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a p NEWS OF FREEPORT SURROUNDING TOWNS . r assau County Review FIVE CENTS A COPY YOUR NEWS STANDS Official Paper, Village of Freeport COUNTY AHORNEY McKNIGHT FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1920 Vol. XXIII, No. 39 EXPLAINS PRISON CONDITIONS The Supervisors Are Between the “Devil and Deep Sea” Because of the practical misrepre sentation that has been made by the publication of reports of inspectors of the State Prison Commission regard ing the Nassau County Jail, County Attorney H. Stuart McKnight has, with the sanction of the members of the Board of Supervisors, written a letter to the Commission, through which the public may be con-ectly in formed as to the true state of affairs. McKnight Letter State Commission of Prisons, Albany, N. Y. Gentlemen: The reports submitted to the State Commission of Prisons of the inspection made August 24, 1920, by Commissioners John S. Ken nedy and Leon C, Weinstock, on the Nassau County Jail at Mineola, New York, have been referred to me. These reports do not indicate in any way that the present number of cells are at all inadequate for the accommo dation of the total number of prison ers which have been confined in the present calendar year, but the alleged violations are claimed to have taken NEW AUDITORIUM TO OPEN place by reason of a failure to segre gate properly the various classes of prisoners. A detailed statement of priHunuio. _ ______ __ the failure to properly classify these prisoners is not included in the reports, so it is impossible to determine in what manner the alleged violations have occurred. In this connection I beg to call your in LIIIO V U llIiex . WSV.a - ------- . attention to the fact that the Board of Runervisors of the county of Nassau is ’ and — n the various classes of prisoners, and Supervisors v. _ ______ „ now, and always has been ready and willing to make any and all changes to provide for proper segregation of 1 - 1 --- nrienners. and they have been advised by their archi tect, Mr. Beardsley, that such changes can be made without increasing the present capacity of the jail. In view of the fact that the highest average number of prisoners in the present cal- iar year was 26,8 in the month of nuary, 1920, and has been as low as ...2 in the month of April, it would seem that the Board of Supervisors’ contention that the increase in the number of cells over the present num ber of fifty was not necessary, is well founded. On May 4, 1920, Mr. Hiram R. Smith, chairman of the Board of Su pervisors, accompanied by myself and Mr. Uterhart, appeared before the State Commission of Prisons in Al bany, and stated that the Board of Su pervisors proposed to modify the plans prepared by Mr. Beardsley, in con nection with the order of the Appel late Division of February 13, 1920, to eliminate the proposed south exten sion containing sixteen male cells and the proposed north extension contain ing ten male juvenile cells, thirteen female cells, five detention rooms and two hospital rooms, upon the ground that the same were unnecessary and useless, but that the said Board of Su pervisors proposed to carry out the portions of Mr. Beardsley’s plans which called for the remodeling of the present jail buildings for the purpose of furnishing the necessary classifica tions to conform to the requirements of section 92 of the county law. The answer of the commission to this pro posal was to the effect that it was not acceptable and was disapproved. Immediately thereafter the Board of Supervisors presented a petition to the Appellate Division, asking that the or der of February 13, 1920, be set aside, and on the 9th day of July, 1920, an or der was made by the Appellate Divi sion which set aside the order of Feb ruary 13th, and remitted the proceed ing to William Dickey, as official ref eree for such further proceedings and proof as the parties may see fit to of- , fer in view of the changed conditions, with direction that the said official ref eree may make such supplemental re port as he may deem necessary with all possible speed. Following the entry of this order, the attorney general appealed from the same to the Court of Appeals, and said appeal is now pending. “In view of the fact that any chang es in the County Jail for the purpose of providing the necessary accommo dations for the proper classification of prisoners must be approved by your commission and in view of your re fusal to approve of any plan except one which has been impliedly disap proved by the Appellate Division, arid, further in view of your appeal which prevents the Board of Supervisors from presenting the matter to the of- 1 i*- id Qzl X7 o r w i seem to me that there is any just ground of complaint on the part of the State Commission of Prisons with re spect to the present conditions of the Nassau County Jail. “If it is the desire of your commis sion to remedv the conditions which the reports above referred to com plain, the Board of Supervisors of Nassau County and their counsel are ready to proceed forthwith with the hearing before the official referee. Un til you are willing to join in this ac tion, I see nothing else that can be done.” Yours truly, H. STEWART McKNIGHT, County Attorney. September 16, 1920. Squabble of Long Standing The squabble over the county jail is of long standing. The State Com mission of Prisons has been ordering the Board to make alterations which the Board did not believe was war ranted, especially during the high cost of materials during the war period and since. When prohibition became effective, the Board took the stalid that the probable reduction ini the number of prisoners, which has in re- \\\ / taken place, made the plana call er by the Commission unwarrant- appenl was taken to the Ap- Division which referred the gp ™ 51 Inaugural Dance To Be Held On Sat- urday Evening Kerr’s Auditorium, situated at tb corner of Smith and South Main streets, will be opened Saturday even ing with a grand ball.%Work has been rushed on the building in order to have it ready for the inaugural event. It is expected that many dances will be held there this winter. The man agement has given every assurance that nothing objectionable will be tol erated at any event. The dancing floor is fifty-two feet square and is claimed to be the best in the state. Honey Potter will furnish the music for the opening event. POLICE WORKING TO CAPACITY Stores Asked to Burn Lights at Night — Banks Guarded in Spite of Crippled Force Freeport is having its own trouble at the present time vPUh a crime wave that has assumed large proportions. The crest of the wave came Sunday night when Officer Smith was missed from post and later found unconscious. Capt. Hartman has asked all mer chants to leave a light in their stores in order to aid the police in their vigi lance. Several robberies of late have taxed the strength of the force to the limit and great praise is due Capt. Hartman and his cohorts for the way in which they have met the added bur- The department deserves credit for its action in guarding all the banks following a tip that the Baldwin Bank was to be robbed. Officers were “on the job’’ all of the time. The injury to Officers Smith and Gissel have thrown extra work on the men who are left, but each one of them is doing his duty in a way tViat is commanding attention, and the po lice force is receiving praise from all quarters of the vflillage. SEVENFREEPORT MEN ON JURY LIST Force That Hunted For Comrade POLICE OFFICER VICTIM OF MYSTERIOUS ATTACK SUNDAY TWO FIRE ALARMS FRIDAY Found in Yard Later- Riot Call Sounded— Dogs in Search ( P hoto bx C lick m a n ) • The man designated by the cross over hrs head is Patrolman Arthur Smith, the victim of the mysterious occurrences of early Monday morning. The of .csv on his right, next to him is Theodore Gissel, who was hit by an automobile Sunday evening wnile on duty. KING AND QUEEN ROUGHLYTREATED King and Queen Greeted With Vegetables and Bombs in Rockville Centre Two Baldwin, One Wantagh, One Merrick, Drawn to Serve on Trial and Grand Juries The following have been drai^n to serve as Grand and Trial Jurors for the term of Supreme Court which opens at the Court House, Mineola, on October 4: Grand Jurors Frank Powers, Westbury; Leon A. Rushmore, Roslyn; John R. McLean, Hempstead; Phillip H. Ohm, Bellmore; Walter N. Brindley, Rockville Centre; C. Sackett Chelbourg, Sea Cliff; John R. Simonson, Glen Head; Edward M. Townsend, Oyster Bay; Wallace Pay- an, Valley Stream; Herbert S. Hous ton, Plandome; Herbert C. Davison, East Rockaway; Samuel Terrell, Oceanside; Franklin P. Baylis, Rock ville Centre; Robert Davison, East Rockaway; Henry L. Batterman, Mill Neck; Frank T. Combs, Baldwin; Jarvis A. Root, Freeport; Robert H. Hunt, Freeport; William E. Seaman, Glenwood Landing; Robert Sealey, Cedarhurst; Joseph H. Randall, Oys ter Bay; Alfred Saurel, Oyster Bay; Samuel D. Abrams, sr., Inwood; El bert N. Hall, Valley Stream. TRIAL JURORS Joseph F. Eublacker, Cedarhurst; Christopher Donnelly, Great Neck Station; Isaac Terrell, Oceanside; Harry F. Underhill, Syosset; Manford Johnson, Baldwin; John S. Dean, Oys ter Bay; James I. Hall, Port Wash ington; William R. Strohson, Lyn- brook; George A. Davis, Locust Val ley; Eugene Bond, Mineola; James W. Jacobus, Great Neck; Jacob Post, Freeport; James G. Jones, Floral Park; Howard S. Welters, Freeport; George B. Patterson, Freeport; Alfred Tn Ml --------- Xiri *1 ir : n „ - Tnmno The carnival of the Eureka Hook & Ladder Co. of Rockville Centre held last Saturday ended in a demonstra tion of rowdyism that led to an arrest and a court fine. Bartholomew Peck and Mrs. Mabel McLain were elected king and queen of the carnival and when they as cended the throne to be invested with their robes of office, they were greeted with a volley of tomatoes a la over Village President Morely was mas ter of ceremonies and had to dodge the vegetables as well. All would have been well had not the tomato barrage been followed by bombs that contained hydrogen ‘sulphide. These forced a retreat on the part of many. Ray Connor, a local fireman, was arrested and fined $5 after pleading guilty. The firemen were “all het up\ over the incident and threatened to ex pel the next man who was caught do ing things of that nature. It is presumed that the rowdyism was started by the friends and sympa thizers of the unsuccessful entries in the royal handicap. ESCAPE AMIRACLE Man and W’ife Escape Death When Auto is Absolutely Demolished The daughter and son-in-law of Louis H. Cohn of Freeport, a Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, also of Freeport, were in ah automobile accident Monday at Rosedale. They were treated at the Jamaica Hospital for injuries they re ceived. The automobile in which they were riding was literally torn to pieces and eyewitnesses stated that the escape of Mr. and Mrs. Roberts was nothing short of a miracle. A HARDING-COOLIDGE CLUB A Harding-Coolidge Club will be or ganized in Freeport at their headquar ters on Merrick road, Friday evening, September 24, at which time plans will be discussed and the organization made complete. TENTH ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Pettit Enter tain Many Friends Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Pettit of South Grove street invited a royal big number to celebrate their tenth wed ding anniversary on September 14. with festoons of ribbon, flowers and The house was beautii decorated marriage bells. While Mendelssohn’s wedding march was played the bride and groom, ac companied by the same bridesmaid and 'v —;_ i _ —-1— — az I 4-tin F. Simonson, Wheatley Hills; Jam e s ___ , T. Mitchell, Locust Valley; George flower girls who attended them ten W. Wright, Valley Stream; Wallace years ago, stood under - ' ----- R. Post, Freeport; Herman A. Utz, j flowers. ~ - - - Franklin Square; Frank Forpster, Great Neck Station; William Julien, Floral Park; Russel! M. Gamely, Floral Park; Paul Richert, Floral Park; Frederick H. Hanson, Floral Park; Ernest T. Johrensen, Mineola; Avener Seaman, Freeport; Thomas A. McCourt, Oyster Bay; John Thomp son, Lynbrofik; Charles M. Boumacn, Hicksville; Josiah Dow, Glen Head; Henry P. Allen, Great Neck; John A. Schneider, Manhasset; Charles C. Keil, Farmingdale; John J. Noonan, Lynbrook; John Weston, Valley Stream; Fred J. Snow, Port Washing ton; Charles P. Simonson, Glen Cove; William Youngheim, Wantagh; Wil liam A. Reinhard, Inwood; Charles N. Brady, Glen Cove; Charles A. John son, Rockville Centre; Richard Dearie, Glen Cove; David C. Jordan, East Rockaway; Rudolph Koeppel, Merrick; C. M. Stoll, Hicksville; Au gustus Morey, Oyster Bay; matter to an official referee and the result was that plans for much less expensive alterations were approved by the Court. The Commission, how ever, refused to approve the modified plans and appealed. Supervisora Helpless Mr. McKnight shows in his letter that the Board of Supervisors is “be tween the devil and the deep sea,” so to speak. By carrying out the orders of tne Commisoion, the Board would be going counter to the orders of the Appellate Divialon of the Supreme Court, and the Board cannot carry out the plan approved by the Court, be cause the law provides that the plan must have the cpprjval of the C6m- mission. The Commission haa ap pealed from the order at the Appel late Divialon,, and then, the matter ____ bower of ______ Rev. E. A. Burnes spoke fe licitously following with prayer. Then came the christening of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Valentine’s one year daugh ter, Flora Mary. # A generous collation was served. During the entire evening the guests were entertained by professionals with music, singing and monologues. At midnight the greater number had said “good night,” but others re maining drank toasts of health and happiness to their host and hostess. The gifts were so numerous that ten couples might have been generously supplied with housekeeping outfits. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Lamb came from Virginia to attend. ANNIE Si BEDELL MARRIED Becomes Bride of Stanley P. Smith of Hempstead on Monday Morning Annie S. Bedell, daughter of Mrs. C. W. Bedell of 264 South Grove St., was married to Stanley P. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Smith of Hemp stead, at the Methodist Parsonage, in Freeport, Monday morning, the pas tor, Rev. E. A. Burnes, officiating. The ceremony was just about to be read when the riot call was sounded, calling the firemen to look' for Officer Smith. The bride was attended by Eleanor Johnson and the groom by Leon Coz- zens. Following an auto trip through the stato, the young couple will reside in Hempstead.______^ WATER TO BE TESTED The water around the power house at Rockville Centre will be tested by means of a well. This was decided af ter a conference of the Health Qffl- 'eials and the Village Trustees. GOES A. W. 0. L. FROM UPTON Soldier Picked Up In Freeport Trying ing To Sell Bicycle Private William Dionne of Co. E. Recruiting Educational Unit at Camp Upton, was picked up in Freeport on Thursday while trying to dispose vf a bicycle that did not belong to him. Sergt. Yulch was^sent for when the dealer, Frank Darnels, became suspi cious and locked the soldier up. The authorities at C: mp Upton said that he had gone A. W .0. L. and he was escorted back to camp under guard on Saturday morning. TWO FREEP0RTERS IN WALLST. HORROR George Luhrs and Russell Colder Survived Explosion — Luhrs’ Companions Were Killed The recent bomb horror in Wall street was brought home to Freeport in the injuries sustained by George Luhrs of 74 Nassau street and Russel Colder of 30 Long Beach avenue. Luhrs is an employee of the Nation al City Bank which is situated right next to where the outrage happened. He was returning from luncheon with four of his friends from the offices when the bomb exploded. All 8f the four with him were killed and he re- Brush Fire In P. M. and Oil Stove In Evening Call Out Department Friday was a busy day for the Free port firemen, who had to answer two alarms i that resulted in little more ; ---------- than a run around for the apparatus, All Freeport was thrown into the In the afternoon an alarm was rung greatest excitement Monday follow- 7 . „„ officer A,, covered along the Merrick road. thur Smith of thq Freeport Police De- About 9:00 o’clock in the evening an partment. He was missed from his alarm was turned in from Ocean ave- p08t after failing to ring in and was r ^ S & T t X X bl — ciou, in , back „.rd. an exploded oil stove in the home of the foot of Church street. This F. L. Young at the cornir of King was on Monday morning, and he street and Ocean avenue. Little dam- , has not recovered sufficiently to give age was done. an account of the affair as yet. The ------------- ♦ ------------- key to the mystery is held by the in- T U D E T H U R T IN jured man. I n l x L L n u i x l 111 Headquarters Alarmed T D f l l I E Y C M A QIT Monday morning at 2:00 a. m. U l T l/ l U r i Smith rang in as usual. At three ---------- o'clock he failed to do so and Officers Head On Collision Happens at Yulch and Conly were sent to look him r r 1 up. In an areaway back of Hewlett s store on Church street, Smith’s gun and cap were found, and nearby his nightstick. A general alarm was sent out for him but without avail. Mon day morning at about 10:00 o’clock it was decided to sound the riot call Ocean Side During the Rush Hour Between Two Cars Three persons were injured Thurs day evening last when two trolleys of ____ __ ____ _ the Long Island Traction Co. met in a anc* have the firemen scour the town. as well as to secure bloodhounds to aid in the search. The call was sound- headon collision near Stop 94 between Baldwin and Rockville Centre. The injured were Harriet Barney of Washington avenue, Roosevelt; Mrs. E. Hance, of Brooklyn, and A. N. Bay- renther of Oceanside. They were at tended by Dr. William Horton. When the motormen realized that a | collision was inevitable they put on their brakes but the tracks were cov ered with wet leaves, making them slippery. The fronts of both cars were dam aged considerably and they were taken to the repair shops. The accident oc curred between six-thirty and ceived injuries that will keep him on i ‘■■u.-uu ucuwec„ seven the sick list for some,time to come. 1 when the cars were wel1 filled- Clothing Torn Off Luhrs was knocked down by the force °f the explosion and most of his clothing was burned off. His leg was broken, and from the knee down to the ankle, the other leg was cut deep ly. One hip was badly lacerated and it is expected that he will be incapaci tated for two months. J wo Hundred Attend Chamber of He was takenMo the Broad Street About eighty passengers were in the two cars at the time of the crash. HEMPSTEADERS HAVE GAY OUTING Hospital and has not been moved from that institution as yet. Russell Colder of 30 Long Beach avenue was also treated at the Broad Street Hospital. He sustained injur ies to his shoulder. Commerce Outing at Lake Ronkonkoma Last Week (P hoto ax G lickman ) MRS. J. G. GRAHAM, Jr. As Florence Ware she had many friends and admirers in Freeport. She was married last week to an ex-ser vice man who was wounded in France. The wedding was the result of a war romance. STOP GAMBLING AT LYNBROOK FAIR J. 0 . U. A. M. Carnival Scored by Local Ministers for Hav ing “ Gambling Devices” Some people in Lynbrook are de termined that their fair village shall never fall under evil influences. The latest object of their wrath was the wheels of chance at the Jr. O. U. A. M. carnival. Thursday night the wheels were put out of business by order of the District Attorney. Rev, Dunn and Rev. Bouten pre vailed upon the District Attorney to act after a visit to the carnival. County Detective Carman Plant ar rived on the scene Thursday and stopped the “objectionable contriv ances\ and they were not allowed to run in spite of the fact that the com mittee assured the reverend vice squelchers that it was not gambling. SCHOOL HEADS HAVE MEETING Many Towns Represented— Roose velt School Has Exhibit at the Mineola Fair A meeting of the school principals of ^Nassau County was held in the^Uld- itorium of the brick school at Roose velt on Tuesday evening. The follow ing schools were represented: Valley Stream, Lynbrook, East Hempstead, West Hempstead, Franklin Square, Elmont, Seaford, Wantagh, Merrick, North Bellmore, Floral Park, Baldwin, East Meadow, Garden City, Long Beach, Oceanside, East Rockaway, etc. Supt. Mepham was present and out lined the work for the year. Roosevelt school has an exhibit at the Mineola Fair but no individual prize® are offered for work this year. Miss Egan, a Red Cross nurse, has been secured for two days each week. Dr. Bergen has been reappointed med ical inspector. ‘ < Mrs. Combs has been secured as a rubstitute in the overflow in Grades 6 and 7 until a permanent teacher can be secured. The school closed Friday so the chil dren could take advan&ge of the free admission to the fair. A number of prizes will be donated ito the school the coming year to in- I spire good work. A complete list of the donors will be furnished later. The Board of Education held h re- eption for the faculty on Thursday ev ening. 1 TWO WOMEN’S AUTOS CRASH Accident on Merrick Road When Two Meet—Nobody Injured The Hempstead Chamber of Com merce celebrated its second annual outing Wednesday, September 15, at Lake Ronkonkoma. Many friends from Freeport and other towns were among the throng that journeyed to ' the popular resort, attracted by the Mrs. Birdie Manning of Ocean ave- | beautiful day. In all there were over nue, Freeport, was driving on the Mer- 0..,. . rick road Monday evening when she Present- ran into a car owned and driven by 5 The afternoon was given over to Mrs. L. K. Thorne of Babylon. ; games, swimming, etc., and a baseball The accident happened about a quar-1 same between picked teams. The ter past six in the evening. Nobody team headed by H. Baukney won the was injured and no arrests were made, i silver cup. L. Fitzgerald of Mineola HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE James Conyers, colored, was arrest ed Thursday in Freeport and held on a serious charge following the testi mony of several boys. He waived examination when he was brought before Judge Johnson and was held for the Grand Jury in lieu of $2,500 bail. WAR DEPARTMENT SLOW Bonus Question Not the Only Thing Sidetracked By Government Undoubtedly it sometimes seems that public bodies move slowly, but in comparison with the War Department, the local officials would seem to be lightning swift. This was brought out this week when Supervisor Hiram R. Smith was discussing road matters with newspaper men, and especiaHy the failure to get the Old Country road and\Washington street railroad cross ings repaired before the heavy traffic incident to the fair. The Supervisor produced corres pondence showing that he had started just one year ago this month in his at- I tempt to have the War Department 'remove the tracks placed across Wash ington street, leading to the base hos pital and across the Old Country road, near Hazelhurst Field. There has been various correspondence with the Department and promises to place the road in its former condition, but Fair week is here again and still the tracks remain and the road has not been re paired. The Supervisor is in hopes that by persistent effort he will be able to g e ^he War Department to act before next year’s fair opens. EJECTED BY* )ETECT!VES Man Sues for Having Been Trown Out of Belmont Park at Races Two disciples of Sherlock Holmes in the employ of the Pinkerton De tective Agency were arraigned before Justice of the Peace Walter R. Jones Tuesday morning on charges of as sault in the third degree, preferred by one Frank Roose of New York. They pleaded not guilty and their trial was set for Deleter 29. It is alleged by Rooie that he bought a ticket and entered the enclosure of the Belmont Park race course, but that the ticket was taken away from Mm by the two detectives and that he was ejected from the park. This occurred on September 14. It is expected that the trial will attract considerable at tention because it involves the right of the race track owners to remove from the park any persons whose presence they deem undesirable. MANY ELKS INITIATED A large class of ninety-six Elks were initiated at the Kfeckville Cen tre night held at the Elks Club, Free port, last Thursday evenir.g. won a cup for the swimming race across the lake. A. Yongen won several bags of po tatoes and Willie West and Cutey Gar diner raced the “Fatty Arbuckle Spe cial,” the former winning. After the games the party gath ered in the Riverside Rest at Smith- town for a dinner that received its full share of justice from the hungry throng. Arthur Tutrier and Bill Con nolly, the committee for the day, were tendered a vote of thanks for the suc cess of the event. Among those present were: Judge Humphrey, Sheriff Charles Smith, Stewart McKnight, Edwin C. Hinkle, A. J. Kennedy, H. Willard Griffiths, Jacob L. Kornicker, Thomas P. Taylor, William P. Sexton, Walter M. Senior, A. J. Kennedy, H. Willard Griffiths, William Connolly, F. F. Schlesinger, John Rhodenburg, Rudolph Himme, Samuel Stein, Russell Baukney and others. AUTO WRECK CASE DROPPED The case of Arthur Wing of Boston who was the chief figure in a triangu lar auto coIlisi<*i on August 18 at Lyn brook, was dropped when it came up for trial Thursday before Judge Neu. The complaint was dropped by both of the other men who were in the acci dent. TO BUY F*RE AUTO Jack Morisse of Rockville Centre is at the head of a movement to raise funds for the purchase of a car for the chief of the Fire Department. The fact that Freeport had one had some thing to do with starting the move ment. WOMEN THE BEST SEX When ex-service men in England complained to their bosses about the women who were employed on their job, they were told that the women were a good deal better than the men. ELECT LEGION OFFICERS Leaders for 1921 Chosen At Meeting Friday Night At Poet Meeting The William Clinton Story Post of the American Legion in Freeport had an election of officers Friday night. The new officers are as follows: President, Harold E. Brown; first vice president, Robert D. Campbell; sec ond vice president, Leo Schloas; finan cial secretary, John Goller; recording secretary, C. Winfield Raynor; treas urer, H. Bond Raymore; chaplain, Rev. J. Sidney Gould. The executive committee: Peter S. Beck, Walter C. Schmidt, George Christie, Howard Mahnken, I>r. Gor don Lindsay and John Cruikshamk. The entertainment committee: E. P. Lee, chairman; A. Forbes, George Hoffman, F. Post, W. Guest, G. Prezi- osi, B. J. Loonam, J. McCloskey, H. Aldridge, Arthur Bender, C. Mahn ken, W. Johnson, H. Harvey;1 ed at about 10:00 o’clock. Officer Found Less than ten minutes after the riot call had been sounded word was re ceived that Smith had been found in the back yard of A. G, Renault, 101 Archer street. Mrs. Clifton Cheshire of 97 Archer street went in the rear of the house to hang out her washing when she heard groans, and discov ered the officer lying under a tree. He was unconscious and a hasty examina tion by Dr. Runcie showed no traces of alcoholism or foul play. He was re moved to his home for a more com plete examination. Theories Advanced The true facts of the case are all theories, and will be until the officer is able to make a statement. Drs. Runcie, Steele and Halpin, after a most thorough examination, have all agreed that the man was very likely hit with possibly a sand bag. His hair was very thick and red spots on the back of his neck bear out this the ory, also the fact that he has been un conscious for such a long time. Many amateur sleuths have advanc ed all sorts of possible theories, in cluding home brew, asphasia, wood al cohol and many other reasons, none of which are at all plausible. Police Tireless Captain Hartman and his men have been tireless in their efforts to clear the matter up and eagerly await the return to reason of the injured officer. Captain Hartman stated that Smith was one of the most faithful and fear less men on the force and that in all probability, later events will show that he was frustrating another rob bery when hit from behind. Smith Married Smith is married and lives at 270 South Main street. Ue has been on the force since the first of May this year, and before that was employed by the Long Island R. R. driving an express wagon. There are many things that might have happened, but until the man himself is able to give an account; and it is possible that he will not know a thing that happened after he was struck, providing he was struck, Freeport will be entertaining an unsolved mystery. Added Featured If such a subject can be treated lightly, there are two things that hap pened on the memorable Monday that brought smiles. Rev. E. A. Burnes was just performing a marriage cere mony when the riot call sounded, and a man trailing “fierce doggie” that was sent to take up the\ traili failed miserably as a canine sleuth and ske daddled at the sight of a fighting Tom cat who came down the street looking for trouble. Taken to Hospital Wednesday the injured officer was taken to the hospital at Rockville Centre where it is planned to make x-rays of his head and spine as soon as he is able to stand it. An officer is with him at all times ready to take down the first intelligible account of the affair that he may give. So far he has not been able to recognize his friends or family and haa only been able to say a few words. AUTO STRIKES OFFICER Patrolman Theodore Gissel Thrown Several Feet By Machine Sunday Officer Theodore Gissef'of the Free port Police Department was .struck by an automobile Sunday night while on post at Main street, and Merrick road, as he was adjusting the lamp on the traffic sign. The car was operated by Aaron Danker of Brooklyn. Gissel will be confined to his home for some BATHERS STILL ACTIVE The season at Long Beach has been extended this year on account of the superb weather and warm water. La bor Day usually sounds the knell of the bathing season but lest Sunday 100,000 were on the sands at the popu lar resort. ----------♦---------- LAWRENCE CLUB ELECTION The Jefferson Club of Lawrence el ected the following officers at their last meeting, held Thursday evening: President, Frank Duncan; vice presi dent, Alexander Atkins; treasurer, Ed wards Bowker; sergeant at arms, Ar thur Petts. ASK AID FOR FARMERS The Nassau Farm Bureau is asking a dollar or mar# from all farmers of that swept tiuf'coun't/*?'!1 damage. county, doing great
