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Fitchburg Sentinel from Fitchburg, Massachusetts • Page 11

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1 1 FRIDAY. DECEMBER OT W4 H. M. rt ith U. S.

iinui tu Put In- Through uf th UUicc Mr Vici Ally V. i dn- 'a tithrn nu drfvuse. I l.vJ(XTALlua Wllh Uw ftwiti in Tin of Sergei toiuifl.uui*t and its 01 terroristic piouj the government tnoii. UvteroiJixt-d than ever to us uiduMrial plans and -jit vifvrii to Kinder lU dnv "tf to Troyanovsky, ambas- to recently re- tuMKd to America to take up the tdiitflrd dttbta problem again in the that some settlement may be reached which wUl make American technical assistance and machinery available to Russian industries in greater volume. vuu to at Paul Marchandeau, France's minister ol cojnmerce, to discuss friendlier relations and a closer riii tie-op with Russia, supplemented the closer political toes Maxim Litvmoff, commissar for foreign affairs, established with Louis Barthou, the late French foreign minuter, and is continuing with the new government Russia's bitter fight with Nazusm and the cancellation of contracts with German firms left a void in Soviet foreign trade which must be filled Great Britain has succeeded Germany aa the first nation in trade with Russia, but the between the Soviet union Jrfnd London are not particularly Chappy and Russia Is eager to scatter its trade among friendlier powers.

Litvinoff's achievement in having Russia invited into the League of Nations and the many non-aggression pacts he signed with foreign powers were gratifying to we Bol- sheviki, but the press frequently intimates that the Moscow government would regard more trade with France and other new-found friends proof of then- cordiality. Failure to get credits and loan from the United Stales was a bitter disappointment With -the establishment of an American embassy in Moscow a speedy extension of trade with the Uhited States was expected, end there is great impatience at the Inability to bring come settlement the repudiated American debts which would open up commercial avenues across the Atlantic. COSTIN IS HELD FOR GRAND JURY (Continued (ran One) went i lound Wtbeier and bt--a 'Ken. ineu to arouse Webster ij; LvuJd go tti work but cuuld not do and allowed huo to kkiip. Webttiir got J2i ui 1m pay that morning did nut My anything wtule in the cellar John E.

fuvman ttatioaed at the Oak Hill lUUon, testified (hat one came to the fire rUtton and asked to have police notified. o'clock. While I was in the cafe Bedard and Costin picked Webster off the seat and carried into the back room. Each grabbed Webster under the arm and dragged him. Webster was not able to help him- Klf.

"Later Costin came to the cafe and asked me to come to the foot of the stairs in the rear and help put Webster in the cellar. He said he had fallen down the rear stairs Dry Bleed face Mr. Healey went to the cellar, the body, recognized as Mr. Webater and returned to the fire station and told his lieutenant who called the police. "The body was in a with the head in a hand and cap between the hand and head There was dry blood on the face and cap.

I ncatuuMd him 1 lud bunted with him several Hu Up was bulged out I saw examiner take five cents, knife and some keys from his pocket" Wilfred Lortie. 96 Madison street, lee man, testified he saw Webster in the cafe about 10 o'clock. "I saw Costin and Bedard take Webster through the rear he said. "Later Costtn came back. The license commissioners came and went into the back room.

"When Coson came back he said to Lamoureaux: "We could not take the down stain. He fell down the sUnv" Mrs. Irene Leblanc, rear of 195 Fairmount street, said she heard noise of something being dragged about 10 o'clock that night and later heard another noise as if something or someone had fallen down stairs. She could not see anything at first but later heard some one walking downstairs. She said she saw two men carry another man into the cellar.

She was only a few feet away, looking out of her window. Frederick Bedard, 262 street, said he met Webster about 6 o'clock that night at the Kumball Street filling station. "We went with Webster in the letter's automobile to Water street, had two beers each at a cafe there and then went to Berger's cafe on Main where ws had two more each," he said. "Looked Drowsy" "I am not sure of the name of the place on Water street but Andy Crowley waited on us. We remained in each place about 30 minutes and then went to Cleghom.

Webster was pretty tight when I met him He looked drawsy and showed more signs of liquor as the night advanced. "I had four, five glasses of beer at Costing place. Webster had one glass and fell asleep over the second, Edward Costin waited on us. "Edward Costin and 1 took Webster to the rear loom and sat him at a table near the side door. About five minutes later Costin said 'This is no place for him to sleep so let us take him to the kitchen I took Webster's left arm and Costin took the right arm.

,.1 -aa. 1 I Vv A 4 lO fr VX.IM.CI 1 Uent 5 1 tiie K.H3 th iWd Weljilcr uver my i khuuider 1 the banuier with ci a hand and grubbed at Web- with Webster landed with an awful thud on frouiu and I tumbled after him "I tdid to Coctin, 'Give me a hand he must be hun' Costin went inside and did not cotue down the stairs. Tbe door to the cafe closed with a half minute after fell. "I picked Webster up to a situni poaiuno, shook hun and tried to ge hun to talk He did not speak. Later Lamourfjaux and CosUn came downstairs and Costin told us to Webster into the Costin had the keys and opened the door and got the settee.

"I remained with him until mid- to if Webtser could go to work. Webster was seated on bench and I was on a chair nearby. Webster WM snoring and we could nol arouse him "Tnere wu a trickle of blood from the right Dottrel" Webster Worked All Night In reply to questions by Atty. Penan, Mr. Bedard said his wife and Costin's wife are sisten.

"Mrs. Bedard had no use for Costin," he said. "Webster had no sleep that day as he worked all the night of Dec. 11. Webster always paid for the drinks and that day he said he paid a coal bill and a gasoline bill so only had about 67 cents when we met "I had eight glasses of beer that night; some of them were only a mouthful" "I don't know whether Webster was pushed or fell I looked him over but could not find any injury.

I did not know he was hurt I put his cap under his head. "I went home at midnight and left Webster alone. I never sajv htm fall asleep before. He never spoke after the fall. "Webster drove his automobile from Kimball to Water to Main to Cleghom all right 'I expected him to be placed on my back gradually.

There was no light on the back stairs." Considered It Accident To Chief Godky Mr. Bedard said: "I met Costin about 10 o'clock the day after the fall and went to the cellar with him and saw the body. I talked with Costin and Costin arranged for me to say that Webster did not go outside and that Lamoureaux and 1 carried Webster to the cellar. I told the medical examiner that and repeated it to the police Friday and Saturday. On Sunday I told them the truth which is the same as I testified to today.

To Atty, Penan the witness said, "I considered it an accident as I know Costin would not kill any one." Dr. John W. Fagan testified that he assisted Dr. C. E.

Geary, medical examiner, in making the autopsy. Ke described the injuries which consisted of a mark on one ghoul- Mm UK ALS from H' 2 60 iuui by out TAILORING HEADQUARTERS PAY CASH and SLEEP NIGHTS BiBHiniiimn FOR FRIDAY and SATURDAY 55 BRAND NEW OVERCOATS That Would Ordinarily Sell From $25.00 to $35.00 tl 7.50 BLUES GRAYS BROWNS RAGLANS BOX COATS FULL BELTS MIRACLES COME NATURAL TO US THESE DAYS M. w. to much Iwr otMnlfaff OB cash basis Hut arwy day we can yoa that mirmcUt, ordbMrily MO from $25 to FALL and WINTER SUITS and OVERCOATS Tailored Individual Measure $27.50 $30.00 $32.50 Good Tafloring- Slyl -Fine THE TAILOR STREET FITCHBURG da', The whiit party scheduled to be tonujht by the Court Mollaid, Caiiaduk-Auicruan, at the hall on Edwards street, has been postponed to Jan. 4.

--Da Emeit Butterfiakl, Connecticut staU of edu- will speak at the meeting of the Worcester County Teachers' association --Some one saw the illiumnation frum red Chrutniu at the home of Roy Grubb, Scott road, last night, and called the fire de- panmenl, telling them that the Grubb home was ir Deputy Chief Thomas E. Rude and three pieces of fppa'dtu 1 went to the on the ca'! Traveling was rficult but the firemen made it txtiVy. Vai.iM i i A i 1. i I -I 're 'm I rt i i i I f.r i i Hr i .1 I I 11 I LB m'v 1 1 If. tVIlllt trf irw tc (.

i -4 i iv tin I Mil trw and Tf bar; more than and is strit tnent. Advertise vht Jc- leiier carrlw look (orwdid to graduation ibe tugh poal of tirnt assisi- AUt iH.sluadSt«r general "Under Um bjll. 1 he added, 'poll- tka ind posuj affairs Idii sepdidied as far as potuble in a All local pootnittsurri are put uiidrr civil hervice, with emphatic and effective prion- jiven to UM 'puiul greys' iheoj- pxMtni are ted to ser. out i- ute filled by pi "-u i '-s 0 i'i MT' Ji i I A tsrtf L4 Lb'-frf'l ftjs; POLICE SI HIVE '1 0 FREE BODY (CvuaD c4 tna Fast OB.) held belief be wa suffering snuaala The pgsfciDiinv WM suggtttfjd tiiji' body rujiht bt that of an unemployed Warrhouie Point man kj v'wn us Ducky Drake. I1ioir.js Uruntt.

caretaker of the uuutl, who duicuvered the body, Ju'uwg Drake He said the Warehouse Point man, -who is years old, had nci been seen in two Officials that before the ixviy nn be freed, wiwr ta dl -lust lowered They said "jt pouible before, jw which de' i for power shut Carmglia I-BS extreme free i', i A. tl 4 i ji 'j jw, i of live wri'4 liucptutj to check, on idei.u body iound in a canal locjt State jxlii.t expiessvd the opinion thai the body be that of Dr. whose fingerprints were supplied recently by the United States wmr department in Washington, D. C. ANNE LINDBERGH TO BE WITNESS tno rase TVie money will be identified by the thii official said, as the a of ihe S50000 raiuom which D- i Jan.

Lindbergh in'- 'C a Bronx cemc- LI T- ffl a A ii ij -i ijt i J. i (. "ir 'r 1 N- York that the i 000. fouiu! hu giirdx? was to hun cy Ivudor FiM.h, a who has diL-d Aged Tno Baptized HINTtA A John cl.iliy ve Mi mr uiv tip a 1 gui-n fritnd and THt V-8 The Mow Fora V.S ley 1935 ta ofid rooiuMt Ford CCDT flttuQCu7 uC with modwn BUM ad tunr. luxurioug But mod fanporlant of all ft adgiwd to yif9 you.

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