,._ ,..£Y§MAst,‘1§24‘-‘ .. A
cams ASHEISTOlB
NOLLING 0F MURDER *
4M GLAD,” HE SAYS [N
2 l
PWN
01111123713“ of a no
s on a rev am
out. DD ed
“The mate‘s aaorsmy is entire]
justified in his y
nolle." recommendation of a
.. Demons: Al‘ys also
. I have always believed in
mnocenee‘of Harold Israel." and
Attorney Robert G. DeFonest. his
counsel. . following the approval of
the nolle. "This impression 1 re~
ceived upon my first interview with
3111: youfng am. and I have never
1 e so my rni
conclusion." ad from that
Attorney DeForest
many weeks secummaungmatawleifi
he might tight to a finish had Israel
been obliged to battle for his life.
Continuing. Mr. DeForest said:
"It was one of the most remark-
able and interesting oases occurring
said no- within my seven years' services as a
, , ‘ declara- public defender for this county. that
g; , excepting therefrom the case of the
. _ ‘ firefly within state Wm Ethel 8. Now
, \ . L5 completed. “The fact of the utter lack of
, ~-~_igr‘pol’t for any conceivable motive. upon» Is-
penngyi- rael's part. for the brutal and most
‘i '1’?“ "”31”“ 11°!“ one which
nogvish pleas-
._ , ar-old ex~
:' _ c crunsel. At.-
- ~ » _ when
:3 him in his
yesterday
:13. Of a
{ted from
-,:_« court in
police de-
al: in the
Hubert
.«Av
‘rbxs
the
; once wor-
::'9 all dur-
to the
much to
S. Cum-
yester-
.—
l
been able to
telling
.. the entire
r‘rus detail.
boy. Israel.
Israel's credit is due
‘ mind of
-s-: circum-
to enter
forth-
‘ ‘. siuns I'll]
’_ , s approval."
.: ‘..5lll'lll
'1 careful at-
of the
Judge L.
has fol-
0.88
5,.
just and hi:
cumstances,
for murder
thinkable.
"I am.
«.— l
has been
- attitude
'5 office has
conclusively
were the two
deplorable killing of one of our most
valuable and esteemed fellow citi-
zens. was a fact that I have never
‘0: around.
"Crimes are seldom. if ever. com-
mitted by sane persons without a
motive. There was no motive in this
case that could be attributed to this
Credit Due Attorneys
“The statement of the state's at-
torney is complete in detail. Great
Mr. Cummings and Mr.
Garlick for theircareful. exhaustive
and painstaking investigation of the
"The condition arrived at is fair.
mane. Under the cir-
to have tried this boy
would have been un-
naturally. greatly pleased
at the result."
Salient points in State's Attorney
Cummings' review which pointed
to Israel's innocence
following definitely
established truths:
"The bullet which killed Father
,, . of the Dahme did not pass through the Is-
.. ‘ nosecution rael revolver."
{. _. "Israel was attending ' moving
~ ' ‘. after the picture performance in the Empire
-'\;‘»‘nded by theatre at the moment Father
: at the rec- Dahme was murdered."
r. e of im-
the afternoon that Hoffman wore a
gray hat and a gray overcoat the
day of the murder, instead of a
brown hat and coat. which the mur-
derer wore.
The defense sprung a surprise this
afternoon through the testimony of
William A. Jones. formerly a lieuten—
ant in the New Yerk Police Depart-
ment. an expert on firearms.
Remus ‘ a Theory.
He refuted absolutely and unequiv-
ocally the testimony given last Sat-
‘-‘: urday by Prof. Frank H. Whittier ot
.. ) ' Bowdoin College. whosaid that the
- ‘ ‘ )emg at bullets that killed Mrs. Bauer were
fired from Hoffman's gun and cIld
. K Day Of be fired from no other.
p: ‘ Testifying for the defense J ea
c said yesterday the cartridges were
”gms not fired from the automatic pistol
' l 4‘ that Hoffman owned. He said he had
‘ '4 _ made a careful examination of shells
3"“ 7". ‘. . found near Mrs. Bauer's body and at.
T ‘ ‘. ‘ ‘lttzflfl‘s so of shells he discharged from Hoff-
:‘ ., F 1 r I n g man's pistol for test purposes.
7' - , Jones said that no reliance was
i 2‘ n C e as to be placed in Prof. Whitier's the~
, ory that the firing pin leaves a dis-
tinctively, individual imprint upon
the primer of the discharged shell.
The imprint. he said, may or may
not be distinctive.
"The main point." he said. “was
the impression left upon the primer
of the discharged shell by the breach
block holding the firing pin."
He testified that the concentrated
pressure of from 12,000 to 15,000
pounds to the square inch at the mo-
ment of discharge causes the breach
block to make a distinct imprint up-
on the primer ofthe shell.
"From your examination of shells
fired from this defendant's pistol for
test purposes and of those shells
fourds near Mrs. B: I er’s body. what
conclusion do you reach?" Mr. Nor-
ton, defense attorney. asked Jones.
Not Same m
“The pistol in evidence could not
have discharged those shells found
near the body. There is a distinct
and easily discernible difference be-
tween the markings upon the two
sets of shells."
Jones was connected with theNew
York Police Department from 3.887
to 1919 and specialised in the We of
. —Harry LI
hts alibi
. wand in
in St.
Maud
:1 Island
.1:
'79.
~ ”cereabouts
Hoffman
- L- was with
" at the
As a.
= 1rd opens
”=v Fach
firearms.
.3153- 33:: District Attorney Fach rested the
I $.53 State's case this morning after in.
:33,“ gm" troducing testimony to show the:
”a: Hoffman was not off Staten Islan
.. i. :aciciibe on the d3! of the crime. . counsel
....=; d t Albert Norton. Hoffman s ,
..--on no then moved that the jury be dischar—
...nd red and the indictments against util;
.FQeared defendant dismissed on the ism-‘3:-
~ (ros'pite n that the prosecution tailed o
{a c1.” stantiate any evidence or testimon:
*» fight the set forth in the indictmengimaga
_ “bu .. tending to connect Hoffman ,
crime. Judge J. Harry 'nernan. pre-
siding at the trial
‘ r March :5?"
=1. asked. ,
t:- :0: up at nied a. mafia.“ aid in openini
‘ Shaving and M" Norton tn” beyond all
his one he would PW“
"*- St. Geor e .
8 doubt that Hoffman 1'.”
not the
$th his car
' :. rminai and murderer. It would be 91:31. n1:
-.— Manhattan. said. that the defences .’; an no
at 1:40. he near the scene oftbecrlll identity
View of ,_
:5 time the belief and soon found
near lira. Balers body were not
from Hoffms-II'E'Ji «libs!
,tomatic phtol. — ‘
Th.
”=y. a broker's
t the stock
Then he
. square. in~
been at. the
istaurant. but
ere.
‘11-‘21 rode down
Third Avenue
\ . . . ' lh.
. '1 Avenue train the‘aftersecn a a. .mp3;
.t. where he on- aid In. "7 m “v. mi rm
.aurant. Where
'i an haul
r-oat. to Staten
‘irere at £10.?
I
_, , 7‘ 0i drove hang
7. < ' . friends. played
_. _ ' 191'. had II!!-
T ' "71'”.ajau Mild a.
team zed 4am-
in St. Geoer. d0"
Pleasure Beach Island at Bridge-
port, famed as the suppoeed hiding
place of some of Capt. Kidd's treas—
ure was being slowly washed away
Man’s Wrist is'
STAMFORD. May 28.-—
Plunging through the windshield
of automobile when it skidded and
overturned near the Roxbury bridge
on the Long Ridge Road last night,
John McIver, who lives on the Long
Ridge Road. escaped what might
have been serious inJury. getting out
of the accident with a badly cut
wrist as result of his arm going
through the windphield.
Another man who was with Mr‘.
McIver in the automobile escaped
with no injury. The police were noti-
fied of the accident and the police
ambulance went at orice to the
scene, taking the injured man to the
Stamford Hospital. Detective Ser-
geant Daniel Hanrnhan investigated
the matter and made a report on the
accident at police headquarters.
Mr. McIver could not tell exactly
how the accident happened. He said
that the machine skidded and that it
was not travelling at a high rate of
speed.
Revenge
The story of a cow man turned
detective and of his relentless track—
ing of five confidence men who
swindled him of $140,000 starts in
the June issue of McClurc's Magn—
zine. Thc story. in his own book of
his adventures on the four-year-man
hunt. outstrips the deeds of the
great detectives of fiction.
Norfleet. a. Texas ranchman. fell
an easy victim to the old stock niur-
ket swindle. Quickly he discovered
he had been duped but instead of de-
pending on the aUlhoritit-s to run
down the bunco men, he set out to
do it himself.
In a four-year hunt he Went into
every state in the union cxcvpl
Maine. He went to Cuba on his
hunt and three times chased the last
of the live into Canada.
Three of the swindlers are now in
jail. The other too are dead. One
died in prison. and one. terrified at
the chase, killed himself.
The by—products of this remark-
able man-hunt were considerable. in
hunting his own crooks. Noriicct
necessarily came in contact with.
others. Altogother he had a hand in‘
the apprehension of 69 badly “om-i
ed criminals. At Denxcr.‘ for in-;
stance. he was a factor in the round—5
ing up of the Lou Blonger gang and;
the conviction of twenty swindlcrs
in one trial.
. Norfieet says the five swindlcrs.
headed by Joe Furoy. notorious con
man. spent 3100mm in bribes null!
other “running" expenses while he;
was after them. 3
His book. now coming of! the}
press. records his amazing adven-
Plun'ge Through
names.
by the tides. Half a mile ‘of bulk;
heading which will form a support.
to th new seaside auto drive about
the island was required to stop the
Badly Cut, in ’
Windshield
turn from the meeting with the
swindlers to the conviction of the
last man: These men. instead of
working independently. were mem—
bers of a. closely-joined swindlers'
ring. Norfloet nifims that the ring is
directed from New York. is financed
by wealthy men and in“stitulions scat-
tered over the country and apparent-
ly high standing, operates simulta-
neously in a dozen cities. maintains
an elaborate system of information
and communication, and lays away
a. percentage of the opolls (or a. dc-
fcnsc fund.
He goes further and presents a
sinister picture of swindles perpe-
trated without police interference. in
describing the indifference of local
authorities in many cities, he gives
places and dates.
Norileot recently appeared before
the congressional committee on
claims to ask reimbursement for a
part of the expense he had incurred
in capturing and securing the con-
\iciion ot' the confidence men. The
committee advised him in advance
he could talk 15 minutes for; it was
a. busy committee. The committee
listened to him for two hours and a
half and when he guilllly pulled out
his watch tin-re were cries of "go
on." so absorbing was his story.
lie took up the Search alone and
unaided from Dallas. He did not
own have pictures of the men to
guide him. Before he finished he
was familiar with the rogues gallery
in every city of the country. had met
hundreds of miscellaneous crooks
and Spolh'd more than one swindle
directed against other men.
The pcrslstvm Rorflcet. before
starting his Search. had every tooth
in his head pulled. '
“’l‘horc is no disguise so effective
as :L flexible month." he explains.
"\Viill rrmovable teeth you can
rhango your whole. appearance. I
had a full so! of gold and sometimes
\vore sporting clothes. and sometimes
i “as n toothless old man in rags."
’l‘hrouclmur the four-year man-
hunt ral:?~lns and pecans formed his
lliu‘l.
LEADING FIVE B.\'l‘S.\lE.’
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National League
Player. (in!) g. 21.1). r. h.I’ct.
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\\'lirut. likiyn . 30127 20 50 .394
Hooch. I’tlsllgh. .. 18 60 5 23 .383
lx'cll)‘. 'X. Y. ..... 1‘9 116 16 44 .379
lv‘mlrniol‘. lklyn. .. 32 1:4 24 48 .347
American League
l’laycr. ('luh’ g. n.h. r. h.}’(‘t.
llvilmann. lint. 341243054A35
\Villillnls. St. L. . . . G 9418 38 .404
“00110. Rosilon ... (171239.402
Harris. Boston . . . A":
Meusr-l. N. Y. . . . .
Sound's encroachment.
Pleasure Beach opened for the
season last Saturday. The new
bridge to the island at the foot.‘ of
BAN 0F CHURCH
0N AMUSEMENTS
”man AT LAST
Methodists .Vote Five
to One Against Rule
Forbidding Theatre
and Dance
NO DEBATE.
ll
Minority Re p o r t Is
Tabled a. t Conven-
tion by Vote of 460-
295
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May 28.-
The Methodist ban on amusements.
except the ban upon those .“Which
cannot he used in the name of the
Lord Jesus.” was lifted by a. 5 to 1
vote of the Methodist Episcopal
minority report forbidding theater
attendance on Sundays. and specifys
ing dancing and immoral theater
performances: was tabled by 460
votes to 293.
There was no debate. Dr. George
Elliott of Detroit presented the inn-
jnrity report of a. standing commit-
tee on the state of the church and
XV. M. Short of Fort “forth. Tern.
spoke for the minority report. The
adoption of the former removed ro-
slrictlons against dancing, games of
chance and all theater attendance in
force since the church's inception.
““‘e are not beating a. retreat. \V‘e
are going forward." llr. Elliott said;
"Religion must he an‘ appeal to tho
cnnscience. and it is the conscience
of men. that must be trusted. This
new law goes back to W'esley and
Paul and Jesus Christ. and goes for-
ward to n time when law shall he
no more because written in the
hearts of men. Preachers will now
stand in their pulpils. not with a
policemnn's club but with the shep-
herd's crook in their hands. They
will go along on a new program for
the saving of souls."
"Sunday theaters are working a
great hardship on the churches" Mr.
Short said. "Dancing is one of the
great causes o'l’ divorce. People will
say that the Methodist Church has
retreated if the minority report is
not adopted."
Definitions Arc Changed
Besides the chance in the church
law. which applied in section 250 of
the discipline. the majority report
nitm‘od the dofinltions given in para.-
.370 graph 69 of the special advices in
«as
SHENANDOAH, AGAIN FIT AND READY, BAKING TO GO
lififiifirggnw,
General conference here yesterday. A '
Seavlew avenue has been a welcomed
addition. 23,000 persons crossed the
bridge on foot Sunday and 6.000
automobiles.
Mrs. George Remus.
.
Mrs. George Remus “carried on"
when her husband. “bootlegger
king" of Cincinnati. was sent to the
federal penitentiary at Atlanta.
police zivmv. They are holding her
on the charge of tampering with the
shipment of 30.000 gallons of Whis-
key. Remus recently told a senate
invcstigaiing committee that he paid
thelato Jess Smith, friend of Harry;
Daughcrly. huge sums for "protec-
lion."
the discipline. which warned against
"theater-going." so as to read as
follows: " ‘
“ . . . “'0 lift upoa solemn note
of warning and onlrenty. particular-r
ly against nttnndanco upon immor-
al. questionablee and misleading
theatrical and motion picture per-
formanccs."
Today’s action. .ln keeping with a
recommendation made in the 'ad-
dress of the bishops earlier in the
month. ended an issue which for de-
'cndes has caused (lissc'nsion in the
church at large and at the general
conferences. To avoid such a con-
flict this time. the Rev. James R.
Gotty‘s of l‘nlvrrslty Place, Kai».
moved. after reading the reports.
that the}; be put to vojc without de-
bate. His motion was sistained by a
decisive vote. .
The minority report applied only
to section 280. adding to its present
prohibitions the following:
"Taking such diversions as can-
not be used in the name of the Lord
Jesus, such as attendance upon im-
moral. questionable and misleading
theatrical or motion picture per-
formances. or Sunday performances
of the some; dancing. and such
games of chance as are frequently
associated with gambling. all of
which have been found to be an-
tagonistic to vital piety. promotive
of wordllness. and especially per-
nicious to youth."
’Phone Co. Issuing - .
Radio Permits
The American Telephone and
Telegraph Company stated today that
more than forty broadcasting sta-
tions throughout the United States
that were formerly infringing their
patents had taken licenses under
their patents. Inquiries in regard
to licenses and applications for li-
censes are being received in consid~
erable numbers. Licenses under the
patents of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company are being
granted to broadcasting stations un-
der conditions which have been gen-
erally accepted as fair and reason-
ST.MAR meme " narnséso
V.
l . ' ~ ‘ .i. 2.. .— . ’
St. Mary’s Church will celebrate.’ Burns, one of the firstrNorwalkr
June 10th. the 63rd anniversary of idents of Roman Catholic . 7
the dedication of the church.
g The dedication ceremonies were a
wonderful thing in the history of the
parish; and they made; real the
labors of those who; had worked for
more than ’20 years to erect such a
‘temple——one that would be a source
of pride to every Norwaik citizen.
St. Mary's Church in West Avenue
is today one of the most pleasing
and impremive houses of worship in
Connecticut. It is a familiar land-
mark to those who use the Boston
Pest Road. .
For nearly twenty years. the
church was without‘a spire. Then,
under the leadership of Father \V.
J. Slocum the steeple was completed
and the indebtedness paid off. When
the church was free of debt, Father
Slocum was raised to a permanent
rectorship.
Many hallowed memories are cen-
tered around this historic edifice.
These date from the church society
which was formed immediately af-
ter the first settlement of the town
nearly three centuries ago when re-
ligious toleration was an unknown
previous to the
would walk '30 miles to New
each Saturday night to attend
the following morning. '
The account of the dediw
St. Mary‘s held 53 years sift ‘
appeared in the "Ganetf‘lhfl
teremly brief. It is as -
“Dedication of St. _ _
large and beautiful ne‘ "
church recently erected on,
Avenue was formally dedie‘atst
the service of Almighty God 6;: ,
day morning last by Rt. Rev;
McFarland. bishop of the“
assisted by a large repr'
of clergymen. The weather we:
pitious and the attendance
large“ In the morning at 8‘?!”
dedication:
bishop confirmed over two Shit
children with some adulta “’r
"The dedication ceremonie‘a
menccd at 10 o'clock A. N:
clergy who took part were El,
1‘. P. McFarland, bishop of the
cese: Rev. Messers. Daly ’ .
Britain. Delaney of_Pawtu
1.. Lynch of Birmingham. 0,“!
of Ansonia. Kelly, Quinn, 3.3..
Tierney of Providence. 1! 7 7
\Varren. R. 1.. Hooker of New. I
Synott of Bridgeport. Shel-fail!
Danbury. Fagan of Stamfoird.
Brien of New Haven. Mullen Sf
wxch, Sullivan of Waterbury find
local clergy." .
quantity in the Puritan ancestors.
The history of Norwalk written by
Rev. Mr. Selleck has an interesting
description of faithful Catholics who
walked to Bridgeport every Sunday
following the establishment of St.
Augustine‘s parish in that city‘ in
1847. It is a tradition that‘Ciement
Except. Perhaps. to the Morgue
(From Newcastle (1nd.) Courier)
Sine times out of ten the speeder
isn't going anywhere in particular.
Not many members of 06
will go abroad this summer;
are too many fences in need:
mending. '
. . - 77:17 \
The T extlle Store
Opening a new store in the Fairfield Building,’W)alb
Street, Norwalk. ' 7 , ‘1 I
The Washington Street store will be taken careof
as usual excepting that a wider variety of goods
later.
A
Gift ‘ ~
That
Lasts
Forever—
A CEDAR CHEST
SPGClal Sale All This Week. SpeCial Prices 3%
- Special Terms. ~ 4. '
$1.00 Brings One to y... Home.
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