New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 28, 1930, Page 1

- (9 - " the slayer encountered Germond and News of the World By Associated Press Average Daily Circuiation Foi Veek Ending 1 5 355 Nov. 22nd. .. IXSTABLISHED 1870 NEW. BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1930 —TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS OSBORN DECLARES PRISON PROBE HAS CLEARED OFFICIALS President of Directors Claims Specilic Charges of Brutality Have Not Been Proven FAYORS SENDING CRIMINAL | dNSANE TO STATE HOSPITAL pokesman for Administrative Board | Points Out That Patterson -.d! Other Witnesses Admitted They | Knew of No Cruclty Recommendation ‘ Accuses Hoover ] 4dasociated Press Photo ator T. H. Caraway today accused President x| Of turning Last Fail.| o "0 %is conimission in qiestion ont of as long a time CARAWAY UPBRAIDS WICKERSHAM BODY Galls Crime Commission “Cold Storage Device” in Tirade REPROVES HOOVER STAND Arkansas Instances— Arkan- Hoover That Mental | Cases Be Moved Made “cold sto ' erime an cffort public 25 (P o to ke Have directors of the Nor- pres- state Hartford, Nov s G. Osborn. of New ient of the ison, today at the specific charges on which of the adminis- comment as possible gave it as his opinion present inquiry ition of the prison had been based, Jad been met and disproved. He +aid he spoke for the directors as il as for himself Colonel Oshorn said for Warden George Pattersen \er witnesses, in response to ques- ons asked of them by Chairman omer . Cummings of the gover- 1's committes, said they knew of ) instances of brutality in the treat- ent of inmates. The inquiry w ked for, the colonel said, because assertions made that inmates had en inhumanely treated Other Points Irrelcvant As to the other aspects of the ad- inistration, as brought out in the investigation, Colonel Osborn said ihese were entirely apart from the sytual reason for the request for the \uiry. As to segregation of the in- ‘ne in some other institution, Col- rel Osborn said this |uommrntl‘1- on is in the report of the h was prepared in S h(r‘mbrx submitted to Gover 1l. The directors had general assembly ke provisions for olonel Oshorn said t having ot rid of women inmates at the jrison after many years of effort, directors, as a step toward bet- conditio had begun their de- and for legislative special act to! iave the insane removed “We have alwavs held.” T hat the surroundings for in prison are not right and that se people should go fo another | j y settled \stitution for treatment. The new or ate hospital a will af- d the accom riminal insane. W ted fn the report of the the committ Dep- Democrat Says Statement On Prohibition Should Be Made by President—Charges FExecutive Wants to Keep Issue “On Tce.” Washington, Nov ator Caraway, dem day described storage ient Hoo ur, he 3 positior ohibition questi this cl sume,” ( th araway said 1o € “that the Wickersham committee is carrying out t hes of its creafor. “It is a cold storage commissior President Hoover was vague and un- determined on prohibition during he campaign. He pected now by both‘the drys and the wets. “But the T is su wants untit public opin And T belic d to tion to keep de- SEpOnE Declaration Needed and will| «There are many questions hefore |the country #oday. There is not an- other on which is more ur- gent need for an intelligent, honest declaration by the president of the United States than on this question of prohibition. Y ere wer Ban- Conditions at the prison scribed by Dr. Harold A roft, consulting prison ps % they are tliose which the-dire rs for a long period have been em- | “Thp fyickersham commission was asizing in their effort to get MOT® {gunnoced 1o report for the inform pport from t1 CRN LA of this session of con cause of the S0 d of a new to be a cold storage hox any Caraway is uncon He will be was his | unporting Senator G shall | who is expected to will| gressional bombardment of the state | missicn's cfforts to solve the yrison by providing it with appro-linition problem. At the last Jeiations which will enable the|Glass succeeded e \rectors to carry through plans for | gliminating an appropriation for the iterment whick they always have | i but which could not “hed { ck of funds Colonel Osborn said report of t ap long omising winter Va., or Urges Support Colonel Osborn said ,pe that whatever the report the next general assembly sme to the support of the session tarily in be accom- (Contin “a' BLIND HAN WALKS FOR 1,000 MILES T0 PLORIDA Akron that epared, (Continued on Page Two FOUR HURDERED IN FAMILY HONESTEAD _ ° from Akron Trundles Cart From Ohio. to Florida with Companion, Starting Tast May. 28 (P—IU's a nding one fora b Fla.. Nov and a 6 Miam trail No Motive Found for Slay- man ’ . - J. D ings Near Poughkeep- roma kimiz bega rom Akron to Florida s1e Toda)' day last May. They have just reach- cd Miami. The journey was extend- ed 2.200 miles by detours. All the way they trundled a 450- pound cart containing their cooking utensils and camping equipment. nd n mile Lambert, the b al one warm Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Nov. 28 (#x A family of four residing on a farm car Stanfordville was found stab- | the prehibition question | Conspiracy to Cheat Is Charged In Big Suit Involving Brothers; Plaintiff \Ya}ntfi%,(m Damages‘ Marcellus J. Gerdis of Newington Sues John J. Gerdis, Margaret M. Gerdis, John Pustell and Gerdis Corporation, Inc.,, Over Manufacture and . Sale of Headhght Indicators. of 2050 \1]YHlL" instituted today by Marcellus Gerdis of Newington as a result c ileged v ful acts of his brot John J. Gerdis of Berlin and ! Liritain and others in connection 1329, while he was out ot {ith the manufacture and sale of Connecticut on busivess, his brother, | { Tel-Lite headlight indicators. Attor- | Pustell and Margaret M. Gerdis con. | nev 8. Gerard Casale represents the | spired to cheat him out of the prof- | plaintiff and the papers were served | its of the manufacture and sale of | | by Deputy Sherif JoHfn Kenney of the product and corruptly incor- | Hartford. They are returnable in porated, he alleges the st it at Hartford on| John J. G January i) in a sey t ased on hi cept orders v SU in iich a tolal 5 sought were of the cor The p 926 he ha ration is also sought. 1tiff alleges that since spent in excess of $20,- rtise the headlight lY"il- heing the owner of one- | st in the patent. On Oc- end- for through constitutes entered i the defendant sive agenc plainti n 192 the ind in the United named d tions in whicl besides cnjoin {hr The Ger corporated” and from s=ellir asked and name prod Corporation In- 6 was dist to restrain them product under fhat 7 order for the dissolution COURT BINDS OVER. EANKER DS I ADMITTED FIREBUG USING SHOESTRING Kensington Man Gonlesses He Prsiden Closed Tnstitntion Set Carter's Barn Aflame Commits Suicide in Hotel DENIES AGT]ON SUNDAY BELONGINGS LEFT SON He cators (Cont George Melntyre Says Caused R. E. Donrell, Whose Liberty Bank Blaze Last Year But Was Not Re- & Trust Co.. at Nashville is in sponsible for Second Fire—state | Worried Financial Dfficuities, by Police Present signed Statement. Problems. Beriin, Nov. 28—George Melnt el o of Kensington, who was apprehend- | WiR 2 ed a days by the statc|neck and held police, was tried this morning at & |hands, the hody of special session of the town court on Ao charge arson in connection wit the burning of George B. C: COMDS harn last Sundav night on street, Berlin Meaintyr: ecn occasionally employed by f 1s charged specifically tting fire 10 the Nov {P— drawn agound his in his lifeless R. E. Donnell, ed Liberty an institu- 8.— shoe lace few taut 63, pr nt Bank & ust tion , hich he organized. was iound N igdtel Toom early today Search fo? Mr. Don n several 1t b tered arter s Ha who has Car- with property | was 1 L hours be he had 1¢ ted telephos | going unanswered, M. D. John- made fol aly of anoth broug of L ‘Kwr/ Paul Lavin and | 'he door assi and [ So0 l'ie t The defendant 19 was opened ourt by Licuten State Policeinan Carroll Shaw, Ofticer Shaw submitted a confession sworn to by McIntyre, that he had set fire to U er’'s barn which burn- od on May 23 of last year. Though McIntyre confessed to igniting this barn hich burned last nevertheless denied having nection v th fire of May Be Unbalanced Feeling Belonginzs Left Son clope bearing i idley E. Donnell and containing watch found in his vest from his left shoe around words from emoved and t handke Don th th the case as dge Georg 1o the session which opens “Tuesday. hond was fixed at $7.3 The court | felt that McIntyre was mentally un- | balanced and that the superior court could deal with a casc of this kind more dire than could the local court. A £ of insanity wouid - irmat of two old bound 2 or cour The e case over November 1 banker said ceasel, and as a result had constant nervous n A recent statement Donnell said, at the osinz showed resources o POLIGEMEN ATTEND GOMRADE'S FUNERAL Pay Last Tribute to Patrol- man Kennedy at Ob- sequies Today he had wo! of the ctly time fin 1y Couple Wed On Nickels, Save to Purchase Home Council Bluffs, Towa, Nov. 28 Wl - For two years Donald Heflin, and Lela Gaskill, 2 saved their nickels against the day when they ould be married. The day arrived d they were marricd—on nickels They counted ou nick their marriage license atch of ni 10 pay Bonham rforn e to th counte ng| Al po saved ler « were Aitress, Donald’s just H‘ s a railroad locomotive | 5@ 48, ed th nnedy, aged day, and patrolman er of th for ob- uies of John of 137 Lyor paid final trit who had been force for 14 3 Both are still working, and saving more nickels to furnish a home. Part of Strange Li bed to death today. Police were | without a clew to the assailant and ! 1nable to establish a motive for the | playings. The bodies of farmer, his wife, daughter and son were found by an employe of a a who | went to the farm to find why cream | Lad not been delivered at the plant. | The dead: James Husted Germond, 47. Mrs. Mabel Gregory Germond, Bernice, 18, Raymond, 10. The time of the slay Cordova, Alaska, Nov. 25 (P— Part of the carcass of the lizard- like creature found in the ice of Glacier Island, near here November | 10, was preserved in Cordova today for scientific examination. A description of the creature, be- lieved by residents to have lived in prehistoric time and to have been preserved in the glacier for thou- nds of years, was given by W. J MeDonald, superintendent of Cru tional forest, who headed an investigating party and with the portion of the car snout Tdke Pelican 47. by appar- Each of the dead had becn over the heart with a blade ntly an inch broad. The wot found. Authorities believed the ssailant had rapped at the kitchen oor of the farm hou and stabbed Mrs. Gerinond as s opened the door. Mrs. Germond fell and the| elayer apparently had stepped into ihe room, and. pursuing the daugh-| McDonald said only about six feet ter into a eorner, stabbed her. {of flesh remained on the skeleton Leaving the house, police thought, {which measured 24 feet 1 inch long He said it had a snout similar to the beak of a pclican, with a head haped much like that of an cle- returned on, killing them and dragging cir bodies into a wagon house. Germond left the farm of his| other, nearby, with a truck load of | 1 about 4 p. ., Wednesday. The k w found today near the |terlocked with flippers on vagon house, with the ignition turn- | The he as wd off. {three-bladed and the flippers werc phant The vertebrac the head. said immediately behind McDonald, v in- ach sidc serted, wer vertebrac Preserved for Scientific Inquiry rescnt Mavor ex-Chief William for Licuten zard Creature g Members of th home tribute to the formed a guard of hono ket was borne into the preceded the hears made up of five “f ers Each inger” had three joints or pos- sibly more. No teeth were found. Weight of the skeleton was esti- mated by McDonald at 1,000 pounds. The length of the snout was given 39 inches from its bend to the dlc of the forehead. 1t v church of & was in the s was reportted the back of the head to the end of the ribs the creature measured T4 nehes. The length of the top blad of the vertebrac ported to he 4 inches and blade 12 hes. M 1 there also @ perpendic New RBritain and t reports said the creature hie i tonight and zhtly colder tonight Iy rising temperature day; warmer Sunday was v side THE WEATHER vicinity saturday <low- satur- 1ot mention 'ho taken .xu\l sent to the United \u\u | {1anta the ‘ Held in Murder ] Rumors and irculated ever rs killed Jake Lir spring, hen Pt 1 come I'ran COLD WAVE HITS ENTIRE COUNTRY Middle West Has Lowest Tem- peratures in Nation IN WINTRY GRIP 1 to & Below EAST Readings From Zero Recorded in Plains States—T'reez- ing Blasts in Comnecticut and Along Fastern Seahoard Most of cold toda re was hea cold ero tem middle we the south ar down ow tempe gulf and unwonted in Florida. At At- went to West Shivers Readings g from one degre low 7610 We Ohio, Nor.h Dakota, Middle to six Minn ing prev i perienced the cold son with temperatures freezi imilar temperatur Jersey ipparent] to threaten the low ord for Novem ’I"P local bran s compared to ous low marl S d Miss Tallon Wins Suit Re- sulting From South End Collision Mrs. Bertha autonobile collisio ection of Rockville ave wnklin square on Ma s awarded 25,000 and co. 000 suit against T B RIa his dec reached th the achine exactly 1en the duty of his ave his car t would h to a samg of the position o ider s been 1ch pos the Senic mainder ofvihe She was represe Attorney §. Polk W 1 and Ne skow (Continued on Lag 1 in STREET LABORERS i WEEKLY SCHEDULE CUTTO 40 HOURS Winter Forces Reduction in Working Time to Eight Hours Daily P[]“[JE HALT BANK Stella Sadowskl Killed soavwagk apoprsy ROBBERY ATTEMPY inBast Street Accident —Matthew Skinger, T0 STRETCH OUT JOBS Nip Scheme in Bud When O 30, Appears in Court Cials Grow Susmcmus on Charge of Man- IS WOUNDED slaughter. Reep Watch For Several Daye arer Pedestrian Killed When Hit by Auto at Bristol Intersection—Waterbury and Bristol Drivers Held After Farmington Fa- tality. SMITH STREET GIRL, 19, DIES AS AUTOMOBILE OVERTURNS; BROTHER-IN-LAW ARRESTED Men Unaccustomed to Outdoors Find Rigors of Cold Season Almost Un- bearable — Fven Veterans Com- ONE MAN p‘ Weather—Cost of Motor Irucks Reduced in New Public Strangers Are Noticed Loitering Works Department Progran. Near Bloomingdale. N. J.. Insti- tution—AIll Six Caught ours a day aged 19, o and her Skinge: s beiny charg ult of an night ection en his were robt Poli aring Awaited By bank, Foster chief of ring, chief of two | period of temporary , he said, work hand labor will not be ¢ quickly on a 40 hour y sched- | ile as on the 54 hour arrangement | the reason for doing some of r is to pro- n who have | onl rformation he cau of the zained through the into the affair conducted by Sergeant er and from a report of furnished the police by of the cars to halt Instead lea | ahead, and the increasing from ed by Sergeant General hos- gone with his Mr. and Mrs Ashley stree, gation showed uto continued cold as to ne overturning in the road showed the car had drag- of 86 feet. Btad- belief that the car fast Headlight city jail at Pomptor The six men arresis 1 Charles lvrI(,\\u wounded P. I\"\I'L Cost RPduM ction in the price of hired also be effective next for which a da trucks Monday. those nluuu-d By ger's report headouarters the Skinge about 9:5 ve to the Al trord. As thes rth on East stre wger clatms the head- a € ) tion n ht E T c g car and i his susp lost control of this ve the same | his own machine. Before the driver on had happened the ear fron in the road on its left side i Chict H the machine he said he in- assist yone was hurt and no er ‘he ail of Paterso Quizzed Bank Official Two 1y red when he rece started 1o loo} pon Miss Sad wh ans 1101 N BRIDGEPORT DEATH 1 men " Held Blameless in Fatal Injuries to Pedestrian After Coroner's Three Blroth;s;}{eld For Bummg Thelr C ar Nov. 8 (P —Bru a Wi Investigation Nov. 28 road Mr. and Mre e dead girl is on Page Two0) BELIEVE MAN SUICIDE IN WORCESTER CAVE Unidentified Victim Shet Himself, Medical Ex- aminer Says ce Wil HANGLD Ont., Nov. 2 Wo TODAY S (P—W CHINESE VISIT B o QUEEN TO MAKE No 5001 sout Child’s Tears PromptA Man to Wade Into lcy POPI_ to ! Save Dog’s Life No i on Page Two) opposite