Not Guilty of Murder Freed on Birthday
Bridgeport news notes not guilty verdict in murder case and the suspect's release on birthday. It also covers Foster home arson trial, Bernas sentenced to 18 to 20 years, with two counts concurrent after burglary and arson findings. Judge Ellson presided, Bernas 40, previously convicted.
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Criminal Superior Court
Arthur F. Ellson
August Bernas
Carl Foster
North Avenue
Bernas
Frank D. Baines
Elis
Bernas Tried to Force Attention on Miss Selma
Testimony shows Bernas wrote three letters to Selma Foster in New York and rode past the Foster residence on a bicycle. Carlson warned him to stay away from her daughter. In court, items tied to Bernas were identified and the death probe into Mrs. Bernas involved possible natural causes and poison findings.
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Bernas
Selma
Carlson
New York
North Avenue
Bernas Plao
Youthful Millionaire Cleared in Shouting New York Courtroom
Walter Ward, a young millionaire, was found not guilty after 16 months to clear his name in the murder case of Clarence M. Peters. The verdict came after three hours of jury deliberation, triggering an emotional celebration by Ward, his wife, and supporters outside the courthouse. The acquittal ends a long, highly publicized trial and sets Ward free as his family marks his birthday and restoration to liberty.
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Riay Morning
Bridgeport
Conn
Satu Ward
Walter Ward
Colorado
New York
South Cooldge
Wallace
Hoover
Cromwell
New York Stock Exchange
Gompers
Maine Railroad
Boston Chamber of Commerce
New England Paper and Pulp Association
New England
Big Naliyah
Germany
Ruhr
Rhineland
Lloyd-George
Amelia
York
Giants
Brooklyn
Tay Grimes
Cubs
Pirates
Braves
Phillies
Williams
Babe Ruth
Willams
Yankees
Boston
Gehrig
Browns
White Sox
St. Toms
Krummzen
Hagen
Cms
Bridgeport High Sill
Lew Haven
New Neld
Mello Burns Way
Mike H
Newheld Park
Kid Kanan
Jimmy Gondich
Madison Square Garden
Clarence M. Peters
Ward
Bery Curtis Ward
Ralph D. Ward
East Sixty-fourth Street
Betty
Willard
Lberty
Ralph Ward
Justice Wagner
Isaac N. Mills
Fumgelf
Gerald Fitzgerald
Mrs. Ward
Fitzgerald
Charles H. Schelling
Schelling
Nonce
Carl Sherman
Submerged Rails Wreck Kills Unknown Number of Weary Victims
Casper Wyoming September 28 A Burlington Casper Denver passenger train plunged from a bridge near Lockett into a creek after leaving Casper. The death toll ranges up to about 40 with many still missing. Rescue hindered by rain and flood waters as onlookers note cars sinking. Known dead include Nicholas Schmetz of Douglas. One baggageman and an unidentified hobo are confirmed among the missing. Further updates expected on page six.
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Casper
Wyo
Burlington
Lockett
Wyre
Denver
Rrescue
Sixty Recruits Enrolled for Coast Artillery Regiment
Sixty new recruits have enrolled for the 252nd Coast Artillery Regiment. Major Lafayette Evans announced in the city that the regiment now totals 828 men with 60 more to be gathered in the coming weeks. Captains of company units will address boys clubs and organizations as part of plans for enlistment and training ahead of potential commissions.
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252Nd Coast Artillery Regiment
A. G
Lafayette Evans
Evans
Roen
Brokerage House Teas Stock Crash Shuts Firm
New York reports a plunge in Jones Ures Tea stock from 44 to 8342 and a suspension at B P Marshall & Co pool operators for the tea issue. Albert F Jaeckel says client weakness doomed by insolvency risks. James R Sheffield named receiver as assets valued near 2.34 million dollars with securities totaling 700,902.
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New York
Jones Ures
B P Marshall & Co
Robert P. Marshall
Albert F Jaeckel
Pederavours
Willam Jmonds
Rabet Po Marghal
Chuten Graham
Feuvis
Matlibs
Start Two Probes To Find Causes of Mrs. Webb's Death
Two separate investigations have begun by New York state authorities into the death of Mrs. Gertie Emily Gordon Webb at the Westchester Biltmore club. Medical work led to a possible corrosive poison, with bichloride of mercury suspected, as officials plan hearings and pursue the case as a possible murder.
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White Plains
N.Y
Hardy
Westchester County
Walter Ward
Gertie Emily Gordon Webb
Charles Webb
Webb
Westchester Biltimore Counury Club
Otto H. Schultz
New York
Cit
Rowland
Mrs Webb
Death of Daughter Raises Natural Causes Question
Samuel Jennings Gorman, a retired banker living at 86 Pequonnock Street, believes his daughter died of natural causes at the Westchester Biltmore Country pub. He and his son did not travel to New York to investigate, though authorities say no probe is officially planned. Sheriff Simeon Pease noted the death appeared peculiar only after morning reports, and the Gorman family is set to attend the funeral.
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Samuel Jennings Gorman
Pequonnock Street
Charles Webb
Westchester Biltmore
Hye
New York
S. Jennings Gorman, Jr
Simeon Pease
Soner
Gorman
Pease
Sheff Pease
Mother Complains Teacher Struck Child in Hearing
Fairfield report details Emma O Rourke charging a Lincoln school teacher with whipping her son and alleges media were barred from the Juvenile Court hearing. The case involves assault charges against Principal Brown and ongoing disputes over students trespassing on O Rourke property en route to school.
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Lincoln School
Fairfield
Emma O’rouke
Velegra A
Emma O'Rourke
Coar
Oitourke
Ful Banks Brown
Prince Pal
de Waltere
Therotte Heffer
O'Rourke
Sally
Bootleg Account Vanishes Before US Attachment
Hartford September 28 Felice Jacarino of 105 Wooster Street New Haven is accused of bootlegging and evading income tax with a reported bank balance of 164000. He was arrested by County Detective Hobard J Hickey and Prohibition Agent John J Keleher in Tariffville last week and is out on 10000 bail. A truckload of liquor was seized. After internal revenue chief Colonel W Emtery Allyn learned of the large account he ordered a field agent to attach it at Andretta and Parlott's bank in New Haven but funds were withdrawn ten days earlier. Deposits began in May this year and ended this month.
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Hartford
Felice Jacarino
Wooster Street
New Haven
Jacarino
Boward J. Hickey
John J Keleher
Tariffville
W. Emtery Allyn
Flasd
Internal’ Revenue Department
Incarino
Andretta
Son of Fairfield Millionaire Is At Death's Door
Lawrence Jennings, 19, son of Representative and Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings of Fairfield Newport and New York, is on the danger list in a New Haven hospital after an automobile crash that also injured two Yale classmates. Jennings, a Yale entering student, is reported to have a fractured skull broken hip and broken nose. His companions Louis Bell Bermingham 19 of Oyster Bay NY and Frederick F P Wallace Jr of Fairfield NJ were less seriously injured.
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Spe
Mra
New York
Tuabandi Bridgeport
New Post Office
Congress
Charles B
Wheeler Telia Exchange Club
Mill River Club
Bernas
Foster
Lawrence Jennings
Fairfield
West Haver
Ash Creek Inn
Bishop
Lincoln School
Fairfield County
New Canaan
Jonathan Bulkley
Ridgefield Garden Club
Redding
Hartford
Stratford
Vicreet Monroa
Danielson
Connecticut
Yale College
Oliver Gould Jennings
Newport
New Haven Hospital
Yale University
Jennings
Representative Jennings
New Haven
Yale
Louis Bell Bermingham
Oyster Bay
N.Y
Frederick FP. Wallace, Jr
Flanfied
N. J
Bermingham
Wallace
University
New York Pressmen Vote to Return to Work
New York pressmen from former local No 1h reach agreement with publishers and the International Union after a stormy meeting. They will return to work tomorrow, with the stipulation that none of the men be penalized for past participation in the strike.
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New York
International Union
12 Dead in Heavy Western Storms
A cloud burst in Louisville Nebraska causes eight deaths in a single family, with extensive property damage. In Council Bluffs Iowa a tornado kills four and injures others, destroying homes and a theatre on Indian Creek.
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Louisville
Nebraska
Mack Carseern
Ciy
Stresemann Moves To End Ruhr and Rhine Turmoil
Berlin focuses on rapid liquidation of the Ruhr and Rhineland after Munich calm. Stresemann seeks early readjustment of foreign affairs while the Bavarian flare subsides. State of emergency declared to deter disturbances amid economic and political tension.
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Rhineland
Berlin
Associated Press
Munich
Stresemann
Ruhr
Germany
von Koning
Adolph Hitler
Bavaria
Town Elections to Be Held Monday throughout State
Town elections to elect town officers will be held Monday across the state. Voters face a proposed constitutional amendment allowing the governor to veto specific items in appropriation bills without vetoing entire bills. Local issues vary, with contests in Greenwich Ridgefield and Fairfield, including school bond questions and garb age disposal. Women appear on many tickets, with several towns nominating women for school boards and town offices.
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Norwalk
Westpor
Board of Selectmen
Fairfield
Allen E. Beeman
John H. Perry
Friends of
Beeman
Greenwich
Hidgefield
Ridgefield
Trumbull
General Assembly
Charity
Redding
Lou Carson Meehan
Lucy C Sanford
Mary Dorothy
Ars Clara Punt
Hannah, Chichester
Wilton
Chichester
Witon
Trumbuts
Town Deposit Fund
Annie le Beach
T G.B Plumb
Fagtony
Marjory Norton
Mra
Harriet Candee
Mig Thobert Marsh
Vown
Westpat
Channing Har
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Bernal
Shadow
R.R
A. C
Wapaverbal
Westchester-Biltmore Club
S. Jennings Gorman
U. S
N. Y
Council Bluffs
Swand Theatre
Indian Creek
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