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VOL. Xcv11.-—No 31
TOWN MEETING.
The Citizens Marched Up the
Hill and Then Marched
Down Again.
Practically Nothing Accomplished Beyond
Defeating the High School Project.
A spe'eial town meeting was held in
what is recognized as the Town House,
yesterday afternoon. There were per-
haps 175 voters present. Mr. Francis
Leonard was elected moderator.
The first business in the call was to
authorize the Selectmen, if deemed ad-
visable, to cause to be widened the
highway under the bridge of the Dan-
bu1 y and Norwalk railroad, at Meadow
st1 eet, South Norwalk, as petitioned
for by E. A. Woodward, and others,
and to make any necessary appropria-
tion therefor. I
R. H. Golden presented a resolution
instructing the selectmen to widen the
street in accordance with the call spec-
ifying, however. a width of forty feet
thecost not to be in excess to the town
of $1,500.
And then the business of the meet-
ing commenced and it was kept warm
until the adjournment.
Mr. Golden explained that the act-
ual cost of such widening would prob-
ably be about $3,000. He thought the
Railroad company would pay a fair
percentage of the cost, and as between
the improvements and the town the
cost to the latter would not be in ex-
cess of $1,500. He said that he thought
he voiced the sentiments of all in say-
ing that the improvement ought to be
made. He said the improvement was
a needed one and that at the present
time the road was in a dangerous con-
dition. He admitted the possibility of
one-half of the territory needed in the
proposed widening being within the
city limits, and made the further state-
ment that he did not believe from what
he had learned that the Tramway com-
pany would willingly pay anything to-
wards the cost of the proposed widen-
ing.
Levi Warner pertinently asked,
“Couldn’t we possibly get something
out of the city for the cost of the work.”
Golden said he could not answer for
the city, and that question would have
to be decided by the Council.
J. Belden Hurlbutt, questioned the
authority of the Town to make any
change as the street was under city
jurisdiction.
John H. Light, suggested the idea
that the town ought to father the p110-
ject, but presented no positive argu-
ment to maintain his suggestion.
Selectman Thomes was of the opin-
ion that the Consolidated railroad
people would pay a fair proportion of
the expense, but had been given to
understand that the- Tramway company
would pay nothing. He recognized
the fact of the needed widening.
Levi Warner asked as to whether
the widening was to be done on the
north or south side of the street. And
offered as a resolution that a committee
be appointed by the chair to thorough-
ly investigate the matter and report.
The matter was temporarily tabled,
however, until later in the meeting.
J. B. Hurlbutt moved that a commit-
tee be instructed to find as to whether
the property was within or without the
city limits, and to learn the position of
the Tramway company in the premises
and if found necessary compel such
company to pay its fair proportion of
the expenses attached to such improve-
ment. The chair appointed, after the
passage of the resolution, the following
gentlemen as a committee, Isaac Sel-
leck, Edwin O. Keeler and R. H. Gol-
den. . ,
The next matter in the call was to au-
thorize the selectmen to cause a public
road or section thereof, to be improved
under the provisions of Chapter CCXXIX
of the Public Acts of this State,- passed
at the January session, 1897, of the
General Assembly, and to make the
necessary appropriation therefor.
A resolution was presented by Milo
Parsons asking that a certain section
of the turnpike west of West avenue
be placed in repair according to the
provisions of the section above cited,
the cost not to be in excess of $1,500.
William Sheldon thereupon asserted,
“If any man can lay a macadam road
that will stay on the section proposed
his time is worth a $1,000 a minute.”
And to clinch his assertion he said “I
have worked that road and have used
trees to fill in withand retain the hun-
dreds of loads of stone and dirt, but it
I tell you, you can’t do it
for that amount of money.”
Senator E. O. Keeler put a damper
on the proposition as some thought by
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NORWALK CONN..FRIDAY. JULY 30.1897.
saying that the power as he understood
the law was not vested in this meeting
to make the proposed improvement
other than on the recommendation of
the selectmen.
Selectman Thomes read a letter on
the subject which was in accord with
Senator Keeler’s idea of the intent of
the law..-
Mr. Light inferred from the letter
that it was necessary to give the actual
number of feet, etc., confined in the
proposed improvement and asked if
the information could be given by Mr.
Selleck.
Mr. Selleck replied in the negative
and with some pride said: “ We think
a stone road as good as the telford. ”
Mr. Light suggested that the appro-
priation be used on a continuation of
the turnpike west of the armory.
Mr. Selleck saw a “nigger in the
fence ” and hustled him out with the
remark, “Mr. Light that road is with-
in the South N orwalk city limits.”
M11. Hurlbutt objected to the remarks
of Mr. Selleck as being out of order,
but in such a way that the dart struck
Mr. Light.
After some little more discussion the
resolution was practically killed, and
the reins were again in the hands of the
selectmen.
The next matter before the meeting
was to fix the compensation of the
Town Assessors hereafter to be elected.
O. E. Wilson moved that the salary
of the assessors be the same as former-
ly $150 each.
William Sheldon moved to amend by
making it $200.
J. Belden Hurlbutt before the amend-
ment was seconded made a neat little
speech in which he favored making
the compensation $250.
This amendment was seconded and
the resolution was put to a vive voce
vote, and as the chair thought was
carried, but there being a doubt he ap-
pointed Messrs. VVood, Keeler, Lynes
and Golden tellers.
Mr. H urlbutt’s amendment tacked
to the original resolution was lost by a
vote of 86 to 43.
After some further. discussion the
salaries of the assessors was fired at
$200 each.
And then came the matter of acting
upon the petition of John H. Light,and
others in the matter of fixing upon a
price, per day, which the cities of
Norwalk and South Norwalk shall be
required to pay to the Town of N 9r-
walk for the use of its road-roller.
This provoked considerable discus-
sion, in which William Sheldon, E. A.
Woodward, John H. Light, Isaac Sel-
leck, J. Belden Hurlbutt and others
took a lively part.
Mr. Shelden suggested that the price
he set at 6 per cent in advance of the
actual cost of running the roller per
day.
John McMahon said that the roller
ought not be consider ed as a profit
making machine. He stated that
whereas $12 a day was asked for the
use of the roller it was admitted that
it cost less than $10 to run it.
Selectman Selleck made the point
that considerable time was consumed
in the transfer of the machine to South
Norwalk and asked as to whom such
loss of time should fall upon, town or
city. He incidentally remarked that
the City of Norwalk did not object to
paying $12 a day for the use of the ma-
chine. He said that he believed in
working for the interests of both ends
of the town.
Just then some one said “How’s
that ? ” in a mild interrogative way.
Hurlbutt held that the compensation
for the use of the roller ought to be in
excess of Sheldon’s figure.
Selectman Selleck bobbed up again,
and said “If you fix it at $9 I want to
know if that figure applies to the use
they, the City of South Norwalk, have
already had of the roller. They haven’t
paid a dollar yet, although I have sent
“ in the bill.
The matter was then left in the
hands of the selectmen with the in-
struction that the machine be let to
either city at a fair compensation.
John H. Light came to the front
again when the matter of establishing
a Town high school under the provi-
sions of Chapter CXXXVIII of the Gen-
eral Statutes of the State was presented.
He presented a resolution asking for
the establishment of such school.
Mr. Hurlbutt said he did not ques¥
tiou the-desirability of such a school,
but did not believe that the already
overburdened taxpayers cared to be
further burdened, and he could not
lend his voice or vote for the same,
and considered such action at present
as little less than a crime, and moved
the indefinite postponement of the mat-
ter.
Mr. Light said that four high schools
were already maintained in town, and
that by the concentration of the same,
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 5.)
AGENT A THIEF.
Daniel J. Lynch of Danbury
Raids A Depot Office and,
Visits Bridgeport.
Arrested in That City and Held at Police
Headquarters.
Daniel J. Lynch for the last six
months ticket agent and station mas-
ter at the New England depot at Dan-
wbury, is held at Bridgeport police head-
quarters for the Danbury authorities,
having slipped out of the above city
Monday night with about $100, the re-
ceipts of the ticket office for the day.
Yesterday morning there was quite a
sensation at the aboved named depot
in Danbury when a number of people
who had assembled to take trains found
that the t1cket office was not open.
Two trains went by and passengers
were obliged to board them without
tickets. Great surmise existed as to
the whereabouts of ticket agent Lynch.
Other employee had been unable to get
into the office to sell tickets and there
was much subdued excitement all
around.
After awhile the services of William
Bell, a machinist, were secured. He
broke into the office and went to work
on making impressions for the purpose
of fitting new keys to the money-drawer
and the ticket cases.
Evidences were at hand that the
place had been robbed and the myster-
ious absence of Lynch pointed to him
being implicated. At first it was sur-
mised that he had been spirited away
by burglars, but this was quickly dis-
pelled by the investigations of Chief of
Police Edward C. Ginty of Danbury,
who took hold of the case. He found
that Lynch had been in the office after
the last train passed Wednesday night,
and also by an account sheet that the
sum of about $100 was or ought to have
been in the office.
Lynch was seen in company with a
variety artist and a piano player in a
saloon during the evening. The men
drank in several places and Lynch
with his companion, whose name is
Frank Smith, hired a team, paying a
deposit. They then drove away, Lynch
claiming that he had important railroad
business to attend to. As was after-
ward learned, the men drove to Bridge-
port all through the hard rain storm of
Wednesday night, arriving at an early
hour yesterday morning.
Chief Ginty when he had gathered
up all these facts yesterday forenoon,
immediately sent word there to Supt.
Birmingham and going to Bridgeport
himself on the afternoon train, but by
the time he arrived Lynch and Smith
weie in custody.
At fi1st he denied his identity but
at police headquarters he owned up to
everything.
Lynch says that he and Smith ar-
rived about daylight and that Smith
was to drive the team back while he
went to New York. Both men were
drenched. The team‘was put up at a
stable. Lynch bought a new cheap
suit of clothes as well as mackintosh.
He also got shaved and had his mous-
tache cut off. Then the two men went
out to see the town, drinking consider-
ably. Smith was taken in custody
later. He was simply held, no charge
being preferred against him. The sum
of $46.20 was found on Lynch. He
broke down at the station and wept
bitterly over his foolish step.
He has a wife and one child in a nice
home at 120 Osborn street in Danbury.
He had a fairly good position, having
been promoted from some other place
on the line to the place he occupied at
the New England station. Up to yes-
terday afternoon Mrs. Lynch did not
know the cause of her husband’s disap~
pearance and was at a loss to explain
his absence. In fact nothing of his caSe
was generally known in the above
place.
Lynch is about 35 yeals of age.
LChief Ginty took him and Smith back
to Danbury on the early train this
morning.
Butchers’ Meeting.
At a meeting of the Butchers’ asso-
ciation held last evening, it was decid-
ed to hold their grand barbecue on
Wednesday, August 4th, and if stormy
on that day to have 1t on Thursday.
A committee composed of Jacob
Schaub and E. S. Adams were ap—
pointed to dispose of the meat on hand
at any price. Royal W. Adams and A.
Avison were elected delegates to the
istate Butchers’ convention in Norwich
on August 5.
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—-EASTMAN’S‘POCKET KODAK’S re
duced from $5 to $2.50, at Riggs’ Drug
Store. j15 tf
10111110 DEATH.
Injector’s Broken Discharge
Plpe Fatai to William
Higgins.
The Maid of Kent Arrives in Greenwich
With the Dead Body of the Fireman.
The steamer Maid of Kent, which
runs daily between Greenwich and
New York, was towed into port yester-
day afternoon by the tug Edna King,
after being delayed 20 hours, by acci-
dent and rough weather. The steamer’s
fireman, William Higgnis, was carried
ashore a dead man as the result of the
accident.
The Maid of Kent left Pier 1'0. 41,
foot of Pike street, New York, at 3:15
o’clock Wednesday afternoon. The
sea was rough at the time and the prog-
ress of the boat was necessarily slow.
It was 5 o’clock when the Maid of Kent
reached Sands Point, opposite New
Rochelle, on Long Island, and Engi-
neer George Quick thought it best to
put in toward Long Island for shelter
as the sea was growing rougher and
rougher all the time;
He finally decided to consult Captain
Holmes about the matter, and had
hardly reached the deck before a slight
explosion attracted his attention. It
sounded to him like a good sized steamer
blowing off steam. Not knowing that
anything serious had occurred he made
no haste in getting back to the engine
room. When he did the sight which
greeted his eyes was a horrible one.
As helopened the door into the en-
gine room a‘ cloud of steam burst forth
obscuring everything. He found Wil-
liam Higgins lying on the floor with
both hands elapsed over his mouth.
His skin was of a crimson color, and
he-showed no signs of life. Quick hase
tily examined the fireman and discov-
ered that life was extinct.
.. A look over the room disclosed that
the discharge pipe of the injector had
broken and that the escaping steam
had practically boiled Higgins alive.
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ma A_l_i_E_l(NDWN.
The Murderers ot‘ Farmer
Nichols Discovered By
the Police.
Charles Bonai, George Weeks and His
Brother John Weeks Said to be
the Guilty Parties.
The work yesterday by the officers
and detectives who have been trying to
solve’ the mystery surrounding the
murder of Marcus G. Nichols at Dan-
iel’s Farms last night reached a point
where it is possible to say that the
crime has been unequivocally fastened
on two men and the only thing now to
be done is to effect the capture of the
guilty men. .
Yesterday Supt. Birmingham of the
Bridgeport police and Detectives Ar-
nold and Cronin made another trip to
Daniel’s Farms, where they went over
the entire route once more and picked
up the remaining scraps of evidence in
the chain.
The officers returned to Bridgeport
in the afternoon absolutely sure, they
say, that they have hit 'upon the crimi-
nals. Supt. Birmingham said that
there are three parties involved in the
crime. John Weeks, who was arrested
in Huntington on Tuesday, is implicated
but only as an accessory. The superin-
tendent also authorizes the interesting
statement that George Weeks and
Charles Bonai, for whom the police
have been looking some days, are un-
questionably guilty.
Bonai’ s accomplice, Geo1ge Weeks,
is known to the police and evidence
against him is as strong as that against
Bonai. The man who 15 wanted" 15 now
being hunted and his ar1 est is speedily
hoped for. The much wanted man is
out of Connecticut, but he is believed
to be nearer apprehension than Bonai.
~ The Last Wheel.
The Boston Store, Norwalk, announ-
ces in this issue that the last and
eleventh bicycle will be given away on
Saturday night, Augdst 7.
In addition to giving the wheel away
they announce specialdrives in every
department of their large emporium.
Read the advertisement on the eight
page and see what bargains are offered
to purchasers.
The 4Weather.
Generally fair to-night and Satur-
‘ day.
BABH GOES TO JAIL.
ls Placed Under Arrest by
Deputy Sheriff Lyon .and
Refuses to Furnish
Bonds.
Will Have an Opportunity to Change His
Mind at Bridgeport.
This morning, Deputy sheriff Fred S.
Lyon placed Contractor A. Bach under
arrest on the complaint of Dudley E.
Hoyt.
The complainant avers that Bach has
without leave made use of brick, in
value, $40 more or less, belonging to
the complainant.
He sues to recover $60 damages and
has retained Leo Davis as his attorney.
On the advice of Mr. Davis the dep-
uty sheriff served the necessary attach-
ment papers and there being no proper-
ty to attach he took possession of the
defendant’s person, an action in tort.
Bach, as is alleged “neglected and
refused” to furnish bonds for his ap-
pearance for trial preferring he said to
go to jail. A
This preference received the “law-
ful acquiescence” of the Sheriff and
Mr. Bach was escorted to the County
jail.
The outcome of the case will be close-
ly watched by those in interest, to some
of whom Bach’s action in the premises
is puzzling, as it is known that he could
have secured bondsmen had he so de-
sired.
l8 HE A CADOK 9
Officer Pennington Apprehends
a Suspicious Character in
South Norwalk.
The Man Tells Conflicting Stories and is
Placed Under Arrest. I
At an early hour this morning Offi
cer Pennington had his attention called
by a GAZETTE reporter to the fact that
a stranger was trying to dispose of a
pawn cheek issued by Devean & Peck,
of Bridgeport, numbered 43443 at
Weed’s cigar store in the Mahackemo
building.
The officer kept a wary eye on the
fellow until the Chief put in an appear-
ance, and the young man who gave his
name as Charles Hammond was asked
to explain how he came in possession
of the ticket which on its face would
appear to signify a loan of $11 and
which the fellow claimed was for a
gold watch and chain. ~
To the Chief and Officer Pennington
he told a story which led the officers to
believe that something was wrong and
he was taken to the station-house until
such a time as the officers in Bridgeport
might be communicated with.
In the meantime the man had stated
that the watch pawned was a silver one
which he purchased about six years
ago for $8. Being asked by the chief
as to how it was that he could get $11
for it at a pawn-shop, he said that there
was a chain attached to it valued at $4
and a charm worth perhaps $1.50.
The more he talked the more his
captors became convinced that he had
either raised the check from $1 to $11
or was lying about the whole transac-
tion
The theory that the ticket had been
“raised” was doubly apparent when in
reply to a telephone message to Bridge-
port it was learned that the ticket had
been issued on the pawn of an over-
coat for $1.
Being confronted with this state-
ment the fellow put his hand in his
pocket and drew out another ticket
with the remark as he handed it to the
chief, “ I guess I made a mistake. This
is the one for the watch.
They were of different dates. It was
thought advisable to hold the fellow,
pending the return of Officer Penning-
ton, who has gone to Bridgeport to
further investigate the matter.
A _
Were Suspicious.
A bicycle rider excited some suspi-
cion this morning by trying to obtain a
loan of $5 on his wheel. He finally
found some one who accommodated
him and he was made correspondingly
happy
:-
[$1.00 a Year
PRICE TWo CENTS
—$75' in gold free. Aug. 23. Best
shoes: Low est prices and chance at the
gold. A. H. Hoyt «S: Son, 37 Wall
street J. 23-.1wk
BIRTHS.
TAFT—In Brooklyn, July 28, a son to
Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Taft.
MARRIAGES.
BLISS— FANCHER—In Norwalk, July
27. by Rev. R. H. Neide, George E.
Bliss of Brooklyn, N. Y. and Miss J ean-
ette Fanche1 of New Canaan.
CRAIG—BYRON—At Flushing, L. 1.,
. July 24th, James P. Craig and Mrs.
Annie F. Byron were united in mar-
riage by the Rev. Robert T. Craig,
brother of the gr oom. Both of Bridge-
p01t.
WILLIAMs— PURDY—In Danbury,
July 26. bv Rev D1. W. W. Bowdish,
Helen M. Pu1dy and Oscar Williams,
both of Danbury.
DEATHS
BENEDICT—In Brookfield. July 29,
Mary Coley Benedict, widow of the late
Daniel Minot Benedict.
BOWMAN. —— In Danbury, July 27,
V1ola, infant daughter of Walter Bow-
man aged 5 months. '
BQVVERS—In Danbury, July 27th,
Nelhe May, daughter of William and
Jennie M. Bowers, aged 3 months and
3 days.
BATTERSON—In Fairfield, July 26,
Morris Batterson, aged 61 years.
BOYCE—~In South N orwalk, July 26,
Edward Boyce, aged 75 years
CARR—In Bridgeport, July 25, Ruth
Alice, daughter of William and Mar-
garet Carr, aged 5 months.
CRUTTENDEN—- In Bl idgeport, July
25, F1 ank H. C11 uttenden, son of Frances
H. and the ,late Thomas R. C11 uttenden
aged 27 years. .
CHALMERS. ——In Pittsfield, Mass. ,
July -3, Peter Chalmers, aged 28 years,
f01 me1ly of South Norwalk.
CRIBBEN.——In Newtown, July 20th,
William Cribben, aged 55 years. _
COOK—{n Norwalk, July 28, Mrs.
Patrick Cook, aged 60 years.
CONKLlN—In Bridgeport, July 27th,
Catherine Conklin, aged 20 years.
CAULFIELD—-In Bridgeport, July 27th,
William Caulfield, aged 37 years.
CULLEN.-—-In Bridgeport, July 29,
Bessie, wife of Patrick Cullen.
EDDY—In Bridgeport, July 27th,
Jane Eddy, aged 69 years.
FORCELLINO~In South N orwalk
July 27, Frank, son of Frederick and
Mary F01ce111no, aged 0 years.
GETLER—In South Norwalk, July 25,
Ann, widow of the late Francis Getler.
KUNTz.—In Bridgeport, July 24,
Anora Elizabeth, wife of Peter A.
Kuntz, aged 46 years.
LANE—In Bridgeport, July 27th,
Eliza, wife of Joseph Lane, aged 34
years.
LAMB. ——In Bridgepmt, July 28,
Regina, daughter of G. W. and Nellie
Lamb, aged 7 weeks.
LANDON.———In B11dgeport,
Horton Landon, aged 60 years.
LEE—In New Rochelle, July 28, Al-
fred J ., son of Noah and Caroline Lee,
aged 23 years.
MAXWELL—In Bridgeport, July 27th,
Nellie, wife of John Maxwell, aged 36
years.
MITCHELL—In Danbury, July 25,
Walter, infant son of John and Mary
Mitchell, aged 2 months.
MCMAHON.—In Newtown, July 18th,
Peter McMahon, aged 31 years.
MITCHELL—In Newtown, July 20th,
Lawrence Mitchell, aged 65 years.
MEYER—In Bridgeport, July 24,
George Meyer, aged 54 years.
MOYLE. —In Danbury. July 23, Eliz-
abeth Ann, wife of B. M. Moyle, aged
57 years.
NASH—In Westport, July 30, MaryIll
wife osEdward Nash, aged 71 years.
PARZA. ——In Bridgeport, July 24,
August Leopold Parza, aged 45 years.
PESCHKO. —- In Danbury, July 27,
Gustaf Julius, infant son of Martin and
Marra Peschko. '
POW.——In Bridgeport, July 28, J 0-
seph J. Pow, aged 62 years.
REICHERT. —In Bridgeport, July 28,
Georgie. son of Frederick and Bertha
Reichert, aged 11 years.
RUZICKA. —In Bridgeport, July 28,
Marie Ruzicka, beloved wife of Joseph
Ruzicka, aged 33 years.
ROCK—In Bridgeport, July 23, Wil-
liam F. Rock, aged 30 years.
SMITH. —In Danbury, July 23, Clar- .
ence E. ., infant son of Eugene and Celia
Smith, aged 2 months.
STERLING—In South Norwalk, July
26, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles I.
Sterling.
SAUNDERS—In South Norwalk, July
25, Harold Walter, infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Saunders, aged 10
days.
SULLIVAN—In Bridgeport, July 25,
Mary Sullivan, aged 76 years.
TAYLOR-In Danbury, July 25, Cecil
G., son of Roswell and Emma Taylor,
aged 1 year.
WHONE— In Winnipauk, July 25,
Grace May VVhone aged 2 months
VAN SCOY. —In Danbury, July 23,
Sterling B. ., infant son of William and
Laura Van Scoy, aged 4 months.
WATERBURY.-—-In Stamford, July 26.
Robert Waterbury aged 61 years. '
July 28,
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