read‘l the advertisemerfis
‘ in the Gazette.
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‘FUDA WILL BE HUNG FIRST.
IIMPOSINO WANTS TO MEET HIM AND SAYS THERE’LL
BE ONLY ONE HUNG.
Within a few days preparations will
be begun at the Connecticut state
rprison for the double hanging, which
Twill take place there next month.
Guiseppe Fuda and Nicodemo Imposi-
no, the Norwalk murderers,will.be ush-
ered into eternity between Thanksgiv-
ing‘time and Christmas.
Fuda will be the first victim and he
will be hanged two weeks from next
Friday, which will be December 3. His
associate in crime will meet his doom
on the morning of December 17.
The men are Italians and the crime.
for which they were sentenced to death,
was committed at East Norwalk last
February. Fuda’s n wife was induced
by the assassins to accompany them on
’ what was‘ represented to be a business
strip.
At East Norwalk they left the train
and in a lonely spot adjacent to the
railroad she was butchered by Imposino
' ' .and Fuda.
The mangled remains were then
:' "wthrown across the track forrthe spur-1
pese of having them mutilated by the
train, but this scheme failed f01 the
engineer of the train which first passed
the scene of the murder, saw the body
‘ on the track and stopped the locomo-
tive a few feet from it.
4 The condition of the body showed
conclusively that murder had been
committed, the hunt for the assassins
was begun and justice swift and sure
was meted out to them. . 1
Both men are prepared to die and at
present they appear calm and uncon-8
«cerned. Up to within a few weeks ago
they gave evidence of an intensehatred
for each other and during the first two
months of their stay at the state prison
Imposino longed and watched for an
opportunity to get at Fuda.
They were confined ithin six cells
ofeachother and every day as Impos-
ino passed Fuda's cell he swore at him
fieréely and acted as if he would like
to break down the iron door to get at' ute ,,
‘ him.
. would ‘never be able to live down this
ing exercised to allow Fuda into the
yard and he promised that if his wish
was complied with there would be only
one hanging next month.
It seemed at one time as if Imposino
feeling but through the influence of
Father Flannery he is gradually allow-
ing his hatred to be usurped by feelings
more human.
The cause of the breach between the
men is due to Fuda’s having made a
confession in which he implicated'fm-
posino. The latter believes he neve1
{could have been convicted if Fuda had
held his peace and since his commit“
ment to the penitentiary he has been
in constant communication with the
Italian consul in New York endeavor-
ing to have that official use his influ-
ence to procure him a new trial.
some time ago, owing to the mutual
animosity ex1s8ting between the men,-
it was found necessary to keep them as
far apart as possible, so that now they
are not within hailing distance of each
other.
When they go to church on Sunday,
8Warden,Woodbridge is handcuffed to
Fud'a and Deputy Warden Baisden to
. Imposino, and one is kept, 8i8n' the gal-
V'l-lery'duripg divine service and the
'He almost-begged Warden Wood- .
_ bridge one afternoonwhenhe was be-
other in the main hall under the gal-
lery,a so that they have not seen each
other for months and never will again,
on earth at least.
Next week Fuda will‘ be placed in the
condemned cell. As he cannot talk
English, comparatively little is known
about him. Of the two men he is de-
cidedly the more nervous and a mere
“good morning” addressed to him when
he is unexpectedly intruded upon.
makes him jump out of his seat.
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THE ARIONS CONCERT.
It was Well Attended, was of Rare Ex-
cellence and Greatly Enjoyed.
The success of the grand concert and
ball given by the Arion Singing So-
ciety, in Arion hall last night, exceed—
ed even the anticipations of the mana-
gers. Eve y number on the musical
programme wasa gem of rare excel.
lence and this was notably of the num
bers in which 'the Misses Spreska of
Hartford appeared. The concert was
fdllowed by dancing.
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-—'Photographic 'supplies ,at” Riggs
Drug store. 0 14 tf
sounl 'No'nwnLK
Has Millions for Defense butNot One
8 ,Cent for Tribute.
Says the Sentinel of Monday:
“The city of South Norwalk has given
no answer to the, mandamus proceeding
brought by the Norwalk and South
Norwalk Electric Light company,'in
regard to the company’s petition for a
transformer in Water street. The
time expired to-day, and City Attorney
Light will show reason in the Superior
court to-morr'ow why no answer was
made. The city proposes, it is said, to
fight the General Electric company to
the end, and will give the company no
more privileges within the city limits.
A prominent city official said this
morning, that, in the language of a faé
mous sovereign, “The city has millions
for defense, but net one cent for trib-
Mortality Report -
According to the Bulletin of the
ConneCticut State Board of Health for
the month of October, there were in
town last month 19 deaths, of which
number one was of a child under 5
years of age. The causes were diph-
theria, 1; typhoid fever, 1; malarial
fever, 1; consumption, 2; nervous dis-
ease, 4; heart disease, 2; all other dis-
cases, 7; still births, 3. The board also
reports 45 living births during the
month of September and four marriages
during the same month.
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Prison Life.
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The GAZETTE is in receipt of a copy‘
of “The Record” published at the State
prison in’Weathersfield., The Record
is a four page, .four column monthly
filled with interesting articles and.
bright paragraphs gleaned from the
everyday life at the prison. The per-
iodical deserves success if for no‘ other
reason than that it breaks the quiet
mOnotony of the prison llfe and is de-
voted to the interests of the 1nmates of
that institution, .
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Visit Postponed.
Owing to the storm the Kennedy
Guards of Danbury, did not visit the
Irish Fair at the Armory last night.
Their visit has been postponed until
this evening, at which time they will
3 met at the railroad station in this
city by Company D and the City of?
.Norwalk band and escorted to the
Ar mory.
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WANTS Barnum.-
c. Ford Seery—Eaves a Coins
m-unication "at the Ga.
zette Office.
Attorney Hart Says the Creditors Want
an Examination Made.
The following communication was
handed in at the GAZETTE office by C.
Ford Seeley yesterday afternoon, for
publication :
To the Editors and Publishers of the
Evening Gazette, Norwalk, Conn.
Gentlemen; I hereby request you to.
retract the libelous charges made about
me and contained in your paper of the
issue of November 11, 1897, in as public
a manner as that in which they were
made. This notice is given you under
section 1 116 of the general statutes of
this state.
The charges alluded to as being libel-
ous are as follows:
1. Caught at last. C. Ford Seeleya
long evaded the sheriffs successfully.
2. C. Ford Seeley of N o1walk and
New Canaan, whose disappea1 ance
from Stamford, where he left unpaid
bills amounting to about $7,000, creat-
ed a surprise in this city and Hal tford,
as well as in Stamford. has been
served with a notice requh ing him to
appea1 in court and show cause why
several diamond rings and other arti-
cles of jewelry 'in his possession should
' not be converted for the benefit of his
creditors. The papers were served on
Seeley on Monday night, by Sheriff
Bolster of Stamford, and also at‘the
residence of Edwin S. Rapello of Black
Rock.
3. Nothing was known in Black
Rock of his business trouble, and it
was not known in Stamford where he
was, until Monday, although his credit-
ors had employed all available means
of locating him.‘
[14. He did a paying business, but de-
He contin '
fissiy in'
ments of his debts.
policy until he became hope
volved, and then took French leave. I
It was announced sodn- after his depart-
ure that he had gone to Europe and flu
a time the search for him was aban-
doned.
5. The interested parties will not ~
divulge the Source of inf01 mation
which led to the discovery of Seel‘ey’ s
whereabouts. . -
6. He was conspicuous by reason of
his wealing liugs set with d81amonds of
considerable valuef Whether these
are his propeity 01 not will be deter-
mined by the court. and if he is found
to have a cleal title to them. he will be
obliged to tul n them ov e1 10 his credi-
tors.
» C. FORD SEELEY... .
Dated Novembm 15 18897. '
It' 13 not quite undelstood why M1.
Seeley took the trouble to leave the
above communication at this office, 11n-
less he failed to comprehend the GA-‘
ZETTE’S publication of the story.
The GAZETTE made no libelous
charges against Mr'. Seeley, it simply
copied the article as it appearedin the
Bridgeport Standard, headlines and
all, and credited that jimrna’l- with its
paternity. This was done as a matter
of news and not as a charge against
Mr, Seeley. ‘ , '
With this explanation, althgugh the
true facts of the CAzETTEifi publica-
tion wele patent to all, we again re-‘
peat, that. we are at a 1955 to fathom
.Mr. Seeley’s motive in leaving at this
office his communication accusing the
GAZETTE. of making libelous charges
against him. ‘ - V
It may be that Mr. Seeley iéattempt-
ing to palm off a bluff of gigantic pro-
portions. 9
Since the above was written it is
found that Mr. seeley had a similar
communication handed to the Bridge-
port Standard, and that journal makes
thefollowing reply: i '
“The Standard has 1810 desire to do
Mr. Seeley an injury. The story pub-
lished in reference to him was ob-
tained from good authorit The Stan-
dard printed it because ft had good
reason to believe it was tr e, and be-
cause it was anxious to give the public
the news. The officer wh‘e furnished
the information to the Standgrd reitera-
'ted his statements this morning. He
said the story the Standard blishe‘d
in regard to Mr.8 fieeley ‘s. 1 “£1“ hle was
‘l8ib'elous and utterly without foundatiorl,
cits Mr. Se'eley has claimed. The Stan- ;
tb 1,791,115.... to his personal
@103 @plying hem to _ '_ ‘
‘ -~ extension of his business or the
substantially correct, and that Mr.
Seeley was now making a grand stand
play. He Said the hearing -bef0re the
probate ecurt in Stamfdrd would bear
him out. ‘
(“Anxious to do Mr. Seeley no injus-
ti‘ce, Attorney Hart of the law film of '
Hart & Keeler of Stamford, was called
upon. This firm has been engaged by
Mr. Seeley’s‘ creditors to look after
their interests. Mr. Hart said that he
eculd not remember the exact .amount
of Mr Seeleyis liabilities, because he
hadn’t any memoranda at hand just
then. His impression was that they
amounted to $5,000. Or $6, 000. They
might be a little more than that. He
said that after Mr. Seeley’s failure, he
depart-ed from Stamford, and his cred-
itOrs did not know where to find him.
They‘ engaged Sheriff Miller to run him 1
down, but the sheriff, after making
three attempts, finally gave it up. He
reported to Hart & Keeler that he
eculd not locate‘Mr. Seeley. He had-
been informed that Mr. Seeley had
gone to Europe.
Later it was learned that M1.See1ey
was Stopping in Black Roak, and Con-
stable Bolster of Stamford was sent
there to serve him with a citation to
ear before the plobate court in
'mford on Saturday next, .for exam-
The constable found M1. See-
S8
ination.
lg'y at the home of the Rapellos and l
tigers served the notice upon him. The
pgrpbse of the citation is to get him be-‘
‘e the oourtand examine him as to
wéhat disposition he made of the prop- ;
egty of his creditors. If he sold it
what did he do with the money.
cr ditors feel satisfied that Mr.‘ Seeley
di not act honestly with them. These
are the facts of the case and the Stan-
dard publishes them, not with any de-
sire to injure Mr. Seeley, but to show
them its original story was not false and
dardwish‘es to injure nobody, but its
duty is to print the news and that it.
p1 oposes to do it at all times.8 ’4-
888 PERSONAL“ NQTES "8 88
‘48'8rs. N. F. Bllnn who has
8a horse and two cows and they were
.The —
‘ evening.
_.',eave will meet to-mori'ow evening,
on 11111111111.
Two Cows Destroyed
'The\ Cause: (if 'tli'eyFire a M'ystéfl’. Blot
Trumps Suspected. .
At an early ho‘ur Monday merning,
fire was discovered 1n the large barn on
8 the property of 'John Provost, at Pound
Ridge, and before the neighbors could
get out to battle with the flames with
Mr. Provost. the- main building had
been enveloped in flames to such an
extent that it was impossible to rescue
burned to death.
not disposed of his horse and the two
cOws, and a large quantity of hay and
the building. Several outbuildings
were also destroyed. The loss 15 about
$3,000, partially covered by insurance.
“The cause' of the fire is a mystery,
but Ml. P1 ovost is of the opinion that
Ttramps may have caused it.
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, . FRATERNAL NEWS.
Olive Branch Lodge, No. 19, K. of P.
118111118 celebrate their fourteenth anni-
versary to-morrow night by giv1nga
litel ary entel tainment and smokel.
The Epwmth League of the First
.Methodist church met at the home of
Mrs..A. F. Minton 'on Golden Hill
. street, South Net-walk, last night.
The‘annual meeting of the Norwalk
Chapter, D. A; R. will be held Thurs-
day evening.
. Division No. 1, A. o. H. will meet
Thursday evening.
Palestine Castle, K. of M. C. met last
was. 9 Heptasephs, South N orwalk cons
and possibly exJudge James ’1‘. Hub-‘
béll will be present.
Miss Man e . l. '
walk has been visiting in Hartford.
Mrs. E. J. Clflnomas of Danbury, is a
guest of her' parents, -Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Kellogg.
Mrs. M. E. Simonds and Mrs. Mary
Prindle, who. were guests last, week of .-
Mls Simonds’ daughter, Mrs. W. A
Tolles, of Norwalk, have returned to
their home in Glen Falls, N. Y8.8
Mrs. Frederick Belden 1s the guest of
hex sister, Mrs. Joseph Thomas, at the
Savo’y' 1n New Y01k, f01 a few/days 1
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram S. Brown, of _
Havilandxstl eet, South N orwalk aleen-
tertaining their daughter, Mrs. George
L. Pratt, of Buffalo, N. Y.
' Miss Ethel Meeker, of Boston, is vis-
~. iting Miss Maud Fauntleroy, of Elm
street. .
' Miss Mai Curtis, 'of West'avenue,’has,
returned home from a prolonged visit
with friends in New York.
Mls. Hiram Chesbloof Union Park'
has returned home from a six weeks
trip which she took f01 the benefit of
her health ' ' . "
John W. Soulley and family, of Mon-
roe street, have returned home from
a week’s visit. in Towners N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Coleman of
South Nerwalk left this morning fo1 a
few days’ visit with fliends 1n New
York.
Miss Jeanie Thom of New York, for-
merly of Norwalk, is a guest of Jabez
Wheatel of Belden avenue
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Crystal Wedding.
«Mr. ,. and Mrs. Charles W. Brother-
ton celebrated their crystal wedding
anniversary at their home on Harbor
avenue, last evening, or more strictly
speaking the VVoman’s Relief Corps of
Douglas Fowler Post, G. A.‘ R; ecle-
brated it for-them. It was a joyous oc-
casion, and the host and hostess seemed
to beas happy as the host' of friends
who had taken possession of the house.
They were inreceipt of several hand-.
some presents in the crystal line.
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Rabbit Hunt.
Messrs. Walter Bates, Chauncey
Lockwood and William Hess are cred-
ited with having gone on a labbit hunt
yesterday, armed with the most modern
“shooting irons” and accompanied by
four dogs. _ When they returned they
b1 ought but one rabbit’which seeming-
ly had died of old age. They will try.
again when there -is more snow on the
ground.
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- 6-4 GAZETTE 88nd. will pay you.
‘ ' Olive Branch Lodge, K. ofP. wil
87ball. v8 . ,
Uncas Tribe of Red. Men will kindle
a fire at their wigWam tonight.
meet Thursday evening.
The National Association of Station—
ary enginee1 will meet Friday evening. '
1 Welcome Stranger Lodge, Sons of
St. George, Will meet to-night.
. The Norwalkchapter, D. A. R., will
hold its annual meeting next Thursday
at 3:30 p. m., in the club house for
election of officers and hearing annual
reports. The- officers ‘ retiring will
. serve the tea. Board of management
’meeting at 3 p In.
Ponasus Council, R. A. will meet this
evening.
Washington Lodge, 1. O. G. '1‘. will
meet to-night
Buckingham Post, G. A. R. will meet
to-morl ow. evening. 8 .
Buckingham W. R. C. will meet on
Thursday.
0. S. Ferry Command, U. V. U. will
meet Friday evening.
Co. F. wiil meet- for diill duty at the
Armmy to-night, and Co. D on Friday
evening. 5:
The Autumn Leaf club will meet at,
the home of Charles Holt, Wednesday
evening. _‘ 8
St. Paul’s Chapter, Brotherhood of
St. Andrew will meet to-night.
St. John’s Lodge, F. & A.
meet next Thursday night.
Old Well Lodge, F. & A. M. will
meet this evening.
Butler Lodge, I. O. O. F. will meet
tomorrow night. ,
Colfax Encampment, 1.0. O. F.,met
last evening.
Eureka Rebekah Lodge will meet
Friday evening.
Norwalk Lodge, G. U. 0. of O. F.
will meet Friday night. ‘
M. wil1 -
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. ~ ' Dancing'Lessons.
of dancing, - gives private lessons in
Arion Hall on Friday evenings, from
6: 30 to 7:45 o’clock. Any persons who
'desire to learn to dance are invited to
see Mr. Newell at the above hall on any
Friday evening at 6:30 o’clock. '
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Putnam Hose Ball.
Putnam Hose Company held a spe-8
cial meeting last evenilig, and afteix
some discussion Voted to hold a ball at
Arion Hall next month, and a commit-
tee was selected to make all necessary
arrangements for the success of Such
Earn, an Buildings, Home and ;
Mr. Provost had been selling off his ‘8
stock for several days past, but had .
afew farming utensils which 'were in '
Prof. W. Gilbert Newe‘ll, the master ,
stxmo BGUTS
The Bridgeport Athletic one» “as colli-
‘ platen Arrangements
The entertainment of the Bridge:-
port Athletic club; in Sailors’ hall,
takes place next Tuesday evening and
an excellent pr ogram has been ar-
ranged:
-Fred Sirrett and Jack Fallon ‘will go
10 rounds, Billy Forsyth and Eugene
Hornbacker 12 rounds and the wind-up
will be 15 .rounds between Bilpr Ernst
of Brooklyn, a former pupil of Prof.
gGeor ge Yoerger of Norwalk, and Jack
Gallagher of Boston. Billy Madden
will referee.
Prices of admission are; general, 50
cents; leserved seats, $1. 508 and 81‘
ringside, $2.
EAST NORWALK
The J uniOI society will be enter-
tained in the East avenue M. E. church
to night by Miss- Ma1 y Dudley Burk.
Mrs. Frank Seymour led the Ep-
worth prayer meeting last night;
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs.- 8Joseph W. Gorham of Keyser
avenue, yesterday.
The class meeting of the East ave-
nue Methodist church will be led by
James L’Hommedieu to-night. '
Mrs. W. '1‘. Gray has retu1ned from
a trip in the Berkshires.
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8 Evldaniu Ill Love.
A young man from Stamford regis- . .
tered at a. certain hotel not a hundred
miles from Norwalk-8, Sunday night,
on early Monday morning. He re-
marked that he had been to; call on a.
lady friend and had missed the train
for his home. He asked the night clerk
to call him for one of the early trains
and letired to his rootn.1n less than
half an hour he came running. into the
hotel office and commenced berating
the clerk for not having called him as
agreed upon. On its being explained
to him that it was but a few minutes
since he went to his room, he looked at . ”
the big clock and sheepishly returned
and despite the ringing of gongs, 111154
tering- against- the door, etc, awoke»
’only totakea train three hours after- the
time firSt: given the clerie But he
' failed to notice anything as he passeilr
out of the hotel lobby, not even the re.-
mark otthe clerk who ssid“that fellow” ' ' a
is in love for fair.” I
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, Too Demoralizing.
The Rev. William J. Slocum, pastor
of the Church of the Immaculate Con-l
ception, Waterbury, preached 8a ser- '
mon Sunday against the prevalent box-
ing craze. He said: “On the worst.
night hf the week which 1s just past,
when it mined as it nevel rained be-
f01e, and when no prudent person
would go out except by necessity, 2, 500
people gathered at a certain placeto ‘
see—what? To see a nigger knock
out an I1 ishman, if you’ll excuse the
slang. It is too demoralizing to think:
about.” ' ‘
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8 To be Refurnisheo.
' At ‘a special meeting of the Twin
City Wheel club held last evening it
was voted to appropriate the sum of ,
$250 for the refurnishing of the club’s
rooms. Messrs. G. H. Vosburg‘h,’ W.
A. Wheeler, James W. Maples, A. B. .
Russell and Joseph Davis were prompt- 1
ly appointed. by the president of the
club to icarry out the provisions ofsuch
vote. ‘ . .
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The executive committee of HOpe '
Hose company will meet to—night. '
The Weather.
Threatening with rain to-night, Wed-
nesday clearing weather and decidedly
colder.
BIRTHS- ’
GORHAM—ln East Norwalk, Nov. 14,
a daughter to. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W.
Gorham of Keyser avenue.
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DEATHS.
ANDERSON—In Bridgeport, Nov. 14,
Nicholas Anderson, aged 28 years. -
APPLEBY—In Bridgeport, Nov. 14,
Florence May Appleby, beloved daugh- ,
ter of John and Carrie Appleby, aged 4 “- 8'
13 years and 5 months. . L;
BYRNE—In "Bridgepo1 t,- Nov. 15th ,
Annie, daughter of Michael and Cath- , 1 ' _
e1 ine Byrne; aged 20. years, 4 months.
CARROLL—In Bridgepm t, Nov. .14,
Ma1y W., widow of the late Bernard 8
Carroll of Bridgeport. ~ '
‘ CROWE—In Dabbury, Nov. 13,1311?
rick Crowe, aged 91 years.‘ ' ‘
PACK—In Bridgeport, November 13,.
Mary K. wife 'of Joseph Pack, aged 52
years. 8 8: _ ' 8:8,
RUBINACCI—In Danbury, Nov. ’ 13th
Mariannina Rubinacpi, wife of Nicola
Rubinac'ci, aged 43 years. ‘3
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