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Vol. VII. “711016 No. 1556
ANOTHER BURGLARY.
A House at Springwood Robbed
of Money and "Clothing.
Bro'ke Out a Pane of Glass.
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Nogy, who con-
duct a store on Ely avenue, at Spring-
wwo'od attended the ball given by the
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ungarian Reformed church Thursday
home
about 2 o’clock yesterday morning
., found' that during their absence the
house had been burglarized
Investigation showed that the bar-
glars had gained entrance to the build-
ing by breaking out a pane of glass,
and evidently cut their hands in so do-
ing,as there was considerable blood on
the snow near by.
At the time the burglars effected
their entrance two women members of
the family were sleeping undisturbed
On the second floor of the house.
It was found that the robbers had
stolen a dozen and a half of shirts as
well as other articles of wearing apparel
and between four and five dollars in
money which had been left in a cigar
box.
The only reason that the woman gave
for not having notified the police yes-
terday morning. was that her husband
had gone to New York and she conclud-
ed to Wait until he came home.
‘ ~Mrs. Nogy yesterday afternoon noti-
fied Deputy-Sheriff Lyon and he made
- an investigation, but did not succeed
in locating the robbers. They have
hadl plenty of time in which to make
the chances of their capture preve of a
puzzling nature.
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NORWALK GETS $73,000.
Also $75,000 Appropria‘ted for a Light-
house in New Haven Harbor.
At Washington yesterday additional
amendments to the sundry civil appro-
priation bill, aggregating nearly $750,-
000, were reported to the Senate by
variouscommittees. Among them'were
the following: By Senator Platt—Ap-
propriating $73,000 for lights for Nor-
.Whlk harbor, and $75,000 for a light-
house on the outer breakwater at New
Haven.
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PRINTERS GM STRIKE.
The Employees of the Munsey Magazine Go
Out.
Seventy-five printers, stereotypers,
machinists, electrotypers and engrav-
ers, with the pressmen, employed on
the Munsey Magazine in New London,
went out on strike yesterday afternoon.
The men went out to stay, according
to Mr. Munsey, the publisher, who says
that none of the men who have struck
will be taken back in his employ.
The strike comes about through what
MnMunsey calls the over-certification
of the pay roll.
Pearl Wedding Anniversary.
'Mr. and Mrs. Stephen K. Stanley
will remember their thirtieth wedding
anniversary to-day and will quietly cele-
brats the same by'paying a Visit with
friends in Danbury. And may they
live to celebrate their golden wedding
and after that their diamond wedding
anniversary.
Freight House Burglars.
In the criminal Superior court yes-
terday the jury listened to the evidence
in the case of the state against John
Smith and M'elbourn Armstrong who
were accused of burglariously' entering
the freight house of the Consolidated
road in this city.
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Death of F. P. Miles.
Frederick P. Miles, the younger .of
two sons of the late Congressman Fred-
’erick Miles, died at his residence in
Lakeville yesterday aged 42 years. Mr.
Miles has been a sufferer from Bright’s
disease for some time, but has been
confined to his bed for two weeks.- He
leaves a wife and two children.
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Off for Washington.
Mrs. Robert Van Buren, Mrs. '1‘. K.
Noble, Mrs. M. H. Parsons, Mrs. Tall-
madge Baker and Mrs. John E. Ferris
left for Washington this morning, to be
present at the annual convention of the
D. A. B. which opens in that city on
Monday next.
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Foresters in Bridgeport. ,
After the business part of the meeting
last evening Court Marina, F. of A.,
held a very pleasant smoker. Delega-
tions were present from Waterbury and
‘said that they were not the men who
allowed to depart. ,l
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' Norwalk, Conn, Saturday Evening, February 20, 1897.
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[FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY G. s. NORTHJ
THE WEAPON FOUND.
The Bloody Hatchet with Which
the Italian Girl Was Killed
Found by the Police.
The Victim Thought to Be Carmela Fuda,
of Stamford.
FUDA GAUGIIT III NEW YORK
Ofiicers Pennington and Hall this
morning found the weapon with which
the young Italian girl was killed in
East Norwalk, Wednesday night.
. It was a dangerous looking hatchet
with a broad blade, keen edge, small
head and a short handle. It was cover-
ed with blood and hair where it had
been driven into the girl’s head.
The officers made an unsuccessful
search for the weapon yesterday, but
this morning, the snow having melted
considerably, they were more success-
ful and found the bloody weapon half
buried in the snow about 45 feet from
where the body of the girl was found,
and upon the same side of the track.
This is the most important clue thus
far obtained, and may lead to the dis-
covery of the murderer.
It is now thought that the murdered
girl is Carmela Fuda, wife of Guisseppe
Fuda, a railroad laborer, who hadlived
in Stamford for some four months. .
Yesterday afternoon Chief Bowman,
Stamford, came to South Norwalk with
a business man of that city who inden-
tified the body as that of a woman who
had been in the habit of making pur-
chases at his store.
A picture of the dead girl was also
recognized by several Italian residents
of Stamford as that of Mrs. Fuda.
Fuda, the husband, went toNew York
Thursday morning to look for his wife,
whom he claims ran away, taking $27
of his money with her. He was arrest-
ed there this morning and Chief Voll-
mer will go after him to-morrow morn-
ing, and it will soon be known for cer-
tain whether the dead woman is his
missing wife.
The body of the young Italian girl
lies at D. W. Raymond’s Morgue.
Coroner Doten did not resume his in- .
vestigation yesterday afternoon as the
scene has shifted to Stamford, where I
probably the witnesses who know any I
facts that may lead to the discovery of
the murderer, will be heard.
Three Italians were held in Stamford
yesterday by the police of that city,
but as Brakeman Robert M. Russell
rode to East Norwalk with the girl on
the night of the murder, they were re-
leased. '
The men arrested were Emile Philo-
meno, twenty-two years old, who has
lived in Stamford fourteen months;
Francesco Presarello,:twenty-two years
old, who has lived in Stamford one
year, and Luigi Aiello, upon whom
were found immigration papers, "show-
ing that he had arrived in this country
on Thursday. .
The men were much disturbed over
their arrest, and Philomeno and Pre-
sar‘ello, who speak English, demanded
to know what the charge against them
was. They were much .relieved when
Aiello, the youngest of the party,was
the only one whose appearance resem-
bled the deseriptions of the tall, dark
man seen in the woman’s company. He
'was tall and slender, with piercing
dark eyes and a black mustache. He
wore an imitation fur cap. Similar to
that alleged to have been worn by the
taller of the two men who journeyed on
Brakeman Russell‘s train from Stam-
ford to East Norwalk on Wednesday
night.
. A fact that may prove of the utmost
importance in running down the mur-
derer was brought out yesterday in an
examination of the bodv, and that is,
the belief that the man, who inflicted
the terrible wound on the left side _of
the neck—presumably with an axe or
hatchet—was left-handed. ,
In support of this view is the wound
in the neck, which runs from above
and back of the left ea’r downward to
the back of the spinal column, and
could never have been inflicted with
the right hand for the reason that the
direction of the cut and the point of
deepest penetration of the axe coincide
with the theory that the murderer was
bending over his victim in such a posi-
tion as to render the delivery of the
blow impossible with any but the left
hand. ‘
It is unquestionable that two imple-
ments were employed in this murder,
wielded by persons of differing
strength. The stab wounds in the
back and cheek were undoubtedlymade
with a two-edged weapon, probably a
stiletto, and there was a lack of force
in them, some scarcely penetrating
through the skin.
The other wounds in the neck and
skull could only have been madev with
a. small hatchet or axe wielded with ter-
rific force, since they penetrated
through both muscle and bone. The
wounds on the back of the head must
have been made from behind, as every
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one of them crushed in the skull. The
axe wound in the neck was evidently
made with the intention of __severing
the head from 9 body, so as to create
the impression that the woman had
perished in a railroad accident. The
condition of theblood stains proves
beyond any doubt that the stab wounds
were inflicted first.
The fact that the autopsy revealed
that the woman was not married nor
had not been violated; makes the mys-
; tery still deeper.
——OLOSED WAsinAiéTon's BIRTHDAY.
Boston Store, Norwalk. Special Sales
To-Night.
5 to 6 o’clock.
100 Tooth Brushes 5c.
Ladies 190 Handkerchiefs 93.
7 to 8 o’clock.
$1.00 4 button Suede Gloves 503
Men’s 393 Outing Shirts 250.
8 to 9 o’clock. “
Men’s 500 Night Shirts 250.
250 Veilings 12%0‘. ,-
9 to 10 o’clock.
500 suspenders 250.
Men’s 500 Unlaundered Shirts 38.3.
8 to 10 o’clock._ '
Choice of any cloth cape 33.00.
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Memorial Services. .-
A Washington Memorial serv1ce will
be held at the Congregational church
to-morrow evening with an appropri-
ate adlress by the Pa stor. There
will also be special music by the choir.
—All"_t11—£>+Successful Merchants of
this City Advertise in THE GAZETTE.
KILLED BY A BLAST.
George A. Bunnell of Bridge-
port Fatally Injured in
' His Own Ouarry.
' A Huge Boulder Crashed Through the Roof
of His Office.
yesterday from injuries received at his
stone quarry in Black Rock last Thurs-
day; .-
Mr. Bunnell owned and operated an
extedsive stone quarry in' Black Rock.
On‘Thursday he was attending to his
usual duties about the quarry and went
into the small tool house which is a part
Of the quarry plant. While there. an
extra-heavy blast was set ofl‘ by his men.
He had no idea that any of the flying
debris would reach him there and was
occupied with his tools. The men had
scattered in all directions when the
warning for the blast came, and from
the points cf observation were horrified
to see a heavy mass of stone fly through
the air and crash through the roof of
the house where Mr. Bunnell was at
work.
‘ The men hurried to the shanty and
found their employer stretched on the
floor bleeding and helpless. Immedif
ate preparations were made to remove
him, and his wounds were rudely
dressed by the men. He was taken to
his home on Elmwood avenue, where
Dre. White and Gold attended him.
They found injuries of a fatal nature.
The huge rock had struck the victim
fairly and had crushed his shoulder and
opened a great wound in his side. The
physicians made desperate efforts to
check the internal hemorrhage, but
were unable to do so and were obliged
to tell the grief stricken friends that
death could not be delayed for any
great length of time. The injiired man
gradually failed until death intervened
at noon yesterday. His aged mother
was. stricken by the shock and is now
in ii \pre'carious condition. {The de-
ceased was a man of good business
qualifications. He was 37 years of age
and leaves a. wife and two children.
DELIGHTFUL. .RECEPTION.
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An Evening of Pleasure at “Old Hillside”
Last Nig‘ht.
Mrs. M. E.--Mead gave one of her de-
lightful receptions followed by a dance,
last evening at Hillside. The guests
were received by Mr. and Mrs. Mead as-
sisted by Miss Boot, Miss Brenlinger,
Miss Thayer and Miss ‘Hunt. The
rooms were profusely decorated with
flowers, roses being used chiefly in the
reception and drawing rooms, while a
beautiful arrangement of pansies and
smilax adorned the table in the dining
room. Lovely music discoursed
throughout the reception which lasted
until ten O’clock, when the young peo-
ple commenced dancing. The evening
was passed most delightfully and the
occasion will linger in the minds of
those who participated as a pleasant
memory.
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Btnedict’s Cruise South.
A dispatch from Greenwich yesterday
said that E. C. Benedict’s yacht Oneida
was .being prepared for a cruise in
southern waters, and that President
Cleveland would go on the.trip as the
guest of Mr. Benedict, starting a few
days after March 4.
When Mr. Benedict was seen yester-
day,:.\e said that he was having his
yacht put in readiness for a cruise on
which he intended to start in a. few
weeks. “It has not been decided yet
whether Mr. Cleveland will go with me
or not. I am going away on a cruise.
That is all I can say on the subject at
present.”
Bridgeport Morning Union sold.
Yesterday Attorney John C. Cham-
berlain, receiver of the Union Publish-
ing company, publishers of the Bridge-
port Morning Union, sold the entire
'plant of the company to Attorney
~Frederick A. Bartlett, who represents a
number of gentlemen now connected
with the paper and “outside capitalists.
_ A joint stock company will be oigan-
ized, and the publication of the paper
will-doe carried on by the new company.
Receiver Chamberlain’s order from the
Superior Court provides for his con-
tinuing the business until March. ,
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'“ Civil Service Examination.
An examination for the positions of
deputy collector and inspector of the
customs service will take place in
Bridgeport on April 3rd. . Only citizens
over.20 years of age are eligible.
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Local news on the last page.
George A. Bunnell of Bridgeport died
Prim on: rent " '
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WILL BE INAUGURATEO AT
WASHTAeToA Oil MAT-Tm A F
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IF YOU AHEA MEMBER OF A WHEEL OLIIB YOU ARE
ELIGIBLE TO 60 AT THE GAZETTE’S EXPENSE. and: _
' I'IIISTLE FOR VOTES AIIO WIII.
President William McKinley, of Ohio, will be inaugurated I
at Washington, D. C, on the 4th of March. Extensit'e prep-' 1
arations are now being made to make the civic and military
parade the largest ever seen in the capital city. .
Thousands Of visitOrs from all over the United States wil.
be present to witness the grand spectacle.
Would you like to be present and see the great sight?
If ‘so, and are a member of any wheel club "in ”Fairfiel‘d'“
County, you are eligible to contest for the EVENING GAZETTE’S I
free excursion ticket to Washington.
7 OUR PROPOSITION.
The EVENING GAZETTE will present to the member of any wheel
club in Fairfield County receiving the highest number of
vOtes, a free ticket to Washington and re‘urn onthe occasion
of President McKinley’s inauguration.
WHO ARE ELIGIBLE.
No one can contest for the EVENING GAZEI‘TE‘S ticket unless
a member of some wheel club in Fairfield County. Anyone
connected with this Office, either dire zily or indirectly, is de-
barred, and votes sent in for: any employee, or for an y‘ relative-
of an employee, will not be counted. '
‘ THE VOTING. .
The winner will be determined by a vote ‘01" the readers of
the EVENING GAZETTEWG voting will close at 8 o‘clock p. m.
Thursday, February 25th, low, and the result to be an-
nounced on Friday, February 26. ‘ V
In order to facilitate the "voting and for the convenience of
the voters the official ballot below will be printed in these
columns every day, which is to be cutout, and the blank
lines filled in by the voter, with the name of the candidate, *
the club of which he is a member, and his address, and sent
to the GAZETTE office. I I .
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