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Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-03
EMOTIONAL INSANITY PLEA
 OF MRS. CATHERINE ROsIER

Philadelphia Nov. 2-The emotional insanity plea of the defense in the case of Mrs. Catherine Roster, on trial for staying Miss Mildred Geraldine Reckitt, her husbands stenographer. and under indictment for slaying her husband Os- car,' at the same time, was attacked to- day by Maurice J. Speiser, assistant dis trict attorney, summing up the common wealth's case for the jury.
 "The commonwealth is not bloodthirs- ty,'' said MT. Speiser, but if you found she was not insane and knew what she was doing when she slew her husband and his stenographer, you are committed to a first degree verdict.
 The prosecutor denounced the 22 year old defendant as a Jealous little fool,'' and declared her act was "cold-blooded murder" asserting that the states wit nesses had proved her sane.
 Mir. Speiser urged the jury to "put your feet down on jealous married women who act as the accuser, prosecutor, judge and executioner." He declared that. nothing had been revealed detrimental to the character of Jerry" Reckitt excep, through the unsupported testimony of the defendant herself.
 The entire defense was built on a ''quicksand of guessing and not on truth and fact" said the prosecutor.
 pr. Daniel J. Mccarthy. alienist and professor of medical jurisprudence at. the University of Pennsylvania, testified thai after reading the testimony he believed Mrs Rosier sane.
 John R. K. Scutt. chief counsel for the defense will sum up tomorrow, after which Judge Barratt will charge the jury. The case is therefore not expected to go to the fjurymen for final decision until tomorrow afternoon. The shooting took place lon Jan. q, and the trial began on Oct. 1e.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-03
RESOLUTION BY EAMoNN
 DE VALERA's SUPPORTERS

Dublin, Nov. 2-(By the A.. P.)-The Republican Bulletin tonight contains the following resolution adopted by Eamonn De Valera's supporters .n the Dali, meeting as a Separate body:
 we ask the president to make repre- sentations to the Vatican formally and emphatically protesting as head of the state against the unwarrantable action of the Irish hierarchy in presumably and pretending. to pronounce authoritative Judgment upon the question of consti- tutional and political fact now at issue in Ireland, namely, whether the so-call- ed provisional partition parliament, set uu under the threat of an unjust war and by coup d'etat was the rightful legisla. ture, and government of the country or not, and in using the sanction of religion to enforce their own political views and compel acquiescence by If.sh republicans in a usurpation that entails no less con- sequences than the partition of the an cient territory of our nat on, the loss of its sovereignty and declared independ- ence and the imposition of test oath that amounts. to sdisfranchisement of re- publicans who have regard for the sacred bond of an oath and will not take it with out meaning to keep 1t?
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-03
8 to 40 Years For
 Kidnapping Child
Swift Justice for Abductor of 11-Year-Old Rosalie Shan ty-On Way to Prison.

Muskegon, Mich, Nov. 2.-Amd the cheers of hundreds of angry citizens crowded into and surrounding the circuit court chambers here today, Raymond E. Wilson, confessed abductor of II year old Rosalie Shanty, was sentenced to inn prisonment at Marquette for from G5 to 40 years The court expressed the re- gret life term could not be imposed.
 Thirty minutes later Wilson was on his way to prison, heavily guarded by depu- ty sheriffs who feared throughout the day that they might be unable to cope with the crowds
 The child was reported tonight slowly recovering from mistreatment and ex- posture at a farmhouse near Dublin, Manislee county. It was believed she could be brought to a hospital here in several days. It may be months, how ever the physicians said, before she re- gains normal mental state.
 No effort was made today to have the little girl tell the story of her two days wandering through the forest after she was released by her abductor, but in her delirium some idea of her experience was given.
 q remember when he pushed me into ! the automobile. and remember him Rosalie said with shudder. "We rode | and rode and then and her mind | wandered again.
 i Once she spoke of being forced to enter | vacant house in the woods. It was only by chance that the child 1 was found alive, the forest in which she was lost being one of the widest spots ] in lower Michigan with few farms and l roads. A farmer found her in this will | derness as he was looking for livestock l that had gone astray.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-03
PRINCESS HERMINE OF. REUss
 HAS ARRIVED AT AMERoNGEN

Amerongen, Holland, Nov. 2 (By the A. P0.-The impending arrival here of Princess Hermine of Reuss, bride-to-be Of former Emperor William of Germany, Is not creating any excitement. The princess is to be a guest at Count Cod dard Bentinck's castle, the one-time kali ser's first residence in exile
 The lord of the manor himself no longer resides in the castle. having gone to Switzerland in a huff after quarrel he is reported to have had with the local authorities over taxation. The present resident of the castle, who will act as hostess, is Count Bcntinck's daughter, Elizabeth, who in 1920 married Captas in sigurd Won Ilsemann, Of Williams en- tourage.
 Both the village of Amerongen and the precincts Of the castle are wrapped in rural quiet, in strange contrast to the buzz of pedestrian and vehicular traffic when William was a resident here.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-03
], ,us. Champion Given
 D-Year Sentence J
Slayer of Thomas A. O'Con-
 nell Was Found Guilty of MansIaughter.

Cleveland, Nov. 2.-AIrs. Mabel Cham pion, charged with the first degree mur- der of Thomas A. OConnell, carnival promoter, of New Haven, Conn.,, in res taurant, here last July was found guilty of granddaughter by jury composed of seven women and five men in cvmnaon pleas court here tonight.
 Judge Bernon immediately imposed the maximum sentence of twenty years in the Marysville reformatory.
 Attorneys for the defense entered a motion for a new trial, which Judge Ber- non denied.
 The composure with which Mrs Cham pion had watched the progress of the trial forsook her when the verdict was read and she broke down and cried.
 The jury had the case twenty-eight hours.
 H. J. Patterson, foreman of the jury, stated that eight ballots had been taken.
 Judge Bernon also overruled a motion to defer sentence. Attorneys for the defense declared they would appeal the case.
 I believe the jury was very kind and merciful," the judge said in passing sen- tence. q consider no further need of leniency, on the part of the court" Mrs. Champion was sobbing when she i was led from the court room to the cell, which she has occupied since her arrest | on the night of the murder. All of the seven women jurors were in tears and many of the spectators also were visibly affected.
 Mrs. Champion went on trial October 1 22. The case Nent to the jury late yes l terday
 O'Connell was shot to death in a i downtown restaurant here last July while he and Ausley Champion, husband of Mrs. Champion, were engaged in a fist fight following an argument over a i drink of whiskey.
 1 On the witness stand Mrs. Champion admitted firing the fatal shots, but swore they were fired by accident when O'Con- nell lunged toward her and seized hel arm. She said she fired once into the floor in an attempt to frighten O'Conne as he battled with her husband.
 The story of the states witnesses diff fered materially from that of Mrs Champion. They testified, how, she hat risen from her seat, held the revolver a her hip and cried to her husband: Stand aside daddy, and I'll riddle hin with bullets"
 Edward c. stanton, county prosecutor described her to the jury as a "colc blooded murderess'-a clever, shrewt
 woman from Texas, where they shoo from the hip and are quick on the trig
 ger"
 Mrs. Champions attorney pictured he tas a little peacemaker' who tried il I vain to avert trouble, that her every ac
 tion on the night of the murder wa
 "lady-like". and that she "shot to. protec herself from the attack of drunken, in furfated villain" who had beaten he 1 husband. = - q. In her cell. Mrs. Champion made he
 first personal statement since the tria | began. She said:
 T don't believe I was fairly treated
 I am a stranger here and that makes i
 worse | don't see how any court coul have; allowed a prosecutor to defame . woman's character. the way MT. Cassid did mine. It is terribly hard. to bear" , She then again broke down and soh
 bed.
 Prosecutor Cassidy made the summin !.up argument for the state. yesterday.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-03

ed the expenditure of $56e, while Mrs. Lucy Patterson, running as republi- can in the 9th North Carolina, reported that she had spent $125.
 In the Seventh Minnesota, Representa- tive Voistead, author of the prohibition enforcement act, reported that he had spent nothing. O. J. Kivle, minister, opposing him, reported the expenditure of s274 ...,
 Among house members seeking re-elec- tion, thoSe reporting general election ex- penses of $1,OOo or more include:
 t. Merritt. Connecticut, $1,440; Kindred New York, $2,0Oo; Perlman, New YoCl, $1.9S2; Cochran, New York, $2,000 Mills, New York, s1400; Chandler, New York, $2,0S3; Ansorge. New York. $1,- New York, $1,25O; Snyder, New York s11S5; Clarke, New York, $l,SO7; San ders, New York, $1.006; London, New York, $1,200; Fish, New York, $1.S35.
 Candidates, not incumbents, reporting general election expenses of $1,000 ol more include:
 Cleary, sth New York, $1,225; oeller 10th New York, $S.014; Dickstein, 12tf New York. $2,439: Knott, 14th New York, $2,4S6 Marks, 18th New York S2,OSs; Frank, goth New York. $1,616 Weller, Fist New York, s1.000; Vain wright. 18th New York, s2,3O0; Burns 27th New York. $1.10S; Taber, 36th New York, S1,150; Stalker, 37th New York $2,437.
 John R. Hefner socialist candidate il the 18th Illinois, holds the economy rec ord He reported the expenditure O four cents for postage.
 Although candidates are required tt mail Stheir preliminary statements no later than Oct. 2S, some have not ye reached Clerk Page, and many other are coming in with later postmarks ol envelopes. The envelopes are being pre- served, but it was said that this delay il mailing occurs every election year. Tn 1 main check is on final statements, all o which must be on file not later thai thirty days after the election, and shov total primary and election expenditures
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-03
HEAD OF A MAN FOUND
 WOODS OF STATEN ISLAND

New York, Nov 2-The head of man apparently about 70 years old was found today in a patch of woods on Stat en Island, near Travisville.
 The eyss had been gous.~ ><t and the teeth extracted. A white cross had been chalked oa q tree at the spot where the head was discovered.
 From the condition of the skull, detec- tives thought death had occurred month ago. There were scars on the bearded chin and a hole ip 'he top of the head evidently made by bullet.
 The spot where the head was found was about 500 yards from a thorough fare.
 The discovery of the head records the fourth dismembered body found in the greater city within the space of little more than a month. Detectives of the homicide squad were impressed by the fact that in two cases parts of bodies were wrapped in oil cloth which recalled the unsoived Guidensuppe murder of 9 years ago and the Long Island mystery of l 921, when the torso of an unidentified woman, bound in ifnoleup1, was discover ed in a pool of rain water near Jamaica, N. '.
 The police are still without an identifi- cation of the headless body of man Iounu nOallng III the tdSI hlNer III IIe latter part of September. Slips of paper found in the pockets bore two New Hay en addresses.
 On October 1, mans head, wrapped in an Italian newspaper, was found in the wood3> near Bronx geological gardens "A few days later the torso was found wrapped in oil cloth about a third of 8
 mile from where the head was found
 On the tenth of October the left arm
 and the left leg were found in vacant
 lot four miles from the gardens. l Two legs and an arm of a large
 woman were found wrapped in newspaper land oil cloth in Brooklyn on October 9 1. No identification has been made.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-03
MRS. PHILLIPS TESTIFIEs
 PEGGY CAFFEE WAS MURDERER

Jos Angeles, Nov. 2,-Peggy .Caffee welded the hammer that beat the life put of Mrs. Alberta Meadows. according to testimony given here today by Mrs. Tara Phillips on trial for Mrs. Meadows staying. @
 Peggy Caffee was the states star wit ness against Mrs. Phillips and was &C., :redited with being the only eyewitness 10 the alleged slaying by Mrs. Phillips.
 Mrs. Phillips told of the events lead ing 10 the killing last July. of Mrs Meadows alleged statement that she was preparing to run away with Armour Phillips, husband of the accused slayer, and of fight that followed between her and Mrs. Meadows. and said that when Mrs. Meadows was getting the best of the fight that Peggy Cafree rushed in with the hammer.
 Peggy came with the hammer and struck at Alberta and beat her with it, and everything went black before my eyes" was the dramatic climax of her testimony
 Weeping and rubbing her eyes with a handkerchief, Mrs. Phillips gave her yer sion of events surrounding the staying It was tale of jealousy and alleged false accusations.
 Mrs. Phillips detailed the circumstances leading to the arrival of herself, Mrs Caffee and Mrs. Meadows at the hillside spot where the staying occurred and told of how the three talked over the relation. of Mrs. Meadows and MT. Phillips
 According to her, Mrs. Meadows ad mitted that she loved Phillips and wa. preparing to go away with him.
 CT then said: Alberta, you are thu dirtiest woman on earth. You have n, heart.
 Then she struck me. -~Je fought ant fought and fought. She had my littl finger bending it. trying to break it. NJ. whole life was taken out of me. hat no strength could not stand it. l made me sick. I screamed for Peggy She came from the machine and got Al berta off me. She struck her with tn hanEner. The last I remember Pegg. ian up and was beating Alberta with tn hammer. l was trembling, and everythinI leemed to go black before my eyes"
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-03
LESTER JAMES WRIGHT WAS
 SHOT BY KURD BANDITS

New York. Nov. 2.-Lester James Wright of Waukesha, Wis, formerly 'rofessor at the University of Wisconsin, those murder near Aleppo, Syria, was 'eported early this week. met his death 1t the hands of eight Kurd bandits, said | cabiegram. to Near East relief head luarters today detailing the attack.
 Wright, Enoch R. Applegate of Jersey flty, N. J., a native chauffeur and two lative relief workers were returning to heppo by automobile from Antioch, then they were fired upon without warn hg. Wright was instantly killed by a juliet through the neck, and Applegate tas wounded in the leg. The chauffeur Fas slightly scratched. but the other two members of the party escaped injury. They were allowed tosDroceed after the iandits had stripped them of all valuable lers0nal property.
 wright had just been made director of he Near East relief unit at Harpoot and tad planned to return to his station the ;ext day He was buried last Monday it the American church in Beirut with impressive ceremonies attended by iead- hg Americans, Greeks and Armenians in he city.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-03
NEW PREMIER OF ITALY
 WORKS 15 HOURS DAILY

Rome, Nov. 2.-(By the A. P.)-Benito Mussolini, the new premier, in addition to working fifteen hours daily "exacts'- minister also shall work hard.
 To each member of his government Mussolini has allotted a. task, desiring to solve in a relatively. short time the difficult problems that since the war have found no solution because of the alleged incompetence of parliament, use less party struggles and the weakness of the various succeeding government, which lasted only few months each.
 Mussolini Is of the opinion that the most urgent question of all is the balanc- ing of the budget. Believing it is impos- sible> to further to increase taxation, as it has reached the extreme limit beyond which revenue decreases rather than aug ments owing to the collapse of produc- tion, he has decided the inevitable reme- dy is decrease in expenses.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-03
CHILEAN GOVT ACCEPTS
 BID FOR SIs.OOo. 900 LOAN

Santiago. Chile Nov. 2.-CBy the A P. The Chilean government today accepted the bid of the National City company of New York, an associate corporation of the National City bank. for a siS.oo0,- 900 loan. The loan will issue at sI 1-2, will bear seven per cent. interest and ma ture in twenty years. with a two per cent. amortization after two years.
 New York. Nov. 2.-Ohicials of the Nation City company refused tonight to comment on the report from Chile that the National City company had been awarded an Sls.0OO.O0O Chilean loan in competitive bidding with American and foreign bankers Until they received of- ficial confirmation of the success of their bid, they said, they would have nothing to say.
 In other quarters eradication was ex- pressed that the loan had been sold to American bankers. as every effort had been made by the Rothschilds Of LoGdoh. and other European bankers 10 obtain the business Dispatches from Chile yester- day and today indicated that four bids had been conusidered-two American sa5 two European.
 The RothSchilds had handled Chiles fin ancial business for many years until inc start of the World war: when American , banks entered the field
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-03
OBITUARY.
T. Dewitt cuyler.

New Haven, Nov. 2.-The death Of T. Dewitt Cuyier today came very close to both Yale university and. the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, he having been fellow of the corporation of the former for many years, and long director of the latter company. He served as the chairman of the committee that built the Yale Bowl and at one lime personally made himself liable for half a million dollars for construction expen- ditures in that connection. While at col lege he was elected member of Scroll and Key, one of the noted senior socie- ties, and he was here over the last week end to attend an anniversary meeting of that body, which more than one hun dred members, many of them among the most notable men in the country. at. tendeds
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-03
CARRYING TO CHINA BONES
 OF CHINESE WHO DIED HERE

Boston, Nov. 2.-The steamship Esther Dollar, sailing from this port for the Orient Nov. IS, will carry with her the bones of S5o Chinese who have died in New England some of them as long ago as 1888, it became known today
 This part of the steamships freight $50 tin boxes, each inscribed with the name of Chinees Aand the date of his death-wil be landed at Hongkong, where relatives of the dead will claim the remains for interment in ancestral soil. The work of exhuming the bodies from cemeteries throughout New England is now proceeding.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-03

Washington. Nov. 2.--NEost of the can didztes for the house of representatives have reported nominal expenditures in the fight thus far to hold or capture seats. According to preliminary state ments, less than 100 have spent more than sl ,000 each in the election cam paign, not counting primary expenses. The total cost to candidates-primary and election--will not be repoSed until within thirty days after Nov. ', when esSn candidate must show above or be- low S5.OOO, the limit fixed by tho law.
 Additional reports were filed today with the clerk of the house by campaign committees showing contributions since the first filing a week ago. The repub- licsn national committee reported gifts of 31e,725; the republican. senatorial s1,05O, and the democratic national $10.- 434 The prohibition national committee contribution figures were $3,717.
 Preliminary reports by house candi- dates show that about 200 spent nothing In the general election fight. This list includes those without opposition next week although most of them previously had reported more or less expense in the primary. House officials familiar with congressional fEht9 have found that in some instances mans principal expense is reported after the election.
 He may still keep well within the ,aw and not tip his hand prior to the voting" an official explained More Uver, the biggest cost is in the last few lays of the campaign and on election day"
 Representative Alice Robertson of Oklahoma, the only woman member of he house. was among the highest spend srs, according to the preliminary reports. her total being $3,6s5. Among contribu- ions, Miss Robertson reported one of 1900 by Secretary Weeks, and S1,100 by he woman's National Republican Club, nc.
 No statement had been received today rom Mrs. Otero-Warren. republican nom- nee in New Mexico, but it was reported n the way, Esther O'Keefe. democratic Iominee in the 18th Indiana district, list
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-03
TO GIVE DATA DEALING
 WITH GERMAN FINANCES

Berlin, Nov. 2 (By the. A P).-The official discussions between. the allied reparations commission and Dr. Hermes, German minister of finance, have reached the stage where Nj. Barthou and his col leagues believe they are warranted in asking the German government to state its views on the establishment of budget equilibrium ana limitation of the floating debt, constituting two of the problems with which the entente representatives primarily propose to occupy themselves in the course of the present conferences.
 NJ. Barthou. who is president of the commission. communicated this request to DC. Hermes at the close of today's dis cission, and the minister on Friday will present a carefully prepared memorial dealing with all phases of German cur rency and financial and economic cOndi- tions in their relation to reparations.
 This presentation of specific data will recommend methods which the govern ment deems of immediate necessity in order to accomplish the correction of German currency ane the balancing of the budgets, and will name as a cardinal condition an international loan to be fioRted at the earliest possible period In order. to accelerate any movement calcu- lated to halt the further disintegration Of the mark. 70
 Allowing that some time will elaps' before such loan would be available fol practical purposes, the German govern mcnt will indicate. it's willingness 10 un' dertake. tempJsary measures looking tc stsbiliza,ior of the mark.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-03
HARTFORD ExPREssMAN IS
 CHARGED WITH MANsLAUGHTER

Hartford. Nov. 2.-John Hurley, 37. an congressman of this city, was arrested tonight by local police on a charge of manslaughter, after a fight in his room resulting in the death of Joseph Brennan, 55, until recently wstchman. After hearing noises, roomers entered Hurley's room and found him standing over Bren- nan,s body, kicking it. Hurley claimed that Brennan struck him and he retaIi- ated. Hurley was treated for severe scalp wound and then told an incohereni story at police head >tarters. There will be an autopsy tomorrow. Brennan is said 10 have come from New York and Y have relatives in Troy, N. Y.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-03
FasCistr Demonstrations

Rome, Nov. 2.-(By the A. P.)-Re- ports received from Various parts of Italy tell of enthusiastic demonstrations which have taken place in greeting fas= cisti returning from "the conquest of Rome." At several places where the headquarters of subversive organizations have been attacked and destroyed, hidden stores of arms, explosives and war ma- terial are said to have been found. No casualties have been reported from any of the places where disorders have oc- cured