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New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
REMUS INSANE 0R
 GUILTY, IS RULING Judge Declares Outright Ac-
 quittal Is Impossible JURY CONSIDERING CASE
Panel Rctires at 14:49 P. M - Courts Decision DaShes Rcmus' Hope For n Verdict Giving Him Freedom.

Cincinnati. Dec. 20 LP-George Remus' hope for an outright acquit- tai of the charge of first degree mur- der for staying his estranged wife, Imogene, was dashed today when Judge Chester R. Shook dccreed that the best Remus could hope for would be acquittal on the sole the jury at 12:49 p. m.
 Court Makes Ruling
 "The court feels that In view of the state of the record there can be absolutely no claim in reason, logic or law successfully advanced in denial of an unlawful killing" read the opinion of Judge Shook upon the point.
 "The court, upon careful consid- eration. is brought to the inevitable conclusion that the defendant is en- titled to a verdict of not guilty on the grounds of insanity"
 'The judges ruling was upon a demand by Prosecutor Charles P. Taft, II. that Remus be held to some form of accountability for the slay- ing.
 Should the defendant obtain the acquittal because of insanity, rather than some form of direct punish mcnt ranging up to electrocution, his case would be thrown into sanity hearing to determine the present state of his mind.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
FILTERS FORGED DOWN

San Francisco, Dec. 2o.-tP>-Aft- = CT remaining in the air for 49 1-2 hours in an attempt to break the worlds record for an endurance flight. the tri-motored monoplane Spirit of California" was forced down at Mills field here today on ac- count Of an exhausted fuel supply.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
William Edward Hick- man, With Sl00,ooo Reward Offered for His Capture, Escapes by Sixty Seconds, Us- ing Stolen Auto.
Meanwhile Alleged Killers Mother, Residing in Kan sas City, Is Stunned by News of Sons Connec- ton With Awful Crime.
ANOTHER SUSPECT
 HELD IN CUSTODY

Los Angeles. Dec. 20 (P}--A man believed to be William Edward Hickman, named by the police as the slayer of Marian Parker, driv- ng what the police think is his sec ond stolen automobile, slipped through a tremendous police drag net this morning and escaped cap ture by q. minute.
 So close was the chase that a short time later report reached police headquarters Of his arrest. but it. proved q mistake, and upwards of 1000 peace officers of Southern California continued the drive.
 Car Speeds Away
 Just before dawn, a blue Cadillac car with wire wheels pulled into a filling station on West Sixth street The driver asked for five gallons Of gasoline, got it, and requested a new bulb for one of his headlights. While the attendant was inside the build ing getting the light. the big blue car pulled out at top speed.
 Jack Woods, the attendant, jump cd into his automobile and gave chase not for fugitive with s100,- oo0 on his head, but 10 collect s1.03 for the gasoline,
 At top speed the two cars thun- dered down Sixth street to Broad way, the main business artery of the city.
 Fugitive Gains
 They swung into Broadway going north with the fugitive gaining. Someone tclcphoned police about inc mad chase which was headed almost directly for the headquarters of Herman H. Cline, chief of detec- tives, in charge of the man hunt. It was Cline who last night announced that the man sought for the killing was Hickman, once employed in the bank where the girls father was an official.
 The detective chief threw a squad of 10 officers into the street at moments notice. Before they could reach that intersection the fugitive. VII llOuL SiVN IL : tON II, spun cast anu escaped in the darkness. Later Wood said Hickman was the fugi- tive, judging from the photographs at police headquarters.
 Meanwhile a heavy guard was thrown around central police station where a man whose name was not divulged but who is said by Cline to have been an intermediary between inc abductor and the Parker fam ily is being held. This man, an aviation enthusiast, came here re- gently from Kansas City. former home of Hickman.
 SfOO,O00 Reward Offered
 The intensive search, given im- petus by the fact that price of 5000 has been placed on his head, got under way this morning after the police had announced that William Edward Hickman, former omploye of the Los Angeles First Trust and Savings bank, had been positively identified through finger prints and photographs as the slay- or Of the 12-year-old daughter of Perry Parker, an officer of the bank.
 His mother. Mrs. Eva M. Hick- man, lives In Kansas City.
 Motive Is Advanced
 The motive for the kidnaping. staying and dissection of Marian, was supplied in the police hypothc- sis Hickman two years ago was
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New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
Saved by Illness


 Portsmouth, N. IT., Dec. 20 Pl- Two men saved by illness from making the last tragic trip on the submarine S4 were in the hospital at the navy yard here today watch ling with tense eagerness for the latest news of their shipmates i'm. prisoned at the bottom of the sea. It was on the day that the S-4 left here after repairs for her standard ization tests that J. A. Guidry, gun ner's mate, was taken to the hos pital suffering from q lame back. James B. Rice, nachinist's mate, entered the hospital a month ago because Of measles and complica- lions, He and Guidry have been close friends since they entered the navy. Guidry's home is in San An tonio Texas, and Rice comes from Los Angeles, Calf. Both were trans fercd some time ago from the Maryland to the S-4.
 ships on Scene
 NdSnllS tOll, l'tC. ~ (L | )---feS- cue vessels concentrated at the scene Of the S-4 disaster were listed by the navy department today as follows: Falcon. submarine rescue vessel. Bushnell, submarine tender
 Submarine SIS.
 Submarine S-3
 Lark. minesweeper.
 tcwink. mincsweeper.
 Nallard. minesweeper.
 Sturtevant, destroyer.
 Wright, aircraft tender.
 Wandank, tug.
 MOhave, tug.
 Iuka. tug.
 lWana, tug.
 Triton, tug.
 PcnobsCot, tug.
 Coast guard destroyer Conyngham. Burrows. Tucker and Jouett. Two cranes from Merritt Chapman Scott Co.,. New York.
 Tug Rcsoluto. from Merritt Chap man Scott Co.
 Several s"aplanes from the naval air station at Squanton. Mass.
 Three other commercial tugs.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
WOODS AND GREENSTEIN
 ASK SALARY INCREASES
Prosecutor and Assistant Petition Common Council for Raise of
 1000 Each.

Prosecuting Attorney J. c. Woods and Assistant Prosecuting Attorney w. M. Greenstein will present peti- row evening for salary increases of S1,000 each. NIr. Woods salary Is S3,000 and Mir. Greensteins is s1,500. Neither official received an increase last year.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
NAVAL BRAND OF INQUIRY

Washington, Dec. 2N WP>-Ad- miral Hugh A. Wiley commander Of the United States fleet. announced would convene after tn" holidays in Boston or another New England city to ascertain facts of the S-i disaster.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
Hope Is Fading
Weather Hampers Rescuers

As the salvage crew impatlentlv iawaited better sea conditions to re- new diving operations Captain Ern-
 est T. King in charge of this depart ment of the work, said there was but little hope that any of the im- prisonod men would be taken out alive.
 Captain King said that if the weather moderated at low water, which falls about 3 o'clock this afternoon. divers would be sent down and an attempt would be made by them to get tanks of oxy- gen and liquid nourshment into the S-4's torpedo compartment through the listening gear known as the "S- C tube"
 New Procedure
 Such a procedure has never been
 attempted before, he said. Commander Edward Ellsberg, who
 raised the submarine S-51 and who
 rejcined the navy to aid in salyag- ing the S-4, corroborated Captain Kings statement that the feat of
 sending air and food to sunken submarine in this manner had not
 been attempted before and added:
 "Wo are full of bright ideas. If we can only get favorable weather" Probably at Work
 In describing the sounds heard from the S-4 at II o'clock officers a,@ ;,t, ,,h, hn Soil there was nothing to indicate that they were intended for signals. It seemed rather that the imprisoned men were attempting some kind of work. presumably in the hope of aid
 ing in their own release.
 The officers said there was no
 possible way in which the prisoners could better their condition. All help, they maintained, must come from the outside.
 Discussing the theory that all but one of the men might emerge through the torpedo tubes, one re maining behind to send the others out, S-S officers said this could no1
 be done because there was no air
  charge the torpedo.
 Gale still Blowing The A. mile northwest gale pret
 vailing throughout the forenoon even drove some of the salvage equip ment 10 take shelter, as well as ior- bidding diving operations. The three pontoons which arrived here yesterday to be used in raising
 the S-4 remained moored in the in- iner harhor. beside the tug Sagamore. which lowed them from the Brook lyn navy yard.
 The lighter of pontoon gear which also came in yesterday from Boston. was anchored beside the naval tug
 Wandank well inside. The derrick lighter Century to~"d by the tug Relief, reached Province
 town during the forenoon, and it too anchored in the harbor. On board the Relief it was said that no work could bo done at the scene of the wreck today because of the heavy sea.
 The Century left New York !es- 1 torday morning at 0 clock with the 1 derrick lighter Monarch. At noon today the Monarch had not yet ap-
 peared but the captain of the Relief ! said she was about l5 miles behind 1 him and should be up in few 1 hours
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
SIrp JpHpE Dy>S

Washington. Dec. 70 Pt--Irvesti- eation hv q house committee of the sinking Of navy submarines S-4 and S-5 was nsked 'ndav hv Renrnsenta- tive Griffin, democrat, New York.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
BARRIERS ON STRIKE,

Torrington, Dec. 20 Rl-Journey- men barbers of Torrington went on strike today in an effort to enforce their demands for closing at 2 P. m. Saturday and all day Labor day,
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20

troVncetoWn, Mass, Dec 20 (AP)-Faint sounds were heard rom within the sunken submarine S4 Il o'clock to- day. but these were not signals officers of the submarine SS sister snip o the l1ated craft said It appeared those the surface that the survivors of the S making vain forts in their behalf
 Weather Hampers Rescuers
 Meantime weather conditions continued to render attempts impossible Wind and at that hour much than any time since the submarine rammed by the coast guard destroyer Paudng off this habor last Sat ulCay.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
FIRE CHIEF FILES
 CLAIM FOR S6,6OO
 0N AUN7'S ESTATE
Noble Seeks Compensation for Care Of Isabella Rogers Dur-
 ing Declining Years
COMMISSIONERS NAMED
 TO TAKE HIS EVIDENCE

Hear Nephew Explain Why He
 Wants Rcimbursemcnt-B Arc
 for S6, for Services and $500
 for Money Expended.
 Seeking reimbursement for care and for service rendered, Chief Will liam J. Noble Of the New Britain fire department, has presented q claim for about S6,G00 against the estate of the late Isabella Rogers, who died last April, X hearing on the claim was held before Attorneys William r. M@nEan and B. J. Monkiewicz but the case has been continued for further evidence. The attorneys were appointed commissioners for the hearing by Judge Bernard F. Calf ney Of the probate court,
 The dcccndant was Chief Noblc's aunt. He sets forth in his claim that he cared for her during the last few years of her life and that he ren- iered service to her. He asks for S6, 100 for caring for her and $500 for money expended. Isabella Rog- nrs lived on Myrtle street and she died, leaving no will. Chief Noble vas appointed administrator of the sstate. consisting of q house and ash in the bank, which amounted o about $7,000.
 Due to the fact that the claimant vas administrator of the estate, Judge Gaffney decided to appoint commissioners 10 hear the evidence md to decide the matter.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
GALES AND OBREGON
 G0 AL0FT WITH l|NDY'
Each Expresses Pleasure at Airplane Trip With
 International Hero

Mexico City. Dec. 20 P>-Presi- dent Gales and former President Obregon today made separate flights with Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, American air hero, at the stick of a commercial plane loaned for the trips.
 President Gales and General Obragon were each in the air about 25 minutes.
 The Mexican president, making lis first flight. went up first with the American flier, the plane taking at l0:40.
 General Obregon. who is the only candidate left in the field for next years presidential election, went up lmm ediatcly after the president.
 Both President Gales and Gen. eral Obregon, probably the two most powerful men in all Mexico, express ed pleasure in the flight and said that they had confidence in the airman.
 St. Louis, Dec. 20 R) - The De troit -to- Mexico City flight of Mrs Evangeline l.. Lindbcrgh, mother of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, was delayed today because of stripped gear in the Ford tri-motored plane carrying her. Repairs were expected to be completed by noon.
 The revised plan was to fly to Tul- sa, Okla, today with stop at Mo. It was decided not to attempt to reach San Antonio by nightfall.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
Is Second Explosion

Washington. Dec. 20 LP) - The alrplane carrier Langley carried it's stores Of gasoline midship. Admiral Hughes, chief of naval operations, said today. The ship was in con-
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
SOUND HEARD FROM WITHIN SUNkEN SUB GIVES HOPE MEN STILL LIVE
 AND ARE TRYING TO MAKE ESCAPE

Faint Noises Detected Just Before Noon Weather Handicaps Rescue Attempts and Officers Are Discouraged Impossible to Get Out Through Torpedo Tubes-New and Dar- ing Relief Experiment to be Tried This After. noon.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20

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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-21
Tie OUTER GATE
BY OCTAVUS ROY COHEN

Richardson knew 1t, and was hurt
and worried.
Somehow, people did no. mind
hurting Bruce. They never knew
they were hurting him. He had a
way Of smiling wistfully when he
was cut deepest, and so when Lois
admitted 70 him that Bob Terry vas
meaning more and more to her vita
the passing Of each day, he merely
smiled and said that Bob was a fine
young man and that he hoped the
world would make up to him for its
injustice.
There's only one thing that wor-
ries me, Bruce" she said. Bob has
never forgiven father"
'Is that unnatural, Lois?"
"No. ! suppose not. But I get
frightened sometimes. The way he
stares at him occasionally. when IA
Their isn't looking his way. I see
it, and he doesn't know that I do.
1t isn't exactly-exactly human"
81 suppose this bitterness smol-
dered in him during his three years
other people squarely.
Bob himself was unconscious of
the CHANGES being effected in him
self. And Kathleen was too blind
ly in love TO analyze. That he was
better, she knew-but she did not
probe. She was content with the
glorious results. and her daily con
act with Terry brought TO her a
new beauty. a new vivacity and n
new delight.
The development which was oc-
curing in the lad was the thing Tor
which Lois Borden had prayed. From
the first he had aroused in her the
ultimate spark of her enormous. IA
tent maternal instinct. Now he was
developing a masculine p-ositIveness
which appealed 20 the feminine in
her. In her eyes he was no longer
merely someone TO be sorry for. but
q man to be regarded as a man.
And the pity remained-a great. alb
sorbing pity which she unconsciously
dramRtized.
Lois visioned Bob as a young man
who was battling against an adverse
fate; fighting desperately to re-
establish himself in a world which
had scoUrged him cruelty. She saw
the pathos which were there, and
the drama-but she added even
HoAt ulaAld 10 u ana because OF
that she permitted herself to love
him.
She did not admit this 20 her
self. But she knew il. and Bruce
and less time for contemplation ~
his own bitterness. His position
modest enough in a way-yet car
ried "A certain authoritatiyoness
which made itself felt. He walked
more like p free man nd and less
with the rhvthmic beat " the con-
Wet. He had learned TO peak occa-
sionally and TO meet the eyes or
sirable element in the city's soci-l
structure. But within a FORTNIGHT
she saw that work-even with Car
moiy-was changing him.
He was kept busy. and that N IL
self precluded the possibility % the
long. agonizing days Of broOding.
There was daily work 10 he done
went 70 work for John Clrmody. n
indicated TO her that he Rad defi-
ritely east his lot with the less de-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-21
CITY SCHOOLS
BUDGET told
AK Values Increased
S46z,206 in Pub
lished Report

The budget Of the B~rown.v;lI. In.
dependent school district for 1927
e rs approved by the board of trus-
az q recent meeting has been
BY Fred Starck. secretary.
Ane TAX roll, on which the budget
Vs. based, shows a total valuation Tor
1s<f OF Sl5,545, 766, which Is an in
crease Of 1885,, POS over the 1895
which was si5.O s8 $50.
a total Of S225 ,43s.66 is authorized
20 DC expended during the school
year Dy the budget approval. This
IlRure 1ibes exactly with the total
income for the system.
IN making his budget public Mr..
ntarck expressed deep appreciation 70
tax payers or the district for
2 cooperation they have extended
me board in making up the figures.
1he brownsville school board is
aeepiy .ppreciative Of the coopcra-
ZION OF the Brownsville ~taxugyers
1of the current year. The 1927 tax
o., OF more than fifteen and a half
million dollars was made up almost
entirely from the voluntary rendi-
lions OF the tax payers. the items
reported by the board OF equaliza-
hlon being less than two per cent
q the whole" he declared.
Following is the budget as APP
proved by the board:
Revenues will be derived from the
following sources:
state apportionment 4,23s; scholas-
tics at $500 ........... .s63.57O.00
General fund $50 tax
xaLe 93,ZIs.60
Interest and sinking fund
f.AO tax rate) 49,. 62.1ss.os
Tuition Junior College. 5,O6l.00
Smith Hughes act (voca-
t%ioaal) ................... $4,000
Total revenues SECS. 4ss.s6
Expenditures will be as follows:
Salaries, 81 teachers, I
health nurse - s117,5OO.OO
Interest and sinking fund
for $777,000 bonds oUtstand-
ing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 100000
Maintenance. which in
cludes the following: secre-
tary's salary. assessing and
collecting taxes, janifars'
wages, interest on short
time loans for teachers sal
aries, insurance, lights ard
water. fuels, floor oils and
disinfectants. taking census.
supplies. equipment. repEirs.
athletics. transporting Of
school children from rural
and miscellaneous 80. s2,19s.6s
DELINQUENT taxes festi-
mated at 10 per cent levy. f5,545.0e
1OIHA MA-N.Hl N.VU
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CHAPTER XXI

CHAPTER XXI
Bob Terry went to work under Al
Gregory. He was much impressed
by the mans expansive ~affability.
Gregory did a great deal Of talking
TO Terry-as usual. saying little. He
sensed that Carmody was keenIy in
terested in Terry, and he himself
felt that the young man furnished an
invaluable contact between the cir
cles in which he moved and the So
cial plane on which the Bordens and
the Merriwethers belonged.
Work was made easy for the new
conner. In the first few weeks, he
was given time to become seeus-
toned TO the office and its routine,
and gradually Al Gregory taught him
the rudIments Of criminal Law, with
particular attention 70 certain lit
tie quirks in the law Of evidence.
Then Terry was set TO work inter
viewing clients-wealtay criminals
vho could afford to pay large fees
for defense. And in this role tao
young ex-convict was brilliantly
successful.
II was with these men-particulsr-
~ the one who had experienced the
horror Of the state penitentiary-
that Bob was at case. He talked
their language and understood their
psychology.
And they knew him; il seemed
that everyone in the state knew Bob
Terry and his story. They saw that
he was bitter against society and
knew that he was a friend and an
ally. And from them he extracted
statements which Al Gregory never
could have done. After that Greg
DRY deftly directed the young man
through interviews with possible
witnesses, discovering what they
knew about the case-and what was
OF far greater importanee-what
they would testify on the stand.
These men were not reticent with
Terry. He had been in the peniten-
tiary and could see things through
their eyes. They knew that he was
mentally one with them-and follow
ed their instinct in trusting him.
Within three months Bob Terry was
known individually rather than as
a mere employe in Carmody's or
ganization.
Through all Of this Carmody sat
back in his private office and
watched. The machinery was begin
nirg to work. The net was closing
closing about Peter Borden and
about Bob Terry. Carmodv. cold and
hioOdless. was patient. He was keen
and alert-and willing to wait. Soon
or or later he knew his opportunity
would come. and when it did, he
meant 10 deal with Terry even more
~forcefully than he did with Bor-
den. Through Whispering Willie
Weaver he kept in daily and init
mate touch with the financial diff
ficulties being experienced by the
Berkeley Steel company. OF whicn
Peter Borden was mart owner and
operating vice president. And he
missed no detail Of the development
Of the relationship Of Terry and
Kathleen shannon.
There Carmody's perception was
almost uncanny. for it was he WAC
detected a new element il their re-
%lationship long before il became ap-
n~arent. even TO the girl. Nor was
that entirely unnatural. for Kathleen
-eloriously happy in her first love
knew nothing of the change which
regular work was making in Bob's
attitude toward the Bordens-and
particularly toward Lois Borden.
Lois Borden worried VIXEN Bob
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Because he understands the Grim
iaal element and their psychology =
Yes. ! understand that's what he's
doing down there. Hasn't he told
you7" Bryce was surprised.
"No. ] don't see much Of him,
Bruce. Only at meals. occasionally.
He's out a great deal-esPecially
since his friend Shannon was re-
leased from the penitentiary." Her
eyes cioaded and she paused for q
moment. Have you heard anything
else about Bob Terrye"
what do you mean-'
THAT Firl-Shannon's niece"
Bruce Richardson's thin, sensitive
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amazed to know that she was hurt
ing him.
"What IN she likes
kathleen Shannon"
YES"
"We-e-ll"-he traced the pattern
Of the rug with his toe-"she Is
pretty"
Very"
I'm her own vay-yes. Not your
type. She's n sort Of brunette-that
is, black hair, but with a light eom-
plexion. And she's-well. Id call her
vivid
Different from me J"
He smiled SLIGHTLY. "Quite. I don't
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down yonder. But it viii pass"
"Will it,"
"Of course. He's { different per-
son now"
"Yes. Ever since he went 10 work
for John Carmody. But that Is sim
lister. too. ! don't want to be melo-
dramatic, but you know, Bruce and
so do J. that Carnody hates father.
He'll never forgive that disbarmenr
thinE-and I get the idea-cant rid
myself OF it-that there is some
thing more to his employment of
Bob than an altruistic interest.
Bob should prove quite valuable
70 hin
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face flushed. Il don't like to guess
about things like that, Lois"
Things like WHAT
a mans interest in q woman"
Then there is TN interest,""
They're together n great deal.
OF course. it might be because she
is Shannon's niece"
But you don't think so?"
II don't know
She turned on him passionately-
never suspecting that she was cut
ting him to the quick. Lois prob
ably knew that Bruce loved her-but
somehow one took things for grant
ed with him. She would have been