‘THE ONLY EIGHT-PAGE ONE-C gar-may IN THE WORWALKS. Vol. VI. Whole No. 1155 Norwalk, Conn, TueSdanyvening, July, 28, 1896:, Price One Cent. 4:: comma THE WILL. Fight Over the Estate of Wil- liam R. Lockwood. Samuel Fessenden, of Stamford, Retained. “Messrs. Fessenden, Carter & Cum- mings have been retained as counsel by William Lockwood of Norwalk, to con- test the will of his father, the late Wil- liam R. Lockwood, who died June 10, leaving a will under the terms of which the son would rebcive the income of one-half the estate, the remaining half and subsequently the entire esiate, to go to the Connecticut Agricultural Ex- periment Station at Storrs. It is esti- mated that Mr. Lockwood was worth $300,000, consisting largely of real es- tate, "some of which is in Stamford, where he was well known. It is alleged that the will should be set aside because the testator was mentally incompetent to dispose of his property, and that he was subject to hallucinations which led him to believe that his peace in the other world would depend largely upon the disposition he made of his property for educational or scientific purposes. Evidence in support of these and other claims will be introduced in court when the contest takes place, and the case promises to be one of the most sensa- tional ever tried in this county. “The will was executed Jan. 9, 1894, in Norwalk, and was witnessed by Charles Olmstead, George B. St. John and Joseph A. Gray, before Asa B. Woodward, notary public. Robert H. Rowan of South Norwalk is constituted sole executor. After directing payment out of his personal estate of all just debts, funeral charges and expenses of settling the estate, the testator forgives to each of his sons, William and George, all debts they owe him at his decease, and directs the executors to cancel any netes or other evidences ‘of indebted- ness he may have against his sons. ‘ “In the third clause of the will, he bequeathes one-half of all the remainder of his estate, realan'di person], to his friend Rowan, in trust, directing him to pay all the net income thereof to his son William. Upon the decease of Wil- liam, the principal of this one-half of the estate goes to his children (should he have any), but no adopted child is to receive any of it. “The fourth clause of the will be- queaths the other half of the estate to the Connecticut Agricultural Experi- ment Station, in trust, 'as a perpetual fund, the net income of which is to be used for,,the promotion of agriculture by scientific investigation and experi- ment, and by diffusing a knowledge of the practical results thereof among the people of the State of Connecticut in such manner as shall be deemed by the board of control or governing body of said institution for the time being most practicable and generally useful.’ Should the station not accept the trust or fail to faithfully fulfil the conditions of the gift, the bequest is to go to Yale ' University, to be used by the university or by that branch of it known as the Sheffield Scientific School, for the pur- poses mentioned above. The station, or the university, as the case may be, is instructed to pay to George L-rckwood $400 a year, during his life, in quarterly payments. . “George Lockwood, who was former- ly Mayor of South N or walk, died before his father. “The will was approved and ordered on file, June 27, by Judge Asa B. Wood- ward of the Norwalk Court of Probate.” The above, taken from yesterday’s Stamford Advocate, is by no means the first instance when Norwalk news comes back to us filtered through the columns of some out of town paper. This is owing largely to the excess of caution and sensitiveness of many Norwalk. officials and people, and in the main their objection to such newspaper no- toriety is well founded. In the above instance, the Advocate does not state the .contestant’s strongest argument against thejustice' and legality of the will of his father, which is that the property devised was inherited from the contestant’s grandfather and grand- ‘ mother and was not created by th maker of the will. . The people. of Norwalk will,» very largely, sympathize with the contestant and congratulate him that he has so able and determined an attorney as Mr. Fessenden to secure justice for him. __—_————°—00 Lost and Found. Last Sunday John Conley lost a pock- et-book containing valuable papers and $17 in money. Luckily it was found by an honest man in the person of James Smith and the pocketbook and its con- tents were returned to the owner intact. Mr. Smith refused to accept any reward. .——.__._'_-4...’ ~Subscribe for the Gaznrrn.’ ‘ 61'. RETURNSIOIE MONEY State_Labor Agent Richards Fixes Matters With Duped Italians. ‘ Padrone Narrowly Escapes Imprisonment. Antonio Ciese, Of New York, the Italian arrested in Westport yesterday by Louis Richards, of Bridgeport, charged with false representations re- garding labor, made a settlement by returning the money he had extracted from'about 200 Italian laborers and last night was permitted to return to New York. The practices adopted by Ciese was nothing less than a padrone system. About a week ago he secured 200 Italian laborers in New York city. He in- formed them that they were to have a permanent job in Westport and charged each of them $2 for securing them places. ' Not content with this he taxed them 75 cents each for railroad fare. The lat- ter, it was discovered had been paid by the railroad company at Compo Beach which engaged the men. Ciese got in trouble Saturday when a number of the laborers on the railroad were laid off. The Italians became indignant at Ciese. The cost of securing them em- ployment almost equalled the amount paid them for their labor. They at once sent a delegation to Bridgeport and laid the case before Mr. Richards who is a special labor agent with the authority of an officer. Mr. Richards after investigating the matter, found that it was a padrone system and hur- ried to Westport. By this time Ciese had taken the alarm and disappeared. It was believed he was hiding in the woods in the vicinity awaiting a favor- able opportunity to escape the wrath of the Italians whom he had duped‘by jumping on a train for New York. Mr. Richards made a diligent search of the vicinity and late yesterday afternoon found his man just as Ciese was about to board a west bound. train for .the Metropolis. ‘ Placing him under arrest the labor agent brought the prisoner before the nearestjustice. It was estimated that Ciese had secured in all nearly‘ $300 from the Italians. Finding that he was caught and was liable to punishment by a fine of not less than $100 or im- prisonment for one year as provided by an act of the last legislature, the pris- oner thought he had better make a set- tlement by returning the money. This he did and was permitted to go free. The agent found this to be the best caurse to pursue from the fact that it would be almost impossible to get the Italians who were a roving lot to ap- pear at the next term of the Superior court at witnesses in the event of the accused being bound over. Many of the Italians being recent imé portations would be scattered over the country wherever they could get a job and would not return to testify in the event of the case coming to a trial. All things considered, it was fortunate for Ciese that he was able to get away unharmed, for when the men found the trick that had been played upon them some of the hot tempered among the crowd could hardly be restrained from laying violent hands on him and had the word been given it is probable that the task of reducing Ciese to mincemeat would not have been refrained from. A Severe Electric Storm. A severe storm of lightning, wind and rain struck Norwalk last evening causing much apprehension, but for- tuately but little real damage. It end- ed with a most brilliant and remarkable sun-set, which gave rise to a rumor that the Hoyt Nursery ’s great barns had been fired by lightning. A tree at the Knob was rent in twain, but that only served to spread the fo- liage over a larger area. The ma- chinery at the power house of the Tram- way company was somewhat damaged, and caused a delay in the running, of the cars for perhaps an hour. Power was furnished by the Street Railway company and the cars were again mer- rily gliding between the twin cities. A section insulator or circuit break- near the Street Railway station was burnt out. There was a heavy rainfall. To-day the air is as hot as a freshly cooked buckwheat cake. Q Lieutenant Scott. At a meeting of Company D, 4th Regt. C. N. G., held last evening at the Armory, for the nomination of a second lieutenant to succeed Smith, dismissed. Winfield-Scott. received 23 of the 30 votes cast and was declared nominated by Captain Wilcoxson. Two new re- cruits were enlisted. The funny man , of the company deposited a ballot for William Jennings Bryan-lotNebreska. 'Italian laborers. on the steamer Icahn]: ANOTHE_R_I\IIURDER. Italian Named Grasso Shoots Baldo Through the Heart. , The Murderer Thought to be Insane. The second mnder of the year inI Danbury occured last 'eveving when Antonio Frasso, shot and instantly killed Bartolomeo Baldo. The dead was committed in front of the two men’s boarding house at 25 Osborn street. Both are Italians. " After supper last evening Grasso went down town. He stopped at sev- eral" saloons and staid a while in each.gL At9 o‘clock he started for home. The liquor which he had drunk had com- menced to work and by the time he reached the boarding house he was slightly intoxicated. Baldo wasjust leaving the house as Grasso entered. The latter proposed a wrestling match, and the former con- sented. They adjourned to the yard and commenced the bout. GraES) is slight and not very heavy, while his op- ponent was the direct opposite. In consequence Grasso was easily thrown, He became angered at Baldo’s super- iority and started into the house. Bal- do was a little surprised, but laughed. good naturedly and waited for his re- turn. In a minute Grasso came out of the house. He had in his hands a 32-cali- bre rifle. He. walked over toward Baldo. About 10 feet away from his intended victim he stopped and said tauntingly in Italian, “Do you want to continue the wrestling match ?” Baldo replied in words that equal the colliquial expression, “Don’t get excited.” This was no sooner said than Grasso raised the rifle to his shoulder, took a slight aim and pulled the trigger. His aim was true. Baldo staggered toward the house, but died before he reached the door. The bullet had pierced his heart. - The noise of the shot aroused the, neighbors and in a few seconds. therue were 100 people around the dead man. Grasso, who had returned to the house, again came forth and said _'in Italian, "Was my aim good?” With that he disappeared. The police were notified. When they arrived on the scene the crowd num- bered many hundred. .A search was Instantly instituted. The neighbors of Grasso and the inmates of the house refused to give any information con- cerning his whereabouts. He was found however, after an hour’s search. At the police station Grasso said that Baldo had slapped him in the face and was otherwise maltreating him before the shooting occurred. This was the only excuse he gave. He’ was sullen and evidently did not or could not realize the enormity of his crime. Grasso is 29 years of age, and his victim was 39 years old. Both men were a.little above the scale of the They worked in the hat factories. In Memory. Another Norwalk resident, the late Mrs. Charles G. St. John, has, at‘the good age of four score, been gathered to her fathers. She failed, by five years, to attain to the age of her mother who was born in the third autumn after the town’s burning and was the second daughter of Sturges and Sarah Perry. Sturges Perry of Fairfield, born March 17, 1754, was the nephew of the first Mrs. John Cannon of Norwalk. His mother, Grace, survived her hus- band and alludes in her will to her son Sturges as being “away.” This son was in His Majesty’s province from whence he removed to Stamford and thence to Norwalk. He here took to wife Sarah. daughter of Ebenezer Church, and his second child, Elizabeth, married Rich- ard Camp of Norwalk, a descendant of the Saybrook Buckinghams and the Milford Platte. Richard and Elizabeth Camp had five children, viz: the Misses Margaret and Eliza", well remembered members of St. Paul’s church, Esther- Ann, the deceased of Sunday evening last, Ruth Church. the beloved partner of the late venerated Charles N. Clock, and Samuel R. P., who married one of the fairest of the Norwalk Keeler daughters. Mrs. Esther Ann St. John was sister-in-law of the late Edward St. John of Cornwall-on-Hudson and Capt. .Alanson P., both brothers having been pioneers of the notable People’s Line of North river steamers. Her own and husband’s families have dignified Nor- walk history and in her death her native town loses a loyal and excellent daughter. Annual Excursion. . The annual excursion of the Metho- dist Sunday-school will take place to- morrow. The objective point is Paw- , .. IIIIILIiIIL MAI ER. rum... Hearing Held Last Eve- , , ning of Special Interest to - Property Owners on East Wall Street- A Goodly Number Feel Aggrieved. In response to the call for a public hearing in the matter of the assessment of benefits and damages in the widening and grading of East Wall street from the. westerly end of the Quintard build- ing easterly to a point opposite the Bis- gell homestead held at the Council 3+ came last night, there was quite a ghumber of interested property owners ‘Or their representatives present. Among the number were Platt Price, ‘John J. O’Sullivan, Frank H. Quin- tard, Charles A. Tucker, James Lycett, Levi Warner, John. H. Light, Joseph A. Gray, Daniel, George and Vincent .Honnecker, E. K. Lockwood, John ,Hanlon, Frank Mallory, Manice De F. Lockwood, Aurelius J. Meeker, J. Bel- den Hu-rlbutt, W. F. Acton and others. i, The meeting was called to order by Mayor Wheeler, Councilmen Boyer, i§mith,-Hill and Kent being in their irrespective chair, Councilmen Tristram fin’Dublin or Paris and Chinery in Bos- ton. :The call for the meeting was read in almnsical tone of voice by the clerk, after which the Mayor impressively in- ’ ed any. one present to offer their grids on what the committee as acting 13 the city’s interest had done whereby they felt aggrieved, in dividing honors and cards as to assessments of benefits "and damages in proposed improve- ments on East Wall street. In order that all should not attempt to talk at once and the same time, At- torney Gray suggested that each party in interest be taken in the order in which their names appeared in the call, a suggestion which the Mayor was pat withoand called..vfor representatives'of the centroid building, to which call Mr. Frank’H. Quintard responded with, “All I have to say is that I don’t think the award given me as being quite sat- isfactory, but I really don’t understand what is to be done.” Next in order of the list was Platt Price. He asked some pertinent ques- tions as what Was proposed to do with his building, and evidently was not sat- isfied with the amount awarded him for damages. He presented his objections fully as well as would have been done by an attorney, although he said that he regretted not having secured one. He said that he was willing to be as- sessed for the improvement, but thought that in this respect he had not been treated fairly. In fact he object- ed to the findings of the committee and wished to be so understood by the Council. The Mrs. A. E. Allen property came next, and Aurelius J. Meeker appeared for Mrs. Allen. He asked if in case the building owned by Mrs. Allen was to be moved back fifteen feet the city bore the expense of necessary land for such removal, etc. , Joseph A. Gray appeared for Miss Mary A. Honnecker. He called atten- tion to the fact that an expensive bake oven would be sacrificed, and that if the property was condemned or taken for the proposed improvement the build- ing owned by his client would be practically ruined for business pur- poses, that her loss would be far in ex- cess of the damages awarded. He ob- jected to the finding of the 'committee. Attorney Levi Warner representing the Miss Julia Lockwood property, was next on the list. He said that the as- sessments on his client’s property were not at all satisfactory, and was at a loss to see wherein she was to be benefitted by the proposed improvements, and that the damages awarded would hardly pay for the building of a new retaining- wall with other incidental and necessary expenses pertaining to such proposed changes. He said that he did not wish to criticize the action of the commit- tee but inclined to the belief that when they assessed the benefits and damages to the property owners, they were sort of feeling their way, and expected to find that something would happen thereafter that might bring about a proper adjudication of the matter. He too objected to the finding of the com- mittee. Mr. Warner also represented Mr. Manice De F. Lockwood. He said that his client felt that the street could not be cut down without injury to his property, and asked incidentally, if the city proposed paying for a new side- walk in front Of the premises. ,“lML Lockwood is not satisfied,” he said with the committee’s judgment'in the prom- ises. . ‘ . ' ' - son Park. The. party will sail there i The Rebecca Mallory property was up" Lhimself again ina, few .days. represented by Mr. Frank Mallory who remarked that he could not see where- in the property would be benefitted as the committee thought._ ’ The S. B. S. Bissell property came next," represented .by Councilman Boy- er. Mr. Boyer found no fault with the l I action of the committee, at least that was the impression, as he made no ob- ; jections. . . Attorney John H. Light spake a good word for the Lockwood prOpertyon the south side of. the street, by saying that a benefitassessment was unfair, and that the action of the committee was unsatisfactory. Mr. Warner appeared for the Tram- way company. He said that the com- pany was willing to meet all just claims, but denied the city’s rights to claims asked of the company. The company, he said, was perfectly willing to pay the assessment if it could be shown wherein they were benefitted to the amount assessed. He said further that the saving in the amount of power for the company to propel its cars over the hill would not be in excess of $50 a year. Again if the street was closed for the proposed changes unless some satisfactory arrangement could be made with the city the company would be at a loss. He suggested that a special hearing be held for the better under- standing of the situation as between the. company and city be held. The find- ing of the committee, he remarked were unsatisfactory. The following property owners who were'interested 1n the finding of the committee were called by the Mayor in order: Jeremiah DonOvan, Selleck Bros. , Street Railway Co.,W. Meseberg, W. B. E. Lockwood, E. K. Lockwood and the Beebe estate. No one answering, the Mayor then announced the James Mallory estate as next on the list. Mr. Frank Mallory responded with a “I don’t see wherein the estate will be benefitted. ” Next on the list was F. St. John Lockwood. J. H. Light claimed that the building known as the Lockwood building would not be especially bene- fitted. The some might not'be true of the building next door owned by Mr. Lockwood and occupied by Mr..Malone, "and added “We are prepared to show that sufficient damages have not been awarded." Mr. John O'Sullivan was next and spoke for himself. He said that the fact of one railway being a damage to his building, surely the introduction of another on the same street would hurt more. “I think my assessment is too heavy.” Attorney Gray presented the case of P. H. Dwyer a lessee of the Quintard building and said that Mr. Dwyer would be considerably damaged by the pro-I posed improvements. As a taxpayer, attorney Light, object- ed to the assessment against the Town of Norwalk, and put in the claim that the town was not legally assessable for the anticipated changes on East Wall street. ' James Lycett asked if the grading of the street would necessiate the closing up of a well in the embankment on Smith street and in close proximity to East Wall street. 'He was answered in the negative. By request of parties representing the Lockwood, F. Quintard and Tram- way intesests a special hearing was as- signed to be held at the Council rooms on Wednesdav afternoon at 2 o’clock. Another meeting will be held at 7:30 in the evening to listen to further- objec- tions from representatives of the Price, Allen, Quintard and O’Sullivan inter- ests as well as all others who may wish to be heard. And the hearing was adjourned until Wednesday afternoon. HAD SEVERAL FITS. George H. Schoch Taken to the Hospital in an Ambulance. Yesterday afternoon while sitting in Hermann Quittner’s saloon at South Norwalk, George H. Schoch of Roway- ton was attacked with epiliptic fits and it was found almost impossible to hold him in restraint. Dr. Bean who happened to be passing by at the time was called in, and did all in his power for the relief of the poor man, who had withina short time suf- fered over a dozen fits, scarcely " recov- ering from one before another followed. On the advice ofthe physician the am- bulance Was called and the man taken to the hospital. ‘ ' It required the united exertions of five men to keep him from doing him- self bodily harm. Before reaching the hospital .he had become considerably quieted from sheer exhaustion. . He is subject to attacks of the kind. To-day he is reported.as'restingquietly .at the hospital and will probably be and Holder for 25¢. DON’T MISS THE. . [The Latest Ads. Received Be- fore Going to Press. By the People and For the People." D1 ED. 51“. 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