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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1923
Page
2
New Haven August 27 Special to the telegram focuses on Mrs Ellen Hermione Wallace known as the Diamond Queen. The West Haven recluse reportedly buried treasure of diamonds or money. At her death aged 89, local detectives and relatives seek the stash said to be hidden on her premises amid squalor.
Disorder surrounding Ward case raises questions of improper grand jury procedures and pressured jury influence. Defense cites incompetence and prejudicial evidence including newspaper copies among jurors and tainted testimony from Ward associate witnesses and bank records. Additional minutes reveal statements by Dr Vail and Ward's chauffeur suggesting inconsistent accounts of the shooting and motive.
A legal notice reports a suit by Sues Sells-Floto Circus seeking 15000 in damages. It centers on an accident near Stamford involving a vehicle at a cited site in Siton neta and references a related involvement of George D Pagbhie and family, with attached property claims and corporate seizure details.
Niewarty of St Vincents reports 14 year old Avira Catto struck by auto while riding a blessie along Slate Street near Burr Road yesterday afternoon. She was hurled to the pavement suffering a fractured skull and was taken to St Vincents hospital for treatment.
In New York on August 27 John T. Sutphen a 36 year old private secretary was found dead in his apartment lounge with a warm pipe in his hand. Autopsy revealed poison in the stomach. Police pursue two flashily dressed women and a man named C Spohn who were in Sutphen’s suite. Liquor cabinet found but no poison containers. Medical examiner Gonzales says Sutphen had recent alcoholism treatment and a Saturday party with at least two men.
E G Fagan Jr aged 10 earns Eagle Scout honors after completing challenging tests including a life saving dive to rescue a director from the water. He also receives a Red Cross medal for saving tests as other scouts receive similar honors at a ceremony.
A seven man pirate band, after raiding a Canadian rum tunnel and then attacking the British schooner J. Scott Hankenson near Lockport, wounded Captain Arthur Moore and Cook Harry Harms but yielded no profits. Gloucester and Federal agents pursue, with ten attackers named as sought suspects and multiple men missing. Carl Voss, arrested in Beverly on attempted murder charges linked to the Hankenson raid, held on $10,000 bail.
Robert H. Reutter of Rye was named yesterday as defendant in a suit in Superior court brought by the Wusican Potash Corporation now in bankruptcy court. The suit through trustee John Bigas Jr. of Wilmington Delaware alleges Reutter converted 9376 dollars of the company’s funds to his own use.
Fire believed incendiary toward Lenement block at 721 Pacific street near White Eagle club. Police and fire subheads investigate origin as flames touched the Club 100M and surrounding area, with minor structure damage reported.
A fragmented OCR list shows numerous local clubs and organizations with notices about meetings and time changes. Mentions include Fraterna, Harmony council, I O A, Indge Daugh ter of St George, Shenandoah lodge, Temple, and various lodges and associations across Bridgeport and surrounding towns.
The coroner will investigate three deaths in the city. Herbert McManen of Main Street died at St Faneents hospital from injuries sustained in a vehicle overturn on Nichols turnpike. Samuel Wadler of Antuni Street and Samuel Macon of 2a7 Siath Street are the other two reported fatalities.
Police report an auto wreck on French Street en route to White River Junction. Fire units freed Walker from the wreckage as Winchell and Long pursued control of the vehicle. Long, recently from New York City, faced questions about NY state plates and lack of license. Walker survived by the end of the report segment.
Nationally known women lawyers arrive for the first annual convention of the National Association of Women Lawyers in Runnerpolis, tied to the American Bar Association gathering. Taft attends as chief wrustlee of the ethics committee, slated to report Wednesday. John W. Davis, ABA president, declines to respond to Henry Breckenridge’s protest about the Earl of Birkenhead’s appearance.
Mig James Reilly of 3104 Fairfield avenue was slightly injured when the machine her son Russell drove was jammed by a trolley at Fairfield and Colorado. The vehicle was pushed into a second trolley, causing minor injuries but the occupant continued home. A second collision at Washington and Center streets involved Miss Katherine Logan and Fred Weltic with no injuries.
Mason Stokes of Stamford through Walter Stokes filed suits in Superior court seeking 2509 damages from Harold Clark for injuries when a car driven by Clark hit the child as she crossed Atlantic street in Stamford on May 11.
Dortmund August 27 Associated Press occupation authorities began mining coal themselves for the first time since January. French forces took over five shafts of the Victor mine near Dortmund and issued an ultimatum to miners to work for the occupiers or hand over the mine. Most German personnel refused to continue, French miners assumed control, and negotiations for retention continue. The Victor mine, owned by Peter Klokner, can produce 1 to 1.5 million tons annually. a nearby 980 oven bakery, with 700 thousand ton capacity, was also occupied. The plant employs about five thousand people.
Harry Ludburgh of Stamford sues Norwalk residents Jacob M. Stein Morris Daum and Morris Lessen for 4200 in the Superior court alleging a loan of 4685.36. The suit is returnable on the first Tuesday in September.
Vancouver August 27. A plan to get liquor into Yukon territory faces a dry winter as US prohibitions on transporting intoxicants across the 20 mile Alaskan Panhandle strip are discussed. The provincial liquor board weighs whether US laws extend into the atmosphere and, if so, how far.
Greenwich Aug 27 Special to the Telegram after a public hearing the Board of Health voted to do all in its power to suppress the disturbance from trucks passing through Putnam Avenue at night. The board will recommend to the local council action to stop the nuisance. Residents say the noise causes illness and sleep loss with homes abandoned on the street due to trucks with cut outs horns and mufflers. Leonard S. Clark of H G Drinkwater Sons questioned the broad claims and suggested considering bakery and milk trucks which deliver healthful goods in regulation.
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