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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-17
Physical Examination
For County Prisoners
High Sheriff SIavin Makes New Order Effective;
Judge, Prosecutor to Know ACcused's Condition

opening win be examined. Those
who furnish bonds for their APP
pearance, and thus escape confine-
ment, OF course, will not be exam
ined.
Sheriff Slavin said arrangements
are complete at the jail 80 that q
physical report on a bind over pris-
oner, can be furnished within three
days after the accused is received
at the jail.
Regulations
Not all the prisoners at the Jail
are bind overs from the waterbury
city court. There might be includ-
ed those who come to the Jail from
other towns in the waterbury SUE
perior court district.
A short time ago, Sheriff Slavin
announced another innovation
which had been put into effect at
the Jail, when he said that all pris-
oners coming to the institution
would have to submit to taking
baths and showers as well as ac-
cepting new understanding.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-17

A physicians report on the ply
steal condition of each prisoner
from the New Haven county jail
will be in the hands Of the Judge
and the states attorney when the
fall criminal term Of superior court
opens at Waterbury on September
18th. according to High Sheriff j
Edward Slavin Of Milford.
The physical report will accom-.
pany the information contained n
the charge against each prisoner
as he is arraigned before the Judge
the high sheriff stated.
It will mark the first, time thai
any such step has been taken In
criminal procedure here. It is an.
other Of the innovations introduced
by High Sheriff Slavin since he as.
sunaed control-of the county Jail al
New Haven.
Health Records
He explained 1t will serve to in.
form the states attorney and tbs
presiding Judge as to the health Of
of the individual and will save con
siderable delay when defense coun,
sci argue for time for a physica
examination Of their client, shoult
the judge be considering confine
ment in Jail or prison.
Sheriff Slavin said the examina
lions are being conducted at the
Jail now by DR.. Timothy Cohant
and DIR. Marion Dallas, both o.
New Haven. The former examines
the men prisoners and the latter
the women, prisoners. AS each ex
animation is made, the report Il
inscribed upon a card which Is filet
with the information contained II
the offense lodge against the &C
cused.
When States Attorney Lawrenc,
L. Lewis or Assistant States At
torney William B. Fitzgerald cal
the name of the prisoner from thu
docket for arraignment, they will
select the report of the doctor
which will have been made in du
plicate.
Advises Judge
If the accused pleads guilty, tn,
prosecutor then reads the informa
ton against the accused. The ply
steal report is submitted to thu
judge SO that he may read it before
imposing sentence.
Only those who come to tn,
county Jail for confinement unit
appearing before the superior cour
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-17
Oldest MiIIstones
In Public Exhibit
ScOviII Co. to Erect Permanent Place in Parlet to
Preserve History Making Souvenirs

at that time occupied by dam,
which held up the waters of the
Mad river, now so-called. Sis
AS the Importance of grist, mills
faded and manufacturing plants
took the first place, tho legisia-
ture amended the charter of the
Scovill Manufacturing company
giving that concern the right to do
away with the dam and the gpist
mill.
The mill stones, however, have
been kept intact. One of the stones
measures more than five feet in
diamter. The other stone to be
used as a basis of the Scovill com
pany exhibit is a little smaller,
Flagpole
A fiagpole is to be erected on
the parklet in front of the Scovill
main offices on Mill street and the
manufacturing concern has agreed
to build the bases for the same.
Rawson w. Haddon and other Off
cials of the local tercentenary
committee have agreed to arrange
tablet at the green in front OF
the Scovill company Informing
the public of the nearness of the
exhibit to the site of the first mil
in Waterbury. A flag pole is also
to grace the exhibit. The work
will be completed in about ter
days, 1t Is expected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-17
SONS OF ITALY in
3-DAY CONFAB
Committee Named at Last
Evenings MeetingSes-
sion Here Sept. $40

Plans for the three-day con-
yention of the Sons of Italy, sched-
uled for this city on September 3,
9 and 10,' were !, completed last
night at a meeting of the men,
bers of the society in Liberty hHl'.
Officers Of the general committee,
made up of members OF Elizabeth
Di Silvestro lodge, United Pro-
gressive lodge, Loggia Italia, Pro-
vincia D'Avellino lodge and Reg
ina Elena lodge are: Chairman.
Miss Angelina Carissimi; assistant
chairman, Giro LAMA; secretary.
James v. Engala; treasurer, Mrs.
Assunta.
other members of the genera,
committee are Michael Giusto,
Giro LAMA, A. Galante, A. Carl
beta. Oreste Cammariano, Charles
Sciullo, Salvador Ianuzzi, julius
Carissjmi, Michael Manfredi, An
thony Palladino, James v. Engala,
Mrs, J. Genua, Mrs. J. Capocchi.
Mrs. M. Alleva, Mrs. A. Basile,
Jane Ranando, Helene Calabrese,
Blanche Geneva, Louis Lerz, Uun-
zio Munro, Pompeii Lentini, Patsy
Latino, Mrs. "A. talzole, fNose Owl
omita, Mrs. M. Maizacca, Mrs. ].
Iacovino, Raffaele Carozza, nd
Raimo Benedetto.
other committees are as follows:
Entertainment, Michael Giusto,
chairman; Mrs. S. Ianuzzi, An
thony Palladino, Mrs. A. Basile
and Mrs. J. Genua; program. Giro
LAMA, chairman; Mrs Oreste
Cammarano and julius Carissimi;
publicity, Blanch Geneva. Helene
Calabrese and A. Carissimi; guest,
A. Carissimi, Mrs. j. Capocchi and
p, Latino; banquet, Michael Man.
fredi, chairman; A. Palladino. Mrs.
A. Alleva, Rose Solomita, Mrs. A.
Falzone, o. Cammarano. A. Car
issi All, c. LAMA and M. Giusto,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-17
PARALYSISCASES
INCREASED TO q
No Further Deaths Re-
ported-Warning Given
to Keep From Pools

rnfantile paralysis has not ceased
to spread in Waterbury. Overnight
two more cases were reported in
the city, bringing the local total to
date since the outbreak of the dis
ease on July 10th, to 20. No further
deaths were reported. The two new
cases were reported to Health Off
Ger. DR.. e. ]. Godfrey last night. No
new cases were reported up to
noon today.
With hundreds of Waterburians
planning visits out OF the city over
the week end, DR.. Godfrey today
urged everybody travelling to use
as much care as possible as far as
coming in contact with other per-
sons is concerned. He also ex-
pressed the hope that swimming
places would be avoided as much as
possible.
The two new cases reported last
night involved youngsters less than
ive years of age. To date four
deaths have occurred from the dis
ease here. All the present active
cases appear to be we'll under con-
troll. according to DR.. Godfrey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-17
JAMES SULLIVAN
DIES IN FLORIDA
Former Local Reporter
Was Envoy to Domingo
Under Wilson Regime

James Mark Sullivan, former To-
cal newspaperman, who was en-
voy extraordinary, to Senator Do
iningo under the administration of
President Wilson, died in st. Pc
tersburg, Fla, Thursday. Mr.. Sui
Ivan was a reporter on the old
American and left here in 1918,
subsequently becoming famous
when as minister to Santo Domin-
go he refused to don a silk shirt
and collar to meet distinguished
guests. He was leader in the
Irish national movement. in this
country and gained a national rep
utation as a speaker for the DEM
ocratic national committee.
The deceased was a native of
Thompsonville, Conn. He worked
his way through Yale and re-
ceived a degree from Yale law
school in 1920. He practiced law
at Sayville, L. I. After his job
at Santo Domingo was finished he
went to Ireland and allied himself
with Michael Collins in the fight
for Irish freedom. He visited Wa
terbury In 1925.
New Haven, Conn, Aug. IT,
(UP).-James Mark Sullivan So,
who, as a staggering young Dip
lomat under the late Secretary of
State William Jennings Byan
brought down the wrath Of the
state department by receiving
Santo Domingo high officials while
clad in a red undershirt and pa
jamas, died at st. Petersburg, Fla.
last night, according to word re-
ceived here.
Sullivan was born at Thompson
vile of Irish parents, worked as
a newspaperman and hotel night
clerk to pay his tuition at Yale
law school and because of his bril-
liant oratory engaged early in poll
tics.
His disregard of conventions
withheld his rise until he was
named ambassador to Santo Do
mingo during the Wilson admin
istration.
After brief career as diplo-
mat he went to ireland where he
became involved in the home rule
strife, landed in Jail and wal
freed only through efforts Of the
state department. He married an
Irish heiress and returned to New
York about rs years ago where
he resumed law practice.
Failing health forced his retire
ment four years ago when he
went to Florida. He had for many
years been speaker for the DEM
ocratic national committee and a
leader in Irish national affairs IN
this country.
A son, Stephen G. Sullivan,
Washington, d. c., and sister,
Mrs. Jemes Griffin, Rutherford, N
j., survive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-17
Visitor Praises
Policeman No. 81

All the way from Cleveland,
Ohio, comes n bouquet for
Waterbury's police depart
ment, with a special individual
posey for the popular PATROL
man Charles Nolan. The ver-
bal flowers come from John
w. Love, an employ of the
Cleveland Press, who, in q let.
praises the hospitality and
er to Mayor Frank Hayes,
courtesy of the Brass City's
"finest," especially the wearer
of Badge No. 81, who happens
to be the blushing Charley.
The Cleveland man writes
to the mayor that he arrived
in this city after midnight re-
Gently, while on weekend
trip, and was shown great
courtesy by two local police
men, one of them mo. o."
His letter follows:
August 10, 1885.
Hon. Mayor of Waterbury,
Waterbury, Conn. :
Dear Sir:
want to express my appres
citation of the hospitable con-
duct and the courtesy OF the
policemen of waite ury,
shown to me on a recent mo.
tor trip to your city over a
weekend. Two officers assisted
me very materially, and one of
them. No. %, was OF especial.
ly valuable assistance In And
ing me a hotel after midnight.
Your city Is to be congratulate
cd on having men of that
quality.
Very truly yours.
j. w. LOVE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-17

pected to take places on the dance
floor when they hear their call.
The orchestra is being organ
ICED by Daniel Clifford and John
O'Sullivan and several members of
the music committee of the Irish
American social club. The rehear-
sails for the dancing will be in
charge of Peter Crowley, well
known professional dancing in
structor. Due to the expense incur
red in the movement for such an
important movement each person
who wishes to be enrolled in the
classes will be taxed the sum of
10 cents per week hich will
cover the rental of the hall. It is
understood that all others con-
nected with the enterprise have
offered thei rservices gratis
Due to the spread 'of infantile
paralysis, the children's class pro-
posed earlier has been cancelled
indefinitely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-17
MISS INGLIS NAMED

The resignation Of Mrs. Marie
Gannutz Carolan, assistant secre-
tary, has been announced by the
Waterbury Chamber Of Commerce.
Shewill be succeeded by Miss Betty
Inglis.
Mrs. Carolan has been an en-
ploye of the chamber for the past
eight years. On the resignation of
Miss Helen Hurley several years
ago, Mrs. Carolan took over her
post,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-17

ton and Detective Sergeant Henry
johnson with Detective John Gal
vim arrested her husband on the
coroner's warrant. vitkaukas is
held at police headquarters, un-
able to raise the $1,000 bond.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-17
s4s.MILE HIKE IN 20 DAYS

Knoxville, Tenn. (U.P.)-L. e.
Vaughn, SO, lost his blacksmith
shop at Huntington, w. Va, in a
fire. When he arrived in Knox
Vile he had walked 54S miles in
20 days, going to his only other
home,~a farm near Chattanooga.
Evening star., 1935-02-02
PROSECUTION FAILS
TO TRIP TRENDLEY
Witness Who "Saw Woman and
Baby" Falls for Trick,
However.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
REMINGTON, N. j., February a.
Court room legerdemain of the prose-
cution in the Hauptmann trial didn't
work on the star defense handwriting
expert.
While ]. M. Trendley, East st. Louis
expert, was testifying yesterday to the
belief Bruno Hauptmann did not write
the Lindbergh ransom notes, Assistants
Attorney General Joseph A. Lanigan
confronted him with a chart which at
first glance appeared to be an enlarge
ment of the second kidnap message.
Lanigan's questions were directed at
ransom note writings, but Trendley
wasn't fooled. He quickly pointed out
that the chart showed a specimen of
Hauptmanns requested writing
Another witness was not SO quick.
Peter Sommer of New York was at
tempting to identify from photographs
three persons he asserted he had seen
on the kidnap night in New York, one
of them woman in a highly excited
state carrying blond baby. Attorney
General David T. Wilentz suddenly
displayed a photograph of a convict
who could have had no connection
with the alleged incident and Sommer
said there was resemblance to one of
the men he saw.
Evening star., 1935-02-02
DEFENDANT PLANS
REST IN Country
Convinced He Will Be Freed.
To Teach Rosecrans
German.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PENNINGTON, N. j., February a.
Affable Egbert Rosecrans, Bruno
Hauptmann's resident counsel, is slated
for thorough-going German lesson
after the trial
when this mess is all over" Bruno
told Rosecrans today, Il am going to
stay at your home in the country for
a while, forget this terrible thing, and
see that you improve your German"
There is no IF" in the mind OF the
defendant over the jury's ultimate
verdict.
Il have no doubt" Hauptmann told
RoSecrans, that I shall go free. I
think my lawyers are proving not only
that I could not have committed the
horrible crime with which I am
charged but also that some one else
did it."
Pale and Drawn.
The prisoner was pale and drawn
today, more SO than ever before. He
had heard his alibi witnesses support
his assertions that he was in the
Bronx when the Lindbergh baby was
kidnapped in Hopewell, N. j., and he
has heard the States attorneys wear
them down with a relentless interro-
cation that often perplexed and be-
wildered them.
My witnesses told the truth"
Hauptmann told RosecranS, some Of
them I did not remember until after
they had told their stories.
II know how difficult it must be for
our witness to recall all the incidents
Of that night. For weeks in Jail I
thought and dreamed nothing but the
details of that night. The memory
of the day was long time in shaping
itself, but eventually it came"
Hauptmann felt, he told Rosecrans.
that the testimony of his alibi wit
nesses could not be broken down. He
particularly liked that Of his wife,
Anna Hauptmann.
"Annie's Story Honest"
"Annie's story was honest, and Mr..
Wilentz couldn't do anything about it,"
Hauptmann said. She knew Just what
had happened. She has always been
telling me to tell the truth, and she
told nothing but the truth.
Il think that she was the first one
to really convince the court Of my
innocence"
Evening star., 1935-02-02

writing because I'VE couldn't get the
documents from you"
Lanigan elected the admission
Irendley's examination Of the so
pieces Of writing in the case was done
IN two and q half hours and that 1t
was highly cursory."
Demonstrates Writing.
At Lanigan's direction, Trendley
wrote few words on sheet Of paper
with each hand to illustrate his con-
tention the nursery note was written
with the left in an attempt to dis
guise the handwriting.
He revealed, too, that he had studied
the handwriting of Fisch and Ct Henry
Uhltg, another Hauptmann friend,
lust looking for a clue"
Trendley, q thin, elderly man with
none Of the assertiveness which char
acterized the States eight handwriting
experts, said 1t was his opinion a left
handed man wrote the ransom notes
and disguised his handwriting. He
pointed to what he said were differ
ences between the accepted writings
and the request writings Of Haupt-
mann and the ransom noteA
Evening star., 1935-02-02
BY ANNE GORDON SUYDAM.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PENNINGTON. N. j., February O.
'I won't say it is and won't say it
isn't" seems to be the new theme song
of the defense as rendered particularly
well by one Peter H. Sommer, de-
| fense witness, who yesterday took the
stand to testify he had seen Violet
| Sharpe and Isador Fisch carrying o
small baby In trolley car from New
Jersey to New York on the night of
March I.
The amazing thing about SO many
OF these defense witnesses Is their
uncanny ability for remembering after
almost three years faces seen briefly
on subways, on ferry boats, on trolley
cars, on street corners and in bakeries,
and their equal ability for forgetting
such apparently unimportant items as
the names Of their friends, the
amount of their debts, the record Of
their convictions and other trivia.
One man remembers Hauptmann
because he was walking dog, another
remembers him because he laughed
at him, yet another remembers him
because he addressed a few words in
German to waitress in a bake shop.
And all OF these men remember the
date with equally remarkably ac-
curacy. One had taken his child to
the hospital exactly a week before,
one had come into the world on that
self same date some 80 years before,
while others, logically enough, asso-
ciated the night with the news of the
Lndbergh kidnapping, which was an
nounced over the radio around mid
night.
Trendley Poor Witness.
John M. Trendley, first defense
hand writing expert, did little to
bolster their case although his colo
quail manner and his layman Ian
guage which sometimes lapsed into
the ungrammatical, may have been a
relief to the jury after the long hours
Of technical terminology to which they
have listened. But watching Haupt-
mann, felt that he for one realized
the weakness of the witness, for what
ever Trendley's qualifications as an
expert, he made poor witness.
Hauptmann's face was ghastly during
and after the testimony. His lips
were pinched and his face drawn to
the bare bone. During recess he did
not laugh and chat with his wife as
usual, but rather seemed to draw
himself agonizingly back from the
reality of his danger to the pitiful
artif1ciality of conversation.
1t Is not pleasant thing to sit 80
close to these two desperate creatures.
The waves of terror and helpless long
ing which flow between them break
against your own body until YOU are
engulfed by these tides of human fail
ing and suffering and desolation.
You try to say to yourself as so many
witnesses have said, 81 can't say he
did and can't say he didn't" You
try to sift the evidence without pref
udice, you know that If this man COM
mitted this crime, which revolts your
soul, justice should lay her hand
upon him, but all the while you are
so profoundly aware Of his degrada-
ton that you are drained of all thirst
for vengeance.
! believe that Bruno Richard Haupt-
Evening star., 1935-02-02
Facilitating Uncertainty Held
Theme of HauPtmann Defense
First Handwriting Expert Seen Aiding
Case Little-Defendant Is
Mored by Testimony.

mann, If sentenced to death. would
walk to the electric chair with the
fanatical gleam of the supreme egoist
in his eye and the swinging stride
of the overload in his step. But ]
believe also that were he sent to prison
for the rest of his life, he would be
prey to terror and remorse and event
ual lunacy. He has never seemed to
me man of iron, incapable of feeling
But Hauptmann. become a number
instead of g. man, thing would be-
come a soul in bedlam, beating his
fist against the bars, and crying out
his weakness and shame.
Thrived on Own Pride.
Whether he be guilty of this sin or
not, here Is man who has thrived
and fattened on his own inordinate
pride and love Of power. His boasts
of his transactions in the stock mar
ket, his conquests with women, his
staggering stride as he walked to the
witness chair, his sneers, his misplaced
attempts at facetiousness-all these
mark him as man who would rather
be IN the nmeIght OF Nl-repute than
in no 1imelight at all.
His voluptuous pride Is shrinking
day by day as strong words, weak
words, damning words pile relentlessly
upon him. His lips tighten as the
witness asked to identify the picture of
Ffsch as the man seen on the street
car with the baby, say again, II can't
say it is and I can't say it isn't" AS
his control lapses, his wife's grows,
she has never thought that hers was
a master mind, she has never expected
to be on top of the world. she has
probably followed Richard unques-
tioningly for all their married life,
but think she is leading him now.
Within a few days the jury, who
cannot quibble with words, will have
to say of Bruno Richard Hauptmann
whether he Is or whether he isn't
guilty.
Evening star., 1935-02-02
BAYONETS GUARD
COURT AS FOES OF
LONG FACE QUIZ
Continued From First Page.)

to 60 the rounds that the Legislature
would be called into special session
to flank the dictatorship with still
stronger laws and abolish the jobs
Of rival officials. Long. asked about
his plans, said, II don't know"
The Square Deal Association, like
the Senator, kept its attack plans
concealed.
A blast Of denunciatory criticism
Of Longs hearing was loosed last
night in Port Allen, Just across the
Mississippi from Baton Rouge, at q
mass meeting of citizens resentful
because their sheriff had been named
in connection with the reputed as
sassination plot.
Ask United Front.
Several hundred men and women
met the West Baton Rouge Parish
court house, but beyond the martial law
zone, and adopted resolutions declar-
ing Sheriff Sidney Dubroca innocent
of completely in any attempt to kill
Long.
They called upon "all fair minded
citizens" to join them.
The citizens said the hearing was
being conducted before a Judge re-
Gently appointed by the Governor and
by biased and prejudiced prosecuting
officers who have usurped the duties of
the regularly constituted elected Off
cials of East Baton Rouge Parish and
are supported by the armed militia" ("
Evening star., 1935-02-02

No. 1. Defense Attorney Reilly
escorting Mrs. Anna BoneSteel of
Yonkers, N. Y, one Of the defense
witnesses, into the court house at
Pennington, N. j. She is expected
to testify she saw Violet Sharpe
at Yonkers the night of the kid
naping.
Copyright. A P. Wirephoto
No. 2. John NJ. Trendley Of East
st. Louis. Ill, handwriting expert,
who testified the kidnap notes were
not written by Hauptmann.
Wide World Photo.
No. 3. Peter H. Sommer. who
identified pictures of Violet Sharpe
(No. ~ and Isador Fisch as couple
he saw with a baby the night of
the Lindbergh kidnapping. The
Sharpe girl, a maid in the Morrow
home, committed suicide soon after
the kidnapping.
Copyright, A. p. Wirephotos