' Croi’ut ill New Haven. Local News. Willis Woodward is ill of grip at his home on West avenue. Miss Rita Clark spent Sunday with her parents in New York. ' Charles Kellogg has been ill at his- hOme on Camp street. . The quarterly meeting of the Central club willbe held on Monday next. Mrs. C. B. DeKlyn is a guestof Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Meeker, on Mott ave- nue. Harrie Morehouse has gone to New~ port News, Van, for a week's b‘isiness trip. _ Mrs. James Golden. of Fairfield ave- .nue, is visiting her sister Mrs. W. S. ”John Murpl y and Edward Flynn have been appointed trustees of St. Joseph's church for the ensuing year. Miss Huttie Meloourne,of New York. was the guest of Miss Meda Adams, of Taylor avenue, Sunday. Misses Annie and Maggie Kindelein, of West street, went to New York Sat- urday, for a short visit. Mrs. Frank Stevens, of Cos Cob, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. William H. - ‘Wilkins. ‘of Seymour Place. Miss Ella Sherwood of Long Ridge, has been a guest of her cousin, Misses Lottie and Ida Hosegood of Seaside place. , The ladle." of the South Norwalk Congregational Church are arranging for a supper to be given in the church in the near future. ‘ The suit of the Holmes, Keeler S; Selleck Company et al vs. Fredrick Mead has been decided in favor of the plaintiff's. Rev. James H. Brown is visiting his father, Hiram S. Brown, of East Nor- walk. Rev. Mr. Brown will ofiiciate in the East avenue Methodist church, next Sunday: ' Concord Division, S. of T., will cele«~ brate its 55th anniversary in its rooms on March 13th. Miss Louise B. Woodward of Elm street, is convalescent of a severe ill- ness. ' Mrs. R. H. Flynn, ‘of this city, is spending a week visiting friends in . Norwalk.~ Dan bury N cws. Mrs. George Hendrickson, of Camp street, has returned home from a trip to Long Island. ' A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick St. John Lockwood, of New York city. Mr. Lockwood is a son of .the late Dr. Lockwood, of Norwalk. E. M. LOckwood and family expect to occupy their new home on East ave- nue on May 1st. Mr. and Mrs. John ,A. Riggs will move from Union Park to the residence in Elm street at pres ent occupied by Mr. Lockwood. .Rev. J. T. Winters, of St’. Joseph’s parish, announced, Sunday, that he , had secured a very noted lecturer for St. Patrick’s eve, to speak at Music hall. There will be an entertainment also, and the proceeds will be given- to the hospital. :Mrs. Hattie S. Barnes and nephew, ‘James A. Hoyt, of South Main street, have returned home from a ten days’ visit with Mrs. William F. Renoud, of Georgetown. Fred Starr, formerly of Bayview ave- nue, has purchased a tobacco business in Newburg, N. Y., and will take up his reSldence there. The Greenwich grand list shows an increase of over $330,000. Fifty-seven new houses have been erected which is eleven short of the number built in 1897. The Ladies’ Aid society held a mis- sionary tea ill the lecture room of the Norwalk Baptist church, Monday even- ing. A neat sum was realized. 'Rev. T. D. Van Doren addressed the Farther Lights societies of the Nor- walk and South Norwalk Baptist churches, Monday evening. A silver collection was taken which added to the fund for‘missionary work. BThe choir of the. South Norwalk Bap- tiSt church for the year commencing May lst will consist of Mrs. Charles F Boutwell, soprano; Miss J. Pearl reg- ory, alto: George H. Hirst, tenor; Chil ton Baker, bass. Miss Henrietta Wing has been engaged as organist. Mrs. Charles Burrows of Cleveland, Ohio, is Visiting her mother, Mrs. E. A. Mott of West Main street. Mrs; Burrows has just returned from Wash- ington where she represented the Cleveland chapter, D. A. R. at the con- vention. She Will remain with her mother for a week. Judge G. W. Wheeler, of the Su- perior Court rendered a decision Mon- day in the case of Stephen E. Holmes ~ against Frederick Mead for the plaintiff to recover $3,538.41 on one count and $1,923.34 on another. The plaintiff Mr. Holmes, broughta suit of foreclosure on two notes, one on a mortgage given originally to him and the other to Holmes &. ,Keeler, of Norwalk, who made'an assfgnment of the note to him. Mr. Mead in defense, claimed that the property which it sought to fore— close belongs to his wife, having been transferred to her for sum of money advaneed to him for m in business. The court grants the brochure. A daughter has been born to B. Harris and wife in New Haven. A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles R... Helmer, of Bridgeport.’ Mrs. W. S. Bartram, of Harriet street, is recovering from an attack of the grip, Hanford Averv and Wife, who are in Wisconsin for their health, are expect- ed home April lst. Mr. Avery is. greatly improved in health. The Norwalk Methodist church rais- 'BROCKHAUS UNDER TRIAL. The superior criminal court con- vened at 10 ‘i'. m., yesterday, when the case of Max Brockhaus, accused of being implicated with Ben. Willis in the murder of David S. R. Lambert, at Wilton, in December, 1897, was called for trial. It required~ two hours to empanel a jury and at noon the case ed about five hundred dollars for mis- l sions'last Sunday morning. . Mrs. James H. Hyatt died at hot ' home on Main street, Saturday morn- ing. Mr. and Mrs. F. Edward Birch of Betts place. are moving to Bridgeport, whet e Mr. Birch is employed. Miss Polly Wilkinson of Stamford, was a guest Saturday, of friends in South Norwalk. .. D. S. Davenport, of South Norwalk, left town Sunday night, for a trip through Maine to Canada. He will be gone one week. Mrs. W. F. Bryant of Maple street, has been visiting in Bridgeport. Miss Lottie Coleman, of East Now, walk, has been entertainirg Miss Ella Kenyon, of Providence, R. 1., Mrs. E Knapp, of Stamford, is visit- ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Gavanagh, of Main street. ' Frank Briggs hasaccepted a position. in Hubbell St Keeler’s hardwale store. Our Brothers’ Lodge, 1.0. O F,, will meet this evening. The Chess, Checker- and thist club will occupy rooms in the Quintard building on Wall street after April lst. Charles Stanley who has been ill for the past week, at his home 0.1 Main street, Is improving. Mrs. George Hendrickson, of Camp street, has returned from a trip to Lawrence, Long Island, where she has been visiting friends. 'John Gormley,the Main street saloon- keeper, has made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. ' Mrs. W. H. Baldwin, of Wall street, who has been a grip patient for a week, is improving. Miss Florence Brothel-ton, of Bridge port, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Brothel-ton. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Shea left South Norwalk,‘ Tuesday, for Worcester, Mass, where Mrs. Shea. will spend a few weeks with'her parents. ' A. J. Collins, of South Norl'alk, en- tertained his brother, Thomas Collins, of Danbury, over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Golden of West avenue, contemplate a trip to Florida the latter part of this week. Clinton Rose ofBrooklyn, has return- ed home from a. three weeks’ visit to Willis Burr. Mrs. Eliza Miller of Wallingford is a guest of her daughter, Mrs. C. Whit- worth of Lynes place. Charles S. Barraclough and Miss» Priscilla Eustis, of South Norwalk, were married in Stamford Monday. Mr. William Mosher, who has been suffering from paralysis of the right side for a long while, is slowlygrecover- mg. . ' Mrs. Ruth G. D. Havens, who has been visiting her sister. Dl‘. Emily V. D. Pardee, has returned to her home in Washington, D.\C. There are 160 prisoners in the county jail, including the 14 convicts who will soon be transferred to the State prison. This is an unusually small number for this season of the year. The insurance firm of Walter L. and William S. Wilcox has been dissolved by mutual consent, William S. Wilcox retiring from the business. Rev. S. B. Pond of St. Paul’s church preached the sermon at the. meeting of the Putnam Hill Chapter, D. A. R. in Christ church, Greenwich, Sunday. It was ofa patriotic nature and greatly enjoyed. The case of Lynch vs. Horton for a. judgment of $40 came up in WiltOn Sat— urday. The case was continued until March 6. Attorney Lockwood and Hurlbutt appeared for Lynch and Horton respectively. . The La Mont club met, Sunday, in the South Norwalk Congregationa church, and devoted the session to business. Several amendments being was opened by IrW'ln G. Weed, the- architect, who testified to the plans and drawings made by him of the Lam- bert house. He was followed by Dr. William J. Tracey, of Norwalk, who was called to attend the murdered man and was at the autopsy. Dr. Tracey testified to the bullet found in the brain, having been » the ,immediate cause of Mr. Lambert‘s death. He- ad- mitted on crOSs-exitmination that the wound in the back would have caused hemorrhage. ' Joseph M. .Bucknam, a. conductor on the “Red” line trolley cars, running from South Norwalk to Winnipauk, testified to Willis and Brockhaus boarding his car on the night of the murder. Bucknam testified to his car having started from the South Norwalk depot at 4:40; it prodeeded up town along Main street toward Winnipauk. When they reached the Warwick house Willis got on the car and went inside; Bucknam stated that Willis acted as though he was drunk; he went inside and sat down; about a block further on Brockhaus boarded the car and stood on the’rear platform. Bucknam went on to state ‘now he saw Brockhaus go into the car when the passengers got off, and kick Willis’ foot; that seemed to rouse Willis from a sleep. Then they entered into con- versation. They went to the end of the line where they got out and proceeded in the direction of whore the Lamberts lived. He described Brockhaus as having a black suit, no overcoat and a brown derby ‘ hat. tWillis wore an overcoat. ' On cross-examination Chamberlain gleaned from the con- ductor. that strangers were so rare along his line as to make them ob- jects of special curiosity, that he could pick them out at any time, male and female; also the fact that the accused men got on at separate points, and af- ter the passengers had left the car the singular acquaintanceship that Attorney sprang up. Conductor Bucknam also ”testified that a man named Josephsand two wo- men, one a stranger, were on the car and went to the end of the route. A portrait was shown Bucknam who identified itas a picture of one of the men seen that night. Frankaosephs, a bronze polisher, testified to haveing seen both Willis and Brockhaus on the day of the murder. At the time they were on a. Newtown avenue car and after a moment’s con- versation with the conductor, got off about at the Mahackemo hotel in South Norwalk. Josephs boarded a “Red” line car and later he saw both Willis and Brockhaus there; but where they got on he did not know. ' On Chamberlain succeeded in securing evidence that contradicted Conduct-or cross-examination Attorney Bucknam upon'one or two apparently vital pomts, principally in the dress of the two men. Josephs placed a black derby on Brockhaus’ head, while Buck- nam made it. brown. Bucknam dis- tinctly stated that Brockhaus wore no overcoat and Willis did wear one. Josephs’ [evidence was to the effect that neither man wore an Overcoat and he refused to be shaken on that point. He was asked regarding the height of Brockhaus and .Joseph represented himself as being five feet nine inches and swore that Brockhaus who he made to the constitution. One of the amendments required that applicants should be 20 years of age to gain mem ' bership in the club. ‘ The Library club met at the Central club house Monday evening and spent the time in sociability. Games were played and the prize was awarded to Miss Marie Keith. The 'entertainers were: Miss Helen Quintard, Miss Alyse Gregory, Miss Marie Keith, Miss Amy Dodge and Miss Millie Wilcox. Re- freshments of. cake and cream were served. . walk, has begun an action in the Super- ior Court, for a divorce from McCubbin Lingan, on the ‘ground of desertion. and the husband shortly afterwards de- serted her. She has not seen him since nor has she received any support from A him. Violette D. Lingau, of South Nor- . The couple were married in J upe,1893, ' expressly stated was not as tall as him, to be five feet 10 inches. ’ He further denied the statement 'made by the conductor, regarding a, conversation they. had about the mur- der, the tnight following. Josephs swore that the night following was Saturday, that he did "not work that afternoon, neither did he go up on Bucknam’s car Mrs. Lambert, widow of the mur- dered man, was then called. After be— ing duly sworn and testifying to her identity, State’s Attorney Fessenden said : “Now, Mrs. Lambert, I want you to tell the jury your story, in your own way,” and Mrs. Lambert said : “After Mr. Lambert went away I lit‘ two or three lamps. The mail man brought me some mail about 6 o’clock. He stayed only long enough to any a wanknrrnoHWALk-onzn few words. After he had gone I sat down by the stove and commenced to read my mail. I heard a. noise in the back hallway as if some one was fum- bling about. I thought it was my hus- band. The rear door opened and tvlo men wearing masks entered." One of them spoke and said, ‘Where is the money ‘9 ‘ Where is Mr. Lambert.- ‘9’ They pointed their revolvers at mu. I stood up and was unable to move. The man said again, ‘Don’tyou say a \\'0rd. Hold up your hands.’ I said, ‘you shall He seized me and we struggled across the room. I leaned over on the table and blew out the light. I got the. not.’ ‘door open and my -heel on the sill Then I was jerked back and thrown on the floor.” ,At this point in the story Mrs. Lam- bert explained by the diagram of the dining rdom just how the- struggle had taken place and where she was thrown. “Aften I had been thrown to the door,” she continued, “the man with whom I was struggling cried out, ‘Give me that bottle; give me that bottle.’ The other man handed him a. bottle. ,I continued to struggle and he had some trouble in using the chloroform. The other fellow cried out, ‘Do it as I told you.’ I woke up and was chloroformed again. The next time I knew anything I heard a. door slam. Ropes were drawn around me and I was fastened hands and feet. I saw my husband lying On the floor ,at the end of the room. The doors were locked. I went to Andrew Bell's house nearbjsand told him what had happened. My husband died Dec. 22.” Mrs. Lambert identified a purse which Attorney Fessenden produced as her husband’s. A box that had stood on a bureau in one of the chambers, her husband’s watch, a black mask found on the night of the murder sim ilar to those the two men wore, the potato with which she had been gagged, the handkerchief that had been used to chloroform her, the rope with which she had been bound, were all identified and admitted in evidence without ob- jection on the part of Brockhaus’ coun- sel. On the direct examination witness ,said she had recognized the voice of one of the men who had spoken as that of Willis. The other man had only spoken once while she was conscious and he had said, “Do as I told you.” Both men had pointed their revolvers at her. Both wore black masks. She had not seen Willis before the trial since 1896, yet she was sure it was h: s voi0e she heard. _ ' On the cross examination by Attor- ‘ney Chamberlain an attempt was made to shake her testimony as to Willis’ voice, but without success. Several questions were asked as to the arti- cles stolen from the house and'ers. Lambert was excused. Town clerk Henry E. Chichester of Wilton, was put on the stand to identify the several bullets given him later. The four empty shells and two loaded ones he found at a hall door; the handkerchief and the pocketbook he the stove, empty and partly open. Mr. Chiches- ter swore that the pocketbook was empty; he had looked into it himself The remains of the potato used for a found on the table near gag was also identified. Mrs. Lambert was recalled and swore that the pocketbook in question was not on the table beside which she sat. She could not swear that Mr. Lambert had the pocketbook on the day of the shooting, but he made it an invariable rule to carry it, and if he had not done so on‘thatday, it must have been on a dresser in her bedroom. Herbert E. Ogden, brother of Mrs. Lambert, testified to the finding of three bullets; one was dug out of the door by himself, one other, at his re- quest, was dug out of the door by Mr. Thompson and a third was found by the brother of Mr. Ogden, in the pcle of the portiere. ‘ Mrs. Andrew_ Bell, a neighbor Mrs. Lambert, repeated her testimony in the Willis case, as to the finding of Mr. Lambert. She put a pillow under Mr. Lambert’s head. She declared that one‘ of the table cloths she had been ironing that afternoon was on the table and covered with blood. David R. Ogden, a brother of George Ogden, said he went into the Lambert house after the shooting and discover- ed a bullet under a portiere. He hand- ed it to his brother who was by him. Frank Taylor, of Wilton, testified to the. finding. of the fourth bullet which figures in the trial. He found it in the of T 1‘ I‘ll 1 bed, where' Mr. Lambert had been placed, under the sheets. It ht} . r ip ped frOm one of the murdered man’s wounds. ‘He handed the bullet to George Ogden. ,Q h . Dr. Andrew B. Gorh’fm, of Wilton, who dressed Mr. Lambert’s injuries, was called. He identified a. bullet taken from the body and the three bul- lets which he had placed in the care of Mr. Chichester on. the Sunday follow- ing the murder. The 12 men who are to pass upon the guilt of the accused are: Edward F. Hallen, of Bridgeport, Arthur S.-Mans- field, of Brookfield, Seth W. Raymond,- Lf Darien, Thomas H. Wheeler, of Fair- lield, S. R. Keeler, of Westport, Pat- rick Kennelly, of Bridgeport, Frank M. Raymond, of Westport, George S. Adams, of Westpofl, Philip H. Haugh, of Newtown, Charles H. ‘Hurlburt, of Bethel, Joseph Burnham, of Bethel, and Charles S. Everitt, of Easton. ———-——‘0.0>———— March at Central Club. Monday, Mar. 6, at 3 p. m., quarterly meeting, at which Mrs. T. K. Noble, vice-president will preside. , Important business. An amendment to the by-laws offered by the Executive committee to be voted upon. Tuesday, March 7. at 3 p. m., Rev. T. DeWitt Talmadge Van Doren, w1ll speak upon "Two Minds in a Man.” Tuesday. March 14. at 3 p. m., 'Abia- thar Blanchard, will speak upon “The Educational Needs of the.Norwa1ks." Tuesday. let, at 3 p. m., Rev. George Weed Barbydt will speak upon, “The Beginnings of English Literature.” Monday. Mar. L7th, at 3 p. m., Lent- en musical, uuder the direction of .\l rs. C. S. St. John. , A series of Lenten teas ofan informal character will be given each Sunday of the month from 450 b‘ p. m. Two members of the club will be in charge of the tea table which will be set up in the stage In. the assembly room. At- 4:30 exactly a twenty minute program consisting of the reading of a s'tm-t story- or one, or two numhe 's of niusic will be given. the following members o.’ the board in charge in turn, Miss Pin- neo, Miss Stevens, Mrs. Byingtzin. Mrs. Lyon. Card rooms open. Penny Provident bank open every Saturday a. m. from 10 to 12. ————I—-.—-—»<o'.t>~-—-—--——— February Reception. The Men's Sunday Evening club of the South Norwelk Congregational church held their February reception in the church parlors Tuesday evening. St. Valentine’s Day was' observed in the form of a programme, on which were the following numbers: Address by Nelson Dickerman; ad- dress on George Washington. William C. Foote: address on Abraham Lincoln, John H. Light; solo, Mrs. George Bux- BOD. Refreshments of coffee, sandwiches and cake were served by the Ladies’ society of the church. The entertainment committee was composed of R. A. HOlmes, chairman; Nelson Dicberman, Charles E. Jen- nings, Frank A. Ferris and Mr. Water- bury. ' l TRAIIIED DOGS. Are Said to Be the Most Profitable Attraction In the Vande- vllle Line. “Considering the investment, trained dogs are one of the most profitable at- tractions in the vaudeville line,” said an lthere are at least 12 or 15 troupes of .them scattered over the country,” he continued, “and the good ones easily average a couple of hundred aweek and expenses. As there are no salaries to pay tor the dogs and no hotel bills for anybody except the proprietor and one .keeper the returns are rather hand- some. Nowadays they have the busi: ness down to such a fine point that the ,sudden death of any of the animals can be readily remedied by telegTaphing to New York, where several men make a specialty of keeping . standard trick dogs in stock. A dog troupe usually consists of five performers, one of w ich is a star. The star probably cost $150 and the others about $50 apiece. Mongrels of no intrinsic worth are gen- erally selected for training purposes, because they learn as quickly as the thonoughbreds and if anything happens to them the loss is so much lighter. There. is a standard-series of tricks which they are taught to do, so thatone can easily replace another, anda little ingenuity on the part of the showman supplies the varied)" to the programme. It goes without saying that the star performer has his special act. which some of the rest attempt. I am speak- ing now of the general run of such en- tertainments. There are a few collec- tions of finely lira—‘4’ dogs that have been most i‘elalmrutely and marvelously trained by their exliibitcrs and, of course. they are unique. One such troupe is at present coining money by the bushel in (‘_t;l;:t."' I .1..pul'!c tunnel-ml the-Frenchman. A :cceutiy arrived Frenchman, who visited a well~knowu Boston establish— ment one day to fit himself out for. a long journey to the west, says the Bos- ton Transcript, was complaining bit- terly of the cold. “Don’t you have cold weather in France?" asked the sales- man who waited on him. “Why, cer- tainly. we have ze cold weather in France." was the reply, “but we do not have ze all four seasons in one day in Fanceu” " to ‘oldfime showman recently. “I suppose‘ CUMMUllllfli KEELEH ”4—: NorwalkiYacblt Club. Holds . [t’s‘ Annual Meet— , " ing. ' ll MANY NEW‘OF’FICERS.‘ The Club Will Issue Bonds to Pay Off In- debtedness. The annual meeting and election of officers of the Norwalk Yacht club was held in the parlors of the} Mahackema Saturday evening. Commoddre P. G. Sanford called the meeting to order shortly after 8 o’clock, and the rolll call showed 36 ' members present and 21 proxies, a majority of ten. The reports of the treasurer, sect-e} tary and assistant secretary were read and approved, after which the election of officers took place, Ollie Jennings and Lewis H. Nash acting as tellers. Prior to the meeting four members of the governing committee held a. meeting and decided that the commo- dore should be elected by a majority vote of those present instead of by a majority of the members both present and absent, as had been the previous custom. We give the vote, however, as required by the constitution. to be filled and resulted as follows : Whole number votes cast 57 Necessary to election 47 Dr. C. B. Keeler 55 Scattering ; . l 2 The announcement of Dr. Keeler’s election was received with applause; The office of vice commodore was next voted upon with the following re- sult. . ? Whole number 56 Necessary to election 47 A. E. Chasmar 48 Geo. A. Jennings 5 Scattering , Mr. Chasmar was declared elected. Considerable quiet kicking was in- dulged in by five or six members of the club who had cast blank ballots when ‘ the announcement of Chasmar’s elec- tion was made and their votes‘appar- ently counted for him. The rear commodore was next voted. upon as follows: Whole number 5% Necessary to election I 47 Clarence Osborn , 51 Scattering 3 M r. Osborn’s election was applauded, and that gentleman arose and thanked the members for the honor conferred upon him and invited all totake a sail with him during the coming season. The election of treasurer, secretary, assistant secretary, measurer, result- ed as follows: Treasurer, M. A. Gifiin. Secretary, D. ‘W. Raymond. Asst. Secretary, Victor W. Ferris. Measurer,,A. W. Smith. The election of five members of the governing committee camc next. upon motion of Dr. W. F. Acton all were voted for at one time with tile fol lowin g result: Whole number . 52 Necessary to election I 47 H. A. Mathewson 49 n. n. Gorham 52 H. E. Bishop 52 H. n. Sinith 50 Samuel Lynesif 50 Several blank ballots cast in this vote also becatne mixed or lost in the shuffle. The secretary was empowered to cast one vote for the regatta committee, and Jr., and Ollie Jennings were declared elected. ' This completed the list of‘officers, and after passing a new by-‘law in reference to delid‘auents, the question of issuing bonds. to take up the mort- gage on the club’s property was dis- cussed, and the governing committee authorized to take steps to have the Legislature grant'the necessary pet:- mission. ‘ ‘ Dr. W. F. Acton offered an amend- ment to the constitution, which under the rules went over until; the next meeting of the club. After passing a vote of thanks to Landlord Walz, the meeting adjourned ments on the invitation of Commodore Keeler andBenr Commodore Osborn. dore, vice commodore and rear commo- The office of commodore was the first "i George R. Van Alstyne, T. Benedict, ’ jab ,. and the members partook of refresh: ,
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