New Britain herald., 1930-11-25
GIRLS CRY TOLLS ATTEMPTED H0LDUP
Lone Robber FIees Without Cap
 turing Any Booty
CROOKED STREET HEARING
Meeting of American Legion AuxiIi- ary-Important Gases ill Court Today-Mother of Dr. John C. Tanner Dies in Hartford.

A shrill cry of alarm from the | lips of Mary Fortuna prevented an l attempted holdup in the vicinity of | Whites crossing last evening at S:20 o'clock when the highwayman be- came scared and dashed away. It was two hours before the case was 1 reported to Constab ble George Schu- | bert, who started an immediate in- | Nestigation.
 | The girls father, s. Fortuna, conducts a store at Whites cross 1 ing, a short distance from the troll | ley station. At the present time he is a patient at New Britain General hospital and Mary is managing the l store during his absence. After her 1 sister Josephine had returned from l visit to her father at the hospi- ! tai last night Mary locked up the 1 establishment and the two sisters started for their homo on Crooked street. Josephine was carrying the receipts of the day.
 They had gone but short dis | tance when suddenly a man step- ped up to them and. without saying | a word, grabbed Mary by the arm. ! She screamed in fright and the man 1 immediately dashed away into the darkness. The two girls ran to thelr | home badly scared and later re ported the matter to Constaple ! Schubert after another member ot l the family had arrived home. The 1 girls had no doubt in their minds | but what the man was intent on se- ! curing the store money.
 Mrs. Frances Tanner
 Mrs, Frances Tanner. widow of James Tanner and mother of pr. J. C. Tanner Of East Main street, piainville, passed away at her home at 637 Pennington avenue, Hart ford. yesterday. She was born III Manchester, England,
 Besides her son here she leaves another son, William T. Tanner ot ! Westerly. R. l.; three daughters Mrs. Elizabeth Gates, Mrs. F. ]. Flynn and Mrs. Mary Casassa. all of Hartford; 20 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildr She also leaves a sister, Mrs. Mary Ashby Of l England.
 Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 9:30 a. m. at her home' with a solemn requiem mass at St. Joseph's cathedral at 70 o'clock, Burial will be in Mount St. Benedict cemetery
 Informal Hearing
 Practically every property owner on Crooked street was ,resent at the informal hearing held last eve ming by the town plan commission at the town hall. The owners show = cd great interest during the hearing and were unanimous in their ap- provaI of the 5o-foot street planned by the commission. All expressed themselves as being satisfied with the commissions layout of the street.
 A representative of the railroad and two representatives of the state park department were present at the hearing.
 The commission received a peti- ton from Pennington avenue resi- dents requesting that the building line at the south end on the west side be changed. The section in- 1 volved runs for 1000 feet to the 1 Pennington town line. The commits sion will take the petition under Consid eration.
 Union Thank sgising Service
 The annual union Thanksgiving service of the Protestant churches of the town will be held tomorrow evening at 7:45 o'clock in the Ad- vent Christian church. The follow ing other churches will participate in the service; Baptist, Congrega- tional. Methodist and Episcopal
 The preacher will be A. B. Rol-