.~' I." TALKS WITH ADVERTISERS . A PAPER S CHARACTER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT FOR AN ADVERTISER TO CONSIDER. IF THE PAPER IS RESPECTEI), THE AD WILL BE; IF THE PA- PER IS SENSATIONAL, THE AD ’WILL BE WORTHLESS. VOL. v11. NO.1630. NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY EVENING. JUNE 8,1897.- TIIE EVENING GAZETTE. HAS THE CONFIDENCE on THE '. ; PUBLIC. IT GOES INTO 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. PRICE ONE CENT. N0 PROGRESS MADE Investigation into the Green- wich Murder Presecuted Yesterday. William Beer of East Norwalk Knows the Man and Woman. The mystery in the Long murder, which occurred at Greenwich Sunday mOrning, deepens. ‘She1iff Fitz1oy and two P1nke1 ton detectives have been WOIklng' upon the case and haVe not as yet made any discov e1 ies as to VV ho his Slayers are. Coroner Doten, of Bridge- port, together with the sheriff held a consultation with the following men in the borough court house: Thomas Dobson, Frank Starkins, Daniel Gil- worth, Michael Cullen, James Doren, William Lindsley, William Sidney and John Critchley. The Stamford author- ities also arrested Lillian Olmstead. She was suspected of knowing the wo- man who owned the hat that was found at the scene of the murder by the sheriff, but it was afterwards learned that she could give no information and she was released. Each of the men were examined and Prosecuting Attorney Walsh advised that all the men be held with the ex- ception of Critchley and Doran, but Coroner Doten requested that all be held. The inquest continued until 1 o’clock in the afternoon, and was ended after Critchley and Doran had been discharged. The others were held un- til to- day when the coroner will hold another inquest. It appeais from the stories told by the men that are held that the woman and man, known as Sadie and. Joe, have been seen in Greenwich a number of times. Some of the mensay that they went to the lots with he1"at.12:30 o’clock and immediately after their arrival Sidney and Lindsley left the place and returned home by the way of the shore road. They say that they heard pistol shots, but instead of returning contin- ued on to the depot. Here they met Doran and several others and “together returned to the scene of the-murder, where they found the body of Long. The body‘was found in the fields next to the residence of William T. Ritch. Mr. and Mrs. Ritch were net at home at the time and the servant says that at 12:30 in the morning she was aroused by the'ringing of the front door bell. She opened the window and saw a strange man. She asked him what he wanted and he said that a number of tramps were assaulting a woman and asked for her assistance. She says 7 that she rang for the coachman,‘ who was sleeping in the stable, andhas he came out of the barn heard the shot fired. She also states that she heard a man at the same time call to a woman to get out .of here quick, at the same time both disappeared. - Sheriff Fitzroy, with Sheriff Miller, went to East Norwalk, and brought down William Geer, a young man of about 20 years, who is employed as night agent at the Greenwich depot. When he was taken before Prosecut- ing Attorney Walsh he broke’down and cried like a child. He said that he has seen this strange man and woman about 20 times during the past eight months. He admitted being in- timate with her himself. describes her as being a brunette and he thinks she hails from Rye. . The woman’s hat, which I was found by Sheriff Fitzroy, had the stamp of a Portchester milliner inside, but when it was shown to the maker She could not tell whom she had trimmed it for. A number of persons living at Cos Cob told the sheriff'that early Sunday morning they saw a strange man and woman pass there bound east. A little later they state they found a fur collar- ette upon the road. One of the men who is being held swears that the wom- an he saw on the night of the murder had such a collar on. The sheriff was notified that a couple living in North Mianus answered the descriptiOn of the parties they were looking for, but they proved to be not the ones wanted. Another session was held in the bor- ough court house at 9 o’clock last night, and.all the men were discharged with the exception of Starkins and Lindsley. ”The rest of the men are to appear to- day. During the afternoon the doctor op- erated upon the head of Long and re- moved the ‘bullet, which was of a 38‘ ' calibre. It entered the right temple and almost penetrated the head. ‘ 7 AA Vv --No claims, no affidavits, out a .-,. GAZETTE advertisement gets there _ He states- ‘ that he does not know the woman, but WANT A TRUSTEE. Heinsheimer Brothers Petition The Probate Court for the Benefit of Mrs. Gold. berg’sCreditors. The Petition to be Heard and Determined. on Tuesday Next. Jacob C. Heinsheimer and Frederick S. Heinsheimer, of New York, copart- ners under the firm name of Heinshei- mer Bros., have filed with the Probate court a written petition for theappoint- ment of a trustee to take possession of the property of Jessie Goldberg, the Wall street milliner, for the benefit of her creditors. Judge Woodwar d has or de1 ed that said petition be hea1d and deter mined at the P1 obate office on Tuesday, June 15, at 10 o’clock a. m. Selleck’s Norwalk History. This work of such important local value, increases in its absorbing inter- est with each succeeding number. Parts IV, V, and VI, may without exag— eration be denominated invaluable as compendiums of our ancient town’s early history. Part Five, had correct pictorial illus- trations of the homestead of Ex-U. S. Senator and now Secretary of State John Sherman’s grandfather and own father, still standing in a good state of preservation on the south-east corner of Main and Cross streets. It also has an accurate picture of the early home of Secretary Sherman’s mother, which stood on what is known as the last homestead of the late A. E. Beard and now occupied by his son Edward. Part VI, just issued has as its frontie— piece a portraite of the aged Mrs- Nehe- miah Rogers, nee Elizabeth Fitch, a lady reputed to have been as lovely in character as she was beautiful in per- son. . While the numbers thus far iSSued, deal very largely with the genealogies of'Norwalk’s ancient families and town settlements and founders, the History A; be mailed to any address upon receipt of 10 cents. - g Q A; Q 0 We. 59%. o o as a whole, when completed will be one of which any town 01 city of the old, original thirteen states of our Union, might'well be supremely proud. Every lover of our beautiful town, must of necessity feel a thrill of pleasure in reading these biographical sketches of ‘ its many noble and illustrious families and naturally desire to possess Mr. Selleck’s pains taking records and of transmitting his invaluable book to succeeding genrations.. This work was not inspired by, nor. is it continued with any expectation of profit. To Mr. Selleck it has been and is, a labor of love and reverence and should receive the generous and grateful support of all who revere their own or ancestors’ home, so rich in historical memories. <vr AMMONIA FOR WHISKEY The Fatal Mistake of a Winsted Man Who Mixed his .Drinks. James A. Williams, 58, a Winsted teamster, died at his home Monday morning in terrible agony as a result of drinking ammonia for liquOr. Phy- sicians were summoned but their efforts to save Williams’ life proved fruitless. He leaves a widow and two children. What’s This! In “making up’f yesterday the Wa-,.- terbury American must of had a‘ bad case of rattles to have made such an astounding assertion as the following: The Rev. D1. Harwrod, pastor eme1i- ; tus of Trinity Episcopal church, New 3 Haven, has been found in a saloon greatly improved' 1n health. ‘vr Dr. Milburn in Stamford. DE. Milburn, the blind chaplain of the United States Senate, Occupied the pulpit of the Methodist church Stam- ford, Sunday evening, preaching an el- oquent sermon. @fififi’ @QWQ $123995.“ AAPATTERN DEPARTMENI.4.. A \1\NWW\NV\r\r\r\N\n/m g The EVENING GflZ E T‘T E @alzferns, published in AEA another column are from the latest Coarls designs and will g gCITY FATHERS MEET. The Regular Monthly Meeting of the Councils of the , " Twin Cities Held . i ? Last Night. Homer Merrill Takes the Place of Judge Hubbell on Library Board. l ' It was 8:20 o’clock last evening when Mayor ~Wheeler called the regular :monthly meeting of the Councilmen to order. I The entire board was present. The usual grist of bills were ordered paid, anda few bills were referred to the proper committees with power. A report from the city librarian was read and accepted. . The 1eoula1 monthly repo1t. of the Chief of police, in which it was stated I that fifteen airests had been made and giving the disposition of the cases was read and accepted. Councilman Chinery stated that the fire department was in receipt of two spray nozzles, the working of which he would be glad to have the members of the board witness. They were, he said, known as the Boston and the New York. nozzles. 'He thought either would be a desirable acquisition to the depart- ment. He also reported that the new hose had been received and turned over to the chief of the department. He stated that the new fire alarm box had been placed at the corner of Kel- logg street and Sprlng hill, and that it would be tested on Wednesday. Mayor Wheeler thought it would be a good idea to have new fire alarm cards printed with numbers and locate,- tions of the boxes, as those circulated had not in all instances been correct. He then asked as to whether anything had been done in the matter of placing enunciators or indicators in the fire department quarters, and as to the probable cost of the same. Councilman Chinery said that he believed they could be'purchased for less. He was in favor of their intro- duction, . 5’- Coud’cilman Kent stated that F. St. - 4 A; i John Lockwood had offel ed to execute I a lease for the new police quarters in the James block for a term of three years at a rental of $100 a year. The Mayor was authorized to sign such lease. The matter of relaying defective wa- ter and other pipes, previous to the re- paving ofWall street was then broached. It was stated that with one or two ex- ceptions the pipes west of the Wall street bridge were in good condition“ a notable instance to the contrary be? ing the water pipe leading into the". .’. w-M‘i’AI-KW WW. posure necessitated frequent tearing up of the street for repairs. On the east side of the bridge pipes that ought to receive attention and be replaced by new ones were those lead- ing into the Lockwoods’ and the Dono- van buildings. It was suggested that all necessary work in the renewal of pipes, whether for sewer, gas or wate1,he done under the supervision of the highway com- mittee. On motion of Councilman Kent, En: gineer wood was instructed to investi- gate as to the needs of new pipes along Wall street and report at the next meeting of the council. Councilman Smith of the highway committee reported that the paving on Westport avenue had not yet been com- pleted. He also suggested the removal of two poles used for the purpose of holding electric wires and standing almost directly in the middle of the diamond-shaped park at the junction of the avenue with East avenue. It was reported that General Mana- ger Acton of the Street Railway line was making experiments with the com- pany’s electric sprinkler. This in reply to the question of the mayor as to what ; had been done in the matter of sprink- 1. ling the main city streets. Councilman Smith said that Mr. Ac- 1 a. / , .. _ _ .. mg" . . thought they cost about $125 each, but . railroad station, which owing to its ex- ‘ test as to the probable cost, and the e51- tent which the sprinkler could do the work, and thus far the test was satis- factory to the extent that the streets could be sprinkled from the car for a distance of from 8 to 10 feet on either side of the track, and that it was pro- pGSed to extend the test for at least a month bef01e any definite 1 eport would be filed with council. The bondsman of tax collecto1 A. A. in a proper sum. , Councilman Boyer of the finance ‘ committee was instructed to b01row $2,000 on the credit of the city. , Mayor Wheeler placed 1n nomination the name of Homer Mer1 ill to fill the vacancy in the board of library directors caused by the resignation of ex-mayo1 James T. Hubbell, and such nomina- tion was ratified by the council, and the Mayorcomplimented on his selec- tion. . The council then adjourned to Tues- day evening, June 15th. sourn NCBWALK COUNCIL. A regular meeting of the city council was held last evening, in the absence of the Mayor Councilman Hatch presid- ing. I Bills to the amount of $352.48 were ordered paid. The clerk was instructed to draw an order for $375 for the Electric Light commissioners. The water commissioners reported a balance of $2,478.99 in the treasury. The petitionof. the Crofut & Knapp 00.2fm permission to build an. addition to their factory on Water street qu granted. A petition f1 om seve1al citizens ask- 1mg that the Tramway company sp1 inkle its tracks was referred. The report of the board of library di- 1ectors was read and accepted. The st1 eet commissione1 was auth01- ized to purchase two mOIe loads of crushed stone. John H. Ferris asked fo1 individual contributions from the councilman fer the soldiers’ monument fund. A petition for a sewer on Reed street 1 was referred. A communication from Edwin Adams was read, calling attention to the fact that the sewer on Crescent street was clogged up, and comparatively useless. A communication was received from Mrs. Dauchy calling attention to sewer needs on Chestnut street. The ditch on Bouton street was re- ported as having been cleaned. The,” grass- ,on the easterly side of Westa-venue was ordered cut. It was voted to put a telephone in the Waterfcommissioners’ office, the police also to have the use of the same. H. S. .Brown asked for an abatement of his tax owing to error in assessment. The Street Commissioner was in- structed to take the necessary steps relative to the proposed improyements on Raih oad Place. The mattex of sewer on Monroe street was referred to the committee. The matter of a water pipe of same street was left to water commissioners with power. - ' STATION AGENT FLED. Railroad Official Who Had Been Detected in Emhezzlement. AHugh Testard, assistant station agent has fled to escape arrest for embezzle- ment. Testard had charge of all the freight collections and by means of ex- cessive charges on the bills in sums varying from 10 cents to over. $2 he suc- ceeded in securing several hundred dollars. Testard 1s about 30 years old and was born 1n San Antonio, Texas his experi- ence, however, extends through the country quite extensively. He has been employed as assistant station agent since March, 1896. A short time ago station agent . Lake began to receive complaints of excessive freight charges and he started to investigate. Travel— ing Auditor McCullough of the Consol- idated .road arrived Thursday . and stayed through Friday and intended to return Monday to continue 1 his investi- gations. Testard learned 'of the fact and shortly before midnight he hired a liverv man to drive him to Westerly, R. IL, where he connected with the “Owl” for Boston. The investigation by the auditor showed that over $150 were embezzled in the paSt two months. ,. Testard’s method was to raise the amount on . a duplicate bill leaving, the bill remain- ing in the offiee unchanged. A-‘ .. 0 Organ Men Assign. , I _ The assignment of Wilcox'and White, théavell known Meriden organ manu- ton was giving the matter a ,thorOugh facturers, was announced Monday. i,Town Court this afternoon, at Mystic'and quite popular socially, RASTOL'EANANUHOR‘. Harry ' Brown and Joseph Barnes Arrested on the ‘ Charge of Theft. I Will Be Given a Hearin Th's After- Betts was accepted as M1. Betts’ sur ety. My ‘ g I . 1,, noon. . Hariy Brown and Joseph Barnes are un‘de1 ar1 est on charges that may land them 1n jail. They will be given a hearing in the before Judge Gregory. It is alleged that they or at least'one of them stole chickens from a roost on the Burr Hendricks place, an anchor and rope from William Staples, and a sail from Bruce Byxbee. .Part of the plunder they sold to a representative of the Norwalk Street Railway Yacht club, and the Commo- dm 6 of the club has been subpoenaed to testify 1n the case. A 1a1ge numbe1 of articles have been stolen from boats of late, and it may be that the parties under arrest are im- plicated in the thefts. . Other arrests it is said will follow. Biown and Barnes were apprehended by Officer Morehouse. <v: A PLEASANT EVENING. The Young Ladies of Miss Baird‘s Institute Present a French Play. The students of Miss Baird’s Institute entertained their gentlemen friends at the Institute last evening with a French Play entitled Une Place a la Cour. Those who took part in the play were the Misses: Martin, Vera Atherton, Alice Blacker, Dorothy Stoddart. Rose Marie Newcomb,‘ Sallie Shoenberger, Jean Hand, and Marie Ives. Instrumental selections were render~ ed by Misseszlacker and Seibel, and Misses Taylor and Dyer, "and MiSs-F-lor‘ ence Esther Myer’sy the latter being exceedingly fine. ‘ The School Glee club also rendered a selection. The whole affair was delightfully ar- ranged and passed off very successfully as all at Miss Baird’s Institute do. V‘y‘ PERSONAL NOTES. Miss Jennie Dixon is spending a week’s vacation in VVestpoit, with 1 ela- tives. Mrs. William C. Jesse and daughtei Rose have retutned f1 om a visit with relatives in New York. Edwin L. Merritt of Cripple Creek, Colorado,»is in town to-day. Mrs. A. A. Lathbury and daughter of New Haven, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ghermann. Sylvester B1 otherton is doing qu y duty" 1n B1 idgepo1t. ‘Gen. John Bray of Providence wen shaking hands with friends in town to- day. Mrs. T. K. Noble will go to New B1 itain on Wednesday. Benjamin Andrews 15 contemplating a trip to California. THE GAZETTE WOULD LIKE TO SEE “Grandy” Betts’ life size portrait, done in oil by Artist John Sayre. Charles W. Hoyt scorching down the avenue with the boys, on a new bike. Weather not quite so rare as these days in June. “Dick” Fitch get orders for photo- graphing all the quaint old farm houses in Wilton. ' i A modern mail car attached to both our trolley lines. More of our city stores kept open evenings. . A two hour passenger steamer be- tween here and New York. l"_ ‘vr Fell In a Heap. A bicycle rider named Wilson who was scorching through Wall street last evening, in some way or other managed to get his Wheel caught in the tracks near the Ratchford building, and went down all in a heap. He was taken into the corner drug store followed by a large crowd, where he soon after 1e- vived. He escaped with a few scratches and seemed to be principally interested in the loss of his hat which was later, however, returned to him. Recent Deaths. John Bucknam, _a wellknown carpen- ter died at his home on Spring Hill last night, aged 74 years, His wifeand four sons. William, Edward, Charles and . LeWis survive him. The funeral ’will. be held Thursday aftefnoon. a u ) , A GREAT AR‘ENIC UNION. Consolidating the Big Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers,ShoIvs. The big and popular shows above named are to exhibit in Stamford, June 15, and if any doubts regarding the bona fide combining of their notable individual resources have been mali- ciously suggested or are mistakenly entertained, the strictly impartial and unquestionable testimony of the press \of New York City, of which the ap- pended editorial notice from the World is a sample, will conclusively dispel them: “M1. J. A. Bailey, sole owner of the ‘Adam Forepaugh ShoWs,’ has just con- cluded arrangements with. Messrs. Ephraim, Lewis, and Peter Sells, by‘ which the show owned by the latter and known as "Sells Brothers Enormous Railroad Shows’ is consolidated with” the Forepaugh Show, thus making the new show one of the largest and most powerful in the world. The combina- tion thus effected will have great influ- ence upon every other show in the country, except the Barnum & Bailey ‘ arreatest Show on Earth,’ owned solely by J. A. Bailey, and the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, in which Mr. Bailey has a joint interest. Under the new arrangement all the cages, cars, horses and the menageries, material, and paraphernalia of the Forepaugh Show will now be added to the already big Show of the Sells Brothers. ” EAST NORWALK. The Children’s Day exercises in the East avenue church will be held on June 20th instead of June 13th as previously announced. The Epwo1th prayer meeting of the M. E. church was led by Robe1t Thompson last night. Rev. John W. Beach D. D. presiding elder willpreach in the East, avenue church next Sunday evening. After the service the first quarterly confer-- ence of the year will be held. The mar mage of Miss Bertha Han- ford Smith to Edwin F. Seaman of New York will take place at the home Of the bride'to-morrow afternoon at 4:30. The Advent prayer meeting will be held to-night at the home, of Mr. Bir- chard in Darien. ‘ Miss Sadie Keogh-has been engaged as short-hand and typewriter in the office of the 01d°We11 Cigar Co. ROWAYTON. The County Commissioners have re- fused to grant a license to Nicholas Reed who made application on May 20th owing to the antagonism of the people of that village. When Mr.Reed heard of the remonstranCe he asked to withdraw his application. . :v:- NEW CANAAN. Frank Laiser is confined to his home with quinsy sore throat.- Fancher & Co. haVe put in a McKay lasting machine, and expect to further add to the equipment of their factory. Norwich Goes Bepuhlican.’ The election in NorwichiMonday re- sulted in a Republican victory. The Democrats saved one from the general , wreck. He was W.’R. Tingley. a can- didate for councilman. All of the other offices went to the Republicans. Two aldermen, four councilmen, two sheriffs, a clerk and a collector were the offices run for. ——_<...>____, The Sick. Mrs. E. Q. Keeler is ill at her home on Mott avenue. Mrs. C. A. Tucker is seriously ill at her home on Main street. Mrs. S. K. Stanley" 1s ill at her home on Main street. Mrs. James Mitchell is convalescent of a severe illness. ' Information Wanted. ' “ Arthur H. Norris, of 40 Kent street, Newark, N. J ., has .. written to _Mayor Wheeler for information concerning the whereabouts of Charles C. Norris, 1 who he- has reason to believe' IS in Nor- ' walk. “10.000 Trout Fry. One hundred thousand trout fry were received here this morning and will be distributed in the brooks and rivers about town. They were sent here by .' the government. ' DEATHS. BUCKMAN. —In Norwalk, June 8th, I - ' John Bucknam, aged 74 years.
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