Convicts Given Extended Terms For Escape Try
Hartford Dec 14 AP Charles Dansereau and Walter H Knowles convicts at the state prison were sentenced to serve from one to five years more after their current terms for escaping on August 7. Judge Edwin C Dickinson presided. Dansereau was found guilty after a 22 minute trial. Knowles had pleaded guilty earlier. The men claimed they slipped away during a squash pick and swim at the prison farm. after a delay they were sheltered by brush as search parties fired into the woods. Knowles had prior sentences including ten to thirty years for carmnity and abusing a girl. Dansereau had eight to thirteen years for receiving stolen automobiles. Eugene LaFlame, awaiting trial for attempted arson, was expected to be tried tomorrow.
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Charles Dansereau
Walter H Knowles
Edwin C Dickinson
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Knowles
Bharat Rae
Eau
N Danielson Dansereau
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Testimony Ends In Girl's Suit In Hartford Case
In Hartford a $2000 damage suit by Georgianns R Campbell against Malachi Hackett concluded in Superior Court with brief morning testimony and closing arguments. Campbell, a cook at Underwood Tynewriter factory, suffered a fractured ankle March 1, 1925 when Hackett’s car collided with a telegraph pole near Milldale. Hackett testified he was not intoxicated or asleep and tried to avoid an oncoming car. Defense claims alcohol and Campbell’s condition contributed. they argue another operation could restore her use if she submits to surgery for the removal of a bone spur.
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Campbell
Malachi Hackett
Meriden
Jude Leonard J Nickerson
Wilfred Londbere
Arthur L Shipman
Thin City
Clayton H Kieln
Waterbury
Delaney
Pelgrift
Hartfort
Mick Campbell
Hackett
Navy
Waverly Inn
Cheshire
Miss Campbell
Underwood Tynewriter
Malin Street
Mtorea
Hackett Himeet
Joose Fone
Three year old dies from burns in Pawling NY home
Danbury dispatch reports three year old Mary Jane Corbin of Pawling NY died in Danbury hospital from burns received at her home. Her mother Mrs Clement Corbin heard screams and found the child. Joseph Elwell, a farm hand, was seen rolling the girl in snow to extinguish flames. The mother said the matches were kept on a kitchen shelf on a chair to reach the box.
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Danbury
Mary Jane Corbin
Pawling
Danbury Hospital
Clement Corbin
Joseph Elwell
Steamer Balholn wrecked near Aklear Faxe bay
AP dispatch from Reykjavik Teeland reports the Norwegian steamer Balholn wrecked at Akrar Faxe bay with all crew and passengers drowned. no further details available.
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London
Teykjavik
Teeland
Balholn
Akrar Faxe Bay
Man Recovers $1500 On Price Of Store
John McAfee of this city now living in Pennsylvania won a verdict in Superior Court for $1500 in damages after a 14 day trial. He alleged fraud by Tongas over a store gate on South Avenue that misrepresented weekly profits of $70. McAfee paid $1990 for the business and shut the store after the dispute.
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Pennsylvania
Tom Thomas Tonas
McAfee
South Avenue
Tongas
Boxer is killed in Connecticut boxing match death shocks fans
In Hartford on December 14 AP reports Charles Peruvian French light heavyweight died after eighth round collapse from blows to the head. Al Friedman of Beaton fought. charges changed to manslaughter under $1000 bond. Body to be shipped to Pau, France. a $100 fund led by Hans Peragon gathered to cover expenses.
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Acre
Henry N Costello
Charles Peruihan
al Friedman
Beaton
Friedman
Gilbert Calhoun
Ehassed
Thomas Donohua
State Athletic Commission
Connecticut
Carlson
France
Pau
Hans Peragon
Robert Eudelini
Pequilhan
Boxer
Banana Truck Driver Fined in Stamford Court
William Gates of Shippan Avenue Stamford was fined 106 and costs with 30 days in jail suspended for driving while intoxicated. Peter Maharen was fined 3 for lacking a license and certificate. Arthur Hanlon of Bridgeport received 100 and costs with 30 days suspended. bond on appeal set at 250. Senator Matthew M Keneaty acted as prosecutor.
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Darien
William Gates
Shippan Avenue
Stamford
Jal
Charles Bates Dara
Niquor
Peter Maharen
Beckley Avenue
Neu
Arthur C Hanlon
Bridgeport
Matthew M Keneaty
Irate customers fatally shoot bootlegger in Brooklyn
Louis Baldy Wallinger, a Brooklyn bootlegger, was shot dead in his home after two angry customers demanded more whiskey. Wallinger refused, the assailants fled, and the wounded man died from a stomach and temple wound.
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New York
Dee
Louis
Baldy) Wallleer
Brooklyn
Wallinger
Daughter of Hawaiian Wins Million Estate
San Francisco December 14 AP The daughter of a white man and a Hawaiian woman who lived in Hawaii thirty years ago was awarded her father’s entire estate reportedly worth about one million dollars in a decision by the United States Court of Appeals. The ruling transfers the fortune to Helen Kalpilli McGuilin wife of a Hong Kong businessman, defeating a large group of paternal relatives.
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San Francisco
Hawaii
United States
Chait Loutt
Helen Kalwiitial
Californian dies after shooting self in Berkeley event
John W Caldwell of Berkeley California shot himself in the canite building and died today of his wounds. Coroner Nevitt issued a certificate of suicide.
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Washington
John W Caldwell
Berkley
Nevitt
Canada Run Case Claims Stamp Forgery and Bribery
A Royal Commission in Vancouver heard that a British Columbia liquor firm forged United States internal revenue stamps and affixed them to Canadian bottles to aid bootleggers. Evidence included torn rounds alleged as payments to provincial officials and a $16 000 donation to the Liberal party campaign fund. Four unnamed witnesses face possible perjury prosecutions.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
United States
Royal Commission
George Relfel
Joyeah Kennedy Company
Internal Revenue Stamp
Rowell
Commission
Reifel
Kennedy Company
F R. Anderson
Liberal Party
Anderson
Canada Faces Population Drain From Immigration Policy
Ottawa reports rising Canadian cross border movement seen as a critical issue for Parliament. Opposition hints at pressing for a policy to keep Canadians north of the border while millions are spent to attract newcomers. Government has not yet offered action despite Windsor, Sarnia and Niagara Falls witnessing activity.
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Can
United States
Canada
Canadting
Cranada
Windsor
Sarnia
Niigara Falls
Girl Found Guilty of Gun Smuggling in Roast Chicken Scheme
Genevieve Gedzlum, nineteen, was convicted in Cambridge, Massachusetts, of attempting to smuggle a revolver to her brother inside a roast chicken. She faces sentencing Thursday afternoon as investigators review her testimony and the parcel’s origins. The gun had been hidden by an unknown helper who claimed no knowledge of its contents, and the case ties to a previously convicted bank messenger who was shot during a Cambridge payroll robbery.
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Cambridge
Mass
Genevieve Gedzlum
Jers
Edward Ross
Eastern Star Leader Mrs Flood Dies in Greenwich
Mrs Harry Fowler Flood a prominent Eastern Star member in Connecticut dies at 53 after six weeks of illness in Greenwich. Native of New Britain, she leaves husband Eugene Flood and three sons Myron Eugene and Kenneth, plus sisters Mildred Power, Mrs Bower and Mrs Hitchcock. Funeral Thursday at the Masonic temple under Eastern Star supervision.
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Harry Fowler Flood
Order of Eastern Star
Connecticut
New Britain
Eugene Flood
Myron
Eugene
Kenneth
Mildred Fower
Helen Bowera Jor Springfield
Mags
Carmele Hitchcock
New Haven
Masonic Temple
Eastern Star
Canadian mine to pay dividend and bonus
The directors of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Ltd authorized a 5 percent dividend and a $4 per share bonus for the half year ending December 31, 1926, at their Montreal meeting.
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Montreal
Quebec
Consolidated Mining and Smeling Company of Canada Ltd
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