New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1930, Page 13

Second Section NEW BRITAIN HERATLD NEW BRITAIN, Pages 13 to 20 SHEPARD HOPEFUL FOR NEW TRIAL Army Surgeon Believes He Will Eventnally Be Freed Kansas City, Kans., Dec. 23 () — Under the shadow of a life term as & wife slayer, Major Charles A. Shepard prepared to return today to Denver and the solace of his army associates. Major Shepard, accused of fatally poisoning his second wife to pursue an improper love affair, was con- victed yesterday by a federal court jury on a charge of first degrec murder. Under the verdict, “with- out capital punishment,” life sen- lence is mandatory. Sweetheart Regretful Miss Grace Brandon, 24, former ®weetheart of the 59 year old medi- €al corps pulmonary specialist, ex- pressed regret in San Antonio, Tex., at his conviction. “I feel sorry for him,” sald Miss Brandon, returning from Kansas City in a motor car the major gave her and her duties in the air corps supply office at Brooks field, “as I would for anyone else in the same circumstances. But I don’t know of anything I can do for him now.” “I felt certain,” she added, “as everyone else seemed to, that he would be acquitted. It is too bad. 1 intend to return to my old circle, bridge parties, theaters and other soclal affairs of which I am fond.” Miss Brandon said, she still was in doubt as to Major Shepard's guilt, but had said nothing s a witness to “hurt” him. Going Back to Hospital Major Shepard said he expected to return to the eral hospital, Denver, under $25,- 000 bond pending arraignment be- fore Judge Richard J. Hopkins for gentence in Topeka, Kans., February 2, when his attorneys will seek a new trial. Officers and patlents of the hospital sent him sympathetic messages, Major Shepard wept the verdict was read. “I am absolutely raid, be thrown out of court.” The jury rendered its verdict after three days of deliberation Evidence Circumstantial It convicted him on circumstan- tial evidence in which the govern ment a engaged secretly to Miss Brandon 1n the fall of 1928 while he signed from Fort Riley field, Tex., as a student flight sur-| geon. Expert witnesses testified they found poison in Mrs. Shepard's viscera. The defense asserted relations of Miss Brandon and Major Shepard were platonic until after Shepard's death were merely a tribute to friend. It painted M former nurse, as a liquor who had hinted of suicide. MOTHER'S PRISON TERM GOMMUTED Woman Convicted of Murder Will Rejoin Danghter silently as innocent,” he was as- her as a a'JvM:“ Albany, N. Y. Dec Pearl Beaver O'Dell, convicted for second degree murder and sentenced to Auburn prison for 20 years to life Fitzsimmons ‘G¢én- | “and the case will eventually | rted Major Shepard was | Mrs. | and gifts he sent| Shepard, a | | to Brooks | in 1920 shortly before she gave birth | to a daughter, has gained her free- dom. Her sentence those of 18 other prisons by Governor Franklin D, TRoosevelt yesterday. Her present minimum term would have expired January 29, 1935 In commuting the ernor Roosevelt said the woman who had been caring for the daughter, died recently and he beiieved “it would be advisable to parole this in- mate so that she may take care of her child who now is ten years of age.” inmates of statc sentence, Convicted in 1920 Mrs. O'Dell was convicted in Mon- yoc county in June, 1920, for par- ticipating with her husband in the | Kneip of | mwurder of Edward J. Rochester, a former lover of hers. At the trial, Kneip had betrayed her before her marriage and then had annoyed the | young woman. Her husband was found guilty of first degree murder end clectrocuted at Sing Sing. Shortly after entering Auburn, Mrs. O'Dell gave birth to a daughter, named “Baby Gloria.” Gov- | the defense was that | was commuted with | CHRISTMAS, KENTUCKY, POST OFFICE CLOSED Town Served On Rural Route Now From Louisa—Santa Claus, Indiana, Still Busy Louisa, Ky., Dec. 23 (®P—There is a Christmas in Kentucky no longer, by order of the United States post office department. Indiana has a town named Santa | Claus, and Kentucky has a com- munity named Christmas, located about 12 miles from here. Last July, when it was so hot that no one was thinking of Christmas, postal authorities decided to di pense with the post office at Christ- mas, Ky., and ever since it has been scrved by a rural carrier from Louisa. So there is no chance that Christ- mas, Ky., in the near future will re- ceive as much mail in its own right as does the post office at Santa Claus, Ind, which is annvally swamped by letters from children who write to their patron saint. KELLOGG CITEY PEACE PROSPECT Ellors fo Avoid War Please Former State Secretary New York, Dee. 23.—(P—Frank B. Kellogg credits European state men with giving the world a Chris mas present of peace and good will Returning from Europe yesterda on the liner Bremen, the former secretary of state said he had heard “talk of war over there,” but he at- tributed no importance to it “There has never been a time,” he added, “when thc statesmen of Europe have taken so many steps to prevent war. They are using specific means to adjust their controy Perils in the Russian situation and reports of the formation of a great red army were minimized by Mr. Kellogg. “I don't belicve everything about Russia,” he said. The rise of fascism in Germany, as demonstrated in the re tions. T hear cent elec- not ininiical to world pes | Mr. Kellogg said. “What if every nation in the world would take our campaign speechys riously?” he asked with a chuckle. problems in Europe to- are taxation, burder of armaments and unemployment. 1 think the most important thing to do to restore peace is 1o obtain land disarmament. T think a disarmament conference will be held within a year or two." fter two | years together there, the baby was | taken from the mother. Former Gov- ernor Nathan L. Miller was petition- ed by 10,000 persons to free the mniother so she daughter. could be with her | Now the mother and daughter will be reunited, years to spend Christmas together. The 18 other inmates to have their sentences commuted by the governor were men, DEATH DET! Shanghai, Dec the death of the LS RECEIVED (P—Detalls of Catholic mjssion- ary, Father Marcus, at the hands of Chinese communist bands in mountainous southeast Hupeh prov- ince have been received here. The Father was driven out of his parish in November but returned to resume his vestments and sacred vessels. Communists seized him when he arrived at the mission sta- tion, and stripped and beat unmercifully. Then they blinded him with linie and ted him a short distance from the station with a rope tied around his neck with which they slowly strangled him. He was buried with- out a coffin, him | the first time in eight | ) DESK SETS for Spinet Desks, various colors, $2'50 up DYNAST'S CAREER | CLOSED BY DEATH| Last of Powerfl Bratianu Family Passes On Bucharest, Rumania, Dec. 23 (#— Death has ended the Balkan histori- cal drama written by the three Bratianus, Jon, the father, and Jon and Vintila, sons, who created a Ru- manian dynasty. Sixty three years old, Vintila Bra- tianu, the last influential member of the family which for nearly § moulded Rumanian politics, suffered a stroke of apoplexy last night at his estate, Milhacti, and died soon after- | ward, leaving his bitterest cne | | King Carol, a clear ficld where he | himself once had wiclded power. | Last June, when the Rumanian parliame voted 486 to one to en-| throne the returned prodigal, Carol, |as king ef Rumania, the dissenting vote was that of Vintila Bratianu. This definitely marked the end D” Bratlanu's family rule Led 1848 Revolution Jon Bratianu, father, led the revo- | lution of 1848, was instrumental in | the union of the pricipalities of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859 un- der Prince Cuza, was a leader in his | | deposition, and in 1§66 brought Prince Carol of Hohenzollern-Sig- | naringen to Rumania to found the present royal line. Jon Bratianu, the son, followed his father to power and until 1927, when he died, ruled Rumania with a high hand, foreign commentators frequently seeing in the actions of the late King Ferdinand and domi- nance of the wily premier, who with acquisition of power became stolidly conservative and almost reactionary in policy. Staged Carol's Exile ¥ younger than Jon, Vintila hu played second fiddle to his brother. They were accused of stag- ing the exile of Carol, the crown prince, in France after he had had difficulties with his father, and had displayed personal animosity toward them. This exile led to the suc sion of Carol's son, Michael, to the throne when King Ferdinand died. Jon Bratianu died in 1927, the reins of power passing to Vintila, who later was caught on the crest of the wave of rising peasant party sympathy and resigned his premier- hm to Julin Maniu, peasant party r. In Junc of that year Carol d to Rumania, and in a bril- coup d'ctat dethroned his son Michael and overnight became a power too strong for Bratianu and his declining so-called liberal party. lian For applying decorative stripes to | automobiles, a machine has been in- | vented in which a wheel revolves in | {2 receptacle for paint, the flow of | | which is controlled by a valve with | a thumb. MODELING LEATHER WALLETS | With You |the New: WAX SETS ..eqvevaenee CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1930. DOWNEY SINGS SONG 10 RECONCILE TWO FRIENDS ge Star Hopes Efforts Will Per- suade Constance Bennett to Forgive Divorced Husband. \ew York, Dec. ws today s 23 (P—The that Morton Daily | Downey is doing a John Alden over the radio in an effort to reconcile Constance Bennett and her former husband, Philip Plant. Downey's song, “My Yesterdays was written by Plant, vs, and passed on to the tenor with the hope that Miss Ben- nett would interpret between the notes. Plant has postponed a hunt- ing trip to Africa, says the paper, to await results. Miss Bennett divorced the mil- lionaire in Paris in 1929. Downey is the husband of her sister, Bar- bara. VALUABLE DATA ON WATER FLY TAKEN Brown Professor Says Five Years, Study Disappeared | New York, Dec. 23 (A—Stolen: Two suitcases full of data on the evolution of the cladocera, from a locked sedan in front of a church. Dr. Arthur M. Banta, visiting pro- fessor of experimental zoology at Brown university, revealed the thefr today by advertising a $100 reward for the return of the 1naterial, which constitutes the result of five years' research on the life and death of the water-fly. The suitcases were stolen Friday night, he when Miss The Wood, h stopped to isit friends here, en route from Provi- dence, R. I, to Norristown, Pa., to| study the contents during the holi- days. “The data said Dr. Banta, “threw some new light upon th breeding and the evolution of *h particular species. It took five year: to produce them. Therc is no way to duplicate them in a less period of time and nothing can be pub- | lished without these data, which are necessary to support the con- clusions I have reached in my re- | searches.” | { | said, assista URGES COURT CHANGE Boston, Dec (P—An extension nile court jurisdiction on a iminal basis to include vouths n 17 and 18 years of age was chief among the recommendations of the special commission on laws relative to children in its report filed with the legislature today. Practical Lasting Useful $1.00 $1.00 De COOKING RECIPE OUTFITS, 4x6, complete $ Luxe .. $1.70 SCOTT’S POSTAGE STAM for the stamp collector ..cc.vvencneas P PACKETS 10c o Junior HIGHLAND LINEN in giff boxes. Always acceptable SMOKADORS — The Ash 10.50_, Receiver $7.95 SCOTT'S POSTAGE STAMP ALBUM. $4.00 Tmperial e e e 600 $1.50 Modern '60c. 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