tall
“from First Page).
‘ co and committed the
=4. be was convinced
sod did not do the deed.
ballot he changed his
." i
ballot. 1H» 1.
ballot stood it for ac:
. for conviction. Mr.
fig the juror who held out. ,
was taken without
he result and then the fur-
gt..thut after dinner they
, Ibiy agree, so they went to
find on their retllrn. the case
wifnore discussed. A ballot
' with no change in results.
till-0 of affairs lasted llntil the
total 8:20 p. in, when the
flat twice importing a dis-
, , and being sent back by the
lib ided that it would be im-
e to. agree. because of Mr.
era persistently not to agree
a other eleven, and they decid-
rso-report for a third time to
rt, which they did.
(in Juror'e Statement.
on, K, Wheeler was interview-
‘Ia Manning Telegram representa-
‘fiight after the. trial as to his
rulianglng up the jury. Hc
, ‘Whii’frl took my, place upon
,1“? i took.“ oath that i would
error ‘erdlctaccordng to the law
once. and with the full
so that I must be convinced of
Wilt of the accused beyond the
hiiity of a doubt. I sat through
ill Ideas of this trial and heard
no evidence on both sides and the
n ants. and I was convinced he.
payrollsonable doubt that Le-
.. I‘ utter was guilty of the crime
,, ”of he stands accused. and I so
fillers.
' Believed Butler Guilty.
“Acting upon that honest belief and
on yic’tlon. I should have been falsc
,. my oath had 1 nilowcd the person
ionof. the other eleven inch to sway
1 e from a course that. according to
my conscience, l firmly believed to llt'
Chi. 'For that reason I voted from
start. to finish for conviction, and noth-
Ingbaln. shake lny belief in the guilt
, ,ohtbe accused. I believe him guilty
from the weight of evidence.
. Poser for Other Jurors.
‘ One point! that struck me as bclng
, very hard to overcome was the stato-
,ment of Della Scanlon tllut i.cllo,\'
Butler asked her if she thought llc
‘could collect the mollcy on his sit-p-
motlior’e life insurance. Della told
”within. he could not. ‘Now If Della
Bosnian had not been talking with
Butler about this life insurance. how
did she come to know anything about
It. for there Is no cvidcllcc that she
and Butler were particularly friendly.
I put that question to the ollicr juror..-
and there wasn’t a man of them who
Ronald. give any satisfactory explana-
tion upon that point.
The Army Revolver.
“Another point and one which l rc-
8l1f‘ii as the very swivel upon which
.. the state's chain of circlllllstullllul
'- evidence revolves. is the big army re
volver with which the stale claimed
that. the murder was collllniltcd with.
I took into consideration the fact that
the accused had access to that I‘cvoi-
Venetid to those cartridges and that
he did the deed, l was and am as
firmly convinced of it as i am that I
live.
. .Mot’lve Clear to Wheeler.
"Then again. llis motive for colli-
milling the murder. It is all clcur to
me. I believe it was because his
step-mother was so often nagging him
for money. Take the evidence, of
Mrs. Behavior. wife of Dr. Scllavior.
‘ for whom young Butler worked. She
alloys that Butlcr told her spine time
before the murder that he was getting
‘ tired of his stop-mother‘s llllporlunlng
“for money and that he wasn't so
1 .to stand for it much longer. l
'w "Ye the boy grcw desperate, Ilnli
free himself front that stop-moth
, .j ceaseless lmporlllnlngn he shot
"Will". in the belief that no one would
lower inspect him of so doing.
‘ No Stock In Butler's Statement.
M regards LeRoy lilltlcr'u own
“63‘! upon the stand I look no stock
It. whatsoever) l mu convinced it
W flmply the effort of u crll...nlll
’ “found himself cnllglll ilIlIi ill cl isl-
2;
to. deliberately lying in Illl‘
of. letting out of lilo fix in
he found himself foal .s
anti! to tho tlcilclivc. hill liiil'l‘
' one. bill ngitullon upon dial
on he (‘MIW home lifter lilo
. shouting of his lill-p-Ililllllt'l‘w
' had weight in 'lndllclng ulc
w ill did.
what time in the trial of the
Mr. Wllnclvr warn you convinced
what you term a reasonable
as to the guilt of the acollllodf"
Argument- Clinch-d it.
.‘M seen all i had heard the clos-
mori of tile srguinonls in the case.
0 up my mind then that. the lit:-
vu guilty and nothing could
g, you this conviction before the
rim and at the close of the evi-
- l was pretty well convinced
“own mind then. but i waited
l t arguments were in to see
one anything more favorable
W. but i found nothing.
‘- ”we had taken the first but
if the jurors how I felt in the.
and all their arguments and
, whatever in changing my
. once it was made tip. at ill
voted for conviction. because
fly believe that according to
‘iiuui the evidence that the
do guilty. and if i had voted
, , I should have violated my
Itinluror.“
an limit Nutrient.
w -. of Weld. foreman
. was inseminated l3: 'l'cl—
. secretive after dine-
_ no reason whatsoever for
' of the fury In this
.i
, case He simply set there and voted.
lill
tanking that statement. lill
would not listen to arguments from
any of us. He said he was'there upon
his oath and would not discuss the
,lWheeler n 6 lion Juror.
'be was sullen com star to finish
l . ,
bad been‘notlcpsuly so , I througil‘
trial. and quite often... lid. .in Iain
ting into court. so that we have had
to wait for him. We Jurors feel that
he has simply made a laughing stock
of the rest of as. and that he has done
solout of pure contreriness. lilveu the
instruction of the court, when we went
out the last time he Would not. heed.
where the court chill-”gen relative to
the opinion of the minority in a case.
of this kind. '
Offered to Compromise
"There isn't one of us, aside from
Mr. Wheeler. who believes that Leftoy
Butler fired the shot which ended the
life of his stepmother. There was not
at any time. after the first ballot, that.
we stood other than for acquittal. We
argued with Wheeler and tried every
way to get him to change ills vote.
but he would not. Once he offered to
compromise on a verdict of murder in
the second degree, bllt there wasn‘t
one of us who wollltl'for a moment
consider such a verdict. We believed
It contrary to all the law and evidence
that has been brought out in this case.
Believe Butler Innocent.
“We do not believe. that young But-
ler did this lllllrder. He did not. in
the first place. have the time to do it
according to the state's own evidence.
Wc feel that he should have been ac.
quiicd. and l have lily doubts if the
case will ever ligain reach a lri . I
shall watch it with interest, I a l of
the opinion that. after a while thc
state will decide ill the light of the
present vote. of our jury to drop it."
Jury Twice Reports Disagreement,
Judge 'l‘llllycl' began his charge to
the jury at. ltzlz'l a. UL. concluding at.
Hill. The cues went to the jury at
llt2b n. in. They considered the case
lllltll l p. lli., then went to lunch at
tllc Atlantic ilotcl,‘accompanied by
Sheriff Hawlcy. Returning at 2 p, lll..
the jury resumed their consideration
of tho casc until 4:15 p. “L. \Vilt‘ll they
culllc ill and reported a disagreement.
.llldlzc. 'l‘haycl‘. :li'lcl' further in
slrllcting lllclll. sent lllclll back to the
jury room, This time they rclllaillcd
otll until 0:01 p. lll., whcn illcy rc-
tllrllcd for a sccollll limo with ii dis~
agrccnlcllt.
Judge ’I‘llaycr thus addressed lllcnl:
“l scc no reason why you 12 gcnilc-
lllcll cannot try this case as wcli as
could any other 12 gcllllclncn. I do
not 'wunt a mall to act contrary to tho
diclalcs of his own conscience in a
mailer whcrc life is at stake. A filil‘
discussion of differences. lllcl. candid-
ly by each side, sl'llllclllllcs brings
about all ugrcclllclll ill cascs which at
first looked as though it was impos-
siblc to harmonize the different vicws.
"l wallt to call your attention. gtili-
llclllcll. to instances which llavc bccll
given by other courts in cases similar
to this. and which havc been approv-
cd by tho sllprcille court and ask you
once morc to consider tllc cvitlcllcc ill
this case in the light of such insiruc
lions:
“Although tllc l'cl'llicl to which cach
juror ugrccs must, of course, be his
own conclusion, and not a more uclpli-
to a unanimous rcsult. lilt‘ Jurors
lions sllblllillcd in them and with dllc
of cat-ll olllcr.
to curb olllc's opinions. and listen
with candor to curb olhcr's
IliPilli-l.
Sent Back a Second Time.
juror should consider whctilcr
one which lllukcs no illlprcseion upon
the minds of so many men equally
honest. equally intclllgent with
at ill.
of
with equal desire lo arrive
Il'IiIil and undcr the action
same onth.
ably. and ought liol to doubt the con
clllilions of a judgment which is not
whom they arc enunciated. and die
train the Weight or sufficiency of that
film ill the minds of their fcllows.
"’l‘lllll. gentlemen.
what was slated to the Jury Ill lill
case of the (iolnlllollwcnltll vs. 'i‘ncy
and sanctioned by tho lulpl‘olllc court
of Massachusetts I shall link you
lice if it be not possible for you ll
agree upon a verdict."
Final Disagreement.
It was 8:20 p. in.. when tilt-re l'tllllt
ll knock upon
licilrrylllg of court messengers to vnr
loud parts of the court house to no
time. They had again disagreed.
Ne fleuiblilty of Agreement.
in reaching ll verdict.
533%.?
ever since 12:10 I). in.
furnaces.
possible for you to agree?
Karenina of the Jamaal
possible."
Judge The erre‘fi‘heli t
one collrse oft, to “II cold
"f consequently for this one
- than in the «unborn» of
end i knew i Meet-tile
www.mmmu
that service."
letter. Still: Hell.
’ not to consent to a discharge of the
‘ prisoner. and i shall try
cl-lencc ill the conclusion of his tcl~
lown. yct in ordcr to bring 12 minds
should cxumlllc willl candor lhc qucs-
rogurd and dcl‘crcncl- to the opinions
lll collfcrrillg together
the jury ought to pay proper rospcct
iIl'Kll-
“If lllll('h illc lllrlzcr number of the
pillch are for conviction, a dissenting
the
doubt ill his own mind is a rcuslulublc
ililll'
self. who have board the same cvi‘
deuce. with the same attention. and
tho
And on the other hand. if
it majority an.» for acquittal, lilo lull-
jorily ought scrlollsly in link Iilt‘lll~
solves whether they may not rcnson-
(‘tillt‘lil'l‘t‘tl Ill by most of those with
evidence which falls to carry I'llill‘li'r
is substantially
gcntlolncu. to retire once more and
the door of the jury
room. and immediately tbcrn wus n
llfy the stale ntiorncy. the court. and
other! that. the Jury was again really
to report. All within the building runul
hastily into the court room and took
their souls and at than the Jury lill-d
solemnly into the. Jury box, null iht'
poilint at once began for the third
Judge 'l‘llsyer asked if there was
anything he could say to aid the jury
To this the foreman replied that
film was ubsoiuteiymo possibility of
gracing; that they fled hung
e they were on the verdict
Judge 'i‘hnyer remarked that some:
times jurors did not discuss the dune
freely enough after ranching the jury
room. but simply set and unbound
without trying to get togetheron dif»
Do you gentlemen think it
ill im-
iulr in out!
We»
men. though it seems too hill where
a mistrial in a case like this If there
i” a possibility in ”W “3‘ (ion winter for Mia The art-free
times. you my more i e penis ’ i ’ .
the case. You are messed iron fun ”ii” this ”WW" M“ found '9' W‘
lute em» Wlw'my it,
that. the jury Ill unable to rest: a con.
cluslon in this case. Will has been
tried to the fullest- eaten , on new,
sides. i feel nevertheless, that l ought.
the case
again. These upon the old panel 1.
shall want to remain for other cases
that I shall have before this court.
'l‘he‘plher jurors I will ask you to ex.
cuss. That is all 1 have to say."
The only members of this jury who
are on the old mane! are William H.
I’llrsonnnnd Daniel A. Nichols. who
will remain on the next. Jury to take
up court matters.
state Attorney Feuenden's Argument.
The final organism. in the Butler
case was made by State Attorney Fes—
senden yesterday morning. He said:
“ ay It please the court. and the
genlcmcn of the jury—Jl‘he defense
Ill this case claims that this lllurder
was committed by some one ill the
liullcr house. In this case the evi-
dance. is conclusive. It was done by
some men familiar with the premises.
and not by a stranger. The murderer
entered the building after removing
a light of glass from the basement.
window. which glass he sat up the side
of the house. He crawled through this
window.
“It was all tulsy matter for him.
True. there was a watch dog upon the
llilli't) and inside the building. and the
dog evidently knew the one who en«
tcrcll. for he, raised lillliiISlill‘iltllli‘l’.
That one then passed up the stairs to
llle room occupied by Mrs. Mary illit-
lel'. opened the door and fired the fa—
liil shot at this women as she lay in
bed. He then closed the door softly.
run down the stairs, let himself out of
the front door after unlocking it from
the inside. and liclicvcd he had eli-
cilpctl.
Famllla‘r‘wlth Premises.
“He must have been familiar with
the premises to have done this. Yes,
glzlntlomen, he knew all about them:
know where that woman slept: knew
which side of the bed she slept on;
knew just where to aim that fatal shot
by lllc faint light of the electric light
outside shining ill through the bed»
room window. llc know how to run
down the stairs and lct himself out of
the building llndclcctcd.
Murderer Came from Outside.
“Mrs. Jordan and others havc
proved that the window was closcrl
tilc night before this murdcr. and that
it was found opcn the morning fol-
lowing. (lcntlolllcll. this murder could
not have bccli comlllitlctl by any one
inside the building. for George. Butler
testifies that he was aroused by the
pistol shot llnd be observed the flush
and heard the door close behind lhc.
assassin. Williams, a fully disinterest-
cd witness. testifies that he heard lill-
shot and he heard the one. who fired
it run down the stairs and escape by
the front door. Willic (Took, tllcll
:lslccp on the lounge in the room. had
his llcnli tllrncll toward tllc wcsl wall.
til-org» Butler. ill bed with his witc.
new the first alarm. Williams appear-
cd illllllcdlattrly ul‘tcr upon the sccllc.
Mrs, llllllcr was (lying. and said to
ililll. ‘Scllll for a doctor] which he
did."
Analysis of Evidence.
Mr, FOSSNIIII‘H thcn took up the dis-
cussion and analysis of the cl‘idcnce
in his mustcl‘ly way ltllil llll‘fl to piccl-s
int-statements of tilt llcfcllsc and
stl‘cllgthcilcd lilo cvlllcllcc of tho stutc
by analytical rollsullilli; on obscure
points. and closed with a strong Illlli
lorrcl‘lll uppcnl for conviction.
How Butler Takes Verdict.
Wilt-ll lilo jury clllllc illio the court
room. Lolitly Ulllit‘l' l-ull ill the prison-
er's pcll, sotncwlllll palc and showing
cl'ldcncu of tho long mclltal sll'llill
unilcr which be has been sillcc illc
opcllillg of this trial. thn ordered
by the clerk to look upon the jury
and lilll'kcll unto the \’(‘l‘(iii'l. Ilc lIili
so without a lrclnol', and when illl‘
jury for the third limo ullliollllccd ll
liisllgl'cciucnl llc l-lcttlod back ill his
scat ill the dock with lill fill" of happy
rcsiunnlioll.
He still maintains his ltltcr lllno-
ccllcc of the crime and bellcvcs. III the
light of the three lllsugrcl-nlcnls rc-
portcd and the narrow margin that
stood between him and acquittal, that
ho plight to be discharged from cus-
todlly, and bcllcvcs tilul be soon will
bc.
ilc has ill-cu ably dcfondcli. for
Attorneys Light. Mllllcllc lllul (‘unco
have done loyal scrvlcc for the. illlln-
llll- colorcll boy Illlii that tllcy could
convince a jury II to l of the limo
ounce of the accused, speaks lllorc clo-
i
‘ effort Illcy llllvc pllt forth for tile lic-
cllscll.
FELL WHILE g'REUNK AND MAY
HARTFORD. Oct. rim-wiloorgo Moi-
llon. forlyflvo years old. a carpenter.
willie iiltoxlcntl-d yesterday afternoon
fell down ll flight of four stairs at lliii
I
(‘I‘iW'tI injuries which will probably
rllnuo his til'lllIl. lie was picked up
unconscious and it was found that his
right arm was broken and that he had
it sow-rt- scalp wound. Ho Willi ink»
on to the lillrlford hospital. wilern
death is expected any moment.
IIITIOH CLAIM! SITTLID.
CONSTANTINOI’IM. Oct. inw'l'he
presence of the British cruiser Fox lit
Hodcldtl. Yemen province, Turkish Ar-
abia. has resulted in a speedy settle
meat of lill the British claims In cone
section with the piratlcnl attacks of
stabs on British dhowe In the Red
on.
The commander of the Fox was in-
structed to see the local authorities.
arrest. and punish the culprits. destroy
the pirate dhown and pay compensa-
lion in the owners of the nrlllnh
tilldivn.
PIACI TREATY IN TONIC.
TOXIC. October fl. 0230 p. erMl
isolate. director of political affairs
of tile Japanese foreign Office. nu H.
w. venison. the adviser of the span.
use Foreign Office. arrived at rations»
mil today on board, the "steamer hello-
in. from needle. depteniber flu. hung.
in: lilli peace treaty slatted at Porto
mouth. N. Y.. deplorable 0 and left for
pie to meet than at the railroad lite-
tieii. avoid to the strict culmination
smile sllcrlff business here
\
lplclltly lllllll words of tho lrcnlollllolls '
boarding piano on State street and rc- ll
1‘ 9 ,
, lllllers .
(Continued from'll‘irst Page).
. lit
Sui
signed by William Suipaen. was for
the purpose of taking up a note of
said Tripp's and endorsed by said
Wheeler, on the [institutional bank
of Bridgeport. for the sum of 32,000, I
and for the payment of $1.000. on an»
other note of said Tripp .eudoreed by
said Wheeler for the sum of 35.000.
The endorsement of said Henry C.
Wheeler on said note of October 3.
1905, with interest then and there to
cheat and defraud the,sald Henry G.
Wheeler out of the sum of 33.000 by
the negotiation of said note for 38,000
and not applying the. proceeds thereof
as represented to said Wheeler.
Sheriff Stagp‘e Statement.
The arrest of Rodgers and Tripp
was brought about yesterday through
the
Charles E. Stagg. who yesterday made
the following statement:
clever work of Deputy Sheriff
“Attorney Frank 14. Rodgers sent
for me the other day, saying that he
had some sheriff business
wanted
would come to his office and see hint.
i called there and he told me, ‘Charl
be
if i
that
transacted and asked
l have lied to you about there being
for you.
bill it is true that i want to use you
ill it matter. Now there is $500 right
here for you if you will do this for up.
Hero is a note for $3,000 drawn by
Henry t’i. Wheeler. of ritrulford. i want
you to take that note to the bank and
get It. cashed. If you will do this I
will pay you 8500 out. of it on the re-
turn of the proceeds to me herc.‘ "
Laying the Trap.
“I thought that was a queer propo-
sition. but I says to mynclf. ‘Cllarlic.
there is more behind this thing then
appears upon the surface, and you
better get. into the game and see what
is underneath ll.‘ Rodgers handed me
a not for $3,000. It was mullc‘ pay-
able to William Stephen. was signed
by Henry G. Wheeler. but the bank
of which it was made payable was
left blank. This Rodgers told me, was
so that it could be used at any bank.
I had simply to pllt my name. it seems
upon the back of this check, get the
money on it at the bunk—~nny bank 1
plcascd. and get $000 for my trouble.
Pocketed the Note.
“I shot-ml the hole into my pockel
and agreed to tho proposal. for thc
purpose of scciug wherc lho‘ matter
would lead. This man I). K. Tripp
had to leave town suddcllly for New
York. i look this check and callcd up
.Ilcnry (i. thclcr and askcli him
about William Slupbcll. to whom ht
blld glvcn a note for $3.000. llc re-
plied lhul he knew llosllcll man anti
had given no such llotc. 'l‘llcn he
ucknowlcdgcd that hc iillti given a
note for tllul amount to l). K. ’l‘rlpp.
Why Wheeler Gave Note.
."l asked him why. and he said that
it had bccn given to take up a note
of $2.000 at the first National flunk
ill llrltlllcpori. I asked. but what was
the cxlru lllotlsunll fort" llc replied
that that was to be used toward lak
lug up a note for $5.000 at tho Nor
unlk National llzlllit I was amazcli
illlii lill‘ lllorc I luvcstlglllcd lllc lllullcl
lhc mol‘c llly flillflll'illi‘ni grow. I
icurllcll lllllt Mr. \l'llceler llllll glvcn
lllltliilt‘I' note to lukc up one lol
85.000 lit the Bl'ltigt‘lll)“ Trust (lose
l was also inforlllcll by Mr. Wheeler
.illul ho had glvcll his llolo for $2,500
to Frank 1. Rodgcrs, and one for 1
similar amount to l). K. Tripp. lit
bud bccll prolnismi sonlc bridge ccr
litlculos as security. bllt I cannot
learn that ho cvcr ticrlvod a dollar‘s
worth of security for his 817.000 of ill
vcsllllclll. This now for 33,000 i huvc
and so far as l have ill-cu able to learn
the rent of thc pnpl-r is a loss to Mr
Wheeler.
Stagg’e Snare Proves Good.
"With this i‘ili'l’it Ill my pocket. my
first move true to wild word to linde-
(.‘l‘l-i that I must scl' 'l‘rlbb about this
note lit-fore I could conscnt in having
It cashed. i told him to have Mr. Tripp
marl me, with Ilillitwll'. lit the manly
court house ill the sllcriff's ofilcc. Woll-
llcsday morning. l illon informed Sher.
lfi' Huwlcy of my suspicions of thi-
lllcn engaged in trying to got so much
liloncy from an old mun. llllii who up
pcnrcd to have succeeded so Well and
a trap was laid to clllch them. i was.
more than surprised this lnornills
when ’I‘rlpp walked into the sheriff's
office accompanied by Rodgers and
greeted me, and WW sat down to talk
over lllc mailer with regard to the
note.
Deer Looked en Men.
"Meanwhile lllullcrs outside were no
shaping thmusclvrs lillll ll warrant for
tile llrrcst of both of three men war
iwlllg issued, iillti lli'tlvr ll time I went
to the door and casually inquired if
tho warrant was really. It was not.
and i told the sllcrllf that l doubted
if i mulll hold tlll- lpillrry ill much
longer. He told ow to do so. If possi-
lf‘.
“l returned to flu» ofllrll. locking the
door upon the Illhiliu with it spring
lock. A little illlcl‘. when matters sp-
pcurcll to have reached it crisis. Sher-
ilf Iinwiuy came into the room and
cxclniluml that he was not going to
have his office llfli'ti for any house
demo. and we accused Rodgers and
'l‘rlpp of trying to swindle Mr. Wheel»
or.
indignant Daniele.
"They indignnnliy denied it. but he-
iievlng i ilhd evidence strong enough
to warrant the course, Promoting Ai~
torney Pullman came in and it war-
rant well starved on both men. and
they mare inter held under a bond of
06.000 each. which “glitter increased
to "0.000. There it much evidence
behind this case tfnll do not propose
to yield up until the per time. but
I ma convinced. and so lire othm.
IIlfII We have evidence sufficient to
hold both of flies. ' for trial. and
I believe we can mm a conviction.
Wheeler Cautious It First.
“When this scheme of note linen.
Boom of South
L i‘ .
Nermik Renders An
Lurnlh the Duty of the
‘ Mingl-
d '50 filter the bloc is the kidneys'
u y.
When they fall to do this the kid-
neys are sick. ‘
Beekeelle and many kidney ills fol.
ow;
Urinary trouble. diabetes.
Dana's Kidney Pills cure them all.
William F. Knapp, of 55 Osborne
avenue, East Norwulk. fireman at
Roth It Goldschmidt’s. says: "I am
an old time engineer and like a great
many who follow similar occupations
the weak spot in my anatomy was
my back; I knew it arose from some
derangement of the kidneys for back-
ache and tlle'iledlmcnt in the kidney
secretions left no room for doubt.
Sometimes in leaving the overheated
boiler room the cold atmosphere and-
denly lowering the temperature of the
body may have induced colds, and as
a rule they seated themselves in my
lotus. I noticed in ollr Norwalk pav
pers Doan's Kidney Pills advertised
to cure just. such troubles as I had.
I procured a box at Plalsted'e drug
store. They cured me."
For sale by all dealers. .Prlce 50
cents. Foster-Mllburn 00., Buffalo.
N. Y.. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the nsnle~Doan's~—snd
take no other.
place his money In an investment in
New York. where a* company was
forming to build a bridge from New
York to Jersey City and operate it as
a toll bridge. I
Bought “Toll Bridge stock."
“He bought stock ill this enterprise
and pllt no notes in payment. These
notes were realized on at the banks
and later. when they were coming
due. bllt before their maturity. as two
mature. on October 9 and one October
‘10. those: men again approached Mr.
Wheeler with the request that as they
were short of cash he had better ar-
range to take thosu outstanding notes
up with new nolcs. Wheeler proved
lill cusy illurk. lie drew the notes do-
lllml and the parties under urrcst hall
realization from the notes already in
the notes and the proceeds on the
bunk. while. \Vlll-clcr has nothing but
the, experience."
Judge Banks to Defend Rodgers.
Frank L. Rodgers has bccn for a
number of years engaged in mining
stock speculation in various mines
and has all office on State slrect in
the Staples building. He is ll mem-
bcl' of the Pairiield county bar, to
which he was admitted March 8, 1881.
For some time he was ill the law
office of Daniel Davenport. of this
city and Inlcr opened an office by him-
soil. He has news before. so far
as known, hccli arrested
.lndgc Elmore S. llsuks has been
engaged to defend the accused. Rod-
gers denies nil intention of anything
crooked ili his dealings with Mr.
Wheeler. and says that he has bccn
acting ill good faith for Mr. Tripp.
who is a lawyer lll good standing ill
New York city. and a promoter.
Tripp Unknown Here.
Advices: from New York last night
tend to cast some dollbl as to whether
.hc man arrested here Is I). K. Tripp.
’l‘llose advices state that there is ll
lllllfl by that name stopping at the
imperial hotel. bill that he was seen
lbolll the hotel yesterday at all hour
which would mm to preclude the be-
‘lcf that he collld have. been in
lll'ldgcp rt at. the slime time. Still
this mu' prove a more difference lll
iulc us to when the man known as
Tripp arrived and when llo’lefl the
imperial hotel ill New York.
The urrcst of Mr. Rogers caused
treat suprrisc ycstertiuy throughout
the city. especially among his bar as-
sllcllllcs. although he has rarely been
known in local court practice.
NEW CURE FOR CANCER.
All surface cancers are now known
to bc curable. by Bucklen's Arnlcll
Salve. Jus. Walters, of Dilfhcld. Va..
wrllcn: "i had it cancer on my lip
for years. that seemed incurable, till
llllcklcn's Arnlcn Salvo healed it, and
now it Is perfectly well." Guaranteed
cure for cute and burns. 25c at if. if.
Baxter's. South Norwnlk. and Ill. P.
Word's. Norwnlk. drug stores. ”
...
CONNECTICUT PATENTS.
The following were Issued October
3. 1005. List furnished from office of
A. M. Wooster. solicitor of patents.
Bridgeport. (loans
Hobart .l. lltlrl. Bridgeport. l2). Illi-
per illbc cutting machine; wad print-
lng lnncillnu.
Daniel Schuyler. llrldgeport. dum-
pcr cord, wcniilcl- strip and door cash-
on.
Christian Wyrlllon. Bridgeport. blli~
toll and loop clasp,
| tillnlllvc flirtation. New Haven. splice
ilil‘.
E. Iii. Rolhcllild, New Haven. bottle
stopper.
N. W. Crnndull, Hartford. multiple
spindle drill chuck.
Edwin H. Dodge.
writer encupoment. _
If. .l. Fnircbild. Hartford. typewriter
oncupoment.
thin Emlncrtllal. IIOIM'C'
flilllbie butt ie.
Lillirtnl P. Thorpe. New Britain.
tumbling barrel. '
.10. C. Bailey. Cromwell, cushioned
I re.
it. h.’Codilng. Bristol. attachment
for wood turning tallies.
Trade Marita. ,
Werner brothers Company. Bridge.
port. corset shields for reinforcing
corsets at the waist line. ,
Athiophoros company, New Haven.
specific for nellrnlgln end rhodium
Hartford, typo
Ansonlu.
Connecticut. lit
clsion has been rendered by Judge nor.
aback of the Superior Court in the in-
vitees CAN as rnviMMao.‘
allwey and Lighting.
Company Wins Point In Its Belt.
NEW HAVEN. Oct. Ii.-~A partial de-
iuaction case of Edward H. Van in-,
gen. of New York city. against the
New Milford Power Company lathe
matter of right of way 0 the sour
party's poles and cables tbrou h the'
lower part of the tov‘vn of Wash ngton.
where Mr. Van lngen owns several
square miles of land. The dodge so
for modifies the injunction as to allow
the trimming of trees It a point Where
the cables are carried on thirteen high
poles. The other points involved will
be tried probably at a session of the
superior court in December. In con-
nection with the iniunctlon proceed.
tags, the fact has developed that the
plant of the New Milford Power Com
pany was not sold some months ago,
“it was reported, to the Connecticut
Railway and Lighting Company. but to
the Housatonic Power Company. a
Connecticut corporation chartered in
1893 with its charter amended in 1890.
The Housutonic Power Company un-
der its charter as amended, can run
electric wires and cables, supply pow-
cr, bllild dams upon the Housafonlc
River. acquire real estate, purchase
stocks and bonds of other corpora-
tions. and become vested with all the
powers In their charters. it In con.
trolled by the United Gas Improve-
ment Company of Philadelphia. the
same corporation that controls the
Connecticut Railway and Lighting
Company. Along with the New Mil-
ford powcr plant, it holds practical
control of the Hollsalollic River from
Bull's Bridge down to the Derby dam.
The president of the corporation is Al-
lnll W. Paige. of Bridgeport.
FULL OF TRAGIC MEANING
are these lines from J. H. Simmons. of
Casey. la. 'l‘lllnk what might have re-
sulted from his terrible cough if he
had not taken the medicine about
which he writes: “I had a fearful
cough, that disturbed my night’s rest.
I tried everything. bllt nothing would
relieve it. until I took Dr. King's New
Discovery, for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds. which completely cured
me." instantly relieves and perma~
nently cures all throat and lung dis
eases; prevents grip and pneumonia.
At F. H. Baxter's. South Norwalk. and
E. P. Wecd‘s. Norwalk. drugglsts;
guaranteed; 60c and $1.00. A trial
bottle free. , “
INFANT’S SPINE WAS TELESCOP-
ED.
Door Struck Child and Caused Strange
injury—Another Accident
Followe.
WATERBURY. Conn. October 5.-
Allnlc. baby daughter of David Stern.
was playing yesterday in a bedroom of
his house ill the South End. while hcr
aunt. Miss Itcbccca Stern, watched
ovor llcr. The baby, thirteen months
old. loddcd back and forth between
a toy horse. and "choc—choc" cars.
A sudden gust of wind blew the
door open. so that it struck the Child.
which was heading forward. on the
top of her head. Little Annie fell
pronc, without altering a sound. Her
allnl started up ill such basic to go to
her aid that she twisted her ankle and
sunk to the floor disabled by a bad
fracture, Her screams brought others
to the household to the baby’s aid.
The injury to the child is one of the
rarest known to the surgeons who call
it spinal bifldn. This means that the
blow "telescopcd" the vertebrae.
which at her age are soft. Into one an-
other. ulong the whole length of the
spine. If the baby survives she ls
likely to be a cripple.
A SPLENDID lDEA.
A new idea in a Cough Syrup is ad-
vanced in Kennedy's Laxative Honey
and Tar. Besides containing Pine
(lies. it is rendered Laxative. so that
its use Insllres a prompt and efficient
evacuation of the bowels. It relaxes
the llcrvolls systcm. and cures all
colds. cronp. whooping cough, etc. A
red clover blossom and the honey bee
is on every bottle of the Original Lalo
atlvo Cough Syrup—Kennedy’s Laxa-
tlvo Honey and Tar. An ideal remedy
for children. Mothers praise It. It
is best for all. Sold by The Clifford
Pharmacy. "‘
~——_.
BERKSHIRE HILLS EXCURSION.
In to-day'a edition. the New York
New Haven & Hartford Railroad ant
nollncc all Autumnal Excursion to the
Berkshire Hills points of Cl. Barring.
ton. Stockbridge. bee. Israeli and
l’Ittl-lflcld.
From a scenic standpoint. nothing
can rival ll trip to these. resorts at this
season. when the foliage presents tllc
most charming natural pictures.
Special train will leave South Nor,
walk lit 7:56 a. m. The extremely low
rate of ".00 for the round trip places
these excursions within the reach of
lill. while the flint. exclusive special
train service with first-class equip-
ment adds much to the pleasure of the
occasion.
The frequent service of the llcrk‘
slliro Street Railway belwaeu (ll-cal
llnrrlngton and 'l’iltnflcitl. us well its
connocting lines, north, affords oppor-
tunities for many delightful lrips.
ONLV CUR! FOR DYIPIPIIA.
Mrs. Franklin Bush, of New Castle.
Dot. says: "I suffered for years with
dylipellin. used to have great distress
and belching. I tried everything I
could hear of. but nothing helped me
until i took Brazilian Balm. and one 50
cent bottle cured me completely."
itcr snip by R. if. Plat-ted. F. If. Bax-
ter and the Clifford Ifhnrnlney. ”
CHAIN HAD WIAK LINK.
l
til-tn. _
Chemical Works of America. allow
ford. disinfectants. germicidell and de-
odorlserll. ‘
flows Patent square Shoulder Shoe
Csill company. Hartford. horseshoe
and horseshoe culkll.
cleric bile ill-iii blanched in Mr.
Wiles or be was magnetism! time!
“it. bill be well stimunieileedltn ins
vest" 31.900 instilling not“. but of
turnout its inner much these
Mill“. which he fl “(than
unread: on his investment. Then so
put. up we museum-imp. M
l
diode of rum by the military
and police w e guarded. on W,
which there we: no M. Then an
R‘Wt} the ‘ ,..m.lud
Plume e Atwood Manufacturing
C‘s. Waterbury. solid bend straight
pull. ‘ ' ‘
Isaac If. Painter.- Mlddletown. open
“10:31 fabric for pretended walnut. in.
see it. . _ , . a
Glastonbury Knitting company. Ali-
Gloom “Mindimf.
r
in do they raise. it
email-n"
BRIDGIIIPOR'I'. October RWIICCIIIIII‘
of a missing link in the chain of evil
deuce welded together by the state.
‘ Mary Gospel. who has been for some
months employed as nilsmbermnid at
the Atlantic Hotel. debt free in city
court yesterday hen line was arraign-
ed. charm wit
from the, momma
Mary
was meted '1 by
,ih ,hoselr ..
iPo’Iieetn n‘ Williams
on d will-mp cbnrnln bar with the
theft of a all dim vll ; at to) and
all ostrich plums mu ‘ 110310 from
wwwmmwwm-
1'“.
, b if;
Ilittle too have}; or
Tar, Honey and other valuable reme- '
arithmetic thefts ‘
ration. if m do! .3
lg eh m if: “dill:
l D I ll VI‘ .
. w v0 id lam but-I.
m4 mud cl
attacks of in
bad shortness of breath. to
heartburn or palpitatidn e the heart.
Indi ution causes the stomach to
upon «swell. and golf or nun-t the
hurt. Till-eleven i: heart and inter-
fem with’lte action. and in the locum of
time the heart becomes diseased.
KOdol 'l
Dyspepsia Cure
d It: what you eat. takes the strain eff
eight hurt. and contributes. nourishment.
strength and health to every organ of the
body. Cures indigestion. D uremia. Sour
Stomach. inflammation 0 he mucous
membranes lining the Stomach and Diges-
tive Tract. Nervous Dyspepsia and Csiarrh
of the Stomach.
it it . i would distress inc Mulching
myAhxxprl‘pitTI‘ 3i: 1 would become very week.
all I of bottle of Kedol and It 1 n the imme-
mte :Oiigi. .After using n few bottlepiem cured. .
IIRS. LORINO NICHOLS. Penn Yul. N. Y.
6 t htreublnndwninebllimteui
rum“..... "ilt.’.§:i‘fl.‘3"”"“
re or In I on , .
D. KAUBLI. llama. 0.
Didests What You Eat
‘. r v ‘ numbn-
enter eflJIJIIItt
_ ‘ am. in ii. . .
FOR SALE IY
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I
TH. CLIFFORD PHARMACY-
INDIAN FRIENDS ‘couraneuce.
LAKE MOHONK. N. Y., October 4—--
Arrangements are practically complete
for the twouty~third annual meeting of
the Lake Mohonk Conference of
Friends of the Indian and other dc-
pcntient peolles which will be held
here October 18 to 20 John I). Long.
former secretary of the Navy, will
preside at the conference, Ill addition
to Indian matters. affairs in the Phil-
ippines. Porto Rico and Hawaii will
be dismissed. Francis E. beupp, com-
missioner of Indian Affairs. James S.
Sherman. of 'New York, Chairman of
tile; committee on lndlan affairs in
the House of Representatives and S.
M. McGowan. superintendent of the
Chillocco Indian School. will be am-
ong the speakers on indlan topics.
Philippine condition will be present-
edby Prof, Jeremiah W. Jenkins, the
Cornell economist. who recently in-
vestigated. for this government, cc.
onomic conditions in the Orient;
Prcsidrnt Elmer B. Brown, of Frank‘
lill College, formerly superintendent
of education in the Philippines; Gen-
eral Frederick Dcnt Grant. ‘U. S. A..
and Robert Lincoln O'Brien. of Wash-
ington D. C. Porto Rico will be re-
presented by Drs. M. S. Brumbaugll
and S. M. Lindsay. both former su-
perindentents of education there; Dr.
Jose M. Barhosa. a member of the
Porto Rican executive council, and
Guzman Benitez, of San Juan. P. R.
Hawaiian affairs will be discussed by
William R. Castle, formerly Hawaiian
minister at Washington under the
Hawaiian republic: Rev. Dr, Dorc-
mus Scllddcr. of Honolulu. Prof. C.
H. Hitchcock, of Dartmouth College,
and Prof. Frank A. Hosmcr, of Ain-
herst. formerly President of Oahu Col-
lege. Honolulu.
Among others who are expected to
attend the conference are Drs. Lyman
Abbott and William Hayes Ward and
Bishop E. G. Andrews, of New York;
Charles P. Neill and (tell. F}. Whittle-
scy. of Washington; William A. Jo-
nes. cx-rommissloner of lndlan Af-
fairs; Brig. Gen. .I. W. Clone. U. S, A..
Dr. llanlcl C. (lilman. of Baltimore;
Presidents M. Carey Thomas. of Bryn
Mawr College; William F. Slocum,
of ('oloredo College: 8. Br L. Pollrose.
of Whitman College, and A. Grant
Evans. of Henry Kendall College, and
the superintendents of many Indian
schools. including Major W. A. Mer-
ccr. of Carllsle. and H. B. Peaire, of
Haskell Institute. Lawrence. Kansas.
DON’T BE IMPOSED UPON.
Foley & Co.. Chicago, originated
Honey and Tar as a thrust and lung
remedy. and on account of the great
merit and popularity of Foley’s Honey
and 'l‘ar many imitations are offered
for the genuine. These worthless lm«
itniionll have similar sounding names.
Beware of them. The genuine Fol-
ey's Honey and TM is in it yellow pac-
ka e. Ask for it and refuse any nub-
stl me. It is the best remedy for
coughs and colds. Sold at Plaieted’s
Drug Store. “
To THROW OFF GERMAN RULE.
BERLIN. Oct. I.-—’l‘he Colonial sec-
tion of the Foreign Office first heard
of the arrest of Andrew De Wet. near
Windhoek, German Southwest Africa.
on the charge of plotting with four
other floors to overthrow German rule
in Southwest Africa. from South Afri-
can papers Of the latter part of August
which reached Berlin on Monday last.
but. were not opened until yesterday.
The Foreign Office. telegraphed to the
governor of Southwest Africa for it
report on the subject, but considers
that the incident probably has been
much exaggerated. as otherwise the
governor would have regarded it all
'worth reporting." . ’
Norwalk Chronicler