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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1925
Page
6
A city court heard a case about men stealing wallets and money from victims during pre-dawn thievery. Witnesses described bundles of papers and coins missing, with an alleged suspect found carrying $13 in his pocket and a plate of changed papers.
St Hawes May 14. lax methods of control at a reform institution for under 16s led to a breakout. five boys and girls escaped yesterday, sparking concern over supervision and safety at the facility.
Mass May 13 after long negotiations with the American Writing Paper Co in efforts to collect taxes due the city the relief from the company for 1922 Ani Pod s Collector J M Kennedy judge went to Boston to petition in United States court for permission to sell the property of its company for the purpose of obtaining the 3 dollars
Justice Wilson will decide Monday if Francis and Charles Aiken, brothers, will stand trial in a Canadian court for the slaying of George Benton near Roxam Quebec. Defense moves to quash indictments on jurisdiction grounds. prosecutor says the homicide occurred in Canada though the victim died in the United States. The case involves a robbery and a shooting in a milk house by two young men.
George Oberton, a North Conway lumber estimator, was killed instantly when his car with four occupants left the road at Danger Curve Madison, struck two trees, and hit a stone pile. His wife was badly injured and two others sustained lesser injuries in the collision near Conway.
Suffolk grand jury returns thirty three indictments in an obscenity case tied to Shaw Furnishing Co of Boston. Four named Shaw company figures face charges with six connected to the firm. Several secret indictments target men in Philadelphia and New York. Police seek 14 Boston residents who posed for the images. Extradition efforts planned for secretly indicted defendants in NY and Philadelphia. Percy Shaw held on 1500 dollars bail. others on 1000 dollars.
Judge Arthur F. Elis denied Emily Stagg of Fairfield a temporary injunction to stop Dr. Charles E B Atkins from keeping boarding kennels for dogs on the Brooklyn Riding Academy property. He noted many dogs bark and that courts should not blanketly regulate all dogs in a neighborhood, citing sympathetic but cautious reasoning and the breadth of dog noise in the area.
In British Columbia on May 14 Commissioner Davidgon of the liquor control board proposed a ban on cider and beer due to reports that cider after beer leads to higher intoxication. Government investigations say cider mixed with beer increases alcohol content and rapid intoxication risks.
Baltimore Md May 14 Government agents report Horace Petrava of Harrisville Rhode Island arraigned before a US commissioner and released on 5000 bail as part of a probe into a counterfeiters’ headquarters at Gel la Mills Md. The disclosures are expected to lead to arrests of several other persons.
Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas declares the United States will not be used as a cat's paw to further foreign ambition. He urges U S influence be aimed at a genuine, comprehensive European peace, insisting American loans depend on good faith among European powers. He criticizes six years of expedients and delays.
Edward W Troy of Sandy Hook was elected a delegate to the Knights of Columbus national convention in Duluth Minnesota this August. He and Charles F Cavanaugh attended the state convention as Virgilius Council delegates. Troy is a Past Grand Knight active in the organization for years. The May 14 report also lists Newtown area teaching staff for the 1926 school year and notes a Middletown commitment case from the local Probate court.
The State Criminal Court of Appeals today dismissed the appeal of the State in the case against J Walton charging diversion of public funds. He is freed of these charges. The allegations echoed those in the impeachment case that led to Walton's removal from office in November 1923.
An advertisement touts a hemorrhoid treatment labeled as He ROD by Ty. Leonhardt and sold by Lever ty Drug stores promising relief from internal catarrh and hemorrhoids. It claims to free blood flow and spare surgical operation with simple lore therapy and lasting effect.
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