a? " my"! ”WT l s - See P44 : ‘ E ‘ ' ‘mias secondaclal matter at the post office at . ~lo. “cruelty, _ smumsnnn 1870 , NEW FIREMEN' : mourn . B__Y_ MAYOR Favorable Action Taken 1 By Council On Cross < Street Widening -— Rou- ; tine Matters. . Plans for the widening of Cross I” were approved. and two ap~ -intments to the Norwaik fire de- partment were made at a special meeting of the City Council last night. The firemen appointed are: William H. Morrow and Joseph Bog. deny. They will take up their du- ties before September 1. . Little discussion was heard rs- gsrding the Cross strest widening and paving. Louis B. Lehmairs Jr.. representing the Maggiore Realty company. and Henry A. Hegelein. a property owner. presented claims. which will be considered at a later date. While no.deflnite action has yet been taken. indications are That through traffic system will be in- augurated 'as soon as the improve- ' ments are made. Paving will follow go straightening and widening of a road. which extends from Main gtroot. opposite North avenue. to the .west end f Wail street. With so measures taken to im- ' " . rove the Junction of North and East a'vonue. the routewill be ideally sit-' tasted for traffic both ways and will relieve the present pressure that exists on Wall street. Street Improvements . Aside from'the appointment of tho firemen last night. the meeting con- cerned itself mainly with road im- provements. They have been referred to the Street Department. which will re ort fu. mat, the noncredit“ Jean; m'.eoudm loitembe‘r lo ‘ . “Charles ,8. Drew. Clifford ‘Craig. fibroid it. Balka. and James T. .Whital presented 'applicatlons for;ap.- pointment to the superhumerary police force. They were referredwo vestigatc. . > . ~ ' A preliminary report from Free- holders Alfred Brown. Joseph Gor- hsm. and Clarence wn in regard totthe proposed cha d West avo- .nut. building line was made. and the matter will be taken np‘fully_at the next regular meeting of the council. The tentative plan submitted calls for a width of 50 feet at either-side of the'center of the road. This will be passed upon finally'at -......... u. in (Continued On Page Two.) EfllEL'DOROAN 17;." " ‘3 WT 0m . Mill-Dill inedvdeep face and shoulder lacer- zions at 11:40 o'clock last night "was riding. oberated by AlfredChatp ham. to Forest street. crashed into Ithe concrete wall of the railroad bridge at the junction of'Meadow street and Wilson Point road ‘- Blinded by the- headlights of an oncoming car. which were made more glaring by the dense fog. 'Chatham lost control of his car:in manning to swerve out from the path of the other machine. ‘ His 1ginninobile crashed headlong/into t3" calm“ wall. and was consider- ably smashed. «The! driver suffered only slight puts. while Doreen. ridiug._in the front seat of the coach typg‘ag, was taken to her home, where she ' ' “medical attention. Ber‘cong aition was reported good this. mom. :4 _‘__-... Biaueonl George Sohradey fl Wesley Hook. all of NW one were found in the ear. The man died bonds and will ap- gasr in the downtown city 003st . “any morning. Blight dances was done to the car. .~ . ' NOTICE. . ‘ ‘ —All Summer and early Fall hate. lass each iii-s Polheinas u m the police committee which will in: . . antj r‘nstters‘garef schgcfjuled, to come ‘ up but no doubt the most interesting ”an an automobile‘dn'whlchjh'e their res. ~ , Boptor’nbglgniefitingethranuualelse: ': I "this vimltv' 1-»th morningonscoolllit‘cflho? . which might woofers-issuers j ’- ' Wwofiibanies had‘ an . layout- ' debaksr touring car.'owa- intimate: vehicles of sleepy ain‘t):m John Young; 0‘ Helm , ”twawft cost thegw'. good. was stolen last night whitett , , W 0.000.000 ‘fdr ...« ”parked opposite the‘Paiscetho- ‘ _ _' ., .. 1nd. , ltwaefouodearlythlsmoen-f" r'.‘ . ..- .4 a. by Policeman John mama: *Wug-poupie?! dosszm. ewmundepartmenhin t_ .m‘, doingnscesd .u .. the!" Henri-sated Thomas nryant. “hangings-spit; .' , ‘ . , under the Act of March 8. m NORWALI'I II 3.81! NIWBPAPIB all WWW.» them BM- of? . . Q!!!)MMNMMW oso by toss-o Mallets-o- ' ”cations of the laden. MI! “8 mm b! 1'0"“! and black shirted Facisti because of the unprocedent- . ' “ .‘ltbrmtdttng‘m scores of, inlurics. roiioo. estimated” um adsoo persons, mostly women ”I “ all Vi “ .Wfi ‘- . II Gmwmint where'uie starrlies in state. . . actor awaits final disposition. A girl admirerhashnelt to self-«pm.- WW Ihsresnains of" “kWh Valenm ,will lie while .3 has: -- ; 8o. Neil-walk; new season -wi h‘meeting ‘ tomorrow night. A'tlthls5tlme several import- or;tnege',wili' be' the ‘ err of the national-convention by; horoas Mc- Mahenfihfr. McMahon wts elected-as a delegation to. Counéctlcut stile convention which . was 5 held' in" this city early'in'Mbl'... ‘ 's '. The nttlpn‘el conventi n was. held lazrhilidelphia'nho firs week .1 in Augustfiiidfwgs , a. most n'intereaing ”9.11;.va spent sometime in. thiladplpjiia‘land will" no doubt havo'ajn' natuentortainlng talk for Themes ', .‘will start at 8:30. Plane will; invade’do'rf the 030ml)“: fication We“! first. degree stithe ll ._ 5 l _ sting in hepiemberth, ribs M' owl“ ‘-. ‘1)“ “not." 4_ . ‘ :be held.- Harlot = . , mailman ind-When Na one. con-l. . en. 1. av- ed $10.... "Long Island , sound to 1.1.. n .- rm. >‘ . .tnoatsioohfiltliitothe hf. .: m Wet «mt-Nmmh] "mu fiWflh logy-:10; , ,. .' ‘1?“th ., . j ' - g mammal}? “I, '03: ._ ‘ Atwoiiiaaiog enslafiinegdi .‘fik ”Ml!“ _ . fink"? you a. mm mm. 10 ,, ”W“ poolioii' No“, 1253.; Knights’ 0f~-d0 um‘bus‘.‘ will. startttho :1 4! Deanery Violence ,. ’ ‘ i "' SWeep Over Country , A and we , tragedyafter tragody.‘ BRIDGEPORT. Four men are dead.. another is at the point of déath. and two others are in a cri- tical condition asflthe result of a head on collision in Nichols last night of a closed automobile which hit a. tree. The automobile was driv- cn by lWiliiaiu Faker. 19. of this city. in a dense fog. He failed to make a short turn‘ at'ihe foot of the hill leading into the Nichols center. Three .of the four men in the rear ’of the machine were almost in nt- in killed ‘and‘the fourth Cied within an hour. ‘ The .dead were: Paul No i. John Narco. Tony Rich. and o- ’ nard Maintero. . ~ The injured are: George Davies. 18. who issaid to be dying._Btanley declinowits. 17. and William Fekar. 10. the.ia_tter two». suffering from fractured skulls. f Coroner Phelan will' goto Nichols thisafternoon and open en‘fiiquesttomorrow. , . Buried Alive - TORRINGTON. (AP).—J'ose ph Megistrali. is. was buried ailve"here this morning in the“ cave-in _of a sand banlt‘ at; the south end of the city; The. other workers tried.to excavate him. but asecondlcaveiin oc'cu 9'» . Eolic'o..,I-lld.llremen‘;a.n- mtg to emergencyg'calis. and to- .The attention 'og,passsisby wast- W-fliil'lfi,’ one of the windows ,1 in :Doonellr A. Book , “ the 'W.eghipition of persuade v: children'bbtwosn the iso- of assault in the Hermit plarsrouodsiszon display. , “comic-t smears , tofu-inure dualism-mi. ed. est audition was a“ collection orroor glass trays. Beam the wave of violent oaths swept over the country" last night today and‘telegraph wires bummed this morning with . Playground. Edith Smith. Helen , FIN“. theinthelomaae gether with volunteers worked fran- tically to liberate the man. but he was dead when taken from the scene. .The body was still in a standing position. O WINSLOW. Arizona. (AP).—-A man and a. woman were killed and 8 persons injured when 22 cars on a Santa Fe work train was derailed near here early today. Hammer Murdcmr. NEW YORK. (AP).—Overpower- ed-b'y what he told police was a de- sire to kill the man with whom he studied philosophy. Emanuel Silver- stein entered a restaurant at 1:70 Fulton street today. and hit Julius Callsh. 63. within hammer. Callsh died while being taken to a hospital. Sliverstein was held on a charge of homicide. He said he had stopped at a’shoemaker's shop on the way to a restaurant. and‘deposlted "250 cents" for a loan ‘ of the ‘hammtr. WHITE RIVER Junction, (AP).— Three persons were killed and a fourth seriously injured when an au. tomobile plunged through a bridge and ‘feil 50 feet toéthe Central Ver- ‘mo'nt railroad tracks near here. All came from Springfield. Mass. shapes were exhibited by the fol- lowing children: from the Harris Harrigan. Lillian Hendrick. Russell Morgan. Palard Tavella. Gertrude Hoyt. Marie Gradia and Rachel Volla: from the state street Play- Eleanor Schenk. Grace londeila and Roslyn Drake: from the Marvin. Playground. Marjorie Nadia. Eivese Bumngton. Fred Mc- Grath and Gladys Olsen. M animus E. nnsnnior' IMPROVING AT ROSPITAJA Arthur I. nosedich its 111a: Hill road, who is at -the Norwalk hospital recovering from a« broken J9! and a scalp wound. hir. Benedict received the injuries as a‘ t of falling down stairs at his ho e. Sunday. He was not found until Honda morning. when he was taken to the hospital. SIULUGAN'I COOKIE "I. ”We Cruise-s are sold by stores all over thh ty. l'er pie. files. for outing; ' pisee there to songs? as HIM madam a variety or hinds)’. It i. MURRAY TOWN CHAIRMAN» OF DEMOCRATS Harold T. Murray was elected chairman of the Democratic Town Committee at an executive meeting in the city hall last night. He suc- ceeds the late Joseph J. Linxweiler. With the present campaign form- ally launchcd. Mr. Murray an- nounced this morning that Demo- cratic strength locally will be whipped together. and has issued a call for meetings of the various ward committees on Wednesday evening. August 29. Little information was forthcoma ing from members of the committee last night, especially regarding the selection of candidates. Mr. Mur- ray made no‘ statement other than. "The Democrats here have a very good chance. and we're going to make everypossible effort to organ- ize all our forces." City Treasurer in the Jeremiah Donovan -adminlstrstion here. Mr. Murray has been a long resident in Norwaik. and is a keen student of the local political status. SUN PEEPSAOUT T0 CELEBRATE Festivities stdrted inmerry fash- ion at the Norwalli Men's Outing at notch Point early this afternoon. when the sun shdne forth. just a little. yto'show its ‘goodwili. ‘Tlie baseball game.-scheduled to start at 1:30 o'clock. was somewhat.“- be an officer of the G 0. ”OWN “ f E CHICKEN CHASE GIVES DARlEN EXCillEMENT Top Of Van Filled With Poultry Tears Olf Under Bridge—Humane Officer Arrests Driver. Motorists in the vicinity of the viaduct in Dorian at 3 o'clock yes- terday afternoon were suddenly and unexpectedly confronted by a flock of excited chlckend. when a truck. belonging to Levin Brothers. live poultry dealers of Bridgeport. carry- ing a huge load of crated chickens. released about 50 birds on the Post road. after a canvas covering had been ripped off going under the bridge. Within three minutes there was enough feathered food flapping about the Post road to cause a serious drop in the Darien chicken market. and in the same short space of time. a large number of families in the vicinity of Darien found themselves unexpectedly in posses- sion of excellent chicken dinners. The birds. temporarily spared the ax. lost no time in seeking cover, and the services of at least 30 pedestria s were volunteered to re- capture t em. The chase took on strenuous dimensions and all the runaways were finally collected e‘ither dead or; alive, During the melee a man with a badgeJn'struct- oaths driver to pay a short visit t police headquarters. but he evi- d a’s‘econd chase" began, .The second chase ended quickly. The plainciothes man turned out to Connecticut Humane society and the driver and his companion" were arrested for cruelty in transporting chickens. A number of the crates were smaller than the regulation sire. and there w'ere too many birds in each crate. William Levin. 609 Pembroke street. and Percy Moyse, “Keeferfltreet. both of Bridgeport. gave bonds of 850 to appear in court Monday night. The presence of the Humane Societyofflcer on the spot. they said. was as much a mystery to them as the fact they had safely passed under the Port Chester bridge. the shortest between New York and Bolton. but had failed to negotiate the Barton viaduct. 'tly forgot in the excitement an of their operation is stll of themselves declare that the point is still to be cleared up. NING SENTINEL SOUTH NORWALK, CON N., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1926 FOURTEEN PAGES ZZLEMENT CITY’S FUNDS GONE AND . ’_ NO BOND TO PROTECT " TAXPAYERS FROM LOSS‘ ed since last Friday. neither Donn nor Sterling have Sterling's arrest proved the sur- prising feature of the development!- and followed upon his confession that he had stolen somewhere be- tween $4,000 and $10,000 from the funds in petty removals from time to time. when he was faced yester- day by Darin, whose embezzlement had been definitely established. Bonds were set of 810.000 for Sterling and 83,000 for Darin by Judge Nehemiah Candee after the warrants had been issued by Pro- eecutor Cramer C. Hegeman. The arrest was made by Police- man John T. Flynn. at about 10 o'clock this morning. according to the announcement of Attorney Paul R. Connery. counsel for the district commissioners. D. William Harford. Irving C. Jennings and Horace R. Nash. While the two were actually notified that they were under ar- rest after they had been brought into the commissioners’ odice in the City Hall to help in straightening out the tangle their operations have created. it was said at the City Hall that the formality of serving the warrants was not gone through at that time. Total Missing About "5,000. The amount taken by the two men varies in estimates made but will. in the Opinion of counsel for both the commissioners and the defendant; reach about 315,000. ' By their own accounts Dunn, who is about 27 years old. extracted in small sums an amount exceeding 34.000 from the city's funds. Sterling. who is said to have been the first offender and leader, stated at first when 9430"!“ by Dunn of being in- volved that he had taken 84.000 and later admitted that the‘ sum might run as high as 810.000. Both have been falsifying accounts for several years. it is claimed. Sterling is said to have started jug. gling his books about four years ago. while it is thought that Donn be- gun a year later. The exact manner 1 something a mystery. The commissioners It is known. however. that all After Deliberating Five Days. Ofllcials Decide Some 'Action Is Desirable—Thousands Of Dollars Not Accounted For In Water Dep’t—Ciumsy Audit Re- vealed In Probe — Demand For Luxuries Too Strong Temptation To Be Resisted. Percy George Donn, 15 Studrt avenue, and Arthur Sterling. l'airdeld avenue, respectively assistant clerk and chief clerk of the second taxing district commission’s office were arrested this morning for defaication of funds from the department following the confirmation of suspicions that have been unoflicially report. The City of Norwsik is unprotected as far as concerns surety for either man. Although the second district has a $17.50 yearly appropriation for bonding of its officials with money to handle, ' iii STAMFORD STAMFORD. Aug. 25. -- (AP). Members of the Republican Town committee including Warren a Abel and estate Senator M. H. Keneaiy wereibe'lng served today With war- rants ordering thsm to appear be- 1 re Judge samuel Young to show ciuse' why they should not be charg- ed with contempt of Lcourt. 1 Petitions'were drawn up by Prose. cuter Max 8pclke,‘who was men- tioned in a paid advertisement yes- ter'day. . Court action followed the publish- ing in a local newspaper yesterday of 'alpaid ‘Idfifllflfllt relating to the fierce primary Mt'being wag- ed by. ltamford Bop week. . ’ iibiicaps this payments to the department on wa- ter bills are entfired on cards and from there are posted on a ledger. At the office this morning it was stated that the defalcationscould have been crudely covered over by neglecting to post the amounts re- ceived in the general ledger. inefficient Audits Made That the juggling was not obvious and has not been die“covered long ego is a source of surprise and is considered in offi al circles sadi- rcctiy traceable o the municipal system of electing one auditor. The books were audited recently at the close of the fiscal year by this year's auditor. Charles A. 1Waiters. who receives 0100 a year salary for what is said to be a "rubber stamp audit." . Mother Comes To Boone The city stands to lose compara- tively little through the operations. according to Attorney Connery. who is collecting personal ardent! and gifts. made by Dan nto his fiancee. Dana's mother. In. G. H. Dana. has posted.“ 'Atterney John .1, Ounce. coilh' sol or her lulu the deeds to her h eat 10 ltaartavo Aegworth between is. lived-u and..up .to .press time Ni. y'rhe defendants are scheduled to 000 and 81 iooover the amount sldu badg..not been chosen 6001' appear in court ugh afternoon a: s. of his hon video“ will he held. pletely. ioatlons were. however. ‘ . the site ~ says. as‘ a bond and that it we last started wontnaliy. m gnaw" then the -_ wiihbe turned over and would end up, -vory, once“ , mm m m to the city to aid in making up the fully. , , _ . H Frank‘lzonehb and Joseph 1...... amount of money needed for far. A sail on-the steamer "Bell 10- Marine alga-Jewels hiss com- restitution. and" u s o'clock will “new!!! play. west methanol-weir yes. * “mm“ ”'7. °‘ ”“1” 1°" game. fAt .5 - the ”athletic ooa m ”,ng "Ia-u,” m is wound up in the situationrnann's will go on until I:!O,t¢..'m it” “pals ‘ may. to W lather died recently. leaving his dinner hmserved. Those will “.‘a..m :m’“ the Wthssaidhwithou’t‘othsr prop; hedanc ln'thedyesiing. ' which m' Mm usual .MM 9|”. rs. M wives and’eweethoarts of‘the . . ~ cs . " now this over to cover her W .’ ‘ ‘ bes's'crlms without a murmur. with ‘ only the thought of helping her boy. ”mandala motion Dotted. a. M hhnee ‘atthsaessetbfiiseflAsgnse'ss ... 83mm “WEE-hm ‘ winger”. Angeli ss.—‘ Wit!’ w hither quote. . Issuers family is taking the matter differently. When told last lumps trouble the elder listl- lng is reported as having said to his esctteaient. "Well. arrest th by.“ Beth Dana and Sterling hsva.eu. 0mm" m muf.'ems M‘Iceris censuses his!“ .V The Weather Cloudy tonight and Thursday. Probably showers. Not much change in temperature. . , I: PRICE THREE CENTS 14 f. i.‘ a z .~- I ”31"”‘r7 ‘. been bonded. worth a little over $1,000 now and is being held with the other articles to cover his thefts by Attorney Con- nery. Sterling's ability to make restitus tion is more in question. He dcciar- ‘- cd himself yetterday as able to ., make full return but the commls- ‘ sinners and the prosecutor are still in doubt and have therefore set his bond at the higher of the two. Delay Explained. The spokesmen for the commis— sioners states that no attempt was made to arrest Darin" last week when the condition was first made certain because it was desired to establish Sterling’s guilt at the same time. Late yesterday afternoon the com- missioners became certain and a session was held in the offices with attorneys' present in which Sterling i is reported as having been abused by Dunn of being a party to the jug- gling of accounts. sterling at first denied connection and later broke down to confess that he was involv- At press time Dann's bond was assured through the transfer of his mother's large house to his attorney. Cuneo. It was also understood that steps were afoot to get bond for Sterling from some friend whose name was withheld. Even with their help at the office it is understood that the audit will take considerable time. This case will not be called for court hearing until the audit is com- pleted. according to Prosecutor Hegeman. It is probable at that time that Attorney Cuneo, represent- ing Dunn. will admit guilt and ask for leniency and that the case will be transferred to the Superior court at Bridgeport. Sterling. up to pres} time, had no counsel but it was ru- mored that he would retain Attorney Cuneo. Love of luxuries and ”poor 'judg- ment are blamed for the present situation of the two clerks. Sterling's salary is :60 a week and Dean has been making :26 a week. Both have Buick coupes and the lavish use of money by both has been so obvious that friends and acquaintances new declare their surprise that glaring suspicion did not point their course before. ‘ It is learned that just recently Sterling. who is single, built a $1.- 600 flower conservatory additionvto his home and it is known that Dann's funds have been spent largely .on , luxuries. It is intimated that the latter spread his money with a free .1 hand in purchasing gifts for.a girl. to whom he is said to have been eni gagod. These presents. mostly per- 1.. sonal in nature. are reported as in- cluding a fur coat. a baby grand piano. clothing. and numerous ar- ‘ . ticies of small jewelry. Most of these have been turned over to Attorney Connery as security to cover Dana's shortage. The lawyer this morning denied the talk that the outage- (Continued on Page Three), Crafut And Knapp '7 Z? Beasts‘Norwallt And _ Good Hat Making ‘A large painted sign is being erected at the Darien-Norwalk town line on the Boston Post road by the Crofut and Knapp Hat company. The sign states that the mororist is "entering the old town of Norwalk where the best hats in the world are made.” The local hat pleat mates Crofut and Knapp hats and also Dobbs hats, well known all over the world. " $400,000 ‘ y Of _ Jewels oinorrow ‘ Robert A. Benedict. i 101' of Norma, is plannlll a m .000 sis. *' risy of the newest styles in diamond and platinum lea-airy for, «coins.- ‘ .
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