1.,..
T T0 ESCAPE TOMBS
NOBWALI'I IIBBT NEWIPArIB
N TIN EL
The Westler
l‘liir tonight. Friday 11111~I|1 1'111111ly
owl Mimi-“lull \1111'1111-1'.
Years.
NEW YORK.
who attempted
‘ y to freedom furnis
oet dramatic high
1'3
sis in their official
Ihooting attributes
building across the
I
I’ll upon
' iWere closing in upon
M'ery direction.
ed into the prison.
W0 men were
mpted break.
'Iicy Were scar
man Amber-g.
0 shot and killed 1
cape from the high
.. 1 e imponible.
I tore dawn.
oncm who made
’1 dash for liberty.
' prison officials was "5
"At five minutes
“"ipriseners by name of
alias Burke. charged
t..degrec; Hyman A
with murder in the
in.
tying dangerous weap
' ad to escape
, finest would allow. onl
. a time. These men
..=y downstairs to the doctor's of-
. When they reach1. i the ground
’-- , uccbmpanied b.
gate key from the
.fite. Louis Larch.
Driver Opens
hers commenced
rah. only ten feet
«this juncture the p
rived with 17 more
‘1 {firing bf guns inside.
snore.
Warden' s o
~" t Clerk Joseph I...
oned the alarm to
rs an
M with the keeper.
Van Driver
ham-s13:
1 1
_ again refused
and killed
i... r. shooting him
wasrushed
' " .Llchlenstein.
three prisoners
sasdhstyouwent
DROP!!!
yerd today told amaslt
ystcne walls during the deadly fray.
e bravado of the three prison-
to shoot their
1ho deaths of two prisoners add the
.cunding of the third witnesses in
. roe of the gangsters turned their
themselves win 1 they
nw their desperate attempt to es-
, Dupe had failed. and that policemei
h Officials are confident that the
' prisoners were emboldened to make
"their mad attempt l1-'
Two Arrested
arrested
‘rged with aiding the rpectacular
rt Warner of Brooklyn.
the police said is a relative of
alleged murderer
’ere made at their homes just be»
The police said
re suspected of being implicated
in smuggling weapons to the pris-
their unsuccessful
1 The story of the fight as told by
after 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon thrcc desperate
and Michael ‘lted' McKenna. charg-
ed with murder in the first degree.
i. robbery in the first degree and car-
Six prisoners had requested to go
the doctor's office for
but the keeper of the tier. Cornelius
y‘imniediately rushed toward the
- entrance gets and demanded
Lorcl'i refused to give up the key
Otto open the gate and the three
.flicked under the fire and rushed to
0 rear of the prison with the keys.
glie driver. David Lynch. heard the
kind opened fire on the three pris-
;'I'hey returned the fire on Lynch
1! backed toward the door of
0
her Malian had rushed for his
‘ ' 1 and shot the warden under the
and through both forearms.
Burns tele- .
locked the safe. The
n'ers th 1: broke for the prison
‘ .who had charge of the counsel
and firing rapidly. As the
”users rushed into the yard they
for the rear gate
‘ 1 the van had entered.
found this gate locked and
-ded the key 1 from the two
1 f in the yard. Jeremiah lint-1
.and Daniel O’Connor. The keys
urphy. who had
’ keys to the gate. and wounded
‘ Hospital after being treated
liefugs behind the coal pile in
yard and continued to fire at
, .. Iced that showed itself from
3:: (Continued on Page Thirteen.)
some is BELIEVING..
store so comprehensively ar-
thst we believe that you
terms a feature of buying at
. Iii-alters (la—Adv.
.Riotous Scenes in New York
Prison Yard When Dope
Andi Bullets Spread Death
0 Arrested Today As Parties to Escape Plans—
Chief Warden Mallon Shot Thr
Hospital-New York’s First Rio
_ (AP). —- Dramatic incidents occurred with
iii-oath taking rapidity during the battle to death which was
I fought behind the grim walls of Tombs prison esterday.
' Persons who witnessed the sensational gun gliting from the
vantage pcint of wind we in buildings overlooking the prison
stories of the happenings inside the
bed one of the
lights
report of the
to police fire
street said all
them from
1! rugs smug-
today
Amberg' and
Am-
ilmseif when
prison wells
The a
they
follows:
ltobcrt Berg,
with robber).
mberg. charg-
flrst degree.
one—attempt-
.trcatment
y three to go
were on their
Keeper Shea,
keeper of the
Fire
shooting at
away. Lei-ch
riscn van ar-
prisoners and
Ho rushed in
files. Where
police head-
J oeeph Hur-
David Lynch
tbrdugh
the prisoners
in the back.
to Beehmen
immediately
atsglanes.
.of the
lit. While prison and police ofil-
Entered as second-cle- msttsr at. the post office at:
do. Norwslii. Conn, under the Act of March I. ll".
1
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4,1926.
SIXTEEN PAC ES1
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Hall Trial Begins
Times, Dies In
Call In Many
JUDGE WALSH
field Hotel Steps Follow-
ing Lunch.
t
B
jud
and was returning
to the
was descending the steps. He
courthouse by Judge Frederick w.
\
Kiwanians Hear
Expert Talk On
Sewage Systems
S. J. Gorges of the Sanitation
company. New York city, appealed
to the members of the Kiwanis
club in meeting at the Hotel Ma-
haekemo this boon for a better un-
derstanding of the need for a well-
dcsigncd and efficient system of new.
age and drainage, including treat-
ment and sewage disposal.
Where frequently the people of a
city are staggered by the estimated
cost of complete dispoaal plants. he
says, the sanitary engineers have
met on a middle ground with the
ecanmlcally inclined by partially
meeting the need with screens
placed at the source of the disposal
pipes leading to the waterways. H
traced the development of 111111121111
for the line)
world use. b
similar diseases. -
At the close of his address the
club requested that he apply the
newspapers with copies of his text
and the sentinel will print it in full
tomorrow. '
An election committee of five men.
C. I. Byington. Samuel Velsor.
Michael Steinberg. George Wood-
ward and Francis J. Burns. was ap-
pointed to weept nominations for
the next set of club olilcerd.
Dunbar President.
Silvermine Falls
Realty Corporation
Jesse T. Dunbar. Norwalk attor-
ney. was elected president of the
Silvermine Falls corporation form-
ed this summer with a capitalisation
of 850.000 in a meeting of the incor-
porators this morning. Charles B.
Kunes was elected vice president:
Clarence E. Slauson, secretary and
treasurer: and the three with Ed-
ward J. Quinlan ,v'lll consltute a
board of directors.
The company owns property ex-
tending a. half mile along the Silver-
inlne river which will be subdivided
for select residences. The company
will sell property there only with
plans of projected buildings to be
approved before sale and will build
a model house there shortly. Archi-
tect's plans on this model were ap-
proved this morning and the con-
tract fer-its erection was awarded
the Norwslk Building company. .
—-—'———-__..___..
Daughtery Must
51111111 Trial Once
More, Bother Says
NEW YORK (AH—Federal At-
torney Emory R. Buckner an-
nounces he will again prosecute
former Attorney-General Harry hi.
Daugherty'end former Alien Proper-
ty Custodian Thomas W. Miller.
whose recent trial on charges of
conspiring to defraud the govern-
ment resulted‘ in a jury disagree-
ment. Buckner said he would re-
quest thl‘ court to set trial for De-
cember. .
The charges against Daugherty
and Miller grew out of the transfer
to a Swiss corporation of some 87.-
000.000 worth of war-impounded
stock of theAmerican lictsl com-
twllh cholera and
we ,. 11
Datfiherty and Miller were in-
dicted May 7 and put on trial Sep-
teilier 7. Neither took the stand
in his own defense. the chief witness
being Richard Horton German steel
mounts. The jury was discharged
October if. The flasl‘vote was 1 to
I for conviction of Daugherty and
to to 8 for conviction ofillller.
Pe-sngsr travel t Europe from
month“. 1M
S. N. Lockwood, who were with
Judge Walsh when he tripped.
At the Walsh home this noon.
resting comfortably but
item W. Tracey is in attendance.
on the common pleas
Judge Walsh's absence.
Postmaster Crowe
Goes to New Haven
For Operation
Postmaster Edmund E. Crowe en-
tered the New Haven Hospital yes-
terdsy where he will undergo
treatment. Mr. Crown has not been
in good health for several weeks
His brother. Dr. Willis Crows. is
among the physicians attending.
Surpris'eParty"
Tuesday Eve. For
Miss Whitney
In honor of her 18th birthday.
Miss Annebelle Whitney was tender-
ed a surprise paity at the home. 24
Pine street. Tuesday owning. by a
number of friends. lilies Whitney
received many handsome gifts.
Among those present were Miss
Marjorie Walsh. Miss Elizabeth
Hurley. Miss Iielcn Hastings. Miss
Mildred Benedict. Miss Mildred
Hurley. Miss Marjorie Norack of
Stamford. Mr. and Mrs. Hugo No.
rack of Stamford. We Ernestine
Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hurley.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Walsh. Mrs.
Eduard Donnelly. Mrs. Elizabeth
Tobey. Mrs. Vera Ferrington. Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Bradley. Mrs. Ed-
ward Soby. Lester Beckett. Frank
Ossay. Jack Pabst. Patsy Chimento.
James Whitney and Jean Scallon.
RowaytoaDoclr ..
RetainiagWall
| About I" mished
Work on the retaining wall at the
IPwayton d'ock will reach comple-
on within the next week. it was
announced this morning by the
highway department. Men have
been at work on the improvement
for some time and the wall is nearly
banished.
- Oliing and rolling of Flax Hill
road. between Rowayton avenue and
the Dorian town line. and a part of
Rowayton aveiiue, near the railroad
bridge. have been finished. Catch
basins have been installed on Grand
and Cedar streets. and the work of
re-shaping Cedar Hill road and the
upper end of Chestnut street has
been completed.
Welcaad Dry:
Both Claim They
Won Election Day.
WASHINGTON. AP).—’rhe wets
and the drya were as far apart to-
day in- their interpretation of Tues-
day's election as it reflected probi-
biiion sentiment as they are on the
actual into.
"In every Mats where the drya
had e fighting chance. except
Helechusetts. they won in the sen-
atorial contests. according to r6-
recelved at our headquarters."
mid Wayne 3. Wheeler of the Anti-
Seloon League.
“The result of this election should
insure Volstesd set revision within
constitutional limits.” said Senator
Edge. Republican. New Jersey. a
leader among us wets.
Senator Edge insisted the returns
bench
s
’3
LAUNDR!
HAS BAD FALL
Local Jurist Slips On Strat-
Judge John J. Walsh of the Court
of Common Pleas is confined to his
home at Dorlon's Point- today suf-
fering from shock and minor bruises
elvcd in a fall from the rear en-
steps of the Htratfield Hotel.
port yesterday afternoon. The
bad just completed his lunch
court
house when he slipped and fell as he
was
badly shaken and was assisted to the
Huxford and Common Pleas Clerk.
Mrs. Walsh said that the Judge was
that he
would probably be confined to his
home for another day yet. Dr. Wil-
Judgc Nehemiah Candee is sitting
in
__. .mw...~.._
I‘inal arrangements for tho dedi-
cation exercises this Sunday. No-
vember 7. of the new Young Men's
llebrew Association building. West
avenue .will be coiupiéted tonight at
a. meeting of the full arrangements
and reception committee in the old
I’. .\l. H. A. building, South Main
street. All details in connection
with the formal opening ceremony
will be gone over. The entire Jew-
ish community of Norwalk and vi-
ulnity is expected to participate in
this event. so the new building is to
serve as a. community center for all
activities. The centralisation of the
Jewish community in the new home
will also bring it in line with all
public enterprises of our city.
Officers of the new Y. M.
(‘ommunily Center.
committee, in charge of the dedica-
tion exercises follow:
Ofllt‘t'rs
President. ltobert Jose-luff;
president. Edward M. Guns: 1131.1111-
uto vice-chairmen. Abraham llurrls
Samuel it o o d n e r. M. i'lpslcill.
Charles Harris; secretary. '12. Sni-
llck; treasurer. William Josem.
Reception Committee
Edward M. Guns. chairman: i}.
Herman. vice-chairman; I-Ithel‘
Keeler. secretary; M. Steinbcrg.
treasurer; Ii. Jacoby. publicity;
Mrs. Ida Abralfams ,cnlertainment;
M. Abrahams. arrangements: J.
Klaff. II. Schlmmerling. Leigh
Danenberg. H. Novas, H. Kahn. l‘..
Abrahams. ll. Mayor. 1.. Golden. 11:.
l.. Grocnbcrg. Louis t'deiman, Dr.
J. Sioman. J. Benjamin, H._ Sachs.
Aaron Kohn. Dr. B. M. Deitz. Ar-
". .\.
Complete Plans to Dedibcae
New Jewish Community Center
and liccepiion 1
vicvw
1
h.....MA. .
thui' ’l‘1-r1'1.-. ii. l-‘rankel. A. Click-
son. .\. l'Ill1-r111, . \‘ounl, I. I-‘eln-
cod. 1!. llz'rshllel ..I.. Harris. H. L
(Salim. Hurry Tarlov. I. Schnitzer.
Dr. 11. Slnman, M. Finklcr. S. Stein-
bi'l'lf, ll. Kw'lcr. M. Sill”. A. D. Sili-
vilt. ll. Sucks, S. (lreenstein. 1.. II.
Man 1111. 1.. ltusenficid.‘
1111111111: the principal Junior acts
ill'ltivs will be the daily and Sunday
I‘Ollllioilli school under the direction
of hr. Jaffe. The boy and girl
s1~11111 troops now conducted under
1111 superficial of tits a-ooleuw
Additionel‘jlinlor Club. which mill
not be tak care or hither-Lo on
amount of eck of space will be
.11'1-1111modated. A rpecinl game
room for Juniors has been equip-
||111l.
l'ims have also been prepared for
.' 1 gymnasium annex to be erected
11111 the large plot of ground adja-
111111 to the building. The annex.
hottmel‘. will not be crectal at this
.1111111. in the. moan‘..ime the out-
'.ioor plot will be utilized for has-
l.1»_1ball football and tennis courts.
A11 elaborate program has been
1propnred for the. opening exercises
' .1111l it is expected that the entire
i .-'l1uish community will p.1rtlc1patc.
\ speaker of national prominence
i will be presrn. to represent the Na~
111011111 Jewish welfare board. which
is the parent body of all I'. M. H.
.\.”1‘1. Y. W. H. A.'s.and Jewish L‘ 1111-
1111inliy (‘enters in the United States.
.in excellent program of entertain-
meat is being provided by a com-
mittee under the direction of Mrs.
lrla Abrahams. The orchestra of the
New Rochelle Y. .\i. If. A. will
render several concert selections.
Charter Commi
The charter revision committee
will meet‘ in the near future and dc-
cide what action it shall take in
the revision of Norwalk's charter.
now that the proposed plan .to sell
the districts utlUtiee to the city
Eves defeated at the election Tucs-
sy. ‘ .
If the sale of the utilities had
passed. the committee had its plans
made for the revision along the lines
for a truly consoli‘d 'ed city. Now
work will have to be started over
again. .
The committee will probably go
over the presel‘it charter. and after
making a study of it. will prepare
nee amendments which will
be presented to the state legislature
for approval at its next session.
Former Mayor Calvin 0. Barton
the chairman of the committee will
piobably call a meeting for next
week at which time the plan to be
ttee Plans-
Meeting Soon to Discuss
Further Plans“ for Revision
to out fast so that. the amendments
to the charter can be completed and
presented t he council and if ap-
proved of hat. body presented ' 1
the state legislature at its first ses-
sion in January. ..
Judge Nehemiah Candee a mem-
ber of the committee said that the
committee had considerable work
before it. as there are a great many
sections of the charter which are
useless and a great many more that
conflict.
CONTINUANCE mu MONTH
GIVEN IRIZ NE NAVADY
Irene Navady. 19 year old worker
in the P l Silk company plant. who
assaulted hips. Michael German. 88
lasington avenue. Tuesday when the
two workers met in front of the Ar-
mori'. had her case continued for a
month- in first district court this
morning. Judge Light ordered the
followed will be decided upon. It
will be noes-an for the committee
continuance for further observation
of her behavior.
In Bridgeport a women lies on
her death bed with one lying wish.
and that is to find a sister with
whom she lost all connections years
ago and who formerly 111111 in the
section of Norwalk once been as
“Cobble Hill." bounded by York
street, Dank street. and New Canaan
avenue. 1
The sister who lived hen is nam-
ed .llrs. Inc's leery. wife of Berry
Americas ports summer show- showed more of a wet ratification
32-:li "IMO"? theseDamocs-aticviotory-
.Tmmmmmcr
, —Vantiabfliliiaesfmasl
aficli‘isllhlinee-e
. filed
“.1. 3...». It! My)".
.mx'i
Search Made: Here For
‘ Ellen Fecley’ By 'Sister
0
which she wants to leave in the
hands of the former Norweik resi-
dent.
The Bridgeport deter went by the
name of Deeds Burns before mar-
riage and is new between or and
'.‘0 years of age. 1
The. only additional fact she
knows shot her intently sister is
that Hr. lee was'e ~ dier for
u um and ‘leu last’ as to:
Ireland. lincs‘ibai time no further
word bee been
11111 be housed in Abe" new home.
madness” sing; p“
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Church By A. B. Ander-
son of Southport.
Mrs. Mary English,
and severely injured when struck l1_\'
automobile. 7:30
all at today in
front of the Norwulk NI'lliUlllb‘i
Episcopal church. .\. lit-ulna A11-
dcrson. 22-y1-11r-11l1l Southport man.
who was driving the car. picked 1111-
aged woman from the pavemrnt
where she lav. unconscious. and
rushed her to tho .\'oiwulk hospital.
Examination there by Dr. \\'11-
liam l". .\ichiahnn shawl-11 that Mrs.
English had sum-rod lacerations of
the face and a concussion of the
brain. ii1'1' condition is not serious.
he said. but X-rays will 111‘ iakrn
today to determine any other in—
juries she may have sustained.
Anderson was arrested by Police-
mun Eldridge. on linesiigation, and
was held at the uptmvn‘juil under
bond of $5110 for reckless driving
until the bond was posted by A.
liaymond Belts of the (‘entral l-‘uir~
lll‘lil 'i‘i'ust company. His case will
not be called for court lmartug 1111-
iil Mrs. English is released from the
hospital.
At police headquarters .\nivrson
claimed that he was traveling but
is miles an hour when he struck
Mrs. English and mid that as he
drove around the euru- to the south
it was impossible to see her in the
street because of another car com-
lng north. Motorcycle Policeman
liarry Brown was detailed to make
further investigation and get testi-
mony from James Noonsn of Mer-
wln street. and Victor Hammond of
Danbury. the only two eyo wit-
nos‘eee of the accident.
Lions Urged to
Support Lund As
Because the majority of the .\’or-
walk Lions club members were 11p
until the "wee" hours Wednesday
morning celebrating the victory of
the Y. M. L‘. A. drive the night he-
tore. the meeting yesterday at the
lioyiti James inn was held to the
accompaniment oi~ yawns. No reg-
uiar program had been prepared be-
cause of the drive. and so the mem-
bers were treated to brief remarks
from various brother members who
had something to "get off their
chests" by invitation of l'reslriqut
Jesse 'l‘. Dunbar.
I’hllip Jakob. whose appointment
as the first district governor of
Connecticut was announced previ-
ously. made the only address of the
day. appealing to the Lion's to sup.
port him in the conduct of his new
office. As district governor he Will
be nominal head of nearly all of
the clubs in Connecticut the posi-
tion having been created by Lions
International because the lthodc is-
land and» Massachusetts clubs will
need full attention of the present
governor. a. Providence man.
It was voted to invite the Bridge-
port Lions hero November 17 .M‘ a
joint meeting. A committeo of
three. A. Parker Belt. Edward Nix-
on nnd Mr. Jakob. was appointed to
consider the plan of running a
musical show of some ‘iud Jointly
with the Norwalk Kiwanis club. The
attendance prize for the day was
won by Anson 11‘. Keeler.
Benjamin F. Andrews and Will C.
Martin. who were to have provided
entertainment. for the day. were
continued as a committee for next
week? program.
Complete Returns.
Show 85 ,430 ”Majority
Complete returns from all the
towns of the state yesterday gave
Governor Trumbull the hitherto un-
heard of off your plurality of 85.430
over Charles 0. Morris. his demo-
crat opponent. The vote was Trum-
bull 101.007; Morris 1013. 177. Al-
though the vote for the major party
candidates for governor Tuesday was
21. of: smaller than the major party
vote for governor in 1922. the last
off year election. Governor Trum-
bull's plurality was 61.8“ greater
than that 'of' Charles A. Templeton
over David E. Fitzgerald in 1922. or
within lo. than 1.000 of being four
times the republican plurality for
the candidate for governor in the
last off your election. Estimates
made at republican ate headquar-
ters yesterday were that the republi-
cans had gotten 'll per cent. of the
party vote out Tuesday. while only
:1 per cent .of the democratic vote
had gone to the polls.
m
-IULUOAN'ICOO I]:
and Ioflgea‘b ~ licencogasell by
m urolo-
» 1'bl-oil
HURT BY AUTO.
Struck In Front of. M. EX:
. . 1
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memo was thrown to the ground‘
New Gavemor.
vworth left in the house when Ed-
Star Witness for State
Suffers From
.oG rsline Tcsiifies'io Henri;
Murder.
SOMERVILLE.
1111c state, who v as due to be fir
Mrs. Gibson, 9. raiser of pigs.
of Sheriff Sanford Tunnisson.
1
Tu ('ull Mnihz-r
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1'11 111'11 [111» 111-1111»: liad lOi'llltill
111-1' 111111111»1' and planned to intro-
11111'0 1111- lo uliut-l. 1111' daughter's
11'11l111llity 1111 a witness. '
A (-11.111 oi the t'hui't'h oi‘Si.J011u
1111» lining-list. of which 1111' ii'\.'
l'laiu‘m'd \\. 11.111 11-115 pastor, 113111 111(-
ili‘st t'\lil"li(‘1- offend by 1111-, 1111111-
011 1111‘ s11..1111l day of the t1ial
1n the “'111-Mills deaths 111ysttry.
The chart was ldeniiliwi by W. J.
il1i'i'yiuan. map 111111.1-1'. as the one
111,- mutlv after a. study of 1111- Church.
Mrs. Frances Slew-11x llull. \vuiow
0f the slain pastor. and 111 1' brothers.
Willie and Hut 1'y Slut-11s, who are
on trial for the murder of Mrs.
Eleanor it. Mills. choir l1-a11ler in
Dr. Hall's church. 11111111111 at the
chart with evident intl'rvsl.
l. Irving l'clit. p1'1-.~11111 pastor of
lilo church. dcecrlbml conditions 111
Dr. Hall's study as he found 11111111
when he assumed the p:1<tor:11e. The
state then changed the course of the
prosecution and put 011 the stand
Mrs. Anna I..lloa1; of 12.151 01.111151»,
.\‘. J.
On September ll 19:“: th1 night
of the murders. Mrs. Iloug llvcd
She was taken to :1 ho
to the hospital where it was found she h.". d 102 degrees of fever.
High Fever;
Vestryman on Stand Today
11 Shots and Woman’r. 31112111.
But Denies Seeing Any of the Principals 111 the
Tragedy In Do Russey's
Lane 0n Night of llouhlc
(AP.)—— Mrs. Jane Gibson stn .r witness for
st on the stand this mcruing in
1tiie Hall- Mills murder trial was in the Somcivil1 13 hospital today
as a result of a collapse due to intestinal trouble and grip.
collapsed last night 111 the office
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and Mrs. Mills were 1’0111111.Al»out 10
o t lock til: it night. 111111 «1 .1111 site;
1 heard four pistol shots lllCtl.
.‘ii1's.llo.ig th: 11 testified that '
:11 out a .\tlll alter the murder. and
| iillt'r she 11:111 moved to 1111 i'hilllps'
lurillllOIlSt 1111110 R11 111'. Hall and
Mrs. Mills are 1111111 to have met.
Henry Stevens came. upon [11-- porcli’
and asked to be directed to liarltan.‘
is nearby town. l
"I told him I didn‘t know where.
llaritan was, but directed him to
Euston avenue." Mrs. 11011:; said.
“He told me he was hiking and.
didn't want to go on :1 sin-1t car.
But he was iinnmculutcly dressed:
and I could see that he liiltl not been
hiking. i never an“ a man so ex-
cited. I'ic was very nervous.
"lie hold me he had been in Flo-
rida an then suddenly he said:
“There was a iiagedy here. wasn't
there?"
“I then jumped up and ran in the
house and as he was walking down
the road he almost collapsed." »
Gorsllnc Dcnirs.
A categorical denial 111111 he saw
any of the three defendants in De-
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cut?"
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saw ilenry Stuens in 1111» 121111' that
night when 1111- 11110011111.- 111111 throat,
cutting was going 011'!"
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"Did you on ilctulwr l. 11".": :11
10:1 William J. llurns (trim-:11-
)‘01'1; 11ml ihri'c ivll
William Garvin. :1. (lulu-11111 thui
your conscience was bothering you
because you had not lOlil what you
saw in the lane that 1111:1112”
“No."
agency in .\'1‘11'
moved It Forcibly.
Judge Banks in Bridgeport with
to heal the fast-widening breach
Edwards is being sued by Hill on
a note for $5.000 gn'eu by the broke
tr to Mrs. Hill and later transferred
to Hill as pait payment for the
house and contents at 11 Elm street.
Edwards also has a suit against the
Hills.
Fred Glorrhino of the Sterling
Furniture company here testified in
court that he had appraised the fur-
niture n v in possession of Edwards
and cons dered it worth less than
81.000. Mrs. Hill had testified yes-
terday that there was at least 86.000
wards purchased it.
Many witnesses were called this
morning as the hearing continued.
including Former Deputy Sheriff
Lincoln Taylor of Stamford and De-
puty Sheriff Edward B. Douiens of
Nor-walk. who took the furniture
from Edwards' home on writ of re-
plevin. Mmony of Howard E.
-A WELL FURNISHED HUI!
cannibal. to ese‘s feeling of salts-
recites ill happiness; if you
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alicged to have been caused by the re
Judge Banks Hearing Suit
Over Furniture in Home Sold
W. 1. Edwards by the Hills
Case of Much Interest to Local Society to Whom Par-
ties in Dual Action Are Well Known - Broker
Thought Furniture Went With House—Hing Re-
Tlie celebrated suit and counter suit of Ebenezer Hill and his
wife. Mildred Hill. formerly of this city and now of North Stam-
ford. against William I. Edwards, New York broker, who bought
their house at 11 Elm street, was resumed
'3 morning before
Edwards to: ifying that he tried
between himself and the Hills,
estate transaction.
Dunn of this city as to the value m‘
the house itself ms ruled out by
JUch Banks.
The 1'1-plc1111 arilun was brought
by Mrs. Mildred Ugileu ilill, former-
ly oi I‘ilot island, and now rcsullng
at North Stamford. lilrs. Hill based
her action on the contention that
Edwards hag'lapproprlaicd for his
own use in shings of the home
1vhlch.had not bun entered "lion
lh ebill of sale when she sold the
house and "furnishings" to Edwards
for the sum of 812.000.
Edwards maintained that the fur.
"lfihinss were bought by him “he'll
he gave Mrs. Hill a note 1111' 50.11““
as part payment on the house. Mrs.
Hill testified yesterday that ill. the
time of the purchase of the house by
Edwards she had given hiiu a list
of furnishings upop which she rc-
servcd ownership. Bho also stated
that several other articles were
placed in a locker storeroom in the
attic of the house. ”1‘1! at
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