Founded in 1300.] VOL. XcV1.—No 26 WEED DIVORCE CASE. The Respondent a Member of a Wealthy New Canaan Family. Beaches Superior Court After Long Delay. In the Superior court yesterday the divorce case of Daisy Weed. of New Canaan, vs. Sam. A. Weed, of the same place, was taken up. The parties were maaried August 28, 1889. Attorney Levi Warner appeared for the petition- er and States Attorney Fessenden for the respondent. The petitioner said she was married when about 20 years old. After residing for about three years with her husband she left him. At this time the marriage had never been consummated. Further testi- mony given by the petitioner is ‘of an uprintable nature. She had supported herself since marriage. When they were married her husband told her he was worth from $10,000 to $15,000. He was one of a family of seven children. She first became acquainted with him . when she was 16 years old, and became engaged to him in March 1889. They were married in New Canaan and from there went to Niagara on a wedding tour, remaining about a. week on the trip. On being questioned further, the petitioner became faint, and had to be aided by a woman friend who was pres- ent. She took no steps to obtain a di- vorce until about five years after the marriage. She left her husband because he refused to work and support her. . A letter was here read which the pe- titioner had writtén to her husband shortly after leaving him. In this let- ter she said 'she had borne his abuse as long as she could, and he had abused her simply because he was jealous. “You have often said you were sorry you married me, and it is better that we should part.” She said in theletter she'was going to leave ' Stamford and go, she did not know where, and it would be useless to search for her. “Did not your husband allow you $9 per week?” Mr. Fessenden asked. “No, sir, he never allowed me five cents; he hid his pocketbook so I could not find it.” Then another letter to her husband was read. In this she said she Was home and would like to see his father, but did not want to see him. She de- nied the truth of her husband’s asser- tions that she had not been true to him, but he had accused her of improper conduct with other men. Mrs. Harriet Gardiner, of New Can- aan, the petitioner’s mother, said her daughter had told her of the manner in Which she had been treated by her hus- band. This testimony was a repetition of that given by her daughter, although some of it was from personal observa- etionp Mr. Weed had told her that he had means to the extent of $15,000, but she had no knowledge of his resources, except what he had told her. Mrs. Lucy§Scofield, of Stamford, said she had known Weed for 10 years, and also knew his wife. 5.16 WAS called to substantiate certain testmony given by Mrs. Weed and her mother relative to the respondent’s habits. A brother of the. respondent testified that he was worth about $25,000. The petitioner wants alimony, and the respondent’s brother desires to protect him as far as possible. When asked if his father’s estate comprised some real estate in New York, he replied: “A little.” Further questioning elicited the information that this property was worth something like 350.000, and con. sisted of investments in real estate that were bringing in large returns. He was sure that his father’s estate was not worth over $100,000. He knew of claims against the estate which would aggregate close to 820,000. The'estate was divided among seven children. The respondent in this case is a son’ of the late S. Chauncey Weed, of New Canaan, who died some months ago and . left a large estate. . The first witness for the defence was the respondent. He said he was 30 years old, and his wife was about 26. He testified as to the marriage and wed- ding trip, and said his wife had at once began to display a coldness towards him, which continued until she left him in the latter part of 1894. When she left she gave him no intimation that it was for good, but said that she was going to Stamford to visit some relatives and friends there. He identified'a letter he received from his wife while he was at work in another state, in which she ex- pressed a hope that they might soon be together again. This was in 1891, and was written soon after his wife had come from New Canaan to pay him a fvisit. ‘ He had contributed all he was 'able towards his_wife’s support. He [oonrmuun 0N FIFTEXAGIJ _ . .4 n Entertaining and I nstructive Home Journal, “Especially Devoted to Local News and Interests. NORWALK, CONN.. FRIDAY. JUNE 26. 1896—12 PAGES; WAS nonunion Joseph Keating Claims That George Lockwood Cut Him ‘ With a Knife. Both of the Parties Placed Under Arrest. Shortly after 7 o’clock last night a man who proved to be Joseph Keating came up to Captain Dann who stood in front of the GAZETTE building and told him that he had been stabbed by an- other man named George Lockwood and handed him a small pocket knife which he stated had been used in the assault. A cut over his left eye was bandaged with a bandanna handkerchief. He asked for a physician and the Captain sent him to Dr. A. El. Baldwin who closed up the wound with two stitches and rebandaged it. The fellow then went out without so much as a “Thank you,” to the physician, and even re- fused to give him his name. In the meantime the Captain and Officer Morehouse set out to locate the alleged assailant and located him in the Hadden building. They found the door of his apartments locked and admittance was at first refused the officers. A large crowd assembled about the build- ing with the expectation perhaps that there was fun ahead. They were doomed to disappointment, as in- a few moments Officer Morehouse emerged from the building with George Lockwood under arrest, and before the crowd hardly realized it, was well on towards the station-house with his prisoner, whom he placed in a cell. Lockwood admitted that he had been engaged in a fight with Keating, but denied havmg stabbed him. He claimed that Keating was the aggressor and had drawn a revolver on him. He had, he said, simply defended himself. His story put somewhat of a different complexion on the affair. It was evio dentthat there was bad blood between the two. An effort was then made to find Keat- ing who had quickly disappeared after leaving Dr. Baldwin’s. He was finally located on Smith street near the pro- peller wharf where the fight had taken place," and he too was landed in the station-house. Latter in view of Keating’s wound and a full belief that he would appear for trial this morning he was taken be- fore Justice Rose where he furnished bonds for in the sum of $25 for his ap- pearance at the Town Court room at 10 o’clock this morning, John Malone be- coming surety for that amount. , This morning both Keating and Lockwood were taken before Judge Hubbell. They were charged with as- sault and breach of the peace. Keating pleaded guilty and Lockwood not guilty. Owing to the absence of important witnesses who are employed on the propeller the case was continued until to-morrow morning. In the interem it is understood that the charge against Lockwood will be changed to felonious assault. - John Mahoney qualified as bondsman in the sum of $25 for the appearance of Keating. Lockwood was given an op- pOrtunity to furnish bonds in the sum of $50, failing in which he was taken back to the station-house. Lockwood belongs in Portchester, N. Y., is a moulder by trade and has been in town about six months. .. Good News. A member of our City Council gives the GAZETTE assurances that the high- way known as upper Main street and extending to Winnipauk is to be put in good order without unnecessary delay. Best of all, the assurance is given that the City Council purposes to have a city meeting called for the purpose of voting an appropriation to repave Wall street from Mill Hill to the post office, that if the city so votes, this im- peratively needed improvement will be at once inaugurated. Road Superintendent “Mart” Kellogg estates that he is under orders to proper- ly fix up Belden avenue at the earliest possible moment. The road bed of this avenue was seriously washed by the se- vere rain storm of several weeks ago and has been in a bad condition ever since. - . Newly Elected Officers. The Painters’ Union at their last reg- ular meeting elected the following offi- cers: George E. Farnham, President; Frank Owens, Vice-President; Chaun- cey L. Platt,‘Financial Secretary; 0. W. Bennett, Recording Secretary; Charles Owens, Conductor; George W. Merritt, Warden. ' Lewis Brotherton and L. E. Mitchell. were elected members. ‘—Ad_vertise'in the Gazarrn. WILL on HIS STOCK. Wheeler’s Decision in'Favor of James K. Crofut. The Largest Stockholder in the C. &. K. Co. The Supreme court yesterday handed down a decision sustaining the decision of Judge George W. Wheeler of the Superior court in holding that the shares of stock in the Crofnt & Knapp company owned by Andrew J. Crofnt in his life time should be transferred to James K. Crofnt free of the conditions imposed by the late Andrew J. Crofnt in his will. On April 1st, last, Judge George W. Wheeler of the Superior court handed down his decision in the case of James K. Crofnt vs. Harriet R. Crofnt and Jacob M. Layton, executor of the will of the late Andrew J. Crofnt, giving judgment in favor of Mr. Crofnt and ordering the executor to deliver over to plaintiff $36,500 of the stock of the Crofnt & Knapp company which be- longed to his late father. The old firm of Crofnt & Knapp was made into the present corporation of Crofnt Sr Knapp Company in March 1893. In order to keep the control of the corporation in the two families it was agreed by the members of the Cro- fnt and Knapp families, in case of death, to bequeath by will his holding of the new company’s stock to the other mem- bers of his family. When Andrew J, Crofnt died, he left a will bequeathing his stock to James K. Crofnt on the express condition that the said James K. Crofnt, should pay to his stepmother, Harriett R. Cro- fut, $500 a year for ten years, provided she survived that length-of time. From the time he entered business James K. Crofnt had been connected with either the old firm or new corpor- ation, and was secretary of the present company at the time of his father’s, death in November, 1894. " About two years ago the directors of the company, having a combined con- trol of the majority of stock, voted James K. Crofnt parctically out of the company, by reducing his salary from $2,000 to $100 a year, and at the same time increasing their own salaries. After being voted out of the business in which he had been engaged during his business life time, James K. Cro- fut determined to get the stock to which he was entitled by the agreement, and to secure it free of his condition made by his father in his will and thus relieve himself from paying $500 a year to his stepmother, to whom his father has bequeathed nearly all his propertv excepting the stock in question. An action inequity was brought by Col. Russell Frost, as attorney for James K. Crofnt, against the widow and in which Jacob M. Layton, the executor, was made a party, asking that the stock be transferred and delivered to James K. Crofnt without the condi- tion contained in the will. This action was contested by the wid- ow, who was represented by Seymour & Knapp of Bridgeport, and Jacob M. Layton by Attorney John H. Light, the widow claiming the stock had been bequeathed according to the agreement, and the payment to her of $500 per year was not a violation of the agree- ment. A number of legal questions were raised and the trial Occupied three days. . An appeal was taken to the Supreme court from Judge Wheeler’s decision with the result stated above, which set- tles the dispute between James K. and Harriett R. Crofnt. Under the decision of the Supreme court James K. Crofnt is entitled to all of the stock left by his father, which, with his present holdings, makes him the largest individual stockholder of the Crofnt & Knapp corporation. Didn’t Wait, but Waded' A man who said that he had come from Albany the day before hired a boat from a man on the east side of the creek yesterday, and in company with his wife and 14-year old daughter rowed to one Of the islands in the harbor, where he landed and after digging half a peek of lilliputian clams went fishing for an hour or two. Returning home he was surprised if not alarmed to find that the tide was low and that he was unable to get the boat within a hundred feet of the spot from where he started. A strip of mud fully fifty feet wide lay between the boat and any sort of a sure footing. The man and his wife were forced either to remain in the boat for some hours until the tide rose or wade knee deep through the mud. They chose the latter and were sorry looking sights when they- reached solid ground. The girl waa carried a'shore in’her fath- » .‘ .,_1¥P°hlb9,‘“ :thelrip to:day._‘ . ‘ er’s arms. Supreme Court Sustains Judge .- lIFF on iii MUSCLE. Resists Chief Bradley and Gets a Free Ride to The Lockup. Expensive Introduction to Judge Hubhell. Yesterday afternoon Chief Bradley saw Eliphalet Bo uton came out of Water street On to Wall street, and enter a saloon. The chief waited until Bouton came out and then going up to him ad. vised him to go home as he was intoxi- sated. Bouton became abusive and the Chief collared him and started for the station house wslh him. The prisoner resisted and grabbed at everything "Within his reach in order to break the chiefs’ hold on him. ‘ 1’ .:.,_By this time a large crowd had gath- ered and watched for the result. When in front of the Jones & Botch- kills store the Chief dropped his pris- oner to the sidewalk for arest. Cap- tain Dann soon after put in an appear- ance. Bouton refused to budge from his seat on the curb. The Chief then secured a wagon be- longing to the Electric Light company which wascin charge of Hugh McAdam, and quickly bundled his prisoner into the same, and then was forced to sit upon him to prevent him from throw- ing himself out of the wagon. Reaching the station house Bouton refused to go into the door, and with both hands braced against the door- frame did his best to keep outside. .The Chief dexterously’ broke his hold and tumbling him inside closed and locked the door. Nearly 100 people had collected, a number of whom followed the Chief and his prisoner to the station house. A young man who was inclined to inter- fere with the officers narrowly escaped irrest. ‘ While in the station house Bouton turned on the water and evidently was unable to shut it off as Jailer Howard found the place flooded and was com- pelled to transfer the prisoner to the other side of the station. This morning, before Judge Hubbell, Bouton was charged with intoxication and resistance to an officer. He pleaded guilty and was fined 35 for intoxication and $10 and costs for resistance, in all $22.56. AV v‘ ¥ His Head on Fire. Yesterday afternoon while a crowd was assembled on Wall street watching the arrest of Eliphalet Bouton, a man very much befuddled rushed through the crowd asking where he could find a fire alarm box. He was directed to the cornor drug store. Shortly after, he came back and said that he had con- cluded not to ring it. A bysthander remarked that the fire was probably in the fellow’s head. The NeWs’ View of It. The will of the late William R. Lock- wood is a disappointing and brutally uno natural document. If the state of Con- necticut and wealthy Yale college par- ticipate in this legalized robbery We shall have to blush for our state, and sorrowfully conclude that Yale college has married into the Hog family.— South Norwalk News. Kahaosa Cfiicers. Kabaoso Encampment, I. O. O. F., last night elected officers as follows: E. W. Kemp, C. P.; Eben Eeaton, H. E; Charles W. Littell, S. W.; James Reeves, J. W.; St. John Merrill, Scribe; B. S. Keith, Treasurer. District Dep- uty, Charles H. Gehrman has been in- vited to install the officers on Thursday, July 9th. ‘- Took Paris Green. John Brechlin, a farmer, and a native of Germany, who resides on upper Madison avenue, Bridgeport, ended his life last evening about 6 o’clock by swallowing Paris green, a large quanti- ty of which he had on hand for use on his potato vines. Ban on the Rocks. The sloop yacht Sagitta of Stamford ran aground on the rocks in New Ha- ven harbor yesterday afternoon and knocked a hole in her hull. The party of ladies and gentlemen aboard were taken off. Mrs. Callias Bey Seriously Ill. Mrs. Demetrius Callias Bey, formerly Mrs. P. '1'. Barnum, is seriously ill in Paris, and her niece, Miss Carrie Leigh, who lives in Bridgeport, 'Conn., has been summoned to her. Three Cases in One family. ' Three members of William H. Moore’s family are ill with diphtheria None .of them are saying. ‘ ‘ at ”lei“??? on Wilton avenue. ‘ GAZETTT c , [$1.00 aYeor. ‘ 0' PRICE Two CENTS i t on HUNUBU onion non , A Magnificent Piano for the Most Popular 1 ',Sohool, Lodge, Society, Club or Fire Gom- " only 111 Fairfield County. W Which is our most popular school, lodge, society, club or ,fire company? . ' Which one has the most admirers, and friends? Doubtless these questions are beyond the power of any absolute answer, but THE EVENING GAZETTE offers an exceptional opportunity to make the test. THE GAZETTE pro- poses to poll the votes of the people. And the voting is to have zest in it. It is made worth while to vote. There is a ' magnificent prize at stake. THE GAZETTE will give A $400 ,UPR IGHT PIANO to the school, lodge, society, club or fire company which gets the most votes. ., HERE IT IS! \It. is an instrument of the very finest character It is beautiful in its workmanship, an ornament worthy of any home, and in all its musical qualities it is unsurpassed. In every sense it is a perfect and beautiful instrument—equal to the best that can be anywhere bought for $400 IN GOLD. The following are' the rules which govern the voting: 1—THE GAZETTE will print each day a blank coupon, each coupon being ' good for one vote for the school, lodge, society, club or fire com- pany the owner of the coupon may select—the blank lines in the coupon to be filled out with the name and address. The coupon to-day is at the end of this article. 2—The contest will close on July 2, and the winner announced on July 3. 3—Any school, lodge, society, club or fire company in Fairfield County is eligible. , ' I 4—A full record of the voting will be published up to date every evening in THE GAZETTE, but votes received after 10 A. M. will not be re- corded until a day later. 5—Coupons must be filled out in a plain handwriting, for otherwise blund- ers can not be avoided and votes will be lost. Blank coupons, of THE PIANO OFF El] 18 THE Si} Elli-i “Hill. It is a piano made upon honor and sold upon merit. party buying one does not get merely a handsome case. He gets a thorough musical instrument. The tone of the instru ment is full, rich, resonant and well sustained, the scale is magnificent. , Following is the voting coupon, pear in THE GAZETTE daily. _L a copy of which will ap- E tannin unto (sonnet. Name,
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