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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1922
Page
17
Washington reports Prohibition officers warned they are bound by a Justice Department ruling. The decision holds that a person accused of crime cannot be compelled to face imprisonment or punishment without proper process.
Weekly alimony of 8 dollars and a fifty dollar allowance to contest a divorce action between Mrs Constantino and her husband Charles Constantino of Greenwich was granted by Judge Webb. Custody of the couple’s minor children was awarded to the wife. The case included remarks on attire of charges and alleged similar accusations in the answer. A note mentions a flashlight in a handle aiding a man in finding necessity to an avo at right.
John Morrison, Greenwich magnate, fights divorce filing by wife Charlotte Morrison claiming he is worth over a million. He counters that they wed abroad mainly for convenience with no substantial wealth, while she asserts substantial alimony and shared assets.
Two railway workers die when an engine boiler explodes on a New York Central line. Fire damages track and telegraph wires. blocks delay for hours as rescue units battle flames and work crews clear wreckage at the scene.
A fragmented report contrasts detectives and lieutenants over inquiry methods and secrecy, arguing for decisive case resolution over publicity. The piece notes tensions between officers, questions authority, and calls for improved cooperation to advance investigations. Also, Advance Price of Lead cited: New York, November 24, American Smelting and Refining increases lead to 7.10 cents per pound.
Ernest Schleifer, organizer for the national association of mechanics in Trier, is jailed on $10,000 bond charged with inciting murder and burglary and urging strikes to cripple a railroad and the Amador trade. A hearing in Norwalk was set to show cause why he should not be held in contempt of court for violating an injunction.
The will of Fyler Le Redfeld of Round Hill who died October 31 in Blaham was admitted to probate by Judge Stephen Radford. Real estate valued at $200000 and personal property at $26000. Brother Jude H. Redfield inherits all stock in Redfield Kendrick Odell Co. remainder to widow Lydia P. Redfield, executrix approved. Also noted, George Henry Story, famed portraitist of Abraham Lincoln, died at 87 in New York.
Seaman Peter Cash of Philadelphia serving aboard the Bridgeport was arrested by the Navy Department investigator after alleged misconduct with a sixteen year old girl during Navy Day celebrations. Both men were held in default of $31,000 on technical breach of peace charges as the girl’s parents reported her two days missing.
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