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Newspaper

Bridgeport Times

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1921

Page

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Elwood Wade’s deathbed confession of Nott murder

The Times prints Elwood B Wade’s full dying statement from Wethersfield prison describing the brutal murder of George B Nott at the Nott home on Judson avenue last August. Wade details the struggle with Nott, Mrs Nott’s alleged role with the pipe and knife, the move to the stairs and attic, and the concealment plan involving a trunk and bloodstained rooms.

Wade Nott Times Pub. Company Times Elwood B. Wade George B. Nott Judson Avenue Wethersfield Fred’k E. Morgan Foster and Morgan Earle L. Garlick Mrs. Nott George

Wade's Wife To Get Love Letters

State's Attorney Homer S. Cummings will return 47 letters once called the mystery letters to Mrs. Mary Seery Wade wife of Elwood Wade. Mrs Wade offered to destroy them upon return. The letters written by Ethel Nott to Elwood Wade were created while both were jailed on North Avenue.

Ethel Hutchins Nott Promine Mary Seery Wade Wood Wade Homer S. Cummings Elwood Wade Wile Orth Avenue

Mrs. Nott Begins Life Term At State Prison Laundry

Mrs. Ethel Hutchins Nott the confessed wife-murderer of Bridgeport gambler George E. Nott started her life imprisonment in the state prison. She was assigned to the prison laundry after registration and rested well after a harrowing trial and journey. Authorities say companionship and labor will aid her recovery and she may receive visitors every two weeks under prisoners’ regulations.

Frederick E. Morgan Wade Earle Garlick State Prison Nott Mr. Morgan Times Wethersfield Ethel Hutchins Nott George E. Nott Bridgeport

Police Drive Nets Twelve Motorists in Bridgeport

Bridgeport police halted a morning patrol arresting twelve drivers including eight overloa ding youths, one reckless driver, one traffic rule violator, and two private owners. All are due in Scene Court tomorrow after arraignment on parking ordinance violations and related charges. Names of several arrestees from Pembroke Street Witmet Avenue Bostwick Avenue Manor Court Wear Liberty Street, New Haven and Stratford are listed.

Bridgeport Hi Oree Parkers Benjamin K. Flynn Pembroke Street Gabriel Nelson Witmet Avenue Isadore c. Katz Bostwick Avenue Harold Harkinson Manor Cied Robert I. Adams Wear Liberty Street Frank Cogan New Haves Stanley Tellere Barnum Avenue Stratford Nes

Decision Expected This Week in Major Supreme Court Case

A famous Supreme Court case progresses toward a decision this week as both sides submit briefs on whether highly important government information constitutes government property in a legal sense. The dispute centers on ownership and control of sensitive data and its implications for state secrecy and public access.

Washington Supreme Court Treasury Caecretin Ashton E Embry Supreme Cou Justice McKenna TH. EL Moses EM. Mayer JL. Graves Department of Justice Justice Siddons Marlen E. Pow Int Embry Justice McGenna Ime Specifi Fed Southern Pacific Oil Funds

Lasker Offered Shipping Board Chairmanship

President Harding tendered the U S Shipping Board chairmanship to A D Lasker of Chicago after Walter C Teagle advised his nomination Teagle favored Lasker and pledged support Lasker said he would travel to Washington to discuss the matter Chicago June 3 1923 story notes Lasker is a Chicago businessman and stockholder in the Chicago Cubs organization and was active in Harding campaigns.

Washington Harding U. S. Shipping Board A. D. Lasker Chicco Lasker Chicago Walter C. Teagle Standard OU Company New Jersey Teagle Marion D. Lasker U.S Chicas National League Baseball Club

Miss Cecil Leitch Retains British Open Title

Turnberry reports Miss Cecil Leitch defeated Miss Joyes Wethered to retain the championship title in the British ladies open golf tournament. State Referee Joel H Reed will conduct hearings on contested divorce cases next week, likely the final referee hearings this year.

Joel Hreed

Single Headed Tax Commission Plan May Be Abolished

Deners Assembly expects favorable report on a bill to abolish the single headed tax commissioner and return to a board of assessors amid opposition and reports of internal dissension within the tax commission.

Tom Bares Voung Office of Tax Commisssioner Deners Assembly Tax Commission Tax Commissioners Office Pansin

Railroads pay heavy cost for clocking time in 1926

Washington June. Panching the clock under national agreements cost U S railroads about 6.5 million dollars in the first six months of 1926. KE T Whiter of Philadelphia, chairman of the Conference Committee of Railway Managers, told the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that workers were paid for one extra hour weekly to record on duty time. The cost, he said, totaled 6,445,058 dollars, illustrating wartime rule effects on efficiency and operating costs.

Washington United States KE. T. Whiter Philadelphia Conference Committee of Railway Maragera Senate Interstate Commerce Committers Transportation Inquiry Whiter

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