" norm ruminant
Santa Chris
I Coming !
The little ones and big ones are on
the lookout, waiting for him. The
store is filled to its utmost filth goods
for Christmas gifts is wearing apparel
and fancy articles that are serviceable
and useful.
E K. BANKS
Mahackemo Hotel Block.
South Norwalk.
Miss—Patten Board’s
New Book
I ’S
“ TH BLUE?!
JUST OUT.
The best book ever published for
children from six to twelve Years
old.
DONNELLY'S
BOOK STORE.
ay night at the South Norwalk clttb.|
The usual lunch was setted Satttr .
the menu including sandwiches of var-l
ions kinds, core and sweet cider.
i
Wt
Regular monthly meeting of thcl
Building and Loan Association will heI
held at the office of Taylor and (told-i
ell tomorrow night. i
!
t
—Ju.<t received a new lot of llc, 5c
and We migrated Xmas cards.
‘ Stationery store, \‘i’all street.
, I
Several narrow escapes from auto‘
aclidents ott‘urred yesterday on ac-- ‘
count ot the slippery condition of thel
streets and especially the trolley rails. l
Because of the deep snow. the game
which was hooked between the Not-
walks and New Hat en City football
teams for yesterday. had to be can-
celled. - ‘
Beer‘s
—'A gross of Watemtan fountain
pens always in stock at Donnelly's. if
the point does not suit the one rcceiv
log and repairing done by N. Edison 22
’fter Christmas. i
"There were eleicn sales of real 0.9- l
ate Ill No:walk, la.t week. the same.
number .ts for the second week. of
December, 1914. Last week's mort-i
gages were $7,000 and a year ago :10,-
860.
-.H. i
lFrederick Harris, of Taylor avenue.
'pmployed ill the Lounsbury' Mathew-‘
son & company shoe manufactory, is
suffering from a painful injury to his
left foot. caused by stepping on a nail'!
last. Saturday.
the pound.
A physician dressed
—HOLIDAY GIFTS.
Angora Wool cap and scarf acts.
Linen handkerchiefs at 25c t 0 title.
Silk Hosiery 25c. 500 and 98c. Fancy
bags. etc. flats at reduced rates at
Miss Poihcmna, 80 Washington street
South Norwnlk.
The uptown police received a cottt
plainl. this morning. front Percy W..
Brooks of West Rocks avenue in
regard to some trees which Mr.
{Brooks had recently set. out,
which were cut down yesterday by
someone for Christmas trees.
' The third round of the pigeon shoot.
between Ridgetield and Norwalk.
which was scheduled for last Satur-
day, was postponed on account of the
weather. The match will be held how-
ever, in Ridgetield, on Christmas Day.
This is the deciding round, as each
team has won one match. The first
was won by Ridgefleld, in Ridgeheld,
and the second was won by Norwallt,
" _ at Dorlon’s Point. '
FOSS' AND HUYLER’S CANDY
Fancy Xmas Packages.
Kodaks, Toilet Articles, Perfumes.
Stillson-vaell Corporation
i PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS.’
l 32 Washington sum
l south Nay-nu. Gilli,
‘ considered.
Come in and bag one before
the shoppers
have trimmed the assort-
Christmas
ment.
Nothing more practical and
welcome to man or Woman.
$3.50 buys! a light weight
. t
suit case of bony sheep- t
skin. 1
. I
For $5 good reliable. tough I
leather.
All kinds of the best makes I
of leather goods, suit cases
‘ you." (‘hief of Police William ll.‘ was stopped by Sergeant heathen;
'l’ennlnglon. under oath, confirmed land from sending to New Y.ork liel
Sergeant Leatherland’s statement.‘ asked for a discharge. and said that' At very special prices ..Prices $125
................. ......... ' $1.95 and $2.50
and bags, $1.50 to $15.
Toilet Cases $l—$12.
Rogersti Stevens
South Norwalk. N orwalk.
The regular meeting of the Norwttlk
High School alumni will be held to-
ntorrow night. ‘
Officers will be nominated at a‘
l meeting of llnczts llayloft, l. 0. ll. M.,
this evening.
~ Home made apples canes bask-
ets, ('llrlsltilns candy at Wilkins’, No.
Istrect. The Committee.
On Wednesday evening. the Norwulk
lhtck I’in team will play the Brutw'
wick team on the Norwalk Alleys, on
lsaac -..;treet
The entertainment committee of
llncaa Tribc is completing arrange.
tnents for a smoker which will be
held in the West Washington street
wlguam on January 4th.
~xmas BASKETBALL.
New Canaan vs. ‘Norwalks. Prelim-
lnnry game and dancing Armory.
Archie and Wallace Beneliaha. of
Pennsylvania State College. are visit-
ing their parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. J.
‘ ilcttclislta,, on Washington street, over
the Christmas holidays. l
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The city council will tomorrow ev-
ening hold a special meeting The
matter of the Connecticut Company
relocating and reconstructing their
'polcs on Main street, uptown. will be
A report that was in circulation in
this city Saturday and today, that
5a fourteen year~old Springwood boy
had been drowned in a pond either in
Rouayton or Darlcn, could not be
ten medical examiners or undertttkers.
l
———\t Donnellv' 5 there are two dent-
.onstlation rants and two attendants
:empIOM’d solely for then urpose of dam I
and'ons-tratlng rooms and two attendants.
you wish to buy a record. here is the;
place where you may hear them play-!
cd without annoyance as there
two sound- proof demonstrating rooms.
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incident which occurred last week.
The Georgetown yard, which princi-
pally cares for the shipment for the
Gilbert 8: Bennett wire works, was
tied up by the storm of Monday and
Mr. Miller was unable to get an en-
gine to move his cars. He tried every
possible way to get one. asking for an
engine most everywhere on the divi-
sion, but without success The other
day some of the railroad men were in
Bridgeport and they .purchased'a toy
engine, leaded the tender with fuel and
iect.
IlIVIIlIiNIl NOTICE
-~ for the six months endingD
This dividend will be entered on pass- -boeks and paid. ‘
on and after January 10th,1916. ~ ~
.-By order of the Board of Directors, . l
SOutlt Norwalk Savings Banks
. At a meeting of the Board of Directors of this bank held
this day a divalent! to depositors at the rate Of four (4) per
. cent per annum was declaed from the earnings of the bank
eccmber 31st, 1915.
.k‘
LMANS, President. '
A’RD Treasurer.
l(lilllll fill Billll 7'
l geant had told Price he was “foolish"
. ground floor.”
. ducentent,
. used as evidence.
' ntent that he stopped Price from talk-l
" toldhim he did not have to talk, and
. about three years after be secured the
1 position that the thefts started. Price
' could be sold.
land was told. was sold to Fornino
l
verified by either the Not-walk or Dar.’
are ‘
Local railroad men are having at
laugh on Louis Miller. yardmnsier at;
the Georgetown station, because of an‘
. shipped it to Mr. Miller, charges col-,
21:: mm lonwau m m ’l'i'.
emphaslsouthefaetthatheklckod
very strongly on taking the machined
or finished brass-work. ' lie stated, to
.the oillcer. that doing this increased
‘ the risk of detection. Price said he
didn’t know how much money he got?
out of the transactions, The thefts
he alleged to heatherlnnd, always
took place before 9 o’clbck
W
In good: pur- ,
chased may be '
set aside for
Xmas Eve de-
livery.
illill flllllll
(Continued from First Page).
A strong objection was puf‘ up to:
the introduction of this confession}
Attorney John J. Cuneo, attorney for]
' Price insisted to Leatherland he
Price. attempted to bring out the fact:
that Sergeant Leatherland. in “cup, had nothing whatever to do with the
ing it, did not first inform Price that: '33! theft, but when he was asked
he was not obliged to talk. and What-i how anyone could set the brass out
over he did say would be used, to his? of the shop without. his knowledge. he
detriment, in court. being night watchman. he stated he
Attorney Cuneo stated that the ser- didn't RDOW. but it may have been
‘ taken on Sundays. Chief Pennington
was put on the stand. The chief was
present when Price confessed to
Motherland. and (‘hief Pennington
confirmed Leathcrlaad‘s :tatements
on the witness stand. ‘ ‘ l
Prosecuting Attorney Cramer C.
Hegeman struck out the charges of
conspiracy.
In his arguments, Attorney (‘uneo
stated there was not the slightest evl‘
dence that implicated Price in con-
nection with the theft of the brass
that was secured by the police. There .
was no indication, he said, that would
go to shOw Price had anything to dol
with taking the material that Fornlno
ssioreslntlae
nilonoaeiloor
TRUE TO ITS NAIE.
STERLING
Christmas Specials
50c Doll Carts 39c
Steel Frame Folding Doll Cart with Leatherette Hood, for
AN IDEAL BABY'S CHRISTMAS GIFT.
.:.':.auz.'..\. .. .
for not telling about the. affair, as the
"other fellow" had, and he was “put-lI
ting it on hint" by getting “in on theI
The lawyer held tilts?
“getting in on the ground floor" in:
without first informing the
accused he did not have to talk, made
the confession an involuntary one..
and was therefore barred from beingt
39¢
léamla‘tt ‘3‘ . ’1
t
$2 to $4 value, Beautiful Cut Glass, for $1.29
EXTRA SPECIAL!
FAC-SlMlLE OIL PAINTINGS of famous Artists
Sergeant Leatherland was put onI
this stand. lie was firm in his state-‘
ing, to first caution him “now you‘
don't have to tell me anything, but
whatever you do will be used against
the state had failed to prove theft. 3
Attorney Joseph R. Taylor, coun-l
sel for Fornino, stated the only chargel
against his client was receiving stolen
goods. The only evidence he said, that:
and declared he was present when the
sergeant told Price of his legal rights;
Price, himself. was put on the stand,
llc denied that Sergeant llesthcrlsnd
The high artistic value wil be appropriate to the home of t
that his confession would be used had been produced. tended to shawl
against him. l’ricc said all that the the goods had only been found in the; O
officer told hltn was that it would junkntan's presence. To prove amsnt urn] “re
guilty of receiving stolen goods, Atu
torney Taylor said, it was necessaryl
to show the property was stolen,
There was no evidence, he said, that:
the brass ltad not been given away,‘
and that permission had not been glv-T
on to take the brass away. There
was no evidence to show the brass;
was owned by the iron Works. it
was essential. as well. the attorney
said. to show that the receiver of the
goods knew that they were stolen. be-
fore conviction could be secured.
There was not a scintilla of evidencol
to show the goods had been stalemi
Attorney Taylor remarked. As for con-I
cooling the goods. the attorney slated;
Fornino carried the barrels down to]
the steam-boat dock at the ordinary:
hours, and was perfectly frank in
I opening them up for Motherland.
Taking up the question of posses-
sion. it was brought out that "recent";
make it look all the "blacker" for him
by not telling all he knew.
Judge George H. Vosburglt. how-
ever. admitted the confession. . .
Sergeant lpatheriand stated Price
told him he had been employed as
night watchman for 8 years It was
The real true practical
gift that will last a life-
time.
A piece for any room of
told the police. Price said that Fisher the home is alwavs ac-
told hint there was a lot of brass that
Price said he didn‘t
fancy the idea of taking the mater-
ulal. bill they finally started. He stated
the practice was to secure about 100
pounds of brass a week. Sometimes
200 pounds were taken. but very rare-
ly That was going on. Price told
imatherland, up to six months ago,
when Price alleged he had "a change
of heart."
The stolen brass Sergeant leather .
oeptable.
the Sterling Famliare C0.
127-129-131 Washington St. PHONE 105 So. Norwalll. Conn.
' for $4 a hundred pounds. The two pogaefislon must be shown The lat-| ......._ _ "'_- 4"”
accused wont "fifty-fifty." ' est evidence, it was Blflled- showed! -, — ~— ~——- ~——-~— — —- - ,- « «~-—~-~ »-»v "v- 7 . -
Pm“ "‘1“de "ll" be Stopped filefll- that the articles had been stolen “six' ‘ V“ ‘
h . 'r h k 't- M ‘ ‘
Editshlteml’d‘ltd afizz-I‘l’herlarill. :0 33:35 wifrtfscfittior llcgetnan said six weeks E\:N:§§§§ buggesnons for
had been taken since that time. Price! was recent enough. The iris; filaallegl Q§\\§:\\ C o t Gu'f
" l . a l d d n l k (1 atoms “n ' \ hm ~
ahldwwlts‘ZHl'hoys 1.331321 reef 2:11; o'cihcltb fltcisocaft22nogn at 6 o'clock: t\:§§>> mas 1 ts
caught. he said. I, Saturday ‘5" ff. Hoke: Knives from ..25c to $3.00
The brass was secured. Price said. 3 Other witnesses board were W E “P . «1‘ Carving Sets -tmm..$t.5o to $7.50.
by climbing over a door leading into. Mathews. who identified ‘the 311:: :‘* ' I Scissors .................. 25c up
“1 b . _ F | , b fr 1. been sto en. a ,t$ Seine -
mznt.r?:t:l?lotall Tin “so (1:313:12: ga‘gsggég. villi: also examined dthe ! ' (“”1me immof , /\ Animal; ::: mtg?” 8e“.
place and secure the brass. Price not buss when it had been recovet‘e t , “E M Thomas .aoetles ........ $1.25 up
- M... w I 5m Rgmpvg . t I n... u... ......... 75 . 52.5.
i l * BANKING SYSTEM. E a ? Thermomete'rs ...... 15: t: $3.50
3 , l / Shh: . ............. 85c to $3.50
H a es’ it which embrace: «little E l in, mfggfiggjr‘flgox 353°
5 : . t National Bank): Will he ' ' It. 1 EM" 'Buudlna Sets: gsrtbo’yssoo
. . . . .................. . o .
. t t is l); {e11 meve communly ’i‘,‘ (I? 5 Razors. ............. $1.00 to $4.00 ’
( I 1 y M a I‘ k e .1 .. alike united Station? I, v. s. “'iff'ff'.‘fi‘f..°.'..’.°f'2‘5.'".:"§§fo‘5
. . ;:. l " Bankwiih aNalioml ” / : . .3.."’°.":::‘
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69 North Mam St. Hayes Block .» l ,t, “Banh— out-Bank» ' l, l, .a.......m. mm: "
"l 'I i‘ ‘ '3 ’tMtI' l“ l ‘
‘ a“ filil Battalions-w \ ‘1 ‘ttsuccessor to Chas. E. Dow.)
, , , . m. 112 WASHINGTON sr.,
0"" SW3“ 0* Turkeys CITYNATIONAI. BANK
are being killed , today, will . be ready : WMCOMRncWAfiéf/Ewfi W" cm. US U .
for your inspection Wednesday “ ’ " ' ‘ = ' and m; will a... 0.3m...
. ._.. la- right around when some-
, ~- thing like this happens in your
No My Picked or Frozen Stoctt _, Advertise in The Sentinel m m...
. ' . 1 , I. d PLUMBING .‘
to Oifer at Any Price . m°li°llitillflilitfizzlz
necessary repairs or install a
1‘ ~ . ‘ ' new system of _
.he Best Is the Cheapest LOOK! LOOK! flatmates“,
COUPON Good For So to 25c
According to Purchase
HoiiACE ttNRsu
Plumbing and Heating
I guarantee to have the finest quality and
largest as o'rtment inwaalk -
,_ . Tel. 1364.
North Main St.
trim
: ~Will be Open Thursday. and
O’BRIEN, THE BATTER
it,
lift All... fiAl‘IDIl
gill? 53141213119
Lilhildlflill’ EMBLJJ
"tram tilt/Allin w U? air-t:
liliia
My Store Will be _ Closed All...
Day Saturday. (Christmas) Christmas Trees -’
new on until Christmas,
“have a. he lot of Christmas Tree
humour: demand. A cartoon heel
W also a fine lot of tabla.
‘ d‘o lowest. prices. '
WNW-u no‘flil
spousal. seamen,
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