The evening world. Newspaper, May 23, 1921, Page 5

POTHIER CLEARS ROSENBLUTH IN ----“--- {HE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1921." Cronkhite. |hours in the Pennsylvania Hotul hore jhe said, by the Major's mother ond Private Detective William A. Jones, “Rosenbluth confession.” Agent Lee denies that the siate- ment of Pothier accusing Capt. Itosen- ‘ the unreliability of Pothier and’ his — Repudiates “Confession” Which He Accused Forme: Captain of Killing. “bad record in the service” were the reasons urged by Major Gen, A jel- » |bert. Cronkhite, father of the dead in) otficer, in insisting on an aut tive second investigation of Tf |death. Pothier, back to hie old job as cit a's Céntral Falls, R. I. KILLED BY A BULLET. | rearing tor iaehtpmen's Cruise, Three American battleships, the Con- Board of Inquiry Returned] {ve neve today tor tanto meer Verdict That Death Was Due to Accident. left here to-day for Hampton. Roads. After coaling they will Join the Kansas and Minnesota at Annapolis, where they wil] take on board a corfttingent of mid- shipmen for the annual practice cruise He was question for {but he insisted on withdrawing his bluth was instigated by him or the a New Haven brakeman, is living near | DELAY TELEPHONE DECISION. Pablic Gervice ounce Rate om Thar . The five mensbers of the Public Service Commission will reconvene in fais “city on Thureday, Chairman | Prendergast announced to-da, to} make known its decision on the ap: | plication of ssistant Corporation Counsel M. M. Fertig for @ modifica- tion of the serene 28 per cent increase 3 rates. in telephone J Prondermast admitted | that a Meciaton had been reached, he IRM that out of deference to counsel { for both the City of New York and} thy telephone company, he would an- néunce the result from the bench on ‘Thursday. aides were ‘Both claiming a viotory. optimist: in ' Out; New One AY . Sought. | LISBON, May 23 (Associated Press). | —A comniunication from the military junta which planned Saturday's dem- onstrations against the Government | says that no pressure will be exercised | to impose a new cabinet, the choice of ‘The World to-day prints a com- plete repudiation by Roland Pothier of his “confession” In which he alleged he had ehot Major Alexander P. Cronkhite, on Oct. 25, 1918, and charged Capt. Robert Rosenbluth with ovdering the crime. While on a practice hike at Camp is, Washington, Major Cronkchite, hie son of Major Gen. Cronkhite, was killed by @ bullet which entered his vight breast and passed horizontally through his body, Two men were near bim—Pothier, who was acting as his orderly, and Rosenbluth, who had tun up from the head of hjs company. ‘The Board of Inquiry returned a ver- dict of “death by the accidental dis- charge of his own revolver,” : Pothier, in Providence, March 17, admitted that he killed Major Cronk- hite, saying that regardless of tho fact that ammunition had not been issued and was forbidden, he joined the Major in firing at @ target. As Rosenbiuth came up, he attempted to unload his revolver and it exploded, Aw the Major fell, Rosenbluth caught him, The report spread that Major Cromkhite shot himself by accident, and Puthier did not contradict it. . 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