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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1925
Page
7
A world famous tire tread strip and O Sull ivan heel are clamped on a rod, plunged into a cylinder with razor edged car borundum, and spun for three hours. The worn tread slice shows the rubber withstands grinding better than steel, establishing the benchmark for wear of O Sull ivan heels.
Three young men from Bridgeport received five day county jail terms for trespassing on railroad land after being caught by railroad detectives. The case, heard by Judge Joseph G. Stapiro, featured Anderson, LaCarte, and McCormich with McCormich’s sentence suspended. A separate driver was bound over to the Superior Court after a wreck involving two Waterbury buses injured several occupants.
Marion April 6 Nearly 100 indictments returned in connection with the dynamiting of the Fowler grocery store and building in Herrin on March 9. Three Marion youths Exco Phelps Val Phelps and Paul Riddle charged with placing and feeding the dynamite. One suspect confessed implicating many opposed to the Ku Klux Klan. Glenn Fowler was a target, but he was not in the building while his father and mother were injured.
A puzzling string of leading names emerges in a Massachusetts murder investigation. Authorities note a mysterious woman associated with the case, with references to Myrtle or Mure, plus Mary OTeun, and others tied to the residence near Pleasant Street in Waverly. The deceased is a Canadian war veteran found with restraints and chloroform, deepening the inquiry.
A temporary rearrangement of Superior Court judges for the April term goes into effect. Judge New to Jennings and Judge Wis Indge Tinks will preside in place of Judge Wis to seat hearings on the court side. In Middle town New Orleans a fire destroyed several buildings on State street, with injuries and damage reported.
New Haven Railroad receives public thanks from manufacturers in Connecticut Massachusetts and Rhode Island for support of a 23.0 million refunding bond issue. Letters from President Pearson and Kent Hubbard praise industrial cooperation, note strong subscription totals, improved credit and reduced fears for New Haven welfare, and promise further joint efforts in New England.
The Supreme Court term opens in Bridgeport soon for appeals fromTower Chart decisions. Gerald Chapmin faces hanging on June 25 and his appeal may be heard during the June sitting in New Haven. Attorney Henry Greenstein pursues a new indictment for Jacob Lowy of the Compo Inn Westport, now jailed as a convicted beer transporter. the appeal won’t be heard this month.
The Dublin Minstrel, once a vaudeville figure, died at his Brooklyn home from pneumonia. He left vaudeville years ago and later served as secretary to Edward Wirg elmann, then Brooklyn borough president, a post he held until his death.
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