New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 22, 1930, Page 20

( NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1930. WOMAN WITNESS IS |z isdiomse) BUILDING IN WHICH 317 CONVICTS DIED | withdrawn on Kebruary 27 and on | the 28th there was no money on de- * | - Gordon's testimony was contradict- ory to that of Miss Chester and he said without hesitation that when| (Continued From First Page). she said under oath that he handed | IEEST SR TS ] | the check to her she was not telling whowing that Gordon had done busi- | (o ryth, 1 she knows she's not aness with the Liberty Baking Co.|(olling the truth.” "nc., after February , he would Z8mit that Gordon was guilty us meharged, and Miss Chester, spring- ng to her feet, defiantly called out hat she would accept the challens &nd welcome the opportunity of soringing her records into court to Jrove the point. % Judge Saxe, who heard the avithheld disposition until Sa “April 26, ard as he was preparit Jeave the bench, Prosecuti ey J. G. Woods reminded him that “estimony had lee offered by the tate to prove that Gordon had told times during an intervie The arrest that the che Mpst-dated. Attorney Flared up and shouted, “I don't Sed il ieve it, I don't believe it. Hov ke : would prosceute me, so ou like that?" at ‘he prosccuting | WALS PrOSCONC attorney, who retorted: “We BLIDEL0 R0 Y9 " her vo | Gordan a 1 don't care whether yvou he T Tof Attorney Greenberg shoute Harry Netupsky, again that he did not believe the Sasoline statior prosecuting attorney’s statement and | Hartford avenu added: “And I'm sore about this, S2W Gordon 100.” versation an & The crux of the case, Altorney|somethir Greenberg admitted to dge ¢ .| sky d #as whether the check was post-| Sergeant - 5 f:'et‘!imonr T Pos Gt ‘v\w‘.lf i hesiot el Cor R - . o ; : | At least 317 men confined in the Ohio State penitentiary at Columbus met' death when a dis- A Talmetl it ovase nol b nacs | ProNsentnE: Allornar WooaN : TS & .. G - i L % | | astrous fire swept four cell blocks in the prison vards. Above picture shows a front view Saxe remarked that even tho conyversation latter's office. | 4 v e S T | of the prison. The warden’s home, shown in the center, was threatened when flames engulfed was post-dated, Gordon could Mr. Woods, according to the ser-! 5 = 5 . thu :\ard. found guilty as charged if it was|&eant asked Gordon two or | 4 AR Cavass ; - . : ‘ 1 i He admiited that in all his deal- with the Liberty Baking Co. post-dated his checks b always made them good. In this in- stance the company would not sup-| ply him ad until he madc the check good, so he was obl his Samuel Schneider of the Liberty \ e holds no posi BE o [ ok i sked by Mr. Woods wt mentioned Applebaunt when they discussed the Woods' office, Gordon 1 Mr. Woods ¢ him tha intc { & cuti and cou = 3 Tt p s St Proven that his intent in issuing it | times whether he had pos Jvas to obtain further credit for |check and Gordon repli Berg isagrocd: "He ‘,ff\l‘l:‘,:.“;m,‘],(l' S ‘l\" o S g D A e - »- b | ‘ 5 i PRISON IS NOT CROWDED‘-I-‘llv’l‘vylllvl‘la:nvau.\ly at the prison in Co- Xhen he was prosecuting attorney | but if given time he woul . _ ¥ 5 3 * . . 5 & : SUSTAINE" BY JURY | rden sai q oL 10 years ago he presented a case of |Of it. He said seve that Sam o “_'”“\”L”‘I“l :r“fil 0‘?’;]\;%?';:}&% “that nav‘m»w in police court and At- | ¥ 'm‘;_‘l‘ r met hi w“ Arch street & 4 i Connceticut Institution Has 25| and that there are {wo systems fon orney ). H. Camp defended. Thejand d®manc il amount. of R $ L a R S Ahds tho gt OByl el Jate Judge George W, Klett, the ck, g to permit him 3 " 3 4 o - : . | Vacant Cells—Doors May Be OpERing the doors, the lever which B i s ) e - ¢ L a (Continued From First Page) | opens all in one block at once, o= Wireenborg declared that it is {he 'he d e SE0 . § Y 5 Opened By Two Systems. | the "I""""‘ ‘0“’; by ““““}1 each door bt i ; b ¥ o ] i S P g’ : 4 & / nay be opened separately. o eustinein Connect sses wh 4 to lmow “all| ! that undue influence was exerted on | Irartrord, April 22 (P—The Con- | Rt B . % "]‘_ A I\\ o | . - s : : x SR Mr. Fay, that he was not of sound | yeoticut state prisod is not over- money to meet it at once 3 office 5 = : Copyright, 1930, by NEA Service, Inc., Transmitted by Telephoto | mind and did not have the testamen- | cgwded, said Warden Charles §.| Anthony Arsenault of 35 Clark The 1o s : N ¢ 3 4 s . . = 5 u . . . tary capacity at the time he made | Ree day. Thery rison- | sfreet reported to tl 1 last thm.e check becomes a 3 on_would bo yuos: "¢ Here is an exterior view of the west cell block of the Ohio State penitentiary, where swift | - wm‘ ¢ SE s °;" S S DHEONS S H‘ 1’,]i"““§; “‘i‘f ’Iinf’: “C\CNM; 2 timony wouid he ofiered b 217 1 : : ; & 5 : 3 f camtjcells: night that o ¢ 5 O e tragedy took an appalling toll of 317 lives in the most disastrous fire in American prison his- g Sergeant T. J. Feeney of the de-|chicck was not post-c £l e S . Attorney Leo V. Gaffney and At-| 1N case of eme more Drison | yeception on Walnut strect and had Jective bureau testified that Prose. e R |tory. The flames had been quenched when this picture was taken. A fire hose truck is o “',mq;_l’v -‘Ot Now | el space than this can be mad:|not returned. Up to this afternoon cuting Attorney Woods assigned hir 2 e o | shown standing outside the walls. It was in the tiers of cells in this end of the penitentiary | e s available, he said the police had learned nothing more ! { Britain represented the appellee. At- | Cell doors may be opened or |of the incident, it was said at head- to investigate the case, giving him that prisoners were trapped and burned to death. G ; X torney Robert Coates of Hartford | closed simultaneously by a leve ‘the check, and he interviewed Miss and Attorney Leo Halloran of I'ram- | system, but there is no eclectrical | Mrs. Arsenault, who is 25 years of hester and made his report to Mr. | ;. AR T s b L e e e e e Waods, who later issued the warrant | S e . o ington, Mass., represented tho ap-|control such as that at the Ohio|age, told her husband she was go- Which the sergeant served on Gor- | 1NN < hense CON‘/HCTD A | lEMPTING TO REV]VE PRISONER | pellant. Judge Alfred Daldwin pre- |state penitentiary. Destruction of |ing to take a walk, and he was sur- &on last week. Cross-examined by || Sl N o3 | sided. | the electrical control circuit by fire | prised at her failure to return. Attorney Greenberg, the sergeant o SO 55 St e : #aid Gordon at no time told him it : / - Was a post-dated check. e b 5 _Miss Chester followed Sergeant . would not dispos t todav. Feeney on the witness stand and 9 2 Ly 0L v Greent quested called his attention fo the fact that & {Bere were only 28 days in February | V28 desirous of convicting Gordon ; / . 1 : k- i and he assured her that he had not | Decause he withdrawn his busi- | . . 4 { 378 MAIN ST NEW BRITAIN given any thought fo it. She there. | NCSS from the company and given -t , : ; . ‘ ; 3 ;upon changed the date from the | !¢ the Unite BaCo. T ‘ . : 30th to the 28th in his presence and Going into M e offered no objection. mony, Attorney i aske . o ¢ OUT At noon she brought the check to | why she had taken the out / Ge o i ! New Britain National bank, as she |0 a drawer on Apr wae i i : 7 2 ? F expected that Gordon's account | true, as she claimes Gordon ’ : e S 2 4 - H o O testified that she was in her office 5 ; . February 2§ about 11:30 o'clock in | ' 2 s g lougtgy foria : . : 4 ’ the forenoon when Gordon, who had U o fwo LUEn ERROCEE LA . ; . ; been purchasing bread in wholesale | |7 ArTaisn Mis I assur- ; : 4 3 : Iots for several months, tendered 1% the court tha e . ; . d Ter the check and she noticed that it | #1 Peins oblized to say so, : : : E . : ; was dated February 30. She at once | | DEEsEYarnistyeraliin stances s ] . LA + and the Liberty Baking Co. o ] i might not be able to nd the | walked into ihe office and handed § check, and she learned then that the | to her that very day. He also mads check was worthless, she said. She e's failure to call Ieft it in the bank for a few days ) s father to the witnes and then got it again and turned it |« claring that the state did over to Prosecuting Attorney Woods. to have him testify in th In reply to Attorney x| face of the testimony of defense | Miss Chester said Gordon purchased | witnesses with whom Chester . merchandise from the company for | t about the cheel. “I did several months prior to February 28. know he was in the court ' On that date she was alone in the rcom,” Prosecuting Attorney office when Gordon gave her the . to which Attorney Greenbe check. She was postive it was Gor-| replied: “Well, he is here and he don and not Samuel Applebaum, nty y corrido: officer of the company, who ha ed her the check. You realize that you are under “I_know it,” she replied | 9 “The truth and the truth only, i she replied. 1 % ) Aftorney Greenberg then asked her e : Copyright, 1930, by NI ervice, Ine., Transmitted by Telephoto if it was not a fact that the check e . : g H . . . O Wwas given by Gordon {0 Appleh o = Prisoners, guards, police, militiamen worked side by side to give first aid to victims of the on February 23 and given by AR L fire which swept the Ohio State penitentiary at Columbus, taking 317 lives. This picture bu}‘x:n to her. Shr-\;lmwn\ i 5 s PR 1 =hows convicts working in the smoke-filled yard of the prison to revive a fellow inmate who | 'f A Y sure, 53 Cheste t L 1 1¥ 3 H r 4 5 & e ,ome;ecf;‘m'l');r':'v’;r( el or ot ne pl t ground had been r scued from a burning tier of cells. 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