.WAITING} FOR [UNCLE SAM’S RATIONS A'I‘ CAVITE. Fiiou HARPER’S
Triple Crime.
it is now believed that arson, suicide
and murder are connected with the
Anderson fire in New Canaan, an ac-
count of which was published exclusive-
ly in Tuesday’s GAZETTE.
A double tragedy has undoubtedly
taken place on the outskirts of that
village, about four miles from the cen-
ter, and near North Wilton, on what is
MknOwn as the "Cheese Spring” road.
The man found hanging to a tree, as
told in the GAZETTE, was Fred Hah-
man, a German farm laborer, aged 48,
who had been employed by Mrs. Susan
Anderson. Indications lead to the
belief that he killed Mrs. Anderson
recently, set fire to the house and barn
Tuesday morning, and then hanged
himself.
The fire was noticed about 10 o’clock
in the morning by Zachariah Osborn,
the nearest neighbor. who lived abou,J
a mile away. He started across lots to
reach the fire as soon as possible and
when going through an orchard sever-
al hundred yards from Mrs. Ander-
son’s house he discovered the body ofa
man hanging from an apple tree. He
at once recognized him as Hahman
and as the ‘case was clearly one of
suicide he at once hastened to town
and notified the authorities. Though
Hahman was dead when discovered by
Mr. Osborn, his body had not become
cold and it must have been but a short
while before he was found hanging
that he committed self destruction.
Considerable time elapsed before any
other person reached the scene of the
fire and then the houseand barn had
been totally destrpyed.
As soon as possible, Medical Exami-
ner Dr. C. B. Keeler arrived and in
his examination found a letter on the
suicide’s body, which seemed to. indi-
cate that he had murdered Mrs. An-
derson and Constables John H. Da-
. viden and Joseph M. Silliman made a
hasty examination-of the ruins, with-
out discovering any ] traces of the
woman.
The letter found on Hahman reads
as follows:
“ I have worked here a. year and
have got no money and mighty little to
eat. I killed her. She has been dead
11 days. Seek and you shall find.”
The scene of the suspected crime is
a lonesome one and, moreover, on ac-
count of the unsocial disposition of
Mrs. ‘Andereon, she lived almost, en-
tirely isolated. Her- eccentric ways
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have given her a more than local repu
tation and inasmuch as she had been
in litigation with the town for some
time relative to having the town re-
piir the road that her home was on, she
has become well knowu to the vil-
lagers.
Mrs. Anderson was a determined
5 woman. She kept firearms in the house
lat all times and was always ready to
‘ use them. It is only about a year ago
I since she performed a nervy feat. She
1 awoke one night and found a burglar
f in the house. Without ceremony she
‘shot him with a revolver and then
' overpowered him. After tying him
I firmly with rope she brought him to
‘ this village and delivered him over to
the authorities.
A trawling peddler who made occa-
sional stops at the place, visited the
house a few weeks ago and was told by
Hahman that Mrs. Anderson had gone
to New. York. A few days ago he
by Hahman’s strange actions. This
time the farm hand said Mrs. Anderson
was dead, but would vouchsafe no fur-
ther information. If it is as believed,
thatthe woman was murdered, it was
probably the outcome of a quarrel over
money matters. The woman always
hired foreign labor and is reported
never to have paid them any money
and scarcely gave them enough to eat.
It is the prevailing opinion that during
ing the quarrel, the woman must have
been killed and in order to conceal the
evidences of his crime, Hahman fired
the buildings.-
about 200 feet apart. ,iThe live stock
was driven out of the barn before it
was set afire and the horses and cows
and other stock were found wandering
aboun
Hahman was born in Germany in
1850, was married and has four chil-
dren living in the old cohntry.
The suicide evidently intended not
to be thwarted in his attempt at self-
destruction. He used a clothesline
doubled and made a dexterous noose
and then jumped from an elevation so
that his neck was broken. _
Mrs. Anderson has a sister residing
Northrop, who-lives in New Canaan.
I Hahman is well known in South Nor-
walk, where he 'was sentenced to jail
for 30 days. some 2 years ago. for steel-
ing some silver spoons from Mrs. Frank
Godson.
again visited the place and was struck ,
The house and barn were situated
in New York and a brother, Turgess'
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W'EEKLY‘
Reproduced from Harper's Weekly. By Permission. Copyright, 1898, by Harper .8: Brothers
Dalton=Wigham.
A wedding of note in Norwalk socie-
ty took place at the First Congrega-
tional church, Tuesday afternoon at
3:15 o’clock, the parties to the contract
being Miss Florence Gertrude Wigham,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace B.
Wigham, of Elm street, and Frederick
Brainerd Dalton, of Danbury.
The altar of the edifice was tastefully
decorated with large palms and potted
plants for the occasion, and the old”
church was once more the scene of a.
nuptial event.
The church was literally thronged
with relatives and friends in the Nor-
walks and surrounding towns, besides
many from New York and other places.
Promptly at the appointed time the
bride escorted by her father, who gave
her away, arrived at the church [and
preceded by thé ushers and maid of
honor entered the church to the strains
of the old Lehengrin.
Rev. T. K. 'Noble performed . the
ceremony, using the ring service, and
in a few words pronounced the happy
couple, man and wife.
The bride’s gown was of green Irish
poplin trimmed with velvet, White satin
and chiffon; her hat was acombination
of the same colors, and her boquet was
of bridal roses. She made a charming
bride.
The maid of honor, Miss Edna H.
Wigham was attired in a dark blue
Venetian cloth costume,withtr1mmings
of black ribbon and white satin. She
wore a hat of black velvet trimmed
with plumes/and carried pink roses.
The groom’s attendant was William
E. Bulkley, city editor of the Danbury
News.
The ushers were Winfield BOWman,
of New Britain, Shelton Davenport,
Herbert Beal and Chateau Pierce, of
Danbury. They each wore as a bou-
tonniere a white chrysanthemum.
Miss May Adams presided at the
organ and discoursed the music during
the service. '
A reception was held immediately
after the ceremony at the Wigham
residence on Elm street, where Mr. and
Mrs. Dalton received the congratula-
tions of their relatives and a‘few inti-
mate friends, after which they departed
on a. wedding trip to southern points
of interest. Upon their return they
will reside in Danbury. where the
groom who is connected with the Dan-
bury News, is well and popularly known.
Many valuable and useful presents
are displayed among which is the
groom’s gift to his bride, of a. handsome
Fpiane.
Is Wealthy Again.
Bayard Clarkson who it is alleged
is the most aristocratic pauper ever
supported in Bridgeport, and who has
been a. public charge since last May,
received a letter at the alms house three
days ago which conveyed the informa-
tion that by the death of a maiden aunt
at Boston he had become heir to $100,-
000. He is now awaiting further ad-
vices. The poor authorities are also
anxious about his inheritance, for they
~expect to secure the payment of the
amount which his maintenance has cost
them.
The old man who says he is 74 years
old, is in splendid physical health, but
mentally he is no longer sound. After
he read the letter he destroyed it, as
he has a fear of lawyers. He says they
robbed him of a greater part of his 'for-
A few days later a letter, the
envelope of which bore the name of a.
tune.
Bridgeport banking firm, was deliver-'
ed to him. He hid it, but a day or two
ago told one of his friends that he
would receive $75,000 on January 1, and
that then he would give all of the in-
mates a grand treat.
“The first letter,” he said, “was from
my sister who lives in New Jersey. She
wrote to tell me that my maiden aunt,
Miss Elizabeth Johnson, of- Tremont
street, Boston, was dead, and had left
would be settled by New Year’s and
then I would get my share of it. All
that I fear is that the lawyers will get
most of it, for I had half a million once
and they got the largest part of that.”
Althougha common pauper, Clark-
son, it is said, can lay claim to posses-
America. The late Thomas F. Bayard
of Delaware, it is alleged, was his
cousin. On his father’s side he is de-
scended from the Clarkson family, in
whose honor, it is said Clarkson street,
New York, was named.
Thirty years ago he married a Miss
DePeyster. A month after the mat-
riage he left her and has since lived
alone. Once he had in his possession a
large tract of land near Flatbush, L. 1.,
but he sold it piece-meal to obtain
money to gratify his desire for a life of
dissipation. A valuable piece of New
York property went the same way. His
w ife has been divorced from him for
more than a score of years.
Six years ago Clarkson drifted into
Bridgeport. He frequented resorts,
where he was warmly welcomed be-
cause he had plenty of money. In all
of the six years he spent there he has
not drank a pint of liquor. He squan-
dered his money on women and on
“fake ” jewelry, which young fellows
bought and sold to him with the advice
that it would be a suitable gift for one
of his women friends. This advice he
always took, and several instances of
his paying $50 for a “diamond” ring
worth a $1.50 are recalled by those who
knew him well.
Six months ago Clarkson had ac-
cumulated a big board bill at the Wil-
son House and when the landlord in-
sisted on its payment he confessed that
he did not have a cent in the world.
When he had satisfied himself that the
old man was telling the truth the land-
lord told him that he could not afford
to keep him for nothing. The old man
then went into the streets, and, after
leading the life of a. beggar for a few
days, applied to the board of charities
for assistance. Poor Superintendent
Brennan gave him a home at the alms
house, where he has lived in content-
ment ever since, never once expressing
a desire to visit the city. All summer
long he worked on the town farm,
cheerfully doing the work of a day
aborer. ' .
‘
Charles Warner, an employee in the
Lounsbury, Mathewson & Co. Manu-
factory, suffered a serious accident at
the factory, Saturday afternoon.
While engaged in wiping up some
machinery with a wad of waste, his
right hand was caught between two
cogowheels of a. machine in motion and
the fingers of the same were‘ badly‘
crushed.
making an examination of "the lad’s
injuries, advised that the boy be taken
to the hospital for treatment.
Arriving there Dr. W. J. Tracey,
who is in charge. amputated the first
finger at the knuckle joint, the second
finger at the middle joint and the third
and fourth at the first joint. 0
.The lad is a son of Mrs. Lizzie Wer-
ner of, South Norwalk. who is employed
'et the Swertz 6t Corbett cigdr mann-
ifeetory. ‘v .. ,
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Dr. Beanwas summoned, and after »
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At 10:30 o’clock Sunday night Chris.
Michel, James Gh iotto and Henry Ger-
hardt were returning from a visit to
friends in'Westport, and when on Os-
born avenue, their attentions were at-
tracted to cries for help proceeding
from a point (in the. railroad tracks not >
far from the East Norwalk station.
They hastened to the point from
which the cries emanated and found a.
man lying beside the tracks evidently
the victim of the rail.
About the same time Robert Roberts
and Samuel Edas arrived on the‘scene,
having also heard the cries for help.
Roberts had a lantern, which proved
of considerable service.
The victim was consolous.
taken from the tracks and carried up
He was
an embankment and laid on the grass.
It was discovered that he had suffer
ed a badly mangled left arm, and that
his left foot was nearly severed from
his leg, and that the leg was badly
mangled and bones in the same crush-
ed.
Chris Michel and those with him
promptly whipped out their knives,
and cutting the clothing away, bound
up the wounds with their handker-
chiefs in order to quench the flow of
blood.
William Tate lives near the spot
me one-third of her estate, amounting I where the man had been taken and
to about $100,000. She said the estate '
came to the rescue and comfort of the
victim with a feather pillow and a
heavy blanket.
In the meantime, Doctors Baker and
Marshall had been summoned and on
their arrival recognized the serious-
ness of the man’s injuries, and ordered
I that the ambulance be brought to the
sion of some of the bluest blood in
scene for the conveyance of the victim
to the hospital.
A young man named Preece quickly
sped to A. Solman’s stables with Dr.
Baker’s order and in a. short time the
ambulance arrived and the victim was
taken to the hospital, where he died
shortly after his arrival.
The man retainedhis consciousness
during'the entire time and up to With-
in a few moments of his final dissolu-
tion.
While his first rescuers were caring
for him, they gained the following im-
portant information .
He said that his name was Herman
Winters, that he was 18 years old, and
that his home was 712 East street,
Holyoke, Mass. That he was a paper
maker by trade and was on his way to
Pennsylvania, where he had secured a.
situation. He also said that his father
was dead.
He was unable to explain just how
his deplorable plight came about. but
said that he must have fallen asleep
while riding on the bumpers of the
freight train upon which he was “wdrk-
ing” a ride to New York.
Congressman Hill’s party which in-
cludes himself, Dr. W. F. Acton,
James Maples, George Curtis and A.
W. Paige, sailed for Porto Rice, to-
day.
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