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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-11-29

Mrs. Bonner said Mrs. Hall was
"very much upset." when tho two
sisters arrived at the Hall home in
response to telephone call from
Mrs Hall.
Saw No Scratches.
! Mrs. Bonner said she saw no
scratches on Mrs. Halls face.
On redirect examination McCar-
ter asked Mrs. Bonner. II Mrs. Hall
had said at any time that she hoped
Mrs. Jane Gibson was dead, and that
the only mistake she made was in
sending her coat to Philadeluhia to
be dyed instead OF burning it.
"She certainly did not" replied
Mrs. Bonner.
Trial Ends Wednesday
The trial will end Wednesday, Just
one month after it began, defense
and prosecution attorneys believe.
Clarence E. Case is expected to
sum up for the defense. taking per-
haps half a day for 1t, while Spe-
cial Prosecutor Alexander Simpson,
representing the state. will take
about two hours. He will dwell on
the circumstantial evidence he has
presented against the defendants.
Before court opened today 1877
witnesses had been called to the
stand. 81 by the state and 70 by
tho defense. The state has II wit
nesses for rebuttal.
With her direct testimony almost
completed. Mrs Hall today faced the
major part of her cross examination
as a conclusion to the defense's case
with the exception Of two or three
minor witnesses
Henry and Willie Stevens. broth
ers Of Mrs. Hall. who are on trial
with her on charges of numbering
Mrs. Eleanor r. Mills. testified ear
lier as did Mrs. Mills, that they had
nothing to do with the crime.
Special Prosecutor Alexander
Simpson began his cross examination
of Mrs. Hall Saturday III far more
vigorous manner than he employed
in questioning her brothers, but she
could not be shaken from the story
which she told under direct exam
nation. This was that she knew
nothing Of the murder, nor Of the
love affair OF her husband. the Rev.
Edward W. Hall. and Mrs. Mills
until the couple had been found
slain on deserted farm outside
New Brunswick four years ago.
Defense plans to call Mrs. Salome
Cerenner, aged mother Of Mrs. Jane
Gibson. to attack the credibility Of
her daughters testimony. have been
abandoned, Robert H. Nelson Of de-
Tense counsel says. Mrs. Gibson.
who testified for the state from a
sick bed that she had seen the de-
PENDANTS at the scene Of the MUIR
der. collapsed three weeks ago when
she saw her mother in the court
room and was informed that Mrs.
Cerenner had been called as a char.
acter witness. ..-. 49,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-11-29
Waterbury Oil Station
Manager Is Held Tn

Waterbury. Conn.,. Nov. 2s.-tR-
Two armed men held up Edward o.
Loughlin of 1877 Wolcott street.
street. Waterbury. and took 5000
In cash from him last night. He is
manager Of an oil station here and
was going home soon after closing
time, II O'Clock, with the after
moons and evenings receipts Of the
station when the robbery occurred
Two men dressed as the same ones
who held up Loughlin were seen in
Stratford earlier in the evening. and
later in Bridgeport. They are wanted
IN both cities for robberies. The pair
were dressed, from all descriptions
In old army overcoats, and tattered
caps.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-11-29

to give any alarm before she was
convinced that he would not return.
Denies Charlotte's Story
Simpson, taking the witness brief
ly for re-cross examination. again
brought out that she had declined
to see Charlotte Mills soon after the
murders. when the girl called at the
Hall home. Mrs. Hall denied that
the girl had been prevented from
entering the house.
McCarter, on redirect examina-
tion asked: You told Mr.. Pfeiffer to
see herr"
Yes"
Mrs. Hall said she asked Pfeiffer
to express her sympathy for the
girl. Pfeiffer, on the witness stand,
had said he advised Mrs. Hall not to
see Miss Mills, because he knew
Charlotte was employed by a news
paper.
Mrs. Fannie H. Voorhees,, of Jer-
sey City, a sister of Mr.. Hall, was a
witness this afternoon. She corro-
borated the story told by Mrs. Hall
with regard to some of the defend
ants movements on the day after MIR.
Hall failed to come home.
Mrs. Hall was very, very unhap-
py,' she said in describing the
events of September Is, 1922.
The defense was overruled in at
tempting to get into the record that
Mrs. Hall sent for a lawyer after
comforting with two of Mr.. Halls
sisters.
An attempt to show that both Mr..
Halls sisters and his mother, until
the time Of her death, had continued
warm friends Of Mrs. Hall also was
unsuccessful.
Did Mrs. Hall, on Friday or on
Monday at the funeral, or any other
time, have any scratch on her face ?"
asked McCarter.
None whatever" answered Mrs.
Voorhees,. State witnesses had tes-
titled they saw a scratch on Mrs,
Halls cheek.
Mrs. Theodore Bonner, another
sister OF the Rev. Mr.. Hall, was the
next witness, having also been a
witness Of the state.
Eat the time of the tragedy. was
Mrs. Halls hair white?" asked Nc
Carter.
mo, it was grey" answered Mrs.
Bonner. When Mrs Hall removed
her hat for the only time in the
courtroom, when she was to be iden-
titled by Mrs. Gibson. her hair was
revealed as between grey and white.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-11-29

Saturday that her husband had been
murdered, did she tell Miss Agnes
Storer. organist OF the Rev. Mr.
Halls church, that he would not be
present for choir practice Friday
evening.
Mrs. Hall replied that since her
husband had been away since the
evening before she concluded he
would be away while the choir prac-
tice was being held.
you said positively he will not be
at choir practice?
Perhaps"
Simpson Gets Angry
"Why can't you answer, yes or
no?' asked Simpson, clearly anger
ed
Mrs. Hall again explained that her
husbands absence for an entire day
led her to conclude he would not be
present for choir practice.
10 Letters Shown
Mrs. Hall was then asked to
identify a package of letters. Their
nature was not revealed. but the fact
that some of them had been written
on mourning stationery indicated
that they were in letters written
after the Rev. Mr.. Halls death.
Then came a wait of ten minutes
in which the letters were marked for
identification. There were nineteen
of them and the delay seemed one
of the most difficult periods of Mrs.
Halls time on the stand. Once or
twice she appeared i'll at ease.
watching the clock. then turning to
the jury and swaying forward
slightly.
When the letters were all marked,
Simpson continued: Now. Mrs. Hall.
you have said that this calamity was
the most terrible thing in your life,
that it wiped out all that made life
worth living. Isn't it fact that in
all these nineteen letters there is not
one phrase OF sorrow. not one recol-
lection for the husband for whom
you have testified you were so de-
voted?"
McCarter was overruled in an OBJ
lection to the effect that the letters
would speak for themselves.
II have no recollection" said
Mrs. Hall.
Sees Husbands Love Letters
Mrs. Mills love letters to the
Rev. Mr.. Hall were shown to Mrs.
Hall. She looked at them without
showing any sign of emotion.
You'd never seen these letters
until after the crime?" asked Simp-
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-11-29
sKDs ON TROLLEY TRACKS

Herbert Young OF % Garden
street, an employe Of tho w. H.
Hall Construction Co. notified Cap
tain Kelly at $3.50 this afternoon
that as he was driving west on
West Main street near the Lyceum
theater, the wheels Of his car
caught In the trolley tracks and as
the car skidded. 1t struck an auto
mobile owned by Ernest N. Hum
phrey Of III Lincoln street, dam
aging tho left fender and throw
ing the front wheels out OF align
ment.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-11-29

when was your attention first d.
rected to these letters which were
found at the body and in the Mills
| home?"
II think the first I ever heard OF
them was in The office of the New
Brunswick prosecutor, some time
after the crime"
did you see the originals?"
mo, I was handed q copy OF one
, of the letters?"
did you read it,"
mo"
Didn't Read Papers
did you read the papers immedi-
ately after the crime?"
"No,"
"At whose advice?"
1.-THE Rev. Mr.. Conover advised me
not to-"
when did you first read the let
tiers which have been introduced at
this trial as passing between your
husband and yourself?"
Two weeks before the trial"
WAS that the first time you had
read them?"
Yes"
Tell us whether your view OF your
husband suffered any change"
Mrs. Hall hesitated. do you mean
concerning his regard for me, Or"
again she faltered, and then went on
"or concerning anything that had
gone on in his life?'
Simpson objected with a slight
reference to the jury: What this
jury is interested in, or ought to be
interested in," he said. ''is not what
Mrs. Hall now thinks OF her hus-
band, but what she thought OF him
four years ago."
The question was permitted.
Tell US whether your view Of
your husband suffered any change"
McCarter repeated. He was standing
in addressing his questions to the
witness.
Opinion Of His Affection
"It did not change In regard to
his affection for me-" said Mrs.
Hall.
did it change with regard to his
relations to Mrs. Mills?"
1T did"
WAS 1t your belief on Friday
night after your husband had dis
appeared, that he would have COM
municated with you II alive?"
ut was"
McCarter then drew from the wit
ness that she hesitated to make pub
lie her husbands disappearance or
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-11-29
MOTHER AND BOY HIT

Mrs. Irene Papesk Of Is Kelsey
street and her six-year- old son were
struck by an automobile driven by
Luger Bedard OF II Oak street near
the corner Of Maple and Park streets
late Saturday night They were not
injured, Mr.. Bedarad reported.
Mr.. Bedard said he was backing
away from the curb because Of a
parked car in front Of him and he
could not avoid striking the woman
and child.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-11-29
DIES AT AGE OF 1O5

Windsor Locks, Conn.,, Nov. 20 LR
Mrs. Anne Clarity. los years old.
always referred to by old timers here
as the Oldest person in Connecticut,
Is dead Of old age. Mrs. Clarity
never had to wear glasses to read
or sew and did most Of her house,
work. She had lived in the home
where she died for more than rs
yeazA ..-,.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-11-29
MUST SERVE SENTENCE

Washington, Nov. 20 F-George
Weinstein. convicted Of conspiracy
to violate the prohibition law at
chelsea, Mass, and sentenced to the
worcester house of correction for IS
months today was refused by the
supreme court rehearing In his pc.
tition for a review,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-11-29
Held Up And Robbed
Of $40 On Lonely Road

Adolph Larson OF IS Corb!n Place
notined the police last evening that
he had been held up by two men.
carrying revolvers. on Hunter road
ABOUT o'clock in the afternoon, and
renewed OF $40. He said that drove
of In automobiles.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-11-29
MODERN WOODMAN

In response to a complaint to
Captain Kelly shortly after 1
o'clock this afternoon that a man
was destroying trees at 1853 Sexton
street. oflcer Michael Meehan
brought in Jerry Lynch. No. 1, and
charged him with drunkenness. Ac.
cording to witnesses, Lynch was
pulling branches off trees and said
he had orders to trim them,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-11-29

Picking. Nov. 29.-tR>-The civil
government Of Picking, stripped of
Its power over the republic because
Of the factional stress among its
provinces, has resigned in what Is
said to be an effort to force the
northern militarists to assume
responsibility for the administration.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-11-29
RED CROSS REPORT

receipts over the weekend In the
annual Red Cross drive we're $7s5.50,
largely from various manufacturing
plants. The total amount received
thus far Is s3,314.37. the quota being
$4,000.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-11-29
Situation In China Is
Reported As Serious

London. Nov. 29.-R1Seriou
developments Of the situation in
China have occurred at Hankow,
where grave anti-foreign agitation is
in progress. Foreign Secretary Sir
Austen Chamberlain today told the
House OF Commons.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-11-29

evidence. didn't you?"
yes"
ibid you tell Mr.. Toolan. or any,
one else, They must have been kill
sd'?"
International., 1926-05-30
NOCALES HAS ATH0USAND|
MILES TRADE TERRITORY

ducts obtainable on the West
Coast of Mexico is a line of busi-
ness in which there are excellent
opportunities for those with suffi-
cient capiaal to engage in same.
The Chamber of Commerce of
Nogales has made Investigations
Of number of Mexican products
which could be manufactured at
Nogales, Arizona, and other pro-
positions where manufacturing
would pay in Nogales, Mexico.
Special reference is made to the
excellent opportunity afforded at
Nogales to engage in the manufac-
ture of certain lines Of furniture
using Mexican hardwoods.
Selling the climate Of this re-
gion is a business that is bound to
grow. Furnished apartments are
needed at Nogales. Resorts, sani-
tariums, guest ranches, would all
pay. With the opening up Of the
Southern Pacific lines through to
the City of Mexico the tourist
movement through Nogales will
grow rapidly. Large numbers will
stop off at this port of entry.
Nogales is preparing to take ad-
vantage Of this expansion in the
tourist movement by the erection
of modern hotel, adding to very
good hotels now serving the trav-
cling public. Plans are also in
preparation for a strictly tourist
hotel with spacious grounds, golf
links, etc. .
International., 1926-05-30
" 30 Nogs Peoples Newspaper
NOGALES IN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE

the marking by the state highway
department of old Forts Mason,
Buchanan, and Crittendon. He
stated last night that he believes
the government will eventually
International., 1926-05-30

rlace sign posts at all similar
places throughout the nation.
Mr.. Gardner will return to Tomb
stone this afternoon. While here
he is a guest at the Bowman.
International., 1926-05-30

A. G. Stearns of the Mexico
arizona Trading Company has
gone to California on a vacation
trip. n
International., 1926-05-30
"THE CITY HAS A THOUSAND
MILES OF TRADE TERRITORY

the City of Nogales is a promising
field. Nogales is the logical dis
tributing point for the products
Of the West Coast Of Mexico and
also, sells merchandise to the in
habitants of that region. During
the season of 1924-25, lasting
from November to May, the COM
mission and brokerage houses in
Nogales marketed some 3,7OO
carloads of winter vegetables,
principally tomatoes, peas, canta-
loupe, peppers, black-eyed peas,
ETC., in the order named. Other
important crops of the West
Coast of Mexiso are handled by
the brokers or financed by the
banks of Nogales, such as gar
banjo, rice and wheat. The mar
ket value of the average garban-
20 crop in Mexico is about four
million dollars, and garbanzo
or "chick pea" buyers from
, Cuba, Spain, New York and New
Orleans congregate at Nogales to
make their annual purchases.
.Nogales is also supply point
for the mining industry in Santa
Cruz County, Arizona, and the
West Coast Of Mexico. Operators
of mines in Mexico find it ad-
vantageous to make their head
quarters in this city for many rea-
sons. A well equipped foundry
and machine shop manufactures
mine hoists, cars, ball mills, con-
centrator machinery, castings
smokestacks, boilercastings, etc.
and heavy hardware and nachin-
cry dealers are in position to sup
ply all articles needed in abe min
ing industry, as well as pumping
and agricultural machinery.
The development along mining
and agricultural lines in Santa
Cruz County, bids fair to show
great progress in the next few
years, and will add much to the
commercial Importance and pros
perity of Nogales and the Coun-
ty.
In the exploitation Of Mexican
hardwoods, Nogales already has a
very promising industry. Sixty
per cent of the cigar boxes used
in the United States are now
made here of Spanish cedar taken
from the forests of Nayarit, one
thousand miles south of the city,
in Mexico. The same mill is sup
plying hardwood interior finish
products for some of the most i'm
portant public buildings in the
Southwest, as well as for the bet
ter type Of homes, using such Mex
lean hardwoods as amapa, cedar,
mahogany, and others.
The great alluyial strip of
country, known as the West Coast
of Mexico, bordering on the Gulf
of California and facing the Pa
cific Ocean in Sinaloa and Maya
rit, is crossed by some fifteen or
sixteen important rivers, the wa
ters of which are only used now
to a very limited extent, and
which are capable Of slmost limit
less development. Several pro-
jects on some of the most import
ant rivers, such as the Yaqui and
the Fuerte, are now practically
assured. For lack of space we are
unable to enumerate here even a
few of the important projects now
under consideration but a study
of this region even by the most
casual observer will more than
justify the foregoing assertions.
AN of the West Coast country is
the natural trade territory of No
gales and the commercial import
ance of this city will undoubtedly
be greatly enhanced by the devel-
opment now planned in the sister
Republic.
Jobbing the many special pro-
International., 1926-05-30
WEATHER STATISTICS 80.
NOCALES. ARIZONA

! NOTE--A bulletin of the Ari-
zona: Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion declares that to get the ap-
preciable summer temperatures
here, it is necessary to subtract
fifteen to thirty degrees from the
maximum. In other words the
dryness of the air makes Nogales
that much cooler than. the rest
with corresponding temperatures.
At the other end of the thermo-
meter, the appreciable tempera-
lures are higher than those ac-
tually registered, from the same
cause.
HEAT AND COLD
Mean Maximum Temperatures
Length Of
Record Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
IL years -. .......61 Ga II 79
May June July Aug.
II years ..-. 81 96 "a go
Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
II years -.--.- SO 81 72 Cd
Mean Temperatures
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
II years ,-...- IS 48 So 60
May June July Aug.
II years - 67 76 79 n
Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
II years ..---. 72 63 So 46
Mean Minimum Temperatures
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
II years -,-.-- 29 81 81 Al
May June July Aug.
II years -. 47 81 65 63
Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
IL years -...- 81 45 33 20
THE SUN SHINES AN AVER
AGE OF $40 DAYS PER YEAR
Rainfall
Average
10 years Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
Inches -. 1.95 80 .87 20
May June July Aug.
Inches - .09. Al $50 2.74
Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
Inches 100 so "a 1.33 1872
Years no rain during month ........
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.
--~--.----
May June July Aug.
..- 4 g -. -.
Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
-.----. 2 4 /
A. G. Gardner of Tombstone,
one of Arizona's foremost good
roads honsters was here uesfnr-
International., 1926-05-30

A. G. Gardner of Tombstone,
cne of Arizona's foremost good
roads boosters, was here yester-
day attending the ceremonies at
New Britain herald., 1926-11-01
MARIE IS STUDYING
 FARMING PROBLEMS
Queen Is Hopeful of Gaining Knowl- edge Helpful To Her Own
 Country

Queen Marie's Train En Route to Fargo, N. D., Nov. 1 P-Queen Marie of Rumania turned to North Dakota farmers today to ask their advice how to help the farmers of her own country.
 At a radio station in St. Paul last night the queen invited Dakota farmers to meet her today to dis cuss agriculture with her.
 She arranged to take into her car ct succeeding stops two farmers and their wives, and in informal chats with them learn how they till the soil. what their crops are, how they manage their homes and how they reap a profit from their acres.
 An Indian bonnet awaited her majesty at Mandan. where North Dakota Indians. in tribal costumes, arranged a dance in the queens honor. To further enliven the day the royal party also welcomed an opportunity to ride horseback at Medora, where. in the Bad Lands section, rodeo was assembled.
 Rumanians, living in North Da- kota, nearly all farmers, planned to meet their queen at Dickinson to give her their own knowledge of farming conditions in their adopted country.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-01
New Scout Executive
 NeWingtOn BOys' Guest

| Boy Scout Troop ? of Newlngton gave a party in honor of the new Scout executive, Oscar A. Erickson, Friday night at the home of pr. l.. F. Dary, the Scoutmaster. MT. Brick son told of some of his work in Man chester, N. H., and outlined what he would like to do in New Britain. The boys were we'll filled with cider, crullers, and sandwiches. Commts- sioner c. E. Pop" Morgan arriving in time for the "eats." The rooms were decorated with large pumpkin jack lanterns and other Hallow- cen trimmings. It was the most suc- cessful affair the troop had had, and Mrs. Dary was given three long cheers for preparing the food.
 At the next meeting of Troop 4 each patrol will provide a stunt which is intended to serve as the basis for an act in the troops coming show. If the stunts are successful it is planned to repeat them for the children at the Newington Home for Crippled Children. Several patrol hikes planned for yesterday were called off on account of rain for the fourth consecutive Sunday.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-01
Spencer, Mass, Priest
 Killed in Motor Crash

Worcester, Mass, Nov. 1 P(-Rev. Francis Remy. curate at St. Mary's church in Spencer. was killed in- stantly in an automobile collision in Leicester last night. He was re- turning to his home after visiting his father in hospital when the machine in which he was riding met the truck owned by the Ferguson Fast Freight company of Springfield. The truck and priests car came to- gether. Michael Strogostl, 25. of Springfield. driver of the truck was arrested early this morning charged with operating a. motor vehicle so as to endanger the lives and safety of the public.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-01
LIEUT.. CONANT IS
 KILLED IN CRASH
Speeding Naval Flier Meets Death in Accident

Norfolk. Va. Nov. 1 RrThe body of Lieutenant Frank H. Con- ant, Jr., navy speed and stunt flier, was recovered yesterday from the water in which his plane crashed off Mathews. Va. yesterday after noon. It was found strapped in the seat of the wrecked plane, the parachute In place and his hand still clutching the control.
 While no definite information is at hand as to how the accident happened. some officers expressed the belief that the young aviator was flying low at speed of about 160 miles an hour when one of the pontoons of his plane struck fish net stake.
 Conant was en route from the Anacosta station here to Hampton Roads when his plane fell about 1880 in the afternoon, about a mile off shore near Mathews. News of the crash was not received in Nor- folks until 1t was too late to send out searching plane. and the search was put off until this morn- ing.
 Conant's death, now definitely established, adds another name. to the navy's hall of fame for first string fiiers, the navy's files on his record credit him with many feats of skill and speed in addition to his recent two hour flight from Mitchell Field, L. l.. to the Hamp- ton Roads air station on which he used single scatter pursuit plane.
 Lieutenant Conant's flying ex- perience included more than 1900 hours in 3S differen. types Of planes. He had been shot from a catapult and was one of the first o5 to operate from the deck Of an atrnlana carrier,