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in the border.
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‘ 'mmwin and Roth-
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‘ , W A. Boinay. the alleged slayer
_.er-oetm Marcus Nichols. look the
within stand in his own behalf yes-
.. herons morning, and related to the
Jury-n interesting story of his life
loom his childhood to the present time.
Ills voice was clear and strong.
."I was born inthetownofarent
Barringtoo. less. on April 8. 18M”
‘ lichens. "Shortly after my birth our
fondly moved to gritsport. where we
remained for eral years. I left
home at the of it because I was
unable to stand the brutal treatment of
week or two. trying to get employ-
ment. » l was unsuccessful. Being
angry. I stole some oranges from in
front of a grocery store. This was my
~rstoffeose. stsarrestedsndsent
the house of refine on Randall's ls-
)lew York. I-remalned there
he months. when I was bound out
amulet-in Southlend. L. I. I re-
wlth himfour months; There
commitment-cs hutsnold
. she was no stingy ”in“. ”ms
._. aammuooto.e
'mtsvortm At-thatplace
l shipped as a cook on the steamer
' Banana I remained aboard the steam-
sl'fnrahmltthree litulltheandtbenre~
‘ turned to Bridgeport. I found employ-
meat in Prary’s cutlery factory in Best
- Bridgeport. I must have worked at
that factory for about four months.
when I returned to Great Barrington
to Visit some friends. While there I
secured employment and decided to re-
sale. I was in that place about two
or three years
“From there i went to Canaan and
worked for my cousin. 1 was there
about four months. I was to get $10
a month for my work. but my cousin
refused to phy me. i tried by all
rhesus to get the money. but was not
successful. As long as I could not get
it from him. I thought it no more than
right that I should pay myself. So i
stole m from him and ran away. i
went infirooklyn and was arrested
thereon the day of my mother's fun-
eral. lwastaken backtoCsuaanaud
don thechargeofthsft. I
, guilty and was untenced to
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that institution on the day before
Grant‘s funeral. I don't remember the
m date.
“I went back to Brooklyn and work-
ed in a glass facility. ! was there
floaters". when l weuttoasst
handlers. and after working in that
“wafer?- hGookfornboutsmonth
.; went over into New York state. in
Columbia county. and worked for a
’ ct farmers. it was while there
I is- with a gang of men that
crooked. While under the influ~
liquor we robbed the hero of
when I worked and stole
which to heed the cattle of
later we did several
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thstoneoimyhrothsrawho had
chargeofthehoy.whoaslhadpre-
viously taken to In. Bennett’s. had
beentrsatlogtheiad cruelly. l'beat
my‘waytdthstcityonfrsig ttrsins
andfeoktkelndsway.’ Ihadnomo‘
N eel 'deltoflt back
time then. I left thereon May 6. 1896.
During my stay there the family told
me of their poverty and it was sug-
gested that I return to the old life. as
there was more money in it. The
whole family made this suggestion
with the exceptional the girl. whom I
afterwards married. I told hire. Bae-
Iett that I had decided to laid o Chris-
tian life. I would not steel for them
or any one else. Botii Daveand John
wanted me to go into different Jobs
with them. but I refused. I remember
on one occasion John wanted me to
visit the barnyard of hfr. Brinsmade.
a neighbor. and steal some turkeys.
I told his mother: of his intentions, and
instead of rebuklng him she said:
‘Don’t do it. John. If you can’t steal
anything better than turkeys. don't
steal anything.‘
"new 1 made the‘family acquain-
ed with my lawntious to become a
missionary. Maggie and I discussed
the bible together. She would often
come to use with passages which she
could not reason not and I would ex-
plain‘ theta to her. I- told her of my
ambition and she encouraged me.‘ I
uncertain” determined at that time
to lead an honest. upright life. When
Ilettiliel'e in Key. 1896. Hounds
home‘hrduyihrothsr with Benjamin
Kurd. in Monroe. I went back to Hunt—
ington during March and worked for
William Hallock and Cliff Bennett. I
lived with the Weeks'famiiy then. Dur-
ing that time Mrs. Bassett'o husband.
Maggie's father. and I made the
arrangements for the funeral. After
this the family were in poor circum-
stances and my mother-in—law urged
mo frequently to return to the old
life and steel. I told her I would not
do it. When i left. she said. ‘l wish
you would make a “raise" somewhere
and send me 8100 to pay the funeral
espenses.‘ i left there and went to
Albany and then to Richmond where
i secured employment with the ltev.
'l‘. C. Luce- Mr. Luce knew of my
past and assisted me in my efforts to
become a missionary . While i won
In prison I had corresponded with Mrs.
Mary B. Seller-k. of Putskill. N. Y..
about missionary truth. I was also in
communication 'with Carrie Judd
Montgomery. of the llculnh Mission In
California. Arrangements were made
so that I could go to that state on my
release. but as nothing came up i
never did. During my stay at Mr.
Luce's i corresponded with several
mission schools."
Repeated objections were offered to
the testimony by Mr. Fleasenden and
the interruptions were frequent. Mr.
P‘s-sender: claimed that" the fact that
llolnoy planned to become a mission-
o‘ry. did not throw any light on the
murder in question. unless he remark-
ed. “the prisoner was going to get into
the mission schotils to rob them." ‘
Mr. Lynch argued that he had a right
to introduce the evidence to show the
character of the accused before he
married into the Weeks' family. lie
referred to the latter as s "imnd of
angels." lost of the story ulmul this
wen excluded. lioiusy said that he
went to Huntington in December to
remain there. Then the court took a
rmss.
When the court convened in the st-
iernooo. hoinsy said that his wife
loin-d her mother in the request to
listen to give up the missionary ides
slid that there was more money in
“poaching." Botany said he dnsiiy
l..t..s
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tau? at .. Adjourned
looting. of the City Council
of Norwalk.
u. tutu/u cu nuns
Claims 3300 Because of the Widen»
log of the Street Near
his Property.
THE CLERK'S ANNUAL REPORT
Es will Submit it at the lest Mug
of the lunieipsl Jody—layers
Warrantfur the Collection of
* Anemia.
An adjourned meeting of the'City
Council of Norwalk, was held last
night. Mayor Wheeler presided. and
Councilmen Boyer, Smith. Chinery.
Hill and Kent were present.
The first business was the hearing
of persons opposed to the Well street
aseeeements.
John O'Sullivan said his building
had been damaged no that his cellar
was nearly cloned up.
Samuel L. Weed asked what assess-
ment is to be charged against the
property in which he is interested. He
was told that the assessments had not
been established: that the Opera.
House block was 86% feet front.
There were no other persons to be
heard and the hearing closed.
A communication from George C.
Lockwood was rem. withdrawing the
matter presented by him at the last
meeting.
A bill was received from John O'-
Sullivan. asking for 8300 because of
damages he claims to have sustained
because of the widening of Wall street.
Councilman Boyer moved that the
bill be laid on the table pending inves-
tigation. The motion wee carried.
Councilman Boyer moved that when
the meeting adjourned. it. adjourn un-
til Monday. December 27.
Clerk 3. If. Lockwood said that at
the next meeting he proposed to sub-
mit his annual report. lie asked that
the city auditor examine his books at
that time.
Councilman Kent offered a resoluc
lion uncaring property-owners on ac-
count of the Wall street improvement
as follows:
John Haddeu and Isabella Hadden.
52 Wall street. 833.80.
Foirfield County National bank. «ii
Wail street, $19.37.
Norwalk Savings society. at Wall
street. 819.37.
Williams E. Dunn (saute). 40 and
42 Wall street. tam.
Sophia A. Wood. Samuel L. Weed
and Edward P. Weed. 88 Well street.
824.21. . ‘
Harriet S. llyington. Aaron ll. By-
ingtoo and the Bridgeport Savings
bank. 34 Wall street. 890.44.
Norwnik Savings society. property
north of Norwslk bridge. $40.93.
Joseph W. llubbell estate. 1 Main
street. 338.56.
Jeremiah Donovan. property from
corner of Main street to property of
Seileclt llrotbors. 895.98.
George W. Selleck. lsaac iiellcck and
Henry Sellcck. property at corner of
Wall and High streets. $33.98.
Frances K. Quiniard and Frederick
ii. Quintard. 3 Knight street. “Lil.
John J. "anion and William P. Hau-
lon and Norwslk Savings society.
property from Quintsrd building to
land of Mary liounecker. $85.08.
fiery It. lionnocker and Not-walk
fiavings society. property at corner of
Wall and Brook streets. “1.0!.
Rebecca 1. Cole and its Cole and the
Norwalk deviugs society. property
from Dsnbury and Norwslk depot. to
land of Sophia A. Wild. 872.14.
”gigolo A. Weed. Opera House block.
Julia P. Wilson. W“! from We»
tor street to Norwalk river. mes.
llanice De I". lockwood. Ducklsg~
ham lockwood and William B. I.
lockwood. property east of Not-walk
river. "Lei.
“7'3“” X. lochwood. 17 Wall street .
intros lisiiory estau. it Well street.
violin! and did several lobe. He com» stat
Lupertia 1a Beebe estate. ll Wall
street men.
If. at. John Lockwood. ”an.
loha O'Iulilrna and Norwaik lav-
inas society and Jeremiah Morse.
land at corner or Wall and lmitli
streets. seems
Councilman Itsith moved that the
resolution be adopted. which was see-
osded ivy Council-as mu. saddest-led.
Councilman Kent m a resolu-
unauthodnngthsyahilsatioaoftae
whicheve-
item-momma”
musseswsrrantfsrtheesileeuoaof
ea
principally‘to .
Year's Hermon
rooms. Comm
vice presidents. " ‘
rams.
next 'I‘uendsy at 1w: '
hire. William he
Into the auxiliary '
the W. C. T. U.
BISHOP neutron" council.
Annual Election or ohm ._ the
Catholic W Legion.
At the annual m of mum
)lshon council. . in m
Igloo. held last ninth. the bellowing
olicers were elected:
President-John mm . '
Vice President-Janeen mo.
Grater—William Hm
Chancellor-Owen A. My.
Count-murmur literacy.
Mercury-vl’atrlcz'm‘
, Treasurer—John .
Chaplain-dice. John . Winter's.
)darsth-—P. Buckley. - ,
inside Guard-1‘ltomas I. lookou-
ery. ,
Outside Guard—~Patrlck newly. "
Trouser-Patrick Buckley. Patrick
McSaliy and Edmund Powers.
Representative to State Council-
Owen A. Reilly; alternate. Timothy
J. Byrnes.
The installation will be ill the
and Tuesday in January.
scrum CHAPTIR mm
Butler Chapter. 3. A. is. held impou-
noal meeting last night. and elected
these omcers:
H. l’.. Peter Decker.
E. K. J. A. hicGiunia. .
E. 8.. (I. J. Palmer.
Treasurer. .l. it. Raymond.
Secretary. R. hi. Wilt-ox.
F. 0. li.. W. H. Raymond.
P. 8.. J. .l. Nash.
it. A. (‘.. W. l’. Beers.
M. lid V.. W. P. Brown;
hi. 2d \'.. A. W. llreyfuiis.
hi. let V.. H. E. Buckingham.
Tyler. A. J. Crossroad.
Trustees. W. ii. Raymond,
Decker and George W. Smith.
Peter
APPOlN'l‘BD A TRUSTEE.
In the Probate Court yesterday
morning Jurko Woodward appoinwd
George ll. Vosburgh, Jr.. trustee of the
insolvent estate of Hubbard Blakeaiey.
The appointment was made after a
hearing. and upon the request of llr.
Blakeeley's largest creditors. Attor-
ney Gray took an sppoul from Judge
Woodward‘s decision. on behalf of It‘.
W. Perry. of Norwulk. on the ground
that hir. Vosburgh had previously set-
ed as llr. Biskesley's counsel.
NEARLY two means or RAIN.
The rain which began yesterday
morning continued all day without iu<
corruption and into last night. The
storm was general cost of the Missis-
sipui river. and it was the heaviest
rainfall since the first of November.
At ii o'clock last evening the rainfall
had reached 1.! inches. bringing the
rainfall so far this month up to 1.5
inches ahead of the normal. while so
far this year the excess is so inches.
ROUGH 0N 'l‘lill: ammo.
‘I‘he steamer ltossdsle left New York
yesterday afternoon shortly before 3:30
for the return trip to Bridgeport. but
was obliged to run into Cow Day for
shelter. reselling there st 6:20. tinny
other steamers. bound east. also put in
at the same place. At tone. the gals
having moderated. the itosedsle re-
sumed her trip and arrived at Bridge—
port st 8 o'clock this morning.
DIRAILID ilY IAllD.
One of the Norwslk Norway com»
psoy's ears. leaving Rowaytou at was
last night. rsaodthsralls atlas litre
curve. flowsytos. The derailment
was «used by about tour inches at
seed that had been washed over the
track by the severe rain. .
oousouosm Wild. arrest...
The flow flares llsllrosd my
will appeal from the decides of Judge
,Strlkseeudiililsvs
. qu'
“I Track ‘
Portland. die. Dee. lee-The calender
Susan P. «Thurlow. bound from Hills»
hero. New Brunswick. on New York.
some ofpiastor rock went to
on Cape Institute at 8.0'clock
lust night. and the captain and Me
mothers of the crew were lost. One
sailor managed toreachlandsad sar-
iv this morning he informed the 'in-
habltnntsof the wreck.
The bodies of the captain and one
sailor were recovered this foreuoon.
The Thurlow was built in ll'srrlng-
ton. Ila. and hailed from New York.
’DIJRRANT'S FOURTE BKNTENGE.
The Date of his Execution to he Fired
. for January 7.
San Francisco. Dec. 16~For a fourth
time Theodore Dun-rant will he senten-
ced to death today. it is understood
that Superior Judge-Balm will In the
date of execution for January 7 out.
The condemned man‘s attorneys in~
tend to lay the foundation for another
owed to the Supreme mt of the
United Allister. ’ In all m ,, it! one
of the new.” the echoes out-orc-
reed to‘Wasklutoa to make the ilnol
technical light based on attentions of
federal and state laws. '
Mrs. liltirrant visited her son yester—
day afternoon. Both were dowucust
and seemed to realise that the end was
”NI".
WAS STEAIJNG A RIDE.
A Sixtmn-Ycar~0ld Boy l-‘utally iu~
lured at Rockviile.
llockvlllc. Conn. Dec. 15.——Churles
Edwards. aged sixteen years. was prob-
ably 'fatully injured in the railroad
yard this morning while stealing a
ride on u switching engine. The loco-
motive. m undertaking to. pick up a
list car. bud gathered more headway
than was intended by the engineer.
and crashed into the car with grout
force. The tender of the engine was
considerably damaged and the car was
derailed. Edwards. who was riding
on the tender. was caught between the
two. One leg was injured. his stom-
ach was crushed and be sustained such
internal injuries that Dr. Rockwell.
who was summoned expressed the
opinion that he could not live. Ed-
wards was removed to the Hartford
hospital inter.
Is
RICH. BUT DRIVES A CART.
New York, Dec. iii.»i)ecliuiug an
offer of almost unlimited wealth if he
would return to his wife and former
mode of living. George W. Ruddy. Jr..
son of a rich brick manufacturer of
Woodhridge. N. .l.. and a student of
Tolstol. is living‘smoug the poorest
residents of his native town and daily
driving a spriogliog cart past his
father‘s estates. For this. the appli-
cation for divorce made by his wife.
Mrs. Amelia Ruddy. was today favor-
ably pasud upon by Senator Voorhses.
who will probably be acting governor
upon the elevation of Governor (iriggs
to the United States attorney~gensrsla
ship.
li'l'RllCK AND KILLED A baseline.
Pittsburg. Pa. nee. iii.—-'i‘he special
trsin hearing President McKinley. lira.
McKinley. Abner hlclfiuiey. the moat-
bers of the cabinet and a number of
friends nosed through Pittsbuig early
this morning. so rests from Canton to
Wasbiokton. 'l'weaty minutes after
thetraiulefthotou last nighttit
struck and instantly killed hosts
lloisetalshererwslhiogon them
lliskesdwasiorofromhiehody.'l'hs
president was atoeh disturbed at the
distresdfi accident.
hurt. the asvssuyesnold son of Judas
VI. 1). dither-t. of Atehieuo. has been
m at
national momma?!“
‘n-T
usual-ates float'flalvestonfim'
hasputiuofictl'hd'llclim
hotels. which. unless it is promptly,
Mill St. hulalineawiii Misfit
Soul: City. It. Dec. lir—John‘ 0.
Combs. general coolant and l'. 0.
Chamberlain. rents-mung the dices
l‘ity ('renut lemma-taut cum.
an in Washiheton to make a hilt
against the consummation of the
Union Pacific company’s plans.
New rm. outrageous-r at s
s. m.. cloudy; thermometer ll.
lemphls. Tenn... Dec. “with.“-
pounced that arrangements have
made by John W. Subunits ._
brewer-turf lllll. for til! .1”
year of Jockey Tommy mm
to receive 310.000. "“ .
TUNNEL 1.1mm ‘ ‘ .
'l‘he incandescent W , ,
the. mount _ . MM!“
wouhosndstatloasoflhs ' ‘
ed Mend m in '
walk. have not been burning the past
few nights. The cause is supposed to
he that the wire connected with them
is grounded. This wire runs throuh
a conduit laid on top of the tunnel.
The roadbed of stone ballast and the
tieeund railsaredlreotiyontopoftbe
conduit. and it is supmd the wekht
and continued vibration of the passing
i
i
out“ .,'
trains have causedthe grounding. As I
it would cost several hundred dollars
to excavate to discover the place where
grounding has occurred. the railroad
company propose having the wires run
into the tunnel along the enamel work
of the ceiling. The tunnel in now ll-
lutuinstod with two lanterns.
iiOYT—BROADHURST.
William H. Hoyt. the well-known
manager of the Duncan iron Works.
and Miss Susan A. Broadhurst were
married yesterday afternoon, at Mr.
Hwt's residence. as Bnyvlew avenue.
Rev. ll. 0. Sherwood. pastor of the
South Norwolk Baptist church. per-
formed the ceremony. which was wit‘
passed by a small number of the im-
mediate rclativco and friends of the
bride and groom. Supper was served.
utter which Mr. and hire. Hoyt left
town on a short wedding tour.
DEATH Olo‘ Mild. it. it. PROWI'f'l‘.
hire. ii. if. Prowitt died this morti-
ins at 1:30. at her home in East one
one. East Norwalk. 8 had been an
invalid for years. but It death was a
shock to her friends. A husband and
twu sons. J. 'l‘. Prowltt. of line Crest.
and a son in Denver. Col. are left to
mourn her loss. The funeral will be
attended from her into home. I: fist
avenue. Monday. at 3:80 o'clock.
'rwo noun who!“ ISCURIID.
lilddletown. Dec. low—ls the huddle»
sea Superior Court today only two
more jurors were secured for the trial
of Herman iiachs. melting eleven in
all. and court adjourned until tumor.
row to complete the jury.
'i‘llli' Cliitil'ltw ADAPTATIONI.
WW ‘
it is Said to he Working Well in "lime
~ cross Towns.
Whatever theoretical objections may
he owned sgalnu curfew laws it must
be admitted that the too American -
towns and cities which have adopted
them are. so far as we can immense-
iy pleased with their «perm. says
a writer is the Detroit mm
; the requirements of ilth century no-
but if its valushetnsseursd by the
aoodaceompiisheditdeaervesM»
tsluoauderatiosaeaethsi'sm.
mmmammw
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5%
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for ,
59 Woodward" A
room. No. ill 0 V
Woodward. .
TORENT—Iv‘latsix
Block. east and
South Norwalk.
agent.
is.
mond's residence; W , ..
'l‘olles street. and bound
strut; house” Day , ' *
provementn. Apply W
Knapp. '
H ‘ use...“ ‘.
VIOLIN TEACH“
- J. A.
For terms apply at 3|
nus. Norwaik. 00“-
RPECIAI. SALE of
clocks. musical
log. Prices low.
old gold. silver and ‘ V '
Feinberg. lfei W ‘
bridge.
M
(llohe Trotter Thompson M
in iiiamford for “
Henry Thompson is , '
Henry is a globe,
walked around this
and forth scrum till ,
too as your patience
to tell it. Thompson
on open a waser. and
latlou in that m »
tying moon. ... . ‘
chooses let-rs es replete
him. for liquor. and n
he was misused to a
port jail for d ' ..
to Iltamlord a day
com-m to solicit
pic on the street. not
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