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VOL. XCVIL—NO 51
NORWALK CONN, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 17.1897 —12
EHDTESTED HIS lNllDCENCE.
IMPIISIIIII PHS TIIE PENALTY FOR IIIS PMI'I' III
TIIE FIIIII IIIBIIEB.
JUSTICE IS NOW SATISFIED.
FUDA’S ACCOMQLICE DIED
IN TWELVE MINUTES
AFTER TRAP WAS SPRUNG.
A few seconds after 12:20 o’clock this
morning, Nicodemo Imposino, the ac-
complice of Guiseppe Fuda, in the m‘ur-
der of the latter’s wife, Maria Carmelia
Fuda, at East N orwalk, paid the penal-
ty for his crime, and expiated his sin
so far as this world is concerned: He
died practically protesting his inno-
cence, and yet perfectly resigned to
his fate, for as he said ten minutes be-
fore he stepped upon the plate, to
Father Flannery: “God knows that I
am innocent, and therefore I go With-
out fear. ”
There
was no sign of fear manifested by Imv
posino as he walked from the death
cell to the death chamber.
He stepped upon the plate, which
started the mechanism, with a firm
Twelve min-
|
True to his promise he did.
and courageous tread.
utes afterward life was extinct and
Imposino had gone on the same path-
way trod by Fuda, two weeks previous.
It was a little before 11 o’clock when
the newspapermen and the few priv-
ileged spectators gathered in the office
of Warden Woodbridge. It was 11:30
when the prison officials were called
into the office and instructed as to their
At 11:50 the first procession
It was small, for none of
the prison directors were present. It
consisted of \Varden \Voodbridge,Dep-
_ uty Baisden, Dr. Fox, the prison phy-
sician. and two other officials.
duties.
was formed.
At the death cage the procession
stopped. Warden Woodbridge sum"
moned Imposino to the front of the
cage. He was fully dressed and ap-
peared to be calm. He listened to the
reading of the death warrant with evi-
dent interest. The procession returned
to the warden’s office, where the news-
paper men were waiting.
A few minutes after 12 o’clock the
second procession was formed. This
was identical with the first, with the
exception of the newspaper men, who
followed in the rear of Deputy Baisden
in couples. At the execution house the
procession separated. Those who had
formed the first procession went
through the door leading into Imposi-
no’s cage, while the newspaper men
stepped into the death chamber.
At 12:19 the door separating the
rooms opened and Warden VVoodbridge
walked into the death chamber. He
was followed by Imposino, whose'arms
were strapped to his side. He was
supported by Officer Doolittle and Dep-
uty Baisden. Father Flannery and
Father Lynch were at his side. They
were rapidly repeating a litany to
which Imposi no was as rapidly giving
the responses. As he stepped upon
the iron plate Deputy Baisden placed
the black cap over his head, and Offi—
cer Doolittle fixed the straps around
his ankles and above his knees. Before
the black cap was placed over his face
Imposino had time for one glance aloft.
He saw the noose dangling over his
head, but showed no sign of emotion.‘
His gaze immediately rested upon the
face of Father Flannery, and his lips
repeated the responses taught him.
In 23 seconds from the time Imposino
stepped upon the plate, Deputy Bais-”
den raised his right hand, as a signal
to Warden Woodbridge that every-
thing was ready. The pointer on the
black dial was some ways from the
skull and Cross bones, which marks the
45 seconds, at the end of which time
the gallows works automatically. War-
den VVoodbridge released the lever.
Imposino shot up into the air, fully
six feet, and came down with a jerk.
The body swung to and fro a moment
and then was still. A faint tremor
passed overhis frame once and then
all was quiet.
The body was examined by Dr. Fox,
the prison physician, and Dr. C. Lin-
coln Banks, of Bridgeport. In 12 min-
utes they pronounced life extinct and
said that Imposino’s neck had been
broken.
less.
At 12:35 the body was cut down and
placed in a silk lined casket.
then transferred to the undertaker’s
His death was perfectly pain-
It was
wagon which waited outside the door.
The face was calm and composed, and
outside of a black tinge, showed. noth-
ing that could be considered evidence
of a violent death. The remains 'were
buried at St. Patrick’s cemetery at 5
o’clock. I
The newspaper men present were as
follows: Hartford Courant,VV. D. Frear;
Hartford Telegram, E. c. Allen; I’Ial't-
ford Post, T. J. Kelly; Hartford Times,
Joseph Mullen; Stamford Advocate,
Roliert Johnson; Danbury News, Fred
B. Dalton; N orwalk Hour, W. K. Map-
les; Bridgeport Farmer, James Mc-
Govern: Bridgeport Standard, S. C.
Waldo.
THE “MYSTERY” SOLVED.
Unknown “Lord Fauhtleroy” is Young
Masler Porter, and is no Truant.
The wonderful “mystery” sprung on
the community, of which a little boy
with curls and a white collar, 11 little
Lord Fauntleroy, spasmodically riding
on railroad trains is the subject, is ex-
ploded by the announcement that the
boy is the son of Benjamin Porter, ar-
tist. Some years ago Mr. Porter mar-
ried Miss Mamie Clark, daughter of
Henry Clark, of Bridgeport. Their
son frequently goes there to visit his
grandparents. The Porters reside in
New .York. Their boy is a bright little
fellow, and his artistic sire attires the
lad in picturesque fashion. The youth
is sufficiently self possessed to hobnob
with brakemeu and railroad employee,
boy fashion, and because of this very
natural mode of entertaining himself,
some one makes a mystery of it.
follows the usual hue and cry in the
yellow journals, each wanting to know
“ Who is the little Lord Fauntleroy ? "
Verily, if the boy’ 5 papa has wanted to
work up an advertisement he has suc-
ceeded.
The Arions.
’The regular annual Christmas festi-_
val of the Arion Singing society will
be held on December 27th instead of
the 24th as previously and eroneously
announced.
The society’s annual masquerade
will take place on January 26th.
A masquerade, “for members only”
will be held on the evening of Febr u-
ary 22d
The annual festival of the society
will be held on "Sylvester night” Jan-
uary 3lst.
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Ex-grand Juiyman Carmody has se-
cured a situation at the Crofut & Knapp
hat man ufactory.
Then
THE 01$ 0103111.
Evidence in the Boinay Trial
All In.
The Arguments to be Made To-day and the
Case Given to the Jury.-
The testimony in the Boinay case
was concluded yesterday, and the argu-
ments will be made to-day and the.case
given to the jury.
The testimony offered yesterday af-
ternoon was produced to contradict
Boinay’s stgries in regard to his never
having pulled a pistol on any man, to
shoot him—and that he never tied any-
one other than at the Nichols burglary
in Nichols.
Thomas Fulton of Pine Plains, N. Y.,
was called to the stand. He stated
that his home had been entered by
three robbers.
Mr. Fulton said that on the night of
the burglary he went across the street
to his barn and retut ning noticed three
men standing in the yard. This was
between7 and 8 o clock in the evening.
Two of the men asked him if he would
He refused
and immediately a pistol was put at his
head. A slight scuffle then took place:
but was interrupted by'four shot-s being
fired in the back of the house. Mr.
Fulton rushed back into the house and
lodge them over night.
there saw Bomay with a smoking re-
volver in his hand. As there was no
one in the house other than Boinay,
Mr. Fulton was sure -Boinay fired the
shots. After the family, consisting of
his four daughters and wife, had been
bound the robbers helped themselves
to everything they could get their
hands on. M r. Fulton said upon cross-
examination that he recognized Boinay
by the back of his head.
Miss Laura Fulton was then called.
She testified that she was the first one
to be tied. She said Boinay gave her
laudanum at the time of the robbery.
Her mother was up stairs in her room.
Miss Fulton could not say what oc-_
curred during the timeaof the excite-l
ment, as shev'as taken at once to her
room and tied to the bed. \Vhen Boi-
nay came into the room they were all.
sitting around. No soonerhad he come-
in than he began firing off his pistol.
This story
Miss Fulton added
that she recognized Boinay by his eyes.
asked if Boinay had a
beard on that occasion, the witness
said that she could not tell anything
about .that.
tied over the lower part of his face.
Miss Fulton said she had been looking
for his particular kind of eyes ever
She recognized them in Boinay
cross-examination.
Upon being
since.
as. soon as she saw them.
George Lamoree of New York, was ,
next called to the stand. He testified
he was 79 yea1s old. He said that upon
the night of the bu1g1a1y he and his
wife~were in bed when the prisoner
and another man came into the room,
and tieing them up, robbed the house.
There wede two shots fired, one of
which hitthe lamp and the other
struck the wall near the bed. He was
not sure whether the bullet was intend-_
ed~for him or not.
At the close of ,his testimony Mrs. -
Lamoree was called. Though 73 years
old, she stepped quite quickly to the
witness chair. She corroborated her
husband ‘3 story, saying that 'this rob-
bery occurred Dec. 12, 1897.
August Boinay. a cousin of the pris-
oner, was called. He said he lived in
Canaan, Conn. He had known the
prisoner for 22 years. It was from Au-
gust Boinay that Charles stole the $65,
claiming that it was owed him. Mr.
Boinay said that the scar which the
prisoner had .over his left eye was there
for 14 years to his knowledge. H e W 9
very sure of this, as he asked him some
years ago how he got it. ‘
After warning the jury not to talk
about the case, the judge excused them,
and told them to be on. hand this morn-
ing prepared to stay until they found a
verdict. .
After a consultation between the
judge and counsel, it was decided that
each side should have two hours and a
half for arguments.
adjourned.
GROUND m PIEGES.
Charles M. Johnson Killed On
a Bridge in Fairficld.
Parts of the Body Scattered Along the
Track for an Eighth of a Mile.
Charles M. Johnson, sexton of the
East Fairfield cemetery, was struck by
an express, train on the bridge near
the home of C. B. Jennings in Fair-
field and instantly killed at 4:30 yester-
day afternoon.
The wheels of the train ground the
unfortunate man to bits and distrib-
uted ,them along the track for more
than an eighth of a mile.
Mr. Johnson had been to Bridgeport
and had returned on the trolley, get-
ting off at the corner in front of the
old St. Marc’s hotel. He reached the
railroad track near the home of C. B.
Jennings and started across the bridge
at that point. When in the centre of
the bridge he heard the whistle of an
approaching train. Mr.
in his 76th year and he was not vigor-
The whistle startled him and he
became confused. He lost his footing
on the ties and fell down between the
rails.
Johnson was
0115.
Jennings saw the old gentleman strug-
gling to rise and ran to his assistance,
but before he could reach the bridge
the. train struck the prostrate form of
the old gentleman. The train passed
on through the town and made no stop.
The rails presented a sickening appear-
ance. From the place where the man
was struck to a point beyond the‘depot,
111o1e than an eight of a mile, the t1acks
"‘-.\' fl strewn with the mangled po1t1ons
of the body
Chailes M. Johnson was an old and
respected resident of Fairfield. For
many years he had been sexton of the
East Fairfield cemetery, which position
he held up to the time of his death.
Last summer he lost his wife only‘ a
short time after they had celebrated
was not changed upon '
as he had a handkerchief,
@SSSSSSSSSSSTMSQESSHSQ
The court then "
their golden wedding.
A peculiar feature of the horrible
affair was the fact that the glasses
which the old gentleman carried in
his pocket were not broken and his
purse containing $10 in money was not
_ injured.
It is believed that the only relative
of the dead man is a married daughter
who lives in New Britain.
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PAGES.
GAME-SEASON ENDED.
Open Season for Partridge, ouail, Gray
Squirrel and Woodcock Ended Yes-
terday.
The game law in this state went on
Wednesday and there can be no more
legal shooting of partridge, quail, gray
squirrel and woodcock until October 15,
next. The law for shooting now ex-
tends from October 15 to December 15,
a month less than under the old law-
Duek, geese and. brant can be shot
from September 1' to May 1. Game
has been unusually plentiful this fall.
G1 ay squirrels have been a glut in the
market, and the woodcock mme than
met the demand.
Mme bi1ds have been shot in this
state this season than for m my years
before. There have been good returns
from the ringed-neck pheasants put
out in Moodus and the 600 quail put
out by the Colt Hammerless Gun Club
a few years ago.
There have been about fifty convic-
tions in the state this fall for violation
of the game laws, mdst of them being
for Sunday shooting and shooting rob-
ins and song sparrows. All song birds
are now protected, and there is a pen-
alty for having them, dead or alive,
in one’s possession. It is very difficult
to secure convictions for snaring.
In a few years the law against shoot-
ing deer in this state will be off. It is
estimated that there are about twenty
running wild in the state. The com-
mission has had good success with the
fish hatchery at Windsor Locks. This
fall it has put into the streams 35,000
brook and lainbow tr out from ‘3} to 6
inches long, 20, 000 lake trout between
56and binches long and 60, 000 Atlantic
salmon from 2 to 3:} inches long. The
salmon will go out to sea and return to
the Connecticut and Farmington rivers
in three years.
The Westport Extension.
The hearing on the p1 oposed VVest'
port extension of the Bridgeport Trac-
tion 00., which was begun two weeks
ago, is to be resumed next Monday
morning before Judge Elmer, in the
Superior court. The progress of the
hearing was interrupted by the mur-
der trial. It will probably take sev-
eral days next week.
The Traction Co. will now have no
opposition from Fairfield to VVestport,
the selectmen of both towns having
signified their approval of the plans of
the company.
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Hoyt—Broadhurst.
William H. Hoyt and Miss Susan A.
Broadhurst were married Tuesday
afternoon, by Rev. R. 0.. Sherwood of
the South N01 walk Baptist chm ch.
M1. and M18. Hoyt are enjoying .1 sh01t
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New IS the Tune
For old and new subscribers to. send I'Iz 'l/zeir at. ‘
511225071111on for the WEEK]. Y GAZETTE
and Ne" Yorl. W eels/y 737771111212 for the yea-r
For Janey-sewn years .2716 GAZETTE has
ne'oerfaz'led In Its weekly "visits to the homes of
Farmers and Villagers throughout Fallfield (.13
- County, and for more than f fly-six years the
Tribune has fizzlhlelly labored for their pros-
] w edding tOu1.
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iii pally and happiness. if.”
Ei- Both papers will be sent to any address upon fig
3 Irzceljol of only one dollar. Addmss all oIa’eIS $33
gig to the GAZETTE, Norah-lit, Conn. if;
a?“ (a‘2
La”) €61)
We
Mr. Coley’ 5 Mistake.
A. Babkin, of B1idgeport, instituted
a replevin suit against H. B. Coley of
Norwalk, for the possession of the cat-
tle which were attached last week by
Sheriff Kemper to satisfy claims of $150
damages which Coley made in his suit
against Callam Herrmann. Yesterday
Mr. Babkin was in receipt of a letter
from Sheriff Kemper stating that H.
B. Coley will deliverthe cattle to the
order of A. Babkin. Mr. Coley evi-
dently realized that he had made a
mistake in taking possession of Mr.
Babkin’ 5 p1 operty to satisfy a debt con-
t1 acted by an employee of his.
—Live Merchants keep their names
,peforo the Public.
In THE GAZETTE will be read.
An Advertisement '
“(0 (wtaltaléwfwéalwaWGfa (aflbfwkbfa f a fulfil ("Ifd’falaCQULCta 606120?
chrislmas Entertainment.
The children of the Town Home were
made glad last evening, by an enter-
tainment given for their benefit by the
young ladies at Mrs. Mead’s “Hillside"
seminary. An Operetta was presented
by the young ladies and the same was
greatly enjoyed by the children. Santa
Claus was present and the children
were liberally supplied with Chl istma-s
gifts.
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ne‘elected.
At the annual communication of St.
John’ s Lodge, F. and A. M. held last
night the officers of last. veal were all
re- -.elected
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-.Advertisr in THE GAZETTE.
PRICE Two CENTS
AMUSEMENTS.
Maude, Hillman.
“A Barrel of Money” was the attrac-
tion at Hoyt’s Theatre last evening.
The play was largely attended and
highly appreciated. It has been claim-l
ed that this play was Miss Hillman’s
best and the performance last night
bore out all that had been said in its
praise previously. “The Broker’s
Daughter” will be presented to night.
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Will Sojourn at Nassau.
- Mrs. W. F. Bishop and daughter,
Miss Marjory and Master Franklin
Bishop, will start on or about January
lst for Nassau, West India Islands, to
be gone about three months. The trip
will be taken for the benefit of Mrs.
Bishop’s health.
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V '77
Barker~Village.
William .H. Barker- and Miss Jessie
E. Village were married in South N or-
walk yesteaday by Rev. - F. W. Norris,
Mr. and'Mrs. Barker are spending their
honeymoon in New York state.
AV " 7‘
For Inventory.
The Roth & Goldsehmidt Corset fac-
tory will shut down on December 24th
and remain 'closed until January 3d.
The annual inventory will be taken at
that time.
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The Weather.
Threatening weather to-night with
rain Saturday.
BIRTHS.
BOWMAN—In Willimantic. Dec. 5, a
daughte1 to M1. and M15. Alf1ed G.
Bowman.
MARRIAGES.
BARKER— VILL AGE—In South N01 walk
Dec. 16, byRev F. \V. N01115,W1111am
H. Ba1 kex and Miss Jessie E. Village,
of South Nol walk
BEERS— MARSH— ~In N01 walk Dec. 15,
by Rev. F. E. Robbins. James H Beers
of N01 walk and Mrs. Eliza A. Marsh
‘ of B1 ookly n.
Ronwsou—Hmmv—Jn New Y01k,
Dec. 7. by Rev. Joseph HutchinSOn of
the Epiphany chu1ch, James Robinson
and Miss F1 anees E. Hinman, both of
N orwalk
HOYT—BROADHURST——In South N or—
walk, Dec. 14, by the Rev. R. O. Sher—
wood, WilliamH. Hoyt, and Miss Su-
san1 I? Broadbmst, both of South No1-
wa
MEEKER— HILL~~In Danbu1", Decem-
ber 14, by Rev. Albe1tF. Pierce, Alex-
ander Halsey Meeke1 and Miss G1ace
Crosby Hill, both of Danbu1y.
RIDER—S S'l‘. JOHN—In East Norwalk;
Dec.15, by Rev. A. J. Smith. HenryN,
Ride1 and Miss S. F1 ances St. John.
DEATHS.
BENJAMIN—~In Stratfm d. Dec. 111b,
S‘axah A. Wlfe of William Hem " Ben-
jamin, aged 59 mm s.
CONNOR—In Br-idgepmt, Dec. 11th,
Esthe1 C., u ife of Timothy J. Connm,
aged 39 years.
KOPP—In B1idgep01t. Dec. 11 Wil-
liam P. , son of the late John and Susan
Kopp, aged 2¥ea1s
VVHITE-ln 11d0 ep01t Dec. 10, Edna
G., daughter of John H. and Maty A.
W hite, aged 5 yea1 s and 9 months.
MCKEE—In South No1 walk Dec. 16,
twins to ML. and M15. Robert McKee.
DUNNING—~In Bethel,Dcc.12, Mary
A. Dunning. aged 68 yea1s.
FIELD —ln N01th G1eenwich, Dec.
10, William C. Field, aged 83 yeais.
KEENE—In East Nor-walk, Dec. 13,
M15. Chailes Keene.
MCKEEVER. —In Bridgeport, Dec. 12,
And1ew C. son of Almira and the late
John McKeever', aged 20 years.
SHERWOOD. —In Stratfield. Dec. 12,
Eliza A., widow of Alva She1wood,
aged 89 yeais.
STEELE. —In Bethe}, Dec. 11, Edith
B. .Steele,aged 2 years, 5 months.
VREELAND.~—In Bridgeport, 'Dec. 11,
William A. Vreeland, aged 50 years.
SMITH—In Bridgeport, December 13,
Birt Smith, aged 41 years, 10 months.
STEELE—111 Brldgepor 1., Dec. 14th,
Elizabeth C. Steele, at the residence of
her daughte1, Mrs. WilliamH. Stack-
pole, 622 State street.
CONK. ——In Po1t Jefferson, L. I ,Dec.
14, William Conk, aged 65 years.
GEDNEY—Jn N01 walk Dec.15, Pa-
tience Alida. widow of the late Jeffe1-
son Gedney, aged” 1 :) yeaxs. '
. Funeral f1 om the 1esidence of John
D. Kimmey, 32 W est at enue, F1 iday at
2 :30 p. m.
HELLMAN. — [1 Bridgeport, Dec. 15,
Barbara, wife 0 Anton Hellman, aged
57 years and 5 months.
M’CARTHY. —-In Bridgepmt, Dec. 14,
Ann, wife of Pan ick McCarthy, aged
27 years.
PROWITT. ——In Norwalk, Dec.15,
Sai ah J. Youngs, wife of Henry 2.
P1 ow1tt aged 86 years.
HANLEY—In Danbu1y, Dec.15, Pat-
1ick Hanley, of 29 Beaver st1eet.
HARGREAVEs—In Bridgeport, Dec.
15, Bridget, wife of James Hargreaves.
ROFF—In New York, Dec. 15, Maude
E. Rolf, daughter of John Roff, of Dan-
bury.
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