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CARGO OF SCOTCH WHISKEY
WORTH MORE THAN $100,000
CAPTURED NEAR NEW HAVEN
Police, on Watch For
Drug Smugglers, Seize
Truck Carrying Liq
uor From Motor Boat.
Driver Leaps From Wheel
and Escapes in Fog
Contraband Is Believed
Part of Shipment of S. S.
Newfoundland, Sailing
From Liverpool.
New Haven, Oct 29 (IP) Scotch
whiskey in kegs valued at between
Sloo.OuO and $150,000 which had
been landed by motor boat from a
vessel anchored in Long Island
Sound, off the Branford Shore, was
seized last night by narcotic agents
v ho -were on watch for a cargo of
entirely different character.
The whiskey was on a truck which
was being driven from a wharf at
Short Beach bound for this city. The
driver, who first tried to evade the
officers, escaped after he had
brought the vehicle to a standstill
In the heavy fog which has cloaked
the landing and loading of the cargo
on the truck.
On Watch For Draffs
The officers making the seizure
were Henry L. O'Malley and Thomas
A. Ker.ofick of the narcotic squad.
They had gone to Short Beach,
which is a village, in Branford at
the mouth of the East Haven river,
to watch for the possible landing of
a consignment of Illicit drugs.
A thick fog drove in from Long
Island Sound hiding the shore line
completely, but at the same time
amplifying sounds to an extraordi
nary degree. As the agents stood
watching they heard the chugging
of a motor boat but could not lo
cate it nor the place at which it
tied up. They heard sounds of the
unloading of something from the
iiioior boat and fixed the location
as a wharf In the East Haven river.
some distance from the inn kept by
Nellie Green Talmadge, a place of
many landings of contraband
liquors.
Refuses To Stop
Later, O'Malley and Kenefick
beard the rumble of a motor truck,
and they intercepted it on the road
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PASTOR DENIES TRUTH
OF SACRILEGE STORY
Rev. Matthew J. Traynor
Explains Vasques
Funeral Services
7'he position Joseph Vasques was
considered to hold with reference to
his religion determined the type of
funeral service accorded him, and
no thought was given to a reported
sacrilege which in fact was not an
offense against the church, Rev.
Matthew J. Traynor, pastor of St.
Mary's church declared this morning
in a discussion of sensational angles
to yesterday's obsequies when police
were called to preserve order.
Friends of the deceased man to
day reiterated a claim that, be
cause a brother of Vasques had a
crucifix removed from his hands
after ho died, a funeral ma.ss was
denied him. This, they claim, they
were told is a sacrilege which makes
is impossible for the deceased per
son concerned to be given full re
ligious rites.
Both Rev. Father Traynor and
friends of the deceased man who ar
ranged for the funeral denied hav
ing requested police protection at
tho funeral and both expressed re
gret that a squad of five officers at
tended the service in response to a
report that trouble was brewing and
an outbreak was feared. Chief of
Police William C. Hart refused to
day to disclose the source of the
complaint or to say why Sergeants
W. 1. McCue, P. J. O'Mara, T. J.
Feency and G. C. KUinger, and Pa
trolman Thomas C, Dolan were sent
hurriedly to the church just before
tho funeral services began at 2:00
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Kev. Father Traynor, while ex
pressing a wish that nothing more
be said about the incident, made it
plain today that the mere act of
removing a crucifix from the hands
of a. man directly after his death Is
no sacrilege and is not an offense
against the Catholic church.
Friends of Vasques claim the last
rites of the church were adminis
tered to the dying man Tuesday
morning and that he passed away
with a crucifix clasped in his hands.
The crucifix was later removed. They
say Salvatore Salata, president of an
Italian society, asked that a requiem
mass be sung and that this rite was
refused on the ground that a sac
rilege had been committed in the
removal of the cross. An afternoon
service was agreed upon, but no ef
fort was made to have it in the
form of a mass since the Italians,
being Catholics, realized this is con
trary to the regulations of the I
church, P. Puzzo as spokesman for
Vasques' friends stated today.
CITY WINS POINT
IN CUM SUIT
Motion to Expunge Defense De
nied by Judge Jennings
MAY REACH TRIAL SOON
Donnelly Interests Also Fall in Supe
rior Court In Attempt to Strike
Out Allegation Damage Was
Caused By "An Act of God."
An allegation by the city of New
Britain setting forth that the Don
nelly Brickyard pits were pollutted
by an act of God" has been ad- !
mitted as a part of the record, Judge !
Jennings of superior court having ,
ruled today in the city's favor in the j
plaintiffs motion to expunge the
amended answer submitted in the'
$20,000 damage action brought by ;
the brickyard interests.
This legal dispute having been set- ;
tied, the case is expected to go trial '
in about two weeks. Jude-e .Ten-1
nings has suggested that the case be j
men to the court rather than to
the jury although it Is at present I
assigned for jury trial. I
This Is the second time the case '
has been in superior court. On a
previous hearing, the court decided
against the brickyard owners and an
appeal was taken to the court of er
rors by Attorney Donald Gafl'ney for
the Donnelly interests. It was then
remanded back for new trial and on
action to enjoin the city against us
ing Willow Brock park for storm
water sewage was brought. The
city, through Corporation Counsel
John H. Kirkham, set tip several
items in defense and the plaintiff de
murred. The demurrer has been
decided negatively. Judge Jennings
also advised today.
In the original suit, mention was
made that the pollution was caused
by "an act of God," but it was not
specifically alleged. On that ground
the motion to expunge was brought.
THOUSAND TEACHERS
ATTFrVn fflrUVFWTinsj
State Association Holds
Annual Conference in
Hartford
Hartford, Oct. 28 (IP) More than
1,000 teachers from this city and
the surrounding towns attended the
mass meeting of the Hartford sec
tion of the Connecticut State Teach
ers' association held in the Capitol
theater this morning. Dr. William
F. Russell, dean of teachers' col
lege, Columbia university, delivered
the principal address on "Symp
toms of Good and Bad Teaching."
Dr. Russell based his address on
personal observations made in a
high school where he was engaged
in an educational survey.
He detailed to the teachers ex
actly what, in his opinion, consti
tuted bad methods, placing them
under the general head of short
answers Indicating lack of pupil in
terest. He attributed such answers
to the instructors' failure to genu
inely interest the class in the sub
ject at hand. Dr. Russell urged the
teachers to get away from any
stereotyped program and to pay
particular attention to questions
from the class which indicate that,
the pupil Is doing something for
himself. Miss Ella A. Fallon of New
Britain reported on her trip to the
National Education association con
vention In Seattle, Washington, this
summer.
Leon C. Staples, second vtc..
president of the association and hu
pcrintendent of schools in 1'Iain
ville, presided.
DENTIST SLAIN
New York, Oct. 28 (IP) Dr. Jacob
Gross, a dentist was murdered by an
unknown person In his office on the
second floor of 2 9 Columbus avenue
today. His body, with a bullet in
the heart, was found slumped
against a radiator. A diamond ring
and a large mm of money In his
pockets were untouched.
TWO NAVAL OFFICERS ARE KILLED
WHEN PLANES CRASH HIGH IN AIR
Crash Occurs 5,000 Feet Above Pensacola One Flier
Lands On Garage Roof, Other Hits House.
Pensacola, Flu.. Oct. 28 (IP) Two
utivj uiiivins i-i u iiiManuy Kuieo j
Luuuy wnen ineir scout planes
crashed in midair and fell 5,000
feet to the ground in the heart ov
the city. The fliers. Lieutenant En
ward Frawley and Lieutenant W.
J. MeCord, were removed from the
wreckage dangling on the house-
tups on wnicn me snauereu planes
fell.
One plane fell at Sixth avenue
and Strong street and the other at
North Davis and Do Solo streets.
Both Frawley and McCord were
married and lived here with their
families. The former was due to be
Garage Fire Which Threatened Business Blocks j
Sur'vors Tell Vivid Stories of
SHARKS TEAR - AT BODIES
Captain Simon Gull, Veteran Com
mander of Ship, Went Down With
Ills Vessel Some Allege fie Com
mitted Suicide; Others Deny It.
Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 2S (IP)
More than 300 persons, mnnv of
them women and children, were
st'U missing today from the ill-fated
Italian liner Prinoipess.i Mafalda,
which sank off the Brazilian coast
Tuesday night in the midst of scenes
of suffering and panic.
Through the veil of confusion and
contradictory advices from the
scene of the disaster, came more
definite reports today when the
Dutch liner Alhena came into port
carrying 531 survivors and the
French liner Formosa with 353 sur
vivors. The French steamer Mos
ella landed 30 pnssengers and 22
members of the .ship's crew at Bahia
yesterday, thus accounting for 03G
of tho 1,2'iG persons aboard the
stricken Italian steamer.
Kven then rescue figures varied,
the agents of the Mafalda at Buenos
Aires placing the number saved at
932, while the Italian embassy at
Uio Janeiro placed the number at
925.
Thrilling Stories Told
Through the medley of stories,
some of them almost incoherent,
poured out by the exhausted surviv
ors, came stories of heroism, of
panic and of suffering and terror in
the darkness of Tuesday night.
The cause of the disaster was ob
scured in conflicting stories told by
those snatched from the jaws of
death. Some declared that the ship
had been torn by an explosion while
others said that the ship simply had
foundered in from four to five hours
when watr swept into her by a
break in a screw shaft hold.
Some Tell of Sharks
Rome, still haunted by the terror
of the night, told of seeing sharks
tearing at the bodies of victims, but
other survivors scoffed at this de
claring they had seen no sharks.
Captain Simon Gull, veteran com
mander of the sunken vessel, went
down with the ship. That much ap
peared certain although reports as
to hoi. he died varied. One group
of passengers said that he commit
ted suicide; another that he had
neen enguiien in me sea, crying
Viva Italia, as the waters swept
over the bridge from which he. had
directed rescue operations. With
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transferred to th
Philippines next
month
They were flying Curtis
Hawks at the time of the collision.
The planes were flying in forma
tion when they collided at a heigh!
of about 5,000 feet, officers said.
One of the planes fell on a gar-
age while the other crashed through
the side of a small house iniurinir
a negro woman.
Frawley's home was at Fulton, X.
V., while McCord formerly lived at
St. Louis. Officers said they were
members of the students' class and
had been flying for about 11
months.
Garage Fire in Heart of City
Threatens Business Buildings
Blocks
Near
on
Main Street
Flames Which
Mount High Three Aft
ernoon Alarms Excite
City.
Two automobiles were destroyed,
the roof and one wall of a two-car
garage were burned away as were
the doors, and the rear verandas on
surrounding buildings were scorched
by fire this forenoon in the rear of
the business block at 236-240 Main
j street. It was one of the most spec
I tacular tires in this city In several
months, and had it broken out at
night when its discovery would not
have been prompt enough to per
mit the firemen to do battle on
somewhat even terms, fire depart
ment officials believe it would have,
been one of the most destructive
fires in several years. The total loss
by lire, smoke and water was esti
mated between $4,000 and J5.U0O.
approximaiely one-half of which is
represented in the destruction of the
automobiles, owned by Edward N.
Smith of the Smith Business college,
and Harry Bronstein of 44 Hamilton
street. The garage is owned by S.
W. Menus, Jacob Blrnbaum und S.
N. Levine.
Excitement prevailed throughout
tho city this afternoon when the fire
siren sounded for three alarms. Two
alarms came in for a fire on Gov
ernor street, one following the other
so closely that the belief prevailed
that a general alarm was being
turned in. A few minutes later an
alarm sounded for a fire in tho
Sweeney block on Main street.
The heat from a brick incinera
tor apparently set fire to the north
wall of the Menus garage, which had
only one brick wall, on the east side.
The west wall, separating tho build
ing from the Central garage, was of
wood and brick, and the roof was
of wood, covered by tar paper. A
wooden partition divided tho garage
into stalls, in which were tho Smith
and Bronstein automobiles. The for
mer was a coupe and tho latter a
coach. In the latter were several
rolls of cloth, the owner being in
the merchandise distributing busi
ness. The entire top of the coach
was burned away and the cloth that
escaped the flames was soaked by
water.
Flames Iliirli in Air
The north wall of the garage
burned through and set fire to the
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ACCIDENT IN TERRYYILLE
SENDS FOUR TO HOSPITAL
Man and Two Girls From This City
and Womttn From AVnlcrbury
Injured.
Captain Kelly of the police de
partment was notified by Officer
Buckley of Terryville at 111:25 this
forenoon that John McGill. alias
Mack, of 248 Elm street, this city, I
was in an automobile accident and i
Madeline Lal'ointc of 355 Arch
street and Rose Theriault of the j
same address, were injured and '
were in a Bristol hospital. The girls I
who are half sisters, are 15 years
of age.
Mrs. Grace Brown of Watertown,
who was injured in the same acci
dent,, is also under treatment' at
Bristol hospital. Her condition is
considered serious. The local girls
were to be discharged this afternoon
their injuries being minor, according
to the hospital authorities.
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Photo by Johnson A Peterson
PARIS THRONGS HAIL
IIT2! JITIFRfi!
Miss Elder Nearly Crushed
by Her Enthusiastic
Admirers
Paris, Oct. TS (IP) Miss Rutii
Elder and Geoit, HalJeman, landed
i at Le Bourget airdrome at 3:46 p.
j in. today.
I The plane, arrived fully an hour
i before it was expected.
I "Good! Goodl" were Miss Elder's
first words on langing, then imme
diately she repeated them in French
"Bon! Tres bon!"
Miss Elder was nearly crushed by
enthusiastic admirers who insisted
on pulling her out of the plane.
She slid down the side of the fusel
age Into the arms of the waiting
multitude.
The girl flier appeared stunned
by the magnitude and warmth of
the reception. "I surely did not ex
pect that," she told the Associated
Press as she was being carried on
the shoulders of aviation fans to
the office of Commandant Renvolse,
chief of the aviation field.
"Let me fix up my hair," she
begged.
The girl who flew more than half
way across the Atlantic, dressed in
the red sweater and checkered plus
fours in which she started the flight
and with her brown curls waving in
the breeze, was greeted by Com
mandant Renvoise with "We wel
come you in the name of French
aviation."
"Tell him It's mutual," responded
Ruth.
Sen. Brookhart Plans
Substitute Farm Bill
Washington, Oct 28 (UP) Tak
ing a cue from President Coolldge's
veto last winter. Senator Brookhart,
republican, Iowa, 'is planning a sub
stitute for the Mc.N'ary-Haugen farm
price stabilization bill. Brookhart
announced today he would introduce
his measure as soon as congress
reconvenes and expects a vote on It.
The Iowa farm bloc member
agrees the president was right when
he said $150,000,000 provided in the
bill veoted last session for starting
the equalisation system, is not
enough. Cotton alone would require
$500,000,000 for adequate financing
of its exportable surplus. The total
sum needed would be $1, 500, 000,000
he thinks.
Crossing Tender at 80
Still Hale and Alert
(SpeelHl to the Herald)
Flainville, Oct. 28 Charles
Stanley was back at his post as
a gate-tender this morning after
being feted last night by a nun,
ber of friends who called at his
home at 24 Broad street to ex
tend their felicitations on the oc
casion of his SOth birthday.
In spite of his four score of
years, Mr. Stanley is considered
to be one of the most efficient
tenders in the railroad crossing
service and his attention to duty
has prevented many accidents
here. He enjoys excellent health
and has an enivable reputalioo
for regularity in duty.
THE WEATHEK
Sow Britain and vicinity:
FiiseKlcd, possibly showers
toniRlit; Saturday slightly
cloudy; not much change in
temperature.
JUSTICE SIDDONS
ALLOWS EVERHART
TO KEEP SILENCE
Fall's Rancher
Won't Tell Source of $230,500
Teapot Dome Bonds
COURT ADMITS ANSWER
MIGHT PERIL WITNESS
Ruling Follows Heated Battle
Be-
tween Prosecution anil Defense In
Sinclair Oil Trial Today Const 1
tutlon would Force Reply to
Questions Mas Contention Say
Conspiracy Continued Years.
Washington, Oct. 28 (IP) The
I government was stopped today by
Justice Siddons from forcing M. T.
Everhart, son-in-law of Albert B.
! Kail, to disclose the source of the
$230,500 in Liberty bonds figuring
: in the Teapot Dome oil conspiracy
: trial.
Fears Incrimination
! Everhart had declined to answer
a question regarding the source of
the bonds on the ground that such
testimony would tend to incriminate
him and that the constitution gave
him the right to refuse.
The son-in-law of the former
secretary of the interior was the
man from whom the government
had hoped to produce the connect
ing link between the bonds and
Harry F. Sinclair, lessee of Teapot
Dome and co-defendant with Fall,
for whose benefit the government
charges most of the bonds were
us,'"i alter l.ne. wealt IV ol nrw.rn..
had come into possesion of the
naval oil reserve in Wvomin
Refers to Constitution
Owen J. Roberts had contended
that Everhart was without a con
i'
stitutional right to decline to
an- '
j swer the question
since the statute
or limitation hod expired as to the
only charge the government conin
bring against him, that of accessory
after the fact. Justice Siddons. how
ever, sustained Everhait's position.
.Insure Ma!;cs fckdlr.s
In making his decision after long
argument by counsel yerterdoy ana
today, Justice Siddons said it might,
jbe that the answer to the quertion
! would disclose to governm lit counts-
i for the first time that Everhart
was in fact a co-conspirator.
"I cannot be satisfied in my own
mind that an answer to the ques
tion might not lead to peril for the
witness," the court said, "and I
shall sustain objection to the ques
tion." STABBER SURRENDERS
East Boston Assailant Gives Him
self up nt Police Headquarters
Victim Succumbs.
Boston, Oct. 28 (CP) Giuseppe
Fedanzo, 30, of East Boston, sim-cn-
deerd to police here toilav a few i
hours after Alexandre Capputto, 75,
had been stabbed to death in' his
room
house.
an East Boston lodging!
Authorities had sought Fedanzo,
a fellow lodger, in connection with
the murder.
Mystery surrounded the crime,
which was committed in the victim's
room only a few moments before
Fedanzo was seen hurrying from it.
Capputo's body was found by An
tonio Pellzio and Mrs. Jennie Cro
citti, daughter of the victim. A phy
sician was summoned hut Capputto
...... .tun ni. iie nan i iaii.1, net. w) Theft of a
been stabbed three times, twice, in j packet of letters giving a list of
the back and once in the heart. Rumanians who were Prince Carol's
Fedanzo told police lie had learn- I friends in France was reported to
ed he was wanted for mn-stinninir i dnv fn tho r.r,no k 1
in connection with Capputto's death
and had immediately gone to the
police station.
HORSE TRAMPLES "LITTLE AMAZON"
AS SHE LEADS ARMY OF STRIKERS
Girl, Starting to Advance
btruck by Hoofs of Guard's Mount Hundreds
of Pickets Mustered.
Walsenburg, Colo., Oct. 2S (IP)
Amelia Kablick. the girl in red. who l
has been one of the most effective! 'euuy IOr Jn0"'za
leaders of the I. W. W. coal strike i llon" Il'"!,f ial Workers of the
in the southern Colorado fields, w as j World today mustered hundreds of
injured severely today when she 'pickets to extend the statewide coal
was trampled by a mine guard's jstrike. ,
hor3e- I Fourteen national guardsmen
The lD-year-old girl led 250! were ordered to Colfax county !..
pickets to the Ideal mine. Armed northern New Mexico yesterday by
and mounted guards hailed the' Gov. Dillon following reports t.t
inwo. xiui l.nue, -Aiiiazon, as j i. vt . w. liuenueu to attempt to
she is called by the miners, started i close mines there. This action was
jto advance without her followers. I followed by report from the adju
One of the guards attempted to ! tant general to Gov. Adams of Colo-
grab her and an unruly horse,
struck her with Its hoofs.
She was attended by a mine phy
sician and brought to a hospital
nere wnere it was found she had threat of state interference by ns
a broken wrist, numerous bruises sembling hundreds of strikem at
ana possune internal Injuries.
The other strikers made
no
further attempt to invade the com
pany's property. No arrests were
made.
Denver, Colo., Oct. 2S (&) With
New Mexico national guardsmen ,
EDEL'S ASH PILE REVOLVER
STOLEN FROM INN MAN WHEN
EX-MERIDENITE WAS WAITER
BISHOP NILAN GETS
CHURCHSITE DEED
Committee From Polish Parish
PROMISES TO SEND PRIEST
Religious Loader Will Be Delegated
Soon To Silpervlsc Erection of
House of W orship on Earmington
Avenue.
Deeds for the property on which
the Association of the Holy Trinity
proposes to erect its new church
were turned over to Bishop Nilan,
head of the Hartford diocese, at a
conference between parish officers
and the bishop today and the latter
assurred the committee that he will
send a priest to take charge of the
construction of a temporary church
i on the site which is located on
iFarmington avenue.
I A meeting of the faction which
jsome time ago began a movement to
have a senjirnte rhurl, in
! northwestern section of the citv -a.
held in Dudjaok"s hall last evening
and the hall was crowded to its ca
pacity. The deeds were read at the
meeting and the entire membership
gave its endorsement, to the move
ment. All the officers of the association
with the exception of the president,
Alexander I.abieniec. went to Hart-
I forcl ,od?y and Presented the deeds
to the bishop. Those on the rom
miti.ee were Andrew Ragula. Alex-
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M UL IV h ITU
CLASH WITH SOLDIERS
Many Arrests Made
Country as Carolist
Plot Unfolds
in
Belgrade, Jugoslavia, Oct. 2 8
on
Government troops have come
.'into collision at Kishinev, Bessa
i rabia, with national peasants who
;had been informed that Prince
Carol was in Rumania commanding
jun army, say reports received here
from Bucharest.
Numerous arrests were made.
Bucharest, Rumania, Oct. 28 (JP)
Further arrests are being made
throughout Rumania in connection
I with the plot to restore Prince Carol
to the throne.
At Jassy, former Prefect Axlnlte
was arrested for printing several
hundred copies of an interview
jwhioh CaI"' Save the Paris Matin
! 'sllor:ly after King Ferdinand's
f1'" ln wn'ch the former crown
prince rieclared his willingness to
return if his people called him.
The premises of the former chief
of police of Jassy were raided.
Former Deputy Daniels Vassn
was arrested at Brasov and former
Mayor Bocancea of the town of
Gropnita was held, charged with
complicity in a Carolist conspiracy.
All the arrested men were sent to
Bucharest for further examination.
Prince Carol's household at Neuiily.
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Without Her Followers,
Is
Inssigmd to strike natrol Hutv nrt
- i , ,
rado that state troons were rendv
land could be mobilized ln a few
hours.
The I. "W. W. leaders met the
Walsenburg, in southern Colorado.
'for a drive today on the few mine
operating in that district.
Extent of the walkout was shown
in an unofficial survey estimating
7,600 of the 10,000 men normally
employed in the six largest cos.
producing countries were Idle.
George C. Dudley Posi
tively Identifies
Weapon as One He
Bought Quarter-Century
Ago.
Police Officials Weave
Strong Chain of Evi
dence Leading to Slayer
of David Dudley Last
February.
Meriden, Oct. 2S (.Pi George C.
Dudley, proprietor of the Dudley
Inn, at Hamden, today positively
Identified the gun found here Wed
nesday morning at the one which
was stolen from him in September,
1826, when Fred W. Edel, who was
acquitted of the murder of John
Mastrlano, Jr., on the grounds of
Insufficient evidence, was employed
as a waiter at the inn.
The weapon will not be turned
over to Coroner Lowndes A. Smith
of Middlesex county, who is conduct
ing a supplementary inquest into the
death of David Dudley, Jr., whose
body, frozen stiff and partly decom
posed, was found In a wooded sec
tion of Westfield last February.
Evidence Is Strong
Identification of the gun by Mr.
Dudley has elevated the hopes of po
lice officials who are looking for a
solution to the Dudley murder. The
chain of evidence, although circum
stantial, has now had welded to it
one very strong link, in the opinion
of officials.
The revolver is a Harrington
Richardson, .3S calibre and bore the
number G 71145. The chamber had
capacity for five shells.
Dudley Identified Weapons
Detective Captain James H. Burke
and Detective Michael B, Carroll
j took the gun to Hamden this morn
ing. When the weapon was shown
to Mr. Dudley he took It info his
right hand and after a moment's ex
amination remarked "It's mine."
Mr. Dudley stated that he bought
the pistol about 25 years ago.
The gun was kept in a drawer of
a desk at the Dudley inn.
It disappeared from tho desk last
September when Edel was employed
there. Little was thought of the loss
of the gun until the discovery of
Mastrlano's body and the arrest of
Edel last Christmas.
A search was then started but the
weapon was not found until dis
covered here in the ash heap, wrap
ed in an oiled rag, In the rear of
what was formerly Edel's restaurant
in the Lawton building.
MAN WHO DISAPPEARED
HAD $180,428 ESTATE
George Booth, Legally
Dead, Shared in
$1,283,609
The estate, of George C. Booth,
formerly of this city, who was de
clared legally dead on February 14
last, after being missing for years,
has been appraised at $150.428 22
according to an inventory filed in
probate court today by the adminis
trator, William H. Booth, his bro
ther. Booth was a member of n
prominent New Britain family, being
a son of the late Horace W. Booth.
and a grandson of the late Horace
Booth. The appraisers of the estate
were Thomas Linder and W. L.
Hatch.
The estate of Horace W. Booth
totalled $127,751.36, and of that
amount George Booth received a
ninth interest, his portion amount
ing to $16,305.71.
The estate of Horace Booth, the
grandfather, of which George Booth
received a seventh Interest, totalled
?1.155,S57.62, tho latter's share
amounting to $165,122.51.
The estate of Horace Booth,
grandfather of the Judicially de
ceased, was appraised as follows:
Stock: 30 shares New Britain
Trust, $7,005; mortgages and notes,
$236,112.24; cash on hand and In
banks, $24.4S5.3S.
Real estate: lots in Plainville,
$150; lot in Farmington, $2ifO;
Steele street property, $11,500; Hart
stre.. $7,200: West End avenue,
$12. "I i; Corbin avenue, $4,000; Ly
man 11 eet, $25; Broad street. $4,
500; Cross street, $1,S00; Cross
street, $1,500; Capitol avenue. $2,
600; Lyman street, $1,500; Hillside
street, $2500; Booth street, $21,500;
Concord street, $3,300; Cabot street,
$3,400; Allen street, J3.50U: Main
street Booth's block, $750,000;
Main street rear of Finnegan's
driveway, $40,000; total land values,
$S85,255.
The heirs of George Booth are his,,
wife, Mrs. Myrtle Dame Booth, and
two children, Robert, 14, and Eliz
abeth Olive, 12, who live on Harding
street. They may obtain a distribu
tion of the estate If they are able to
post a bond covering the amount.
Otherwise according to law. It may
be held ln trust for five years, when
it may be distributed.