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All 11111 ERR REIIIREE IIIIARIERMASIER DISCUSSIIIN 'RiRMRNENi ‘
AIIRI IN CRRI’OIA CASE, ' IS
CLAIM
laser is lie \V as in New YOrk at the Time of the Alleged
Murde1 and Can Produce Witnesses Who Saw and
Spoke to Him
"IRE EXIIAIIST SEARIJR [IE ISLAND _
ANII RETRIRN III WIIRII NEW YRRII ENR
1I11cl-llarrow Tracks Explained by Brother—Prosecu?
lion Planning Search of Woods anll Between Here
and New York for Body
disappearance
I lit ll'h‘lt‘
11 111 this 1-i11'j11~1.two weeks ago to—
111111111111 still unsolu-d and is as
('11- 111y>l1~riolla
is
nil-1.1211111; 11> (1111 despitr the (ombiued
t-nm't,‘ ol' lliv» Nn-u York and Norwalk
:1 'it't' and tho Schindler Detective.
.\-.'.“Mt‘,\'. of New York, who have. been.
hirml by I“. (l Pratt. 11 New \ork
guzw-lh-r, 11.1141 brother of Arthur XV.
"1 -ll. «11‘ llarii-n. It) tlnd Coppola.
‘1;\:\'I£~‘Itillt Dislrlf't Attorney {Inger
«ti I'vto-cliws .1'\rmstron;r and An
v11 s. 111‘ the. automobile squad and
'i~-(‘II\‘(' Sergeant Thomas Hunt,
'11 Illt‘ Llcilll‘l‘ part of yesterday on
.11 Island. but no traces of (‘oppo-
inniy were discovered. ’l‘hcy wen
rt .11 admit last. night that th--.
rillIIIIIl'S ol‘ the island had been ('X
III nithout 131111 satisfactorily
1.1111: the tact tIiitt murder had
I;
.munnitted Dis. Otto Schultze_
‘1I exalninel 1.51- the l)1st1 lot At-
.office, declared that stains
1111 11 mwboat at the. Pratt bunga-
.11i her-n analyzed by him and
:ht-v actually were blood stains.
of .
(‘oppohh I
EANI IS HOME
I
I
OF HIS BRIIIHER
South Norwalk Boy Was on
Board of Admiral Bul-
lard s Flagship Birming»
ham at the Time the Aus-
trian Fleet Was Taken
Over
IIAS SIIIIVENIRS
Expects to Stay Here Twelve
Days When He Returns to
Boston N avy Yard
First Class Quartermaster Leslie
Hint. of the U. ‘S. S. Birmingham. arv
rived in South Norwalk yesterday on
a twelve day furlough. and is visiting
hislather. John \\'. Font, and other
friends in this city.
:Mr. Flmi several years ago was .1
Inlenlher of the United States Navy.
1111111 111111111 titer famous trip around the
I11mld with the battleships when’ the
late. Theodore Roosevelt was presi~
3 Calls Fact Unimportant
But l-‘. 0. Pl ntt (lismiss‘ed this fact
I as being: of no importance and said
Ithat the detachable motor with which‘
the low boat. was equipped could not
he stalled in 11-111 than half an hour
and that. it was unthinkable that Cop-
pola could have been taken out in the
boat his body disposed of and that
l’ '1111 (Olllil halo diiien to New Yoik
111 l color-k 01 thereabouts.
Mi. l, 111.1" said last night that he
and the (It. tet- tires would turn their 111-
ienlion to the automobile and abandonI
1 I.
the stealth 011 the island. Stains onl 1‘ 11 He lam" receited his discharge
but 11 hen it became. evident. some two
the Iinin oi the mathine have alsoI 1. .
boo-11 Itlt‘llgllflt‘tl as human blood by Dr. Iyears a "'0 that. “I" 1' “IIP‘I States was
8111111119 and it is proposed to conducrIl'omAi; "0 war II“ le—enlisted and W88
a systematic semen of e\ cry clump of III r331” II Promoted to his present pm“-
11 oods and every lonely spot along the _
main highways between this city and Th“ crulser Birmingham 15 one Of
New Yotk in the hope of disoovarlm .
traces of the Will. Until the corpus
delecti is established no_ charge of
homicide can be maintained. the auth-
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MISS RANRER TRIII
(Continued On Page Eight)
AAANY EHANRES IN
UI’IIIII N REEIEES
Judge VI alsh and James T.
Hubbell (1‘0 to
Building—R. H. Fitch of
Uptown Sentinel Office to
the Gazette Building,
March lst
~l111'rh lsl willbriug many changes
Hu- location (11' various uptown bus-
hrs interests. Judge John “"alslt
1i AttorneyJames ’I‘. Hubbell will re-
. 1112 from their present. offices-1 at No.
' and A. Gilzo-Ilt- building. to the Ma-
nolo building. the latter having lens-
12 No :‘. and III‘ ior'nu'i No. 4 on the.
'(Illll lloor of that building.
: ll l‘itc.li uptown lelf'Sentative
1111- Sentinel, has taken the-rooms
.i..- (hm-1112 buildingr vacated by At-
1-1111-1' liuhbell and the office now oc-
~I-1-"I by him in the<Masonlc build-
»' ill I1“ 111‘
I'. \.
I.1;'.\ I111
::'--ul. '
Illrlm- llubbell
- oillces inwhich
11:
of
depai t-i
\‘ninu, supervisor
1111- state highway
will thus give
he first started
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illicit-iii ANII R1101
INERLNIIIIRYRIIIIE
rank Smith Assaulted by;
Two Men With Whom Hei
l
1 .
l
ll: 1d Fought in 110113“
Island and Was Shot “rith
‘I\‘ n Revolver
uncle that Frank Smith
M years. of 443 West 123
-\ank City, is alive and
Ilnllul'l after being attack-
'-n I! wigs and having been fired
7"V.e\' '11 his home on Sher-
\tlllli (ljanbury
11 is 'ch caretaker of the Hope-
'm for Homeless Bovs on
.. .11
”1.1..
1.;
. 1.11e11ue Cl‘anbury, and an questioned the sailors and asked for Other 108% an arm. and the last but Chm-lam
been reported wounded degree undeserved with the' fatal punch. Dalila htt‘i‘t failure, on 111001131 of the e__x-. 111111 mm mm and 3a .
‘jIl- 1' Hurling around 8: 30 James
i or nayside L. 1., and Phillip
; Tim 1-1 111 1e same address. en-
.-1. 51m th' 5 home hr Crnnbul'y
"A- ._
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Masonic .
“lulled after 'Mnrch 15tl1‘
t'e- ;
mm III PRISIIN 3 [IE TWII EATER WIIIS
HIIIIRS AFTER CRIME
Frank Moran W'ho Held Up
Cashier May Have Lived
in Hartford
She Said Framed One Was
Like Last Made by Artist
Judge Charles Lockwood of Stan)-
t‘ord. (1111111.. testified yesterday at the.
trial of Miss Edith F. Ranger. charged
with substituting 11 [also for the true
will of her brother. Henry “'ard
Ranger. landscape artist. that Miss
Ranger told him two wills were made
'by her brother later than the 1914
will which'figures in the trial. in one
of these wills, Miss Ranger said. her
brother had left her his $300,000 es-
tate, according to the witness.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 27.——Three
hours after he had held up the. cash-
jii-r of 11 chain grocery store and rob<
:bed him of $1.000. Frank Moran. 11.
flashily dressed young man from Con-
necticut. was on his way to the peni-
tentiary under a tenyear sentence.
Mora-g. and a companion entered the
store, backed the cashier who had just
arrived with the receipts of eight oth-
er stores in his possession, and the cus-
tomers against the wall. Taking the
cashier' bag. the men retreated. cover-
in,:.' those in the store with revolvers
as they backed to the street. Moran
commandeered a motor truck. but
was captured after a chase lasting half
an hour.
Hartford had 11 Frank Moran. also
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Continued on Sixth Page
ELEVER ARRESTS RY
SMITH AND EIUNE
Arrested Two Suspicious
Sailors NVho Confessed to
Would Define' Intoxicants—
~ Want to Increase Club
Certificates to $750-
HARTFORD. Féb. 21.—4-F01' the first
tIme this session the Excise commit-
t'e-e gave a. hearing yesterday. It had
under consideration bills to define
what is intoxicating liquor. and one to
increase the cost of club certificatem
Stealing Auto in New Lon: ”mm 3190 to $750 The hearing was
don “mg
()n the proposed bill to define what
is intoxicating liquor it was suggested
that beverages which contained less
than two per cent. of alcohol should
not be so defined.
The vigilance of PatmIman Jenn
Smith and Edward J. Clune last eve-I
ning resulted in the capture of two
young automobile thieves who later
confessed to the otllcers that they had
stolen the car they wele driving in
New London on Monday night.
Around 7 o'clock last evening 0m.
cer Smith was on his usual beat on
Main and Wall street when he noticed
a Buick car with the Connecticutf HARTFORD. Feb. 27. —0f twelve
markers 37.533 ' which was being brothers who entered the service;
(Continued On Page Seven)
EIGHT BROTHERS
KILLED IN WAR
ill 11 E
11011 OVERSEAS
.‘fi
Judge Lockwood TestifieS'
MASSAERE RY REIIS
AT HARTERRR'
MEMORIAL
IOR IIRIIIERS
Part of the Money for‘the
Reception of Returning
Soldiers, Sailors and Ma-
rines to be Used for This
Purpose
ERMMIIWESASIIER
0E NA IIINS
. President Wilson’s Dinner at
the White House Calls for
’Much Talk About the
Capitol Today
,Mé—
STRIINII EIIUN'IRIES
.rMIISI HELP NEW IINES
I
Wilson Says America
IS
F rce to Withdraw From I Desired to Izarn What the
the League at Any Time I Probable Expense of the
‘ W ASHIN TON. Pei) 27-Renewed; CelebratMl Be
Idiscussion of the League of Nations'
Itoday in the Capitol cloakrooms andI
The money contributed by the peo-
oorridors followed the White House p19 of Norwalk and “’ilton In the cam-
ldinncr conference last night, at which
{haign foxéuule collection of 111111111 for
“1 1s 11 o .1 e “we on to the returning sol-
P11021322; “i111 C1}: he gfifigeflfisraidiem, sailors and 11111111193 that is not
lief that the t‘tttme peace of the world tenurely used 111 the celebration will
rests upon such an organisation Ibe divided pro rate between Nor-walk
Republicans opposed to the League and Wilton for the purpose of forming
plan. how 91 or apparently had not
the nucleus of a fund which will in
changed then 1 ll‘ “5 and they will con-
Itlme provide for the erection of a. per-
tinue to voice their opposition in the inlanent memorial for our service men
Senate uniil (‘Ullglt'flfi adjourns nexlI
This was decided last evening at. the
Tues am meeting of the executhe. committee
'heid in the City Hall. when a general
Idiscussion of the plans were held and
I gavel-111 important resolutions adopt-
1
1
LAMB:
' RF-IIBIRI AIRASII
Millionaire Ridgefield Resi-
dent Long Known for
Philanthropic Spirit
(Continua g1 Pun W
W
REEL IS ARRESTED
IN JERSEY EIIY
___ IWas in Company With Miss
RlDGEl-‘IELD, Feb. 27 _pmdmck ' May Brady—Held for Vio-
E. Lewis. 59; millionaire and one of lating White Slave Act
the. most widely known residents of
Western Connecticut. died in New
York city yesterday afternoon. aooord~'
Nicholas Bell. of WestpOrt avenue.
i being held in Jerse Cit b the
ing to a telegram received here today. Alfilflbonues charged “.15; vio’latihg the
Death was due to heart d‘gease an Mann \Vhite Slave act. Bell was 31'.
airlicuon atom which he had been suf— rented there on Monday night in com
fering for: months He is survived by puny th nineteen-year—old Mary Bm-
his widow and two sons. Reginald and dy of West. avenue. whom he had tak-
“‘II‘dKWOI'I'h f M L m R en to Jersey City last Saturday to see
.In the death 0 . r. ew .' “139' 111.11 aunt. Detective Sergeant Hunt
field loses one of its most philanthrO-Emade a {lying trip to Jersey City last
pic citiens. Mr. Lewis maintained a: captain ..
palatial residence here for years. His night to 3 Bell on the theoxy
estate. which be purchased during the I that he might have some clue to the
. whereabouts of Charles Coppola;
( tinned on P 7'.) Hunt arrlved in that city after 9
oclock last night'in response to a let-
‘ter from Chief of Police R. T. Bat-
(Contipued On Page Silt)
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LAWRENCE, Maul. 27.—-Cedric
Long, or Epping.'N. H.. and A. J. Mus
,01' Boston. both former clergymen,
«varnished in the police court to-
on charges of disturbances and
IN ESIRIIN IA RARER
Victims Placed at Edges of .
Graves and Shot
COPENHAGEN. Feb. 27.——The ofllr
cial report of the Esthonlan anthem-u,
ties on the ammlties committed by thew
Bolshevikl' in Esthonia‘a. éspecially at' Elly
Wesenbeu’s and Dal-pat, unfolds 3 ter'Ialsnaudt in connection with disorders
rible tale. in the vicinity of the Arlington Mills
Graves 0‘ persons murdered I“ Wes- last. night. The defendants have. been
Guberg. opened February 17 Were acting as leaders of the textile strik-
ibund m contain eightY-two bodies. A em They pleaded not guilty. Their
DIG Were placed at the edges 0f the and they were released on bonds of
graves and shot The bodies were $300 each.
then thrown into the graves and the‘. The possibility of other charges be-
rounded were killed with the butts of ling brought agalnst the mm was an-
Imunced in court b Ci Marshal J. 1.
(Continued On Page Three) y t,
O'Brien when he said the condition
I‘WO DEAD; SIX ILL
of Mounted Officer J J. Sullivan, who
was injured While in pursuit MIMucte
and hang. was critical. omcer Sulli-
Ihorse s tipped.
BOSTON Feb 27. —Two men am” There was little strike pickeung in
dead and at taut six Others are seri-. the 1.1111 emu-mtg early today.
only 111 here many. as the result MINEW LONDON .
drinking punch of Whig; wood alcohol
is said to have been chief ed-
” PRovEs 11 Aral.
lent.
John F. may. 19, and Guiana Gill-I
III 311111111 11111111,
3310011. while' President
hero W. Wm. forciblxqi acted
witness of the executions said the per» cases were continued until March 12 '
FROM POISON PUNCH van fan on a picket fence when my. '
IRSSES 0N
Bolsheviki on the Baltic Fro
Its Power
Fines Are Paid Against
Their Wilt—Women Car-
ried Out Struggling and
Screaming, and Put on
Sidewalk 4
BOSTON. Feb. 27. «Threeof the put-
h‘agiats who were sent to the Charles
street Jail because they refused to pay
W, imposed as a result. of a demon-
Wilaon was
WHEN [SIHONIAII 101113 11111
Organization Appears to Be Near Collapse
STRIRERS AT RAIIE REMIIVE RAILS ANII ,. _
ATTAEII [IN TRAIN THERE WAS PLANNER:
Old Soldier Class in Germany Holds the Government in
1111111 surmuisii I
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ntrArc W’eakening and Their
.‘1‘
«y
STOCKIIOLM Feb 27 ——An of» « (v
ficial statement issued by the Es- _ ,
thonilm Army Headquarters rev 1- 'fl‘
rts severe fighting near Narva, 4
Pakov, Vollllar and Salisbnrg, and ”’ ,
claims that the Esthonians have .-
mpulsed the Bolsheviki, inflicting .,
serious losses. The statement de-
scrbcs the fighting near Salisburg
as violent and declares large for- ,
cos were engaged.
A telegram from Petrograd says”
Bolshevik newspapers, cammcntu
ing anxiously upon the reverses?
sustained in the fighting against: _,.»
the Esthonians, ascribe the Bolshe—a _‘ ‘
vik defeats to fatigue, bad equip-
ment. inferior supplies and pool:
mm It. 3..
”yams-1.1.1.1335 among
must be M madame]; utter,
fines Repeal
The women at? Miss Katherine
Morey of Brookllne. Miss Ruth Small
and Miss Betty Connolly of Newton.
Miss Connolly is employed as a maid
in the family of Miss Small. All
are members of the National Woman’ 11
Party. I
Mr. Howe. who is unknown to the.
wOmen , appeared at the jail early
last night and paid the $15 for the
continued on sixth Page.
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0111111511 111 111111313
$1,793,501 Needed to Cover
Various ‘State Depart-
ments, With the Excep-
tion of Labor
‘ HARTFORD, Feb. 727.—-141bor Com-
missioner William H. Hyde was re-
nzomlnaxed for the four year term-t0
day by Governor Holcomb, who sent
the nomination to the Senate.
The Geneml Deficiency bill to cov-
er deficits in various departments of
the state by reascm of over-expendi-
tures in the period of 1917-1918,*was
oflemd in the House by Representative
Eaton. Chairman of the Appropria-
tions announce. It carried $1,793.-
501 and in spite of, the large-‘ figures,
the state is declared olficlally to be
out of debt. Every department, boll'rd 1
and commission used more than its ap-I
[inclination ucept the Labor Commis-
sion. of which Mr. Hyde is the head.
(Conflnund on Eighth Past),
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Ameawlgof theAmedcanlzmnn
CommueeMwa held-last
evmlnglntheCityI-Ialiwbenthepro:
posedworkotthe committee was
oufllnedanfltheduflesofmhmem-
bet-explained
laps. 27,111“! M Andrew Murray. NEW 113qu Feb. 7
William Douovn; W. D. Hickey. Wil- coveired about 1 o’clock this 1110111111ng
maniacs-snow“ other-a. boonusedthedestrm of6.6.hv-
driven by two young sailors whose 0151". have been killed in action, one
looks did not appeal to the afloat-.3611” lost an arm and a log. another.
called Patrolman came and they had both arms amputated, still 1111-
their: registration cards and driver’s
license They- were unable to pro- 4 .' Some 17919. 1114501191:
duce either and new taken to head: German This the .
quarters. ' the. 11111111 ,or
Jmmfllmlhwing 861111“? 917’: stable, attire comer of Ham
mambomeome-rynaluo in mammoth. costtbeilfe of
“are the men were George Cuisine, 70, who succumbed to
.-—-Filie du- '
err. {bloom elected president;
libs: Frances flux-ll, vice-president.
“WV
'munlutev’enlng, and Walled!
Attbeopenlngofthomeflngl’etzl
transportation. Arrivals from-
bau say 8.000 well-equipped G,
1mm mime 11111111119111» mm
at Lilian by sea, carcinomas: by
IGen. Von dcr Goltz. They dd ' '
that. the Bolsheviki on the Bfifie
front are weakening, and that.
their organization appears to his
near collapse.
'WEIMAR, Feb. 27 (Associated.
Press) .—Tt_l1e special' assembly—1 ’1
train running daily beween Wcl- -
mar and Berlin, was diverted by
the way of Leipzig yesterday be“
cause strikers at Halls have taken;
up the rails. The last train over“
the former rout passed through
Hallo at full speed because itlhad.
been learned that. Sparta'can ad: g
hcrcnts were planning an attack: ”I
on it.
BERLIN, \Vedncsday, Feb. 26
.--Tl1c parliamentary special for'
Weimar, which left Berlin at 8:30
o ’clock this mornng, has been stop—
ped at Lclp' zig. It. was reported
that a Government Courier whn
left here'l‘uesday night. has not
Continued on Page Nine.
RAI'IISI S PASS A
SIIRIAI EVENINR
The South Norwalk Baptist and: 2
mamtedmlntbu
althacmrlnsunfl‘ym.
mkuaodalbnlty. Thlswbaam- ,.
dummenandmeirfm
and We: gathered in tile scblio'l
r
the placate“. program: haw
hulln‘acvenlmonths. moonlit.“
otmusimiueletmmsbyw. Q. 311111116
and Ir. Plum. violinist: and flu.
Hyde, pianist.- .‘A sketch m t- .
edontitled “1101:11de '
thewtflngoftheplay 1.911131st
manned 01: P380 am
SCHOONER Amalia
IS BREAKING UP
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