Evening gazette, Saturday, June 5, 1897 · page 1

 

 

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VOL. v11. NO.1627.

NORWALK, CONN., SATURDAYEVENING, JUNE 5,1897.

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HAS THE CONFIDENCE OF THE
PUBLIC. IT GOESINTO NEAR: '
LY EVERY HOME. IT Is READ,
NOT FOR ITS SENSATIONALISM,
BUT FOR ITS READABLENESS,
AND AN AD PLACED IN IT IS
READ BY THOUSANDS.

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PRICE ONE CENT.

 

GOING TO WESTPIIRT.

The Bridgeport Traction Com-
pany Accepts Amendment ‘
I to Charter.

Fairfieid Objects to the Company Using
the Macadam Road.

«y . A special meeting of the directors of
the Bridgeport Traction CO. , was held
yeste1 day afternoon fOI the purpose of
accepting the amendment to their
charter granted by the state legisla-
ture early in May. The president and
secretary were ordered to lodge in the
office of the secretary of state an at-
tested copy of their acceptance of the
amendment.

President Radel said that the work
of extending their tracks from the
I present terminus at Southport through

to Westport would be commenced at
once. Further than that he would not
say. The Traction Co. has been grant-

ed the privileges‘of extending their.

tracks to this point by the general as—
sembly and the taxpayers of the town
of Fairfield voted at a special meeting
held recently not to allow the company
to extend their tracks. All along the
' road where the company intend .to lay
their tracks it has recently been ma-
cadamized and is in a first class condié
tion and to this the many hundreds of
wheelmen who traverse this section
daily can testify. Had the company
proceeded to lay these tracks without
accepting the amendment of their
charter the taxpayers could place an
injunction which would restrict them
from carrying out the work. Legal
complications will doubtless follow, the

r. nature of which are not known.

The Traction company regard the
Objection raised by the residents of
Fairfield as of little conSequence and
during the time that is intervening they
are devising a plan which they are
confident will result in the desired vic-
gory. . . .13 .. :-« -

‘ , There is a movement on foot among
a certain few of the taxpayers of Fair-
field to call a special town meeting in
the near future and appoint a special
committee to conduct the campaign to-
gether with a certain attorney The
proceedings will be watched with much
interest.

THE GAZETTEVWOUID LIKE To SEE

 

The Wall street widening dispute
compromised.

The Business Men’s Carnival a grand
success.

That Often promised clear weather.

The School Visitors muddle straight-
ened out.

A daily steamboat to New York.

A business men’s carnival in this
city.

Abicycle path to Dorlon Point.

All stray dogs captured and summar-
ily dealt with.

Manager Hoyt open his telegIaph
Office.

Emmet Austin and “Billy” Finney
on a tandem.

 

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Wedding Anniversary.

The fourteenth anniversary of the
wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Force
of South Main street, was celebrated
by their friends in the form of a sur-
party at their home last evening. The
party gathered there about 8 o’clock
and the evening'proved one of great
enjoyment to those present. Mr. and
Mrs. Force were the recipients of a

f , beautiful easy rocker and a large fruit

“ cake with the dates 1883 and 1897 frost-
ed thereon. A bountiful supper was
served and games played. Among
those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Clarke Ely, Mr. and Mrs. John Pierce,
Mr. and Mrs. James Bundle, Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Talmadge -and Mr. and
Mrs. EdwardWhite.

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Business Men’s Carnival.

The preparations for the Business
Men’s Carnival are fast approaching
t completion and banners and costumes

are the all-absorbing topic of the day.
Many of the firms are arranging for
gorgeous and brilliant displays and the
Carnival will be a grand moving pano-
rama of great variety, and promises
two nights of solid enjoyment.

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Bean Bake. .

The members of Co. D met last even-
ing and made arrangements for a bean
bake to be held at the Armory on June
18th. '

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—~All the successful Merchants 01
this City Advertise in THE GAZETTE.

 

 

STICKS TO

HIS STORY.

 

A nTcIocnoSS EXAM!

NATIoA BY MR. FES-

SENDEN FAILS T0 SHAKE HIM.

 

IMAP ASSINO PROMISES TO TELL A DIFFERENT STORY

 

ATTORNEY JUDSON can NOT WANT THE.
JURY To READ THE NEWSPAPERS.

 

Almost the entire morning session yes—
terday was given over to the cross ex-
amination of the accused man, Guis-
eppi Fuda, and it was expected by
everyone when it commenced that his
story of yesterday would be torn into
shreads. -

This expectatiOn was not
The accused man clung to his story
with a tenacity which the most skillful
probing could not release. When ap-
parently cornered he would say that he
had only the answer to make that he
first told in court.

At times he would become a little ir-
ritated and would reply sharply to.
questions repeated again and again.
He would say, “I have told you so
more than a hundred times. ”

He declined to explain some of the
apparently peculiar features in his
story and would, when urged, always
fall back on the Icply that it was just
as he told it in court

When State’s Attorney Fessenden
finished with him, he had come out of
the ordeal remarkably well, considering
the fact that he is considered a very
ignorant man. Occasionally he would
give replies that would show that there
is more under that placidnnnemotional.
exterior than the first superficial glance .
would indicate.

Either he is a man with a cunning

realized. .

came a1 ound at the rate of a hundred
a day.

Asked why he did not tell that he had
taken his wife to East N01 walk to ob-
tain a confession at the request of Ima-
passino when first arrested, he replied
because he wished to wait until he got
into court and he wanted to tell the
truth. ..

He did not tell anything to Donatel
when he was brought to this city from
Stamford at the last term of the court.
He did not tell it to interpreter Dona—
tel because his lawyer told him not to.

He did not tell anything to Donatel
because he knew the latter was against
him and would do him harm. . Upon
one occasion Donatel came to him and
wanted him to transfer all his property.
Donatel promised to help the accused
out when it came to . court because he
had a’ great deal of influence. Donatel
made the same proposition to him up-
on another occasion and also brought
him a bundle of cigars.

“Did you tell Donatel that your law-
yer told you to say nothing but that
Imapassino was as guilty as you were?”
asked Mr. Fessendenf

The witness answered that no such
conversationeveritook place.

“Did you believe that you were go-

5 ing to the theatre that night ? ”

“Yes, I was going where Imapassino

 

and intelligence far beyond‘ what any-

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be mailed to any address upon receipt of 10 cents.

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body gave him credit for or else he has
told a story based on facts, which if
produced originally 1n a n0vel would
be laughed at as a p1 oduct of the wild-
est imagination.

There was just one little incident
which threatens to be somewhat of a
sensation before it is closed. It occurred
just after Attorney Fessenden had re-
turned the witness to Attorney Judson
for the redirect.

It is an attempt on the part of the de-
fense to impeach the testimony of In-
terpreter Donatel, the man who accom-
panied Detective Wilkes to the jail and
held interviews with the accused. The
defense propose to show that Donatel
offered to use the influence which he
claimed to possess with the authorities
if Fuda would turn over the property
he owned in Italy to the interpreter.
Fuda claims that Donatel made this
proposition to him and also brought
him various little presents in the way
of cigars and tobacco to induce him to
talk. Fuda would not accept the offer
in any way.

Attorney Judson said that he had a
motion to make in connection with the
evidence given by Donatel and it will
be awaited with interest.

There were no demonstrations of a
threatening character to—day from Ima-
passino. He appeared to be much more
cheerful and frequently smiled at those
around him. Once or twice he shook
his head as Fuda said sdmething, but
aside from that he made no demonstra-
tion.

Fuda again took the stand as soon as
the jury had been called, to hear and
answer the questions which the state’s
attorney would put to him on cross ex-
amination”

The fi1 st question asked of the ac-
cused was why he thought the men who

“Why‘did you go to East Norwalk
after you reached South N orwalk if
you thought you were going to the
theatre ? ”

“I thought we were going there to
hear her (meaning his wife’s) confes-
sion.”

“Didn’t you suspect something was
wrong when Imapassino asked you to
go to a small Village at that time of
night, and to go to a theatre after he
had talked to you in the morning about
killing your wife. 9”

“Yes, I thought we wei e going to the
theat1e as he said.”

Several other questions in this line
Weie asked the witness but ne stub-
bornly held to his original statement.

"Did you tell Donatel in the presence
of Wilkes that Imapassino told you that
you had blood on your shirt and that
you tore off the collar and turned over
your coat so as to hide it?”

“N o Donatel told me that Imapassino

7 had said it and I told him it was not
SO 5’

“Did you tell Donatel that you had
torn off a piece of your Shirt collar and
thrown it on the road to East Norwalk
and then tu1ned your shirt in so that
no one would see you and then go to
the East Norwalk depot?” .

“ I told you that Donatel told me Im-
apassino had said it,” and the witness
grew a little excited.

be made in the theatre? ”

“I thought it Would take place in
some store or place in the village.”

ten or fifteen dollars so that she cauld
go away after she had confessed?”
“Yes, if she told me the truth I
would give her the money to go away.”
“ 'How did you expect to give her the
money? ”
“ I had a. twenty dollar bill.”
“ How did you expect to give her ten

 

came to see him in New York with In-
terpretor Donatel, were reporters. He
said he did not know, but he thought
they were because in New York they -

 

or fifteen dollars out of a twenty dollar
bill? ”
[CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR]

“Did you think the confession was to,

“And you intended to give your wife.

FEIL FROM A TRAIN.

MIChael McGinty Aof Danbury

Receives Injuries at
South Norwalk.

Now Under '. Treatment at the Hospital.

A man who gave his name as Michael
McGinty and his home as Danbury,
was taken to the hospital in the ambu-
lance last evening, where he now lies
suffering from severe cuts on his face.

As near as can be learned McGinty
fell from a freight train near VVhistle-
ville, .where he was found in a semi-
concious condition.

His wounds which consist Of two or
three ugly cuts about the month were
cared for by Dr. S. H. Huntington, and
this morning the patient was resting
as well as could' be expected, and it is
thought will be all right in a few days.

His. friends have been advised of the
accident.

SUES FUR WAGES.

George Peterson Brings a Suit
Against His Former
Employer.

 

The,.Case Being Heard Before Levi War
nor as Commissioner.

An attachment has been placed on
property belonging to James H. Beatty,
by George Peterson who sues to cover
a claim of something like $200 for wages
due.

The case is being heard before Attor-
ney Levi Warner as a commissioner,
AttOrney John J. Walsh appeared for
the plaintiff and Attorney Vosburgh fOI

. the defendant.

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PERSONAL NOTES.

Miss Gussie M. Taylor of Bethel is
spending a few days with Miss Eva
Williams of Meadow street.

Mrs. J. D. Van Buren of Newburgh,
N. Y. is a guest at the home of her son,
Robert Van Buren of West avenue.

Miss Dotha Stone Pinneo has been
visiting in Boston, Mass. ‘

Miss Fanniebelle Curtis is conduct-
ing Kindergarden examinations in
Brooklyn to-day. ’

Mrs. H. Bottan‘y of Camden, N. J. is a
guest of Mrs. .H. J. Grumman on Camp
street.

Miss Alice Pomeroy has returned
home from a visit with her sister, Mrs.
J. R.‘ Flannery at Brooklyn.

Mrs. Emily Littell spent yesterday
with her daughter Mrs. William E.
James.

Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Snover of Scranton,
Pa., are the guests of Le Grand J en--
nings of Jennings’ place.

 

Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Over River
school district will be held on Thurs-
day evening, June 16th. A new mem-
ber of the committee is to be elected, a
tax is to be laid and the matter of an
additiqn to the present school building
considered.

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lie-engaged.

Frank W. Gregory who for the past
seven years has been the teacher at the
North East school district has been re-
engaged for another yeai. M1. Greg-
Ory is a graduate of the Over River

school.

Fine Pictures.

A large frame of pictures of members
of Old Well and St. John lodges, F. and
A. M. attracts considerable attention
in the corner drug store window. They
are what are known as carbonettes, and
were taken by Lewis, the photographer.

A Villainous Act.

Some villian girdled thirty or more
maple trees on the property of M.
Sheedy at Winnipauk last night. The
act fully entitles the perpetr ator to a
term in jail.

 

Base Ball. .

The Over River school base ball nine
defeated a Center school nine yester-
day afternoon by a score of 8 to 2. An-
other game between the two clubs will
probably be played next week.

Services in 'Lockwood’s Hall.

Owing to the repairs going on at the
Congregational church, the " morning
services to-morrow 'will be held in
Lockwood’s Hall. In the "evening ser-

vices will be held in the. chapel.

 

 

‘ to be printed in this column.

’ THEY All ABAEAT;

Property Owners Opposed to

“16 Wall- Street Improve-e
ment Assessments.

The Meeting Adjourned Until Next Monday
Night.

At the adjourned meeting for the
hearing of parties in interest on the
Wall street improvement matter held
yesterday afternoon, there were present
his honor Mayor Wheeler, and Coun-
cilmen Hill, Tristram, Kent, Boyer
and Smith, with clerk Lockwogd.

The first business was the reading by
the Mayor, of a statement of objections
to the general mode of assessments and
a protest against his own as exces-
sive, from E. K. Lockwood, who fa-
vored a wiping out of the whole slate
and covering the cost of the contem-
plated improvement by a general tax.

A letter was next read from Col. F.
St. John Lockwood as trustee for. the
William K. James estate, protesting
against the assessment upon the James’
Water street block.

. Next a protest from Mrs. Julia P.
Wilson was read, who considers her as-
sessment unreasonably excessive.

Mr. George C. Lockwood next ob-
jected to his two assessments, one on
his hotel property on Wall street and
his store on Main street. As he could
see no possible benefit it could be to
him, he thought his assessment too
high on both and really that the assess-
ment on his Main street store should be
wiped out altogether.

F. H. Quintard appeared for himself

and other owners of the Quintard build-

ing,and stated that as they had lost all
the tenants they had prior to theMillHill
assessment and improvement, and had
not been able to rent any part of the
building since, he was decidedly against
being benefitted in any such way again.
He thought the assessment unreason-

. able.

A H. Byington appear ed and said
that he favor ed the improvement and
was willing to pay his just share of its
cost, but felt that the Council as fair
men, would upon comparing his assess-
ment with that of other nearby prop-
erty, see that he was more highly taxed
than any of the others. 'He narrated
the fact that as the largest stock holder
in the River Protection company, he
had paid his share of $2,300 for adding
to the’width of the bridge when it was
being built, for a front foundation for
the GAZETTE building, but iii order to
still further widen the space, he had
paid $1,600 more to set the edifice back
five feet from his building line; also
that he had set back the GAZETTE
building’s entrance eight feet from
the old Buirall store f1 ont line at that
point and also 13111;: in five feet more
into the st1 eet and had also secured the
setting back four feet, of all the stores
on the north side of Wall street up to
the west corner of’the Fairfield County
Bank building at Mechanic street. He
claimedno credit for all this,but thought
himself entitled to the same ratio of
assessment put upon other contiguous
properties. He would favor, if it could
legally be done, putting a share of the
cost of this much to be desired im-
provement into a general tax, as the
whole city would be benefitted by the
cutting away of the fronts of the wood-
en edifices on the south-eastern side of
the bridge.

Capt. Isaac Selleck thought the as-

‘sessments all wrong and too high.

Selleck Brother’s store would not be
benefitted a single cent. But if the
people wanted the work done there
ought to be a city tax laid to pay for it,
and to which he would not object.

Mr. Charles Curtis next appeared for
Mr. C. DeKlyn, who wished him to ob-
ject to his assessment in the strongest
manner.

The Mayor invited any others who
wished to be heard to make their state-
ments, but no one appearing he de-
clared the hearing closed and the meet-
ing adjourned until next Monday-night.

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FRATERNAL NEWS.

Secretaries of fraternal, or secret so-
cieties are invited to send to the
GAZETTE, the elections of officers and
other news pertaining to their lodges
The
names of officers should be brought in
on the evening of their election and
all other news with equal promptness.

 

The Liederkranz club will picnic at
Violet hill to-morrow. The scene is
not far from the Guigue greenhouses.

Pioneer Castle, K. of M. C. conferred
the Esquire and Sir Knight degrees
last evening. t

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—Special sale of summer. underwear
to-day, at the Boston Store, Norwalk.

 

 

WASHINoToA- NEWS.

G. Willis White of Norwalk
Applies for Assistant Ap-
praiser at New York.

A Number of Connecticut Postmasters
. Appointed.

- GAZETTE BUREAU II
1235 NEW YORK AVENUE,
WASHINGTON June 4.

Tarifli' bill this morning an hour earlier

and the delivery of two long speeches
by Messrs. Mantle of Montana, and
Butler of North. Carolina, caused less
advance than on any day since the bill
was taken up. By adjournment the '
few remaining pages of the iron and '
metal schedulehad been disposed of.
The wood schedule, which is short, will
probably be finished to-morrow, and
sugars will go over until Monday.
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A number of important appointments
were sent to the Senate to-day by Pres-
ident McKinley. Among them were
these:

Lawrence Townsend, of Pennsylvania,
to be EnvoyExtraordinary and Minis-
ter Plenipotentiary of the United States

to Portugal. - ‘

Ellis H. Roberts, of New York, to be
Treasurer of the United States.

Conrad N. J ordan,.of New York, to
be Assistant Treasurer of the United
States at New York city. '

Among the fOurth-class postmasters
appointed to-day were the folloWing
from Connecticut: M. A. Hunt, at En-
field, Vice E. A. Stewart, resigned; F.
M. Lord, at Marlboro, vice J. R.._Veazy,
resigned; A. B. Campbell, at Mansfield
Depot, vice F. L. Dennison, resigned.

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dent McKinley will nominate the new
Minister to Madi id in a few days. Six
names have been under consideratiOn.
Three of them a1e believed to be Gen-
eral B. F. Tracey, of New York; ex-
Senator John B. Henderson, of Mis-
souri, and Congressman Hitt, of Illi»
nois. Mr. Hitt states he does not de-
sire it. It is understood that ex-repre-
sentative Aldrich is to be appointed
Consul-General at Havana, Consula-
General Lee has practically closed up
the work on which he has been engaged. ~
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G. Willis White of Norwalk, has ap-
plied for his Old position as Assistant
Appraiser in the New York Custom
House and has the active support of
Congressman Hill.

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The Senate Committee on Civil Ser-
vice to-day reported an amendment to
the General Deficiency. bill, declaring
that no laborers of any class employed
by the Government shall be included in
cThe classified execution service rule's
heretofore p1 omulgated with respect to
this class of emplOyees.

The P1 esident has signed the Sundry
CiVil App1opriation bill.

 

‘ EAST. nonwmIK.

Louis Groeschner sustained a severe
injury on his right hand yesterday,
caused, by falling on a bottle. The
wound was dressed by Dr. F. B. Baker.

Mr. and Mrs. Techoner of Maple
avenue, are visiting in Port J eiferson,
L. 1.

Mrs. C. B. Whittaker of Maple ave-

nue is seriously ill.
1 Mrs. Charles Ainsworth and daugh-
ter, Miss Clara Ainsworth, who have
been visiting in B1 ooklyn, returned to
their home last evening.

Mrs. Henry Taylo1 and son" Harold,
of Seaside place, who have been visit-
ing friends in Northport arrived home
yesterday.

Dr.‘F. B. Baker and son Earl of Fort
Point street, spent yesterday in New
York city.

ROWAYTON. f'

 

' The ma1 riage of Miss Louise Neuen—
dorf, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theo-
dore N euend01f to Frederick E. Lock-
wood, Will take place Monday evening,
June 28th. A reception will follow-the
ceremony.

 

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One of the hind wheels of a bakery

,Ewagon to C. B. De Klyn & Son “dished” _

on Water street this morning.

 

 

DEATHS.

HOLMES—In Stratford, June . 3 .
George L. Holmes, aged '30 years.

 

 

The Senate began work with the 1

than usual, but the lack of a quorum.

It is believed generally that Presiv