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New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
Severed Human Ear Crews0nne
Christmas Offering to Convict

OsslNING, n. Y, Dec. GA human
ear, brought by woman to an nmat
ot sing Sing in Christmas package
has started search which has bee,
'aken up in New York City AMI ma
created sensation among pris, l..
authorities here.
Vincenzo Valinoti, of New York, is
the prisoner for whom it is assertec
the ear was intended. Physicians who
have examined the grcwsome Offering
have pronounced it to be tho car O.
a young person either young womsf
or boy. Why it was brought to the
PRISON among the packages received
there for the convlcta on Christmas
day Is mystery which it il hoped an
stigation may clear up. One thcor5
IS that some one on the outside who
had been responsible for the plight OF
Val.noti has been gent over the 1ong
trail" and the ear WAS forwarded as
evidence that vengeance had been &C
complshed. Whatever Is behind the
strange occurrence IL being investi.
gated by the New York police and the
District Attorneys Office, and last nigh,
quick returns were promised.
Valinoti might have received his gif,
and none would have been the wiser
according to the statement Of prison
employees ut Sing Sing last night, has
IL not been for the duickness OF james
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
Two Officials
OF Nassau Deny
Protecting Vice
McWhinney and Doughty,
as Own Witnesses, Say
Fleischer Testified Falsely
of Alleged Bribe Offers
Trial May End To-day
Summing Up Speeches Ex-
peeted to Begin in Time
for Jury to Get Case

Assemblyman Thomas A. McWhinney
and Supervisor c. Wilbur Doughty, two
of the three Nassau County officials on
trial at Mineola on charges Of con-
spiracy, testified yesterday in their own
defense.
They vigorously denied statements
made by John S. Fleischer, principal
witness for the state, to the effect that
they had given protection to gambling
institutions which hourished in the
county The third defendant is Sheriff
Charles ". Smith. 1t is expected that
the summing up speeches will be made
to the jury late this afternoon.
District Attorney Weeks questioned
McWhinney regarding an alleged con-
versation that the after mad with
Fleischer. and during which he is al
legged to have offered Fleischer, who is
associate secretary of the Nassau Coun-
ty Association, $4,000 to clay off" the
Nassau County gambling ring.
Denies Offering a Bribe
The witness said he did not remem-
Der any such conversation, and de-
clared he had never offered bribe to
suppress news regarding the activity
Of the gamblers.
On cross-examination McWhinney
said that he did not actually know that
gambling dives had existed in the
county, saying that he had only heard
rumors of them. He denied that he
had ever conferred with Josenh Cas-
sidy, former Queens leader; Doughty
or Sheriff Smith on measures of pro
lection for gamblers.
Several character witnesses testified
for McWhinney and Doughty. They
included Judge Norman S. Dixie, Rep
rescntative John McCrate and Waite,
II. Jaycox. William e. Luyster, count,
treasurer and former sheriff, testified
that he would not believe Fleischer or
oath.
Knew of Gambling Tlaces
Doughty denied that he had eve7
given tips to gambling house pro
prietors of impending raids. He sale
that he had known that gambling
institutions were being operated anC
that two Of them were Busteed's anC
Gideon's. In June, 1919, he said ha
he talked with Sheriff Smith regard
ing the launching of an anti-gam
bling crusade.
He said that at that time Dstric
Attorney Weeks asked him why h
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
Autopsy Fails to Solve
McCuinness Mystery

An autopsy was performed at Jersey
City yesterday On the body Of James
f. McGuinness, prohibition officer, who
was found shot dead at Bayonne Fri
day. 1t was found that the bullet
which had passed through McGuin-
ness's head was "larger than So
caliber." A 3S caliber revolver was
found in McGuinness's hand at the
time the body was discovered half sub
merged in the water of Newark Bay.
The local authorities have claimed
that McGunness shot himself. Will
lam j. Flynn, chief Of the United
States Secret Service, is investigating
the report that the agents death was
due to foul playa theory which IS
held by Joseph p. Tumulty, cousin OF
McGuinness by marriage.
Mr. Tumulty sent a telegram to the
chief of police of Jersey City telling
him that the Department of Justice
would cooperate in the case and that
McGuinness's home life was such that
the theory of suicide was untenable.
The coroner's verdict in the case Is
waiting on the government investiga-
ton.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28

Kelly, keeper, who had charge OF the
,ackagc distribution, whose suspicious
ere aroused by the prisoners queer
ctons. Valnoti was so soicitous re
,arding a Christmas package that
Aolly kept close watch. When wom-
II, said to be a relative Of the prisoner,
rought in a package addressed to
|alinoti on Christmas Day Kelly
,pened it and found the ear. All pack
lges for the convicts sre subject to in
pection. but the gift might have
dipped past had it not been for Kelly's s
;xtra vigilance.
The package. which also contained
some ordinary gifts, according to the
tory current at Sing Sing. was tied
ip again, and passed on to the prison
r, who was thus left in ignorance con-
;ernng the ear
DR.. Amos O. Squire, head physician
vt the prison. and his assistant, Dr.
Alexander Kossef, examined the car.
Valinoti is thirty years old and for
merly lived ut 103 Thompson Street
nc was. a bartender and was arrested
by Detective Mike Fiaschetti and
charged with completely in the murde,
OF Jerry Aveta, who was killed Scptem.
ber s, 1919. valinoti was convicted ir
General Sessions early this year ant
was sentenced to fifteen years for man
slaughter. ''
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
100000 Mailed
From ". Y. Stolen
In Havana Office
Speyer & Co. Made Ship
ment to Electrical Firm
in Cuban Capital; Three
Suspects Under Arrest

A shipment of 100000 worth of
Federal bank notes, for which the bank
ing firm of Speyer & Co., 27 Pine
Street, acted as brokers, was stolen
from mail sacks in the postoffce at
Havana, Cuba, six week ago, it was
admitted yesterday at the Office Of the
consignees.
1t was announced Il 1t the theft was
but one of many wlich took place
lfter the arrival of American mail at
Havana six weeks ago A number Of
mail sacks were ripped open, it was
said, and the shipment. of notes and
other registered mail was stolen
in the postoffice itself or on the way
from the steamship pier in Cuba could
not be learned.
The money which was stolen was a
part payment of a brokerage transac-
tion between Speyer & Co. and Cuban
firm. A check on the Cuban firm was
cashed here and the money was placed
in bags and sent to Cuba by registered
mail. The three steamship lines hold
ing United States mail contracts to
carry mail to Cuba yesterday denied
all knowledge of the shipment
A week after mailing the shipment
|
Speyer & Co. of the theft and re-
quested serial numbers Of the stolen
bank notes.
A request for information from the
postal inspectors Office at the Penn
| sylvania Station regarding the theft
was met with the announcement that
it was committed in Cuba and entirely
outside the jurisdiction of the New
York postoflice.
Henry Littman, Assistant Supcrin
tendant of Registry at the main Post
office, said that his department had alb
solutely no knowledge concerning tn,
robbery. He said the investigation
would have to be conducted by Cubal
officials.
AS the Postofiice Department pay
only $50 indemnity on registered mail
notwithstanding how great the los
might be, this is all the losers will re
ceive, it is said.
No information could be obtained
in regard to progress toward solving
The mail robbery in Cuba. The state
ment that four men had been arrested
after the theft could not be confirmed
1t was generally admitted here tha
the ripping open Of the mail bags wa,
an "inside job"
HAVANA, Dec. 27.-The package con
tanning 100000 in bills alleged to hav,
bcen stolen in the postotiice here wa
consigned to Frank Steinnart, genera
manager Of the Havana Electric Rail
way Company. The money was in
tended for use in meeting the com
/ p4ny 8 payrolls. Three postoce EN-
ployes have been arrested on a charg
, f completely in the alleged theft, bu
DO trace of the missing package ha
been found
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
100000 Loss
In Blaze Set
By Arson Ring g
Business Building Destroyed
and Firebugs Are Seen
Leaving School Structure
in Uniontown by Trainmen
Three Escape in Chase
Tncendiary Pleads Guilty
to Thirteen Charges and
Blames Insanity for Acts
Special Dispatch to The Tribune


UNTONTOWN, Pa, Dec 27.-Destruc-
ton Of a business building, with an
estimated loss of S150,000 to $200,000;
an attempt to set fire to a school build
ing and the arraignment of Albert
Smith, confessed firebug, were the
developments in the arson ring stu
alton in Uniontown to-day.
The fire occurred early to-day in &
building in East Main Street. William
Pantelos, proprietor of one Of The busi-
ness establishments in the building,
was arrested and released on his own
recognfzance The arrest was made by
the Deputy 'State Fire Marshal, who is
investigating the work Of the arson
ring in this section.
At the first alarm of fire the street
was filled with people, rendered ncr-
vious b recent ncendiary fires. and q
close watch was kept by the police on
members of the crowd. This was the
fourth time fire had been discovered
in the building.
At about the time this fire was
burning a Pennsylvania train passed
close to the Lebanon Avenue school,
and members of the crew saw three
men trying to enter the building. The
train was stopped, and the railroad men
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28

didn't tell the gamblers to close nm
and that on the same day he toIt; tIt;
bustesd ,s and Gideon that if they didn't
quit they would get into trouble.
Doughty testified that he ua.
Fleischer on the jamaica Turnn;k.aa .aes =
short time before the trial started srs =
accused Fleischer of giving inform.o n"o
ton to the county investigators aga;ra.
McWhinney and himself. FleIschsr
denied, he said, that he had done sa
saying ne mad described only genera
IF you think l testified against vo0
I will get out Of the counts" Dousht,.
said Fleischer told him. "'s
you can't testify to anythinv +h..
would hurt me,' Doughty quotsd is h;s
own reply. "'S
Doughty said that the money ha r.
on horses in one season amounted tn
between S400 and $500. He adm;t.sS -
that he had signed r petition in fayo1 sseS
Of Joe Cassidy after Cassidy had hssn
indicted in connection with the pam
bling investigation.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28

made dash for the building. The sus-
poets saw them and fed dropping a
bundle Of oi-soaked waste.
Smith pleaded guilty TO thirteen
charges of arson and felonious arson,
when arraigned before Alderman Mich
ael. He was held for criminal court
action tomorrow, when the court is
expected to determine whether he will
be sent to an asylum for the criminal
insane or to the penitentiary. His
father, Reuben Smith, a realty opcr-
ator OF Fairhope, was he'd as a mater
ial witness.
Young Smith said he was insane,
when he was asked why he started the
fires. He denied that any one helped
nlm or told him to commit the crimes.
He said he never feared arrest while
engaged in his incendiary operations.
but said he was afraid Of the people
IN Fayette City should they get hold
of him
Citizens Of jefferson, Washington
and Perry townships, which have suf-
fered severely from the depredations
Of the arson ring and the majority of
whom doubt that young Smith is re-
spQpsible for the most destructive
fires, held an indignation meeting last
night and adopted rcsoiutions.~ con
ueW!lng Cne county detectlve forces
and the District Attorney for their
inefficient methods in fcrreting out
the fire rat"
1t was further declared that un-
less Something is done quickly, we
will adopt our own measures in deal
ing with the arson ring"
AS a result of the incendiary fire
which destroyed the Johnston school
in Wilk burg, Sunday, guards are
being placed on all public school build
;rgs in the city of Pittsburgh.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28

Ayers, printer, who gave his address
as 25l East Seventy-fifth Street and his
place Of employment as The City Rec
ord, volunteered the story of how he
witnessed the shooting. Investigation
by the police yesterday indicated that
Ayers had given fictitious address. 1t
also was found that he was not en-
ployed by The City Record. detectives
from the Mercer Street station and AS
sistant District Attorney Hennis's office
reported. Mr.. Hennis, who is in charge
of the case for the prosecutor, was anx-
lows to get the story first hand
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
10 to 20 Year Maximum
Terms Ciuen 4 Robbers
Judge RosaIsky Says Shouting
Leniency to HoM-Up Men
You'd Threaten Rreakdo,rn

In imposing maximum sentences of
from ten to twenty years upon four
hold-up men yesterday Judge Otto A.
Rosalsky, of General Sessions. told the
prisoners: "The court wants to say
hat 1T believes the punishment pre-
vided By law for these crimes made
quatc"
Judge Rosalsky said the State Board
II Control should cooperate with those
charged with administration of the
eriminai law, and defendants convicted
ol SUCH crimes should not be turned
loose upon the community at the com
plet,cn Of the minimum sentence. be-
slees which the convict gets the benefit
81 1T least four months OIL each year.
ire punishment does not G.. the
crime" he said.
ne mea sentenced we're William
Aarsteln, eighteen years old, Of 10
s-ast 1894 Street. who with two others
seld mp Samuel Crane, d larndryinan,
ef 76 East l04th Street. lie pleaded
Hulity. HIS attorney made a strong
p.ea for leniency, but judge Rosalsk,
pointed out that mos. of the reccn;
crimes have been committed by young
mec and also that kasstein way under
parc.e at the time.
"" c ca"not be iooyed By sympathy
been, Sc Of the goath Of this defend.
art said the court III we carr,
lene-cy 100 far society will disinte.
1s * re hed MS crance. tut b. did
not iee ~ - tax advantage of it,"
JoSs ph Port. II ;72 First tycnpe. and
ASad Ganin, who wed AT the Chatham
: square Lodging House, pleaded guilty
o holding ID Adel Sackei on Novcmber
70 IN tire hallwAy Of his home, 2os
FIFTH Street.
he fourth defendant vas John Ba.
'aglio. t~enty-four, If l3e Cherry
Street, convicted of frat degree rob,
bery FOR holding up vine dealer q,
31s'h Street and Second Avenue on
Septe mber 27.
Judge chasles r. Nots jr.. Of Cen
fyal SeHslons. sentenced Jamez Curry
,hir.y-nlne years old, Of 45s Pear
strcet. % eighteea yesrs in Sing Sing
de was convicted of sobbsry. grand lar
eeny AID assault, al in the first degree
Out~of-town persons coming 20 New
fork usually read The TyjDune. AdveY
Slsr INT Furnished Room 70 Let. Fhcn.
EffA;5&G s3te-- A1ss
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
BlOodhounds and Posse
Surround Negro Slayer
Early Capture Expected Of Man
Who Killed Arkansas Plant
er and Daughter

OSCEOLA, Ark, Dec. 27.--Charley
Giles, negro who shot and killed O..
7. Craig, a planter, and Mr.. Craig's
daughter, Mrs. May Belle Williamson,
at w ;-son, Ark, Christmas Day, to-
night was believed to be surrounded by
a posse about ni.-e miles from here
and his capture was expected momen-
tarily.
More than 100 men were in the party
pursuing Giles, which had with it a
pack of bloodhounds. According to a
report from Driver, Ark, the negro,
formerly farmland on the Craig
plantation, was hiding in Young's Lake,
a basin from which the water has been
drained. Sheriff I. B. Blackwood, of
Mississippi County, headed the posse,
but despite his presence authorities
said it was feared the negro would be
lynched if captured. He is said to
be armed with shotgun and other
weapons.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
fairly well-to-do and held in high es-

fairly well-to-do and held in high es-
TEEN.
Its great mistake, mainly my mis-
take" Mrs. Ruickholdt told a reporter
at the court. II am waiting for my hus-
band, DR.. Charles r. Ruickholdt, to ar
rive from Washington and bail me.
have been in New York since last Tues
day. My husband was with me. We
stopped at several places"
The defendant says she is the victim
of man with hypnotic eyes and that
she will have some startling disclosures
to make when her case comes to trial
In her cell she wore fur hat which
Mr.. Langan identified as part of the
outfit she had obtained at his shop ir
the Commodore Hotel. Taking it off
sne easkeu HIM II he wanted It back
Yes" said Mr.. Langan. well, here il
is," she replied as ne handed II to ths
claimant. She declined to take back
The old clothes she had lett IN the
dressing room of Langan's place.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
Sailor and $4,000 Gone

BALTIMORE, Dec. 27.-A general
alarm was sounded in police and naval
circles here tonight for the arrest of
II. W. J. Meyers, twenty years old,
mcmber of the crew Of the United
States destroyer Satterlce, alleged to
have abscounded from the Norfolk
navy yard at 4:30 p. m. with $4,000.
The money was delivered to the Nor
folk navy yard from United States
subtreasury by the American Railway
Express Company. The package, the
police believe, came into possession
bv Meyers while he was performing his
duties us n clerk
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
Fake Concert Nets $4,000
Ticket Buyers Go to Theater
Find No Band There

A blond young man VINO said he rep.
resented Pryor's Band. and who WORKED
for q concert so enthusiastically that
$4,000 worth of tickets for the Palace
Thoater, White Plains, Saturday night
were sold, is being sought by the mu
scaly inclined of the Westcnestel
suburb.
The young man departed with the
$4,000, and theXe was no concert. fol-
the reason, it has sir.ce been learned
that the young nan had no real con
nection with the Pryor institution
Tie owners Of tie theater explained
that they have nothing to do with tn,
performances there, merely renting tn,
playhouse.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
Hired Cunmen TO Greet
Bandits at Store Doors

TULSA, Okla, Dec. 27.-After
series of daring robberies here,
Police Commissioner J. M. Adkin-
son to-day advised merchants to
station armed guards at the en-
frances of their stores and shoot
down men who attempted to rob
them.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
Saloonkeeper Kills Himself
On Learning of Fathers De.,.,

Andrew Baro, saloonkeeper at 1000
First Avenue, received letter yesters
day morning telling of the death of bis
father and of deathbed inquiries of the
elder Bare regarding his son in Amer.
ica.
While his sister-in-law was resd;n4
the missive Baro stepped ont of ~
front room of his apartment and COW
to his bedroom shot himself in ~
head with revolver, dying instantly
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
Save 1t With
Knickerbocker Ice
Cheese

The next time you order g..
ectable cream cheese to stu.
celery or to serve wl1h Bar g..
Duo, watch the grocer, ans
you'll see him take the chses
from his ''even-sernpe red" ics
nox. When cheese is delivered
at youi home sec that it is pu
II once into your knickerbocke
tce-chilled refrigerator. Thi.
IS the treatment pure cre.u
cheese deserves.
fme&erbofke, ice, pure Itself, keeb, ai
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
HARTMAN NATIONAL BANK
Fifth Avenue and 44tf Street
NEW YORK
Wanted-A Leader
Do the times produce the man?

DO the times produce the man?
What the world needs to-day and has needed for
some time past is leader. The public when it cor
responds to the term crowd thinks erraticay and un-
certainly, and its actions correspond 1t is easily in
Hueneed to wrong thinking but less easily in
Huenced to right thinking
The present business depression, now of too long
duration has not developed leader the type used
to know, whose utterance in times distress never
failed to the tide
Have ]. P. Morgan? Have we Fred
Happen? Have we J. Edward Simmons ?-ainong
the bankers. Where is there Howard Frothngham
to act for the money lenders? William Sherer to
interpret the bank statement? A J. J. Hill? John T.
Mitchell of Chicago is the only one left of the old
timers. and we hear from him infrequently
Things to-day allowed largely to drift each
TOR himselt-we will not complete the quotation 1t
was not so IN the old days. Has there been single
organized constructive effort the part of men whose
words would carry weight? The Hartman National
Bank is gravely led to inquire Have we such mem"
We have heard much in recent years of the pro-
gressve younger generation Is this the time to
test their right of succession? Progressive they NAV be-
but their fathers not unprogressive while Still;
regarded rightly conservative men How things
have changed in this country in generation!
Wanted-a leader!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15
Brand-New Dark Blue
SERGE Dresses for Girls

$40 for simple little dress with pleated skirt and
raght bodice trimmed with embroidery in bright colors
1t has round neck and short sleeves.
$40 for another style with pleated skirt of blue
latin and serge blouse with square neck and just enough
tade green embroidery for prettiness.
$2s75 for smart little frock also with pleated skirt
nd embroidered blouseand pleated fr of the serge
|round the neck and sleeves.
$2S75 for the last frock which is also peated skirt
ne, with Eton-ke jacket which opens over rose
annel vest has two rows of tiny silver buttons down
khe front and is finished off with gay sash of Roman
blk.
to Ia year sizes.
(Sccond Floor. Chestnu)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15
After All There's Nothing Like a
Parisienne Corset

woman may look far and wide, but she will not
mo any finer corset in this country, and women who
wear these corsets know this well.
Among the newest models for Fall and Winter is
+ne IN plain pink toutl, very low top, $1l.5O.
another of fancy pink satn-fnished material,
'mmed with peated net and ribbon, $l3.
Hnd beautiful topless model of fancy pink batiste,
shty higher, with gore in back and long skirt $1725.
tThird Floor Chestnut)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15
Sleeping Comfort for the Baby

Even II the baby sleeps outdoors he'll be quite COM
Of4oe and cozy in of the and pretty sleeping
asS They are of soft, eiderdown, in white with
|nk or blue binding, and are So.
pkets p,ankets with nursery figures are $1.50 to $1.S5
,1n rmk or blue figured sleeping bags are $375.
e" "hte blankets with pink blue stripes, $475 to
'"V' according to size and quality. ....
sats (Third Floor. Chsstnut) ~ q 49,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15
Switzerland Sends Charming New
Sports Scarfs

They artificial silk, very brilliant in good size
fhd weight
At $780, dropsttch in pink, cerise, turquoise,
Puf' corn, dark brown lavender, purple, sky, navy,
|Vhite, black green and henna.
At Sl2, white with contrasting stripes in lavender,
purple pink cerise, wine, black, royal blue, sky tr-
Ruoise, henna green and brown.
(First Floor, Marke)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15
Women's New
Sports Suits
Permit Many Fashions
md EnhricS 49,
and FdbricS

In other words it is getting away from the
|cut-and-dried idea of sports suit and making
h garment becoming to every woman, for in
these days there are precious few women who
don't wear sports suit.
Some coats plain, others box-pleated or with in
verted peats. Some plain above the belt and have
Inverted peats below it, Tiny buttons in rows edge the
,eams in certain The newest wool jerseys have
tuxedo collars of brushed wool, making very pretty
|fnish or even Australian opossun collars
And, in materials, one. may choose tweeds and mix
lures wool Jersey the softest velour checks in delight
fl coors Prices begin as low S35 and go to $3.50
(First Floor, CentraD r.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15
Women's New Plaid Skirts Give
the Striped Effect

Something in the rleatng is responsible and it is so
Fleverly done that it is really beautiful.
Women who have seen these skirts say that they
the prettiest they saw, and many being sold
days Blue with tan and black with white are the
avorte combinations Of coors, but there are several
Pthers. $25 to $35 are the prices.
(FIrst Floor, CentraD