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The New York herald., 1921-06-19
DETECTIVE KILLED
WOMAN, is REPORT
Assistant District Attorney
Selvaggi Of Brooklyn Says
Shooting Was Accidental.

Nicholas Selvaggi, Assistant District
Attorney of Brooklyn. after an investi-
cation of the events leading up to the
shooting and killing of Mrs. Grace
Richardelia c: 705 President street late
Friday night, announced yesterday that
the revolver of Detective John Cooney
of the Bergen street precinct caused
the death of the woman.
The prosecutor was equally positive
that the wounds on the head of Pas
auale Richardelia, her husband, which
the police reported as caused by a
bullet. were really inflicted by black
jacks in the hands of policemen. Mr.
Selvaggi said that while there could be
no question the shooting was accidental
and that Pasquale Richardelia was mis-
taken for a man for whom the police
were hunting and with whom they had
exchanged revolver shots.
Mr.. Selvaggl in his inquiry made
trip to the four story tenement house in
the Italian section where the killing
took place Immediately after the shoot
ing. He asserts that he found the walls
and ceilings of the staircase "pock
marked" with bullets. He was accom-
panied by .he Medical Examiner of his
office. who made an examination OF the
dead woman. The physician found that
the bullet which caused Mrs. Rich
ardelias dean entered through her eye
and coursed upward coming out of the
top of the skull and finding a final rest
ing place in the ceiling.
The course of the bullet showed. ac-
cording to Mr.. Selvaggi. that II was
fired by somebody standing below the
point in the hall way occupied by Mrs.
Rich pdelia. If Il had been fired by
Raeffello Cino of sos President street.
for whom the police we're searching and
who was supposed by the police to be
firing from the top of the stairs leading
to the roof the bullet would have taken
a downward course. The bullet was re-
covered from the ceiling and proved to
be of 3S calibre and of uncovered lead.
Mr.. Selvaggi later made an examination
of the weapons carried by Thomas Con-
molly, the detective who accompanied
Cooney and the four policemen who were
summoned by the detectives after they
had exchanged shots with Cino. All OF
the weapons. Mr.. Selvaggi stated. were
of 80 calibre except Cooney's, which was
3S calibre.
Mr. Selvaggi examined In addition to
the policemen Paseuale Richardelia and
number of persons living in the house
who were involved in neighbors'
quarrel which led up to the shooting.
Juliano Arco. with whom the trouble
originated, was arrested. He was ar
raigned in the Flatbush police court.
charged with being an accessory to a
felony In that he aided in the escape
of Cino. He was held in 5000 bail for
examina ton on Thursday by Magistrate
Reynolds.
Cino was arrested last night and
locked up at the Bergen street station
pending an examination by Mr.. Sell
yaggi
The New York herald., 1921-06-19
M'CUE Is WARMLY
GREETED In NEW JOB
Former State Senator Meets
Old Political Friends in
Hall of Records.
ALBANY RECORD PRAISED
Picturesque East Side Leader
Specially Proud of His
Child Welfare Act.

Marty" McCue, who resigned his seat
in the State Senate to accept the post
of Clerk of the Surrogates' Court, for
which he has been named by Surrogates
James A. Foley and John p. Cohalan,
appeared yesterday in the Hall of Rec
ords and held sort of impromptu re-
ception among his political friends.
Daniel j. Dowdney. who is succeeded
by the popular East Side Tammany
leader. who has been in turn feather
weight pugilist bartender. saloonkeeper,
ward politician, Assemblyman and State
Senator. introduced Marty TO the vari-
Gus heads of departments. Mr.. Dowdney
performed the duty cheerfully, for he
has been advanced to the position or
deput.- chief clerk of the court. That
post carries a salary of s6,500 year.
while the one TO which Mr.. McCue has
been named Is worth $4,000.
Mr.. McCue will not be officially in
Quoted into his new office until to-mor-
row morning. when the oath will be ad-
ninistered by Surrogate Foley. He
takes special pleasure in his appoint
ment. he said. because the Surrogates'
Court has to do largely with widows
and orphans Among the things OF
which the one time prize fighter Is par
ticularly proud in his twelve years rec
ord in the Legislature is the fact ne is
the father of the child welfare act
passed in Albany in 1915 and popularity
known as the widow and orphans
pension bill"
THAT act" said Mr.. McCue, since It's
enactment has taken care or oo,ooo
widows and orphans. paying out to them
about $2,100.o00 a year."
Ex-senator Martin G. McCue was
born forty-seven years ago in New Jer-
sey, but came to New York city as
boy In early youth he was a puglilst
of more than average ability In ms
class. In 1899 he fought twenty round
draws with Dave Sullivan and Jack
O'Brien and was the victor in many
other ring bouts. Though he was for
many years the proprietor of saloon
in 7O1 Third avenue and after going to
the Legislature often championed the
cause of the saloonkeeper. McCue him
self never used liquor and he did not
smoke He always has been devout
member of the Roman Catholic Church.
In Albany he became not only pom
ular persorage and Il picturesque one.
but before his advancement to the Sem
ate he was generally recognized as one
of the ablest men on the Democratic
side of the Assembly endowed with pro-
nounced opinions and gifted with rare
natural eloquenoe in debate He was
prominent in leading the fight on the
Democratic side of the chamber for the
expulsion of the five Socialist members
in 1920. In an impassioned speech on
that theme he brought the Assembly
to it's feet cheering him. That was per-
haps his most spectacular legislative
achievement, but he scored many that
were highly utilitarian.
The New York herald., 1921-06-19
ENRIGHT MAY REFUSE TO
AID MEYER COMMITTEE

these ex-ginmills. nor do they take any
interest in the affairs OF the little group
OF men who conSregate about the hand
book operator the committee has been
told. The officers merely look for
whiskey, and if they do not find it
walk out after registering the time and
date OF their visit. Most of the places
are visited from two TO four times
day. but, the committee learns. the
handbook men never bat an eye when
the officers are making their inspec-
tions.
According to information given to the
committee. these handbook operators are
mostly walking delegates for poolrooms
in the neighborhood. the existence of
which is well known in the neighbor-
hood 10 everybody except. presumably,
the police. The handbook mems custom
ers haven't the time or the desire to
hang out in the poolrooms. though on
Saturday afternoons and holidays the
poolrooms get their own share of the
customers who shoot crap between races
Commissioner Enright. it is thought
must know of these conditions and may
have an explanation for the inability OF
his men TO close UP the poolrooms or
keep the handbook men on the move,
instead OF letting them hang out regu-
larly in certain former saloons. If he
does not know OF the conditions the
committee Is prepared TO inform him OF
them.
Another matter Enright may be asked
about Is the way in which his plain
clothes men have spent money obtaining
evidence under the Mullan-Gage act.
More than 100000 has been spent by
the police in a MONTH supposedly buying
liquor in suspected places. 1t is known.
that a large amount Of this expense is
alleged to have been incurred by officers
visiting places while in plain clothes and
buying soft stuff or cigars while "ob-
serving" and getting acquainted"
The committee has heard that in re-
ality very little has actually been spent
by the booze sleuths and that their ex-
pense bills are padded. What measures
Enright has been taking to check up on
the expense bills of his men, when he is
now asking the Board of Aldermen for
$500. 900 more for such expenditures. Is
a subject upon which some Of the mem
bers and counsel of the committee would
like first hand information.
The Commissioner also will be asked,
IL he is willing to answer any questions,
what has become of certain records In
the loose leaf system of his department
which appear to be missing from the
mass of material obtained by the COM
mittee's duces tecum subpoena. These
records refer to the individual dos
siers" of certain police officers. to the
expenditures incurred in connection with
some of the departments field games
and to the activities of the automobile
squad in recovering stolen cars.
While some are preparing for En-
rights examination. others of the COM
mittee's staff are busily engaged in delv-
ing into the public school situation. now
a matter of controversy in several direc-
tions, and into the street and sewer con-
tracts in Queens.
The New York herald., 1921-06-19
WAGNER DISM|SSES
MURPHY INDICTMENT
Tammany Leader and Four
Others Freed of Fraud
Charges.
HUNG FIRE FOR YEAR
Wigwam Chiefs Attempt
to Withdraw Investment
Base of Allegations.
HAD $4,000 IN PLANT
Partnership Row III Glucose
Concern Involved Assistant
District Attorney Smith.

Justice Robert f. Wagner in a forty
three page typewriter decision dis
missed yesterday the indictments
against Charles +. Murphy, leader of
Tammany }Ia!T; Arthur !. Baldwin
Ernest B. Weldon. John A. Mccarthy
Assistant District Attorney James Z.
Smith and the Corn Products Refining
Company charging conspiracy 70 de-
fraud Louis y. Hartog. The ind!ct-
ment. which came as sequel to Il suit
brought year ago by Mr.. Hartog
against Mr.. Murphy and the Corn
Products Company, caused a stir in
political circles.
The man were charged with using
threats and attempting by intimidation
to compel Hartos to return to Murphy
Si!5.000 which the Tammany chief had
Invested in a glucose plant as by-prod-
uct OF the Corn Products plant.
Justice Wagner said m mis- decision:
Il find nothing in the minutes which
inferentialy justifes Or approaches a de-
gree of sufficient legal proof that there
states Of taxes. or that the defendant
formed or took part in any conspiracy
to effect or accomplish il.
Il am convinced, in the light Of the
facts and the legal rules applicable. that
exclusion of the hypothesis of innocence
has not been met. and that the evidence
before the Grand Jury was insufficient
I'm law or fact to authorize or sustain
the indictment. 1t follows that the in
dictment against the defendant should
be dismissed, and it is ordered accord
inCly"
The New York herald., 1921-06-19
OVINGTON'S NEW HOME
IS. ON HISTORIC SITE
Fifth Aue. Gift Shop Where
jackson Visited.

Ovngton's, one Of New York's best
known specially and gift shops, will
open their new building tomorrow at
the southwest corner of Fifth avenue
and Thirty-D!nth street, on the site
where Andrew Jackson made his home
when he was in New York, the building
then on the plot being the country seat
OF his friend, W. Coventry H. Waddell.
The new location Of Ovingtons was
part of the original Murray farm and
later was part of the Wendell farm
The old building. which gave place to
Ovington's new structure, was owned at
one time by Russell Sage.
The New York herald., 1921-06-19
HORSE RUNS AWAY ON
CONEY ISLAND; HURTS 3
Policeman Who Stopped Hin,
Dragged Thirty Feet.

A runaway at crowded Coney Island
injured yesterday afternoon three men,
one of them a policeman, but not seri-
ously. horse attached to an ice cart
at Twenty-eighth street and Mermaid
avenue bolted Max Rabinowitz of 24s
Division street. Brooklyn, seized the
animals bride at Surf avenue and
Twenty-ninth street. but was shaken
Off. his ankle sprained. A block
further Henry Moscowitz of 903 Pros
pect avenue failed also. getting his
arms skinned.
Patrolman Robert Maxwell of the
Coney Island station stopped the horse
at Thirtieth street and Neptune avenue
at the cost of being dragged thirty feet
and having his new uniform ruined, be-
sides being bruised and shaken up.
None of the thousands of visitors was
In the runaway's path.
The New York herald., 1921-06-19
$50 CITY COLLEGE GRADUATES.
Degrees I'm EngineerinE VIII BE
Given for First Time.

For the first time since its founding
the College OF the City of New York
will confer degrees in engineering at
the seventy-fifth commencement exer-
cises, June %. at 10 o'clock, in the main
hall of the college. at 10th street and
Convent avenue. Two graduates from
the new school Of technology will re-
ceive civil engineering degrees.
In all $50 men will be graduated this
year. The commencement day address
will be delivered by the Hon. Maurice
Casenave. French High Commissioner
President Sidney Il. Mezes will confer
the degrees. The invocation will be
given by the Rev. Charles p. Fagnani
of Union Theological Seminary.
The New York herald., 1921-06-19
WALLIS WILLING TO RUN.
Is Ready to Seek Mayornlty in
Either Party, 1t Is Said.

Frederick A. Wallis, Commissioner of
immigration and former Deputy Police
Commissioner, has expressed his will
Mayor, according to Charles Rozelle,
who is heading Committee of thou
sand to work to that end.
Evidently Mr.. Wallis stands quite
ready to run either on the Republican
or the Democratic tickets, as Mr..
Rozelle's committee contains members
of both parties. He says headquarters
will be opened soon.
The New York herald., 1921-06-19
HELD FOR SUBWAY HoLDUP.
No Gun. Found on Prisoner
After Chase.

Charged with a holdup in the subway
station at Fifty first street and Lexing-
ton avenue Friday night. in which he Sc
cured s3.03. Michael Farrell. 40. a la
borer. of 32 Delaney street. was held
yesterday for the Grand Jury by Magis-
trate Sweetser. Farrelrs victim was
Peter Bitterman OF 551 Knickerbocker
avenue, Brooklyn. who gave up his
money when Farrell threatened to shoot.
The police say they found a hypoder-
mic needle. but no revolver. In Farrells
possession when he was caught after a
chase
The New York herald., 1921-06-19
DEATH SENTENCE STAYED.

Warden Lewis Il. Lawes of Sing Sing
announced yesterday that he has just
been served with notice of appeal
that automatically stays the death SEN
tence OF James Joyce. Joyce was SEN
fenced on charge OF having slain
Adam %ittel. a storekeeper. OF col
Broadway, Astoria. L. L.. on July 1,
1920. when he resisted an attempt to rob
him
The New York herald., 1921-06-19
COCAINE SEIZED ON SHIP.

Customs men, headed by Inspector A.
Fl. Smith. yesterday raided the Greek
liner Themistocles. just in from Piraeus,
and seized 12o bottles of cocaine. which
they found concealed in the stewards
quarters. No arrests were made. The
officials are convinced the ships officers
knew nothing of the presence of the
drug.
The New York herald., 1921-06-19
BLAST CLAIMS FOURTH LIFE.

Donald Cottrelli. 16. of 1895 Richmond
Terrace, Staten Island. last survivor OF
four youths injured June 10 in an ex-
pioson OF blasting powder in hut they
had constructed died yesterday In
Staten Island Hospital New Brighton.
District Attorney Malay Is trying to de-
termine where the -oys obtained the
nowder
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-08
OLD ALMANAC FORE TOLD
WAR OF REVOLUTION
prophesy Of Blow for Independ-
ence Published Long Before
Cloud Appeared.

Kerne. y. H., April s.-Quaintly
phrascd weather warnings, interlardcd
with old fashioned words of wisdom,
including a prediction of successful
revolt IN America, while the Colonists were
,t,ll pravinr for the health of their English
r,Irr nrc contained in n collection of
nlmanacs owned hy NJ. L. Faniels of this
rtv some az the paper bound booklets
date hack To- 1854
The prophecy dealing with the Revo-
hutton was printed IN copy issue about
the time that Washington was following
hc peaccfu pursuits Of surveyor. Ii
was made by Lord names, a British no
hcman who said
'eOur North American Colonies are
IN 4 prosperous condition increasing rapid
n IN population, IN commerce and IN
apulence and they have the spirit of n
I'rc People and are enfamed with pa
.riotism Their population will equal that
u Britain and Ireland IN less than q
century and thev will he a match for the
mother country lf they choose 10 be IN
dcpcndcnt \ people animated with the
new blessings of liberty Will not incline
90 a kingly form of government
Young men arc urged To go west into
the wllds of Ohin and purchase land at
20 cents an ACRE in Spanish money, by
almanac editor who wore knee breeches and
ruilled shirt In this mortuary statistics,
based on reports received IN 1897, he as
serted that half Of the persons IN the
United States died before reaching the
ace of Il wears, small pOx, for instance,
hcinc more fatal 10 girls than bows at
that pcriod However, one IN every 3 l25
ot the population attained or passed the
CENTURY mark m life
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-08

Strictly all-Wool Tweed Suits
in snappy new styles as we'll as wool
Jersey Suits in sport models; wom-
ems and misses sizes. On sale
Saturday at only 1886.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-08
WINE IN SHAD NET.
Catch Of ker Spurs Fishermen 10 Re-
newed Activity.

pcnns Grove. y J.. April S Shad
fishing IN the Delaware river took a
hic squirt Yesterday and many crews here
tofotc IDLE Wcrr ont with their nets
The activity ol the fishermen is due to
the prize catch made 10y John Uorton.
q bridgeport fisherman. and his son
Charles
IN drawing ~ thclr net aud the fisher
mon thcusvt they had caught q sturgeon
When they got the net in they found they
had keg oi VINE
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-08

In 1918, DR.. Miller says, 5,59S babies
died in Pennsylvania OF diseases traccable
10 flies. The following year. the first of
statewide movement to exterminate flies
infant mortality from those diseases was
reduced TO 1888, and last year it dropped
to 1855.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-08

Toffry or Pierson will likely DO the re-
ceiving. Foster, KrauBs or Bevis will do
pitchers duty. The infieid positions
win be occupied by McGinness, Cal
houn, Holmes. Simpson. and Harting
Those who are trying for outfield posi-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-08
URGES SWAT" FLIES A WEEK.
Pcnna. Health Official SAYS Dangerous
Pests are Coming Earlier Than Usual.

Harrisburg, Pa, April S.-Householders
arc advised to set aside next week for a
State wide "swat the fly movement in n
communication by DIR. William c. Miller,
of the State health department Warning
is issued that flies are appearing earlier
this wear rs a result of mild weather.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-08

tions are Stewart Tnyior. Elliott
Aitomus. Gebhardt and eossrul uysTrs
Manager TOmrY asks 81 players uin o.
Saturday az Sixth and Clegf land HVrnuf
where the Acadomy VII play Huber
of the city League prarftf Nnmn,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-08
Walnut Green Minstrel Show.

The Walnut Green Social Club will
hold a minstrel show n the Walnut Green
schoolhouse. - : O'Clock 'olight The
young men snd several children will
take par Tho public j. cordially lnvi'cd
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-08

team for tho coming season. Manager
"'Bnl" Tonry Ia planning games with
some fast teams. There is plenty OF
material from the brook" and so far
the positions have not been decided
upon.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-08
NINE is
ROUNDING INTO SHAPE

Tho silverbrook Academy independent
baseball team Is rounding out n fast
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-08

You arc sure to get good. quick re-
suits from classified advertising. If you
advertise specifically.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-08
Sport Coats .S8.98

A very special Saturday sale Of short Spor
Goats. also few s-ength models OF Wool Jer
sey and Polo Cloth. In jaunty new styles. Al
sizes.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-19

, vast, carefully detailed study of the
 psychology of hyphenated citizenship As exhibited iii German comm unity Of New Jersey. A real contribution to the study of this problem. Many peo- pie will read it from that standpoint rather than for fiction. IN HIS OWN IMAGE by Mary Btiarly 'The theme of this serious political and social novel Is the developm ent of the freedom of American women
 as it is complicated by the labor problem
 She writes very well extremely seriously. but some of her political opinions are almost incredibly naive. :" Literary Review with all it's excess of argumerta. tion Af4d detail it is book whose
 action and characterixation, as we'll
 as spirit are not to be dismissed aa l trivial. Review.
 KINGS or MISSOURI by Hugh Pen. dexter
 "A story of the settling of the great
New Britain herald., 1921-08-19

an artist and di4covers vers fibre as her medium of expression. Will inter- est those who like iriiagist poetry. DIVINE ADVENTURE by rheodore
 Maynard
 This novels interest ia not narrow. notwithstanding that 1t concerns itself essentially with Catholicism. ''<- --CAtho- lie World.
 THE FLAMING FORREST by James
 Oliver Curwood.
 The Flaming Forrest Is tho third if the Three Rivers Country Series An adventure story, into which is inter- woven a romance
 THE HYPHEN by L. c. Screm.
 Unusual. Two volumes centralized about the intellectual travail Of Guido, the son of an Aristocra,ic German and a revolutionary Russian brouxht ub iii America in such a way that his open mind encounters almost every bosst. ble philosophy. creed and social theory The author has developed !
New Britain herald., 1921-08-19
New Books Qt
 New Britain Institute

AFRICAN ADVENTURE by J. F.
 Marcosson.
 'The author writes Interestingly, for he has the sort of mind that is hosptable to every suggestion of romance and adventure. The book is especially valuable for its exposition of the modern commercial develop ment and the possibilities 6 fthe Congo region."-N. Y. Times. THE AMERICAN HOME DIET by E.
 " McCollum and Nina Sim
 monds.
 Simple balanced menus for every day of the year. Preliminary chapters discuss in non-technical language tho science of nutrition, the nutritive value of comon foodstuffs and the care of food in the home. Authors are Authorities
 BIRD GOSSIP by Harriette Wilbur. Stories and sketches revealing birds lin unusually interesting activities. I Without sentimental personifcation, I she writes of real individuality and | character. They are the commoner | birds of the United States.
 CHARLOTTE, BIOGRAPHY by | G. w Landrum.
 MIRRORS OF WASHINGTON.
 The authorship Is anonymous the brilliant observer-or is he parti. pant?- Washington politics pre-. ferring to cloak his identity. sketcheA of Harding, Wilson, Harvey, Hughes, House, Hoover, Lodge, Baruch, Rott,
 Borah Knox, Lansing, Penrose, Jofn- son."
 THE NEW EUROPE by Nellie B. Allen.
 The authors Industrial Studies of
 Europe" has been carefully revised t.
 make ii true to postwar conditions Organized more on the basis of coun. :; tries than industries.
 PRACTICAL POULTRY pRoDUc. TON by H. L. Lamon and J a w. Kinghonrne. The authors of many governnne er1 documents on poultry have arrahget a book of all-around information.
 
 SATURDAY MARKET by Charlott New
 II porary poetry. It asks something 3 4 readers-that they meet undertsand 4 ing with understanding, subtlety.- N. Y. Times.
 YOUR DOG AND YOUR CAT: HOv TO CARE FOR THEM. by Ro II. Spaulding, resident veterin arian at the N. Y. Woman Lea que for Animals Fiction & ALLOTMENT by w. Bryant (Mr! Ell Winifred MvAlmon. poets novel-seemingly an auto f4 biogra aphy-revealing the ments N growth of an imaginative English gil S who travels through Spain, Greco 2 and Egypt always sensitive to tn pagearitry of their history and tn n color of their scenes. She is at hea,
New Britain herald., 1921-08-19
ASPIRIN

| Warning Unless you see the name pBayef' on package or on tablets you arc not getting genuine Aspirin pre- scribed by physicians for twenty one years and proved safe by millions. Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer package for Colds, Headache. Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Earache. Toothache, Lumbago and for Pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve Bayer Tab lets of Aspirin cost few cents. Drug eists also sell larger packages. As- pirin Is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-19

Oregon territory By American explor-- CTS and adventurers. The historic events are authentic and the action swift and exciting"
 B. E. Grimshaw
 "A vivd colorful narrativs.''- Springfield Republican.