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New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
Another Brokerage
Firm Raided by Swami
Irossman. Sherman Company's
Books Scized-Brokcr era.
mar Sent to Prison

Detectives of the District Attorneys
office yesterday raided the Office Of
Crossman, Sherman Co., brokers, of 7
Pine Street, and seized the firms books.
Assistant District Attorney Kilroe said
Complaints had come. Mr. Kilroe said.
from James w. Ward, of Olean. N. Y,
who alleges the loss of $1,000, and f.
T.. Putnam, of Lindstrom, Mimi, who
charges the loss of $500.
The firm, Mr.. Kilroe said. was pro-
noting the Manganese Mines of Amer
ica Corporation, a Delaware corpora
ton, with capital stock of $1,000, 900.
Judge Wadhams, in General Ses
SONS yesterday, sentenced John I.
Cramor, thrtyfour, to the peniten
tiary to term Of from six months to
three years. Cramor had pleaded guilty
to grand larceny. The indictment
nfeai"st him charged that in April of
last year h. received 5000 from Mrs.
Ado Acwburscr o. Is East Eighty
third hticet, to huy certain oil stock
for her and that he failed to give her
the stock. Judge Wadhams said the
courts would uphold the district attor-
ney in his cf6rts to clean up the
financial district
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
Driver Seized After
Chase Through Crowds
Accused of Recklessness and
Assault After knocking Over
MOtOrcyclist

After series Of accidents and an
exciting chase in which Fire Commits
sloncr Drenncn participated John Mel
lett, twcnty-seven years old. of 1872
flrst Avenue, was arrested last night
and locked up, charged with intoxica-
tlon, reckless driving and felonious as
sault. Mellett is a chauffeur employed
by Edward T. Jeffrey, broker, living
at the Biltmorc Hotel. He was using
Jeffrey's car.
Robert and Richard Frooks, twenty
eight and twenty-five years old, respec-
lively, were knocked from their motor
cycle as Mellett's car struck it while
crossing the William sburg Bridge. Rob
ert was taken to the Gouverncur Hos
pital with broken ribs and dislocated
mp. Richard was badly bruised and was
taken to the William sburg Hospital.
Motorcycle Policeman Frank Sadlo
estimated that Mellett was going at
forty miles an hour before he struck
the brothers, and says that he in
creased his speed after the accident.
The big red touring car used by the
nre commissioner was passing and
Sadlo jumped on the running board.
Commissioner Drennen instructed his
driver to catch Mellett's car.
Mellett sped through several streets
IN BROOKLYN before he ran into the curb
on South First Street. Before he could
recover the fire commissioners auto
mobile was alongside and Sadlo had
dragged HIM from the car.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
Allied Lands Getting
Back to Peace Basis
Swedish Minister Says Read
justment. Is Coming Fast
Sweden Expects to Go Dry

w. A. +. Ekengren, Swedish Minister
to Washington, who visited England
and France, arrived here yesterday from
Gothenburg on the steamship Stock
holm. Hhis travels, he said, convinced
him the victorious nations would get
back soon to pre-war basis
"The transition will require perhaps
more than. year." he said. "but the
complete change may come even quick
er. France is doing we'll now in the
toy and dye industries, which Germany
dominated before the war, and I be-
lieve France is going to branch out in
other directions"
Andrew Martinson, smoke room stew
ard on the Stockholm, said the pro
posed bone dry prohibition in the
United States is causing lot of atten-
ton and increased drinking in Sweden.
the people believing that if America
goes dry their turn may come soon.
I'VE are preparing gradually for pro-
hlbltlon," he said. 1--WE issue books
which permit a man to drink twelve
quarts of beer in day, and there is a
sliding scale for the drinking of
whiskey.
"The first quart costs 50, the second
50, the third So, and the fourth S12.
Usually by the time the purchaser has
consumed $26 worth of liquor he does
not care for any more. Several weeks
ago the beer was limited to 2.75 per
cent alcohol"
Baseball IS fast becoming popular
sport in Sweden, according to the nas-
sengers.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
Truck Driver Held
After Fig h t With
Mayors Bodyguard
Hylan Writes Enright That
Traffic Officer Should Be
Placed OH Duty at Grand
and Lafayette Streets

Mayor Hylan, in his automobile, was
witness yesterday morning of bat
tie between Benz Weinberg, a
husky young motor truck driver, and
the Mayors brother-in-law and body
guard, Irving O'Hara, and two other
policemen.
Detective O'Hara, who is nominally
a member of the bomb squad, had rep
rimanded Weinberg for driving his
truck zigzag though Lafayette Street.
Weinberg advised the detective to go
jump into the Hudson. O'Hara promptly
climbed to the truck drivers seat. The
truck veered to the curb and stopped
and Detective James Kenny, Of Head
quarters, joined the battle.
Weinberg, who was overcome with
the aid Of Patroman Miller, was not
wearing a license badge and was sum
moned to traffic court.
Mayor Hylan took the matter very
seriously and sent the following letter
to Commissioner Enright:
con my way to the City Hall this
morning at about 1880 as | turned into
Lafayette Street a motor truck was
travelling at a high rate Of speed going
south on Lafayette Street. The chauf-
feur crossed over intersecting streets,
where hundreds Of people were cross
ing on their way to work, without slow
ing down.
CAT my request, Officer O'Hara sig
nailed the chauffeur of the autotruck to
stop. When the officer called his at
tention to the high rate of speed at
which he was going and asked him for
his chauffeur's license he refused to
show it, used vile language and again
started his car across the street
through the crowd which was crossing
and had gathered at that point. He
was then placed under arrest.
There was no officer on duty ut that
time at Grand and Lafayette streets,
where thousands of people are COM
PEELED to cross the street on their way
to business. 1t would seem to me an Of.
ticer should be placed at such q busy
thoroughfare during the hours when
travel is so congested.
The appalling loss Of life due to the
refusal of chauffeurs of motor cars,
particularly of the commercial class,
to obey the ordinances and traffic rules
of this city, must be stopped.
Pay no attention to unjust criticism
levelled at your department by some of
the papers of this city in your attempt
to compel the enforcement Of these
laws. Saving the life of one human be-
ing will justify the most rigid enforce
ment OF the auto vehicle law"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
George J. Gould Is
Formally Removed
AS Estate Trustee
Will Make Appeal and
Fight Any Effort of Broth
erto Succeed Him, in Row
Over Jay Could's Will

The formal court order removing
George J. Gould as one of the trustees
OF the estate Of Jay Could was signed
Whitakef. decision one removiag U%ff "Gsvaid Goad
was handed down by Justice Whitaker
on June 80.
The fling, Of the order enables
George Gould to appeal the decision,
and at the offices OF Chadbourne, Bah
oltt & Wallace, his attorneys, It was
announced this would be done IN a
few days.
Jay Gould's vii! provided that il
any vacancy occurred among the trus-
tees after Frank Gould, who brought
the suit for his brothers removal. be-
come OF age the latter was TO fiji such
vacancy.
While George Gould's attorneys had
no statement to make on whether they
would make an effort to obtain a stay
CT Justice Whitaker's removing order,
pending the outcome of the appeal,
they pointed out that before Frank
Gould gan function as trustee, he must
qualify for that position before the
court.
Should he do this before the Gould
row, which was based on allegations
that George had caused the estate, a
loss of $25,000,00O, is definitely settled,
the latter's attorneys declared they
would oppose any effort he might
make at qualification as his brothers
successor.
Justice Whitaker's order declared:
"Ordered, that the said George j.
Gould be and hereby is removed from
the office of testamentary trustee
under the last will and testament and
codicils thereto of Jay Gould, de-
ceased;
'Ordered, that the said George J..
Gould be and hereby is restrained
from exercising any of the powers or
performing any of the functions or
duties of testamentary trustee under
the last will and testament and codici.s
thereto Of Jay Gould, deceased, and
from in any manner intermeddling
with the affairs of the trusts or trust
estate under the said last will"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
Sir Percy Sanderson
Is Dead in England
Former British Consul General
Here Had Filled Many
Official Posts

LONDON, July 14.-Sir Percy San
derson, British consul general at New
York from 1894 to 1907, died at his
home in Reading to-day.
ST. Percy Sanderson was born in
London on July z, 1912. After serving
for twcnty-one years in the Indian
army he entered the British consular
service. While consul general in New
York he received the Jubilee Medal.
and was made Knight Commander of
the Order of st. Michael and St.
George in 1899
Brave Percy Sanderson' was the
title he earned when he was only ff-
teen years old, when he boarded ship
whose crew had died of cholera, and
attempted to save the life of the one
man who had survived the plague
While consul general in New York
he gained reputation as a quiet but
pleasant entertainer and a successful
afterdinner speaker
Sir Percy was the British. member of
the international commission for the
control of navigation Of the Danube in
the seventies. For time he acted as
charge d'atfaires at Bucharest. where
he acquired al extensive knowledge
of the Balkan question. He was in
Rumania during that country's way
with Turkey.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
Rent Probers Join Forces
Inquiry Into Cost of Building
Materials to Come First

The Joint Legislative Committee and
the New York State Reconstruction
Commission will join forces in the
conduct Of hearings into the housing
situation, It was decided yesterday at
a conference between Senator Lock
wood, chairman of the Legislative Com
mittee, and Mrs. Henry Moscowitz, Sec
retary of the reconstruction body.
The first of these hearings will be
next week. They will be devoted chiefly
to an investigation into the costs. Of
building materials and attempts to re-
vamp the building code. Abram 1.
Elkus, chairman of the Reconstruction
Commission, will assist in the exami-
nation of witnesses.
A meeting of the housing commit
tee Of the Reconstruction Commission
with the advisory board will be held
next Thursday.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15

tral Trust Company, of New York, to
foreclose the first refunding gold
mortgage of the B. R. 7. and to enforce
a legal and equitable lien upon and
claim to, and to remove the cncum-
prances on and clouds upon the title
to real estate and personal property
lying partly within this federal dis
trlct and the Brooklyn district.
The first refunding gold mortgage
was made on July /, 1902, to secure an
issue of bonds aggregating s150,000,000,
due and payable July /, 2Oo2. Of these
bonds, which draw interest at 4 per
cent, 57,240,000 were issued. Under
and by virtue of the mortgage $29,-
$4,000 of the gold mortgage bonds
which had been converted into capital
stock of the b. r. T. have been surren-
dered and cancelled, leaving now $27,-
621 900 of them outstanding.
The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Com
pany has issued and outstanding capt
tai stock Of the par value of 5000, 900
and certificates of Indebtedness payable
on demand approximating 1892, ,173,
together with $1.627,00O Of first conso1-
idated bonds Of the Brooklyn City Rail-
road Company and $925,000 of the re-
funding mortgage bonds of the Brook
lyn City Railroad Company.
The Brooklyn, Queens & Suburban
Railroad Company is subject to funded
Indebtedness secured by outstanding
mortgages to trust companies.
The Coney Island & Brooklyn Rail
road Company is the owner and op-
crates certain street surface railroads
which are subject to funded indebted
ness secured by mortgages to trust
companies.
The complaint states that the Brook
lyn Heights Railroad Company, the
Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban
Railroad Company, the Nassau Electric
Railroad Company, and the Coney ISL
and & Brooklyn Railroad Company
have an aggregate expense estimated
at approximately $2,000,000, and also
to meet and pay, when due, taxes and
fixed charges.
Judge Garrison last night said:
Colonel Williams will remain with
the receiver, having charge, as now,
of the operation of the surface lines.
There will be no change in the man.
agement or operation of the roads"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
WILLIS GRANT MURRAY

Willis Grant Murray, journalist, me-
chanical engineer and designer, died
Yesterday at 215 West Tooth Street
He was born in South Bend, Ind, forty
nine years ago, his father being a
prominent newspaper publisher Of that
city When still young man he went
to San Francisco and became q jour
nalist and member of the Press Club OF
that city. Later he became associated
with an automobile concern as a de-
signer and at the outbreak of the war
became a designer Of aeroplanes. He
is survived by his wife. The body wao
taken to the Campbell Funeral Church
where funeral services will be held
this morning.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
Judge Mayer Extends Order
Following Suit of Trust
Company to Foreclose
Refunding Gold Mortgage
Williams Will Continue
Former Judge Now Controls
Surface Lines as Well
as Elevated and Subway

Judge Mayer Of the Federal District
Court yesterday extended the receiver
ship of ex-Judge Lindley M. Garrison,
who some months ago was placed in
charge of the elevated and subways of
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company,
so as to cover the four operating lines
which through leases practically con-
troll all B. R. T. surface lines in Brook
lyn.
The action yesterday is another step
in the foreclosure brought early in the
year by the Central Trust Company.
The operating lines now included in
the receivership are the Brooklyn
Heights Railroad Company, the
Brooklyn, Queens County and Subur-
ban Railroad Company, the Nassau
Electric Railroad Company, and the
Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad
Company
The suit was instituted by the Cea
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
JAMES BURKE

The funeral of James Burke, who
was widely known as an Irish patriot
will be held this morning from St.
Michaels Church in West Thirty-fourth
Street He died suddenly Thursday Of
cerebral hemorrhage at his home, 446
West Thirty-fourth Street, aged seven
ty-nine years. He was born in County
Roscommon, and came to this country
when young man after having spent
q short time in England While in
England he Joined the Fenian Brother
mood and continued active in its cir
Among the other Irish organizations
with which he was identified are the
Hamilton Rowan Club and the Clan
Ma Gael. He took an active part in
the preparations for the rescue of the
Fenians in Australia. 1t was mainly
through his efforts that the patriots
plot, In Calvary Cemetery was estab-
hshed: He is urvived by his widow.
Mrs. Rosa Burke, two grandchildren
and two grand
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
DEATHS

ASTEN-On July IL. Henrietta c.. beloved
wife OF Robert l.; Asten and mother of
from her late residence. 9l45 Amsterda ,,ia n n,
av. on Wednesday, July l6. at 10 a. m
Services on Tuesday at 8 p. m. Inter.
ment- Lutheran Cemetery.
BEACH-On July IA. 1918. Marion l.. Beach
widow of the late Hoffman Reach .nd
rson. at her late residence, 255 West lS0tb
ST. Notice of funeral hereafter
BIsBEE-on July -. 1919 Eugene S. Bis.
bee. aged a, after a lingering illness. a.
1903 st. Johns Place. Brooklyn N Y
Services private.
jsls o 5;s hon,o on Taursday Juy 10
James Burke beloved husband Of Ros.
$50 a. m, thence to St. Michaeps Church
Solemn requiem mass at 10 a. m. enter.
ment, Calvary Cemetery.
CUMMINGS Adelaide. Services THE rrY-
NERAL CHURCH. Broadway. 66{h st.
Drank E. Campbell). Wednesday, 3 D. m.
Auspices Actors Fund
DICKEY-On July 49, 1919 at her late
residence. $50 Ocean av.. Brooklyn, Kate
r., beloved wife of William D. Dickey
Funeral private.
ELLIOTT-John, in his 18th year at hi,
residence, 2405 Grand av, New York CITY.
Funeral from his late residence, Wednes.
day, p. M, July 16. Canadian papers
please copy.
FRICK-B Brethren of Park Lodge No. 51s
r. and A. M. are hereby summoned to Day
their last tribute of respect to our iate
brother, Charles r. Frck. who passed away
sunday. July l3. Masonic services will be
held at his late residence, Crestwood, N. Y,
tuesday evening. July 10. 3 80. Assemble
Grand Central Station, lower level, Track
IL. 70 .. M. East 125th st. station. 7:15
p. m. Fraternally,
SAMUEL r. HUSTON. Master.
B. LEIDNER. Secretary. :
FUCHS-Anita. on July -. Services THE
FUNERAL CHURCH. Broadway 66th st.
Frank E. CampbelD. Tuesday. ii a. m.
GLAsEL-Joseph. on July 1s. beloved father
OF OF Edna. Lillian and Irving Funeral
Tuesday at 10 A. NJ, from his late resi-
dence. 1880 Amsterdam av Interment
private.
HAlGHT-At Lebanon. Penn. July II, 1919.
Miss Mary Proudft Haight Interment at
Scranton, Penn.
HARING-At Piermont. N. Y. on Monday.
July IA, 1919. John c. Hariny. in his S6th
year. Funeral service from his late resi-
dence Wednesday. July 16. at p. m.
kOENIG - Leopold. husband Of the late
Hanche Koenig and beloved father Of
his late residence 6ls West 14ed st. Tues
day. July rs. 10 A. NJ.
klNG-Mary, on July 49, after lingering
illness. beloved widow Of the late Adolph
II. King. dearly beloved mother Of Her.
man. Mrs. Annie Silverstein Mrs Ed
ward II. Beck. Martin. Mrs. David Brown.
Mrs. n. Posner and Ray. Funeral from
her late residence. 81 West 18th St, Tues
day. July 15, at 10 a. m. =
KNOX-At Paterson. NJ j.. Sunday. July
l3. 1919. Josephine A. Knox. Funeral
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
Last HonOrs Paid
To the Memory of
DR.. Abraham jacob

Funeral services for Dr.. Abraham ia
cohi, known as "the dean of the med
icai profession" who died last Thurs
day at his summer home, on Lake
George. were held yesterday in the
auditorium of the New York Academy
Of Medicine. Among the 500 persons
who tiled past the bier were some of
the most widely known phyeicians and
surgeons in the United States.
The bcdy was carried to the acad-
emy after brief services had been held
at d.: Jacobl's former home, l9 East
Forty seventh Street The casket was
escorted by Dr.. Reginald H. Sayre,
ce-president OF the New York Acad-
elny of Medicine; Major George Haven
Putnam, George McAneny, Mrs. Nc
Areny--daughter of DR.. Jacobi--and
Miss Laura Jacob, niece of the physi-
ciar.
~. Sayre, who delivered the funeral
address, said in part:
A great light in the medical profes-
sion has gone out. Abraham Jacob is
dead. but his influence still lives and
viii be felt as long as children con-
tinue >be born and require medical
care.
Cast off by the country of his birth.
he came to this country with nothing
put ms inherent ability, and, start
ing at the bottom of the ladder, re-
celved every honor which the medical
profession could bestow.
DIR. Jacobs learning was founded
on solid substratum of common sense.
He never allowed himself to be led
astray by the fashionable medical nov
city OF the hour. He felt that physi-
clan should do more than heal the
sick. He should prevent them from
becoming sick. His voice was heard
whenever he felt the city or country
was in danger Few doctors since the
time Of Benjamin Rush have had the
influence in directing the thought Of
the country that was exercised by DR..
Jacobi"
Among those who attended the fu-
neral were DR.. A. A. Berg, Dr. F. S.
Mandlebaum, DR.. Abraham L. Good
man, DR.. Jacobs assistant; DR.. Emil
Mayer: Dr. Frederick Kammerer, DIR.
NJ. E; Brill, DR.. A. G. Gerster, DR.. Rob-
William L.; Stowell, DR.. Philip Van
lngen, DR.. S. S. Goldwater DR.. Charles
{. Nammack, DR.. Royal S. Copeland,
Dr.. Thomas L. Stedman, DR.. S. w.
Lambert, Dr.. Charles II. Peck, presi-
dent Of the Medical Society of the
County of New York; DR.. Lewis A.
Conner, DR.. Alex Lambert, DR.. A. A.
Epstein, DR.. Asa B. Davis, DR.. Floyd
NJ. Cranfall. secretary of the Medical
Society of the State Of New York; Dr..
Walter M. Brckner, DR.. Jerome K.
Leonard. DR.. D. Bryson Delavan, DR..
Don A. Bovaird, DR.. William X. Draper.
Dr.. j. A. Miller, Dr. John w Bran
nan, Dr.. Willy Meyer, DIR. W. T. Lonz-
cope, DR.. Charles Goodman. Dr. Carlos
MacDonald Dr.. Robert Lewis, DR.. II.
A. Haubold, DR.. c. Jaeger, Dir. Wolff
treudentbal. DR.. Eli Moschcowitz. Dr.
Alexis Moschcowitz and DR.. S. A. Kno+.
lnterment was in Greenwood.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
Federal Pay Checks
Due To-day Delayed
Failure to Pass Bill in Congress-
Will Hit All but Small
Salaries

The bi-weekly pay of Federal en-
ployes, which was due to-day. cannot
be given to them owing to the failure
OF Congress to pass the sundry civil
service appropriation bill last week.
Most of the small salaried employees at
the Custom House, however. will draw
their pay from an emergency fund
which Collector Byron Il. Newton
created for such an emergency.
Although the temporary needs of
the lower paid members of his force
would thus be met. Collector Newton
said that Federal salaries had not been
increased as the buying power of the
dollar diminished and there was need
for new wage scale. Many positions,
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
MARRIAGES

GRAEF- RUHL-Mrs. A. Ruhl. $50 Eas,
i64th ST.. announces the marriage of he,
cauehter. Char'otte Anne. to Dr. Charlc:
July II. 1919.
HECHT-HERTZ-Mrs. Esther i. Hert,
announces the marriage of her daughter
Lillian. to DR.. Samuel Hecht, on Sunday
July 13.
LAURIE-FRASER- Saturday, July II
at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Brook
lyn Heights, by the Rev. Robert B. B
foote, assisted by the Rev. l.. A. Cooper
Ellis Frances Elizabeth, daughter of til,
late Alfred and Mary Fraser. to Mr.. Arch
loald Laurie x. c.. of Quebec, Canada
THOR-BUCHENBERGER - On SATURDAY,
July II, by the Rev. Charles Ross Ethe
L.; daughter OF Mr.: and Mrs. F. G. Buch
eenberger, of 1855 Halsey ST., Brooklyn, te
Nils G. Thor. Of Passaic Park. N. j.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15

he said, were paying the same wages
paid thirty-fve years ago, when they
were established.
Most Of the sixteen watchmen get
only s15 week and have to hold down
The Customs Intelligence Bureau, en-
ploying $50 men, had to be discon
tinued, said the Collector, for lack OF
funds, although the necessity for it
was as great as ever
"The government wage scale has
changed only slightly in the last thirty
years." he said: Congress refused to
pass our recent estimate of $1,300,000
which was absolutely necessary to give
the men living wage. Last year men
drawing a salary below $500 year
were given $140 extra, and this year
the amount was increased to $240."
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
OBITUARY NOTES

OTTlLIE PECH. ffty-nine, died Saturday
at me Wartburg Home. She was a member
Of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
FREDERICK WAGNER. fortv-n;ne .un.r
intendent of the courthouse at Newark. N J.
terday. 'e"
JOHN j. CAULLET. thirry-nine. a re.
estate operator of Orange. N. D., is dead
DAVID MEsKILL, ninety-one, a veteran
OF the Civil War. died Sunday at the Home
for Disabled Soldiers. Kearny N. J.
FRED R. JOHNSON. sixtv.one ror ..v.n
years telegrapher with THE Evening Sun. .
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
REV. MICHAEL, J. MULHERN

The Rev. Michael ]. Mulhern, sixty
four, pastor of st. Angela-Merici
Roman Catholic Church, at Morris
Avenue and l63d Street, The Bronx,
died yesterday. He was a classmate of
the late Bishop Cusack, at St. Francis
College, from which he was graduated
in 1880. For several years he was .
priest at St. Patrick's Cathedral. A
solemn requiem high mass will be
celebrated at St. Angela -Merici to-mo--
row morning
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
MRS. KATE r. DICKEY

Mrs. Kate R. Dickey, seventy-fve,
wife of William D. Dickey, formerly
Justice of the Supreme Court, died Sun
day at $50 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn.
She WAS member Of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union and tho
was awarded the Congressional Medal
of Honor for distinguished service in
the Civil War.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-15
Two Killed in Train Crash

NEW HAVEN. Conn.,, July 14.--Two
men were killed and twelve injured.
one seriously, when work train of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad backed into four standing
freight cars on siding near the
Montowese NJ station, on the Airline
Division of the road The dead and in.
Jured were part of working crew en-
gagged in repair work The. injured
were taken to the New Haven Hospital.