Officer of Argonauts Inc. Says He Quit Because He Didn't Have Faith In Capt. Fonck's Ability
District Attorney Edwards made public an affidavit by Col. H. E. Hartney, former general manager of Argonauts, Inc., stating that he resigned because he believed Captain Fonck was incompetent to handle a ship of that size and load. The affidavit was turned over to Judge Walter R. Jones, who was conducting an inquest into the deaths of the two men killed in the flight, and Edwards said he had no information on reported plans for a grand jury investigation.
Mineola, N. Y., Sept. 24 (P)—District Attorney Edwards today made public an affidavit by Col. H. E. Hartney, former general manager of the Argonauts, Inc., backers of the disastrous Fonck airplane flight in which he stated he resigned from the organization because he believed Captain Fonck was incompetent to handle a ship of that size and load.
The district attorney said he has asked Mr. Hartney for the affidavit as he had heard that he might have some information that would cause him to change his previously announced opinion that there was no criminal negligence in the conducting of the proposed flight.
The affidavit was turned over by the district attorney to Judge Walter R. Jones who this afternoon was conducting an inquest into the deaths of the two men killed in the fatal flight. Mr. Edwards said he had no information of published reports that a grand jury investigation of the flight would be made.
The affidavit recites that on September 6, Colonel Hartney told A. C. Dickihson and John B. Jameson that in his opinion the personnel of the flight should be reorganized by the elimination of Captain Fonck as he believed that for him
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, September 24, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Officer of Argonauts Inc. Says He Quit Because He Didn't Have Faith In Capt. Fonck's Ability
District Attorney Edwards made public an affidavit by Col. H. E. Hartney, former general manager of Argonauts, Inc., stating that he resigned because he believed Captain Fonck was incompetent to handle a ship of that size and load. The affidavit was turned over to Judge Walter R. Jones, who was conducting an inquest into the deaths of the two men killed in the flight, and Edwards said he had no information on reported plans for a grand jury investigation.
Mineola, N. Y., Sept. 24 (P)—District Attorney Edwards today made public an affidavit by Col. H. E. Hartney, former general manager of the Argonauts, Inc., backers of the disastrous Fonck airplane flight in which he stated he resigned from the organization because he believed Captain Fonck was incompetent to handle a ship of that size and load.
The district attorney said he has asked Mr. Hartney for the affidavit as he had heard that he might have some information that would cause him to change his previously announced opinion that there was no criminal negligence in the conducting of the proposed flight.
The affidavit was turned over by the district attorney to Judge Walter R. Jones who this afternoon was conducting an inquest into the deaths of the two men killed in the fatal flight. Mr. Edwards said he had no information of published reports that a grand jury investigation of the flight would be made.
The affidavit recites that on September 6, Colonel Hartney told A. C. Dickihson and John B. Jameson that in his opinion the personnel of the flight should be reorganized by the elimination of Captain Fonck as he believed that for him
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, September 24, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, September 24, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Officer of Argonauts Inc. Says He Quit Because He Didn't Have Faith In Capt. Fonck's Ability
District Attorney Edwards made public an affidavit by Col. H. E. Hartney, former general manager of Argonauts, Inc., stating that he resigned because he believed Captain Fonck was incompetent to handle a ship of that size and load. The affidavit was turned over to Judge Walter R. Jones, who was conducting an inquest into the deaths of the two men killed in the flight, and Edwards said he had no information on reported plans for a grand jury investigation.
Mineola, N. Y., Sept. 24 (P)—District Attorney Edwards today made public an affidavit by Col. H. E. Hartney, former general manager of the Argonauts, Inc., backers of the disastrous Fonck airplane flight in which he stated he resigned from the organization because he believed Captain Fonck was incompetent to handle a ship of that size and load.
The district attorney said he has asked Mr. Hartney for the affidavit as he had heard that he might have some information that would cause him to change his previously announced opinion that there was no criminal negligence in the conducting of the proposed flight.
The affidavit was turned over by the district attorney to Judge Walter R. Jones who this afternoon was conducting an inquest into the deaths of the two men killed in the fatal flight. Mr. Edwards said he had no information of published reports that a grand jury investigation of the flight would be made.
The affidavit recites that on September 6, Colonel Hartney told A. C. Dickihson and John B. Jameson that in his opinion the personnel of the flight should be reorganized by the elimination of Captain Fonck as he believed that for him
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, September 24, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, September 24, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Officer of Argonauts Inc. Says He Quit Because He Didn't Have Faith In Capt. Fonck's Ability
District Attorney Edwards made public an affidavit by Col. H. E. Hartney, former general manager of Argonauts, Inc., stating that he resigned because he believed Captain Fonck was incompetent to handle a ship of that size and load. The affidavit was turned over to Judge Walter R. Jones, who was conducting an inquest into the deaths of the two men killed in the flight, and Edwards said he had no information on reported plans for a grand jury investigation.
Mineola, N. Y., Sept. 24 (P)—District Attorney Edwards today made public an affidavit by Col. H. E. Hartney, former general manager of the Argonauts, Inc., backers of the disastrous Fonck airplane flight in which he stated he resigned from the organization because he believed Captain Fonck was incompetent to handle a ship of that size and load.
The district attorney said he has asked Mr. Hartney for the affidavit as he had heard that he might have some information that would cause him to change his previously announced opinion that there was no criminal negligence in the conducting of the proposed flight.
The affidavit was turned over by the district attorney to Judge Walter R. Jones who this afternoon was conducting an inquest into the deaths of the two men killed in the fatal flight. Mr. Edwards said he had no information of published reports that a grand jury investigation of the flight would be made.
The affidavit recites that on September 6, Colonel Hartney told A. C. Dickihson and John B. Jameson that in his opinion the personnel of the flight should be reorganized by the elimination of Captain Fonck as he believed that for him
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, September 24, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, September 24, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Officer of Argonauts Inc. Says He Quit Because He Didn't Have Faith In Capt. Fonck's Ability
District Attorney Edwards made public an affidavit by Col. H. E. Hartney, former general manager of Argonauts, Inc., stating that he resigned because he believed Captain Fonck was incompetent to handle a ship of that size and load. The affidavit was turned over to Judge Walter R. Jones, who was conducting an inquest into the deaths of the two men killed in the flight, and Edwards said he had no information on reported plans for a grand jury investigation.
Mineola, N. Y., Sept. 24 (P)—District Attorney Edwards today made public an affidavit by Col. H. E. Hartney, former general manager of the Argonauts, Inc., backers of the disastrous Fonck airplane flight in which he stated he resigned from the organization because he believed Captain Fonck was incompetent to handle a ship of that size and load.
The district attorney said he has asked Mr. Hartney for the affidavit as he had heard that he might have some information that would cause him to change his previously announced opinion that there was no criminal negligence in the conducting of the proposed flight.
The affidavit was turned over by the district attorney to Judge Walter R. Jones who this afternoon was conducting an inquest into the deaths of the two men killed in the fatal flight. Mr. Edwards said he had no information of published reports that a grand jury investigation of the flight would be made.
The affidavit recites that on September 6, Colonel Hartney told A. C. Dickihson and John B. Jameson that in his opinion the personnel of the flight should be reorganized by the elimination of Captain Fonck as he believed that for him
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, September 24, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, September 24, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.
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