Williamson ‘ MAN HELD FOR ’ MAINE MURDER T KILLS HIMSELF Kirby Dies As “Sacri- fice” Rather Than Admit He Took Wo- man’s Life AUGUSTA. lilo, Sept lG.-——(A. P.) A murder case which stirred the state of Maine last May was brought to an abrupt, close Monday with the suicide of Harry A. Kirby in the juil litre. Kirby. charged with the murder or Miss Altltt Hayward. sluslictl his wrist with a razor blade and ding a fur hours inter. ()n the night of lllttl‘ 19, Miss Emma M. 'l'owiis was rescued from her burning cottage on the shore of Luke .‘llnrnnncook ln Winthrlp and was found to be suffering from two bullet wounds. She told authorities that a. man had shot her, set fire to the cottage and nhductml her niece. Miss Hay- wart]. Large rcwnrtis were offered for tho ilndlng of Miss Hayward and a posse searched the wooded country with the aid of a. dog. Four days later her body was discovered in a SEPTEM‘BER'IIB, 1925.; cottage which Kirby had occupied and on May 25 Kirby was art-cried ut Newburyport. Mass. in his cot- tage was found a large amount 0! loot from the burned cottage. Kirby at first insisted that he found the body and in another cot- tage and removed it to his own but the police said that holster made a confession or the murder. Last week he pleaded not guilty to indictments for the murder of Miss; Hayward and attempted murder of Miss Towns. but pleaded sulltyto an in- dictment for arson. Court oflicials said they had understood that he would withdraw his not guilty pleas today and plead guilty. Kirby left a. letter addressed to High Sher-if! Henry F. Cummings of Kennebec county in which he said: "I have thought thermatter over and have decided to sacrifice my lite to the state 0: Maine, rather than plead guilty to a brutal and vicious crime of which I am not wholly guilty. - "It my wife does not claim my body. 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Cray of Indiana. now serving atssn- tence in the Atlanta penitentiary, (AR) but will act favorably on the appli- has led to a series at mass demon- ——President Coolidge is willing totcation made by friends of McCray, “driving, I KARLSRUHE, Sept. 16.—-—The con. tlon period. ~from Lieutenant Wade’s er to Alva'n Macauley, President ‘ Packard Motor Car Co. ”'“ I would never have attempted such, a trip in any other car but the Packard Eightior i know that the Packard is the only car equi w' . 1th th lubricstor and the motor oil recall): e Chasm 5;; Tgese 'dgices enabled us to drive the entire . m cs wi out once chan ‘n oil 1 dgiver'e seat to lubricate m g or caving the t e wonderful Packard Eight motor which never lai- tered in the 1.65 hours and 50 minutes continuous attribute the success of the run. the chassis. To them, and " ‘, ‘IWe have 'sufiered no after effects from strain. This is a real tribute to the ease with which the car was handled and, its'riding qualifies ‘ " * " The car came through with a A . . perfect score. We b d no mechanical difliculties of any kind. I believe vac could haveturncd right around and driven back to Los Angeics Without stopping either car or motor. ‘ PAGE, 'l‘HBEEJl E war days. notwithstanding the nulment of the maiori yoftho strictions imposed dur g the i The production or bee sumption of alcoholic beverages in now is only about 60 per cent. that . ‘ Germany is much less than in pre- of former days. “ “ I 1 s 4‘35 .1 a-.-;. §'§ w world Flier Picks Packard Eight _ Drives Across Continent Without Car or Motor Once Stopping EUTENMT LEIGH WADE,onc of the famous round-the-world fliers of the United States. Army Air Service, driving his own standard, new series Packard Eight under A. A. A. sanction, recently completed the first really continuous transcontinental drive ever made. Wade left Los Angclcs at 12:00 noon Thursday and arrived in blew York at 12:50 pm. one week later. He was accompanied and relieved at the wheel by Linton Wells, the neWs- paper correspondent who stowed away in Wade’s plane from Ind1a to Pers1a. Official A. A. A. obScrvcrs were in the car every foot of the way from coast to coast and have certified that in the 165 hours and 50 minutes elapsed time these two tireless men drove 3,965 miles Without once allowing. either the motor or the car to come to a stop. HIS uniqucteat was undertaken by the daring pilot of the “Boston" as a “va- cation pastimc" while on leave from the army. ' v Wade and Wells wanted to attempt again something which had never before been done. Cross-country speed runs were an old story. But a non-stop wheel and motor run—driv- ing a car from ocean to ocean within legal speed limits, without a second's bait for any purpose whatever—here was something new indeed! ' Chooses Packard Eight ‘l‘wo of Wade's companions on the historic world flight, Lieutenants Smith and Arnold, - own Packard Eights. Their advice agreed with his judgment and he bought a Packard Eight in which to attempt his record run. His choice was a sound one. The Packard Eight never once in seven days and nights water were taken on from moving vehicles. The mileage covered was eight times as great as any ordinary car shouldbc driven . without change of motor oil. It was equal ceased its iorward motion. Gas,oil,tood and ' - J “c.- PACKARD BRI 170 CANNON ”STREET ‘ ‘ - LOCAL REP to halt the average man's yearly mileage without a stop. During this nearly 4,000 mile drive but 20 quarts of oil were consumed-an average of 800 miles to the gallon. Yet thanks to the oil rectifier an analysis of the crank case oil For the third time within a year the re- markable reliability of Packard motors has been forcibly called to publicatten- ' tion: First, the successful 8,100 mile flight of the Navy dirigible Shenan- doah. Second, the record-breaking 28% hour continuous flight of the Navy sea-plane PNv9. And now, Lieutenant Wade’s transcontinental nonstop run in the Packard Eight. PHONE NOBLE 3410 - - .-\ ‘ upon arrival in New York showed 98% pure lubricant. Gas consumption averaged 13 miles to the gallon The chassis wasttbbroughly lubricated every hundred miles—without stopping the car — by the mere pull of a plunger on the dash. Value of Improvements ‘ Confirmed Lieutenant Wade’s Spectacular trip merely served to impress what the owners of 15,000 new series Packard cars have teamed in the past seven months. For these owners have found in their cars the most important new improvements since the electric self-starter - --thc chassis lubricator and the motor oil rectifier. To the average owner these improvements mean longer life of parts, lower costs for oil, .quietnessoi operation and service uninter- rupted by frequent giving .up of the car for achassis lubrication. DGEPOT MOTORS, INC. i p .. ‘ BRiDGEPORT RESENTATIVE c. A. aux — PHONE 365w . ( ‘ Events“ store; is I; l :- ' h zit—'58. Yum; " ggraosovaiissesazafi cpl. ”mm-3mm” I‘“ C on 'n “a”. I I‘ ”3...;
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