New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 18, 1929, Page 22

L AR P b A o T BUEALE TR sn-wu-rum‘ I 1 et § Agvl'rln"d.)v‘”l");i 1 RLLITIBEGH U EH rree SUSPELT QUIZZED IN NURDER CASE Neper Taken From Gl af i night for Questioning Columbus, O., June 18 (M — In- tent upon their hunt for evidence in the hammer slaying of Theora |~ Hix, 23 year old co-ed, authorities today predicted ‘“sensational de- velopme its” in their investigation as they centered their Inquiry about Marion T. Meyers, who was taken from a cell at midnight and questioned before the girl's muti- lated body early today. Touches Body of Girl Meyers, a former suitor and a| friend of Dr. James H. 8nook, also held for investigation in the slay- ing, made the trip to the morgu: complaining of lack of rest, but he touched the body and answered questions without wavering in his denial that he knows how the quiet, retiring girl game to her death. Both Meyers, a research worker . in the horticulture department of Ohio State university, and Snook. until yesterday a professor in the university school of veterinary, have been held since a few hours after the girl's body was found on a rifie range Friday. She had been beaten and cut to death Thursday night and thrown from an auto- mobile, 8nook has admitted posing as her husband and maintaining a room for their meeting place, but | denies knowledge of the slaying. Meyers Grilled Again County Prosecutor John J. Chester, jr.. yesterday afternoon subjected Meyers to protracted questioning and then permitted him to rest. At midnight, however, he was aroused and taken to the morgue. A psychiatrist and two de- tectives accompanied them. After they entered the room the covering was removed from the girl's battered head. Meyers was commanded to touch her body. Shuddering, he extended his hand. and then the questioning began. Chester said his answers were shert, but went to his home after- ward announcing that *sensational developments” were expected as a result of today's inquiry. He re- fused to amplify the remark. Mrs. Spook Questioned Mrs. 8nook was summoned for questioning today fu the hope that she may furnish information on the life of Dr. 8nook which authorities consider of value. As evidence in the investigation they already have stains on Snook’'s automobile and a suit of clothes which are being analysed for blood, a statement that his car was washed a few hours after the slaying, and bits of & woman's attire, found in the ashes of the Snook furnace after a fire had been bullt there last Fri- day, a hot day. Dr. Snook has remained undis- turbed while a long file of wit- neases proceeded through the prose- cutor's office. He has made but one DIVE WITH AIRPLANE . RESTORES GIRL'S SPEECH Mute 3 Months, . Newark Woman, Taken Up For Stunts On Suggestion of Doctor Newark, N. J., has been mute for three months, has recovered the power of speech by |{diving in a plane from a height of 2,000 feet at the rate of 200 miles The experiment Dr. Frank Piercy, a staff physician at the Rockefeller Institute hospitai. {1t was the first time Miss Winter- meyer had been in a plane. Physi- cians who were at a loss to expla the girl's affction were equaily mystified concerning the cure. Pilot A. Remond t Wintermeyer through series of aerial maneuvers, climaxed by the dive, Miss The Atlantic Refining Co. has is- sued a writ for $500 against Lrnest W. Herwig to recover damages on merchandise sold the plaintiff. Papers were rved by Constable John 8. Record. The Red Cross committee will meet this afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce rooms, New Britain lodge, B. P. 0. Elks, will hold a regular meeting Thurs- |day evening in the Elks home on Washington street. Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Waskelefic | of Boston left yesterday for Brook. |hne. Mass.. after spending thres days visiting Mr. Waskelewicz of 15 Clinton street. | Alderman Donald 1. Bartlett has returned from Amherst, Mass.. where he attended the reunion of | his class at Amherst college. | | . . | Priesthood Aspirants Summering at Homes Joseph W. Kupee, student at 8t. Bernard's seminary, Rochester, Y.. and cleric. who received first tonsure June is home to spend the summer with his father, Mi- chael Kupec of 102 Tremont street. Peter Karlonas, also cleric and stu- dent at St. Dernard’s seminary is spending the summer with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Karlonas of Park street. The advancement of these young men to the ranks of the Catholic clergy marked a successful comple- tion of their third year of study at the seminary. Last year both students, the only representatives of New Britain in their class which numbers almost 60, received de- philosophy. Ondy 12 students of the entire class were eligible with aver- ages of 85 per cent. Nine of this number strove for this degree and seven were awarded the honor for a two years' course of study in the seven branches of Thomistic philos- ophy. logic, ethics, criteriology, June 18 (UP)—_J. Oruzinskl of 23 West street. Miss Margaret Wintermeyer, 24, who was ordered by | an intricate N. | grees of baccalaureate in scholastic | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1929, ontology, cosmology, psychology and natural theology. Last fall they entered upon their theological course which extends over a period of four years and have now ter- minated their first year in this study. l John Oruzinski, jr., a student and | cleric in minor orders at St. Ber- |nard’s, is home to spend the sum- | mer with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. | Vincent Raizaitis, a student at | St. Bernard's seminary, is home to | spend the summer with his mother, Mrs. Anna Razaitis of 27 Star | street. Lions Enjoy Burlesque Dispute on Dry Law Members of the Lions club refus- | ¢d to take seriously a motion madc | by L. W. Vogel today that they go | on record as opposing the move- | ment for the repeal of ' the 18th | amendment which has started here, and the motion was voted down | unanimously. The action took place | at the noon luncheon today. Mr. | Vogel's talk was facetious and con- | tained such suggestions as investi- gating the men who were behind the movement to see if they were good citizens and providing a half | dozen pencils and a tin cup for | those who go blind drinking liquor. The motion was the cause of | much laughter and was voted down | when President George A. Quigley | calied for a may vote first. The | members voted against it unani- | mously. several of them explaining | that they did not know what the 18th amendment was all about. | A seven year old boy. Willlam | Belamise, entertained with the ac- cordion. Strikes and Kills Dog | But Hurries Along Home | Sergeants P. J. O'Mara and P. A | McAvay went to Waterbury this aft- | ernoon to bring back Caeslaw Za- | worski of Hawkins street, Water- | |bury, on a warrant charging him | with evading responsibility. He is | said to have admitted that his auto- mobile struck and killed a dog | owned hy Maurice McGary of 24 Camp street near the post office | Sunday night, and that he continued without stopping because he was in 'a hurry to get home. INMATE TAKES LIFE | Gardner, Mass. Jwme 18 (B — | Harry LaBrack, 25, of South Ash- | burnham, a patient at the Henry | Haywood Memorial hospital, com- mitted suicide by hanging on the | grounds of the hospital today. His body was found by a brother, Leon, who was searching for him after his absence from the ward had been reported. SHOOTS TWO, SURRENDERS Atlanta, June 18 (M—Sam F. | Aiken shot and killed his wife and !a neighbor, Boyce Hunter, in the kitchen of his home here today and surrendered to a posse of policemen |an hour later in a clump of woods |four miles away. He claimed a “wrecked home" was responsible for his act. BONDS BETTER AS TRADING OPENED Demand Not Heavy Despite Fractional Gains on List New York, June 18 (®—The hard- ening process which has been de- veloping in the bond market in the last few sessions, particularly in the high grade issues. continued today and prices tended to improve in early trading. Gains in representa- tive sections of the list were only nominal, however, and demand was light. American Telephone convertible 4 1-2s again had a tremendous turn- over at highed levels. Up to noon sales of this issue approximated $1,. 200,000, par value, the price rising fractionally with the advance in the stock. International Telephone 4%s also showed strength and moved up half a point. Some of the best trading appeared in the steels, which were under ac- cumulation yesterday. Illinois Steel 4 1-2s gain 1-2 and Indiana Steel 53 one half while Lackawanna Steels 58 sold off fracti-naly. Gotham 8ilk Hoslery & recent soft spot, were bid up sharply and Lorillard 55 and National Radiator 6%s also showed some strength in the industrial group. The rails moved irregularly. Small recessions appeared in Pennaylvani Gold 5s, St. Louis and San Fran- cisco Prior Lien 4s and Seaboard és. But St. Paul Adjustment 53 sold higher. Utilities were again neglected. Neither the United States Govern- nient issues nor * the foreign list changed appreciably. with demand for obligations in both groups at a minimum. Mrs. Guite Gets Divorce, . Children and Alimony Judge John R. Booth granted a divorce in superior court today to Mrs. Hannah (Thompson) Guite from Clifford Guite, both of this city, on the grounds of desertion. Alimony of $12 a week was granted, also custody of two children. At- torney Albert A. Greenberg repre- sented the plaintiff. Mr. and Mrs. Guite were married in East Hampton, July 14, 1920, READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS Wins 3,600-Mile Marathon Associated Press Photo Taking the lead in the final lap, John Salo (left,) 36-year-old Passaic, N. J., policeman, won the transcontinental marathon from New York to Los Angeles. Pete Gavuzzi, bearded 115- pound Italian (right,) was second. statement since his arrest, the ad- |’ mission of his relations with the girl and his plea of an alibi. Meyers, ' who shared the girl's affections with Snook, likewise advances an alibi. . Riding Instructor Commits Suicide Danbury, June 18 (»—Troopers frem the White Plains barracks of the New York constabulary, investi- gating a report turned over to them by the state police at the Ridgefield barracks, found the lifeless body of William Edmunds, 58 years old, at his home in Lewisboro, N. Y., late yesterday afternoon. The man had blown out his brains with a re- volver. A resident of Lewisboro telephone the Ridgefield police that Edmunds had called on the telephone, saying he intended to kill himself. Officer Harry Tucker of the Ridgefield bar- ' racks, went to the Edmunds place, * coming to that place - derson, where a riding school was conduct- ed, but found no trace of the pro- prietor. Later in the afternoon two New York troopers made a thorough search of the buildings and found the body. Edmunds had conducted a riding school for several years, from the south. MARINELLA BOUND OVRR New London, June 18 (F—Joseph Marinella, Newark, N. J., alleged to be one of the gang which early Sun- day morning robbed two garages and Cohen Brothers dress factory in Colchester, stealing two automobiles, and dresses and silk goods valued at $20,000, was bound over to the su- perior court after a hearing last night in the justice court at Col- chester. Marinella, driving one of the stolen cars, containing 400 of the dresses, was arrested Sunday at Darien by Amos “Lone Wolf” An- Darfen motorcycle patrol- man. WANTS STOWAWAY SHARE Hartford, June 18 (A—J. Wilbur Clark, 23, of New Haven, working here temporarily, claims partnership with Arthur Schreiber. stowaway of the Yellow Bird, and feels he is «n- titled to a share of any spoils that nuy come to the latter from his ad- venturous voyage with the French fliers. Clark, loc three ed here today, said he was largely responsi- | ble for Schreiber's concealment in the tail of the French plane ten min- utes before it began its transailantic flight. met last night together with some of the officers of the Nest to plan for remaining part of the sea In all probabilities the hascha team will make use of the Falcons picnic grounds on Farmingzion ave- nue in the near future, At the recent meeting of the Nest it was voted to permit the Holy Cross Dramatic club the use of the grounds for a picnic. WET URGES MAKING LIQUOR Madison. Wis.. June 18 (P—37 John 8. Recor. ment of the state constitution to per mit the state to manufacture liquor was introduced in the senate today by Bernard Gettleman, Milkankee wet, %l e SPENT By PiRaTeS AND BECAME % . PRISONER )\ TAKING EXERCISE. = THE ANCIENT WINDLASS INSPIRATION TOR MANY A SEA CHanTy I - & i N SO THE FIRST Two YEARS WERE IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT [ [] CHILDREN ACCOMPANIED THEIR CONVICT MOTHERS P A COMMON TN v Pumsunm' \ wAS IRoN HAIDEN (A Torfure Devce 1t Flocewe! } Frve N\ \ as a« Fefon ! - . 5 WiTH THE BROAD ARROW £ N CApTAN Johw PRicE was ReStonsipLe FOR MANY OF THE BRUTALITIES.. €ONVICTS WM THF STowe Quarties Jovousiy BEAT Him To DEATH. ... None knows better than Stan Osborn, who drew the ahove cartoon, the conditions that were endured aboard the old British Convict Ship, “Success” which is now on exhibition at the foot of State Street, Hartford. aboard the ancient hulk but in the days before the war, he was a cartoonist on the Sydney, N. S. W. Bulletin. Osborn is the chief lecturer Australian by birth and education, he was brought up in full knowledge of the old Convict Ship days that the ship represents in penal history. The ship was one of the fleet used to convey prisoners from England to Australia during the first half of the last century and for seventeen years afterwards she was a floating jail, anchored off Australian shores \Harbor in 1385 but raised in 1890. W ' ! United Staies and joined up with the Convict Ship as a leciu the opportunity for an outdoor life and thus has enabled him She was sunk in Sydney hen the war was over, Osborn who saw. service in Gallipoli and France, came to the rar, preferring it to professional cartooning because it gave him to recover his health which was shattered by gas and shellshock. CURB STOGKS ARE IRREGULAR TODAY Prot Taking Eacounterd on Rejrt of Uiy Mener New York, June 18 UP—Curb market stocks today followed an ir- regular course as profit taking was cncountered by the recent favorites in the public utility group. Consoli- dated Gas of Baltimore was the spectacular performer, running up 43 points to 160, and falling back to below 130, A few scattered issues among the specialties and industrials sagged to new lows for the year. Trading was light compared to last week and at mid-day the market was a dull affair. Report Offer to Buy Locomobile Factory Bridgeport, June 18 M—An offer to purchuse the Locomobile com- pany, one of the oldest automobile factories in the country, located here has been received according to Law- rence Kettel, local manager, in a statement today. Kettell declined to say who had made the offer. Nothing definite will be done about selling the plani until William C. Durant, who is re- ported to still control the majority of the stock, returns from Europe, according to Kettel. Durant will arrive next week, he said. Nomim On Charge of Arson Norwich, June 18 P—Paul Sala- mucha, 52, was arrested early to- day on a charge of arson following a fire of questionable character iy a three story bullding he owned in Greenville, blase had been extinguished said they found a pail of kerosene and a number of kerosene soaked . news- papers. The damage was estimated at several hundred dollars. June 18 (M—Stirred to a rousing pitch of enthusiasm by ringing de- nunciation of the national and state democratic leadership, by Frank Lyon, - executive' committee chairman, and 8. Howie - Willlams of Lynchburg, the keynoter, the state anti-Smith convention recessed today at 11:30 o'clock to allow the committee on resolutions to work on the platform to be presented this afternoon, COAl: PASSER KILLED Vineyard Haven, Mass., June 18 (UP—Arthur Cole, 21, Newport News, Va., negro coal passer on the steamer Black Point, died of suf- focation in a coal slide in one of the ship bunkers while the vessel was en route from Newport News to Weymouth, His body was taken off the Black Point and brought here by a coast guard patrol boat today. The Black Point is owned by C. H. Sprague & Co., Boston coal merchants. BOSTONIAN HEADS BAPTISTS Denver, June 18 (M=Alton L. Miller, 39, a layman of Boaton, Mass., was elected president of the Northern Baptists’ convention here today. The convention ratified unanimously, without discussion, the report of the nominating com- mittee, which selected Miller to head the denominatiorr during the coming year. POWER MERGER REPORTED New York, June 18 (B — The $600,000,000 merger of the Buffalo, Niagara and Eastern Power Corp., — ETHEL — Northeastern Power Corp. and Me- hawk Hudson Power “orp. by J. P. Morgan & Co., and F. L. Carlisle & Co, inter-str ‘s to be concluded today, the Associated Press learned. don for a practical joke which cost them three years in prison is sought from Gov. Walter J. Kohler by Francis Dolan and Harry Fuler, Vernon county farmers. Returning from a party where moonshine had fowed freely ssveral months ago, the two men stopped at & friend’s home and, finding his family abeent, moved the furniture from the house into the nearby fields and orchards. The dining room table, adorned with the car- oass of a skunk, was located in & grove of trees some distance away. Despite the court's instructions taat the men were not guilty of bur- glary if they were not intent om crime but merely were participating in a drunken frolic, a jury convicted them. WILL OF JAMES GILBERT All the estate of James Gilbert is left to his wife, Mrs. Catherine Gil- bert who may spend as much as she sees fit for the education and aup- port of her son, James Gilbert until he is 21 years. The witnesses are H. T. Peterson, Leo Hennessey and Emma C. Osperg. Mrs. Gilbert 12 executrix. Teeth “Need Pulling”, So He Yanks Them Out Memphis, Tenn., June 18 (UP)— Sergeant Hall Allen, chief of the Memphis motorcycle traffic aquad went to a specialist to have his eyes examined—motorists had told him they needed it. After a thorough examination the oculist said: “The trouble is caused by your upper teeth. Perhaps they need pulling.” “That's easy,” Allen replied, “here they are.” And he yanked out a pere fect set of false uppers. Eoer B (errR AN BE 3 How Virk G e o Bk YNice T3t Lotter . (< ki &mt’ on‘ '{te ch- N " e That™ Glorious mins of Leagt Ome QueS Gou ol f5> 91929, ov nea semvrce. me. That” on & Letter — “Te Ansvier Cafaiel iketurn _l’zal\ ,/ —If You're Clever the Secret’s Qut! The title of a thrilling new serial by Anne Austin, author of “The Black Pigeon,” “Saint and Sinner,” and a number of other outstanding serial successes, is hidden in the puzzle above. It's supposed to be a secref until tomorrow, when the Herald will an- nounce it for the first time. But, if you're clever, you need only to watch for the announcement to check your solution. Watch for it tomorrow in the Herald ! -