J. A. s;- lm; m and
ducted me
.
the dimeulty at the islands, as soon as
I!“ arm on - - ~ _ ill-knees As he struck In: 3- John's fa- leave no blow except the one mentioned. med ’, eathis face and head, 11.“! me ‘5' , 4 . , _ _. ,
' 'in" the: jumped from the e... and caught Then Conkiin picked up the dredge ' ,, ’ ”and saw Conkiin“ it gm he got home. anfisfiflhew, ,1. A“ “t“ m“
. around the waist. $1.". Ebok St. John struck at St. John; but the latter caunht ' strl I 'm. He seemed to have “usage for his abUSiVC language as Moshe found
~‘ said,“Mr. Conkiinyw i ueéiyou doing it” ,~$ith;llis bud and it .ren on - g to defend himself. 71 “5" t out who he was. I unnk itwonlJ meme
.80 hurl said noting: tit-file the: I eenreeol- ‘ m Md use dredge may , n strike Conkiin. and; helhad no me on your ‘ tum ‘ such oaths as M...
‘ - iect. While the a of held . Conkiin 531’ ndb‘i‘no and; demohstfalioiis ' " dredge from hiaiiiands. Isdid Conkiin used: I a?“ "dim started townie
a ‘ ..
I he“ Warnerj-isq
pr‘péecution. W. R. Smith and
05m!- came up and m hiiil‘. his liim
kick but once, and do not know where lie
kicked him. Both then let go and the St.
Johns went on. I did not» see St. John try
to strike Conkiin while his father was hold-
, , nhilri. Cohkfifi assumed for the
w friiile ind picked up it"stick of mid
wo‘o’d two or two and a half inches through
at the but. St. John met him about ten feet
from the starting point. Uo‘nklin struck at.St.
n 2 w these parties, and: h‘adfb inquire
the‘ir names; I have talked vidih Mr“. StJOhn
since’ but he has not told me whether or not
he smi'ck him with his clenched fist.
Dr. Lockwood testified : I made three vis-
up to the cltyto “plan of Conkiin, as he
said he would: I fiw tiie scab a week before
the trouble. I do/‘not think it would have
hurt him except for the scab. The ecabblcd
smile. He did not strike Conkiin,but brush—
rm: 7‘ V lCounty Journal to d. N. Stickney & Co. Asa B. Woodward, Esqs appeared for the'
“m m We W005. Th: Journal ha been well managed by Mr. defense. The trial was before City Judge ing him. When Oscar got out. of the wagon John with the stick. The blow fell on thelate its to Mr. (‘o‘nklin on the 7th, 81b and 9th of cd him “-ith his hand. My son did not act
‘3‘ ‘. J ) wmilll C Street, :00“th Spanfdlhg, and ha been a financial spousal. Claw. "5 "5‘ — ‘ at the beginning of the fight he got out on ter'e head and arm. St. John fell on his January. On the seventh I called about l1 very much excitcd. MY 50“ l5 3 powerful ’ ”‘d ‘m
(mp. in ‘ am. “an? Smittfir‘hn John 11 . . Jr; the m‘ of The complainant, John S. Conkiin. was the north side: the side Conkiin stood on. hands and knees, and Conkiin raised the o‘clock A. M. I found him on his bed in a man. )Ir. Conkiin is a feeble man compared '3 ‘ ‘3.”ng y g
m MOP. 3°": DaeBPJSwhols, the Liteh'fiield 3d 2m model .3 ‘ ’ 51,; the first witness called for the prosecution. thn. St. John had Conkiin by the hair the club to strike again, when Cook St. John good deal of excitement and he complained with my son. My son is about thirty-l0“? I“ “ I m i .
E I‘M-w l13%;!" . e ' “w“m fOllOmng ll mm of his testimony: dredge was on the ground but I donut know sprang from the wagon and caught him. St- of pain in the left side above the spleen. years old. He had 00an under I‘ll-s am: ‘16 Int. . I
wood . _ , publishers and is now permanently com I We“ caning across the bridge, on the whether or not Conkiin had hold of it. John then got up and the three men were He said» that was all the pain he had. He about three seconds. Mr. Conkiin did no wlnaf‘; m ”‘1‘..- w be;
A! ‘ Wm: 9‘ the D‘mmfsi mmtedx- nected with that house. morning of the difficulty, with a dredge up- Cross Ermm'nawon: \Vhen we :first met there together, but I did not see any more had not-had a movement since Friday. I in- seem to be anxious to get away. but was ct"!!! will M‘--
“d! m the Chi-‘00s the fallow”? 035' Hr. Joseph K. Lyman. the agricultural on my shoulder, and, near the west end of St. John, Conklln had the dredge on his blows. In a minute they separated. If St. jcctcd morphine under the skin. Ithcn prc- squirming a little. I suppose he was really ”be“ ”In I _', . In
R” "f" ”If” “I“ mm: 31"" editor of the Tribune died Sunday morning the bridge, I met Capt. Capt: St. John and shoulder and his arm through it, and ”did John had not caught the blow hr the Club On scribed n belladonna plaster, six inches trying to get away. I did not think 080%? xn- mM"' '1”? BT... h‘EFt
MI'fE‘hm MW”!- at 1,: residence Richmond Hill Long 13‘ his son Oscar, in a wagOn. I had got past not get ofi his shoulder until St. John hit his arm I think it would have killed him. square, tube put over the seat of pain. There was hurting him any. I did not see my 50“ Writ-35kg. 9"" ‘3‘
n” W.“ Grand Lockw‘m land. of small pox. He was flirty-seven them, perhaps the length. of the wagon, him. Conkiin picked it up as soon as St. Both men were a good deal excited. After was no outward bruise except on the bridge strike Conkiin the second time when filehi' “W m
1: I I‘ If E" m 7M old and has been connected with the when Dealt called me back and said to me, John let go of his hair. After they came Conkiin had struck at St. John with the of his nose. I also prescribed a dose of (or come for him with the dredge. their. Mm . mm
3"wa W. 9‘0"“ _ ‘ Tribune jar the N3? mm, m succeed' *‘ )Ir. Conkiin“ (01' Old Conk) “ was you in together the second time it got upon the dredge and started for the wood pile I think cathartic1ncdicine,which 1 thoughthc need- Oscar St. John testified: As I was fuming §’,c';,o,,m‘ My“... ‘ .
imbue (bum—Wm. C" Street. 1"“ n, N C )‘eckel‘ now of Gidel Colon“? that sloop dredging off Bella's Island when I ground'end laid there during the rest of the St. John started to get into the Wagon, but cd. There were ngnod many people there. I in the East Passage, the last Saturday in D_°‘ l“ ’ ‘
ulna Cam I‘ M Ipckwoml. ' i I ‘ ’ y ' ’ me in the other day t" I told him I was. fracas. Conkiin hit St. John on the head he seemed to change his mind and turn back )snw him next (lav at 10:30 A. u, in consulta- camber, I set my color for a pilotJJeingullt- III-I‘m” “
‘ . tle short handed and not thorougly acquaint- mm
Colo-.369.
Auww M. -—L. P. alloyt. David He said, “You insulted they I said, “ I did with the stick of wood and was in the act of towards Conklin. mm with I,“ l’ardcc. He said he felt better. '
ed with the channel. As I got ofl'Betts 8 Is
, a Mr“ L
Géll‘nfyie'ungh “mikwdfi
P‘ memlhm “ugxfgasiftitmgl‘li“3:mu:y 1:; 1:21:31: not know as anybody in this place could in- striking again when Cook St. John seized Cow Enum'mrte'uu: When they first ilis pulse was sixty-four. I did not pcrccive 1 1 l ud took
. .» ‘ ' ' = —_ suit you." He asked what I was going to tum. clinched i cannot tell whether St. John had any symptoms of inflanmtion. I saw him land I sent my mate to Ms W tee a _
. F”: ml.“ ‘.A.'_ 32:0?" for 3,1311? breach ‘1): 2,035: do about it. I told him he said he would William Dennis testified : The first I saw hold of Conkiin, 0r Conkiin had hold of St. again, with Dr. Pardcc, the following day. my glass to see the range. As I passed n‘fim ’W a"; a; a;
“f h“ w my EXPWM 05 ll :11th _ I 0 “mg, ‘5 t e cc ‘ run over me in the harbor if I did not get. of the fight. St. John had Conkiin by the John. Ido no think there was any thing to He was in about the same condition except Grassy Hammock I saws Sloop ahead an“ I N" Y“ . ha. I I5 M
gratitude from the real frientk of this favor. on 0 ‘ e plamttfl'. 1' recrtes that. on the out of the way. He said, “ Inevcr said such coat collar and was hitting him,and Conkiin hinder St. John striking Conkiin. St. John his pulse was sixty. I told him there was told the mate to put up helm to clear the “$.th :3 Mm
no moist {moor assistance in bringing the m“ d“? 0‘ January, 1866, “Mk :“ I’m“? a word." I said, “ You are a d—-—-d liar." was holding down his head. St. John seemed made some half dozen passes over Conklill's no need of 1ny coming any more. I did not. 5100p, 1 men went forward and saw that both «DI-hr!-
matter before the public in an intelligept roy, bfmg amen-red manland havmg “13,“? He replied, “You are a d-———Ad old scoun- to bc striking {him in the neck and breast. head, us if he was mesmerizing him. I think he was in a critical condition during the sloop had several boats astcrn. I then MD”
manner, and we intend to so fearlessly op- t“! “if? 'l‘ve' mm at 3?“, Haven, sollmt drel." On this he jumped out of the wagon Conkiin screwed himself away, and picked did not sec Conkiin try to get away. I did those three days, He flinched under pressure called to my mate to put the helm hard up. _____ __ - , ,
llrs‘ all Mitt) overthrow and under- “d pa). court to the .plainufl', “uh a view and got his arm around my neck. I put my up his dredge and shoved it at St. John. The not see him upon his knees. I was looking on Sunday; but said he felt easier on Mon- Then I hailed the sloop with, " Please.haul 1. son-alt. Jan. as. w me. “It
mm” “3‘ own-ammo” wintbeir to marriage, representing himself as unmar— head down so that he could not strike me in letter knocked it away and it fell upon the fill them 31 H“ 1110 time. My impression is dav and Tuesday. I do not suppose a medi- up your boats,“ as I was afraid “'0 could 110‘ ’?§omflk I,“ 2.. (mu *‘m air-3 1!!
nod; that the plamtxfl'. believing hun capa- St. John then started for Conkiin, that St: John had hold of Conkiin‘s collar cal man could tell to n certainty what his got by. He called me a “ d—-d 1108" and yflfl.‘ . .
amironl. Our article, printed two weeks the face. and he took hold of myhair and ground. I!!! w,
In Nomlk. Jm. a» ‘ 3"”
ago. exposing what mod to be an attempt
ble of “”1"“th a lawful marriage, did tried to pull my head up so he could hit me. and the latter went to the wood pile and got the second time they came tOgethcr. 1 saw symptoms were caused by. They might have other rough words, and said I wanted the In x m 3., a ..
to imp-me unjust. lobby bills upon. the com- ’anfia‘n‘m‘i‘ lbw“? the “Hemp” 0f the He struck me on the head with his fist. Af- a stick of wood and struck St. John on the St. John give two or three blows but could been caused by something beside an outside whole harbor. He gave the boats a little rel?!-
luy. has brought out an explanation, as we e endlm “ii a view to W, and tar awhile I twisted away. He then went head, knocking him down partly. Then net tell whether with his hand or fist. 1 did blow; a strain and other injury, but. not by icrk ahead. I did not threaten to run over In Duh"! Jan. I . f
be told me there was plenty of m
him. “'hcn
room to the leeward, I told him if I was as
well acquainted with the harbor as he was I
might have known it, but I did not know,
Then he abused me further, and I replied to
him, to go bag his head and cool ofi’. This
was the last I had to say to him. The fol-
lowing Friday I came over with my father
. In Stamford. Jan, 1. Ilse-n non. 1-8—4" . ”a:-
and 7 months.
In Bedding,
taking cold. 1 think it could have been pro-
duced by a violent muscular exertion of his
owu. A blow which caused these injuries
would not necessarily produce an outside
mark. I do not think I could have told what
produced these symptoms, had I not known
that he was injured by a blow.
('nm Eramz'llahbu : This pain was not in
promised to marry him when so requested.
Plaintltl' says that the defendant was then
and there a. married man, and has since
wholly refused to perform his promise.
Whereby thc pleinlifl' aforesaid was greatly
injured, and hindered from receiving the
attentions of other persons in view of mar-
riage. and from contracting a suitable mer-
not sec Conkiin do any thing either of these
times. The dredge was a very awknrd thing
to strike with. I should judge Conklin did
not intend to put the dredge over St. John's
head, but to strike him with it. \thn St.
John struck Conkiin the first blow it did not
change his position of all. After Conkiin
struck St. John with the stick and be had
Cook St. John jumped from the wagon, and
caught Conkiin‘around the waist. While he
had hold of him St. John tried to hit him
but be bid his head, and then St. John kick-
ed him. lie had not hold of the stick then.
\Vhiie Cook St. John held him. he could not
possibly have hurt Oscar. W'hcn Conkiin
for me or I for him, I do not. know which,
and he struck me under the eye and knocked
me down upon my knee. He kicked me in
Lbe side with his feet while I was down. I
twisted out from under him in some way
and then got up. I then picked up the dredge
and tried to put it over his head, but he
hoped it would, from a gentleman who has
wobbly heel in a madman to know when
of he ode-a We Info: to ”the communica-
tion to the W'estport Hour, from Hon. A. B.
“'wdwanl. which we print in another
column.
This mmanicatioa alibrde us great sam-
Jan an M Mud?
‘ ‘7. ”KI“.
howl . ..
hesitant neat. and I! you. n! V
mouths.
Am
EILWM mitt-l. beam-$3
faction. It is from the pen of a gentleman . .- knocked it out of my hand onto the ground. started for the wuod pile St. John might
“ he” “by“! Word. and its in“ “"h ”‘3' when “d “u" i“ 1‘" feel' I then ran to Raymond Brothers' wood pile have got away. He might have left at any got Up they separated almost imumliutely. the bowels but ubovc the region of the and brother for a load of knees. When we like to ”e .1] W «.
statement: mull-gm of which he had “‘8’ ““1 80"“ fume: and I“: been {“1” and as he came for me again I knocked him time except when Conkiin was shoving the I was looking and 551\\' no kicks nr blows spiel-x1. Had he received a kick in the bow— got back to the bridge we stopped 3 minute Pond” in the :3“: Life “l." d (1‘.
a personal knowledge will be unquestioned. 5019 “3d unmarried for a. long 5P“? M time, down with a stick of wood He was down dredge at him, and when he knocked him all” they gm Ull- cls. the inflamation might have increased for my brother who was in the sail loft. Mr. Egg; ‘2ng i“ F“ m “N
“'c on she! to know that the amount is not ‘°_ the. damage 0f the find Plamufl" “5 She upon his hands and knees and I was in the down with the stick. I did not. see Conkiin Al the ConClusion of Mr. Bell's testimony after a day or two. I did not think his Conkiin came along, and I asked him if he chestcr's Block. on 11*. a?
a W 60M and that none of it was saith. ’5 the sum 0f $20113). act of striking him again, when his father attempt to strike St. John oxccpt With the ”10 court adjourned to \Vedncsdny. bowels w'cro constipated by any injuries was in the East Passage the other day when thinks he can menu ‘5’! 'a It“
squandered upon any professional lobbyists. ' " jumped from the wagon and put both arms dredge and the stick. 1er 151- 3- Purdcc testified: 1 WM culled they had rcmivcd. My attention was par- 1 came up. He said he “'35 I we“ “Sked 3“ we“ “‘0“? .., _
It It ‘8 amen. a subject for profound HERE-‘WUTSe around me. I had to drop the stick. Oscar Francis Allen testified: I saw the whole to visit 311'. (‘Onklin after he was injured. It tlctllurly called to the pain in his side. He him what reason he had for abusing metht‘n. T~ —' 3.8 'w
I found him in told lllt' on Monday that he felt no pain. I The first words he said were that I tried or “K
was Friday, January 5th.
the bed, and apparently suffering n great deal
from his back and side. I attended him for
about two weeks.
‘OR a mall family in a pod
whole of I e In.” W
4! In: that luv-oi
_...———___——.—e. m...» _...
For lute.
fight. When Oscarjumped out of the wag»
on Conkiin retreated ten or twelve feet. St.
John followed him and struck him. Conk-
gratitude fit an not of public benefit can be
crowded- throuzh the legislature at an er
genteel le- thal one thousand dollars; and
got up and tried to strike my face each side
of his father's head, with his fists, while his
father was holding me, but I dodged the
threatened to run over him. I answered that
dill not examine his legs to sec if they were
was not so. Then he called me a “ d———-d
bruised. ‘Assuming what they told me to i:
be correct, I am of the opinion that these 1. .3 and :1 ~‘ d_.—d lying son ofa _——-" and
. .The Wooster House property. the most
valuable single piece in Danbury, is to be dis-
it is, wnfiom mu, 8m”! due to our able posed of by lottery. The house is worth blows each side of the latter‘s breast. Osmr liu then dropped the dredge. St. John caught The greatest pain. com.
Scum: pm end sagncity that ten ‘100‘000- then came around to one side and kicked him and slapped him in the face four or five plained of, was in his left side and in the symptoms were caused by the blows. If he 5- \ (-rul such terms. I told him I did not xgw homu- and two w- m treat. me
region of the back. There were no marks vomited blood on Saturday it came from the u mt any such talk from him. The reason quire“: ,flvgrgwfflmmm‘ “not?
me in the side while his father held me. His
father then let go of me and they both went
away. I did not feel my injuries at the
time. I was able to walk home, but wanted
help before I got there. I came up to Mr.
Beers's office before I went home. My Wife
met me and helped me into the house. Aftcr
I got home and got to bed I was dizzy and.
sick at my stomach. I raised a good deal of
blood and had distress across my kidneys. l
was confined to bod for two wccks.ami have
times with his open hand (‘onklin wrung
away from him, and took his dredge and
pushed it at him. lie raised it as if he was
going to strike. Oscar grabbed hold of it
and it dropped to the ground. St. John then
started for Conkiin again and the latter went
for the wood pile. St. John followed him
not over ten feet behind at any time. (‘onk-
lin got hold of a stick and met St. John at
the end of the bridge six or eight feet from
the wood pile. Conkiin struck St. John at
blow which fell partly on his head and part»
times tint amour was not consumed in the
cum Two'of our questions are pretty
333M answered, viz: What is the
amen" and what are the items! The
amount was between one hundred and one
mound dollars (a liberal margin); the items
were legitimate. The other two questions,
and one of them really the one regarding
which people who propose to take stock
feel the lost interest, remain unanswered.
viz: Why b the Parallel Road filed to pay
. .111: Greenwich Reporter has soc-u an old
inhabitant who says he remembers when a
whipping post which stood within five rods
of the Second Congregational Church was
in frequent use.
. .The News tells of e Danbury boy whois
fitting himself for a city judgeship. Being
asked why he did not attend school he an-
swered “ because the mud was so deep.“
" Why, you young scamp.” said the aggriev-
ed parent, “ there is no mud to be seen."
u - I had stopped him was in hope of mak- at”! W
inc an amicable settlement with him. He ‘ ’ ‘ '
began again his abusive language. I then
got off the cart with the intention of making
complaint against him of abusive language.
As I was passing iiim he struck at me with
the dredge. As I saw him making a pass at
me I turned face to him and ‘caught the
dredge, and. at the same time. gave a shove
back on the dredge. As I shoved back on
the dredge I gave it another jerk forward.
stomach.
Samuel Seymour lt-stificd : I saw most of
this (-ncountcr. l was going down \Vatcr
street and saw Cook and Oscar St. John go
by in a wagon towards the bridge. The
next I saw St. John and Conkiin u'crc
clenched, and lie was culling (‘oukliu They
separated and Cook St. John called his son
to the wagon. As he started for the wagon
St. John asked if he would call him a " son
of :\ Conkliu said, “I will
Age-u W
130R the Putna- Life 1m cap-5. not;
”kw urn mm cum-am:
“if h_ FIRE
upon the body to SllO‘V any injury, but he
complained of the pain being (lccp scaled.
I did not see him vomit bland. i think his
bowels did not move till two or thrcc days
afterward and the urine was somewhat
scanty. I Used remedies to cause movement
of the bowels; but lllCl‘t‘ was no greater diffi-
culty in procuring a movement than often
occurs with well persons. No mechanical
operations were resorted to to get passage of
urine. I supposed at the time that the tor-
l‘or sale or to last.» ‘
, HUI‘SE and lot at my: Keck. loom of John
1 ll. Knapp. 8:!
Lost.
Small Black and Tan :mv round; with
;X brass collar and steam with "I‘lclo-
‘ uguin.
all the” expenses? and who pledged its "I know it," assented the impudent voutli, "0‘ yet VOWVQMl-
fund: for it“ purpose? .. it is too deep for detection." ' PW Ennnr’mrrivm _ i guess it was about ly on his hand, and St. John fell on hisknces pid state of the bowels, etc, was the result make this cost you something." \thn St. \‘i'hen I shoved back on it I think it struck Litchneld“ lnecribedou the m. a, retan the
Somme: public spirited “gentleman . . ' . “‘0 devs before that I was tired imz on mv Conkiin “,in the club to strike again when of the injuries: but I stated at the time that John started for illl‘ Wagon, Conkiin started his face and took otf a scab or spot of dirt me §°r mm Stanfield a“ finder “3 ‘1' '
interested in MD? the road" would like ' .Thc pal-“CUM” Of a fetal “C"‘dCUl m grounds and ("apt 0%.," St ngbm comb Cook St. John grabbed him. I did nut 59.; I could not it'll the extent of the injuries. for the bridge and got the dredge and lifted from his face and brought a little blood. m f . 4 .-.1 ~---. — '4 "-
h ' I A I could not tell at the time whether lllC in- it up by the boil and tried to strike St..lolm, Thtl‘l I caught him with the left hand, by NOW.
New Fairlie-id are related in the Danbury
News. A boy named Seth Kinncr. a son of
Abram Kinner, met with an accident on
Saturday afternoon which distroyed his life.
He had returned from a fox hunts and was
St. John try to llll (‘onklin whilc his father
hold him. I saw St. John kick him but once.
\thn they stopped fighting they were twcu-
tyvfivc feet from where Oscar jumped out of
the wagon.
adjourned fleeting of the Felt-Ida County
.wlllbebeld in Wood‘s
Building at Norw edge-b , Feb. Nth. Ilia
in n- .. .1... k. A. 1.. to rcviee the Ian List. tv
CW 8. PM!“ Mr?
Bridgeport January 9th. 18:1
(F‘County pant-u please copy.
a dal of atrium raising the fewhuhdreds
of do!“ it cost to get the general rail-
road ht through the legislature. It seems
they informed Hr. Woodward that “any
necessary expense would be cheerfully paid
along in the schooner hc culls his. He
called out to me to haul my boats up but I
do not know as he stated any reason why he
He said if I did not haul my
I told him
the collar, and struck him with the tips of
the fingers. of the right hand on the car. I
suppose I hit him three or four times, but
not to cxcccd five or six times. During this
time we had worked away from the wagon.
' . - ' w . m . .\‘
but tlltl 1.01th if up to sit much 'fobc to 1‘ Agricultural 5 .
the blow before bf. John got. it away.
(‘onkliu tllcn started for the \voodpile to
look for some other weapon. He found a
juries were dangerous or not. On Sunday
evening. after his injury, I felt some anxiety
about him, but there \vcrc several influences
wanted me to. .
that day to cause him to be worse.
boats up he would run over me
b a. friends 0 . m drawi his gummuulc first.anm the we — , v. ~. . .- - . ' ~ . . - . . . , .. . .
"V0. “ “I f “:19 PM . MIIEI. on “1:1?“ lbw: alone was discha the (soft to .. go to hell," Vt c ”‘1de pretty rough to (,st Ezrmu'mrlivnz : ' wns forty fcct Close hymn/mum: . An'lnjury tlmtuuaht stick of wood and came to“ uni: the end of . . . -
chaff ly”t eywere wflfing '0 I"? , l reed. each 0”er I had my jib down and lay away. The (ll‘Cdet' weighed Sl\l[‘t‘il m WV. bc fntal wouldmot necessarily be visible up» the bridgc. bt. John started towards him, I kept pulling his head down, and think notice. .
on the outside, but It generally would. I and when tin-v met be l‘lllSC‘tl to strike the when I let go of him his head was about as TROLD‘Hfl-l- (‘l-l'l-
~ South Norwalk Jan. ram:
tents entering the left arm just below and
coming out at that joint. The bones were
bably shattered. and the arteries were cut
03‘. It was a fearful wound, and the btly
died the following day.
is brought to light by the cling in the sub-
scrlptlonpapet which premises them are
turn of their money from the “ funds" of_the
road. In fact these high minded “gentle
men“ m not willing to per one dollar
towardatlepanegeof the law, but would
cntuen pounds.
Talcott Toby testified :—thu 1 first. saw
them they were clinched together and Oscar
seemed to bc striking Conkiin. Conkiin had
the dredge on his back and it fell upon the
ground. Conklin had mittens on. When he
dead, and be was coming up before the wind.
It was in what is called the East Passagmbut
he was not in the channel. The channel
was north of him. but I suppose he did not
know where the channel was. I suppose he
wanted me to haul up my boats to let him
low as my knees. As I started for the wagon
he started for the dredge. The wagon was
an awkward thing to get onto. and I had my
hand on it when I saw him coming andI
turned and caught the dredge as it was com-
X special Meeting of the Old Well flab will be
1 held on the evening of Saturday. Petr-113. I! 3
o‘clock precisely
G-lvll‘
latter, but St. John \vanied off the blow and
they both fell. ('ook St. John then sprung
from tlu- wagon and took hold of Oscar and
pitched him as far as he could toward the
wagon and told him to go away, and then
think there might have been a little discolor»
ution upon the leg, but not much. The con-
ditions wliiclll found him suffering under
could possibly have been induced with-
out a blow ; that. is he might have had pain
D. L. MILLARD. Mm.
A. S. vammwr My
To Let.
..A German by the name of Lnbrink,
situated
lendanalmodqontle‘pledgeofthe
pmpaedload to Willem. Lotus
put time of these fiche-ts together and
about forty-five years of age, who has ac
quired a high reputation as a fresco pointer,
in which capacity he has been fore few
pass.
was then.
The channel is wide enough for six
schooncrs to pom in a fair Wind as the tide
[had two skill: and a punt in
turned his face around I saw that it was
bloody. Hc'soon got away and called St. John
a “d—-—d son of a ——-" and started for the
in the side and bowels without a blow.
“Ithn I was called to the case, I had infor-
mation of ”10 cause and I therefore suppos—
ed that was the cause. His pulse was not
took hold of Conkiin and hold him aminutc.
('I'mw EJ'umimIIian: \Vllilc Conkiin was
going after the club my attention was called
away for an instant to look after my horse.
ing down, and threw it away. He then
started to go across the bridge and I went to
the wagon. Igot my hand on the wagon
to get on, when I saw him coming again with
HF 10“ or part of the House. plusalul
on Cross street next to the corner afa’oodirant
avenue. Five rooms. rent ‘12 a month. AR; to
D LEY P. .
CD
63% At The First National Bank
eeehowthevwmloot: “ m” - .. . . .
tilt-I . A“! 3 ex 5'93' 1335‘ HT) profitably 908389“ embel- line: they being close together and each woodpilc. Oscar followed him a few feet , . ,
m m paid bythc friends ishing some of the princely mansions and skiff about sixteen fact ion". ldid not haul behind Conkiin was about ten foot from unusually high, and there was not much Afifl Oscar‘s father had thrown lum 10‘ the club. I then turned to meet h‘m' End To Let.
. 0! ti. W ' Puallelf” “It is under- club-houses at Greenwich, Conn. and ricin» up mv bouts as thcv wercflas near together the wood pllc when he met St John He lover. I do not see why these injuries should wards the wagon, i cannot swear that he got a few feet when he met me and struck TE House on Waning”, m ”m, 0 -,,
staid (kt his subscription are to be return- itv. and has also figured as principal vrrcal- 3,, 1 0'0““ t them- He had no iilot coin ‘ ‘k h' . d “H 'ust ' i i, hit follow from unusual physical exertion. I did not conic back. He stopped and stood at me. As the blow descended I held my Q mm fl°9r°§~ef°maly them“ am“
ed» f 'tbef 'fth _-' . . g0. . 1 r arm lmoum all .183. gong ( _ ‘ l h"'-l , .‘ 'll‘ . . ‘1) f . {i f f . umrd sq. housemtantenroomgl.and
“3 m and: o or pro- . ,5, 1n the chou- of the Episcopal Church of fl\'lfl2‘ but his private signal “.83 up , can- him twain when (‘ook 9!. John cnuwht him cannot say that unusua p sstcd cxertncn st: .111 lllsldlll. u out Olll _or vs cat rom arm up to guard. The blo“ struck my arm 121m! order. Theretsugge on with an
' ‘ . C ' a ’ ' .— ‘ would produce the effects exhibited in his his fathcrand Mr. Conkiin. Mr. Conkiin was and head. As I dodged the blow I stepped {£339 “11,,“ij ’Mfigm; “w“fl‘,
1
family or
pond M fink “(mil have no
douse-ma he peso-e Vol—carrying out in
good “Copied” which had been made.”
Thor-dc will observe that the difference
Om: Emmi/cation : I did notsee St. J ohu
try to hit Conkiin while his father held him.
On “'c‘dncsday morning the court con.
Teued nt Bennett‘s Hall. and the prosecution
the abovchamcd village, about a year ago
induced u respectable widow to become Mrs.
Labrink. \Vedncsday evening lust, while
the couple were fondly gazing upon their
not give the range of the channel there but
know where it is. and I know where the
deepest water is. The line is about W. S.
\V. and E. N. E, and Ithink ho was steering
inble for a residence either for a private
for a first class a house. to
Girtf
:Lsidc, and just then some one caught me be-
hind and gave me a pitch forward. When I
got up my hair was in my eyes and my head
was a little bit dazed. I saw a dork object in
between the two St. Johns. W'hcn St.John
‘had his arm around Uonkliu's neck the lab
tcr was trying to get away, but he did not
<trikc hint. I think at that time he let goof
case. On Sunday, referred to, I did not see
him till afternoon. llc had had a great deal
of company. ljudged that Mr. Conkiin. was
not feigning pain but really suffered. [do
P. “Y.
At The first NM .13
Ioflee.
Klimt-“lien”: (I)! hl‘he promlise and its cherished offspring in the cradle, a babe S. W. n,. passed south of me. [did not wag resumed . k 11 1 It (i fl 't l h 1‘ 1 b m l “ 1 [1 1‘1 .
rec ' ‘ ' ' ' ' ' 'z. ( n . 't ' ed ‘ v _ . , _
3 lg one. t required some two or u, months old} then- ple-as- say anything rougher m him then .. g0 to Michael Reynolds testified: 1 saw Cook. not thin I U)“ ( law. to L. .c 'm c 3 on .um. \\ is n ) ‘11 TL‘ '1 15, m I u not front and I sick at ll. Just .then I felt ‘N gunk: and opportunity of mmmmg ”191mb-
. - long before I saw him the Injuries were rc- interfere. 1 saw mat ht. John was very lcn- some one take me by the shoulder, and heard £1“ bycx", 3;," rezoval. t: the extirorm‘fle'b «316
only them of three letters to make
the “We! ism railroad" pay
wh‘ Wm “the proposed road has
pm to fly. ' »
S“ we lave two additional reasons.
lin knocked down at the tail end of the wag-
on I did not see thcmlow that knocked him
down; but after he got up I saw St. John hit
him in the face. He struck him a half doz-
cu times urea in the fuse, but I could not tell
ant thoughts were suddenly interrupted by
the entrance of an officer and the arrest of
Mr. Labrink on a charge of bignmy, pre-
ferred against him by Mrs. stIiuk No. 1.
, who had just arrived from Germany. The
happy to see our old customers and
ones I! will favor as with a call.
_ _ MRS. C. W. XI'NSOX.
Opposxtc the Congregational Church. South Ncrwalk.
61 4;
hell." Swearing is u but I call rough talking.
I do not know whethcr he had to luff or not
to pass me. The wind use about east. The
morning of the light, before he jumped out
of the wagon I called him a “ d——d lying
lent to him. lie slapped him two or three ”my new
times, but not hard. i thought by the '
way he struck him. I do not think he struck
him as hard as ho cmld; at least not all the
time. both of them all the time. I
my father tell me to quit. As soon as he
spoke I quit and went to the wagon. I did
not strike with my hands at the same time
that I kicked. I got onto the wagon when
father told me to quit. I only kicked once
ccived. A high state of excitement. and the
physical exertion of writhing away from n
combatant, might with some men have caus-
ed sickness. I have been Mr. Conkiln‘s fami-
ly physician ; but he has never had anything
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i saw
and “I unclear ones for objecting tm '» ee‘ - ' ' - ’
_ . v idence produced by Mrs. Labnnk 3‘0. 1 ~ " 1 1 . ' w' c ii t r hand. . . . .
hqu‘xlatmor expenses paid from the 35 w the idem“, of h», {amp \- bush 1 ”on ”f a ' I {m m} dredge 0'1le When“? he. struck I‘m 9' s U serious the mane;- with him except crysipe— saw tum strike wuh thI‘ fiat of Ins hand, but in the whole fracas. i only struck with the . T BOWAYTON. (east side the mrbor) a new
(m Q. (and. m u several ventle~ . ' ' ‘5 am shoulders and my ““1qu on' I Jud he Then Loukhu succ- ed to getting away Insfive or ten vears n'rr) Imuy have attended I cannot swear that he always struck with tips of m fin em - T“ 5“"? Hm goodwell of water: also:
‘ a » convmeed Justice 319;“ ”1315‘”: had found struck me with his lists by the feeling. He and ran and got a stick of wood. St. John h' h if (1) ti; " t' b f ) t1 ., 0_ 1| C , u- h d q 10h“ moan Conkiin bc- . y g f' Cov‘flv? ligamuljgfmitgmea Convenientmyvilson‘s
1m a a ozeno U" lmcs e ore ll's c- l q u an . . . . a , - Cross bmminatwn: I inferred that Mr. Green‘s Reef. gmaSXmo “331‘3‘1123‘.
mat-which!“ therein" ' pm
administrated: Mm “pay
“den-Funky.” and they shoald
new» do it Second, [mods
cloth-havens! spent anagram
yen-mute old and tried friendsof
thePu-llel Read, to get a dimer. This
mumwnmmm
“semi-we enter-pigs; no“.
mhb‘mdnmencne
met him and made a grab for the stick, but
Conkllu struck him and he staggered and
fell. The old gentleman then got out of the
wagon and held Conkiin while St. John
kicked him two or three times. I did not
hear Cook St. John say anything. i was
within twenty-five feet.
("mm Eramfnutz‘on: 1 am sure I saw St.
John hit him every time hestruck at his face.
I did not see Conkiin try to strike St. John,
the right man in the wrong place. and there-
fore sent him to I-‘airfield County J all to
await the action of the grand jury.
_...._.__——-—
fore the dredge had got. much momentum.
St. John did not strike Conkiin at the time
he tried to hit him with the dredge. I sup-
posed Conkiin was going to pick up the
dredge to carry it oil‘. until I saw him attempt
to hit St. John with it.
Cook St. John testified: I halted at the cud
of the bridge to wait for my son Augustus
who was in the sail loft. I had a load of
timber in the wagon, and my son Oscar was
struck me on the front of the head. When
he knocked me down he hit me in the eye
and on the side of the nose, and put some-
thing out of the way in my nose and knock-
ed otfn piece of skin. I had a scab the size
of a pin head on the none but not where he
hit me. I got in one blow with the stick and
wished I could have got another. If I had
he never would have gone to North (krolina
again. That was all I was sorry for. After
Conkiin knew the channel from the fact
that he was dredging for oysters. I have
been acquainted with Mr. Conkiin for sever-
al years, but he was dressed so that I did
not know him. I saw his face, but I had
a good manyothcr things to attend to At
the bridch did not say anything to hit‘n
that I have not stated. He pitched into me
with the dredge before I ofi‘ered him any
violence. I should not call the blows 1 gave
t.
for cniars In wire of A. T S - .
mes, , Em "Greet“
curred but I have noerecollection of it. The
Rowayton Conn.
great trouble was the severe and deep seated
soreness in his bowels and back. He com-
plained most of pain just above his hip, on
his left side, from two inches to the left of
the spine, extending to the bowels. I put on
various outside remedies to subdue inflame-
tion. He had a small piece of court plaster
on his nose. I think his eyes were not black-
ed. There were a good many callers until
Dividend.
Opium Nonwm GL5 LluB‘l‘ to. I
_ fox-walk Conn. Jan. 1 18?.
KT a meetin of the Directors of of; Cdmpabv.
1. held um y. aDividend ofonedollnr pa share
was declared, payable on nnd after Feb. L The
fiagsfer books Will be closed from Jan. so. to Feb. 1.
1 .
62-32
BELIG [0C5 INTELLIGENCE.
The pews of the Waterbury Episcopal
Church have been rented for the year for
31.31%
Rev. J. R. Freeman,o[ Barkhamstead, has
GEO. B. 57. JOHN. Secretary.
Real Estate for Sale Near Etc.
'mhwflmefitof it baa from the
f“ ‘3 fl. .5 a l . . . been culled to the First Congre tionsl he is ~ked me down he kicked mo in the until he hit him with the stick of wood. . . , . a , -
laugh .3 W a mm or Church in Canterbury 8. leg at; side I had the dredge on my shoul- When (look St. John grabbed him I picked Elude) ‘ and men I forbade an) one seem° 0“ ““3 ‘Vagou- “8 53‘ ‘II’CDHéd :11” about him striking. I was not‘so much excited that nae may,
. ' CW ' T ' . , m. midway of the wagon. I r. on 1:: came 1 did not know W), t 1 « Convenient double am win, in 0 A
m‘ “I! went upon the W The Congregational Church of Morris has ders until after he knocked me down. The up a stick and startdl to interfere, but they Ik—dimt: I have no doubt that these along and Oscar asked llif‘fl'lf that was him blow with the stick 1:“ 3W2; 5:321. 0111;“: 6mm ‘35,, G3 We“! to am; at wniimiifi
of I“ new 0! MM” M “n casts free, and is going to "3 stick or wood With thh 1 mt him was too separated before 1 got there. pains were real. In case of inflamation in a little sloop dred‘ring down in the chan- h 1 ‘ d 3’ Five Mlle River. Also a number offinfldingm
all. “tend lewhg' m’ the topivexpenses by subscriptions. large to handle good. Ihit him as hard asI Michael Becker testified: When I first caused by a cold one kidney only mitrht me} the Saturdav beam“? He said it was [9“ 1:11 8 sure“? Em High”? The blow giggéhz‘nomfinm 1.33am mam, the
, ' - ' ' ' - . , v . -= .‘ - .. ~ 8 me my arm rs . e low did not Sui King. 5 us cc ,0 mL
“whee-gum” the ,0}: Southern colored revivalists I,“ could wrth it, and tried to hit him again, but saw them they stood facing each other, as I be ed h' h . m . _ _ _ Form m in d E wn
'3 ‘d‘l’k'd . - - ' have en 93"“ ' m w “3 case 0 y 0303‘ “559d 11““ W111“ 0993510“ he had 10" knock me down, but confused me for a in- Wilson‘s Eggs-MW. 1'. Or: as 5"“.
I do not think I meant to kill him. After thought. quarrelmg. SL Jab“ made a pass one side 0‘ the ”8"" would have been lame. abusing him “19 “'9! he did- Conkiin said, stunt. It is not possible that I struck at in; 13 18"! W & 3011.80uth hm
he‘d it w enterprise We ear-
seem-v
the to . E I“ n. ‘ Shoo ij‘ to a I “h? they left me I went into Becker‘s saloon and
the first line of which reads, ‘ Sui-tan, don t
l lder me." a men washed the blood off my face and put
* 8 t on a piece of court plaster. I then went to
at Conkiin, the blow being aimed at hishend,
and I thought he hit him. I was forty or
fifty feet nwily. Then Conkiin got away
In influmetion of the kidney there is usually
more fever than was here exhibited. On
Sunday I looked upon it as a case in which I
“ you meant to run over me." Oscar said
“Idid not. mean to do any such thing}!
Then Conkiin called him afi‘liar” and 3
him after he hit me with the stick. I did
not make the complaint against him that I
intended to. .
For Sale.
‘LEVEN acreeanddghtmagor land
L side of the Rom Bill mwdmfifgfi
‘ p“ M‘ m a m - , . .
I" d“ “a, . . ~ “l"? . A Sunday NW1 teacher New“? “had a Mr. Beers‘s omce to make compiaintand staid from him and got a stick of wood. When t (I ll h' h 't would turn .. ,, ,
' 7 - .» - brightachohr if he had learned anything until the warrant d I th t. St John saw Conkiin coming with the stick coul not to W ‘6 way l ' d-d-S‘m Of a —‘ and a smug 0f 5mm All“ summing “P 01' the CVidence by the Imagmm'1m m‘lphee- 801! good.
m '0 "I :51! to We that Ir. - - i. n u was rawn. 8“ wen ' - The defense was now called and G. W. o ‘d “Conklin 1 do not want on m “09 Plea or b “one,
WM“ 5 III I new dmmep‘“ “5": Y“- Wh“? haekandeuebody: in front of We 53-. he went for him, and when they metConk~ . y . ’ , 3“" sf' ' _ , ’ , .. y counsel Judge CNW fined file accused fif— gimb‘ebedofwmnck- One sand roe; man
my a”. a N“. ‘° “'1‘”? “‘3 we“ 30¢" loon told me w'get out. a w'i-n owe... the lin struck St. John, and the latter tried to Marsh testified: I “as coming do‘m Water talk sc- Conklm 9 reply was You d—d teen dollars dud costs, which he paid, ”gogg, 211%an bungalow.
lying, stinking son of a , I will call you
so." Oscar then got off the wagon and
started to come up into the city. As he got
nearly by Conkiin the lat ter struck at him
- street when my attention was called to a
noise. My attention was withdrawn a min-
ute, and when I looked back St. John had
his arm around Conkiin‘s neck and was slap-
" what to & defend himself. I cannot tell whether Conk-
lln hit St. John, or the latter stumbled and
fell. Conklin had gone seven or eight feet
terms. Appli- to
. V AEDERBILT, or gar, mw‘
father. I then came back up street, and
19"” mum-walk.
found Mr. Beer: at Judge me’s (mice.
From here I Went down to the steamboat
Thanh considerable religious interest. in
the Baptist climaxes inNew Raver. Anon;
~ tides“: number of persons have been con.
L From The Hour]
In reply to your letter of this date, I
have to say that the statements to which To '
W “m “‘9 P“ f" “‘n ififig‘fih‘: . ginr‘gm"; film $23: Wows: fig“ "gfib‘gg ping his: would: right hand a few blows. with a dredge. As he did so Oscar-caught you RIIIfldc grenade probably for the pm. Snifmgim smudge”: a the $.13:
, The hymn ~“Nearcr, 1! God, to Thee,” there went home. I have never “a blood John‘wont “a got-homo! Gonklhtndfid He then let go of Conkiin, and went towards the dredge With the left hand, and if. came gg’fjmh 3w 3:; llama P813381 3,0311wa figwg‘l ‘ carpenter’s.
which has handled» most hearts than any before In” never had any trouble before as What are you doingWVor ”m8”: the wagon. Mr. St. John went up pretty down across Conkiin’s nose. Oscar at the “on than the following?“ 9’ founda- enemy“ . ' ”muufif n I mum
at” modern composition, was written by with 5;! j“ I had always been as m that. Conkiin w... under fie was; of near the wagon 3mg] Mr. Conkiin followed some time threw the dredge upon the ground At. the mg? of, seyeral gentlemen in. Plans m be m '3‘ W8 gear-Ida: the
h ‘3 Ban}: Puller M18, 01’ M6011. 358:, . III-ti” w'wgd in the creek. Cook St. ' John when Oscar kicked him on, and picked up ardredgeand struck athfr.‘ Then he caught Conkiin under his left arm, faceted in half of file Midivhile in clue mm mm in w m '3
“man“ F‘ m in 1w‘ ’ meow lauded as followe- 1 a" Conkiin came Into my aim, and said nn 8:. John with it. St. John held out both and brushed across {dis carsfwith thedflat of '{fge‘jmgmsmm “1331i! not: m “waggg-g won‘t?“ a of
F“. W fax-nu ‘ . . . ' * ' oody ' ’ d the dred went onto the round. his hand. Then 10 ct go 0 him an start- . “ugh m ,
A ‘ ’ whom he u” “m Capt. Conkiin “d I were side hurt hnn. 1118 m was bl ’ andhil figorkfin then flirted back. 3%. John ed towards the wagon, when Conkiin picked draft shill? an eminent. 1‘ er to Isl-Wing? flgtthey my moses
nose had the skin barked of. He said he
M'I‘Ifl his Why asking \ .
would not mind his face but his aldel’was
Elan-cayamnlfub Mathis-in , , .mmmimonnemdge.
arm-‘8“! we seeyoo “church peeved“ pelt simulate-m hm _ , ,7 . . .
MW?” “Y+s,”herepliedslowly, “at. “lam! m‘wmyou CM WW”: I _WOIm '. not.”
“I’flgo—orsendnlnnd!” 5”," uponwhichconkllnturnedboch thhashJPhn‘de"W¢“
Mn‘wu M in that mg; whenhehltconklln. Imoughofigjohnref
... mocha-day when Ime.°d'°a.m°m‘m‘ 0mm. struck “him.
“humid be m eczema“ mm“ MWQWW,
., “Whiththeraqeeyuh—lhdm 4
, 7, .. Heist-WFYW ‘-
the bridge and In“ the 3‘- up the dredge again and made another pass
for him. Oscar jerked the dredge away the
second time and came away and got hold of
the hind end of, the wagon. ThenConklin
wenttso the wood pjl'e- a‘nd gota'billet of
wood,.and started for Oscar. As he started
for Oscar, the latter turned , aroundand saw .
him coming, and started for him. ":Ithen
jumped fromthewagon to try toprevent _
1139113915! lentils. Conkiin let the stick ,
owns down pretty hard but Osearehoved it
, acidojandjut'rthen I ran against mud '
done. ,shovedhim into the ditch. Conkiinraisea
- Manchu-math». when Imushum _
and new " tookhiminjny
spokeou , and said, “ Am I n d——d rascal
glow?" Mr. Conkiin seemed to be looking for
i. weapon and at last picked up a large stick
of wood. Conklin turned around, and raised
t. John approach-
Gonklin' struck at
fil‘ownl
yin ”If,”
m in
Isms“
fell; About tint-thne'thenisn who
khfltfinginthowagm cameupand
aeilpannknn. ! did‘not see St. John kick
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