IOBWALI”I FIRST NEWSPAPER
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SOLITI-l NORWALK.
GONN., MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1926.
PRICE THREE CENTS
Head awry—Forces
\) Sees Need of Study
.m—a-mn-o.
Proposes Commission
To Examine Economic
and social Aspects Of Prohibition—Success
Of Enforcement Depends On Quieting Pub-
‘ lic Mind—No Fair Test Of Law Yet. .
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‘ WASHINGTON, D. 0., March 1.4(AP)g-Oreation of a com-
mission to study the general prohibition question in all its aspects
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”was proposed today by Assistant SecretsryAndrews of the trees-
V ‘i ury department, in charge of dry law snforcement.
Public Unrest
With both Senate and House pre-
paring to take steps to inquire into
conditions under prohibition. and
with wet and dry organisations en-
gaged in bitter controversy over it.
Mr. Andrews declared he believed
the time had come for a thorough
study of the question in its econo-
mic. social. and other phases.
Unwllllng to make an estimate of
the various Greets of the law itself.
the Secretary declared that if en-
forcement was to proceed with suc-
cess some action must be taken to
quiet thb public mind.
No Similar Move Made
In the six years since the 18th
amendment to the Constitution was
adopted. on move of a similar na-
ture has been made by an authoriz-
» ;ed administration official. although
. Congresp has been asked on numer-
‘ous occasions by various groups to
order such a procedure.
Mr. Andrews emphasized that it
was his busts to enforce law
.Na‘r'atner‘thsn to i‘ air-R‘s ocean”:-
disadvantages snd-he suggested that
the study if; left to a commission
to be appointed by the President.
which. would have trained experts
and wide inquisitorial powers. He
though the inVestigatlons being pro:
posed in Congress Would be helpful
but believed that they would result
ultimately in the recommendation
for appointment of a general com
mission 9) be composed of men of
high standingand which would be
outside of the political field.
Law Not Yet Tested
‘ Enforcement of the law so far. he
said has not been a fair test of
the working of prohibition and a
fair test cannot be made until o. ju-
gr!
dietary and police sufficient ig carry .
out the law is available.
Quartette Club Has
325 At Masquerade
The annual masquerade ball of
the South Norwalk Quartctte Club
was held on Saturday afternoon in
the clubhouse in River street, and
.. was attended by some 325 persons.
Novelty dances. both old fashioned
and modern, were enjoyed to the
music of DeMartino’s orchestra. Re.
freshments were served during the
{j evening.
The committee in charge
slated Stephen Lyublanovlts,
man. Albert >Lyu novlts. Fred
Boer, flustave Mllle . Emil Singe-
wald. Jr.. .William Spitzer. Frank
See and Albert Wolm.
W. P. E lish Dies
At ldiers’ Home
William P. English. a farmer Nor-
walk blacksmith. died at .the.Fitch
Soldier's Home. in Noroton. yester-
day. He was born in Norwalk.
March 9. 1851. making him 74 years
old. At‘one time Mr. English kept
a blacksmith shop on Mechanic
met.
. , Truck Windshield
g Strangely Smashed
. lI'he windshield on the mail truck
operated by Arthur‘ Casey was
broken while it was parked in the
nor of the South Norwalk post of-
fice Saturday afternoon. Mr. Casey
informed the pelice that he thought
it was done by someone who threw
something ’out of a window or the
Roodner building. The matter is be-
ing invatintsd by the police.
Anderson Invited
9' Here Tomorrow
An. invitation has been extended
to Dr. George Wood Anderson to
address the meeting of the Norwalk
mention annotation. to be held
tomorrow noon at the Advenl
church. East Norwalk
It is not definitely known whether
the evangelist will be present. The
ladies of the church will serve a
luncheon.
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Robbed
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Theft of her jewelry was reported-to
New‘York police by Mrs. Benjamin
Harrison. widow of President Harri-
son. Police arrested a maid at Mrs.
Harrison's Fifth Avenue home. '
HORAN MAKES
GAME FIGHT “
* FOR HIS LIFE
Outcome Uncertain for
' Several Days—Blood
Transfusion G a v e
Fresh Strength;
The condition of William Koran.
18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dennis Horan. of 11 Stuart avenue.
who has been. critically ill at 'the
Norwalk Hospital, for the past fort.
night. and whose life was saved.
Friday. by a blood transfusion. was
reported as fairly good this morn-
ing. \
Following the , transfusion. in
which Wallace Wlnant .29 Cedar
street. sacrificed a pint of blood.
young Horan seemed on the road to
recovery. Saturday night. he suf-
fered a slight relapse. and passed a
restless night. Throughout the day.
yesterday. his condition was not
good .but according to reports this
morning .he passed a fairly good
night. According to “tending phy-
sicians. his condition willbe uncer-
tuin for several days.
MRS. ANNA BOND
POST MISTRESS
0F= ROWAY'ION
Senate Confirms Nomi-
n a t io n—Succeeds
Harvey Ackart Who
' Held Post 10 Years.
The nomination of Mrs. Anna F.
Bond for postmistress of Rowayton.
has been confirmed by the Senate.
according to a report in the Uni-
ted States Postal bulletin today.
Mrs. Bond succeeds Harvey Ackarf
who resigned when his four year
term ended after ten years service,
last October. i A
The Nor-walk Republican com-
mittee endorsed the appointmth of
hire. Bond 'after Congressman
lahuyler Merritt referred to it the
dedaion. after both Mrs. Bond and
succuus l0
BRIEF ILLNESS
W?“ Soil—fats:
ness Saturday—s
‘ Dead This Morning.
POPULAR CITIZEN
Came To, Nor‘walk
From Porto Rico As
A Boy—Belonged To
Several Clubs.
The sudden death of Manuel Toro
Hatch. vice president and general
manager of Hatch. Bailey & Co..
lumber merchants. came an a shock
to his friends and business associ-
ates. this morning.
His death occurred at his home,
29 Fairfield avenue following a
week's illness with indigestion.
His First Illness.
Although for from , well, Mr.
Hatch was at his office. 29 Mar-
shall street. Saturday morning. and
attended to some important business
matters. This was the iumberman‘s
first serious illness and. he “were!
luctant. to be confined to his home.
Funeral services will be held
from the into home on Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. An-
drew F. Chamberlain, pastor ofthc
First Methodist church. will offici-
utc. -
Besides his wife. who was Miss
Elia. G. Smith. the deceased is sur-
vived by one brother. Cito Hatch of
Matrbledale Conn., and two sisters.
the Misses Clara and Euleta Hatch
'0! New Canaan.
Born In Porto Rico.
Born in Ponce, Porto Rico. the
son of Captain and Mrs. Davis
Hatch. Mr. Hatch moved with
his parents to Norwalk.
young boy. The family resided in
the Morris house, which stood at
the corner of South Main and Eli-
zabeth streets, and which was one
of the show places of the city. It
was inter moved to Elizabeth
street, to make way for the Hotel
Clifford. Captain Match and his
family. then occupied. what has
been known as the Hatch home:
stead. 66 West avenue. Here Man-
uel, lived until a young man.. He
received ghis education invthe Nor-
walk public schools. and afterward.
took employment in a. commission
house in New York city.
He became associated with James
K. Bailey in and formed the Hatch.
Bailey dc Company. dealers in lum-
ber. Some years later. he withdrew
from the company. and entered the
grain commission business. In 1913.
on the death of his brother. Hor-
ace. Mr. Hatch re-entercd the firm.
and to the day of his death. had
been general manager of the com-
pany.
Mr, Hatch's clubs were the New
York Athletic. the South‘Norwalk.
and the Norwalk Country. He was
a staunch Republican. but never
hold any public offices. '
Pleasing Personality.
The deceased was one of the most
popular business men in the city.
and leaves a host of friends to
mourn his passing.
Mr. Hatch was somewhat over 60
years of age and had an especially
pleasing personality. Everybody who
knew him wanted to be his friend.
s CALLS
came in by telephone to Clarence
Brown—in answer to this classl-
fled advertisement.
FOR RENT-5 room apart-
ment. Hsnford Place. all
improvements. Hot water.
.but. rent. $31 Call phone
1946.
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Mr. Brown stated that the sec-
ond day after this advertisement
appeared in The Sentinel he ba-i
many' more calls. and could have
rented it several times over.
RESULTS!
Hrs. Ross. A. Mead posedtheCivii
”Noam ,,
when u‘
Five of the robbers. wearihgl
handkerchiefs overthcir faces. ell-l
tered the shop as the day's business}
was beginning while four others re»
method in a motor truck parked in:
a yard adjoining the‘placs.
Thieves also escaped with 380.000
Masked Gang Take $50,000 Of
Brooklyn Firm At Point Of Gun Early To- .
day—$30,000 Worth Pulled Through Hole .5011“ Savrk and Wil-
In Wall At Kuigman & Son’s. ’
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NEW, YORK. March 1.-——(AP). Lining up 35 employeesé
against a wall with pistols. a squad of masked robbers today;
escaped with $50,000‘worth of pelts from the Applebatun and’
Gohn Fur Dressing company’s shop on Osborn street, Brooklyn.
$80,000 ifiurs Stolen TWO Hun For
From New York Dealers ATTACK UPON
IPelts From
a
li‘m’lll of skins from the firm of
Julius Kiugmsn and Son. 0n slst
Sire-t l-y boring their way early yon-
lrvrduy, through the wall of a vacant
Shop on 30th street, police learned
today.
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Prominent Firm. 54;i
Years I n Busbiessq
Returns To Location ,
J. M. Layton and Company. rea'
estate and insurance. was establish-
ed 54 years ago in a small “film
in West Washington street. and
this morning opened its new offices
in 36 West Washington street. al-
most on tho .ite of the firm of»
ficc of the company.
In Samuel lloyt Bldg.
The new offices are located on the:
ground floor of the Samuel lloyi
building in the store formerly ’le
cupled by nrizgcrmun Brothers.
The store has been remodeled into
up-io~duio offices.
When one enters the Olfit‘u‘ a.
visitor is greeted by a handsmne.
modern combination counter and
desk behind which is located tlu
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CLEAN CHIMNEY
AND AVOID nu
SAYSBOGARDUS
Recent Fires Were Due
To Soot-Clogged
Flues Following
“Substitute” Winter.
"People will'llavcto clean out
their chimneys if they wish to avoid
chimney fires.” said Fire Chief
George Bogardus this morning.
He said that many of the recent
chimney fires had been caused by
the burning of soft coal which
quickly forms soot in the chimneys.
He strongly advised cleaning out
of the chimneys before hard coal is
again Burned in Norwalk homes.
The chemical at iheCentral Fire
station was called out at six o‘clock
this morning to extinguish another
chimney fire in the home of Theo-
dore B. Ferguson in Putnam ave-
nue. Hand chemicals were used and
there was no damage.
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Decide Not To Take
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Him Back To Prrson
Clarence Jennings. Canal street.
Westport. was sentenced to serve
five days in jail as a result of the
trouble which was the cause of
sending his wife and Samuel Reddv
to the county jail in Bridgeport for
six months. .
Jennings was tried last Thursday.
but sentence was deferred until to-
day. As he has been in Jail for
five days he was released this
morning. Parole officers from Sing
Sing prisorf. N. Y.. were in Westpon
and they decided. as the charge was
so small. they wouldnot compel
him to be brought back to New
York. Attorney Daniel Keogh of
Norwalk represented Jennings. and
said he would fight any attempt
made to bring him back to New
York. ‘
Jennings probably will be asked
to leave Westport.
Jennings was arrested on the
complaint of Roddy. {boarder in
the Jennings homo. followipg a
snare sheila.
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, the state.
NEW VACATION
anon BEGINS
Repairs To H e a t i n g
Plants Will Be Made
While Schools Are
(gland.
do
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'Norwslk‘s new school schedule.
which gives the school children one
week‘s vacation after eight weeks
of study. during the Spring. went
into effect today. when the local
schools closed for the week. The
principals and teachers are also on-
joying a. vacation. The new ar-
rangement will do away with the
Easter vacation but will not length-
en the school, term. which consists
of 40 weeks and will close June 30.
This plan was approved at a rp-
Ccnt meeting of the school board
and has been approved by the prin-
clpnls and teachers. The schedule
has been tried out Willi much suc-
cess in Massachusetts schools and
a number in the northern part of
John Luud. lobal super-
lntcudent of schools thinks that the
plan will prove equally effective in
Norwalk..
According to Mr. Lund. in other
years the period between Christmas
and Easter was nearly four months
long and with no vacation to re-
lieve the monotony, The period
this your consists f three period of
eight weeks, mak us a vacation at
the first of March and another the
first week in May.
A few minor repairs will be mude
in several schools this week and the
healing plants of a law schools will
be inspected. They have been giv-
ing some trouble. especially the
plant in the Concord school.
STATESMEN AND
SOOTHSAYERS
IN WASHINGTON
Rev..Jacobs MuchSur-
“One of the most startling uno-
mslies in modern civilization is not
only the survival but even the re-
vival of superstition and witchcraft.
and. we see it upon every hand.
lifting its hideous head. and many
are they who fall down and wor-
ship it. declared the Rev. Freder~
Ick H. Jacobs in his morning ad-
dress at the South Norwa‘ik Congre-
gational church yesterday. ,
"In yesterday's Times." be con-
tinued “there was an account of a
committee hearing in Washington
to determine the advisability of
enacting a law to prohibit fortune
telling in Washington. Think of it
in Washington: the‘ Capital city of
one of the most enlightened nations
in the world. Atthls meeting a
Mme. Marcia claimed that she had
predicted to hire. Harding the elec-
tion of Senator Harding to the pres-
idency and. later. the death of
President Harding. Perhaps it is not
strange that such claims should be
made. but it is strange that in a
world familiar with the use of rail-
roads airplanes and radios. thous-
ands and poi-hope millions of seem.
ingly intelligent people can be
> recompense mess
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' YOUNG GIRI.
, liam Mulqueen Are
‘ Locked Up After
_ Last Night’s, Party.
“PICK UP” RESULTS
Fifteen Year Old Girl
Takes Auto Ride and
Comes To Grief.
John . Savik. :0. West Cedar
ser-t. and William Mulqueen. :0.
of vapc's Farm. ltieliard avenue,
are held by the First District police
without bonds on a charge of at.
lurking 15-year-old girl. Police—
men Edward J. Clunc and Charles
I“. Page made the arrests. at 3
o'clock this morning.
According to the police. the two
youths “picked up" the girl about
7.,o'clock inst night on Commerce
street. The trio got in un auto and
went off for a ride.” When the girl
did not return home by 1!! a, m..
her parents notified the pollen.
Shortly afterwards the girl
reached home and the police were
told of the circumstances. Officers
Clune and Page went in the home
of the two young men and made the
arrests. Mulqueen was taken. to
the South Norwalk police station
where he is being detained. Suvik
is held in the First District police
station. Neither youth has said
anything about the ease. The date
of the trial has not l-ren sci.
The young men are alleged to
have cmniniliml the assault upon
the girl between Norwalk and
Stamford. where the trio wont to a
Stamford theatre. It was here that
the girl left and returned to her
Not-walk home by trolley.
She told her parents what had
happened and thoymotitied the po-
licr».
She identified the men when they
were brought boi‘orb her.
John J. Cuneo Opens
New Oflices Today
Corporation Counsel. John J. Cu-
neo. opened his new law offices in
the Roodner-'l‘erris building Wash-
ington street this morning.
lie was formerly located in the
offices with Judge Joseph R. Tay-
lor as a. partner. The partnership
was recently dissolved. Judge Taylor
will continue to practice in the for-
mer offices in the South Norwalk
Trust Company building. Attorney
Frederick Lovrjoy. Jr.. will be of-
filiated with the office.
Mrs. Harriet Sweeney has accept-
ed a position as secretary to At~
torney Cuneo.
John P. Webber, Civil
War Veteran Passes
John P. Webber, one of the few
remaining locnl Civil “'ar veterans,
died this morning at his home. 102
Main street. after u lingering illness.
Hod Mr. Wehhor lived until next
month. he would have been 82.
Besides his widow. the deceased is
survived by two daughters. Mrs. It
L. Broihcrton. and Mrs. Edward J.
Finnegan. and one son. Frank Web-
ber, who is in Florith.
Funeral services wlfi be. held from
the home, Wednesday afternoon, at
2:30. Rev, DoWitt '1‘. Van Doren.
pastor of the First Baptist church.
will official». Interment will he in
Riverside cemetery.
The drcensed had Mien a Mason
for over 60 Sears. and was also a
member of Our Brother's Lodge. I.
O. 0. E. and Buckingham Post G. A.
R.
First St. Thought
Murder Was Done!
What seemed an attempted
murder in First street turned out
to be a backfire from a passing
automobile shortly after 7 o'clock
last evening.
Residents of that section were
frightened by a noise like the re.
port ofVa gun and called Detec~
tive Sergeant John L. Roberts ill
his home to inform him of “a
shooting."
Sergeant Roberts “cut to the
scene. a short distance from his
home. on the double-quick. After
conducting an investigation he
discovered the cause of dire» cx~
plosicn. ‘
Second Week End Visit
- Of State
Many Months’ -
Police Here
Investigation Necessary To Get
Evidence After Complaint Had Been Re-
ceived From Hartford Office—Trials Next
Saturday—Paraphernalia Seized.
State police from the Westport and Ridgefleld barracks
under command of Sergeants Walter Lenehan and John Kelley
swooped down on the Silent Four Colored club in Water street
at midnight Saturday and arrested 42 negroes and one white
man.
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A $387,000,000 picture, this. For
President Coolidge'wos signing the
new law which allows that much
from the public‘s annual tax bill.
BABIN AGAIN
HEADS NORWALK,
YACHT CLUB
Re-Elected Commodore
—-Gage Is Vice Com-
modore, C. H. Harris
‘ Rear Commodore.
Provost Iiul‘inot' liowayton. was
reelected Commodore of the Norwalk
Yacht Club at the annual meeting
in the South Norwulk Club Satur-
day ovouinc. Commodore Rubin is
now in liurope. The other officers
elected “ere:
Vice Commodore ——Willlam 1"..
Gage.
Rear l‘ommodem—Charles H.
Harris.
SFCroiul‘y—Ilulph Comstock.
Treasurer—4V. ii. L‘nhoitz.
Board of Governors—James l..
O'Brien. I). W. Pitch. William Mc-
Hugh. Richard Iruin. John Mc~
Mahou, Jr.
Plans for the coming Season “ere
made at the meeting. 'l‘llcre vsus a
good attendance of members.
Helen Farrar Suit
Settled Out Of Court
The damage action brought by
Helen Furrur of Liberty Square.
against l“. Emory Hutcllman of
Bridgeport. was settled before it
came to trial beforo Judge Nehe-
miah Cnmlcc and a jury in the South
Norwalk city court this morning.
Damages of $1.000 we ;;.§;slred as
the result of injuries rcc
Mrs. Furrar was struck
mobile driven by Mr.
an autof
hmau in
Liberty Square on N? ber 28.
102.5.
Attorney A. l". Elm-i eprcscnled
the plaintiff and Thomas )I. Culli-
uun of Bridgeport the defendant.
Smith‘Hurts Hip fl
Making An Arrest
Patrolman John Smllli is con-
fined lo his home in Spring street
with an injury to his hip. lie ro-
cci\‘ed it while placing Clifford
Craig of Edlle avenue under arrest
Friday afternoon. fiflicer Smith
says that Craig attacked him while
hall and that he fell on the steps
hall and that he tel ion the steps
at the side entrance receixlng the
injury.
hlULLl’GAN'S COOKIES
the old-fashioned kind. and Mulli-
gan's famous eruller‘s are for sale
in stores all over this vicinity. The
old-fashioned cookies include the
following kinds: ginger. sugar. her-
miis. molasses. chocolate and ost-
rnssl. only the best of materials ai-
m 1"... W iogmaklsg Ifuliigsn‘
(i when l
s 3 District City _,
.. month ago,
18 Day Street Visit.
They also raided the housae at 15
[my street and arrested liobert Sen-
ion colored on the charge of kecrn
in? and selling liquor. Three quarts
of alleged whiskey were seized
there.
At the Silent Four club rooms
which have been a gathering place
for the ncgi‘ocs for many years the
police seized about a gallcn and a.
half of alleged whiskey.
Paul Mason. 0 Wood riot-f, and
ilurxey Clements, 12 'l'ollc street.
both officers of the club were charge
ed with keeping and selling liquor
and wilh conducting a gaming
house. They were placed under
bonds of 5500 (ruck. An additional
charge of gambling was placed
(if-'iilnbl. these two men yesterday
afternoon when _Sergcant Lenehan
and Trooper Quigley went to the
club in seurth of a man and found
a. card game going on.
Robert Patterson, 111 Raymond
street another officer of the club
was placed under bonds of $100.
frequentcrs are held under bonds of
$25 tZaCll.
Gonzales ’I‘oted Gun.
Julius Gonzales of 12 Raymond
street had a gun on his person when
he was searched and the charge of
carrying concealed weapons was
pluccd against him. lie was releas-
ed under bonds of $100.
Lehaiu Habu of Church street
was the white mun in the crowd.
lie was in the club rooms when the
police entered and was charged with
itroquvutiur; a gaming house.
The others arrested were all
.cliurgcd with frequenting a gaming
house and were all placed under
bonds of $35. 'i'hey are: J. Henson,
“ street: William Rogers.
l Brook
Canal HFIL'I. Stamford; Johl} Picas-
aut. 117 Water Street: George Mar-
shall, 3 Third street; Hampton
Louis, 3 Cliff street; Milton Miller,
it First street; John Marshall, 3
Third street; Prank Medley, 3 Third
street; Arthur limos. 38 Cottage
street; .‘ililton Parlser, 1“ Water
street; Romaine Saunders. 22 Day
street: William Oliver. 19 Marshall
street; James Hargrave. 49 Lexing-
ton avenue. Arthur lticks, 107 Wa—
inr street; George Nichols 23 Wood
street; George Travers, Norzh ave-
nuc; Theodore Olmstcad. Water
street; i-‘rank Jackson, 19 Water
nue; Toby West. 11 1-: Raymond
street: Sol Nichols, 19 Wood street;
Arthur Boyer. 36 Day street; Alex
Robinson. iii Harbor avenue: Cesar
Silver. lladcl Oyster Company: Gus
Alontcro. 37 Raymond street; An-
drew Scoit, 37 Raymond street;
Jcromc Senton. Day street; Harold
Townsend. 19 Marshall street;
James Jones. 47 Lexington avenue;
George Casey. 51 Water street;
James Rock. Water street; Peter
fiber, Raymond street and Sam
Jones Water street.
Dice, Cards and Cash.
When the police entered the club
they found a. card game going on.
They mixed several decks of playing
cocoa-lice and money which will be
used as cxidcuco at the coming
ll‘lul. I ‘
A dance. was going on in the hall
on the second floor of the building.
at the time of the raid and there
.wcre six colored women in the hall
|nlong with two musicians. The wo—
jtnen and the musicians were not
placed under arrest.
There were 14 members of the
‘lfltu police in the raiding party and
the lvuilding‘was surrounded before
lllu police entered the door so that
none of those inside could make a
get away. "
No one but Svrnion was arrested
at is. Day street and he was charged
with being the proprietor of the
place.
State police have been investigat-
ing conditions in Norwnlk's so call-
ed "Black Belt" for some time and
the raids were the result of the in-
xcstigution. The Collared Club raid
was one of the largest ever made in
tho cuy.
Sergeant Lenehan received a com-
plaint rcgardtng the Col‘ored Club
last October. it came through the
lie at oncn started work on the
case and it “as only recently that
he was able to obtain the evidence
that he desired.
bonds. The last of them mm
lleased late pesterday um ”
Their cases willcome units“?
n.
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street: William Henry. 15 Ely ave-.
Anderson, 7 Raymond street; Joseph,
Hartford office of the slate pollee.'
All of those arrested furnished .
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