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The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-09-29
CHAPTER ~
A Doubling Wife

Ii was his own wife. Patsy Jane For
hes. who first gave expression in his
hearing To the doubt of EdiSon's story
IA doubt which hung over the com
munity like maiSma from Il swamp in
the succeeding days. ScootS Libbpy
was not captured the night of the trad
cdy. He slipped through the telephone
dragnet No one had seen him nor
was trace of him found thereafter
Edison spent the night in the coun-
ty Jail. lie was formally charged.
next morning, with manslaughter for
causing the death Of Mrs. Maria
Knowles, the collision victim. Bail
was arranged and he was released.
lie stopped at the ice and coal office
of Sam Hilton, where he was EN-
ployed as office manager. To explain
his tardineSS before going on home
He found that news of his arrest
was before him. Hilton. GRIM mar
row-faced man of sixty, prayed at each
Wednesday evenings prayer-meeting
for the confusion of booze and its
supporters. lie felt. 10 bolster up his
prayers with what he considered good
works, that he must discharge Edison.
And he did 81.
Forbes went on home. In the little
white-painted house which they rented
on Scottdale'S second-beSt street. Pat
Sy lane cried over her husband and
petted him. The Jail breakfast had
not been palatable: she made coffee
and cooked eggs and bacon. With the
boyish smile and frank simplicity which
were his chiefest charms Eddie told
her the story of the previous evening
Now YOU go ahead and walk over
me. Pat" he concluded. For | GER
tainly deserve it. I've acted like
fool and I've lost my job. all on ac-
counr of a bottle of hootch. BUT be-
fore you start I want TO tell you that
I'm done. through. completed. fms
No more booze for mine I'm off the
stuff for life. When | saw what it
did last night it opened my eyes.
can tell you. Oh. know I've said all
this before But this time I mean it.
I'm done: that's ALL"
You didn't say who was with you.
Eddie" was her comment.
mo. I didn't, Pat" he replied. I'm
not going to tell anyone"
She looked at him in surprise. "But
mt the trial you'll have TO. won't you?'
Not If I don't want To and don't"
"But whyP"
well, it's like this" he began shame
faced and flushing. He was about to
confess a determination to do a gener-
Gus thing. and IL embarrassed him
THE fellow who was with me wasn't
one of my particular cronies, Pat. He
has good job. lie doesn't take
drink once in six months.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-09-29
Michael

night | was headed home after get
ting a balance on the months bust
ness. But there was ii smell of spring
in the air. 1t was moonlight | was
tired out; I've been working extra
hard for six or eight weeks. This
fellow drove along and the idea pop
ped into my head from nowhere to 90
hunt Il drink. When he offered me a
lift | put it up to him. He, we'll
he sort of acted on impulse the way
| did. The first thing we knew, we
were on our way To Burley."
IL know. Eddie" The wife shook
with tender Impotence the hand which
she was fondlng. but he's free.
white and twenty-one. isn't he? He's
able to bear his share of the respon-
Sibility, isn't he? Why. you may have
to go to Jail unless you tell. Or he
does"
lie smiled tOlerantly. ooh. no.
WON'T But he must come forward of
his own accord. lie has Il good job :
he stands high here. Il would he aw-
fully hard on his people. And really.
I'm to blame"
Patsy Jane let go his hand. ooh
does stand high. does he: And Of
course you're being under arrest and
losing your job isn't hard ON me You
owe something AT Enmp. don't you?N
But he shook his head stubhOrnIy
Can't do it. Pat. I've thought il all
over. In II way FIN responsible for
that woman's death. If | hadn't per
suaded Libbey to break into case
ut Burley. he might have not gotten
drunk Don't YOU see. And IL. when
this chap offered me a ride. | had asked
him To take me home. he would have
done il. That's all there would have
been To il. But | didn't. It's like
pushing over Il line of dominoeS
gave the shove. and it's up to me Ia
stand the gaff alone"
Unless, of course. he offers to help.
Thatll he different"
lie could feel her Stiffening with
resentment and something else. She
rose and began clearing away the
dishes. Tit almost looks aS though
there might have been something dis
honorable" she murmured
lie knew what she meant. and flush
ed. They had been married only a
year. Previous to her coming To Scott
dale with her father and stepmother
to reside, he had been tacitly engaged
to Nance Encell, daughter of the
towns richest man. But Nance was
headstrong and high-spirited. They
quarreled frequently and violently. AZ
ter one of the quarrels he met, fell
in love with Patsy Jane and married
her all within the space of three
,nnpth
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-09-29

EDISON FORBES, young resident
of Scottdale, goes on IA little joy ride
with another young fellow. Some IL
quOr is consumed. They are stopped
suddenly by the sight of II booze truck
driven by
SCOOTS LlBlbl3I, Il worthless char
acter, who has smashed his machine
into another ear, killing its lone Oc-
cupant Il woman. Forbes companion
and Libbey quit the scene hurriedly,
leaving the former alone Ia face Il
constable who reasons that Eddie. with
the scent of whiskey about him. must
be connected in some way with the
accident. Accordingly. Forbes is ar
rested.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-09-29
Thursday, September 20, 1927

silliiiS dlOAe vi lllS lruck, on The main
street of Burnley, less than two hours
before the accident. This was while
ScoOts Libbey conducted the wreIcber-
ly ill Barney ok to the Burley Hons.
Il short distance AWAY. But Barne,
had entered the hotel alone. IIrariua
of the accident, he disappeared nezt
morning before he could he uuestione,
No one had noticed Forbes con.
panion and the latter's ear on fine
expedition Ia hurley. This was he
cause Eddie had left them on "A sid,
street while lie skirmshed the liuupr
Nothing could b. found to substanffatr
his story that the missing Scuots WA,
responsible for the accident. Their,
WAS little To connect Libbey with fine
truck. There was Mackinaw com
on the drivers seat. In one of m.
pockets was partly-emptied bottle or
liquor. The cargo was intact eXcepI
Tor one case which had been opened
and from which two bottles had been
taken.
The prosecution argued that Barney
Ok was the driver and sole atteud.
ant. That he had broken into the ease
and distracted the bottle which WA,
found in the MackIuaw. That the
coat belonged To him. That he hau
become sick by roa'ol of Overindu
SelGe ''iid stayed at hurley. And thai
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step la the hypothesis was that Ed
Iiouor ho,,,,,,, ~, 'iil'I',, '" Tue
That he had bpculnp DRINK ha ,.nulI
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h,1 s'i,.,,...', - Wv ~ '"" inv a''lueIl
Euo'e WIS on me stand III his OWL
"'iehse. hul ne dlu MOI help his ease
i'e to'u ms Story strictly in accordance
WIN '"e rum lie SteadrdStlN refused
!" give any NM "i the identity of tha
pcrSoh WIN nm III the car. The >ller-
for DISTINGUISHED tirn,u,rl,. +, M,
row lame leading from the ri,.ar r'',d
to fine highway I'm - .o ,n,,n,. NM,
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mt, 81. -,
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Ill, ,i,',, ~ S'epeu 'i'
the main narticuI,r. f,I,. I'll -, -
oped that rho nrosacutnr, ,banr,, n,myt
be tha ,orra,t ana In ia, ,.,,d III,
of day his ouixotic dafo,.o of .nothnr
even ot tho nossibIe evnon,. nr H..
own frednm ,Iid mn, s,a,,, I,,,i,,.I
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New Britain herald., 1927-03-28

rant a conviction, he said
 Alexander Galati, aged l6. Of 126 Clinton street, and William Fruit, aged about 40. pleaded not guilty 10 charges ot breach Of the peace and assaulting each other. Officer Will liam r. Hayes testified 10 making the arrests with Officer Michael Brophy about G:30 last evening on Myrtle street.
 Galati testified that he and some companions were talking among themselves and Fruit thought they were referring to him. He told them 10 stop talking about him and an argument cnsued. Fruit punch ed and kicked one of the group and Galati remonstrated. with the result that he vas struck, he testified. Fruit, however, blamed Galati and his companions and claimed he struck them only in his own defense. After hearing Fruitt's account Of the fracas. Judge Alling remarked to Galati: Well, you didn't get away with fl. did you"
 With what?" Galati asked. ! You did not get away with the story you told" the judge contin- uci.
 Hes telling all lies" Galati charged, Just because we hang around together is no reason why VIC should bc put down by his lies. I; his lies outbid us, that's not our fault"
 . Prosecuting Attorney Woods re. commented that Fruit be discharg- ed Judge Alling remarked tha, Galati and his companions appear tc have been at fault, He discharged Fruit and suspended judgment ir Galati's case.
 Teofl Skinger aged 4z. Of 2ss Myrtle street, pleaded not guilty tc the charge Of breach of the peace and assault, and John Drozka, aged 32. Of [ Franklin Square, pleaded not guilty 10 the same charges Officers Skierkowski and O'Day made the arrests about a. nl., Sun, day
 Skinger, Drozka and other mer were drinking in a rooming house a
New Britain herald., 1927-03-28
WOMAN MURDERED
 IN HER OWN HOME
PaWtucket Wife and Mother
 Slain by Admirer

Pawtucket, R. l., March 2s P-- Mrs. Mary Stcc, 31. wife Of Michael Stec. and mother of two small chill dren, was shot and killed in the kitchen of her home early today as she was preparing breakfast for boarde<s in her tour-tenement boarding house. The police are searching for John Miga, S5. a for mer boarder who Is accused by the husband of shooting Mrs. Stec.
 Stec told the police that he grap- pied with Miga after being aroused from his sleep by the outcries Of his wife and that another boarder. Joseph kocina. tried to help him. but the man escaped. Miga, he said had entered the home by using a key to store on the ground floor.
 A bullet from a .3S calihre pistol passed through the woman's left ear. Dr. Charles II. Sweet, assistant med ical examiner said that no autopsy would be performed this afternoon.
 Four years ago when Miga was a boarder at the Stcc home, Stec said, he gave the family some trouble by attempting 10 force his attentions on Mrs. Stec and declared that he would shoot her if she refused to run away with him. Miga was given a jail sentence for threatening her.
 For the last three weeks Miga has been lettering about Pleasant View. in the vicinity of the Stec home. Last night he was refused q room at the home of a neighbor.
 Miga was later arrested while walking along the road to Attleboro. He made no resistance.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-28

! Franklin Square and a fight start
 ed, it seemed rom the testimony.
 Drozka testified that he was not out or the house Saturday night, and early Sunday morning he waa awak-
 ened by racket in q nearby room. He demonstrated with the revelers and Skinser thr. q glass of whiskey
 at him striking him in the eye, This angered him and he struck SkiDger. Judge filling remarked that there
 would have been TO trouble had Skinger stayed at home. He fined Skinger Si0 and costs and suspended Judgment in Drozk;s's case.
 The case Of Henry Frey aged 34. Of Pennington, charged with operat- | ing an automobile while under the influence of liquor, was continued
 until Saturday morning. He was ar-
 rested by Officers James Sullivan and William Cronih on North Burritt
 street about midnight Saturday. At torney Alfred Levitt appeared for | him.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-28
FINED FOR THEFT
 IN FACTORY HERE
Stolen Goods Found in Stanley
 Works Employees Home

Jacob Mucha. aged 3S. of s2 Miller street. was found guilty of theft of hardware from the Stanley Works where he is employed in de- partment l63, by Judge B. w. AL ling in police court this morning and a fine of Sl0 and costs vas imposed Mucha was arrested Saturday by De tective Sergeant McCue and Officer tennev.
 They testified that they recovered Stanley Works products at Mucha's boarding place after complaint had been received from George D.. Rawlings Of the Stanley Works. Of flcer Fecney found basket contain ing hardware in the attic after a search Of the house.
 Nucha admitted he owned it and rlaImed 10 hay. received it from a man who was employed at the Stan V Works. the officers testified.
 C. A. Jones Of the inspection de- partment identified bolts. butts hinges and similar articles as Stan- Icy Works products. He estimated their value at approximately Si5.
 Shears and hacksaws and q file EFere the only articles among the lol on display in court which MT. James said were not manufactured at ths stanley Works but they are used al th" factory.
 Attorney l.. J. Colon moved fol discharge on the ground that tn, state did not prove that Mucha stol, he goods.
 The evidence was purely circum stantial, the attorney said. The good were found in Mucha's home and h.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-28
SCHWAB IS HOPEFUL
Predicts Great Business Expansion
 Within Few Years.

Chicago. March 2s.-(UP)-An unprecedented industrial expansion will be felt in the United States in the next few years, Charles M. Schwab, chairman Of the board Of the Bethlehem Steel corporation. believes.
 Schwab, en route to California, said business conditions were never better and that even though steel prices were not what they should be, the industry was healthy. He accredited much Of the prosperity of the times to the conservatism Of the Coolidge administration.
 The steel magnate intimated that he was considering retiring from business but said opportunities to- day were better than any time here tofore for persons entering business.
 T wish l was 20 years younger 10 take advantage of these oppor- tunities,' Schwab said.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-28

noon school session Friday. Miss Mattusz has just returned from the Newington Home for Crippled Chil. dren where she has been undergo ing treatment for the past several months. She is much improved and Is now able to walk.
 Mir. and Mrs. George Skene and family spent Sunday as the guest of relatives in West Cromwell.
 The educational committee of tho Community club will be in charge of the entertainment program for Wednesday evening.
 Mrs. E. V. Read was the guest of Mrs. E. G. Hazelwood of West Cromwell over Sunday.
 East Berlinites are wondering just how much good will be derived lo- cally If the Berlin district decides to purchase fire fighting equipment. There Is no water system here 50 that the only part of the equip. ment worth while would be tho chemical.
 Mir. and Mrs. Max Sungenhme en- tertained relatives over Sunday at their home on Wilcox avenue.
 Concert Rehearsal
 Rehearsal for t' d Folks con. cert to be given by the Berlin Con. gregational chu oh on Thursday eve. ming will be held this .ening at tho church at 7:3o ,'cloc.l. On Wednes- day evening anoth' rehearsal will be held at the same time at tho church.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-28
Bridgeport Library Puts
 Ban on Sinclair's Book

Bridgeport. Conn. March 2s.- (UP)-"Elmer Gantry," Sinclair Lewis latest novel. has been with drawn from circulation temporari- ly at the Bridgeport public library and it's branches until Librarian Orlando c. Davis has decided whether the book has objectionable features.
 Davis. in explanation. said he had received complaints about the book although none had come from the clergy. He said he understood from reviews and comment that the book had objectionable features and that, if after reading it he found it to be so, he would remove 1t from general circulation.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-28

is an employa Of the Stanley Works but those facts did not prove he is guilty of theft, the lawyer said.
 Prosecuting Attorney Woods op- posed the motion and pointed out that some of the goods were un- finished and therefore were not sold 70 anyone.
 "Circumstantial evidence is some times the strongest kind Of evidence and in this case it points to this man as thief. which h. is, MT. Woods declared
 Judge Alline denied the motion and Mucha took the stand and said the hardware vas given him by q friend who formerly worked in the Stanley Works and is now in Eu- rope.
 Mucha knew this man before they came 10 New Britain. Mucha is on the night shift and his friend was on the day shift.
 Relative 10 several pairs of gloves which were in the lot Of goods re- covered at Mucha's home. Mucha said he bought them at tho Stanley Works
 Prosecuting Attorney Woods ask ed that Mucha be sent to jail as a thief because he had all these goods in his possession and he was unable to explain how he Obtained them. The manufacturers Of this city arc losing heavily because of mon ot MuCha's type who surreptitiously stoa! and conceal goods and the practice should be stopped.
 Attorney Colon said it is unfair to brand any man thief on the meagre evidence offered in the case There had been nothing shown tc connect Mucha with the alleged theft and he was therefore entitled to I discharge, Colon claimed. Judge Alling said the officers ] having reason to suspect Mucha went to his home and when they asked him whether or not he haC Stanley Works goods he replieC negatively. Yet the goods wer' found and their nature indicate tha they were not sold. The evi dence is sufficiently strong 10 war
New Britain herald., 1927-03-28

place, having visited here several times.
 What They're Doing The Tabs Minstrels will hold re- hearsal on Thursday evening at s o'clock at the Tabs hall in kensing- ton. All members of the cast are urged to report.
 James J. Fitzsimmons of Kensing- ton is confined to his home with an attack of grip.
 Members of the Kensington Athle- tic club are working on the recon- ditioning of the Percival avenue grounds It is hoped that the field will be dried out sufficiently by the beginning of the season to permit grading activities which are planned.
 East Berlin Items
 Mrs. Fred Griswold Is confined to her home in West Cromwell with an attack of the grip. She is re- ported to be resting comfortably.
 The Parents-Teachers' meeting will be held in the Hubbard school Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. The annual election Of officers will take place.
 The Ladies' Aid society will serve a supper in the banquet hall of the Community club tomorrow evening at 6:30 o'clock. An entertainment will be held in the hall following the repast.
 MT. and Mrs. Anthony Randall Of Warehouse Point were the guests of Mir. and Mrs. Herbert Porter. Sum- day. Mir. Randall was formerly principal of the West Cromwell school.
 Mrs. J. Rose Belden is spending the week in West Cromwell with friends.
 The pupils of the Hubbard school rendered Charlotte Mattusz a sur- prise party at the end of the after
New Britain herald., 1927-03-28
Piles Go Quick
Without Salvcs or Cutting

Thousands who have piles don't know that quick and permanent re. lief can be accomplished with in- ternal medicine. Cutting or any amount of treatment with ointments and suppositories will not remove the cause.
 Bad circulation causes piles There is stagnation Of blood Circula- ton in the lower bowel and a weak ening of the parts. Dr. J. s. Leon- hardt found the remedy and called his prescription HEMROID. Dr. Leonhardt tried it in many. many cases with a marvellous record of success. such a wonderful record that HEM MRO1D is now sold by druggists everywhere under a rigid money-back guarantee.
 Don't waste any more time with outside applications. Get a package Of HEMROID from Fair Dept Store Inc, today. It has given quick and lasting relief to thousands and should do the same for you.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-28
8 HURT IN WRECK

Oklahoma City. Okla. March 2s (CP)-Eight persons were injured in a head-on collision Of a Rock Island passenger train and a west bound Rock Island freight near here today None Of the injured was be. lieved in a critical condition. Crews of both trains escaped injury. re- ports said.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-28

Most anybody In New Britain can tell you the advantages of Herald Classified Ads.
New Britain herald., 1927-03-28
BERLIN NEWS

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New Britain herald., 1927-03-28

CORRECTED ADVERTISEMENT
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-20
Party Expels Leaders of Opposition

4 Maslow, Ruth Fisher, Korsch, Sou
varine, Rosmer, Rolandholst, Liebers
etc, etc.).
This organizational Opposition
practice resulted in the Opposition
contact with non-Party bourgeois in
tellectuals within the u. S. S. r
/ (Scherbakov and company, who, in
turn, were connected with avowed
counter-revolutionaries, and were be-
yond the T. S. S. R. borders exten-
sively supported by the bourgeoisie
of all countries.
"Based on this, the 18th Congress
considers correct the Central Com
mittee's and Central Control Com
missions expulsion. of Trotsky and
Zinoviev on November IA, 1927, from
the Communist Party of the Soviet
Union, and the other Opposition men,
bers of the Central Committee and
Central Control Commission from
membership of those bodies and its
bringing up the Opposition question
as a whole for the consideration of
the Congress. In the resolution on
the Central Committee report, the
Congress declared membership in the
Trotskyist Opposition and propaga-
ton of it's views incompatible with
membership in the Communist Party
of the Soviet Union.
Opposition Must Disarm.
In this connection, the Congress
holds that the Opposition must dis
arm ideologically and organizational-
ly, emphatically condemning its
above-expressed views as anti-Lenin-
list, as Menshevik, and taking a pledge
to defend the views and decisions of
the Party, its congresses, its confer
ences, its Central Committee. The
Opposition, however, rejected this
Party demand. In an Opposition docu-
ment of December 3, 1927, signed by
121 active Opposition ringleaders, the
Opposition not only does not renounce,
but on the contrary, insists on the
propagation of it's Menshevik views.
After Congress had adopted the
resolution on the Central Committees
report, the Commission received two
new Opposition documents on De-
cember 10, 1927, one of which (signed
Rakovsky, Muralov, and Radek) in
sists on the necessity not only of the
preservation of these Menshevik
views but also the necessity for their
propagation, and the other (signed
Kamenev, Bakaiev, Yeudokianov and
Avdeiev) insists on preservation of
the Opposition Menshevist views
while refraining from propagation of
same, which contradicts the demand
of theological disarmament and is
tantamount to refusal to defend the
Party decisions.