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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1930. BIG SHOT by FRANK L. PACKARD ~ Synopsis: Enid Howard learns too late that her braving death and im- prisonment has been in vain. The| Big Shot is not her brother! He re- | veals it after he discovers she is the | woman who has interfered with 1 criminal activities. The Big bhul‘ plans the punishment of Enid and | Phil Martin with bestial delight, | sending thém away in that | carries them to the ngsters | country headquarters. They ar tied in the barn awaiting the Biz Shot's arrival. PInl when Enid tells him she « " THE CURTAIN FALLS Waiting in the ¢ kness grim reckoninz wi that seemed inevi Phil cleared up the ing that a few threatened to st Neither mentioned anguish hearts but F story of he for which terribla toll Through the great 1 given no thought sonal dan turn the footsteps o from a criminal care save the Big Shot loved from each other. Then followed silence as each made to free themsclves that cut into their 3 Have—h you looser asked tremulous a o s ecstati still loves hin mi hours ash their roma endur related the stra 1 Phil o ca to her brothr and the man she | long minute nother off the bor denly, ¢ “Wha “Did It we “Listen?” do you hear “Yes,” he said. “The working at the bar that fastens t door —and doing it as if he didn't want to be heard. That's queer:” Neither oke A minute passed — another. door creaked slightly, id could see that it was being slowly open- 1 —and the ne ant the of a flash light picked out both Phil and herself. “Keep ver maps closed while 1 cust youse 100; autioned voice in a hoarse whisper A man was standing beside he- a knife was t the around her. be tru that they we free! “Who arc breathe 1 wildly, “Why this “Didn’t I tell youse to k face shut?” he answered br “If youse don't youse won't e told wot youse don't know won't hurt yuse. See? Youse're in luek da: vouse picked out tonight to cor here—dat's all She ws ou hear anything? more lible now breathed. “Noa someor sawing couldn she you doin cords ep yer squely tions no lies—an’ ask no qu A moment later.f Phil was at her side. His enveloped her for a mome “AN' con o of youse — an’ don’t make no ndise! Get me their liberator admo hed She felt Phil's arm go round 1| and hold her for a moment. Th suide, still indistinct and shadows led them across the yard the road. The man halted, and pointed along it. “Dat's de Yous said; “not do other stand? The road'l es if yousc ng now b atch.yer step, a way zoes.” . he Under- Youse som: stays wid it lor bat does it mea “I don't They Eut it was not deed more than a meagre f of one, before they halted. the minutes went on There saw no was little “Do Phil?” Nos - I her zoing know on * he answered along the road — two miles, now we action And sped n th again was 10 si Tious mor> {hai you know she asked don't,” nothing she <aid The vword had vere died on come Lo taring- throuz cach into the far behind ¢ an enother. An still o explo: but on the night firing you reme the telep wouldn't merely either! It tancy we let out of t ouely “Twis What happened There was ing, Then s “God knows only know some ent . bu id Jital throus the low } He pull b Ka | Was Joint 'ear and uncertainty gripped Enid and Phil as the light reached them on i e latest to read any t down Here Gathie Allyn, was a former mayor of the city and builder of the Allyn House and the old Allyn hall, onc of Hart- rliest th . Hiy father, Allyn, who during his life vas hig dividual taxpayer in Hartford, dicd when his son was only 19 v old. Tn 192 built the Allyn theater Vith his, brother-in-law, Colonel Clarence Seymour. He owned of first automobiles -n the city and an item clipped many y 120 relates how e went to Middle- in this car, “going at the tre- ous rate of miles per hour.” more, to go married Louise Graham of in a personal way. | Louisville, Ky. Besides his wife he 12 It is th. leaves a daughter, Mary Belle Allyn, as thesc row private school in Miami, almost Ila. His sister, Mrs. Dorothy Al- lyn Seymour, also survives him s caught the headlines: | iorqes o eate & Robert FOUR GANGSTERS KILLED the Woman Amonz Victims of Bombing by Rival Gang ar blurred pushed the paper she shook her head he ay from W ane the h to think that B ford enot to mea ms son in a yond and though = so terribly tru experience, I ca If to realize ti conditions only exist in Lt NOSE PICKING? 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Our mission is to give you the BEST regardless of cost. “Iam free from the worry of sicknessin my family « « « I gladly recommend Dr. True’s Elixir to everyone.””— Mrs. R. S. Rose, Stoneham, Mass. e nto thinking this | DORAN BELIEVES PARALYSI SOLVED (Isopropyl Alcobol Probably Present in Ginger Gases Washington, March 19 (UP)— Isopropyl alcohol, a synthetic alco- liol derived from gasses obtained in the process of cracking petroleum, is the newest problem to confront the prohibition department and Commis- sioner’ Doran has ordered an inve tigation to determinc whether boot- leggers are using it. Related to Paralysis Cases Dorai believes the cases of my; terious pa reported in Rhode Teland, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessc Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas ¥ have been caused by this form \lcohol as its reaction to the system creates a fornt of paralysis. He has not yet received reports m prohibitiom cremists in the garding the paralysis cases, s dry administrators in the of human | |aftiicted areas have been ordertd to obtain samples of jamaica * ginger and other liquids sold by bootleggers o determine if this grade of alcohol |is being used as the intoxicant. Isopropyl alcohol is one of three grades used commercially, Doran ¢ plained. While it has been known ‘m the scientific world for | vears, e said, it has been uscd cor- ‘xum ially about cight years. | “It smells, tastes and looks like genuine ethyl alcohol,” he said. “It | contains no poison but its reaction |to the human system creates a type of paralysis. The pure food and | drug act of the agriculturc depart- [ment has prohibited its usc in | flavoring extracts but it is used in | creams and lotions. Cousin of Wond Alcohol “It is really a first cousin to methyl or wood alcohol, although it isn't really as deadly. Isepropyl alcohol does not come under supervision of the Volstéad law and heretofore have had no trouble with it.” An indication that Doran might o in error regarding his fssump- tion that isopropyl alcohol might | have causcd the paralysis cases w |seen in reports o the U. S. Public | health service which mples of we n many | our | December he was locked in the pris- on hospital with no means of es- cape during the wild disorder. He left the rooms, in the face of the crazed prisone the body of a murdercd guard back into the (CONNECTICUT NATIVE IS 575 AUBURN PR]SON WARDEN He is a native of Pineville, Conn., {and for some time resided in Union- ville. (FIVE EX-CONVICTS FAGE - DEPORTATION FOR CRIME Involved T ;jun\a ginger which some of the | victims had consumed had traces of | | metallic poisoning. |pr. 'rank L. Heacoy, I'ormer Mem- ‘i ber of Walnut Hill Sanitarium, | Given Promotion, | Albany, N. Y., March 19 — Dr. | Frank L. Heacox, formerly a mem- | ber of the staff of the Walnut Hill | | sanitarium in Hartford, has been | named warden of Auburn prison to sed Capt. John L. Hoffman who | esigiied because of heart trouble. | Although Dr. Heacox has been nam- | conviets were taken to Boston from led acting warden it is understood | Wethersficld prison y ’ that the governor and commissioner | | deportation to Italy of corrcetion intend to ask him (0| United States immig ihes: take the position pern nently. | ors. Iour of them had been serv- Doctor Heacox is chief physician|ing 12 to 15 years for their part in of the prison and for some time has | the Bridgeport bombing and blac been superintendent of the“women's mail plot a decade ago. prison. He played-a prominent part | The convic homb in two riots at the prison last year. | were: Pasqu. DiPasquale, {In August he helped - defend the|tino D'Arte Giuseppe C: | prison walls against rioters and in'!zicllo, and Louis Papile. Four Men in Wheeler Blackmail and Bombing Plot to Be Returned to Italy. Hartford, March 10 — Five ex- throwers aba- ppo- The other man is Anthony Wolfran, alias v erett C. Curtis, a native of Poland« The Italian quartet figured in a plan té blackmail Dwight C. Wheels er, wealthy Bridgeport manufac- turer. August 11, 1920, he received a note demanding that $15,000-be left in a vacant lot on Lexington avehue near Grand street. Ignoring the letter, he received a second on August 290, demanding $20,000, threatening Wheeler with bodily harm if he failed to comply with the demand. 1t is said police were not told of thesc letters at the time. August 28 at 11 o'clock at night the windows of the Asme Shear coms pany, of which Wheeler was secre= tary and assistant treasurer, were shattered by a bomb thrown from 2n automobile. Wheeler then told police of the letters he had receiveds Captain John H. 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