One Cent '# DAILY/'- NORWALK - GAZETTE. One Cent GRAND 0P NINE 1311 III 11 11. .~ .IN _..WILL EXHIBIT ON———-— Monday, Tuesday 1N” Wednesday, MARCH 23d, 24th and 25th, ALL THE LA'SI‘E T STYLES IN IIWIIN "IS 1303M 8 g y ., EWatorSI Norwalk PATTERN HATS and BONNETS AND ALL MILLINERY NOVELTIES. WLADIES WILL PLEASE ACCEPT THIS INVITATION. NO CARDS. We shall OPEN OUR NEW STORE, 17 MAIN STREET (now occupied by Smith Brothers, Shoe Dealers), ABOUT APRIL 7TH. \\ e have a full line of IMPORTED MILLINERY and we guarantee to our patrons the MOST CORRECT STYLES, FINEST GOODS and ARTISTIC WORKMANSHIP. Have completed arrange- ments with one of the first houses of Regent street, London, England by which we shall be supplied with all the Latest N 01 elties, and ladies can depend upon having their bonnets made from the most approved' impor ted models We shall open in connection with the above Ladies’ Hair. Dressing Parlors, Articles fOr the Toilet. WELD W ERS and FEATHERS for Parties and Receptions at Reasonable Prices. Daily Gazette made the acquain- tance of IN THE ONE—PRICE 1111 an umis on. .86 Washington Street, SOUTH NORWALK '2 '1 If not, do so as quoting prices CANNOT CONVEY A CORRECT IDEA of values. We respectfully ask an inspection in all our departments in THE NEW STORE, 86 WASHINGTON STREET, SOUTH NORWALK. Francis do Co. ; turned over by McClusky to the sheriff oi , Stamford. Have the readers of the N orwalk' NOBENTSONS MILLIONS 1 The Bold Plot to Snatch Them 1111111 His Heirs Laid Bare. GASSIE BROOKS TELLS ALL. She Makes a Full Confession—The Chief Conspirator, Daskam, Is in Connecti- cut, Though, and the Extradition Muddle May Save Him. NEW YORK, April 7.—Through a wom- an’s confession the details of the bold and carefully laid plot to get the 922,000,000 es tate of Loring A. Robertson, the wealthy leather merchant, who died in October last at the St. George hotel in Brooklyn, have finally been brought to light. Four per- sons have been arrested and are now in the custody of the police, and it is not improb able that others who were connected in that plot may also be corralled. The accused are James Daskam, an al- leged real estate broker, of Stamford, Conn.; Byron M. Cohen, a lawyer, of 20$ East Fifty—ninth street, whose office is at 156 Broadway; Edward L. Studwell, a master carpenter, of 218 West Twenty- CASSIE BROOKS. fourth street, and Cassie Helen Brooks, the woman who was induced to person ate the supposed widow of Loring A. Robert son. All of these, with the exception 01 Daskam , were taken to the general sessions court Monday morning. Another woman, known as Mrs. Helen \Vest, who was first approached by the conspirators, and who consented to play the role of the widow, but was afterward thrown oVerboard for the Brooks woman, was also one of the lodgers at the central office. More Extradition Trouble. Unexpected complications have, how ever, arisen as to one of the alleged guilty persons. James Daskam, the alleged .real estate broker and speculator, whose resi~ dence is in Stamford, Conn., was stated by ~ Carrie Brooks to be the originator of the conspiracy and the mainspring in its oper. ation. He was arrested at his home in Connecticut by Detective McCIusky, oi Inspector Byrne’s staff, who had been sent to Stamford for the purpose, and was Difficulties were apprehended as tc bringing Daskam to this city, but the broker disarmed their fears by saying cheerfully that he would come to New York without putting the New York police to the trouble of trying to get a requisition from Governor Bulkeley or Governor Morris. Inspector Byrnes Monday told the reporters that Daskam would not be brought here. Inspector Byrnes would not admit it, but it was stated that Dask- am had refused to come back without ex- tradition papers. This being the case, it is extremely doubtful if Mr. Daskam is brought to an. swer for his alleged share in the conspir~ acy. As Governor H111 refuses to recog- nize Governor Bulkeley as legally in au- thority in Connecticut, and as Governor Morris has no’ power to deliver up a pris oner, the condition of affairs is very com- plicated. Cassie’s Confession. Cassie Brooks’ confession was made to the representative of the law firm 01 Evarts, Choate & Beaman, who appeared for the Robertson heirs at the time of the contest of the millionaire’s will. Cassie says that the plot to get possession of some of the millions left by Mr. Robertson was originated by Daskham. He proposed the scheme to Cohen and Studwell, two of his intimate cronies, and together they laid out the plan by which they hoped to ac complish this result, or at least to make enough money out. of it by compromising with the heirs to divide abig stake between them. Studwell undertook to find a. woman who would personate the supposititious widow, and in a few days produced “Mrs. West.” Daskam and Cohen, had a talk with her in the latter’s office, and it was decided that she would not do at all. “She’s too old and not bright enough,” said Daskam. Then another man was taken into the plot, and he hunted up Cassie Brooks, who proved to be satisfactory to the other con- spirators, and after being coached by Das- kam and Cohen, so that she might be able to answer all the searching questions that might be put to her by the lawyers on the other side, they had her sign various pa- pers and affidavits, describing her imagin- ary meeting with Robertson and their sub- sequent relations, and putting in her claim to ashore in his estate as the dead million- aire’s widow. In her written confession Cassie relates in detail all the steps which were taken by Cohen and Daskam; how they made her practice writing her name as Helen Rob- ertson, and drilling her in answers to all the questions that might be asked her, till she knew the whole rigmarole by heart. She also says that Loring procured for her a brooch which was engraved on the in- side, “From Loring to Helen. ” . They All Tried to Save Themselves. When her widow’s claim was presented in court it produced a sensation; Her pe- tition stated that her name was Helen Brem'er, and that she was born in Liver- pool. She swore that she had met Mr. Robertson first at the St. Denis Hotel, and that from May, 1887, she had lived with him at various places as his wife, although they were never married. The heirs were astounded, but suspect- ing that there was a deep laid plot beneath 'the whole thinrr they began to make in- vestigaiions. \Vhile the proceedings in eoukt were pending Cassie Brook .5 11 cut to 1 1 Philadelphia. While there she w as w atch- e , and several messages which passed be- tween her and Cohen and Daskom were ' intercepted. This put the detectives on the scent. W hen it. became evident to the conspira- tors that they had been tracked. fearing an eXposure, they went to Evarts, Cheate- & Beaman and pretended to make a clean breast of the whole thing, throwing the whole blame entirely on Carrie Brooks and Claiming that they had been duped by her. PreviOus to this she refused $200 ofiered to her by Daskam to say that she was Helen Brook and not the contestant of the will. When she heard that Cohen & Das- kam had thrown the whole blame upon her, and that Cohen had been paid counsel fees by Senator Evarts’ firm, she got mad and threatened to give away the whole plot“ Cohen, she says, ofiered her 5200 to keep quiet, but she refused to accept it, and waited for a chance to get even. Her story was told on March 28 to a representative of the firm of Evarts, Choatc & Beaman, and the case was at once put in the hands of Inspector Byrnes and the district attor- ney, and thus the" game was bagged. The Brooks woman is charged with per- jury, Cohen and Daskam with subornatio’n of perjury and Studwell is charged with being a principal in a conspiracy to de- fraud. Later—Henry Belcher, who has been a bartender in Tom Gould’s place on Sixth avenue, was arrested in connection with the fraudulent Robertson widow case. Belcher is the mysterious one who brought Cassie Brooks forward in the casewhen Law'yer Cohen and the others were at a loss for a woman suitable for the part to be played. QUIET IN THE COKE REGION. The Strikers Are Orderly and Some of the Plants Resume. Soon-roam, Pa, AprilT. —-Colone1 Smith, of the Eighteenth regiment, N. G. P., re- ports the strikers quiet and orderly throughout the coke region. Labor lead- ers state that the excitement among the strikers has subsided and that they have not the remotest idea of any additional trouble. The large and small coke pro- ducing companies made formidable efforts to resume work at their plants throughout the region. General Manager Lynch, of the H. C. Frick company, reports a satisfactory .start at Leisehring, No. 2, at Jimtown, Sterling, Adelaide and Morewood. The new Chester plant of Humphreys & Co., Nellie plant, of Cochran & Co.,also re- sumed, but not to their full capacity. General Manager Lynch, of Frick & Co., stated, with reference to cx-Sccrctary VVatchorn’s statement concerning Mr. Frick: “It is bosh. Mr. Frick is abun- dantly able to cope with the ex-sccretary in controversy and will prove an adver- sary to him equal to the wily W.' T. Lewis.” The Southwest company is preparing a list of the strikers who participated 1n the recent riot, and it is said many arrests will follow. The company is also summoning a large number of witnesses for the coro- ner’s hearing on Thursday next. DABING ESCAPE FROM JAIL. About One of the Coolest Pieces of \Vork on Record. COLUMBUS, 0., April 7.———George Moore, a convict in the penitentiary, complained Monday of feeling ill. He dropped out 01 the ranks and secreted himself in acell. He then climbed a fire escape, and throw- in g a rope over a beam climbed to the roof. Armed with a chisel and centerbit, he broke several bars out of the ventilator. He drew himself out upon the roof and “walked in supposed full view of guards and persons in the prison ' inclosure to the administration house. Arriving here Moore broke open a win- dow in the house and descended to VVardeu Dier’s oflice. There he laid ofi his prison garb, donned asuit belonging to the ward- en’s son—in-law and the shoes and hat of the warden and walked boldly out into the street. He was received Dec. 22, 1885, on a ten years’ sentence for burglary and larceny. He is a noted burglar, and goes by the name of George Ellwood. Hardly. TORONTO, April 7. —Signo1 Prado Val- mini, an Italian of distinction and an official of his government, was interviewed on the New Orleans affair as he was pass- ing through this city on his way to Japan. Signor Valmini declared that the Italian government would insist upon the‘stand already taken, and that no settlement would be arrived at until the families of the murdered men had been compensated and the assassins arrested and placed on trial. He further declared that the men who led the mob would be arrested before another week or the flag of Italy would float over New Orleans within a. month. A “’ife’s Suspicious Death. EAST BRADY, Pa., April 71- -This town is greatly excited over the death of Mrs. John Meybin. John Meybin called in a neigh- bor and a doctor to attend his wife, who was bleeding profusely from a wound in the groin. Mrs. Meybin was too weak to . talk, and died without being able to tell how‘ she came by the wound. Meybin claims that he came home and found his . wife in that condition. The husband is a harness maker by trade and bears the rep- utation of a wife beater. A thorough in- vestigation will be made into the affair. A Cave In in the Mullan Tunnel. HELENA, Mon., April 7,—A cave in in the great Mullan tunnel, eighteen miles west of here on the Northern Pacific railroad, has occurred. No estimate of the extent of the cave in can be made. until engineers arrive and make examination. The tun- nel is about one mile long and about six- teen feet deep. A similar accident oc‘- curred two years ago, and rendered the. tunnel useless for several weeks. The cave in was due to the heavy rains of the past week. ‘ They Made Counterfeit Nickels. PEORIA, 1118., April 7.—For some time counterfeit nickels have been making their appearance in the contribution boxes of the churches of this 'city and other places. The mystery of where they came from has just been solved. Edward Patterson, John .VVoods and Grant Shouf, young men liv- ing in Minier, Tanewell county, have been arrested and lodged in jail here. The tOOIS of a counter feiter and about a half bushel of bogus nickels were also captured. An Old Woman Roasted to Death. WASHINGTON, April 7.—Frances Lewis, an old colored woman, who was cook in a restaurant, was burned .to death early' Monday morning at her home. The. old woman had been abed on some chairs near the stove, and her screams aroused the police, who broke the door in to find the. woman a mass of flames and charred flesh. . She died almost instantly. It is thought that a spark from the stove set fire to her clothing. . - Paid Life Policy— holders to date, ' tfle 2711 Annual Statement OF THE TRAVELERS Insurance Co. Hartford, Conn., January 1., 1891. Paid-up Bash capital, $600,000. Asset 1, Real Estate .......................... $1, 1.19. 189 92 Cash 011 hand and' 1n bank .......... 807. 314 26 Loans on bond and mortgage, real estate ............................ 3,22. ,143 07‘ Interest on loans, accrued but not ue. 62,536 34 Loans on collateral security ........ 9113.509 48 Deferred Life Premiums ............ 159,489 19 Prems. Due and unreported on Life policies. 115,961 25 State, county and municipal bonds,1.932,647 38 Railroad stocks and bonds .......... 2,133,707 50 Bank stocks .......................... 888,769 00 Miscellaneous stocks and bonds. 791,200 00 Total Assets .............. 1612, 44,467 39 Liabilities. Reserve, four per cent., life depart-a men 99,119,894 00 Reserve fer re-insurance. Accident departmen ...................... 803,230 39 Claims unadjusted and not due, and .3. all: other liabilities .............. 241,099 00 23 39 mTotal Liabilities ........ $10,163; regards policy - ....................... $2,080,744 00 Statistics for the Year 1890. Life Depar' trnent. No. Life Policies written to dat .......... 6'2 338 New Life Insurance written' 111 18690, $1 3,50 5,200. 00 (3,174,807.74 767,912.46 Sur filousers as in 1890. Accident Department. No. ofe Accident Policies written to m) '- 189 No. of Accident Claims paid 111 1890. . .. Whole number of Accident Claims P111 aid ................................ 214, 929 Am t Accident Claims paid in 1890.. . .960, 050. 88 Whole Am t Accident Claims paid. 1.3,023,736.12 Total Losses paid, both depts., $19,198,604.06 JAS. G. BATTERSON, President. RODNEY DENNIS, Secretary. JOHN E. MORRIS, Asst. Secretary. GEORGE ELLIS, Actuary. EDWARDV. PRESTON, Supt. of Agencies. J B. LEWIS, M. D. ,Surgeon and Adjuste1. 1m47 A Fall in the Price of Sugar! It fortunately fhappcnsT1 that there is more than one kind of 11. There is :1 \1:1t111;1111 there 15 the fall which comes after summer; there 1s the fall which a banana peel is liable to cause, and there' 1s that peculia1 kind of In fall which comes to a man when he sees the point of ajoke, or, in other words, to put it somewhat vulgarly, when he takes a tumble. Last, but most important of all, is the f: 111 in the price of sugar. It is ropei to evplam that the fall shown 111 the i lustr ation is not exactly the kind of a fall in the who of :tigar wfhich has recently been made at- the s ore o TO EXAMINE THE BANKRUPT STOCK 0F BOYS’ CLOTHING JUST RECEIVED. Bors’ Sunrs AND . OVEBCOATS AT HALF 1711:1111: VALUE. TAFT -1. 312.05., 23 \VALL STREET, NORFVALK. Formerly Blascer‘s Store. WILL SELL AT COST! FOR TWO WEEKS TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW GOODS. Lot of Parlor Suits, Lounges, Bedroom Suits, Pictures, 811: Also Handsome Lot of Baby Carriages A'r FURNITURE STORE 011‘ Theodore Coleman, 202 AND 204: WASHINGTON ST.,' EAST END or BRIDGE. SOUTH NOR‘VALK. E. Gusowski, MERCHANT TAILOR, Has just opened his Large Stock of FINE SELECTED GOODS FOR SPRING AND’ SURIMER ‘VEAR. WSran AND P111013 TO SUIT Evnnrnonr‘ga -Will be pleased to see all old patr ons and a host of new ones at 1,11,11pr 5.124111), Wall Street, 0or. Water, .Norwalk. Frank H Baxter, ' PHARMACIST 8 Main Street, South Nerwnlk. 3n1~15 3m40 DAILY" GAZETTE’S classified Business Directory. [Advertisements under this head ONE CENT per line per aux/Jive cents 2101 line 2961 week 01 $2. 50 per 118111.] . ATTORNEYS. HUBBELL, JAMES T., 9Water st., N. HURLBUTT, J. BELDEN, Attorney and Counselor at Law]. Room 4, (up stairs) Gazette Building. Nor walk k SEYMOUR JOHN S. Room over Fair field Co. National Bank, Counselor at Law. BAJV' IL’S. CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK, Wall st, N.. capital, $100,;000 surpflus, $14,100; George M. Holmes resident Beggar: vice- -presi— 'Wil 11am A.Curtis,ca FAIRFIELD COUNTY NATIONAL BANK. 44 Wall 11,st N. Incorporated 1824. Capital. $200.- 000. filizresideKnt,1 James W. Hyatt, vice-presi- eel er' cashier LewisC. Green. FAiRi‘IEnLDK COU N’TY SAVINGS BANK, 51 Wall st, N. Deposits, $430,000 ; surplus, $20,- 000. Winfield S. Mooda ,president; Martins. Crew, vice- resid t' HBa 11:, trees. NATIONAL HbFaNORW'LLIe 111111.11 N. IncorA orated 1857'. Capital. 3240.000. Ebenezer Hil, president, E. J. Hill, vice- resident; H. Price cashier' directors, .11111 E. J. Hill, W.G I‘,homas 11.1; Look- wood, J. A. Osborn, 0. E. Wilson,EK Beard. W. Fitch, W. F. Bishop. Bankers’, Mer- thants’, Manufacturers ,Perscnal andF amily accounts are solici NORWALK SAVINGS SOCIETY, Wall st De osits over $2, 000 ,000. surfilus $90, 000. Geo. M. olmes, president; ‘rauf,urd vicc~ president: Geo. E. M111er. treasurel BOOIKS AND SI" ITIONERY. IPINNEO, J. ARTHUR, 49 Wall st. ., N.; School Supplies. CHOIC ' l".-l.BIlLY GItOCERIES. BAILWITZ & BRO" 30 Main st. N., Fruit. Flaunt. 1 c. . KEELER, 0.1)., T'Watel st., N. fair dealing. SELLECK, GEORGE WARD, Fine Family Groceries and Table Luxuries, 18 Wall st., N. E\ ’I’RESSIA G. MORRELL’S- EXPRESS. ~—Pianos, Furniture and Baggage Removed. Handled with care. Norw 111 x and South Nor“ alk. Address Box 42 3, South Norw alk ' .FURIVI 1' U RE DEALL‘RS. RAYMOND, G. H., 46 and 48 Main st., N. . L1 VERY 4M) BOARDING 51' [15111.5 DANN, H. E., 8 River st., N. HOTLLS. NORWALK HOTEL. opp. Danbury &Nor11alk Depot and Post Office; M. McPherson, pr.up1' I VS UR ill CE. LOCKWOOD, WM" cor. Main and Wall sts.. Real estate, investments, loans negotiated. NORWALK FIRE INS. 00., N. In successful business since 1860; no outstanding claims JTIARBLE "’ORIQS'. BATES, P. W., Water st. ., N. Steam Stone Works, Monumental and Building, all kinds. MARKETs. , A MODEL MARKET, 20 Wall st., N .; beef, veal, lamb, pork, poultry , etc. W. Ward“ ell, prop. LOCKWOOD 11', LOCKWOOD, '2’ Main st., fine meats, poultry, fish, oysters, clams and vegetables, a specialtv. BAILWITZ A: BRO. 30 Main; beef, pork, etc. WEBER, J. 1’., 12 Main st., N.; meats and fish. REAL ESTA-[TILE RAYMOND A: GORHAM,Ren1 Estate and Insurance Br 0k c1 s, Auctioneer. s ,Cenimission Merchonts, Storage Warehouse, Aglents for Coal and Wood, Randall’ S Block,E WILSON. O. E. GAZETTE bldg., N. Inx est- ments and money to 101111.Als0 insurance written 111 best of companies at lowest rates. TOBACCO. JAMES SUTHERLAND, , ’ Fine Tobacco and Cig1'11s, Stationen and Newspapers and Periodicals, Gazette Build- 1ng. I\or walk. . TYPE "’RITIA (1. I’INNEO. MISS D. S‘., 49 \Vall st.,N.; all styles. UVDERTAICERS. JENNINGS. J. D. opp. Horse Railway Depot, N. Residence, 3 Elm st.; telephone. RAYMOND, G. H, 46-48 Main st.; telephone. Wm Sheldon, . 8101101111 and 81111011111001 Curbing, Flagging tf25 and House Connections. Lock Box 36, Norwalk. 1118818 $19110 Easter Millinery Dlsplay!‘ 01 March 2601 and 11111111111111. Trimmed Bonnets, Tonnes, ’ 1111111, -—-AND— Large Poke Hats. MILLINERY NOVELTIES, JE\VELED LACES, FINE 11131301“, FLOWERS, , AIGRETTES and OSTBICH TIPS: VELVETS IN ALL new SHADES. WALL ARE COBDIALLY INVITED 'ro EXAMINE FliENCH NETS, ' 01111 LATEST CREATIONS or FASHION. Misses St. J 01111, 33 Main Street.Norwa.1k. 1 l l For 11111111 Popular Working Girl in Norwalk. 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