, LOCAL NEWS. A new barber-shop is to be opened on Water street, South Norwalk. . Andrew Selleck was in town on Sat- urday. , , Mrs. F. S. Byxbee is convalescent of a severe attack of quinzy sore throat. A new gas main is being laid on \Va- for street, South Norwalk. Theodore Olsen is having quite a tussle with an attack of the grip. Frank A. Ferris will address the Lamont club next Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Winfield S. Moody spent Sunday in town. Repairs are being made to the gas main at the foot of Haviland street, Sputh Norwalk. Miss Irene Brown of Riverside ave- nue is visiting in Cambridge, Mass. Miss Almira Taylor is seriously ill at her home on Orchard street. Mrs. Harry S. Peck is confined to her home on Cross street with an attack of the grip. Mrs. David Beers of Fairfield avenue, has been entertaining the Misses Eliza Smith and Ruth Sturges of Shelton. Mrs. Elton H. Baker of High street, South Kornalk, who has been visiting her sister, lvlrs. Guy O.Sawyer of VVal- ton, N. Y. has returned home. Among the Fourth-class postmasters appointed on Saturday, was Hiram J el- lifi‘e at Saugatuck. Mrs. Frank A. Ferris and Mrs. Ida S. Keep of South Norwalk, spent Sun- day in Northampton, Mass. The young people of St. Joseph’s parish will give a ball on Friday even— ing, April. 22nd, in Music hall. Miss Estelle Fitzgerald and Mrs. Irene D. Wilson of Brooklyn, were en- tertained over Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. George R. Van Alstyne of High street. Telephones have been placed in the J. W. Studwell store and the. Fairfield County Savings bank. Frederick A. Lockwood has returned from Port Austin, Mich., and will per- manently reside in town. Commodore Rogers expects to put his steam launch “Pearl” in commis- sion at an early date. William L. Porter, of South Main street, entertained his father, from Beverly, Mass, over Sunday. Dr. T. F. Bryne, of Union Hill, N. J., has been a guest of Michael Sheedy, of Winnipauk. Hubert E. BishOp will spend the lat- ter part of March and the early part of April touring through Egypt and the Holy Land. , The scholars of the Middle Five Mile River school will give an enter- tainment in Hoyt’s Theatre, Saturday night, April 2d. ' Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Stanley, of Brooklyn, were the guests Sunday of Walter P. Stanley, of Bayview avenue, South Norwalk. Seymour Curtis and Harry Merrill have purchased a sailboat from Robert Crauford of Westport. Charles Olmstead and Frederick A. Hill have been appointed commission- ers upon the assigned estate of Charles H. Tuttle. J. S. Ross of the Boston store, spent Sunday in New York. At the Central club, Monday, the first prize at XVhist was won by MrsMiloH. Parsons and the second by Miss Mabel Hoyt. The Buckingham Relief Corps will hold their supper on Tuesday evening, March 22nd instead of Friday the 18th as previously announced. Mrs. William Mellor of Meriden, has returned home after a pleasant visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 'William Lester of Wiunipauk. Mrs. JohnS. Seymour presided at the session of the Current Events’ club held in the Central club house this morning. ' The fronts of the Phoenix Engine and Pioneer Hook and Ladder company headquarters are being repainted in an attractive mannerby painters in the employ of J. T. Prowitt. Miss Lena Cole is greatly improved and will soon be entirely recovered from the operation for appendicitis which she recently underwent. She will soon return home. A boys’ social club has been or- ganized in South Norwalk. The offi- cers are, W. Edson Lewis, President; Aaron C. Coburn, Secretary; and Bur-_ gis D. Jennings, Treasurer. They will hold meetings every Monday evening. The capacity at present of unloading coal at Wilson Point is reported as be- ing 10,000 tons a month, and the capac- ity is being nearly‘ if not quite fully worked. No doubt, at a comparatively small expenditure, the capacity can be greatly increased, even to the extent of being quadrupled. The store in the Hadden building on Wall store, is to be opened as a gentle- men’s furnishing goods store by Willis Selleck a popular clothing clerk at present in the employ of Bryant, Besse & Co. No young man in town can start out with better prospects in the way of business than he. Surely his many friends will wish him the success heIeVidently ought to have accorded him} ‘WE'EKLY - Nth“’ A, DK '3 GAZETTE. Mrs. William. H. 'Wilcox of Elm Grove place, is confined to her home with the grip. . ‘ Dr. Willis H. Crowe of New Haven, spent Sunday at the home of his par- ents on West avenue. Mrs. George R. Van Alstyne will en- tertain the Yacht VVhist club at her home on High street, South Norwalk, Saturday afternoon, the 19th inst. The music committee of the First Methodist Episcopal church has en- gaged Frank Comstock as director and bass, and Mrs. James Golden as or- ganist forvt'he year, commencing May lst.\ Word was received this morning,that work will soon commence on the new Stat-in dock at Columbus Grove, and be rapidly pushed to completion. The Starin company has published its catalogue of summer resorts for ’98, and contains a cut of Columbus Grove as it will be when completed. Excur- sions are also being booked for that resort. Mary, widow of Squire Bradley, died at. the home of her daughter, Mrs. Su- sie Nickerson on Orchard street, Sat- urday, night aged 78 years. The deceased leaves six children, Chief-of-police Thomas Bradley, Mrs. Sarah Longstalf, Mrs. George Beecroft of Philadelphia, Mrs. Susie N icker- son, Mrs. George Nickerson, Mrs. George Cunley of Tarrytown, and scores of f1 iends to mourn her death. According to the monthly bulletin of the Connecticut State Board of Health 'there were during the month of Febru- ary, in llorwalk, thirteen deaths and twenty-six births, representing an an- nual death rate 7.0 far below the aver- age of like towns in the state. The causes of death were as follows: scarlet fever, 1; consumption, 2; pneumonia, 1; nervous diseases, 3; heart disease, 2; all other diseases, 4. The County commissioners have call- ed a meeting of the Senators and Rep- resentatives of Fairfield county for Tuesday, March 22, at 10:30 a. m., for the purpose of taking into considera tion the advisability of erecting a new court house at Danbury, and the lay— ing of the county tax upon the town grand lists, to provide for the county expenses. The commissioners will recommend that a tax of two-tenths of a mill be laid, which is one tenth less than the last tax. It is anticipated that there will be a lively session when the Dan- bury court house matter is brought up as there is opposition. . Antonio DeMarco, 19 years old, was convicted of murder in the second de- gree, on Saturday, in the Superior court, and was at once sentenced to Wethersfield for the rest of his natural life. Disappointed and weeping, his hands bound with manacles, the youth- ful murderer was led away to his prison cell. The slayer of his two uncles, Augustino' and Fillippi Pareli, in broken English sobbed out that he ex- pected to go free. g His father and sister and other Ital- ian friends from Stamford, with tears running down their cheeks saw. him start for the county jail, from which institution he will be taken to Hartford some day this week. Alexander Knapp, one of Norwalk’s oldest and best known colored resi— dent’s died at the Town Farm, Sun- day, aged about 56 years. “Sandy,” as he was familiarly called during the 60’s was commander of the clam-boat, “Fearnaught” and estab- lished quite a reputation as a sea farm- er. Steamers were introduced and as “Sandy” frequently said, “My busi- ness was broken up. ” Until within a few months he had acted as “errand boy” for a leading family in this city, but he was finally forced by reason of illness to visit the Town Farm where he died. To the surprise of many, it was found that he had $3 in cash in his possession and a bank book that called for some- thing over $100 more. Most of our older citizens will re- member “Sandy” as a good natured colored man, the victim of many upsets in the sound, in which the weight of his feet overbalanced that of his head and he escaped drowning. These eS' capes have frequently been chronicled in these columns. Seriously, “Sandy” was at heart, no doubt, a good man, and enjoyed the re- spect of all who knew him. The funer- al will be held this afternoon. Rev. W. A. Fisher, pastor of the Ger- man Lutheran church in Danbury, has been appointed by the church author- ities to go to South N orwalk and straighten out a certain difficulty that existed between the Lutheran church in that city and the pastor, Rev. Geo. Runge. Mr. Fisher has been accepted by the church as mediator. The Rev. George Runge has resigned the pastorate of the South Norwalk church and will move to .this city where he will take charge of a mission. The difficulty between Mr. Runge and the South Norwalk church seems to be with the younger members. The pastor is a German, direct from the old country, and not a naturalized American citizen, even. A great many of his ideas violently conflicted with those of most of his congregation, who are German—Americans, and hence the trouble which Mr. -Fisher will try to nettle—Stamford Telegram. ' The Lambert Murderers. Benjamin Willis and Frederick Max . Brockhaus, the alleged murders of Da- vid S. R. Lambert of Wilton, are now safely located in the Bridgeport jail. They arrived in charge of Sheriff Haw- ley and Deputy Sheriff Lyon at 9:13 Saturday evening. Brockhaus was in the rear of the train and did not lnow that Willis was on the train. Willis knew Brockhaus was there, but did not see him and neither will know where the other is until to-day. It is doubtful if Brockhaus will know until to-day that Willis has even been cap- tured. ' The details of the infamous and fiend- ish murder of David S. R. Lambert at Wilton, on December 17, last. with which these two are charged, are still fresh in the public mind, and need no repetition at this time. Brockhaus was located and arrested at the home of his brother, 111 Mel- rose street, Chicago, while eating sup- per last Tuesday night. He was com- pletely surprised, but waived extradi- tion and agreed to come on to Con- necticut peaceably. He had _just se- cured employment as a waiter 1n a res- taurant. Deputy Sheriff Lyon of South Nor— walk left Wednesday noon for New York, whence he left for Chicago Wednesday night to secure Brockhaus and bring him back. He arrived in Chicago Thursday night and spent Fri- day in attending to necessary details. Friday night he started east with his prisoner and arrived in New York in time to take the train leavmg the Grand Central station at 7 p. m. ' Last Friday morning Sheriff, Sidney E. Hawley received word from Chief of Police Kelly of Columbus, 0.. that Ben Willis had been caught and ar- rested in that city. immediately made reply and it was found that Willis would also waive ex- l tradition. Detective Koch of the Pink- erton agency started east with him and Sheriff Hawley left Bridgeport at 12:29 Saturday for New York and met Detective Koch in Jersey City at 3:20 and relieved him of his prisoner. He also boarded the 7 o’clock train with Willis at the Grand Central sta- tion, but did not know that Sheriff Lyon and Brockhaus were on the train. Sheriff Hawley and W'illis were in the smoker, while the other two were in the rear car. The conductor informed Sheriff Hawley of the fact that his dep- uty and the other prisoner were on the train. The sheriff sent back word to keep the two boys apart. Willis heard this conversation and knew his sup- posed accomplice was on the train, but Brockhaus did not know that he was there. Indeed, it is doubtful if Brock- haus, who has been in confinement since Tuesday, knew that Willis had been captured at all. When the train arrived at Bridge- port, Deputy Jailer Keenan met She r- iff Hawley and was sent back to hold the other two until 'Willis could be gotten out of the way. The two crimi- nals were taken to the jail separately, and, while Willis knows Brockhaus was on the train, he does not know that his companion is sleeping a few cells away from him. The two are in the same row of cells in which Boinay and Weeks were confined, but neither is in the same cell. Willis wore, when captured, a brown check business suit of neat pattern, which he said he purchased in Cincin- l nati, but his hair is long and he looks semewhat rusty. He is about five feet, eight and one-half inches in height, while Brockhaus, who was also well dresSed, is five feet, ten inches tall. Within fifteen minutes after the pris- oners were lodged in the jail Attorney Charles T. Duffy, of New York, and the Hon. Daniel Davenport of Bridge- port, called at the jail and asked to see the prisoner. They were refused. They l have been employed by Willis’ mother, who lives in New York, and still stands by her boy, ‘to defend the prisoner. Ben Willis is the main criminal. De- spite all the reports to the contrary that have been flashed over the country during the past Week, he is the man whom the authorities believe to be the leader in the murder of David S. R. Lambert. Brockhaus is supposed to be merely an accomplice. \Villis had not been caught when the story that Brock- haus was the leader was sent out. It is expected that when the case Comes to trial, Brockhaus will turn state’s evidence. It is believed that he was Only an accomplice and that W’illis fired the fatal shot. In its general bearings, the whole. af- fair is very much similar to that of Boi- nay and Weeks. For several reasons Slerif‘f Hawley is keeping as close a watch on these two prisoners as he did on Bointzy and Weeks. Special Ofiieers Kecna.2 and Hoyt will have that duty. Benjamin YVillis and Max Brockhaus were brought before Judge Elmer, in the Superior criminal court Manda-y afternoon 0n bench warrants. After a limited discussion in which Attorney Davenport, counsel for Willis, and State’s Attorney Fessenden took part, Judge Elmer remanded the men to the custody of Sheriff Hawley to await the May term of the court. Bonds were placed at $20,000 in each case. ri‘he men will be brought before the grand jury at that time and in all probabili- ties indicted for murder in the first de- gree. The two young men were brought in- to the court room by Deputy Sheriffs Plumb and Heisler. Neither look like criminals. Dressed respect-ably and intelligent in demeanor and expression the casual observer would hardly sup— pose them guilt-y of the worst crime in the decalogue. Willis is the best look- ing one of the two. His skin is swarthy and he has a wealth of black hair. His eyes are large and lustrous without that semblance of sneak,which prevents the ordinary criminal from looking into an honest man’s eyes. He appeared at ease, and seemed not to fear the result. Brockhaus was a trifle more nervous and appeared to be wor- ried. He is light complexioned, was dressed in a dark brown suit of fairly good quality, has blue eyes and a slight moustache. Willis recognized his old school mate, Jose Freyre, of Bridgeport, and spoke afew words to him. Willis’ counsel, Attorney Davenport, shook hands with him and held a hurried consultation. It is said that Willis is the illegitimate son of a New York clairvoyant, and that his father was a well known den- tist in Brooklyn, now dead. The moth- er is said to have quite a little money is willing to expend a sum of it to save Sheriff Hawley f her son. The name of the mother is given as Mrs. J. J. Perkins. Her as- sumed name is that of Madame Louise. It has been given out that both men had made confessions. Each accuses his pal of firing the fatal shots. Brock- haus was the first caught and the first to confess. He did so without promise of reward or leniency and so the state is in no wise bound to save him from the gallows. Willis, too, broke down when arrested, it is alleged, and ad: mitted being at the scene of the mur- der, but claims that he did not fire a shot. _ The authorities state that they have indisputable evidence to the fact that two revolvers were used, and that David Lambert came to his death through wounds inflicted by two per- sons. It will be remembered that Judge E1- mer 1n charging the jury in the case of Charles Boinay dwelt strongly on that portion of the general statutes which dealt with cases of murder. Section 1399 provides that “All murder perpe- trated or committed while attempting arson. burglary. rape or robbery, shall be murder in the first degree. Judge Elmer’s interpretation of this was that the presence of Boinay at the scene of the crime, being there as he was for the purpose of robbery, constituted guilt in the first degree of murder. it made no difference whether or not he fired the shot his presence made him equally guilty with his pal. So it is in this case. Granted that both have con- fessed their presence at the Lambert house on the night of the crime; that both confess to have witnessed the shooting, but each denies responsibil- ity, and the state has its case pat. By the wording of the statute both men are guilty of murder in the first degree. They stand indicted of manslaughter, but this will be changed to the more serious charge. ' The case may turn out to be similar f":to that of Boinay and Weeks. One of the prisoners may go on the stand and swear the crime upon the other fellow. It is stated authoritivcly, however, that the state does not need any more from either man than they have already stated. Evidence strong enough to convict has been secured. This is mainly the strongest kind of circum- stantial evidence. .A meeting of the, Norwalk Hospital directors was held last Monday, which was fully attended and the decision of the board will be of much import to Norwalk and its residents. The plans and specifications as pre- sented by Architect H. G. Lampson of 3rldgcport, were accepted in prefer- ence to others offered. ' They call fora building as previously outlined in these columns, that will meet with all the needs of the town for many years to come. . The plans also comprise such a build- ing as in. which private patients can be provided with accommodations. In fact it will, when finished, be one of the-best located and fully appointed hospitals in this section of the state. Something worthy of note to the credit of the board of directors is the fact that they ordered the committee to advertise for bids for the construc- tion of the building, and that no bids I other than from local contractors I would be accepted. There is no doubt now but that the l new—hospital is an assured fact. I It has'long been recognized that the I present quarters on Leonard street were inadequate to the .needs of the g public, and that the attendant physi- i clans, surgeons, nurses, etc. were com- , polled to work at a disadvantage. Every humanitarian in the town will hail the building of a new hospital as a grand blessing to mankind. In response to a call for a mass meet- ing atMusic hall Sunday evening for the benefit of Cuban sufi‘erers there was a : large attendance. and the meeting was a very enthusiastic one. The meeting was in interest of a coliection for the benefit of people who are starving to death in Cuba, and the call for aid met with a hearty and sub- stantial response from those present. General Russell Frost presided and in a happy manner introduced the dif- ferent speakers after having himself outlined in a graphic manner the suf- ferings 0f Cubans on that island. He also spoke of the present troubles existing between Spain and this coun- try, but counselled peace, although ex- pressing eonfidence in President Mc- Kinley’s ultimatum in the matter, feel- ing assured that his decision would be for the best interests of the country of which beds the head. His remarks were followed by a pa- triotic and sympathetic prayer for the sufferers, by Rev. B. O. SherWood. He then made a brief address in which he dwelt upon the hardships being suf- fered by the residents of the island. He was followed by Rev. A. S. Kav— anagh, who spoke on the same line, and courteously asked Rev. Father Winters why the Pope had failed to exercise his power in a way of abating the suffering. Mr. Kavanagh was followed by Rev. John T. Winters who seemed from his remarks to be heartily in accord with the spirit of the meeting, and conclud- ed his remarks by answering the ques- tion propounded by the previous speak- er, and did so in a manner that won for him the respect of all present, and to their enlightenment of the situation of the church in the premises. Rev. Gerald H. Beard was another one of the speakers and he gave figures of the terrible privations, sufferings and deaths on the island and took occa- sion to say that they had not been gleaned from newspapers of the yellow journal order but were bona fide re- ports furnished by men who could be relied upon. The speeches were interspersed with patriotic songs by the church choirs, and P ~ul Schultz, Jr. sang a solo that met With favor from the audience. A flattering collection was taken up. of which Hon. John H. Ferris was ap- pointed to act as treasurer, and forward the same to the New England Relief commit-tee. ,._ — » - ,- ,_,__._.._____ Round Table Discussion. Tthiterar y committee of theCentral club have announced a round table discussion for Monday, March 28th, at eight o’clock in the evening. the sub- ject under discussion to be “The Needs of Norwalk.” Seven prominent citi- zens have been asked to speak and have. consented. The guests of,the evening are to be the members of the ized in time, and the members of the Norwalk club. The speakers and their 5tepics will beannounced later. South Nerwalk club, if that is organ-- ——.v———— u..— The Westport Trolley Road Not. Sold Yet. The adjournedmeeting of the stock- holders of the Westport S: Saugatuck Electric Street Railway Co. was held Tuesday, but no business was trans- acted. Vice President Nash called the meeting to order, and stated that the out of town parties had suggested another postponement for a few days, as they still had some matters under consideration relative to the sale of the road. Mr. Nash stated that he had assur- ances that everything would be in readiness to proceed at the next meet- ing, and it was voted to adjourn for two weeks. There appears but little change in the sentiment of the resi- dents as regards the probable purchas} ers. It is hinted in some quarters that the Bridgeport Traction Co. as a cor- poration is not after the road. It was confidently expected that yesterday’s meeting would settle the matter, and the name of the new owners would come out. There was a conference a few days ago in New York of the out- side parties who will eventually secure the franchise, and while it is under- stood no question was raised over the price, there was a difference regarding some other feature that it was thought best to thoroughly understand before the sale was consummated. Just what the difference was is a matter of private concern, and no one outside of the parties interested has any knowledge of it. One of the offi- cials of the road stated that he was in a position to know that an early agree- ment was probable, and by the next meeting the horizon cleared. In the meantime the identity of the intending purchasers is kept in the background; Whoever they may be, they are seem- ingly desirous of proceeding cautiously. The capital stock of the r ad is $40,000: since the introduction of electricity as motor power, its earnings have increas- ed somewhat, but not sufficiently to make the road a paying investment. It is known that the stockholders are willing to dispose of it as they consider it an elephant on their hands. As a distinct line operating within itself it is a losing enterprise, but as a continu- ation or branch ofone of the adjacent lines, either in Bridgeport or N orwalk, it could be made profitable. “' 4" 7‘ Sprained Her Ankle. Mrs. E. G. Aiken is nursing a severe sprain to her right ankle, sustained by a misstep. While compelled to bobble about on crutches, she thin ks that the right ankle will be in full accord with the left within a few days. 4 A-‘ ‘vv 7 William Barnes has charge of the milk route owned by the late Henry W. Raymond. :Ahram Fitch’s Barn Burned._ There was a fire on Westport avenue‘, late Tuesday afternoon that resulted in the destruction of a barn on the property of Abram Fitch. The‘fire was first discovered by Mr. Fitch who was engaged in feeding his stock which he houses in the lower part of the barn. He had occasion to visit the upper story of the barn and saw a flame in the hay at the east end of the mow, and says that he hastened down stairs to a cistern where he secured a pail full of water and dashed it upon the fire but to no purpose. He then turned his attention to the saving of his live stock and succeeded in getting them all out of the barn with the exception of a fatted calf which was burned to death. About thirty»five tons of hay, a wa- gon, farming implements, harnesses, etc., also went up in smoke. Neighbors gave all the assistance in their power in the way of saving prop - erty in the barn. The barn which was about 80x32 vas an old fashioned one, solidly built, and some of the timbers of the same were burning this morning. The fire lighted up that section of Fort- unately the wind was blowing in an op- the town with great brilliancy. posite direction from the Fitch resi- dence, else that toomight have been sacrificed. Sparks from the fire communicated with the dry grass in adjoining fields and thence to what is known as the Lockwood woods, but no great damage was done in that direction. Among the articles saved were three sets of harness, two horse rakes, and a wagon. Mr. Fitch claims that the fire was of incendiary origin. ”—40...— Among other questions of reward which came up before Judge Elmer Monday, was that of the $200 offered by the town of Norwalk for the arrest and conviction of Owen Murphy who threw vitriol in the face of Jennie Kin- sella. The amount was claimed by William McAllister, John Hennessey, David Louden and William Louden. Judge Elmer decided that each was entitled to $50 of the reward. This part being settled the four men announced their intention of passing the money over to the victim of Mur- phy’s fiendish attack, Miss Kinsella, and asked Judge Elmer too see that this was carried out. The court complimented the men up- on their noble act. deed trustworthy, for none of the men are wealthy and $50 would be a neat, acceptable sum of money. Their ac- tion deserved all the praise that Judge Elmer could give. . f, [Ill/l; ‘i/lv ‘ . ,l .' ill" I’ N‘s“ , 3 57/17/77" (,1; ‘ :‘y l", I' I I l,’/' I ‘1" [/1/4/1 FRONT AND BACK OF \VASH SHRT “DUST FROM HARPER’S BAZAR . . ' . . r The neck is finished for wearing plain collars and cravats in tailor style. The shirt sleeve, with a few gathers at the top and waist, and a broad straight cuff. The appropriate finish of this waist is a jaunty leather belt. The proper cut of the waist can be obtained ‘from the cut patterns furnished by Harper’s Bazar, where it appears. Quantity of material required—three and a quarter yards of thirty-two inch cotton goods. In direct contrast to the French waist now being worn across the wa- ter is a new utility shirt waist, one of the tailor models, with smaller sleeves than last year, embodying one of the best New York styles, especially suita bio for striped ginghams and percales. , The fullness of the front is gathered or pleated into a small space at both neck and waist line. The back has a slight fullness under the pointed yoke. The action is in- . ,~
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