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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1922
Page
5
Winsted April 10 James E J Wheeler deputy on the force of High Sheriff Frank H Turkington sworn in as a deputy United States marshal by Clerk C P Pickett of the federal court at New Haven Wheeler will head the Hartford office for Marshal Walter and begin duties tomorrow.
Mrs Edward Fitzgerald, 28, mother of three, dies at Shelton home after 12 days in coma. Diagnosed by Dr Malthouse of New Haven as sleeping sickness. She left husband, three children, and brothers and sisters in Ireland.
Washington police heard Bruce E. Haines say the murdered woman, once Miss Helen Irene Kirby, whom he married in 1828, was his wife and legal heir. He linked the case to Dr. Her ber Bryson, a Huntington resident, whose mistress vanished earlier. He recalled a warning from his mother-in-law and a Chicago postmark on Helen's letter.
April 10 Paris Roger Sudreau husband of Jacqueline Lebaudy declares he will not relinquish any interest in the Lebaudy fortune, claiming entitlement to half of Jacqueline’s share as part of their marriage. Madame Lebaudy accuses him of attempting to kidnap Jacqueline. court records note her complaint in Paris.
Albert W. Beattie a bookkeeper for 8 Vogel and Son wholesale grocers was arrested in Hartford on a charge of embezzling more than 5000 dollars from the firm. He is 40 years old and married and police say he admitted peculation in the last five years. He claims to have kept an account of funds obtained and was locked up in default of 6000 bail.
New York April 9 James Speyer international banker would resign as chairman of the Salvation Army's annual campaign fund committee to withdraw his support from the anti prohibition movement In a letter to Evangeline Booth commander Miss Booth urged severing his connection with the anti dry movement Speyer said he opposed the saloon but believed prohibition laws extremely harmed and sought to amend or repeal them He would remain a friend and supporter of the Salvation Army work and take whatever action the citizens committee desired.
A dormitory section at the State Normal school in Willimantic was quarantined and the school closed for the rest of the week after a diphtheria case was found. The patient is a young woman student from Putnam.
William Dupont of 316 Fairfield Avenue was arrested yesterday on a charge of driving an automobile without possessing a valid drivers license.
General Gregoriy Semenoff once led Cosacks and now faces a bankruptcy hearing in New York. He remains free on bail after a civil warrant linked to the Yourovera Home and Poratyn Trading bankruptcy case. He defers travel to Europe until he clears his name, asserting his honor and staying off the Aquitania voyage. The hearing touches on civil warrants, court orders, and potential further suits tied to officers who allegedly removed 1,250,000 rubles from a Chita bank.
Dealers in Bridgeport report coal mine operators not affected by the strike offered anthracite coal at a premium to Bridgeport dealers at a Stratfield hotel meeting. Most dealers ignored the offers and warned the public about the unclear premium. They said Bridgeport is not starving yet and yards are well supplied through mid winter, with uncertainty if the strike lasts months. Members' opinions split on miners’ demands.
The combined German American societies of Bridgeport host a feiz and bazaar at Eagles hall next week to raise Bridgeport’s share of the American Hellet Fund Association goal of 3 million dollars for relief of needy children in Germany and Austria. Secretary of Commerce Hoover will administer the fund.
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