The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-06
ED CRONAN
 MAKES A HIT And Excites the Envy of City Court Officials NOBODY LOVES AFAT MAN, Ell? Detective Sergeant Basks In Radiance of Smile of Charming Grace La
 Rue

Who said nobody loves a fat man? Show him to us. We have positive living proof to the contrary We call as our star witnesses Grace LaRue, the charming comedienne and Broad way favorite. and Ed Cronan. the TO- tund sleuth of Captain Arnold's detec- tive bureau. Nor will we make them testify against themselves. if they wish to remain silent. but we will summon score of spectators who gazed with envy upon the portly detective ser geant while he basked in the monday radiance of the smiles of the attrac- tive actress.
 husband. Byron F. Chandler. known to the gay life of the Metropolis as the Millionaire Kid. :. He and Grace were speeding from their home in Mt. Yer non to the boat races last week when they were arrested here in the crusade against speeding motorists.
 Chandler and his wife sat on the first row of the spectators benches in the City court from o'clock until 10, while a dozen or more petty offenders were arraigned in court. Miss La Rue was an interested spectator and turned to her husband. who just tops her shoulder. to discuss the cases with him in animated tones. Court Officer Finnegan is nothing if not a perfect gentleman at all times. yet his official duty made it imperative that silence should be preserved in court. So he capped Grace on the shoulder. peril ously near where the collarless effect began. and requested her to be silent.
 Chandler's case was called at 10 o'clock. Clifford Gorgas, the motor only witness called, and as he arose to testify Miss LaRue favored him with one of those indescribable smiles that have made her a fortune in mu- sical comedy. Gorgas was so over whelmed that he had no little trouble collecting himself. He testified that Chandler was making about 45 miles an hour.
 Chandler admitted he was speeding, but said he believed he had imperilled no one, and as he neared the center of the city he slowed his car Park Commissioner George M. Flames who witnessed Chandler's run before he was arrested, was ready to testify. but was not needed.
 Judge Wilder imposed the unusually heavy fine of $40 and costs. Chandler was undecided whether to appeal or tip that Judge Wilder was not an automobilist, whereas in the court of Common Pleas he would encounter a judge and prosecutor who both were
  alone in the court room while he went out to do little telephoning.
 Ed Cronan couldn't bear to see such nice woman unprotected. How it happened none can tell, but in a. mo- ment he was seated beside the actress. The court meanwhile had taken a re- cess and all eyes were centered upon Grace. Attired in a white summery frOck, carrying a straw turban from which a frothy pink veil dangled in graceful folds. she made herself per- fectly at home in her unaccustomed and talked to the de- friend
 John F. Gray, the assistant clerk, usually so busily occupied in his cler- ical duties that he has time for noth- ing else called the attention of the men to the condition of the 11th button on Grace'S left shoe He said it was not fastened. The news paper men took his word for it being to going into such triv. ial details. Gray pronounceo ,sl~ alkIe Shapely, and said the buttons were leather.
 Just how long the interesting con- versation of the actress and detective l might have lasted only they know but 1 Judge Wilder soon returned court con- 1 and all was hushed. Disap- | pointment plainly written on his fea- | tures Cronan left his much envied po- | sition and the Millionaire Kid return | ed to it. Chandler paid his fine. s4507. 1 His wife was formerly feature with | Sam Bernard's companies. and of late she had been a va-devdlle headliner in the larger cities.