New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 10, 1930, Page 13

v Second Section NEW BRITAIN HERALD [=7-», NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1930. Chicago Extortion To Holding of 15 as Abductors Of Wealthy Insurance Executive Victim Finds Divorced Wife Among Gang That Threatened Him With Torture by Heated Irons. Chicago, March 10 P—A band of <tortionists that plied its trade of dnap and torture from New York to Chicago was believed broken io- cay because of an ex-wife's tip thut her former husband, a wealthy in- ur as) tim."” The *easy victim,” Thcodo Kopelman, at the county jail yester positively identified six men as > oncs who held him captive in a lenely lake resort cottage anl tlircatened him with searing iro.s until he paid ransom. IKopelman then picked out among those rounded up in connection with the gang. his divorced wi now the sweetheart of one of t ring leaders. Others Are Sought In addition to the seven leade seven men and another woman are held as witnesses and two more a being sought. Patrick Roche, chief investigator for the state's attorney’s office, rail the ring’s operations netted a yearl average of $35,000 for cach membey, while one of the men, he said, hal nfessed his share last year was 75,000 He said the operations of the ring were widespread througii- out the east. Assistant State's Attorney Charles Miller said he would ask the ex- treme penalty for conspiracy to kil- v nap for ransom—death in the eles-| tric chair. In the cast, Roche said he be- licved the ring was connected wiin the kidnaping of labor leade racketeers, actors and others during the past two years. Through fear of reprisal, he said, none of tho who paid ransom would identify their abductors. The investigator said he knew six other torture kidnapings whi he positively attributes to the ring now under arrest and that he reports of others where the methods were similar. In the ea:t the only abdugtion which reache:l public notice was that of William J. lyons, president of the Building Trades Council of Newark, who paid a gang of torturers a large sum for freedom aficr he had be burned with hot irons. Paid $,000 Ransom Kopelman was kidnaped Februai 25, held prisoner a day low at Camp lake, W anothci day in a Chicago apartment and finally freed later after he had pail $4.000 and given a check for $1,000. The men went to his sister, Ge= trude Kopelman, and his attorney Touis Victor for the money. When payment on the check was refus:1 they spent a week trying to force Kopelman to cash it. Finally Kopel- man called in Roche and early yes- terday, when the six men went to the sister's Michigan Boulevard dress shop for the monc;* they captured. of were No actual torture vas applied {o | Kopelman, but he said the heated irons with which they Lis h tion. Several hotel and apartment raids followed and the net picked up Mrs, Myrtle Chris Larson Thora Kopelman Gusenberg, an attractive blonde, who, it was finally learnel, waa Kopelman's divorced wife anl the sweetheart of Norman Resni one of the priconers. The woms according fo Roche, provided t ring with information about her ex- husband. Besides Resnick and Mrs. Gusea- berg. those held principals ar: Michael Rosenberg, in whose hon Kopelman was held; Isidore Snadlcr. once indicted as a bomber; Charles Hadesman, reputed clection terro:- ist; Sam Gold, with a police record, and Sam Fellar, who was wounded when “Hymic Weiss, notorious gangster, was machine gunned o death in front of the Holy Name cathedral. Rosenberg, Roche sa Tas confessed his share in the plot. Kopelman has identified all. Mrs. Gusenberg was divorced from ker first husband, a man namzl Thorn. and then from Kopelman. Pete Gusenberg. her third, was kiil- ed in the St. Valentine’s Day mas- gacre of 1929 Fritz Holm Dead at Age of 49 in New York New York, March 10 (UP) Death has ended the career of D F Holm, Danish author, journal- ist and explorer, who was decorat ed by 40 nations and by the Holy Sce. He was 49. Death was duc to double pneumonia. Among the titles conferred on him were that of prince by King Nicho- las of Montenegro and diplomatic envoy of San Marino. He married Marguerite MacDon ough Green, only child of the late ‘Warren 1. Green, once president of the American Bank Note company. Mrs. Holm died in Paris in October, men , threatening c:oser applici- HELD IN LIQUOR DEATH Waterbury, March 10 — Two men and a woman are being held here in connection with the death of John Ge. Union City man, yesterday afternoon believed o have used by poison liquor. Peter Krugalis of this city, alleged to have sold Go iowski the liguo unde E t. Charles Galewski and Mrs and Tony Galewski, are being held pending coroner's hearings. heen +USE HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS nce company head, would be an | had | Jd | in a bungi- | singed | * | cluk stella | Arrest Leads MYSTERY SHROUDS ERLANGER WIDOW Broadway Tries fo Recall Thes- fer Man's Wile - March 10, (®—Th mystery of Abraham Lincoln lir- langer's “widow” continued un- solved today. It deepened yesterday COMMERCE BODY They Employ COH]IfllllllStS ‘:Iv‘::;"xl producer remained unoceu- But in lieu of her appearanc {with the thousand or more promin- ent and obscure persons that pacl- |ed Temple Emanu-el, Max 1. Steu- said that he REDS ALARM N. Y. New York, New York, March 10 (UP)—While | communists voiced loyalty for their five leaders, jailed as a result of |or her attorney, Siol Thursday’s riot, the Chamber of |ya1y would have an important an- Commerce announced that a number 1ot & o0t R e in connection of civie organizations had banded | a Ldgh | with his client’s claim for a widow' together to fight what they term the |are of the dead theater m “Red menace.” |reputed fortune of § In a lengthy staicment to the Er e T i R |press, the communists ridiculed | rond probably the saiddle Police ~Commissioner Grover A.lipic week. It was thought that l.\.\']\alf‘n:;fi charges that they Were |, ient throw some light upon | “boring” in business affairs, as Nick | showman's alleged love ffaic | Carter and Sherlock Holmes yarns.|™ 1) meantime Broadway Whalen had said that his secret PO- | o wabe” Lirlanger best, ico had brought h\_m_“grdlor com-ii= 40 Tecall Charlotte. 1 | munist incursions into business, | wigow's” maiden name. school and :hn city :\dnnmsvr.\b]\‘an.i,o Sl s The chamber announced its PIans| ooy an aetress several d- to compile a list of alien agitators| "y ' ol R |and ask for their ‘mn?x(dm‘l(“)vdl | who organized the: | portation. Corporations, merchants atic asis brought and all other cmployers will be || @, VIS, HCOUE urged to ascertain whether any com- | o ST B | munists are in their employ t ¢ . |Smith and other | A hearing for the five communist (1o O |leaders—William Z. Toster, Robert | 300 | Minor, Isracl Amter, Harry Raymond |,,q 0 toritha S }fln(] Joseph Lester—w Sph(‘du‘f‘d‘""’]‘ W l‘. ; 3 ’HIOKIJ s il for today. All are charged with un- | ) X e nnen lawful assembly in connection witn | heater: Thursday's disorder in Union Square. ITEL o Raymond, who was rearrested on a | ould of it the that is 5 th According to have scal, together many Mayor Walk- Alfred celebrities in were at- was cl EN MARRIES FOR FOURTH TIME Weds Eva Casanova, Actress, Also Makes Second Venture Asbury Lou | charge of felonious assault Saturday | night after he wasreleased on § 500 bail on the unlawful assembly | charge, must answer to the addition- | al charge tomorrosw. | | Y. M. C. A. NOTES f the stamp Thirty members club which meets weekly under the leadership of Percy Washburn at the Y. M. C. A. will have supper | tonight. Herbert E. Erwin, the local | postmaster, will talk to the bhoys| about the United States air mail | service, and about stamp collecting. | Tark, N. J.. March 2! Tellegen, actor, was barked upon his fourth matrimonial venture today, this time with Eva Casanova, an actress who has appearing with him in vaudeville. They were married yesterday by Judge Martin L. IFerris, a justice of the peace and a retired | ister. Desiree Tabor, musical comedy | actress, and Rafaclo Diaz, a politan opera tenor Plans Wer Chey had § 10 em- The members of the Senior Hi-Y | club will hold their weekly meeting |this evening instead of on Thursday |as it usually is. Movies will be taken of the group to be shown in the group to be shown in the film of YY" activities which will be shown in the local theaters next week. | Dr. Joseph Potts will be the speak- er. He will talk to the boys about going to colleg: A program of motion pictures will be shown at the meeting of the Employed Boys' club this evening |at 7:30 o'clock. were witness Postponed anned to be married carly in the winter but burns suf- fered by Mr. Tellegen Christmas day when 1 asleep in an Atlantic | City hotel while smoking a cigarette | compelled a postponement. Miss Casanova was formerly wife of Minor MecLain, an actor. They were divorced a yeer ago. A | divorce last fall ended Mr. Tellegen marriage to Mrs. Isabel Craven Tel- legen. His fi De Brouckere, they w France. Geraldine ¥ singer was his sccond were married February divorced in 1923, Came to America Mr. Tellegen came to this country as leading man for Sarah Bernhardt. His mother was a Russian dance Anna Maria, teacher of Anna P lowa, Nijinsky and Isadora Duncan His father was a prince of the Greek mnobility, who assisted in the formation of the Dutch Java colony. the Bird House Contest Entries are still coming the bird house building which is being conducted in the Boys' department. The followin |boys signed up Saturday; Thomas Ha Myron Dorfman, Oscar Hall, | Richard Moore. Daniel P'lude, { Schedule Monday—Senior Hi-Y supper [6:30 p. m., Stamp club supper 6 p. m., Lmployed Boys' club 7 p. m. | Tuesday—Friendly Indian club { meeting 4:15 p. m., Mecker Pioncer | club 7:30 p. m. Junior leaders coun- il 7 p.or Wednesday T30 p in contest they wile 8, 1916 and s, POISON LIQUOR PROBED Waterbury, March e man was dead and another arrest here today sought th o belidved respon | Pete Kru | to nave | Gejewski at 10 One undex olica poison liquor for the fatalit leged by polic liquor 1o John City, who dicd n Scout Boys' meeting club 7:15 troop 30 club 50 p m. 125 sym m., P perio ] Junior while source of 1c P I Hi-y m. » |Coolidge Not to Attend | Taft Service Tomorrow Northampton, Mass.,, March 10 (UP)—Calvin Coolidge, the nation's only living ex-president, docs not [l‘\])"('t to attend the funeral services ‘ ‘m be held in Washington tomor- | row for William Howard Taft. Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge arrived home late Saturday night from their nine-weeks’ tour of the country. Yesterday they attended services at dward’'s Congregational church, ‘he former president informed | | newspapermen who called at his | [home that reports that he and Mrs. | Coolidge were preparing to go to | i\\'dshm[x(ml to attend the Taft| | funeral were groundies: | | e e | | GIRL RUNS AGAINST AUTO | A 12 year old girl named Grant, | living at 8 Mill street, ran against the rear of an automobile driven by J. Herbert Annear of 204 Maple street as he was driving south on South Main street with his wife and children about 3:15 o'clock yester- day afternoon. Her father picked her up and brought her home, apparent- ly unhurt. Annear reported to the police that he saw the child standing on the curbstone on the west side of the street and she started into the road h pulled to the left. The wheels on the left side of h car caught in the trolley car tracks and the girl apparently could not avoid the rear part of the machine. sold bad of Union | at a hospital. | | Om——— -—— SES GRO ST _QUAL PRESCRITTIO PATROLMAN DRUNKEN DRIVER Haverhill, Ma March 10 (UP) | —Patrolman Mortimer Duggan of |the Boston police department, a | former resident of Lawrence, paidl $100 fine in central district court | | here today after heing convicted on |a drunken driving charge. | Duggan, who had been ested following an automobile accident | here late last night, pleaded not |guilty, but Judge John J. -Winn rom\\l him guilty. EYEGLASSES ary JEWELERS been aptist min- | metro- | \"7////]1.1'\' YO HAVE YOUR EYES EXAMINED FREE! GLASSES PERFECTLY FITTED —— Marked Cards Found Strewn Over Body New York, March 10 (UP)— Only a deck of marked playing cards, strewn like confetti over the bullet-sprayed hody of Tony Bonventre, provided any clew for detectives today in solving the mystery of his murder. Tony’s body was found in a stolen car, grimly decorated with the blue-backed playing which apparently were the of his death, While his mother wept, Ton father told detectiy “Tony's a good boy but he won't work. I tell him on many a time to throw away his cards and get a pick. v a while he was a fighter, and od onc foo. He was known oung Bush’ and fought at 35 pounds. But he quit because it was too rough.” It was learned that he left home Saturday to participate in a poker game. Police believe the game ended when Tony was cen for a ride LABOR PLEDGES IOV AT i Thousands Attend Funeral of Young Slain Knitter ause (UP)— Philadel- another iladelph 10 ‘arl Mackley, 22 year old *just out of a job Today he was one of , March | phia knitter, W young fellow a few | days @ labor's immortals. | Mackley o. was shot to death HAITI COMMISSION PRESENTS PROJECT Americans Suggest. Methods of i‘ Satisiying Everyone | Four major proposals to solve the | Haitian controversy have been made | by the Hoover investigating commis- sion, approved by President Hoover, and accepted in principle by native leaders on both sides. | Office of the American high com- missioner to Haiti will be and the commissioner placed by a regularly diplomatic minister. | A new United | treaty will be negotiated. A “neutral” president, acceptable to both sides, will be pro visionally by the council of state, at | the expiration of President Luis { Bornos’ term in May. | An carly popular eclection of a | legislature will be held, after which | the legislature will choose a presi- | dent for a regular term of office. | Recognizes Main Points Thus the commission has recog- I nized the principle points of issuc brought up by remonstrants against the Borno regime, and conceded the main contentions of the Haitian | governments opposition “The president’s commission has suggested that the various elements composing the opposition to the re- | cent Haitian government should or- | ganize a group of delegates satis- ctory to themselves, and designate some neutral candidate 1ctory will be re- appointed ites-Haitian elee also to President Borno, who should |co. clash with non-union workers at the | | H. Aberle mills here few days ago. Fully 33,000 persons Mackley's fun here McPherson outdoor services mmed. McGrady, ¢ of William Green the American Fede: tion of Labor, asked the assembled thousands to repeat an oath that they would “continue the struggle inst low wa poverty and op- ion."” “L will not falter nor be intimid the workers repeated wit ands raised above their heads, nor discouraged by an ofttimes subservient judiciary. ‘That, if ne- too, will lay down our lives in order that all those who toil | may be delivered from industrial en- slavement ... to all of which, I, at the bier of our brother, Carl Mackley, do pledge my | most sacred word of honor.” hosiery attended Sunday square, were rsonal representative president of - we, | Africans and Whites in Clash in Cape Province Capetown, Union of South Africa, | March 10 quarrel between the the native clements flared into flame Sunds | lage of Rawsonville, near Worcester, |in the Cape Province. Nine Euro- peans and several natives were in- jured in a clash precipitated by a meeting of the African national con- gress. One r when sought meeting. All was quict | immediate trouh (P—The long-standing European and of the Union ¢ at the vil- started ropeans port said the fight a group of young to break up the today and no more is expected. PRIEST DIES IN HOMER Cortland, N. Y. March 10 (P— Edward A. Crowley, 62, pastor of St. Ma ct's church, Homer, and St. Patrick’s church, Truxton, {'died here today of heart discase. He had been a priest in Homer seven years, stant pastor at St John's church, Utica and the Most Holy Rosary church, Syracuse. | Born in North Adams, Mass. he was educated for the priesthood at Grand Seminary, Montreal. 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