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iVOL. 49 NO. 228
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.,FRIDAY,SEPTEMBER 26, 1913
PRICE TWO CENTO
ingmeer
oherty
Is Dead
Man Who Piloted The
Wreck Engine Died
In Wife's Arms
HEART GAYE WAY UNDER SHOCK
Visions Of Wreck Constantly
Flitting Through Memory
Shattered Kis Health
Charles J. Doherty, engineer of the
second section of the Springfield ex
press which figured in the Stamford
wreck, June 12, died at his homo in
New Haven before daybreak this
morning, a victim of. heart trouble,
directly due, his family believes, to
the terrible shock of the Stamford
trape-dy.
Doherty died in. the arms' of his
wife, whom he awakened just before
3 o'clock complaining- of a terrible
pain about the heart. He said he
could not stay in bed. Mrs'. Doherty
hastened out to arouse neighbors, and
bs she returned, Doherty, his arms
stretched towards her, staggered for
ward. She clasped him in her arms,
to support him towards his bed, and
h died in her embrace.
Doherty's death served to empha
sis the sorrowful part that he played
in the Stamford catastrophe, and to
'arouse a world of sympathy for his
jwidow and two little sons. Doherty'3
!life, from the day of the wreck, was
a. pitiful 'one. He -was completely un
, nerved by the 'wreck, forsook his em
Vployment on the railroad, and work
ed at odd times as a stationary en
gineer. But repeatedly he was obliged
: turned to. the appalling experience iii'j
Stamford.
Doherty was. .v New Haven boy.
Like myriads of youngsters he was
ambitious ever to be a railroad en
gineer, and though he worked at oth-
i er employment as a youth, he eventu
ally went to woik in the railroad
: yards when, he was about 21 year of
age. x
He served his time,, faithfully and
well, in the minor capacities that go
ito form the groundwork of the rail
road engineer's training. He was
; an engine wiper, a yard- man, a fire-
man in the - freight yards, finally a
; fireman on freight trains, and a little
jover a year ago he became a freight
engineer.
Doherty boyhood dreams were re
.alixed when, early in June, he got his
first run as engineer of a last ex
preM He piloted the Springfield ex
press onth-ree days, before the fate
ful run of June ,12.
On that day .as he pulled a giant
locomotive. No. 1,338, out of the New
Maven round house, the foreman warn
' " ed him to be careful.- Only two days
i 'before Doherty had piloted the same
engine over the same run, and on
. delivering the mogul to the round
house, .reported that ' the brakes were
"no good." The run, which ended in
-'the wreck, was the third day that Do
herty had been entrusted with a pass
enger train.
Doherty's simple, straightforward re
cital of the crash .at Stamford thrill
ed the auditors both at the inquest
f Coroner Phelan and the joint in
quiry of the Interstate Commerce, and
Connecticut Public Utilities Commis
s ion.
He said as he approached the scene
.of the wreck, he saw the signal set
-.against him, that he applied the
brakes, that they didn't take hold, and
. that he made a further application of
the air. Again the brakes failed him
and finallv he threw in the emer-
gency brakes, but he then realized
that the crash was inevitable. He
matched the whistle, and waving his
arms frantically warned two men
standing beside the stationary first
section to get ciear. Then came the
crash, and the engine, 1,338, ploughed
; its way through the Pullman "Sky
lark," snuffing out six lives and painfully-
injuring 'many more. Doherty
remained in his engine. He was prac
tically uninjured.
Doherty had never been rugged. He
.estimated his weight at 15b, at the
'-Interstate Commerce Commission's
hearing, but the officials were skepti-'c-al
and asked him if he was' sure
that he, frail as he appeared, really
weighed so much. He suffered from
asthma, and on the day of the wreck
he was suffering from a wrenched
hack, a handicap that made it im
possible for him to reverse his en
gine. But Coroner Phelan sstablish
ed, by inquiry of experts, the fact that
even though he had been able to re
,-verse the engine when he said he tried
it would have been futile, for the
wheels would have slipped over the
rails.
Since the wreck Doherty has been a
changed man. Early in June when
he had his first run on a passenger
train, having served his year as a
freight engineer, he was delighted with
.his prospects. His wife and two
boys, four and five, entered into the
spirit of rejoicing.
Immediately after the wreck he was
'arrested, but his . brotherMn-law, John
(H. Dillon, a wholesale produce mer
-chant of New Haven immediately post
ted bail for his release.
The friendship between Dillon and
Doherty was one of the most no
,ticeatble features of the entire wreck
'inquiry. Rarely did the merchant
! leave the engineer's side save when
the latter was called to the witness
stand.
Observing the shattered condition of
the engineer's nerves, Coroner Phelan
Yeggman's Dramatic Plea
Moves Court To Clemency
Despite Early Criminal Record, Man Who
For Years Tried To Make Good, Is Giv
en Lenient Penalty-Hounded By
Detectives, He Says
Making a dramatic plea that he had
been hounded by policemen and detec
tives since he started to lead an hon
est life, John O'Donnell.alias Gray, who
cracked safes in Fairfield and Ridge
field, begged for leniency in the crimi
nal superior court this morning. Judge
Reed sentenced O'Donnell to state's
prison for one to two years on the
Fairfield count and not more than two
years on the Ridgefield robbery. He
thanked the court after receiving the
light sentence. Judge Reed then gave
the prisoner some good advice, telling
him to lead an honest life if he "ex
pected to keep out of trouble.
The prisoner claimed that several
years ago when he obtained a position
in Boston, the police informed his em
ployer of his prison record and he was
discharged. He- then got a place in
Philadelphia and the officers again be
trayed him. A short time afterward
when he secured a job in a detective
agency he was recognized by a detec
tive in Chicago and lost the place
when his employer learned of his rec
ord. 1
Attorney John P. Gray related to
the court some of the reasons why the
prisoner deserved leniency. He claimed
O'Donnell had been unfairly treated
by the police in some cities, that he
and Chairman McChord of the Inter
state Commerce probe, dealt most con
siderately with him. He was allow
ed to leave the stand several times
when his voice broke.,
Mrs. Doherty today . told neighbors
that her husband . had slept very lit
tle since the night of the wreck. There
always recurred to him the Vision of
a gray haired woman, lying dead in
the debris of the dismantled Pullman
car. Night after night he would awake
With a start, and many evenings he
kept his little, boys irt his room, fear
ful of being alone to be hailed by
the vision of the wreck.' '
.He gave up railroading, .altogether,
and i got' employment , ag;Ji'i 8a'ikmJy'
engineer, but his health' and nerves
would not permit- him to stay at his
work. The ' ordeal of the wreck, and
the three weeks' of inquiries ' that fol
lowed,-had so broken Kim down that
he was a' complete wreck. The day
It was announced that Coroner Phelan-had
made his finding, exonerat
ing Doherty, . the engineer collapsed
on the street. .
' Coroner Phelan found that Doherty
had an- almost perfect service record,
railroad officials testified that he bore
an excellent reputation, and they
deemed him, even . after the wreck,
capable Of handling first class trains.
In his finding Coroner Phelan point
ed out that Doherty did not apply his
air brake at a. point far enough dis
tant from the home signal to prevent
the wreck. However, he was not able
to discover from the testimony any
thing to warrant holding Doherty
criminally responsible 'for the catas
trophe. Doherty, until -the wreck, according
to friends, was in the best of health,
had never given any indication of
heart trouble, but since the accident
hfs health had steadily declined, his
nerves had become unstrung and he
was frequently 'hysterical. He went to
bed about half past nine, last even
ing, but could not sleep and later got
up and kept his son Charles from go
ing to bed, saying that "he wanted to
play and talk to Charlie so as to for
get ' the wreck." -
Shortly before midnight he again
retired. Mrs. Doherty, it was stated,
today, Is in a serious condition and,
upon orders of her physician, has
taken to her bed. This afternoon, her
condition became worse.
John H. Dillon, brother-in-law of
Doherty, who - was his constant com
panion during the inquest and subse
quent proceedings in connection with
the wreck, . declared, today, that "the
boy died of a broken heart as a result
of that terrible wreck. His wife and
friends ' did everything possible to
soothe him during his frequent
hysterical periods but the picture of
that sight at Stamford preyed on his
mind too deeply and our efforts were
almost fruitless.
"Why, every time I saw him he was
twitching his fingers and breathing
hard. I often said: 'Now, Charlie,
stop worrying over that wreck,' and
he was always saying, 'I would if I
could. I can't sleep nights. I can't
eat. I don't know what -to do with
myself. I can see the picture of that
woman with the matted hair at ' the
wreck every moment I close my eyes
to go to sleep. I can hear her cries
every moment of the day'."
DOCTOR GUILTY
ON FIVE COUNTS'
OF MALPRACTICE
Middietown, Conn., Sept. 26 Dr. Jas.
T. Tonks, of Westbrook, pleaded guil
ty in the superior court, today, to five
counts of malpractice and paid fines
of $100 on each count with costs add
ed. He was arraigned at the close
of the short calendar session.
- The state's attorney made a state
ment to the court in which he said
that Dr. Tonks had been practicing
in Westbrook for about 13 years, that
moBt of his practice was along the line
of the charges on which he had been
arraigned, that his business was con
stantly growing and that the accus
ed had agreed to plead guilty and to
move out of the county if the court
Imposed fines. Dr. Tonks, he said,
had been brought into court through
state police activities.
had been misrepresented by a certain
New York newspaper" writer, and that
he ha dgiveh valuable aid to the Unit
ed States postal authorities in criminal
cases. He also spoke of the prisoner's
good intentions for the future.
ODonnell had been convicted before
for burglary. He served a term in
Vermont and'' also in North Carolina.
He escaped from the latter prison af
ter serving about a year, but Governor
Gleen pardoned him after hearing of
O'Donnell's "aid to the federal officials.
O'Donnell was also pardoned by the
governor of Vermont. In 19 05 Presi
dent Roosevelt gave him a pardon so
his record would be clear.
In presenting his case to the court
State's Attorney Judson spoke of the
Roosevelt pardon and said, "From my
knowledge of Roosevelt's eccentricities
I would not have been surprised If he
opened the doors of all Federal pris
ons." Inspector .H. T. Gregory of the Unit
ed States Post Office Department was
In court. Two lawyers who were per
sonal friends of the inspector had
agreed to come and plead .for O'Don
nell, but they were unable to be pres
ent. O'Donnell appeared to think ho
escaped lightly. The robberies in
Fairfield and Ridgefield occurred Jan
uary 19 last.
UNION PACIFIC
STOCK LEADER
New York, Sept. ' Z Opening First
movements of stocks, today, were .ir
regular and meaningless.- Opening
quotations showed about an- -equal
number of fractional gains and losses.
Reading and Union Pacific were high
and Amalgamated, ' Steel and Southern
Pacific lost ground. The market stif
fened -after-. the, first transactions and
then cell off again. "Union FaiS-ePwas
the leader among the railroad shares,
rising 1 1-2. " , Canadian Pacific and
! Utah Copper ;gained 1. People's Gas,
recently conspicuously strong, fell back
2 1-4 and Pacific - -.Telephone lost . 2
points.
Noon The morning trading" reveal
ed no definite trend and the only, gov
erning factor seemed to be -the mom
entary whim of the professional ele
ment. Although there was no heavy
liquidation in any quarter, buying was
restricted accordingly. Outside bus
iness was unusually small and the lim
ited demand which existed arose prin
cipally from the retirement of short
contracts. ' - Speculators viewed the
rise in Union Pacific, with suspicion,
having in mind recent experiences
when special stocks were bid up to
facilitate distribution elsewhere. The
movement in" Union Pacific did little
more than restore -the. market to a fair
degree of steadiness, after it had mov
ed back and forth in a perplexing fash
ion. Towards midday, however, the
general list began ' to rise in a more
comprehensive manner, with particu
lar strength in Reading, Erie and Can.
Bonds were firm. -. , -
DEAN. ;
New " Haven, Sept. 26 The resigna
tion of Dean Henry Wade Rogers, of
the . Yale Law . School, has not yet
been tendered to the corporation, ibut
when confirmation is given to Dean
Rogers' appointment as a federal judge
it will be. Acceptance, however, orob-
ably-will.be withheld until the dean's
successor is decided upon. In .this
way, the law school will not be de
prived of the services of the present
dean until there is someone to step
into his office. It .is thought that
Dean Rogers' successor will be early
decided upon.
German-American
Alliance Convenes
In Hartford Tomorrow
The German-American -Alliance of
Connecticut will hold its convention in
Hartford tomorrow and Sunday. The
business of the convention will be to
elect officers and designate the next
place and date for holding German
Day.. . The convention will also dis
cuss plans to advocate a uniformity
of teaching in the public schools
throughout the state. The delegates
who will represent Bridgeport organ
izations at the convention are: Louis
Hillsinger, R. Waldeyer, Leo Schmidt,
Charles Berger, Cuno Finck, Louis
Schwerdtle and Charles Keller.
Half Back Belier
Dies of Broken Spine
Worcester, Mass., Sept. 56 Verner S.
Belier, left half back of the Norwich
University football team, who suffer
ed a broken epine in a game with
Holy Cross College eleven, "Wednes
day, died this noon in St. Vincent's
hospital. His home was in Green
field and the body will be taken' there
for burial.
MISS VERA CURTIS
IN SONG RECITAL
The many friends and music lovers
of this city will be much interested
and pleased to learn of the oppor
tunity to hear once more Vera Curtis,
soprano of the Metropolitan Grand
Opera Company in one of her delight
ful song recitals to be given in the
Stratford ball room, Thursday even
ing, October 16 th.
MRS. BROWN DEAD
Widow of Former Promin
ent K. of C. Man Sue
cumbs at Hospital
The many friends of Mrs. Elizabeth
C. Brown, of 28 Hayes St., will be
grieved to learn of her death which
occurred early this morning at St.
Vincent's hospital. Mrs. Brown has
been ill for some time but her condi
tion was not considered acute until
Wednesday last, when she was re
moved to St. Vincent's hospital. She
failed to rally to the treatment, and
fell into a. coma, in whieh state she
remained until her death.
Mrs. Brown was about 63 years of
age and the widow of the late Sam
uel P. Brown, who was a 4th degree
member of the K. of C. She was
born In New York city but came to
this city soon - after her marriage
about forty years ago. She was al
ways a most ardent parish worker
while In St. Mary's parish and later
in St. Charles' parish, where she was
a member of many church societies.
She was a zealous member of the
Queen's Daughters, and of the Ladies'
of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul,
and a member of the Women's Relief
Corps of the G. A. R.
Mrs. Brown was of a charitable dis
position and attractive personality,
and her untimely demise will prove
a distinct loss to the legion of friends
to whom she was endeared. Her
nearest surviving relatives are cousins
In Brooklyn and Bridgeport.
Police Get Bad
Man After Chase
After a most sensational attack up-
on a countryman,
a chase by officers
who were called to prevent a possible
muraer, ana an ultimate nuempi to
kill his pursuers who were compelled
to use revolvers -and billies in an ef
fort to protect their lives and subdue
the prisoner, Michael Supery, 20 years
old, 441 Church street, is In a cell at
the Second precinct station while his
intended victim is being treated for
stab-wounds by a physician,
It was shortly after one o'clock this
noon when excited east side residents
rushed up to Lieutenant Coley at the
Second ' precinct station and said a
man was being murdered at the corner
of Willard and Hallett streets. . Sergt.
McGirr and Doorman Lush were de
tailed to -the scene. They , arrived in
t!m;-is. Supory-.break - awayoavLc,'
tnose detaining mm ana .run. away.
They gave chase, though the assailant
caried in his hand a long bladed dirk
knife. The officers did not overtake
him until they reached the corner of
Pembroke and Maple streets. There
the man backed up against a building
and showed that he meant to fight to
the death. , - ' ,
Sergeant McGirr who had already
fired two shots high in the air in
the hopes of frightening his man in
to giving up, f ired another shot over
his head at which Supery lunged for
ward with the knife. This gave Door
man Lush an opportunity to use his
billy with effect and the man was
brought to his knees. A struggle then
ensued between the officers and the
drink crazed man for possession of the
knife in which the officers won after
judicious use of their clubs.'
v Tony Klazish, 147 Hallam street,
who was not severely cut, later apr
peared at the station where he pre
ferred a charge of assault against Su
pery. He did not say how the quar
rel originated. He will be charged
Dy me . ponce wnn intoxication, as
sault, breach of the peace and resist
ance to an officer. ,
Same Old Story
Garbage Remains
To Rot In Yards
A complaint was made at the local
Board of Health today by Dr. J. H.
Friedman, living at 9 78 State street
this his garbage had not -been collect
ed in almost two weeks. So obnoxious
has the odor ' become that neighbors
in the vicinity complain daily by tele
phone. .
According to the explanation of Dr.
Friedman today, the garbage can sup
plied for the two family house is not
sufficiently large to accommodate the
refuse from the two sections. It has
constantly been overflowing and re
cently both families have resorted to
wrapping up the excess in paper.
The collector has persistently re
fused to remove these with the. con
sequence that a mass has accumulat
ed. In an effort, to find relief both
'rom the odor and the neighbor's
complaints the matter was today re
ferred to the Board of Health.
Examinations For
Deputy Collector'
At B. H, S, Tomorrow
Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock
aspirants for the position of Internal
deputy revenue collector will be given
an opportunity to compete in an
examination under the civil service
regulations, at the Bridgeport High
School. Elsewhere in The Farmer ap
pears a dispatch from Washington an
nouncing that the candidates who are
unable by reason of a misunderstand
ing, to compete at a recent examina
tion, will have the opportunity.
Today, the location of the place of
examination was announced here.
P. H. COLE ESTATE.
Harry W. Cole was appointed and
qualified as administrator on the es
tate of Peter H. Cole in the Probate
Court today.
State Official Of N. Y.
Gives Damaging Testimony
Against Accused Executive
Says Sulzer Asked Him to D eny, Under Oath, That He
Had Made a Contribution to Campaign
Noted Financier Admits That Sulzer Phoned and Asked
Him to "Be Easy With Him" In Testifying
Albany, Sept. 26 Duncan W. Peck, state superintendent
of public works, testified at Gov. Suiter's impeachment trial,
this afternoon, that the governor had asked him to deny un
der oath that he had made a $500 contribution to the gover
nor's campaign fund.
Albany, Sept. 26 Governor Sulzer
asked Henry L. Morgenthau, ambassa
dor to Turkey, to "be easy with him"
in case he was called to the witness
stand at the governor's impeachment
trial. Mr. Morgenthau,. who con
tributed $1,000 to the governor's cam
paign fund, so testified when recalled
as a witness, today. He added htat
the governor had asked' him to treat
the relations between them as a "per
sonal affair."
"I told him," , said Mr. Morgenthau,
"that I would tell the facts." This
conversation, the witness said, was
held over the long distance telephone
on September 2.
Mr. Morgenthau's recall followed tes
timony in support of the charges that
the governor had used certain of his
campaign contributions to speculate
in Wall street.
- The evidence adduced purported to
show tlfat seven contributions not re
ported in the governor's campaign re
port has been used for the purchase of
$12,000 worth of Big Four stock through
the firm of Boyer, Griswold & Co., to
gether with a $900 personal check of
the governor and $7,125 in currency,
This stock was purchased according
to the testimony of Philip Boyer, the
head of. the firm, by Frederick L. Col
well, the governor's alleged dummy,
Who has been missing for several
weeks. Demand for his production
was- today made upon the governor's
lawyers, . who replied that they ex
pected to hear '. from Mr. Colwell by
tonight.
By & vote' of 49 to 2, the court, to
day, sustained a ruling of ?Presidinj
Judge Cullen that all evidence tend
Ing to show the Intention with , which
ORtrlbutors to the overnors - cam
paign fund made their gifts" was ad
missible. "... " ' -. '
Louis A. Sarecky, formerly the gov
ernor campaign secretary, was at the
capitol, today, ready to testify. It
was expected he would be called later
in the day.
Albany, Sept. 26 Two witnesses long
sought by the Kard of managers in
the impeachment trial of ov. Sulzei
Louis A.- Sarecky and Frederick -12
Colwell expected to testify, today, be
fore the high court.
Sarecky, who formerly -was the gov
ernor's campaign secretary, was serv
ed with a subpoena, yesterday, and he
promised that he would be on hand.
this morning. In his capacity as sec
retary he handled much of the money
contributed for " the governor s cam
paign and the prosecution, planned
to examine him regarding his deposits
and withdrawals for his employer.
Colwell's home is in . Yonkers. i He
has ' not been seen since the charges
against the governor were made pub
lic. It was possible that some of the
brokers through whom the governor
is said to have made investments, may
also be called. Those who have fol
lowed the case closely thought they
gained from questions asked a wit
ness, yesterday, by Louis Marshall,
for the defense, a line on how the
respondent's attorney plans to explain
the contributions.
The action of the board of manag
ers in deciding las night, not to
bring additional impeachment charges
at this time was generally regarded as
final.
At the opening of today's session,
Attorney Kresel introduced in evidence
letters written last fall by Sulzer to
William J. Elias and William Hoff
man, both of whom were identified with
brewing interests and both of whom
contributed to the fund turned over
to Sulzer by Former Senator Stad
ler. .
The governor thanked Hoffman "for
all you have done in my behalf." The
letter to Elias expressed appreciation
for "your letter and enclosure."
Judge Lewis J. Conlan, of New York
city, told of meeting Sulzer in the
Manhattan Club about election time
and handing him a $100 check from
Daniel M. Brady.
"It was a contribution," the witness
said, "to help him along in his cam
paign." Judge D-Cady Herrick questioned
him as to a conversation he had with
Mark M. Potter, who, the witness
testified, had given him a check for
Sulzer. i
"Did you have any conversation
concerning Mr. Sulzer's financial con
dition?" Objection was raised to this
question that it was not competent
by Mr. Stanchfield and it was over
ruled by Presiding Judge Cullen. . "
"In my opinion," said Judge Cullen,
"the respondent has- a right to in
troduce evidence concerning the in
tent of the donors. Here we are con
sidering a charge of larceny and while
testimony alleging the line of intent
may not affect the moral culpability
of the respondent, it certainly does
affect his legal status. If the respond
ent used the money as it was intended
it should be used by the donor, he
was not guilty of larceny and could
not be convicted by a petit Jury. Even
the undisclosed intention of the donor
negatives the idea of larceny and
would prevent his conviction however
great might be his moral culpability."
The members of the court voted,
49 to 2, to sustaining the ruling of
Judge Cullen.
Some of the members of the court,
including Judges Hiscock and War
ner, in recording their "votes in favor
of the ruling, took exceptions. Refer
ence was made to the efforts on the
part of the prosecution to bring out
the mental attitude of Jacob H. Schlff
and Abram I. Elkus, both of whom
testified that they had made their
contributions to the governor without
any restrictions as to their use tyit
nad not expressly so stated to him.
Mr. Elkus was to be recalled as a
later witness for examination in this
connection, it was announced.
Judge Conlan then said that he had
talked with Potter about helping the
governor and the latter told him per
sonally that he wanted to help him.
'"Didn't you tell him?" asked Judge
Herrick, "that he needed a new suit
of clothes and a new hat for his cam
paign up the state?" "Yes, I said
something like that. As I said, yes
terday, I didn't place any restrictions
on the use of the money.
Judge Herrick elicited the state
ment from Judge Conlan that h be
lieved "Sulzer didn't have a cent
about the time he was , entering on
his campaign."
On re-direct examination by Mr.
Stanchfield, Judge Conlan was asked:
"Did you know that Sulzer had
$40,000 or $50,000 in the New York
banks?"
Mr. Marshall objected that this
question was "insulting and undigni
fled in this presence." A heated con
troversy hetween Mr. Stanchfield and
Mr. Marshall was closed by the ad
monition of the presiding judge to
"cease this argument, gentlemen, and
proceed to the business of the court.
Judge Conlan disclaimed any knowl
edge of Sulzer's financial resources.
Daniel M. Brady, the next witness.
testified - that af ter' the governor's
peachment, - he : destroyed . both the
check and stub which he had contrib
uted to Sulzer because he realized the
entire matter was a fight between two
factions.' . . -
- John T, Dolling, a New York lawyer
and a friend of the governor for 20
years, was the next witness. .
Dolling told of meeting Sulzer in his
New York office and handing him a
$1,000 check for- which Sulzer thanked
him. 1 He knew Sulzer was a candi
date for governor. . This was' about
three weeks after the witness had had
a conference with Hugh J. Reilly, a
wealthy railroad contractor for the)
Cuban government.
Philip Boyer, a member of the brok
erage firm of Boyer, Griswold & Com
pany, in .October, 1911, testified he had
known Frederick L. Colwell for sev
eral years. Colwell, he said, on Octo
ber 16, 1912, had given him an order
to buy 20 shares of "Big Four" rail
road stock "for cash delivery."
The order was executed the same
day, said the witness, and Colwell paid
for it in checks and cash a total,
counting commission, of $12,025. The
checks, $4,900 in all, were handed to
the witness, who identified them. One
of the checks was Sulzer's for $900.
Charles A. Reynolds, cashier for
Boyer, Griswold & Company, testified
that Sulzer's narsonal check was
drawn on the Farmers' Loan Trust
Company, where Gov, (Sulzer had an
account.
Harvey D. Hinman, for the defense,
said there will be no issue on the
question of the purchase of the stock
but there will be some details that
will become important. .
Henry Morgenthau, who contributed
$1,000 to Gov. Sulzer's campaign, last
fall, was recalled. He said he had
returned from abroad on September
2nd. Immediately afterward Gov,
Sulzer had called him on the long
distance telephone at the home of his
daughter in Port Chester.
"After congratulating m on my
safe return," the witness said, "he
asked me to come to Albany. I told
him J. could not as I was planning to
go to Washington in relation to the
federal position to which I had been
appointed. He requested me, in the
event of my being called as a witness,
to be easy with him. I told him I
would state the facts."
"Was there anything said concern
ing your check your contribution?"
"He asked me to treat that affair as
personal between us."
"What did you say?" "That I
would not."
There was no cross-examination.
James Temple Gwathney, a New
York cotton merchant, testified to
having seen Gov. Sulzer in November,
1912, endorsing a check for -one hun
dred dollars which he requested be
handed to whoever had charge of the
governor's personal campaign.
"I wish this money to be devoted
to that cause alone," the letter stated.
The governor's reply as read ex
pressed appreciation but it made no
mention of the contribution The
check, already in evidence, bore the
endorsements of William Sulzer and
Louis A. Sarecky.
MURRAY PARKER MAY
NEVER PITCH AGAIN
Hartford, Sept. 26 It was said at
St. Francis Hospital, this afternoon,
that Murray Parker, the Hartford
pitcher who was injured in the last
championship game series between the
Lowell and Hartford baseball teams
on the Hartford grounds. Thursday
afternoon, when he was in collision
with Second Baseman Miller, of
Lowell, suffered a dislocated shoulder
and a broken collarbone. It is also
believed that his arm is broken at the
shoulder. He may never pitch again.
Sea Surrender!
Sailors Who Went
Down To Death
Bodies of Two of the Three
Seamen of the McCall
Are at the Morgue
Found Floating Near the.
Breakwater Early Today
Probably Sheehan arid
Chute.
Washed up by the tide within the
breakwater, the bodies of two sailors
who lost their lives in the McCall dis
aster late Saturday night were recov
ered this morning.
Though official Identification had
not been made up to the hour of goini?
topr ess today there remains but lit
tle doubt but that they are Alfred
Edward Sheehan, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
and Preston Chute, of PrlchasK. Ala.
Both are very much decomposed and
exposed portions of the body have
Buffered from the rapacity of fishes
and other water inhabitants.
The first body, presumably that of
Sheehan was found floating Just in
side of the bug light shortly before
6 o'clock this morning when Peter
Bentlett, an oysterman, residing at
29 6 Hollister avenue was sailing his
sloop outwards. Attaching a rope to
it he towed the body to the power
house channel where notification of
the find was sent to acting Medical
Examiner Dr. Fitzgerald, who viewed
it and ordered it removed to the Cul
linan and Mull Ins morgue,
to press today there remains but in
going clothing covered with oilwklns.
Tatoo marks upon the right arm and
wrist, similar to those described by
Sheehan's father who came to this
city were later found.
The second body was floating In tt)t
wash off Lewis' gut. Occupants of
the Seal-shipt Company's gasolene oys
ter boat "38" almost ran into it about
10 o'clock. It was taken to the Lewis
dock and after Inspection . by Dr. Fitz
gerald was also taken to the morgue.
This body which at first was re
ported as probably seaman Patrick
Russell, is attired entirely in blue;
the hair is brown and. the welsh t
would indicate a man of 140 or ISO
pounds in life. As the government
description of Russell indicates that
he was clothed entirely in white at
the time of drowningr there seems to
be little doubt but that It is C'huto.
Harbor-master Paddock " haw- com
municated with government officials at
LNewjjort, who are expected to arrange
ror the funerals.
During the interim. Acting Medical
Examiner Fitzgerald will secure such
accurate descriptions , of the men as
they have been furnished by both the
government and relatives and an ef
fort to positively identify them will be
made this afternoon. ,
A close watch of the harbor Is be
ing kept In the belief that the other
bodv hfls ' alrwidv AriKen to the sur
face and will be momentarily diacov-
ered. In view of Seaman Thompson's
statement that someone cried for help
due a snort aisiance irom mm wnrn
rescued by Captain Willis A. Green
there Is a belief that the body may be
without the breakwater.
A reward of $5 for the finding of each
body is to be paid by Coroner John J.
Phelan who will await detailed reports
from the acting medical examiner.
WILSON WON'T
NAME NOONE
Congressman Reilly So In
formed By President
Today t
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 26 President
Wilson told Representative Reilly, of
Connecticut, today, that the congres
sional delegation from his state would
have to agree on some other than
Thomas F. Noone for the Vnited
States district judgeship to succeed
the late Judge Piatt. Attorney-General
McReynolds declined to recom
mend Noone.
New Haven, Sept. 26 It was al
ready known here that President Wil
son had stated that he would not send
in the name of Thomas F. Noone, for
the federal judgeship. Congressman
Reilly told friends on Wedne3dav,
while he was here to attend the rati
fication dinner of the local Democrats,
that Noone's name would not be con
sidered.
It is understood that efforts would
be made to have the congressional del
egation agree upon the name of for
mer Congressman James P. Pigot. of
this city. It is recalled that when
President Taft was about to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Ju'lire
Piatt, the understanding was general
that he would send to the benate Mr.
Piggot's name. Later a delegat'on
of New Haven men waited upon Presl.
dent Taft and the name of Samuel H.
Fisher went in but it . was not con
firmed owing to Senate adjournment.
Mr. Piggot was a classmate of Mr.
Taft at Yale.
MALL ON MARRIES
HOBOKEN GIRL
John Mallon, of the firm of Mallon
and Belion, WesJ End newsdealers,
was married Tuesday to Miss Codol
Eisenschmidt of Hoboken, N. J., in the
Little Church Around the Corner In
New York. Rev. Dr. Houghton, chap
lain of the Police Department, per
formed the ceremony. Miss Eisen
schmidt is a very prepossessing young
Tka , , --. 1 a ro r,iT)(ilnr a.
brief honeymoon at Cropseyville, N.
J., and will be at home to their friends
next week.