’ Is- Ifyo’u want the best ' goods fortIIe least money ’ read. the advertisements _ . 3n the Gazette. , e4 Recognised-i a. the ” amny paper‘the Gazette’s advertising c3l1‘1mns IIIIlll prove its value to“ you. ' VOL. VII. ' NO. 1737. NonWALK, comm, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8.1897. PRICE ONE CENT. CHIEF VOLLMEB’S IIIIIII. 3 II: IIIII IIIPIIIII eLIIIsroIIE VlSlT KOEIILEll’S 0111 Simon. SATURDAY NIGHT. LIQUOR SELLING IN FULL BLAST. PAUL LAUER FOUND BEHIND THE BAR AND PLACED uNDER ARREs'r, WHILE THE‘spIRI'rs ARE TAKEN To POLICE HEADQUARTERS. Saturday [night at 9 o’clock Chief William Vollmer acting under instruc- tions from Prosecuting Liquor Agent E. M. Lockwood, called Captain Glad- stone into service and made a raid on the liquor saloon on South Main street formerly run by Alois Koehler. When the officers arrived they found liquorf selling going on openly, and in violation of the law. Customers came and departed while the officers stood looking on obtaining evidence of the illegal sale. Behind the bar was Paul Lauer,who served the thirst-y customers as fast as their orders were received. The Chief suddenly put a stop to the thriving business by placing Lauer under arrest. ‘ Lauer at once claimed 'that he was selling for Koehler’s brother John, the chef at the Imperial cafe, who he claimed had made application for a li- cense, and he did not know that he was violating the law in selling. As Attorney Lockwood had ascer- tained that no license had been applied for before the raid was made, this bluff did not work and Lauer was -obliged to furnish a $50 cash bond be- fore he was allowed to depart. While the Chief was attending to the bar tender Captain Gladstone was collecting the liquors about the premi- ses and rounded up the following: 4 half barrels of lager; 2 demijohns of whiskey, nearly full; 8 full bottles of claret, 2 bottles of gin, both nearly full; 1 bottle each of apple jack, cider brandy, bourbon whiskey, port wine’ ,. Funeral of Father Leo. A One of the greatest tributes to any citizen of Winsted was paid to the late Rev. Father Leo on Saturday, a great throng attending the funeral. Delegations from the T. A. B. soci- ety the Knights of Columbus and the Ancient Order of Hibernians for med a guard of honor at the bier and in the procession to the last resting place of the deceased. At St. Joseph’s church the office for the dead was chanted at 10 o’clock by the priests present, of whom there were many of the most prominent in the diocese of Connecticut. Solemn high pontifical mass was cel- ebrated by Bishop Tierney, of Har t- ford, and at the conclusion of the mass, the bishop,proclaimed a glowing eulogy upon Father Leo. There were 13 honorary pallbearers, including Gov. Cooke and six veterans of the Ninth C. V. ‘The others were Franciscan fathers. The interment took place in the Sis- ter’s cemetery, just north of the paro- chial residence in Winsted and near St. Margaret’s convent. There were fully 3,000 people present. ‘ V —Photogr aphic supplies at Riggs Drug store. 0 14 tf 4“ Walter N.Pressey Dead. The many Norwalk friends of Walter N. Pressey will be pa1ned to hear that he 'iiied at his home in Bridgeport on Saturday last, aged 24 years. HIS parents, Captain and Mrs. ‘Isaac N. Pressey, will receive the deepest sympathy of their large circle of ac- quaintances in this city, in this the hour of their bereavement. The funeral will be held from his late home, 339 Colorado avenue, Bridge- port, tomorrow afternoon" at 2 o’clock. cream de mint and lager. These had all been Opened and some of the hon- tents sold. In addition to the above there were found about twenty cases of empty beer bottles and fifteen empty beer kegs. The liquors were taken to police headquarters and will be destroyed when so ordered by the court. This morning Lauer appeared before Judge Gregory, and evidently having forgotten about the “Koehler’s brother bluff,” he pleaded guilty and was fined $15 and costs amounting to $32.35. Alois Koehler,the former proprietor, has given the officials considerable trouble of late. Before the Criminal Court of Common. Pleas in Bridgeport, Wednesday October 13, Judge Walsh presiding, Alois was arraigned, charged with selling liquor in the town of New Canaan contrary to law. His was the first trial of the the term and Koehler will have good reason to remember the day and date. Koehler was arrested and tried in New Canaan. He was found guilty and fined $25 and costs from which decision his attorney, George A. Honnecker, took an appeal. \When the case appear ed befor e Judge Walsh and jury Attorney Honnecker had secured the services of Attorney Hall of Bridgeport to assist him in Koehler’s defense. Their labors were in vain, however, as the jury found him guilty withput hesitation. Judge Walsh imposed a fine of $25 and costs, taking into consideration that by the finding Koehler’s license was revoked and his bonds forfeited. AMUSEMENTS. Patent Applied For. Elmer E. Vance’s up-to-date comedy,- “Patent Applied For,” will be persent‘ ed at Hoyt’s Theatre to-night. Every- one who has seen its predecessor, “The Limited Mail,” will hail with delight the announcement. We understand that Beatrice, who has hosts of friends here, 'has the leading part, which is sufficient guarantee that everything will be exactly as it should be. Henry E. Dixey the Magician. . Some of the scenes which will be shown by Henry Dixey, the magician, at Hoyt’s, November 11th, are “The Magician’s Palace of Fable,” “The Magnificent Orient,” “The Flowery Kingdom,” “Midnight Mysteries Among the Yogi of India” and “The Home of Magic.” Some of the feats and illusions are “The Talking Skull,” “Diablo Magique, ” “Fantastique Mira- cles,” “Vision of Paradise,” “Flight of the Slave,” “The Sultan’s Visitor,” “The Shower of Flowers,” “Improvis- itation,” “Metamorphosis,” “The Mys- terious Flight,” “Magic Money,” and others too numerous to mention, and then we will have thirty minutes of Adonis Dixey in his unique imperson- ations. Steamer Alert Raised. The Stamford freight steamer Alert which ran on the rocks between South Brothers Island and Lawrence’s reef near Hell Gate last Wednesday night rend sunk,has been raised by the Merritt & Chapman wrecking company. Bad Condition. ‘ The attention of the selectmen is called to the wretched condition of the New Canaan road east of Whatis knOWn as the “Five Corners. " ONLY HIS WIFE. Bassett Insists He Was Not a Party to the Appeal. The Original Suit Was Begun Against . 1hem Both. ‘ Attorney Joseph A. Gray appeared before Judge Howard J. Curtis in Bridgeport Saturday morning and ask- ed for the dissolution of an injunction 7 prayed out by O. L. Bassett,» to prevent the; attorney from executing a judg- ment obtained against Bassett at a re- cent term of the court of common pleas. The motion to dissolve was opposed by Attorney Gregory and -Attorney John J. Walsh of Norwalk, who appeared as counsel for Bassett. The case itself is rather interesting from the fact that the conditions existing are unusual. J. Belden Hurlbutt is involved in the original suits. Some time ago, James Price and his wife, Anna, colored, opened a restaur- ant in the Wilson building on Wall street and moved a part of their house- hold effects into the store. They owed a bill to Bassett and his wife, Nettie, and the goods in the store were at- tached to satisfy the claim. The officer, under instructions, took the cooking utensils, table cloths and many other things which the defendant claimed un- der the law Were exempt from attach- ment. Therefore a suit was instituted against Bassett and his wife, claiming $1,000 damages on two counts. The ac- tion was first discussed before George .D. Keeler as a justice of the peace. Af- ter a hearing, a judgment of $100 and costs on the joint counts was rendered against Nettie Bassett and she at once filed an appeal to the court of common pleas. Attorney Hurlbutt appeared for her and prosecuted the case in the higher court, according to the docket, as the appeal of both Bassett and his wife. When it was heard, a decision was given in which the judgment of the lower court was reversed. The wife was given a decision in her favor while the plaintiff, Price, was allowed to re- cover $78 and costs from Bassett. An execution was immediately issued on this judgment. The attorney for Price threatened to have it served and placed the defendant in the county jail unless the judgment was paid. It was at this juncture that the in- junction argued Saturday was asked for. Bassett claims that he was a party to the original action in the lower court. When the court decided that his wife should pay the judgment and that he was not responsible in any way, his connection with the case end- ed. He alleged that the appeal was not made by him but by his wife. For this reason he asks that the injunction restraining the execution of the judg- ment against him be continued in force. Attorney Gray in his argument claimed that Attorney Hurlbutt repre- sented the husband in the higher court and that Bassett was a party to the ap- peal. He alleged further that the docket of the justice clearly stat 3d that the appeal was made by the “defend- ants.” He Claimed that Mr. 'Hurlbutt appeared in his interest at the taxation of costs in the case, and contended that the present proceedings were an effort on his part to defeat the law. Attorney walsh by evidence showed that the record of the justice was writ- 'ten bya clerk in the employ oer. Gray. This was admitted by Justice Keeler. - Attorney Hurlbutt in which he stated that he was engaged in the original ac- tion by Mrs. Bassett, and never ap-. peared as the attorney for Mr. Bassett in the court of common pleas. was presented to deny the claim that! the husband was a party to the appeal. Judge Curtis reserved his decision. ' V Succeeds Miss He lbard. Miss Miriam B. Scot of Baldwins- ville, N. Y., has been 2 gaged as the successor of Miss Marian Hebhard, re- signed, in the Kindergarten depart- ‘ V . ment of the Over River sbhool. A deposition was read from' This ' II ABLE IIEIILIII OFFICER DR W. J. TRACEY LOCATES TIIE SOURCE OF THE BREAD SCARLET FEVER. _. cIIIIE FROM I won MILK. EIIIM. / CHARLES H. HAWXHURST ORDERED NOT TO SERVE, ORDER, SELL, FURNISH 0R SUPPLY MILK UNTIL' PERMISSION Is GIVEN BY THE HEALTH OFFICER. For some weeks past Norwalk and South Norwalk have been threatened with an epidemic of scarlet fever, the source of which it was hard to trace. School rooms were ordered closed, but with the only effect that the disease seemed to increase. At the present time though there are but eighteen known' cases of the fever in town. The health board were at first baflied in locating the source of the disease. Persistent effort 0n the part of health oflicer Dr. W. J. Tracey, however, has finally traced it to the dairy farm of W. L. Keeler at North Wilton, who has been supplying Charles H. Hawx- burst of this city with milk. It was learned that Mr. Keeler’s house had been quarantined by order of the Wilton health officer, Dr. Gor- ham, some four days before the disease appeared in this town. It was also found-that in every in- stance where the disease Was located in town, it was in the families of those who received their supply of milk from - Hawxhurst. It was further learned that Mr. Hawxhurst’ssupply'of milk came from the Keeler farm at Wilton Or Bald Hill, so called. Health ofiicer Tracey after advising with the general board issued ‘a mani- festo forbidding Mr. Hawxhurst sell- ing milk until such time as he should be permitted to do So by the health ofii- cer. In defense of his action in selling the milk, Mr. Hawxhurst, stated that the HORSE 'l'HlEF ESCAPED. Tom Fisher Seen About Stamford 'But Evades the Police. ’ 1 Thomas Fisher who is wanted in Nor- walk for stealing two horses and for stealing one in Stamford about two years ago was in Stamford Friday even- ing. Fisher visited a number of sa- loons on Pacific street and was soon on the road to intoxication. He boasted of the horses which he had stolen in that city, also of the two which he had ' taken in Norwalk. Later in the even- ing police headquarters were notified about the statements which the man was making and several members of of the force at once started to look for Fisher, but the bird had flown. His whereabouts have not, yet been dis- covered and it is possible that he may yet be captured. 3 , Grand Opening. The Monte Cristo pool and billiard parlors have been thoroughly renovated and a grand opening under the man- agement of George H. Allen will take place on Wednesday evening, on which occasion there will be an exhibition of fancy and trick pool shots by Fred Hall, and also a match game between Hall and William Keisler. The admission ,will be free. ‘ ‘ Expert Cculist. Prof. M. S: Rosen, the well known oculist, will be at the Mahack‘emo hotel to-morrow. The Professor is an ex- pert in his line, and has a large num- ber of patl-ons' 1n the Twin Cities. He iexamines your eyes free, and furnishes Iperfect fitting glasses should you desire to secure them. A call at the hotel to- ‘ morrow will find Professor Rosen in readiness. to examme your eyes or give you advice. ' ' . vertisement of to-day. health ofiicer at Wilton had granted a permit to Mr. Keeler to dispose of milk as formerly, and it is stated that such permit-is in evidence. 3 The order of health officer Tracey, specified that Mr. Hawxhurst should neither “serve, order, sell, furnish, or supply milk,” to any one, and to that end Officer Hunt was detailed to see that the order was complied with, and he is now filling the duties of his ap- pointment. Dr. Tracey will see to it that every- thing pertaining to the carrying on of Mr. Hawxhurst’s business is thoroughly . disinfected before allowing him to re- sume the same. ' As a further safeguard against the spread of the disease the health oflicer has furnished the principals of the schools with a list of the customers of ' Mr. Hawxhurst,and all, of their chil- dren- have been excluded from the schools until such time as he, the health officer, shall advise of their return. It is not'for a moment believed 'that Mr. Hawxhurst was other than negli- gent, and. all will regret to hear of his trouble, but at the same time his negli- gence might have cost many lives. As to the action of the party who sup- plied him with the lacteal fluid it is perhaps hard to judge, but that he will receive the condemnation of many, goes without the saying. ’ Truly Norwalk ought to feel proud of its board of health and health officer Tracey. Every parent in N orwalk owe them a debt of gratitude. SUPERIOR COURT. A Remarkable Session to Open in Bridge: port To—morrow. The criminal superior . court will come in again to-morrow for one of the most important sessions ever held in Fairfield county, there being three murder trials on the list, besides sev- eral other'cases of more than usual in- terest. The case of William Sidney, who is indicted for the murder of Edward Long in Greenwich, will be the first taken up. This case will doubtless be . full of sensational features and there will be some evidence of a very bad character—too bad to ever insinuate in print what it is. , But the real interest will center in the trial of Boinay and Weeks, even though it may not last long. The in- tention of States Attorney Fessenden is to place the two on trial as soon as the case of Sidney is disposed of. Mr. Fessenden would like to try the both together, but Week’s counsel Attor- ney Klein, would undoubtedly object to such a com se. —-——-—‘O.O>~.-—L-—— _ Irish Fair. There was a large attendance at the Irish Fair which opened at the Armory, . Saturday night. 'It promises in the way of special attractions to be one of the best ever held under the auspices of St. Mary’s society. A 'The Weather. Rain to-night and I‘uesday warmer. ‘ V Vv‘> The Hospital directors will meet at the Norwalk club rooms to—night. —We would call your attention to the remarkably low prices of muslin undei— wear spoken of' 1n the Boston Store ad- Read it. BROWN ARRESTED- New Canaan Man Charged ‘ With Assault on Miss Hall.- Admits Being in Her Company, But Denies the Charge, George Brown of New Canaan, was locked up at Stamford Saturday after- noon, and will have to answer to a se- rious charge in the Stamford court to- day. ' 7 Brown is the man, who offered to take [Miss Hall of New Haven to the depot, last Sunday night, and who, it is al- leged, drove her up into‘ the country, near Roxbury, and attempted to assault her. The story of this incident, and of how the woman cleverly fled to the woods and made her way to a farm- house, has been told in this paper. ' From the description of the man giv- en by the woman, and from other cir- cumstances, the police were led to sus- pect Brown and he was kept under sur- veillance. Enough was learned to justié fy his arrest upon suspicion. Brown admitted that he was in the woman’s company and that they drove up the country. So far as the attempt- ed assault is concerned, however, he denies many points in the story related . by Miss Hall, and which has been pub- lished. He claims that she gave hiifi encouragement, that she willingly went riding with him, and that she made no outcry. The woman— —whose right name, by the way, is not Hall—was in Stamford Saturday, but without knowledge that an arrest was to be made. She visited police headquarters and was brought face to face with Brown, whom she . positively identified. Attorney Carter heard the statement of each of the parties. heard of .the alleged assault, he has in- sisted that such a thing shall not take , place in Stamford without a complete ‘- investigation and punishment. of the guilty parties. _, The woman was willing to let the matter drop, but she has now consented to go upon the witness stand and tell her story to the court. OVEBCOAT PARADE. Ever since he A Project on Foot for a Parade by the South Norwalk Police Force. The police force of South N orwalkare ‘ in receipt of their new overcoats,’ and a project is on foot for a grand torchlight parade to take! place some evening this week. The line of march will be through the principal streets of that city and may “slop over” into this city. An effort will be made to get the two military companies, and, if successful, the parade will be formed in the fol- lowing order. Marshall—Fred Coleman. Aids~—W. A. Wheeler, H. E. Bodwell, A. H. Haf- ner, Thomas J. Magner and Everett E. Wheeler. Companies D and F. Mayor Bohan- man and council (Comstock absent) in carriages. Chief Vollmer and Captain Gladstone'wearing their new overcoats and riding in a barouche. Lieut. Hall, also wearing a new over- coat, mounted on a horse. Captain. Pennington, new over coat, riding a bicycle, followed by a squad of police similarly mounted. Supernumerary police wearing the old supply of overcoats. They will be on foot. Detective Monahan in disguise will act as a water boy to Chief Vollmer and Captain Gladstone. Carriages, wagons, and citizens gen- ‘ erally. All are invited to join the procession. Luncheon will be served on the - Washington street bridge at 1:30 o’clock next morning. 7 i DEATHS. BRADLEY—In Bridgeport, Nov. 6, William A. Bradley, aged 85 years. LACEY—In Southport, Nov. 7, Charles ,7 Lacey, aged 73 years. - MCCOLOM—In Fairfield, Nov. 5, Ar;- thur McColom, aged 85 years. " PRESSEY—In Bridgeport, Nov. 6, Walter M., son of Capt Isaac N. and ‘ mophia F. Pressey, of Bridgeport, aged 24 years.
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