Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-29
BLOW KILLS YOUTH
At SOCIETY DANCE
Cuban Student at Cornell, Ac'
cused Of Annoying Pretty Ma
tron, Makes Fatal Attack
VICTIMS SKULL IS BROKEN

AIlenhurst. n. j.. Aug. 20.-Further
official investigation was made today
rs the result Of the death of guest
from a fist fight involving the belle OF
the annual masked bail which forms the
summers social climax for the fashion
nble beach colony here.
Cecil Adrian Arthur. Of New York,
son of Mrs. J. Charles Taitc. of Lon
don, England, was the victim. Saliva
dore Laborde. a student in the college
of Mechanical Engineering at Cornell
University. whose home is in Havana,
Cuba, is under arrest. d.
The prosecutions chief witness is ex-
rccted to be Mrs. John s. Sutphcn,
Jr.. Of New York, who with her hus-
band was Arthur's guest at the ba II and
was dancing with Arthur when the al
tercation occurred. According to La
rized as a friend Mrs. Sutphen, who
Twas ma skeG and who attracted much
attention by masquerade costume OF
which black silk knckerbockers were a
feature. He asked her to dance and
was refused. Then. according to de-
tcctivcs who investigated the case, his
insistance led 70 the quarrel with Ar
thur.
Fatal Fight in Grillroom
The fight too place during intermis-
sion when the masquerade guests were
in the grillroom of the hotel where the
dance took place. Jose Mantura and
Manuel Fernandez, of Havana. who
were seated at table with Laborde
say Arthur was the aggressor. In the
fight Arthur went down from blow to
the chin and his skull was fractured or
the concrete floor. He died in hospi
tai.
J.aborde was held IN the Freehold
Jail today awaiting an inquest. His
companions were held ms material wit
ncsses in $1,000 bail each. which they
provided. The head waiter, who was
also held as witness, was unable tC
provide bond.
Mrs. Sutphen and her husband wer'
Arthur's week end hosts. They all wen
to the annual masquerade ball will
several hundred other summer colonist
and all-year- round residents. Mrs
} Stuphen, pretty woman about twenty
five, was one of the most chic masque
! raiders of the evening and had attracted
much admiration.
According to Laborde's friends. tn,
: Cuban thought he recognized the trim
hgure IN the domino. Al any rnt
Arthur and his companion both Informed
him of his mistake. Labordc. acsord
, ing to stories gathered afterward b!
the county detectives, withdrew at tn,
time, but soon returned and insisted h
+ must have a dance with Mrs. Sutphen
She repulsed him. Arthur seconded he
+ sternly, and when Laborde's conduc
became even more Objectionable, accord
ing to the stories of Arthurs friends
Arthur told the Cuban he would "se
l him later"
The incipient alteration on the ball
room floor ended then. Mrs Sutphe
and her partner finished their dance
and those who had witnessed the mo
mentary disturbance thought the troubl
had passed.
In little while. however. Mrs. Sut
phen and Arthur made their way down
@ stairs to the grill room for refresh
ments. Whether or not Sutphcn ais
e sat at the table with his wife has no
/ been disclosed. Arthur's relatives an
associates having been close -mouthe
about the whole affair up to now.
Mantura and Fernandez insisted tha
: Arthur, spying the Cuban college stu
dent, rushed to their table, pulled bac