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REVEAJJESERVIEEI
g RY 61“ York City“ nor as Formerly, Although
' {.4 “tilltgzl'i’llzfé‘sJétGlnh ago James J. Iiee-E fare W'“ Be Taken Not to
,,_,__ phi'l ofr‘iicc, ‘havgiefideigd tiiieeifit‘s‘i: : mblbe wACOhOA
it. :t-li neiegatgs. antistatichasJ..l¥.:‘,s:t°t;:i: aggsygggzgg
W, in , .il'lS. Do lNot 3::- aggfgmgpt {gfifrquiigsighgaodnlg'ine hour toniglit ailiiiiéi’iniie 5:32:31?
chimes and shrieking sirens will an-
nounce the arrival of 1920.
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leaked out a few days ago. and was
. verified today by I'he Sentinel It will
. ' . . - - . . Revciers and wine bibbers of wl m
itome as a great smpi-ise to their h .. - en 0 be it a‘p 1:
gfriends here. Mr. Gill, it is under. 1 ere .ltiii SC 1 ‘ a precia le
number left, announced that regard-
less of prohibition. consequences, cx-
pense. or revenue men, they would
have one last celebration of their own
sort. Unnumbered thousands plan-
tied to throng the “Great \Vhite “'ay"
and send showers of confetti through
an atmosphere agitated by the din
.c Authority to
isiood. is going to enter business with
Him Connecticut Land and Title (70..
”‘UIJPS
iwhiic Mr. Keena is to do accounting
1“ l ._ vE SILESIA in New York city.
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Residents of Bridgeport and Not“
walk, respectively, Messrs. Gill and
Keen-a. have been prominent in Demo.
crane politics in their cities. Mr. Gill
Erlzill 2 Tulips A150 to! has been a city sheriff, assistant city gram $3213? maturplitogsugldiiiigj
, ‘3 H 41.3“.“ From clerk and member of the board of as- to attend one of the iiianv watch night
‘i’~' '“llllifal‘V sossors in Bridgeport. He has been services. . ~
‘9: till . . g . ,, wvith the. Treasury Department, in -.
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W . Although the Su-E tale tax work throughout Connecticut
( ,, Mum”. 6 as m,,}antl Nev.- England, before accepting
protocol and can;
of the German‘
the place left vacant by the resignao
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tion of \Viiliam I. Davis, of Long Hill,
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:iiillilllfi PAYMENT
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deputv collector at the Bridgeport of-Q
Hit-aliens are devel-
1,‘ .Hhugm by someifiof’, several months ago.
_‘ ”MOS. may mam. mi: lwena has been with the Inter-
nal llcvcnue Department in Bridge-
"illt'nl, 0f the (‘l‘l‘i‘« .
litll‘l tor three years. specializing in in-
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{HAVE EELEBRATIHN
James J .- Keena, of Norwalk, - New Year Will Be ‘Welcom-
Takes a Position in New ed in About the Same Man-
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM, ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD 3‘! A 8PECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
. HillM su__i_iiiisu
Took .Advantage of Oppor-
tunities, Says Warden——
Ricklefs Still Missing
Negligence on the part of guards
.dctailed to patrol the old cell block
fin which were housed the tour con-
§victs who made a get-away from the
;(:onnecticut state prison, at Wethers-
,fleld, last Saturday night. three of
whom were captured Sunday night, is
Shelieved to have been responsible for
the apparent case with which the
quartet gained what was short-lived
freedom 'for three or them. it was
‘learned last night. Warden C. (3.. Mc-
Claughry last night explained the
break by saying that the convicts un-
doubtedly took advantage of "certain
opportunities."
Just what was the character of 1119
-ncgicct Warden McClnughry last #1,
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tutti/militia
: MARK Billiiiifiilf
TAEAEWYEAA
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A numb: r of dances will be. held to—
in observance of New Year‘s
Eve, and dinner parties will be held
(011‘ in all of the local ho sis. The theat-
‘rcs have prepared 9 prclafly attract-
.throughout the city will hold watch
. im treaty into effect. .
'4 -i that the (‘iPl'nnni liliiio‘ t:i\' “'HI'k, He was city clerk ini '
.7 pm “1,0 m... m; ,E\(ll‘\.;"k din-inc. Democratic regimes.) i
_ “hum, of drug}, and is i" :2 well known. His experiq '
_‘ .ptehiscitcs m h encc With ["1“ Internal Revenue De-i ._.—-——.—— '
r which lllllri ligilfmmi “A”; he‘expects, prove hen-E Judge George H. \‘osbtirgii has rcn-
doghw to he ' . '..m.’l‘;l(_t,‘).h"“ ”‘ hm new work in New ideredva decision in favor of «in; plain-
‘lly, do l’lltl“ . i»- .. A: it). - , tiff :1 the civil action. brought by Per- . night
.. um. it ._ . i ““”_“* cy herxon against Herbert. Preston,
,1 Jim‘s“ ,-,,l. ,. , . . Brunelle Buys ito collect on a bill for clothing,
,. . ”a. y in I:i-i.}.lli!‘~.l It‘ll Port Chester Theatreltracted in March, 1908. '
”h. -“ I'il‘l'hl'ld' “m": ' __ . . ' The court orders thlt 316.25 dam-g ive pmgrams for the holiday tomor-
.. .-‘...n;.‘i flux“; H. Brunnelle. who has be?“ engagjages and interest. for llpyears,amoimt- row, and a number of the churches
‘ ' ' ed in the theatrical business for many ; ing'to 314’43’ be paid by ML Preston.
, ‘ . we?” and is dim a resin-41' r'f II~ . . “ hen the trial was held, in the City night services
- - live) ' d" court, the defendant sought to shawl '
,om' \ il-vv lit a 'l W or. . '
1liniidsoiiic place}: ha]; b:aril"cllilt?‘hriili "tithe 13m .‘Ffm “{lcad.” having been out-
' , awe . ie p alntiif introduced it 19'-
a!“ :i is a
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aiiianager o t to picture and vaudevléle - . -
w ‘ ' {house there for some time, and newt” would be paid.
41.1. allaJor-Gcn- , takes the theatre. in partnerslitp'wim'
. .zii’ filed a for- :James E. I’lunkeit. who has been book-
' his (”undidfll‘l' Eng agent for the Keith vaudeville cir-t -
-..-ulo-iitial iiom- ‘ suit for several years. Wallace Clothing Company, and Attor-
I'i lmimiu SecrO-J Messrs. Brunnelie and i’lun to t are "0y Leo Davis represented ““3 defend-
wonmdermg the formation u:‘ .1 stock ant.
xiv-ill from “1‘“: COH‘pany' With plenty Of mm'a'. rind 1[:EEIIJ WYS
Attorney Cramer C. Hegenmn rep-
resented Mr. Shcri'on, who purchased
the accounts of the bankrupt Pierce £5
the indorsc- contemplate securing a Chdil of the-
-, stow coiiven- alt-es throughout Connecticut, proba-i
In the last day i; y locating one in NOX‘WJ‘d. and an-i
tritit'l’illill in: all or in Stamford. The Port Chester
:ict-vpianccs. :Ti ratio is widely known throughout1
“as min-could; set-:ion. and has enjoyed grea‘ '
itii iiii‘oi‘mzi- pro-rcrity since. it has be?!) under hill:
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1learn that the woman, whose where-
iabouts since Monday have been care-
fully guarded, had been formally sur-
rendered.
The story she told the newspaper-
men and Chief of Police Straight, who,
my the. {iarrested had the charges against them
dismissed.
~ ”purest mi Judge Garvin reserved decision.
“grim“. ,The application was opposed by As-
,.,m.,,nfi0n€sistzint District Attorney Smith, of;
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(““136 of Hartford. who presented an affidavit
u”,- made by an inspector of the Department of it became known today, questioned
minority Labor. which declared that the men here yesterday, will be carefully
checked this afternoon. and it is un-
derstood two persons, previously ques-
tioned by the authorities, probably
.will be called for further interroga-
i-tion. *
J“, (;_ Mc-1W9Te “dangerous characters," and, at
... Wilson‘me time of their ar‘rest they had
.. again ,TNT., other explosives and poison gas
'in their possession.
‘ENUMERATORS TO
1 START WORK JAN.)
Norwaik enumerators, appointed b
vi] lHE WflflNfi MAN .
H I“ .. ; census officials, gathered in the court
‘, “l; lroom of the City Hall. last night,
‘2 ' ‘ iwhere they received final instructions
U i 5 . ~ {from Inspector Troy, Stamford. Mr.
'Troy was a former member of the
department, but is
Stamford police
3 'Bur~
now connected with theCensu
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L “t ‘ Pgeiince Of Mind Cut IMWVn eau in this vicinity. Local enumera'
“ 7‘0 i 9 " ’ ' tors will start Work January 1, the
ll to Escape ReSDOHSIblhty city having been “zoned,” and each
census taker assigned to a district.
CHICAGO SAFE
.'.-m of Had not Mr. Edwaris at once not!-
Juznes t fied Colonel Porter so that he could
York,
. . ers blew the locks of:
'tactory » of the Gold Furniture
pany, early today, and
eashhnd valuables wor
000 and $20,000. ' _
might have taken place. which would
have permitted some of the ring lead-
ers to make good their escape. As it
,happen9d. Mr. Edwards was on the
job. notified Colonel. folder at once
and Federal _ Agent H R. Dobbs 2F '
rested Giovanni Romanellli. rid smug-:1»
' K. Saleeby, belief ' K " '
ot' the’wood'alc
9.311.
‘i‘iw proprietor of Proctor‘s Theatre, in . - '
Port Chester. Mr. llrunue‘i: has been 1.1.110;thorgnglfiomclgnttzgn£gki)‘._o\\'icltliag£g
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SHE IS lANflCENT'
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'tii.‘ I.tfli-icziuofi _ ——-T~—*-—-———- MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich, Dec. 31.
lot“: la.“ of L) Connectlcut “Reds” Cgctil gastritis; Viesterhwas inrifind;r-|
., ..> . W . '59 0 can or ies eresor y c-
$145.”, at. xill)“ SECk Habeas Writs :forfhs ocloctk this morning and placed'
.. m k ~—-—-—-— ‘in e coun 'ai . on . c e of mur-
(undidutps: NEW YORK, Dec. 31,—Fifteen al-idering J. Stgniey Breanharg
the March 102ml “Reds.” remnant of a band tr” The girl, who stoutly maintains hcr
!tnorc than 100 who were rounded up innocence, was brought here in a taxi-
rim-mionen- In Connecticut, applied for their free cab from Detroit. where she Spent
a third dent on writs of habeas corpus yester- Tuesday night under guard of a Chi-
mmu a can-flay to Federal Judge Garvin here. cig.) ncwspaper man. who located her
.w has bop“ The 15 men are now in jail at. Hart Monday n’ght at Kalamazoo.
Hr Jttilles 10rd. 53 of their comrades sailed on Mrs. Vester's arrival so early was
r”; 1”,.1' Am- . the transport Buford, the “Soviet unexpected and several of the county
z..- petition ark," While a number of the others law officers had to be awakened to
BLOWERS GET $20,000
Members of the Norwalk Boat Club
Will hold their annual turkey dinner
tonight in that club quarters.
A dinner dance will be held at the
Nor-walk Country Club, with the serv-
ing of special dinners. tonight.
A masque ball will be held in Music
Hall, under the auspices of Lincoln
lCouncil. 0. U. A. M., tonight.
A An allnight dance will take. place
in Red Men’s Hail, upper Norwalk; un-
der the auspices of Cockenoe Tribe,
No. 32, l. _0. R. M.
An old fashioned bam dance will
be held in the NorotonIHeights’ fire
house, under the direction or the fire
men of that village, tonight. ’
Under the auspices 'ot the Four
Separate Company. Murray's Singing
orchestra Will provide music for a
dance in the State Armory, tonight. »
, Tomorrow night Grace Brothers’ or-
,chestra will give a dance in the Town
1Assembly Hall.
. Masses New Year's Day in the Cath~
Iolic churches will be as follows: St.
’Josenh's church. at 5:30 o'clock, 7
vo‘cir‘ck and 8 o‘clock. St. Mary's
church at 5:30 o‘clock. 7, 8 and 9
o’clock.
This evening the Sunday school
iChristmas entrrtainment of the South
'Norwalk M. E. church will be held at
$7 :15 o'clock.
A watch night service, will be held
'in the South Norwaik Baptist church.
Praise service will be held from 9 to
.10. a social hour with refreshments
from 10 to 11 and a watch night ser-
fvlce from 11 to midnight.
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- DAMAGED BY iiii
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—The wooden
steamship Fair Oaks, 533 tons, from
lWaiton, s. s., was badly damaged by
fire of unknown origin at her pier
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near Clifton, Staten Island. early to- '
She was preparing to sail to
argo of hides. First un-
tes placed the damage
day.
night with a c
'oflicial estima
at $75,000. .
t The blaze started near the engine
'room and soon got beyond control of
the crew. Three alarms brought out
Fire Clue! Kcnion, of New York city.
two fireboats and all the are fighting
apparatus on eastern Staten Island.
;The vessel was pumped nearly full of
'water, Causing her to list at the stern.
French Birthkat'e . ,
Doubled During Year
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by ' throw his small army of agents into ,
» ‘-i~iii;: _, the field at once, the colonel believes , '
*ihat a serious miscarriage or justice cmcaoo, Dec 31.——Four sateblomg PAR} S. Dec. .-Alnr:e Wmmtg
pm by
December.
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NEliiifiENCE‘AlilEllf .iiiiii-zmiasuiii
BONVIETS’ ism; * ' giiiiii WARNINE
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First Wood Alcohol Deaths
Started 24 Hours After
State Health Board’s No-
tice—Notice Sent Out Last
eign Languare Press .of
State
It Was a. striking instance ’of the ir.
any of late that the wood alcohol trag-
edies of last week began to occur
within twenty‘four hours after the
ncWSpapers published the warning is-
sued by the State Department of
Health. In Hartford, where most of
the Connecticut deaths took place. the
daily papers of last Tuesday gave the
bulletin prominent display, tWO of the.
papers using double—column headlines.
As is customary in the publicity work
of the Health Department. the articleé
dealing with the poisonous effects of
wood alcohol was also sent to eVery
foreign language newspaper printed in
the state. i
The disaster should not be atlribat-,
cd. however. to general ignorance of:
the dangers involved in the coasting»;
tion of wood alcohol as a beverage;
.»r many yeras the newspapers izave~
been reporting cases where death ieq
lvuited irom it's use. so it may be ac-i
ccptcd as a. fact that, the pezil is- a':
matter of common knowledge. The,
victims probably knew the efi‘t-cas of;
the poison. but they did not know it
was contained in the drink they
bought for whiskey.
The one thing wh.ch this great ca-.
lamity emphasizes is the absolute ne-
cessity ior iigid enforcement of the.
prohibition law. Before the matter
had been adjudicated by the Suprtme‘
Court of the. United States, there ap-
pcarcd to be. sufficient doub‘. as to the
constitutionality of the law to justify,
a‘certazn ‘lcnicncy in dealing with law
breakers: but the recent ruling of the
Supreme court has removed that
doubt. ‘
At a time when we are nial.i.i.
great efforts to Americanlze the it).—
eign-born element of our .popuin oi
the open and flagrant violation 0. t...-
law cannot but have an evil (,t'fet. t .,
respect for authority. Aside from it r-
moral aspect of the matter, it is en-
dent that the Stock of liquor availabic
for bootlcgging is about depleted.
From now on it may be expected that
the stud sold illegally must consist o.
the rankest grades of whiskey. and
though the results may not come as
quickly as in the case of ' on alcohol.
they will be quite as de dly in ilio'
long run. '
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In the outbreak of smallpox which
occurred in “'atei‘bury, last week, the.
three cases reported were in people
who had never been vaccinated. There
were also two cases of varioloid. The
a .
mild, unrecognized case which occur-‘
red in a, child two wcc‘ts before the'
present ou'.bz*eak. Tirc state and local ’
health officials feel in particular
alarm over the rituzilicn. as “'31:?-
bury is consider-Cd well protected as:
a result of the gent rai vaccination
treatment given at the time of the epi—
demic which occurred there a few‘
years ago. Thu-re are very few unvac-,
cinatcd children in the schools. and a
number of the factories make vaccina-
tion a requisite to securing cmpioy-
ment. The present cases have been
placed under cluse quarantine.
Last Week a special delivery letter
ordering diphtheri-t antitoxin was de.
layed 36 hours because it was addrcrs-
cd "Board of Health, Hartfor in-
stead of to the State Department of
Health. In spite of the fact that the'.
State Board of Health was abolished!
more‘than two years ago, many news‘
paper writers and some health offi-;
cers still use the title of the old health '
organization when referring to the
State Department of Health.
Jenkins Was
Friendly With Bandit
MEXICO CITY; Tuesday, Dec. 30.— 3
Reiteration of the charge that ”W. O.‘
Jenkins, United States Consular Agent
at Puebln,.was seen in company with
Federico Cordova, the bandit. said to
have abducted him, during the period,
when Mr. Jenkins says he Was being}
held by the outlaw, was conttained in‘
a telegram from the Governor of Pue-
bla. given out by the Interior Depart-I
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meat today. |
Government witnesses, it is said,
have “proved” that “friendly rela- l
dons" existed between Dir. Jenkins
and his alleged captor- while they were.
athevnhgu‘otsanmmfiaandm,
“Bombs. Ir. Jenkins. it a declared!
was not 1:th and was aware or
7 Mon “11:13:!”er he was
magma . r entins’. , claims.
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day school.
gtion was the e .
the arrangement of FranCis Northrup.
Cloudy, probably followed by snow.
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WHISAEY-WMD—ALCOHOL RING,
lfADERS HELD IN HARIfORD, ,
’Wllflfllil
BAIL Hill TRIAL
Four Men Are Charged Spec
Anthony - Charkovich, a
ifically With the Murder of
ad Court Room Was Crowd-
ed as SpeEdy Trial Was Asked For—After the Men
Who Sent Poison Liquo
r From New York Into This
State—Automobile Wreck Prevented “Boose” Get-
ting to Springfield and‘ Causing More Deaths
HARTFORD, Dec. Slrllartforo. s
whiskey-wood alcohol ring. Nathan
Salsberg, Frank Rose, Jacob Brencr-
wine and Saul Joseph, charged specifi-
cally with the murder of Anthony
Charkovich, were. held without bail in
Police court, this morning, by Judge
Dickenson, for hearing one week from
today. Prosecutor Solomon Elsmarluid
asked that continuance be granted for
two weeks, while Judge Joseph P. ’l‘ut-
tie and Benedict M. Holden, counsel
for the accused, asked that the stall
present on Friday the evidence oi
which it hoped to establish a primzi
facie case.
Every seat in the court mom was
taken and over a score of persons
were standing. whrn the names of the
four men were called. Bronei-‘vi‘ne
seemed dejected, Rose eagerly ziiu-ii~
live, the other two disinterested.
Rose‘s wife was one of twenty five wo—
iiien among the spectators.
Prosecutor Eisner told the court
that the case against the tour men had
:assumed such proportions that his as—
sociate. Alexander XV. CLPQQQA,” who
Was in New York, had telephoned him
'asking that an adjournment for two
weeks he asked. Mr. Elsnc. brought
out the fact that the poison trail ALIA
'led into New Jersey as well as Brock-
l_\u_ and that to complete inveslixl»
t'cn at least a week would be norm-
ca: Judge Tuttle and Mr. Holden
u gtd the court to bring the men to
full speedily, saying that the “inflam-
cd mind" of the house would work
:1;::illl.’( men who could not bv any
:trctch of the imagination be charged
with murder. Mr. Holden charged
that the police had used methods in
keeping the accused men from coun-
s-l “such as have never been known in
civilized countries.”
NEW HAVEN. Dec. 31— Stair: and
Federal officials were marking time
today in the wood alcohol "whiskey"
situation in Connecticut.
:EflNfiREliATIflNAL
BHUREHES filVE
EflRlSiMA$ PLAYS
“A Dream of Christmas Eve," a
charming one act piaylet. was enteiv
rainin'; 3' presented. last night. at the
South Norwalk Congregational Sun-
A feature of the presenta-
iectrical en‘ects, under
Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Tilley were
active in training the participants, as-
sisted by Miss Margaret Weed. The
little actors and actresses acquitted
themselves remarkably well. The
playlet was a charming innovation in
Christmas exercises, and dealt with a.
dream on the night before Christmas.
d Ice Cream, Candy, Pies and Pud-
an
ll as Santa Claus, took an
ding. as we
active part.
The program follows:
' Mother—~Olive Webb.
Two Children—Muriel Dibble an
Jean Velsor.
Santa Claus—Rev. F. H. Jacobs.
Plum Pudding—William McLachlan.
Pumpkin Pie—Foster Webb.
Holley—Helen Tilley.,
Mistletoe—Bessie McLachlan.
Ice Cream—Margery Glover.
Four Cracker Boys—Palmer Hunting—
ton Jack Squires, John Glover and
Milton Flynn. . ‘3, fig,"
Candy—Harriet Sherman.
Following the play a chorus sang
Christmas carols. accompanied by
Pianist Archie Merriam and Mrs. Stan-
ley Baldwin, violinist. A Christmas
tree, lighted and decorated, was dis-
played in all its holiday glory, and the
youngsters each received a gift from
a representative at Santa Claus.
The annual Christmas entertain-
ment of the .First
church was held in
yesterday afternoon and last night.
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ickemn WIS chairman,“ the?
entertainment committee and Kiss _
madness
Hearings for the four men charged
with murder, in Hartford, set for to-
day, were postponed for one week at.
the request of Preset-tiling Attorney
‘Creedon, of Hartford, who is in New
York trying to scure the extradition
of several of those under arrest thorn
in connection with the shipment of
poison liquor to this state. ‘
NEW XORK, Dec. 31.—-(Thargetl “it“
selling liquor responsible for seven.
deaths from wood ultohol poisoning...
in Passalc, N. 3.. Lo (Hoero. picpriotor
02' an Elizabeth street grocery store,
was arm-sled at his home catty today.
A technical charge of selling “anti al-
cohol ior beverage purposes “11:: m cm
made again him.
A search of the prisoner's homo i~e~
suited, the police say, in tiiw seizure
of a barrel of liquor. hvv 5~gailon (”.5
01' supposed whiskey and two lipitlluns
bottles. (.ne containing whiskey and
the otht i’lindilutcd u‘ood alcohol
Th) :‘ii'est of (‘lt‘t‘l'o (*lcscl} after
that of Herman E-lcx'i'is and Frank
Hopper, in Passaic, last night. The.
Pusnic police claim that (Tit-tin soid
the poisoned whiskey to Hopper. “ho
sold it to Morris, and that Morris. in
turn disposed of it to l’assait. salcuno
keeptrs. Hopper and Morris were
brought to this city early today and
identified Cicero as the man from.
whom the liquor was puifhased, ac-
cording to the police. " \
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 31.~l.ocal
authorities today Wire investigating
the deaths of three womtn (and a mail
believed to have in t'l’l victims {If wood
alcohol. Their bodies. new found ‘ast
night in a rooming house here. and
the police say they dicd on Saiuitiav,
when they were were last seen. It
Was announced at the hospital \\ here
the bodies were taken that diath .\ as
due to alcoholic poison, but that it
would take a chemical cxammatio-i of
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HAVE A Rlliill
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STAMFORD. liec. 31.?"1X person has
a right to make any kind of mixture
he (it: its for his personal use. Judge
Samur Young said in the Police court.
today. in acquitiing Andi-cw Kosin and
Felix liuoniagia on the charge of man.
ui’acturmg deleterious liquors. The
court iield that under the law ii is
fwithin personal right to make liquors
or any concoction provided there is
no intent to sell the same.
It was alleged that whiskey was
found in these men‘s houses which
they had made. They did. not. deny:
making a mixture and samples were
sent to a chemist for analysis. He re‘
ported that the mixture was fifty per
cent. grain alcohol to which had been
added water formaldehyde. fusel oil
and a coloring. There was no trace
of wood alcohol. The grain alcohol
,had been medicated at. a pharmacy.
lThc men made up a concoction as a.
3treat at Christmas for friends. They
said there was no intent to sell any of
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Criminal Busmess Decreases
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Gain
Criminal business in the Fairfleld
.couniy courts has declined consider.
'any during the year just ended.
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In the Criminal Court of Common
Pleas, where the minor criminal
‘cases are tried ‘on appeal from City
and Justice courts, there wasa fall-
ing 0! in the last six months of the
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