Evening sentinel, Thursday, May 1, 1919 · page 2

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Fitch. who. unit. . llalely for files-

mm had the foltlming notice on the
desk before him

The William J. Uu-ns

Detective A 3cncy,

\VAR‘HNO

J. w. Freeman Operating With Bogus

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International
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This man has operated extensively
throughout the Cent al and Eastern
States. He is now in your vicinity

in practically all oi his operations,
hensesthenalnoof l. W. Fm.
Jimver. in a few inltances, he has

used aliases. among Illem being “1 ,

A. Portal and R. A. Curtis. He has

' used various forms of checks. At this

I

H _ he had left the M

' would have had autumn tux—

writing be is using checks of the
Citizens“ National Bank. Latrobe. Pa,
but he may change the form of his
check In any time.

He usually claim= to be a book
:Igent selling some kind of.historlc
Iiit‘f‘atllrc. Iée has several papers to
prnw his identity. These are made.
N. in the name of J. .W. Freeman.
which accounts for him usially us-'
In: that name.

J. W. Freeman is described as lolc, seamed considerable fuIniIurt» m

lama:
Age-«15
Height—5’ 7“
weight—150 lbs.
Build—~llledium
Complexion—~ Dark.
Eyes—Dark
Hair—Dark brown
Acquiline nose

ruddy '

Following is a specimen of .l. \\' ,
Freeman's handwriting“:
J. W. FREEMAN PORTER

Should this—operator call at your
bank ,canse his arrest and notify our
nearest office at our expense. War-

rants are in existence.

THE WILLIAM ‘J. BURNS .
NATIONAL

INTER-
llE‘I’ECthD AGIBN
CY, lNC.‘ GHH'JTB
Stepping quickly around through
the private passage from the cagh to
the cashier’s once. Kr. Fltnh atteppt-
ed to reach the street until inform an
officer. but the stranger saw him find.
stepping in front- of him walked
'quickly out of the bank. He had'
gone but a little way however. when
Mr Fitch overtook him and told.
hill to come back to the bank. where
in. the mean,
time Treasurer Seymour Curtis of
the F‘u‘tfleld County Sarina Sank
when the hall had seen the whole
proceeding and after vainly t W to
telephone in the police
to Main and Wall stre #W WI!
Sergeant Silk. who was made du-
ty, who hurried to the bank and
rented the man
immediately aflt'l maxim; the at
rest Sergeant silk “ho ‘had‘np t~,n-
xagement to go out of towd no, a
fishing trip left soon after and it nae
not. until oveI four hours later that
Prosecutor Dunbar. who was work-

Nl-JVV JIAVEN. May 1.-——Hotel
Shelcham. at Morris Cove. in former
years well-known as the m
House and the first We. the
New York Yacht Club“ in I.“
cruise from Huntington. L. 1.. to”
port. R. i.. was totally hit-9d t‘y.
The structure was “to but. of.
wood, and faced New Haven harbor.‘
From its plans there was a broad
view of Long Island Sound and the
West shore of the harbor and its tal-
orable location made the hotel a-
popular resort lathe timer. Mar,
ris Cove is within the town limits
and until a few years ago madly:
tlnctile summer colony. The hotel
long has been the some of social af-
fairs in months when it had no regu-
lar guests.

Daniel Sullivan. who conducts the
Queen Hotel in this city recently
Musht the 35019113111. and it Was be-
ing made ready for the season Thr-
fire was noticed by neighbors in the

 

 

,ltitcllen. 'l‘lwy called for help. but
while the hotel and adjoining glllfl"98
'snd detached buildings could not be
the
f-irst floor was fallen out. Pal a limo
mans of the houses close. bv Wt‘lI- .II
dangel but absence of a breeze s «.le
them.

The hotel was ~\ allied
and is fully insured.

YOUNG MEN STAGED
FINE MINS‘I‘RELS

Coutlnued from first Pane

Ill $67.,IIIIII

The minslrcls were replete with tilt-
usual variety of side-splitting jokes
and recitallons. us well as several fins
solos by many of the met. Alfred C.
Kraemer as intelluctor and Elmer ll. '
Roberts, Fred Scofield. Hamid Finch
and Halbelt Amundsen. as end men.
were the hit of the evening with their
unsurpassed humor and comedy.

After the presentation of the min
SUT‘IB, dancing was enjoyed unit: luld
night and this proved an added at-
naction to those present who were
well planned with the eveings enter—
tainment by the talented Scull; sou

IThe minstrels will be presented again
this evening. llllo dancing will ant-Io ht-
‘ejoyed and it is expected that men II
,lnrger crowd than last evening “Ill,

bc present
n’ The complete plogralu nf tongs: sung
by the cast are as follows ,
, Opening Medley ...... Emile t.‘ hunt:-
( oon (‘ oon, Coon ................
Halbert Amundsen
Befole l Grew Up to Love You ...
................. Elmer H. Rm rll-‘
Can' t You Hear Me Calling. Caroline
................ Howard Tn- -IlIII1
. Can You Tame Wild Women?. .. . . .
Freud Swlleld

in: in his garden in Cranbur . was Beautiful Ohio Alfred C. Kmeuu-l
called to the telephone 1) . Igr' The Darlttownh Strutters flail. .

H. P. Price. of the bank. ”w .............. ., Harold rlnrh
that Detective wm . I Want .," poll .................
Bums Detective Agents?!wa ............ ‘Elonvsrd molmas
arrivied on the forgery cue. " Closing Medley ........ Entire Chorus

This was the first notice that the ----- -~

Prosecutor had received of the can, MONTmMERY FELL ,

and catching the eighIMbus
was soon on the scene Mai
counsel had been obtained for

forger within one half hour of the’

arrest. and had been thorouelv
coached in the astute lawyer- ho
had. advised hint not to m a,
statement. but he saw fit to make
the following statement: which. he
signed. and without which the stats
in

' having the forger- bound over to: tho:

. Superior Court on a
" Judge Gander in the

menu. till:

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uptown court this Ir

~ loud pmbable cause. antimala- mg:

for the Ma: term of tho Super-lo
Court under a bond of $6.000 child
he was unable to furniahmdalr

'_ en to Bridgeport this arm

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The statement reads:
NewMk Gun Ali-same. m
l. J. W. Freeman. at
3‘ 0‘ my "slits by DOW
out make this melanoma: ow
fl'ee will.
1 not into the Natl

. Norwalk and talked to n-ilamgl III

not know. i asked him to Cash

- check in the amount of $18.60 an
. he said I would hate to get some on
. to identify me.

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f wmt out on the street;— leavin'
the-check in the innit. and the me
tailored Ina-out and called me back

, He then called an Moor and 1 WW

. mu _. .. .

? ter. whose name is al

dostonslBankomevldh‘ée

arrested.

l have museum in Th‘c mallar-
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1.. andknswwhenlumwnwd lair
cheektobecaahedtbatm.A.pm-.
f‘tbw
cheek had no woman ‘in ma Me

T- aha-Ia- mm Bank. gnq- no .3...

d" with 0? lid“. todruw-nn said
bank.
{knewsaidcheckto boobs“;

: cheek.
' FBFEMAN.
Witnesses: Willi}. R; WPennlngtbn. J
F. Domey.

Attorney lra Gregory who repre-
sented Freeman. made 'strenuous oh

, jectiomln- the admission of‘tfle. state-

ment. which he characterizedxas “a
mean, coatemptible trick? or the Po-

._ lice West." but. to 1,9 avail.

. to his home in this city

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Paul Imel. of Bolton felted. who
Is in the Englewood Hospital. Engla-
wood. N. J., suffering from an sttackof
pneumonia. is much lnpmuenznnd his
family hope to be able to Echo's him

in a few
days.

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AND BADLY HURT

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Continued from First Page

of Do Greece. has been sleeping in a
small room. next to the boiler muml
in the building. all winter and as he
was returning to his sleeping quar-
ters late last evening, he plunged
down. aw fifteen foot elevator Mini
and was badly injured. In the dark-
ness. Montgomery was unable to see
the open elevator and thinking the,
elevator Was on the ground level heI
plopped off into space. The maul
must have been lendered unconscious!
by the fall but later recovered and
succeeded in crawling into his little
room. where he fell across the floor.

VVIIon De Grasae entered the build-
ing to begin his day’s work this
looming he heard the man’s groans.
and. going to the room found him
laying in a helpless heap. He im-
mediately sent in a hurry call for the,
ambulance and for. Dr. Robert. E. For
lue. When the ambulance arrived
“outgomery was removed and taken
0 the Hospital under the cars of
im. Perdue. At the institution itt
was learned he was suffering severe-
ly from several broken ribs and
from possible internal iniulies.

Young Women In Lively ,
Mix-Up Fist Fight.

Three young women engaged in a
lively mileup on North Main street '
around 12: 50 this noon when an ar-
zument arose between Miss Lucille
Dnrnnto, of Marshall street and lira.
Lena Cavolla and Katie Mace, both
of School street. first district. The
argument waxed fast and furious and
many were the names that were enli-
ed. but "K content with this. the
girls proceeded to mix it up. and. ac-
aordlngly Mrs. Cm oils and Miss
Mane, who ale sisters. landed on
Miss Damato. Hair was pulled. fac-
es scratched and bands were bitten
before. interested spectators could
team-ate the trio. Miss Domato, ov-
ereome‘ by the excitement of the al-
‘rsy, fainlcd and was taken into But-
ler’s grocery store. Where she was
revived. Patrolman John Tootbill ln‘

 

 

make no complaint against the other,
two young ladies.

GOVERNOR VETOES
SUNDAY MOVIE8$ILL

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{ing and that he would etc that these
iinstructions were carried out-

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led to secure a
a... ‘53”?
his constituents. be, h t e
Elle; would be passed over the veto. lie
belle” ltwslt ”In!!! dam“!
Sinos- «doom on the bill Rhode- mud
lie-adopted a Sunday bill, he aid:
Senator Rough was sorry to dim
agree with Senator Klett. but he said |
the principals tended to destroy the.
New England Sunday. The governor
was within his rights to criticise the:
bill and what he had said should be:
bonded. I
‘Tbe got crnor has been loyal to his
state. to the General Assembly and to

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Evening DreseS. Special Clearance
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A dozen or so. daim _\
. frilly frocks for even-

int: Wear which we are
willing to dispose, (of at

 

God Almllhli'." said Mr
-gm.. of those things he msv haw.
overlooked. “but Rhoda ldlnd baS,
done should not be a guide to our ac-
ltion Even one abould surrender sonic,
of his ominous to those of the agr-
emor who has lived longer than -I ‘1
rest of us and has served .the state
longer. I should be ashamed to vote
to pass this bill over the WWW“
veto

Senator Woodruff \\ ho had ruled
against the bill before. said he hadi
changed his mnivl, although be had not i
changed ills principles. His personal,
opinion as to Sunday observance was;
traditional. He had been brought up
to strictly observe the day. He was'
not ashamed to state that he intend-l
cd to pass the bill Over the veto. ”9'
had felt that a majority of his con-1
effluents. if they were sated. would
favor lho- bill. Moreover. after hear-I
in: of tho good lhnl will be dill? lit'
the large Idtles by reason of Sundayl
o-l- cning pictures he said. and after‘

hearing what a good thing they would
be for cities like Bridgeport old New
Britain. and after min: Inna in-
formation from senators of those clt-'
lea. be was firmly convinced that to
vote for the bill would be doing the«
greatest good for the greatest number i

There was no further debate.

A scnsation was momentarily ore-3
ated in the Senate when discovery use
made that the hill to great vene- Ila-i
right to vote for plcsldential and “cool
presidential electors had dinppsnrcd. i
The House had passed this bill after
the Senate had rejected it and in the!
ordinary course of business, it want
due in the upper brunch today on dis‘
ngrceing action. i,

Two More Bottled:
Reported in the Police

 

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'I‘MI mole bulglnries were reported . l '7

III we I-oliu- last evening and I‘ll!”
the lIoich :lIr Mlhout II claw world
upon, and arc at a loss to dell-raise!
who is responsible. "I‘ll. all“ of
llcla Lclar. on Lexington moo.
was entered during the night and
two breechdoading should” taken.
Ia'lll‘l' the police '0'. MIKE“ “Ill
tho saloon of John m on IE-
cllanic Street. was broken into and a
lllrwe quantity of liquor and cigars

destroyed. The Bolus: break In almi- '

lar to one morally donated a

ton strem and as i nthe pnvi
casc. several kegs and bottles of
whisky in the collar were broken on
en and the contents spilled about the.
floor Several boxes of cigars l-I
cigarettes were dumped into a hole
and water and liquor poured on them.
,destroying the entire lot.

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:III I-xll‘aI'II-Ilillal'y low
price.

m Of Silver, with
OVCI'SkII‘lr: ui' untiim.
ruffled in Ull' waist.
Bullies, sleeves and

bodiI-t's edged with sil-
ver. Dot-p girdles of
pale. pink satin or old
ruse Velw-t.

Chm mimic

pink, coral or old blue.

Draped or rumed
. skirts. tiny mooblld
bouquets tucked ill
skirts and bodiees.
Dccp crushed satin
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French: garlands.

dbmbinations of lace and net. or ribbon
builds and net. Long flowing sleeves. over—
draped. hodicI-s. deep girdles ill contrash'uc

r‘olul-s.
Ally style $27.50

uncanny last.

- ' Cut Glass

on
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.‘e.

st‘lsyntl floor.

A certain group of useful pieces for the. ta—
blc have hem gathered together and marked at
a tempting price. Some of the pieces are III
lightly rut 1 zlttcrlls others in pressed out de-

lights. but: all are utlrtlv ii\ 0.
Berry Bowls. Celery Trays.
Sugar and onus Bets.
"flower Baskets and You. cm
W. Jars with silver rims,
Your choice ‘1.” each.

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Three Dinner Sets
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LONDON. May 1. (Correspond-
of The AW Press). -
outing that the Turks had threat-
and to deltroy III. Church of st l
Sophia In Constantinople. if an) ,
movement was underlain to restore;
that church to the. Christina. M»
been received by government cactus
of GIMI Britain.
The subjeet was brought up in the
House of Commons the other day

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,‘IlPl’l .\ltllllr J. Bill“. the m

minister. was asked If he Ind receiv-
ed a communication from undo-1
spin stating that. the intended

to blow up the Church or St Bobtail

look pl- Ice In the United: mutton in
favor of Ihe restitution lb Christen-
dom of one of the oldat Christian
churches in Europe"

Mr. Balfour ruled that In Join]
to that effect bad
bee ell reoived but [hot melt infome-
Ilon had been conveyed by int-noted I
paltiea. He announced that Ad-lnl‘
CIIlthrop. British commander in Con
stantlnople had been instructed to
take measures to protect the band

“if an) Imbllo expression of opinion,

Despite the warning there is a def-
inite movement looking to the- restor-
stion of the great cathedral church of
ancient Constantinople to the use of
the Christian religion. Erscted -at
first in 360 A .D. and rebuilt in 537
as a Christian mthedx‘al. St. Gophia
was upmrinted bythe'l‘nshsua
Moslenl house of worship and Is now
the principal mosque of Steuben].

A memorial RIM by the archbish-
opa of Canterbury and York, and
others has been sent to flex-tor
Lloyd George urging that, while tht
great imports! mosques of Constan-
tinople should remain in. the hands
of- islets. “Justice requires that the
Christiaps of that city. who form It
hm mom: of its inhabitants
dronld have Unix- prtnslees building
(St. Sophia) restored to them. It
has not special new for Mos-
leme. its value in their eyes is mere-
ly political.

“Theaauteimllisnowlnaser.

lens condition and nut mentality
collapse if it it not placed in capable
hands." m‘the Diagonal. “file;

out “WWW“
Win

Haviland China. 94 pieces, decanted tall and
gI'I-ell border. gold mill I-IlgeS. regular price

$86.65 “1' $10.00

America Porcelain, 11:: pieces, two gold g
lint-s against a grcelt border, illscfs of «old lacing,

regular $50. 70 for mm

"' French Chins Set. fl) pieces, lipht green mi-
ored lmrdI-l . gold min handles. regular price

glam for ””0

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The Attractions of Lace Week

This out-.IISIIIII is wally .‘in ml 2“
both Illallllfactlll‘crs :Illd ulcl-cilulll- w
desirable. Summvr LIII-cs to tlw illlt l" . ~, ..
on. 'I'Ilosc who :ll'l‘ hurrying: llI|\\ \ ‘2,
and thread. pattern and sewing lIIm-h . ~
wash frocks and lllltltfl'WI'Hl’ will luv H w
\\ lt’illlh‘,

lugvtilI-l'
”HINT" and Illsvl-Iium

till: i‘ilcls. Vale. in all
Slkifl.‘ Orgtlndiv or Not.
Ill-I H‘" Bonding.
\I‘Idiils.

Wllton

- finesse”. M",

\\'I- inviiv :III iIIsI'IvI-iicm.

If the homc is to have a llt:\\‘ rut; 11m
attention is directed to a Wilton ul' i’.\l]5I“
wring in an imitation Oriental pattern. llw lg.

 

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Hill!

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'."ll~)ll

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Rugs

hon. Such a film soft weave and subdn. vi mt
lugs. blues,’old rose and faint green in ;~ It‘ll:
hanuony are combined in these ml'llt'lilz“ \\..

inn Rugs.

S. X I2 Nile, $117.00

Hats for all

lien is overflowin;
he“ to suit over}
Severely plain or
01111:er trimmed
flowers, fruit or M: .2.
all perfect in their
tray.
Milan.
Rough Straws, medium or I-losc fitting slim «~
have silk facings or stiff vocal dos at one side.

:11 Large. Meline Hats are favorable.
are mostly all black, although an added
color in the way of a brilliant poppy m

foul ill “00‘

occasions
The Liillilml ‘-

.ul'

Lisicl‘o I. .

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«blond velvet bow is sometimes used.

T Horsebair braid promises to be populal tuI
dressy hats, a wreath of roses or soft silk l» ‘\~

furnish the trimming.

' $3.95 up to $36.00

Tea Cups and Saucers

Made of plain white English pel'ccluiz .1
liked by many housekeepers as they prm v 3w“

durable.

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Night Gowns Art Goods -

0f Crepe Madeira pieces. two
. shapes. all edged. with
Illcsb color and Venetian Cltmy “he.

very “(Md value. priced very rcasmlablc.
$1.85 Oval, 8x1]. _ also
10x14, ”.00
1M2, “50

e .
Draw rs \ Round, 6 Inches. 85 cts.
Elllbroidery il'iIII- 8 inches,»75‘:;2.
0 en st 10, 11’, Inches,

med’ p‘ 3 Zl'lnclles. $5.09
‘ 75 Ct" 36 inches, $10.50
Second floor. fluin floor.

For the Toilet
Table
Rub... a very good
nail polish, 70'cts.

Ohinwnh, a new tal-
cum, 25 cu.

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Ishind Unite. ' of parcels.
Although there If. my military ‘1'!" latest Postal Guide says on this!
ore-aimless which have arri'ctl In coldest:
an. m m Prunes and gained "out. or mom that have
stormed“ way. than Bull he. ordered book to the United
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II [CI-l1“ the organisation is re—
tuning. if notin- la not given the pos-
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Sweaters
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$3.00 special.

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dress still ill Yawn
"Th" Spurn ‘ "I
and parkflgl \\
until lhé (‘K‘I'li
parlmoni IIII- II-
flcers and tin-"I '
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