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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-07
MISS Stone GOING
HOME TO MOTHER
Plans to Resume Profession, to
Forget" in Her
Work
OVATION ON ACQUlTTAl
Ry the Associated Press

New York.. April 1.-Miss olivia VI.
r. Stone. graduate nurse. acquitted last
,nlght Of the murder of Ellis G. Kin
kcad. former corporation counsel of
Cincinnati, is going to hurry home TO
her aged mother at Tompkinsvillc. Ky.
as soon as she can arrange her affairs
here. she said today.
Fear that news of her troubles would
upset her mother was one of Miss
Stones greatest concerns all through
the period between kinkcad's Staying
and her trial.
She managed to keep her mother in
ignorance of It until the trial was
nearly over. when Mrs. Stone learned
of it and sent her a tender letter Of
sympathy.
Miss Stone spent last night nt the
home of Mrs. John Gross. one Of the
matrons at the Jail. She went back
to the Jail after receiving her freedom,
intending to sleep in her cell, but
changed her mind at Mrs. Gross insist
Cncc.
Today she went shopping for new
clothes. and took temporary quarters at
the Y. w. G. \. in brooklyn.
II intend, she said. ITO join my
ltIHillS ana 20 bd'h " MY IToleNSipH
aS soon as possible. In work / may
forget
Widow Not Present
Mrs. Marie Gormley Kinkead. widow
Of the slain lawyer, was not in the
courtroom when the verdict was brought
im although she had been an interested
spectator in all previous sessions of the
trial. which lasted nine days
Miss Stone shot and killed kinkead
in South Elliott place. Brooklyn. late
in the afternoon of August .. 1921. Tried
on an indictment for first degree mur-
der, her defense was' temporary, tran
STORY, emotional insanity, also termed
brain explosion.' a mental condition
which, it was maintained was predi-
Gated on acts of the slain man.
The nurse testified that the lawyer,
who was suffering from nervous
breakdown. induced her to become his
common-law wife. explaining his un
willingness to have civil or religious
ceremony with the statement that he
feared n woman of the undcrwOrld'
in Cincinnati. with whom he had had
relations over period of years. He
later left her to marry this woman, she
testified.
The trial of the nurse was punctuatcd
with dramatic moments in which she.
apparently overcome by the strain Of
testimony, collapsed on the witness
stand.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-07
CALL FOR RAIL CONTRACTS
shop Strikers Demand Records Be
Produced In Court

Baltimore. April T. -(By \. PD--
Demands that the contracts uudrr which
the Dickson Construction AMI Rrpair
Company is operating shops aud the
maintenance Of way department Of the
Western Maryland Railway Company
b" produced in court are contained in
III" answer of the striking rrHtt-mcu to
the application of the contracting con-
c"rn aud the railroad for an Injunction
20 replace III" temporary order rc>truin-
.ng the strikers from iilcgnI acts in
connection with til" walkuur. They
allr," til" road has no genuine agree
mrnt with IT," contractors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-07
sEMENov, NAbBeD IN N. ~
ESCAPES GOING TO JAIL
Cossaek Chief Accused Of Looting
American Traders

New York, April 7.-By \. PD--
General Gregoric Scmenov today awokc
in one of the city's best hotels instead
of the Ludlow street Jail, where it
seemed for several hours last evening
he would be the city's guest.
The general vas arrested at the In
stance of the receiver of an American
company trading in Russia, who thus
sought to enforce the payment of II
Judgment of S475,O00 entered against
him in IIarbn. Manchuria. last De-
ccmber. lie is charged with looting in
Siberia.
Scmenov. whose favorite title is
"Ataman Of the Cossacks," was per-
mittcd to go to the Waldorf, where he
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-07

and III. y6un4 Viz had made rssef.
yations, and was there held under
guard until nearly midnight. In the
meantime friends had been hurrying
and tclaphoning all over the city. and
they ut last succeeded in securing the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-07
Mother and Son Killed by Train

Meycrshale, April IA mother and
hcr son w"r" killed at the IatImor"
and OHIO Rai'road station here yeStcr.
ny by n freight train. The victim, Mrs,
Rufus VI. Rcnchey, wife Of DR..
Hcarhry. and James Beachey miStook
tn" freight for II passenger train they
we're waiting for. Believing the train
would stop. they started to cross the
tracks and were run down.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-07
Spectators Roar Approval

The verdict of acquittal followed ten
hours of deliberation by the jury. The
roar of applause in the court detied the
efforts of the court officers to suppress
1t. The Jury that had acquitted the
woman beamed as they strode from the
Jury room to their places to render
their verdict and be polled. They tried
to he dignitied. but failed.
Miss Stone played true to the tragics
Of her trial. She threw herself on the
counsel table. murmuring. "Oh. God !!
Oh, God" when Supreme Court JUS
ticc Aspnall. very pale and evidently
feeling the occasion deeply, told her
that she was free.
When she left the courtroom and
appeared to the immense throng in the
corridors, there was scene which as
tonished veterans at murder trials.
Miss Stone stood at the top of the
curving staircase of marble. She faced
n densely packed and excited mob Of
men and women that filed every step
and covered every Stag of the floors and
basement. Many of them were sobbing
as they screamed; all were franticalp
waving at the woman just freed of
guilt for shooting down in. the street
the man she accused of failing to right
the wrong he had done her
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-07
KU kLUx At SPRINGFIELD.
Class Initiated Last Evening at Home of
kIamSman.

SPRINGFIELD. Mass. April 7.-Ku
Klux Klan membership is being aug
mented moderately though steadily in
Springfield and vicinity. it was stated
last night by an organizer from Bos-
ton. who arrived here yesterday and
conferred an initiation upon a class at
the dwelling of one of the klansmen.
The organizer. who gave the card of F.
$. Jackson. added that some of the most
prominent men in the city had been in
terviewed and would soon be counted
lmong the members.
He explained the secrecy prevalent
concerning the place of initiation and
she like as necessary in view of general
prejudice against the order in the
North. No headquarters of any sort
will be maintained locally, he continued.
Billy Sunday, noted evangelist, has
1nenly avowed his membership in the
Klan and pronounced it ''the grandest
organization he knew Of the organizer
said in telling of developments ma
tionally. s.....
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-07
KITE TOURNAMENT
TO INCLUDE BATTLE
One of Seven Features on Program for
Next Week Saturday at Fair
Grounds-Fight to Finish.

y kite battle is one of the seven fea-
lures of the Community Service kite
tournament which is to be held Saturday
afternoon, April ID, on the Valley Fair
grounds. This battle will be a fight to
the finish in the air between kites whose
bodies OF flying strings are fitted with
various cutting devices-razor blades,
Jagged strips of tin, rosin, steel wool-in
fact anything which could be used to cut
an opponent s kite string or send the
kite down wrecked. All sorts of ingen-
ious fighting kites are possible.
The other events are a l00-yard dash,
an altitude race. d pulling contest, a
messenger race. novelty race and an
artistic competition. In the altitude
race FIVE minutes viii be given the com
peting boys to get their kites up as far
as possible. the highest kite taking the
prize. The pulling contest consists in
getting the kites up to n prescribed
height and then testing their pulling
power by a spring scale, the heaviest
pulling kite winning. The novelty race
Is simply Judging contest to determine
which kite in the tournament is the
most unusual In the artistic competi-
tion kites are Judged for their shape
neatness, beauty color and decoration.
The aTmoTed kite, Gold Bug. is to be
on exhibition at Wood 5 sporting goods
store next week and entries for the
tournament NAV be made there or with
Community Service Director Frederic n
Brown.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-07
BANDITS MAKE ..
@ HAUL OF $4,000
Hold Jp Liquor Smugglers' Band on
Bahama Bank - Get Cash and
Checks-Fight BOOtleggers.

WEST PALM BEACH. Fla. April I.
From the Bahama Banks due east OF
here comes a thrilling tale of how two
boat bandits boldly held up bootleg
gers bank on one of the numerous isles
across the Gulf stream and made OIL
with upward of $4,000 in cash and
checks belonging to one OF the biggest
smugglera of liquor known along the
coast of Florida.
For a long time there have been tales
of bTigandage in the liquor traffic along
the Spanish Main, including one of
larger schooner which pirated the
smaller craft bound for Florida and
Glched their illegitimate cargoes.
In well-infoTmed circles here the hold
Up at West End as one of the islands Is
known. Is attributed to a pair of New
FORK gEnmen. who violated all codes of
bootleggeT ethics, which forbid interfer
ence with each others activities. These
. wo gunner. apparently knew OF several
big transactions that had recently been
completed and knew of big sums that
had been taken to the island pTepara-
tory to a trip to Nassau. They hired
r boat at a town about - miles north
Of here. and started across the Gulf
stream with Negro skipper.
There are many versions of what hap
7cned on the island, but it appears that
Is a feint a liquor stOTehouse on the
lesolate Bahama Bank was blown up
bv the robbers. These storehouses are
always closely guarded and. although
1etails are lacking, it is evident that
there was considerable gun play. because
the guard is known to ly,- we'll equipped
for emergencies. The fact that a man
oUrpoted to have been on the island all
rhe time is wearing his arm in a sling
after having been treated for a bullet
wound lends credepce to the report of
a hard fight before the robbers got away.
The bandits, however. got away with
&c COO in cash and the rest in cashiers
checks. \ nur'her IF the latter were
"ashed ST a nearby bank.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-07
BOWLING TEAMS
HAVE FINE DINNER
Twenty Company l Men Dine at Hall
& FarweIl's-ShOrt Speeches by
Some of the Company Officers.

Twenty Company l bowlers enjoyed a
fine dinner at Hall & Farwell's last
night. which was followed by short
speeches by some of the officers of the
company.
Harold Bastian, who recently resigned
as second lieutenant of the company, ex-
pressed his deepest regret at leaving the
company. He also gave the qualifications
of a good soldier and asked the soldiers
to support the new lieutenant. William
Il. Dolan. Captain Charles \. f.. Good
win also welcomed Lieutenant DOlan. and
expressed the company's regret at the
departure of Lieutenant Bastion. The
new lieutenant also spoke few words
in appreciation of the support he had al
ready received from the members of the
company. In closing the program the
bowlers gave three cheers for '.AIoxie"
Boyd. supervisor of the fine feed" of the
evening.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-07
1t. BISHOP HERE
WITH WAR FILMS
Main Picture to Be Preceded by Reel
Showing German U-34 Sinking
Merchant Ships of Allies.

The films, Flashes of Action. to be
shown at the Latchis theatre this after
noon and tonight under the auspices of
Brattleboro post. American Legion, will
be accompanied by an explanatory lee
ture by Lieut.. Ralph c. Bishop, who ar
rived here last evening with the pic
lures.
In addition to the main picture is
reel showing the actual sinking of mer-
chant vessels of the allies by the Ger
man submarine U-34 This remarkable
film is presented identically as taken
by secret service agents from the ar
chives of the German war office. 1t
will precede the main film.
A striking scene from Flashes of Ac-
tion will be that dealing with the sur
vivors of the Lost Battalion. This IA
nous organization was commanded by
Lieut.. Col. Whittlesey, who recently
jumped overheard at sea over the worry
Of the loss of his men in this engage
ment Equally interesting will be the
historic scene of the farewell of Gen.
Pershing from France and his trium-
phant return to New York city.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-07
ROB GALLI-CURCI
OF $4,000 JEWELS
Two Girls i'm Cafe Rest Room Escape
with Valuable BOx-Jewels In
Care of Maid

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO. Cal.
April Mime. Galli-Curci, the opera
singer. was robbed here yesterday of
Jewels and valuahles which she said
were worth $4,000. when two girls fed
with 4 jewel case that had been left in
the care of the singers maid in a cafe
rest room. The singer and her party
had stopped here for luncheon.
The singer, her husband, Homer Sam
uels, and the maid. departed at once for
os Angeles. to aid III the search for
the girls. ..
San Juan Capistrano is the usual mid
way stopping point for automobile mar
ties between San Diego and Los Angeles.
According to Mr.. Samuels, he, Ma
dame Galli-Curci and her maid, Mrs.
Mae Hendrickson, were travelling BY mo-
tory tween Los Angeles and San Diego.
and stopped here for luncheon. The
jewels were entrusted to the maid. She
stepped into q rest room in a cafe here,
he said. laid the jewel case down for a
moment. and then. realizing what she
had done, returned to get it. 1t was
gone
Mrs. Hendrickson said there were two
Young women in the rest room. both
blondes. and one tall and wearing 4
light coat. She had no other. descrip-
ton.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-07
DIR. CHAS. A. GRAY
DIES IN HINSDALE
Well-KnOwn Physician Was Civil War
Veteran and Formerly Practiced
Profession i'm Brattleb0ro.
Especial TO The Reformef.)
HINSDALE. n. H.. April !

HlNSDALE, n. H., apfu {.
DIR. Charles Adams Gray, 70. died in
his home on the Brattleboro road at 3
O'Clock yesterday morning, after an i'll
ness of two weeks with influenza followed
by heart trouble. He had been unusually
well all winter
DR. Gray was born in Cambridge, r..
Y. July 24, 1876, one of 10 children of
DR.. Henry Carpenter Gray and jeanette
tBullions) Gray. The latter was a
daughter of Rev Alexander Bullions.
who came from Scotland to Cola, y. Y.
and preached in the Scotch Presbyterian
church 30 years.
On Oct. %, 1871. DIR. Gray married
Miss Nellie Joslyn of Martin. Mich, the
ceremony being performed by Rev John
Anderson and Rev. John Fletcher of
Plainville. Mich, the latter of whom sur
wives.
At the age of IS DIR. Gray. enlisted and
served in the Second New York cavalry
in the Civil war. He attended Dart
mouth medical school and Bellevue Hos
pital Medical college of New York city.
He practiced medicine in Washington, ID.
c., New York city, Martin, Mich, Sioux
Falls, 5. D.. Brattleboro and in Hins-
dale, coming here 81 years ago.
He was member of the Cheshire
County and American Medical asSOcia-
tons and was a member of the Windham
County tVt.) Board of Pension Examin-
t1S up 10 tlt AiilAt IL NliSbSliutu dboul ~
years ago. ..
Besides his wife DR. Gray leaves eight
children. They are Miss Florence
Templeton Gray of St Petersburg, Fla.
Miss Annie ("Joslyn'0 Gray of Hins-
dale, Charles Liston Gray of Rochester.
y. Y, Nellie, wife of Rev. Charles H.
Temple of Biddeford. Me. Elizabeth, wife
of F. c. White of Buffalo, y. Y. Miss
Martha s. Gray. a teacher of Arlington,
Mass, Miss Dorothy Gray, a nurse of
New York city. and Jeannett. wife of
Russell w. Barbour of Flint, Mich. He
also leaves four grandchildren. Eleanor
Gray. Elizabeth and Gray Temple, and
Russell Hugh Barbour. DIR. Gray also
leaves three sisters Mrs. John Anderson
and Mrs. Thomas Gull of Cambridge N
Y. and Mrs. Julius j. Estey of Brattle-
boro. Mrs. Cull and Mrs. Estey being
twins
The funeral Will be held ut the home
at 1890 o'clock tomorrow Rev. John H.
Sargent. pastor of the First COngrega-
tional church. will officiate. The body
viii be taken to Cambridge. \. Y. for
burial in the Gray family lot. Services
will be held there Sunday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-07
EDWARD III. FLETCHER.
Funeral of Former BrattlebOrO Young
Man Held Here Yesterday.


The funeral of Edward II. Fletcher,
who died in Ell Paso, Texas. Saturday
morning. was held at Bond & Sons
chapel at o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Rev. Herbert p Woodin, ID. D., pastor of
the Centre Congregational church.
officiated The burial took place in the
Fletcher family lot in Prospect Hill Gem
etery. The bearers were james Austin.
Ernest Aldrich. Alfred B. Jordan and
Abbott FrizzeIl Mrs. Ruth \. Thomp-
son of Northampton, Mass, Mrs. Frank
Williams of Shelburne Falls, Mass, Mrs.
w. S. McKenney of Northampton, Mass.
and Mrs Josephine Moves, formerly of
Brattlebofo, attended the funeral
Mr. Flctcher's death was due to com
plications He was i'll last fall with
pneumonia and did not seem to regain
his usual health following his illness. 4
short time ago he was taken i'll with in
fiuenza and about 10 days ago had a re-
lapse and died at 1870 Saturday morn
ing His mother had been with him since
the middle of November.
He was born in BrattleborO in March,
1888, a son of Mr.. and Mrs William II.
Fletcher. He attended the Brattleboro
high school and was engaged in building
contract work here for a time. He then
went to Boston, where he remained four
years in building work, and nine years
ago went to Texas. At the time of his
death he was in the firm of Mckee Bros.
Co. real estate dealers and builders.
He leaves his wife, who was a Texas
girl, and one son. Thomas Henry
Fletcher. two years old. and his parents.
A funeral service was held at his home
in FL Paso Sunday morning and Mrs.
William II. Fletcher left at noon that
day with the body, meeting Mr.. Fletcher
in Chicago. The body arrived here
Wednesday night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-07
MR.. PATTEE SPEAKS
TO STORE EMPLOYEES
Annual Dinner and Entertainment Ten
dered by GO0dnOw, Pearson & Hunt
Wednesday Evening

Goodnow, Pearson ( Hunt rendered
their employees their annual dinner and
entertainment in the Unitarian parish
house Wednesday night. about 40 being
present Hall 4 Farwell served at
o'clock a delicious course dinner, with
fillet of beef for the meat course. Between
courses the diners joined in singing popu-
lar songs. led by Herbert Clark of the
White entertainment bureau of Boston
with accomplishments by Shows orches-
ira.
Following dinner ]. G. Pattee of the
nrygoodS Economist talked to the enl-
ployes half an hour. giving them some
blackboard figures that were far from
the proyerbial dryness of statistics Mr.
Pattee said that the retail business of
New England today was supported by a
slender thread. the average figures from
the leading drygoods stores throughout
New England showing that the profit to
the merchant from each dollars worth of
goods sold is only three cents. In many
instances where goods are marked down
the merchant sustains an actual loss,
when overhead costs are figured Mr..
pattee urged an increased volume of
sales. His talk was along lines different
from those he has given before, and his
hearers were impressed with the sound
ness of his remarks.
When Mr.. Pattee had finished his talk
Mr. Clark. who is one of the best enter
tainerS who come here. gave a program
which laste,l until nearly IL o'clock and
left his audience anplauding for more.
His character sketches. for which he
made up before the audience, his songs,
jokes, stories, instrumental numbers, etc.
created an almost continuous round of
laughter and applause.
4 dance to music by Shows orchestra
closed a very delightful and profitable
evening.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-07
MAINE REFERENDUM
ON PRIMARY LAW
peal-Miss Robertson Speaks at
Convention.

BANGOR. Me-. April ASIDE from
Il long Wrangle over the WaterpOweT
plank and the inclusion of a plank ia
voring a referendum on the question of
repeating the primary law. the Repub-
hcan state convention here -. yesterday
was an entirely harmonious gathering.
graced for the first time in Names his
tory by the presence of hundreds of
women delegates, and given over for the
most part to speeches by the chairman.
Guy Ell. Sturgis of Portland: Senator
Frank B. Willis of Ohio and Miss Alicc
Robertson. member of congress from the
second Oklahoma district. a
Miss Robertson s. speech made hne
impression, with its many flashes of
humor and its quaint style of delivery.
The only woman member of congress
was accorded an ovation at the close.
The following resolution on the liquor
laws was adopted:
We reafirm the long-established
principle of the Republican party of
strict enforcement of the prohibitOry
laws. and urge an honest and efficient
administration thereof in state and ma
ton. and since prohibition has become
a part of our fundamental law by con-
stitutiOnal amendment, we believe it be
comes the patriotic duty of every loyal
American to faithfully obey it and to
earnestly support the office charged with
its enforcement"
Concerning the much complained OF
primary law the convention adopted the
following: Whereas the direct prl-
mary law was enacted by the people,
thinking it an, Improvement upon our
former system. and whereas it has been
fairly tried and found not satisfactory,
therefore we advocate the submission to
the people of proposition for its re-
peal"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-07
FATHER Of HACKED
SONS FOUND DEAD
Had Been Staying at Home
of Neighbor Since Crime
Tuesday
NO POISON TRACE
ABOUT HIS BODY
Given Severe Grilling Last Night by
Prison Experts About Mangling of
Sons One Is Dead and Three 9th
ers Probably Fatally Injured.

CCNCORDIA, Kan, April IL. H.
Tremblay, farmer living near st. Jo-
scph, this county, five of whose sons
were hacked with an axe early Tues
day, resulting in the death of one of
them and the probable fatal injury of
three others. was found dead at the
home of a neighbor early today where
he had been staying since the discovery
of the crime
No trace of poison was found about
the body. \ coroners investigation has
been ordered. Experts from the state
prison last night put Tremblay through
severe grilling in connection with the
crime
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-07
FARM BY
ODD FELLOWS
FOur-Act Comedy Well Presented Be
fore Audience of 40O-Proeeeds
Go Toward Assembly Expense.

Valley Farm, a comedy drama III four
acts, which was presented by the Odd
Fellows Dramatic club in Odd Fellows
temple last evening, was enthusi-
astically received by an audience of more
than 400 persons, who made many eX-
pressiOns of commendatiOn and appre-
citation of the work of the members of
the east The proceeds will be used to-
ward the fund to defray the expenses of
the general assembly, which is to be held
here in May.
The play opened with a scene at Valley
Farm on an afternoon in August when
the engagement was propounded while
the second act took place in the Rutledge
mansion in New York city the following
December, when the serpent has crept
into Eden. The third act also was in the
Rutledge mansion. the couple having
parted, and the last act brought the audi
ence back to the farm scene an evening
the next March when love triumphs
The cast of characters included: f.
Kenneth Wilson as Harold Rutledge. a
young New Yorker; Lee s. Higgins as
Perry Deane. son of the soil Ernest
NJ. White as David Hildreth, a New
York lawyer: Hoyt y. Streeter as SiiaS
Holcomb, owner of Valley Farm; Harold
l.. Smith as Azariah Keep a clock
tinker: Orrin D. Stowell as Jennings.
servant at the Rutledge mansion; Miss
Charlena F. VI. Thomas as Hetty Hol-
comb a country flower transplanted to
city soil Miss Leola. ~ Clark as Isabel
Carney niece to David Holcomb: Mrs.
Alta Barden as Mrs. Rutledge. Harold'S
mother; Mrs. Charlotte Higgins as Alvira
Holcomb, sister of Silas; Mrs Mary c.
Crosier as Lizy Ann Tucker. who borrows
but never gossips": Miss Evelyn Cleave-
land as Nerbena. hired girl at the farm
Every part was well taken and re-
fiected credit upon the actor, and the
ludicrous situations caused much merri-