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Otto L. Hartmann, 18, Feted
By _N ewport Colony,
fl‘vnce Arrest At-
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New Yorker, He Assuts
mpersonated Harvard Ten-
ms Captain; Caught by
Lady Herbert After
rarty on Yacht
NEWPORT. it. 1.. July 18.—Otto
L. Hartmann. eighteen. who gaves his
home as New York City. but refuses
to give a street address. who has es-
tablished himself in the society colony
as "the perfect impersonator,"
last night attempted suicide by hang-
ing himself in his cell at the police
station. late Monday night.
While Harvard and Yale battled
Cambridge and Oxford on the court
of the Casino here for the tennis su-
premacy of "the university world.
Hartmann. impersonating Morris Dua-
hane. captain of the Harvard team.
was a guest abcard yachts and at re-
sidences of the fashionable persons
here.
Exposed 0n Yacht.
It. was during the evening on board
the yacht of former commodore Ar.
thur Curtiss James and Mrs. James
who were entertaining the contest-
ants of Europe and America. that
Hartmann was found out. During the
course of the evening he gave several
different names to guests and mem-
bers of the social colony. Suspicion
arose and an investigation at once
started.
Captain Herbert. of the Royal
Guards. and Lady Herbert. of Eng-
land. and their cousin. Kenneth Safe.
came ashore in a launch with the
mystery man and drove him to the
Hilltop Inn at Belevue avenue, where
he claimed he was staying. Here they
found he was not registered and he
departed through the back door. The
party followed him and later discov-
st once arrested on the grounds of
impersonation end for the larceny of
s. torrel‘which he brought ashore fro
the yacht. -
Wists Bangs Self
Sunday he was chased out or hwn
on orders of the chief or page. but
Monday he popped up again and
singularly enough first discovered on
Bellevue avenue by Captain and Lady
Herbert. Again they had. him arrested.
Late Monday night he‘tied together
his socks. neck tie and his belt. made
a. noose and hung himself from the
sliding door of the eel. Captain
Sweeney. however. with the assistance
of Sergeant Gregory. and House Of-
ficer McDonald was able to bring him
around after an hour‘s artifical res-
piration.
He was brought before the
court and was fined :15 and costs and
yesterday he will be sent to the state
prison at Cranston. He stated he lived
at No. 6557 Oliphsnt avenue. Edson
Park. Chicago. and that.he ran away
from the Culver military academy.
POGONA FINED
$200 IN DARIEN
Driver of Car Which Tum-
ed Turtle Convicted
of Rum Running “
Joseph Pogana. of 436 State Street.
was fined $200 and costs and given
a suspended Jail sentence of six
months in the Darien Court yesterday
by Judge John H. Selieck. on acharge
of illegally transporting liquor.
Pogona was arrested on July 10
follownig an accident near the
Darien -Norwalk line which resulted
in five occupants being taken to the
Norwalk Hospital. Previous to the
accident. witnesses testified. Pogona
had stopped his car on several occas-
ions and "deposited" gallon contain-
ers of lipuor along the roadside.
Constables Martin .Shaughnessey
and George Voile testified that liquor
had been placed at intervals along the
road. Following the accident the con
stables found a one gallon Jug of pure
alcohol about one hundred yards
from the scene of the accident. Fur~
ther up the road ten one-gallons Jugs
of the same fluid were found by the
Constables.
Pegona. who was among the five
taken to the Norwslk Hospital follow
ercd him with two sailors in the Mail
Park on “'ashington Square. He we:
the accident. was placed under arrest
at that institution the following day.
.1 PICTURE FOR AN ARTIST
to paint is the porterhouse or rib
roast of beef or perfect leg of spring
lamb that comes from Charnock's.
The connoisseur knows what prime
meats and fresh poultry is. always en-
thusiastic over the rich coloring and
juicy tender appearance of our prime
meats. And eating them—yum-yum
——-its a. treat for the epicure who
thinks they would be cheap at any
price when purchased at
OHARNOOK'S MARKET
Is nun-om Ave. Phone sss-s
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‘ A Place to Eat Pai- Exsllsnee'
. Cakes and Pastries to Order for Home Use
CATERER FOR PARTIES
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STAMFORD, CONN.
run DEAL is
DENIED BY sum
State Denies It Will Accept
‘ Compromise Trial in
North Carolina
LUMBERTON. N. 0.. July 18.-—
Denial of any compromise or plea of
guilty in Robeson County's sensational
flogging case featured the beginning
of the State's trial of three alleged
members of the Ku Klux Klan here
yesterday.
The three principal defendants. un-
der capital indictment. came into
court early. accompanied by mem-
bers of their families. They are Mi-
chsel Lawson. chief of police of Fair-
mont. and Julius Brogden. and John
Hedgepeth. of Proctorviile.
The two white women. of promin-
ent family connections in the county.
alleged to hays been brutally whipped
by the three men. are Mrs. Harrie
Purvis and Mrs. Mary A. Watson. The
attack on the two was made April 14.
list.
At s. hearing in May. Mrs. Purvis
and Mrs. Watson identified the three
defendants as members of a band of
eighteen men who forcibly entered the
home of Mrs. Purvis and carried the
women to a negro churchyard. where
the flogging was done.
*As the hour for court to convene
arrived. there was a. flurry over are.
port that the defense would fight for
a continuance because of “prejudiced
newspaper reports of the case."
Nine attorneys appeared for the
defendants and for H. L. Taliaferro.
Klan-man detective. who was arrest-
ed iast week on . a. bench warrant
charging intimidation of witnesses.
Westport Vetsto
Care for Cemeteries
WESTPORT. July 18.—The Amer-
IVES’I‘PORT. July l7.—Ths Amer-
kan Legion and Veterans of Foreign
“'ars are planning to renew the
Revolutionary cemeteries at Compo
Beach and place proper monuments
there in order that future generations
may know something about the minor
battlees of that conflict which took
place here in Westport. This ceme-
tery has the graves of 18 American
soldiers and across the creek‘on the
property of F. E. Lewis is a burial
ground of 1‘ British veterans.
The American cemetery has been
forgotten for the past several years
and now the ex-servtce men will take
steps to have the cemetery cleaned up.
Only on large stone remains standing.
It has the name of McCready and
several other letters that are too
weather-beaten to be understood.
Thre is thee date of death. April 28.
I777. Th man was 51 years old and
he is supposed to be the leader of a
small group of American patriots who
ambushed the. British on their match
from Compo Beach to Danbury. The
other twelve grave stones are very
small and the names are indistinguish-
able. '
Across the road in the British cem-
etery one large stone has the name.
"L'. H. Menu" on it. Mann was a
British officer who acted as rear lfuard
of the foraging expedition in 1777. It
is interesting to note that all the
stones face the setting sun in the west.
Arthur Genuario, of 18 High street.
is enjoying a two weeks vacation
from his duties with the M. N. Maye-
hoff and company. Mr. Genuario will
start for Maine Sunday.
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LISHED OVER 50 YEARS AGO HAS PLANS FOR
EXPANSION WHICH N ECESSITATE 'ADDITIONAIJ
THIS IS AN UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR 'AN
INVESTOR To BECOME INTERESTED IN 'A LOCAL‘
CORPORATION WHOSE STOCK HAS NEVER BEEN
OFFERED FOR SALE BEFORE. .- - '
FOR DETAILS AND. APPOINTMENT .WRITE;
“LOCAL”-
tended writing on a. subject
vastly different from the one
I have chosen. When I started this
Job I had a. notion that I would start
in at the beginning and tell every-
thing. It has occurred to me. how-
ever. that this would savor muchly of
ancient history and put too severe a.
strain upon my memory. indeed. I fear
the impossibility of writing with ab-
solute certainty of men and events
that happened so long ago both are
forgotten by the present generation. I
will, therefore. alter my preconceived
plan and write whatever happens to
pop into my head. stipulating only
that it shall point a moral and adorn
a tale.
Somehow. my mind. in humbling
around for a point of departure. so to
speak. runs to the subject of practical
Jokes and jokers.
son that a month ago I was made the
victim of the depraved sense of
humor of an alleged funny man and
not until yesterday did I manage to
catch 'even.
Of all the pin-headed and objection-
able bipeds that infest the world the
practical joke!- is, by every standard
of judgment. the rightful winner of
first prize. Compared with a practi-
cal Joker. Joe Martin. the trained
chimpanzee of the movies. is a scholar
and gentleman and an intellectual
giant. In the matter of moral. social.
and economic worth a. practical Joker
is equal in value to the by-product of
a. sneeze. for the reason that the mod-
icum of pea. soup he calls a brain is
never empioyd in anything construc-
tive. He spends his waking hours
divining ways and means to entertain
perfect strangers at the expense of his
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‘frlends until that inevitable day when.
fired by an ambition to make all pre-
vious performances resemble, in com-
parison with what is to come. the bus-
,iness proceedings of the executive
{committee of the society for the up-
lift of homeless cats. he extends him-
self in the wrong direction. thereby
getting in the way of the sort of back-
fire he never figured on.
I recall in particular a. practical
Joker who infested the shipping world
for a number of years. He worked in
conjunction with another half-wit of
the same stripe. _who eventually left
.Hubbell Issues 15
- Building Permits
Last week was a. very busy one f
Building Inspector Hubbell who is-
sued fifteen permits for various" types
of construction. The permits call for
additions to houses. new porches,
garges. dwelling, houses and etc.
Thepermits lssued follow:
Jones and Nsumberg. new factory
floor. value $1.200:
Ira Miller. porch and roof on house
in Third street. value 3800;.
Mary E. Moody. garage in Silver-
mine avenue. value 8250.
Coggsweii Realty Company. two
family dwelling house. in Eclipse av-
enue. vaule $8.000:
ismuel B. Chinsky. addition to
porch. on house in Moore place. value.
value 8150:
William Comstock. garage in War-
ren street. vsue $175;
A. J. Vaughn. electrical repair shop
in Warm street. value
in Concord street. value 3500.
W Lockwood. garage in Van
Zendt sis-cot. value 8500.
. flame! Boodner. fla‘ltcrations to
, 'Pohce theatre. 'vaiue £500.
.. "Dru. Joseph H. and David 3. Bio-
Ispa. alterations building. North m
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us and entered the movies. after
which we heard of him no more end
were glad of it. The survivor had a.
miserable end.’ God. in His mercy.
caused an orifice to appear in' the
planking of Fisherman's wharf. whith-
er our here had gone to purchase a
large. live. slippery eel ‘ for some
ulterior purpose (to slip in his moth.
er‘s bed. no doubt) and through this
hole the practical joker shot feet first.
I imagine that then. for the first time.
he cursed himself for having wasted
his time on practical Jokes instead of
swimming lessons. At any rate. the
next seen of him was when I found
him floating in Mission Bay. I was
being rowed ashore rrom one of our
windiammers when the ship's boat
bumped him and rolled him over just
far enough for me to see his face
and recognize him. I had lost a great
deal of money that day. and was feel-
ing thrifty. so I caused the boat‘s
painter to be bent to that practical
joker and we towed him ashore: in
the fullness of time I was rewarded
with a check for 810.00 f'rom the
coroner.
The worst ‘practical loker I have
ever known. however. was one Hud-
ner. manager of the Black Butte Luznc-
ber Company. Hudner has never
liked me and I have never liked him.
This for two reasons: He is not
likable. and once he stole out of my
employ the best stenographer I ever
had. I cussed him out for it on the floor
of the Merchants‘ Exchange and he
said. “Well. Mr. Ricks. since you feel
so badly about the loss of your em-
Tliis for the rea-
“When I got down at nine
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ployee. I'll see to it that you have
ample opportunity to engage another
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stenogrspher as good if not better.
You shall have the stenographers of
the city to pick from."
He was as good as his word. I did.
One day there appeared an advertise-
ment in the Help Wanted columns of
the morning papers. advising stenog~
raphers that the Blue Star Navigation
Company was looking for an extra-
ordinary stenographer and that. when
found. she would receive a. monthly
stipend of five hundred dollars.
Candidates were to apply to Mr. Ricks
personally.
earned a. hundred dollars a
month she was presumed to
be as close to s. desirable Job
as it was possible for any girl to get.
As a result of this unauthon ad-
vertisement. every stenographer in the
city of San Francisco had a friend or
relative telephone her boss that she
was ill in bed and wouldn't be down
to the office that day. Having copper-
ed her bet to that extent her next act
was to climb into her Sunday gown
and call upon me. The janitor of the
Lumbermen's Building told me the
first one got. on the job at five o'clock
A. M.. fought the night watchman all
over the lobby. and climbed six nights
of stairs to wait outside the omce door
until we opened for business. When
I got down at nine o'clock there were
berry Hill avenue. value 81.000.
Frances Connery. i-room house in
'1‘er street. value $8.500.
The sewing committee of the
\Women's Association of the South
Norwslk Methodist Church held an all
day sewing meeting at the cottage of
Mrs G. F. Waters at Hickory Blun to.
day. like George Hint was the
hostess. - a..- . 5".
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By Peter B .
Wherein he desc ribes the unhappy .fate that
sometimes befalls the practical Joker
five thousand young women after- that
job. They blocked tramc in the
street and choked the halls and eleva-
tors. and before I could get into my
omce Skinner had to telephone Dan
O'Brien. the chief of police. and ”1‘
him to send over the wrecking crew.
We were unable to do any business
over the telephone that day. and I
went home at three o'clock absolutely
all in. Those yiid women had me
ragged.
Of course. I knew who to thank for
the outrage. but although I got Dan
O'Brien to put a detective on the job
I couldn't get together‘sumcient evi-
dence to convict Hudner. So I smiled
and laughed when he kidded me
about it. for if there is one thing I
learned to do early in life it is to give
a rattling good imitation of the Spar-
tan youth who stole the fox. and,
rather than admit the theft
caught with tile goods hidden under
his Vitals out.
ploy who would have killed Hudner to
oblige me and hidden the body so ef-
fectively a murder charge would have
teach him a lesson.
With the aid of Providence and my“
delightful young friend. J. Augustus
Redell. I succeeded. I induced Gus
to give a barbecue at his country place
down in Santa Clara Valley and invite,
Hudner. And at this barbecue (there ‘
o’clock there were five thousand young women after that job.”
were no ladies present. at my sugges-
tion) Gus introduced a. novelty in the‘
person of one Senor Miguel Jose Obi-e-
gon. a celebrated violinist from Peru.
Gus explained to his guests (and
every lumber and shipping man of any
prominence was present) that the
senor was a. friend of his partner.
Senor Felipe Luis Almeida. otherwise
known as Live Wire Luis. and that the
barbecue had been given in his honor.
Then the senor played. and if he
couldn't make a fiddle perform. I hope
I may never see the back of my neck.
It was a. good fiddle, too—s Stradi-
varius hundreds of years old and
worth getting out a bond issue on.
The _senor told us about it in his
charming broken English. and about
that time I suggested to Hudner that
he aid the in pulling off a practical
joke on the guest of honor.
The man's face brightened instantly.
What w. the idea! Nothing more
brill than the substitution, in the
acute fiddle case, of s. thra dollar
fiddle for the priceless Strad. This
while the senor's back should be
turned. We wr/a then to start an
argument which was to develop into a
wordy row and later into a fight.
Hudner was to seize the substituted
violin. and with a curse bring it down
on top of my tell all]: hat. shattering
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Rowayton CIv1c ,
Assoaatlon Meets
The regular monthly meeting of the
Roweyton Civic Association was held
Monday eveningin the Rowayton Hose
house; Russell 8. Themes was elected
treasurer. taking the place of Eugene
Cushmsn. who resigned. as he is
moving to Con avenue. East Nor-walk.
It was with great regret that Mr.
Cushman's resignation was accepted.
sshehssbeen one of the harden
workers of the association:
It wasvoted, to send a. letter of
thanks to John Sherman Hoyt of Con-
tentment Island for the property ,
which he gaveto the city to build a
dock. Work has been, .begun and the
float and runway will be in “'0 bythe
first of August. The association next
voted the sum of no to the Library
Fund. no annual drive of thejlbrary
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his coat. permitted the fox to gnaw,
I had men in my 9111-:
been impossible owing to the mpOSSI-g
bility of proving a corpus delicti. but.
I preferred to lull his suspicions. and'
then have him half killed in order tof
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much timber ant...
is now on.-- -
The association also gave the com-
mittee recently sprouted to select a
constable-more power and authorised
the committee to aP’Olnt' two more
constables. -ane;whllbo-'put on Me
duty at Show _'I corner and the other
at the cemetery. nay would probably
as maps are on stars” an‘d'lundsy
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