New Britain herald., 1925-10-26
With GIRL IN AUTO,
OVERTAKEN BY death
Youth Suddenly Stricken
With Heart Attack
During Tete-a-Tete

The police investigation into the
death OF Elliott J. Gable, 21, of 81
Connecticut avenue, Saturday night
has been completed and the police
are satisfied that the circumstances
surrounding the young mans death
We're as stated by Cables COM
panions. Cables death was attribut-
ed to heart failure by DR.. Henry r.
Bray and Medical Examiner John
}. Purney, who examined the body.
John Crowley. 22, of 213 Win
throp street and his brother Joseph,
made complete statements of their
activities Saturday night in COM
pany with the dead youth. John
/ Crowley said that he left home and
brother and Gable. The three drove
around in Crowley's machine for a
while and then, OH suggestion Of
Gable. went to a place where they
purchased bottle Of wine.
They then, went out for a ride,
during which they drank the wine,
returning afterwards and parking
their machine in the rear of Glen
street dance hall. Nearby where they
parked their machine. Crowley said.
two girls were standing and they
entered into conversation with
them. Soon, Gable entered near
by machine with one of the girls,
Josephine Bocksay, Is, and John
Crowley and the other girl entered
Crowlcy's car.
Crowley said that about half ar
hour later, the Bocksay girl came
10 him and told him that his friend
was sick. He went to the machine
and found Gable very i'll. Thinking
that the wine had made him sick
Crowley and his brother helped
Gable over TO their machine ant
lowered the windows. After making
various efforts to help him, Crowle!
drove to the office of DR.. Bray oil
Court street. The two brothers car
ricd Gable into the doctors offic'
where an examination revealed tina
he was dead.
DR.. Bray notified the police an,
, Medical Examiner Purney and a.
investigation was made. Both doc
, tors agree that death had resulte'
s from heart failure.
$ The Bocksay girl was taken int
Y custody by the police on charges O
f being in danger Of falling int
t habits of vice, and when arraigne
}, in chambers session this mornin
/. before Judge Benjamin w. AllinG
G was placed in care of Probatio
$ officer Ruth E. Bristol until De
y cember 81, when final disposition c
the case will be made.
o Cables father, Frederick Y
a Gable, told the authorities that h
= son IVES troubled with a weak heal
for some time. The youth was Dor
in New York and has lived In TIL
city for about eight years, He ws
:, at various times employed at il
~ ney driver on several bus lines an
ri as a chauffeur by Henry Ludor
h local architect Recently he HI
'r hecn employed at the Underwoe
n factory in Hartford.
J. lie is survived by his parent
/ three brothers. Walter, Frederic
and Kenneth; and two sisters, MI
E. Stohl and Miss Gladys Cab
Funeral services will be held at
- o'clock tonight In the funeral hon
Hs of b. c. Porter Sons and the boz
u. will be sent TO Flushing, L. 1. I
~ morrow for burial
:" James Anastachi of 40S Ar
street. who is alleged TO have so
wine which figured insthe party tn
terminated with Gables death. W
T arrested this afternoon by Dete
! tive Sergeant Patrick o'Mara al
Patrolman Thomas Feeney, charg
with violation Of the liquor law.
The raiding officers found
quantity of wine in his tenemel
/ they say. Information which led
| the arrest OF Anastachi came
r light following Cables DEATH