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11 Verdict
ATES SCENE
l enounces Law-
t 0 Newspaper
in the Court
-23.—
lilI‘llIA. April
Thaw was last night d9-
1?.“ man by the in in
nachan's court here be-
be question of his sani—
trl'Cd.
t was rendered-at 10:25
the jury had been out
and fifty—three min-
‘..S
as confident as the last
out for the final deliber-
129 would be a. free
ordered all his belong-
e parlor and bedroom
e llolnital packed up and
- his mother's home at
3.. near Pittsburgh. He
of Monday night putting
paintings, Victrola rec-
-:l:er belongings into the
it‘ll he had recently pur-
declared sane and set
may not yeLbe released
nys. Ills attorneys have
his appearance in New
e District Attorney Ban-
-iately upon his libel:-
-swcr the three indict-
-ing over him as the re-
attack on the Gump boy.
ule that he will enter bail
alcr in New York to ob-
dlil‘ll proceedings.
'0 Prosecution.
dly possible any prosecu-
esult from the indict-
he case has been settled
t by the Thaw Estate
ump family.
aw will do uplh obtain-
dorn he has ”hot yet do—
I-le had said he would
his mother home to
and live there for a
He \vilfprobably busy
. taking over the care
which is now known
0 only $500,000, with
at income from $230,-
.A. Gray, counsel for Eve-
divorecd wife of Thaw.
a. motion probably would
wr a retrial of the case.
as not in court when the
~ announced.
:.w Not in Court.
fair sized crowd was in
room when the'juliy. lcd
Plunkett, the aged fore—
in with its verdict. Judge
had warned the specta-
st any demonstration and
aim-s received the verdict
Thaw's friends. howeeer.
l--:~Ton over his winning his
a..t‘l' having been confined
cnllsylvania. hospital for
.l nervous diseases in West
‘:~::l for seven years.
Gray later announced
he would file a mo-
.._ are: trial. Pending action
. runn. which probably will
ft-iir days. Thaw will re-
, as} ltlm in custody of the
1
exnmitted to the in-
. he had been indict-
e-: for tile alleged
‘rtdcrick Gump. Jr., a
nv
d the news of the
Ritz-Carlton hotel
:1‘1—1-311 dinner with his
Deiined to receive
but said he might
ll. ll: later regarding his
, ' - future.
2 ;«‘:*‘n apparently had dif-
l»:=.«:liing' a. verdict. for
.‘ .;n two and one-half
lunch there were no
3 of an agreement. The
-. :l to the jury at 3:20
" o'clock Judge
a recess until
the jury mean-
under guard to
l.‘
,\
. 3:35
. ‘rrcd
:Lers or
nt out
. 3:5 aged mother, Mrs.
remained in court
' ~ after the jury went
- '1 there was no indica-
Mrs. Thaw went to
- w and his lawyers
' 'l Citatlcd in an anteroom
» o‘clock. when Thaw
v? mozhcr's hotel to take
her and. to await I-
‘\ FOUl‘t. A large crowd
court room to hear
.lL’t.
. _ I
_\n;':r Seizes Thaw. -
. Li'lrs of the trial were
‘ a sudden outburst. on the
3' At the noon Ewes
irn incensed at the
‘ r; (f \Vllliam A. Gray.
Evelyn Nesbit, Thai!
Thaw rushed over to
. .. shouting 5' dental
" >= "nervous" became of
zicnts.
l~reviously had called
the jury to mil
’II:::" while in the; court
r:
:1: 1.1.5 BL‘SGALOW.
I"
' Committee
morrow afternoon
school.
at
G laxiys
Michael Riordan.
summer vacation.
man;
Dimond. John Glover.
George Thorn Ilill.
Nash. Frederick
Milne.
Jennie C. -Ferris . . . . . . .
T. Marshall Andrews . .
Crotut 8: Knapp . . . . . .
S. J. Watkins
A. M. I-‘eehhelm'cr . . . . . .
Gorham & Co. ........
Irving Dibble
Frank Lauder .........
A. D. Morgan .........
Milton Elwood . .
Sci-walk Coal &. Supply
Ferris Devine Co.
Everrett S. Bulkley . . . . .
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Foresters’ Home
held in Norwalk May
meeting.
tCPDOOl‘l.
ceding the game.
as guests.
800.
Misses Madeline
held a. delightfully once
quot-ado dance
Ken's hall.
theoeoond
organization
which‘wlll be,
in: fluid of the club.
The dance was
. v
I. ’7‘ nny has sold a. huh!
‘73?)ng street of! of R
a!
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hf rs.
HARRY ,K. TEAW.
PLAYGROUNDS
FUND NEARLY
$1,000 Now
Meeting of Equipment
/_ TomorS
row — Finance Men
Are Working \Hard
Believing that the fund 'for
playgrounds will soon be in hand,
Superintnedent of Schools George V.
Buchanan has called a. meetlrg of
the equipment committee for
the
can
equipped and made ready for
kiddies when school closes for
III.
9..
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o-a'
Ioo'
nnn'
-a-
u.-
Foresters Meetto
Plan Convention to
Be Held in Norwalk'
_ The F. of A. Convention club will
hold a. meeting at 8 o'clock in the
in High
This is the last meeting to be held
before the state convention to be
the
to-
High
This committee is made up
of Superintendent Buchanan. Miss
Thompson and Councilman
All of_the members of the Flu-
ance Committee are working hard
today to bring the fund to a close,
so that the playground:
be
the
the
This committee
consists of Frederick *Moran, chair-
A. H. Fcchheimer, Charles
Margaret
Brendlinger, Mary K. Jennings, Mrs.
Douglas
leidell and John
The donations up to date follow:
Previously acknowledged- . . . 3778.00
5.00
5.00
50.00
5.00
" 5.00
5.00
10.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
20.00
20.00
5.00
$923.00
street.
12 and 13.
___________._———
and Jeanette
Reed of the Third. district attended
the dance of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars in. Danbury last evening.
RRUAU RIVER COMMUNITY
CLUB news A succnsm
the Hudson team of New Haven.
A musical entertainment by the
American Band will. be given pm;
The members of.
the Common Council will be present
Plans for the dance to be held May
1 will also be discussed at this
Mayor Robins to Open
Baseball Season Here
Mayor Thomas Robins will throw
the first ball at the opening game of
the Knights of columbus baseball
season at Baxter grounds Sunday at-
Thc local ‘team will play
a
The seating capacity of the Baxter
grounds has been increased by over
The Broad Rlver Co " nlty club
ul'mas-
“airtight .in Red
25 Main .W‘i This ‘7"
annual dance held by this
and netted about 8150
turned into thefibulli-
attended ,by over
_. 03“?
of
Into His Workshop
7‘ Considerable discussion has come
up over the opening of Washin on
street cellar doors. leading from he
street to the basement of the store
conducted by Joseph Davis, since the
sidewalk has beln cut. leaving I, very
narrow a _e for pedestralns.
Mr. De. .has a. tailor shop in the
basement of the building and it is
necessary that these door: be open-
ed‘in order that the men working in
the shop can get proper Ventila-
tion. ‘ -
Mr. Davis stated that he is willing
to close the door: if the city or the
South Norwalk Trust Company, who
own the Building, would arrange for
the ventilation.
As a/ result of the controversy a
policeman was stationed on the
doors Saturday afternoon and part
of yesterday morning. with instruc-
tions to see that the doors were
closed. An agreement was reached
yesterday mwcen Mr. Davis and
Corporation Counsel Cuneo. where-
by the doors will be allowed to be
kept open for a certain length of
time during the day.
soUs 0F VETS
ENCAMPMENT .
PLANS FINISHED
Two-Day Celebration
\
Tomorrow— 350 Ex-
pected ' "
STAMFORD. April 23.—
Flnal arrangements for the open-
ing of the annual convention of the
State Encampment of the Sons of
Veterans which will be held in
Stamford tomornow and Friday were
made at ‘a meeting of Abraham Lin-
coln Camp, No. 2. Sons of Veterans.
at Memorial Hall in the Town Hall
last night.
Plans were discussed for the re-
ception 0 ate Commander Norman
S. Bucki ham of Milford and State
Auxilia President Jennie Godard
of New Britain who will arrive in
Stamford tomorrow morning and op-
en headquarters at Hotel Davenport
at 9:30 o'clock. Members of their
staffs of state officer will arrive be-
fore afternoon.
The opening business meeting will
be held at Memorial Hall at 3
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. At 8
o'clock at night will come the big
banquet at the State Armory. The
concluding business session at which
state officers will be elected for tho
ensuing year will be held at-Bippo-
wan Hall at 9:30 T‘rlday morning. It
is expected that about 350 delegates
from all parts of the state will at-
tend.
Gets Compensation ,
Award of $2,047.47
Dominick Porcellina of South
Norwalk has. been awarded com-
pensation totaling $2,047.47 for the
loss of 65 per cent. of his eyesight.
incurred in an accident last July.
while he was employed by the Mat-
tlello and Lasprogato Contracting
company of South Norwalk. The
award was made by Commissioner
Edward T. Buckingham and covers
135.2 weeks at $15.13 per week. The
amount due to date was ordered
paid in a lump sum with an addi-
tional payment of $33 for medical
expenses.
Porcellina was employed as a lav
borer in helping to tear down the
old Clifford hotel building in South
Norwalk. On July 19 some lime
dust entered his eyes, causing him
to faint. He was fenced to give up
his job two days later because of
the oncoming blindness. At the.
present time he is suffering from
pteryglum in both eyes.
30 Reported Killed
In Suez Train Crash
BERNE. Switzerland. April 23.—
Thirty persons are reported to have
been killed and fifty injured when
the Zurich and Milan expresses col-
lided near Bellinzona this morning.
Twentydane bodies had been re-
moved from the wreckage early this
afternoon. most of them so badly
burned that identification was im-
possible. /
. Each train was driven by two
large electric engines, all four of
which were wrecked and the four
engineers killed. It was the worst
train disaster in. Switzerland in more
than twenty years.
. UlsUUUUAUCU- RRleUlUUURs
Ilam Donovan and George Hoffman.-
About fifty couples took part after
which prizes were distributed.
These prizes consisted of $2.50
gold pieces. »The prize for the best
Donovan while Mr. Hoffman Iecured
the prize for the best (ire-led man.
The prize for the most comical
costume "among the" men. went» to j
Gilbert Ehorne. of weapon wane "
Mrs. Amos moth. ofBr!
won the woman’s prize: I r
The chair-minor
Opens in Stamford" z...
dressed wbman was/awarded to Mrs. .
HANS‘OLK’DBY‘:
THECO
To ’Ask For Bids-Ont
Junior High. Broad
River and Washing
ton Schools J
A SUGGESTION
Supt. Buchanan Urges
Communities to Sci
lect Distinctive
Names For Buildings;
f”
Plans prepared by Architect Her-
vey E. Biseell for the East Norwalk
Junior High school; the Broad River.
school and the addition to the Wash—
ington school received final approval
last night at the meeting of the
“Joint School committee. composed
of members of the Board of Educa-
tion and Common Council. in the
Senior High school. Tho“speclflca-
ed at the meeting. however. This
matter was left in the hands of .8.
special committee consisting of Ms.-
yor Thomas Robins, Councilman Ml—
ehael J. Riordan and'Attordey Jesse
T. Dunbar, Alex J. nummler ' and
Mrs. George F. Bette, all members of
the Board of Education. with pow:-
for in the near future.
An interesting suggestion in con-
nection with the new school buildv
his program has been made by Su-
perintendent of Schools George 4’.
Buchanan. He asks that the com-
munities in which the new schools
are to be located should get busy
and select a name for the school to
be located in their district.
“1 think the new junior High
school in East Not-walk should not
be named the East Norwalk Junior
High: nor the new junior high in
the uptown district named Center
Junior High; nor the school in the
Broad. River district the Broad
River school."‘sald Superintendent
Buchanan. "The schools should re.
celve a. more distinctive name and it
is up to the communities in which
they are loeated to provide one. For
instance in the matter of the North
Center school. the Board of Educa-
tion rconamed the school Roosevelt
school at the request of the residents
of that district. This should be done
with all of the new school buildings."
Joseph A. Jackson of New Haven.
fie other architect who lrprepglJng
nine of the school plans. also up.
peered before the joint board last
night. He has ~practically com-
pleted the plans for the Center Ju-
nior High school building. These
plans were discussed at some length
but were not finally approved; the
committee feeling it should have
more time to examine the plans.'
Those present at the session were:
Mayor Robins. Councilman Thomas
James: Councilman Michael J. Rior-
dan; Dr. George G. Fawcctt, Miss
Mary Rider. Mrs. Lane and Douglas
E. Nash.
900 SEE FILM
OF. OUR BOYS
Legion Members Rec—
Faces in ‘War Pic-
tures —- Good Enter-
tainment
About 900 persons attended the
showing of the picture. “Flashes of
Action” by the Frank C. Godfrey
Post. No. 12, American Legion. It
the Armory last evening. Most of»
these pictures were taken by Col-
onel Ernest Coulter. who was
one of the historical officers in
France during the war.
Colonel Coulter, who is a, member
of the local post of the Legion, by
means of diagrams and maps show-
ed the position ot the German and
Allied armies in May, 1918, and how
the Germans had by the end of May
made great dents" in the Allied lines
between Solssons and Rheims. He
told how the Twenty-Sixth Division
when it went in, in June. held the
pivot to the whole situation and how
and Second; had failed the. German:
would have swept ' down not only
thytfil‘h Chateau-Thlerry but
straight into Paris. He told of the
wonderful recordiof the .Dlvision .in
the Argonne and the otheri‘laecom-
pllshments which made. the - Yankee
Division famous in ‘hlstorY. '
It was with this dlflaiegthatgjn
great many actuation from”
city served. ,
,in action were ’shown inst ' .
men who‘jmd served in that on
caught glimpses of‘ placellthat were
familiar ‘tb'them and our face. of
men who had served yiththem in
thefront'llnea.‘ I .
affair were well" pleased withthq
91°th watchman!“ the di-
lelouIInd (,‘outgts- that:
tiona of these plans were not appro’v- .
to act. This action means that bids .
the buildings will be fiverueed ‘
ffi’ have run according, to the. plane
IN ACTION
ognize Places and "
the Yankee Division: with the First:
“was of infioutnt ,
The audience that attended thd‘“
’ To Bandits to Salve
1’ Her Son From Death
NEW YORK. Apr-ll 23.<s-A
threat by three masked and
armed bandits to shoot her six—
yearzold (Ion. last night. caused
Mrs. Victor J. Petry of Douglas-
ton. Queens. to turn over her
Jewels estimated at $5.000.» ~. »
Mr. Petra-ran interior decor-
ator and stage set designer, was
in the living racingof'hls‘ home
with his three oldest sensation
daughter when the ‘ bandits ,en-
tered. While two of the men
covered ~Mr. Petry and his chll- .
dren. the third crept upstairs
where Mrs. Retry was reading."
"Give me the jewels or'I'll kill
the kid." he said. ' , '
Mrs. Petty promptly obeyed.
In dthe trio left. after cutting the
telephone wires.
PUCUOTRUNS
FAR BEHIND T
“Willi-:5
Governor"; _
Snewed U der in
‘Vo‘ting ‘Fe’r; , ,elegate
Togonvention
Phlladelphla.‘ April 23,—Ralph
Beaver Stras’sburger. wealthy Nor-
rlstown publisher, running against
Governor Gifford Plnchot in vector-v
day's primary for delegate at large
to the Republican national conven-
tion had a. lead of nearly 200.000
votes in less than half the election
districts of the state. ‘
Returns frond}?! districts of the
8.119 in the state early today gave
Strassburger 320.637 and Piuehot
122.470.
, The city of Philadelphia. alono’ re-
turned a majority for Strassburger
of 190.107.4116 vote in the-city‘s 1.-
483 districts being: Straaburger
224,320: Pinchot 34.213.
The other six candidates for Be-
publican delegates at large 1‘ who
were endorsed by the state’organiu-
tlon-Secretary of the ‘Treisury
Mellon: United States Senatotgrep—
pet and Reed. William S. Vere, Rep-
resentative in Congress. IV. Harry
Baker. chairman 0 fine State Repubé
Tilda}: committee. and Mrs. Elizabeth
Brice Martin—appeared. on the basis
(it the incomplete returns received,
Chas. Hoyt, President
Of Boat-dotifl‘liade,
Talks of Bigguture
Of Norwalkf .
' OPPORTUNITY
Homeseekers ~ Co ‘ g
“ This Way But -Will
Need'the Protection
Of Zoning "
A letter haa.been received by
Charles Hoyt. president of the Ideal
Board of Trade, asking that organ-
isation to send four representatives
to attend thereonference to be held
in New York city. May 20'. on ‘Traf-
tic Problem and their Relation to
Regional plans of New York city and
it’s environs!" '
"This. in my estimation. in one of
the most important matters that has
come up in Net-walk in a long time.“
weld Mr. Hoyt. People in Nerv‘nlk
fshouid realize the importanlceéof
103138 our city. «New York city'i‘s
growing very rapidly and a. great
many of the business offices are
moving to the uptown -sectlon of
New York City. ' It is quicker for
the people in these onces to comic to
Norwalk, than it. is for them to.
cross the river over into New Jer-
sey and for this reason I. great many
.of them are golngto look toward
this Norwulk for their future homes.
"People are not. going to come
into Not-walk and pay out 810.000 or
$15,000 to erect a. home. unless they
are slant-ed that a garage of a fee-
tory is not going to be put up near
them. The only way that they can
be assured of this}: by zoning the
City of Norwalk. g
.“Norwalk has the. facilities that
no other city on the Sound has. We
have a. barber that can he made in-
to one of the best. "it not the but
on the Sound. There" . 9 reason
why this city can not his it's
population in the next to . . to. but
it needs zoning to do it. , .
"It LI a. great opportunity for
Nor-walk; and one that I hope the
people‘~d the Board of Estimate
and Taxation will grasp when it
meets to act on the requelt for \the
appropriation to ‘ e the city.”
It is realized on: comm; :-
eial organizations that the people of
New York are cumin in, the direc-
tipn of Borwelkto bulldflheir homes
; can; ,themrtheprea
pe‘r f him. “flour Board of
Trade'delegates to the- Kerr York
conference will be appointed in the
near future at I. meeting of the
Board of Trade and will attend and
take part in the discussion of the
plaJJl.~
. Mr.,.eyt also stated that letters
are to be sent out to all of the mer-
chants‘und manufacturers in the
city, by \‘Vllliam Dleringer. Secretary
of the Board of Trade. asking them
to join the local Board of Trade.
, If any one is omitted it is hoped
by the Board that he will commu-
nicate with Mr. Diet-inger Who will
forward an application. AI-soon as
'the returns from. these letters have
been received, various committees
will be appointed by Mr. H03"-
This a; in accordance with the
to: the lgaders‘. Although done of.
the Republican delegates at— large
are pledged to any candidate, all tre
believed to favor the nomination of
President Coolidge. ‘ ‘
The majority against the Governor
in Philadelphia. was attr buted large-
ly to the withdrawal 0 the support
or the organization led by Represen-
tative Vare.
- BUILDING
PERMITS
Building Inspector,.George Hub-
bell issued the following building
permits thir morning: '
Mary Jondreau, porch in Wood-
ward avenue. cost. 3100.
Charles Briggs. garage in Roway-
ton avenue. cost $400. plan that is underway at the pres<
Joseph Bern. 10‘ear garage in out time to take all the merchants
Woodward avenue. cost 32-v090- ind manufacturers infihe city into
J. D. Stewart. dalry'ln Catherine the nth Nor-walk Board of Trade
street. cost $1,000. and hange the name to the Nor-
.wu] Board of Trade.
. any important matters are in
the w at the present time for
this 0 _ nation. -
Interesting Night ‘
At Catholic Club
thus! it meet
One of the most on as c -
lugs hold this year by Catholic
Union Council. No. 46. K. of C.. ec-
cu‘rred last evening at the Catholic
club rooms. ~After the regular busi-
neu session. a smoker was enjoyed
by the large attendance of members
present. ~James S. O'Boylo of the
Cochran school made I. brief. inter-
esting discourse on spommanshlp;
not as applied to the athletic field,
but to the conduct of men in his
' . lauous.
“gigginmCavanagh in his inimitable
and entertaining manner. brought
attention to twenty men met by him
in his treve V
to be great. The human side of such
I. discourse very naturally appealed
to the listener-I and he held his audi-
ence in rcpt attention for an hour.‘
Among the men mentioned were
four individuale known locally: The
Rev. Jema‘mlor. former pastor
of the South Nor-well: Congregational
church: Rev. Dr. Baird. a. none.
gonna-lam roommuter to New York.
Jame-'A. Minded the late Mgr.
.Slecnm, ' to whom” Mr. Cam
ascribed the greatest lnflue on
his own life. - .
I ' mm C. I: paid Ilncere
and fitting trim p to theJIIte-lege
noun. Webb. II Q mind-bed
“the“: mm. of thirst“. his
anemone mentioned by m.
moth Isa.
Begins Drive For» t
_ New Legion Members
Commander LeRoy D. Downs of
the Frank C. Godfrey Post. No. 12.
American Legion, will address I.
county meeting of the Le‘gion in
New Canaan this evening on mem-
bership. Commander Downs u the
County Membership Chairman for
the Legion.
George Cuneo of 140 Washington
street. has purchased the home of
George W. Wardwellu 83 Elmwood
avenue. The purchase was made
through the Tammany Real Estate
and Insurance Agency. Mr. Cuneo
expects to move into his new home
about the fifteenth of next month.
Samuel Greensteln spent. yester-
day in New York cityon busineaaa
._ August C. Knorr. president of the
Saugatuek Grain and Feed company.
has purchased I. house in Cove eves
nue. -
‘.
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- clothes-clack too. was emptied of
~ thgee'geld ntchu were!“ behind
. onthlebhreeu. the police belle-nth.
g." gained; 1 by the-III! of. stole
TY THAW lpdliilfilhfiifl 333:3. Bl El. SCHOOL " .Woman’ems Jewels Gail’éfia'ifi‘i - Bad S e
.. , , . .
Their Wedding Day
‘ Mr. and Mrs.‘ Smuel C. Ireland
of Bates Court celebrated the for-
tleth anniversary of their wedding
last evening. Their home was beau-
tifully decorated with carnation
and roses. After refreshments were
served. me: were played. old time
Iona sung. and I. general good time
enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Ireland were
the recipients of many handsome
and valuable gifts.
Mr. and'Mrs. Ireland's’ nine chil—
dren and nine grandchildren were
present. They Ire: Mr, and Mrs.
William D. Ireland and Ion, Wil-
liam. Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Calvin J.
Snyder and children. Daniel and
“Mary: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. John-
son and son. Arthur. Jr.: Mrsand
Mrs. Henry James Irelandgnd chil-
dren. Doris and Henry. Jr.: Mr. and
Mrs. Aubrey R. Corlsh and children.
Mary;- Cllfford a Robert: Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Ir land: Samuel lg).
Ireland, Millicent Ireland and Their!-
as Ireland. Mr. Ireland's sister-in-
law. Mrs. Thomas Ireland of Dan-
bury and family. was also present.
as were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grey
of South Norwalk, who were present
at the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Ire-
land. '
RUBUUU HAIR
. BANDIT lOSFS _
1 v COURT FlGllT
Refuses to Accept Aid
"Of Lawyer Who
S e eik s Injunction
Against. Police
NEW YORK. April 23.—Cella
Cooney. confessed bobbed haired
bandl lost her om legal battle
yeste day in less than an hour after
she was half led. half carried by de-
tectlvee throughfienee throngs at
the Pennsylvania. terminal from the
twin which brought her from Jack-
sonville, Find where she was cap-
tured.
Following clap behind. his cap
pulled down over-.2113 face to es-
cape the battery of newspaper cam~
eras, came her “tell companion" and
husband. Edward s. Cooney. ‘
Several thallium: persons. who
but I. few minutes before had cheer-
ed President Coolidge on his de-
parture to Washington after his Id-
drool attire annual luncheon? of
-ne.weerm jammed the
corridors for a glimpse of the bandit
pair. _
Mrs. Cooney, big-eyed. cheerful
and smiling on the train had "dolled
up" for the homecoming. \Vlth her
husband she admitted twelve rob-
beries which netted them $1.100.
"W’e had to do 'lt for the baby
that was coming." they said.
Writs of habeas corpus issued by
Supreme Court Justice Levy wfie
served on detective escorts. and
dumbfounded the police. \Vhatever
gllmse of hope it might have kind!-
ed in the couple, whose baby died
only 11 days egg was soon dispelled
when Supreme Court Justice Gieg-
crieh dismissed the writs and re-
manded both the girl and her hus-
band to custody.
Rushed'through a. side exited the
Pennsylvania station, a pathway be-
ing cleared by the police. Mr. and
Mrs. Cooney were huSled away in
automobiles to the courthouse im-
mediately after they arrived. A doz-
en detectives and uniformed police
shielded the pair from the crowds.
Assistant District Attorneys Drls-
coil and Walsh fought against the
final granting of the writs by Jus-
tice GiegcrichI. Samuel I. Lleko-
wltz. counsel for the accused. declar-
ed he sought to shield them. especi-
ally Mrs. Cooney from "sweating" at
the hands of the police. ‘
Walsh challenged Llekowitz'e
authority to represent the couple, as
both insisted on the train that they
did not want I. lawyer.
In court both denied that they
had seen Llekowltaor engaged him
as counsel. It déveloped. however.
that Cooney’s brother. Thomas. had
retained the lawyer when I. letter
to Cooney signed “Brother Tom" was 1
read aloud. _ 9
"We hav ertalned Counselor Llek‘
owitz to represent you and Celia."
said the letter. "Do. whatever he
tells you. Don't worry. We will do
all we can Ito help you.”
Mrs. Cooney still refused the oerv-_
ices of a lawyer. Her husband said,
"I'm undecided." The court: then
dismissed the waits.
- Bustled out of the courtroom into
automobiles again. the Cooper:
were taken to the district attor-
ney’s office in Brooklyn’to anewer 14
countrin connection with the hold-
ups. ‘ ‘
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Thieves Ransack Room
.~ 0
e But; Take Nothing
Sneak thieves ‘bmko into and ran-
sacked the bedroom of Cal-ml Gavin-
nle. 37 Main street, some time yes.
terday, W to I report made
to the police last night. Nothing
m stein: t the room. however.
according to e victim. .
’ Patrolman Charles L. Thorpe who
drawer-sill: fig bureau in the room
he’d happened and the contents
uttered Ill «rover the been. A
its contents. Fromfthe fact that
looking“: money rather
mil'eetintcd'the theft found thatthe '
Bridge Safe! l " -.
7 ately
SUGGESTIONS
Stronger Rails Ch
In R end w a 3::
V More Lights -—
Inquest
Following an inquest into the
deaths which happened
night Coroner John J. Pinion
W1
the short “J4” tu‘e at both the
and west approaches of «he N
avenue bridge which I”
the Norw in river. . Coroner light
declared immediate steps .sho
taken by the city not only to make
the two approaches safer, but “
replace the present flimsy l W ..
fence with I. substantial heavy, fenfl
which would stand-up against. m-
impact of an automobile. m
nil-she urged the installation of
more brighter electric lights It‘thav
binge. ' . 7.; »-
fill-lies: steps are taken to remedy
conditions." declared Coroner PM
lan. “other accidents or I. amusing. '
ture as this may take place. Tho
New Canaan avenue’b‘ridge "
be dangerous to those who ow it...
but it certainly is to those um
iar with the section. With the eat-.1.
stant increase in automobiles. oth‘a':
machines and their accldentl may
plunge over the wt ~into
Norwalk river unle£omething is.
done to prevenkit. ' "
Urges Chm
"I think steps should
to make the approach“ to flu,
bridge less sharp. The iron ”out
fence is a flimsy structure which '
should be replaced by something '
more substantial. Then, too. {39'
bridge should be well lighted". ,- Q
The inquest conducted by Cox-033’"
ner Phelan was an inquiry into the ‘
deaths of John Urban and Vincent .
Dubanowlez, both at Bridgeport. ‘
who were drowned urdIy night "
when the automobile in which 1;th
were riding crashed through mi .
iron fence at the New Canon are.
fine bridge and plunged into the '
Nor-walk river 20 feet below. The
principle witness was Joseph hail?
of 13 Slocum street, Nomlk. one
of the survivors. Luty said:
"I am employed at the Not-walk
Tire and Rubber company. on Sat-
urday afternoon I went t Bridge-
port to get a. musician for a. well.
ding to be held in Norwalk on May
12. I went to a. house in attaine-
street and got a. man named Bum; ;,
ski to play for the wedding. Attei.
words I walked up Lafayette street-
to State street to taxes. trolley use):
to N‘orwalk. Three tellows elm.
along in an automobile who -I,kne'w.§
by sight. They asked me where I5
was going and I told them. , Th’eyi.
said thevaould take me home and?
so we went to the house of the
three men and got their overeating,
In front of his house. Urban backed’
the automobile twice into another .’
ear. I told him to stop. but he said ‘
he didn't care as the car was in-
sured.” . .-
‘ At this point. the witness wi'
asked whether any of the occupant:
of the car had been drinking sq:
received I. negative " answer. The! .
tvi seemed confused on the thug,
when he left , ridgeport Yer Nor.
walk_ saying left there about
5:30 o‘clocgk and arrived here about
8:30 o‘clock. .
Paid No Attention.
“When, we got to Nor-walk we
went f‘the White Eagle club in
Morris areet although I tried t5
keep the others away. We were in... ,
the club about half an hour and} W
had two bottles of. soda. and played
two games of pool. We started have};
to Bridgeport. I was telling Urinal
the driver. how to go. I told him 3
to take the left turn at m ’
street. but he took the right. not;
him he was wrong, but we kept go-
ing. We were going test, about 3.
miles an hour. 1:..werned Urban
the sharp turn and the ‘
a??? but he didn’t pay any, It! i,
,t on.
"I saw the bridge and tried to grab.
for something. Next thing I 31:53
I was swallowing allot of alter. .1: -
swim around and found I. hole and?
got out of the our. 1 was WT:
down the stream fifty or sixty teat _
before I got out on“! bank.” I" -
saw one of the men on top oft!“
automobile. I tried to reach him?
I don’t know how he ’93
I was cold and an to ‘
in used:
away.
ashore.
home about I. mile away. or ,
changed my clothes I wont 5 lip
the bridge. uter I went pow
lice headquarters.”
Norwalk Chronicler