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*’ get Bloody Leai Added to the Pages of
Fairiield County’ 5 tea; List oi
Horrible Crimes.
BBERY AND PROBABLE
MURDER IN WILTON.
head 8. it Lambert; of ”The on Academy." Riddled with Belicia;
’ ' his Wife (lagged and Chlorofermed and the House Ransaclied
for Valuables—The Fieudish Perpetrators of the Deed Drive
to South Norwalll and Make their Escape—One of the lien
Recognized.
Crime which in its most horrible form has run rampant in Fairlield collu-
ty theypast year. had another bloody leaf added to its pages last night in
the little town of . Wilton. only a few miles north of Norwalk. where David
RE. Lambert was shot and fatally wounded early in the evening by two
masked men at his home, known as “The Old Academyz" his wife chloro-
formed and gagged and the house ransacked for valuables.
The deed waa one of the foulest ever perpetrated in this section of the
_ state. it is even worse than the murder of George Marcus Nichols at Dan~
leis Forms by Bolnay and Weeks. All evidence shows that the two men lay
in wait for Mr. Lambert and the minute he appeared fired at him.
One shot took effect in his side. another in his leg, the third in his arm.
and the fourth in his brain before he had time {or thought or action. He
was alive at 8 o'clock this morning. in a semi-conscious condition, but it is
bellsvedhe will never recover.
Mrs. Lambert believes that she knows one or the men. She recognized
him by his voice. She gives his name as Ben Willis.
The police throughout the anrroundlng country have been notified.
The story told by are. [ambert is that in responae'to a knock on the
door shortly before 6:3oo'clock. she opened it and was confronted by two
masked men. who immediately seized her and than chi-reformed her. Mrs.
'laalbert was alone in the house at the time. The robbers proceeded about
the house in search of plunder. While they were upstairs Mr. lambert re-
turned truth the city. and just as he entered the house he was deliberately
pivot at by the men. who «some two revolvers into him. its Immediately
fell to the door unconscious and has remained so ever since. The robbers
than calmly drew‘the shells from their revolvers. reloaded them and took
fir. Lambert'a team and drove away.
After great exertion Ill-s. Lambert succeedd in freeing herself a few
. hours later and going to the nearest neighbor told of the affair. Word came
lathe South Norwalli police at 8:07 that two auspicious characters were ' on
their way to South Norwalll. 'l‘he despots-b contained no description of the
men. and the oilicers were at a loss to know how to had them. At 8:27
another telephone message was rarefied. giving full details of the robbery
and a description of the men. The oflicers 'went to the depot and there
learned that the men had taken the ii: i itraiu west. Messages were forwarded
to New York. but as yet the men have not been captured.
The horse with which the murderers made good their escape was found
in Spring street about 8:30 o'clock. by Ollie-era Pennington and Reunion. ll
wan blanketed and standing near Martin Bates. .lr.. t Co's for factory. The
horse is a sorrel and-blind in both eyes. The wagon was an old business
wagon. and contained a quantity of butter tubs. turnips and coal. The police
took charge of the turnout and had it placed in A. Solmans' livery stable.
Medical Examiner Burke and Dr. William J. Tracey went at once to the
scene of the crime. and it was at once apparent that the man was fatally
wounded. )
Mrs. umbert. wife of the falail wounded man. is a cousin of the late
ill-s. William P. Banter. of south N walk. and the Lambert family Is Well
known by many of the older residents in Norwalk.
The house in which the shooting and robbery occurred is located on the
twain road betwen Not-walk and Danbury. lust above the little white church
in loath Wilton. and near the corner of the road leading to Westport.
‘- “WHERE IS LAMBERT?" administered chloroform. which noon
‘ A Isndnei reporter. who visited the had its strain.
m of the crime. learned in detail RANGACKED THE HOUSE.
M Mr. inmost-t was in liorwalll on A ilgllt which the burglars bad
. Mm yesterday afternoon. he be blown out they relighted. They then
lilo no tamlly or servants. he left his went upstairs and rsn'saoiled in.
will alone in the house. About 8:80 house. They secured two gold watch.
, w’M flu. Lambert heard a noise at OI. ll silver watch and other valuable
,_ the rear of the house. but vermin: it compel onsets. ’i‘bsy bill-at 0W! bu-
was her husband. who had promised t mus and closets. In one of the dream
rotors early. she paid no attention to lea tables was a collection of trinkets
'1 it A moment later some one opened that the Lamberts valued highly for
the door and walked in. Mrs. use their associations. They were not in.
but “hell who was there. but there trlnsicaliy of great value. but still they
who no response. laataad. two masked aroused the rapidity of the thieves.
M. tblehvsat and oi medium palatal.
W into the dining-room tire.
, Maud-d their barium and
‘ d the tall alt“.
W is tastiest?"
the them untied that "its use
not to hernia and bail not returned
”it!
“To. be has. has lief" replied one or
N M. in l Milt Moor. and he
W toward lira. lambs“.
, , map All!) “MID till.
. I'y this its» ill-s. mm had its-
M W! am and Wild»
, lliww their business at. ones. At
her and laid luv on the m
of hlr. Lantbertu pockets they ever-
looked.
HEARD FOUR sums.
icon was sdlnlalatsl-sd.
on them before her.
They also round a small amount at
money. but a letter mount in one
lire. Lambert recovered from list-
stupor once. and more of the chloral.
aha wall
brightening up again when the board
four shots tired. and saw a also whom
she mama as her husband lying
til- r. mountainous-nan shop-
plnp in portraits and had returned
bolas. lie druvvaplothall‘aell door.
unloaded llll wares and walked into
the dillllI-m. fallout by the two
also. It. is W that its. lama
“wildflomummmsttbsmm
.atllirtyv-elahteailiirsrevolvar. were
locatedatthsbneotthebralmnmler
tile left hip. it is supposed thattlie
men then left the house.
KNOW!) FRO! HER aroma.
Hrs. Lambert. by this time. had
nearly recovered troll: her stupor and
m to “mill for freedom. She
anally released her hands and then re-
moved the gag. a potato held in place
by a towel. which had been placed in
her mouth. She saw her hillband ly-
ing on the door and supposing him
dead she rushed out of the house to
alarm the neighbors. She went to the
bottle of her aon-ln-law, George W.
Ogden. and after informing the family
of the circumstances. sank into a faint.
The news of the robbery spread
quickly. in ten minutes nearly every
male resident of the town had gath-
ered at the village store. Some of them
were armed. and if theoffenders had
been captured there would have been
little hope for their lives.
TOOK MR. LAMBERT'S HORSE.
When the burglars left the house
they went out of the back door. and
taking Mr. Lambert's horse. which had
been hitched in the yard. drove out
and down the road at a clipping pace.
From the course they took it is appar-
ent that they didnot know that the
horse was blind. 'I‘lley swayed from
one side of the street to the other and
in many places ran into the gutter. so
that their trail could easily be fol-
lowed as far a Winlllpauk. About a.
dunner of a mile this side of the housc
the horse ran into the gutter and a
barrel of coal in the wagon was
thrown out. About a quarter of a mile
further down another barrel was lost.
The trail could not be followed further
titan .l. C. Ronnie‘s slorc.
Just thia‘side of the church the men
u-cre met by Janice (‘omstoric They
were on the wrong side of the street
and one wheel of the wagon was in the
gutter. Mr. Camelot-k carbonized a few
words with them about wanting the
whole r d. and both called each out.
or liarerbut Mr. i‘onlstock remarked
particularly that they were not
lune.
N0 liOI’RS FOR RECOVERY.
When the friends of Mr. Lambert ur—
rivcli at the house it was found that
life still existed. lire. A. I'. flurhalll.
of Wilton; W. .l. Tracey. of Norwalk.
and Medical Examiner W. t'. Burke. of
south Norwulk. were all called. but no
hope wall given for the man's recov»
ery. Deputy Shel-ill lv’. ti. Lyon spent
the night, at the house. which relieved
the inmatcll from considerable anxiety.
although there was nothing he could
do.
When the Norwalk police were uoil~
tied they telegraphed to all the llur~
rounding towns and to New York city,
Awloso lookout was lilac kept. about
pm-
the streets. it ill supposed the of-
fenders passedlhrough the city by
liat'li l‘0ittlll.
IiOTH WORK MASKtl.
hire. lombcrt says both men were
about live feet eight inches in height.
and about twenty-five yearn at age.
lloth wore masks and derby huts.
They answer the deerripllon of two
men who boarded the “Mill esprm for
New York.
lira. Maillot-t is positive that in our
of the men she recognised the voice of
a questionable character known as
lionlatntu Willis. a tumor pupil at
Ilr. lambert‘s. Willis has very dark
hair. eyes and moustache. lie is all
years of age. live lost. little or too incli-
es in height and weighs about lilo
pounds. Both men appeared to be
quite muscular. while llr. lomhert iii
small and not very strong.
its. lambsrt was lortyvmoli years
or age. For years llr. and lira. Lani-
bsrt maintained the Wilton school. an
institution for cello“ preparation.
They lived eomftwtailly and wars lupin
iv respected in the usinhborhoml.
'l‘ilill airfield“ moan.
(inputs of Police alsdatonll sud
Olllesv tillll drove to Wilton this
morning and looted over the premises.
but found min the encoders bad
Millshtadbywhiahthly could be
idutllsil. 'i‘llsy wound a list of the
thimmlsaaadwllltrytomettho
msstoftllsulenlaeflotlwymoo
tor-d tor sale. They Include two m
can melt diver with. two My.
WMMM use“
tbsieftarm. lathelettarinandiu
. tie down in the home of bin fathers.
madman
probable that his not» ‘
never be known.
The physicians who . ’
say that there is” no ‘ '
m. sun an m
most any .moment. _
scene or run may
The scene of the robbery and of»
tempted murder is a veep. all... old-
faahloned. litany'winm*, house. not
back a short distance m or turn
pike and surrounded with autism
trees. lilac-bushes and between. which
give a sense clavicle“ badminton
to the place. and. at thsbalne thus. a
kind of timely newt. whitebait-kn“ it
seem not an unnatural . I
who had his mind eaten deeds of vi.
oience. The place is the old hotne-
stead of the tomcat family. entailed
after the English fashion hula getter
ation to generation. *It has been said
that this entailment to ilr. Lambert
was a hindrance in making that out‘
ward success of his life which he-
mixht have made through his abilities
and opportunities had not the ties of
the old place and the impossibility of
selling it held him back from a more
public career than was possible in the
erstwhile quiet village of Wilton. its
it was. the scholar was content to set-
liaturday. chem- Day or Feast
W Mantra ands similar the Nativity; Holy Communion. I
we...“ wot-mas
Communion. 10: so a. in.
German Lutheran.
lBt. ' petal-u)
cartoon. 10:30 a. m.: sermon. 1:80 p.
in. 0. Range. pastor.
South Norwalk
church. Rev. Gerald id. Md. pastor:
flaming worship at 10:30. with preach-
ing by the pastor. Subject. "Children
andthe Church." Muster Prelude. Can—
tabile. Lelalgre; anthem. “I Will Sing
of Thy Power.” Sullivan: solo. “Hear
Iy Prayer." Holden; enormity. from
“The Redemption." Gounod; pastime,
First Morement. sonata!" Mondale-
lsohn. The offering will be for the
Sunday schools Christmas cowl-tain-
meat. Weekly offering cards for 1898
may be returned at this time. The
Sunday'school for Bible study meets at
noon. with classes for men and women
as well as children. Endeavor soclo
ety services at d. and 6:30. At 7:30 a
service for Forefotbers’ Day will be
hold. A new printed programme will
be in the hands of the people. includ-
nis the following:
Organ Prelude—slntermezzo ......
.................... Rheinberger
Walter P. Stanley.
Doxology and Responsive honing.
Hymn—Father Supreme . . . . .Cutler
Prayer and Responsive Scriptures.
()ll‘ertory Soio~0n Carmela Hill.
The annual ball or PM Hole
more" No. 1. was W M lint
Inariollllall. Itwasallhlilysocn'
cos-till adult culturing to a may no-
ticeable extant the previous hallo of
the company PW of the Norwallts
were largely represented and delega-
tions or m were present. from the
Norwalirand nastuorwalk. Westport.
‘- WWII”... and from Mailer
Hose company. it! Port Chester. The
decoration were penalty arranged and
gave evidence of the artistic taste of
the committee having this matter in
0W
Previous to the first number on the
dance order. a pleasing concert was
given. Bmytbe'a orchestra was heard
in several exceptionally well rendmd
selections. and that popular dual-latte.
composed of Messrs. Horace Hatch.
Leigh Whittaker. Frank Nash and
John W. Waldo. never sang better;
They were enthusiastically moored.
The entertainment Dmamnle was
as follows:
, Overture—Chimes of Normandy.
Orchestra.
"The Kerry Dancefi'..1trr. by ‘0. hi. pun
"The Kerry Dance." ..............
....................... Rodney
teaching a few private pupils what he -------- J "-5" b3 (7- 1“- WM" hire. Herbert W Manger.
‘ "3'6 0““"°""- on for the "in or her. sung
had learned at college. and afterward Selection—Up to l) I .. :1 .. 0
driving once or twice a week to'Nor— I, m Ame (a """""""" arey
Orchestra.
“A Father’s Lullaby."....c. hi. Wittkc
Male Quartette.
Grand larch—wsousa’s “Stars and
Stripes Forever."
Reading from “The Pilgrim Patio
era of New England" .........
................ Dr. John Brown
Miss Floreule R. Kendall.”
walk to iiiaposc of hill farm produce to
the local merchants and townspeople.
to whom he has been a familiar'dgure
. _. Reading from The Fathers of New
'0' years. ”nan". there m ‘ small Dancing commenced ““07“? after 9 England" ........ Horace Bushnell
boy. one of his boarding scholars. with o'clock and the festivities continued Mics Eva L. Ferries.
him. who served to hold the horse
while "the profit-nor." as they'railed
hlr. immlicrt. did his lradlox and sell-
in!
A more potent cause of the choosing
of such an uneventful life" by a man of
natural abilities and college- advan—
tages is probably found. however.
until an early hour this morning.
The affair was in the hands of com»
potent committees. and everything
passed oil in the smoothest possible
manner.
The door director was Frederick
Scam and his aids were P. C. Show. E.
Wilson. J. ‘l'ost. G. 1". Route. A. w.
llreyfuss. hi. Hariwick. ’l‘llc culin-
i-olllpally noted no it reception ('UlllmliV
. Ode (contiuuedl ...............
Reading front “History of the Ply-
mouth Plantation"..Wm. Braddortl
Miss Ethel Ferris.
l’rayer'ln unison.
Hymn-«"h‘or All the. Saints"
Address—"Thomas Hooker"
Rev. Gerald ll. Beard.
Rendingukllllyanl Kipling's lie-
rcssional Hymn.
Harnby
ill
Mr. Lambert'a fragile health. He won ice The commilto of arrangement-z Mrs. Ido 5. Keep.
never robust. but a man of slight and WW" 3- W. Clark. chairman; W W- llylnn for the 2.. d of December.
delicate physique. and appeared scat-cw 30????” 3‘ Barthel. 0' A" “m“ "M ........................ Wallalc
iy fill‘nllK enough. his neighbors any. to ' " ‘ ark. mm“; at mp h‘orcl’nthcrs Celebration
Ww.w_
of Hint. l.
t‘lrgnll I'llsiIllliv"*"'1il'llflil ("bolus ..
......... Salomi
'lllc pastor will conduct the serviccs
.1! the South Norwulk Baptist church
tomorrow morning and evening. Sub-
ject of the morning sermon. by special
manage the few boys whom he tutored
Of late yearn the school. ill-yer large.
ball dwindled down to three or four
lulys. and at the prudent time has died
out entirely. ‘
WILIJS' meatless
Santa (‘lzllla iltlviu (‘lilnvtnrk limo,
store an excellent place in get his will"
plies from.
"WHAT ili' HAHN“ ASSIM' it l'- It'l.\'.~i
HAVE DONE FOR PHILMJM —
IDEI’RAVI'I‘Y.
I‘HIA AND HER Pfiuphu rennet". "Wisdom From Alluvez" cv
One of the and ihlntle of the ratio is on title subject James K. (iambic, of ‘ "mil Slilllt‘l'l. "Did He ”we ill Vain?"
. . _ . Philadelphia. sure; ”And for the pm- 'l'lit‘l‘e Will probably by hili’lifim m'
"m one (it "w W” b..."mrdflr.m, m ole of this grout city the building and murnm‘ "Venice. Good music all day.
wrongly ”WWW“ "’ he llcnny “A" loan naeurialloltu have lifted them up. Junior Endeavor at 4:30. Young
”It. one of Hr. inmllert'a former and placed them upon it different level. ”mph“; lilt-‘l’tiing at ii. Evening ser-
ucholura. a fellow ‘who from his boy-
hood llp showed it taste for utter dc-
pravtly wiilcbllsiuunded the innocent
country-folk of Wilton. Willis was
front New York. was not a bud—looking
follow naturally. but of late years he
ball grown rather needy front lilo
trump—life which he led. and show Illli
vice at 7 o‘clock. All welcome.
I’lrsl Methodist Episcopal church
Rev. A. t-i, Klil'lulngb. pllstol'. Service
at iluyt‘s 'l‘beairc at “Mill a. lit. and
T p. m. Morning Subject: “(lubl'iol
ltllll Zurklirlzle,’ Al the evening acr-
\il‘i‘ lilo pastor will reply to the au-
mlllynlous t'l‘illi‘lfimli on his recent
mlll'uc of sermons till the "Mlll'l'lllflt
Take ll mall with a bank account: it
gives him a feeling of independence-
which nothing else can. Just so with
the man who owna stock ill the build-
lng and loan association; he saves his
illonoy weekly. well knowing that the
night and month ill coming around for
its payment in the assiwiatiou. and his
Kraut pride and knowledge is. that if
he doee not full by tho Wayside iu ltlllii.“ All are illl’lli'll. Special "in
reckless depravity ill his votillielltlllri'. his payments. the iumli he holds in mi; sic ~hlorulug. "Father. 1 “Mill it
lie is about lib years old. and about a hand. which in for live or ten shared. 'l'llcc.”Hlnlnci; "God is love." Shot
in not elinply $5 or $10. but it liponkn Icy. Evening. "Tulle lilo. '0 My Father
our 0 was accused. with roll . .. .. .
3’0“ gm .. l h I m ‘ h p y liit' itself. that in [hp future in. in— l'ultc hie. Hillier: “lilt‘ hul’lil lu till
'5‘ ‘ enu. " i P ru " ‘ ”mm' vesiuleiil will produce Iiilll in our onlw WNW" ”Mill?”
nation. of stealing a considerable sum 31,0qu 0.. in u“. on,“ 32,000 or inure.
of money from hire. llonry Mitchell. according to the greater number or WA Ni‘lt‘ly 0' “HOWE ”9km”-
shares he holds; this alone makes to
him it compulsory tuivlng fund. in
which lie and his family. one and all.
frequently slave and contribute to the
desired end.
"in my many years' connection with
building and loan associations there
but: been nothing so pleasant. agree
able and eudsarinn for me to use than
the members who. your after year. for
it term have been together as a family
or brotherhood until the stock hue ltls~
lured. And nothing river the greater
pleanure than to see the lion~borrow~
era receive their checks or cash for the
clock held by them. and the borroweru
handed their satiation mortgages fir
their homes are now clear: they 1
an independence that in a measure the
hard times and the business doom»
atom which we have been going through
for some tilns. is now posited away
trout their door; and thus saint pom
pie allow their [real confidence in the
anions of buildilla and loan associa-
tion. and these who have formed the
noble work at ouch little cost as is not
known. in our other investment. by
talllne stock in s new series. or lollie-
lng a society organised by the old one
trtlstetl ones?
llotlae i‘Utliti. bath robes. glove». drciw
suit «sauce. traveling bags. umbrellas.
villi ululllors. l-rsvllts in all styles and
many other bacilli articles suitable for
gifts. at (loin-lock Brno.
liq»
b‘RiIMY AFTERNOON Cill‘li.
then of Wilton. Mrs. Lambert says
that she is quite positive alto reclu-
ulaed Willis‘ voice in that of one of flip
masked men who administered the
chloroform to her. The neighbors say
that Willis is capable oi almost any-
thing.
Yesterday's Meeting With hire. John
H. Ferris. of West Street.
The Friday Afternoon club met ycs~
terdny with hire. .lollll ii. Ferris. of
West street. The subject was "South
America". and an interaction pro
iil'ililllue wail rendered.
Plano llolo-m itetrospcttiou .......
................ ...(‘llaa lt‘oudey
lira. Frederick Qlllutarll.
Papal-«Rise and Full of Monarrbl-
chili llovernnlent. .
' Mrs. E”. l). Lawton.
“Talk on tioiltll America.”
' Mrs. it. it. Bullock.
Vocal dolwhimnacy. . . lira. H.
“but Mabel Beers.
i'nper»t3hul'ltrteriuiliul of
American People.
lira. .lohll ll. Knapp.
"A Talk About the Birds."
an. libel Boers.
loll written by Percy E. Ferris on
m
“it pounds Frankiord mileage for 2!»
cents. lit lisyss' lisrksl.
RUN INTO It? A WAGON.
The Waterbury American of Thurs-
day printed this ear-emu about a
former resident of Norwalli. a brother
of Joseph ii. hill. of I Came street.
and calls editor of the Games:
deems it. lllla. or the hook ileum.
callis near meeting with serious laiury
is the Cantor last evening. its was
about to cross mm tllacs. when
bedsppodbacltoutoftbswayofa
trolley eat-uni wast-ultimo by snow
lug wagon and thrown to tits pave»
lasat. lie was plotted up uninjured.
altheilgil its was a very much night»
coed titan after the accident The sc-
lairtookplaesinstuthslaosnd rev
mt was martian ills New itsvwl
licacll
Bout h
W to Poll'a W . his trip to South America. read
Bid?" or It”. W. is KLAOGER. by lira John ii. Ferris.
Mu or Ml. ill-s. William L. Bissau dlsd padded. Vccal dolor-Th! lioag Thu
Don’t lot-pet the lists of seats at the is laat evening at tier home. til ltsin Touched My Heart.
loathfiorwaib church street. The declared wall in the still lira. o. it. flirtation.
asst Tuesday aim at. I o'eioet. All year of liar an also leaves a licensed “Current have."
invited. and onsllttls M lint. 1‘ it. Nash.
W W
‘r
mammm tannin
lit: Inviting Prayer. sermon and Rely ‘
consternation: '
church: Sunday school. one a. at: ' '
an type. ill [nod
gain. Addison ‘
cs. Norwaik.
market bladders It A"
street. South Norwallt.
sale. inquire on the
iron SALE—One new audit.
calf Apply to as nest »
Norwnli. Conn.
east end of Carriage“
Norwalk; two atom H
'l'. B. Grim, agent,
macy.
eon BALE—Our .
ma adamantly”; fl
written. “it... every PM
Meet So. um,
ma BALE—Two and the”.
lag. Roof (looting and
also Stewart's Read:
8750 will buy a ‘
(sexiest. . . .
streets of Son f
healthful: walk W
and petition for 8
tion. Particularl of
_ den.
ro Lav.
r0 ”Eb—Seven rooms. it ”9" “‘
avenue; Music Hall block,
for oliices; first floor. ,. ’9
59 Woodward avenue: first»
rooms. No. 10 Union street.
Woodward.
'l‘O RENT-
Block.
Flat six roomalll ‘
east and Carriage m
it out}
South Norwaik, '1‘.
agent. . “at" .
WWW
r0 l.ET-From Decorative . 3W
ill West street. nest til
nlouds residence: M
'lollcii street. and W *
stret;,houae 38 Day 1"
provementa. Apply til
MIIOILWM
VitiLlN TEACHER.
J. A.
For terms apply at 80
due. Not-walk. (loan.
SPECIAL SALE W0! .
clocks. musical imam“?
lug Prices low.
cording to value. Highest , h
old gold silver and
b‘elnberg. 1M Vim
bridge.
POUND—m female wattle
brown and white. W
some by proving v .
lug charges. inquire at
. blacksmith shop.
GRMNWIGH mu
Greenwich people have
in reading the I)!“ m
here to the em urn “it h
the only body o! M ”
march through the
the gatekeeper was
army. with ileum W
at the lies. " M the “It
not established until 1"”.
the continental artsy lild
baud-d. sad as (loom ‘
and his army were W ‘ 1*
so cantui students at tlw .
"hum, hm”, mom
ridiculotla. use only .
about ammonium
has been torn dawnlt. '
“mulls-illness“. mistress“ bandwidth ‘ mmnmsmm
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