Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 26, 1911, Page 1

VOL. LHI.—NO. 257 NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, GCTOBER 26, 1911 PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population PROTESTS INNOCENGE TO FATHER Richeson Greets Aged Parent Whom He Had Not Seen For Seven Years A DRAMATIC SCENE AT CELL DOOR Poison Receptacle Not Found isa Miss Linnell’s Bathrobe —About a Dozen Witnessers to go Before Grand Jury Today—Members of the IRicheson Family Flocking to Boston—Petition of Defence Denied by Court. Boston, Oct. 25—Colonel Thomas gaj1 said: “We have found but one Varland ' Richeson, of Amherst, Va.|pdcson who could be termed an un- visited in Cbarles street jail today |rdijable witness. This party, a Wo- 14 an, we found could be induced to cell voungest son, Rev, Clarence V. T yst anything and she was promptly 1eson, who is accused of the mu of Avis Linnell, his one time|dropped from consideration.” fiance. Since the young man left | Allsged Ewestheart's Story. his Virginia home seven s ago o S o, cnter ihe Baptist ministiv. his| ., YO SOIPULRS Ton TR0 8T rather had not seem him, until today | - : - ¥ | Wpart of Avis Linnéll, and who was e e DN he Nelsipid to have been in this vicinity on ords of greeting, even before he had | tle day of her death, made the fol- - lijwing statement today as to his clasped hands with his father througit ing _statem I . the bars of his cell door, the clergy- | lovements: I left my home on Fri 1, e 4 i - |4 Ry, October 13, at 12.40, to go to man exclaimed “Father, I am inno-iy i . iaie, Mass, to attend a case in cpurt, 1 ived in Boston about 8 . My Byt My oy 7). m.. and stayed at a hotel that night, I'he veteran confederate sofdier who || gaving Boston on the 7.38 train the bas all along expressed ‘“5, ?g“’—f irn‘l:tollnwmg morning for Bourne, Mass. Lis son’s innocence, was Visibly af- £ ted. He grasped the- bars for | In Bouine on Saturday. while he answered only: “My], “I remained in Bourne that day ur boy!"” *til 7 p. m, settling up some busines: or more than an hour father and| I arrived in Hyannis at 9 p. m, Sa ®on conversed , part of the time with | urday night, and remained over Sui hands clasped affectionately but even | sfay. On Monday 1 attended courl ai to the jail assistant who stood in the| Barnstable. I heard of the death of October 15 corridor most of what inaudible. they said was} Mizs Linnell on Sunday, MISS LINNELL REBURIED. Remains of Unfortunate Girl Returned All of Richeson’s Family Coming. | sionel Richeson left the jail as he came, in a closed carriage, in which S were Frank H. Carter, in whose resi- to the Grave. dence Cambridge Rev. Mr. Rich- i g Roiig Hyannis, Mads, Oct. 25.—The eson had nade his home, and another | Fyannis, Mads, Oct. 23—The re- man w e identity is unknown. He was driven, it is believed, to the home in Brookline, of Moses Grant Bd- mands, father of Miss Violet Edmands, to whom the clergyman was to be married. It was reported that a fam- union was to be held at thes| ds’ home tonight, at _which, would be present also Miss Lillian V., Richeson, of Saranac Lake. X 04 sister , and Douglas Richeson of Chi , «ago, a brother, of the minister. A'fl . he city to aid iy the encourage ~ eir presence, their son an.d ‘s fight for acquital, It ip understood that other members of the singer of thig tow from Bosten today and re-interred in Oak Grove cemetery. The body was exhumed vesterday at the request of District Atiorney Joseph C. Pelletier, were brought bac] of Suffolk county, in order that gov- have further ernment experts mignt | opportunity to examine | of the casket. This made at the Ci Boston carly this morni body tas immediately Hyannis. The coffin, which was nied today, was addressed Edma a the returned to unac 0 ompa- local i 5 k No m ¢ the fam- amily including Miss Russell Riche, | Undertaker. No member of the far #on, of Chicago, a sister, will be herm|ily Was preaent during the reburial vithin a few days. services today. L < 2 The coffin was placed in the 4 Court Turns Down Defence’s Petitian. The exhumation vesterday of the bo¢ty of Miss Linnell, which® had rested ju bt | one week in the littie cemetery :1it Jyannisport. pwecipliated the firjt court clash between attorneys for tlje| prosecution and for the defence. [t| was the government which scored, for | Judge Murray in the municipal cou rt| today ruled adversely on the petitiipn | of Attorney Philip R. Dunbar thatt he | defence e present at a second autqp- | | RICHESON DENIES ALL WRONG. of « turbed grave without cercmony kind. After being lowered, the dirt removed yesterday was thrown over the casket, and on top of the grave were plateéd the flowers, now wilted and dead, which were removed whe the digging was made. A few towns people and _several newspaper iaen, with bared heads while Avis Linnell was buried for the second time " Polsen Receptacle Not Found. Phe remains of Miss Linnell wefre | Says That Miss Linnell and Not Him- | mubjected to an examination—it is «if. ficially stated that a second auiop s: was not performed—at the City hcis- | ital morgue, by Medical Examirer | imothy Leary early today in con-| nection with which District Attors ey Pelletter later issued a stateme nt, This statement which declares that no polsan receptacle was found burfped neith the body snd suggests the pids- sioliity that another poison as wrell us cyanide of potassium may hiive been umed, Tollow Bathrobe Had No Pocket. | “Medical Examiner Leary has rep(ort-| ported to me that wpon examineliion no container was found in the catiket and that the bathrobe or wrapper. in whioh it had been regarded as wible that it mighs have been plinced and overlooked in the first examina- «lon, had mo poeket. Some of the organs have been retalmed by the medical examiner for the purpose of ellnineting the possibility that any other polson could have been usqd in mssoclation with the cyanide. “The axamination was made by~ Dr. leary and Ms staff at the matgue early this morning. This time was ohosen in order to avoid the disfiurb- ance Hkely to occur in the day tlme by reasons of the passing of a large number of persons and vehicles)” Body Returned to Hyanni herself. At the conclusion of the m edicai| “And examiner's investigation the coffin was self Broke Their Engagement. Boston, O A lccal newspaper published this morning & statement said to have been made by the Rev. Clarence V, T. Richeson to an intimate friend whose name is withheld, In this statement Richeson is quoted as having said that he never wronged Avis Linnell in any way, and that it was she, not he, who broke the engage- ment. The statement says: “It is true that at one time Avis Lin- nell and 1 were engaged to be mar- ried. “There was a time when I thought that no girl in the world could- compare with her, and I eagerly looked forward to the time 1 could make her my wife. “But trouble that 1 had not dreamed of arose. It was nothing that I could have prevented. Avis' mind concern- ing her ambition for the future under- went a change. She wanted to become an opera singer, instead of passing her time in a parsonage as the wife of a man at the head of a small church. That is the cause of our broken en- sagement. “When she remained determined in pite of my endeavors to have her bandon such a plan and become my wife, and 1 could only acquiesce. “I'did not call off our engagement. That action was talen by -Avis Linnell when it becomes necessary 1 shall produce three yitnesses who forwarded to Hyunnis. There /it was| bear me oul in thi knew again interred in the cemetery /by thelabout our match falling through and ot and covered again with earfth and | they will tell the reason, just as [ have | “he flowers which the members of the dead girl's fauily kept fresh eaqh day. Case Before Grand Jury Today. r months T had hardly acquaintance with Avis Linne [ fore I couid not have playved a passing Ther he int The Suffolic Ceunty grand j at{mate part in her affairs that I have & wpecial sitting called by ‘District!heen pictured as doimg. Since Avi Attorney Pelletier, will considér the | canceiled our engagement. Since Av government's evidence in the (ase to- morrow, Summouses ware issy ed from the district attorney's offic tixday for tho witnesses upon which &be gov-| lent depends to secure the in- nent of Mr. Richeson. Witnesses Summoned. All the members of the Linjiell fam. T have seen her but seldom. "It is true that I called at the Lin- nell house last summer while spending my vacation at Hyann But I called merely as a former pastor would drop | in on some of his old-time parishion- | ers. he diamond ring thac I had given 1o Avis as a token of our engagement fly will go before the grand Jury.| was rermned o 1 ] 5 to me by her. I They will come to Boston by an carly | yac for it. At the fireeting i train. Others who were sumznoned to- 7 called our engagement off, Avis remov- ed the ring from her finger and in- sisted that I should take it. 3 “T have letters written to me by Avis that shows that she regarded our en- day included William Hahn, the New ton druggist whose statemeint to the police~that Mr. Richeson had pur- chased cyanide of potassium led to the minister’'s arrest last Fridjay, and! pge, ” Frank H, Carter, in whose home Mr, | S28°Ment as at an end. Richeson’s appartments were locat- o od;‘ ;‘n addition the pollce. officials| GERMAN AMERICANS whe have been at work o01: the case! T will detail their observatioms to the] Ak SAUET: ENVOYS F‘“"A’:"b 5 {“A New ‘and Higher Patriotism” out a Dozen Witn:sses. Theme of Postprandials. Boston, Cet. —Chisf' TInspector — Dugan stated tonight that about a New York, Oct. 25—A new and dozen witnesses will proba/bly be ¢ higher patriotism, recognizing that ed before the grand ju: not only England but all Europe is as he knows all haye publicly mentioned in theme at a banquet given by three the case. No attempt 2 hundred prominent German-American citizens tonight to Congressman Rich- ard Bartholdt of St. Louls and C. B. ‘Wolfram, publisher of the New York Zeitung. The guests were speclal en- voys of President Taft for the pres- entation to Germany of a replica of a statue recently erected in Washington to General Stéuben. The original monument, erected by congressional appropriation, was a fitting symbol of the work the Ger- man-American element had dome in the upbuilding of the United States, it was said, and the presentation of a replica to Emperor Willlam was an appropriate recogmition of the ‘new and aigher patriotism.” whdl previcus to the grand jury. session, he ®eid, to sccure a statément from the prisoner. Many Letters Rcomived. be maae Each day brings scores of istters to the police, many of them :frém persor: purporting to be clergymem, Ch.ef Du- gan said tonlght. Some of them nrge Jeniency beciuse of Mr . Richeson's professional position and. others ask- ing for the cpposite for the Same rea- son. Many also contaln suggestiors for police activity An Unreliable Witness. Speaking of persons who nave beem inierviewed by the police, Chief Du- v with the undertaker's assistants, stoor | the motherland of Americans, was a | | Cabled Paragraphs Canton, China, Oct. 25.—The newly appointed Tartar general, Fung Sen, was assassinated upon his arrival to assume his duties today. Berlin, Oct. 25.—It was officially announced today that the elections for members of the reichstag would be held on January 12. Before the pres- ent session closes the reichstag hopes. Rome, Oct. 25.—The pope is anxious concerning the condition of Emperor Francis Joseph, and has instructed | Mgr. Bisletti, majordomo of the Vat- ican, who is just now in Vienna, to ieep him advised of the true situa- tion. | Lizard, England, Oct. 25.—The Hol- land-American line steamer Sloterdyk | which broke a crankshaft after sail- ling from Rotterdam on October 18 for Boston, and requested assistance, passed here today, making for South- ampton. Paris. Oct. 25.—The police inquiry (and autopsy following the death of Raymond Knight, son of Ridgway Knight, the American painter, who died Monday, resulted in a decision that death was due to an overdose of a_sleeping mixture, probably taken ac- cidentally. | Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 25.—The pa- t h of Lisbon has sent to the Vat- |ican a list of 2,150 priests who are accepting a pension from the gov- ernment and ihe names of 5,500 who |have refused this aid. Of the lalter 2,400 are destitute. The Vatican has decided to give the penniless a small | monthly aliowance. | TOBACCO TRUST PLAN MEETS WITH OPPOSITION | Independents Claim That It Will Not Restore Competition. New York, Oct. 25—-Opponents and | supporters of the plan which the | American Tobacco company has map- | ped out for disintezration both had their innings in the United States cir- | cuit court here today. Counsel for the | so-called independent tobacco man- ufacturers and producers had filed | their bricf of objections but a few | hours when a lawyer for & committee of the preferred stockholders of the trusi petitioned the court that he be heard in support of the plan. The attorney said that he represent- cd owners of 458,000 shares of the trust’s preferred stock. The plan, he said, would not only fairly and hon- lestly dissolve the corporation, but | safeguard the interests of the stock- holders. Should the court grant his | petition, he will submit his contentions |at the day set for public hearing Oc- tober 30,” or as soon thereafter as | practical. Seniority right to the court's | ear would seem to be vested with the | 50-called independents, whe filed their { objections first, | Counsel for the objectors, after sub- mitting their contention that the pro- posed “disscluticn plan .does not, in reality, dissolve the trust to such an extent as to make competition among | its segments . possible, suggests tnat e gment be entrusted to entirely distinet and different groups of stoc 1hcmors from those in each other seg- mert. The brief submits data con- cerning each branch of the trust's trade, including cigar, cigarette and { tinfoil manufacturers, to show that | 1he companies arising from the wreck | of the trust would still control the | market as much, in their entirety, as they have ever done. The interests in each segment being the same as the in any oth:r segment, the out, wenld resuli in. because stockholders competition, be o the reverse trie. | Ths objectors further point out that | the »lan contemplates leaving intact | the United Cigar Stores compan | “No plan,” it asserts, “can be e | fective to restore competition which | does not provide for dividing the bus- | iness_and property of the United Ci- | 8ar Stores~ gompany among separate concerns, owned by absolutely disin- terested groups of individvals.” EGOVERNOR FOSS AND HIS COUNCIL AT ODDS | Councillors Refuse to Confirm Several Nominations. Eoston, Oct. 25.—On the ground 1t the qualifications should be fur- ther investigated, the executive coun- in an a onious debate w Governor laid upon the t: import- ant ‘state officials, including that of Prof. Garreit Droppers, who was se- iected as a member of the state rail- road commission in place of Clinton White, whose term expired last The debate between the democrat governor aud the council, all but one member of which are republicans, was S5, today severai nominations o the bitterest neard in the council chamber since 1593, when Governor Russell, also a democrat, found diffi- culty in having his nominations ap- proved by a republican council. The council confirmed the nomina- tions of Dr. Henry P. Walcott as chanman ot the metropolitan water nd sewerage commission, and Arthur gue of Lynn, as register of deeds for X _county, but all other nomina- | tions were held up. WILL BEARD THE LION IN HIS DEN President Taft to Invade LaFollette’s State Today. St. Paul, Minn.. Oct. %5.—FPresident Taft bade farewell to Minnesota to- night, and departed for the real “home of the enemy”—Wisconsin. His speech here tonight was on the arbitration treaty. In his second speech today he | gave a lot of homely advice to the | Younz men and youns weomen students |at_the Universlty of Minnesota. | _ The president also made a plea for | fatrness in sport, whether it be upon { the college gridiron or on the profes- | slonal, baseball field. He deplored in | particular the action of baseball | crowds in attempting to put the vis- iting team at a disadvantage by in- | sulting remarks and catcalls from the | grandstand and bleachers. {7 “I love baseball,” exclaimed the | president, “but I also love a fair deal.” Naval Flyers Find It Cold. Fortress Monroe, Vr., Oct. —After a flight In a hydro-acroplane 138 miles | down the coast from Annapolis, | Lieutenants Gordon Ellyson and John | G. Towers, U. S. N., landed today on the Dbroad reach of Bucwroe. Beach Va,, three miles from here. The offi- | cers were sutferir T the ) cold when they landed and hurried to shelter. Waterbury Student Class Secretary. New Haven, Oct. 25—The senior class of the Yale Sheffleld scientific school tonight_elected Theophilus 1. | Hyde, 3d, of Waterbury, class secre- |tary . This is_the only elective office ! given during the three years of under- | gruduate life, the offices of president “nd vice president having beem recent- |1y abolished. mpeting with themselves | h | ble | Giants Win Out In the Tenth WINNING RUN SCORED WITHOUT TOUCHING HOME PLATE. NO PROTEST BY ATHLETICS Consequently Game Stands to New York’s Credit—McGraw’s Men Show Up Strong With the Willow. New York, Oct. 25.—The New York Giants found their bats today. With but one game between them and de- feat for the world's baseball cham- plonship they won that game by the score of 4 to 3 in the tenth inning of a sensational uphill struggle against the Philadelphia Athletics and put themselves again in the running. To- night the world's series stands: Team Won Lost Philadelphia, g 2 New York, 2! 3 Doyle Failed to Touch Plate. While the Giants earned their tri umph largely by hard and clean hit- ting, it was said tonight by Umpire Klem the-National League official who was behind the plate during the con- test, that had a timely point been taken by the Athletics on the last play of the game, when with two out Larry Doyle slid home with the final tally, the runner would have bean d clared out and the inning would have ended with the score still a tie, 3 to 3. According to Klem, Doyle did not touch the piate in sliding in and it needed only a protest by the visitors to nullify the run he was supposed to_have scored. The technical claim was not made, however, and the game stands a vic- tory for the Giants, Giants Tie in the Ninth. Neobody in the stands knew anythi of this and the edge of the crow enthusiasnt was not dulled by the in- jection of any technicalities. Seldom. indeed, if ever, has there been such excitement on the historic Polo Grounds as during the sensational and successful rally by the New Yorks before a crowd numbering nearly 35.000. Made desperate by the loss nf three straight games, their chief pitch- er, Mathewson, beaten twice, their crack left hander, Marquard. retired because of a home run and the score 13 to 1 against them, the New Yorkers | attacked “Iron Man” Jack Coombs’ curves in the ninth inning to such effect that two tallies came over, tie- ing the score. Then, the next time they came up, they gave Eddie Plank, who had relicved the Kennebunk star, such a warm recention that they push- | ed another man across the plate and made the game theirs. | Oldring’s Homer Scored Three Muns. when the game started with Ma quard and Coombs as the opposing twirlers and they sank still further when with two men on bases Rube Oldring sent the Dall into the left field bleachers for 3 home run in the third inning for three Philadelphia | tallies. Coombs was his old effective | self and the Giants scored but a s | tar n—in the “lucky seventh™ | ti! ‘their final tally. Ames had reliev 1 ed Marquard in the fourth and pitching scoreless ball when in the seventh Crandall was sent in to bat | for him. , " Crandalil’s Lucky Double. of the struggle The turning point may be reckoned from Crandall’s en- | The husky pitcher who was passed on this gceasion with- out effect upon the score, pitched the Athletics into ciphers in the eighth. ninth, tenth, came to the rescue in the nick of time with a cracking double with | Ewo men ont in New Yoris ninth. |His hit scored Fletcher, who had tering the game. doubled, and then Devore, another of | the day’s local heroes, llned a safe | drive to left for a single which brought | Crandall home and tied the score. New York Fans Go Wild. | The enthusiasm which accompanied | this feat was indescrible. The shout- | ing and cheering from the stands be- | came a steady deafening roar. A few moments later came the final vell of | triumph by the happy home “fans” | when Larry Doyle drove a double to | left, advancing to third when, Plank’s | effort to catch Snodgrass’ aftempted home when sacrifice failed, and cam Merkle batted a flv high and far to | Murphy for an effective sacrifice. Giants Finally Found Coombs. The life of the game centered in the third, ninth and tenth innings, and the pitchers were not =0 much the focus of interest as in the preceding games ot the series. After Oldring's home run in the third had showed Manager Mc- Graw that his left hander was being gauged effectively by the Athletics, he was obliged:to call on his second spring men. Both of these—Ames and Crandall—more than canfe up to ex- pectations. As for the Philadelphians, Coombs seemed to have as much speea and wideness of curves in the latter part of the game as hefore, but the Giants were finding him and there | seemed to he no stopuing them once | they started. New York’s Best Batting Day. The New Yorkers hit the ball harder than in any previous game of the se- ries. Doyle led with two singles and failed to show any batting form, stril- ing out three times out of five times at bat. He has failed to get a hit dur- ing the series so far. For the Athlet- ics, Coombs and Oldring each had two hits. Baker, the sensational batsman of previous games, failed of a hit off | any®of the three New York twirlers. Both teams showed more life on bases than formerly, cach being credited with two stolen bases, and both Lapp and Meyers nipped other attempts at get- ting to bases. Pitchers Well Supported. Startling fielding was not marked during the game. Omne of the best ficlding features was a shoestring catch by Devore off Lord in the first inning. Both sides supported their pitchers in fine style, however, only one misplay lbeing charged against Philadelphia and two against New York. Ideal Baseball Weather. The crowd that saw the zame agaln completely filled the bleachers and lower stands, but there were many va- cant spots in_the upper stands. Better weather could hardly have been asked for by either spectators or players. The sun shone brightly on the big amphi- theater and the air was not unrea- sonably cold. The infield had dried during the clear days after the long rainy spell, and alf h the outfield was a lttle damp none of the play- .. (Continued on Page Threg,) New_York hopes were at a_iow ebb | two doubles in five time up. Murray | Indicted For Wings;Murder GRAND JURY REPORTS IN THE M’FARLAND CASE. | MCFARLAND’S EXPLANATION Says Bromide and Cyanide of Potas- sium Are so Different a Blind Man Could Not Make Mistake in Them. Newark, N. J., Oct.. 25—Allison Mc- Farland, advertising manager for a well known electrical firm, was indict- ed by the Essex county grand jury to- day on a charge of murdering his wife by the use of cvanide of potassium The court room was crowded by number of persons who had antici- pated that the indictment would be returned. It was handed up to Judge Davis in the court of over and term- iney. McFarland’s Explanation. The accused man was not in court, but when he heard at the jail that the that his defence would be that his wife's death was accidental or sul dal, and gave out a lengthy explanation of the case, in part as follows: Had No Motive For Murder. | “I had plenty of motives for di- vorce but none for smurder. ‘' The | harmless bromide’ referred to was a | solution of bromide, which 1 have al- ways understood to be a dangerous drug and not a thing to take in the dark. This was the only bromide in the house. So far as I know it is a liquid almost black in color and h: ing a very penetrating odor and a characteristic disagreeable taste.” Cyanide Was Plainly Labelled. 1 gave some to my wife on three or four occasions to find if she liked it but she complained it was ‘dop and she objected to the taste; and it had no apparent effect on hgr. The cyanide solution was plainly labelled | with white paper m »d with black | ink: ‘Poiscn—cyanide solutiol Nonsense To Say He Chan Labels. “The published stuff about m) changing labels is the rankest non- s2nse, A microscopic examination of the label should refute the idea. I do mnot think, however, that anyone in auvthority made any such charge. The cyanide solution is a clear, colorless liquid like water and has no marked ordor. Tt has a very nasty taste and anvone's first instinct on getting any of it in their mouth would be to s it out and rinse their mouth. | Cyanide Different From Bromide. I “It is totally different from the man would not | bromide and a blind mistake one for the rather let it o as e, hoping the commou sense of authorities would show them the surdit; Asks Friends to Suspend Judgment. “It seems. however, that I am com- pelled to defend the charge and~can do so if necessary. I ask my friends to suspend judgment until they hear it all. The affair is one for extreme sorrow and regret on my part murder charge is absurd. I had all to lose and nothing to gain by my wite's death under such circun ces.” 5 WANTED A SLICE OF i STEPHENSON'S WEALTH. | Had He Been Poor Campaigners Would Have Worked For Nothing. | Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 25—Because | Senator Stephenson was reputed to | be worth $20,000,000 some of his po- | litical workers thought they ought to { be paid for their time an’ thai was | the reason it cost the senator so | much to obtain the nomination at the | primaries in 1908, according to testi | mony before the senatorial investiga- | ting committee toda i W. R. Kneli of ! testified that as Stephenson’s | paien manarer in the county I | pended $11,800. | “why Tilwaukae did you have to much monev in one conntv?' g Senator Heyburn, the chafrman. “Because the other candidat We felt we had to | spending a lot, | meet them.” | “Was it _a qu estion of matching dollars? If the senator received 5,000 votes in the county his cam- paign expenses appear to have been $2 for every vote. Is that right?’ “That's right. If Senator Stephen- son had been a poor man his workers might have campaigned for him for nothing, but as he was said to be worth $30,000,000 it was thought on right that those who worked for him should he % | Robert J. Shields of Superior, was said by witnesses to have w ed as an employe of Bdwa i who money to legislators. NEGRO MAY LIVE | WHERE HE PLEASES. | | Declared Unconstitutional. | Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25—The new se. | gresation ordinance restricting the re: idence of in streets and localities vas are | constitutional by Jurge Dunvan toda | The court held that the questicn was one of taste rather than law and that o long as a negro owned his property or paid nit Kim=- 1 he could live where he pleased. The case was appealed and will go to the supreme court. | PHELPS TO DIE IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR. | Sentanced Yesterday For Murder of a | Deputy Sheriff. Greenfield, Mass., Oct. 25—Silas | Phelps of Monroe Bridge, who June 12, 1910, shot and killed Deput: Sherifft Emmet E. Haskins, will pa: the penalty for his deed in the electric chair, at the Charlestown state pris- on diring the week beginning Decem- bt e i de S e | Franklin county superiour court sen-~ tenced the man this afternoon. Phelps” attorney announced that he proposed to take further legal action. Three Days on Horseback. ‘Washingten, Oct. 25 —The last of the season’s army rides was concluded today. Generals Grant and Bliss, with efficars from the headquarters at New York of the eastern division and the ‘department of the east, comple a three days' ride over the Virsinia |roads. There were no mishans 5 = indictment had been returned he stated | ol nd did | but a | lumber man, in Stephenson’s beha denied on the stand having taken any | part corrupt in the distribution of Condgnsgd_Tglegrams President Taft got rain-soaked while making speeches in Minnesota. The post office safe at Sharpsville, Pa, was blown open and robbed of $4,500. The Government filed a fifth suit against the so-called Lumber Trust at St. Paul. Minn, lied most Mexican of the tropps left frontier since the m revolution. The Catholic Young Men’s Natiunal union elected officers and decided to hold its next convention in Brooklyn. | The fall council of the General Con- | ference Committee of the Seventh Day Adventists was held in Washington. Martha Razer, a 12 year old animal trainer, who was atiacked by a circus n a Jackson, Mi died of her in- Juries. Presidont Taft's proclamation de- claring the neutrality of the United States will soon be promulgated to | the Eurcpean powers. merchant of New Yorl mountains_of Color: by a searching party Fire in the Dry Reom of the Mont., reduétion’ work | concents vester imated at from ¥ The Improvement in business in New Ingia came noticeable last month, c iiy in the woolen goods , whic The Chiness Government has with drawn its request of the United Siates for p ission to postpone paymer of the curre of the Box- er indemnity. Penghazi, Tripoli, ¢ bombardment total | Lritish consulate w the consul wounded. The Grover Cleveland Schoo! name selected by the co one; strict of Columbia aducationai institiution ington, D, C S. Alfred Sze Has B ke CE ter i incumbent, The and 5 of i of Selected 1o Directors of & Hart- re-electe The Present Board of the New Ycrk, New Haven | fora Railroad compa |at the amnual meeting of the stock- holders of the company yesterday The Name ustus Seaver of “andi or governor of 3 ihe ballot law c was | off the by sion. The Biplane of C. P. Rodgers, the t coast flier, was wrecked at d, Texas, yesterday as the av- attempted to tuke the The new buildings which the Andover Theological Seminery, recent ferred from Andover, Mass Paymaster’s Clerk J. Fuiler, recent- iy fcund guiity on cha ularities in his accounts on ho receivir hip Independen: | Isiana Jumping from a Rai to avoid being run_over zer train, Ge Ste [ Roxbury man, narr | by ¢ in the Housatonic r at Pittsfield, Mass., yesterds i = | Sesond Assistant Postmaster Gzner:! | Jos Stewart welcomed to. W: ington yestercay on behalf of the pc office department, the National on of Postmasters of the third ciasses, in annual conven- ying weavers inferior b ed by Attorney General Sy sachusetts to be withir which prohibits the “fining” | 800d goods. the stat- of S. M. Butler of New York City was instantly killed” at Tipton, yesterday, when the automobile which he driving in the Glidden tour was overturned. T. J. Walker and nis wife, whose address: are unobtaina- ble, were hurt. | Enphatically Denying PFeports i | he had changed his mind about reti | ing to private life, Senator Joseph V | Bailey of Texas, in an interview, | td that his decision to leave the sen- ate at the expiration of his present term in 1913 was irrevocabls, Gov. Eugene N. Foss obtained his | renomination as Demochatic candidate | for =overnor of Massachusetts in the recent primaries without the expendi- | ture of a cent. according to a state- ment made by George M. Harlow, the Governor’s assistant private secretary. The Customs Service Has Prepared statistics to, show that the average ad valorem rate of duty collected during (he two vears’' operation of the Payne- ldrich tariff law is actually less than . sverage ad valorem rate during the twelve years’ operation of the Dingley la | ! ORDER OF VASA, ! Elects Charles N. Andrews of Willi- | mantic as Trustee. Waterbury, Conn., Oct. 25—At the annual convention of the Order of a, here today, the following offi- cers were elected < Grand master, Carl Rising of Bridge- port; vice master, A. M. Anderson, of Waterbury; secretar: August P, Pahlquist, f Hartford Vice-secre- tary, Nils Vinblad of Cromwell; grand treasurer, Victor E. Modeen, of Bris- ton; grand chaplain, Mrs. John A. Andrews, of New Britai master of ceremonies, Miss Hilda Ackerstrem, of New Britain: inside guard, Walter Johnson. of South Manchester: out- side gnard, Charles Sendstrom, of Danhury: auditor, Oscar Thomwson. o7 Merlden; trustee for three vears | Charles N. Anderson of Willimantic. The rotirineg crand master, Mrs. Matil- Aa Swenson of Mariden was present- ed with a diamond rine. Steamship Arrivals. Havre: Oect. 24, Chicago, from York. Plymouth: Oct. 25, Rotterdam, New York. Antwerp: Oct. 25, Kreonland, New York. L 5 At New e 3 | from I At L trom No Motive For ' Kna_llq_ Murder NEITHER ROBBERY NOR ASSAULT COMMITTED. THE POLICE STILL AT SEA Coroner Positive It is a Case of Murd4 der, But Police Captain Sees Slight Possibility of Woman’s Suicide. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 25—<If Dr. Knabe was murdered, as appears, I am satisfied she was. murdered by a per- son with whom she was acquainted, and that she voluntarily let this per- son into her apartment. But the the- ory of sulcide still will not let itself cted.” Police Captain’s Summing Up. With this statement, Captain William Holtz, chief of the detective depart- ment, summed up tonight the day's activity by the police in the investiza- tion of the death of Dr. Helene Knabe, former state bacteriologist, whosa throat was cut while she lay on her bed at an undetermined hour last Monday night. Coroner Says it is Murder, _ ‘I cannot see anything but murder in this case” said Dr. C. O. Durham, coroner of the county, who began his inquest today. ‘“The instrument of death was not found and eircum- stances indicating suicide appear to me nesligible.” Robbery Was Not Motive. stain Hoitz said that he did met intend to reflect upon the character of Dr. Knabe, in saying he believed she knew the murderer, if she was mur- dered. It is certain that robbery was not the motive, and physicians have decided that personal assault was not committed. “The heavy street dust 10 latest +that had settled upon the outer sllis of the windows of Dr. Knabe's flat was when our men examined undisturbed | them. Lights Were. Burning. The electric lights in_the bedroom burning when Dr. Knabe's body discovered yesterday mornin These are but a few of the indica- tions that lead me to believe she knew the person that killed her, if indeed she did not commit suicide. But we are working on the murder theory. Cousin and Assistant Questioned. ° of Dr. Knabe's friends sug- to the police that the theory e ended her own life should not t aside, though the knife with e was killed disappeared. Ac- her cousin, Miss Augusta 1 Miss Katherine McPher- Knabe's assistant, who fouud were questioned at length. Hach_ insistently denied that she saw 1 knife in the hedroom or had cover- ed up any evidence tending to show suicide. Miss McPherson sald she pull- ed Dr. Knabe's nightdress down over her body, Miss Knabe that she laid a pillow across the body. Suicide Not Impossible. is to be said for the sui- said Captain Holtz, aft- 1 1tion of Miss Knabe and Miss McPherson. “Dr. Knabe was a tarined gymnast and s could have put up a powerful resistance to an as- There were no signs of a in the bedroom. Blood was | ttered about. The body was 1 As to the wound, one £ | vo h anatomy as she was and wlith a sharp kinfe could have cut the throat with a strong right hand slash such as killed Dr. Knabe.” HOLYOKE MAN FOUND HANGING AT ROCKVILLE Left His Son’s Home for Helyoke 8 Weeks Ago. Rockville. Conn., Oct. 25.—The body of a man badly decomposed hanzing by a piece of clothesline from a tree in the woods about three miles west of here by a hunter today, was identified late today as that of Her- eumann, vears old, of Hol- Identification was mada by mann’s son, who identified the clothing as that worn by his father, The man left his son’s home eight weeks ago for Holyoke and it was not until today that the son found out t his_father had not reached that place. Despondency 1s supposed 1o have caused him to take his life. TWENTY YEARS FOR KILLING CONDUCTOR Charlestown Cigar Dealer Sentenced to Massachusetts State Prison. Boston, Oct. Artiur L. Board- man, who was indicted for murder in the second Gegree, pleaded guilty to mansiaughter in the superior court to. and was sentenced to the state sor. for twenty years by Judge nderson. Boardmen kept a sidgar store on Main street in Charleftown and on the aiternoon of May 22 last in a quarrel over the p of a box of Arthur 4. Munroe, the Boston elevated cigareties with or of v. shot and instantly ~ killed Munroe. The same shot fatally wounded John Muwray, 16 years of age. RECOVERED $8,243 FROM OIL TRUST New York Dealer Claimed That It Rulned His Business. New York, Oct. 25.—John J. Motan, formerly & well to do_ dealer in oils and paints here, won $8,243 damages against the Standard Oll company to- day on the ground that the corporation had forced him out of business. Mr. Moran sued for $31,000. He charged that the Standard Ofl company wams anxious to got his business and finally ruined his trade by furnishing him goods of such poor quality that he lost his customers. He was awarded judgment by a jury ‘n the suprems court. $750,000 for Bryn Mawr College. New York, Oct. 25.—A bequest of $750,000 is made to Bryn Mawr col- lege by Emma Carola. Woerishoffer of his coity, who died at Cannonsville, N Y., September 11, and whose will was admitted today to probate. To the College Settlements association of Massachusetts 1s left $10,000. To Cross Ocean in Balloon. Atiantic City, N. J, Oct. 25.—If weather conditions are favorable Msl- Vin Vaniman expects. &“ mlk.&:l: flr-t“ irial flight in the dirl 5 ron next Saturday. If allis well ] °