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VOL. VII. NO. 1623.
WASHINngI NEWS,
Interesting Facts From the
National Capital.
,No Visitors at the White House on Dec-I
oration Day.
GAZETTE BUREAU, {
1235 NEW YORK AVENUE.
WASHINGTON. MAY 26. i
The President to-day sent in the fol-
lowing nominations:
Francis S. Jones, of Louisiana, score.-
tary of the legation of the United States
at Buenos Ayres, Argentine ReDublic. I
Charle Burdett Hart, of West Vir-
ginia, to be envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the Uuited
to Colombia.
John G. Thompson, of Illinois, to be
Assistant Attorney General.
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The chaplain of the Senate, in his
opening supplication this morning, in-
voked the Divine blessing upon Queen
Victoria and prayed for a continuation
of her long and commendable reign.
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Chairman Allison, of the Republican
caucus, has appointed Senators Platt,‘
of New York, Spooner and Perkins to
act with the Republican members of
I the Finance Committee, as a steering
committee in charge of the tariff bill.
The Republican members of the com-
mittee are: Morrill, Allison, Aldrich,
Platt of Connecticut and Wolcott.
o o o I
Senator Chandler this afternoon gave
notice of an amendment to the tariff
bill, which is intended to prohibit ille-
gal pooling by railroads.
o o o
The President has made the announce-
ment that he will receive novisitors on
Monday, Decoration Day, and has made
the request that no one call then.
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Representative Pierson, the leader of
the American side of the international
chess tournament to come off next week,
paid the President 'a v‘fs‘i‘t‘.‘ “He 'said'
that he came neither about the inter-
I national game nor the great chess game
of office-seeking.
o o o
The proceedings in the Havemeyer
case closed yesterday with the evidence
of Senator Davis. The tactics of the
defense showed up this morning, as
yesterday, to be a continuous objection
to all of the propositions, whether of
law or fact, of the district attorney.
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Acute bicycle mania is the very latest
mental infirmity on the lists of the spe-
cialists, and 19-year-old Raymond
Brown, the son of Thomas J. Brown, a
clerk in the Pension bureau, is accor d-
ing to his father its fir st victim here”
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A large number of the Congressional
callers upon the President these days
talk‘tariff. Cuba is not the sole topic.
Neither is the appointment of office-
seekers. The President looks upon the
passage of a satisfactory bill as of the
utmost importance.
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Civil Engineer R. E. Peary has been
detached from duty at the New York
navy yard and granted leave of absence
in order to enable him to make a series
of annual expeditions to the Arctic
ocean, under the auspices of the New
York Geographic Society and other
scientific organizations. The leave of
absence is for five years from date, with
permission to go abroad. Secretary
Long considers this action in the line
of a naval contribution to the cause of
science.
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The State Department has been ad-
vised through the United States lega-
tion at Lima, Peru, of the killing of an
American named Whaley by the Campa
Indians in the district of Perene.
o o 0
Senator Mark Hanna gave a dinner
last night to the members of Ohio’s
Congressional delegation.
o o o
Ex-Senator Hiscock and Miller of
New York are among the visitors here.
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Mrs. Hill and Miss Hill wife and
daughter of Congressman Hill, left last
night for their Norwalk home.
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Ex-Judge James T. Hubbell arrived
here to-night and is doing the city.
. 'Bounty Act Nullified.
The Supreme Court has handed down
a decision which apparently nullifies
what is known as the “boimty” act of
1895, which‘repealed the statute of lim-
itation against the receipt by veterans
of bounties voted during the civil war.
Many suits have been brought under
‘ the law of 1895, and some of the towns
‘ have paid up.
ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE!
OUISSEPPI FUDA’S CASE NOW BEFORE A
SUPERIOR COURT JURY AT
BRIDOEPORT.
FUDA, HIs WIFE AND IMAPASSIND SEEN TOGETHER THE
' NIGHT OF THE MURDER.
IDENTIFIED BY A mum; ITALIAN BOY.
The first witness called when court
reconvened in the afternoon was Officer
Walter Hall of South Norwalk. He was
the person who found the hatchet with
which the deed was committed and also
1endered valuable assistance in work-
ing up the case against the two men.
Mr. Hall described the finding of the
weapon, and gave a description of the
appearance of the scene. He told of
footprints discovered by him,e evidently
made by a man wearing a large shoe
with a low heel. The prints werealong
the stone ballast close to the shoulder,
and were pointing toward White High
bridge. His investigations were made
Saturday morning and afternoon. He
did not know how farthey extended.
As there were seven or eight people
around the place at the time, he could
not swear that the footprints were not
made by them, but to the best of his
belief they were not. Previous to his
visitIsome 200 to 300 persons had visited
the scene.
011 the cross-examination by Mr. J ud-
son considerable opposition was mani-
fested by Mr. Fessenden, and Mr. Jud-
son accused the state’s attorney of hav-‘
ing something in the testimony of the
officer which he did not care to make a
part of the case. The accusation was
denied. Mr. Judson cantinueddils cross-
examination amid numerom- objections
and finally got the officer to admit that
he had discOvered women’s footprints
near the scene Of the murder. He fol—
lowed the footprints along the banks by
the side of the track for 300 yards.
COnductor O’Neil, of the Washington
express, stated that on tlfe night of
February 17, at South Norwalk, two
Italians boarded the train. One of
them sat at the front end of the car and
the other stood up between two of the
seats toward the rear. To all appear-
ances they were strangers to each oth-
er. To the best of his knowledge they
did not hold any conversation. At
Stamford the men got off. Imapassino,
who at the order of State’s Attorney
Fessenden had been brought into the
court room, was at this juncture ush-
ered to where Fuda sat, with his coun-
sel. Both of the men stood up while
Mr. O’Neil subjected them to a close
scrutiny. He identified the men. In
reference to Imapassino he saidiI “He
looks a little paler than he did .when I
saw him on the train, and he didn’t
have any beard then.”
He had taken careful observation of
the men and could not be mistaken.
Fuda had sat in the front of the car
and Imapassino was the one who stood
up. At Stamford the men got off the
train. He followed their movements
as much as possible. The little fellow
(Imapassino) went down the tracks and
the big fellow (Fuda) went up the
tracks, said the witness.
On cross examination the testimony
was not shaken. Mr. O’Neil reiterated
his story and was sure that he could
not be mistaken.
Mr. O’Neil was followed by James E.
Cook, who is head brakemanI on the
"‘Wash,” and-who was fulfilling his
. He I
. was called in confirmation of the testi-
. mony of the preceding witness.
duties on the night of the murder.
Mr.
Cook stated with a few prods from Mr.
Fessenden in the way of questions that
his attentiOn was called to two men,
Italians, at the South N orwalk depot-
He was talking to a policeman at the
time. The two men appeared very
suddenly from between two cars and
came toward him. He directed them
to the car and then impelled by curi-
osity, caused by the suspicious actions
of the men, followed them into the car.
He saw that one of them was sitting in
the front seat, while the other had
ensconced himself _in the rear of the
car, where he was standing up between
two of the seats. I
Here Fuda and (Imapassino were
brought forward for inspection. Mr.
Cook identified-the men and said that
he knew them as being the same Ital-
ians who boarded- the train at _Southu
Norwalk.- Both of the men were paler,
he thought, and Imapassino had grown
whiskers, yet he was perfectly sure
that they were the men.
Continuing his testimony the wit-
ness stated that after leaving thesta- l’
tion he thought that he would take a-
closer look at the men. He had his
lantern with him, and setting this on
the" floor, very close to where Fuda sat,
he took a good look at him. He
noticed that the man’s pants, between
the ankle and the knees,were spattered
with mud.
Young Palmi was then called. He
testified.
“My name is James Palmi, I. live in
Stamford and have resided there for
the past two years.
and am 18 years of age.
the prisoner, well by sight, but did not
know his name. I know Imapassino
well. I knew Mrs. Fuda. Yes, that is
her picture, (indicating a photograph
handed to him by Attorney Fessenden.)
I saw her last at the Stamford depot.
That man (pointing to Fuda) was with
her. They were inside the depot.
I was born in Italy
Imapassino was outside and I talked to,
The second day of the Fuda murder
trial concluded shortly before 5 o ’clock
Wednesdayafternoon, am the evidence
introduced during the: closing hours of
the session left no (101113; In the minds
of the court attendants and spectators
that the representatives of, the state are
slowly weaving a web of circumstantial
evidence around the accused from the
‘ meshes of which it will be extremely
difficult, even for the astute counsel for
the defense, to extricate their client. I
During the entire day of the session
it was diflicult to surmise from—the evi-
dence introduced on the part of the
state just what objective point reached
for would show the plan of the prosecu-
tiOn; but late in the after noon, when
the attorney for the state finished with
two of his witnesses, it was made mani-
fest beyond peradventure that three
persons, Italians, two men and a woman,
the latter with a checked shawl, pur-
chased at the ticket office at the Stam-
ford depot three tickets for South Nor-I
walk.
The shawl found on the murdered 4 I
Woman and prOduced in court was
identical with the shawl worn by the
Italian woman who was in the party of
three at the Stamford depot and se-
cured tickets as stated for the 9:21 train
east.
James Palmi an Italian lad 18 years
of age, but exceedingly bright, was one
of the star Witnesses for the state. He
established the fact and his testimony
was corroborated later in the after-
noon that Fuda was in the depot with
his wife shortly before the arrival of
the 9:211train. He was called out of
the depot by Imapassino. The lad
knew Fuda and his wife and could not
be mistaken. He saw the two men
talking earnestly for a few moments
and that was the last time he saw IM rs
Fuda alive. He was shown a photo-
graph of the murdered woman and.
identified it as the woman with Fuda
when he saw the party together in the
Stamford depot. I
I Another important witness for the
state and the last one to be called, was
Martin Ryan of Stamford, who has
worked for the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
for the past seven years. In answer to
the questions of the attorney for the
state the witness said: "Yes, I was on
duty at the depot on the night of ’Feb-
ruary 17 last. I saw an Italian and a
woman sitting on the bench in the de-
pot before the departure of the 9:21
train. I
man from the woman in the depot. In
the course of a few minutes I had oc-
casion to speak to the men and they
went over to the west side of the depot.
They all three boarded the 9:21 train.”
“‘Could you identify the man who
was with the woman that night ‘9” II I
“Yes sir, I can.”
“ Fuda, stand up!” said Attorney
Fessenden.
I.‘.
I .
I came Of the woman.
I know Fuda,-
I saw another Italian call the ,.
NORWALE, OONN.,ITHURSDAY EVENING}, MAY 27, 1897.
“ That’s the man that I saw sitting in
the depot with the Woman, V’saiId the
witness. .
Mr Fessenden told the sheriff to Ibr' mg
the other prisoner, Imapassino, before
the witness. “That’s the man that
called the other one with the woman-
from the station,” said the .witness
Without hesitation. The state, as may
be seen, established the prima facia
fact-that the prisoners were last seen
in company with Fuda’s wife azid they .
were the last persons to see her alive.
They will now have "-to account for their
actions between that time when they
boaIIded the 9 21. train and the subse-
quent finding of the body and what be-';
It 1s believed that
the state will take up the thread of evi-
dence from the time the trio boarded
the train at Stamford, until they left it
in the vicinity of the murder. All day
the'state introduced evidence leading
up to the above points.
Much of the testimony introduced
was ItO corroborate the preliminary ev i-
dence secured the day before showing
the circumstances surr ounding the find-
ing (if the body of the murder ed woman.
The shawl wrapped about the shoulder s
of the dead woman and the hatchet
I~f01§hd on the scene which was used to
indict- the terrible gash on the head,
were introduced and offered in evi-
dence: The medical examiner testified
that no less than 12 wounds were inflict-
edupOn the woman.
The bloody footprints along the tracks
and on the . retaining), wall above the
bridge in East Norwalk where the body
was found, was testified to by Charles C.
Ross a conductor and others.
Dr. William C. Burke, the medical
examiner, testified as to the autopsy.’
He said that any One of the 12 wounds
on the body was sufficient to'prove fatal.
The: most extensive wound extended
fr om the crown of the head to the neck
back} of the left ear. This gash severed
the spinal cord and chipped Off a piece
of theIIfunfortunate Woman’s skull. The
Organs-of the body were all fOund to
be in aIfhealthy condition.
to hit . I was going to Portchester.
That I“ght was the last time I saw Mrs. ,
Fuda A couple of days later I heard
she Had been murdered.“ I left the
three of them at the Stamford depot
and boarded the train for Portchester ”
“ George H. Jacobs, the ticket seller
ian coming to the' window where he
stood and making inquiries about the
trains. There were'two of them. He
thought Fuda was one, but could not
say that Imapassino was the other. He
saw Fuda on that night about a quarter
after 9 o’clock in the station. There
was a woman with him. Fuda pur-
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chased one ticket and the man with,
him bought two for South Norwalk. ”
Martin Ryan, the man who identified
Fuda and Imapassino as being in com-
pany with a woman at the station on
the night of the murder, and spoke to
them, was the last witness to testify
and the court ordered an adjournment.
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A flat Sociable.
There was a rat sociable on Main
street this morning in front of ‘George
Allen’s cigar store. “Charley” had
ceeded in hiving eighteen rodents.
“Gyp” the Phoenix engine dog was
given first chance at them and quickly
broke the backs of seven. Grocer
Bates’ puppie “Sparkle” then dis-
patched nine more, and the remaining
two were ”scooped up” by “Gyp.”
Quite a crowd were present at the so-
ciable, which was of a lively nature.
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His Remains Claimed;
R. W. Lewis of NaugIatuck, abrother-
in-law of the late S. 0. Patterson, who
died suddenly at the Norwalk hospital,
arrived here yesterday afternoon and
gave instructions in reference to the
care Of the remains which are at the
undertaking establishment of J. D.
Jennings. They will be placed in a
casket and sent to Botsford Station, to-
morrow morning, and from thence
taken to Monroe, Where the deceased
has a brother living. N 0 word has yet
been received from Mrs. Patterson.
Dwyer’s City of N orwalk band will
go to Westport to-night and take part
in the reception to be given Rev. Father
Carroll of that place. €- ‘
at the Stamford station told of an Ital-
rS/Q-FU‘IE
Its/732%.
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1:1 WOTER PEOPLE .__. 3,
W ho are In need of work can secure a free advertise-
ment in the Want Column of _ . I3
‘ITHE EVEJWWG Gu‘IZETTE. 3’
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baited a trap the night before and suc~- ,
LO0KS_L_IRE WAR.
What was Believed to be a
Highway Closed up by Order
I of S. E. Osborn. ’
A Promised Suit at Law.Very Much ‘in
Evidence.
What had gained the name of Selleck
street at East Norwalk promises to be
a battle at law, caused by the fact
that bythe order of Solomon Enos Os-
born, a stone wall was laid across the
same 'by David Finch, on Tuesday.
Mr. Osborn did or . now does own
property on either side of the street
closed by his Orders, in fact he claims
to own the street itself as his property
and he sets up the further claim that
at no time has he in any way ever deed-
ed it to any one else.
'It is admitted that the street was
never accepted by the town. Never-
theless it has been used as a thorough-
fare and building lots have been sold
on the Selleck property Iand houses
erected under the supposition that the
street in question was a public highway.
Selectman Selleck evidently believes
it to be a public highway, leastwise as
soon as he learned that it had been
closed up he informed Mr. Osborn that
he would give him just twenty-four
hours in which to remove the obstruc-
tion. The time expired at 12 o’clock
to-day.
Considerable indignation is expressed
by those- who have occasion to go over
th'eroad at Mr. Osborn’s action. He
has retained Attorney Walsh and will
make a sturdy fight for what he claims
as his 1ights.
Being asked by a reporter this mor n-
ing, as to who was making the fight,
Selectman Selleck said, “If considered
a highway by the town, the town would
fight it. If not, the Selleck Brothers
will fight it. He has no Rufe Raymond
estate to fight this time, etc.” I
The outcome
watched for with special interest by
residents of East Norwalk, who have
not been as much "stirred up” since
election.
This morning Mr. Osborn’s attorney
searched the records and found that
his client had recognized the street in
question as a highway in selling lots
described as being bounded by such
highway.
And the obstruction will probably be
removed at the expense of the party
who had it placed there. It is safe to
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say though that it will not be long be-
fore the street is accepted by the town.
It was a tempest in a tea- -pot as it
were.
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THE GAZETTE WOULD LIKETO SEE
A little Warm weather.
The man‘ who would pay two cents
for a fake yellow journal when he can
purchase a newspaper for one cent.
The street Sprinkler sprinkle the
streets and not flood the crosswalks.
The police. capture the man who lit-
ters yards and porches with circulars
etc. I
The town that is not injuredvby yel-
low journalism.
Those illegal liquor sellers who have
"an United States license and no cOunty
license raided.
Froze His Feet.
Ephraim Merritt the well known
Water street blacksmith is engaged in
building an iron fence‘at Ridgefield.
This morning the somewhat startling
news was given a GAZETTE reporter
that Mr. Merritt while at work yester-
day morning on the job froze both of
his feet. It is not believed however
that amputation will be necessary.
“Eph’I had on his summer socks at the
time but has since changed them for
woolen ones which he proposes wearing
during his stay in, Ridgefield. And
Builder Thomas Stout smiles when he
tells of “Eph’IS” experience.
A-‘
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Thermometers registered 40 degrees
above Zero at 5 o’clock this morning.
of the case will be
.ILIIPIILAII IIIII IIIbE-A‘II‘AIIE. I '
THE EVENING GAzETTE GROWS
ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE IT- GETS
THE NEWS AND PRINTS IT. PEo- -‘
' PLIE PATRONIZE A WIDE-AWAKE
PAPER-
IrmoE ONE CENT.
CONNECTING LINK.
a.,.
YouIcan Perhaps Ride Direct
From‘Wall Street to West-
port on a Car Memo.
rial Day. I
. Necessdry Documents of Agreement Hays
Been Signed,
The work .of putting in the switch
connecting the Street Railway line
with the Tramway line to Westport at
a point near St. Paul’s church is nearly
completed, and the stringing of neces-
sary wires for the furnishing of. power
by the Street Railway company will
probably be completed so that cars will
be run through from the Norwalk club
house to Westport on Memorial day.
The matter between the two roads
had been practically settled some time
since, but the work of completing the
connection has been somewhat delayed
owing to legal questions that arose in
reference to the signing of papers by
the two companies.
It isIunderstood that the cars running
to Westport will run on a schedule with '
the Norwalk club building as the start-
ing point at this end Of the route.
N ow let the company establish a five
cent fare to We'Stport and we may all,
who wish to visit Westport, be happy ,
yet.
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. PERSONAL NOTES.
Rev. and Mrs.IFrederick Curtis have
returned to Norwalk, and are at the
home of Mr. Curtis’ parents on Knight--
street.
The tOWn has cOncluded to pay the
judgment in the case of Demarest vs.
the Town of Norwalk.
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FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.
A PriZe to the First Sending in theII
_Largest Nnmber of Correct ,
Answers.
Commencing with Monday’s issue of
the EVENING GAZETTE, a series of re-
buses and enigmas Will be published
each evening expressly for school
children of the public and private
schools of the town. I .
. ToIthe one first sending in the largest
‘5
number of correct answers each week. -
A Lincoln Fountain Pen with a war-
ranted solid gold pen and beautiful
chased holder will be given.
Answers can be handed in at this of—
fice, at the branch office, 12 North
Main street, South Norwalk, or sent
through the mail.
The winner’s name will be announced
in the WEEKLY GAZETTE, each week.
Charade. I
XIX. ,
To provide for the hungry first’s duty I
know,
To cut in a slanting direction also:
To him who holds gambling a pleasure
first’ s known,
F01 either in cards or in dice it is
thrown.
My second for strength and for beauty.
is famed,
In Scotia there’s one in particular
named;
Of fire or of smoke composed. second
has been,
As a figure of speech, to uphold it is
seen. ' '
My whole, though with strict vegeta-
r ian views,
Is a robber, and gets a vast share of
abuse;
One of a large army it covers a space,
And an enemy’s held by the whole- hu-
- man race.
MARRIAGES.
BURKE—VVORTHEN. —-In B1 idgeport, -
May 26, by the Rev. Louis N. Booth,
Miss Clara Worthen to Edmund Burke,
both of Bridgeport.
BURKES—WILLIAMS. —In Danbury,
May 25, by the Rev. A. C. Hubbard,
Miss Berstella Williams to James E. ..
Burkes, both of Danbury.
RUFFLEs—SATTERLEE. —- In Balls
Pond, May 19, by the Rev. W. F. Ber—
ger, Miss Marguerite Satter lee to Al-
fred Rufiies, both of Balls Pond. \
SMITH —— SCUDDER. --— In Newtown,
May 26, Frances Carolyn Scudder,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Scudder
of Dodgington district, to Arthur Judd
Smith, son of Rev. Henrv B. Smith,
formerly Of that place.
DEATHS.
CONNELL——In Fairfield, May 26,
Mary, wife of Thomas Connell,
COUCH—In Park Ridge, N. J. May
25. MinnieL. Dickerman, wife of Mar-
shallJ. Couch formerly of South Nor-
walk.
LYNAM—In Bridgepora May 26,
Bessie, wife of James J. Ly 11am, aged
23 years '
WEEKS—In Asheville, N. C. May 26
Iennie Middlebrook, wife of Frank
Brown Weeks, and only daughter of L.
N. Middlebrook of Bridgepbrt-.
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