10 () —Dissatis- | faction in republican ranks over 's Koot Guards and Put- Win | number of provisions of the tarii bill broadened today as the house continued with its second day of general debate on the measure, | A group of republicans along with many democrats from oil producing states decided to band together in {an eifort to obtzin a duty on oil im- ports while republican members from Indiana decided to ask for an {increase in rates on mint and mlion; jand a lowering of the schedule on certuin types of wool. Republican members from ten western farming states also have re- quested a pestponement of any de- cision regarding procedure for con- sideration_ of the bill to give time adjustment of differences over several of its provisions® on agrjcultural products, Conference has been called for late today by republican leaders to discuss the procedure for consider- ation, especially that pertaining to the offering of amendments, A num- er of the leaders favor restricting the offering of amendments to mem- bers of the ways and means com- mittee which framed the house bill but many members have indicated they might oppose this unless as- sured of an opportunity to have cer- tain changes suggested. Will Recover From Swallowing Peanut New Haven, May 10 (P—Recoy- | cry of four-year old Mabel Stevens of Mulberry Point, Guilford, who swallowed a whole peanut which lodged in a bronchial tube yester- | day, was expected , the hospital re- | ported today. The child was in a serious condi- | tion last night and artificial respir- | ation with oxygen was needed but| the acute condition passed as the nut softened. ARTHQUAKE KILLS HUNDRE Teheran, Persia, May 10 (UP)— Earthquakes continued today in the | Khorassan district, where hundreds of villages have been destroyed and | many lives lost. Some reports have placed the dead at as many as 1.-| 000. A Russian Red Cross relief expe- | dition arrived at IKhorassan yester- | day. A fissure 10 miles long and | half a mile wide was found in the Thousands of tents were sent | for homeless refugees. West Hampton, Mass., M were more or less seriously jured when an explosion demolished the powder mill at the National Fire- works company's piant here this afternoon. The bodies of a man named Perry and another worker named Knight. both horribly mangled, were taken from the debris about 456 minutes after the explosion. The other two men who were lieved to have been working with them in the powder mill. 8ix injured employes were rushed to the Brockton hospital in ambu- ported to have been hurt. Fire which raged in the and issued huge clouds of black smoke cast a veil over the scene of the tragedy which interfered seri- ously with the rescue work. Local authorities with police from Brockton and many volunteers searched the smouldering ruins as best they could for victims who might be lying helpless amid the debris. Brockton, Mass.. May 10 (P—A terrific explosion wrecked part of the plant of the National Fire Works company at South Hanover killed apd several fellow employes | thought to have perished were be- | lances and several others were re- | i Four Known Dead in Fireworks Explosion Early This Afternoon 10 13 miles from here at 2:20 this aft- (UP)—Iour are known to have been |ernoon. i | debris | and brought a white frost in many Brockton hospital has been asked [to have emergency room ready for | | several injured. | A full complement of from 75 to| 100 employes was at work in the| plant, which consists of several| small cement buildings. There were | four distinct explosions heard in| this city, 13 miles distant. It is believed that several have been killed although the fire which followed the explosion has made it impossible to check up yet. FROST AT SPRINGFIELD 8pringfield, Mass.,, May 10 ® — An overnight drop in temperature hereabouts took the mercury down to minimum readings of 24 degrees localities. 80 far as can be learned no damage resulted to early vege- tation. i ——ig THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Fair with dowly v\l!‘l‘ tem- perature tonight and Satur- day. | | i ; * = . MASONS TOBCCUPY "TEMPLE TOMORROW Dedication Ceremony fo Take Place at 4 o'Clock STURGES WILL PRESIDE | Public Tovited to Inspect New Building Sunday Afternoun F'rom to 6—Ladies’ Night Observance Scheduled for Monday Evening. Ilustrations of the interior of the Masonic Temple are printed on Page 32 of this edition of the Herald. Fifteen hundred New Britain Masous and severa: hundred sojourn- | ing Masons or those }iving here who belong to other lodges will partici- | pate either actively or in spirit in |the dedication of the quartey mil- {lion dollar temple, tomorrow. after- noon. The dedicaticn ceremony will be in | charge of the Masonic grand lodge of Connecticut, the presiding officer | betng Grand Master George R. Stur- | ges of . Weodbury. It will begin promptly at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon when Harmony lodge, the \ESTATE OF DR, NELLY Investments 4 |sented by large stock holdings with | Telephone Co., HICKEY SAYS COLLEGE BOY HAD MOTIVE BLAMES ACT VALUED AT $111,838, in S1mks Are Inventoried at $88,447 The late Dr. John Lawrence Kelly eft an estate valued at $111838.59 according to an inventory filed today in probate court by the New Britain Trust Co., executor, The bulk of the estate is repre- an aggregate of 447.37. The largest of the stock items is 20 shares of the Southern New England valued at $38,745. Other holdings include 173 shares of New Britain Gas Light Co., val- ued at $12,975; 50 shares of New Britain Trust Co.. $11,000; 139 shares of American Hardware Corp. $8,840; 112 shares Stanley Works, $6,720; 164 shares, Bristol Brass, $5,676; 100 shares Colts Patent Fire Arms Co., $3,500. Other holdings include 10 shares Central Realty Co. $250; 28 shares Union Works, $5632; and 25 shares Vadsco Sales Corp., $300.37. The inventory also includes the home at 219 Vine street, valued at $20,000; cash on hand, $45.50; out- standing checks, $47.85; deposit in the New Britain Trust Co., $412.57; deposit in the Commercial Trust, $476.79; deposit in the Savings Bank of New Britain, $50.09; deposit in the Burritt Mutual Savings bank, $48.42; household furniture, $4 ‘gold watch, $10; contents of offi $200; 2 automobiles, $1,650, and 1 certificate of the Investors Syndicate of Minneapolis, no given value. KING GEORGE ABLE T0 HOLD PRIVY COUNCIL Meeting to Dissolve Parlia- ment First Since Iliness London, May 10 (®—The British parliament was prorogued shortly | after noon today following delivery | oldest Masonic body in the city, will open in special communication in the main lodge room, while the grand lodge officers will hold a session of the grand lodge in the smalier lodge room on the main floor. The grand lodge will adjourn to | the Harmony lodge meeting, where | the grand master and his $taft will be received officially and welcomed with all the honors of the grand | lodge. | The dedication ceremony will be | ritualistic and will be conducted in connected with the joint meeting of | Harmony lodge and the grand lodge | with other lodge members present. | The meeting of Harmony lodge will Le opened by William G. Gibney, master. Music during the ceremony will be furnished by the Colonial quartet. Dedication Banquet At 6 p. m. the dedication ban- {quet will be held in the assembly {and banquet room. George T. Kim- !ball, president of the American Hardware Corp. will be toastmaster, |Jonn €. Loomis, chairman ot the board of directors of the Masonic Temple corporation and president of the Commercial Trust Co., will open the meeting and present the toastmaster. Speakers will be Grand Master Sturges, Judge Arthur Brown of Norwich, Rev. John L. Davis, D. D, of New York, and Charles F. Smith, chairman of the board of directors of Landers, Frary and Clark. The Colonial quartet will sing during the dinner. The quartet consists of Maurice Wallen, first tenor: Raymond Grant, second ten- or; Robert Mercer, baritone; Harry Coe Olmstead, bass; Albert Stanley Usher, accompanist. Public Inspection Sunday Sunday afternoon from 2 until 6 o'clock the temple will be open for public inspection. Monday evening from 8§ until 12 o'clock ladies’ night will be observ- (Continued on Page 34.) THEY CALL IT “STUTTERING” Hamburg, May 10 (P—"“Stutter- ing” is popular in Germany. The country learned it from the United States after the war. “Stottern” fs the popular name for installment buying. The term was originally ap- plied by some wag who compared fulfilment of a finanical obligation [to a stutterer's painful completion of a sentence. Usage is such that the word is to be given recognition in the dictionary. FOUR HURT IN CRASH Wayland, Mass., May 10 (»—Four |persons were injured today when two automobiles collided on the Bos- ton Post road. Those injured were Miss Helem Lamaire, Mrs. Irene Beaudreau, Charles Morrissey and Edward Beaudreau, all of Marl- boro. Miss Lamaire was the most serously injured. She was thrown from the car, receiving a fractured skull. All four were taken to the Waltham hospital. The automobile in which the four were riding was in collision with a car driven by William H. Flynn of ‘Walpole. L] by proxy of a speech from the throne. Dissolution was to follow later this afternoon by an act of the king in his privy counci) at Criag- weil House, Bognor, where he is recuperating from his long illness. London, May 10 (®#—The Britizh parliament which has been in exist- ence since the general election nfi 1924 when the Ramsay MacDonald labor government was defeated came to an end today. In accordance with British prac- tice limiting the life of parliament to five years, nominations for the new parliament will close on May 20 and a general election through-| out Great Britain will be held ten! days later, Parliament was prorogued shortly after noon today following delivery by proxy of a speech from the throne in which the work of the parliament was reviewed. | Soon after a privy council met at| Craigweil house, Bognor, and King George signed a proclamation, dis- solving parliament. Parliament met early today and as soon as a few odds and ends of business had been cleared up, mem- bers of the commons were summon- ed to the house of lords to hear the proroguing speech read on behalf of the king. Meanwhile arrangements had been completed at Bognor for the king to hold a privy council and to dissolve parliament as soon as word of is prorogation was received from Lon- don. This was an act which the king must do himself and had to await actual prorogation before it could be constitutionally performed. Little Ceremony Parliament’s end came simply and with little ceremony. After the last bits of leftover business in commons had been cleared up, the black rod appeared summoning the commons to the house of lords to hear the king'h speech and the pro- rogation proclamation. Led by the speaker of the house, the compara- tively few members present trooped thrqugh the corridora to the housc of lords and silently heard the lord chancellor, acting for the royal com- mission, read his majesty’s formal summing up of the government’s ac- tivities during the session. After the speech was read the commoners returned to their owa chamber where the speaker an- nounced the prorogation. Immedi- ately afterward, in accordance with custom, a formal farewell by the members to the speaker began. The speaker, seated at the clerk’s tabte, first shook hands with venerable T. P. (“Tay Pay") O'Connor, father of the house, who is suffering from rheumatism and was wheeled up in a chair. Premier Baldwin, follow-d by other ministers also went through the formula of farewell handshakes. SPANISH FLIERS UP AGAIN Managua, Nicaragua, May (UP)—Captains Igngcio Iglesias and Francisco Jimenez, Spanish trans- atlantic fliers, left for Guatemala at 8:47 a. m. today in théir plane Jesus Del Cran Poder. They are en route to New York for the return Sight |tion until the case 10f FOR SUICIDE; ON ILL HEALTH County Detedm Re- ports Huntington, Harvard Junior, was Despondent Over H- ness and Killed Self in Swamp. Medical Examiner Costello Will Delay Filing Find- ing Until He Can Check Up on Latest Develop- ments—Family: Accepts Self Destruction Theory. Windsor, May 10 (—County De- tective Edward J. Hickey said this noon that he had in his possession evidence sustaining his theory of Suicide in the fatal shooting of Wal- ter Treadway Huntington, the 20 year old Harvard college junior. Detective Hickey, said this after- roon that the young man had been despondent over his physical condi- tion, which had not responded to treatment, the officer said, adding that only absence of the automatic pistol used by Huntington prevented closing the inquiry. County Medical Examiner Cos- |tello whe was prepared to make a finding to Coroner Calhoun that death was homicidal will delay ac- is scrutinized pathologically to determine if the reason as claimed by Hickey is a itenable one. It was understood that clues to ithe condition of the student werc ifound by members of the famtly o |who gathered up Huntingtpn's ef- fects in hig -SeoWs Wedresday. « -« Costello 4 rd" on oA Though the detective spoke of hjs conviction that his first theory is the right theory, one of his deputies ‘g- clared he had not totally abandened the murder theory advanced by Medical Examiner Henry N, Costel- lo. The latter and Coroner J. Gil- bert Calhoun refused to comment on the assurance of the county detec- tive, but the coroner said he had an “open mind, which refuses to be- lieve one way or the other until there is ground to sustain one be- lief.” Chauffeur Out of Case Detective Hickey, in discussing his suicide theory, asserted that Claire Kennelly, the chauffeur of the Hunt- ington family, had been found and questioned, and that he had been eliminated even as one likely to give valuable . information. Kennelly, sought since his disappearance Wed- nesday night because it wag known he and young Huntington, found dead the previous morning, were antagonistic toward each other, ac- counted for all his movements, and his information to Detective Hickey was, the latter declared, witheut “merit.” Hickey's Theory The detective admitted there was a weak link in his chain of suicide evidence, the failure to find the .32 automatic revolver which it is now certain was used in the shoeting. But he pointed out that he had obtained medical opinion on the course the bullet took through the head of the youth—from the left temple to the crown—showed it had not struck a yital organ and that death was really due to loss of blood. shell Mystifies Detective If young Huntington, said the de- tective, shot himself, he lived long enough, judging from this medical opinion, to walk over the course his footprints indicated he took, to dis- card the revolver and still have time to reach the spot whers his body was found, about a half mile or a mile, according to the detective, from the place where he inflicted the wound upon himself. Hickey said this would account for his hav- ing time to take & handkerchief from his pocket, mopping the top of his head, and replacing the hand- kerchief. The detective could net account for the proximity of the empty shell to the feet of the body, however. ; Hickey himself went to the place where the body had lain, new mark- ed by a black painted stake, and twice fired an automatic of the typs which the youth, in the detectives’ opinion, used upon himself. - Each time the shell rejected in the : fell about eight or 10 feet 1 spot, but in a direction opj team (Continued on Page 33) First Straw of Season: On Main Street ' The first straw hat season seen in publie this year rode jauntily atop the pate ef a traveling ealesman as Mo strode along Main street this noon. His straw saller was like: a chip aficat on & sea of foita. in their windows because of the cool weather. The straw hat™ season for males opens on May - 15. Thus far there has been mo. '~ asross the ocean, demand for this type of head- gear in the stores