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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1922
Page
1
A tale from a crime column recounts a woman aiding theft of an automobile and warns against riding with unfamiliar men. The narrative highlights bootlegging dangers and a doomed romance as a warning from a prohibition era era publication.
A string of cautions highlights youths George Moshier and Frank Stevens facing jail for moonshine riding with strangers. Other cases warn against inviting strangers into cars, with Mrs Bessie Hayes and Mrs Harry Mayer facing jail for theft or assault. The piece also notes Mayor Atwater's pursuit of better appointments and bootlegging busts while recounting a misty murder case involving Mrs Dor ia Brunen and Honest John Brunen.
In Brooklyn a car theft ends in a crash after a wild ride. Fred Whalen was killed instantly when the car folded in the collision. A girl escaped unharmed, fleeing the wreckage before dawn. Detectives seek the thief responsible for stealing the vehicle.
Frank C. Thomas of Bermuda was killed today when he leaped from a tenth floor window at a prominent New York hotel where he was stopping. He was delirious from pneumonia.
London Dec 15 Parliament opened with King George's throne speech urging prosperity and concord through Ireland Free State, and expressing concern over European economic conditions. He called for patience and cooperation among nations in reparations talks. Labor and unemployment fears prompt police guard around Parliament.
Mayor Fred Atwater commends coal dealers for promising cooperation with the fuel administrator. He says the joint effort on distribution and pricing will relieve citizen strain and ease the ongoing energy burden, noting strong ties with both local and state officials.
George R. Holmes reports a Washington briefing on reparations as the United States weighs how to shape a clear policy. Key talk centers on Germany’s ability to pay, possible private American banking involvement, and opposition to Ruhr occupation, with Ambassador Harvey’s return shaping US stance.
Lexington report states Bob Ballard, leader of the Menifee county moonshine gang sought for the slaying of two federal officers last week, was killed in an early morning battle with twenty prohibition agents. Prohibition agent Guy Cole was killed. Charles Ballard was wounded.
William B R Palmer of Oxford a former U S Marshal raised a demand at a New Haven gathering for the resignations of all state central committeemen, denouncing their poor election showing. He resigned his district post as the meeting adjourned amid a heated exchange over blame and party organization.
Myron Corbridge, 22, was hanged at 9:07 p m in a jailyard scaffold at the Hinds State Reformatory Pontiac Mississippi. He murdered guard Sol Jones six months earlier and faced death with stoicism, reciting a poem before execution. He denied guilt as two doctors declared him dead. The hanging was the first in Livingston County in 49 years.
Firemen fought a blaze in the cook shed at Barnum and Bailey winter quarters for the third time in three weeks. Firefighters Carroll and Kiley were assisted to safety after a fall on a slippery roof. Damages placed at fifty dollars with 14 untamed lions and marching elephants adding noise and danger. A candy store on Willow Street reported a burglary of candy and cigarettes.
Lorraine Porter, 21, a beauty specialist, was found dying from mercury poisoning in her Chicago apartment after taking over 200 tablets. She died soon after. A note on the table read imploring, Why did he promise to marry me.
Mrs. Harry E. Mayer of 80 Hazlewood Avenue signed a statement detailing her assault inside a dark sedan on Tun Hill Road. She described being stabbed and punched, then thrown from the car after a struggle over the wheel. Police seek the taxi driver and fare details as investigators review her account and money missing from her coat.
In a day of unsettled romances three divorces were granted. Margaret D. Sullivan, former schoolteacher, won a divorce from Thomas Sullivan after alleging beating and furniture loss. Florence McGuire was granted a divorce from John McGuire amid claims of drunken behavior and assault. Antone Alliegoni received a divorce from Theresa after a pursuit to Hartford and custody disputes following a boardinghouse incident.
Washington plans to submit a federal bonus proposal to President Harding within days. It includes a tax free bond equal to the veteran's bonus at 3 percent interest, maturing in 20 years, with five year government retirement, and a paid up insurance policy under the same terms. Both securities can be cashed at face value through Federal banks. Paris notes the Franco-Canadian commercial treaty signing on December 15.
Mrs. May Be Ford, charged with offering a gunman $20 000 to kill her husband New B Ford and burn the body, claims her mind is a blank and vows innocence. She says detectives framed her and cites memory lapses as part of a ongoing campaign by her husband Ney B Ford, cousin of Henry Ford, to ruin her. The case moves to Records Court next Monday, with continued denial and assertions of a frame-up.
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