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Evening sentinel, Saturday, May 23, 1914 · page 1

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ESTABLISHED 1870

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citizens of Darien gathered at the
Town Hall, last night, in answer to a

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Between seventy-live and a hundred '

farm Hand Who Killed Giovanni
Carrieri, In Wilton, Given Ten
Months in Jail

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lodge Eager Says It is Always
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call issued for a special meeting. It
was for the purpose of ratifying the
action of the board of finance in up
pnpriating certain sums of money.
This was done. Robert S. Purdy act-
ed as moderator,

The first matter to be brought be-
fore the assemblagb was the appro-
priation of 83,000. which is to be the
town's share of expense in the build-
ing of a road from the Post road to
Iiiug'sEnd bridge. William Andrews,
of the board, explained the position of
it on the matter. He argued that in-
asmuch as the residents in that sec-
tion were willing to underwrite to half
of the cost, it was a good piece of busi-
ness for the town to accept their of-
fer. Dr. H. D. Hanson moved that the

wounds

That simple fright caused Agostluo
Pnpaie to shoot Giovanni Carrierl lib:
M'ilton on December 28 last, was model
manifest yesterday when the facial
were laid before Judge Edwin B’ the laying of Warrcnite pavement. He
Gager in the Superior Court. Crimin‘ declared that it was unsafe for horses
31 side. , because of its slipperyness. He urged

Recognizing this fact Judge (lager, everyone to vote the proposition down.
and the other that there was no a“. Mr. Andrews amended the motion to
deuce whatever of criminal intent, ‘ read that $3, 000 or as much thereof as

'Judge Gager dedided that a sentencel will be neiessary for the tow‘n a share.
0“ ten months in jail would meet the H' C Fleitnian argued that the town
ends of justice upon the plea of guilt ‘ should call for bids and that it compo
of manslaughter which the accusedA tent man should be hired to draw spec-i
made. Papaie looked grateful when he Iticatious and present them for consid-

,vvas informed of the court's deCision.i eratlon before any contract is award-
Papiile was employed on a farm in, 6.! 0n the vote all but Mr Tyler vot-

d in favor of the proposition.
Milton. He is rather a timid young;‘3
man. «It was his custom to carry a: [th2; spec“: taproprlatiton 2“?" by
gun with him when he went out to pelisasarll: w‘lt‘h fnfofsazdfvgle 0::
, l -' .
the barns ate in the evening to £1. 11:8 to 1“ w“ passed.
(in the night in questtme went ml Th” “MAW 0‘ All! “interdiction is

A. and worked around. As he came Am“.Hillel-1:"!allurillfldrego ‘3 Tiffvllowzl

towards the house he saw a light:
moving towards him. He raised his 51:33:: 33' fire escapes, ”36’ in
8"“ and tired. Carrierrl carried the The Iailt matter to be considered was
light and the shot gave him fatal the appropriation of $325 for 13 new
. ' . hydrants along the roposed extension
Papale am .not run away. On the of water mains fret: the Post road to
contrary he went to the nearest house, and including Raymond street After
“Ad what he had done and asked the much discussion the action of the!
neighbors to assist in calling the finance board was approved W R S
doctor and the police \ l Bates raised an objection that 13 was
. M‘MA‘UA’M" PA” Accepted. i an insufllcient number and could not:
”A“ grand jury had indicted Pa protect all of the houses, some of them
pale for murder in the second degree, being so far apart lHe recommended
but after Acting States Attorney Ga- that three more be added but his “8.
leu A. Carter had examined the evi- gestlon was turned down
.dcnce and ..questiqned the witnesses; Harold Mead, manager of the Nore-
he agreed, with the consent of the ten Water Company, gave the cost of
00"" to “0.9” A’ ”A” 0‘ guilty of laying the mains, a distance of 12. 000
manslaughter. The facts were to be feet as ‘12 000. He stated thud forty

meeting confirm the action of the
finance board. After it was seconded
Everett Tyler arose and objected to

 

laid before the court to declde‘ the lamilies have signified their intention . .

dame I: Dunlwment- lof subscribing at $10 per family. This,

Papa “’33 defended by- Judge with the appropriation of 3326, Mr.
Elmore 5. Banks and Attorney Clitus Mead stated totals ‘725' which would
H 'ng Judge. Banks “WA" 3 strong be the revenue to the water company

DAB“ AOA‘ the accused. ‘- for its expenditure, which, he said. is
in passing sentence Judge Gager

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SOUTH NORWALK. CONN” SATURDAY, MAY a, 1915

 

 

 

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County Health Officer George E.
Hill and Health Officer w. l.
Tracey Investigate

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Publicity Responsible for im-
provement in Conditions

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"The next ma who comes before
me on the charlie of carrying con

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Two homes in Darien were burglar;
ized last night. The house of Town
Clerk Stephen R. Hoyt on the south,
side of the Post Road just below the

 

The :wide publicity given the match
ed and menacing conditions at the
home of the two Still families, in “or
shall street, in The Sentinel, recently.
has been productive of good results.
lCounly Health Officer George E. Hill,
iof «Bridgeport, was here yesterday on
ithe case, and he stated that the con-
ditlons were fully as bad as stated and
lthal the report of the danger was in
no wise exaggerated. In his lnvestigth
tions Officer Hill was accompanied by
Health Officer Dr William J. Tracey. l
The two boarders residing at the
Still home, No. l9 Marshall street.
have moved; the two eldest sons will
be sent to a farm in Delaware, ar-l
rangements to this end now being
made by Judge John Keogh; the two
i younger some will be sent to the Coun-
in Weatport avenue; tool
am. we. dream Billbl
a; moved from tile house of disease}
slid to now living elsewhere; and theA
fatally next door is carrying out or-l
iders to move, the children of this
household having been exposed to the
trouble through their intermingllng
Awith the Still children. All this has
.come about in the short space of a
lfew days.
Mrs. isaac H. Still, the victim of the
‘ malignant tuberculosis, which has en-
,dangered the health and lives of those
' residing in the house and in the vicin-
! ity of the place, refused to be taken to
;the auditorium at Shelton. But she
and her husband are now left to occu
py the premises.

 

 

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In a week 5500 .Was Raised

coated Weapons, the evidence is
“molest. -I' will give him a year in.
jail This gun toting must be stop
pod, " said Judge Keogh to a Sentinel
reporter yesterday afternoon.

“I would have hired this fellowi
(meaning Patsy Test) 35 or $10 and
costs for assault ,1! he had not had at

gun, but I am determined to curb this“

gun-carrying if possible." Continuing,

:Judgo Keogh said. "it is a peculiar

thing, but Italians are always accuseq
of carrying. knivos and guns conceal-
ed upon their petsons, but within the
last few months fully a score have
been arrested. and not a gun or a
knife found on tliem."

Test was charged with carrying con-

 

They Do llol Know That Part of
(:oneliluliomilelo . lay Yet
Play In Nedaiislions

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iMethodist churih was entered and
lthe burglars secured a gold watch
iwhlch belonged to the late James Bir-
.chard, a collar and a cheap stickpinJA
l'rbe intrinsic \alue of the watch is
Alittle compared to the value of user
cistlon which goes with it. Mr. BirJ
chard was Mrs Hoyt's father. The
entrance was gained some time after
11 o'clock, the time at which the fam-
ily retired.

The other house broken into was al-
so on the turnpike, but at the other,
end of the town, near the Congress-A
tional church It is a two family.
structure and Ernest Colell occupies
ltlie first floor and Dr. Godfrey, the
dentist, lives upstairs. The intruders

 

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New Interpretation of Monroe:
Doctrine May Come

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cealed weapons and Judge Keogh lm- MAGAR“ FALLS Out 3133’ 23—
posed a fine or 3100 and sentenced A great deal of embarrassment is let
the prisoner to thee months in in“ jby the envoys of Brazil, Afgenilne and
Test threatened to shoot Charles De‘éleile as well as by the delegates of
perm and w“ in I fair way to carry , the Washington and Mexico City gov
out his glue“ “bet: he was finally dis Emomenta because of the impatience if
armed by those in the barber shop of the public which Is awaitng an adjust
Stephen Shimhd in Springwood .t the merit of the Mexican question. Ev —
time. Patrolman M I Lockwood was 9" d” ““35 “9 overwhelmed “Alli
notified of the case and he made theAAA‘quAAA‘“ “3 “55%" 1M" ”‘0 CORSAA'"
arrest shortly after Test had entered lionallsu may lllll' All the negot'ntio 18
the shop with the gun , looking to the composition of differeh- '
In the case Judge Keogh reopened" ces between diuerte and the luliod.

 

judgment later and suspended thq States and similar qllesliom T e
jail sentence of three months, on pay most persistent relate to the future
meat of the cog". cf Huerta and Whether his resigna-
,tion has been denuded. l
i As it matter of fact not one of the
BNITG‘IflI uiEnE. Ivita ilssuel AM Mn reached, but,
~ . I“ ' EET' after separate g int night with
w delenerroilfY ice and the Unit
ed States, the mediators said they
' Any ggmuong looking toward the beliel’ed they were nlniost resdv to
betterment of tmtllc conditions are moms: in“ the doom-r acceptance at
welcomed by the officials having that “'9 term
in charge.- .A traffic officer through The situation can has been so for
his service, day la and day out, be-i m ”DAWN"! by 3‘60“”!an for the
comes instantly acquainted with whntA mediatorb and the delegates. in order
the needs are in the way or‘corrodtion. 10 clear “'3! the muundenoand' ns
and Thursday came a time when a It in this .
blockade of traffic occurred before the; “Notwithstanding introductions in
i United States and of the Huerta go.
ernment came together practically as

Thomas Hunt was on duty.

He called the attention of the mayor
to the condition, and made rscommem
dations which would eliminate a. repo’
tition of such an occurrence. The
custom has been for )he short run cars
which go, back downtown from Main
street to stop on Wall street. This is
done because the motormsn has to
turn‘ the switch directing the car into;
Main street. While this operatiou’con-‘
sumes but little time, it gives the pos-
sengers opportunity to slight and that
is what holds the, car there for several
minutes. The n‘arrowueas of Will
street. at this point, makes it inexpe-

be presented. As in all negotiations
of this character time necessarily was
consumed in becoming acquainted and
in reaching an understanding of en: hi
other' a personal idiosyncrsclea
“When President Wilson and Gen-
eral Huerta accepted the godd offices.
of the South American envoys to set

ences would be pregnant of very great
Msibilities and reach dar beyOnd

Aby the executive committee.

individual strangers and also with‘
imperfect knowledge of the issues to.

tie their ditferenAces, the latter felt|
certain that the Niagara Falls confer- '

selected Mr. t‘olell‘s apartments, but:
went away only slightly rewarded for
their efforts, securing nothing but a
small amount of change of something
less than a dollar, ll

——Music at Royal James inn Sun-

day night, 6 to 8.

GETTINI lll’lllllllls
Flthl STATE BANKERS

The selection of a candidate for di-
rector in Class B of the. feddral re~
serve bank at Boston will probably be
lmade when the State Bankers' Asso-
ciation meets at New London on June
9. The informal conference held'yet
terdsy served as a medium for ex-
change of opinion not only on this par
tic'iilar pdr'tlon of the baiiklng law, but‘
on other phases of it. liecom‘lnenda-
tions to the association will be made-
Before
that, however, Secretary C. E. Hoyt.“
South Norwelk, will ask each national
bank to submit the name of a. banker
chain it thinks would be available for
director. The names will be cauvass-
ed by the executive committoe and re-

 

loves of Mayor Burnell. It W" at Washington the South American diplo ported upon by the executive commit-
inch: and Wall streets and Sergeant matists the representatives of the me.

In this way the opinion of Con-
necticut‘ bankers will be obtained as
to available candidates.

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-—AT MRS. TAYLOR’S,
North Main St. Some specials for
Saturday. Also white hats trimmed13
and untrlmmed.

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Coroner Determined to list Real

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said such cases were alwaysedlflicult
to decide. A human being had been
killed and yet it was evident that the
accused was'tlioroughiy scared when
he fired the gun.. The utter absence
of criminal intent was an important
thing to remember, In view of all the
circumstances his honor thought a
state prison sentence not wsrranted.
He made it ten months in Jail

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A iA-t the regular meeting of the'Nor-

. .walk- Central labor onion, .hcid'ubui-‘c-

considerably less than the customary
10 per cent. that other companies re-
ceive on their investments. .

Mr. Champ, treasurer of the com-
pany, was invited to speak on the
proposition. He declared at the out-

'it would be poor business policy for
the company to go ahead with the
proposition. 'He stated that he was

authorized to offer the company to the

Town ofDarlen for purchase,‘and that
a bond'glven by the town would be
acceptable to the stockbdders. He
slid that 3100 000 has been spent. but
that it was not paying an adequate

from In concluding he said that the
company could not entertain the prop-
edition with only $725 as the annual

Thus Admitting the Accept—

dient tor trafficto go around the trol-

set that on the basis of s'. 8725‘ revenue,

 

revenue. The matter of maintenance
the resolutions were presented. and

 

is not included in the figures given.

 

and repair. he said. is important and

tier now rests with the wa- 1

once of the Standout

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The Nowell: Day Nursery Associa-
tion is receiving congratulations from.
throughout the city on the completion
of the :week of money raising. The!
$500 necessary to secure the generous
gift of milling has been raised and the
directors will purchase the BrownA
house and property in Union street.
Eighty test of fence is needed
complete the work

‘As an aid in the campaign a card
party was held yesterday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. John ‘H. Ferris.
Therewere fifteen tablestn the play-
ing and a prize was awarded to the
winner at each The party, aside
from; the triumph financially, was also
a social "snows. - -

 

 

loy car and consequently it must wait
until the car has gone around the
curve.

Sergeant Hunt suggested I: Mayor
burnell that a switohman there would
allow the car to continue around the
corner before’stoppiug,‘ heaping Wall
street clear. The mayor will take up
the whim Superintendent Co‘p-
lay immediately. _ .

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:Dog Warden‘TholnssF‘. Walsh, alert
to his official duties, started an in-

 

 

peace in Mexico and touch the peace
of ‘the whole Western Hemisphere.
They now feel the delicacy of their pox
.sltions and are doing their utmrst.
t0 "Old any (“A39 “all“ that ““31“ It is reported in South Norwalk to
endanger the success of their efi- day that Coroner John J. Phelan has
lforts. something of interest to bring out at
“Out of this conference is to cfmeal the Inquest gm; afternoon relative to
it is hoped by}. “1°39 “90“ “AM“ 13“ the cause of the collapse of Caisson
responsibility has fallen. some clari- N°_ 8 on the Washington street bridge
time of the view of all WinAme'l- .vednesda'y night, which caused two
lea. resDeCting the attitude Ol “19 Unit- deaths. He has summoned the entire
led States and the relation of this Bridge Construction Committee to hp-
countryf for a long time to come with peer at the inquest. .
the republics of Central and South. The rumor states that some of the
America. Pei-balm, 3130. they think members of the bridge committee
there may come at: Interpretation cf were or themplnlon that some of the
the Monroe Doctrine that will mo'e timberwsed in the bracing of the cof-
mly meet the approval of all the re- ferdsm were not of the best, and that

Cause of ACCilleiil Resu t-
ing in ‘lwo Fatalities

 

 

'tt‘venue. . From what he learned sever
. -'.sl dogs visited the banners of Mrs.
1mm P sacs; at No. 22 Mew

" ting has, several others ville so bad-_
A - 1y: lacerated that the warden ordered
: third, killed; T! (161' the Mama:

 

 

 

vestigstian at the damage done by
dogs on Thursday night: on Buyyiew

 

(comlnueo on rwnltth page.)
' PRACES fill-MAIN THE SAME
Througli viii? ' in the so: Then-
’ ‘ rlsst eyeaiug the
one dollar a ticket
ve been er: the
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avenue and moulded” killing one act.

 

below. The

 

 

 

ithey were fearful for the safety of
the caisson.
. Many believe that the accident was
caused by the giving away of the top-
most framework, due to the greatly in-
creased pressure and the vibration
and weight of the four pumps. and it
it possible that testimony to this of-

Agnes ani-‘fect will be introduced this afternoon.

coroner Photon is determined to sift
the matter to the bottom in an effort

" to decide the true cause of the collar-

dnm'e‘ failure. as was shown by the

, . ,ot the fol-open of tho inquest

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Will be Sentenced on Fri
Next, and Then Returned”:
the Death House at,
SinL- Sing

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Attorney Manion Announces
That Appeal Will
Be Taken

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NEW YORK, May 23.-—For the sec»

.0nd .time Charles Becker, former po~

lice lieutenant, today occupies a. cell

. in Tombs Prisca, convicted O! W
murder of Herman Rosenthal, gamhln

for the actual killing of whom bl.

'four gunmen died in the electric

a little more than a. month ago.

On Friday of next week Becker wil
be sentenced and soon thereafter hi? }
will be returned to the death bolls!
at Sing Sing Prison, which haioft
February on the order of the Court
Appeals that he be given a new

An snpeil by Beekor's coI
which is certain to be made,
as a stay of execution, giving ' ‘
more than a .yeor to live and
the hope of another revel-ail:m M
judgment of the trial court. [31,- *

The verdict of guilty by the.
rain rned after four hours and fly" alts“
utes of deliberation. came as a
to Becker, his wife and his “mm
They had hoped for sequitlal or
worst a disagreement

Under the instructions of .l ‘ this
Seabury, the jurors had the chat
three degrees of murder. two of [it
u-ouid have meant imprisonment;
this jury, like two juries beforlljlt.
first Becker jury and the twelve :-
who convicted the four gunment
lieved that Jack Rose, chief

Becker accusers, told the truth
be unfolded on the witness

 

' plot for the murder of ROM.

the gunmen at the instigation o " :
ker

Martin T. Manton, chief of
her lawyers announced that his
would be based on the admin!“
the testimony of Mrs. Lillinil
berg, widow of “Lefty Loni?”
gunman' the ruling of thej
refusing tooheur before the int!
argument on the admissibility
"Dago Frank”. Glroiicl conf ,
on the justice’s charge to the! . ,
which he took exception in com;

Becker refused to discuss lb ‘
dict. To-a newspaper reporter
condemned man replied to an
pression or sorrow that "I feel
for myself " Then he was led
to his cell

Mrs. Becker collapsed when told
her brother, John Lynch, that 3
has gone back to the Tombs.”
was unable to speak, and it was
time befors'uhe was able to loci
criminal court building with
slstance of friends, for her 7 '

TlillllWll Til 3»,

Frederick hf. Cullen. of C
ermine. had a narrow ,
serious injury in West ”or
day afternoon when he w
from his horse. on whic 1&5“
laying a horseback ride
noise was skinned and 111i”:

' etc. All the depth of his Questioning on ll‘hursdu in mg tumhl *

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