NORWALK
“Equal and Exact Justice to all Men of W’hatevem State Or Persuasion, Religious or Politic at”: [eye-eon /
Vol. I, No. 82.
Nerwalk, Conn, Friday;
Evemng, April 17,1891.
PrieeOne Cent.
The Daily Gazette
Is issued every week-day (163 P. JIL, at .
ONE CENT PER COPY.
The Cheapest Rates for Advertising, and
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION.
The Weekly Gazette,
[Combined with Saturday’s Daily.]
Is issued every Saturday at Noon, at
THREE CENTS PER COPY, on $1.50 PER YEAR.
The Daily and Weekly.
Sm ved to Local Subscr {beis at
1111: CENTS PER WEEK, 01?. $5. 00 PER YEAR.
A. H. BYINGTON.Proprietor.
0 UR J OBBIL G DEPARTJIIENT.
Mn. HARRY M. GABDN ER, J E Of New York,
has charge Of the GAZETTE’ s Engraving, Book
and Jobbing Department. He is an expert
and experienced Job Printer, and no w ork en-
ti usted to him will be unsatisfactorih done.
This paper has the largest circulation of
any paper in. the State west ofBridgcport.
- TO OUR ADVERTISERS.
To insure changes being made in advertise-
ments running in this paper the same must be
handed' in not later than 3 p. m. on the preced-
ing (1:13.
THE LIVE NEWS OF TO-DAY.
Mrs. Flavius Clark is ill with la
grippe.
—I. Hall, piano and furniture mover.
Office and residence, 106 Main street.
Miss Lulu Bedell of Franklin ave-
nue, is reported quite ill with la grippe.
E. P. H. Capron has been granted a
patent for a stop-cock box.
The Connecticut Dairymen’s associa-
tion has decided not to have an exhibit
at the State fair, at Meriden.
John Anderson, long a resident of
Southport, died there Wednesday aged
92 years. _ _
Yesterday’s delightful temperature
gave leaf, bud and blossom a percepti-
ble start.
Mrs. Sylvester Brotherton is serious-
ly ill with pneumoniaat her residence
on Orchard street.
Winner’s Investment company, of
Kansas City, has made an assignment.
It was a financial meteor.
President Harrison visited Birming-
ham, Ala., where a big reception was
accorded him yesterday.
The steamer Lucy P. Miller ran on
the Hog’s Back in Hell Gate during a
fog yesterday.
President George B. Cowles is so far
recovered from his attack of la grippe,
aslto be able to bask-et in our Norwalk
sunshine to-day.
The Keeler, Holmes & Selleck Co.
complain that they can’t buy sugar fast
enough to fill their orders as promptly
as they would wish.
William K. Vanderbilt’s yacht Alva
reached New York, yesterday, with One
Of her oilers ill with varioloid, after a
voyage to Nice.
Ex-Minister Foster is said to have
concluded a treaty with Spain on the
basis of the reciprocity clauses of the
McKinley tariff bill.
Mr. William E. Montgomery is one
of the latest additions to the sick list of
N Oiwalk but his many friends hope
for a speedy convalescence.
Francesco Aita, a manufacturer of
feather dusters 011 Third avenue, New
York, has changed his name and ad-
dress tO escape the vengeance of the
Mafia.
James Conklin, a blacksmith, of
Harrison street, New York, came near
being killed by a fallen electric wire
which he attempted to cut with his
pocket-knife.
Rev. James McMahon, of St. An-
drew’s church, has given New York and
Long Branch property, worth nearly
$500,000, to the Catholic university at
\Vashington, D. C.
One of Hanlon’s delivery horses be-
came frightened yesterday afternoon
by the steam roller on West avenue,
and made astonishing time for a local
Maud S. until captured. N0 damage
was done.
Ann O’Delia Diss Debar,who appear-
ed in the Norwalk Opera House a few
days ago, and who announced her de-
termination of' drowning herself and
has accordingly disappeared, has not
fulfiilled her promise to materialize in
spirit form for the benefit of a wait-
ing world.
The following officers of the YaleNa-
vy have been chosen for the ensuing
year: President. Floyd-Jones, "93; Vice-
President,A. B. Graves, ’92; Secretary,
J. T. Robinson, ’93; Treasurer, Profes-
sor A. M. Wheeler; Executive Commit-
tee, Prof. \V. H. Brewer, Profs. F. L.
Richards and Byle, ’92.
I. N. Crissey is still a great sufferer
from a complication of diseases.
- Two more lovely spring days than
yesterday and today could not reason-
ably be desired.____g___~___
The little son of Conductor Gould
Hoyt is perceptibly better, but his
daughter still lies dangeiously ill of
pneumonia.
A Scranton man sold his wife and
household furnituie for $250, and the
purchaser declared he made a good
bargain—in the furniture.
Mr. Samuel L. Talcott of Union Park
was out yesterday for the first time
since his serious wrestle with the high-
ly fashionable la grippe.
Heniy S. Selleck of Union Park, took
his two bright boys up the Danbury
road early this morning equipped for
a day of trout fishing.
Letter Carrier Percy Glendenning
went trout fishing up the Wiltonbranch
of the Norwalk river and caught eleven
speckled beauties. ‘ _*_
Two lengths of hose burst at the
Gregory fire yesterday, and the de-
partment now has only 800 feet left fit
for use, a very deplorable condition of
affairs.
The day is rapidly nearing when the
faded flags marking the graves of the
erstwhile boys in blue will be replaced
by fresh colors and watered anew with
the tears of a grateful people.
In Norwalk, as elsewhere. it’s either
a feast or a famine-in the amusement
line. One week, like last week, some-
thing nearly every night and this week
nothing in the way Of entertainment
save the Matheis court martial and an
occasional fire alarm.
Mrs. Stowe (Mme. Constance Howard)
dined, \Vednesday, with her aged
friend Mrs. James Mallory, and took
tea with her kinsfolk, Dr. and Mrs.
Gregory. She was also invited to
spend a day at “Hillside,” but was un-
able to accept Mrs. Mead’s invitation
owing to the necessity of leaving town.
A match game of base ball was played
yesterday afternoon 011 the grounds
belonging to Col. Roberts, between the
first and second nines of his school.
The first nine were obliged to make
twice the number of runs (being the
oldest) or the second to be entitled to
the supper which the colonel proposed
giving to the winning side. The first
nine won the game.
—The Model Barbershop at 41 Wall
street has been thoroughly renovated
and re-furnished in a most complete
manner and is now one of the best ap-
pointed Barbershops in the State.
Cleanliness, Efficiency and Str ict Atten-
tion to Business are leading features
at E. Apell’s Model Barbershop, 41
Wall street. __ 3t81
The driver of the Keeler truck had
an exciting experience this morning
near the horse ear stables. When
nearly, opposite the stables the nut
holding the right fore wheel came off
but the driver didn’t know it until he
arrived at a point opposite the Boston
store when ofl‘ went the wheel and
down'went the front part of the wagon,
with the horses going at a lively pace.
Fortunately they were held before the
axletree had plowed through the dirt
many feet, but many spectators con-
sidered the call a close one.
A curious incident connected with
Selectman Daskam’s recovery of the
value of his stolen property, which
gives an interesting insight to his
methodical way, is a record in his 1864
diary under date of August 24th, giving
an account of his robbery and his
efforts to recover his property from a
young man he had put every confi-
dence in and whom he had loved and
trusted as a brother. His entry in this
year’s diary under date of April 16th,
will be an intensely interesting Sequel
to that of twenty—seven years ago for
those who may come after him to read.
The supply wagon of the. fire depart-
ment figured in a catastrophe yester-
day. “Monk” was on hand with his
usual promptness and started in wild
helter skelter for the scene of the fire.
While flying up Main street, the load
in the wagon was increased by a couple
of newspaper scribes jumping aboard.
One, however, too elongated to get
entirely into the vehicle dragged his
feet along the ground for some distance,
and when about 50 yards from the fire
he tried to draw himself further in, two
of the wheels broke off and the two
newspaper men were hurled in one di-
rection, and the horse dragged “Monk”
and what was left of the wagon in the
other. What with the hose being too
short and the breaking of the supply
wagon, 0111' plucky fire department is
playing in hard luck. The new supply
wagon, which is being built in South
Norwalk, is promised May 1st.
IHE IVHIIHEIS INQUIRYE;
Important Testimony III Favor OI:
LIOUt. Matheis.
".i
The Daily Gazette Reporter Under
Fire.
After our report closed yesterdayf‘
Corporal Badie testified that he at-
tended the shooting and was at the 200.
yards butts, but could not say whoe-
shot first. Latson told him that Ma-.
theis had made 10, and he had scored-
him 10 more, but said nothing about
signals.
tended the shooting and saw Matheis:
shoot first to sight rifles, how many he?
could not say. Corporal Hunt was
the first to shoot, Sergeant Piatts
next. Asked Latson about my score
and he said it was all right. Made 18.
at 500 yards. Lieut. Aiken was keeping
score, and did not shoot until after I
did. .. ‘f
James Hall testified that he believed
he had qualified at the shoot, but had
not received a badge. Did not know
who kept score. He and Corp. Sterling
relieved Latson and Bile at the Butts.
When he got there he noticed one pen-
cil hole only in the target and (lid not
think there were as many holes in the
target at that time as there were now.
Curtis B. Bile testified that he was at
the range the day of the shoot. Heard
'something said in Armory about going
up and getting a badge, could not say
how many were present when the re-
mark was made. Matheis said if we
would come up and shoot it would be
all right, he would see that we got
badges.
seeies.
three men to shoot would be Matheis,
Aiken and Hunt and when he signaled
with his handkerchief to mark up the
score of the shooter. The first man
made 10 and we scored him 20 or 21, the
second and third we also' marked up.
Matheis made signals and we marked
up the shooters. I punched the holes
in the target with a lead pencil given
me by Latson. Never told Mr. \Vade,
Of the Hour, that I did not hear Ma-
theis tell Latson about signals and mark-
ing up the scores.
John H. \Vade, of the Hour, testified
that he wrote down Latson’s statement
and went to see Bile who corroborated
it, but said that he did not hear Matheis
give Latson the 01 dcrs about marking
up the seeies 11 hen he made a signal
with his handkei chief. \Vhen the aiti-
cle was set up a proof was read to Lat-
son, who said it was correct.
Corporal Scott testified that he was
not at the range on the day of the shoot;
was at the Armory the Sunday before
the sheet; did not hear Matheis say
that whoever went over to the shoot
would receive a badge; knew some of
the members who were in the room on
the Sunday that Matheis is said to have
made such a statement, and gave the
names of Sergt. Wilcoxson, Corp; Ster-
ling, Lieut. Aiken and Corp. Waters.
Had had a conversation with Latson
about the election Of Officers, two or
three weeks after Capt. Stevens died,
and that Latson said he would not vote
for Matheis, and thought d—n little Ot
him anyway. Had heard Latson say in
the Armory that if he did not get a
badge he would show Matheis up wheth-
er he, Latson, got a badge or not.
Goepler testified that he was at the
shoot, but did not know what score he
made, and was not surprised when he
did not get a badge. Did not see or
hear Matheis arranging for signals with
Latson.
Lieut. Edward Aiken testified that
he was present on the day of the shoot-
ing and kept Score with Serg’t Wilcox-
son. Matheis fired the first shot to
sight rifle, and Corp. Hunt fired the
first five shots for qualification. Sei'g’t
Pratt fired second and Corp. Sterling
third. He. was about the tenth man to
.shoot, and'Latson was not tending tar-
get when he fired. Sterling and Hall
were at the butts. Never heard Ma-
theis state that. all would receive a
badge if they went over to the range.
Did not see Matheis use his handker-
chief. ScOred Latson as Captain Finn
called it out. When I fii ed Latson w as
standing near me. The maikers had
been changed before Matheis shot, and
neither Latson n01 Bile was at the
butts to mark. his shots. Had heaid
Latson make the statement that he and
Matheis Would be against him for pro-
motion, but knew of no animosity be-
tween them.
George R. Byington, of‘the DAILY
GAZETTE, was sworn, and the following
startling interrogatories prepounded
him by Captain McLean before being
allowed to testify:—“Q. Mr. Bying-
ton, where were you last evening? A.
I was in attendance at the Armory un-
til a quarter of seven o’clock, when I
walked up town with private Badie
Q. Did you return to the Armory
ing notes of the testimony
. witnesses.
Corporal Pollaid testified that he at“
i
Matheis told him to score up
if they did nOt make large enough
Also told him that the fiist ‘
again last night ? A. I did not. Q.
Were you about the Armory at all after
you went up town ?‘ A. I was not. . Q.
were concealed about this Armory tak—
given by
What do you know about
such reports? A. I never heaid of
them before, and was not aware that
- i. there were places of concealment about
the Arm’Ory where the proceedings of
the executive session {could be ob-
tained.” ' '
This satisfied ‘the court, and the
DAILY GAZETTE 1eporter stated as fol—
lows: On the 28th day of February or
the seeeiid of Mareh,_M1.LatsOncalled
'2 alone at the office of the DAILY GA»
ZETTE and requested that I correct a
list of marksmen published in the Hour
of February 28th, stating that he and
private Hall had qualified, but their
names were not among those published,
and if he did not get a badge‘he would
see that none of the others did; that
there had been crooked work, and he
Lwould show Lieutenant Matheis up.
'After questioning Mr. Latson a few
:minutes he departed, but soon re-ap-
"peared with Captain Rose who said,
I“Now Latson tell your story.” Thus
invited Latson told witness almost the
identical story as published in the Hour
of March 7th. After he had finished
" Captain Bose said to witness, “There is
news for you, if you want it 3” After
they had departed witness thought that
as he had scored on several occasions
for Captain Betts, the former Captain
.Of Co. F, when Matheis had made the
- best some, and had shot against him at
Meriden, it was stiange that he, Ma-
' fiieis, could not make but 10 points at
the 500-yaid range, so concluded to see
Matheis and present the facts to him
and get his side of the story before pub-
lishing such serious charges. Witness
called on Matheis and stated the whole
'story as related by Latson, and asked
him what reply he desired to make.
Matheis stated that the whole state-
:ment of ,Latson’s was a lie, and that
ithere was not a word of truth in it,
' consequently the DAILY GAZETTE drop—
iped the matter, and ~nevei heaid any-
thi9‘g snore about it until it appeared
in the Hour 9. .week latei
After witness had testified as above
he stated to the Court, that as the
Court had mentioned the fact of his
getting the testimony he would like to
say that during his attendance at the
Armory Captain Bose had,by a remark,
as witness thought, endeavored to con-
vey the impression that the DAILY GA-
ZETTE was receiving its information
from Lieutenant Matheis, witness de-
sired to say in justice to Matheis, that
not one word of the testimony published
in the DAILY. GAZETTE had been re-
ceived either directly or indirectly from
Lieut. Matheis.
Sergeant A. J. Wilcoxson testified
that he scored on the day of the shoot
and that Matheis did not shoot first;
that Aiken did not shoot second; that
Hunt did not shoot third. He and
Aiken scored on that day and when Ma-
theis and Aiken shot Corp. Sterling
was at the butts and Serg‘t Latson and
Bile were at the shooting point. Lat-
son did not mark the target when Ma—
thies and Aiken shot. Corporal Hunt
fired first, Sergeant Pratt second and
Corporal Sterling third. A week be-
fore the published charges Latson said
to witness that his badge had not been
accounted for and if he did not receive
it he would make it hot for some .one.
The testimony as far as presented
shows beyond a shadow of a doubt that
Matheis, Aiken and Hunt did not shoot
in the order named, and that Latson
and Bile were not at the butts when
Matheis and Aiken shot, as testified by
them.
The Court adjourned until Tuesday,
April 21, and the GAZETTE, to-morrow,
will contain the balance of the testimo-
ny taken up to the time of adjourn-
ment.
Fire Officials Meet.
Last evening’s meeting. of Chief En-
gineer Prowitt. his assistants and the
heads of the several companies was held
in pursuance of that section Of the bor-
ough by-la1vs requiring such a meeting
once in two months. Several matters
were considered touching the welfare
of the department, the most important
one, perhaps, being the necessity of
the adoption of a regular code of fire
alarm signals. At the time of the burn-
ing of Rev. Dr. Noble’s barn, the alarm
was so unintelligible as to almostwarrant
the inference that the entire borough
was ablaze. Another subject consider-
ed was that springing from Section 6,
Chapter 10 of the borough Joy-laws,
which makes the Chief Engineer and
his assistants superior to the regular
police force of the borough in the event,
of a fire. Hereafter, it is believed, the
department will pull together more
unitedly than ever before, and at the
regular meeting of the court of bur-
gesses next Monday night, the sum—
ming up of last night’s deliberations
will be presented.
It has been reported to me that you '
IRUIH SIRIINGER
Selectman Daskams Good Links
He Recovers-a-SFnTaII Fortune.
Away back twenty-seven years ago, .
First Selectman Daskam was robbed of
cash and a' stock of between two and
three thousand dollars worth of watches ‘
and jewelry by a trusted employee in
New York. A. Oakey Hall, ,then dis-
trict attorney, managed to recover a
portion of it, but both the goods and
the thief disappear ed fr om view andthe
only thing Daskam ever heard Of it was7
some ten years 01 so ago, that the rob-
ber had died in California. One day
last week, as he sat in his oflice over the
Bank, at the old, dilapidated select-'
men’s desk, a stranger entered and in-
quired if Mr. Samuel Daskam was in.
With his blandest smile our selectman
assured the stranger that he was the
party sought. The man then requested
a private interview. when he told the
story that he had come from San Fran-
cisco to settle a loss he, Daskam, had
sustained in consequence Of the mis-
conduct Of a half brother of his, who
had died in California several years ago
and left quite a property. That he had
the settlement of his estate, and before
his brother died, he had enjoined on
him the duty of hunting up Mr. Das-
kam and paying him in full for the loss
he had incurred; that he had been
hunting for him all these years; had
only just learned of his residence in
Norwalk and had come on here on pur-
pose t‘O pay in full this loss. Col. Das-
lkam had read so much of late about
. green goods rascals and confidence
swindlers, that he at once surmised
that there was in this some trap to catch
him, and so was at once suspicious and
wary of revealing himself, and when
the stranger desi ‘ im to go right
down to the Astor d u'et his
money, then he was s
victim of some fake or s
told the party, who gave hi.
ThomasSheiidan,—‘( the r obbe
having been Peter Sheridan)—th.
Daskam,).would take a little wh'
think the mattei over and if he conc u-
ded to go to New York, he would write 1
him.
Yesterday he went down, on the ad-
vice of friends, and sure enough there
was Mr. Sheriden with a big roll of bills
amounting to $2,000, the sum Mr. Das-
kam had informed himhvould cover the
balance of his loss, But Daskam, even
then, hesitated about accepting the
greenbacks, thinking it was some joke
or fraud being played on him. He care-
fully scanned the bills and being sure
it was good money,signed a receipt and
hurried over to the Park Bank to be
doubly sure it was no fake. Here he
was given a certificate of deposit for
his $2,000, which he brought home and
was joyously showing to friends about
town last night. Mr. Sheridan was to
take the first train back to San Fran-
cisco, seemingly delighted that he had
been able to carry out the dying wish
of his dead brother. Surely “Truth is
stranger than fiction.”
.__~__ _.__-.- ... ....__._._.. .—
Shot a Vicious Dog.
Yesterday afternoon in Wall street,
Mr. Monson Hoyt saw a dog teasing a
little girl, tearing her dress etc., and
at once went to her rescue, whereupon
the brute turned upon him and bit one
of his hands severely. Chief De For-
est then took part in the drama and by
a few well aimed shots put the dog be-
yond the range of biting possibilities.
As the animal was not mad Mr. Hoyt
does not expect to be seriously incon-
venienced by the bite.
———-<+>——
Hanford’s Sago Palms.
If there’s a more unsightly Object in
the whole realm of botany than the
trunk or root of a sago palm, the writer
has yet to see it. A few years ago,
however, Florist Hanford imported
some of these botanical monstrosities
from Cuba and today if there’s one
thing more attractive than another in
his greenhousest it is one of these
same sage palms. putting forth its
shoots, which are positively beautiful
and are admired by scores of visitors.
Mrs. Frank H. Atherton.
Mrs. Imogene Downs Atherton, a
lady of lovely character and highly es-
teemed by all who knew her, died
Wednesday night, about midnight, at
No. 8 Orchard street, after an illness
of several months with consumption.
She leaves a daughter Of 13, and two
sons, 5 and 9. Her husband, also, sur-
vives her. The funeral will take place
at 3 O’clock Saturday afternoon, from
the late Edgar Jennings’ house, 8 Or-
chard street.
Sherifl' Toner was served with papers
yesterday in a suit for having recovered
and returned the Heller goods. As
Warden Keelei guaranteed him protec-
tion, the sheriff isn’t laying awake o’
nights about the suit.
THAN FICTION;
II DISCOVERY
A REPORTER OF THE DAILY GA-
ZETTE MAKES A STARTLING
DISCOVERY.
ls Captain Rose Seeking to
Even” with Lieuténaht
Matheis?
”Get
The DAILY GAZETTE heard a rumor
this morning to the effect that Captain
Beuben M. Bose had personally pre-
paied and written the statement of
Sergeant Latson and Private Bile,
and had had the same typewritten pre-
vious to its appearance in the How.
Calling upon Mr. J. W. Saunders, a
stenographer and typewriter, in the
office Of Lawyer J. Belden Hurlbutt, '
who it was said had been the type-
writer, the reporter learned that on
Friday, March 6th, Captain Bose came
to him, at his office, with what. appeared
to be a joint affidavit of Latson "and
Bile. That Captain Bose requested
young Mr. Larmer, Lawyer Hurlbutt’s
clerk, to absent himself from the office,
owing to the ‘fact that Mr. Larmer had
on several occasions furnished the
DAILY GAZETTE with news, and as
Captain Bose stated at‘the time, he did
not want the DAILY GAZETTE to know
anything about it. After Mr. Larmcr
had departed, Captain Bose recon-
structed the statement, interlining ad-
ditions here and alteiing them, until
the statement was satisfactory to him-
self.
The statement was then typew1itten
and duplicated by Mr. Saunders, and
together with the original draft dc-
livered to Captain Rose, who paid for
the work. When shown the charges
published in the Hour of March 7th,
Mr. Saunders unhesitatingly pronounc-
ed them the same in substance as that
prepared by Captain Bose in his office,
and typew1itten by himself, previous to
1‘eir publication 111 the Hour.
deis’ vei sion of this affair
FIRES AND RUMORS OF FIRES.
Yesterday afternoon, at about four,
an alarm Of fire was turned on from
Box 52, corner of Main and Catherine
streets. Our fire laddies and the gen-
eral public, were soon tearing up Main
street and the fire located in the wood-
shed adjoining Dr. Gregory’s residence.
It was very soon consumed, but the
prompt action of the firemen prevented
any injury to the dwelling house, which
was seriously imperiled by the close
proximity of the combustible wooden
outbuilding. The fire is supposed to
have been caused by the servant’s
throwing hot coals into the ash bin,
when emptying out ashes from the
kitchen range. The loss was trifling
and the escape from a more serious
conflagration remarkably fortunate.
ANOTHER.
Early last evening the barn on the
Daniel Hanlon property, on Strawber-
ry hill, was discovered aflame and be—
ing outside of fire limits, nothing could
avert its- destruction. It contained
over a ton of hay, allot of household-
goods (including a parlor stove, two
feather beds etc.) and a cow and calf.
Everything was burned except the live-
stock. Shortly before the fire a Mrs.
Henry entered the barn and after feed-
ing the cow, called on a neighbor. Ev-
erything seemed all right when she left
but within an hour thereafter, flames
burst out of the top of the barn. By
the hardest sort of work by the bucket
brigade the adjoining house of Mr. Mc—
Carthy was saved. The barn was about
five years old and was Worth $500.
There was an insurance on it of $200,
and of 3550 on the articles stored there-
in. The esfimated loss over insurance
is $400.
STILL ANOTHER.
The little barn belonging to the
Theodore Price estate, in West Nor-
walk, about a half mile east of the
homestead, was burned yesterday after—
noon. Loss about 3200.
Special Borough Meeting.
At the special borough meeting yes-
terday, held at, instead 01327;, the town
house, Warden Keeler presided and
Judge Alfred E. Austin acted as clerk.
It was voted to extend the water main
into and through Maple avenue, East-
Norwalk, and that the‘borough borrow
a sum not to exceed $1,500, or as much
thereof as may be necessary for that
purpose and charge the same to the
water fund of the borough.
CO
An Expensive Fire.
NORWICH, April 17—This morning at
1.30. fire broke out in the Falls Com-
pany’ s cotton mill, which were entirely
consumed. The loss is estimated at
over 31,00,000
Norwalk Chronicler