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The Washington herald., 1916-09-24
Mrs. Raoul Gets Her Divorce

Millen, Ga, Sept. ss.-Mrs. wInifred
Wadley Raoul. wife of William Greene
Raoul has been granted a total divorce
from her husband in the Superior Court
OF Jenkins County. Mrs. Raoul alleged
that her husband had paid undue atten-
tions to Mrs. Meta Sinclair, formerly Of
Arden- Del =.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24

months campaign work. He will go first
to Michigan and will speak also n IL
linois and West Virginia
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24
An Unbiased Opinion.

II such a creature as an unbiased
neutral could exist, IL a Martian with
out the slightest interest in the sf-
talrs OF our planet descended and ex-
amined the fighting fronts and the
opinions of the populations behind tbs
lines, he might sum things up some
what as follows:
There is a good deal of truth I'm
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24
Daniels Plans Campaign Tour.

Secretary Of the Navy Daniels will
leave Washington next Saturday for a
The Washington herald., 1916-09-24
Verdun n Waterloo.

On land, Germany's last chance to
win disappeared when her onslaught
failed at Verdun and her high command
lost the initiative. She is now strategic
ally on the defensive everywhere, and
will remain so until she is beaten. We
have already overcome her at one time
enormous lead in supplies OF cannon,
machine guns and shells. The disparity
OF strength is increasing continually, for
our manufacturing resources, now fully
developed. are greater than those of the
central powers, even without the i'm
portant aid of the United States. In the
other all-importsnt factor Of land war
fare-man pOwer-the advantage Is over
Whemingly with US and is increasing
every day. Germany no longer has any
strategic reserve of men left with which
70 undertake a great blow, and II Hin
denourg wants to get such reserve he
must shorten his fronts and so release
men from the trench lines, an operation
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-28
Bridgeport May
Have Low Price
On It's Turkeys

An attempt on the part of Pennsy1-
vania and Western turkey growers and
commission men to avail. themselves
of a shortened food market in Bridge
port may tend to reduce Thanksgiving
prices somewhat in this city. -
Agent Samuel Driver Of the Adams
Express Co. announced today the ar
rival of 10 carloads Of turkeys, vege-
tables and other eatables, consigned
from the west.
A part of the large express ship
ment to this city has already arrived
and the scene at the station platform
this afternoon where ducks and geese
were mingling their, shrill cries was
was inviting to the prospective pur-
chaser.
Special arrangements for deliveries
have been made by the express com
pany, which has placed 10 auto trucks
in commission that all shipments may
be handled the day Of arrival.
1t is also reported by the officials
of the express company that large re-
mittances to Italy, England, Belgium
ana France have begun for the
Christmastide. Renittances to Ger
many are now made by wireless.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-28
Germans Have Lost
Five Zeppelins T.
Raids on England

The destruction Of two Zeppelins
in Monday nights raid on the north
east coast of England makes a total
Of five of the giant dirigibles which
have been destroyed in the three
latest attacks by German airmen on
British towns On Sept a squadron
of Zeppelins raided the eastern coun-
ties. of England with London, ac-
cording to the British official state-
ment, their apparent objective. One
Of the airships was brought down in
flames close to London.
On Sept 23 12 Zeppelins again at
tempted to reach London and this
time two were victims Of the British
anti-aircraft guns in the neighbor-
hood of the capital. The crew of ono
airship perished and the crew of the
other, consisting of f'22 men. was cap
tured.
|! An official statement by the Brit
ish war office stated that 80 persons
were killed and 110 injured as the
result of bombs dropped by the raid
ers on this occasion. On Nov. 10
Petrograd reported that Russian
troops near Pinsk on the eastern
battle line, brought down a large
Zeppelin and the crew of Is.
The first Zeppelin to meet with
disaster in the English raids was the
LIS which was forced down in an
attack on London on March 81, ana
captured in the Thames estuary. The
airship sank while in tow Of a British
patrol boat. Prior to this, on Jan.
81, the Lie was seen in the, North
Sea in a sinking condition after
raid on England and is. believed; to
have been damaged by the English
coast batteries. After one of the
early raids on England, on Feb. 18,
1915, the Zeppelin LIS was lost in q
snowstorm and forced to land in Dem
mark, where she was burned by her
crew, ID Of whom were interned by
the Danish authorities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-28
WANTED WATCH,
THREE BANDITS
MURDER OWNER
Trio Waits for Victim and
Shoots Him When He
Tries to Fight.
FLEE ON FREIGHT
TRAIN, ARE NABBED
One of Desperadoes Has
Confessed, New Haven
Police Assert.

u New Haven, Nov. 28-Coroner Ell
Mix. today began an investigation of
the shooting and killing Of Morris
GoIdstein, near his nome in West Ha-
ven last night. He had before him
CarInino Pisaniello and Carrnine Lam
zillo, both Of this city, who were ar
rested in Derby about midnight on
suspicion Of connection with the crime,
and who later, according to the Derby
police, admitted participation in the
affair."
According to a confession said to
have been made in Derby today by
Pisaniello after several hours Of Sc
we're grtlling, the motive for the crime
was possession of "a watch which Gold
'stein had and which Luigi Pisaniello,
brother OF Carmine, desired, accord
ing to the 1atter's statement. It was
planned to hold up Goldstein and take
the watch away without injuring him
unless he resisted. If he showed fight
he was to be shot. Pisaniello said that
he, Lanzillo and another man named
Frank" went to West Haven last
night and waited for G6dsteln. e
When he did not appear, PisanieI1o
suggested that they go sway but Lam
zlIfC &alQ. ,.s4s@.
Il used 80 cersts ca41are to come
here ard T got to hit him 80 times on
the head with a. blackjack
Pisaniello continued:
when Goldsteins came, Carfnfr1o
pulled out a revolver and blaekjact,
hit him with the blackjack and said,
Throw UP your hands, The Jew hol-
Tered and Carmine said, Shoot him
I fred into the air to scare him. Frank
sal dhe fired twice at .'the chest and
side. When I fired my shot ran
away and the others soon followed.
We got a freight train and came to
Derby"
The meme were arrested as they sat
on railroad trestle at Derby Frank,
the third man, jumped from the trestle
and escaped. Near the place Of arrest
the police found a blackjack and two
revolvers, one 49, -calibre and the
other an army "A, the latter with one
empty chamber. and the former with
two. -.
Two additional arrests were made
here today in the case but the police
declined to give out the names.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-28
Truck Driver Didn't
Know Boy Hooked On"
He Says at Inquiry

Charles Ward, the American &
British Co. chauffeur, testified before
Coroner John J. Phelan this morning
that he did not know four year old
Joseph Stoff was on the motor truck
last Saturday until his attention was
called to the fact that the wheels had
passed over the boys body, He was
certain no children were riding on
the truck when he started from Wal
ter court.
Lieut.. Garry Sanger of the Second
Precinct station, also said that when
the truck passed the station there
were no children on it, It was al
Clarence street and Crescent avenue
that the boy was struck. The cor
oner will hear more witnesses before
giving a finding.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-28
STRIKERS WON'T
Be: WANTING ON
DAY: OF TURKEY
Mo1ders' Union to Provide
Dinners for Those Who
Haven't Jobs.

of gloom for the striking molders
who are still out of jobs. Thanks to
organization, they will be provided
with regular Thanksgiving dinners
probably as good as any manufac-
turer will enjoy,
Fifty baskets, containing two chick
ems, two kinds Of potatoes, cranber-
ries, celery and other fxin's have been
ordered and paid for by the Molders'
union. They will be distributed
to the strikers families tomorrow
evening.
1t will be day of Thanksgiving
for many of the strikers In another
way. Many of them will receive no.
ttce Of jobs to which they may go
Monday, at the demanded. scale OF
wages.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-28

L
raid was issued this morning:
- "a number Of hostile airships ap-
preached the northeast coast Of Eng
land between 10 and II o'clock last
night Bombs were dropped at vari-
Gus places in Yorkshire and Durham.
The damage is believed to be slight
zone airshir. attacked by air'ships
of, the Royal, Flying Corps. was
brought down in flames into the sea
off the coast Of Durham. Another
airship crossed into the North Mid
land counties and dropped bombs at
various places. On her return jour-
ney. she was repeatedly attacked by
airships of the Royal Flying Corps
and guns. She appears to have been
damaged, for the last part OF the
Journey was made at very slow speed.
She was unable to reach the coast
before day was breaking.
..Near the Norfolk coast she ap-
parently succeeded In effecting re
pairs. and was proceeding east at high
speed and at an altitude of over S.00o
feet when she was atttcked nine miles
out at sea by four machines of the
ROYAL Naval Air Corps and an armed
trawler and was brought down In
flames at 6:45 a. m.
.Fuu reports Of the. casualties ana
damage have not yet been received
but they are believed to be slight.
Reports from the. north OF England
Indicate that the raid was futile as far
as the infldction Of any damage was
concerned. The military authorities
In a. number Of towns gave warning
Of the approach Of the raiders and all
lights were promptly put out. in
some places it was reported that the
engines of the airships were heard
overhead but no bombs were dropped.
It Is said that most of the bombs, re-
leased by. the raiders fell in fields in
the rural districts. :
Reports so far received from the
northeast coast mention only two Ger
man airships as having been engaged
in the raid. A telegram from an un-
named town says that the first raider
arrived there at 1890 and remained a
short time. during which several
bombs were dropped. Nobody was in
jured. The second airship appeared
ten minutes later and lowered over
the town fora few minutes as if the
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-28
Three GuuMEn ARE HELD FOR
.GAR0N'S MURDER; FOURTH IS
HELD FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY
DISCRIMINATING BURGLARS GET
$500 WORTH OF STOCK in STORE
LOCATED IN Center OF CITY

thus. afforded them perfect screen
from the street
With. apparently accurate knowl-
edge of the whereabouts Of articles
they stealthily removed sixty waists
from hangers, which they threw into
a heap.
Selecting only the most expensive
silk hosiery Of the latest shades
champagne, turquoise. ETC., they dis
carded the plain black and older
shades. To do this they required a
knowledge Of the stock. They dump
ed the contents Of about SO boxes. Tbe
goods presumably were packed into
two dress suit cases and removed.
The police have learned from Miss
Eadie Of several suspicious women
characters that recently attracted at
tention in the store. One or more OF
these is believed to have acquainted
themselves with the location OF the
goods and to have impaired it to the
burglars who entered last night.
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was, arrested last night trying to sell
his badge for enough money to leave
the city.
When brought before Cronan he was
subjected to severe grilling, broke
down and prepared to sign confess
sion. To stenographer and Lieut..
Cronan he told Of his movements Sat
urday night, how the storekeeper was
killed and his movements after the
murder or9
In substance he stated that he had
come to this city from Newark, N. j.,
about month ago and obtained po-
sition as conductor on the Connectf-
cut trolley lines. Saturday night in
company with Slattery We1ch and
| Mcmillan, he sat in the Atlantic street
house drinking. He was invited by
Slattery and Welch to take a walk,
Welch loaning him an overcoat with a
Scotch plaid lining.
Cavanaugh in his confession pro-
ceeded to tell how they walked about
the streets and finally came to the
| little store conducted by Garon, at M6
Warren street. He claims that he
possessed no weapon, had no intention
| of robbing anyone and did, not know
| that his companions had any such
plans.
| Suddenly Welch and Slattery ran
into the store states Cavanaugh II
followed and stood in the doorway
when 7 heard shot. Slattery was
the first, to enter the place Next I
knew Slattery, gun in hand. came run
| ming out .'on to the sidewalk. was
| will I do?' He told me to run like
tH-'
1--WE all fed and I pulled off
welch's oyercoat and threw it on the
ground as I couldn't, run fast enough
with it on. We got back to the
| house and Welch and I got into an
| terry he should not have shot the
storekeeper.
"He replied, I had to shoot to scare
the woman.Anyway he isn't hurt ]
only shot him in the thigh Welch
and Slattery bawled me out for throw
| ing away Welch's overcoat which they
said would give the cops, chance to
find out who we were.y
| He then gave the police a detailed
history Of. bis career, which is ap-
l parently clean,' and with tears in his
eyes stated that he was not a vicious
character, that he had been a cashier
in the Holland house. Newark, for
two years and never mixed up in any
scrape before.
He, stated that he, and his COM
panions were afraid to leave the At
1antic street house. after the shooting
that on fleeing the scene they went
directly homo and stayed within
doosr until the police raided the
house.
From the time of the shooting un-
til their arrest they all drank heavily
and welch and Slattery with their re-
volvers fully loaded, kept them lying
on a table expecting visit from
the police. "They said that il any
cop attempt to pinch them, they
would blow up the whole police
force" said CavanaAgh. In view OF
the regulations OF the pair the police
did not for a moment doubt. the trutf,
OF their assertions
,(ContinpsA On Page +
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hend the three men, who at the point
of guns have robbed storekeepers.
Suspicion fell on Slattery, Welch and
"a young man, who were alleged to
have been implicated in the hold-up
of trolley men near Seaside park,
Matthew Hassett, Of 541 Gregory
street.
The detectives obtained rogues' gal
lery pictures from the local head of
tn BertiIlon system, Sergeant George
Haux, as did Sergeant John Barton.
Detectives Kane. Seery and Garrity
went to the home Of Miss Ruth John
son, a clerk in the bakery store Of Pc
ter Sorensop, 1855 wood avenue, which
was recently the scene of hold-up.
They found her Sunday afternoon and
showed her pictures OF Slattery, whose
alias is Mcintyre, and of Welch. She
identified them as the men who robbed
her at the point of gun, and said
Slattery was the fellow who slapped
her face.
Captain Suckley and Lieut.. E. O.
Cronan were busy identifying the
overcoat. which proved to be the
property of Welch, and which was
thrown off by Cavanaugh, to. whom
the Garon murder. Practically as
sured that they had identified the
guilty. men, the police then started
a city-wide search to apprehend
them.
Yesterday afternoon, a half dozer
members of the detective bureau
were IN a store near the house at IS
Atlantic street arranging to visit the
house and arrest the men. In the
meantime Captain Suckley and Ser.
geant Barton, having Information
that all were hiding in the house
planned a raid.
Barton was detailed by Suck1ey t,
swoop down on the premises. The
patrol was filled with squad Of of.
ficers and rusched to the scene, Slat.
terry, Welch, Mcmillan and a woman
who gives her name, as Louiss
Smith, 27 years Of age. were taker
to police headquarters and locked
up. Cavanaugh was allowed to stay
in the house. Meanwhile the police
had arrested on technical charge
Matthew Hassett, who greatly re-
sembles in build and appearance Nc
MILAN, and who it now develops. wa.
kept in Jail three months for tn,
trolley robberies in which he wa!
mistaken for Mcmillan. and to which
the latter has confessed. Hasset
was too game to "squeal' although
he knew all the while Mcmillan wa.
the man the police wanted.
The police were busy sending fol
the storekeepers who had been helt
up, to identify the men, when Nc
MILAN in cell at police headquarter,
told Captain Suckley he wanted tt
make a confession. Mrs. Catherine
Schread, a stenographer, was called
justice Of the peace obtained ant
Mcmillan proceeded with his con
fession.
Cavanaugh, whom the police hae
left at the Atlantic street house, al
he claimed innocence of any wrong
doing, and had stated he was a con
ductor and was up to this time un
known to the police, was implicated
by Mcmillan in the latter's confes
sion. Lieut.. .Cronan immediatel,
sent .dstec41uss TO locate him and h.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-28
OESTR0YERS'
RAID TAKES
One PATROL
German Warships Again
Cross Channel and Make
Attack on British Coast
Near Lowestoft, London
Reports.
Armed Trawler Captured in
Second Raid BY Sea
Forces Within the Week
Neutral Ships Held UP
By Raiders.

London, Nov. 28-An official
German statement given out
here today says German naval
forces have made another raid
close to the English coast near
Lowestoft, capturing a vessel.
The German statement is quoted in
an official British communication is
sued this afternoon. The Berlin state
ment given as follows:
The admiralty. announces that q
portion Of our naval forces again ex-
ecuted a raid. going close. to the Eng
lish coast. Not far from sLowestoft
an enemy patrol vessel and, it's crew
were captured. Some neutral steam
ers also were stopped and searched,
but as they carried no contraband
they were released. Our naval forces
returned without seeing any trace Of
the eremy.''
The British admiralty appends the
following: y-tf
"A report has been received that the
armed trawler Narval was on duty off
the east coast on the night Of Novem-
ber 26 and is missing.s . This presum-
ably is the vessel referred to- !!
This is the second German naval
raid in the last week. On the night OF
Nov. %, German destroyers lombard
ed the town Of Ramsgate, near the
mouth of the Thames. The German
admiralty announced that a British
outpost vessel had been sunk by gun
fire, but this was denied officially by
London.
Lowestoft is on the North Sea about
rs niles northeast of Ramsgate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-28
LICENSES BRING $184,O4s.

The sale of liquor licenses of all
kinds in this city during the fiscal
year which ends Thursday yielded the
county 1854, ,04S.30. according to e. re-
port made today by the county COM
n1issioners. Amounts received from
other cities and towns in the county
were Stamford $4O,502.S0; Norwalk,
$26, ,82S.S5; Fairfield, s6,193.20;
Westport, s4.325 Stratford, $5,4o7;
Danbury, $25,0O76o
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-28
Overc0at Flung Away by
Fugitive Leads to Dis
c0very of Headquar-
ters Of Gang Which
Has TerrOrized the
City for Last Fortnight
In Series Of Bold
Crimes.
Rendezvous of Robbers
Unearthed in Lodg-
ingsI in Atlantic Street
McMiNen, Self Con-
fessed Highwsyman,
Claims to he Survivor.
Of -Deuts Hand Fatal.
ity,

Charged with first degree
murder, as a result Of the kill
ing Of Nathan Garon, a cloth
ing dealer, at 246 Warren
street, last Saturday night, Ed
ward Slattery, "a years, who is
alleged to have fired the fatal
shot; Henry w. Welch, 24
years, and John Cavanaugh, 21
years, ell dodgers at SO Atlantic
street, were arraigned in the
city court this morning and
held-without bail for q hearing
by Judge Frederic Bartlett,
Dec. 5. 1}z
John Mcmillan, 32 years,
who. lives with his wife at 69
Atlantic street, and who adj
mits his participation with Stat
terry and Welch in the series of
store robberiesl which for two
weeks have terrorized the city
was held in bonds OF $4,000
on highway robbery charges,
for a hearing Dec. 5th.
Mcmillan is exonerated from
all blame for the murder OF
GaFon, and was not one Of three
who attempted to rob the cloth
ing dealer. He was in his home
when the murder took place
and did not leave his wife last
Saturday evening. According
to the police Mcmillan was one
OF the crew Of the ill-fated tug
boat T. "A. Scott, which was
rammed and sunk by the sub
marine Deutschland, in New
London harbor, but was res
cued from drowning with Capt.
Hinch, by the crew Of the sub
marine. He expressed the wish
to the police after his arrest,
that he could have drowned
with other members of the
crew.
When arraigned in court this morn
welch and Slattery were ignorant
Of the fact that Garon died yesterday
morning at st. vincent's hospital.
When the clerk charged them and
Cavanaugh with Murder" WeIch's
face blanched, his eyes dilated with
fear. wffle Cavanaugh and Mcmillan
stood pale and trembling, apparently
terror stricken.
In direct contrast to the state Of his
accomplices, Slattery, with every IA
cfa1 appearance Of hardened Grim
tnal, his hands clasped behind his
back, listened at first to the reading of
4he charge in stoic silence; without
ne tremor OF a. muscle or the slightest
4fkn OF appreciating the graveness of
The charges against him. His face
gradually assumed cynical grin, and
"a he was taken from the court room
Following the arraignment which con-
numed only about two minutes. he
broke eS1t into q sArdonic chuchle.
For the past two weeks the entire
detective bureau and police force have
nesn bendfng svsfy energy to aptee-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-28
LONE AVIATOR, in DAYLIGHT, BOMBS LONDON,
! TWO ZEPPELINS DESTROYED BY BRITISH AIR
SQUADRON DURING NIGHT ATTACK; CREW Dill

Flying at Great Height German Airman Drops Six
Bombs on Capital, Injuring Six Persons
Zeppelin Raiders Starting on Homeward
Journey After Raiding Several Counties, Are
Shot Down Wrapped in Flames, Dirigibles
Plunge Into Sea and All on Board Are Lost
London Reports Only Slight Material Damage
From Raiders Activities.
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The -Jeannette Lingerie shop. con-
Quoted by Miss Jeanette E. Eadie, at
177 Fairfield avenue was entered last
night by discriminating burglars who
selected only the highest priced silk
waists and stockings in the most mod
ish colors. The total loss amounts to
more than $500.
The police profess to see the hand
OF, a woman guiding the rougher ones
OF at least two men, who in their
method Of operating in the very heart
OF the shopping district and under the
direct rays OF White Way iigss, dis
played more than ordinary audacious-
ness.
Entering the store by means of a
drain pipe and window on which
the catch was easily turned, the
burglars found themselves on a mezza-
nine floor with staircase leading to
the rear of a curtained partition. This
led directly behind the showcases and
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-28
Two Zeppelins Are Destroyed

London, Nov. 2S-Two Zeppeins were brought down in
lights raid the north coast of England The crews OF
both airshps pershed.
destruction of the aships announced in an Off
|cial communication issued by the office.
Zeppeins brought down in flames into the sea
after being attacked them destroyed
while nine miles her return trip The office
although full reports of the damage and casual
tiles inflicted by the Zeppelns had not been received this morn
ing they believed to have been slight
following OF
RAID was sSueu without
of hostile airsnlps ap- bombl
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-11-28

London Nov. 28-Fying at great height, German
airplane this morning passed London and dropped
six bombs the capital according to official statement
issued tn afternoon.
Four persons injured and only slight material
damage it is added, caused.