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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1927
Page
2
Fifteen year old Frank Kramarik of 16 North Washington Avenue was missing since December 14. He was taken into custody as a runaway by Sheriff Stelmandine of Schoharie. The missing persons bureau was notified and his parents will travel to Schoharie to bring him home.
In this city deaths include Major Frederick J Adams M.D. age about 40 and funeral details for numerous residents such as Doin M Carter widow Alger, Veronica McAvan, Bridget Cullen, Rosaline Dutte, John Fiehler, Ann Higgins, Ernest J Miebecher, Stephen Mursko, Marie Mueller, Thomas J Murray, William Plumb, Margaret Jane Waddell, Phoebe R Rowe and others. Funeral times range Dec 29 to Jan 2 with services at churches and cremation or interment at Lakeview Cemetery and St Michael's Cemetery, plus private viewings at local mortuary chapels.
Mrs. Hinman described a five foot four inch stocky attacker wearing a dark cap and meakinaw coat who stabbed her diagonally near the right to left breast, missing the heart by inches. She received seven stitches at Dr Besudry's and police cordoned Black Rock as neighbors rallied for safety.
Mrs Hinman was stabbed and ill for years while Kenneth Hinman the breadwinner and son urged by fear sought a gun. Kenneth found his father nearby and brought news as authorities limited a search. Mrs Hinman, a known poet and fraternal figure, had recently recovered from illness.
Investigators pursued the murder case of Ivy Thoms as Hickman and his 16 year old accomplice Welby Hunt faced court appearances. A double posing as Hickman complicated the scene at Bellevue Arms after rooming with a man named Donald Evans. Police linked the pair to robberies and a fruit stand slaying, with Hunt named as the druggist killer and Hickman denying the fatal shot.
Two Bridgeport colored pastors Rev H R Jackson and Rev W J Conquest said a man selling tickets to a white audience for a church benefit event swindled the public. They later learned Benjamin F Simmons had begun ticket sales without their knowledge but resolved that the matter was cleared after a later consultation.
A two year old girl Mery Fata of 14 North Washington Avenue died Wednesday night about an hour after being taken to St Vincents Hospital in the city ambulance suffering from monohupnea Monla.
In Newtown on the bridgeport road in the South Center section a house built by William C Johnson in 1795 burned to ashes this afternoon. Firemen and hundreds watched as the building valued at 610 thousand dollars was a total loss. Furniture was destroyed. it was not insured. Johnson, living 400 feet away, arrived minutes before the fire and tried to reach the storage tank contents but was singed. The home was temporarily occupied by John Ledford and family.
The park board requests 2500 for monument repairs and installation of an oil burner at the new comfort station in Seaside Park. They seek 7500 for three new five ton sprinklers, 1640 for a Fordson tractor, 46000 for a larger Beardsley greenhouse, 750 for two hoses, and 2500 to complete a wire fence around Laurel Avenue courts. They propose increases in labor, repairs, stock feeding, surveillance and bond premiums, plus changes to interest on Laurel Avenue mortgage.
Alex Avelin of Bishop avenue was seized with an attack of epilepsy at about 2 20 yesterday afternoon near Baum and Central avenues. He was transported to Bridgeport hospital by city ambulance under Dr J M Mabe.
In Springfield Mass on December 30 the so called clubber resumed attacks after a two week pause, wounding Stephanie Heyduk with a sharp instrument as she walked home from work. The weapon pierced her hat and caused a severe scalp wound before the assailant fled. Heyduk alerted police after reaching her home.
Police, still unsure if the Phantom Stabber is at large, pursue several theories after Mrs Hinman is slashed while recalling a threat You will squeal on me The assailant wore a lumber jacket and dark trousers and has not yet been identified The hunt spans Bridgeport with officers searching trains streets and precincts while witnesses describe a stocky five foot two man and a foggy scene analysis continues
Joseph Havancik aged eighteen of 199 Church Street was arrested on a breach of the peace charge after being linked to a highway robbery on December 18. He was held in police headquarters in $1,000 bond. his younger brother is under arrest. Investigators say Havancik admitted involvement with other youths in breaking into Kisco's coal yard on December 8 and stealing a cash register. One associate allegedly used a stolen revolver to rob Ignatz Hillby of Pembroke Street, owner of a market on Hamlet Street, of 8130.
Firemen under Assistant Chief George T. P. Bendslee rushed to a rubbish blaze in a cellars at 398 Railroad Avenue yesterday morning. Four alarms were sent, with an initial still alarm at 1010 and a box 178 alarm two minutes later. The fire caused no loss. the building owned by Po An SleTsan and occupied by John Polozgio.
Stamford police held Herald tipster Goldberg after a staged payoff in marked bills to hush a story about Wainstein a Stamford haberdashery owner The suspect admitted being a news tipster and claimed to act for the Herald while prosecutors said both he and Orton gave statements. The paper denied any connection to Goldberg.
Paul Csakany proprietor of a Lesbia street lunch room was arrested on a slave liquor law violation after a raid by Bureau of Investigation operatives. He faced City court after being locked up on $300 bond. Detectives found liquor dumped in a sink and three more gallons hidden in the cellar.
Comptroller Walter W. Garray and City Attorney Alex L. Dehe sumt 19 360 to main 1 department during 192b. Kelly, sealer of weights res, asks 648 748.80. Hobhart Har in extent to the appropri ations for the current year. Requisitions must be in the comptroller's hands before January according to charter requirement. He then starts preparation of his report with recommendations for guidance of the tax board during its deliberations in February.
Divers continue salvage work on the sunken submarine 8 4 off Wood End as Navy officials order a complete investigation led by Rear Admiral Brumby. The probe will assess rescue operations while noting no reflection on the rescuers. Diver Thomas Eadie saved Diver Mattox after a mud collapse, the second life saved during the operation.
A historical overview details Bridgeport’s early water works from Golden Hill springs to the first chartered company on a $10,000 capital, the rise and fall of successive firms, and P. T. Barnum’s role as an officer in the Hydraulic company, with the springs supplying early residents and firefighting reservoirs.
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