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AND EVEXIXG FARJfER.
VOL. 57 NO. 126 EST. 1790
Entered as second class matter at the post office
at Bridgeport. Conn.;- under the act of 1S79
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1921
Weather, Fair
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
' T ' .
Plan For
Council
Meeting
Diplomatic Exchanges Are
Under Way Between Al
lies On Upper Silesian
Discussions. .
Paris, May 27. With his
country solidly behind him,
Premier Briand, whose po
lities received an overwhelm
ing vote of confidence in the
Chamber of Deputies last
Right, was in position today
to arrange for immediate
meeting of the Inter-Allied
Supreme Council to consider
Upper Silesia.
Already diplomatic exchanges be
"wren Paris. London. Brussels and
Jlonie are under way regarding the
jrhrfrmaries of the Upper Silesian
discussions.
If. Viria.nd was the first French pre
mier since the war to dare to propose
a policy of conciliation towards Ger
many. The chief elemetns of the new
attitude of the government were:
1 The Anglo French alliance will
5e maintained.
2 France will undertake no inde
pendent military operations against
Germany nor occupy thq Ruhr at this
time.
" France accepts in good faith
Germany's promise to cary out all of
1 w-- int'r nlarlfroa
The order of the day, under which
the confidenoe vote was taken, con
talned the warning- to Germany that
full penalties will be inflicted in the
ifwture if Germany falls to meet her
ob ligations regarding" disarmament.
Indemnity and other matters.
The imrmedlat partition of Silesia,
with the Allies holding- the disputed
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Trust Company
Gets Property
The Ktvercliffe property, situated
in Devon. Milford, immediately ad
joining Washington bridge, with an
elegant Housatonic river and Long
Island sound frontage, extending a
point near "four corners" on the road
from Devon to Walnut Beach, and
considered by many the finest and
most desirable shore front property
in the state, has reverted to the
J-iridgeport Trust company, at pres
ent holding the mortgages.
The Rivercliffe Development com
pany made an auspicious start toward
developing the land, all streets being
laid out. and some of them with side
walks, curbs, etc., completed. A num
ber of high grade residences were
constructed, the property being gov
erned by strict restrictions. The
t'liilds Restaurant company of New
"York city was interested to a consid
erable extent and it was a surprise
that they let the property slip away
from them by default.
There are about 450 elegant build
ing lots, quite sizeable In the tract,
the original farm houso still stand
ing near the center. The spot was
famous for clam bakes in years gone
bv many of the biggest and best re
ribered civic celebrations having
h held there. The property will
li doubt revert to the original own
tr. ' Stiles E. CJoodsell of G. W. Good
tell & Son. Bridgeport.
SICK MEN WERE
TIED TO STAKES
FOR THREE DAYS
Leipzig. May 27 Twenty witnesses
from England, a 11 former soldiers,
were In court today to testify against
f'aptain Emil Mueller, the second
;c-rman officer to be arraigned in the
famous war criminal trials.
Captain Mueller was in charge of
a German prison camp during the
war. He is accused of beating Brit
ish prisoners with a riding whip and
tying sick men to a stake for three
days at a time. Most of the offenses
were alleged to have been committed
in 1918.
The conviction of Mueller seemed
certain. As he was arraigned the
president of the Supreme court
glanced over the papers in the ease.
"Before us there is now being un
rolled a terrible picture of war and
I am deeply moved by it." said the
Judge. Then turning to Mueller he
exclaimed -
"Flow could you. In former exam
ination defend yourself against these
extraordinarily serious charges? It
is lncomprehensive to me."
These are atrocities," exclaimed
the president of the court as he
read some of the charges lodced
against Mueller by men who were
former prisoners in his custody.
Pome German papers expre.-s the
hope that France and England will
follow the example of Germany in
punishing prison commandants who
mistreated war prisoners. Newspa
pers claim that there are on record
now large number of former German
prlaonsra who allege that they were
m treated.
Put Husband .
on K. P. Duty
New York, May 27 George
Watson, once a railroad detective
and now out of a job, today be
gan serving his sentence of one
week's duty about- the house
with a white apron about his
neck, with Mrs. Watson as boss.
Mrs. Watson complained in a
T-iong Island city court that her
husband remained out late at
night and "made Jot of trouble
around the house.' Magistrate
John Kochciidorfer specified the
kitchen police detail as a cure
with a workhouse sentence as an
alternative.
DENY HABEAS
CORPUS WRIT
TO DE FILIPIS
Newark, X. J., May 27 Giuseppe
DeFilipis, charged with complicity in
the Wall Street explosion, today was
denied a writ of habeas corpus by
Federal Judge Lynch. He ruled that
an application for a writ of habeas
corpus must be acted upon by a fed
eral court in New York where the
crime charged against the prisoner
was committed. He indicated that an
order would be signed later transfer
ring DeFilipis to New York on peti
tion of assistant Federal Attorney
Isaac Gross.
DeFilipis, who was arrested recent
ly in Bayonne, is a prisoner in the
Hudson county Jail in Jersey City.
3 SINN FEINERS
WIN ELECTION
Belfast. May 27Although the Un
ionists will control the Northern Ire
land (Ulster) parliament by holding
a majority of the seats the returns so
far tabulated indicated that some of
the most vigorous and energetic
chieftains of the Sinn Fein have
been elected. According to informa
tion received here the following three
Sinn Feiners were elected:
Eammon De Valera, "President of
the Irish Republic."
Arthur Griffith (now in Jail) foun
der and president of the Sinn Fein.
Michael Collins. commander In
chief of the Irish Republican army.
It was regarded as certain that Sir
James Craig leader of the Ulster Un
ionists has been seated. Unionists;
claim they will hold from 33 to 40
of the 54 seats. The complete result;
probably will he officially announced
Saturday night.
According to incomplete returns at
noon the Unionists had thirty seats
while the Nationalists claimed 4 and
the Sinn Feiners also claimed four.
NEW WEAPON
AGAINST TANKS
Rock Island. 111.. May 27 The
I'nited States army has developed a
.50 calibre machine gun. capable of
tiring a bullet which at 200 yards will
penetrate the one inch armor plate
of battle tanks. Major Lee O. Wright,
arrmy ordnance department, an
nounced today at the annual conven
tion of the ordnance section of the
American Society of Mechanical Kn
gineers. The new weapon is an outgrowth of
the war. he said, when fighting tanks
were armored to resist the .30 calibre
bullet then in use.
The .50 calibre machine gun fires
a bullet weighing 800 grains, as com
pared to tiie 150 grains of the stand
ard .u0 calibre ammunition.
Unknown Woman
Killed By Truck
Pnrion. Conn.. May "7 A woman,
whose identity had not bpn deter
mined this forenoon, was killed in a
collision of motor t rucks here be
tweon - find ? a. in. Sol Canter of
7 8 Aril dem y st ree t . Xo va r k . X. J. .
driving small truek laden with fur
niture, was "i n vo 1 ved w i t h a live ton
truek driven by William Tomlinson
of 55R Central avenue. New Haven,
near Sprint lrovf eemetory. The
elaim of Canter js t hat ihe latter
truek side-swiped his. When the
t ruek was struck it overt u rned and
the woman's head was eruslied.
The Oarien poln-e would not toll
what the vontonts were of letters in a
handbag-. One envelope Jore the
name of Mrs. H. Vanaken. 13 Scher
merhorn a venue. FT rook lyn. and was
postmarked Pittsburgh, May 14. There
were tiekets to a Newark theatre and
SI in eash. The woman was well
dressed. The drivers of bot h trueks !
were detained until Coroner Vhelan j
arrived.
GKXKRAL STR1KK IX NORWAY, j
London. May 27 A general strike
In Norway - commenced at midnight,
according to an exchange telegraph
dispatch from Christieuia, i
Woman
Attempts
Suicide
Drank Contents of Lysol
Bottle Husband Appar
ently Unconcerned Over
Near Tragedy.
An attempt at suicide by
drinking poison was made
this in nr-n i n o- slinrtlv l-nsfVvrvi
. i , , & , .
i) O ClOCK DV AlrS. .ttOSe -b 1U -
delnian, age 24, of 31 Reilly
sitreeet. The ambulance was
summoned and "iie was re
moved to the Bridgeport hos
pital, where her condition is
said to be unproved.
"I don't want to live any more,"
she -told the ambulance surgeon, Dr.
B. J. Coyle, after he had administer
ed the stomach pump and had arous
ed her from the stupor in which he
found her on 'his arrival. On ques
tioning. Dr. Coyle found that the
woman had had a battle with her
husiband, Harry, at the breakfast
table this morning and when her lius
iiand had left the house she had
taken a four-ounce bottle of Lysol
from the medicine chest and dranK
the contents. A neighbor found her
in a stupefied condition on the floor
of the kitchen and immediately sum
moned the ambulance. AVhen the
ambulance arrived the husband had
returned and was srtorlllng around the
kitchen unconcernedly with a paint
brush in his hand, and seemed very
little interested in the plight of his
wife. The matter was reported to the
police.
Mine Owners
Meeting With
Lloyd-George
London, May 2T British mine
owner3 and representatives of the
-Miners Federation of Great Britain
met Mr. Lloyd George here to
day for the purpose of discussing
proposals for reaching a settlement
of the miners' strike, which began two
months ago. It was understood the
mine owners had prepared terms for
presentation at today's conference
but there seemed to be little hope that
they would bo found acceptable.
The leaders of the miners federa
tion held a preliminary meeting here
yesterday and it was understood that
the delegates of the federation pres
ent at today's conference would not
be empowered definitely to accept any
terms submitted.
REMOVE ANOTHER
LOAD OF BOOZE
The work of removing contraband
liquor from the local post office to. the
Government warehouse in New Haven
is still going on under the direction of
United States Marshall William R.
lTvlmev. Today, six trucks have ar
rived here and it is estimated that the
last of the confiscated liquor will be
moved before night.
No Settlement
Of Marine Strike
Washington. May 27 Another hope
for ending the present marine strike
went glimmering today. Indepen
dent owners, represented by the
American Steamship Owners' associa
tion .informed Secretary of Eabor
Davis and Secretary of Commerce
Hoover .in a conference that they are
III L It: i .) u - L in." ifcicr.ii.iii "ifvii i
had been worked out between the. two;
secretaries and the representatives of
the striking seamen. '
Expert Asserts
Found in Haddam Are
Those of Human Being
Haddam. May 27. Emil Sehutt.
t he Shaile-rviHe farmer, who is sus
pected of being responsible for the
d ea t h of four persons
the village j
wh tcfl he dominated as town consta
ble, took the first e-tp in his own de
fense when he hsraged Judge (iustaf
B. Cnrlson of nvBdietown, a. promi
nent Middlesex county 'lawyer, to de
fend him. Judge rni?op. announced
that he would ha ndle S -hu Tie's rasr
but he said he was not pre pared to
say a I this time wha t the nat ure of
the defense would bp. Judge Carlson
W3S nga :r.d as counsel early yester
day morning.
Captain Robert T. Hurley of the
rnnnoetlmt stmIo nolieo his been Dtrt- I
ting on the finishing touches on a man being. The bones were carefully I
ease which in a few davs he will pre-t cellectr d bv tlie detectives and sub-j
sent to State's Attorney Krnest A. In-jmitted to a doctor in Hartford who.
glis. Sehutte has changed from the yesterday, announced that they were j
tae-iturn captive since his last inter- 1 the tones of a human being, without ,
view with Captain Hurley. The most! the shadow of a doubt.
Ask Ex-Service
Men To Parade
Ex-service men who have had
overseas service are invited to
parade with the- Raymond W.
Harris Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars in the Memorial Day
parade, report in overseas uni
form at the elul house, 161
Washington avenue at 9 a. m.,
May 30. The Ladies' Auxiliary
will serve lunch after the parade.
JITNEY DRIVER
WILL FILE SUIT
FOR DAMAGES
A suit to recover property damage,
; resulting from the collision between
tire truck and a jitney at Last
Washington avenue and Kossuth
street, will probably too filed next
week by counsel for Nick Antonop
oulous, of 245 Sheridan street, driver
of the bus. Two of the passengers
who were riding in the Jitney at the
time, are also ready to collect money
for injuries received in the crash,
and this payment may ultimately fall
upon the city if the bonding com
panies decide to contest the affair in
the courts. The bonding concerns
are now responsible for injuries sus
tained by passengers.
No definite Action was taken on the
matter by the Board of Police Com
missioners at last night's meeting, but
Driver John P. May of Chemical No.
1, who was operating the fire appa
ratus when the smash-up occurred,
was given much praise for his effi
cient handling of the truck.
It was decided that two retired fire
men can be recalled by the commis
sioners for duty it Pleasure Island,
but just who these men will be has
not yet been decided. The manage
(Continued on Page Right.)
HUNTER WINS
CHAMPIONSHIP
Hoylake, England, May 2 7 Willie
Hunter, of Walmer and Kingsdown.
today won the British Amateur Golf
championship surviving one of the
biggest fields of entries the event has
ever known.
Hunter defeated Allan J. Graham
of Hoylake in the final round of 36
holes winning in decisive fashion.
Hunter is a postoffice clerk, the
son of Harry Hunter professional at
Deal, and went into today's final
round with quite a following.
Graham and Hunter, who were not
pretenders as finalists when the tour
nament opened, have proven them
selves the best golfers of the week in
a long list of entrants.
Harold Hilton, the veteran. Is of
the opinion, despite results in the
present tournament, that in Evans,
Ouimet and Jones America has the
three best amateur golfers of the day.
K. OF
WAR
MEMORIAL SERVICE
TAKE TEN FOR
OVERCROWDIN
Police activity against violators of
the automoibile laws. was directed '
against Jitneurs t!h:s morning, ten j
drivers bring arrested for overcrowd- j
ing their machines. Those who will
appear in the City court tomorrow ,
are Nicholas Sharkey of 80 Federal
street; Samued Soaduti, of 136 George
street; Antonio Fog 11a no. of 439 Hol
ilaster avenue; Joseph Bed oar, of 652
Broad, street; Giovani DiLorenzo, of
1084 Madison avenue; Max Liberraan.
of 74 Henrv street; Louis Shain, of
233 Parrot avenue;
Alex Hudak. of
118 Albion street; Joseph Lazlo. of
357 Bishop avenue, and Percy A.
Parmalee, of 10 Anton street.
Bones
j dramatic touch in the ra
, came when the shrewd drte
fronted the prisoner at the
o so fa
tlve ron
jail with
some gruesome cvirtenco fr
Oead
Man s Hill. the funeral moun
whr-
the stme police believe Sehutte bun
d
' the body of Pnms LaDuc. the ill-fat-
d afrmhar.d who is alleged to
have been murdered on Schutf-s farm.
' Sehutte is said to have paled some
I What when told what had hen found
ion the h:ll in the embers. At first he
( denied emphatically that he knew
anything aboui the fire on the hill,
i Then, when he had awnimd a calmer
! attitude he said he had hnrnrd a dog
: Jin V V,;ll nvajfl that t'lc Unnn.- r,,
; in the aj-hes by tne sine police were I
the bon. s of n dog arm. not OI a hu-
MR
S. NOTT
A
S SHE ENTERS COURTROOM;
OPKO GIRL TO GO ON STAND
BISHOP CASE
AGAIN PUT OFF
A motion brought by the defend
ant in the divorce proceedings of
r,ianca viesi .Disiiop against. v iiiiiiijj
d. Bishop, wealthy New Haven news-
paperman, which came up for a hear-
ing during the short calendar session I
of superior court this morning before
Judge John P. Kellogg, was put over
a week by request of Attorney John
Smith, for Mrs. Bishop.
;0 decion has a, yet been handed
rn by Judge Kellogg in the. matter
dow
of alimony pending the divorce suit,
but this decision is expected momen
tarily. Mrs. Bishop asks $250 a
month and her husband has endeav
ored to have this amount sliced to in
the neighborhood of ?175, which she
claims is insufficient and not in keep
ing with his income. Bishcp's attor
ney, Jacob Klein, is anxious now to
bring the case to trial or before a
committee.
MUST BE MORE
READJUSTMENT
New York. May 27 General busi
ness throughout the Fnited Stales Is
improving bJfcthere must foe funther
read just ment 3ef ore the puiblic be
gins to buy upon a normal basis.
Judge E. H. Gary, chairman of the
LT. S. Steel Corporation, told the
American Iron and Steel Institute to
day. "I am not at all discouraged;
fhere is nothing tlie matter with the
country," declared Judge Gary in hi3
address opening the annual meeting
of the institute.
Judge Gary declared th.it some of
the prices charged for commodities
are unreasonable "if not extortion
ate. lie said that strict enforcement of
the law is a vital factor in the re
storation of ntirmal conditions.
One of the most hopeful signs of
the times, he added, was the appar
ent disposition of the national admin
istration at "Washington to help legit
imate business. Judge Gary said that
until wages are further decreased the
costs of many steel producers will
not permit lower selling prices. He
is opposed to further wage cuts, how
ever, until the cost of living comes
down.
C. TO HONOR
HEROES WITH
The first annual memorial service in
memory of all service men who made
the supreme sacrifice in the World i Their testimony covered the police
! War will be held at Seaside park Sun-! activities that resulted in the arrest
I day, May 29th, 1921 under the aus- and indictment of the principals.
I pices of Philip Sheridan Assembly. captain John H. Regan and Sergeant
Knights of Columbus. John H. i,eddy also testified.
The exercises will be pi eceeded by I Gne of the fIrst characters of ln
,a parade which will start from K. of ' terest to reach the court house this
('. Hsll at 1:45 P. M. Headquarters n-ra litlle. Pauline Knnlin
will be established shortly before I
p. m. by Grand Marshall Joseph D.
Hartir.an and Chief of Staff Dieuten-i;,
arrrJoseph J. Devine.
The line of march will bo as fol
lows: The parade will start promptly
at 2 p. m. at the K. of C. club house,
WasliinTon ;,.venue, from there to
Park avenue, then south to Seaside
park with Memorial services inside the
oval at Seaside Park.
The parade formation follows: Mo
tor cycle and police escort. Grand
Marshal Joseph 13. Hartigan and
Aides. Chief of Staff, Lieut. Joseph
,1. Devine.
Harvey TTubbell Band, Wr. Conter
no, conducting. Harry W. Congdon
Post Xo. 11, American Legion, Lieut.
Vincent Ke&ting in command. Ray
mond Harris Post Xo. 145, Veterans of
Foreign Wars. ('apt. Bennett in com
mand I'nited Irish Societies, Patrick
Coleman in command. Autos contain
ing speakers and guests. Color bear
ers. Philip Sheridan Assembly, 4th
Decree. K of C. Carl C. Heck. F. X.
in command. Knights of Columbus
(Continued on Jge Lignt. j
- CASE- IS HEARD
IN COMMITTEE
Attorney Vincent L. Keating yes
terday afternoon held session in the
coroner's court room at the court
1 o . i rt or -l c too br.'l t ttf li COm -
mittee handling a case referred to I
rr.mmiitro from the Common I
Picas court
Joseph Bnerecsln Bridgeport. al
leges that a hnuse nuHt for him on
Ivouisianna avenue by Simon J. Ka-
prai is neic.ie khu hwi jiuiu.u l
anecii icanou-s o iimu
and th. therefore the contract is
void. The committee has the ease
under advisement. the defendant
having entered a general denial and
asking for the balance due on the
contract.
WEEPS BITTERLY
Ghastly Exhibits of Crime Cause Mrs. Nott to
Avert Her Eyes Several Police Officers Recount
Locating and Discovery of Trunk Containing
Nott's Body.
Supt. Patrick J. Flanagan refuted testimonv grfven
i -. j-i j.lt .
under oath at the coroner s
the recovering of the body
liaston swamp. vVlien conironted by attorney Henry E.
Shannon, one of Mrs. NTott's counsel, he asked that his
statement at the inquest that Mrs. Nott "Was in poor
i phvsical condition, " be changed because he now recalls
j--. , , n i l j.i j. i t j l i
inai. sue was an rigm except iiuil sue appeareu to De unuer
a mental strain.
"When Shannon asked him further questions regarding
her physical condition Flanagan replied that he could not
give expert advice. Shannon replied that he didn't ex
pect it from him. Sergeant J ohn A. Lyddy, stenographer
of the police court and secretary to the superintendent,
said that Mrs. Nott 's shoulders were held when she signed
a statement on August 30, but he "thought as a matter of
courtesv.
Luddy thought she -was all rlglit as
far as lier physical condition was
concerned.
Because of a -wound on Mrs. Xott's
head, Flanagan had some conserva
tion with her at her home the night
before her arrest but didn't remove
her to Hillside home because she re
fused to BO. This incidtnt was ad
mitted, but he maintained that he
thought her physical condition good
with the exception of a strain that
any woman would likely be found un
der similar conditions.
J3xam;nation of police witnesses oc
cupied the entire morniog session of
the trial. State's Attorney Homer S.
Cummingg continued pressing his case
to prove the woman guilty of first
degree murder a.s an accessory to Kl
wood Wade, the murderer. Argu
ments between the state and defense
on the legality of bits of evidence
were not so frequent as yesterday af
ternoon, and but comparatively few
objections were made -by thed efense.
Several ghastly exhibits of the
crime were introduced. Including the
revolver, butcher knife ani hatchet
u5?d by Wade, as well as several arti
cles of bloodstained clothing and linen
found in the home after the murder.
Mrs. Nott was w-eeping bitterly
when she entered the cotirtroom this
morning, and It was several minutes
before she was quieted. Her mother,
Mrs. Mathilda Ilutchins, and her two
children, Ruth and George Xott, were
not present, although they wore in the
building.
Superintendent of Police Patrick J.
Flanagan, who was the first person
to become aware of the Nott murder;
Assistant Superintendent Thomas H.
Flood, who was in charge of the de
tail that recovered Xott's body from
the Easton swamp; Patrolmen Joseph
H. Kasparek and Daniel W. Dunn,
who searched the Nott home and dis
covered a quantity of bloodstained
clothes; and Detective Sergeant Fred
erick B. Derrick, who arrested Elwood
Wade and John E. Johnston, were
placed on the stand by the State.
255 Judson avenue, who arrived
: shortly after nine o'clock. She was
-nrominent witness for the State
during the prosecution of Elwood B.
Wade and will no doubt be on the
witness stand during the day. It was
she who testified to much in the way
-f important movements of the NotJ.
family. Wide and Johnston. She
had been hired by Xott to keep watch
on the actions of Wade and Mrs.
Nott.
The courtroom was comfortably
filled when Judge Maltbie made his
.appearance at exa-ctly ten o'clock. A
large crowd of curiosity seekers had
gathered outside, and were admit
: ted until the seating capacity was
filled. Standing in the courtroom
1 being prohibited, deputies rapidly dis
: persed the remaining, crowd in front
! of the building.
Assistant Superintendent Klood was
the first witness called. In answer
to questions of the state, he testified
, to his connection with the crime.
He was first called in on the case
f late on the afternoon of August 30.
, the day following the committing; of
I the crime. With a detail of de-
tectives and patrolmen, he testified,
- he went to the Kaston swamp with
Klwood Wade for the purpose of lo
1 eating and recovering the body of
J Xott, and of their fruitless attempt.
He tesitfied to his unsuccessful
search, and return to police hadquar
; ters. and of arranging for another trip
inide later the wmie night. Armed
, with powerful lights, pike poles and
' ropes, secured from the Kir depa rt -j
ment. and with John EL Jo hnston as
his guide, ne returned to the swamp,
It was on the second trip thru De-
tectrres Auger and Coughlin located
the trunk with pike poles, puled it
out. and brought it back to Bridge
port in the police patrol. The trunk
had first been opened, and the body
of the murdered man found inside. He
traced the journey of the trunk from
the swamp to the city morgue up to
the time Medical E is miner Garlick
performed the autopsy.
He also told of his v;sit to the
Xott home the next day with Super
- i -i-i-i- .
hearing held immediately atter
of George B. Nott, from the
intendent Flanagan, and of finding
the revolver wrapped in newspapers
and concealed in the middle of a bar
rel of packed crockery. He was
shown and identified the weapon, and
proceeded to tell of his search of
the house that resulted in the discov
ery of the butcher knife and the
hatchet, separately hidden among
kitchen utensils.
The dark reddish stains on the
stairways and walls were also de
scribed by the officer, as well as the
indentations on the stairs. Two full
prints of a hand, with fingers out
stretched, one on the right wall and
the other on the left wall of the stairs
he also discovered.
On his cross examination by At
torney Shannon, who conducted the
case today for the defense, he was
questioned more closely on the find
ing of the revolver.
"How do you Identify this weapon
as the one you found," asked the law
yer. "By the stains on the barrel
alone."
"By the stains and by the number
of the gun," replied the assistant
superintendent. "
"What Is the number?"
"7G71," Flood immediately replied.
Attorney Shannon asked for the
revolver, and after examining it, ad
mitted the identification was correct.
Patrolman Kla-sperek, whose beat
was in the vicinity of the JVott home
at the time of the" murder, was the
nex witness called by the state. He
testified to making a thorough
search of the Noet home, on the or
ders of Ca p t a i n Wheeler, an d of
finding in the rear bedroom on the
second floor between the bedpost and
a clothes closet a quantity of blood -stained
clothing and linen. The
clothing consisted of a, bedspread, a
counterpane or bureau cover, a
woolen blanket, a pillow slip, and two
pieces of a woman's night wearing
apparel, all of which were bloodstain
ed. He positively identified each
article as the ones he 'found.
Xo crcs examination was made by
the defense, and the state called Pa
trolman Daniel W. Dunn as the next
witness. Patrolman Dunn accom
panied Kasparek on the search of the
home, and practically substantiated
the testimony of his brother officer.
Detective Sergeant. Frederick R.
Derick testified to heing detailed and
arresting Elwood P. Wade and John
E. Johnston on the day following the
crime. He told of arretsing John
ston in his home at 4 Reardsley lane,
and of taking him to a nearby store
where he secured a full statement.
He later secured a statement from
the Nott children, while they were at
the home of their friend. Mrs. Neils
Bie.rholm, on Stratford avenue.
Sergeant Derick also testified to the
condition of the Nott home, and of
the stains and marks on the stair
'ways and walls. At the conclusion
of his testimony, the defense had no
questions and Superintendent Flana
gan was called to the stand.
Superintendent Flanagan informed
the court of his visit to the Nott
home at 10:55 Sunday night August
29. following information he had re
ceived from the Second Precinct po
lice station. Attorney Cummlngs ask
ed him to repeat his conversation
with Mrs. Nott. and he told of asking
her if a fight had taken plaee in the
house, and of inquiring for her hus
band. She was non -com mital on
many of her answers and professed an
ignorance of her husband's where
abouts, although she admitted there
had been a fight.
The woman was questioned by the
Officer relative to a trunk that had
been taken from the house. She said
a truckman had taken it about eight
o'clock, and that it was consigned to
her mother in Chelsea. Mass.
"What was the demeanor of Mrf.
Nott during your conversation with
her?" asked Mr. Cumminc?.
"Not having known the woman
previously, she did not act anyway
out of the ordinary to tne," Mr.
Flanagan replied.
"Did she bear any injuries that you
know of?"
s, she showed me a slight bruise
on her arm, and a slight laceration
fin her head which she claimed had
been inflicted by her husband.
Superintendent Klanagan also
testified to speaking with her the next
day. and securing a signed statement
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