New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 4, 1930, Page 2

g VESSEL WEATHERS TROPICAL TflRNA[}llt (Continued I‘rom First Page) starboard bunker- to help trim th ship. | Because of storm warnings the Coamo had delayed sailing from San Juan for Santo Domingo a full | day. During the early hours of ye: terday the barometer went on a rampage rising and falling and stop- ping at 27.75, because d go no lower. The ship was then four r Santo Domingo harbor. T} were running too high to chorage and Cap'. Evar about, hoping for calm Suddenly a strong-off and rain blotted cut fore the skipper's gaz uEtil afternoon the storm intensity. Just before captain said. the ship the center of the disturba Never Saw Worse Gale “In all my years at sca I ne have encountered more W Evans said. Victor Braegger, represer the Maryland Casualty C Baltimore in Porto Rico Domingo, describing the stc “At 1 o'clock all of wind subsided as if hy b had reached the center of and an oasis of comparative “Mountainous waves past us. The ship became for all kinds of sea birds seek shelter, clinging to tI ropes, canvass, and window the cabins. The birds hausted as if from a struggle of hours in the terrific gale." Captain Evans praised duct of the passenge The passengers dra praising the captain a “With a good crew you can wea- ther any storn kipper declar- | ved Y\Ondflr, ative of were sills ¢ seemed ex- Text of Letter | The letter from the passengers | said:—""The passenegrs of your boat are very grateful to you. your offi- | cers and crew for their superb cour- | age and the masterful way in which | the Coamo was handled while pa: ing through today's storm. In grate- ful appreciation to you, sir, and your men, to whom we all believe | we owe our lives, with the blessing of divine providence, we are pleas- | ed and proud to thus express in a| slight way our gratitude.” The Coamo, due to sail for New York today, probably will be held here at least for 24 hours. Ship Leaves Tomorrow New York, Sept. 4 (P—Officials of the New York-Porto Rico Steam- ship Company said today that the| Coamo, which put back to San| Juan safely after weathering a ter- ritic storm in the Caribbean, will leave San Juan tomorrow, arriving | here Tuesday. | ‘The Coamo sailed from New York‘ last week with 150 passengers, most | ot whom had been left at San Juan .« before the ship was struck by the ~ storm. Cable messages from Captain Thomas Evans this morning the ship's twireless was disabled when the wind wrecked the anten- nae. PROGRESS OF APEMAN PRAISED BY SCIENTIST | was chairman |town committee for several years. (Continued From First Page) did very well before he was a man at all.” “No one has given any reason why he ceased to be an ape,” the| president said. “We may appeal to natural selection, to ‘nheritance of acquired characteristics, or to or- thogensis and, though our belief in the ascent of man remains un-| shakeable, the reason why the ape- | man became an artisan, continues to elude us.” Harrison said that artificial en- vironment had expanded with the ‘progress of civilization but the man brain had not undergone s lar inflation, nor so far as could be seen, had the human mind changed its essential character, “The brain of the later paleoliti- hic man appeared to have been like our own in all essentials and the cromagnon born today might be- come a skilled mechanic or an able bishop,” he said. “In production of a new, cunning, big-brained animal with hands, nature overshot r mark and we are struggling with the consequences.” NEW YORK SHOOTINGS KILL TWO, WOUND 3 (Continued Fro: All lived in Brooklyn the chest Police said Cohen was with one gang of slot operators and had been followed to the candy store in Pitkin avenue by two gunmen One of the gu store where he Fisher. Gelpin ran and was shot by the Both gunmen escaped Gelpin was employed delicatessen store and mistake, police said New York, Sept. 4 (P—A 22 old girl was shot nine seriously wounded early | assailant described to police father as a rejected suitor Miss Meta Wissmul ing her father. Geo: in his Bronx bakery in the store when the Wissmuller, who was in ment heard the his daugh The girl scr the door. As shot her four She fell ) where he shot her chest and three tir men, | Seminar: | Haven, said | | when Ma | to FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1930.THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1%, 1930. 7 T R i Town Shortage Blamed On Erratic Bookkeeping Chelmsford, Mass.,, Sept. 4 (UP) — Discrepansies totalling $9,206.12 in the accounts of Town Treasurer and Tax Collector Er- vin W. Sweetser, revealed yester- day in the report of a recent state audit, were due entirely to erratic bookkeping, and there was no ac- tual shortage, Chairman E. G. Brown of the Chelmsford select- men has announced. Brown said there wgre no grounds for action against Sweet- ser, who resigned the town treas- urership last Monday because of ill health and the pressure of his Murray Hirschon | hots and ran toward the He saw a man climb into automobile and drive toward | When driver ignored a| and t the policeman | | ugh windshield | bakery. an ile was found aban- vated railway sta- ANGAN CANDIDATE INFROBATE RAGE First Page) hocratic candidates . county and local s looked to for an ag- ® to succeed Judge Ber- who has been en- v the republican party since | rst election to the office Native of This City Mangan was born on street in the “Nigger Hill' rict of New Britain on Feb. 8, 1586, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. and has always He was graduated St. Mary's parochial | ool on Myrtle street and attended | Pritain high school for one! before entering St. Thomag' | . Hartford, where he gmq-} He attended Ford- New York. for two law school, New for two years, graduating in June, 1509. He was successful in the bar. examinations and was ad- | ted to the practice of law the| h he graduated. entered the office of the late | William F. Delaney in the New | Biitain National Bank building ana | it once became prominent in his | profission, especially in the crim- | inal courts. His practice has since | been extensive, but he has founa time for political and social activi- ties and holds the distinction of hav- ing served on city boards and com- | missions under appointment by mayor since he became a Judge ew year uated ol, and Yale First Office 20 Years Ago When Joseph M. Halloran, demo- crat, was mayor, he appointed Judge Mangan to the board of health in 10. Mayor George A. Quigley, re- publican, appointed bim to the rd of compensationand assess- ment in 1919 after he had served on the public amusement , 1911 to May 1. 1 vhen he resigned. only to retur the commission April 1915 ana serving until 1019 when he resigned. Under Mayor Orson F. Curtis, publican, Judge Mangan was chair- n of the boxing commission, which is now extinct, and under Mayor Angelo M nessa, he was hairman of the charity board, now the public welfare commission. He of the democratic Gardner C. Weld, republican, ap- BELIEVE IT OR NOT := HaNS STEINKE GERMAN WRESTLER. WON [000 MATCHES IN SUCCESSION EXPLANATION OF YESTERDAY’S CARTOON M. Rohindon Went Down 68 Times in 4 Rounds—This fight took place on March 6, Robinson, in an attempt to stay 4 rounds with the mighty John L. 1824, in San Francisco. went down 68 times to avoid pu The Monument to a Potato in Braunlage, Germanv-The monument to the potato was first attempts to cultivate this useful tuber on German soil This place is famously known throughout Germany as the “kartoffel- erected on the spot where the were made in 1748. hecke.” oroof of anything (Reg. GODLOVE | PLUMBER. GODLO\IE 1STHE NRMEOFAPLUMBERMEUQEM. BELIEVE 1T OR NOT, A JACKRABAIT MSITED SAN DIEGSS BUSINESS DISTRICT, IN THE HEART OF IN PASSING THE™. POLICE 5TAT10N HE SHIFTED @ GEARS % HAD NO REGARDS .~ FOR THE SPEED THE CITY CLOVER WAS FOUND By A-H.PATTERSON Roanoke, va nishment. (Ou request, ssnt with etam) dremsed -envelops. Mr. Ripley w icted by mm). Pat. o *BY RIPLEY ! Quiros The LocusT MAN — WAS FATHER oF 4 SONS BORN 17 YEARS APART Tobilla,Span S oy THE | struggle to maintain SUICIDE ATTEMPT BLAMED ON WIFE’S FAREWELL LETTER (Continued From First Page) her mother that he had. been gassed during the war and at times | he went into a sort of coma that ended in a spasm that racked his entire body. At these times he was let alone and gradually became nor- mal. “I believe that these were put on, and done just to make me feel sorry for him,” declared Mrs. Steele | to a Herald reporter today. Until last winter Steele worked three days a week in the North & Judd foundry, but was laid off and since then has done carpentry work at odd times. Six weeks ago he | agreed to work Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, assisting in the erec- tion of a new summer cottage at | Hidden Lake, near Higganum, own- ed by Mr. Emmons, as payment for room and board for himself and Mrs. Steele. For five weeks and the family was happy, feeling of discontent over board” was ended. ‘Wife Wanted to Work For several weeks, Mrs. Steele has been uneasy. She has wanted to work and help her parents in their a home for themselves and daughters and son- in-law. She let her intentions be- come known to her mother and her | husband, and her mother declared herself as satisfied if her daughter wanted to go to €ork, but thought it might be better if the son-in-law could find a job, even on short time. | Steele said nothing, and Mrs. Steele then began a quiet search for work. On Tuesday Mrs. Steele learned of a position that she might obtain in West Hartford, and planned to go to it this morning. She wrote a note yesterday afternoon to her husband, he worked | for the “free | wanted to get out of the car, and | Steele replied, | Hartford.” | to get | o’clock. Steele’s | then until Skene gave the revolver to a sister | of Steele, and she later gave.it to| Mrs. Steele. Steele evidently' changed the | |spring in the revolver so that it | could shoot ball cartridges. On Wed- |nesday he spent most of the day in a news store on Main street, oppo- site Commercial street, reading Wild | | West and detective story magazines. He went into a hardware store near- | by and bought a box of 22 caliber | bullets, and had these bullets in his | pocket, it is thought, at the time he found the note from his wife. Keeps Errand Mystery When Steele had received the half dollar from his father-in-law, and | had persuaded his brother-in-law | to take him to West Hartford, he was asked by the latter where he “Keep on going .to Upon arrival in Hartford, Em- | mons again asked where lie wanted out, and Steele replied, Keep on going.” The car was dri en as far as Windsor avenue and Main street before Steele ordered Emmons to stop, and he left the car there .Emmons drove back to | this city, arriving here about 6:30 movements from he was found near the Oswego Inn are a mystery that De- tective Hickey would like to have explained. The revolver has not been found. No bullets were found in Steele’s pockets. While there are powder burns on the white ®hirt worn by Steele, there are no burns, nor any bullet hole, in the coat he wore. There was no bloody trail that could be followed by Hickey, who tried te find the spot where the shot was fired. Learns of Shooting While on Ride Mrs. Steele went riding last. night, and her ride caused her considerable embarrassment. She aacompanied a young married man and a young married woman, who were not mar- ried to each other .These three left the city about 7:30 and about 8:30 o'clock Mrs. Steele called her moth- er from Tariffville, saying that she might be late arriving hame because placing it on the bureau in his room. | He (ahnd)thelsatefatant Blololotk vesterday afternoon, and after read- ing it, asked Mrs. Steele's brother, Adelbert Emmons, to take him to West Hartford. He asked his wife's | father to give him 50 cents, and Mr. Emmons handed him the money without questioning his intentions. | Declares Intent to Leave Him | The note which Steele found read as follows: Myron:— | TOMORROW—The Dead Who Never Lived er held a salaried office with exception of the deputy judgeship | and a place on the board of com- | pensation and assessment. He was on the latter board about six months and received approximately $100. He is said never to have sought an appointment from a mayor and all the chief executives in whose ad- ministrations he served were im- pressed by his ability and fairness. Interested in Sports Judge Mangan is an ardent sports- man, having beeh a star basebail player while attending St. Thomas' minary, and he also was a mem- ber of the Third Ward team in the | old Ward league two decades ago. He is a member of the Sequin Go club and active as a handball play er at the Y. M. C. A., besides hold- ing membership in New Britain | lodge, No. 957, B. P. O. E. New | Britain Aerie, F pointed Judge Mangan to-the board of park commissioners when he be- | came mayor in 1926 and in 1928 v Paonessa was returned | to o Judge Mangan became dirmar of the board. Mayor Quigley has continued him as a member of the board. In addition the several commissionerships d chairmanships he has filled, Judge Mangan has been on numer- o'ts special comamittees and was ac- during the World war period affairs staged for the welfare of servicemen. His services as s a speaker at sev- nts in the past decade have en available, notably the riorial exercises at the grave ot Thomas J. Lynch, former National League pt four years ago at ry. His eulogy on considered one o | efforts ever heard and his clos- baseball and in | highway in fro aterial Order of | agles, Rev. William A. Harty | branch, A. O. H. Daly Council, Knights of Columbus. of which he is advocate, and the Y. M. T. A. & B. soclety. He was the first presi- dent of the New Britain Lawyers club, serving four years, and is com- | pleting membership of several yea; on the democratic state central com- mittee. Judge Mangan is married and makes his home at 41 Bassett street with his wife, Mrs. Laura Pritchard | Mangan and their five daughters and | son. Mrs. Mangan is active in poli- | tics and for several years has bee a member of the school board. BANDIT SHOT DEAD BY POLICE OFFICER (Continued From First Page) confer with o a series of robberies. along the road, an rying the two icials there concerning While driv autom his car. One of tified at Lafo, levelled revoly and or- ed him to * you are.” e men, later a v i volver in his hand. decision vm'mw o the dward the Noveni- Peter Crona Mueller, ative 1912 by Charles for mbl represent Judge M Companion Flees Scene As Lafo approached McHugh's au- tomobile, the New Have aped out of his car He fo. one of the bull th his re ed twice at s striking the | stomach and | Lafo reach- | slumped behind the | His companion, who | several feet away, fled | red. | fo. who was er of four chil- | ive launched by of bandits this city and its month. sted in | drive. svidence Interested g wheel stand been the als !hal sev- be sent hero in | partment, ¢ for the | several | 22 year killed ew wanted from tried to of ion 3 of Sulli role an was found to be respo for |Haven policaman |bandit at West |G. Nichols, a sailor from the U. S |S. Larke, patrolman | y he was freed in presented on a slaughter. city court when charge of man- Boston Interested Boston, Sept. 4 (A—Police here today wired the authorities of New Haven, Conn., for a description of Archer B. Lafo, who was killed by a policeman there early today in an | attempted holdup of the officer. The local authorities sought the information on the theory that Lafo might have been the gunman who recently shot and killed Patrolman | Franklin Dwyer of the Fields Cor- ner station in the Dorchester dis- trict. The slayer of the Boston offi- cer was known to have lost an in- dex finger as had Lafo. Police Halt Sailor Norwalk, Sept. road early today for a bandit re- ported to have escaped when a New shot a second Haven, arrested C. in an allegedly stolen au- tomobile. Nichols at first refused to dis- close his identity. He fainted when confronted with his navy uniform taken from the car and gave his name and occupation when revived. The car had been reported stolen at New London by David Keblish |of Milford, a salesman. APPROVE OF FUN FOR POOR N CITY (Continued From First Page) be small, he forecast great benefits to the needy as a result. Chief Souney, called upon by the mayor, said the idea has met favor with the firemen who had first thought of raising a coal fund but | who are willing to join with other city workers on whatever basis is agreed upon. Chief W. C. Hart reported a can- ass of the police department to show unanimous approval Humphrey For Special Tax Mr. Humphrey professed to see no solution of the problem excepting in the form of a special tax of at least | one-half of one mill, a method which, he pointed out, would also bring the salaried workers in stores, factories of contributors. He agreed person- lly and in behalf of his depart- ment’s salaried workers to donate the two per cent but said that | hungry community breeds anarchists |and socialism and that the city should see that no one is without food in any month. Prosecutor Joseph G. Woods ap- proved as did Chairman J. W. Mars- land of the welfare department, Dr. Louis J. Dumont of the health de- Probation Officers Connolly and Ruth Bristoll, Tax LoIA i |lector Bernadotte Loomis, Chairman M. W. Horwitz of the garage com- mission. Deputy Town Clerk Jean Cochrane, Registrars W. J. Ziegler and T. J. Smith, Linder of the bhoard of Corporation Counsel John H ham, Judge Stanley J. Traceski and Water Department Engineer Joseph H. Holden Suggests Including Factories Chairman 1. Wexler of the build- ing commission, placing his depart- 4 (UP)—Two po- | licemen watching they Boston Post | tions, if there are any. elsewhere into the list | a| |tion claim to be correct. ymust be authorized by the | body. | the situation. the | by Coroner James J. Corrigan, but |ment on record as in favor, urged that an effort be made to carry the idea into the factories and elsewhere to include all salaried workers not |affected by economic conditions. Admitting the voluntary contribu- Chairman D. L. Bartlett of the park commis- sion advanced the argument that the plan has an element of discrimina- tion against city employes and he favored a bond issue. . Supt. Holmes, the last to arrive at the meeting, spoke at the request of the mayor. He said: “I do not feel authorized to speak as I am only a servant of the school committee. Anything to be done in this way school committee, whose regular meeting takes place Friday of next week. I would be very glad to present the proposition at that time for the com- mittee's consideration and instruc- “I would not favor an attempt to get the opinion of the teachers as a 1 would rather get the opin- fons from the teachers as individ- uals. I have tried it and the reac- tion was not favorable. They don't like to be thought of that way; I don’t either. *“You will probably meet this sen- timent; whatever the teachers give they will probably want gdisbursed by a non-official, non-polffical agen- ¢y—some agency with no political or official standing. That is my idea and it has been expressed to me by sbme of the teachers. We all regret We wonder if it is worse here than it is elsewhere, and it it is, we wonder why.” Belicves Teachers Able to Give Mayor Quigley spoke in responsc to Supt. Holmes advancing the claim that 95 per cent of the teachers are ingle, higher paid than many other city employes and better able to give than policemen or firemen. He said that there is no politics in the move- ment and that he had given Chief Souney credit for the idea. “I don't think we know whether {they can better afford to pay than someone else. They may have bur- dens that we know nothing about,” | Superintendent Holmes retorted. The school superintendent assured the mayor that his was not an atti- tude of opposition in spite of news- | paper accounts which, he told the | meeting. had given that impression. After several others had spoken, | the mayor called for a vote and no opposition was heard. Before adjourning the meeting the |mayor thanked the department | heads and told them they had set an cxample not only for the city of New | Britain but also for the entire state. Details of the plan will be worked out later by a committee which the mayor will appoint. City Treasurer Curtis L. Sheldon and Comptroller W. H. Day will receive the fund and its disbursement will be,in the hands of the welfare department, Miss Cora M. Beale of the New Britain Weltare Assoclation and the office of the | probation officer and his assistant. City officials and department heads who were unable to attend today's meeting communicated to Chairman Thomas | Mayor Quigley their willingness to make the contribution voted. In- | cluded were Chairman W. H. Judd | of the board of finance and taxation, Assistant Prosecutor W. M. Green- | stein, Electrical Superinténdent G. C. Cooley, Selectman Harry A. Wit- |Isin, Chairman E. G. Hjerpe of the |fire board, Treasurer C.,L. Sheldon. Making motion pictures animals is the hobby of of Zoo A D, I am going to get a job. so you | had better get one, too. This is w‘ tell you that we will not live to- | gether. You can go to your relatives | and I will work and support myself. There is no use trying to live off my | father. If you can't go to work, ]‘ will go to work, but ¥ou will have | to live somewhere else. Bernice.” On Tuesday afternoon, the day before the note was written, Steele | asked Mrs. Emmons for his wife's revolver. This is a 22 caliber gun that had been adapted to blank | cartridges for the Fourth of July and could not fire ball cartridges unless a spring were to be changed. There were no cartridges in the house, and the revolver was one of | several firearms that had been dis. who was | months ago ar'.erl posed of by Morris Skene, arrested several attempting to shoot up his home. ‘ band had been |there until Hickey. with Lieutenant |to the police they might go toward Waterbury. Mrs. Emmons corroborated this | statement, and added that Mrs. Steele called her some time later | | from Southington, and was told to | come right home because her hus- shot. She arrived home about 10:30 and remained William P. McCue of the local pe- lice department, arrived to take her station and later to Hartford. Hickey Questions Mrs. Stecle Mrs. Steele was held by Hickey in | | Hartford until after 4 o'clock this | | morning, and was grilled thoroughly | by the county detective, who sought | to break down her story about her | ride during the evening. The names | | of her companions were not di- | vulged, and Mrs. Steele refused to tell with whom she was riding. except | to say that both were married, but not to each other, and to tell their names might break up their homes. She declared that the party was en- tirely innocent and that for a half | hour before the time yer husband | | was found shot, she was in a restau- | rant in this city, having a “bite to | eat.”” This would prove that she was | not in the vicinity of the spot where her husband was when he shot himself or was shot, she said. At 11 o'clock this morning County | calibre Detecttve Hickey abondoned the in- vestigation because Steele was trying to deny his own identity, and refused to talk about his case. Powder burns in the shirt with a 22 bullet used, and Steele known to have a 22 calibre revolver in his possession earlier in the day convinced Hickey that it was a case of attempted suicide and not at- tempted murder, despite the failure to find the weapon. 'Will Not Live With Husband When asked this morning what she was going to do now, Mrs. Steele replied, “One thing is certain, I am not going to live with him any more. We can never get along. I have had to stand for things that no woman should have to stand for, and I will go to work and support myself and he can do as he pleases, but he cannot come here to live, nor will I ever live with him again.” According to Mrs. Steele, her husband has been ‘“‘queer” for some time. He constantly refuses to eat at the dining table with the family, and last Thanksgiving Day refused to eat the dinner in the house, forc- ing his wife to bring dinner to the garage. where he ate alone. Steele, according to Mrs. Steele, read detective stories and wild west books constantly. On many occa- sions she said, he told her that he ‘was going to kill her, and one time grabbed a long hunting knife and said, “I am going to kill you no Says Whole Family Is Queer “The whole Steel family is queer,” said Mrs. Steele. “Myron has four sisters and two brothers, and one of the sisters,, Ida, while traveling from this city to Waterbury six or seven wears ago, on a train, disappeared and has never been seen or heard of since. A brother. Willard, walked away from his home seven years ago and nobody has seen or heard of him sincé. He has three sisters dn this city, but they had nothing to do with him, nor he with them. He «could not get along with his own family, and they did not want him to visit them.” So far as police and neighbors know, Steele has never been in any serious trouble. Mrs. Steele, as well ms the entire Emmons family, bear an excellent reputation in the neigh- ‘bodhood. Neighbors speak of Mrs. Steele as a fun-loving young woman who has never done anything te cause her husband sto become jeal- -ous. Steeleis condition was reported ithis noon at the hospital to be seri- -ous. The bullet lodged just above ‘the heart, near the nerve and blood ‘vessel centers. He is conscious, and xcould talk, but refuses to talk It will probably be several days or weeks before he will be able to leave the hospital, if he does not die. His «ase is officially called attempted | suicide, yet there are several points that Hickey would like to have <leared up, and only Steele can do this, if he will talk. The Steeles have no children. Steele, it was learned today, call- lied at the home of Captain George J. Kelly, acting chief of police, yes- terday morning and asked for a po- sition in the department. The cap- tain told him to report at head- quarters later if he wished to make | formal application, but Steele did not do so. 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