No Sex in Crime Prompts Equal Penalties Debate
In New London a Connecticut League of Women Voters session urged settling Justice of the Peace cases out of court to save time and money. Mrs. Bessie Fisher argued for a fifty fifty approach and cautioned against harsh judgments. The program featured Judge J. Victor Prines, Opal Slater of Yale, and talks on Legal Aid and the Police Woman, with sessions concluding tomorrow at noon.
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New London
Bessie 4 Pischer
Frances
Roth
New Haven
Man on Trial for Dancer's Death
Erie Pa May 10 Trepenta tion of the state's evidenc e against Karl Tech a Buffalo salesman on trial for murder pending the death of Virginia Gibney a dancer who died after a party at the Fire hotel on March 18 opened today before a Erie County court seven jurors are women Perchtels defense rests on testimony of physicians who say Gibney died from natural causes though she had been choked earlier The coroner's jury ruled death from natural causes.
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Erif
Kar! Tech
Buffalo
Virginia Gibney Phoros
Erie County
Perchtel
Ibney
Coronri
Pleas for Carroll Remain With Officials
Pleas for executive clemency for Karl Carroll, theatrical producer, stay in the hands of the Department of Justice. No action will be taken by President Coolidge pending a department decision. Attorney General Sargent is away due to Mrs. Sargent’s illness, delaying several federal judge appointments. Carroll lies in a Greenville hospital on route to the Atlanta Federal penitentiary for a sentence tied to the bathtub party case in New York.
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Washington
Karl Carrol
Department of Fustier
White House
Qualidge
Sargent
Ludlow
Vermont
Carroll
Greenville, D. C
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
New York
Fairfield School Committee Seeks 85 000 For Eight Room Building
May 10 Fairfield special: Town finance board hears request from Townshool committee to recommend 85 000 for land purchase and construction of an eight room and basement school atop Tunxis Hall. Trustees Bull outlines plans. Smits supports eight rooms. chairman favors four. Building inspector salary rise and drainage matters discussed.
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Fairfield
Board of Finance
Tunxis Hall
Stanley H. Bull’ard
Lawyer
Willam E. Smits
Arthur Marsh
Zoomer Commission
L. FE. Povle
Colby Seeks Paris Divorce Action
Colby former secretary of state Bainbridge Colby seeks a Paris divorce proceedings to be filed once formalities are met He has an apartment on Avenue Niel and residence in line with French law Mrs Colby Nathalie Sedgwick of Steckbriaze Mass is now in New York Amicable separation reports linger in New York and Colby is a known political figure.
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Paris
Bainbridge Colby
Colby
Avenue Niel
Nathalie Sedgwick
Steckbriaze
Mass
New York
Salesman's body found on tracks near Totland
In Toledo on May 19 a Boston salesman for General Wlogg Co. was killed when he fell from or was struck by a New York Central tram about one mile west of Totland. Police received reports that he was being followed and feared for his safety. A brother, employed in Boston, was notified while friends provided details to investigators.
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Toledo
J. McCarthy
Hoton
Mass
General Wlogg Company
Boston
New York Central
Totland
Hoston
Ther
Am Marc Ced
Metarthy
Emplo
Aston City
Ileba Trent
Legislator Faces Perjury Charge In Core Action
New London May 10 AP Before Judge Christopher L Avery and a jury in the criminal Superior court Arthur Chester Brown representative to the General Assembly from Salam town faced trial on a perjury charge tied to his divorce testimony. The jurors were seated as Clerk Parsons read the state's changes alleging Brown falsely testified that from three years after his marriage to November 30 1925 he had not been guilty of misconduct with any woman and had not had relations with any woman other than his wife. The defense noted Brown had pleaded not guilty at a prior session. The first witness was Clerk Parsons who testified about the divorce files now in evidence.
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New London
Christopher L. Avery
Arthur Chester Brown
General Assembly
Salam
Agc
Salem
George C. Morgan
Walter RB. Camp
This City
William K. Anderson
Isle
James ¥. Nfardin
Groton
Joseph H. Davidson
Warren Allyn
Ledyard
Frank P. Scott
Frederick Wager
Waterford
J. Warren Stark
Lyme
Herman W. Smith
Robert Catto
East Lyme
Franklyn A. Howard
Old Lyme
Parsons
Brown
Criminal Court
Clerk Parsons
Arthur Ot. Brown
Man wrecks car avoiding crash in Huntington
A night collision on Nichols avenue left Paul Krisak of Daniels Farm Trumbull with serious injuries after another car forced him into a ditch near Clarence M Webb's home. He suffered a damaged ear a broken wishbone and crushed front wheels. Local notices recount social events school activities and community meetings in Huntington including church services and dances.
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Chariesley Horace Webb
Curtiss Forria
James Troldspink
Frederick Dubail
Stanley Booth
Frederick M. Marvey
Congregational Church
J. Edwin Stevens
Huntington School
Brockton, Mess
Stevens
George Arundell
Lester Shelton
Lester
Nichols
Olin C. Sheton
Nichols Avenue
Huntington Tire Company
Board of Education
Huntington Firemen
Huntington
Willard Nicholas
Six Pices
Howard A. Moore
Wells Trollow
Mystic
Conn
Lois Hawley Baley Huntington Street
Briley
Arthur L. Laborie
George J. Nichols
Women's Guild
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Church Street
Mita
Paul Rehnberg
West Haver
Wingate
Truntington Street
Toward L. Moore
Wells Hollow
Marc Aeigler
Adeline Baldwin
Anson
Lawn Cemetery
149Th Tilois Volunteers
Tuutington
George Penny
Ripton
Lawn
George Sivers
Bridgeport
Frank W. Beardsley
George YF Hawley
Frank
Tawis Thawley
Shelton
Ethel AL Steardaley
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