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i - Evejain PAGES IS to 20 SECTION v., BRIDGEPORT, CONN., TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1917 'Bridgepon Farmer tnf ii i haa n Arm UULLUUU-l'HUtU AN SOUGHT AS ' MODEL'S SLAYER jjeiecuves ixet new uiuc u Murder of Beautiful ; "Onyx Gyrl" Philadelphia; Jan. 2 Jifst when an arrest seemed imminent in the case of the murder of Grace Roberts, wide ly known as "the girl with the form divine,"; the police late last' night sud denly-changed their ; plans, What- hrmieht this about is not clear, but ' it is believed the detectives of the murder squad came to the con clusion their case against the man they suspect . Was' not yet complete enough to make it good policy to,xar rest . him last night. Developments, however,; are expected today.' ' ' t promises Startling Scandal. -The - Voung "woman, whose .real name is Maizie Colbert, was killed in her ' handsomely furnished apartmerit at fifteenth and Popular streets, be tween 'the early hours ' of Friday morning and. 11 o-'clock of that day, although the crime was not discov ered 'until '. many hours later. f The' Police found '.pn the dresser and in the. - bureau drawers autographed pictures of men and prominent in the iwlilpfli. Moo.ial and. club ale or Jr"niia del&hia. There were also other photoHT" T " "7 : t ' rrx,0 mor,ncurist employed- there now who knew era. nhs without autographs. The men whose pictures the; " detectives 'discov 1 ered -were of such wide prominence in the life of the city that the detectives! immediately realised they had what might develop into one - of the most ..A.1i.hl itnriaa -if YtnA- ever fallen, to" them to handle, i They found in the trunks and bureau drawers masses of letters, many of them, it is reliably reported, from the originals of the photographs. Some of these Ate reported to. be love letters of tempestuous character. Let ters an$ : photographs - were promptly seizetf. " Both7 have been guarded since with the utmost -oare. ' - .' Detectlv Capt; .Tate ; declined . yes terday to "give the slightest 'hint as1 to the identity "of the menwhose photo graphs "adorned the dresser of "the girl with the form divine." He said he admitted ' some of them might t picture of prominent Philadelphians. v'- Although guarded with such care from the general- ptiblic, the detective bureau lost o time In makinr use of the clues these letters and photo graphs i afforded." All day long plain cfot'hes men have' been scurrying over town questioning this prominent , man and .that Influential citizen as to his knowledge 'of and relations with Grace Roberta.' I--:'-''' ;:0;tv ""''.; There Mis no room ' to , doubt that " iBOmejof Philadelphia's prominent club men, politicians and men who have takeji a i prominent part in . the might lif e-bt the city spent a most uncom fortable day, nor 'that hey will read the; newspapers this morning with keenest 'anxiety., to eee if theif . names ' have, been connected with that of the dead model. - ;- ' . The dues afforded by the pictures and" the volaxntoons correspondence 1 are almost endless. The murder squad otvi VtcrHt in nn a. tirocess of elim- Jnation. -"- ;It was the resul of this -work which late last nlcht convinced the officials that they were on a hot trail nd- . led to the despatching of a equad to search for and arrest a man they "believe , can aplve the ! mystery of the murder. . , - .'. ,The greater part of the . afternoon was spent in working on a lead fur nished, by Richard Benjamin, negro Janitor ,of the aparttmont ouse in which Miss Roberts lived. On Trail of the "Bulldog" "There, was a man," said Benjamin, "who was a frequent; visitor to Miss Roberta, i He always drove up in a seven passenger touring car and toot ed Ais horn. Miss Roberts would come to her window and if she was alone, tohe would , signal him and he would go in. But if shewere not she would make another signal and he would wave hs "hand- and drive on. We r ifcknamed ' him the 'Bulldog' around here. That's what we all called , him from hfs looka-the 'Bulldog.' " . Benjamin "gave a description of "Bulldog", and the description is said to fit a man - prominent ,ln the official lif e r.of .'Philadelphia. ,and at present hoVding ,4. public office of trust. All day ,1.0 the name of this man" was the chief subject for discussion around the tetective Bureau, and late in the aft ernooh, if is understood that detec-wm-.. Vv . Hfurer 55nnn.fi bad nrnved that, this official had known Grace v Roberts when she worked in the Keith 'building as manicure, ; had been friendly with her, ever, iince, 'and had seenTmuch 'of her. j, Detectives'' were : sent out to inves ' tigate an apparently ' well founded etory that Miss Roberts just .'before Christmas, had pawned a handsome diamond lavalliere to buy this man a Christmas present. ; v vThis lead has not been exhausted. "Officials declined to say what the late developments in "connection with it were, hut -it is a fact that Miss Rob- . erts had the diamond ornament up to a few days before Christmas when it disappeared. Asked by her friends of its disappearance she turned the question aside with k laugh, i. . Flat Entered a Year Ago. ' Another discovery was made by the murder" squad. '. They found that about twelve month's ago the door to Miss Roberts apartment had been broken open while she was absent from It, her bureau drawers rifled, but nothing with the exception of several letters taken. -'This, Miss Roberts reported to JanTtor Benjamin and also to the police. About three months arb, according to Benjamin and sev- - era! postmen, the letter box of her apartment was! broken open. s ' " , . For, more than four hours yesterday a heavy set, well dressed, good look ing young man : was questioned.; by v Capt. Tate. ; He was brought ih-vby detectives' as" ' a ' ' suspect. ; lie was finally released and Lieut. Scanlln of 1 the Detective Bureau said that he had been "entirely exonerated." Late in the afternoon a young wo man wearing expensive furs was also brought to the Detective Bureau for questioning. Just before her ar rival the newspaper men gathered in an outer room through which she must pass were asked to step into an other 'room, and thus the "woman of mystery," as "she -' was immediately called, avoided any chance of being recogniezd. There were others brought to the bureau and 'asked to tell of Grace ( proved valueless too bleared and in Roberts. Captain Tate ordered the ' distinct for police purposes. Whether name of every person questioned by j the blurring was done intentionally him be kept a secret for the present. jand affords further proof of the cun- Theories as to Murder. In the"' process of elimination the police have' developed two theories as to the murderer. One is that he is the real sweetheart of Miss Robert, the .man whom she loved, and who committed ' the crime either through jealously or because she told him on Friday night that she had wearied of him. The other, that he is the man who had given her the valuable Jew elly found in hei5 apartment and other pieces of even . greater value ; which she is believed to have ' pawned, and that he was prompeted to murder by the discovery that she was friendly with' other men by finding that she had sold his gifts to make presents to another. Miss Riberts was born in the- little town of Kane, Pa. Whi'e she was a young girl there her perfect figure at tracted attention and friends advised her to seek her fortune in a big city. She came here and obtained employ ment soon : - as a manicurist " in the Keith building. It was as a manicur ist the' detectives found that she first began her wide acquaintance w;ith well known men in this city. A man- her well, said yosterday afternoon: "We jokingly called Grace 'the Queen of the Manicurists.' All -of ' us girls envied her. ,She wore furs and diamonds and came to, work every morning in a limousine and all the men were 4razy about her. Believe me, Grace lever had to walk home. There was always a big car waitihf? to .take her." v Soon . Became a Model. Her figure, declared to be the most perfect of any 1 woman's in Philadel phia, was not long in attracting at tention. She' soon quite the manicur ing business. The ".symmetry of her limbs attracted the attention' of a hos iery, firm. She agreed to" pose for1 it. She posed, for manufacturers of glove fitting petticoats and for corset mak ers, to whom her figure appealed as a valuable medium for advertising. k in the last few months, it is said, out? uftu.-xii.cic; ul cilia wuj.h, me ayari merit house in which she lived is one of the most expensive in -that part of the ; city: ' Shej thad; furs, beautiful clothes; expensive ' jewelry and ap peared, to be. , well supplied with money.. ... . ' i . . . The stories told by Marie " Collins, who was her . closest friends in the building; - by.; Mrs. deorge F., Miller, who had . the apartment across the hall from, her, - and pf Jier ; own relatives, a gree j as tcrTier popularity and ' the large' number of her callers. Janitor Benjamin is Said to have given the detectives much ' valuable Information concerning . men who visited Miss Roberts, but he refused tor talk to newspaper mtn.' There was a reason. Two detectives , were with lilm. But after they left Benjamin declared '1 can't say a word." 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Earlier in the day she had admitted to the police her sister was not a widow, had no right to the name of Roberts, and, in, fact, had never been married at all. So far the police have been unable to find wher,e the blood-stained man's shirt and collar found in Miss Rob sert's apartment came. fr&m. They got a further setback when the finger prints discovered about the room ning of the murderer, or whether it was because of natural or accidental circumstances, is an interesting point. There is reason to believe that Capt. Tate and his men have " made ma terial progress toward a solution of this murder mystery. Extraordinary efforts are being made by the police to keep their work secret. It appears plainly the policy of the department i not to permit the breath of scandal to touch any of the prominent friends of "the girl with the form divine" except those who may prove to be implicated in her death, should any prove to be. But these are uneasy days for many Philadelphia men. v CARPENTER TO MEET WELLS AT BENEFIT SHOW Georges Carpen'tler, the famous box ing champion of Europe, recently en tered the, ring for the first time since the beginning of the war atia charity show held at the Trocadero, Paris. His opponent was Fernand Campagne. The Paris journal Le. Sport - says that a charity match is being arranged be tween Carpentier and Bombadier Wells, the English heavyweight, the proceeds to go to-the Red; Cross unds. TRAINED; NURSE DIES ' OF ACCIDENTAL BURNS Norwalk, Jan 2 Mrs. Lillian Austin,- a trained nurse from JJew Ca caan, died in the Norwalk hospital this morning, from burns received yesterday. .Mrs. Au.Vin 'was lighting the ' gas heater at the residence of Garret Dyckman. where she was caring fdr Mrs. JE)yckman, when her clothing caught fire and she was ter ribly' burned. . Evelyn. Dyckman, a daughter of , the family, who was be ing dressed by Mrs. Austin, had a harrow escape. MEATCUTTERS STRIKE FOR SHORTER HOURS Springfield, ;; Mass., . Janw 2 Nearly 300 members of the Meatcutters' and Butcher Workers' unions employed by the Springfield Provision Co., H. L. Handy Co. and A. C. Hunt Co., whole- Sale provision firms, struck, today on refusal of the companies to grant a reduction of working hours from 60 to 50 , hours a week. A minimum wage of $13 a week for apprentices and $15 for regular workmen is de manded also. The demands of the unions were .presented Saturday, backed by almost' unanimous vote. - NOW IS THE TIME Cairpefl qJJA ILJ A lRlr GOODS WILL BE HELD FOE FUTURE DELIVERY ON FULL PAYMENT OF PURCHASE. NEU PHONE B. 941. HARRIS LODGE HOLDS PUBLIC INSTALLATION Large Gathering Views Cer emony; 1917 , Outlook Bright For I. 0. O. F. ' In the presence of an audience of members, .their wives and friends numbering bver 300 persons the of ficers of Samuel H. Harris jL.bdge, No. 99, I. O. O. F., were inducted into their respective chairs for the ensu- ing term, in Odd Fellows hall last - ' ening. District Deputy Grand Master . j George -tsramann ana suite were me installing officers. The newly elected anad appointed officers of Harris lodge who were seated last night were as follows: . Noble Grand, Dr. Ernest I Morey; Vice-Grand, William . Z. Gardner; Warden, Frederick Bradley; Conduc tor, Frank Hawkins; Chaplain, Chas. Hopwood; R. S. N. G., Harry An thony; L. S. N. s G., Arthur Lesser; R. S. S., Benjamin vAtlas; L. S. S., George Lockwood; R. S. V. G., Dan iel Ergott; L. S. V. G., Lewis Em mons; I. G.m George Mosel; O. G., Harry Jack; Recording Secretary, Herbert M. Booth; Financial Secre tary, William Faubel ; Treasurer,' Jqhn Kinsella. Frank H. Hunter wag the retiring Noble Grand. , 7 The installation v. was public. "!"Fol lowing the ceremonies, there were in teresting remarks by District Deputy Grand Master . Bramann, Herbert M. Booth,.-P. G., Joseph Peabody, P. G. and DrP Orville Rector, P. G. It was sliown that Harris lodge has a membership of over ' 750 and is growing rapidly and consistently. The new officers will begin the work of 1917 next Monday evening with a class of ten candidates. Following the ceremonies last night, refreshments were served in the banquet halj by the entertainment committee, after which dancing was enjoyed. , 7 STRATFORD (Special to the Farmer.) ' Stratford, Jan. 2 Theannual meet ing of the members of the Clpheag club will be held Thursday evening at the club rooms, i Election of officers will take place. - ' At the meeting of .the Okenuck tribe of , Red Men this evening, the new officers elected last week will 'be installed. Following the installation corn and venison will be served. The annual election of officers of the Stratford fire department Will be Jleldthis evening .at the fire head quarters. The mid-week prayer meeting ser vice at the Congregational church will be in the form of a preparatory lec- ture.Vby Rev. Arthur Shirley. .Com-' munion will be observed next Sunday I morning. Eight persons were injured, one seri ously, in - a head-on crash' between two sevm-passenger touring cars on Ocean Parkway, near Avenue P. Brooklyn. THE STORE THAT SATISFIES' , FOR YOU TO SAVE 3JJC per pair BRIDGEPORT'S EXCLUSIVE S' TALK ON IRISH FAIRY TALES JELIGHTS Author Says People of Emerald Isle Are Among Earth's Millionaires. "Ireland is the land of story telling. There's hardly a hill or a glen or a bush or a nook in Ireland but has its own tale," said Seumas MacManus, the eminent Irish orator speaking yes terday afternoon before the members ' r s' train was an hour late in ar riving but the audience was amply re paid for its long wait by the charming way in which he entertained them with the old Irish tales. "In early Ireland," continued Mr. MacManus, "the shanachle, or story teller ranked third in the kingdom. The poet stood next to the' king and the shanachie next to the poet. He lived by his profession, traveling about the country with a large retinue like a prince. Modern Ireland hasn't lost' much of its story telling, only the shanachie no longer lives by his pro fession. NoW Jie is a farmer or an old woman and the tales he tefls are those that he. heard' from his mother And father before hinr. for the same stories are told around the fireside in Ireland today that were told there one andi two thousands of years ago. When night is about to fall all the men ana womeji of .the neighborhood gather about the turf fire, the shanachie is installed in the seat of honor and there with only the yellow light of the turf fire, the story telling begins. And such a wondetful store of old, old tales has the shanachie that if he were to. keep on telling them from June until June he would never run out of them. ' ."The tales are divided into old hero tales, dramatic tales, fairy tales, po etic and humorous' tales. vThere are a great, great many rairy( tales, for de spite the so-called advahc'of civiliza tion,' the Irish still, 'thank God. be lieve In fairies. Our Irish people may' De poor in many pf the material things of the world butvwhen it concerns the spiritual, the beautiful things, they are among the earth's millionaires." The rreater.part of Mr. MacManus talk was given up to the old tales themselves and he repeated tales about the fox, the corncrake, the Irish blackbird, the robin, the wren, and several other fairyland humorous tales. Deeds Six Acre to - s ; Fairfield for Use , , In School System . (Special to The Farmer.) Fairfield, Jan. 2. Deeds for the six acre tract of land donated by Miss Anne B. Jennings of the town of Fair- field for school purposes have been filed in the town clerk's office here. The property, situated north of the 'railroad station, is ideally located for the purpose. - " . . 'New Tear's Day was observed as a legal holiday in Massachusetts for the first time. C ( - -1 - , - MONEY ON ANY OF M'MAND WE HAVE A COMPLETE LINE OF WINDOW SHADES Phone or send card and have our shade man call and help you decide the shade auction. . . VAUGHN COR. STATE CARPET AND RUG BARRETT WILL HAVE TO FIGHT FOR PRESIDENCY Senator Hall of Wellington Is Also After Committee Namincj Post. Senator Frederic A. Bartlett, of Bridgeport, is going to have a battle to win the presidency of the next Sen ate, according to an announcement made-yesterday by Senator William H. Hair, of Willington. Senator Hall says he is in the race to stay, and ex pects the support of sufficient of his colleagues to put him across. On the other hand, Senator Bart lett is very anxious to succeed him self as ' president of the Senate. That office carries with it the naming of committes, and Senator Barlett's friends in the county organization want him there. Senator George W. Klett, of New Britain, is spoken of prominently for the chairmanship of the committee on, judiciary, which carries with it the leadership, of the Senate. ALLIES SHODLD DEMAND TOLL OF EIGHT BILLIONS French Expert Says t Would ' Take Germans Fifty Years to Pay Paris, Jan. 2- A French economist, Barthlemy Rey, who is the first Frenchman of any note to examine the subject of Indemnity in detail, de clares that if the Entente 'Allies are victorious Germany will be called up on to pay four hundred and one bil lion francs, , or, at the normal 'rate of exchange, about eighty'billion dol lars. He says that the Central Pow ers will be able to pay off the whole of such an indemnity in fifty years at the rate of nearly fifteen billion a year, i - - Sumrriing up, according to M. Rey, on assumption that the war will con tinue until next July, the items of in demnity are: v Allies' State War Expenses 580 billions Allies' Provincial Expenses 10 billions Allies' Compensation fer damage - 36 billions Allies' Pensions , 75 billions Total 401 billions NO MORE TABLE D'HOTE DINNERS ON NEW HAVEN Announcement is made that, owing tp the high cost of foodstuffs, the New Haven road .will discontinue the table d'hote dinners on " its dining cars and will serve only a ' la carte meals..' The change went into effect yesterday. ; . . -- Cirfaiis mm THE ABOVE MERCHANDISE JANUARY Genuine 60c Grade ...... . 43 c sq. yard (No Dealers) . Bring Room Measure. AND BROAD STS. STORE. PARK CITY GLOBS ENJOY GREATEST NEW YEAR NIGHTi Crowds Throng Houses at Open House Celebrations Stratfield Gay. Last night was the greatest night for the clubs of Bridgeport in their history. New Year's celebrations were general and the members and their guests did justice' to the open house provisions. At the Sea. Side, Algonquin, Bridgeport, Elks and Brooklawh clubs gay throngs were in evidence. Orchestras provided, music; for the merry-makers and novelties were in troduced in several of the houses. The Brooklawn club held a New Year's breakfast at 1 o'clock this morning. At The Stratfield about, 500 en-'"! joyed the dinners, entertainment and dancing. Crimson lights in, the din-r ing .room displayed the figures "1917." , v' " Entertainments , were provided at j the Fairfield, Faust ! and Atlantic I cabarets. The' New Year's spirit va general. Military Escort For . Governor Holcomb at ; Inauguration Tomorroy j Although there will be no departure from the traditional procedure of the state in the Inauguration of its gover- nor tomorrow, the induction of Gov. Marcus H. Holcomb for his second term as Connecticut's chief executive wlll .be marked 'by more than its usual touch of military pomp, o: far as ths plana for the inaugural proceeding preceding the ceremonies at the. Capiv tol are concerned. Seasoned trooiS who still hear the tan of field servfcS 1 cases who have heard' the whine S a sniper's bullet, will be among those who will escort the governor to Capl-;; tol Hill. ' : , t - ' Adjutant General . George; M. Cole . said yesterday that the plans for the inaugural procession 'will be carried out to the letter. He has appointed a detachment of the Second Division, Naval Militia, to fire a salute of sev enteen guns across - Park river from two one-pounders when tlje head of. the inaugural parade reaches the Me morial Arch. As Clifford B. Wilson is the only lieutenant governor to succeed him self In' recent- years, therePwlll have , to be a change In the' old program, In ' his connection. This year the Incom Ing lieutenant governor is also the,', outgoing lieutenant governor as is the case, of course, . ' with the governor, himself. Governor Jftoiconvb will be accompanied, by only one official-elect who is not also an outgoing official. This official is the state . secretary elect, Frederick L. Perry of New' Ha ven, who . will- succeed Charles. D. Burns of Greenwich. Mr. Perry, therefore, will be the only; new off!-' cial of the state to be Inaugurated. . ' ' , The American liner St. Louis ar rived at New York. from' Liverpool. ;' " 1 fl fei Wtafcw Cork Linoleum GET BUSY TWO ENTIRE FLOORS ' - of ' Everything For the Floor.