sion,) Implicttting Willis.
._4_
RUN Down AFTER A
Lono, MERRY CHASE.
The Wanderings of the Two lieu,i at Whose Door the South Wilton
Crime is Laid, Traced by Wu Detectives Through the
West and South—Deputy Slurid Lyon, of South Korwallr Sent
After the Murderer—Story of the Crime.
.. *
Max Brockhadswasarreated at no. nr lelrose street corms Tuesday
at midnight. chatted with the murder of David 3.11. lambert. at South Wilv
ton. He wanton-d at the home of his brother. Otto Brockhaus. where a
Pinkeflon detective had been expecting him to arrive for a month.
The police say Brochhaua has made a partial confession. He does not
. deny that heand Benjamin Willis ard the ones who robbed the Lambert
house and killed to owner. The string, however, Brockhaus declares. was
done by Willis, be, according to his awry taking part only in the robbery.
From Wilton they went to New York. where a short stay was made.
Then over to Newark. to Philadelphia and thence to Washington. They
were next traced to Richmond. V3.1 From there the men. closely followed
by detectives. went to Cincinnati. Ohio. and finally to Chicago. Willis was
traced» Chicago with Broekhaus. but he has not been found, and it is be-
lieved he has some to New York
The murder of David 8. it Lamhart. er's'home in Chicago. and was eating
.908 when the detective entered. lie
of South Wilton, by bullet-s, who art-
" _ pa completely surprised and surren—
tsred his residence early in the even find without making any show 0‘ w
ingoiFriday.Dsanlbar1'f.itm. “P datanaa.
crime still trash in the minds of the lWhaa Mm,” mm n, ”armed
man it, app-rm in fact of the n his' sternum house there was found
whole %m two men sus- bier the pillow of his bed two large
sadoaooitherh rhvolversanda belt diled with cart-
was named ”Ennis WWW; who had m Web» another broth-
ummfiw ”any. diachtasnwlmisawaiteriasrea—
it?
hurts “m down that t unreal.
two to sail him sitar corn The prisoner looks much the Worse
routing the crime. took Ilr. lambartfr
team and drove to South Norwalh.
for his long tramp over the country
anti shows the effects oi exposure. He
where they amdoned u in spring had. at the time of his arrest. scoured
street, near the west bound much; a situation as waiter in a Chicago res-
but ironr this point all trace of the two taurant and was to have entered upon
appears to have been lost so far as the duties of the position today.
any publicity concerning thorn went, ii Brockhaus' story in true, he is
if the ohicers oi the law had any clue equally entity with the party who did
they kept it to themselves, after their: the! shooting. according to the law.
experience in hum“ for BoInny and which holdu that when to murder is
We“. committed when burglary in being nor-
Yesterday “my; on Wham! narrated. those who are partirlpunta
Pym Difilntch from Chirago was re- in the burglary. even though taking no
ceived telling oi Broclrhnus capture part in the kllilns. are as will! as
some flawley was notiiled Tuesday thou! Who did.
night of the capture oi Brockhaflg. Whether or not Brockirnus will be
and ye'tafd‘y morning he “.th mp. brought before the present term of the
my Sheriff Fred 8. Lyon, or South Na]?- Superior Court cannot yet be stated for
walk, ior Chicago to bring Brockhahs a certainty. The mural method, if it
back to this state. Regarding the was followed, would be a preliminary
tracing of Bruckhaus. Sheriff “aim” hearing before a Wilton Justice on a
g." a clone watch has been keel”, “pp“ charge of murder. after which the pris-
his movement. ever since the crime otter could be held for the higher
was committed. "As soon a. I re— court. The grand lury might then in:
ceived ll”! of the army; paid sherlli dict him for murder and a trial could
Hawlay. “I bewan worlr on the creep, pmreerl. [lot a preliminary hearing
and those who Vere employed 031" would be vacated by the issuance of it
followed a clue which has dually re- bench warrant. ii a speedy trial was
lied in the capture of the man we desired by the state.
lit. Althoush ldrs. Lambert identi- it is hardly possible, however. that
Ben Willis as one of the two mien the"? V!" be 3 AW! trial of the case.
i think she is mistaken. We have not as Bmckhaus denies that he did the
been loohlng for Willis, though his shunting. True. on his own roofs»
whereabouts have been known to us lion. he might be convicted, but there
and we might m captured him long arr other features of the case which
It”. had we “not. Brnrkhaus .1. ”W authorities desire to complete the
the man we want and we have mt hint. evidence of. and it is likely that Brock-
Wlllls undoubtedly thinks he is pity hairs will he held for another lean oi
peeled oi the Normand bkeeptng the Superior Court.
away from his old haunts." There is a reward of will odered by
The press dispatches give the RM the Connecticut authorities for Broch-
aaale of Willis as Frank but this is
a mistake; his name is Benjamin. j
bans arrest
some flawisy. when interviewed thy
The authorities in this state are sat-
isfied that Broekhaus is the rum they
want. State's Attorney Pas-ended was
asked about the matter yesterday ale
, ternoou by the Morning liniou report
er. lie said. "i really know nothing
about the matter yet. Yesterday a tel»
esraai was received stating that
mans had been capturtui and salt-
ed for instructions. Until i hear fur-
ther trust Chicago i will be in the
dart. A close watch has been set on
ilmekhans and several times he has
been within an ace of being mull,
hat thrufih better luck than that»
Ilawy ”it havias hoard little in
er. A Sentinel W returning from
W as a late afternoon trots.
hash-aw m Hawiay. who was
i
mm mills. menstruyutm Thoma
‘lnforlawtlaasoahl ”MW”. Passe-ass wired inr
In rfllssds. vows-masher
Wmmmumsmm
'sammsnfleiaatnwardwasolaradin
1 melanoma-workload.
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on
Emma ornamentation
, the calla hill-I baked.
themaW separated Broekhaus was tol-
lowed. The new it so badly
ionktotheroad.'andal Mum
thomuetrsmpisthohsrdastoi—
Whonthj’a two then semen! Willis
Ewhsdroppadiarthatimeheinl. Now
that the ringleader is caught it re-
mains to be seen whether or apt an
extended search will he made for the
accomplice.
Brochhaus, it is said. was soon in
Wilton on account of his numerouu
trips there. and was reoosniaed by two
or three people on the night of the
crime.
'Chiei of Police Vollmer has been in
communle’ation with the Chicago police
for some weeks. He told them he was
positive the two murderers were in
that city. He received several letters
from the chief of police of Chicago.
stating that they would make an eiv
tort to capture the men. Evidently the
Chicago oiiioers were calwht nappina.
for the important capture was made
by Pinkerton detectives. Chief Volt»
mar has devoted a good deal of time to
tracing Willis and ilroekhgus since the
night of the murder.
The murder for which Broekhsus is
under arrest was committed on Decem-
ber 17, 1897. at South Wilton, seven
miles from South Norwalk. 'l'wo
mashed burglars entered the house of
id 8., It. Lambert and found In.
hart alone. They quickly bound
leaped her and proceeded to loot
ehonae
Itrs’. Imbut was «mun; the re-
turn of her husband at any moment.
and so told the robbers They had
given her chloroform, from the sheets
of which she waa jun recoveri , when
she heard one of the men . "We
had better give her another dose."
When Mrs. Lambert recovered couv
aciousnesa a second time. she found her
husband lying on the other side of the
room. He was fatally wounded and
died lire days later. early in the morn-
ing of December 22.
launched-farm”.
Yesterday aitarnoon Mrs. George S.
Barnum. of Trumbull street. save a
handsome luncheon to Miss Planet). of
Norwailr. Miss Planet) is secretary of
the Connecticut Federation of Wom‘
ens clubs, in which the Unity club has
membership. below only one of the two
New Haven clubs included in the or-
ganisation. lira. Barnum’a gusts
were Ira. A. B. florrlll. Ilsa Inns
and him Eugene Hitler. all oi whom
are mourners oi the Sturdy club. Mrs.
(Mme B. Newcomb. was l’inuw‘a
hostels during the luttcr’a stay in
town, was also a guest. Mrs. ilarnum
is a member of the Sturdy club. All
the decorations were in pink and won-
rr-ry pro-try. and the table flower-u worn
massos of pink azalias.~Nr-w Huron
News.
.—
lalvation Army.
A specially interesting meeting has
been arranged for tonight in the Salva-
tion Army iiall. Washington street
bridal», at which the Rev. Mr. Sands,
of tho Dorian Methodist church. will
he ln‘mnt and give a very interesting
address. The duration will uttrort u
lnrwc crowd. as the opt-alter is well
known in this community. You will
do woll to so early, so as to own"? a
good ”at. Meeting at it p. m. Tm
niorrow night ('nputiu 'l'borno, oi
Bridgeport. and n mldicr from out» at
New Yorlr city’s slum pious will mL
tll'css the meeting.
Great Chiefs in law Man.
The great chiefs of the» improved
"trier of Red Men of the stair. includ-
ing ilrrat Barbell! Janus F‘. llrnlth. of
New lpndon; Senior Beaumon- How-
ard (l. Hubbrll. of Bridgeport; (thief of
Records illrllf. of ilanbury. and Deputy
Great Sachem Joseph i'. Miller. of
South Norwnlk, visited l'onus mumil.
in New Canaan. last night. The union
lion degree was conferred on scrotal
candidates. The great chiefs will visit
South Norwslk next Tuesday,
Dealt-sawmills Muslin.
At a meeting of the Italian indepen-
dent Mutual Benefit minty hold ra-
centfy. the members declined to accent
the Mutton or l-‘rank lemonselll.
it was decided. as Mr. “amongst" (all
that he could not devour the time to
the roles that it required. to have Vice
President (landolio [lo-brim perform
the duties of the once until the nest
”not“ for his Ialary.
Rev. (3. ll. Arthur has not sued the
sortield church for his salary, and it
is probable that he will accept the
terms charred. (in Holiday. tmhar
with a few of his followers. he held a
aarisl session upon the church steps.
W
with-lathe heat.
lliraal locum. a former well.
ham mm of Dash-tn. to years
of on. runs smells- with My
while walking in lists strata last
MJadhlaenndltiuawasanmr-
loss at a lots hour that it was trapdo-
slide to remove kin from the smar-
nosey hospital to his hear.
u
mm
m
flee-Aim
m ’
“hmrmw
tile Mi! 0!
war for the
lines in N
bridge toms.
Norwalll. was.
cilroonrad, .
members oi
A. M. llillsr, 4
lockwood .
all oi the Unit‘-
mm. with ‘-
in the City Conn-
tl'llsmornluz. The
.. mission are Major
em; Major D. W.
or Smith 8. Mach,
‘ tea Army Engineer
rters at New lon-
. , ,. e in practically the
and will prevent
mm upon the
Very few
, era appeared before
. views had already
2 plan is generally
, ‘ lition is anticipat’
lice onlya aiew pariah owners ap-
peared to be An adjournment
was taken and!“ as left with Major
inch to take up”; he matter. He had
communication at once with all per,
sons seheduid short the tax list as
owning riparian property. and an
agent interviewed thorn. Maps were
also sent. .shnw the proposed line.
and those interested were sailed to pre-
sent their views. Nearly all were
heard from. the ,Mpbntlee being far-
orable in car!!! ”once.
mymuntouion addressed to the
estate Nikon Minion was returned.
but a today's nation it was learned
that J. R. Marvin was the prrsrm in
intend.
Amonc those restart this morning
was (‘aptaill Fred i.. llyxlwre of the
New York and Diorwolir Steamboat
line. He informed the board that he
understood that. the seleamen were
going to close, ‘ Washington street
drawbridu dung the repairs that
were shortly to he made.
lie was informed that the closing of
the draw would he a violation oi the
law. unless some measure was taken
to trawler trsiattt under bile bridge.
The law pmridew’n hr-avy penalty for
the obstruction of nnviution, and the
board thatch! the steamboat company
would have a eduim for damages
shims Wilt. were
prowl in overtime the difficulty
and obstruction in mitigation i'llliwd
by having the thaw clmwri.
The board t‘filllpk'tml its labors in
Srlrwnlk shortly after 1 o'clock this
afternoon.
A loathorn Home.
Albert Rout. n brother of Emil
Built, of the llrrn of Roth & (lolli-
limit". was in Nnrwnlit. yesterdny, and
arranged with Manager Milena-ll for
tho production of the Kiwi" l’lftll mun
llllt' tho-titre sum-m. A Smiths-m lin—
“mum" in tho Nurwolk oml Nrw lim-
oin iris-m hilllnl-h Tho play and mine
puny are oi n rhmuctcr not oftm turn
in Norwalk. 'l 1w cant lnclmlcu (“om
'l‘nnnnr. funnel HH‘l’lulfl anal .t. ll. Lip-
mnn. The romp y carries it» own
scenery; not it on trio of tho "pom
bonito scenery will be trawl, Tin- dot.-
of the attraction is Mnrrh ill.
lorwalh Isthodiat Choir.
The tirllillir mlurloltc unmixed no the
choir of the Norwulir Methodist church
from May let in on follows: Sopranos.
Mrs. 'lmowonc litm. Misti llattio Putv
null; contrnitoa. lint. A. ll. illiuom.
Miss Anub- lllnnb, base. w. l.. War
ran. E. ii. Mornhuuac. lcnrm. f’. W,
lloyt. ii. i’. Price; organist. i‘. 1.
iron. il. l’. Prim» will continue as “F
l’t’i'lill‘:
m...
foul law-ran Two Inputs.
A sir-rind of man it sum of pm! arr
lwitut arranged he'll?!” Hilbert lice
vies, proprietor oi the Palace our» our»
lots in titamforrl. and Will Kinsler. the
attendant at (‘aprun's parlors. The
first named has tor stum- time held the
championship of Norwalk and thinks
he can defeat Eerie-a The sum. it
arranged. wil be watched with arm»
sltlersblo interned.
slums.
The entertainment at the hall Tuna»
day evening proved to be a [mi auc-
rna. The hall was well tilled and the
audience enjoyed the programme as
well as the prwarnia. m at with-h
passed a moat deal of few. The graph»
whose outsell-In by PM. Airtime
were much enjoyed. and after the. pro
granule a great many married in
bear arms selections until nearly ll
o’clock. The programs» was as fol-
lows: ti rebellions. reel»
iation The ”winter‘s Wife. Btu Pal»
lieu: tableau. l'lors’o Garden; tableau
Child's Prayer; ism. Wide Isa-wit
tor Two: realistic». liars” ism;
tableau. Haley and Jewel: recitation.
i'layise school. Hattie Whitley;
grim mitosis The Mr
bills were it" in”. m the tree.
-m
«rum
An Undenominational
General Russell l-‘rost will Preside.
Several Churches.
haii oi the relief fund for the starving
ll. Heard.
The object of this meeting is one
that will apps-a! in every citizen oi our
city. Reliable information leaves no.
doubt at all of the intense suffering
that the families that have had their
homes. stores and farms rlmlutwl by
the cruel warrior-e. now going on in
Cuba. are undergoing.
have already died. and many thornp are
patchi'lc Americans. .
The appeal has come to our city
from the New England i'ulutn Relief
crmtmittce authorised by President Mr—
FOR RELIEF OF
. STARVING CUBA.
Held in Music Hall, South Norwalk,
Sunday Night.
OBJECT THAT APPEALS
T0 EVERY CITIZEN.
by Rev. ll. 0. Sherwood. Rev. A. S. Kavanagh. Renjolln ’l'.
Winters and Her. herald ll. Beard-Music by the Choirs oi the
A mass meeting in to be held our Sunday awning, in Music Hall, in be-
olic, Methodist. and Congregational churches will all whilst in this meeting.
General lltlssell Front will preside. and tho-r:- will i.» may “mumps by Rev,
R. 0. Sherwood. Rev. A. :3. Kevanagh.
Music will be furnished from the choirs oi the» sorerni churches.
Large numbers ;
wholly without means to prevent stor- 1 It will not be masonry. Each one is
ration. unites it is furnished by synwsimpiy maker] to on big rm.
Mass Meeting .to be
and there will be Brief Addresses
anilcrers in i'uba. The Baptist. Cath-
er. John T. Winters and RW. Gerald
Kinley. and it is certain that South
Nor-walk. always ready to lend a hand
in any movement in lye-half of tho sul-
iv-rlug amt oppmwd. will attend th.
mass meeting next Sunday evening in
largo numbers. and glue liberally to
tho- inure.
Thou- will no no urging beyond the
apps-oi that the far-rs themselves mate.
whether
that be large or small.
Th» meeting will begin at 'l': 45
o‘tlmk. llnrlru will be. it,“ lull an
hour earlier.
m 1
mrnmws
Illumination; as Usual Un
til tha‘l,000 in Exhausted.
'l'he Norwalit library directors will
.-:irry out their plans as already out-
lined. They will mow into the now
duortem April 1. ntul run the library
until the Sumo opproprlulirm voted by
tho citizens of Sorwnlk at tlw retreat
vlty martini: ls vxhnltslwi. when lilry
will time up the institution and run
“will”! wait until the wily mmling
motto-a an appropriation ill-st year, no
loam private citizens «all n fif!“l'l.l[ city
meeting for :1 runner appropriation.
M Xil’rfiiiii lllrrv to no library llllltl.
but the “1an all! crouto- on». It may
be that ”W law will gun the i'mmoll
pom-r in appropriatv timer v-ttm. roll
llirt tlw library at department of flit
lily. Thur intuition is wt urnll-r-ieiwl
M all events, tho library mil run
along just the some
lir i, ii Gregory, prvrluloril of ”W
library imam, made a fight for ”it ll~
Lrury in tho fate of bunny mills. anti.
indeed, ll lrmks Stet it Dr Wind on the
popular Ride of the thstlon. as tho
people now realize the worth of tire ll-o
brary.
mmurwmy.
Troy. N. Y.. March in» lllstricr M~
torney Howard hon loom-«i that the
norm of the man found dead Tut-allay
near Finale "ridge is James Warns.
ills father. l’ntririt Writers. on Walla
nastier told the district attorney that
his son left hum on February in. to
work in a romr. , works at North
Adams. Thur w the last seen of him
all" by his nlalirea. lie had one in
his museum, and the tart that
of tin- WW) was found on his in
strengthens the belief of the district
attorney that the than slot with foul
play.
Ammunition deaths that
Key West. hlarrh in.-1’lia l'uitrd
lltstra dispatch boat m arrived here
this remains irons lisraaa. The bate
lieshlp lows has sailed for the Tom»
was islands. The torpedo boat Porter
has also sailed for the 'l‘rrrtnaas with
murmur-ideal. WWW
head has-sited for theTorlussis ovo
they to distribute ammunition to the
“atom V”.
ht Marshes: Hamil lawns tarps-
viai shear he! W orders the div
W fl fl”!!! from 3 also
trsordlaary intuitions for the run
attraction of war ships. it
thatnoiens will braised semi-Ir
the mossy.
gm.
1.9-.-
lilitary PM W
tourism. larch lit—A ”in! tile,
patch from Allahabad says the Karli-
mw. a Burmese hill tril»-, haw risen
anal mot-roamed i'iw military unicorn»).
capturing their guns. and bare all-o
tlrlwn hack a small form 'hll'h was
sent to punish them.
To loop lilf.’ nails true from haug-
narls. hollow halt a lemon slightly and
«lip tlo top of rash firmer into it twice
i do} in {on washing tin hilllibl.
WANTED.
WANTED First-rim pnpcr hunger»:
and lililiiil“. .l T. l’ruwitl. in?
Wnshlnpton street ruin it
Vt \.\Tl'.ll lllirrmltatciy a girl to do
amoral house work Apply at Mir.
4', ii. Seymour’s, :23 West street.
mil 3!
WANTED A glrl for gent-ml irons.»
work, at llownylort, next door mouth
of lluwuytorl [ultimate-r, \ mirrors
ii. A. low». I’. 0. Box, ll‘l'. llnwoyton.
mil ill
WAXTiillwlltmlt-llwpcr. Thorotrwhly
experience eight yard with last
llrm. desires intuition. Manufactur-
ing line preferred. Address 1’. ll.
rare of The sentinel. mil :lt
W.\XTKl’l~~iiass singer, on salary.
for Grace church choir. Apply at
ours. Jams-a linker, rural teacher,
its Wail sires-t. rail :1!
demsul bl! (mm wanml.
Silently work. Apply to it. ll. Cor-
nell. 435 West ‘llroadway. New
Tort. or W. B lluhbell. south Nor
walk all it
Afllm WANTED-r?” War in Cu-
dorsslnwllahlahonh. Oatltsiraa
Credit sires. natal paid. Drop
ailMasdnahalldan-rath
withWariscshs. humidity.
“Mucus-rs.“
Wm“ it:
ran butt.
‘1'0 Liv‘T—A pleasant sevan- Torin!
TWO (3
astronomer».
‘Washlnston street. on.»
tollz,4512:;30tod Saturday
ingrown.
TO LET
e
T0 LizT~0n the first no.2“
fixture—Mullen dining room» E
bedroom. inquire at 5 Betta '
Plant Norwnllt. ”I!
urge one minute from trolley. WW.
or and sewer courier lion, and (m
in, Rent 312 per month. Inquire
of F E Quintard “6 Main strange.
.\'r rwalk. mo 5!
T0 i ET-After March 15th lower part
oi button No. 8 Hartford place. Fly
roomxrm floor. two in attic. Ill
“out" o. l2: South Main street.
1‘. Merriam.
T0 LET~Threo unfurnished rooms!”
light housekeeping. Appi} at A
“ashington SUM. 80th W
TO nuxrmsm rooms on first floor
newly pnintul and papered. m
inquire on the premises,
1“!ch
Tr) LBT~Furnlsbed front room. Apr
ply at \‘o. 4 Elizabeth street, W
N orwalk
T0 REST~ ~P‘ollr—room apnrtmentu, 13‘
apartments 2nd story trout. Rent.
to: our D W. Raymond's 93 Walk
lngton street windows in every
room. lialin lighted heated and
cleaned. inquire once Oil! Well (3|r
1'0 LET—bower port of house; also n
barn at if! liariland street. Inquire
on promises. I m8 3t
1'0 LET—Jive nicely situated room,
upstairs. No. 9 Clay street. Milli!
preferred. Inquire at the ’ahovn
number. ‘
To LET—First floor, lire
South Main street. scream I
Woodward avenue; six -‘
Hall block. uuithhie for a .
floor. 6 rooms. too. 10 Union.
5 rooms, second door. 4 ‘F
place. i}. A. Woodward. -
T0 LET—Two desirable apartments at
l and 8 Gerard place, south Nor-
walk; 5 rooms and attic, or 4 rooms
with use of store room: both include
use of bath. but and cold WM. heat,
etc. Terms reasonable. inquire It
either nlubcr. m3"
T0 LET—41mm, upper part. four
7 ms. Small family. 10 Bayriew
a error, or. inquire Taylor & Gol-
den or Ezra Hoyt, 41 East avenue.
rathw
TO LED-Thr- Romntl Ind third floors
or the ummnm building. cornerWall
and Knight directs. Norwalh. Buli-
ttblc for oflicca, lodge rooms, or light
mnnuiacturing. Rent reasonable.
inquire til’ i". E. Quinn”. 1“ ”III
ptrcot, Normal», or F. H. Quinlard.
3 Worthington street, South Nur-
walk. all
T0 LET-House in Orchnrli hm
suitable tor either one or two small
families. has all modern improve-
ments. hath rmm. furnace, etc. Two
minutes' walk from West Iron-I
trolley. inquire at No. ll Orchard
street
T0 Lil’i'mllouae. adjoining m
of T. l. Raymond, oath. ll rue-s.
modern improvements. uremia- or-
der; house. 7 rooms. adioinlns inst-
dence of advertiser; 2 hounds III-v
den street. ll rooms each and law!
gardens; lat door, I and 1. Tollw
street; second door. d Tollea It!!!»
All in good order and rents low A’-
ply to John ll Knapp. 81 W‘
street. fut:
TO LET-Three Int
8
*mseutxam
cuinvorsw'r Janette. the '
and pitted rialrvorhht and
to now W. and will M
listen ”ill, at on West W
«not. film sauna and
and warm oa all slabs R"
w
HAW 7mm HAW
story rear rent 38; also four-monk '
gar company hil Washington street; _
altar
um
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