Harry V S) [vi Mi' Anna Scoll' us of Danbury has beer 1siting hiends 1n town. 1 1" than Clark died on Tuesday at his ome on Woodward avenue. lrs. Irene Wilson, of Brooklyn. i cut Sunday with friends in town. Roy Jones of Wesleyan college was a guest of relatives in town over Labor Day. . Mr. and Mrs. Henry Seymour have returned from their visit to Asbury Park. C. E. Conklin, of New York, has re- _-1 , turned home aftera v1s1t vs1thfr1ends I in town. Miss Bessie Keith, of New York. is ' , the guest of her mother, Mrs. Keith, of 3 Bull Run. Miss Minnie Scoville of Torrington is spending-a few days with Miss May Denton of South Norwalk. Miss Lillian Cave, of Darien, has. been the guest of her siste1,M1s.D: Hart Weeks, of Union avenue. Dr. Willis 11. Crowe, of New Haven, and Dr. Vishno, of New York, spent Labor Day with friends in town. Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. DeKlyn, who have been spending the summer at Bell Island, have returned to Danbury. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ellwood of Buf- falo are visiting Mr. Ellwood’s father .Co1nelius Ellwood, on Orchard street. Misses Sarah and Bessie Mille1, of Geor'getov. n, retur,ned Satut day even- ing, from a two months’ 11511 in (‘hi- cago. .3 Mrs. Frank Taylor and daughter .3, were guests over Labor Day of Mr and Mrs. R. H. Golden, of West ave nue. M r. and Mrs. George Stedwell of , Hackensack. N. J.. are guests of Mr. '. and Mrs. F. A. Keyser of West Nor- : walk. . . M1 and Mrs. Z. C. Smith, of New Yorkcity,spent Labor Day with Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Velsor, of Quintard avenue. l Miss Bessie Crofut, of New Haven, l has been visiting her aunt, L1 rs ’ George R. Van Alstyne, of Bayview . avenue. ‘ Miss Lilly D. Carter, of New Bri- ‘ tain, has been spending a few days with her aunt, Mrs. R. L. Baker, of Trinity Place. (I Otto Schumann? and .Richard Schu- t 1" mann of New York are flvisiting their brother, Charles Schumann of 01 chard .'.st1eet ” E. N. Sloan has sold‘lhis residence ,, on Franklin avenue to William ’War- I" den of East Norwalk. Mr. and Mrs. FredfiBillenstein, who have been the guests of Mr: and Mrs. , William Billenstein of Harbor avenue : have returned to their heme in Brook- . lyn Miss Brenlingm, formerly a teacher at Hillside, has accepted a position in the Poughkeepsielfligh school, where she will teach French and German. William Swist, an East Norwalk shoemaker, fell through the iron frame work in 'front of Corbett & Decker’s new store Saturday night. George Malkin, of th1s city, and Miss Eva Mills, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Mills, of Broad River, will be married at the bride’s home on Wednesday, September 20. Dr. C. Lrving Ferris and Dr. George Kelly of New York city, spent Sunday and Labor Day with Senator and Mrs. John H. Ferris, of West street. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Mullings, of Clifi“ street, will leave for the Philip- pines on Sept. 18, Dr. Mullings having received orders from Washington. __.——___——4.o->___—— j COUNCH.MEEHNG. '/, L1 ..-'I"'Nc~rwalk Fathers Elect City Assessors For the I Coming Year- _ The Norwalk city council met, Mon- ‘ day night, Mayor Glover presiding, ' ”l with every member present excepting A. J. Meeker. l The usual batch of bills were order- ed paid. Highway Commissioner Me- 1 Donald suggested that the extension of the Wilton road be built of gravel, which would save part of state appro- , priation and allow it to be used on "I. Connecticut turnpike, if the two cities I? would maintain it after being complet- ' ed. It was voted by the council to maintain that part lying in Norwalk. City assessors were elected, Council q: man Wilson presenting the names of ‘ William Mitchell, 8. L. Weed and Fred 1 l Mead. ' Five votes were castas follows: T. s. Stout, 4. W. H. Byington,4 S. L. Weed, 4 W. Mitchell, 1 The library and police reports were _ read and the mes/ting adjourned until '_ September 18. ’1 l l 111 WEEKLY 1111 111111111 ll’t‘ [DUNTHE Stillflll] Fred Max Brockhaus was hanged at exactly 15 minutes after midnight this morning at the state prison in Wethers- field for the murder of David S. R. Lambert. of South Wilton on the night of Dec. 17, 1897. He died on the same gallows that was used in the hanging of Ben Willis, his partner in the crime. Brockhaus persisted to the last 'uin declaring himself to be innocent of the crime of which he paid the penalty. The trap was sprung precisel y 18 seconds after the condemned man crossed the threshold of the death Brockhaus’ neck was brok- chamber. en. There was moving of the body after the springing of the trap. Dr. Root immad.ately ap- plied a stethoscope and in 10 minutes and 30 seconds the murderer was pro- nounced dead. The body will be buried to— day in the prison cemetery, subject to removal upon-application of zBl‘ockhaus’ ,par- ents, who are almost destitute in New York. ' Brockhaus went to his fate with ab- solutely no show of fear or nervous- ness. As he entered the death cham— her he looked neither to the right nor left, but walked straight to the gal.- lows, accompanied by Warden Garvin and Rev. Frank Russell of Bridgeport, He declined to not a muscular his spiritual adviser. s1y anything. The condemned man slept from 1 o‘clock till 5 in the afternoon. Then he ate a hearty supper and was visited by Rev. Frank Russell, who remained with him to the end, and administered the sacrament to him. At 7 o’clock Brockhaus dressed himself in a new black cutaway suit, and spent the rest of the evening in reading and prayer. He smoked cigarettes incessantly. Just after midnight the death war- rant was read to Brockhaus by Warden Garvin. He was aecompanied on the march to the gallows by Warden Gar- vin, Mr. Russell, and Prison Directors W. O. Burr, W. P. Reynolds and T. D. Wells. . The crime for which Brockhaus paid the death penalty was one of the most brutal in the criminal history of Fair- fi'éfd‘county. It was on December 17, 1897, that Max Brockhaus and Benjamin F. Wil- lis shot and fatally wounded David S. R. Lambert in Wilton while in the act of robbing his house. There was absolutely no excuse for the murderous act. The shooting occurred about six o’clock. Mr. Lambert had been out during the afternoon to Norwalk. He drove down in his wagon. Mrs. Lambert remained at home and attended to her household duties. It was just about the hour for light- ing the lamp that Mrs. Lambert heard the first noise which she afterwards realized was a prelude to the terrible, She at first thought it was A few moments later tragedy. her husband. the noise was repeated at the door and then two young men entered the room. Both of them wore masks and cm- ried revolvers. A struggle followed between Mrs. Lambert and one of the robbers. While it was going on a con- versation took place with the robber and Mrs. Lambert thought she recog: nized the voice. In a short time Mrs. Lambert was overpowered, gagged and chloroform- ed. When she came to she found that her husband had come in and had been shot and soon afterward died. M rs. Lambert told the officers that she had recognized the voice of one of the men as that of Ben Willis. a. for- mer pupil at the Lambert school. It was an easy thing for the officers to trace up Willis in New York. There they also fixed the identity of the second man as Max Brockhaus. Three months’ after the murder the detectives secured positive. informa- tion about their men and the arrests followed. Brockhaus was captured in Columbus, Oh1o, Willis was caught in Chicago. The young men were brought back to New York and both made cbnfes- siOns in which each tried to throw' the blame on the other. After making their confessions Brockhaus and Willis were taken to Bridgeport. Willis was tried first. The evidence was overwhelming. There was absolutely no defence and the jury found himguilty and he was N... (3 Never in the history of Norwalk has such a scene presented itself as was the annual regatta of the Norwalk Yacht club on Labor Day. - The club’s anchorage at Hickory Bluff Sunday night was dotted here and there with twinkling lights denot- ing the presence of a vast number. of speedy yachts ready for the contest on Monday. It was a sight never bef01e witnessed in Norwalk harbor and one long to be remembered by thelocal yachtsmen. Gracefully rising and falling with the waves were ‘the stately Marguerite, the reputed fastest jib and mainsail boat or: Long Island Sound, the beauti- ful Kit, the acknowledged champion cabin cat boat, the Dot who contests that claim, and the flying Rajah which holds the champiOn-ship of the Nor- walk Yacht club to: cabin cats. They were all thereeyeing each other like readiness for the battle of the morrow. In addition to these visitors was the sloop Emma L of Bridgeport, whose captain at once came into popular fa: vor by his readiness to lend a helping hand to others, and whose subsequent victory in the sloop class was hailed the fastest time over course. OPEN CATS, 18 feet. ' ‘ 3.29.17 Vision, 1.30 Gladys May, 1.30 3.30-46 Norma, 1.30 3.30-45 \Vhat ’tell, 1.30 3.3055 THE RACE. The start was set for one o’clock and promptly upon the second the prepara- tory gun boomed from the committee boat and a blue peter was hoisted. Five minutes later the gun boomed again and the sloops, Defiance, Adele and Emma L. went over the starting line drawn from the cummittee boat and black .buoy bearing north from Smith's Island lighthouse. Five minutes later another gun sent thejib and mainsail boats scudding after the sloops, the Kestrel with every inch of canvass set. ‘ The Kestrel was the first across the starting line and“ made for the bell buoy like a racehorse. The Walre blanketed the Marguerite and held her carefully stowed under her wing until the buoy was reached when Captain Ollie Jennings got free and started after the flying Kestrel. Another five minutes and the sent the cabin cats, Kit, Dot, Ayli Rajah oil“ and ended the first division of boats. Then came the second division five minutes later, and the gun sent off the knockabouts Dacoit, Kantaka, Indian- ola and Kittiwynk, followed by the large catboats Daphne, Ethel N. and Little Joe, they being followed in turn by the small catboats,‘ Vision, Gladys May, Norma and What’tell. ACCIDENTS. There were quite a number of acci- dents during the day, but none of seri- ous importance. 1 The first to come to grief was the crack little catboat Grace. In drawing up towards the starting line in the brisk wind from the northwest, she twisted her rudder-head off and went back to the club house by means of an oar. ' The second boat tocome to grief was Bedford’s fast cat Rajah, which fouled the second buoy and had to retire. Fol-lowing close upOn the‘Rajahis re- tirement came an ‘accident to the jib and mainsail Marguerite, which put her out of the race and she was towed home by the launch Eva L. gun and hung on Dec. 20th last. l . ' - . ‘ l . l“ ,. The Kestrel and Marguerite were gladiators, ever-1y “rope-and spar int 111111 1111111. with delight by 'every member of the Yacht club who had come in contact. with him. The Kittiwynk from New York, the Walre,§_Kantaka, Indianola, Ethel N., Norma and What’tell were also among the visiting yachts ready to race for the prizes in their different classes. The Viking of Bridgeport also came over to contest, but unfortunately en- countered the storm of Sunday night off Dorlon Point and went ashore with many others in the gale and was ren- dered unfit for the contest. The local boats were all in readiness, too. H. E. Bishop’s stately Kestrel rode easily at anchor, her shining sides of white, greased spars and broad sails casting defiance at her several rivals. Commodore Keeler’s Defiance was also ready for her r1vals,as were the Adele, Dacoit,-Ayli, Daphne, Little Joe, Vis- ion, No Name, Gladys May, and Grace in‘th'eir respective classes. Winding in and out among the fleet of racers'were the big launches Gem- ini, Eva L, Freddie W. Decker, and a large number of smaller launches, while the steamer Medea carried the members and guests of the club over the course. The summary of the races is as follows: SLOOPS. Name. Start, Finish. Elapsed Time. A]. Cor. Time. Emma L. 1.05 3.20-10 2.15-10 0.0-12 2.14.58 Adele, 1.05 3.28.30 2.23. 30 0.3-15 2.20-15 Defiance, 1.05 3.29-10 2.24-10 2. 24-10 J 113 AND MAINSAIL. ‘ j Kestrel, 1.10 320-27 210-27 0.1-45 2.08-42 Walre, 1.10 3. 32-0-7 2.22 07 2. 22-07 Marguerite, 1.10 Disabled. KNOCKABOUTS. Dacoit, 1.15 3. 39-23 2.24. 23 2. 24-23 Kantaka, 1.15 341-05 226-05 226-05 Indianola, 1.15 3.40 2.29.0 2 29_0 Kittiwynk, 1.15 3.45.16 2 30-16 2.30-16 CABIN CATS. K1t, 1.20 3.22-35 202-35 202-35 Dot. 1.20 337-31 217-31 217-31 Ayli, 1.20 3.56-0 2.36-0 0.4-40 2.31 20 Rajah, 1.20 Fouled stake-boat. OPEN CATS, 21 feet. Daphne, 1.25 3. 6-341 ' 1.41341} Tail-34:} Little .1 oe, 1-25 3-38'19 21-13-19 2.13.19 Ethel M, ' 1.25 3. 4-55 1 39-55 The Ethel M did not race in the above class, but was given a cup for making It .19.“; 1.59-17 0.3-50 1.55-27 2. 0-46 0.1-2? 1.59433 20-45 00-54 1.59-5]. 2.0-55 . 2.0-55 having nip and tuck back across the Sound when a “greener” of unusual severity came scudding across the wa- ters. It struck the Marguerite with full force and away went her bob-stay, which ended her racing for the day. What came the nearest to an Iacci- dent which might have ended with the loss of life, was between the Kestrel and Commodore Bank’s big schooner yacht Water Witch with a party of ladies on board. The Kestrel Was flying across the Sound on the starboard tack for the bell buoy for the last time, her canvas stretched to its utmost tension by the half gale which was blowing, when suddenly a shout was heard by those on board the Kestrel and the big bow- Sprit of the Water Witch appeared across the Kestrel’s bow nor. three feet away. To those on board the Kestrel u. col- lision appeared inevitable, and her bowsprit looked as though it would cut its way through the Water Witch just aft her foremast. But luck was with the Kestrel and by a mighty effort her skipper “lufied” her with lightning rapidity and the Watc r Witch went by, but so close that the Kestrel’s crew could have touched her with their hands. It was a close shave and a fortunate ending, for had a collision occurred both boats whuld have gone to the bottom. The fault was entirely with the Wag ter Witch, and the conduct of whoever was at the wheel was most repreheni sible. The Kestrel was racing, she was also on the starboard tack giving her the right of way, which any sailor would have recognized,‘ and the skip- per of the Water Witch should have crossed the Kestrel’s stern and not her bow. " . The delay while happily being free of accident presented the Kestrel from being, the first of either division to cross the finish line, also tohave cover- ed the course in the fastest time. As it was, the leop Emma L got home first seventeen seconds ahead of the Kestrel and the Kit covered the course less than eight seconds faster than the Kestrel EWALK GAZETTE I ——L The Wal-re split her working jib-be- fore the start, but carried a big balloon jibxin its place. ' At the close of the regatta the guests, of the club were treated to a laughable tub race, which was won by Charles Cobb of Northampton, Mass, with . Homer M. Byington second. The captains of the several winning yachts were then assembled in the commodore’s room up stairs, in the club house, and presented with the hand- some cups as trophies of their day’s racing. ‘ In addition to the cups presented for the annual regatta, cups were present- ed to Vice-commodore Chasmar of the Ayli. Samuel Lynes of the Little Joe and W. H. Byington of the Grace for wine: pg the series of club races inau- gurated on May 30. It was the most successful regatta ever held by the Yacht club since its organization. and the credit for 'its success is entirely due to Rear-commo- dore Clarence F. Osborn, who worked . early and late to that end. evening Commodore During the Banks of the 'Atlantic Yacht club en- tertained a number of the members of the Norwalk Yacht club on board of his schooner yacht, Water Witch. In the evening a dance was given in the club house, which drew " large party of merry dancers, whr danced to the music of Weider'1ammer until midnight, which clued the festivities of the day. I There wil'. be another race between the Keurel and Marguerite on Septem- her 14th for a cup. Al Hill liHllUNllSJ The Labor DAy picnic of the Central Labor Union, at the Norwalk Fair Grounds, drew a large crowd. on Mon- day, and the several event 5 had many exciting finishes. The summary of events is as follows : ONE HALF MILE FOOT RACE. Dan Keogh, 1 Peter Sturm, 2 William Hamilton, 3 Ed 11111, 4 DRUM CORPS CON rssr. Knowlton,Da1_ien,1 'j'Mutual Scuthl Q'orwalk,2 S. N. Fife & Drum, 3 100 YARD DASH, W. Steeb, 1 D. Keogh, 2 W. Hamilton, 3 Time, 11}. ' CAKE WALK. Robert Dudley of Stamford and Miss“ Ella Meader winners. Vthliam Ham- ilton and Miss Hattie Horn 2. Don Juan St. Carlos of Stamford and Miss Emily Horn 3. ONE ‘ iILE BICYCLE RACE James O’Connell, 1 Richard Irwin, 2 HORSE TROT. Match Race between Billy W111iams Sam W. and M. Tarlov’s Annie T. Sam W, 1 Annie T. 2 2,50} THREE Legged RACE. James Mason and John Clune, 1 William Clune andWill Flaherty. 2 ONE MiLE BICYCLE vs. HALF MILE RUN. Bryan Silk, running, 1 James O’Connell, bicycle, 2 Daniel Keogh, running, 3 R. Irwin, bicycle, 4 Time, 26% POTATOE RACK. Fred Jones, 1 Will Clune, 2 Chris Fay, 3. W. Flaherty, 4 100 YARD DASH, BOYS. Fred Jones, 1 Will Silk, 2 Will Clune, 3 HORSE TROT. Judge Clark, 11 Jennie Brown, 22 Billy. 33 Time2 3,5 In the base ball game the Kelseys defeated the T. A. B. by a score of 10 to 2. A'fine program of dancing was enjoy- ed in the evening, and excellent time had by all. ~ ' \ Time =AA-= Johnston—Davey. ’ Mrs. Rebecca Davey and Edger Johnston, both of South Norwalk, were married Sunday by the Rev. W. H. Hubbard at 11 High street, that city. A large number of friends Witnessed the ceremony. ‘ This section was visited by the worn electrical storm about 9:30 o'clock Sun- day nightv‘e‘ver witnessed by the prove erbial oldest inhabitant. For brillian- ‘1 cy it was never surpassed. The approach of the storm was hera- alded by the massing of clouds, which began to gather early in the evening and gradually increased 111 density and blackness. “ From behind these dense clouds the the glow of lightning was incessant and the distant roll of thunder was heard ever y moment. _,At 9:30 min began to fall as if the floodgates of the clouds had been open- ed, and the wind reached a. gale, while the lightning flashes increased in fre- quency, and thunderous crashes follow- edfast on each iother’s heels while h’ail- stones as large as walnuts fell. This aerial bombardment cantinua furiously for nearly an hour when the storm passed as quickly as it had‘c'b‘me the descending torrents relapsing into a drizzle, the electi'ical demmmm fading like a flickering candle, and £53 mere mutterings. At the Yacht club several of the ra- cing boats dragged anchor, but none of them were damaged. At . Dorlou Point, however, several boats went ashore including the Viking which had come to take part in the regatta of the Norwalk Yacht club. The storm appears to have been must severe in Norwalk, and a. large amount damage is reported. Trees were up- rooted and bricks torn from chimneys all about the town. ‘ The most serious loss thus far re—l ported is that of Granville Benedict on Howard avenue. Here the lightning struck his barn and set it onfire entire- ly destroying the building and all ofito contents. The blaze lighted up the heavens brilliantly and was plainly seen all about town. The house of William Sachtler on Myrtle avenue was also struck and the chimney demolished _ M. Roberts, the milkman, who occue pies the old Jonathan Camp place, re- ' .. .ports that lightningustruckwthe house and set a. mattress on fire in one of the rooms. ' The chimney on the house of Com: modore Osborn on Arch street lost) ., number of bricks dur1ng the gale. At Cranbury lightning struck the chapel, tearing off the south-east cor- ner of the building and demolishing the chimney, but luckily not setting it on fire. Charles Buttery’s house near the Poplar Plains school house was struck and the chimney demolished. Frank Clark’s barn, also in Cran— bury, was hit and the shingles scatter~ ed about the yard. A water-pal: standing on the porchf of the Pardee house near Betts’saw— mill was struck and demolished, but no other damage done. of Robert Mc C01 mack’ 5 house ‘on Fair street and made havoc among the dishes. At Belden Hill a. arge amountof. damage was done to apple orchards by the wind and hail. Ed ward Street’s house on A rclf street also suffered the loss of several bricks from the chimney. The electric light wires, telephone and other wires were down and several telephones burned out. ‘ It was a bad storm but fortunately no very serious damage was done other than the burning of the Benedict barn 'PAVHJON oésrnovto. An Incendiary Fire Visits Shippan Point Slur , day Morning. 4 “ A fire of supposed incendiary origin destroyed Williams’ pavilion at Ship- pan Point, Stamford, early Sunday morning, causing a loss of $1,500. The fire started in a section where several employees were sleeping and they es- caped with difiiculty,the son of the pro-l ' prietor being badly burned. V'v V , Death of Mrs Haviland. Mrs. Reed Haviland died, Tuesday afternoon, at her home in the Old Well ' hotel, after a lingering illness, during which she suffered intensely. The de- ceased leaves a husband and two chil-- dren, Fred Burger, of New York, and . Mrs. George Schellieger, of West and one, South Norwalk. The funeral win he held Friday afternoon at 2 'o’cloeh ‘ Rev. J amen Montgomery omciating. 11111111111 311M . booming Of the thunder subsiding to - Lightning came in a pantry window ’
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