Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 26, 1913, Page 1

VOL. LV—NO. 231 NORWICH, CO NN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1913 PRICE TWO CENTS SULZER SOUGHT AID OF TAMMANY President of Malting‘Companyf Interceded For Him ai the Requestof Sulzer, Himself COLLECTED MONEY FROM LIQUOR INTERESTS Charles A, Stadler Testifies Regarding His Activities in- Gov- ernor’s Behalf During the Last Campaign—Employe of Stadler Tells of Delivering Collections to Mrs. Sulzer— Court Decides to Admit Evidence on all Contributions. —These ten ked the im- iovernor Sulzer w York banker, recently asked ankenstei a former Governor Sulzer, if urn of the all contribution said he ut restriction as to hiff said he had replied ourt, by an unanimous " decided imit all testimony ¥ ning to campaign contributions to the governor, even though re not specified in the articles iment. To Show Brewery Contributions. ling paved the way for_ the n of evidence intended to the governor had solicited and e large contributions from brewing interests governor asked, according to that contributions be 1d of checks. » impeachment mana- were prepared to prove or received campaign con- in e of the mentioned in the articles of im- s hmen There were mc than 10 T accounted " unsel erted. Introduced. number of of Contribut a Names The names of ontrib n those of s, were brought iese included the >rsons mentioned @ r checks the Sare the gover Mutual Alliance iccount showed, that deposits of between Sept. d c been h vd made “and the date of the governor's ration. on on the question as to Sulzer's alleged misuse of ven the governor without re- as lo thelr use constituted env was reserved to give the court &n opportunity to investigate the au- thorities. Support of Tammany Hall. zarded by the prosecution st important wit- m they said they had locate, was discovered serve; in Albany and subpoena . Conlan of New York, d of the governor, testi- d raised money for the governor's campaign, but had given it to him without restriction as to its called personally on Charles adler sident of the American Malting company, the latter itesutled &nd requested aid in obtaining the ort of Tammany Hall. He said he the support and later solicit- »mbly managers decided to- g no more impeachment 1st the governor. Stadler’s Testimony, Stadler, who is a former state sen- declared that after s al invi- from & er he had visited the date to talk things over. The conversation was on the gen- eral topic of the political situation pending,” said Mr. Stadler. “He said: can help me in more than v, and you know T told him I unde: and would do wha Subsequent to what you ecan do.’ tood the situation I could vyou see friends of your: ed by Attorney Kresel of the prosecu- “I did,” was the reply. ‘Whom did you approach?” Mr. Sulzer requested me to go to Fourteenth sireet (Tammany Hall) and intercede for him there,” respond- the former senator. “and 1 did. I reported back to Mr. 1zer what I had done and he thank- ed me. $1,400 from Liquor Interests. Mr. Stadler subsequently told of | having colle $250 from Peter Doel- ger, $100 f William J. Elias, $250 from William and Peter Hoffman, all yepresenting liquor interests. His per- sonal contribution of $100 was added to the total turned over to the gover- < the tctal amounted to about declared. ‘“Yet T may b might be perhaps only hink it is over $1,400. any occasion” on which William Sul- zer spoke to vou about the subject of sash instead of chec or anything of a ilar kind or nature?” ot to me, as I remember,” was the reply, “but 1 heard him say to Charles Dersch, one of my employes who ac- companied me when I turned over the money 1 had-collected, that he prefer- red cash to checks.” % Delivered Money to Mrs, Sulzer. Charles Dersch, who followed Stadler on the stand, testifled that he had de- ivered some of Stadler's collections at Sulzer's new home. He was asked + he had delivered them to. Mr. Sulzer. think that Mrs. Bulzer took it and it in a desk.” questioning was necessary put Lengthy before the witness could be persuaded | to make a definite staremgnt concern- jng what he told “elther ‘Mr, or Mrs. Rulzer the money was for,” “T said for campalgn purpeses—it was for campaign purposes,” he finailly sald Dersch algo testifled that Suizer had requested that if ha got any mere ehecks “to be kind ensugh te have them cashed.” Brewery Contributed $300, Pvidenes of anether contributien from the brewing interests was dis- elosed when Simen Uhlmann. hegd of 1the Henckel DBrewing company of Al- hany, testified that he had made eut a cheek for $306 te the erder of Leuis A. Sareeky, Morris Tekuisky, presidént eof the New York liquor Dealers’ assoeiation and a member of the general commil- tee of Tammany Hall, testifled (o hav- ing contributed $50 The question a8 to the admissibility of the evidesice on Campaigi contriba- e net eited in the ardcles of im- yeachment precipitated a heated wran- gle ameng (he opposing atterncys, Gevernor's Counsel Overruled. “These transactions—a hundred or Mmere im number,” asseited John B, one | Stanchiield, counsel for to display conceal othe: I can see an accident; fail to account i | fai for | erime.” could not be tried for alleged in such indictment. counsel. He bad been give request the particulars. Schiff is Recalled. Judge Cullen then submitted question to the vote of the court, and the 55 membels present voted unani- mously in favor of letting all the evi- pointed out that n ample opportunity prosecution for a bill desperate fight to h his yesterday's | from the records. | peated in substance testimony It was oday and he re- that he had forth in the articles of impeachment. Offered to Refund the $2,500. me to come to Albany and I declined. ago his secretary invited to Albany to see Mrs. Sulz ill. I have seen Governor Sulzer only once since he went into office. “Did anybody communicate with you in New York city in behalf of Mr, Sul- Matter was under invest the status to be changed.” tion, permit to whether I would accept it, to which s0 I said no. The exact far as I remember, ‘Governor would like to repay this § Telephone Talk With Mrs. Sulzer. The name of Mrs. Su who, it is reported, will be one of star wit- nesses for the defense, w: brought into the testimony was developed that she had phonic communication with Trier, vice president of the Strauss company, in regard $1,000 check which he hd sent governor in St abroad Mrrs words were, vou e today. a_tele- Ralph Frank V. to to | the behalf of Mr According to s 1zer had repc ephone that the check not in the envelope. The witness said that he had stopped ayment on the check and sent the governor another, and that Mrs, Sul- zer told him this that had been receive He added that Mrs, Sulzer and M Strauss were re- lated. & Friend of Governor Testifies. In Judge Lewis J. | York, the manager the governor for more t vears' standing. Mr. Conlan testified i that he frequently had presented the governor's name for nominations at conventions and otherwise had been | intimately associated with him in | politics. ~Three checks for $200, $100 land $110 were given the governor by Mr. Conlan along with a personal gift of $100 during the campaign, and it was about' these transactions that he | testified. Mr. Conlan was interrogated as to how he came to collect contribute himself, and to Mr. Suilzer while at hi | “I think I mentioned | ed he was short of funds,” he replied, “or 1 thought he w and that I in- tended to what I could to collect some money for him and that T hoped to get more. He thanked me for what 1 had done and what T expected to do.” that he sent w Conlan of New n thirty what home. that T believ- | the purpose for which vou were Jecting and giving him this money ?"’ { essary work of the campaign that he was entering upon. I {use of it in any way ror did I attemp* to direct what he should do with K.” The witness had nol finished his tes- timony when court adjourned | CAPITOL FOUNDATION BUILT ON QUICKSAND ! Cave-in at Jefferson City Causes Deaths of Twe Werkmen. Jeffersen City, Mo, Sept, 285 —Two earpenters were killed and three in- jured here this afterneen when a pit for the feundation ef the new state The dead; H, Green, 8, @, Hyde, Okla- capitol eaved in. ‘Williamspert, Pa.; hema City, Okla. Quicksand caused the dirt te siip, tearing eut the casings. $30,000 -Gift from Mrs. Sage, Trey, N. Y., Sept. 25.—The beard of trustees of Rerssalaer Peolytechnie in- stitute announced today a gift of $89,- 000 from Mrs, Russell Sage for the establishment of two fellowships in memory of Russell Sage, 2d. a nephew, whe was graduated from (he iusiitute with_the cluss ot 'b8 Temperature Drops to 40 Degrees. Amarillo, Texas, Sepl. A drop in temperature (oday to Jforty de- grees following a chilfing rain *hroue. out the Paahandle plains. Heavy sleet {is reported in eastern New Mexico and a damaging frost is feared here to Bight the prosecu- tion, “constituted a common scheme, a design on the part of the respondent, certain contributions and 1 that the failure to report one might have been two a coincidence; but to a hunared ¥s a Attorneyvs for the governor protested that the articles should be treated as an indictment and that the governor offenses not Presiding Judge Cullen in a lengthy opinion over- ruled the objections of the governor's they to of the dence in. | _A\I!' Schiff w recalled to the stand { after counsel for the prosecution at |:the outset of the session hagd made 3 i the marrow of ricken not intended his $2.500 gift for any | particular purpose This was an admitted blow to the prosecution. Because of the ruling by | Presiding Judge Cullen to the effect that the lack of restriction as to the use of the gift absolved the governor | from~the charge of stealing,it as set k “I would like to know, Mr. Schiff, | if you have had any communications with Governor Sulzer since mat- ter was disclosed in the two months,” said Senator Foley. “I had not, except that he invited To be correct, about tour or flve weeks me to come who was zer and upon this matter of your contribution ?” “Yes, Mr. Frankenstein came to see{ { me and told me that if 1 would accept it, Governor Sulgzer would be very glad to refund to me the $2,500, to w 1 seplied that T could not now, since the | “You refused to cept refund of | the $2,500?” asked.the senator, “I didn't. It was never tendered to me. The question was only asked as s frequently It the | called a friend of | the checks and | he said | i 1 “What else did vou say to him-as to Tt was to help him along in the nec- | not limit the | the check | | | land sheal, gravevard of many a g« Cabled Paragraphs Floods Destroy Rice Crop. Paris, Sept. 25—It is estimated that 90,000 tons of rice were totally des- troyed by the recent disastrous floods ! in French Indo-China, according to a despatch received today at the French colonial misintry. Deposit of Uranium and Pitchbende. Berlin, Sept. 25—A most important deposit of uranium and pitchbende from which radium is extracted, has been found on the German side of the Erzgebirge, a range of mountains be- tween Saxony and Bohemia. Chile’s Funds Scarce. Sgntiago, Chile, Sept. 25—The Chil- ean government today decided to par- ticipate on a reduced scale in the Pan- ama-Pacific exposition at San Fran- cisco in 1915, owing to the absolute necessity of diminishing its expenses. No Boycott of Queenstown. New York, Sept. 25—There will be no “boycott” of Queenstown by the White Star line, it was stated here tonight by W. W. Jeffreys, passenger manager of the company. The failure of the Olym- :all at the harbor, Mr. Jeffries s due to weather conditions off Irish coast. said, the DIVISION OF GPINION REGARDING THAW CASE. Advisers of Governor Felker Take Different Views of It. 1 N. H., Sept. 25.—A division of opinifon is saia to exist among Gov- ernor Felker's advisers as to whether he should honor the request of the state of New York for #he extradition of Harry K. Thaw. Some of them Concord, take the attitude that the New York in papers are aper proper legal form and that it is u for the governor in an inquiry ts of the case upon which v are based. Othe: at the state- e fake an upposite view. 1t Governor Felker, who is himself a lawyer, is understood to attach im- portance to curing further iniorma- tion on the s dictment of by county (N. Y., grand jury spiracy in conuection with h from the Maiteawan insane asylum, No indictment has been made public, but William T. Jerome id in arguing on New Yorl petition for extradition before Goveraur Felker Tuesday that an indictment had been found but had been kept secret by request. It is said that uniil the governor learn more definitely just what attitude has been taken by the Dutchess grand Jury he probably will defer his de- ion in regard to signing the extra- ion warrant Governor Felker is at his home in Rochester, to remain until Monday. Tt is believed herc that il grant the request made by T ounsel today that they be allowed until Oct. 6 to file additional briefs in the extradition matter. For two hours today Thaw strolled about the downtown streets and su- burbs with Police Officer C. D. Stevens, attracting only “casual attention. There was no outward appearance of any restraint znd the outing seemed to be enjoyved even more than the au- tomobile trips which Thaw has Nad. A welcome break in the da routine for him was tine arrival of one of his attorne; Samuel Selig. of New York, bearing the Jlalest news from Broad- way. bject of the reportea in- iy the Dutchess tor con- escape w ai ScPARATE BLOCKS FOR THE WHITES AND BLACKS. New Ordinance Passed by Baltimore Requires It Baltimore, Md., A segregation ordinance was pa the city council late today. M James H. Preston had left the | hall and the document was taken to | his residence. where he affixed his sig- nature to it. This _said.to be the first time a mayor of Baltimore has signed an ordinance outside of the city hall. The ordinance has this title: “An ordinance to preveni conflict and ill feeling between the white and colored races in Baltimore city, and | to preserve the public peace and, pro- | mote the gencral welfare by making reasonable pro uiring the use of separate blocks idences by white und colored people respectively The only house in the 1, Mosher street occupied by negroes who moved in yesterday was bombard- ed with stones and bricks for three hours tonight by white men and boys from roofs, windows and steps of houses opposiie. Then a crowd of ne- groes assembled and began a similar work of destruction on the houses of the white people. A white girl and a newspaper re- porter were siruck by flying missiles and badly hurt. 00 block of NEW HAVEN TO HAVE MARBLE POSTOFFICE. Professor Taft Uses Peaceful Persua- sion at Washington. Washington, ept. 25. — Former President Taft gave himself over to the artistic today in the performance of his first public service since he left the White House. With his fellow members of the Lincoln memorial commisslon Mr. Taft devoted practically the entire day to poring over classic designs and samples of stone for the erection of a lasting tribute to the martyred presi- dent. After aelving into the details of numerous bids for the $2,000,000 memorial, the commission adjourned until tomorrow, when it is expected an award will be made. With enthusiastic allegiance te his newly feund home—New Haven—the former president earlier in the day had persuaded Secretary McAdoe to construct the proposed $450,000 pest- office in the Connecticut city of mar- ble in preferenee to granite. The office of Sherman Allen, assist- ant seeretary of the treasury, where a cartlead of inarble had been dumped, presented the appearance ef a stone- vard, The former president bent ever the pile for a Falf hour and found the sample which pleased him as fitting for a pesteffiee in the University City. Scheener Floated by the Tasce. HEdgartewn, Mass., Sept, 25.—Skiff Is - d ship ,gave up a stranded vessel for the firgt time enm record, when the five masted scheener Mareus 1. Urann was floated tq safety teda The Urann was pulied e The shoal by the revenile cutter Acushnet and the wreeking tug fPasca of New Lendon, Cenn., under conditiens that greatly fawvered the work, Steamship Arrivals, At Libau: Sept. 26, Kursk, from New Yorlk. At Genoa: Sept. 21, Mendoza, from New Youk, At Naples: Sept. 21, Alkini, from Mew York, At Liverpoo Bept. 25, Huipress of lceland, from At Havre: New York. At London: Montreal. At New York: Sept, 25, Re Ditalia, from Naples, - ba Savoie, from . 25, Sicilian, from | accompl | A Fierce Fight ~in Tennessee HORNET'S NEST STIRRED UP AT THE CAPITOL ON LIQUOR QUESTION Open Clash of Factions Averted by Clearing the House of Spectators— Gunmen Intimidate Legislators. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. —After an- other exciting day in the. Tennessee house of representatives, leaders of the political factions which have bandied charges that ‘“gun men” were being used to intimidate legislators reached- ed an agreement late this afternoon to clear the capitol of all spcctators. The state senate was not session. and members of that body, city detectives, policemen and state officials not pres- ent on official business were inciuded in the ‘“request” to leave the capitol and state house grounds. Necessary to Preserve Peace. This action was taken as a precau- tion against a threatened open clash between the factions that are fighting over the so-called liquor law enforce- ment bills. Three members of the house were named a committee to clear the -tate house in accordance with the agree ment. The spectators in the corridors were told that the action-decided upon was necessary for the preservation of the peace. Filibuster Against Law-Enforcement Biils. All the partisans of the opposing legislative factions finally left the building, and the house was again { called to order. today continued their the law-enforcement three in numbe trengthen the state- All three of the senate by a close The regulars iilibuster against bills. These bil are designed to wide prohibition law measures passed th vote. in House. ch's resolution deputy game the house éd that hy e » ¥ S Drew Revolver Representative B citing John Yeatman, warden, to appear before for contempt, it being allegé had drawn a revolver yesterd: the house adjourned in an upr voted down. Representative sented a petition s bers urging Speaker Stanton to allow the law enforcement bills to come to a vote. The petition was spread upen the journal. Purport of the Bills. ngle in the house is over bills seeking % insure the enforcement sf prohibition, of which three have passed the senate, one prohibiting in- tra-state liquor -shirments, another making ed in civil and criminal courts, and a third prohibiting shipments of liquor into the stat The fight of the friends of the bills, largely fusionists, is di- rected toward getting -them to a vote in the house. The bills’ supporters charge the opposition with attempting to defeat the bills by preventing a vote The session is due to expire on Saturday cDade then npIe- ned by 52 mem- The wi WILSON ENCOURAGED BY THE MEXICAN SITUATION. Believes ‘Moral Suasion Policy of the United States Effective. Washington, Sept. President Wilson tock the po today that the policy of moral suasion adopted by the United States toward Mexico had s two cardinal purposes irances that there itutional election and that Provisional President Huerta would not be a candidate to succeed himself. Ad:ices received here de- scribing in detail the preparations be- ing made for the election Oct. and stating also that General Huerta would not be a candidate, but would support Frederick Camboa, Mexican minister of foreign affairs, the nominee of the Catholic part) encouraged President Wilson and Secretary Bryan to believe that the Huerta government was carrying cut what the United States had emphasized in the Lind ne- —to obtain would be a cor gotiations as the essential features of | a satisfactory settlement of the revo- lutionary troubles. The president realizes that it not be immediately possible to judge whether the processes of the election are actually constitutional and will withhold decision for some time as to | of by that the election United the choice recognized whether will be States. GERMAN POLICE SE A PHOTO Find It Very Unlike That of Man He is Supposed to Be. F SCHMIDT. Berlin, Sept, The pollee of Frankfort-on-th receive from New York a phetograph of ther Behmidt, the self confessed mur- derer of Anna Aumuller—but aecord- ing to the Tageblatt they found comparison with one in their sion of the former. Mainz pr they were so unlike that it is doubt- ful whether the two men are identical. The differences in the characteristic features of the meuth and around the eyes are seo great that if the phete- graphs represent the same person the authorities believe he must have greatly changed since he left Ger- many. POSTCARD RECEIVED FROM JOSEPH ELLIS Indianapel on Day Before Schiansky Murder. on Was in Les Angeles, Cal, Sept, 25.—Preba- tien Officer Roland Murphy ef the Los Angeles juvenile court received a pest- card today frem Joseph Ellis, aceused of murder in Indianapolis. The ecard was pestmarked Indianapelis Sept. 21— BSunday—the day befere Joseph Sehlan- sky, the second hand clething dealer he is charged with having murdered, was lired fo a hetel reem amd slain. b . Auto Kills East Hartford Woman. East Hartford, Con., Sept. 25—Mrs. Mary Hoberts ,aged éz. colored, was instantly killed tonight when she was struek b an automobile driven by H. G. Lofentz of Bast Windsor Hills. The aceident occurred near the Hast Wind- sor fine. Heavy Rainfall in Fexas. Haillas, Pex, Sept. —A heavy rain, accompanied by a sharp drop in tem- perature. was reported throughout central ‘and western Texas today. In some instances a maximum of four inches of rain was reported and other keints zeported twq inches gp more.- saloons a nuisance to- be-abak— will | \ Condens Navigat® A the Yukon and White Horse ri- .s expected to close early next mon. John A. Thornton was vyesterday nominated by the president to be post- master at Philadelphia. A 35-Story Building will be con- structed at Trinity place and Thames g(t)xg)eet, New York, at a cost of $8, 500,- 3 / The Globe Woolen Mills, employing 300 hands, at Utica, N. Y., will cease operations as soon as present orders are filled. ADD BRIEFS k Uv4TD22 Trinity College Opened Its Fall Term vesterday afternoon with an entering class of about 90. Rev. Ulric Jones, 38 yvears old, drowned when stricken with heart fail- ure while swimming 4n a Y. M. C. A. pool at Scranton, Pa. There Has Been $20,000,000 crop moving money put into the banks of the South and West by the Treasugy department at Washington. Bowdoin College Opened its 112th vear yesterday with what promises to be the largest registration in its his- tory. The ente class numbe: 110. 7 James A. Allen, the Independence League nominee for mayor of New York withdrew vesterday in favor of John Purroy Mitchell, the fusion candi- date. William A. Smith, Harvard’'s oldest at graduate ,died from old age, Worcester yesterd, ed 89 years and s graduated from Ha months, After Buildings Valued at $165.000 had been burned, firemen succeed- ed in checking a fire that threatened the entire bt ness section of ( a Pittsburgh, suburb. A Berlin Paper reports that Princess lSophia committed suicide through love [for an army lieutenant who committed suicide five v se of ob- stacles in the hodks is the range of articles which the dead letter office is about to auc- tion as ‘the t of a year's ac- cumuyaition of misdirected mail. Sixty-Six Post Offices, which are to be advanced to presidential grade | October 1, have been designated by Postmaster General Burleson to be postal saving depositories after No- 25 vember The Controller of the Treasury ruled that military officers, when traveling without troops, must pay for person- al ‘baggage transportation out of the seven cents mileage allowed by the government. Joseph Slater a Pawn Broker arrested at Doug! Ariz., by agents of the depart of justice and charged with a i of the neu- trality daw Ten thousand cartridges were seized. was The Production of Wheat in the prin cipal countries of the world that raise it is estimated to be 4.1 per cent. greater this year than last, the total production being estimated at 3,330,- 000,000 bushels. John Monico, Aged 9, son of a Bristol Conn., mason contractor lost four fingers and will probably lose the whole of his right 1d by the explosion of a dynamite cartridge yesterday He was pounding it with a hammer. ..After Finishing AH but about a half dozen points of difference between the house and senate, the tariff bill con- I ferces ran into another deadlock yes- | terday and adjourned last night with the conference report still incomplete. | Samuel Gompers and Frank Morris son. of the Americ F {Labor, and the tic | composing the executive council, form- President Wilson yester- anked r his tment of William B. of labor. Edward D. Hurlburt ctical banker, of Yale | of Chicago, sor Irving erd. | prs Fisher uniy endorsed the principtes of the admifi- | 4 istration currency bill before the sen- | ate committee 3oth, however, pro- posed a number of amendments, | Louis Windmuller, the Aged banker and p 1thropist who is suffering from senile paresis, w udged yes- lterday by a rv in the supreme court at Long Island City to be incompetent to manage his affairs and a committee |of three persons w appointed to | take charge o fhis | { A Check For $50 and a letter of | thanks have he sent by Harry K. Traw to F. Garceau. an immigrati officer at Coaticook, for K. | shown the day he was deported. jteau was the man who ran t overcoat for Thaw on the cold morn- 'ing when he was rushed acre the | boundary. { Crops in lllinois, lowa and Wiscon- | sIn suffered to the extent of seven mil- d | Hon doellars last year, from the attacks | Logan W. Page. Director of the of- [ fice of publie roads has extended from | October 15 to March 2, 1614, the time !in which scheol children living on | farms may submit essays on the re- pair and maintenance o | silver medais to be given partment of agriculture. NINE I. W. W. MEMBERS ACCUSED OF MURDER. Mass Meeting to be Held in Chicage te Establish Defense Funé, by the de- ‘Washingten, Sept. 25—Excitement was eaused teday at the natienal cen- ventien here of the Imdustrial Workers aof the World when a telegram was re- ceived from Wheatland, Calif, an- nouncing the arrest of nine members of the order on charges of murder. The arrests grew out of riots among hep pickers on the Purst ranch when a sheriff, one deputy and several em- ployes were killed. Jack Whyte, who was a witness af the shooting, propesed that the cem- vention hold a mass meeting in €hica- go Sunday to raise a defense fund. The convention decided te held the meeting and also to start a nation-wide cam- paign In bLehalf of the priseuer. New Brilain, Gonnp, Bept. 4s.—Har- bert Casterion, aged k4, an electrician employed at the Stanley works, was instantly kil late this afterncon when he grabbed live wire on a building ‘thal was heing moved in €ur- tis street, He is survived by his par- -eats, ~ ' MOTOR CYCLISTS'S of common white grubs, while the | {damage to corn, timothy and pota- jtoes in other infested areas of the country north of the Ohio river from | the Atlantic ocean to South Daketa | was at least $5,000,000. f earth roads in | cempetition for a gold medal and two | Telegrams Bh“d’s Bflnes ~ Found in Wall GRUESOME DISCOVERY OLD MANSION IN AN HAD BEEN CONCEALED Workmen Come Across Skeleton in Starch Box—Eccentricities of Late Owner—Fond of His Grand-Niece. Bloomington, Tlls., Sept, 25--T! mansion at Clinton, Jlls., erected fort years ago by Colonel Thomas Snell yielded another sensation today when it w learned that the skeleton of 2 child in a home-made coffin had heen found skilfully concealed within a wall Wrec tearing down the residence made the discovéry which adds an- other chapter to the stogmy histor: of Colonel Snell, who died about seven years ago and for whose fortune a famo fight was made in the dourts of Hlinois. Body Buried in Starch Box. The body of the child had been buried in starch box with a slidine cover, which easily opened, exposing the bones when the house wreckers found it. The workmen threw the box with its contents into the rd and it remained two days before it was turned to the police. A hurried invues: held, an open verdi was r turned and the town supervisor toog charge of the body, buryin, in the public cemetery. Little Flesh Remaining. have no body has *. Burr, the lor There w and the many built ago and his death pied since though Snell Bought Another Man's Wife. The story of Colonel Snell's life was told in the courts at three trials wnen Richard Sneil broke his father's will on e ground that the old man was of unsound mind. It was brought cut that the lure of gold led at least ine { husband to consent to his wife's sell- !ing her affections to the banker, while both, it was charged, connived in at- tempts to gain more gold by ho'dinz out their fourteen year old daughter as a lure for the eccentric millionaire. Letters were introducéd to show the relation between Celonel Snell and the mother and also letters from . the laughter, imploring him to exchange his money for her kisses, it “We the « idea as to how been in the wall,’ on's chief of distance telephon: little flesh rem box must have been conc B yvears ago. Colonel Snell himself mansion about forty years lived ip it up to the time of The house has beeén occu- t time by one family, vacant practically a year.” long said police [ ove Grandniece ‘'His Companion. Other letters were offered to prove that Mabel Snell-McNamara, profited more by the will anyone else, that Colonel Srell had practically disinherited his only son, and that during the life of the elder Snell, Mrs. McNamara had re- ceived annual money tributes amount- ing to many thousands of dollars and had accompanied him on fany tripe. DARING ATTEMPT OF CONVICTS TO ESCAPE. Five Inmates of Sing Sing Overpower Guard and Jump Into River ning, N. Y., Sept. 25—Five con- victs at Sing Sing prison, at work un- [loading a coal barge, overpowered a guard this afternoon, jumped into the Hudson river and attempted to swim to the other side. The shots of other guards halted them, however, and all five were recaptured. Billy Green, leader of the band, was Os | brought back from mid-stream in a | rowboat Green, who two years ago escaped |and was brought back after being caught in California, hesitated a mo- ment after the shots were fired but ontinued towards the opposite shore when he saw the guards busy attend- {ing to his companions, Frederick De Barri, Joseph White, Matthew Loofice and Louis Price. Two guards in the | small boat overtook him before he | reached land, however, and he was cap- tured without a struggle. on the barge ware Keeper William Gorml five sprang upon him and knocked down. Armed men in the sentry boxes on the prison wall overlooking the Hudson peppered the water on all sides of the swimming convicts with bullets but took care not to hit any of | the men. in LICENSE REVOKED. Waterbury Man Killed a Beacon Falls Rider in Collision. Hartf State T rd, Conn., Sept ps today Secretary of handed down four decisions concerning suspension of li- s of motor vehicles. He orders the operators license and registra- tion ates of John Gillls of Wa- terb <ed because of a collision in Bezcon s on August 4 between two moter cy In this accident { George Clark of B on Falls dled as the It of injurie eived, Hecre- tar, inds th #Hllis was run- i ning hine on the wrong side |of the | The license of Swaka Assad of New | Haven is suspended for tweo weeks r running his metor cyele in a reck- ess fashion in Naugatuck on Septem- Eugene Hassell of Greenes Farms escapes suspension of license | for operating his meter vehicle at an | excessive rate of speed in FEridgeport. | Luke Richmend of West Cernwall like- wise eseapes suspension of license, MAMMOTH CORPORATIONS UNDER ONE MANAGEMENT | People’s Gas and Commonwealth Edi- son Have” 8ame Directers. Chieage, Sept. 25.—Twe of the larg- est publie utility eerperatiens in the world, the People’s Gas, Light and Coke company and the Commonweslth Edisen company ef Chicage, will | under the management of a laveey interloeking beard of Wdectors as tie result of action taken by steckhold- ers of the gas eompany here this af- ternooen, .An official statement explained that the arrangement is net'a merger FPhe Commonwealth Edison comrany teday deelared a steck dividend of tea per cent, snd anneunced an increase in its capitalizagtion from $40,680,000 to $5,600,608. Stack of the gas cam increased trowm $35,000,600 y wll‘{"('{m 8 $56,008,000, the addilonal steck pe- ing offered ta stag.fihubde_:s on 3 bagis of iten per gent.” of their present Roid- fngs. The next '&uuneny dividand will be at S #% cent, per am-