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VOL. v11. NO.1756.
N ORWALK CONN.,M
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6.1897.
PRICE ONE CENT. '
wls Hall-1P.
A neck Hand on the City of
Norwalk Encounters Foot-
pads.
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Tore His Coat Oil" In an Attempt to Secure
His ”Wealth
One of the deck hands 011 the propel-
ler City of N orwalk, of the New York
and Norwalk Steamboat company, met
with an experience Saturday night
that he will remember some time.
Having been paid off he had quite a
roll of bills, and during the evening he
visited the saloon of Michael Lane on
Water street, South NorWalk, where
he carelessly exhibited his wealth.
Upon leaving the saloon he was fol-
lowed by two tough looking men. and
upon indicating that he desired to take
a T1 amway cal for uptown, he was ad-
wsed by one of them that a car would
come, along in about an hour. Notcar-
ing to remain on Water street that
length of time he startedfiaacross Wash—
ington street bridge with the intention
of walking leisurely along until the car
overtook him.
As the Tramway cars had stopped
running for the night, a fact of which
he was not aware, he kept on walking
and had reached East avenue when the
two men who had followed him from
the saloon came up behind.
The men did not parley but at once
demanded his money, which he refused
to give up. His refusal was followed
by an attack and both men grabbed
him and a fierce fight began. The
deck hand 'was getting the worst of the
affray, when, by a great effort, he suc-
ceeded in freeing himself and started
Mm-enwa run - to ‘ this-"cityewhereu 316413731:
Officer Morehouse to whom he related
his story. His coat had been torn com-
pletely'of'f in the fight and he present-
ed a dilapidated appearance when he
confronted the office1.
Chief Bradley was advised of the at-
tempted robbe1 y when he came on duty
at 8 o’clock. but‘ when he visited the
propeller dock, the City of Norwalk had
sailed for New York and he was unable
to learn the man is name or further
particular 5.
It is repo1 ted, however that the man
1eCognized one of his assailants and up-
on the boat’s return to N orwalk he will
lodge a complaint against him.
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'IHad to Walk Home.
1' Lester Bennett drove down from his
home on Hurlbutt Street, Saturday af-f
ternoon accompaniedby his son. The
young man was left in this city while
his father continued on to South N or-
walk. .
Late that night the boy complained
that he could not find hisfather and the
police sent him to his uncle’s home on
Franklin avenue, but as no accommoda-
tion could be made for him here he re-
turned to the Bridge and remained at
police headquartersall night, starting
out on foot-for home at 6 o’clock Sun-
day morning. '
A
Melting of Harbor Line Board. .
As will be seen by a public notice in
another column, there will be a meet-—
ing of the Halbor Line Board of the
Engineer Department, U.S S..A at the
council room, Norwalk, on Wednesday
morning'next, at 10 o’clock. ‘
The Board is compOsed of Major
Smith S. Leach, Major D. W. Lock-
wood and Major A. M. Miller, and they
desire that all interested 1n the estab-
lishment ofaharbor line in Norwalk -
above the South Norwalk railroad
bridge should attend.
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Fifteenth Anniversary.
The Christian Endeavor society of
the Congregational church, South N01 -
walk, Opened the celeblation of its fif-
teenth anniversary at the church last
evening with an inte1 esting programme
of exercises. The exercises will be
continued this evening and will include
. a supper. Those who a1e fortunate
enough to be present will no doubt en-
joy an evening‘of delightful pleasure,
to say nothing of a feast of culinary
dainties. ,
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I -A GAZET’I‘E‘ad. will pay you.
KEELER SLUGGED.
Edward Cook Gives the Con-
stable More than He
Could Handle. ‘
Lively Racket at Owen Murphy’s Late"
Home in Cobble Hill.
Sunday night between 9 and 10'
o’clock, the well known Edward Cook
created quite a breeze of excitement ill
the Cobble Hill digtrict.
According to report, Cook had what
is termed a “crazy jag” and sought to
wreck a misplaced vengeance upon
those whom it is not shown ever did
him an injury.
To this end he visited the home of
Owen Murphy, . who is now in jail for
throwing vitriol in the face of Jennie
K insella on Plattsville avenue, and dc:
manded admittance. The occupants of
the house refused to listen to his de-
mands, whereupon he wert to the front
fence and wrenching a gate from its
hinges, used it as a batterlng ram to
beat down the door.
This assault proving ineffectual he
slammed the remnants of the gate
through the window of the house.
John McCullough was one of the in-
mates of the house and hastily leaving
by a back entrance, hurried to this city,
and sought the services of Officer More-
house, but the latter was on duty as a
policeman, and could not leave his beat.
Later, McCullough went to the home
of Constable L. D. Keeler who pluckily
went to the scene and arrived in time
to capture Cook.
There was a lively wrestle between
Cook and Keeler in ”which the latter
succeeded in downing the former in
“-tllte‘v‘middle-of the :street.‘ Apparently, .
Keeler, who though wiry and strongly
built, had, in his haste, not taken a
thought of the prowess of Cook, and
had failed to arm himself with any
weapon of defense. \-
Finally Cook dealt the Constable one
or two stunning blows with his fist and
it is alleged, with the assistance of
friends, managed to regain his feet and
make good his escape.
McCullugh again came to this city,
and by permission of Captain Dann,
Officers Hunt and Morehouse went to
the scene in a carriage. This an hour
01- Cook’s ~ esCape. The
officers on reaching the plaCe of course
found that Cook had made himself
scarce.
Aside from his assault on the house
it is alleged that Cook threatened to
burn the building, and that his .lan-
guage. was such that only a rum-crazed
more after
man would make use of.
Cook _is an old offender and his appre-
hension will be only a question of a
short time.
This is Constable Keeler’s
experience since his 1ecent election as
first lively
constable, and in all fai1 ness to him, it
is safe to presume that he will hei caf-
upon to make an arrest.
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Women’s Clubs.
The first meeting of the Connecticut
State Federation of Women’s clubs will
beheld on Wednesday, in the North
Congregational church, Bridgeport.
Four Women’s clubs of Norwalk have
joined the federation and will send del-
egates. Two delegates from the VVom-
an?s.Paragraph club, three by the Fri-
day Afternoon club and four by the
Central club. will be in attendance.
Hatmaker‘s Officers.
The Hat-makers’ Association has
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, William Brennan; vice-president,
Charles Bradley; sem etary, Patrick H.
.Haugh; treasurer, Homel Rockwell.
‘The executive and finance committees
will be appointed at the next meeting.
Mr. Rockwell has been treasurer of
the organization for over thirty years.
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There wasa good attendance , at the
Selvation Army barracks yesterday, at
all of the services. It would appear
that the Army is doing a good work in
the way of reforming those who had
previously drifted into bad company.
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j—Advertlse in the GAZETTE
"summit. Easton;
~'ael’s, Westerly, to St. John
THE Bum-1111111.
Men From Whom the Twelve
‘Will Be Chosen.
The Prisoner Believes the Entire Weeks
Household is Arrayed Against Him.
,The state has summoned between 60
and 70 jurors for the coming trial of
Charles A. Boinay, with the hope of
getting twelve men from that number
without having to call more.
the‘new batch of 25 had been drawn. it
was discovered that one of them, J'c-
seph H. Skidmore of Fairfield, died re-
cently, so that in reality there is one
less than that number. The last lot
includes:
Arthur Raymond, John T. _Pearce,
Bethel; Silas W. Olmstead, Josiah Gil-
bert, Wilton; William A. Benedict,
Abram H. Gilbert, Elias G. Hoyt,
Ridgefield; \Vesley J. Wells, Clark T.
Jackson, Brookfield; William T. Bar-
ker,_ Samuel P. Thompson, Darien;
E. F. Wheeler, Stephen M. Sanford,
Easton; Joseph H. Skidmore, Andrew
P. Wakeman, Fairfield; n. C. Mead
Underhill Lyon, Greenwich; Samuel
Comstock, Stephen E. Keeler, New
Canaan; John J. Treadwell, Homer L.
Wanzer, New Fairfield; Stephen W.
Godfrey, M. D. Treadwell, Weston; .J.
B. Beers, George Sherman, Redding.
Those who were called before the
Sidney trial, and who will report Tues-
day are: Frank N. Wilcox, Merritt A.
Lowden, Greenwich; George Gregory,
Sands Sellick, Darien; VVakeman B.
Hill, Dwight N. Prentice, Edwin Sher-
wood, and William O. Burr, Fairfield;
William T. Raymond, South Norwalk;
VVilliamA. Sherman, WilliamH. Grum-
S y lvester Wheelel and C‘hal les F.
Hnam S. Broivn,
F1 ank Leonard, Stephens. Hatch, Not-
walk: H. B ‘Camp,’ Henry C. Curtis,
and Theron Platt, Newtown: Bradley
H. Hull, Alden Smith. Charles Buggies;
and Sylvester M. Thompson. Bridge-
port; William Cogswell, Weston; Wile
liam Hayes, Southport; Loomis N.
Gold, W. H. Burr, E. C. Birge, Charles
A Adams and Brewer A. Gilbert, VVest-
port; William O. Beach.Walter B.C111~-
tis, Trumbull; Alonzo Grey, Isaac M.
Scofield, Frederick J. 5 Beardsley, and
Freeman L. Curtis, Stratford; Samuel
S. Brinkerhofl', Joseph F. Silliman,
New Canaan and
Benjamin U. Lyon, Stamford.’
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George Seeley, J12,
Attorney Lynch is in'almostv daily
consultation with Boinay at the jail
preparing the defense, and will make a
detelmined efi'Ort to save him from
conviction for murder in the first dc:~
gree. The prisoner now realizeslthat
the entire Weeks household is arrayed
against him and that he cannot expect
any assistance from them.
He has been 10th to believe that his
wife, in whom he placed implicit faith,
has turned against him to save her
two brothers, David and John Weeks,
ter g0 properly aimed when called ,‘both of whom are held for complicity
in the murdel of George M. Nichols.
Thel e will be an unplecedented rush
for admission to the Superior
room, and many will be turned away.
court
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Priests Transferred.
Bishop Tierney has made the follOw-
ing transfers of Roman Catholic priests:
Rev. J. E. Senesac, from St. Anthony’s,
Bridgeport, to St. Louis’, New Haven;
Rev. 1 John Boland, from St. John’s,
New Haven, to Assumption, . Ansonia;
Rev. James McGuane, from St. Mich-
’s, New Ha-
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The'c. C. W. Club.
A club to be known as the N orwalk
Chess; Checker and Whist club has
been organized with Elbert S. Adams
as president, Henry F. Guthrie, Secre-
tary, and Alfred A. Avison as treasurer.
Another meeting will be held to-mor-
row evening at which time suitable
quat ters for the assembling of the club
will be considered.
WWW ,
At the December shooting in the
Saunder.’s vrifie gallery Captain “Jack”
James leads theKamateurs and Elmer
'Miller the professionals, each with” .a
score of 111116111 of-a: possible 120. '
After - -
at
. cution.
- HER LEG‘AMPUTATED.
A Serious Operation Performed ’Upon MI‘S‘
George P. Saunders.
Mrs. George P. Saunders who lives :
on Spring Hill underwent an operation
vesterday aftel noon that will cause
her to be maimed for life.
The unfortunate woman who is about
65 years of age had beenfia sufferer for
some years of necrosis of bones in her
left foot which developed to the extent
that in order to save be) life it was
found necessary to amputate her leg at
the knee.
-The operation was performed by Dr.
S. H. Huntington, assisted by Drs.
Hitchcock and Tracey, and was highly
satisfactory from a surgical point.
Further, it is believed that the pa-
tient will withstand the shock, as she
was reported this morning as getting
along as well if not better than the na-
ture of the operation would ordinarily
warrant.
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SOME GOOD BOUTS.
‘l’he Avon Athletic Club of Bridgeport' Has
a First Class Bill.
The boxing exhibition which Mana-
ger Hayes has arranged to take place
under the auspices of the Avon Ath-
letic club at the Park City Theatre,
Bridgeport, December 13, is designed
to be first class, and it needs but a
glance at the card to convince one that
Mr. Hayes has made the engagements
necessary to carry his intent into exe-
The matching of “Mysterious
Billy” Smith of Boston, with‘Johnnie
German of New York, was a deal which
several other prominent managers fail-
ed in closing.
The Smith-Gorman g0 will be pre-p
ceeded by 10 rounds at 128 pounds, be-L. -
tween Fred Wright of Peabody, l\lass._,;i
Jain,
and Billy Needham of St. Paul.
Wald of Newark will box ten roundsat;
115 pounds with Tommy J ustloe of N ew.
Yoxk.
The managerso‘f the-club- are confi- _
dent of the success of their venture,
and guarantee to return the, money of
any patron who ’may. think that any-L
thing-advertised is not being" shown-
The entertainment deserves a crowded
house. .
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FRATERNAL NEWS; ,
District Deputy A. J. Hallock of
Bethel, will'pay an official visit to Old
W'ell Lodge, F. & A. M. to-morrow
night. The second degree will be con-
ferred and it is expected that several
Masons will be present from Lodges
in adjoining towns.
The Germania Singing Society will
hold a regular meeting to-night at
which time important business will be
transacted, including matters pertain-
ing to the, sale of the mortgage on the
society’s‘building.
Our _Brothers’ Lodge, 1. O. O." F. will
hold arregular meeting t0—night.'
DOug‘las, Fowler Post, G. A. R. will
meet to-night for the purpose of elect-
ing officers for the ensuing year.
Concord Division S. of T. will meet
to- -night.
_A 1egula1 meeting of Buckingham
Post,.G. A. R. willbe-held Wednesday.
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Called to Bethel.
Rev. Benjamin M. Adams, pastor of
the Stamford Methodist Episcopal
church is in receipt of a call from the
Methodist church at Bethel to become
the pastor there. He has accepted the
invitation, subject to the approval of
the bishop at the ensuing conference
next April. '
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ls Recovering.
Captain W. H. H. Clark who, F1iday
afternoon, was taken seriously ill on
the oyster steamer “Henry J.’ was re-
ported this mOrning as getting along
nicely, and the belief is exp1 essed that
he would be about again within a few
days.
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Mrs. Cornelia E.'Blake, Representa-
tive of the Mt. Carmel Children’s Home
. Association will meet the Always Ready
Circle of K. D. on Wednesday, Dec. 8,
at 3 o’clock in the Methodist church.
Charles Church ar-
rived home from a rather extended
wedding trip, Saturday night. “They
reached New York from Richmond on
the Old Dominion line, Satm day aftel-
noon.
Mr. and Mrs.
‘The handsome bird dog owned by
Cito Hatch was poisoned this noon by.
some malicio 15 person.
The fire companies will meet to-mor-
r ow night.
. time.
alumna KICK.
Interesting Eights Over Rights
ln Shell Fishing
Banker ‘ Benedict [Objects to Oystermen
Digging Clams on Finch’s Island.
Banker E. C. Benedict and some of
the oystermen who for years have dug
quohaugs and little necks on the shores
over, an attempt of Banker Benedict to
prevent the oystermen continuing their
operations near the island. For time
immemorial the oystermen and others
whichever it, may be. Finch’s island
is a little oblong strip of land, separat-
ed from the main shore of Indian Har-
bor by what may be called a strait,
about a quarter of a mile long and per-
haps one-eight of a mile wide. It. in-
cludes about half an acre of land, upon
which there is a fine growth of trees.
. Ten or twelve years ago there‘ap-
peared to be no owner for the island,and
no one who cared to own it and it was
regarded as becoming escheated to the
State.
scene, claiming title by inheritance,
Then some one appeared on the
and it was sold to Nelson and Augustus
I. Mead, the ownersof the Indian Har-
bor Hotel, and when they sold that
property to E. C. Benedict, about three
years ago,they included Finch’s Island.
There is a house on the island and it
was built by the Americus Club, Tweed
and his associates meeting there every
summer until they _ finally built the
more pretentious Indian Harbor Club
house._ For a long time afterwards the
h0use‘ was occupied by .an oystermen,
who, it is understood, was paid for oer-
tain rights he claimed to have in the
property when the Meade bought the
island.
The Indian Harbor Yacht Club occu-
pied the house when'Banker Benedict
i'
came into posseSsion of the plopelty,‘
stermen » havebeen allowed to dig clams
there without any protest, and they say
if Mr. Benedict thinks he will stop
them now he has a hard job on hand.
They say that their rights were settled
in the case of Peck vs. Lockwood, at
Greenwich case decided by the Sn.
preme Court some seventy years ago.
dig shellfish was common to all between
high and low water marks and only
the State can grant special privileges.
The land where the fishermen dig clams
near Finch’s Island is outside of high
water mark, and therefore beyond the
contl 01 of Bankel Benedict. ‘
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A “CONFETTI.”
The'Wedding of Charles Cocha and Louise
Gaguiollo Celebrated.
. Charles Cocha of South Norwalk and
Louise Gaguiollo of Norwalk: were
married Saturday afternoon. Both.
bride and groom are of Italian parent-
age, and yesterday morning What is
known as a confetti party was held at
the home of the bride’s parents -on
Plymouth avenue, where instead of
rice and’ roses there was a reckless dis-
tribution of mixed candies, and a free
distribution of liquid refreshments.
The reception was continued at the,
home of the groom in South Nor’walk
in the afternoon. ‘
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The parochial school was I‘eopened
this morning.
Reporter Feeney and Mail carrier
'Haley stopped a runaway horse on Wil-
ton avenue, this noon. The driver was
Silas W. Brown who was thrown from
his seat by the sudden starting of the
horse.
A, young man named Hines while
d11ving through Wate1 street. Satur-
day was thrown flom a wagon by the
toppling over of a piece of machinery
in the same, but luckily escaped' injury.
‘
The marriage of Henry N. Rider to
Miss L. Frances St. John will take
place at the East avenue M. 'E. church,
Wednesday, December 15, at 6 p. m.
Ahoy never feels that he has left
baby hood behind until his mother
quits cutting his hair and Sends him to
the barber’s. .
ofEinch’s Island are at sword’s points »
have ekercised that right or privilep e, .
but was compelled to ‘vacate at that ,
During all these years the oy- '
The Court maintained that the right to.
THE 1111111111111 1111 111111] .
A happy drygoodsman on a lain-y
Saturday.
The reason why Commodore Cooney '
.can’t send us fine December Weather.
Whether the ice men will have a
happy winter. 1
_ If Klondike park is to be sold. .
'When the Fourth Congressional dis-
t1 ict had a better Congressman than E.
J. Hill.
Why telegrapher Hoyt does not place
a sofa in his den. .
Which are the most objectionable {to
decent folks loud posters or a yelldw
journal.
Why pal-son Kavanagh’s Sunday
night collections are not larger when
the size of his audience is considered.
Why young men line up on the curb
after Sunday evening services are over.
If them will be good sleighiug on
Christmas.
Who broke the padlock on the Yacht
club door.
What city has a finer looking body
of Councilmen than Nor-walk.
Why trolley motormen are inclined
to flirt.
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EASI' NOBWALK.
Sunday the last sacrament of the
year 1897 was administered, at the East
avenue Methodist Episcopal church.
The Sabbath school met immediately
after this service and discussed the
plans for their annual Christmas festi-
val for the children. The Revival
band met at 6:15 in the lecture room.
The theme chesen for the platform
meeting at 7 o’clock by the preacher
in charge was “The King in Disguise.”
Mrs. Charles Simone, who has returnL
ed from her visit to. Port Chester, sang
as‘usual with the quart-ette.
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Rose are hav-
ing alterationsmade in the interior of
their residence in East avenue.
Owing to the increased interest tak—
en in .the Sunday school library of the
East avenue Methodist.» —E?iscopalk.x
church 1t.1s found necessary to secure .
more books. An entertainment of an
especially interesting character will
be given for the purpose on W'ednes-
day evening, December 15th.
0111115711.
The menthly love feast and com-
munion was held at the Methodist
church Sunday morning. _
Ernest Lounsbury left on Wednes-
day .last to assume his duties as post
office inspector. He has gone to Balti-
male and Washington and' later will
go to Ohio. ‘ ,
-The selectlren have just installed a
long- -nceded ar ticle of furnitul e in their
office. It is of the roll top variety. and
will trend to relieve the 4x9 room‘of‘
its bareness'. . ' .
The organizers of the local 'fife and
drum corps have secured a fund of $20
with which to purchase d1 urns and
other necessary accessm ice for the suc‘ .
cessful 1 endition of street music. and will
shortly be in possession of the instl u-
ments.
The Congregation 211 Ladies Missionary
Society held a meeting at the parsonage
last Thursday after noon, to plan furthei
work. It Was the first meeting aftei .
the annual meeting, and all exeltions
having led up to that previously new
plans were necessary. ‘
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A locomotive whistle “awoke the
echoes” at an early hour Sunday morn-
ing, in the vicinity of the railroad
wharf. Seemingly it had the mastery
of the engineer who opened the valve
for a short blast from the same. ItWas
set to a high key and its long continued
.blowing was an annoying nuisance.
Thermometers registered 36 degrees-
abov e zero at 6 o’clock this morning.
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The Weather.
Fail to-night, Tuesday fair followed
by cloudy and thleatening weathel,
wa1me1 Tuesday.
BIRTHS.
FINCH—In East Norwalk, Dec. 5, a
son to M1. and Mrs. George Finch.
:
DEATHS.
CONNOLLY—In Bridgeport, Dec. 2,
John T. son of Timothy and Jane Con-
nolly, aged 41 years.
MCKNIGHT— —In Bridgepmt, Dec. 4.
Peter McKnight.
PALMER—In BridgepOl t, Dec. 3,rd
N. Webster Palmer, aged 33 yea1 s, 1
month.
VACK—'—In Bridgeport, Dec. 4 Mai y '
A., wife of Frank W. Vack, agedL-l' ,
years.
Norwalk Chronicler