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BRIDGEPORT, CONN., TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1914
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PAUL WARBURG
HO LONGER: 'OF'
' FEDERAL-DANIt
'New York Financier ' Asks
President to Withdraw
' Nomination.
i DEcrcnniD quiz by
SENATE COMMITTEE
Banker Refuses to Discuss
Withdrawal In New
York Office
Washington, July 7 Paul M. Waf
fcurg. of New Tork. today formally re
quested President' Wilson to withdraw
liia nomination to bo & member of the
federal reserve board. The President
will do so today.
- Mr. Warburg- Is a member of tho
banking house of Kuhn, Loeb tfe Com
pany, was nominated for a four year
term.
txrh . SUrotA hanWnir committee
began examining personally all the five
candidates nominated by the Presi
dent, Mr. Warburg indicated he did
not wish to be questioned by the com
mittee as a condition to taking the ap
pointment. ' .
- Today he tailed the White House of
fices by telephone and personally re
Quested the President to withdraw bis
nomination. ' ' ' '" '.
There was no Indication who the Pres
ident might choose ,to fill the place.
The nominations 'of Mr. Warburgs and
Thomas Jones, of Chicago, are the only
ones waiting the action of the banking
committee today. Mr. Jones ye3terday
told, his relations with the Interna
tional Harvester Company and the
Xew Jersey Zinc : Company, both so
called trusts; '
The fact jfhat these nominations have
not been acted upon, however, will not
interfere with the work of set-ting in
motion at once the new -federal bank
ing system, because three of the mem
bers of" the reserve board have been
confirmed by -the Senate. They are
expected to take the oath in a few
cays. '
"New Tork, J-uly 7 Paul M. Warburg
jsaid today that he -did not care to dis
icuss at this time his wthdrawal from
the federal reserve board. ;-.'
iSGHIOTT SAYS IIS'
CAR WAS 4 Ill.nS
IFilOr.l. CRASH SC0EE
j Auto Bearing His Number
' Hit Motorcyclist and Did
Ilct Stop, is Charge
(Special to The Farmer)'
F'airfield, July 7 'An automobile
and a motorcycle collided at Library
corner about 9 o'clock.-; last evening.
The rider of the motorcycle, John
Cello of 881 Connecticut avenue was
thrown to the ground and hi a ma
chine wrecked. - The owner of the au
tomobile is not known but several per
sons who saw the- accident statad that
it bore the" number of 1154.
The above car a listed as the prop
erty of J. Bchiott, . president of the
Bine Ribbon Oarage Co. of Bridge
port. When, asked about the accident,
Mr. Schiott said ha was at his home
in Greens Farms at that . time and
was using his car a short time after
wards. Sheriff El wood is investigating-.
It Is charged that the person
drivtag the automobile did not stop
after striking; the cyclist.
MEMDEH BUSINESS
MAI! SHOOTS SELF
(111 FACTORY GARAGE
Merlden. July 7 Philip J. Handel,
head of tle P. J. Handel Company,
makers of art lampshades, shot him
self with fatal effect while In the
garag-e connected with the plant to
day. Aside from a note left by him
Land which was marked "Confidential"
I there is at present no known reason
why he should have taken his life.
I The note- is held by the medical ex
aminer ana. wniie its contents are not
made public, It is said to show, that.
I when written, Mr. Handel was not
Tig-ht ia his mind.
Other than this note, friends do not
L recall any act. whichf would have led
tnem to oeiieve .air. rtandel was ill. He
attended a reception and ball in New
Haven a few nlgrhts ago and was pre
paring to make a trip with Mrs. Han
del to Montana to visit a 'brother.
! Wilton- Schofleld, who looked after
.the ears, sometime later heard the re
f port f the pistol. He found Mr. Han-
del In a corner with a wound- En the
temple. The revolver lay at his side.
He died at the hospital at noon.
Mr. Handel was a member of sev
eral of the Meriden clubs, was a Ma
son and also identified with other or
ganizations and lived in a fine resi
dence on Broad street. . His art works
was one of the city's largest indus
tries and an addition to the plant cost
ing about J50.OO6 had Just been com
pleted. A widow, his second wife, sur
vives. ' - . ,
BTTSTVESS NEWS.
j Hartford. July 7 The Standard Fire
I Insurance Company of this city has
filed with the secretary of state a cer
tificate showing increase of capital
from S500.000 to $1,000,000.
The Arrisoni- Coal Company, of Mid-
dletown, capital $50,000, has filed a
i corporation certifies to. '
ANOTHER JOKE!
IN ONESIDED -
FOR. WARRENITE PAVING
Another defect in the? War renite ' contracts came to light
today.. ' ; V -;...-:,.
The Warrenite surface is r eqnired to be two, inches thick,
when "spread." .'" ; . ''." : '' S vv -.'
i The usual requirement regarding7 the surface of bitumin
ous macadam" pkvements fixes the thickness "after compres-1
sion." , . ' r; .. '"-iJ V;'''
A' pavement which is but two inches, thick when spreid,
will be much thinner after it is rolled. " i f J.
- , The joker is"ccmtaied in the "Specifications, for Warren
ite. Surface-"'' .', - '-, '"' - -' .'' -
It is provided that the. "surface of the old roadway shalj
be "spread" .with two inches' jo f .Warrenite surface paving
mixture."; .' . ; , . " - -. , - - ;
And it" is. turther provided that "It (the Warrenite. surface) .
shall be brought to the road and. spread .upon the prepared
foundation to. the specified thickness- and then be thoroughly
rolled with a steam roller." v r .-: 7 '
REBELS BEATEf
OFF AT GUAYfMS
BY HUEBTfl SHIP
Their Loss TJnknpwn; But
"Federals Report It
Heavy
NEW BREACi.. WITH.
' VILLA IS FEARED
Carranza's Dismissal of Gen.
Angeles ' May Agr.in
Split Leaders :
: On Board TT. S. S. California, MAza.t
lan.. Juli. 7 By .. wirw!e!s , Ta.. . San
XMeso, July .7 In tbe fighttiig yester
day oatedde of Gaaymas, tine oonstitiit-
tionali.sfcs - were repulsed with oonaf l- i
eraMe- loss, aocording to a despatch
received at federal headquarters here, i
- The federal gnnboot Guerrero shell
ed the enemy's pogUJon near Cruz de
Pledras. "The federal losses were giv
en as several killed and many wound
ed. - : . -' . , . .
Skirmishing continues today. '-.
Hear Admiral Howard exchange!
too sty omoaj caua min
Governor
Amezcna Iiapax at Mazatlan.
' ' A- , ,
Washington,- July' 7-t-Carranza's ac
tion in, dismissing General Felipe
Angeles from the constitutionalist
army with its prospects of another
break with Villa was the principal
topic of discussion today among con
stitutionalist agents here. Charles A.
Douglas, Carranza's counsel, declared
that. Angeles must be! removed from
the situation before ' peace could , be
brought about between-Carranza and
Villa. : v -
According, to "one personal message
from Villa reseived' here today from
Torreon, differences 'between himself
and Carranza are being satisfactorily
adjusted. No mention was made of
General Angeles . Pending the out
come of the Torre'on conference,1 Car
ranza's agents continued their watch
ful waiting for his .decision as to the
proposed conference with Huerta's del
egates. .-', '-. -L
Brigdadier General Funston In a des
patch to the war department today
confirmed reports of a mutiny-among
General Huerta's forces bef ore r the
American outposts at Vera Cruz'.-Gen
eral Funston reported the Mexican
commander had Informed him of the
uprising and of the threat of the muti
neers to attack the American lines. If
an attack should be. made in view of
the. Mexican 'commander's action in
notifying General Funston it would not
be regarded as "an attack under or
ders." ' . .
General Funston also informed the
war department ; that Marine . Private
Heinrlch Thobe, who recently myster
iously disappeared, was within -the
Mexican lines and unharmed, but gave
no details. ,
Official confirmation of "he feleose
of St. Clair Zouglas, the Englishman
charged with assising the federals and
condemned to death at Zecatecas by
the constitutionalists, has reached the
state department. . .The Tinted States
made represents. tons in his behalf.
Carson-Phillips Motor '
Crash Heard Today
By Member of Party
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Secretary of State Albert Phillips
will . hear a case of alleged reckless
drivipg today, In which he was one of
the , principals. The case is that of
Phillip Carson of . the Metropolitan
Auto and Carriage Co. of this citv.
who ran into the car being driven by
Secretary Phillips In Greens Farms
several weeks ago.
Secretary Phillips will be both wit-,
ness and complainant and will sit at
the hearing, as Attorney General John
H. Light has found that he is the only
state official who can hear such'cases.
The hearing has been postponed
twice. ' .- -
Bamuel -S. Knabensh-ue, TJlnited
States consul-general at Tien -Tain,
China, Is on his way to WlasMngton
to resign. ...
Mayor Uedell of .Charleston, W. Va.,
set aside July g as "rat extermina
tion day." He declared ' that rats
tauee damage of $126,00 yearly.
tfOUND M
CONTRACTS
STORM SCARES;
DOES LITTLE
REAL DAMAGE
Telephone Company. Worst
Suif erer, As Gale Blew
Down Lines " )
TROLLEY CARS BLOWN
v OUT BY LIGHTNING
One HZTee Struck and Thou
sands Badly Frightened
By Bolts
Beginning with, a light storm near
midnjgibt ' an d "recurrdngt . 1ihiwifhout
early rariiii g hours, one of the worst
electric i viattations which this city
has witlistood in sstveral years created
havoc withiA th city limits 'between 5
and 6 - o'clock this morning. It struck
flooded streets; otirned out telephone
and telegraph -switchboards and struck
several trees &2out the' city. A deluge
of rain ax5comp ani ed the lightfting a..id
thunder. . : ;
The Connecticut Company suffered
rvnost severe aiumage, lour Of ros -caj-a
being reported as struck iby lighfening,
the 'fuses (being Mown , out and the
motors damaged by .excess of water.-)
Passengers, though few m-.number,
were greatly scared by the flashing
and .electrical1 , discharges .. that sur
rounded them. ' -.'
- So swollen were the streams in this
vicinity ths-t one early milkman on
Barnum avenue reported the loss of
two cans of milk from his wagon as
the horse was compelled-to swim the
current of Bruce's brook, near Bar
num avenue. - . . ' :
" A 'bolt which entered -the Western
Union Telegraph Company's offices on.
Fairfield .avenue about 4 o'clock set
fire to the switchboard, burning the
insulation from the" wires of Fairfield
division. The fire was' extinguished
before it had spread and without the
necessity of summoning the Are de
partment. " - , . :.
. The local ; fire-alarm system was
badly crippled iby the storm, several
alarms 'being rung in from boxes
throughout the city- during the night
It finally became necessary , to ring
the tower .bells announcing that the
system had Ibeen damaged in various
sections. Supti Barnes with -a- large
staff of men tested every city (box to
day. .""V-
.At ah early hour last night, police
box troubles were anticipated if men
were permitted to ring in.- They were
ordered not to do so, and the Game
well board at police headquarters was
not "utilized: It went through the
electrical storm undamaged.
The first trolley car to be damaged
was on the North Bridgeport line,
where, "following a blinding flash
from the sky, the car returning to
this city was left in complete dark
ness. - This was closely followed toy
the striking of a car . on the Strat
ford avenue line, one near Fairfield
and one at -Ash Creek. On the latter
two, water is said to have' seeped .in-'
; i to the motors snorx-circuitlng them.
They were later towed to this city.
AH . the signal lights between Ash
Creek and Mill River- werer out of
commission following the storm which
laid - low not only the trolley signal
wires but those of the Western Un
ion telegraph. Lirge forces of men
were engaged in reconstruction work
today. ' .
, About 6 o'clock " this morning, a
large tree in front of the home of for
mer superintendent of streets, John
Colgan, at Park and Arctics streets,
the corner of Park and Arctic streets,
was struck by lightning, which, sear
ed ' Its t trunk from top to ' bottom,
peeling the bark clean during its
course to the ground. Mr. Colgan's
family were aroused as were all in
the immediate vicinity, and their tele
phones -were later found to- have suf
fered from 'the shock. . - . ' .
Owing to the overhead ground wires
maintained along the railroad for the
purpose of deflecting lightning from
their signal wires, the New Haven of
ficials today reported that their
tracks were in perfect operation.
Although the storm swept upward
from the direction of New York city
and later passed- over the Sound,
Westpert and Fairfield reported that
the storm, one of the worst In inten
sity that has visited those sections in
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GRAND JURY TO
SEIZE REINS IN
BAILEY PROBE?
Abrupt End, of Coroner's
Hearing Predicates Such"
, Action ; :
DB.CABMEN WELCOMES
PRIVATE DETECTIVES
He Puts
Stress
On
Shots
Fed'By Left Handed
Man On Bicycle
Freeport N. Y July ,7 -Private and
County detectives continued today
their investigation of - the murder of
Mrs. Louise Bailey, mysteriously shot
In the office of Ir. . Edwin Carman.
The inquest adjourned yesterday is to
be resumed tomorrow; provided . the
matter is not 'taken out of the coro
ner's hands by the grand Jury. ,
; ' ,. Dr. Carman said today that he wel
comed the arrival last' nlghf of the
head- of n national detective agency
and his men. - v.
"If the county had hot hired this man
I would have done so when the mqest
was concluded,'" he said. "During the
Interviews, this man and his subordi
nates have had with my. wife they did
their best -just as the county author!
ties did to make her 'change her story v
I believe she has told the whole truth.
The detective chief1 is welcome' at' our
house, any lime. ! hppe he can-find
the person' who murdered Mrs. Bailey
aqd'I. will give him all "the help I pos
sibly can. . ' - , !
-The, abrupt ending pf the .coroner's
inquest into the slaying of Mrs. Tjouise
Bailey "on June 30 in the office of Dr.
Edwin Carman, and the announcement
that the . Nassau County .-grand jury
would begin an investigation of the
case ; on Thursday next led to reports,
today that the testimony of the most
important . witnesses was being with
held while clues developed at the hear
ing yesterday could be followed up. A
disagreement between Coroner Norton
and Sheriff Pettit also was hinted at
and it vwas even said that the sheriff
and. district attorney had' determined
to present, their ease to the grand Jury,
thereby. Ignoring the coroner's inquiry.
Aside from developing a case,, based
on his own. theories, the head of -the
private .detective agency. - it was Inti
mated, was prepared to investigate the
stories told, by Dr. Carman and W. p.
W. Haff that they were shot at by an
unknown man. . Haf f, who resembles
Dr. Carman,: told the police that: he
believed the shots fired at him were In
tended for the doctor. -; . - .
Pr. Carman yesterday Insisted ' that
the mat who fired -at him was riding
a bicycle which he guided with his
right hand, using his left to fire the re
volver. This follows, his theory that, a
left-handed man fired the shot that
killed Mrs. Bailey. - - ,
t-Another clue being followed today
has to do with a threat alleged to have
been made by a woman that I11 mur
der that man if it takes all my life."
The woman, aocordingv-o the Inform
ant pointed to; Dr. Carman as the ob-
Ject of her anger.- .. v
COURT HOUSE
CLOCK HIT BIT
BIGGEST BOLT
Rafter Ripped and Slate
Scattered;, Damage i
Totals $200
Hundreds of people 'Visited the
county r court house today to look at
the clock tower ; which was struck by
lightning during the terrific electrical
storm early this morning. Numerous
pieces of slate , were ripped from the
tower and flung for half a (block. One
rafter was splintered and the sheath
ing was damaged. Otherwise there
was no damage and it is figured tra-t
the total extent of the lightning's toll
will 'be $200. .
In view, of -the tower's contents, it
is remarkable that the damage was
not' more serious. In addition to the
clock and tower contains a network
of wires and much complicated ttisl
chantsm. The lightning might have
burned all this out but for some un
known reason it did not
Janitor North of the cyurt house
left his home about 5:80 this morning
when the storm was at its height He
hurrledto the court house and arriv
ed Just "after the lightning struck the
building. The clock in the tower had
stopped at 5:40, which indicated when
the flash camew .
The lawn in front of the building
was strewn with broken slate, more
of the displaced roofing was scatter
ed, in Golden Hill street and there
were many pieces on top of the Strat-
field Annex. Some of the flying slate
broke a window in the rear of . the
Stratfleld baths.
The tower was . Insured against
lightning and this morning workmen
from the W.- A. Smith Building Co.
arrived to erect a staging so that the
repairs might be started. The re
pairs will be only temporary for it is
planned to take down the tower when
the contemplated arfdition to the court
house Is made. The county commis
sioners stated this morning that al
though the county has paid over $20,-
000 in recent years for insurance only
about $175 worth o damage had
been caused, until the present affair.
The flash which struck the court
house caused great excitement in. the
Stratfield. and many : of the., hotel
guests arose and went out in scanty
attire- to investigate. . When they saw
that nothing serious had happened,
they retired again.
HENRY -FORD NEXT
BUSINESS GUEST
AT WHITE HOUSE
Washington Henry Ford, one of
America's leading automobile manu
f aeturers, was invited .. by President
Wilson to call on binl on July 9. The
President is seeking to gain first hand
information from leading business
men and. manufacturers", as to actual
business ."Conditions. He first invited
J. P. Morgan and . then : Mr; "Ford.
Others are "expected to follow.. ,v
PHELAN BLAMES
BOSTON AUTOIST
FOR AUTO DEATH
Prominent Wall Street llan
ound Criminally at Fault
;"-.V ; ? "i0 - Killing .- :
John T. - Curtis, a New Tork broker.
formerly s resident -of Greenwich, but
now living-- in the faishionable Bck
Bay .district of ' -Boston, was,., held
criminally responsible for - the death
of Cecil r. 'dank of Littletown, N
SL, ; in 9t finding,- handed down today
by-. Coroner; John J. Phelan. dark
was killed 'on 'MJay: 17, while repairing
his 'machine near the home of Con-
stable Jones jpn the Boston' IVsfc road
at Riverside. The lights .were lighted,
and the machine was istanding- on the
edge of the .road, the coroner finds.
Curtis' machine struck the dark ma
chine, driving it (across the street car
tracks' andonto a hill, a. distance of
30 feet- ... .-' ' . . ''.'--;
It'. waa testified "that Curtis was
driving about i twenty miles, an,, hour.
Curtis' car overturned, throwing Cur I
Os, and Robert Mitchell -pf New Tors,
who' was in the machine at the time,
into the " roadi , Mitchell was seriously
injured at the time. Clark was fa-.
tally burned when the gasolene ignir-
ed as, a result of the collision.
The coroners ..finding Is in narti ; T
gation, k however, that 'with one 'Inch
wheel play, the driver of the Curtis
car, ' if paying -reasonable -'attention, to
his work, could have prevented the
unaocountable veering of his car,, that
is alleged- as the cause of-s-the collis
ion. - Aside from-the collision
being occasioned 'by the veering Of, the
machine as stated, that Is, in view
of owa evidence'! that he saw the
car of ,the- deceased at rest as he ap
proached , it more than two hundred
feet away, that be had actual knowl
edge of the road-way and its width at
and about the. place of the collision,
that he jhad no need to anticipate the
movements. of the oar of the deceased
known to 'be at rest, together with
his knowledge of the ample and un
obstructed road space at the south
side of It; leads me to conclude that
his management of his machine was
unlawfully faulty, careless, and negli
gent. ,and the cause of the , said col
lision, injuries and death "by his fail
ure to drive and ' occupy such . unocf
cupied road space. '(
'I therefore find that the deceased
came- to his death at the- time, place,
and the causes above set forth as the
result of the criminal act of John XX
Curtis. .
Coroner Fhelan' makes the finding
regardless of an investigation of the
machine some time after the accident
At this time, it was found that . a
washer was broken, and portions of
it lodged In . the worm gear of the
steering apparatus.
Judgment Saturday f,
On Empress Disaster
Montreal, July 7 The judgment of
the commission which' inquired into
the wreck of the Empress of Ireland
will be' delivered on , Saturday morn
ing, according to advices received to
day from Quebec.
Night-Gowned Guests
Flee Burning Hotel
Rockland," Me., July 7 Seventy
five guests at the Thomdyke Hotel
hurried to the street in their night
clothing early today to escape a fire
that broke out In the basement The
night clerk discovered the blaze and
aroused the guests. No one was hurt
The loss was $5,000.
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FEDERAL UEAGtJjn WILL ,
N GIVE AN ORJPHANIS' DAT
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Chicago,, July ? President GUmore of
the Federal League today set July 14
as a date ori' which children in orphan
asylums would be guests of the league
at v -itM in wk: ta teams are
plajfca,
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ID).
WITS
Witnessess Q De Martino Killing Are
Practically Unanimous As To
Number Of Men Without Hate
In Death CarAll Svear As
Speed -
- Manslaughter charges against Pres
ident Carl , P. ' Siemon- of the Siemon
Sard Rubber Corp., as aresult of the
findings of Coroner Phelan 'into the
death of John ..DeMartino, Stamford,
on Fairfield avenue, near GrovS street,
the night of Oct. 29, 1910 before
Judge John R. Booth, .New Haven, in
city court today developed at the start
into .one of the most aggressively con-
tested cases coming befose that tri
bunal for a long time. Y .. '. .'-
-While objections were few, the ex
amination' of - witnesses by Prosecut-r
ing . Attorney . -A. L. . DeLaney , and
Judge E. S. Banks, senior counsel for
the defense, , was close and lengthy.
Judge- Banks was assisted by Attor--ney
Henry E. Shannon and the sten
ographic report of Coroner Phelan's
inquest was frequently - used in the
questioning of the witnesses. Much in
terest was- shown la the hearing.
-A large drawing of Fairfield avenue
In the locality -of and bordering on the
accident as well as of intersecting
streets was hung with plain. view and
this was used1 frequently by counsel
In the questioning. , Every witness
was closely examined as to how many
were in- the- automobile, 1 hew rapidly
the machine was travelling and us to
whether the occupants . were bare
headed. In- practically every instance
the testimony was that there were at
least four occupants and the testi
mony was practically unanimous that
the occupants wore no . bats.
A new witness of the accident was
mentioned m the testimony of Charles
A. Wade, who caid that his compan
ion on the "night of ttie., accident and
an eye witness was Robert McDougall,
who lives in,-Hancock avenue, just
south ox State streets i'He said further
that it was McDougall's fat&er, who
was called bef ore, , Coroner' ': Phelan
while it was -the son that -was with
him. . ' Prosecutor DeLaney,. took- the
name with the intention of summon
ing.. McDougall.' ' . .
-- It is intimated, that . his evidence
may be of the "highest importance as
Wade has admitted that he was with
in a short distance of . the spot where
DeMartino was killed and saw the-'ke-cident.
; y . ' - ". '
It is .believed that McDougall ' may
have seen the color of the car or .identified-
some of the occupants. ' The
only Robert fldteDou'gall listed in the
city' directory lives at . 623 Hancock
avenue and . is employed at the Amer
ican G-rajphophon e Oo.,'' plant. , ' Much
of the testimony at the beginning of
the, hearing was along the same lines
as introduced before .Coroner Phelan
and by the same witnesses, it had. to
do with the actual killing of DeMar
tino,' the general' location of the scene
and the part played by the automo
bile,' claimed by the prosecution to
have ;been operated by Siemon.
Chauffeur A. EL . Burlison of , the
emergency hospital ambulance, who
operated .it on the night of the acci
dent, was the first witness after Mr.
Siemon had pleaded, -guilty to- the
charge as read toy" Clerk La very. Bur
lison said that the, call oame between
7 and 7:30 o'clock that night and that,
upon arrival. DeMartino 'was. found
apparently lifeless on - the pavement
with his " feet lying near, the curb.
Witness said' that the" man's head
was covered with blood and that
there was much on his shoulders.
Also that there appeared to .be blood
on the palms of bis hands. Judge
Banks , was insistent as to whether
this was blood. . Burlison aAd that.
to the best of his knowledge, it was.
but was not willing- to swear to-it
He mentioned taking ' the body ,to
Rourke . & Rourke's morgue, following
Dr. Krause pronouncing him dead.
Charles A. Wade, a milkman living
on yPaurw . avenue extension and near
the i scene, , was the next witness. . He
said that there were four to ; the au-1
t mobile that is alleged to have
struck DeMartino and was' positive
that they were; bareheaded. He men
tioned havng seen DeMartino- stand
ing oy me post, 10 nave seen mm
sway a little ana then, when he
looked again, the man was gone The
automobile passed and a man's body
was discovered in the street. He was
positive that 'the car did not stop. ' -
He said that he was not a judge of
automobile speed as related to the
number of miles travelled per hour.
Prosecutor DeLaney questioned him--along
these lines. Attorney Banks ob
jecting on the ground that Wade con
tended that he was no judge of auto
mobile speed.- Judge Booth ' directed
le witness to answer to the best of
his ability. .- . V
Gustave . A. Peterson of the Brook
lawn district said that there were four
in the car that -passed Just previously
to the finding .of DeMartlno'a body. -He
could not tell what kind of a car
it was but said that at least two of
the men were bareheaded. The car
did not stop but he was unable to
tedge the speed, as he was not much
acquainted with the operation of auto
mobiles. He said that he did not hear
the noise, similar to a vehicle passing
over "a sewer well cover, just before
the 'automobile, was seen. His wife
and daughter. Alice, had testified that
they heard such a noise. He said that
he had seen a "cloud-of dust" on the
avenue just as the 'automobile ap
peared. -
Mrs. Nellie Peterson, wife of Gus
tave. testified along the same line as
her husband, saying that she remem
bered hearing a noise Just preceding
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the appearance of the automobile an.
also mentioned the "cloud of duft"
Judge Banks questioned closely as to
what ; this "cloud of dust" was. Slie
did not know, excepting that it ap
peared. to toe that. .She was poiiitfva.
that at least three of the men vera
bareheaded but was unaible to Jadjw
the speed of the automobile.'
Miss Alice E. Peterson, daughter c!
Mr. and Mrs. Peterson and with then
on Fairfield avenue the night of t:--
accident, testified as" to seeing the au
torrrobile with four men- in it and as t
hearing the noise preceding the a.p
pearance of the car. She too was un
aible to judge the speed of the auto
mobile per hour. '
; Ralph T. Fairchild of 1222 Fair I .el 1
avenue, whose home is nearly in front
of the scene of accident testified tbr-t
he heard a noise as if there had be
a collision near by and left his rul
ing to go out on the street There ha
saw the body of DeMartino lyinsr r ?
the curb. He did not see the accident.
Mrs. Florence N. Anderson, -wife cf
Percy P. Anderson of 1139 Fair f: 11
avenue, said that the autoraobOe v, ?
going "fairly, fast" that there :w?r
four in the, ear and ' that all ef them
were (bareheaded. She d :A not re
member telling Detective Cronan ths.t
it, was a "red car." She said that t'r.t
car. came nearly to a stop but th? i
prpceeded on its way..
Reginald B. "Veness of S?9 l"-- .
avenue, said that he was waiki
down Grove' street towards Kstir" -i .
avenue, -when the accident took piru.'o.
Also tfc.ct he was n -t p-- rea t. wa-e :iis
tancev perhaps Q or 40 yard.-!, or
paces. - He was sure that there' m f-r
at least four in the car and mis;; ir.
have '-been five. He said- that his at
tention: was attracted by the hair r.t
the occupants being - blown in the
wind. -. .
' Judge -'Banks w insistent aa t.j
whether this applied to all of t-e oc
cupants. The significance of this ap
peared when , he glanced at Ivfi. f e
mon, whose hair is scanty. Mr. Ve
ness' testimony differed from the or
ers in that' it mentioned the auwrio
bile swerving to the right and t hen t
the left '
, He said that he did not know the
speed but that it materially excepded
the speed generally used even on fair
eld avenue. , He considered that It f.x
ceeded Xhe 'limit allowed within the
city limits. '
- Continued! or.. F'asre
Pastor Leaves Hospital;
; Hight Back As P
' New Haven, July? Rev. JenM-ciah
Curtih, ' pastor of St Lawrence's
church,'- West Haven, visited St. Fa
ptiael's hospital today. A few minutes
Vafter he" left as a caller he. returned
as a patient, having broken hisi arm
while cranking' his automobile, left
standing outside,, ..''
Le'aves Estate of -$150,0 Z 0
o M. m. Church, -Cout:
St-Louis, Mo., July f The R(. W.
B. Palmere, ' editor of the "Christian
Advocate" of St. Louts, who died her?
on Sunday, bequeathed his farm at'
Malta Bend to the Central Female
College at Lexington, Mo. The prop
erty is valued at $40,000. The bal
ance of his estate valued at $1(0,000
will go to tne jvieiniaisi r.jjiscc; n i
Church South. - 1
PROMINENT EnrCATOR
' '- - - ' OF STATE IS DEAD
Waterbury, July 7 James Edward
Madigan, 54, principal of the Wehoter
Grammar School and acting priiacipa.1
of Mary ' Abbott school, died at hia
home here this morning. Mr.' Ma-di-gan
had been prominent in education
al circles hef e and In western Con
necticut for the past 25 years.1
TIIE YVEATIIEIl FORECAST
" general - .' :
A slight jliSturbance which d
yeloped off , the coast yewrenlsiy
was central this morning over
Connecticut. It will probahly
pass out to sea today. The tem
peratures are rising slowly in the
central districts.
New Haven ' .
Forecast: Fair and warmer to
night and Wednesday.
State
: Partly cloudy tonight and Wed
nesday, rising temperature, trp fi
shifting winds, mostly west.
Automobile Lights
Automobile drivers should 1 i ... 1 , r.
their lamp ne .:5B o'clock to
night '
San rises tomorrow
Sun sets today
High water
Moon rises
Low water ... .......
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