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per for the County Nassau! The Official Newspa- of te=> Weather Forecast R ain tonight and Thursday; continued cool; strong northeast winds. VOL. XXXI No . 86 ® Wednesday, April 10, 1929 Sixteen Pages Price Two Cents AIR \ACE\ LANDS IN TEXAS, LONG OVERDUE Gangsters Start Battle. for Life in County Court PLAIA, SCLAFONL STAND TRIAL FOR DOUBLE MURDER Courthouse Becomes Armed Camp As Case of Franklin *~ Square Slaying Opens This Morning. a __ HOSTILE FACTIONS CLOSELY WATCHED Eight Jurors Selected Yes- terday and Rest Expected to Be Picked This Morn- ing; Scene Re-enacted. ‘Thp trial of two gangsters, charged with the murder of one of their num- ber really started in the county. court at Mineola this afternoon. day was devoted to an attempt to get ® jury until the list of talesmen was exhausted and Judge Lewis J. Smith had to adjourn court for the day while . deputy - sheriffs . were . sent scouring - the countryside . for - more men to do jury duty. Two Others Await Trial 'The two men on trial are Prank Piata, of 2732 Atlantic avenue, Brook- gm and «Michael Sclafont, of 174 VaH clen avenue, Brooklyn. Two other members. of the gung are awaiting trial, They are Arthur Benney and 'Tony Costiglioia, the Jat- ter a state witness and the man who has re-enacted the murder scene, or so much of it as he saw, directly ac- cusing Plaia and Sclafon! of murder- Ing Sarto and Mary Graziano, man and wife, beside the unoccupied bun- galow owned by Salvatore Esposito in the undeveloped area of the Hemp- stead-Jamaica turnpike in Franklin quare. . @ » Graziano bad been engaged in & holdup and other crimes, the state contends, with Plaia, who was a gang leader, although - be is only 22 years old. Graziano's wife wanted him to go straight. ' She was soon to become a mother -and she did not want a gangster father for her child. She was preparing to \tum in\ Plain to the- Manhattan atuthorities and gain jmmumity for her husband, at least, Ahat is the theory on which District Attorney Elvin N. Edwards is basing part of his evidence, especially that relating to the motive for the mur- Ger. Plaia -and Solmfont and others are alleged to have taken Graziano and his wife from their home in Brook lyn, at midnight, December 14, and, with 'Tony Costigliole driving the car, which sutomobile is in the possession of the district. attorn the party drove to the unoecupled bungalow, Re-Enacts Murder Scene Under the direction of Captain Harold Ring, of the county. police, and with officers playing the part of the captors and captives, Costigliola had re-enacted the murder scene and motion pictures have been taken of what occurred - when the . party reached the piace. Costiglioia ' did not see who shot the woman, because she was shot on the far side of the house but he saw Graziano in a dash for liberty and saw Plaia pursue him and fire shot after shot into his body, even after the victim lay prone on the ground, he says =\ 'The Gramianos had been taken to the bungalow on the pretext that it was necmmiry for them to hide for a few days but when they reached the lonely place, Mrz. Graziano, knowing the was the captive of yang, refused to go fu shot down. Eight Juror \The eight jurors selected yesterday ate Prederick 'W, Bunsell, bank lerk, Almbrook, end the foreman; August G. Camp, credit man, Belerwe; Ru- gene T. Fleming, pipe organ worker, (Continued on Page 16 IT DOES THE WORK - Pons it , mmrrgri LEV atveis i 1-01}va x 11:11?me T The- maiter of dbposing of -a player.. plano. did\ not cause the Rockville Centre family which inserfed the above advertisement in the Chusified Columns of The atom Dally. Review much in- contentencs It is stili-the ambition. of many fxmilies or Individual members af Inmilies to have a player plano, astpite wll the other named] An- struments which ral it in popu- mrty misqnently tiils Clusificd Ad ad piayer pipe -to brought a .rusb ats of: realifing twined - asain insuriien of three days find @ bw ds x.... Mayor Asher Inspects Mineola: Police Force bat | --% | (Review Staff Photographer) Mayor Asher of Mincola is shown above ins the perso Hage police department, which advocates should be under county control. ecting eu’unndduxevl ® Aw MIMALTEN |Police Officials - NEW PRESNENT. Admit Conditions MILLI IEM \None too Good\ Review Assured However, That Improvements Will Be Made This Summer at Valley Stream Park. MORE TROOPERS TO HANDLE SITUATION Chief Wheelwright Declares Problem Will Be More Complicated; Rescue Fa- |__ Mayor Harry F. Asher of Mincola, Village Clerk Howard E. Pearsall of} Freeport and former Trustee Harry J.] Wellebill 'of Lynbrook were chosen to lead the Nassau County Village OM-| cials' association for the coming year| at a meeting of that organization at! d the Rockaway Hunt club last night. | Elections Unanimous | Li The elections of Mayor Asher as § | president; Mr. Pearsall as vice-presi-| | dent and Mr. Wellebil1 as secretary| were unanimous. -- Mayor Asher was| nominated by Mayor Charles E. Rich-| mond of Rockville Centre. | In his speech of acceptance Mmyor| cilities Abused, Asher said, \I appreciate the. honor given me this evening and I am u-l mindéd that, in a short period of three}. Twenty petty burglaries of Hemp- | While the residénts of Valley or four weeks, I have passed from a stead res- and . houses,. gome of} most heated election to a quiet, peace-| which had never been reported to the ful unanimous election. police, are cleared up by the arrest of The mayor 'of Mineola edged three boys yesterday. They were mem- himself to an administration directed|bers of a gang of five, whose opera- for the best interests of the during the past two weeks had elation; puzzled the police and worried home Work of Planning Group owners and merchants. Mayor Howard G. Wilson of Lyn- Two Others Run Away brook reported that the first actual) 'With three of the-five under arrest work of the Nassau County Planning and turned over to the children's so- iPederation would be done at a the- other two have run away mer at the Garden City hotel April to hm “ammmm of their 23 when the members of the federa-|m who were caught, fol- tlon will meet with various civic .and lowing an investigation by Lieutenant engineering bodies to consider the James H Ricker and Patrolman Roy planning problems in Nassau will“, are “my 18, of Richard . city plan- 63 Laurel avenue: Cairns, 15, ner and soning spoke in con- of 91 Penmywood avenue, Roosevelt, nection with these 'and Charles Kuskie, 14, of 42 Gladys \Within the next few + be more structural problems o- Siakes. can. see Stream continue to battle against the state in an effort to have bathing discontinued at the -state park on Merrick road,. two police officials yesterday admitted conditions -there last. summer were mone too good but also mssured a representative of the Review that increased police at the state park will go far toward improv- ing conditions there:-- Chief of Police James. Wheelwright of Valley Stream, said he would most emphatically advise the abolition of bathing mt the state park. Many complaints were received by. him last year, he maid, because of improper parking of cars and traps-Ila: on private property in the vicinity the park. Sergeant Klein of state con- stabulary admitted in the not of the best last year increased quota of \no“ Islarid- this year wou situation and remove 6f the conditions which have complaints by Valley Stream three new members of the Valley Stream police department and (Continued on Page 16) HEMPSTEAD CHIEF TO PROBE SERGEANT Past to Be In- vestigated, Seaman Says A. thorough investigation into the past conduct of Sergeant Charles A. tory of city and the comp-rum planning and . soning work: th country. 'The establishment of a park xys- et M13\ tem is the basis of the speaker said, \and m tures must follow the establishment of (Continued an Page 16) What Do You Think of Right Turns, Red Lights (Continued on Page 18) structed by the chief to submit to him a detailed report on everything Whether not right lights a? ml- mum“ a ar hand tarns on red thall be permitted Mrs. Throogh Nassan's viluges is the problem mow confronting the officials of Towrhms broke in on a party and | the various villuges. t tried to. shoot: Miss Lois Jacobs, a What do you think, 'Mr. snd Mra. Automobile Driver and Mr. and |Wuittem, with the sergeant's empty | Mim. Podestriun? service revolver. | SHOULD RIGHT HAND TURNS ON RED LIGHTS BE ‘1 SHOULD RIGHT.. HAND TURNS, ON- RED | 3,6\? BE PROHIBITED?.... ~ / || why ane: ges caught in the waitress spaftment Blocs his suspersion Monday morn- Ing, when his police equipment wes taken from him, /the sergeant has Vill in the baw, sond H to the lat-wrun- hrlp this gape sate tiie problem: before the \open stein\ sn auto- enti n) tagine A report of lhe Mitr has bern rfi to Major W. Tayle: Chamter- L bincd vetlege) buat l, {Pre util th stayed away from headquarters and Iene inne ** ** ** *** This wheteal is unknowr, to bis . 66% a fellow officers SPEED URGED FOR TRAFFIC BY SKIDMORE Nassau County Police Chief Advises Special Commit- tee to Be Named By Vil- lage Officials. VOTE SHOWS 13 FOR AND AGAINST 26 Ballots Received by Re- view Yesterday Evenly Divided; \Don't Hedge, Obey Law,\ $-- a THE STANDING | In favor of right hand | turns on red lights-54 Opposed to right hand turns on red lights-41. \Today thirteen ballots said. \ex\ and 'an \equal number said \No.\ This is the first time those voting \No\ have come so near to leading their opponents. Which side will you support? Tell the Traffic Editor the Review what you think by filling out and sending in the ballot printed in this issue. By RAY GOLDER (Daily Review Staff Reporter) Right hand turns on ted lights- to be or not to be-that 18 the ques- tion which Nassau residents continue to discuss,. Thirteen voters said yes and thirteen said no- with ballots re- ceived by the Review this morning. Skidmore Urges. Speed While MF, Man-on-the-Street ex- presses his views on this subject {through the campaign conducted. by | the Nassau Daily Review, another step toward the uiiform. traffic-con- trol system for Nassau. county. was taken last night when Chief of Police Abram Skidmore again urged. speed upon the committee handling the matter and when Mayor Asher of Mineola, 'newly elected prisident of the Nassau County Village Officials mssociation said he would notify by mail the seven representatives of that body who will meet with county of- ficials as a special committee to solve the problems presented by increased traffic throughout the county. \Obey the Law\ But the votes received today show that there is &.trend toward the be- Mef that right turns on red lights will be beneficial and on! voter advises the Review as follows,} \Don't hedge-obey the law.\ The safely of the pedestrian and a wide-spread desire for uniform traf- fic control in the entire state seem to be the outstanding reason for the gains made by those opposed to right turns on red lights. | Fred P. Bennett of Hempstead has interpreted the law as follows: \The law is very plain: 'Requires that the traffic shall stop and remain stand- Ing. While it is true that the law provides for unusual traffic condi- llam- and nvna |lam-Ida of what meant wl t says 'Digonal streets, short blocks,' 1 do not be- Heve a regular intersection which, on a day or two each week, becomes clogged. Makes a Standard \The law makes a standard for the state and drivers know what to do. The law also says, 'At intersections where Safe COLONEL CHARLES A. LINDBERGH | OELAYED ARAIAAL AT RELIEVES NATION \Flier Left Mexico City At 1 12.20 Yesterday and No Word Is Heard of Him Un- I til 9.30 A.. M. Today. |STOPPED OVERNIGHT IN MEXICO, BELIEF Two Countries Eagerly Await Information of Aviator As |_ Hours Pass With No Word | of His Whereabouts. |__ Brownsville, Tex., April |10.-(AP) Colonel Charles |A. Lindbergh landed here- at 9:30 a. m The flier's arival ended {anxiety which had been cre- lated in Mexico~ and the United States as to his safety. Col. Lindbergh left Mex- ico City at 12:20 p. m. yes terday en route to the bor- der and was expected here |late yesterday. | Nothing further was {heard from him until his une expected landing here this morning. - First information from the airport, five miles from the city, did not include the reason for Col. Lind- bergh's delayed arival. It was assumed he stopped overnight at some point IM Mexico | Brownéville, Tex., April 10. (AP)- | Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh landed Ihere at 9:30 a, m. today from the Ite terior of Mexico where he spent the night after taking off from Mexico City yesterday flier declared it was of inter- est\to himself and no one else where he spent the night, and explained he had no intention of fying: beyond the border of Mexico yesterday when he left Mexico City Friends of Lindbergh | here . sald they believed he might have stopped at a ranch near Tampico \I regret very much that the press has seen fit by arn unauthorized __. |statement to cause unnecessary mmil« traffic is controlled by lights, autos shall yield the right of way to pedes- trians.' Suppose & car making (Continued on Pige 16) SUICIDE CLAIM BY SCHOOLGIRL FICTION stead Police 'The drunk,\ was thewritten report burned in the policenian, 'The lives on hor section abreet, Wo reamors we ste Amended le takeUher' life: police made for her after her disappearance 'from home March 24. desters® : staociation pisted of a village ordinance a imed llynhh-oflwdm-m“ advertising purposes. Tt i understood, how CRASH LEADS T0 APPREHENSION OF MISSIN MOTHER Masquerading as: another woman | with the fictitious mame of Virginia lastic, Mrs. Margaret Karink, 25, runawny wife of Pred Kaziak of Washington avenue and Grant street, Roosevelt, and mother of three chil- |avenue and North Long Beach ave~ ety over my safety,\ Lindbergh said. ROOSEVELT PLANS | At 7:20 a. m. Eastern Standard SCHOOL ELECTION‘nme there had been no definite re- ports of sighting of Colon! Charles Roosevelt will again vote on {hes rindbergh since his departure from school proposition Tuesday night, May | Mexico City, for an unannounced det 7, when the proposition to build in the United States at 1:20 new 12 room school at Underhill ave- | m. Eastern Standard time yeater- nue and Stevems-street at a cost of|day, more than 18 hours before $225,000, which was twite herelofore| A check failed to confirm either re- deferted, will mgnin be presented. your! however, and at Eagle Pass city Also propasition No. 2, to build two | officials and residents denied that a mum-tttmdm,ooomh.lm bad passed over the city or one at Underhill avenue and Stevens alighted nearby street and- the other at Centennial! Despite the lack of news from the nue, will be-presented (Continued on Page 16) he ---# Late News Bulletins woorworrn common sToCK SPLIT-UP RECOMMENDED New York, April of the F. W. Woohworth company Walfihlmflwv-uwnlwwd value from $25 to $10 a share. Stockhoiders will consider the at a meeting May 18. MPS UNDER SUBWAY TRAIN unidentified man committed suicide today and Third avenne and his The station was congested WIB LIFE Manson, slderty mechanic, rut his was contern- long before the recent nun} ar-! for wer, that 'the | peamage of the ordinance in question Ith lent considerable impetie in the A formal charger will on Ailcd (why abe should went anyres io think Jamedaline: movment throughout the #wn threat to save Mis life today. was found with a giping wound in his thress and was faken t a bospitab-where, when he had been (rmuled and was able to tell his story, be related that he ha! soullewed a plots af bresdevast the wreng way and was choking to donth, He decided that he must spply heroic snd drawing his pocket knife made an in wmm-flmkm the bulging crust to give adr. drastic surgery swend Iie Me. STRIEE CONDITION® LESS TURAULENT Charlotte, \M. C, April conditions in North Cariling texille whifie spposred hem turbslent Soday while the. altuntion. in , South Careline remained af a standstil. Approximately 4,080 mill operniives & the two states setitiined bile, At Formst Clty, N. C., where srvora! bundrnd al the Vienmee Cétten: Mife truck Mandny; {por ssamed in The strike sommii¢e; after an all day confors officials, a monthig of the workmen dest might watt tod @manks with sae exseption bad heen proniid the
