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New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

h2d neither carried out his part of the
understanding nor paid the $15O,0C0
Judgment. Harrison is now in Cuba.
Questioned as to whether her daughter
know Elwel. she said that Elwell had
never spoken to her daughter, though
some one had pointed out Elwell to
her at thg Saratoga racccourse and she
has enthused over his appearance. The
mother added that the former Mrs
Davies is now engaged to New York
millionaire clubman.
The only connection between the Ell
we'll case and the Davies Harrison case
seemed to be the possibility that the
former movie actress had known Ell
well. Elwell was killed by a shot from
a 45-caliber pistol, and the cartridge,
thrown from the weapon to the floor,
was said to have been marked "U. S.
Army. 1917 The fact that the shell
was found upon the floor and the pis-
tol had disappeared with the slayer
forms the simple deduction that the
weapon was an automatic which might
have been used in the A. E. F. and which
still contained the cartridges disbursed
by the army for these weapons The
former Mrs. Davies was questioned per-
sonally by the Assistant District At
torney early yesterday evening. She
was accompanied by her mother
Speaking to newspaper men, she de-
clared Indignantly: 81 want YOU to
understand that I never knew Elwell.
The only time | ever saw him was at
Saratoga when he was pointed out to
me as the bridge king.
Walter Elweli, the only brother of
the dead man, disclosed to the authori-
ties yesterday that Joseph Elwel had
never carried any insurance. In pre-
raring to liouidatc his brothers af-
fairs he said that Joseph not only
entieth Street residence but chad
lot more elsewhere which we expect to
gain possession of very soon"
Cherry Praises Elwell
starring in scanSda" '"e at the 4us0S shubert bert
Theater, told the Tribune yesterday
that he had known Joseph B. Elwell
as "one Of the gang and a good fell
low in 1916. Cherry said he had
often been a member of Elwoll's par
ties at Elwell's house at Long Beach
and at that time knew virtually all OF
tAe "Bridge Kings" friends, both men
and women.
"E!well had peculiar magnetism
which seemd TO draw friends,' said
Cherry. I'VE all liked him and in
addition had a great deal Of respect
past four years Elwell's friends have
been another set which have not
known. Since 1916 I have seen him
only occasionally at the whist club"
Asked if he had knowledge of any
of Elwcll's young women friends of
more recent date. the actor said he
knew none of them.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

trail leading to Lexington, KY, where
Fiwell is said to have aroused the ire
of the family of a girl named Annie,
is good one. The girls name was
obtained from letter found in Ell
wells effects, telling of their relations.
The letter was received a few days be-
fore the death day.
The theory that The father or brother
OF the girl came North to avenge her
is given credence in connection with
several other circumstances surround
ing this angle of the crime A report
is being investigated that some one
was making frantic efforts to reach
Elwell on the morning of the crime,
possibly 10 put him on his guard.
Then the police are looking for two
girls who were said to have seen
man and girl leave Elwell's apart
ment shortly after Mrs Larsen had
called in the police The girls, one
of whom was on her way to work and
the other to school, followed the po
liccman and Mrs. Larsen back to the
house. While standing there they say
they saw the policeman come out OF
the house and go into another two
doors away to use telephone.
Soon after a well-dresscd, elderly
say, and young girl who was stand
ing few doors away toward Broad
way called out: Come on, pop The
elderly man, say the girls, had hand
kerchief around one of his hands.
Story Meets Denial
The story that Elwell was forced to
flee kentucky because OF any threats
is denied, however, by Andrew p.
soeller, Eiwell's betting commissioned
and stable agent. His only reason for
leaving the Blue Grass State, sail
Socller, was TO be in the East in an
ticipation of being at the tracks when
his horses ran.
Lloyd Gentry, trainer of the Elwel
horses at the Latonia race track, is re-
ported in dispatches from Cincinnati to
have said that ne was unable to shed
any light on the mystery surrounding
his employers death. 1t is understood
that detectives are on the way to ques-
tion him about certain statements ap
pearing in letter Gentry wrote Ell
we'll, in which he said that Elwel's
horses were we'll liked in Kentucky
by every one except certain trainer
and his crowd
Dispatches from Lexington, KY, set
forth that Elwell had several engage
ments with a woman there during the
race meeting and also attended din
ner party with her the night of May 7.
He checked out of the Phoenix Hotel
the next day, leaving in great haste
and failing to pay his hotel bill,
Early in the afternoon Mr.. Swami
announced that he had information
tending to show that Elwell had made
two telephone calls, one at 4:39 a. n.
and the other at 6:09 a. m on the
morning Of his death. 1t later de-
veloped that these two phone calls
were made during the afternoon Of the
same day in the presence Of the police
The first message, he said, was sent
out at 4:30 p. m. by William Barnes,
secretary and valet to Elwell, to
William H. Pendleton, at Lawrence
L. l.. at the request of the older M
Elwell. The other message was sent
personally by Elwell's father at $50
p. m. to his other son, Walter, whose
phone number is Hampstead 81, party
j. The son was not in ana Mr.. Elwell
apprised his daughter-in-ls.w of the
murder. Pendleton was known 10 be
a close friend of the dead man.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

times convicted. On July %, 1911, :.
got one year and $500 fine; ON ~ a'
cember is, 1912, the sentence was ~
to four years and six months. and os
August 30, 1916, three years and sjn vi
months. All the charges were Graz
larceny. e'".'a
Il consider the arrest of Bolana :.
the utmost Importance the pintes.'oa "
declared. The letter box forre. 'oa .;
PARTICULARLY a menace, because !, :
difficult TO catch him. He makes .ss rs
presenter go into the bank with .hs hss
check and splits the proceeds for sis ssas
work with the acids and pen. Bn, MS MS
have, have B9land now' and believe ths. hat
means a,,ns. the nralns Of the ring is gone
City police, and Detectives Cbsr1ess
Kane, William Riley aud Charles pas as
rett, Of this city, assisted the Pinta.
tons in making the arrest.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

Italian had business about the house.
Rowan, said Mrs. Larsen, at one time
had Il key TO the house, but after the
place had been robbed several months
ago the lock was changed and Bowan' S
key taken from him. Joe, she said,
could only gain entrance TO the house
while she was there.
In connection with the latter. Mrs.
Larsen was somewhat puzzled with his
movements on the morning OF the mur-
der. Joe used TO get around soon after
her arrival each morning and wash the
pavement and stoop in front OF the
house. She noticed that particular
morning that the steps were wet, as
though they had already been washed,
and she assumed that Joe had finished
his work before her arrival.
Mrs. Larsen Evasive
When questioned by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Dooling as to where he
could have obtained water to do the
washing Mrs. Larsen shrugged her
shoulders, saving that she knew very
little Of Joe not even where he lived.
SAe has seen him once or twice about
the place since the murder.
In describing her discovery of the
body Mrs. Larsen says that she noticed
something strange as she entered the
house. The outer storm door was fre-
quently left open, but this morning it
was locked She said she had to use
a key to ge- IN. She was amazed,
however. 10 find a bottle of milk stand
ing in the vestibule near the second
door. How, she reasoned, could the
milkman have placed the milk there
with the door locked?
Theory of Locked Door
1t was suggested that the door may
have been open al the time Of the ar
rival of the milkman and the postman
and that when Elwell came down for
his mail about :35 a. m. he threw
the latch on the storm door. But Mrs
Larsen reasoned that he would have
done this upon his arrival home at
3:45 a. m. if he had thought it neces-
sary. 1t was her belief that some one
gained entrance to the home between
the time of the postman's visit and
Elwell's death, and that the murderer
in his excitement threw on the latch
before he left the premises.
The housekeeper added that she was
impressed with a heavy odor of cigar
cite smoke as she entered the vestibule.
referring at the same time to the fact
that both Mr.. Elwell and Joe, the
Italian were heavy smokers. There
was no smoke. however, she said, in
the hallway behind the second door.
Mrs. Larsen thought it might be of
some benefit TO the authorities to know
that ElweIl had complained upon his
return from Kentucky that some
whisky rad been taken from a dresser.
The housekeeper never drank, she
said and ventured that it might have
been taken by various men who had
occasion to enter the house from time
to time. The place had been robbed
once before, she declared, in November,
the three men implicated having been
caught and sentenced to Jail for two
and a half years. She recalled the
names of two of these men as Donohue
and Tobenk.
After questioning Joseph S. Elwel,
the father Of the dead man; Walter,
his brother, and Edwin Rhodes, Dis
trict Attorney Swami declared that he
had learned very little from these that
would materially aid in finding the
slayer of the card expert
He still believed, however, that tha
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to do so. The New York officials had
not arrived up to the time this was
sent.
Others at the hotel do not remember
ever having seen Elwell talking to any
woman alone He was often seen in
groups, but as rule he was about the
hotel by himself, it was stated.
Charles Ray, bellboy. said "He
had many telephone calls and was pres
ent at lot Of parties. Most of the
time he was with men, though
w. c.. Richie, mail clerk at the
hotel, said he saw Elwell often but
never saw any mysterious actions on
his part. He always appeared jolly
and never seemed to worry about any
thing, it was stated.
Lloyd Gentry said to-day at the
LGtonia racetrack New York detec-
tives who are coming to Latonia to
question him regarding anything he
may know Of the Elwell case vii have
4 futile trip, for he can shed no light
on the mystery
Ii is understood the officials are
letter to Elwell, in which he said that
Elwel's horses were we'll liked in
kentucky by every one except a certain
trainer and his crew.
This statement, Gentry explains, re-
ferred to racing conditions here and
had nothing whatever to do with
Elwell himself. He says that he con
easily explain this matter The
stewards have decided to permit
trainer Gentry to start the Elwell
horses al Latonia until they receive
some formal notice from the courts
The horses Will be run under the
name of the joseph B. Elwell estate
Trainer Gentry is an authorized agent
and will remain so until the courts
take possession of the horses. The
stewards do not believe that they
ahoutd be kept from races, as chances
to earn money in the racing game only
tppear at certain intervals and the
stable should not be deprived of that
opportunity. Flags started in the
Quick Step handicap to-day from this
stable.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
Safe Forced. Man Captured
Patroinan Arrives in Office
fore 81. 800 Is Removed

Patrolman Joseph jefferson. OF ~,
West Thirty-seventh stgeet police Ste
ton, found a safe forced and man b;s
ing behind desk last night in the Office
of Jacob Schlesinger, contractor 9so
West Thrtieth Street. Fifteen hundros
dollars in currency aud securities sri
remained in the safe. The ?risone.
who was locked up. charged with bnr
glary, said he was Antonio Lap.ace o,
900 West Twenty-seventh Street
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

,anied bv another vroman-har cousin
also clad in black,
Mrs. ElweI and her consin arrived
at the West Seventietb Street bonsa
in taxi which tbav d;scharnad ',o~SI
Thev wera do,avod after tboir bn,,r su".
wjth .Jovce nntii da,oc4;1,a ',e,i fo,rl N.Y.
other taxi for tbom T6e, 1vplu oiosa, 'i
guarded by dotocti,.os as thoy o,r,oro.ai r.uar,.
IN order that newspaper 'lT men nc couId sld
not sneak 20 Them Wrs rluoil,s o',<, qooo
was indis+inonisbahlo .hro,'ll, ~ o;,
and she IA nn+ ,aso w. ~ NH ~ NV. .L'e
had etartod - "''''4 ''io '''''
~
Joyce in House Night and Dav
A..orro,. 1oroo ,.ho H.. -,
w. c,.o.,,.' r,l 9GSJ ~ VINO mas peeh at 'he
stsntl,' .'.v ~l.ieen mousse OF death co.t-
c,,ai,+;Fa,ds w. ana oay since SATURDAY
y, t'o''eu seNel" "l o. thosc interest.
NJ '''I Evn.aiI III yesterday G ASIDE 20
no ta,,i dr;,ia ni1u nel COWS Il lh' behpG
taIlod ,r;.,' 'I5Sl' pt ana + lgUefoa, ~
fnmr Andn,,. 'Tl'0.uea, - 80, NlTe'I c"i".-
.,ooi io...!' i',.t'; j." 9oel!er' H'"GIl rae
es,a,.e h1ssiohef ana oaTes,
o,.no,.. ic'Ii5' + rom none OF these.
he able to develop a clue that mini.
lead to further disclosures in the cas-
among Joyce's other visitors yoste3
GaF afternoon we're Captains Thomas
WaIsh ana lhomas Donahue and Dc
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
Al QL2 Untitled Applications
G'&9O~&e1 are now on our books

The demands
the first the and the meeting them
day because Of conditions outside the telephone business which
wholly beyond CONTROL Shipments
near Chicago that normal times took eight
destination take all of weeks.
Not only there shortage of the needed
for fabllcatng telephone facilities but
material is far behind schedule tha almost impossible carry
our construction work to completion in anywhere the
planned it. There has been time when the demand
vice great today and time when diff
cult to small percentage
meet this demand
Applications for SERVICE from doctors, hospitals
cases OF serious illness and fire police purposes WILL
their emergent nature be cared REQUIRED as
business necessity second and thirdly service that
only This policy will be followed until conditions governing the
production transportation and installation
improve Until then will conditions our
ability and with every facility a
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
Only Three I'm Elwell Party
At @Frolic,' Chauffeur Says
Picked Up Two Women and Man at the New A1nster-
dam, Taxi Driver Testifes Four Together at
Iheater, Others Assert

The first discrepancy in the material
gathered by the District Attorneys
office in the Hlwell murder case dc
veloped Yesterday 1t was the story of
the taxicab chauffeur who picked up
the party, at first reported to have con-
sisted of Mr.. and IL RS. Lewisohn, Miss
Viola Kraus, Mrs. Lewisohn's sister.
and Octavio Figueroa, the South
American journalist, at the New Am
sterdam Theater about 2 a. m. last
Friday
Philip Bender. an Independent taxi
cab driver, who owns his own machine,
was located yesterday by Assistant
District Attorney Joyce and nterro-
gated at length at the home OF the
murdered man. Bender swore that he
picked up party Of three-two men
and one woman-in front Of the New
Amsterdam Theater early Friday morn
ing and drove along Fifth Avenue until
he came TO the Sixties.
Hero q man and woman alightod. lie
then turned back to the Ritz Carlton
Hotel, where he dropped the third pas
senger. The first two were Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewisohn, Bender believes. and
the third was Ficueroa who Maid s,sz
tA fare and djscharged tbe t,G +ax; 9''O0
s,atono,,a
'''' Ct "iia"ee
Bender reiterated time and time
again that there we're only three per
sons IN the cab and offered to bet his
taX!cao tha' he was right. Here came
the discrepancy. Shortly after Render
LETT the tlwel apartment Fiqueroa APP
peared IN response to summons from
Joyce ana denied vigorously that the
chauHeurs statement was true. Four
teisohS were IN the taxi, the South
.'',.siican pefS!Sted. lie asked the AS
80 .@'',., DaSorrce A'torney to recall the
stor,, "a 49, .sa. anu nave MN repeat the
prese,ce ''e soouc, ouuI0 lelu'e II IN ms
fendcr h,+ h. ,.nn %@9 mace 1of
Ivttleto, Eo, ~ ,1oS .Oul0'
IAwishons r,ad" .ba taiNrs 4tiii'Nes Ior lhe
mcnt last r;@,bt. '"s Sla'e-
Il understand th.. o. o,.a,
took Inc Tew1;sob,, s..e ol,a ',"uE VINO
Midnight Frolic -, ~ m3nae ifInl sne
been found and ,ba. my nv HaS
two women and ono roar ~ ,0OH
two women and 700 ~,a, 't.St'1u "
schn home A. ,,...n " Wy ~"
took Mr. and NJ o,.;.eL ~ az ne
kraus and Mr. Fig,,erna 49, 49, .si'Ss ts
ir all Mr. Fio,ern. af,o .'T','':s fa...s 4oHi
I.ewigohn partv - ,boir ha,,o .S .-'S .iie
~, hact ~ Z q nc" no"e TOOK the
The c,ar,vo,,r - "Hc'e ne ives
r. SIMPLY mistaken
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
Ctrawberry Mousse
~ A NO-trOuble De-
liCiOus Dessert.

Pack it, and when you're ready
for dinner the pink, tempting
mousse is ready, too. Soften /
tablespoon gelatine in "a cup
cold water. Add 81 cup boiling
water, stir until dissolved. When
cool add 2 cups crushed, sweet
ened strawberrics-let mixture
stand until it begins to thickcn.
Add two cups whipped cream,
mix well, place in freezer, pack
in Knickerbocker Ice and salt.
Let stand 4 hours.
For a heaifhfui, cooling drink
melt kn}ckerbOckcr Ice costs
about S cents Il gallon.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
Navy to Have 2 Summer Schools

Two experimental summer schools
for boys between sixteen and twenty
will be established this year by the
Navy Department, one at Great Lakes,
Ill.,, and the other at Hampton Roads,
Va. Each viii accommodate Thousand
boys. Further information can be OBJ
tained at the Navy Recruiting Station,
81 East Twenty third Street.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
Master Mind
ForggerCaugglnt,
Police Assert
W. E. Boland, Arrested With
Charles Swersky, Said
To Be Brains of Band
Operating Here for Years
Both Have Jail Records
Raised Checks Stolen From
Mail Boxes in Financial
District. 1t Is Charged

Operatives of the Pnkerton National
Detective Agency and Police Depart
ment detectives made two arrests yes
terday which, they believe, will put an
end to the operations of a ring of
forgers and letter box thieves who for
years have been defrauding banks and
merchants Of thousands OF dollars.
The prisoners are William 4. Bo-
land and Charles Swersky. otherwise
known as Frank Gordon, both cx-con-
victs. Boland is described by his cap
tors as the "brains" OF the band Of
swindlers He is thirty-two years Cd
and has been known to the police since
1908, when as a lad of seventeen he
was arrested on a forgery charge.
Swersky, who is twenty nine, first ran
afoul Of the law in 1911. Grand larceny
was the charge
Followed to Bank
Both the accused men were caught
through the vigilance Of David c.
Thornhil and William F. Wagner,
Pinkerton operatives. A week ago the
Investigators visited a shop in the
financial district in an effort to locate
the place where a band of Connect'cu.
forgers had purchased a check per
forator. Boland entered the place
while they were there and bought one.
He was recognized instantly by Thorn
hill. and when he departed he was fol-
lowed closely by both the Pinkertons
who trailed him to his home at 535
Ninth Avenue, near Thirty ninth
Street.
Until Tuesday Thornhill and his part
ner kept Boland under surveillance
constantly and they were rewarded
for their vigilance Tuesday morning.
when he left his home with Swersky
and crossed the river to Jersey City
Swersky went into the Commercial
Trust Company, while Boland waited
outside. AS soon as Swersky left the
bank the operatives examined the check
the teller had cashed for Swersky and
found later that it was one signed by
Herman Kupferberg, of 636 Newark
Avenue, Jersey City, and originally
made payable to the North America n
Neckwear Company, of 275 Fifth Ave
nue., this city. The latter name had
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-21
The Evening Caledonian-Recorc o""r"'~"
ST. JOHNSBURY
Local News

The Office of F. W .Magoon vii
be open Saturday morning. 1909
Nelson Bailey, cashier of the Ma
tional Bank of Newbuly at Well,
! 2i7er, was a business visitor to st
| JOfnsbuly today.
1'red y. Gilman has returned to
New Boston, n. H.
Howard Morey is working AZ Il. A.
penfrew's store on Coacord Ave.
.3rs. Fred Larow j, nome rom "
So to TOY =. \.
Daniels and WcSSon OF DanvllC
have purchased a Cletrac Tractor ct
\ f. Counsel .rd Sor.
M. and MIS-. Horace Goodwin are
spending two weeks vacation visiting
in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Mrs. Agnes Noei is ',trding TIE
week in BostoG.
Alvi Calderwood is home from 4
trim to Montreal
Nh. and Mr>. Chester Healey u
Richmond, P. O., r,otored to 81
Johnsbury on Saturday and We're the
guests of Mr.. and Ms. Richard Blt1-
win until Tuesday.
Miss Josie Maahell has return d
home after spending two weeks va
cation with her sister. Mrs. MaIimnc
Sarrasin. in Sherbrooke.
Mrs. y. G. Machell of GosS Hol-
low is visiting friends in Sherbroolie
and LennoXville.
W. A. Wright has sold to f. E.
Renfrew of Ryegate a Ford touring
car and to X. A. Davidson Of Groton
a Ford touring car
Harold A. Wiggin OF St. Johnsbuly
a student at the College Of Business
administration of Boston University
has been accepted as q member OF
the University orchestra. He Is an
excellent trombone player.
THE Girl in the Rain" the UniVer-
sal photoplay announced for today at
the Globe Theatre, Will introduce to
local theaue-goers a new star in the
tiny person OF Anne Cornwall. Miss
Cornwall is a former Broadway mus
ical comedy favorite and appeared
with the Dolly Sisters last season.
She was leading lady with Lionel
Barrymore in che Copprhead'
Lloyd Bacon. who Lays one of the
important roles is the star of New
Works. biggest dramatic success
"Liphtnin -. The romance in this
'hotodramo begins in drenching
"ent-which gives the story its
title
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-21

The Tawalkia Camp Fire me-
Monday night at the Woman Club
House with eight girls present. The
next meeting will be Monday evening
al Mrs. DoWneS' home
The many st. Johnsbury friends OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland A. Wood, now
OF Boston, will extend congratulate
lions over the birth of a daughter
Marjorie Jane, in New York City, on
Oc,. ii.
Joseph W. Cox celebrated his 9Th
birthday Monday afternoon at his
home at II Webster street Games
We're played and ice cream, cake and
candy were served for refreshments.
The invited guests were Masters Per-
kins Amey, MeYrick Counsel, Jr.,
Willard Hill, Paul Cow!ng, Clayton
Parker, Russell Reed and Leon
Greene.
Cards have been received by St.
Johnsbury friends announcing the
marriage, Oct. 16, in Swanton OF DR..
Harold f, Spear and Miss Marilla
Bliss
Miss NJ. Z. Mcleod, who has been
confined to the house with plcurisy
for the past two weeks, is slowly re-
covering. She is being cared for by
her cousin, Mrs E. H. Plumley.
Mrs. Harriet Douglas of Concord
spent Tuesday in St. Johnsbury
among friends
Mrs. Newman Of Luncpburg was a
visitor in town Tuesday
a business visitor Tuesday.
lwyer Guy W. Hill is in Norton
Mills on legal business.
Al of the main characters intro
duced in the book have been
retained in the characterization of
"Freckles". which appears at the
Colonial Thursday, Oct. p. OF course
the principal characters in the play,
As in thhe famous novel, are the keen
Witted, Self-reliant and lovable boy,
Frcck.es; the Angel; Mclean, the
manager of the Grand Rapids Lum-
Der Co.; Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan, the
man of Affairs, and Black Jack and
We7sner, the timber thieves.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander H. Por.er
are receiving congratulations upon
the ARRIVAL IN thelt nome on OctODeI
II Of a daughter, Ruth Elizabeth.
A daughter, Marion Edith, was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Albert p.
Paine on W ednesday, Oct 20.
The Rector's Aid Society of st.
Andrews parish are giving recep
ton and social evening from to 10
this evening at the home of Rev. Dr..
A. p Grnt to old Pensioners and
all newcomers.
Mrs. Ellen Drew died Wednesday
morning and the funeral will be held
Friday at her home at 2 o'clock.
Miss Mary Gilfillan. home demon
stra.ion agent, will prepare and
serve a luncheon menu in the labra-
torv of the Summer street schools,
Friday at 2.30 p. m. All women
interested are invited to attend