Mystery Surrounds Shanna Ills
appearance of Bookkeeper——
tiny Be Mentali‘y “deranged
IIIIIIIIR MAKES IPPEAI III
AIIIIIIIIIIIIES Hill AIII.
Palliative Fox ls Assigned, to
Balding Case-No Clues Found
in Young Man’s Room
Strange Feels surrounding the mys-
terious disappearance of Frank Ger-
rish, a bookkeeper and accountant oi!
No. 595 State street, Bridgeport, fol-
lowing a. divorce decree granted his
wife, In the Superior court, two weeks
ago, yesterday, leads the Bridgeport
authorities today to believe that he is
dead. Another theory ‘sdvanced Is
that the young man may have sudden-
V ‘ ly-been afflicted‘with mentai'derange-
ment and may be wandering around
the country.
.On the complaint oi? Mrs. Frank
‘ ,lCerI-ish. of No. 14 Murray street, Nor-
Ev
‘ walk, the young man’s mother, made
- to the Bridgeport authorities, two days
logo. A thorough search has been made
iot- hitn. ind today printed description
Hinds were sent brondcso't throughout
the stiti In to mom: to locate him.
dissect to Moire Juli.
(Ierrish hes bogueuiploynd in the
‘omeo of the ether: FeIIer Co.
wholesale grocery dealers, of No. 478 ‘
Water streeI Bridgeport. On Febru-
. pry. III he declared that he were going
to visit his mother 3 home in Norwulk.
Bince he left his boarding house on
that day he has not been heard from:
The feet that Gerrlsh left all of his
belongings intact In his room. Includ-
ing all of his clothing and his foun-
tuln pens. dispels the theory that he
hue‘uiinply skipped out of the city, in
the minds of the authorities A cure-
inl search of his room mode .‘IOdtib.
tolled to disclose any letters or any»
thing that would throw any light on
his diusppenruucc. and the problem is
n hustling one.
Accounts Are Correct.
Officials of the Susmun-IFener Co.
declare that Cerrinb'n books and ec-
counie in the office were correct, and
they are M u loss to explain the mys-
tery of his disappearance. (lorrluh is
underworld to have been keeping
cmnpuny with a young lady of con
«ridership prominence in Bridxeport.
Bub has been visited by the detocIives
who are)“ "work on the one. but
know of‘vno reason for the trouble.
Police Fur Buioldo.
Two yum one Corrlnu wnn mun
', mo to mm mm hymn... III Nor-
it.
.yy.
. the
, unlit. but they separated a shalt
time afterwards, and his wife was
III-outed It divorce two wealth ago.
on the grounds of infidelity. Fair
use expression by the nuthorltlen to“I
do; that this mutter they have
prey/ed on his mind end that be
long: hove commit! suicide. '
jilrloutis slid relatives of the misting
young nice tits greatly Wind over
tier. Willie dorm III. For
I I’m]? bull or; dialled its the '
'41th
Wrtuntsiios to up...
‘ than
,IAtn lIlIorIIinu on Railroad lin-
movements iisturn to Ions an
Hour Alter Trouble ‘ ‘
H—n-‘V‘
The gang of laborers employed by
the JobsonCiuord Construction ‘comi
pony of New York Ibuilding the coil-
crete piersupon which will rest the
steel, uprights used in the electrifi-
cation of the N. LIN. 'H.. d; H. roil-
rosdI went on strike at the East End
freight yerd in Bridgeport. yesterday
morning and it looked as it the work
at electr’idostion was to be held up
for an indefinite period.
. 'Diplonutcy on the psrt- of the men
in change of the gong of inboij'ers
however never! the any. the strike was
amicably settled and the men were
back on the job within an hour other
they went on strike.
shorter hours or more pay as is gen.
erslly the case. but because they did
not like the food and lodgings which
was being furnished them by the com-
pany' 3 agent.
Purchased Prlvileue.
This agent. or "padrone’.’ as he is
called bought from the coulpsny the
privilege or housing the laborers and
furnishing thorn with their groceries
and --food stuns. The laborers were
being housed in old freight cars and,
'it is alleged, were being furnished in-
.ferior groceries st o'high price, by
the “padmne.
naked that they be "released from an
agreement to buy their food and
other necessaries from the “er0110"
and be allowed to buy what they
wanted wherever they pleased. When
this request was refused they went.
on strike. . _ .
Not wishing to dolsy the work for
such a. tplvigi. mutter the M9111
ohn'r'ge oaths ,Io an agreement with
the men at once end they will now
planes.
electrifying the road from Stamford
to New Haven stoned todsy that the
work is coming along finely. Note;
single man has been killed or so.
riously hurt since the work begun.
end it nothing unexpected turns up
the electrification will be completed
by the 16th of July at the latest.
.I'Elllli IIIIIII utuiss'
AiITlIIiIlIlliIP IlF Ins
IliSTEll unsure
F 1. Perry. clerk oi the shell I‘Iuh
commission, again said that be Is not
the uuthor, on huu been reported,
oi the bill introduced by Senator QIllnu
III iiurtiord providing for perpetual
franchises to be [rented (or the pur.
pose of planting end cultivating nhulh
liuh, in such undesignoted grounds
within said urou so are not Mid for
ten yours have not been nutursl claim
or us slur buds.
Bonnier Quinn won-united morning
the bill and he III iirul nuid Mr. Perry.
in behalf of the shell llsII commluulon.
united him to present It. ‘IAAEH‘ bu IIIIIII
he did not know who united him to in
trounce it.
"i knew nothing about the bill,” nid
Clerk ‘I’urry. "MI i understand It.
ell the bill provide» {or III tlIA’i but:
«III-mm of the troubles” on church
been shell my in on core tor thiamine
inst/end of Al. on new demanded liy the
state. The silent Iwould be in More
more monu‘v to the state. There it no
private ownership ”
‘i‘he deutlnol has received on hit-
sigoed uummnniistiun‘ which are that
bumper Quinn nu loneliness II bill
providing term “is or new one
Kiormulitdn thsi hoveuoisbm o
IIIIII III lllllll nun]:
. The laborers did not strike for I
They Accordingly.
be allowed to trade wherever they -
One of the men on the job om
totem to get the nltiii'iil bout lulu sum
’
lion in Mexico Not as Btnml .
at uLElrst Reported
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS IIIIIIEIIIAIII
III SHERAI PIAAIS
Federal not... Sent Out to
Maintain Balance of Power
m
MEXICO .Ci'i'g, Feb. 22.——Accept-
once or the new administration in
Mexico is not so' general as was at
first thought. To the states of Con-
hnilu, Sonora and Yucatan, Iwhioh
Francisco Mindoro declared they were
not in accord with the new condi-
tions. must now :be added port or «the
state or Oaxaca, where the Serrano
Indians have refused to recognise the
government of Provisional Pmoldent
Huerta The governor of Ounce is so
alarmed: by disturbed cenditione in
the state capital that he he‘s asked for
reidforcbments ‘rom Mexico pity.
a...”
(Continued on Eleventh Page.)
II‘SI MIMI I
II III WIRESIIIIAI
Air; 'I'sli Snendlti'o Today in New
‘Yill‘k and Called st Brother's
Home
,1;
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—-—President
'i‘eit to spending Washington's Birth-
day In New York, mulling whet are
probably his last public oppesrnncee
outside of Washington before retire
meat. from the presidency. .He arriv-
ed from Washington shortly after 7
o‘clock this morning and before the
city was notir he end his party were
driven to the home or his brother.
Henry .W. Twit. liar breakfast. Mrs.
Tait and her sister. hire. Themes
Mughlin, accompanied the president.
he did Meier ilhonden. his side. and
(Tiberius 1). miles. his secretary.
Three ovenlu were on the
dentin promm tor the duty sud eve
nine. the tint or those WM lit Fort
Wadsworth. on Gluten lslsod. even
looking the harbor entrance. whore
ground was to be broken for u no
marlin to the American indlnnmwhlch
mill min day displace the Steins of
Liberty so the tint monument in the
noun by voymru arriving oi this
Wt. . Chiefs representing Eileen
tribes oi indium arrived but night
from. entire reservations to see the
ilMMili‘ I’m the rim spsdeiui oi
tents for he monument. will loud
color to the collusion hy motoring In
iuil tuition costume. A few at them
will here mailing to nor in hobbit
. A “Wino!
defturotteued to our
‘ ids.
preui:
ennui m is in the: Internets oi
ie trout to with
not his no nerd
It»... II III New Alumnus. ;‘ "
from the moment or the overthrow of
"outcrop,
wimm
we... the brunt»,
The bill proviii
“3‘ tWGmWoflw ' V
'ocvertrrto properly.
bring up their children. The fill
should be enemy rec'd By OVGWf
body who. is intimated in the opera.-
tion at the laws for the direction of
public charity. ’i‘h‘e bill iollowsf
An Act Concerning Home Aid fOr IDeo
pendent ldron.
«Section 1. 0' Hints Board of
Charities shell “Mint in each city
.. and town of mororthon fifteen thon-
snnd inhabitants n specie! inventin-
tor and souls other investigators
throughout the Elite u may be nec- " I
essery to carry.” .
this act, who slim eoeh’. receive such
compensation line to exceed ditty- dot.
ism per month‘s- my be fixed by
said board. ' In.
Sec. 2. It shfllbetliedutyotudd
board and of snot. inmtintors to
moire diligent inquiry into the condi-
tion of dependent and neglected chil-
dren whose parent: on fit sud proper
gust-dime and we willing and able
to care for, train; situate Ind diopr.
line such children. Add if said boord
shell and that it II tor the interest
or Inch children blithelpoopie oi this
State. It shall II: the mount of inoney
neousAry to ono)lo the purest or pu-
“W M
lit! Billi-
thnen u my be dosimetod by said
boord the amount so specified not to
exceed two dollars and a bolt per
week funny given case for thb' one
. or “ductile-pendent or summed child ,.
until theinrthororder ofstidboard.‘
» Soc. 3. Nothing herein end noth—
ing In any public or ‘privsth not shall
be rsofconstt'ued‘u to prevent cold
hoard trout removing from any country
home or other institution supported in
whole or in part III public expense on!
child who may come under the pront-
slou of this not.
Sec. 4. Bold board shell niche and
have printed such rules with roles
once to extending old, investigation or
cones, and all matters relating to the
csrrying out 0! the purposes of this:
not so may be deemed propel-J
Sec. II. It shell be the duty of
‘usid board to submit to the Governor
and the General Assembly, blounloiiy. J
tor etch tulle
lid under the up
.oi seventeen yearlmnd the payment
to such parent or “rents at such
MW:
'I‘lIrou Elliott Sign Emile Ilse
Something lip Sleeve
IIIIAIIIIIIAIS IIHIIIIII
IIIIII IIAIHIIIIIIII IAlK
ludno Said III—w Ilsvs Alibi and
Other Things In lianII-u— ._
henchmen Activity;
marrow Fen.
numerous? Bunion; client the Copi-
mishtmshoitdu._ .. _
One thing; is certain, the Democra-
week $80.
is, are behind the BRICKS? it is doubt
tul. Senator lebeil in} “II:
cuss," as one...» with
“M no.5
““20!me Duel;
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IAYFEBWEII IIII. BIVES
i
orchestri, firemen Item The Norwalhs
Berton, lRowsytou. Westport
East Norwnlk. held in Arlen Hail.
delightful
sud Captain diorry B Waterbury. First
Assistant Chnrles Keene and Second
Assistant Frsnk Keene were his aids.
The reception committee consisted
Second Assistant Chief IF. M Jones.
.- . ‘ ‘ l Pi'itiihtu‘d, silos Estelle 5W9,
Br deport lion sol Mystery In
23 --Will the
"thug anger” sign inquiry prove s
not yesterday hint it things which
do desire to go Ahead with the inquiry
is nothing near as keen on it. was s.
But can it be sidetracked if there
pdrsistsnt
Bother els-
lborete in tnlk at times. but. when
once lit striiled i trust he to as re-
lentless M n hound in iollowing‘ it
280 MIAMI. BALI.
To the inhale oi Knapp a. Cuinger’s
and:
Greenwich danced inst evening st theI
twentythird snnusl bell of the May:
flower Hook and Ladder Company, 0:
Everything attending sifsirs of this
sort. woe arranged by the committee so.
that the entire elixir was smooth sndl
THER FORECAST.
"P l'v'slr end colder.
wmwmhwm
IAIIIIIIII iEH IIAIII IIII
tor Idurdsr In «Second neuron
' Thegrand Jury decides-that rotten.
lid
not commit murder In the first degree
when she left her three MI
baby girl on the tee in Stamford her-
her on Dec. 27 lost, to more .0
» death.
3Aiter being out obout. two hours
yesterday ntorning the grand jury
came in end repo‘ 'd to Judge Gardner
Greene. in the Sup rior court. criminal
side. that they did not find a "true
bill" for murder in the first degro .
but did and a. "true bill" of murder
In the second degree.
The Prltohsrd Woman’s stery Is a
end one. Friendless and alone, Ite-
eerted by» the men who should :be her
support, she wandered around IStsm-
nothing to eat.
Her baby girl was s'ul'feding and
she could not,“ relieve it; She had no
money, no friends; Hg: Interme-
lmby on the- ice in the harbor. The
little body was bound the next
morning, cold and stiff The doc-
tore said death was caused by cold
and exposure.
The Stamford court held the wo-
man for murder in the Iirst degree
and the case contexts this court.
The grand jury was called today to
consider the case. it was charged
by JudgeCreene.
Upon retiring Henry A. Gilbert,
of Bethel wee chosen foreman and
stone’s evidence before the jury.
The woman set one helrd the story
without she
And the "Sport woe mat. to Above.
‘ The following noted upon the ma
jury: irving in Br:dley ind Print it
Merrill 6! Norwnllr: IWllliem‘ Innue-
bury and Michael J. Jourdan. of
Bridgeport; Joseph G. Hougbton and
John J. Bohl, of Stamford; Frederick
B. Lake, of ‘ Newtown; Henry A. Gil-
bert, of Bethel; Stiles M. Clark and J
Frank Olmstesd, of Monroe; Frank L.
Griswold and Oscar B. Plumb, or
Trumbull: William E Osborn sndi
Thomas Glynn, of Westport; Frank M.
Cnniield, of Esston; Simone. Bradley.
lot -;Foiriield Leroy E. Monlthrop one
.Thomss B Burgess, of Huntington.
Chief Wheeler wss Iioor monuerIcoLQHIAL SUPPER 0F
IETIIIIIIIBT Alli 808i!"
To partake of s delicious supper
I style of years post may be termed as
a detailed report of the amount at Arthur iii. Brown. Robert Morrison and one of tho tinost combinations imagin-
money expended under this not IInd
such recommendations. with reference
to the carrying out of its provisions
on may in deemed odviuble. ,
Sec II. The psymoutu to be mods
under thin out shrill be in lieu of old
by any city oriown creepimodlcsi
Assistance and nursing. one may be
in the term of cum or in the term
or orders for urocories or other mer-
chandise. no In the judgment oi‘ sold
bound Indy be for the best Interest of
such child or children and shell be
psid by the trosouror. upon proper an
den out of any funds not othbrwise ‘-
‘ebproprtotod. - *~:
«aw "*
"AVA“ M8 IEA
George Dugon.
The committee oi errnugementn was
on follows:
Chin! Frederick M LWheeler Cepuin
Harry B. Waterbury. First Assistant
Chorles Keene. ascend Assistant Franké
Keene. A. iii. itrown.(leorge dlugun nnd‘
Robert Morrison.
«.I-nvwrx oeucmo Lessons.
Ill. Pulley. Tel. “ills-2.
slim dilliltt Ins ,
Intuit turret
out m... Doughnut III our souls
tumour by About 100 people. one
“WERE IEETIAEIW-lul “fill“ with" hint evuuiu
onus “MEI... Anni»
inbound; Manning. in
sum urns netted by ihedmlon. 'I'h
i" ly line, out! bnltAd
Nowell: mullet Ohhruii conducted a.
‘sblc The South Norwelk Mehodist
Ladies Aid Society served delightful-
ly, last evening, over a hundred guests
aurrouudinrt the long tables which were
decorated with reasonable novelties.
Credit to the general committee It
being pieced where it is deserved to-
day. Mrs. Churiosdli Hoyt was chair
woman and the following ladies were
In charge of the various tables: Mrs.
, Churiss N. «Smith. Mrs. ll. Lt Culture.
Miss Currie Wood. Mrs. maul: Coon-
, child. Mrs. Funnel M. iiemplo. itrs.‘
James O'Hsrn sud Mrs. Charles hi.
Boymour. ~
ITIIG menu won comprised ol the lot.
lo’wlng good things: Soup, boiled hum.
into soled. tuned. cheese. lemon. cruelt-
‘ ,celeI-v, cellos nod ice cram ’
'I‘he following young ladies were
vein-med:
billets hunts town... in...
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ErIIIIII I... Brings In indictment
ford. during the holiday season, with '
ened her hurt and she left. the
linked froth hem. creamed potstoesmou
mosquito Extermlnhlisn
i
Candi zoné,w
respite from his duties, is visitingmfi
relatives in Norwsllr.
Mr. Both is probably as well I
anointed with the rwork as any one
he. The vote “'
WWt‘me‘mtrunie AMEN“,
IET III'III thus our; , “
The Nowell: Chapter. A). A. M
on Thursday afternoon, with Mild _
en Curtis. Various mattertof'buni
received ottentibn.
Ten doilsre woe voted from, _
chapters treasury toward the" I
‘dors of the Continental nut
gift of the Connecticut Doughte
the "Temple Beautiful. "
The following some... of the cln
ter were chosen to represent it at
Continental Congress in Weshlnm
in April:
Regent, litre J Milton Cobn’rn; do!“
gate, Mrs. W H. Swords; alternhtw
Mrs ewsrtt. Mrs. Gillies, Miss Out-
nlnghnin. Mrs. Kendall Miss Couch,
Miss Curtis. Miss Nash, Mrs 13%
1of First Assistant Chief Arthur Curr. served by ladies in the quaint colonial ‘ Miss Raymond and Mrs. Mervin
The program II; .lhe afternoon
unusually interesting; all those .
paling were dressed In colonial
Itumes and the charm of byegon
pervaded the gathering. Mile
Curtis accompanied on the p
Mrs Nowhirk, sung most weetI
spproprlotc solo.
Miss Helen Quinterd read It “A; '_
oi the life of Mrs. General ‘
Couch u gracious Indy, deer in
memory of thoue who knew her ‘
jNorwsilr home end in the lib,
Tension, Mm.. where the gill "
The purer oi the Alternoon; I),
Miss Estuarine eturgoo. oi wood
entitled “!I‘he Old Lambert. it, _
were Inost interested in the ‘
charmingly told, of the Inuit
men nine lived in iliIA.homd A
1735. The beautiful old turn
this I-sro chins. the garden withi
time outrun the randy pen “I!
Allergen; mer Inert rein to them
tiers present. ,
on article on Brit. WIIIIIIIII,
csudidllle for nonildstiuti
. Pill ‘
Norwalk Chronicler