THE SOUTHNORWAL VENING s NTII
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littlgcted lover Shot
‘ Margaret Nettles”
Continued from first page.
sleep." Here he broite down and sob- 1
bed again.
A Morphine Fiend .
During the morning, Dr. M. 1., (iron—
in wont, to l "e .police station again.
and‘oxamlne 'tbe prisoner. He asked
him What the strain was that he had
been under. but Carpenter would not
answer except by saying that he wanted
0 go tothe hospital. He admitted
that he had taken morphine at times
under a hyslolan'a direction, and alsol
that be ad later at times taken it of
his own accord, and had contracted the 1
habit. He said, however, that he broke
himself of the habit. and,that lie did
not want the dactor to give him any of
the atufl. He continued his yequcsts to
be taken to the hospital. bttt this was
refused by the authorities. Dr. Cronin
statedthat the man showed no signs of
inlanl'tymt any time he had seen hint.
and the ofllcera concurred in this.
Did Not Drink.
Carpenter said that he had been tt
drinking man formerly. Iutt that be had
stopped. and now rarely took a glass‘
of beer, and was not an habitual smok~
er of cigarettes. lie did not smoke
. while in the cell. He claimed that be
was not a quick tempered fellow, and
that he never had tits of uncontrollable
pasdlon. He was unable to account
for his actions last night.
His can Continued.
This morning Prosecuting Attorney
William F. Tammany arrived at the
1, station house early, and talked the
matter over with the police. It was de-
cided to wait a while before holding
a preliminary hearing. so that the con-
dition of Miss chllies tould be more
thllnitely ascertained and the charge
filed accordingly. He stated that It
might be possible that the prisoner
would be found to be insane, hat that
in the meantime. before a hearing-
would be held the state tould get its
Witnesses together 'Ibc. case “as ac-
cordingly continued tintii tomorrow
morning at 9 o'clock, when a bearing
willlit! given the prisoner. No bond
, has been fixed as yet.
. Attorney Louis S. Beers stated that
he believed- that Carpenter Is insane.
, “They Otight to Lynch Him."
"They ought to lynch ihv bruic. lie
' shouldn't have a trial at all." said hits.
Noviilea, the mother of the wounded
girl, as she sat In her little home, near
,, the scene of the shooting.
' bent Carpenter Away.
Mrs. chllies suiti this morning:
"Last Tuesday nlgltt a man came to
the Muse. knocked at the door and
asked for my Margaret. i asked hint
who he was, and be told me that he
was 'Mr. Carpenter. from Stamford.‘
Margaret had told me that he had
been bothering her and following her
around. and i told him to go away.
' and that if he ever came to the house
again i would ask the police to take
him. He did not say anything to that.
and went away.
"No, he did not appear to be mad at
a
Mother Heard the Shots.
“Last night Margaret Went out. thI-
1 me that she was going to the post
0 ce. andwould be back carly. I sat
. here and it did not seem as." it was
an hour that she was gone, when i
heard a shot outside. i asked my lit-
tle girl what it was and she stld that
she guessed it must be some of the peo-
ple sliding down hill.
“'l‘lten we heard two more shots. and
71 said i guessed there must be trouble
outside!“ We ran to the door and opens
ed It: and heard Margaret cry ‘t‘ome to
, , me mother. I am shot and am dying.‘
‘~ ‘ saw Carpenter Run.
"We mn to her and saw Carpenter
nthndlnghy her with the revolver in
his hand; tWhen he saw us he ran
away. Mr. Purdy helped carry her In
.. and then the doctor came."
‘ Mrs. Nevilles said that she did not
. know. why Carpenter should shoot the
‘ " girl, but believed that he must have
been Motrin ambush (or her when
the came up the hill. She knew of no
quarrel that. the girl had had with him
and thought there were no words he.-
tvroen them until he stopped her on the
hill. Hrs. Nevilles is quite calm and
1 hopeful about the case bttt believes
. that Carpenter ahottld he lynched.
SELLING OUT!
A: We will be our last month here
we are: dact‘itlcing and slaughtering
goods more than over as all the goods
loft after February 10th will be ship-
admin at auction -
' 500 cot and twill Umbrellas at
Silk Umbrellas at 68c
. 1‘ wide $2.00.
. Ombrollu, close roll silk
«cover, valid-Moo- malt tan-sit.
» pattau timer, natural
hhd silver tips, only 98c
imam. punctuation:
10 piece Toilet hot: 81. 98. regular
“-0! 'NM seta at: ts..9s an
“h and shell than. at 36c
Glasse- ncnom. Pepper and
_, each, at the cheapest store
F D LYON d‘t C0.
are
SOLE AGENTS
for
W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES
' $55.00 and $0.50.
' “They ought to lynch him. " site repeat-
. the hospital. llr
.let glanced across llH' chock.
pad to the Stanford Auction Rooms'
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
ed]. "lie ought not to hate a trial at
At the Hospital.
After the wounded gill was taken to
I"r-atey made a careful
examination of the wounds. it was
iound that all three of the shots fired
by Carpenter had struck her. One bul-
iinotlter
had struck her chili. and tile third on-
tered the abdomen. penetrating the ab-
dominal wall. anti ctttcrcd the left
lung. The bullct which struck the
girl's citiit was extrttctod with little
difficulty, btit the bullet which entered
Illt‘ lung bits itot yct been located. '1 his
is the one front which serious conse-
quences are fcnrcd. Internal hemor-
rhages and poaslble blood poisoning are
retired, and It the latter sets In there
is little hope for the girl‘s recovery.
It is probable that the bullet may have
carried shcds of clothing In with it.
which will cause trouble, and the grav-
est fears are of blood poisoning.
Her Condition.
The conuuion of Miss chllles rc~
quiits unchanged ut the hospital. 'I lit.I
girl had quite a high tetcr.
ing. but the physicians do ttot expect
any immediate change lot the wotsc.
Miss Nevilles is chl-known about
South Norwalk. Site was a rather
pretty little girl. but has bad the rep-
utation oi being a litllt. wayward. Site
was committed to the
School for (lirls somewhat over two
years ago. bill was later rclcttscd. and
has lli‘i‘ll at good girl since llllii time.
Ilcr llitliili'l‘ thought the world of htr.
and sold this morning that she was a
great 11pr to llt'l‘. Site workcd In the
silk utill every tiny. and her thacs
helped to ktecp thc widowed mother
and other children. Her brother”
’i‘ltomtis chillcs. is employed iii tiicl
Norwttlk iron Works 1
(‘bicf of Police \'ollmcr. (lapttiin l’cu-1 "f
niugton and ()iiich' liall spent ulntosll
all day today. in getting the witnesses“
of the affair, Many boys and girls whol
wete on the bill at tho time the shunt—1
lug otcutied had to be iookcti tip and.
the polite spent a busy day. 1.
A gitnt many peoplt wont to ihc sto
tiou housc «his morning, to get a
glimpse of t'arpentcr. (ifiiccr t‘ockefur
was instructed by (‘hicf of Police Voll-i ‘
tltc '
tncr itot to allow anyone to soc
prisoncr. During Ilic day kit's. (‘ irpcu- ’
let'. the mother of the pilStlllt‘l‘ callcd
and lmd a brief audience with liliit. Sbc
r
is Inortlttoktn ovcr the actions of boy
hull.
WILL VISIT HER SON HERE.
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Mrs. Lambert. of Stamford. Tells of
Carpenter's Peculiarltiea.
STAMFORD, .lan. ifi.——\Villittm (Isr-
pcuter. who is held by the Sottth Nor-' ~
walk police for shooting his swect-
itcart. Miss Nevilles. Is a sicpson of
(leorgc Lambert, of ii? ()nk strcct this
city. and has figured somewhat sensu-
tlonttlly here.
cusctl of having appropriatcd n gaso-
line launch at Cos Cob. and was cap-
tured after loading thc otiiccrs a live.
Iy chase. lie was sentenced to thirty
days' imprisonment. bttt cxcctition. of
the sentence was suspended.
in 1900. Carpenter cullstcd for the
ilnltcd States navy at the local re-
crultlu'g otilcc. At that time he was
paying his attentions to Miss Etta Hig-
gins. of Stamford. After bcing at the.
Brooklyn navy yard for a time. he
came here for a furlough and called on
the young woman at her father's gro‘
cery Store. There he tna-lc n ticcla-
ration of love. btit the young woman rc-
jectcti his suit. whereupon Carpcntcr
took a bottle of landanum from his poc-
ket and swallowed contents. The pot-
son was pumped out after hc had been:
taken to the hospital. During his con-
valesoence hc made it so lively for the
hospital attendants that the atttborl»
ties trunsfcrred him to the city jail.
Subsenquently he was sent back to
the Brooklyn navy yard and was trans-
ferred from there to it hospital in
Washington. presumably on account of_
his memtal condition.
Carpenters mother. Mrs. Lambert.
saye he has not been in good health:
since he. suffered from typhoid fever
during an epidemic here some years,
ago. and that he has shown signs of ex- ‘
tremc nervousness. He had been eat-1
ployed in a local factory. but for three
or four weeks had been oitt of work.‘
and had appeared somewhat low-spin.
ltcd. His mother said she knew he
had gone to South Norwalk to call on
Miss chlilca. and that his relations
with the girl had been friendly as far
as she knew. Ills habits were good.
'she said. and he was not accustomed to
use either liquor or tobacco. Mrs. Lam-
bert attributes his action to ills dis-
penter attributes his action to his dis-.
turbed mental condition. She will go
to‘South Norwaik today to see him.
OF NORWALK PEDIOREE.
The Not-work descended young son .1 .
of the late lord William Beresford. the
child. namely. whose grandfather Int
the third degree of “great" spent there
mld- winter holidays so pleasantly near
the foot of the present “Witch iAne"
in South Norwallt. is.- becansc of his
delicate constitution. kept. for the most
of the time. at Brighton. on the Engg
lish coast. This little celebrity is be;
rsaved by the loss last week In New .
York of the only surviving parent of
his millionaire American boy cousin.
the father and mother of whom have
been. at dlflerent periods. terriers in
Ridgcdeid. Court. A striking portrait
In all of an immediate relative of this
now orphan son of fortune-1, oi King
Edward iii. blood hangs on the wall
or an out Nomiit home. while the
lovely likeness of a food one being-
tliis morn- 1‘
Connecticut ‘
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In June. 18911. he is ncg *
tag. closely. to the family of the Brkh-l
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TOWN TEACHIRO’ AIIOCIATION.I three exciting runaways. yesterday at- I
A meeting of the Town Teachers' As- 1tornoou. while driving a spirited horse.
sociation will be held in Room 1 (‘cu-' 'ihc animal way, stopped each time
tcr School on Tuesday afternoon at 3"Iho lust tumtuuy octuttcd on East
oclock. .‘luuuaiy 19.11104. 'l‘euciitus‘uvctiue,anti the house broke the bar-
wlll bc permitted to close the uftcr- iicss ()tto lliipiuc a sewing illitl‘lllllt‘
noon session of that date iii time to bc saltsmnu was with Mr. Linwciler. They
present. .wcre both thrown out, but nelthcr wxs
Principal W. l“. (Iordy. of liurtford, seriously Iuiurcd, though somewhat
will address the teachers on liisiory Iu bruised. '
the Schools.
Members of the Board of School \'isi~
tors and District Coutnilttccs urc cor-
dially luvltctl to be present.
Will thc Principals of the town kind-
ULTIMATUM FOR THE VATICAN.
ROME .ian i’t,——Thc French got-
crnmcnt has praicntcd to the Vatican
a note, in tlic u tire of an ultimatum.
ly circulate this HOIII‘l' anti grouill' rcsardlns thc at mtntmcnt of Bishops
oblige. of live vacant l-‘rench socs. substanti-
Ii‘l.()IIl‘)N(‘E it} JENNINGS. ally saying that either the pope must
approvc the selections of the French
govt-rnmcut or thcy will be announced
officially without the approbation oi'
llic iioly Soc.
Sec rct ary.
WAS IN THREE RUNAWAYB.
Joseph lluchllct participated
w/
A UREA l‘ SWEEPING '
CLEARANCE SALE
OF MEN'S IOYS’ AND CHILDREN'S
ClothingandFurnishiagtiotids
in
As i am overstocked and never keep goods from one season to anoth-
er I have decided to sacrifice the goods.
Regardless of Cost.
black and Kl‘ii) which
hicn's ()vcrcoats. medium and full Icugtlt.
arc worth 87.00 and $8.00 at this snlc, $3.98
1\1cn's()vorcosts. bcttcr grade. it 11h or without Incits, which were
$iei.otl and $15.00. at this sulc. $6.95
Men's llluclt Mcllon (lvcrcoats o.‘ tlu- ilucst urmlc all satin lint-d.
which were 817.00 and ”8.50. at this suic, $7.98
Men's Suits. single or double brt-astcd. made of black clicviot
and gray mixtures which wcrc $1100 and $10.00. at this salc, $3.98
Mcn's line cusllnicrc Stills. difl'urcnt situdcs. which wcrc $10.00
and $12.00. at this sill“. . $5.95
Mcn's fllit' worstctl. black tiltigonul Milli itittcy clay of highest
grade, some ttllsatln lint-d. Soul” \‘t‘ili‘illlil lllli'll, which \\'(‘i‘t‘
$151.00 and $16.00, :II this sale,
.-\u cstra opportunity for young illt'll ii to :o i't~.il'.~.
were $7.00 and $16.00 at this sale.
ilcttcr grades madc of line (‘Ilslilllt'l't‘, him it dlnuunul and fancy
morstctis. vlilclt wcro $11.00 and titlitu. 'Ii this sale.
lortucr pricc. $32.3, at this
$7.93
Suits which
$3.48
$5.95
lloys' Suits. two pimis, .\ to If. \t‘ili--.
Mili‘, $1.25
lit-ttt-r grudcs bluc scrgc, bluc It'it-ot. fancy \i'orstcds Hobby
iii-‘llllli'l‘t'S. \\ lilt'll wcrc 81.00 and 3.3 00. at this Hill‘.
(‘hiltli't-ii's \’t:stcc Suits. :1 to h ,V.Ill‘\. which Wi'l't‘ $1 3.0 to $100,
$2.48
at this sale. ~75c
Children's Flue lllousc Suits mutlc of ltcuvv I‘lllt' e-t-t‘gt- ntid itlitcy V
worsltsls, shit it \vcrt' Sillil, at this sulc, ‘. $2.25
Boys All Wool ilvcrtonts, slzcs'l to II. which ucrc $3.00 and
$4.00, at this sale. $1.98
iicttcr prudcs, sonic with bclts wliltlt \Il‘l‘t‘ ti on and $5.00. at
lliis suit». $2.48
Men's Shirts, bosom and negliucc which \ltll‘i‘ 3m and 75c at this
salc. 29:
.\lcu‘s iiibbctl I'utlcrwcur. Itluc. lil‘tthl tiutl urn) 19c
Men‘s and llovs‘ I.ittcit i‘ollars ad >‘,\li‘t~‘. 7C
Men's t‘t-lluloid t'ollni's ilI 5c
ilcttcr grndcs of ('cllllloid nt 9c. 3 for 25¢
27w Itubbcr (.‘olinrs at 15C
Iioys‘ 25c Knce Pants at 18c
lloys‘ Soc Knt-o Pants at 38:
"ms 73c Kilt'o Pilllis nt 486
REMEMBER THAT THESE BARGAINS MAY NEVER OCCUR AGAIN
lNSPECTION IS SURELV A SALE;
SALE BEGINS SATURDAY. JANUARY 1601.
D. GOTTLIEB.
[2 North Main Street,
SOUTH NOR WALK. CONN.
WWW
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
There is nolhtnq more Jpnrcctatrd. attraclt‘vvc, beautiful and lasting
”1.!!!
A GIFT FROM THE JEWELERS.
Wt emphasize the advantage in a srledt'on from the lava largest
most complete and up—fo-dafc stocks (1 the Norwallts.
The adwnlaqc is mutual. By buying for f'lvo stores and for cash.
'lve offer you lower prices than elsewhere.
COLEBURN & LAUDER,
THE JEWELERS.
N0. 96 WASHINGTON 57.. SOUTH N7RWALK.
N0. 3 MAIN ST" NORWAIK-
STORE OPEN svenmcs.
To MAKE
MONEY
You .Mt‘ast [away It.
DO YOU SAVE ?
Would you save $1. 00 rm- monlli and upward
if sour Hindpal and Interest hat-e Properly sc-
curcd through
The South Norwalk Trust Co.
THE PROPOSITION
IS NOT speculalibe. Investigate this matter.
It Will Waist .
you
FOR FULL PART ICULARS. ADDRE) ' ‘
AGW E. mnwm
EL 9' . astoitY.lAN- it? 1904.
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nu: LEADING DRY GOODS STORE.
TRISTRAM&HYATT
Annual January Cloak Sale
Prior to Stock T‘akina.
Our annual January Cloak Sale begins on Saturday, January 9th. in order to make this
sale very attractive. we have included cvcry Garment in our stock in either Ladies.’ Misses or Chil-
dren‘s. All high grade goods made up in the very best manner in this season's most attractive styles.
This is an opportunity that any one in need of a good Winter Garment cannot aiiord to miss.
$10.00 Garments for $7 50 $12.00 Garments for $6.50
$10.00 Garments for $10.00 $15.00 Garments for $12.50
$25.00 Garments for $15.00
Misses” and Children‘s Garments from 4 to 14 years, from $3.75 to $10.00; iormcr price $54»;
to $15.00. All sizes one price.
. -..m.-
Kitchen Department.
’l‘wcnty per cent. discount on all Fancy China. Lamps. Vase s. ’I‘oilct Scls. Nickel Tea and
Colic: Pots. jardinicrcs and Umbrella Stands, for one week only.
TRISTRAM t va, Norwaik,00nn.
NO. 2 and 5 GAZETTE BUILDING.
A suburban servant is known by tho
famlit sbc toudcstt-uds to let lirc With.
1101.1
HE
‘OME
1F LOW
’RICES
29-31
West Washington St
CLOSING OUT SAI E.
Skittcs. Sleds and Wlutcr Games.
A. H. Spaldlng's .‘Ihlt'lli‘ (ititiils.
Situtcs sud t‘utlcry (lround
litivc ymtr Automobiic or IE:-
cyclc put in ordcr ill\\' tillti it
will be ready for usc \‘vil“li tltc
weather pcrmits.
\‘i‘c tu'c wcil equippcd and
pt‘ll'lll to do Illt' work and our
charges are rcnsounblc.
H. 11. BillKlEY.
52 SOUTH MAIN STREET.
SO. NORWALK.
'Itit-
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1 I, -, Mark Down Sale
CLOTHING!
Orercoats and Suits
Men and Youth.
Come in and look us over. We
have a good assortment of BELT
1 , OVERCOATS in Fancy English
Mixtures. to be sold regardless of
former selling price.
(load can! save: traublc.,
time and temper. start: you
off In cheerful mood for the
day. and welcome: you
home at night with to gen-
Ial “Ml-m”, and condor" is open to you. Select whatever
Our coal I: sold on I“. merchandise you need. and pay
HIGH“. and OVOI')’ fan! for them in weekly payments. 1
m.k., anon,“- friend for" We do not charge you anything it
us for the accommodation. Our ‘
._ prices are as low and iii most in- I 1
” FOLLOW THE FLAG " ‘
stances lower than elsewhere.
OUR EASY PAYMENT PLAN
Are you in need of a good
TIME PIECE? We have a good
selection of WATCHES: a guar-
antee with every one sold.
$1.00 Per Week.
Glover’s the Place '
FOOTWEAR ,
that is correct may always be
' found hm: at
Reasonable Prices.
nus ELITE.
for men.
is more than worth $3. 50 per.
pair. 1 «
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We can say the same for th1
1 ‘ Ladles'
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EXPERIMENTAL WORK 1 ; ‘
Bond You.
Specialty Mfg Co. 1
Taylor 8v Golden
w. R. Thompson. timer 1.0a“
N Washington 8‘.
Wm sum that [lit a 9’1 .Watta artists: 1
I397", outwith,
psoh'a tor-o.
“Mail.
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