Daily News from New York, New York • 50

DAILY NEWS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1927 WOMAN SUB WAY SLAIN IN FRIENDS DRAFT NEW PLANS TO SAVE RADICALS -s-7Vf SPOUSE DENIES KNOWLEDGE OF T. MURDER By JACK REILLEY. Mystery shrouds the shooting to death of Mrs. Emma Weigand, 38, in the restroom of the T. subway station at City Hall, yesterday shortly before noon.

Her body, a bullet hole above the right breast, was found by a woman, who called police. The victim's husband, Prank Weigand, 40, from whom she has been estranged since he was given a penitentiary sentence four years ago, was questioned for several hours by the homicide squad last night but could throw no light on the mysterious killing. Weigand, out on parole, has been working as a laborer, and paying back the sum of money stolen (NEWS photo) News that a woman had been murdered in the City Halt subway station drew- such a large crowd to subway entrance that police reserves were called to restore order. This picture shows crowd gathered about entrance as body was removed. HALF-DAY TIEUP FACES CITY TUESDAY AS LABOR'S PROTEST TO SACCO FATE Boston, Aug.

5 JP). The legal procedure by which counsel for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti hope to stay their execution, now set for some time after next Wednesday night, was formulated today. Attorney Arthur D. Hill was closeted during the day with men identified with the case. These included Prof.

Felix Frankfurter of Harvard; Herbert Ehrmann, associate of William G. Thompson, who resigned yesterday as counsel for the condemned men; M. E. Muzmanno, Pittsburgh attorney, now working with the Sacco-Van-zetti defense committee, and Francis B. Sayre of the Harvard Law school, son-in law of President Wilson.

The defense committee, through Attorney Muzmanno, announced that counsel for the condemned men would go before a justice in the Norfolk county superior criminal court at Dedham tomorrow and ask for a new trial on the grounds of newly discovered evidence. It was pointed out that four courses of legal procedure remain open, all of which involve, customarily, a stay of execution. First is the appeal to the Norfolk county court tomorrow. The second would be an appeal to the United States district court here for a writ of habeas corpus; failing that, an appeal to the federal Circuit Court of Appeals, and, as a last resort, an appeal to a justice the United States Supreme court. Mrs.

R6se Saceo visited her husband at the death house, where he completed the twentieth day of his hunger strike. Warden William Hendry today notified the official executioner to be present next week at the time set for execution. An attempt to fire the state house was frustrated today when a state house watchman caught -Mary Harris, 14, colored. Police said the girl was mentally deficient. Boston, Aug.

5 The Sacco-Vanzetti defense committee tonight issued a new statement challenging the governor to make public proceedings before his advisory committee. It added: "We challenge the governor to state the facts and reasons on which he basis his decision. There are no valid facts or reasons in the decision itself." i Complete Paralysis of AH Industry Here, Aim. A half-day strike by organized labor next Tuesday as a protest against the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, internationally known radicals, is being planned by the radical labor leaders of New York-Final plans for the walkout il.v 5: i were to be drawn up last night by sober warning that the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti would be against public policy. "When so many people, many of whom are among our most intelligent and substantial citizens, believe in the Innocence of these men, it would be madness to execute them," he said.

This feeling also was voiced by Alfonso L. Alfau, Spanish publicist, who said he thoueht their execution would have a harmful reaction. Ben manager of the left wing of the furriers' union, predicted that 10,000 furriers will strike. The Reds are 'going to try to impress their feeling about Sacco and Vanzetti by tying up the city. For developments, read tomorrow's SUNDAY NEWS.

13 SLAIN IN FIGHT Calcutta, Aug. 5.JJ9 Thirteen persons were killed" today and 80 were injured a fight between Hindus and Moslems at Champa-ran, Bengal. representatives of the I. W. the Workers' party and other radical organizations.

While it is hoped the strike will be general and result in a complete tie-up of commercial and industrial New York, no encourage ment came to the leaders from (NEWS photo) Sophie Bronstein speaking at Sacco-Vanzetti protest meeting in South st. conservative organized labor. Hugh Frayne, New York of the American Federation of Labor, refused to commit his organization. Joseph P. Ryan, president of the Central Trades and Labor council, representing 700,000 laborers in Greater New York, merely said that labor de- sired a new trial for the men condemned to die on Aug.

11. To the flood of denunciation from radical quarters, Clarence Darrow of Chicago, added yesterday a Subway Murder Victim and Key Witnesses Weigand yrars ago, the while he was also helping: to pay for the raising of the couple's three children. He furnished a perfect alibi and was released by police. Can Give No Clew. I do not know of any affairs fce might possibly have had," he said, "and I am sure she was the sort of woman who wouldn't have an enemy in the Detective Walter Coffee of the Oak st.

station learned that Weig-land had a furnished room at 127 East 122d st. lie awaited his return last night. Shortly after 8 o'clock We inland came home and Coffee asked him if he knew hi3 wife had been murdered. "Yes, I read it in the late tlortingr extras," said the (Continued on page 4, col. i) ll WW A SATI-RtlAY, A-t'Ol'ST 6.

1927. (Daylight having Time.) Autoimiiiiltsjia Jlisht up at 7:37 p. m. Sunrise, 5:7 a. sunset- p.

m. Moon rinea p. m. nets 12:45 a. m.

I I i i 5. Il-VILV BAKOMKTEB t. f. WKTHKB FORKCAST. LOCAL Fair ami moderately ttxiay Ruwiorate wind mostly northwest, probably ithowera tomorrow.

TOR STATE Fair i i it it ft I 1 I I'll ir i it and siiphtly riKilcr today in central and ncrth portions; rising temperature in interior; moderate north probably showers tomorrow. I TtMPtRATURES IN NEW YORK VFSTFRDAY. sat. -M AX1.VH 'M, p. ra 7S ailMAU M.

fi a. Ill 63 1 9 a. 6 p. 2 a. 10 a 6 p.

1 a. a. 7 p. 4 74 8 p. 5 a.

1 p. 9 p. a. p. 10 p.

a. 3 p. p. a. jn 4 p.

ll'nolHclal after li p. (NEWS photo) Mrs. Frieda Ahles (right), 65, with whom Mrs. Weigand lived and who identified the body as that of her daughter, is shown leaving the district attorney's office with a friend. (NEWS photo) Miss Sarah Lipschitz, who found Mrs.

Weigand's body, is shown with a policeman on the way to district attorney's office to give an account of her gruesome discovery. Her scream attracted porter. Mrs. Emma Weigand, 38, who "was found murdered in the wash room of the T. subway station..