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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-10

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DIED

DIED
WALsH-In this city, Sept. 9th, 1898,
Joseph c. Walsh, OF us Meadow st.
Funeral tomorrow morning, at S:l5
o'clock, from Lunny Funeral Home
25 Central Ave, to st. Margarets
Church. at 900 o'clock. Burial n
Calvary cemetery.
GOLDBERG-In this city, Sept. eth,
1943, Mrs. Aida Goldberg, Of 147
Cooke st.
Funeral today, at $500 o'clock. from
Clark Funeral Home, 20 State St.
RINALDI-In this city, Sept. 9th,
1913, Domenico Rinaldi, of 1913 Hope
ST.
Funeral Monday morning, at 500
o'clock, from Malorano Funeral
Home, 95 Willow ST., TO st. Lucys
Church, at $500 o'clock. Burial in
Calvary cemetery.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Unmoved by Verdict

DOWELL said that his wife
L spent Friday and Saturday
nights preceding tho "dlSap-
pcarance" downstairs IN her
mothers bedroom because Mrs.
Speer was ILL., he denied it was
because of the impending dI-
VoTCe.
At 1925 a m, April Is. the
case was given 10 the jury who.
Just % minutes later, returned
with their verdict. Powell, who
had issued a written statement
TO the press while the jury was
out predicting his acquittal, did
not show any emotion at the
verdict: Guilty IA charged"
As there was no recommended
ton OF mercy, 1t meant that the
doomed prisoner would sit I'm the
same death chair i'm which the
noted ZangaTa was elcctrocutcd
IN 1888 for the assassination of
Chicago's Mayor Cermack in
Miami.
1t was more than a year later,
however. that Powell was actu-
ally given the works Legal
tcchniCalticS enabled HIM 10 de-
lay ms day OF doom until July
l., 1896. when ne walked the
last mile and received the fatal
voltage
copyright 1913. by Ei1E Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
TRUE DETECTIVE STORY
M n ~ w0lI 1m7I-Dc I1-0@

ONE Of Tho most amazing cases
" mn tlou5a's criminal history
revolvcS about q 50-yCaT-old nan
who over q period of p .NCa'>
was convicted OF four wgrdfr~'
This story concerns lt~CIt with
tho last two. whereby ihc slayer
Got md of two women VINO had
spent the major portion of thor
substantial estates 10 gam hts
freedom from prison sentences
he received for the FIRST two
killings,
Marcus c Powell wa, the
"black sheer" of wealthy Ala
hama farming and banking fam
lly He wore convict stripes Tor
nearly thra. years IN Florida
state prison farm for his 1876
pistol Siayng of w. 7. CowIc>
ST.. prominent Jacksonville ar
torncv. before Poe expenditure of
S35 600 hy tine two women he
last slew obtained a pardon for
him and the restoration Of fun
citizenship rights Prior 10 that.
in 1913. he was convicted az Sec
onG degree murder IN Alabama
and given q lU-yCar sentence
but after serving one year, be
was granted "a pardon
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Charged With Murder

DONILT. wa~ formally ar
L rested and charged with the
murders after blood stains were
found IN the Powell home and IN
he tornCau OF his can.
Chemists were called i'm and
they told the officials that blood
or the carpets no the home. and
on a hammer found there, were
human hlood>tdinS
The courts moved fast and
TWO indictments were returned
by the grand Jury charging
the prisoner with first degree
murder.
Then, investigating officers
made a prize find. Near the
creek bank they found ashes Of
"A FIRE, and in 1t were remnants
of garments and other articles.
Officers were dispatched 10
Washington where expert chem
ISIS 81 The Conan division re-
ported that among the ashes
were burned pieces Of 4 mans
suit at clntheN- tAe- ApNt te-p- lA}4ei4
had been found IN PoWell'S home.
As The trial commenced. with
every one of the court room
100 seats occupied Powell
seemed about the most ColloctCG
person m the place.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Pop Weakens

nor eating out was a sheer
waste of money 10 Pop.
When he paid 35 cents for eggs
and French fries. il gave him
Indigestion And the idea of
paying nickel extra for coffee
gripcd him, too.
But this time il couldn't be
helped. So Pop sat in a beanery
near the factory and asked for
cheese on white. and coffee. He
was biting into the sandwich
when he saw two well-dresSed
men staring at him from table.
They looked like ready money 10
Pop, for they didn't resemble
men who would ever eat in
place like this.
They kept staring at Pop and.
after a while, one of the men
got up and came over. He
placed a friendly hand on the
old mans shoulder and said:
Excuse me. Pop. DO you
work in the factory"
Pop looked angrily AZ the
man. lie worked has lawson
the cheese and bread until he
could swallow
How do YOU know my name
II Pop" he asked.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
THE REALM Of BOOKS

"CoMING to a gas station in
the Midwest, miles from
everywhere, we drew up. l will
always remember that station
everything was 80 neat and
clean. There was small cafe
at the side of IL from whose
door came a typical Uncle sam.
\ small, wiry man with real
guatep. beard which moved up
and down ~ hc Chewed his to-
hacco, Uc greeted III with
wave of the hand and squirt
of tobacco. The following con-
NerSation took place:
"Unclr sam; Well, what do
you want Nc: Gas, oil and
water. Filrcr up" Uncle sam
got busy, hut IN wandering
round the car he saw medal
lion Of Edward VIII on the
windshield He stood looking at
il n moment or two. then an
other squirt, and shifting the
tobacco into the side of his
mouth. he said:
"'That'S Edward Me; Yes,
that's Edward Uncle sam:
What YOU got him OIL yeGI, Gar
for? Me: Il think I have right
60 have him on my car L. =:
What right you got?' Me:
Wen, YOU see. l married him
Uncle Sam (without moments
hc>itation): Yeah, oh, yeah!
and ] nurScd Mae west"
Only Bit Of Humor
gyms could control my
laughter I finally con
minced him that 7 Was the clergy
man that performed the cere-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Pop Aneered

"TT'S simple" he said. "An YOU
have TO do il answer few
questions. My partner and I will
ask the questions. OlIay9"
Pop wiped his mouth with a
paper napkin. lie stood up flung
The napkin 10 The floor. and
grabbed his hat
T'Il tell YOU how okay il j."
be roarCd III I was 20 years
Younger, I'd beat YOU both
within AN inch Of your lives. I'm
gonna call the FBI on this. So
YOU better run while YOU have
the Chanc", YOU rats"
lie rushed out giving the man
ro chance 10 answer back. But
Pop didn't 60 to tho FBI He
went home and nc sat there
broodirE until Emily came IN.
lie told her tho whole story,
and her reaction was good She
sand ho had done exactly the
right thing. That made him feel
better Soho told her tho story
again only this time his new
version had the two men with
suspicious hulCeS under their
coats and a hiCh-powered car
purrIuc outside the beanery 49,.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30

icy, a. at present over "A large
part of the world, and a. IL has
often been in the post, il must
he at the behcst of very many
good people, and. even by their
direct action, for what they con
slider a worthy object.
"When they are not the imme-
date eNecutantS they are on
record a giving approval, elabo-
rating Justification, or else
Cloaling facts with silence and
notwithstanding discussion
Further on she says
The principal political figures
now welding power in Europe,
including those who have sold
their countries 10 the invader.
are Socialists, eN-SocialiStS, or
Communists; men whose creed
was the collective good"
ON the fiction of public own
ership" she socks IT home this
wise.
millions oi persons came 10
the United states and remained
gladly as long as they could gain
entry; they stand I'm line now
for admittance under immigra-
ton quotas. How many persons
have sought admission for citi-
Zenship and permanent residence
N Russia. Germany, Italy or
Japan under cOllectivlsm? o.
"Have prOfesSed collcctiViStS
from Germany sought admission
10 Russia? No, they seek the
United States nOnethelesS IL
they can contrive 10 get there.
The borders of the Gnllectivist
nations are closed--tO prevent
their own people escaping, as
from n Jail. And the happy col
lectivists' crawl through barhcd
wire 90 get out"
A book for brainY people not
for chubby-cheek> or mental
pantN-WaiStS.
Copyright. ipiS. by Kine Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Frugal Life

A r HOME. Pop lived frugal
"A life with Emily And frugal
is the precise word for H. too.
In their home were an old bed,
two tables, SIX chairs, a picture
Of the Morse fair in the living
room. red glass portIcrcS. "a
Stereoptican slide, a knitting
basket. "A black coal stove. a
window box for pcriShable foods
a worn haSSoCk, and a daily
newspaper Oilcloth was IN each
room
The men used 10 ask him kid
dinghy If he had electricity IN
his home In reply he AWAY
replied 40. Kerosene But
Pop was l5lnc lie had cIoc-
triclty. although Emily never
permitted more than one bulb
to be mt al a time
One day. as he left tho fac
tory and started 10 walk home,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Slain in Ba+htub

THE states theory was that
L Powell surprising his wife
IN the bathtub. first slew her
with the hammer and then as
Mrs. Speer returned TO the
house from the backyard struck
her down quoting her ShriekS
with a dirty rag stuffed in her
mouth. Then, under protection
of nlghtfall. he placed the two
bodies in his car. took them To
the creek and dumped them into
the water.
The state made much Of the
testimony of lawyer Adams that
on the Friday preceding the
Sun d ay the women dis
appeared. he had advised Pow
ell that his wife wanted a divorce
without a property settlement.
Adams AT the time was pre-
pairing a will for Mrs. Powell'S
signature. She failed 10 appear
Saturday 10 sign il and Sunday
She was dead The will com
pletely overlooked Powell.
The defense opened by at
tempting 10 excuse bloodStains
i'm Powell'S car with testimony
that he had been accidentally
shot at st. Augustine Beach in
the car and had bled profuSely.
Then Powell took the stand and
related that he and Katie had
been married nearly 20 years
and that they seldom Quarreled
except just before their last
summers separation:
II was sitting on the porch
one afternoon reading the paper
when they threw my clothes out
on the street. and she took one
Of my shoes and hit me on the
hack with II. and went back
and took my clothes and went
In n hotel But the separation
lasted only three weeks" he
added
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Plays Poker

COMBINES, with the 50
- Emily gave him for spend
ing money, he'd try a little
stud poker with the boys. If
he won, he'd buy another
$1S.75 bond and put it in a big
brown envelope he kept in his
closet If he lOSt--wcN, it was
only two bucks, anyhow,
But when he wasn't thinking
bonds, or dwelling on the virtues
of his Emily ne was a very
Grouchy guy. Mean. too. He re-
ported one young kid for -sHek-
ing in the mems room, and the
kid was suspended for a WcCk-
When he repaired a broken ma
chine, and he found that care
leSSncSS had anything 10 do with
II, Pop made a lengthy report
and named names
No one really liked him all
though some of the mon were
tolerant. They SAID ne was an
old guy. and what can You cN-
peCt from an old guy Jokes
But the rest Of them said they
had fathers and unClcS that old
and that none Of them ever saw
a guy so pcrpcuually sour.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
drilled -Four Days

NOR four days Powell was
Il questioned by the police and
attaches of the states attorneys
office.
Then. early on March 6. a
telephone call came 10 the Jack
Sonville police headquarters
from OXleyS funeral home at
Fernandina that they held two
bodies taken from Lotion Creek
and believed they might be the
missing women
Detective In SpcCtor +. l..
Acosta and two deputies went
70 Fcrnandlna and made the
identhca'Ion.
Questioning Of Powell now
commenced IN earnest. The
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30

attend a picture show. Mrs.
Speer, he stated. had about $500
in her purse. and both women
wore valuable diamonds-hlS
theory was that they had been
robbed and murdered.
POWELL interest i'm the "diSap-
pearance' appeared too intenSi-
fled 10 suit the police. He went
TO newspaper offices and added
further details then he showed
up AT the police station with a
wateT-Soaked woman'S purse and
stated that a friend had found II
in Hogan'S Creek. he was now
certain that the women had been
robbed and slain. The officers
were obliged 10 spend a whole
day draining the creek, a five
mile long stream which mean
ders through the Springfield
residential section into the 81.
Johns River. It Is controlled by
locks and was pumped dry-but
no bodies were found
Detectives knew that things
hadn't been going any too
smoothly with Powell in a mar
ital way-due 10 his running
after" other women.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Still Grouchy

II THE morning. Pop walked
through the factory gate and
noted that the gateman always
made all the other men open
their lnchboXes for inspection.
When h. saw Pop, however. he
merely smiled and touched his
cap That made Pop feel good,
too.
But even though he felt good.
his face was Just as grOuChy as
ever lie always delivered his
complaints 10 the department
foreman. and this morning was
going 80 he no exception When
ever Pop caught some" ono
violating tho safety rules Nc AL
ways S1uawkcd 20 the depart
mcnt foreman.
Accordingly he nailed the
foreman IN the locker room and
promptly bcefod nightly about
SabotCuWS who were permitted
10 question workmcn IN the local
restaurants The foreman asked
Pop 10 describe the men
Pop did 50. And the foreman
nodded thoughtfully
yeah" he said. that's what
l thought. Aud say, Pop, did YOU
by any chance run into these
men i'm SWanSon's restaurant >"
Pop said yes. that was the
place. Then the foreman said
he knew who the men were
WHAT" Pop cried you
know them How could yOu?"
The foreman rubbed his chin. .
Well" he murmurcd, "you'd
know them, too, Pop, IL you'd
ever pIunl<ed down few bucks
for radio. Those two guys run
the biggest quiz show on the air
and. " YOU had given them n
chance 10 explain. you'd have
been n richer man this morn
ing.
Because they give prize 10
each contestant, Pop. \ 500
War Bond"
Copyright. 1913. nv King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30

mony. lie gripped my hand and
called Nav" After intrOduc-
us TO his wife, he said: by golly,
i am going TO put up sign that
l sold gas To the man that mar
ried the king of England
That is the one bit of humor
in the veritable fairy story of an
obscure north of England par
son the ruler of the greatest
empire on Garth and his Sweet-
heart as this simple, loyal, re-
lglouS soul tells it in AT Long
Last" by r. Anderson Jardine
MURRAY e. Gee. Hollywood.
JardInc a Edward of Wind
sor Away, called HIM was an
humble worker IN the vineyard
Of the Lord IN a small indus
trial town, Darlington, when the
giant and memorable hand of
Destiny lifted him up into the
glare Of world-notoriety, babe
him marry IN a picture-book
chateau in France a duke who
had just abdicated a throne for
a woman and then flung the
Rev. Jardine back to obscurity
and oStraciSm.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
A MARK HE[[|NCER
SHORT STORY

DOP was born grouchy, and
i he had never changed.
Now he was 6S - and he
walked stopped forward. glar-
ing at people out of the tops
of his eyes.
Old Pop was still a good
maintenance man on machines.
His touch on a cam or a bear
ing was still faultless. He
was slow, of course, and his
methods were of another day.
But the factory had a man
power shortage -- and the
bosses knew that old Pop was
as steady as an American
bombardier over Toxic.
There were only two things
that ever made Pop smile. One
was his wife, Emily. The
other was war bonds. He had
a fetish on war bonds. When
he asked the factory TO de-
duct % per cent of his salary
each week, they told him he
was biting off more bonds
than he could buy.
Let me he the Judge of
that" he growled. And he
walked away
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
BY BENJAMIN De CASStRES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Isabel PaterSon's The God Of
the Machine" GPutnam). This
book (by the brilliant literary
columnist Of the New York Her
aid Tribune Books is a heaven
sent relief from the deluge of
MarXiSt and other ElobaloniSt
books we are getting. Mrs. Pat
CrSon is an old line American Of
the Molly Pitcher school and she
doesn't put any whiSkcrS on her
words when she lamS out her
ideas.
How thoroughly Mrs Paterson
secs through tho work Of pseudo
ideallStic "do-goodics' is Illus
tratcd IN these excerpts from the
e chapter The Humanitarian
With the GmlIotne" CRobcs-
pierre, Cromwell, Lenin, Stain,
etc.:
"MoSt Of tho harm in the
world is done by good people,
and not by accident, lapse or
omission. IL is the result of
their deliberate actions, long
pcrSevered in, which they hold
TO he mOtivated by high ideals
toward Virtuous ends.
This is demOnstrably true;
nor could II occur otherwise.
The percentage Of positively
malignant, vicious or depraved
persons is necessarily small, for
no species could survive If its
members were habitually and
consciously bent upon injuring
another.
Done by Good People
'"INHEREFORE IL is obvious
that in periods when mil
lions are slaughtered, when tor
ture " practiced, starvation
enforced. oppression made n pol
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30

womonS attorney, Elliott
Adams told POLICE that Powell
and hiS ulfc h13 discussed a
ly0rcc 9nd Shc wished 10 ~
o'lc without giving her husband
any of their Joint property most
Of which she had Inherited The
mother-tr-lsw had rewritten hef
VIII cutting Powell of without
cont and she had told friends
rh3t She feared Powell would DO
her bodily harm.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Guess Again

TliE man laughed thin, fiat
laugh. He said that he sort
of guessed IT because Pop
wasn't exactly a young teller.
Guessed IL, did you?" Pop
-Gruntcd- "Mell, then now guess
whether | work I'm the factory ."
The man shrugged and went
back 20 his table. He talked low
10 the other man al his table
while Pop finished the sandwich.
Then the second man came
over 10 him.
Pardon me" he said. "but do
YOU work in the faetoryss Moth
ing personal in this, | assure YOU.
| just wanted 10 know"
Pop sand yc,. he worked there
and what of IT,
Well" returned the man.
smiling cordially, would YOU
like Ia make some easy money ."
Pop CycS narrowed lie
began 10 Cct as tricky a. a cat
that was CIouching IN bird
sanctuary.
sure" he returned ~ can
always use little extra money.
How can l make it,"
The man CTInned
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Reports Them Missing

IN MONDAY morning. March
~ .. 1896. Powell visited The
:ackSnuviile- p4Ace- headquarters
10 report that his wife Katie.
and ms n1othcr-ln-laW. Mrs Lou
+. Spesr. had failed 20 return 10
the Powell nome ~ 1887 Laura
street. after leaving AZ about
! 80 the previous afternoon 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30

Jardine reverenced King Ed
ward the Eighth. When he heard
I h ere was 10 be no religious
ceremony because no Church of
England pastor could be found
TO marry the Duke of Windsor
and Mrs. Simpson, Jardine wired
that he stood ready 10 perform.
He knew he would be a parlah
afterwards, but his king and his
God and his church called. and,
like knight IN an ancient fable,
he abandopcd all 10 serve.
Edward, he says. was bounced
by Baldwin. Canterbury and
Company because this now
generation needed not a symbol
but man. Edward refused 10
he symbol He demanded the
inherent rights of manhood, 10
think and act for himself. He
demanded the right TO place his
affections where his heart led
him and 10 act out his manhood
in his own way within the law
of the land he governed"
Whether that is true or not. I
leave TO history. Jardine says
Edwards mission in this life is
not yet finished. He sees in
Edward another Biblical Jo-
Seph." lie believes Edward shall
some day save his people.
AS | said. real modern fairy
story--a relief, an oasis in a hard
boiled world OF cynics and grim
faced Mars.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Impression Profound

HERE is that amazing story
IN an its detail and Jardine-
wonder. 1t IS a tale, retold, Of
one of the greatest love stories
OF all time The re-rcading of
King Edward 5 abdication leaves
upon me the same profound i'm
precision that 10 left when ne
read ~ over The radio. II Is one
of tho great prose masterpieces
of an history, convincing and of
the very texture Of dramatic
pathos
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30

Pop suddenly remembered that
Emily was visiting her sister IN
nearby town and that he was
supposed 10 eat out. That
annoyed him 10 no end.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30

ERE pleasant little game that Will give you
every day II numerical puzzle designed 20 spell out
your fortune the letters hrst the number
subtract II the number is less than
key number Start At the upper left
Tectargle and cheek ~ key
LETT night Then read the the letters under
the checked figures give yqu,
csp rlh nU o., william Nue Distributed ~ Kinr me
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Defense OF Free

nNE Of tho best dcienScS of
~ free men m a free econ
omy' that has hccn made IN
many years is 10 be found IN
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Done by Good People

"'THEREFORE IL is obvious
that in periods when mil
lions are slaughtered, when tor
iure ~ practiced. starvation
enforced. oppression made 2 pol