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Hot Crashes Skull
Of Player Koenecke
(Continu'd from Paco X)
held both him and Dtvli on a
technical charge or manslaughter.
He shot the plane up several thou
sand feet then left his controls
ahd joined the fight. For a num
ber of minutes the plains Jerked
about with no hand at Its controls.
Mulquceney, desperate. Jerked the
fire extinquisher from its rack and
brought it down on Koenecke’s
head. He then raced back to the
controls, leveling the plane off less
than a thousand feet above the
suburb of New Toronto.
When he landed a few minutes
later on the Long Beach ltace
Track, Koenecke was dead. Police
Ueutenaut G. Joy announced he
had been killed by the blow from
*. the fire extinguisher. The plane
was slightly damaged In the land
ing.
Koenecke, an erratic but bril
liant performer on the diamond,
was 29 years old and had been In
professional baseball since 1927.
The tllahts bought him in 1932 for
37S.OOO from Indianapolis of the
American Association.
•I couldn't do anything else,”
Mulqueeney told police. “It was a
question of three lives for one.”
So heavy was the blow of the ex
tinguisher that one side of Koen
ccke's skull was crushed.
Mulqueeney still was badly shak
en when he landed the plane. Davis
showed the marks of his fight with
the husky athlete known In all the
clrculta In which he had played ns
a pugnacious, aggressive player. He
v had been beaten and bitten severe
ly.
The fight started an hour after
the plune left Detroit, Mulqueeney
said. Koenecke first had sat beside
him In the pilot’s seat. When he
interfered with the piloting, he or
dered him into the back seat with
Davis. Within a very few minutes
the fight was on.
Mulqueeney said he heard Davis
cry out repeatedly In pain when
Koenecke sank his teeth into his
shoulders and arms. Next he knew
the men were wrestling furiously
on the floor of the cabin. It was
then, desperate In the knowledge
that a few more seconds would
wreck the plane, Mulqueeney left
his control and waded In with the
fire extinguisher.
The Interior of the plane bore
evidence of the wild struggle high
In the clouds. The floor was splat
tered with blood. Seat coverings
were torn and equipment was
wrecked.
"Kor what seemed like hours,
Mulqucnty told me. he sat at his
controls and wutched Koenecke
battle with Davis, a much smaller
man than the baseball star,” Po
lice Sergeant Kidd told the United
Press.
“Mulqueeney shouted to the men
tc stop their fighting or the plane
would crash but neither seemed to
hts.r him.
“Koenecke and Davis rolled over
the floor of the plane, their com
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bined weight swinging the ship
from side to side. Koeneeke wee
growling and sinking hie teeth into
Davis’ flesh, the smaller man. Mul
queeney told me, (ought grimly to
stave off the larger man’s attack."
"From time to time, Mulqueeney
told me, he got up and left his con
trols to separate the two men, but
was forced to leap back to the pi
lot seat when the plane nosed earth
wards, dangerously near crashing.
"The fight had been going ofl for
what we figure to have been about
an hour,” the police officer contin
ued, "when the two fighting men
rolled toward the nose of the ship.
The plane lurched crazily.
".Mulqueeney said he reached out
with one hand while he kept the
plane on a level keel with the
other., grabbed a heavy Are extin
guisher and smashed Koeneeke
over the head."
For some time after the fight,
Davis lay exhausted on the floor of
the plane while Mulqueeney righted
the plane.
Mulqueeney sought a field In
which to land. By that time, citi
zens along the lake shore, attracted
by the sound of the motor of the
plane, which apparently had been
dying In circles, notified New Tor
onto authorities.
Davis and Mulqueeney were per
mitted to talk to an attorney as
they were questioned at the Isling
ton police Jail. They will be taken
to Mlmico later to-day for a police
court hearing.
"It was either the three of us or
Just one. I left the controls and
tried to pull Koeneeke down. He
attacked me. I wasn’t afraid of
the motor but with the fighting the
plane was acting crazily. I guess
the fight must have gone on for
about SO minutes.”
"Finally, I grabbed the thing
nearest to me. It was the Are ex
tinguisher. I walloped him over the
head with It and he fell down.
"I jumped to the controls and
looked down. I saw what appeared
t<4 be a likely landing spot and set
the ship down. 1 guess she was
damaged slightly.
During the fight, the plane flew
a crazy zigzag course across the
lower Ontario Peninsula, landing
about 100 miles from Buffalo, Its
destination. •
Koeneeke was purchased by the
New York Giants several years ago
for a reported 175,000. He was re
leased to the Buffalo Blsons and
played with that team for one sea
son and then returned to the ma
jor leagues to play with the Brook
lyn Dodgers.
Davis and Mulqueeney, will ap
pear In court to-day for a hearing.
Mulqueeney Tells Story
Toronto, Ont., Sept. 17—(UP) —
I never saw Koeneeke before In
my life.
He came to Detroit airport last
night and asked to be flown to
Buffalo. He appeared to have been
drinking but was okay when we
took off.
When I told him to leave the
front of the ship and go back with
Davis, he did.
A few minutes later I noticed
him engaged In a terrific struggle
with Davis. Davis is a small man
and was being badly beaten.
Koeneeke had bitten Davis in sev
eral places and was choking him.
They must have struggled In
tho back of the plane for about 50
minutes.
As I watched the fight I decid
ed something had to be done, be
cause If Davis was overcome I
knew Koeneeke would come after
me. I had plenty on my hands,
however, trying to keep the ship
In the air, and everytlme I left
the controls I had to rush back
to straighten out the plane.
As Davis and Koeneeke rolled
: ear my seat I reached for the
extinguisher and let him have it
several times.
I guess I hit him quite a few
times. Oh I don’t know how many.
1 just let him have It.
I can’t believe that he is dead
—but something had to be done.
It was either hit Koeneeke or it
meant the crashing of the ship
and perhaps all of us would have
been killed.
Whut else could I have done?
Feared For Career
New York, Sept. 17 — (UP) —
Leonard Koeneeke feared his
major league career would be cut
short by an arm injury, friends
here said today.
He had been hit on the elbow
by a pitched ball early this season.
As a result his batting average,
which was .520 In 1934, and his
fielding, marred by only one error
last year, slumped. Koeneeke had
confided to friends that his arm
was steadily growing worse and
he appeared to be brooding over
the misfortune.
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Newly uniformed from head to ankles, these Ethiopian troops are assembled at Addis Ababa for Anal
Inspection before starting to the front lines In the regions where Emperor Halle Selassie expects the first
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except for one officer at right, all are barefooted.
lng him home yesterday from St.
Louis, his friends believed, height
ened his fear to the breaking
point.
"oenecke was born in Baraboo,
Wls., Jan. 18, 1906. Me lirst
stepped Into professional baseball
ranks as an outfielder for the Mo
line club of the M. V. L. league In
1927. The following year he went
to the Indianapolis American
Association team where he hit
.397.’ After a brief period with the
Quincy team of the Three I league,
he rejoined Indianapolis for three
seasons.
McGraw Picked Him
It was the late John J. McGraw
who first saw In him major league
potentialities. McGraw paid $75,
000 in cash apd players for him
In 1932. He was the last player
scouted by McGraw before his
resignation as manager of the
Giants.
But Bill Terry, manager of the
Giants failed to see in Koenecke
what McGraw did. Koenecke play
ed 42 games for the Giants In
1932 and batted .255. He finished
the season with the Jersey City
club cf the International League
and the following year went to
Buffalo where he batted .334.
Last year he came to Brooklyn,
along with Ham Leslie, now the
Dodgers' first baseman, under a
trade in which Bill Terry got
Frank (Lefty) O’Doul.
Koenccke's home was in Adams,
Wls. He is survived by a wife and
daughter.
Removed From Plane
Detroit, Sept. 17—(UP)—Leon
ard Koenecke, Brooklyn baseball
player killed in an airplane bat
tle over Toronto, was removed
from an American Airlines plane
here last night after he had
created a disturbance aboard the
ship inbound from St. Louis, ofll
cialH disclosed today.
Officials of the airline Bald
Koenecke had been drinking and
that when the player arrived here
with Les Munns and Bobby Starr,
t.ooklyn pitchers, he was removed
and the balance of his fare return
ed to him. «
Starr and Munns continued on
the plane to New York.
Although details of Koenecke’s
conduct aboard the plane were
lacking, officials said his condition
was such that his request to board
a later American Airlines piano
for the east were refused.
The plane arrived at Municipal
Airport at 5:30 p. m., yesterday.
Several hours later Koenecke en
tered the airport office seeking to
charter a plane and was referred
to William J. Mulquecney, Detroit
pilot who flew him to Toronto.
With him was Irvin Davis, a para
chute jumper known for his sen
sational "bat wing" flights.
Was Sent Home
St. Louis, Sept. 17—-(UP)—Len
Koenecke, Brooklyn Dodgers out
fielder, killed in un airplane battle
over Toronto last night, was sent
home for the remainder of the
season by the club yesterday, but
did not appear depressed when he
left St. Louis, John Gorman, secre
tary. said today.
"Koenecke was usually quiet,” he
said, "and not a trouble maker.
He apparently wasn't depressed
when he left here yesterday. He
seemed happy and laughed and
joked with the fellows.
"He was sent home because we
had too many players. The club
was rather top heavy and Manager
Stengel wanted to try out some
of the new material.”
Factory Work Is
On Increase Here
(Continued from Page 1)
-which the Chase Companies of
this city are a subsidiary, re
ported for the half-year ending
June 30th a net proflt of $3,
418,097.
3. The most active issue on
the New York Stock Exchange
yesterday was Anaconda Copper,
a total of 51,400 shares being
traded. The American Brass Co.
of this city Is a subsidiary of
Anaconda. Kennecott was also
ope of the most active issues on
the New York exchange.
War Crisis Not Credited
As reported In The Democrat last
Thursday, the Italo - Ethiopian
crisis cannot be credited with the
upturn In local business. Tho bus
iness gain is rather the result of
MERCHANTSTRUST
RECEIVERS PLEA
(Continued from Page 1.)
agents will attempt to show a pic
ture of the condition of the bank
at the time It was closed, Dec. 23,
1931, and Its present picture. The
report Is expected to show the
book value and appraised value of
the assets at the time the bank
closed and the book and appraised
value of the assets at the present
time.
Three Dividends Declared
Since the Citizens & Manufac
turers National Bank has admin
istered the affairs of the Mer
chants Trust Co., three dividends
have been paid savings depositors
and four dividends have been paid
commercial depositors of the closed
bank.
Attorney Francis T. Reeves was
named counsel to the receiver at
the time the Citizens bank was
appointed receiver. He maintained
that position until last year when
he retired from active practice of
law to take an executive position
and legal counsel In the Scovlll
Mfg. Co. The firm of Carmody &
Thoms was named as successor
to Attorney Reeves.
According to Daw
The action of the receiver to
be taken this/ Friday Is made
necessary by the passage of a bill
pressed through the last session
of the legislature by Senator
George C. Culhane of Waterbury.
It provides that State Bank
Commissioner Walter Perry shall
take over all banks in the state
that are In receivership, with cer
tain stipulations.
No amounts are specified In the
claims for this Friday's short cal
endar session. Judge Newell Jan
nlngs will rule on the various ap
plications. It is expected that
Attorney Thoms will leave It up to
the court to decide how much shall
be paid the receiver and the re
ceiver's counsel. It Is expected
Judge Jennings will reserve de
cision on all applications.
BAD CHECK MAN
NAILEDAT START
(Continued from Page 1.)
He finds a likely looking store and
stands near Its entrance watching
people leave. When some of them,
as customers often do, toss their
slips on the sidewalks, he retrieves
them. If the purchase had been
made on a charge account, then the
slip has the person’s name.
The next step Is to look In the
city directory and find the address
and occupation of the customer,
who threw away the sales slip.
Then, a blank check Is secured
signed with the customer’s name,
and presented In the store for pay
ment.
Yesterday, according to Detective
McKlligott, Biechell worked exact
ly that way. He picked up a slip
which was dropped by Mallette’s
wife and she left the store. He
then looked up Mallette in the city
directory, and found that he was
employed by Mres Bqughton. He
went, allegedly, to a nearby bank,
picked up a blank check, and
made It out for $45. Then, the
detective claims, Biechell went
back to the store and offered the
check in payment for a small pur
chase.
Scheme Falls Flat.
But here the scheme, as police
describe it, failed. Instead of cash
ing tho check, store workers call
ed police and Blecnell was ar
rested. Ho Insisted to Detective >
AtclSIllgott that his name was Hor
ace Mallette, so the real Mallette
was summoned. Mallette was a
stranger to Biechell, and the lat
ter said, again: “Of course, I’m
Horace Mallette.’’ "No, you’re not,”
retorted the real owner of that
name. “I am Horace Mallette.’’
Biechell then admitted his real
Identity. He is charged with at
tempting to pass a fradulent check.
In Blechell’s coat pocket was
found a piece pf paper, on which
Mallette'# and Miss Boughton's
names were written many times
Police claim that It Is evidence
that Biechell was praotldng sig
natures. preparatory to the alleged
forgery.
generally healthy conditions
throughout the country. There Is
no question, however, that war or
ders are being filled by local Arms
some of them being for the U. S.
government, particularly the navy
department, which has begun a
large building program. It is
known that one local Arm has
been engaged In making a large
shipment to Italy, the shipment be
ing In the nature of machinery
which will be reportedly used for
making munitions In that country.
Furnaces Doubled
In at least one major factory
here, the number of furnaces In
operation in its casting department
has been more than doubled in the
past few months. In addition, new
ly Installed furnaces enable an
output said to bo double that of
older-type equipment. These facts
thoroughly discount a statement in
a morning newspaper that the re
port that mills had gone on a 24
hour a day basis was “amusing."
The article states that Ares are
kept going 24 hours a day even in
slack times, but then are used only
two or three days a week. TJie ar
ticle failed to point out how many
more furnaces are in use.
From the trend of employment
so far this month, there Is little
question that employment here
will have gained by 500 before the
month is ended. Major factories
here have been hiring regularly all
month. In August the total em
ployed here in factories and stores
where 65 or more people are em
ployed was 29,172, a gain of 654
over the July total. Factory em
ployment represented 366 of this
gain.
Copper Prices Rise
The rise in the domestic copper
price brought the metal to its lev
el under the NRA. Among the
Arms announcing mark-ups rang
ing from three-eights to one
half cent a pound was the Amer
ican Brass Co. of this city.
The Kennecott semi-annual re
port showed a net proAt for the
Arst six months of the year of
$3,418,097. The earnings were
equal to 32 cents a share, «s com
pared with 36 cents a share for
the same period last year, when
the net for the Arst six months was
$3,888,409.
In the New York market yester
day, Anaconda was the most ac
tively traded issue, a total of 51,
400 shares being disposed of. The
stock closed at 21 1-8, off a frac
tion. Kennecott Copper was also
among the market leaders in Is
sues traded, with 28,900 shares
changing hands. The stock closed
at 25 3-4, up 1-2.
10,000000 OF
ITALIANS READY
(Continued from Page 1.)
Ings and from churches and by si
rens and the roll of drums. It will
emphasize Mussolini's statement
that ull Italians must share the
same rewards during war time.
To this end the fascist govern
ment had adopted rigorous laws
aimed at restricting the possible
accumlation of war time wealth.
Profiteering Is forbidden, employers
are compelled to keep open for six
months jobs of men called to the
colors and volunteers, and wages
ordinarily paid to workers who be
come soldlerB must be paid to their
families for periods varying be
tween three and six months.
BY EDWARD W. BEATTIE
(Copyright 1035 By United Press)
Addis Ababa, Sept. 17— (U.P.)—
The Italian legation in Addis Ababa
became Increasingly uneasy to-day
over the security of its consuls in
tho interior of Ethiopia.
Although war appeared more Im
minent daily and the consuls were
given permission some time ago to
leave their posts, not one of them
has yet started for the frontier or
the capital.
The Ethiopian government, the
Italian consulate declared Is con
tinually denying the consuls per
mits to leave and "placing other
obstacles In their path. This Is un
important in the case of Adowa,
which is near the border, and Har
rar, which Is close to the Addis
Ababa-Djlboutl railway," the con
sulate declared.
Some Danger Shots
"However," added the legation,”
we consider there Is great danger
for marauders and perhaps even
from concentrated troops at such
places as Dessle, Debre Markos,
Gondar and Magalo."
The Ethiopian government said
all consuls will be escorted to
safety.
The belief prevailed that In the
event of Italian aggression without
a declaration of war Count Luigi
Glglluccl Immediately would be
handed his passport to avoid a rep
etition of the state of undeclared
war which prevailed In Manchuria
during the Japanese drive Into that
country.
It was not believed that the le
gation will evacuate Addis Ababa
until all Italian consuls are sate,
although the bulk of its baggage 1h
packed.
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