davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1935-01-14
Port Road Paving
Assurance Given

: Renewed assurance that the State
Highway department would rush
work in connection with the extern
sion Of the 18th street paving 70 the
Brownsville port turning basin were
given by highway officials Satur-
day TO z. "A. Rosenthal. navigation
comm issioner. who was in Austin.
, 1935-01-14
TODAY'S MARKETS
MARKETS AT A GLANCE
NEW YORK

Stocks steady; dizziness rules
list.
Bonds irregular; secondary Is
sues rally.
Curb narrow; utilities improve.
Foreign exchange soft: dollars
In demand.
Cotton quiet: domestic and for
eign trade buying.
Sugar quiet; trade buying.
Coffee lower: commission house
liquidation.
CHICAGO
Wheat weak; gold clause mis-
givings.
Corn lower: sympathy with
wheat.
Cattle steady to strong: top
Sl2.i0.
Hogs strong 70 higher; top
S0.l0.
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HARTzELL IN

Continued From Page One)
and all dangerous articles Saturday
night. saying they feared his dec
laration that he would never be
taken to Leavenworth" might be q
hint at suicide.
The mail fraud charge embraced
the solicitation OF financial aid to
support his purported legal fight to
recover the mythical Drake millions
from the Bank OF England.
, 1935-01-14

@. 1t varies on the New York
Central?
A. Thirty-five cents I think.
@. Don't you know?
a. I can't remember definitely.
@. What is the fare to 2334d st.?
A. a. cents, I think.
@. How long Is II since you rode
on the New YORK Central7
A. Several years.
She had previously testified she
had gone to Fordham by the elevat-
ed railroad.
Switches Attack
He again switched his attack.
@. How long have you known DR..
Condor?
"A. ] met him In 1919.
c. Where?
A. At a theatre at Webster Ave.
and l95th st.
q. What were you doing .here7
A. I worked there as a cashier.
q. DR.. Condor was q frequent
vtsitor2
A. Yes.
@. Who introduced you?
A. The manager Of the theatre.
@. Why did he introduce you?
A. He used to converse a lot with
DR.. Condor who was a school prin-
cipal: he thought that he might
find 1t interesting to know that /
worked and went TO school.
G. When did you last see Or.
Condonp
A. In 1924. when I left the theatre
@. When you saw DR.. Condor
again In the station In 1882. did he
have his back to you?
A. No. I saw his profile.
She said DR.. Condor seemed very
elKcited.
sShe said that she first identified
Hauptmann after his arrest TO her
mother and later to the Bronx dis
trict attorney.
Another Expert on Stand
On redirect examination Wilentz
was brief. He inquired II she had
come to court with her mother.
A. Yes"
@. You came at the invitation
and urging Of the state.
A. Yes.
Wilentz then excused her with
thanks. and Eldridge w. Stein.
handwriting expert vas sworn.
q. What Is your ~profesSion7
A. ! am an examiner Of disputed
documents.
Lanigan gave Stein the ransom
notes.
@. How many times have you seen
the ransom notes2
A. Twice in 1882 and twice last
year.
@. And you have seen them again
recently7
A. Yes, a few weeks ago.
Stein said:
MY opinion Is that the writer Of
the Bruno Richard Hauptmann'S
writings also wrote the ransom let
tiers"
The photographer, q red-faced. be-
specialized man Of middle age, ex-
planned at length the basis for his
conclusions.
There has been some peculiar
misspelling." he said. "Of course
some words have been spelled cor
rectly and incorrectly respectively
in the two sets. But there Is a de-
cided similarity"
He detailed much the same ex-
PLANTATION as that given Friday by
Osborn.
Stein planned TO discuss charts
and the similarities they show when
court resumed after lunch.
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Don'tTrifleW With Coughs

Don't let them Jet a strange hold.
Fight them quickly Creomulsion
combines z helps in one. Powerful
but harmless. Pleasant 10 take. No
narcotics. Your own druggist Is
au. ',orized TO refund your money
on the spot II your cough or cold Is
not relieved by Creomulsion ADV
, 1935-01-14
Autos Damaged
Especial to The Heraldl

lopcclal 10 Inc heTAlu1
HARLINGEN, Jan. 1.-two auto
mobiles were badly damaged in q
collision here Sunday but both driv-
efs escaped injury.
The collision occurred when j..
j. Galloway and Lonnie Molder,
drivers OF the cars, met on First
street.
, 1935-01-14
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Jan. II. -LP- Sag
ging Of grain prices early Monday
followed a show Of steadiness &C the
outset. Traders said the market
promised to be more or less unset
tied and nervous until q gold deci-
sion by the United States Supreme
Court Is announced.
Opening u off TO I'D. May
99ia-k. wheat afterward declined
all around. Corn started unchanged
to II lower, May $685., and SUBJ
sequently underwent setbacks.
, 1935-01-14

northern market than is paid on
similar commodities from Californ-
la although the California haul is
hundreds Of miles longer than that
from the Valley.
A belief that no reduction in
freight rates can be obtained un-
til the Valley shows 1t means bust
ness by stopping all freight ship
ments was expressed by Giese.
, 1935-01-14
THE WEATHER

East Texas (eaSt OF Tooth meri-
diam: Mostly cloudy Monday night
and Tuesday; somewhat warmer In
the west portion Tuesday.
Llght TO moderate easterly winds
on the coast.
, 1935-01-14
TO MEET

Especial 20 The Herald
SAN BENTTO, Jan. i4-Directors
Of the San Benito Chamber OF
Commerce will hold their regular
monthly meeting at 4 p. m. Tues
day, II was announced Monday.
, 1935-01-14
CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Jan. IL. tPp-(U s.
Dept. Agr.)-Potatoes. IT'S. on track
263, total Us shipments Saturday
300. Sunday 81: supplies liberal; no
trading account Of weather, oper-
ators not opening cars.
, 1935-01-14

HARLINGEN. Jan. IA suspect
in the recent robbery OF the Sears
Roebuck store here was arrested
Sunday by City Officer Joe Alvarez.
, 1935-01-14
MISCELLANEOUS DAT


BULLETIN
(First figures. lowest temperature last
night: second. highest yesterday; third
wind velocity at s a. m: fourth, prec-
Ipltation IN last "a hours).
, 1935-01-14

After calling his attention 70 num-
errl,s letters in the ransom note LETT
n, the nursery, asking II ne had
Included them on his charts. and
IN most instances getting negative
, 1935-01-14
TIDE TABLE

High and low tide at Point Isabel
Tuesday. under normal meteor
illogical conditions:
High 3:43 d. m.
Low DO a. m.
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RIVER BULLETIN

There will be no material change
In the river during the next "a to
So hours.
, 1935-01-14


-
opinion as the state turned him
over 10 the defense for cross exam
nation
Mr. Osborn. have you had an OPP
p~crtunity to make q count OF the I
dots, the T. crossings" asked Assist
ant Attorney General Joseph A.
Lanigan. opening the examination.
IL have"
q. VIII YOU report your result7
a. Yes. ! have found in the writ
inr lo6 small rs: Q OF them were
dotted: or "a "you's" only one had
the beginning part OF the "Y."
q. And about the IT crossings?
"A. There were 1876 IT'S" that
would require crossing-I didn't
count the German kind that don't
require crossing.
q. And Of these 1876 rs how many
were crossed?
"A. -Four.
q. Are your findings based on
Rraphclogy?
"A. Ny opinion In this case is
not based on the principles Of
Erapnolcgy.
Graphology Explained
Associate defense counsel G. Lloyd
Fisher objected. but Justice Tren-
chard overruled il.
IN let II stand"
q. Explain briefly what graph
ology iR.
"A. Graphology Is 10 determine
character from handwriting. as dis
tinguished from the work OF hand
writing authorities who study writ
ing to determine whether il is genu-
me or Identical, or not. In one case
~ Is X question Of genuineness or
identity. I'm the other ii is a quest
ion OF deciding character.
Lanigan then asked IL the expert
had reached a conclusion from
studying the ransom notes and COM
pairing them with samples Of
Hauptmsnn's handwriting. Osborn
xaid he had.
G. Can YOU say who wrote them
tthe ransom noteS?)
A. IN my opinion Bruno Richard
Hauptmann-
Osborn said the evidence pointing
to the Bronx alien as the ransom
writer was Irresistible, unanswer-
able. and overwhelming"
take the witness" said Lanigan.
Reilly Takes Witness
~ReiIlv began cross-examination.
ppoiogiKing for a cold.
q. These hsndwritingS are entire
IN different are they not?
Gle showed the expert two ran
som notes..
A. You said the word entirely"
7 would say somewhat"
%. Somewhat different are they
not?
"A. Yes
q. IA the Il" that I'm pointing TO
in chart ir from the nursery note?
"A. That's not from the nursery
note.
q. The books for the jury. the
little books you brought to me all
have the same figures YOU have on
these charts?
"A. Yes
q. Nothing on the chart that Is
MOI on the nursery note?
A. We'll, there might be.
q Does the Is" OF the nursery
notes appear on your charts?
"A. No.
q, You don't have the n the
cRrital Fl" or the nursery notes on
this chart. do ycu7"
"A. No.
q DO YOU have the figures $50
0o0r as they appeared on the nur-
scry note?
IA. No ..
O. Do YOU have the capital "A"
thst appeared in the nursery notes?
"A. No.
Fisch Enters Again
After calling his attention TO num-
errQ,s letters In the ransom note LETT
~ the nursery, asking " ne had
included them on his charts. and
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NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Jan. IA. Rl-Cotton
futures closed steady. 1t higher.
Omen High Tnuv last
, 1935-01-14
AUTO WRECK

Continued From Page One
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Quizzed About Station

There followed a discussion of
various railroad lines that ran
through the Bronx.
Wilentz objected to the question:
ing, and at the request OF the court
Reilly told what ne wanted 10 prove:
II want 10 prove that she was
never there and that she doesn't
know the lines that run through
there, although she has lived In
the Bronx all her life"
The justice allowed the question:
ing 70 20 on, resuning with the
revelation BY the counsel a line runs
through the Bronx to Pocantico
Hills.
Reilly continued to quiz the
young woman regarding the rail-
road station.
@. What Is the fare TO Fordham7
A. It varies.
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Continues Attack

Osborn pointed 70 the word the"
which he described as being spelled
"tte."
Reilly continued his attack.
How much r you being paid by
the state for this service?" he shot.
Osborn looked appealingly at the
court, the prosecution objected. The
court did not interfere, but Osborn
said he did not know. He said he had
not computed the time he spent on
the case.
Reilly brought out that the pecu-
liar spelling of "tte" for the" which
appeared in subsequent ransom
notes did not appear in the original
nursery note.
The h~yphensted word "New-Yorkp
which appears In both Hauptmann
and ransom writings next engaged
Reilly's attention.
q. What interested you 30 much
about that was the hyphen, wasn't
IL?
A. That was interesting, but to nv
mind one OF the most highly signi-
ficant characteristics is the way the
firSt letter-"N'--is tipped I'D.
Reilly sought 70 get the witness
70 concede that the tipped upn
might be a natural character made
oy a German OF little education.
There Is no nationality in that
n the expert insisted.
Back 10 the h~yphenated New
York went the chief defense coun-
sci and asked OsSorn II Ii wasn't the
German usage TO hyphenate the
names OF cities.
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Not Usual Custom

Generally II Is not the custom"
said Osborn, explaining the hyphen
was used occasionally when the
name OF a German city was follow
cd by the name OF one OF its SUBJ
urbS.
@. Now wen 20 onto the next
note. now I'm going to show YOU
exhibits ~ and 43. The beginning
OF the DR.. Condor note. Il show you
a. There is no symbol on thert.
Did YOU take any character from
that?P
A. Yes-the word New York and
the word between"
Osborn said, 1T was written more
freely than S-l8. the nursery note.
Reilly then showed him state
exhibit 43.
i think I took quite q bit from
this. The word Condor at least
the q III IT," Osborn replied. He
mentioned two or three other char
acters which. a. II recall. I in
cluded.r
Reilly asked about the compar-
isons Osborn had made.
A. You haven't compared the
ransom notes directly with the
nursery note.
q. But did you hear DR.. Condor
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EXPERT SAYS

Continued From Page Onel
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FREIGHT Rate

Continued From Page One)
, 1935-01-14

Johnson's electric floor polishsr1
and wax. Cara Hardware, $50 llths
St.-Adv.
, 1935-01-14

say In his testimony that the
nursery note was oTigina. as far as
the symbols went, and the Others
poor limitations?
A. / don't know about that.
o. Have YOU noticed any differ
ence in the handwriting OF those
notes passing through DR.. Condons
hands and the others?
A. / don't know as I have.
@. Look at these and tell me what
the last ones look like7
A. Clearer than the nursery note
but still essentially the same.
@. II Is not disguised?
Evening star., 1935-05-28
TRINIDAD CITIZENS
SEEKPLAYGROUND
Association Also Urges City
Be Provided With Public
Bathing Beach.

Adequate playground facilities for
children during the Summer months
and a public bathing beachywere de-
clared urgent needs by the Trinidad
Citizens Association last night at q
meeting In the Wheatley School.
Miss r. c. Mortimer, principal of
the Wheatley School, told the associa-
ton of the need for supervised play
ground In the vicinity of the school.
A plot at Trinidad avenue and Ord
street will be sought as a temporary
playground. Playground officials have
offered to equip the lot with suitable
apparatus II permission from the
owner Is obtained. Miss Kathryn
Shilling was appointed chairman Of
the committee to make the arrange
ments
Restricted Parking Opposed.
The recommendation to the District
Commissioners to provide the city with
q public bathing beach was adopted
unanimously.
The proposal to restrict parking dur
ing the Shrine convention was op-
posed by the association en- the ground
that the area Is too large.
The District Commissioners were
urged to construct wider roads through
the National Arboretum and the asso-
citation favored legislation to force
automobile owners to show financial
responsibility. They also favored con-
struction Of an adequate National
Guard armory.
Traffic Lights Sought.
Traffie lights will be sought by the
association at Trinidad avenue and
Florida avenue, Eleventh and H streets
and better timing for north and south
trafIic at West Virginia avenue and
Florida avenue.
The association opposed any in
crease in the gasoline tax. 1t also
opposed appointment of principals for
schools from outside Of the District.
Ten dollars was appropriated for the
Evening star., 1935-05-28

out and walk"
He ierked his passenger roughly out
of the ca: and threw him sprawling
into the ditch at the side Of the road.
He laughed at the splash Of water.
Thirty miles farther on the road
ster came to sputtering stop. He
soon found what was wrong. No gas.
CurSing viciously. he stsrted walking
toward the lights of a small town
a half mile ahead. Being used to
riding in bullet-proof limousines.
Tommy Gun" did not enjoy walk
ing.
train was starting slowly away from
the water tank. At the sight Of q
tramp climbing into an open box car
an idea popped into Spitalne's cum
ming brain.
"All those cops will be looking for
me in stolen car. so Ill just take =
ride in a Pullman"
The car he boarded was empty of
other passengers. There was consid-
cradle excelsior and straw Uttered
about the floor. This he arranged
to screen his outstretched body from
the sight of any one Who should hap
pen to look in the open door.
Several times the train stopped,
but he thought it wiser to keep out
of sight. especially after daylight. A
couple of times men lad walked past
along the train. brakemen probably.
and he grinned evilly as he heard
them talking about his escape.
Whether they looked in he didn t
know. Sometimes he could hear cars
being switched or others added. What
towns they we're he couldn't tell.
After long journey OF IS minutes
or so his car again came to stop.
There vas confused mutter of
voices. But all he could distinguish
vas something about load of stuff
for the State hospital. His car moved
on short distance and again
stopped while the engine puffed away
out of hearing. Then silence all
around him.
Must be spotted on a siding" he
muttered Time was taking look
around. Gotta be careful. though"
After listening for a moment. he
rose, felt for his gun and slipped to
the door Then he gave a queer gasp
for breath as his eyes took in the
barracks-like building OF gray stone
with the barred windows and high
stone walls with sentry boxes occu-
pied by armed guards.
His side-door Pullman was parked
inside the walls of the State peni-
tentiary.
(Copyright 1889
Evening star., 1935-05-28
"WIFE SWAPPING" CASE
PRINCIPAL ASKS DIVORCE


man, Barton Sewell, Charges
Cruelty in Nevada Plea.
~ the Associated Press.
LAS VEGAS, New, May 28.-Bar-
ton Sewell, wealthy Beverly Hills,
Calf, sportsman and principal in
the Los Angeles Quadrangle wife
swapping" case, filed suit for divorce
yesterday from Leah c. Sewell, al
leging cruelty. They have no chill
dren or community property, his
complaint recities. Mrs. Sewell has a
separate maintenance suit pending in
Los Angeles.
Sewell, whose wealth is estimated
at $2s,000,000, was named by Walter
Emerson, author and scenarist, in his
divorce suit against Jane Emerson
in Los Angeles. Mrs. Emerson, who
also sought a divorce admitted in
discretions with Sewell and charged
wife-swapping by the two men. Emer-
son and Mrs. Sewell denied these
allegations.
Superior Judge Ben Lindsey denied
both divorces.
Mrs. Sewell's attorney said she
would continue action for her divorce,
and would "tie up his property"
Evening star., 1935-05-28
WILL GIVE RECITAL

A musical and dramatic recital by
Miss Anita Shade. president Of the
German Literary Society, and Miss
Helen Spafoss will feature a meeting
Of the Business Women's Council to-
night at o'clock in the chapel Of
the Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church.
Evening star., 1935-05-28

taken 1t from an unwary guard in
the county Jail Decoying him into
the cell by taking a serious illness,
he had slugged him unconscious in
a sudden murderous attack and
snatched his automatic An old trick,
but it had worked in This rural county
seat.
Before the other guard had real
tied what was happening the muir
derer had him covered, holding up
the unconscious mans body as a
shield. After disarming the second
guard he had slusged him, too, with
all the pent-up viciousness that had
been steadily accumulaung inside
him since he had been arrested, found
guilty on three charges of f1rst-degree
murder and sentenced to the electric
chair.
The rest had been easy. But now
there was no time for dallying. At
any moment the alarm might be
sounded and the pursuit started.
Keeping q wary eye on the drug store,
he headed out of the alley and strobe
up to the roadster.
I'm borrowing your car a while, y
he announced as .he youth looked
up. alarmed.
Whats the idea?"
You heard me- Shut up and get
OUT"
At the sight of the menacing pis-
tcl the youth started to comply; but
the thug. suddenly changing his mind,
roughly pushed him back in again.
He'd be prize sap to leave the
fellow there to go to the nearest
phone and spread the alarm. Better
take him out In the country a few
miles.
With his own necktie and his VIC
tins he hurriedly bound his cap
tive's wrists and ankles. Not much
of a Job. but it would do. Then he
started the car and was soon speed
ing out of town.
He grinned with an evil satisfac-
ton. He had shown those hicks a
few things and none too soon at
that In few more days he was to
have been moved to the State peni-
tentiary to wait for his appointment
with the electric chair. Breaking
out of there wasn't so easy.
There we're plenty more scores to
be settled now that he was loose.
Three months before he had been
public enemy No. l in the metropolis
"a cold -blooded monarch, whose ma
chine guns ruled the city's gangsters
and racketeers. But dissension and
rebellion had shattered his power as
others had tried to usurp his throne
and his wealth.
With a few men still faithful. he
had followed one of his revolving
lieutenants to this Summer resort and
filled the street with hail CT lead
from their machine guns. The man
was quite dead when picked up.
Evening star., 1935-05-28
His lawyer had
gone over to his
>.l~s.~ kka n;ts,

His lawyer had
gone over to his
enemies in the city,
taking Spitalne's s
money with him SO
that he couldn't
even hire q decent
mouthpiece for his
trial. AS q result
he had suffered
the ignominy Of
being convicted for
the first time in
his life and sem
fenced to the elec-
trio chair.
Nor had he any
friends left to at
tempt a rescue.
Even these hick
cops knew that or
they would have
guarded him much
more carefully.
Five miles from
town he stopped
the roadster.
All right, sis
ter" he said. This
Is where you get
Evening star., 1935-05-28

Northeast Boys Club to help send
boys to Summer camp.
Before adjourning for the Summer
the association changed meeting
nights from the last Monday In the
month to the last Thursday. George
]. Cleary, president, presided.
Evening star., 1935-05-28
BANKRUPTCY GRANTED
New Orleans Utility, Target for
Long, Files Petition.

Long, Files Petition.
NEW ORLEANS, May % R).-
The New Orleans Public Service,
Inc, local public utility corporation,
claiming assets of $54.275,9 300, yes
terday was declared bankrupt in Fed
eral District Court by Judge Wayne
G. Borah.
In granting the utility company's
petition to bankruptcy, the court
ordered hearing on petition to
reorganize the company.
The company has been the target
of Senator Huey p. Long for lower
electricity and gas rates. It claimed
it was solvent but was unable to
turn its assets into ready money.
Evening star., 1935-05-28

Tomorrow: "Raisin Loaf" BY
Katya Thaun, Is the story Of . young
mans fondness for a girI-and her
cooking.
Evening star., 1935-05-28
'TOMMY GUN"
i SPITALNE,
ron virtef

convi e d
murderer, & a n g.
ster and racketeer.
crouched in the
4 h q d e d alley
mouth and glanced
up and down the
lighted street. 1t
was near morning
and there was no
one In sight except
the young man
who waited behind
the wheel of a
edy looking
roadster parked in
front Of the still
open drug store.
Trans sp o rtation
was what he need
ed and II anybody
got in his way
Well. His hand
frightened on the
grip of the pistol
In his pocket.
Only a few min
iIteS before he had
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-25
FATHER OF BALL
 STAR DIES HERE

A heart attack early this morning took the life of James O'Toole, 50 of the State Hotel. South Main street, wel-known local figure and father of Ray O'Toole. local anna teur baseball player. Heart failure was given aS the cause of death by Harold Morrill,. assistant medical examiner, who was called in on the case. ..,t-,,.
 Last night MT. A'Toole attended q club meeting at Garden hall. then returned to the hotel. where he had made his home for the past year. He went to bed at 10 o'clock. but at midnight he came to the lobby of the hotel to say he was i'll. He died few minutes later.
 MT. O'Toole was formerly em- ployed by Kelly Bakery and for the past ten years had been e baker at the Mohican company.
 He is survived by three daugh- ters, Mrs. George Beckley. Mrs. Prank Dutil and Mrs. Frank Glea- son; one son. Ray: five sisters, Mrs William 5trubell, Mrs. Elisha Whalen. Mrs. Frederick Steinert, Mrs. Della Alderman and Miss Elizabeth OToole. six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held from the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Beckley of IA Ridgewood street on Monday morning at Q o'clock to St. Margaret's church where solemn mass of requiem will be celebrated at 0:46. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. .....
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-25

Captain James F. Walsh of this city, commanding officer at Camp Hook, Danbury, and former sales manager of the Remington Rand company In New Haven, was In command of 8 detachment of 3B0 Connecticut youths who left this morning by special train for Oregon. The men will be assign ed to forestry projects with head quarters at Albany and Junction City, Oregon. They are all re- cruits who have enrolled In the last month, some of them from Waterbury. Captain Walsh, an army reserve officer, after a per- iod of special training at Camp Devens. served in various camps throughout the state. He resides at 3S Waterville street
 The following local youths have been accepted for service and will leave Monday morning at 6:3O o'clock for physical exam nations at New Haven: Leonard Santora, Joseph Marine. Francis Mahoney, Philip ErcoIi. Frank MOff0, Thomas Tulacro, Peter GuarinO.