New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 20, 1929, Page 1

i News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 HAS CONFESSED IN - HURDER OF C0-ED " dmits He Got Apartment Key From Girl's Body, Detective Tells Reporters ATTORNEY REFUSES 10 - BELIEYE CLIENT GUILTY Professor So Befuddied He Cannot Pronounco Words, Lawyer Alleges «—Authoritics Resume Questioning of Suspect—Veterinarian Claims He Got As Much Out of Them As They Did From Him. Columbia, O., June 20—W. G. Bhellenbarger, chief of detectives, said today that Dr. James H. 8nook has admitted that he got & key from the key ring of Miss Theora K. Hix, slain Ohio State University co-ed, at the spot where her body was found last Friday. He obtained the key from her body, the detective said he admitted. The key was to the room which they shared jointly and which 8nook surrendered to the landlady shortly before the girl's body was identi- fied Friday. Shellenbarger said such a report was made to him by Detective Otto Phillips, who was in the room with County Prosecutor John J, Chester, where Dr. 8nook was questioned. About Key Phillips said he was questioning Dr. Snook about the key which was missing from the ring. Dr. 8nook, he said, replied that he had gotten the key from the girl Wednesday and returned it to her Thursday. Then Phillips asked: “Where did you get that key before you turned it in Friday?” Phillips quoted Dr. Snook as say- ing: “You know where I got it. “At the body?" Phillips asked, and he quoted the professor as answer- ing “Yee." Phillips said the questioning was dropped there and 8ndok was taken back to jail. Both Go Back to OCell 8hortly after Shellenbarger and Chester left the police atation ex- laining they were going to break- ast. Instead, they drove directly to the county jail and wept to Snook's cell. Attorney John Seidel conferred with his client at the jail for a short time and then said to newspaper- men: “They say he has Bnook, however, denies it to me. What is the situation anyway? Un. til he tells me with his own lips that he killed the girl and how he killed her I will not beleve it.” “When we were together in the room 8nook said, ‘I got‘as much out of them as they did out of me.’ It looks like some inferences might have been taken by them from an- swers 8nook gave to their questio: but he says he has not confessed.” Says Snook Befuddied Beidel said that Dr. Snook was “so befuddled that he cannot pronounce his words.” Later 8nook was again taken from the county jail to police headquar- ters where the questioning was re- sumed. confessed. Columbus, Ohio, June 20 M— Bloodstains on the automobile of Dr. James H. 8nook, former Ohio State university professor of veterinary, &ppeared there for a reason he was unable to explain, authorities an- nounced today after questioning hi throughout the night in c¢nnection with the hammer slaying of Theora Hix, 24-year-old co-ed. The body ‘was thrown from a car at a deserted rifle range Thursday night. 8nook was taken into the inquisi- torial session at 1 o'clock yesterday (oCntinued on Page Two) YOUNG HEFLIN ASKS TRIAL BEFORE JURY Pleads Not Guilty to Driv- ing Auto While Drugged -~ Washington, June 20 (UP)— James Thomas Hefllin, Jr., son of Benator Thomas Heflin, democrat, Alabama, pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving an automobile while under the influence of nar- cotics when arraigned before Judge Isaac Hitt in police court here today. Demands Jury Trial Young Heflin demanded a jury trial and his bail of $1,000 was con- tinued by Judge Hitt. He was ar- rested last night after an automo- bile he was driving struck the rear end of a laundry truck. Says Alcohol Cause Washington, June 20 (UP) — James Thomas Heflin, jr., son of the democratic senator from Ala- bama, denied to the United Press today he had used narcotics as charged by Washington police. Heflin, waiting in his bonds- man’s office to be called next door to police court to face the charge, sai “l drank about a pint of grain alcohol mixed with two parts of ginger ale at a party with some boys ‘and girls in an apartment yesterday and that's all that was wrong with me when I ran into a (Continued on Page Five.) NEW BRITAIN HERALY) % ’7‘) NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1929.—~TWENTY-FOUR PAGES Public Dog Pound Near Town Home [ R | Wio Lommacotn e, [LITR CHVTS “NOT FIT FOR A DOG” ‘The above photograph of the “Town dog house,” an 8 by 12 foot strhcture, described by a workman at the municipal slaughter house as & “shanty” is said to have housed 18 dogs last Bunday, in sweltering temperature. The incident, which is said to have occurred before, has aroused such a storm of protest that the Connecticut Humane society has started an investigation which is ex- pected to be concluded within a few days. The attention of the public w: 227 WILL GRADUATE FROM SENIOR HIGH Principal Aunounces Names of Pupils Eligible for Diplomas . A B. HALL EXERCISES President P. F. King of School Com- mittee to Deliver Address to Scn- fors at Program Scheduled for Friday Evening, { Diplomas will be awarded to 227 members of the New Britain 8enior High school graduating class at ex- ercises in the Y. M. T. A, & B. so- ciety auditorium on Main street to- morrow night at 8 o'clock. The ad- Aress to the graduates will be given by Preaident P. F. King of the school board and he also will pre- sent the diplomas. The Senior High school orchestra will play several selections and three individuals who are memberg of the class will play solos. List of Graduates The list of graduates follows: Milton Morrise Abrams, Everett Agud, jr, Willlam Alexander, jr., George O. Anderson, Alphonse Eg- gene Anthony, Donald F. Arbour, Harry Charles Battaglia, Elmer William Beckius, Robert Ernest Beh, Albert Benjamin, Philip Rock- well Bergstrom, Sven John Ber- quist, John 8amuel Black, jr., An- thony John Bojniewicz, George Ar- thur Bucholz, Iewis Menas Cher- noff, Joseph Stanley Dabkowski, Wallace Alonzo Davis, Alfred J. Elgert, Babba Newyia Essa, Wil- llam Finkelstein, Herbert Joseph Galloway, Stephen Joseph Gladkow- ski, Clinton Scott Goodwin, Israel Maxwell Gordon, 8elig Gourson, Milton Greenhalgh, John Grohol, George Anthony Grzybowski, Stan- ley Albert Gresh, Fred W. Guen- ther, jr., Henry John Gwiazda. Frank Joseph Halloran, Howard Raymond Hart, George Howard Heinisch, jr., William Frank Helm, jr., Owen Frank Higgins, John Hintlian, LeRoy Horton, Arshag Hovanesian, ‘Thomas Francis Hughesd, Robert John Isaacson, Ed- win Scherwer Jahn, Joseph Vin- cent Jenkelunas, Frank Alfred Johnson, Ralph Frederick Johnson, Burritt Jones, Herbert Robert Jo- sephson, Charles K. Francis Kar- nasiewicz, Francis Colsson Kelly, jr. Wesley G. Knowles, George Walter Kosswig, Ladislaus F. Ko- walewski, Arthur J. Krom, Henry Robert Kunze, Anthony Edward LaRosa, Donald Alvin Lewis, 8id- ney Lines, James Donald Lynch, Thomas James Maloney, Carl Mar- holin, Vincent John Marro, Clement David Marsh, Joseph J. Marszalek, (Continued on Page Seven) called to the situation when Mrs. George H. Hunter of 131 Winthrop street visited the pound Sunday hoping she would find it a suitable place to board a dog at her own ex- pense for a short time., Conditions there at the time were so deplorable, she states, that she immediately called police headquarters to make complaint. 8he was referred to for- mer Charity Superintendent William Cowlishaw, who is an agent in this (Continued on Page Four.) ROAD REPAIRS BAR 70 HOTOR DRIVERS Mayor Asks Chiel Hart to En- Torce Law Strictly AUTOS CAUSING DAMAGE| Board of Publia Works Complains Machines Interfere With Opera- tions When Opcrators Go Past Warning Signs on Highway. A drive to curb the custom of autoists who drive their machines over partly completed roadways was inaugurated today by Mayor Paones- sa at the request of the department of public works, complaint hayving been made by foremen that inter- ference with operations and actual damage have been xperincd. The mayor addressed a letter to Chief of Police Willlam C. Hart, ex- pressing a belief that there is no in- tention of causing annoyance or damage, but that good highway con- struction demands that the practice be stopped. He asked that the city ordinances in point be enforced. His letter reads:— “Chiet Wm. C. Hart, . “Police Headquarters. “Dear Sir:— “The department of public works has reported considerable interfer- (Ccntinued on Page Beven) ASKS LAW TO TAKE BABY FROM FATHER Grandmother of Child Seeks Writ of Habeas Corpus Baby Edward Heintz, a cHubby cheeked tot lacking two months of being three years of age, is the cen- ter of a bitter fight between his father and mother, the latter, Mrs. Bertha Sitz Heintz of 756 Fairview street having instituted divorce pro- ceedings today, while his grand- mother, Mrs. Amelia Bitz of 43 Fairview street made application to Judge John R. Booth in superior court for a writ of habeas corpus, al- leging that the baby is being de- tained “without law or right and un- lawfully” by his father, Henry Heintz and Mrs. Wanda Kinat of 211 Cherry street. Henry Heintz and Bertha Sitz were married on May 26, 1923 and (Continued on Page 17) Bathing ‘Girls Minus Bathing Suits Threaten to Inmerse Cop at Pon Midnight bathing parties—the participants wearing not even the famed sun-back suits of song and story are occurring almost nightly at reservoir No. 4, according to re- ports which have - been made to local police officers. The reservoir is in the town of Farmington. The reservoir is closed for swim- ming at 10 o'clock, but it is long after that time that the nude bath- ing starts. Only a few nights aga, it was reported, a party of six girls were disporting themselves as young Aphrodites—Aphrodite, you know was never born: she clme full formed out of the sea—and when threatened by the watchman, in turn they threatened to throw the watchman into the deepest part of the water. That was incident number 1. Incident number 2 came the night before last when a party consisting of four girls and a young man drove up to the reservoir and calmly started to take off their clothes, preparatory to a dip. However, before they got into the water they were spotted by the watchman and chased away. Flood lights encircle the reservoir and police believe that if these were kept lighted throughout the night, much of the illicit swimming would be stopped. GUARDS KIDNAPED 4 State Farm Inmates Over- power Officers and Dis- appear in Bush 'DETAILS STILL MEAGER: 3 REPORTED CPTURED Cattleman Sald to Have Shet Two Men in Chaso—Telcphone Call to Manager Starts Widespread Hunt —Police at Houston Rushed to Scene, While Sheriff Depu- ties to Assist. Brazoria, Tex., June 20 (M—Kid- naping three guards who attempted to keep them from escaping, ¢4 convicts at the Clements state prison farm near “here vanished into the underbrush in the Brazos river bottoms early today. Four hours later three of the men had been recaptured, when a cattleman living in this vicinity shot two of them and held the other for the authorities. Posse Is Assembled Captain W. M. Hickman, farm | manager, assembled a posse of of- ficers and citizens and astarted a search of Brazoria and adjoining counties. Mrs. Hickman, the manager's wife, was alone on the farm at 8:30 a. m. and said that she knew very few details. “I only know that at 3:45 a. m. & messenger came to our home from camp No. ¢, which is about three miles from our home, and told Captain Hickman that between 40 and 50 prisoners had escaped,” she said. “Captain Hickman left immediately to try to round up the escaped men. I have not heard from him since.” Guards Disarmed Shortly after daylight the guards who had been kidnapped returned to the farm, Mrs. Hickman said. but they left to join the chase be- fore anyone could talk with them. (Continued on Page Two) LOCAL MAN 15 FINED ON BAD CHECK COUNT William Jones Worked in Bristol and Hartford— Corbett Released (Special o the Herald) Bristol, June 20. — William B. Jones, 18, of 108 Commercial street, New Britain, was fined $60 and costs in the city court this morning by Judge William J. Malone on a charge of having passed checks in this guilty. Prosecuting Attorney Anthony J. Rich gave a brlef summary of the case in court. He told how Jon a few days ago, in company with a man named Fred Allen, visited Bris- tol and succeeded in cashing a check for $20 at the Bristol Trust Co. He returned here again yesterday and visited the City Deposit and Biscount Co. with a check for $30, which bank employes refused to cash for city. He pleaded him. Tripped by Cashier He then, in company with Allen, entered the Presto Lunch on Main street and sought to purchase a meal ticket, presenting the check in (Continued on Page 17) KIRKHAM APPEALS ‘TO ERRORS COURT {Seeks Reversal of Yeo- mans Attack on City’s Zone Law Appeal to the supreme court of the state of Connecticut was taksn today by Corporation Counsel John H. Kirkham, in behalf of the city, in the Franklin square gasoline fill- ing station dispute. The document flled in court is a blanket appeal which does not enu- merate the several grounds on which Judge Kirkham had previ- ously stated he will seek to have reversed the ruling of Judge Yeo- mans that the zoning act as it per- tains to industrial zones'is uncon- stitutional and that a mandamus shall be issued requiring Inspector (Continued on Page 17) THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; not much change ia temperature. *. & HIGH TIDES—JUNE 21 N. London 9:55a.m.,10:01 p.m. N. Havea 11:334.m.,11:46 p.m. two _fraudulent || ([ TALX ABOUT AWPLANE RDES— | Margaret Wintermeyer, Yormer New and a relative. HEAT WAVE GRIPS WHOLE OF NATION Severest June Rise in Years Brings Many Prostrations STORMS DO MUCH DAMAGE Five Dead in State Drowning Acci- dents, Indirectly Traceable to Weather—Slight Relief Promised to New England. New York, June 20 (®—From coast to coast, virtually the entire country today continued in the grip of the severest June heat wave in years. In the east, disastrous electrical storms that caused many deaths brought a drop of 20 degrees in tem- perature at some points, but the mercury again began a steady climb. On the Pacific coast, from San Francisco south, and in the middle west the highest temperatures for June in years were experienced. New York Record Broken In Néew York city the temperature rose to 92 degrees, the highest in the weather bureau’s annals for the date, and but slight relief was afforded in the late afternoon by a brief thunder shower. % The electrical storm was especially severe in Pennsylvania where light- ning killed four persons, put power lines out of commission and dam- aged barns and trees. Temperatures in the storm area dropped 10 to 20 ed to rise again. temperature dropped from 97 de- grees to €5, but in the next two hours it had climbed again to 74. In upper New York state the rain fall was 0 heavy that it washed (Continued on Page Four.) KENSINGTON AVENUE MAN DIES OF HEAT Edward T. Walsh, Jr, Found Dead in Bed Today Edward T. Walsh, jr., age 35 years, of 220 Kensington avenue, was found dead in bed this morn- ing at 9:15 o'clock, a victim of the extreme heat wave that has envel- oped this city for the past few days. He had been suffering for some time from severe headaches and had been undergoing treatment from a Hartford physician. Yesterday he complained to his sister that he was suffering intense pain in his head. He went to bed and it was discovered that he was dead when his mother visited his bedroom this morning. Dr. John M. Purney, assistant medical examiner, who was called in on the case, was undecided whether a heart condition or a brain tumer had been the immedi- ate cause of death. He stated that there was no doubt that his condi- tion was greatly aggravated by the extreme heat and this probably led to the fatality. He was born in this city and lived all of his life with his parents. He was last employed by the Rus- sell & Erwin Division of the Amer- ican Hardware corporation where he worked for three years. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Walsh, two brothers, Willlam E. and Harry J. Walsh of this city, and four sisters, Mrs. Leo Pond of For- estville, Mrs. Mert Taylor of Bran- ford, Mrs. Peter Dorsey and Miss Claire Walsh of this city. The funeral will be held at 9 o'clock Saturday morning at St i Joseph's church. Burial will be in .ll. Mary's cemetery. degrees, but after a few hours start- | At Reading the | TALK ABoUT ARPLANE RIDES— | TRIND “Hello—TI can talk now!” .... Thrilling loops and dives 3,000 feet in the air which would leave most people speechless had the opposite effect on York telephone operator. She found ahe had regained her voice which she lost a year ago during an illness. Here you see her after her plane had landed and she greeted the pilot A physician recommended the experiment, Mud Turtle Invades Quarters of Police Hartford, June 20 (UP)—Po- lice of the first precinct station have an embarrassing prisoner— a 200-pound mud turtle. The turtle was discovered try- ing to force his (or her) way into the rear entrance of the station, where prisoners are led in. The turtle, believed to have made 1ts way from the Park river, nearby, may be turned over to the state Humane society for disposition, INVERSHIN WINNER INBRITISH CLASSIC Last Year's Victor Repeats in Ascot Gold Cup Today (REIGH GOUNT IS SECOND Takes Contest By Two Lengths— in Betting Before Beginning of Clash on Track. Ascot, Eng., June 20 (A—Inver- shin, winner of the Ascot gold cup last year, repeated his performance today at Royal Ascot. Reigh Count, Mrs. John D. Hertz's American colt was second in the field of 13. ‘Wins By Two Lengths Invershin, which is owned by Reid Reigh Count while the American colt finished three lengths in front of Palais Royal II, which was third. The 1928 gold winner was quoted 8 to 1 in the betting while Reigh Count was a 4 to 1 favorite. Palais Royal 1II, paid 10 to 1. Reigh Count’s performance in the Ascot gold cup culminates his turf career in England, where he was sent after winning the three-year-old last year. He started in five races, finishing first in the Coronation cup, second in today's fixture and out of the money the other three times. Race Prize $12,500 one-half mile route, was worth 2,- 500 pounds sterling (about $12,500) to the winner in addition to the cup valued at 500 sterling or about $2,- 500. Invershil nosed past the judges' box two lengths ahead of Mrs, John D. Hertz's American colt, which was ridden by the English jockey, H. Wragg. Palais Royal II was three lengths back of Reigh Count for third place in the field of 13. Three nations were represented in Invershin being British owned, Reigh Count, American, and Palais Royal, French. The famous cup, similar to the origirzl, which was stolen 22 years ago and never re- covered, was on view in front of the royal box, but more securely guard- ed than on the occasion it disap- peared. ‘Walker, won by two lengths from | championship of the United States | The gold cup, run over a two and the first three placings for the cup, | % %, FOR TRJE S EDWARD H. ATTY. CHARLES B. WALSH WALSH GIVEN BlG NEW YORK OFFICE Former New Brifain Man Made Assistant District Attorney H. S. AND YALE GRADUATE Lawyer, Sportsman and World War Navy Man Gets JImportant Ap- pointment to Legal Staffi—Active in Tammany Hall Affairs. Attorney Charles B. ‘Walsh, |formerly of this city, has been ap- | pointed an assistant district attorney of New York county. Mr. Walsh was graduated from New Britain high school in 1913. He entered Yale in 1914 and left in 1917, for service in the United States navy. Later he resumed his studies |and was graduated from Yale. enrolled at Yale Law school and was a roommate of “Tim" Callahan, |famous Ell football captain. He American Colt Was 4 to 1 Favorite | practiced law in New York City and l | Miami, Fla., and was manager with Cdllahan, of the Coral Gables all star professional football team. At {to New York City. | Mr. Walsh is the son of Mrs. #Mary Walsh of 28 Hopkins street, | Hartford, and New London, and the |late John J. Walsh, who, for years, [was proprietor of a restaurant on | Main street. He has two brothers, | Dr. Willam Walsh of New York City, physician to the Giants, and Dr. John Walsh, a lieutenant in the United States navy. and a sister, Miss Mary Walsh. He is a nephew of Dr. Joseph Walsh of this eity. Attorney Walsh is a prominent | tember of Tammany Hall from the {late Tom Foley's district in New York City. | FAMOUS SPORTSMAN DIES DURING NIGHT |Alexander Cochrane Made Carpets, Married Diva, Sought Yachting Cup Yonkers, N. Y. June 20 (P— Alexander Smith Cochrane, chief | owner of the Alexander Smith and Bons Carpet Company, in Yonkers died at 2 o'clock this morning at Saranac Lake where he went last | Friday to regain his health. | The carpet works here, one of the | largest in the world, was established | by his grandfather and inherited by | Mr. Cochrane in 1903. At that time | bis fortune was estimated at $30,- | 000,000 and since then had greatly | increased. He gave gencrously of his wealth to charity in many directions, fre- | quently making gifts ranging from $10,000 to $100,000. On one occa- sion he presented $1,000 to each of 250 employes. | He was a yachting enthusiast and fifteen years ago built the Vanitie, | (Continucd on Page 17) Ansonia, June 20 (#—Seven mem- bers of the freshmah class of the Ansonia high school were inju this morning at 9:30 o'clock in an explosion in the chemistry depart- ment. Two were badly burned about the face and are patients at the |hospital, while five others, two of them girls, were cut by flying glass which penetrated the clothing of two of the boys and entered the flesh. Those burned about the face were Samuel Di Giorgi, son of Mr. and Mre. Mariano Di Glorgi of Factory street and Lawrence Fair, son of Mr. .-nd Mrs. Joseph Fair of Prospect Seven Ansonia Students Injured In Chemistry Experiment Blast |street. ‘They were taken to the hos- | pital by Wesley Wilson, head of the chemistry department, immediately after the accident. The other five, whose names could inot be leurned, were treated at the office of Dr. John J. Thomas. | Di Giorgi was said to be pour- ing a quantity of nitric acid into a large container thought to be storing an amount of the same kind of acid, but from the resulting explosion it {is thought that sulphuric acid was in the vessel instead. The explosion {shook the school building and caused |quite a bit of excitement, but there ‘Wwas 0o panie, Average Week June 15th ... He | |the end of the season he returned | Daily Ending 15.287~ PRICE THREE CENTS *»APPLIED FUND CHOOL WORK, HALL ASSERTS Finance Commissioner Says False Reports Turned in By Former Head of New Britain School—Handled $500,000 Grant. Failure to Establish Part Time Classes Cited— Books Alleged to Be in Such Condition That Exact Amount Misused Cannot Be Determined. Hartford, June 20 UP—Edward F. | Hall, state commissioner of finance |and control, said today that a firm of auditors for the state board of finance and control found, in going over the books of Frederick J. Trin- der, former state direétor of trade and vocational training, reported that federal and state funds were misapplied and false reports filed. Administrator of Fund Mr. Trinder was administrator of the federal grant aggregating ap- proximately $500,000 received ane nually by the state board of educa- tion since 1917, for trade school and vocational training purpeses, under’ the Smith-Hughes act. This act ve- FREDERICK J. TRINDER quired the state to set up and carry out a definite program for the use of this money, the government to refund the amount of money spent :by the state for this work. | ‘Instead, Mr. Trinder, it is alleged, ,used the entire fund for only part {of the required program. Among jother things he was supposed to es- tablish part-time trade scheol jclasses, but this he did not do to & |sufficient degree to meet the federal requirements. However, the government accept- ed his reports and complimented him on his “perfect reports,” which it is said, purported to show that federal money had been expended to the exact cent required by law. Exact Amount Ul The exact amount alleged to have been misapplied by Tinder cannet even be estimated, it was learned, because of the condition of his divie (Continued on Page Five) 'YALE AND HARVARD CLASH TOMORROW Historic Race on Thames in Evening—Elis Favorites New London, June 20 M — Up the Thames, in lanes bordered by luxurious pleasure craft and flanked by the picturesque Connecticut hills, Yale and Harvard will row for supremacy tomorrow in the classic of American college regat- | tas. Has Real Thrill Poughkeepsie, with its mighty fleets, has stolen the championship luster that in ancient times also associated itself with the historie regatta here. But no other college event in the country has the glam. orous thrill or color of this duel, renewed this year for the 624 time since Yale and Harvard eight-cared crews first met on Lake Winnepe- saukee in 1852. 3 Experts have established Yale as a strong favorite in the four mile raity race that wilb bring the re- gatta to a climax tomorrow eve- ning. Not so much is heard abeut the two preliminary races to be rowed over a two mile courss ia the morning. but Harvard’s husky freshman boatload is highly re- garded while the Jjusior varsity crews are considered well matched. ' Yale Recemt Leader It is nothing mnovel to find K4 Leader's varsity beat the pre-. (Continued on Page Five.)