NEWS
. T0 BAII. 001'
[ff JOE FRATINO
Babess Corpus Hearing At
'Hsrtford Today Before
Jedge Dickenson -— Fra-
tino Will Be There.
——
Judge John Keogh will appear be-
fore Judge Edwin C. Dickenson at
the summer session of the Superior
Court at Hartford this afternoon in
lttflnpt to have ball set for Joseph
Eratino. charged with being an ec-.; '
osssory after the feet to the murder
of Genaro Clementl for which An-'
thnlo Psdula is now being held. Fro.
fiho has now been incarcerated in'
the county Jail st Bridgeport for,
oiler l week following the refusal of
authorities to set bail and allow in:-
r’elesse. The refusal is in direct con
tradietion to the United Btates an.
Judge Keogh.
' Judge Keogh will base his plea for
bond on the precedent set in sev-
l cases of note and particularly
at of the Commonwealth of Meme-
usetts versus Ibraham. in which
‘ the finding followed the definition:
' . "A capital crime. or offense. .eneis
‘ for which the punishment of death is
inflicted" in saying: "if under no
circumstances. the death penalty can
its inflicted the offense is not 'odp-
ml. " He will then present the Con-
' Iidoticut Constitution. which states:
“Phil prisoners shall, befdie convic-
' n. be bellebla by sufficient secure
"except for capital offenses.”
t be held without bond if the
was that of being an acces-
ry before the fact. in other words. ,
d" party to the murder. but must be
released since thin offense is not
odpital. The imprisonment is likely
to reach the proportions of an eg-
d injustice. Judge Keogh will.
dintin. in view of the fact that. the
Padilla case is not to be tried until
December and irretlno's charge can-
not be heard until after the guilt or
fflnocence of the principal is estab-
Med.
.mJudge Dickenscn has been given e
it of habese corpus and has trans-
fitted the order to Sheriff Simeon
fesse st Bridgeport to produce Fra-
o in court today. Judge Keogh
stop at Bridgeport bn his way to
Hartford and pick up Sheriff Peace
. sild Fratino. He hopes to have the
bold set at not over 810, 000 china.
ing that Frltino, who is a taxi any.
or.- -would be unable to produce more.
The state will be represented this
afternoon by E. Earl Gsrilcl'g amis-
tant state's attorney. ft is reported
‘that his alternative in case Frau“
is admith to bond will be to de-
d an amount set so high as to
My l‘ratlno's chances of reign.
3 any case.
Nomlklillis Win
Join Bowling League
For Winter Month‘s
_ A 'rilguler meeting of the Benevo.
tent and Protective Order of Elks.
)lo. "dawns held inst evening at the
also decided to organise a
. mung league to amine entertain-
. .933!” the lodge members during
' ‘ mm months. The league will
minds the Mac from Greenwich"
rm Elven and. much can is
be shown. teams
seen. -
" woodcut constitutions. according, ,
attratlno. according to his counsel. , , '
seen. However. Comptroller Eel-ton
has all the facts ia.hll. flies. and in
his statemdnt he has tpbuiated the
their savings through this system of
plying- bills:
1'08. tips hi'olllilt
he“ of checking .1“
many of the bills paid by the state
in use. -’This‘ was-tenormeus task.
but it revealed that thewerieim de-
partments we're not “taking full ad-
vantage of cash Masai 1'. '
counts enrolment or:
. and from ‘the'. inferioatibnjbt’etsed.
. ' a list No!» vendors~ was»!
showing theirsspective
mwm'fimuum‘u :totheheeds
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""m““‘putamssm nrgtsgthuniteco-ope-
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the July ones who fit: bytthefodsh
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l-O‘B’WALK'I I'IBIT HIWCPAPIB
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The . Weather
Probably cloudy tonight and Fri-
day. ilising temperature.
Entered as secondocls- matter at the pest since at
so. Nor-walk. Conn. under the Act of lurch Us. ills.
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SAVING STATE
~$50,000 'A YEAR.
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Stlie
salmon, gubsutporl. wliblh'fis
sogurated a new system for “pay-3
meat of state bills. reps ports-
to the state of nor thsft'tfl.
exclusive of” trade or‘ ape
counts, during the first year. 1'
ing the fiscal year. from mu; 1
to July 1.1930. the new syst
inking advantage of ash dis lints A .
offered. netted the slate exactly 8“,- . j
561202.
In furtherance of: Governor Trum-.
bull's thrift policy and the national . ;
economy plhn. Comptroller Salmon
asked the board. of conficl in: Jah-
ulry. 1925.1” the authority to. ap-
point an rt ecco untgnt who
would inv'bs‘t to the; ‘13.“: tl's,l dis-
bulsenient e‘l‘id dad are lain .if
more was ”any possible means of et-
footing" a, saving. Robert A’. Knight
of Feirneld was a'ppbint'edl to‘- this
on and the saving of {than
did, on by .the empiomen of one
man~sounds like one of those invest-
inan often hash-dabout but seldom
verioiis departmoliis‘ enlistetsdnsti.
lotions according to thege’meu'nt of
..The realisation of .thtslgi-set sav-
"ell we
outline
When,
we. Knight statesmen; he ae
himself the. task of some thrown
ot-lthemdr‘lfy'wLbs ta
ta ileum: a .ciréuldrllbttsrrwse
scandal. to.the war-fem wander-e silt-
infifcr an nice-lee- cf‘c‘ssh disé
15:”. “in” the muffin
1“new "in man; or the list
fl‘tfit‘éfiw"
em
all“!!!
multitudes:
PRESIDENT OF
BOARD OF TRADE
troller Wrrede it 3.: I;
, an. active non-political city-wide or-
_ In the Norwalk’Men‘s Outing pro-
gram was thexfoilowing message
from President Frederick J. Moran
or ine'Norwallc Board of Trade.
. z; The Reason.
“This"dey's outing. is intended to
be more than an excuse for relax-
atlon end freedom from business
cares. It was planned as- a means
of bringing more of‘Norlvalk to-
gether for a better mutual acquaint-
anée, especially the new-comers with
the old- timers. ‘
“It is particularly gratifying to the
sponsoring organisation, The Nor-
vmlk Board of Trade. to receive such
hearty support as has been given by
the dve- .city. clubs. Klwanls, Liens,
Tor-elders. Norwelk and South Nor-
walk clubs. without :which the ef-
fair. could not have been no success-
ful. After all. it is only by_ campers-
lion and united effort that any real
success can be attained. '
“The Norwsllk Board of Trade is
sanitation working through' its ve-
rious. committees for whatever is
best for the city as a. whole, its peo-
ple and its business. It is open to
citisens of'Norwelk of every ceiling.
, "May we ask for the' manned
confidence-end co-operetlen‘ cf the
membeis cf .the clubs associated
withms‘todsy, and to all those who
are not yet- in mailers a. cordial in-
vitstlen to Join- is “hereby “beaded.”
Mom‘s
new:
' very Melanie
ing the fact my what was
. good weather at first. turned into a
. no. to right: Ralph cam. rim Denial, so in... mi- r. Hdltllistz, “illinm is. sari-used Slut
Alexander.
When 300 Norwalk business men assembled at Boton Point
Kept 0n Schedule.
And one of the most remarkable
' things was that the whole affair was
‘i conducted according to schedule.
When the party started at 1:55 with
'3.“ baseball genie, w ch Wu. incl.
dull
g. The enthusiasm
which was everywhere early in the
'edternoon. remained, notwithstand-
fairly
young tempest later on.
. The Big Game.
The baseball game staitcd every-
.thing off. and during its five inning
- .. resistance. was a hotly contested bat-
.' -tle. The personnel of the two teams.
7 inoiuding.membera of.the Kiwanis.
Toreador. Lions. Nor-walk clubs. and
the Nor-walk Board of Trade. was
divided evenly among representatives
. of the different organisations.
- For want of any better names the
sides were known as the Hijackers
and the‘Worldbeetnrs. Here are the
lineups of the two teams:
Hueckcrs Worldbentcrs.
John Lund - Wm. Hoover
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Joseph Lasprogato George Schlicting
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8am Flnkelsteln Thomas MacLean
Ray‘ Werme :b Leo Davis,
Sam goldsteln Afrndlo. F. Schultzc
Jo Plain. "I Richard Noacli
Win. '1‘ :Hoyt Charles Mint:
cf
Herbert Pollard Leo Goncli
Ted Sherman ‘ ' Sam Craig
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The game was a howling success.
Everyone howled when watching the
brilliant attempts of the several
players. And when. along in the end
of the fourth inning. someone on
the Worldbeaters' team said “Let's
Quit.” they decided tedrop their bets
And so If. H. Ledger and John F.
Kane. who were umpiring said:
“Game forfeited in favor of the Hi-
Jackets." That’s how the latter won
by the score of O'to 0.
Water Baseball.
An indoor baseball. two of them
in fact. and appoddle of great or-
pense in the middle of the outfield
featured the game. Excitement was
in order and everybody cheered. but
to no particular purpose. II. was
hard to tell who was winning the
game. lanainuch as the score keepers
. got splashed in the eye every time
a player reached home. There was
a big puddle near home plate.
' The all on the Sound in the
spacious "Qslle Island" provided
plenty of place for plnochie. The
hasy waters laden with fog, which
did not erect their toll of name
as was predicted. served more or
le'aesegcodexcussfercsr‘dgemes
And as all ole Even Chief of
William , Pennington was
so mildly that when a retiring'reportsr
sell: “O‘n I set your picture. Chieft”.
he replied, "Four spades." Add that
Van that. .
Orchestra mode on beardr the boat
yesterday for the drst annual Norwalk Men' a outing, rain had
no chance to dim their spirits. They were out to have a good
time, and they had it in everything. Baseball game, call on the
Sound, athletic contests, dinner,—-all defied the weather.
(avethe necessary ling e ling to the
bum drum of bidders. and it also
gave an opportunity to some men to
escort a few of the women passen-
who do the [i from
y‘fiorhh: upwhd i ates-edited the
belt rather than «ohm in the park.
to dance.
Bah Almost Lost 'Em.
By far the feature of the terpsi-
chorean efforts was that of Robert
Tenny. the city's popular advertis-
ing man. He not only displayed his
dancing nbllity. but almost displayed
his undies when an exerting body
motion in n Charleston attempt.
caused the tiny buckle of his belt to
revolt. A catastrophe was narrowly
averted in the nick of time when
Edward Thomas. Barney Berman,
and a few others nearby shouted:
"Look out. Bob, you're losing some-
thing.” He looked and to his dis-
may he found out that they were
right. So he stopped dancing. and
amid the howl of a hundred or more
spectators. he squelched the naughty
belt buckle, putting it back in its
own place.
When the sail on the sound was
over. and the boat had drawn up to
the shore. the busy men were de-
lighted. and shouted with glee.
“What more?" So H. H. Longer.
supervisor of the Nerwaik play-
grounds, answered. “Come boys. I
lilivms. treat in store for you." And
they all followed him to the dancing
pavilion. where he informed them
that they‘were going to take part in
novelty athletic contests. A few sn~
swered at first. and as time drawn
the entries became crowded.
‘ Wheel Barrow Race.
A wheel barrow race started
things off. calling for two men in
each entry. One was to hold the legs
of his partner. who walked on his
hands. pretty much in the order of
all injured butterfly moth. or what
you will. At any rate. there was a.
good turnout. and the result was a
merry struggle. The several events,
the winners of which will be listed
further along in the story. were
greatly patronized and enjoyed.
There were 11 of them in all, the
greatest of which was the eleventh
and last. via.. the fat man's race.
The pavilion floor. where the
graceful feet of dancers are wont- to
tap, was given over to the heavies.
and there were plenty of them. too.
Just read the list of the contestants.
The: were: Thomas A. Shelli’. John
Knapp, not ll. Waldner. Chief of
Pi; u e, William .l't. Pennington. Tow-
ers l’v‘. Hamilton Richard Noses
Charles Williams. John Minter. Wu.
lieu. id. Dicrinscr Ira C. Lockwood.
Itolert i‘cnny. on Peace and Bella.
Lovey.
A Wine Gosh,
They all lined up for a photo.
graph. which is going tc‘show how
handsome they are. in e dund‘m
supplement. and than they made
readytostartafinearrayofscme
tons was on hand near the red tape,
and they looked» anxiously at the
other and of the hall. thIIr destina-
tion. where Leah narrlsend several
others kept pulling the finish mdrk
rel-thei-
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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1926 TWELVE PAGES
Brave Little-
For Her
Live It Down.
1.0an To Her Boy
“But we re all standing back of
Percy. tryin to make restitution for
the wrong he has done, attempting
to give him a npv start in life.”
In a voice which broke constantly
under the strain of emotion. the lit-
tle woman with the smooth grey
hair told of the surprise and shock
of discovering the "terrible thing"
but boy hdd done. A patlictic fig-
ure. she was. as she sat on the
porch of her little home and half.
ingiy related the painful story to the
accompaniment of the drizzling rain.
"I didn't know, I never dreamed
that such a thing was going on."
she said. "Nothing like it ever hap-
pened in the family before and
Percy was always such an honest
lad. But then, I suppose everybody
has to make a mistake sometime in
life. Still, there certainly does seem
to be a lot of trouble in this world."
Recently Widowed
It would seem so. For some peo-
ple. Two weeks ago, Mrs. Daun
buried her husband. she was only
Just recovering from the grief of the
first calamity when the second, in
the form of the arrest of her son.
visited her household.
Yet with a born courage she faces
the present an looks fpruard to
the future with a hopeful mind.
She has already turned over the
deed of her home, valued at about
310,000 to her lawyers with instruc-
tions that the city is to have a. $1.-
000 share in it. Mrs. Dann figures
that this 81,000 plus the amount
which the city will gain from Percy's
82.000 car. plus the little bank ac-
count of the mother as well as that
of the son, will“oe sufficient to make
up the shortage. This is estimated
so far to be a little over 82.000.
Contrary to previous reports, Mrs.
Dunn said that her son did not spend
all the money taken from the water
department but put a little of it in
the bank. ,
What Mother Didn‘t Know
The mother appeared to know
nothing of her son's lavish enter-
tainment with frequent parties oi
the Pickwick Inn.- in Greenwich.
Nor had she heard the tales told of
the young man and his expensive
car: how he was in the habit of
driving into a garage when the tires
had bee nrun about 5.000 miles, and
ordering a brand new set. then and
there." to save any possible future
trouble.
“Just talk. I guess," she said
"You knewrhow a. story starts." and
then multiplies until you don‘t
recognise it when it returns to you."
. Ml! Save Home
‘I do not think we will have to
lose our home." the little woman
commutes Wlth the ghost of a
smile. nhrrilg to the fact that
friends had advised her not to give
up the house. “I don’t think the
osssislsbad esali that.”
“:2: WIN!“ is all over.
‘ghh| has ll Norwalh II II the best
'0
“liltllhflodftmtwothingsnny.
“Mayhosbanddtdncthve
toseehtssa's
.uad, that the trouble came
wblsmts still a youg fdlow.
no Inseh'suercbsncs logos on
it.
Mr: Dana said that she never
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WMHNIM'ON. August Id...
. United Treasury hates"
at the-clan ne- August 24
:wls amass: as.
Dann Blames Jazz Age
Weeps At Disgrace But Feels Everything May Be For
the Best Because Percy ls Young and Good and
Has Chance “To Get Over It"—Will Help Him
BY ELSIE COPELAND
“I would rather go through another death than to have such
acalamity come to our house again," said Mrs. George Dunn of
15 Stuart avenue yesterday afternoon at her home, when speak-
ing of the arrest of her son in connection with the defalcation of
funds from the city water department.
Mother of
Boy’s Plight
PERCY DANN
guessed anything at all of the trouble
until the final blowfcll. When ask-
cd if she did not suspect something
was wrong \\ hcn her son sported a;
brand new expensive modte} car, she
said “no." The first car. she under-
stood, he had bought out of his
savings, and the second. she suppos—
ed, lie was paying for in tho some
manner.
She denied that he had 26 suits
as rumor has it. Concerning the
reputed gifts of a. fur coat and ex-
pensive diamond ring to the girl he
was said to be engaged to, the moth-
cr knew nothing.’ Slle stated that
she knew Percy was going with l
girl who lived "down the road." but
of expensive gifts. she had heard
nothing. '
A Good Son
“Percy was always such a good
boy. everything a son should be. I
lle\el‘ thought the voice broke
again. the brown , eycs filled with
tours. the lips trembled. “He was a.
great pal with his father who idoliz-
ed him. We both did everything we
could to bring him up right. And
he was“ wonderful to us. always
thoughtful, always doing little things
to help. He paid his in board
money every week regularly and
never caused us any trouble. Why
he had no bad habits at nil—and
never stayed out late nights. like
some young fellows do.
“Icu knew “hat 1 think," eager-
ly, ‘it is lost this modern crazy lass
age. toting fellows like sterling and
Percy went a good time. They must
have money and they aren't satisfied
with what their daily earnings bring
in. So they help _fhcm.selves. Just n
little." it's so easy in the beginning.
Then, I guess, it gets to be n habit.
“I don't think that Percy fully
realized the great wrong he had
committed until Sunday night. We
were sllin the dining room trying
to find out from the boy all he knew.
Finally, he couldn't stand it any
anger. just put his head down.on the
table and cried and cried. My heart
went out to him. He told us all he
had ‘done thenykept back n’olhing."
It seems however that young Dnnn
never told on Sterling. He continued
to shoulder the entire blame until
the letter 'carfi forward and con-
fessed hls'own part in the defalce-
tions. Rather than "snitch" on a pal.
the .boy Percy. preferred to be con-
sidersd‘the sole wrong does. Andhe
suffered the st pnngn of re-
morse to think that he had added
this other great burden to the grief
his mother was already carrying.
The Dana boy is a young fellow
with e pissing disposition and has
alwsyshesnviooked upon by the
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PRICE THREE CENTS
=°ve hill For Darin And Sterling
“EN’S oulmt
FATHER ,GOFS SECURITY FOR STERLING,
AUNT STAKES HER HOME FOR DANN, .
YOUNG VICTIMS 0F INEFFICIENT AUDITS
Up to Commission
Says Gan: Today In
Sentinel Interview
Percy George Dunn and Arthur
Sterling. the two clerks of the sec.
ond taxing district oflics arrested
ycstcrday on warrants charging cin-
bezzlemcnt of funds from the depart-
ment. were both officially freed from
the custody of Policeman John Flynn
at 6:45 o'clock last evening when
bonds of 83.000 and 310.000 respect.
ively were pusled for their appear-
ance ill court August 30.
Dunn's bond “as given by his
aunt. Mrs. Addie Hyatt, who posted
the deed to her home at 26 Stuart
avenue. valued at about 37.000 wills
llichard lrcland. clerk of the court.
to cover the $3.000 figure set yes-
terday by Judge Nehemiah Candee.
Mrs. Hyatt is a. cripple and the evi-
dence of her sacrifice adds to the
pathetic glamor given the case yes-
terday “hen Dann's mother posted
her equity in theii home with At-
torney John Cuneo to cover the miss-
mg funds and make the restitution
plomlsed complclc. Sterling's bond
“as posted by his idtllcr. Charles
sterling of 42 bairi‘leld avenue. in
lcal estate, with Judge Candle.
Rubber Stamp Audits
The responsibility for the city's
failure to discover sooner the embez-
zlement. which is said to cover e
period of from three to four years.
has been affixed
stamp" report of audit made by
Charles A. “tillers elected auditor
for the dcpailmenl.
The case has brought to light the
peculiar condition that has existed
in the administration of affairs in
the department for 10 yaers. Since
1916 the commissioners have refused
the city auditor the right to examine
the books and make his quarterly
report to the city council as is re-
mailed by the charter. and has ex-
isted as a. government sufficient to
itself since that time. .
Action Looked For.
The light thrown on the conduct
of the ofiice and district is expected
in official circles to develop a. revolu-
tion of the powers of the commis-
sioners. which are at the present
time practically regal in scope. The
first public evidence of any such ac-
tion is anticipated at the meeting
of the collncil on September 14.
when the commissioners will submit
their report of the tangle that ex-
ists in the accounts.
Says Acting Mayor Gulls.
Acting Mayor Edward M. Gan!
said this morning: "As far as con-
come the council no action will be
taken until the second taxing district
commissioners make their report on
the situation." He refused to com-
ment on what the action of the
council would be on determining the
placing of responsibility for the ad-
mlnistration. but declared: "The
thing has not happened before in my
20 years acquaintance with the city
government. Up until now as far as
the council has been concerned the
second district has been a separate
department and its conduct has been
wholly in the hands of its commis-
sioners and it has been entirely up to;
them whether their once and de-
partment was honestly maintained."
lie was reluctant to discuss tho
propriety of the commission in per-
mitting a loose audit but gave as his
opinion:
"it is hardly possible that a good
examination of the books could be
obtained for 8100 provided by the
commissioners. Any reliable sc-
countant would ask that much for
two days' work."
According to the city s char-terns
granted by the state in 1018, Section
70 provides for the appointment by
the mayor of a city auditor and
saw: “The auditor shell quarterly
and oftener when required by the
ordinances of said city, examine and
audit the accounts of all appointed
or elected officers of the said city,
including like officers of the first.
second and third taxing districts.
who are authorised to receive or
disburse money belonging to said
city or said districts. and shall oom-
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luck in the orient. A black eye-is
the token to America.
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AT ONE HALF PRICE.
New for bargains in bathing shah.
(since for all members of the flung):
one half tor-es
goods this season.
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