Daily Herald (Newspaper) - November 5, 1926, Middletown, New York FINAL EDITION SWORN STATEMENT FOR YESTERDAY'S CIRCULATION VOL 230 Established 1870 MIDDLETOWN N Y FRIDAY NOVEMBER 5 a Year PRICE THREE CENTS MRS GIBSON STILL ILL AND USABLE TO TESTIFY IN TRIAL third Day of Famous Hearing Begins With State's Star DOCTORS TO AS TO HER CONDITION Fig Woman Suffering from In- of Kidneys and Other Ailments COURTROOM N X Nov 5 James Mills of Airs Eleanor Mills or four years has waited to see some one brought to trial for tae ut his wife had his hour in court today waea he was called its today's chief witness in the murder trial He told how his wife had return had visited the church IF V else was absent to the Church at -i m Jin nnf BARREL OF APPLES FALLS EROM TRUCK WOMAN IS KILLED LAKES N J Nov Josephine lands of Wyckoff was killed yesterday when a barrel of apples fell from an automobile truck owned by John Sands of Hawthorne as it passing her on the Koad near Crystal Lake Sands first learned of the tragedy heard Mrs daughter He stopped his track and took the woman td pital where she died CAMERAS MURDER COURT BUT HERE'S PHOTO MICHAEL HIGGER at Bet ore J J Horns in Mid- Several Cases 1 CHARLIE WISE MAY GO THE STAND TO TELL IS STORY TO Expected Defense in Trial Will Let Accused Testify HIS BENEFACTOR ON STAND SEVERAL HOURS KIP Mia ft E M HI 61 stage Selling for trial at Ifie Judge Smith Denies Motion By Defense for Dismissal of Charge Against Lad MONTICELLO Nov Wise will probably take the I as his own chief witness in the trial for the murder of Nina This was indicated today I when District Attorney Sydney F i Foster objected to the introduction of certain exhibits by the defense D fif himself The exhibits including the bos in fn In the morning I got up andi prepared my children's before they went ui turns Gives Attorney Lead i received ius ironi a S Louis mail order house two boxes of cartridges booklets on how to Will give lecture at Synagogue iobs and to then with a bit of pride he Mr the Tabulation of returns Jly gave victory lit tile admitted by the court After breakfast he again w met Hall ej j Ottinger Republican candidate i for Hnn in i i districts two Broome and for the purchase price of the rc which constitutes the state I there was and nnt i tiie only the candidate on i ticket L Jed 30 cases awards case of Joseph Elder of I an V uiv of H f V i V n land a souvenir a 1 Stolz of Syracuse his Democratic i i employes 01 me of of 1 1 yesterday i an award of in I ia M a i- start or next ill a survey 01 I i the I air KIQ in irii L was suu ou me in np uus fie I 1 urs YJ to me Simpson interrupted the story at that point to real jury timony of in Mrs Hall's alleged answer that foul play had been committed Mills whose voice Deemed to fainter as he talked then about his wife's burial She was buried he said his having seen the He know her Iiad beea and authorized burial without any autopsy Suddenly the heads in the room were seen to veer from Mills the left side of the courtroom Eyes were turned on Mrs Hall sa i s nearly and he picked cp more in Chenango ana Washington Counties The rest VL tim overcoming Mr from scattering districts in a dozen other Republican ties j With the four districts missing the total vote for Attorney eral was as Smith's Wide In contrast to the narrow attack He 80 years of age j Mr Hobbs was born at Cherry Wayne county Pa on June j and was the son of Kobbs and Lydia Kirby Hobbs He had been -an employe of the 0 W railroad for the past and with the exception of one illness a year age he had not been absent from work more than 9 days during this long period Mr Hobbs started to work for j gin of victory for Attorney the old Pennsylvania railroad in jeral Ottinger was the plurality of He was the first uniformed Governor Ahred E Smith whose conductor op the famous old COUET N S all interest centered on whether Jane Gibson the pig woman be able to undergo examination by a district attorney the murder trial opened for its third day of evidence today Mrs Hail and he brothers Henry and lie Stevens on charges of having killed the Rev Dr Edward Hall pastor of the Church of St John the Evangelist and Eleanor Mills singer in choir in their places early indicated cians probably will be called to testify as to Mrs Gibson's tion this morning after they had plurality with thirty-six scattered election districts unreported was over Ogden L Mills Re- publican The vote for Governor In the contest between Judge Robert P Senator James W Wadsworth Jr Republican for United States ator the vote with -14 election districts missing gave Judge Wagner a plurality of The vote Wadsworth For Lieutenant win Corning of Albany had a plurality of over Lieutenant Governor Seymour Republican with 84 tion districts missing The vote r Corning Lowman Morris S Tremaine of Buffalo Democratic candidate for ware and Hudson gravity line running between Honesdale and Carbondale He a member of St Paul's Methodist church and of Brotherhood of railroad clerks Ha is survived by his wife Anna L Kobbs a daughter Nellie C te a son C Frank Hobbs a- grand daughter Helen C Grotte and a grandson HaroM R nil of Middletown and one sister Emma E Hayward of Scranton Pa lUi went to bed in bis ual spirits saying that he had a slight pain in the chest but believed it was a slight cold His son Frank C Hobbs went into the room to awaken him in the afternoon and found that he had died The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from ths home 258 North street Rev T- Y T j Ul Trai air employe or the i nave already or s of j State Orin C Lewis planned will total nearly zs sproat street an employe while the usual number of c oi is to DeGeorge received anl nf mart award of and the case wasj of Roy of I ever as well as that of several ae lira i 01 a SCU 1 1 U town Toronto Sportsman Also Sds j Big Rests on for Mother Bearing Most Children TORONTO Ont Nov 5 in Filling Jobs Under Reorganization ALBANY Nov 5 With Charles Vance Millar Toronto results definitely known yer and sportsman who died interest today began to shift to week despite his experience two subjects intimately connected therewith organization of the Re has drawn up at least three publican disposing of between j and the the governor and j will have to hand According to reports m- B i Tne Senate will strange clauses are included in undoubtedly remain as it is with 1921 will These clauses i Senator John Knight continuing A bequest of his share in the tario Club to Hon W E nard Downing minority leader Raney the Hon N W arid There will be one or changes T T r the Rev Ben Spence in committee heads Sue to the proving of Leonid Gibbs of The largest undertaking will be the new Elizabeth M Korton hospital which is expected to cost between and 000 Although work on this ject has been delayed from time to time it is expected that definite action will be to approve the plans in the near future and authorize the construction of the hospital in the Spring The construction of three new schools will increase the total of building operations b ately A new addition to the High School will cost 090 a new Liberty street school will cost and an addition to the Albert will entail an expenditure of All of these projects have been approved by the voters of the city The fifth large building project will be the construction of a new fire house for the Eagle and Ex- fire companies This ing is expected to cost and will be 011 ui the present building on King street DAMAGE SUIT BEFORE JUSTICE HARRY Action Involves for Re- pairs to Car the fall and winter in the town Synagogue and Community center will be held when an address will be given by Dr Michael Higger rabbi of the ish Theological Seminary New York City Dr Higger is a noted biblical student and is not only a gradu ate of the rabbinical schools in Telz and Kovno Lithuania but also of New York university and Columbia in this country lecture will start promptly at 7.3 o'clock and a large crowd is ted to turn out to hear Dr who en- joys a splendid reputation as a school in the metropolitan area Athletic classes are being at the center and already the basketball team is holding practice session on Tuesday Wednesday night the of Sol Suckoff A series of monthly dinners are also first to be not ho until JMr Lyons said today the prospect I was that the case would not lie completed until next Wednesday Today's witnesses for the ed boy included George Lucas to Mrs I Van whose interest in Charli its said to have manifested itself in the employment of additional j sel for him Mrs Van Gieson j maintains an estate on the sink river near Bittersweet where Charlie lived with Sackett Mr Lucas testified that the boy frequently did chores about the place William O'Keefe a neighbor of Miss Sackett his wife Mrs la O'Keefe and William Carey were among other witnesses of the morning Carey is a retired New York business man now a resident in Neversink township O'Keefe testified that he had walked with Charlie to the scene of the murder SMALL BLAZE IN Firemen Called to 1 Seattle Last Night An alarm from box 43 called out all Middletown fire companies last is oi the kidneys and other ailments i r WilS v do slightly improved Gibson is star She made the tion of the defendants as having been persons she saw at the scene of the murder on the Phillips farm near New Brunswick N J four years ago As far as is known she is the only person claiming to have been an eye witness to any part tragedy Mrs Gibson Better SOMERVILLE N J Nov 5 importance with a Continued on Page Ten more votes I Robert A assisted bv I ana colder tonigli'i flay fair in ami Ing with slowly rising in Fresh to northwest than Controller Vincent Murphy Republican with 231 election dis- Tremaine Murphy With 378 election districts un- reported the majority in the prohibition referendum was 569 or more than twice the dry vote in the referendum The vote Yes No Revision of the from the 19th New York Assembly Dis- show that Abram Grenthal Republican has been reflected Over George 0 Arkin indicated as the winner in tHe original This meant that the Re- publicans lost seven instead of eight seats in ths lower house of the Legislature and will have Re- publicans and sixty-six Democrats Senator Wadsworth telephoned afternoon from Ids homo -in Mount Morris he had at- to him which said that would be a candidate in 1926 against Senator My attention has called to this newspaper said the Senator and it quotes me that I intend to be a candidate in 1928 to Senator Copoland 1 have made no such to and the dispatch in so far as it pretends tny Is utterly Rev Roman L Harding will con- duct the services Burial will be in Fine Bush TEe pallbearers will be employes of the 6 Yv road LICENSE SUSPENSIONS AND REVOCATIONS Several Residents of Orange Co in the List The license of Moses Slover 13 Stanton street Middletown has been revoked by Charles A nett Commissioner Of Motor cles it was announced this ing Slover was charged with driving an automobile while A number of other residents Orange county and the ing counties are included in the list of revocations and sions announced by Commissioner Harnett The licenses of Lester of Long Eddy Sullivan county and Judson of New county havs been revoked Both are with driving an automobile Intoxicated Tho list of suspensions tho following Fred of Liberty William kofi Loch Sheldrake and Elmer IS Monroe a 01 years ana araw dends on them of a sum of money to j of the uu a priest or that priest's successor servers one of two things in the parish to say masses for the I soul Of a certain prominent zen who will need them ver he The prominent citizen it is be- belonged to the Protestant faith A bequest of considerable 1 U V t W lil eys including holdings in an important story It is known brewery to seven that the governor is not looking odist ministers the total sum being forward with a great deal of zest about on conation particular part of his the ministers draw dividends from the stock and vote in the ment of the brewery for a ten year j period A rider said to be ed to this bequest is reported as When Smith begins to Schriver listed as the various parties the damage-suit of Mrs Mollie Slade against Frank of May- brook and Russell Pembleton re- from an automobile dent on Highland avenue last September was to be presented to a jury before Justice oC the Peace Harry Beggs at city hall afternoon The amount in- is consisting of re- pair bills to the Slade car The accident occurred ber S shortly before 9 p m bleton a railroad brakeman was driving the Mayetto car with Adaline George Gould an em- ploye of the McMonagle to happen He will either strengthen or weaken himself With dozens of high salaried positions to hand out the governor he be- not only by his party ers but by innumerable for appointments The way he parcels out the plums will tell work for hi has held the opinion that one appointment while one friend might create adding that it see i ing to frame a slate of ments at this time The ers wholesale drug department was at the the Slade car of with him were his Wife and Mrs t A a t O Li i J ilC whether their money himself has given thought was than tals The principal bequest it is re- ported is of the residue of his tate to the woman in Ontario who to it and probably won't ter returns a he plans to next week But In the abstract the sub- creating a great deal of during the nine years following his discussion right now death has the largest number of children On the ninth anniversary AUTO IS DAMAGED An automobile of the testator's decease a banquet joHo of Pino is to be given and on this occasion j damaged yesterday in a the fortunate mother is to be collision street wonted with a check for such a sum The machine struck by n have chine a for Ao nave a- will tUi balance nf Slade whose husband Egbert had alighted from the car at the Swift meat plant The crash curred when Gould attempted a left turn Mrs Slade and Mrs Gould were slightly injured that his injuries caused him the loss of ten days work NO CLUE TO Members of the Middletown lice arc still investigating the at- tempted burglary of the A and Son fur factory I i Levinson Produce as jet inn a el t crTi t HI a Ta dual Wet Wash 1 nue There was no damage The blaze was sorted oy an electric iron which was left standing on an ironing board with the turned on Shortly after 9 o'clock a resident in the building noticed the ball full of smoke He rin to bos 43 and turned in the alarm When the firemen arrived there was con- smoke but little fire me aner was killed Judge Denies Motion MONTICELLO NovT reconvened at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon District Attorney ney F Foster in a ad- dress to the court argued in sition to the motion made by the defense counsel that the indictment of Charlie Wise charged with thti murder of Miss Nina Vilona a Vemon musician ac ley last July be dismissed He cited cases similar to one where have It was then that County Judge George H Smith denied the request made by the counsel the defendant and instructed the jury not to form any opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the fendant because of the refusal of the court to dismiss the case The damage was confined to the j Preston Brandage ironing board son was the first person called to testify for the defense He fied George Edwards as the man who was known to him as Dick Hinkley and further testified that Hinkley had engaged in a tight many years ago knocking a man unconscious with a bottle filled lead shoi Again the defense tried to connect Edwards with the murder again fell flat when ANNUAL FAIR AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Opened This Afternoon key Sapper Tonight The annual fair of the Firs Presbyterian church of tne District attorney town under the auspices of the Laches Aid Society opened this afternoon and will continue Lunch was served for the committees and their families AE 11 all tickets for the turkey supper to be held tonight were sold The booths among which were the candy fancy work dren's and miscellaneous attractively decorated by the women on the committee the fight occurred twenty five ago that it was election night prohibition days and that Edwards was under the of liquor at time George F Dean was then to the stand in an attempt by defense to prove that could not have been picking at about the timo man! occurred as he and Mrs Continued on Seven i
