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TWELVE PAGES
Is MURDER
r
INFESISON, 2,
ALS INNOCENT
.0 Held in New
union for Double
laying at N. Ston-
gton
IALKED TO GOD
I]. of Drinking and
obbcry That Pre-
ecled. Crime—-
. uchi Clothing
\«m'iulcd I’I'CSS.)
w -.\. L’onll.. June 21.—
11.15 linker. negro. of
_\. .l., one of the
In Id iu the connec-
‘llIIt 1- charges. has
-,~I~.n in which he ox-
;II», James l'ul‘i‘y. of
I Samuel Subastion.
MsiI-vly. R. 1.. of the
,.~ in North Stnnington.
I'm} 1“. iiilkinson and
.12»,
:1; County Detective
.L out the confession
\ullll‘lllil‘lly made the
. "talking with God."
.«r t'nl'rictl $4.000.
inn inllous:
'l'humas linker. of my
bar. by tell the. truth
Un 'i'uostlay May
won started telling me
v who carried about
1 dollars around with
~l me if I was game to
I laughed at him went
...l milking. \Vcdnesday
ri talking about the
.1 . 'I l.lll‘!~II:ly night hi» and
. 1 - up High street. and he
1 me when: [Jun Skult'l
Int-ml me lo liclp rot)
~n» y but I wouldn't d.)
S
.- ..l out two nay shak-
' . shout $4,000 on them
nni‘s house that night.
'I‘IOIl I met Sam and
n wrnt to the barn to
we went to a boxing
'llcn to the restaurant
“hire a. while and when
mt. closed. Duffy and
‘\‘. ilkinson “out off in the
brick with some whis-
we all took a. couple of
I-lCCC‘. \Vhilc they were
robbed the restaurant and
as going home for his gut.
'I‘y. ilill and Kilklnson
thcy gave “'ilkinson and
~ whiskey and Duffy and
wk some. 'l‘hcn \\'llkin<
. Imd. llill wont homo
"villv and I and the
. r: his
. went on up to
:c. Then Duffy hit
boy and took his
\\.'i~‘. All AIOIIC.
. mm in and Sam took
.. shocs and put him to
I closed the door and
2?. ' .» 4. oh my bottle of
5w ’ I went to bed.
3“. ,. 11);; l woke up and Sam
.1 hon I got. up. I don't
T‘ ' ~!' h» did any talking
:llmut. this crime before
.. I not up and went down
:zr ‘ those two fellows, \Vil-
"1 - “Inn-c. with the piece of
‘ II; the money. Then I
. .. \\'cst lroad street
2' . :,,v and went to bed and
" lllc pocketbook away
‘ .1. n town and bought
= ‘.'.’llll.ll. I was all alone
“W "3.15 crime.
(Signed)
'ni ’lhomas Buker.’
Juno 16th, 192
AYEROUNDS
ASS’N ELECTS
ITS OFFICERS
: (I? the Norwalk Play-
mllon was held in the
school library last
this meeting the per
winnion was established
\x-rn clccted. Those
i‘rr‘sldont. Fred Mo-
:l'.lll“l. \Vilbur Smith:
a . Margaret Brendlin-
‘ ‘1'. Harry Lane. The
In: of the Board of D1-
?xlichat‘l J. Riordan.
\\'r-mlcrotli. George R.
" '7:~. .I. Wallace Marvin
’ ‘ ~‘nrmiah Candee.
'w has been appointed
riirrv‘tor and an assistant
‘Ean playgrounds and
‘ started immediately to
-- 1' ~trm~tor. Apparatus has
“l‘wl for the throe P183”
‘ Is expected to arrive
" ’1 u “'liS.
:rounds will be located
> ‘Illl Nor-walk Electric
or 2 district, at the Charles
=5 ‘Icctory, First district.
3‘ Ilir Marvin school, Third
4n
24h
HIRLS’ FETE.
3n {etc of the Girls and
will be held at the
. George Thorne Hill.
this afternoon at 3:30
Intro will also be 8 De?-
‘lm evening at 7:30
""0 "a: the features on the
1‘ Yh‘ tableau
v hich will be presented
‘ Us or Miss M Lodice Weld.
'Vilht-r be stormy the fete
.. 'A In Red Men's hall this
_.
.4
"All in 8..
Connecticut Favors Him
I
HARTFORD. Conn” June
as the possibility of a permanent
deadlook hctwr‘cn Smith and McAdoo
begins to concern the leaders In
connm-ticut. wilesc delegation is
about. 75 per cent. for Smith.
A nicntlng of the delegation has
been called for Monday in New York
and action will then be attempted
looking for a concerled program if
it appears that continued Smith sup-
port is hopelcss. It is probable that
a conference with the New York dele-
gates will be sought so that Connec—
tlcut may be known to be follow-
ing New York's lead on any deparv
turn from the lines of the early bal-
-cZO/IM Mama; ;, - .33.
2l.—As
the Democratic convention approach-
loting. Davis. Glass and Homer S.
Cummings arc the beneficiaries of
breaking the ilcadlnck. with Davis
likely to prom. thc most because
Cummings has ordcrcd his name not
to be presented.
At least four of thr- Smith delegates
from this State will dodge the dinner
which Cummings is giving to his fel-
low-delegates Sunday evening at file
Hotel McAlpin. \\'illiam E. Thom!
and Peter Fllzhcnrv of “‘aterbury.
Dr. Edward Dolan of Manchester
and Frank 1". Fcnton of \Vilimantic
have announced they will not at-
tr‘nd. Some of the alternates .who
are anti-McAdoo arr- not r-xpcctcd to
apprar.
Nl2\\' YORK, Juno 21.—\Vith the
first delegations to the. Democratic
National Convention due to arrive
today, the Anti-McAdoo Board of
Strategy. composed of leaders whose
influence will count for much in the
convention. said last. night that they
"would he “bin to check any nggrcs—
lve movc by the California's support-
ers in the early stages of the party
com-lave.
('lnlms in the McAdno camp that
the former Secretary of the Treasury
would control a majority of the dell:-
gates at tho moment the convention
was called to order were countered
with the usscrtlon that the McAdoo
forr-ns would come to grief if they
attempted any one of these things:
To control the organization of thc
convcntion and its standing commit-
fees.
To abroautc the two-thirds rule
and replace it. with one to nominalc
the Prcsldcnt and Vice President by
majority vote.
To write into the platform antl-
Ku Klux and prohibition planks
which would be meaningless and
non-conunlttul.
The anti-McAdoo loaders went, a
union further. They expressed the
confident. belief that they had .‘Ir.
.‘chdoo “stopped" as a. candidate for
first place on the ticket.
“‘hllc friends of Mr. McAdoo were
still insistent that the opposition had
failed to make any inroads on his
strength. but with the arrival of a.
scattering of delegates—perhaps 100
in all—from othcl- States. there was
a. marked increase in the pro-Smith
sentiment that found expression in
the lobbies and hotel corridors where
these newcomers congregated.
Many of the early arrivals inti-
mated there was latent-Smith senti-
ment In their delegations that would
come to the surface after a few
early ballots had enabled the dele-
gates to discharge their obligations
to favorite sons. The. headquarters
of the governor at the Waldorf was
crowded most of the day with dele-
gates and visitors to the convention.
although the governor himself was
not in evidence.
Next to Smith and McAdoo booms,
the 'boom that attracted most at-
tention and aroused most enthusi-
asm was that of John W. Davis,
former United States Ambassador to
Great Britain. Headquarters for Mr.
Davis was Opened at the Waldorf
with J. Horner Davis a cousin of the
former envoy to Great. Britain, in
charge. Mr. Davis announced that
his cousin’s name would be placed
before the convention by Judge
John H. Holt of Huntington. W. Va.
and that Mrs. Izetta Jewel Brown.
widow of a West; Virginia Congress-
man. would make the principle sec-
onding speech. rs. Brown was a
candidate for the nomination for
United States Senator in the recent.
primaries and in a .vote of 160,000
ran only 10. 000 behind her successful
rival. ‘
NEW YORK June 21.-—Believlng
entitled t know in advance where
candidates for the presidency stand
on the issues, Gov. Smith is seriously
considering writing a letter proposing
that each candidate appear before
a 3'“
the delegates and the country are.
the convention to explain why he;
seeks tho nomination . ..
Rival Forces Say
McAdoo Is Stopped
GOV. AL SMITH
IS CONFIDENT
OF NOMINATION
Enforcemlatter of
Dollars and Cents—
Get What You Pay
For
NEW YORK. June :1.-—Govcrnor
Smith declared )csicrday ho was
positive he would receive the Demo-
cratic nomination for President.
in an interview with newspaper
men the Governor said he had felt
that way for some time. but had
been tilorougly cotninccd through
talks with lnI'lin-ntinl leaders from
uncertain States and even with
delegates supposcd to be strong
)chdoo supporters.
The Governor “as In jubilant
spirits. He did not attempt to side-
step any questions, and laughed
hbartlly even at his own jokes. His
campaign managers and office force
share his optimism. His display of
confidence lni‘cctcd cvery one with
whom he came in contact.
“When the Democratic Convention
gets through with favorite son ballot
and gets down to business the dele-
gates will look around for the man
who can win this fight," said the
Governor. with a smile. "I believe
that I shall be the one to be nomi-
hated."
A question concerning the Vice
Presidency led up to the Governor's
statement. He was told that his
statement of the day before that he
would not consider the matter of
second choice had created some con-
fusion. He said he meant second
choice for the Presidency.
“I will amplify that," he said. “I
meant that. I believe I will be nomi-
nated when the delegates get down
to selecting the real man after dis-
tribeniing the complimentary votes.”
The Governor was told there had
been much talk about a dark horse
candidate. .one who would suddenly
come to the front if a deadlock be-
tween himself and Mr. McAdoo per-
slated.
"I've answered all that already."
said the Governor. "I don't know
anything about compromises. I be-
lieve I will be nominated.” '
The Governor was then asked if
anything new had developed in re-
gard to 10c report that. William R.
Hearst was ready to support his
candidacy.
"I haven't anything more to say
about that. good, bad r indifferent."
"Do you know f any dark
horses?" -
"‘No I don't. If there is a dark
horse. he's dark for me to see.
Asked if he would support and en-
force the Volstead lawfiths Gover-
nor said the oath of office 1001: care
of that,- 01th
More Than Score of
Deaths Reported -
Property Damage Is
Over $3,000,000
STRIKES WEST
Greatest Loss' in Racine
County, Wis.—— Tele-
graph Wires Down,
Trains Halted
CHICAGO June :1.—-Moro than a
score of deaths gnd property dam-
age. estimated at upwards of $3.-
000. 000. is the result in three states
of tho hot. wave and the storm
which yesterday swept through the
Mississippi and Ohio Valleys.
I-‘ive deaths from the storm in
lllinols were added to the heat
fatalities of other states.
Eight personsvwere prostrated by
the heat. in Chicago and fifteen per- we
sons were said to have been bitten
by heat-crazed dogs.
Although considerable damage
was done by the storm throughout
northern Illinois and southeastern
\Visconsin. Chicago suffered little.
With seventeen deaths reported
due. to heat. in Ohio. relief was af-
forded by a violent Windstorm which
swept several sections.
The greatest damags of the storm
occurred in Racine county. W'iscon-
sin, where a half mile wide strip.
twelve miles long was swept with
estimated property loss of nearly two
million dollars. Telegraph lines were
torn down and train service impair-
ed.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Junelcl.
——A portion of the heat wave which
assessed a. heavy death toll in the
cast struck the Pacific yesterday.
Northern California experienced
the warmest” day thus far this year
with temperatures of 100 degrees
above zero in several ci
Southern California. to ted in an
unusual but spell and warmer
weather is promised for today.
Tho mercury climbed to 87 dc-
grccs in San Francisco and Lot
Angelou. -
NEW BRITAIN. Conn. June :1.
——Summer burst into the calendar
here today accompanlod by thnndcr.
lightning. lull. torrential rail! and.
high wind. As thousands were on
their way to work in factoriea‘tho
most spectacular storm of the year
broke. Within a few minutes streets
were flooded. in some places the
water rushing up ovcr the curb-
stones. There are no early reports
of serious storm damage.
WEST NORWALK-
CHILDREN HAVE
MERRY OUTING
Gather at Home of Mr.
And Mrs.- F r a n k
Georgie — New Ca-
naan Pupils, Too
Brook Nook Rest in West. Nor-
walk. the home of Mr; and Mrs.
)1 rank Gemgie. rung with happy
voices yesterday. For Mr. and Mrs.
Georgie wer host and hostess to
eighty child on; children who attend
the \Vcst Norwalk and White Oak
Shade schools.
In a big automobile carry-all
bedecked with bunting and flags.
Mr. Georgie. early in the morning.
proceeded through the West Nor-
walk school district and gathered
up the children and their mothers.
He took them to Brook Nook Rest.
It proved to be a. real outing. The
little tots enjoyed the score of
swings which Mr. Georgie erected
on the estate for the chfidren’ 3 bone-
fit. Games of all kinds were played.
Then. to top the day off, Mr. and
Mrs. Georgie served a splendid
luncheon indoors. The dining room
was decorated with wild flowers and
flags and presented a. pretty gppear-
ancc.
Following the luncheon. the chil-
dreh presented a little program all
of their own. They sang "America."
and the “Battle Hymn of the Re—
public.”
"Just before dusk. the children
and mothers were taken to their re-
spectlve homes in the automobile
carry-all after shout.- of apprecia-
tion to their host, and honest. .
LIGHTNING IIIT S
AT WATERBIIRY
WATERBURY. Conn» June 21.-’-
Waterbury is cleaning up today aft-
er a violent electrical and rain storm
early this morning. Street! were
badly washed and lightning 31"
several houses. Little datum V.”
done by fire. A Baldwin street trol-
ley car was derailed by sand and
came to a. stop in a “dent’s front
yard. No one was injured. Four
hundred loci tel m and two
5TB DISTRICT
FOR FIRE AID
Chief Bogardus De-
clares That Section
Is Now Getting Pro-
te'ction Gratis
UNFAIR, HE SAYS
Believes District Can
Pay $25 an Hour to
Fourth Taxing Dis-
trict-~Charter Wrong
Declaring that the Fifth Taxing
district is receiving fire protection
gratis. Fire Chief George IV. Bogar-
dus today advocated passage by
State legislature of an amendment
to the City charter-which would at.
low the city to charge the Fifth
district for fire protection according
to the length of time the fire appar-
atus is out in response to alarms from
that district. Thousands of dollars‘
h of property in the Fifth dis-
trlc is saved yearly by the city's
fire department for which that dis-
trict does not contribute a cent in
taxealo support the department.
"I believe the people of the Fifth
dlstrictlre willing to pay for fire
protection." declared Chief Bogar-
dus in an interview. “I do not think
they should be taxed. however, the
same as the other districts are. It
wouldn‘t be fair because we can‘t.
give the district the some identified
protection as we can the First. sec-
ond and Third districts which com-
prise tha Fourth.
Should Pay.
“But. I am certainly of opinion
that the district should pay the
city a certain sum toward the up-
keep of the fire department. Just
for demonstratlon purposes. main
this sum 82 and hour. In some
places this price is 850 an hour
“If this were done then the fire do -
partment would respond to all
alarms in the city." 'conunued Chief
Bogardua. "If tho apparatus was
out one hour. then the district would
be taxed 825 or whatever the price
per hour might. be placed at. If out
two hours. than price would be in
proportion. A fair rate of charges
could be worked out very easily."
in Calls.
"It certainly is only a fair deal
that the city be paid for the use of
its apparatus and men. Maybe dot.
in; the you- rs basic to an. to arcs
in the Fifth district This number
does not Include numerous grass
fires. In tho :0 fires, we protect and
save property values which run into
thousands of dollars. A specific case
of this kind happened the other night
at the Blumstein home in Connecti-
cut avenue.
"thlle we could not save the
Blumsteln home. lself. we saved the
house next. to it. If this latter place
had gone up in flames. certainly the
house next to it would have gone
too. In other words. we saved two
houses worth maybe $10,009. We
were out two hours at. the fire and
used ll? gallons of chemicals. Isn't
it worth 850 to the Fifth district to
have these two pieces of property
saved from destruction?
“\Vo have been responded to all
calls from the Fifth district with the
light apparatus. that is the chemical
trucks. This does not leave the city
unprotected. “'e are not allowed to
take the heavier. apparatus like the
pumpcrs out of the fire. limits with-
out first obtaining the permission of
the mayor. president of the common
council or fire commissioner. accord-
ing to the charter.
Answer All Calls.
“This is another thing that should
be changed. All apparnt s should
be allowed to respond to al alarms
in Norwalk. The day is coming
when there will be a big nrs outside
our district and we will not be able
to respond to the call ausc of in-
ability to get intol co imunication
with the city officials to get permis-
sion to take out the apparatus.
“But to get back to fire protec-
tion for tho Fifth district. “’0 have
responded to fire alarms in the dis-
trict in the name of humanity. ”\Vc
can't. sit back and let property burn
up without making an effort. to ex-
flnguish the fire. It wouldn’t. be
fair. But it certainly is a. fair thing
to malts the Fourth taxing district
pay for the fire protection of the
Fifth district. I believe that the
common council and city officials
should get together and ask the
State legislature to ammend the city
charter so that the Fifth taxing dis-
trict can pay its fair shars toward
the upkeep of tho flro department.
And I think that the fair-minded
residents. of that district will agree
with me.‘
2 DIE AFTER
AUTO ACCIDENT
' mm. Mum. June 21.
—-Two persons were killed early to-
day in North Uxbridgs when an
automobile in which they wore rc-
turning from Providence crashed in-
to a tree and overturned.
The dead:
Miss Gertrude Murphy. St. John's
N. F.
\ Thomas F. McKaig. and employee
of tho Whitinsvills machine works.
_Robert Wilson. the driver. and
Mrs. Sade Durrell, both of Whitins-
vllle, were slightly hurt. Wilson was
arrested on a charge of reckless
ving.
The accident. according to Wilson.
occurred when on. of the wheels of
man. an off. causing the
to swerve from the road dud
RADELL OYSTER C
Midtown... 4.
I...
g aim» that .n, m
Celebrating 65th, Year. '
’ Of Their Married Life
AS DRE‘V CROSSMAN
BIBS. CBOSSMAN
Marriage Today Is Adair of Haste, Says An-
drew Grossman—Think Before Y3i1 Wed,
Is His Advice—Divorce Troubles—Talks of
Old Days Here
If you would be happy though
married. chose a mate who is inter-
ested in the same things that you are
one whose disposition is slmiliar to
your own and lastly one who moves
in the same sphere as you do. is the
advice of Andrew Crossmon of 24
W'ehster Street, who. tomorrow, will
celebrate with Mrs. Crossmon the
sixty-fifth annivbrsary of their mar-
‘riage.
"Sixty-five years." mused Mr.
Crossmon." a long time isn't it'.‘ Yet."
he said, "during all that time neither
Mrs. Crossmon or myself has ever
even once thought of a divorce. ‘
“The trouble with the scan: peo-
ple of to-dsy." he continued. “is that
they rush too hastily into marriage.
They wed comparative strangers,
than when they become acclaimed.
with each other and' find that they
are not congenial. the next step is
the divorce court.
' "Nine out of every ten marriages
which end in a. divorce." he said
"you will find are childless marriag-
cs. Children make a home and every
man loves his home."
Mr. Crossmon was born in Nor-
walkfillarch 18. 1873. The same day
he explained proudly. as Grover
Cleveland. He has always lived here
witir'ihc exception of eight years
which he. spent in \V’orcester. Mass.
and Elmira. N. Y.. where he learned
I Now
his trade as a batter. Mrs. Crossmon
who celebrated her eighty-ninth
birthday May 12. was Born in Tren-
ton l‘alls. New York. They were mar-
ried in the Norwalk Methodist
church. June 22. 185
There is a. pretty ittle romance
connected with the meeting of Mr.
Crossmon and his bride of sixty-five
years ago.
"My brother." Mr. Crossmon said
“who use to travel a great. deal. hap—
pened to stop off for a visit in
Trenton Falls. New York. Here he
became acquainted with my wife and
her fanfily and when he left my wife
told him she would write to him.
he wasn't much of ~a. corres-
pondent. so he said to her 'I have a
brother in Norwalk and I wish you
would write to him." She did. She
wrote me a short note telling of his
visit; I answered that note and an-
swered about the fifth letter in per-
son. Then. eventually, I persuaded
her to come to Norwalk and get
married. Norwalk to me, is the most
wonderful city in the country. I
wouldn‘t. live anywhere else. Even
now when 180 away for a visit I am
always glad to get back. I'spent five
weeks last summer in Philadelphia
with my daughters. yet. I was
mightly glad to breath Norwalk air
again." .
Mr. Crossman retired from active
business three years.ago. Up to that
(Continued on Page Two.)
NEARLY HALF lNCll OFRAIN
FALLSIN
MORNING STORM
people of \‘orwalk “.ch awakened Ithe storm tied up the trolley service
shortly after 6 o‘clock this morn-
ing by heavy thunder accompanied
by lightning. The stern; although it
lasted for nearly an hour. did little
damage.
The electric lights in the First dis-
trict were out for a. brief period
during the storm.
Although the storm lasted but a
short time. the rain which accom-
panied the thunder and lightning
was extremely heavy. Miss Laura
Comstock. official weather observer
of Norwalk reported that .40 inches
of rain fell during the storm. This.
3110 said was remarkable considering
the storm‘s short duration.
Superintendent Thomas McLean of
the Connecticut company said that
for only a few minutes and that all
cars were operated only a. few
minutes later than their schedules.
The rain was so heavy. however,
that under the railroad viaduct at
the East Norwalk station was filled
in so that when a. trolley car plowed
through the water came up onto the
platform of the car.
The telephone service was not
seriously effected by the storm. Carl-
ton Gould. manager of the local of-
fice said. About 100 lines were re-
ported as out of order.
No trouble was reported at the
South Norwalk Electric works. A
number of fuses were blown out. but
the. main feed lines were not im-
paired. ‘
REV. PERCY STICKNEY GRANT
RESIGNS~AFT ER LONG ROW
Pastor of New York
Church Forbidden to
M a r r y Divorcee,
Broke Engagement
NEW YORK. June 21.-—The Rev.
Percy Stickney Grant, Episcopal rec-
tor. who has had several differences
with Bishop William T. Manning on
religious subjects. resigned yester-
day its rector of the Church .of the
Ascension. on lower Fifth avenue.
The resignation. presented at :1. \cs-
try meeting. was “accepted with re-
gm..."
Less than a month ago it was an-
nounced that the engagement be-
tween Dr. Grant and Mrs. Rita. De
‘ Acosta Lydlg had dbeen broken. Tbs
marriage was forbidden by Bishop
Manning on the ground that it
would violate a. church canon pro-
hibiting the rcmarrlage of a. divorc-
ed person unless she had obtained
her divorce on the grounds of adult;
cry. ,
Although Dr. Grant was present
at the. meeting, his resignation Was
tendered In... letter to the wardens
and vestrymen of the “church.- ind
t
”m
planned to resign at the end of
thirty years' servcic as rector. but
had stayed one year longer because
of the controversy going on last
year.
He explained that his health was
not good, and that he needed a
country life. Also. he had certain
literary work to do which already
was two years behind schedule.
"Please understand my deep ap-
preciation of the generosity and
friendliness of the present and past
members of your board and of the
parish.” the letter concluded. "The
end of sue a relationship as ours
cannot be 0 me anything but a
matter of deep regret."
Dr. Grant refused to. make any
further statement.
Some of Dr. Grant's recent utter-
ances were that the endow ment vow
repeated by the bridegroom in the
marriage ceremony was simply
“high-taluting cant," that modern-
ism was not a denial of Christianity.
nor atheism. but a new freedom
from superstitions that had been a
burden on the conscience. and that
the average student of the Bible no
longer looked upon it as divinely in-
spared. but viewed it as a collection
of great literature of tho Hebrew
Doom. .
., widened 20 feet on the south
.Ichsus k
Masked Man With Gun
Caught After
Of W a t e r Streét
Building ., W;
AFTER PAY ROLE»:
Employes Find Intrud-r
er on Dock and Turn
Him Over to Police—-
Had Home Here .2
The police are today holding ui‘d .-
der bonds of $5. 000. Norman slum
aged 21 years of 9 Couch street. (0%
mcrly of Maine. who yesterday after.~
noon, attempted to hold up and“).
the lladell Oyster Company of use.
weekly pay.roll at the plant. of on
company in Water street.
Shaw went to the building at about
4:45 o’clock and going to the cm
on the second floor with a large bin.
handkerchief over his face and a. I!
calibre pistol in his hand entered that
odice. just as Miss Mildred A. Stan...
the private secretary of the concern.-
was going from one office to another.
Pointing the gun at Miss Stone It.
started to advance in her direction. .
‘ Screams. .-
“’hen Miss Stone noticed Sh "
she screamed and ran out of tho 0 -
fice into another part of the bull/f—
ing. where Timothy Pbelan. a. forci-
man at the plant was working and
informed him of the attempted hold:
up. Other employes of the comp-fly
were attracted to the scene by thi
screams of Miss Stone and came rui-
ning to the office.
\Vhen Phelan and Harry Smith.
another employee of the concern.
went back to the office. Shaw had
gone. It was thought that be m
hiding in the building and a search
was started. Phelan going out oi
the dock of the company found Show?
standing there and asked him what-
he was doing. Shaw stated that I!-
had not been in the plant and tug
he had just walked down to the dock.
He was taken to the omce,
Miss Stone identified him as til;
man who pointed the gun at half;
A 32 calibre Winchester pistol was
found in the inside pocket of
coat. along with several feet of TV“?
dow cord.
A call was then sent into the p.—
lice and Patrolman John Smith went
to the scene and placed Shaw undo?
arrest. He was then taken to tho
police station where he
that he intended to make a getawiy
with the payroll of the Radon cons-
puny.
Came From Lianne.
Shaw stated that he had formerly"
lived in a. little town on the north-
crn border of Maine and that about
six months ago moved to Bridgeport
where he worked and supported his
wife. He and his wife came to Nor-
walk about six weeks ago he M
and he had worked for a while a;
the Radell plant. His wife is one
ployed as a maid in the household
of a local family. Q
Shaw told Chief of Police William ’
R. Pennington. that. he became hard
up and that he was badly in need
of money. He knew that the 1&3
dell Company paid off their en.-
ployees about five o’clock Fridfl
and decided that he would anew
to rob the company of the weekly
payroll. He went to a W'uhtn
street store yesterday afternoon
about three o'clock where he p13
chased a 32 calibre \Vlnchester 11
tel under an assumed name and all;
so several feet of window cord. 11
was his intention to tie the paymaib
tor to the chair while he ma‘o
away with the payroll. Whei
searched he had two large bin.
handkerchiefs. one of which he i}
tended to place over the mouth of
the person. that was in charge Q
the payroll. when he entered the 0!-
fice.
Shaw stated to Chief Penningtg
that he didn‘t seem to know what 1;!
was doing when he planned the m. - -
but that he did it because he
badly in need of funds and beta“.
of the delicate condition of his wim-
Acording to his statement, his
ants in Maine are wealthy and
attended Bowdain college in W
until he eloped with his wife who.
is 17 years old. His parents was.
notified of his arrest and are
pected to come to this city today. ,1
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IS BEING
The New York, New Haven
Hartford Railroad Company is
ing today cutting down one of
grade crossings at Tindall and N"
Canaan avenues. which has ’
The place is being improVed"
made safe in response to tha'
paign made by the Sentinel
weeks ago.
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GRAIN FABMERS' PLAN.
CHICAGO. June usual-an
mers would-own. finance and- .
five largo Chicago grain m
5, 000 co-operatlve alovitors
plan which has been Mb
exocutivp committee d an '
rum human. will
name I. commit! m 3!
dent 0. E. Bradfutg 39 «a
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