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read the advertisements
in the Gazette.
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family paperthe Gazette’s
advertising columns will
prove its” value to. 0.1y10u.
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NORWALK. CONN. MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20. 1897.?“
PRICE “ONECENT.
THE WILTON HORROR.
mm as. 1mm Is sun. LIvIIIo our smwu
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TWO MORE BULLETS FOUND.
THE.SUPPOSED MURDERERS SEEN IN SOUTH NOR-
WALK DEPOT AND ONE BOUGHT A
TICKET FOR NEW YORK.
The shooting of David S. R. Lambert
on Friday night at his home in Wilton
remains as much a mystery as ever.
Yesterday a search of the premises dis-
closed evidence of two‘shots which had
not previously been discovered. These,
with those already accounted for, raise
the number of shots fired to eight.
Yesterday Sheriff Hawley and Depu-
ties Bulkley of Fairfield and Lyon of
Norwalk made a visit to the scene of
the shooting. Detective Wilkes was
also there. He had been sent up by
State’s Attorney Fessenden to make a
thorough investigation and work up
any clew he might find.
The two bullets were found imbedded
in one of the doors of the room where
the shooting took place. It would seem
_ from this as if the shots were fired to
make sure that ‘the Victim might be
wounded beyond any possibility of re-
covery and this purpose seems to have
been accomplished.
Though Mr. Lambert was living at
last accounts, his death was momentar-
ily expected, as it could be seen that
he was constantly growing weaker.
So far the only clue to the identity
of the men is the positive assertion of
Mrs. Lambert that she recognized the
voice of Benny Willis as the man who
said: “Don’t speak one word,” and
who later! “Hand me the bottle,”
the testimony of Mr. Lester Hyatt, of
Norwalk, who was in the railroad sta-
tion at South N orwalk Friday night,
awaiting the arrival of the T: 55 train,
and who inf01 med 3. GAZETTE reporter
that he saw there three strange men,
and
' all apparently under 25 years old. One
wore a brown suit, another a gray suit
while the third had on, he thinks, a
dark suit.
Mr. Hyatt states that he and the
three men were all the people in the
waiting room. When the ticket win-
dow was raised, the taller man wearing
the brown suit arose and approaching
the ticket seller purchased a I ticket for
New York. The other two did not
‘ purchase tickets, but all'three boarded
the 7:55 express for New York and took
seats in the smoker.
This information furnished by Mr.
Hyatt is being closely followed. by
Chief Vollmer Of South Norwalk,'who
went to New York Saturday night and
obtained the assistance 'of the New
York police. . '
No news of the shooting reached
South Norwalk until after the depart-
ure of the train further than a general
warning to look out for suspicious
charaCters. Mr. Lambert’s horse,
which they stole, was not driven to the
station. but was hitched on Spring
street.
Yesterday, Drs. W. C. Burke of South
'Norwalk and W. J. Tracey of Norwalk
were in consultation with Medical Ex”
aminer Gorham at the Lambert home.
No attempt has been made to probefor
the bullets and the result of the con-
ference is not encouraging. It is the
opinion of all the physicians that prob-‘
ing could be of no benefit and might.
cause immediate death. '
, In an.inter'view with a GAZETTE re-
porter, Dr. Tracey said there had been
’ eases wheg‘e men who had received
wounds similar to those of Mr. Lam--
1'1 .1
g»
bert’s had recovered, but they were
very rare.
there was a possible chance for Mr.
Lambert’s recovery but it was very re-
mote. He had shown no signs of re-
turning consciousness at any time since
he was found after the attack on him.
Mr. Lambert was a man who would
not weigh much over 100 pounds and
could have been handled by an ordinary
boy. Those whom he found in his house
on his return from N orwalk had no
shadow of excuse for killing him, if
The
circumstances all go to show that the
robbers wentto his house intent upon
murder and if Ben Willis was one of
their only object was robbery.
them; as Mrs. Lambert declares he was,
it seems that the desire for revenge
for some fancied injury took such con:
trol of him that he became a fiend in
carnate.
The only evidence that can .be
adduced to fix the crime
upon the young man Willis is the
statement of Mrs. Lambert which is
tending
necessarily vague, as she could not see
his face and recognized him only in his
There is no doubt that Willis
He attended the
Lambert academy from the time he was
voice.
is a tough customer.
six years old until he was expelled
about six years ago.
about Wilton.
has gone from bad to worse and has
He is well known
Since his expulsion he
made periodical trips to. the town at in-
tervals of several months duration.
The last of these visits was made some—
thing like a year ago when he begged
food from some of his old acquaint-
ances. .
" 'Ben’nie” Willis, as he is called by
ever one in that vicinity, is now about
21 years of age. He is a good looking
young fellow of pleasing address when
in good temper. His height is very
He has
black hair, very dark or black eyes,
close to 5 feet and 10 inches.
very dark complexion and regular
features: He is a hard drinker and is
quamelsome when in his cups but is
not credited with much nerve. He is
said to have been expelled from the
school for insults he offered Mrs. Lam-
bert.
ill will against the husband, but never
indicated that it was extended to the
wife Aftei his exclusion he was taken
in by Mrs. Mitchell, who lives near the
Lambert academy, and illy requitted
her kindness by disappearing about the
time that $40 was missed from his bene-
factor’s pocketbook.
The scene of the shooting is a large,
He is also said to have harbored
old-fashioned room running the entire
width of the house, with doors at the
north and south’ends. It is just fifty
feet from door to door. The door lead-
ing to the back hall, through which
the robbers entered, is just half way ‘
Two empty shells
and two unexploded cartridges were
in the east wall.
found on the carpet in front of this
door, and it is suppOscd that, it was
from this distance of tWenty-five feet
that the shots were fired, Mrs. 4' Lam-
bert was thrown under the table near:
the north (1001'.
The first person in the house was
. Mrs. Partrick Bell, and she says that
the ,upplar part of the south door,which
is divided in the middle, wasop’en, and
All he could say was that.
v»
that the back door was locked. I .
The total amount of plunder secured
was two gold watches and a purse con-
taining about four dollars, which was
taken from Mr. Lambert’s pocket. A
”wallet in his inside pocket containing
a considerable sum was-not taken. In
with one of the watches
were a number of pieces of antique
the drawer
gold jewelry and in the same desk was
most of the family silver.
which was spread for supper iii; the
room where the shooting occurred, was
also well supplied with silver ware.
Of 'Course the brutal shooting is the
sole topic of conversation in Wilton
and for miles in every direction, but
the selectmen of that town do not seem
to be making any attempt to capture.
the thieves and murderers.
No reward has yet been offered for
their capture and the apathy of the
town officials is something remarkable.
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——If you desire to purchase a high
grade piano f01 Chiistmas, you can
save 25 per cent by pu1chas1ng direct
f1 cm the manufactmers, Schleichei 6:
Sons, No.19 Main street N01 walk
D. 20 5t.
HELDIN l0,000 000,0
Demarco, the Stamford Mur-
derer,'0harged with Man-
slaughter for the
Present.
Little Doubt That It Will be for Murder
in First' Degree Later.
After the jury in the Boinay murder
case had rendered its verdict last week,
State’s Attorney Fessenden askéd that
adjournment be stayed until he had
brought a couple of cases to the court’s
attention.\ The request . being com-
plied with, Mr. Fessenden said that
Antflio Demarco and LizzielFlemming
had been arrested on bench-warrants
in Stamford. He asked that Demarco,
charged with manslaughter upon two
counts, be held in bonds of $5,000, and
that the woman, indicted for assault
with intent to murder, be held in the
same amount.
Judge Elmer inquil ed if the informa-
tion in the State s Attorney’s spossession ‘
warranted the proceedings. He was
informed that they did, and instructed
Clerk Haviland to that effect. Bonds
in Demarco’s case were then fixed at
$10,000.
“I realize,
Fessenden, “that the court, the jury
and myself are all tired out, but I
would like to request that the jury here
be requested to appear next” Tuesday,
at which time the case of Lizzie ‘ Flem-
assure your
your Honor,” Said Mr.
ming will be heard. I
Honor that it will occupy but a short
time, and feel that it is necessary to
get it out of the way.”
Judge Elmer granted the request.
The jury was instructed to be on hand
to-mo110w at 10 a. m.
The information drawn by the State’ 5
Att01 .1ey against Dema1 co was merely
for the purpose of holding him until the
grand jury considers the case. The
State’s Attorney cannot present infor-
mation charging murder in the firstde—
gree. The specific charge in the case of
Demarco is manslaughter. The amount
of had required is so large that there is
no possibility of the prisoner being re—
leased. The evidence in possession of
the State’s Attorney will be presented
to the grand jury later, and there is
little doubt that the accused will be
indicted for murder in the first degree.
V 7
Look_ at Your Checks; ,
The following are copies ofthe sales-
tickets which drew the pocketbooks
containing $5 at the Boston Store N01-
walkh Saturday:
Date 12—18, Book 24, No. 4,1tem,
Pins 50, Amount received 5c. Bed
No.1. 1;
Date 12—18, Book 15, No. 2, Item, Roll
500, amount received $1. Bed No.26. B
“A
—~-At the big furniture store, Ray-
mond & Sons, they have a full line of
Ladies desks and parlor tables; also
rattan goods in makers and without
rockers. D18 tf
v->
The table, 7
1 201001100 DEATH.
Jerome Mafinrowned
Two Inches of Water.
He Was an Inmate of the Soldiers’ Home
at Noroton. '
Jerome S. Mather, an inmate of the
Soldier’s Home, was found dead Sun-
day morning at 11 o’clock, a few rods
from the building. Life had been ex-
tinct several hours, said Dr. French,
Who was called. The body was in a
pool of water not more thantwo inches
deep, face down. -Death came from
asphyxiation. The dead man served
through Ihe Civil War.
at the home for several years.
He has been
He was
65 years of age.
Mathci left the institution Saturday
night to visit some friendsin Noroton.
He spent his time in one of the saloons
and by 9 d’clock gathered a fair sized
jag. He started for the home. Some
distance away he started to take a short
cut through the woods. The path is
narrow and slopes down into a ditch at
a point about a quarter of a mile from '
the institution. Mather wandered
from the rpathway, and fell off the
slight embankment, a distance of two
feet. He landed face downwards in a
puddle of water.
The fall may have but
the probable conclusion is‘ that he was
too muchintoxieated to extricate him-
self. Although not enough water to
drown a cat under ordinary circum-
stances, it sufficed to bring death to
Mather. The body was not discovered
until 11 o’clock. It was some few feet from
the path and the searchers from the
home-passed up and down several times
- A whiskey bot-
tle partly full was found in his pocket.
Coroner Doten was notified and will
visit N oroton to-day. There is no need
stunned him,
before" discovering it.
of his services, but the superintendent
wishes
straight.
everything to be perfectly
A report spread that foul
play had occurred. This was without
foundation. There were no marks up-
on the body that could lead to any
suspicion.
‘
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—Come and examine ou1 line of up-
holste1ed Morris chai1s and couches;
also our furniture, sidelioai ds, exten-
sion tables and Chifioniers' 1n Bii dseye-
maple, oak and Mahogany. Raymond
& Son. 1 D 18 if
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1,, NOW Is the Tune
‘52,: For old and now subscribers to send in their ((1%))
8 subsoi‘lplzons for the WEEK]. Y GAZETTE E15
('9, ond New York W eokly ‘ Tn'bnno for the year if
nznely-ezgln‘. it?
WESSSSTE’SSQQSSQEES
go tho GAZETTE, Norwolk, Conn. 8:;
a .
WC sometimesoocnoecoeooeocoom
A Live Newspaper.
Saturday’ 5 issue of the Stamfo1d Ad-
vocate contained twenty pages, includ-,
ing a Christmas supplement. It is the
largest paper ever printed in that town
and without doubt the handsomest.
The Christmas supplement is a beau-
tiful specimen of presswork and reflects
great credit upon its publishers. The
Advocate also has the support of.,its
live _merchants, which Stamford ap-
pears to have in large: numbers.
-Bu1g1ar1es are again becoming of
daily occurence. Rentels of safes in
the safe deposit vault of the National
bank of waa‘lk are relieved of all
anxiety.
Douglas Fowler Poet, G. A. B. will
meet tugnight.
J
For. ninety-seven years the GAZETTE has. to
nooerfoz'lod z’n 2'sz weekly 11119275 to the homes of ‘
Farmers and Villagers throughout Foz'rfwld
County, and for more than fifn-sz'x years the
Tribune lzos- flzz’tbfnlbz labored for their pros-
, portly and happiness.
Both papers will be sent to any address upon
rooozpt of'only one dollar.
FELL" FROM A BARN.
Two Painters-Edmund ' Up-
on a Pile oflliocks.
_—
Both Men Fortunately Escape Fatal ln-
juries.
A gang of eight men in the employ
of the J. T. Prowitt Company of this
city, age engaged-in painting the large
barn oh what is known as the Patter-
son place in New Canaan.
Up to Saturday everything had pio-
ceeded without accident of any kind.
Among the painters engaged on the
work were Harry Waters of South Nor-
walk, and a man named - Gilbert of
Ridgefield.
Gilbert’s
of the barn.
ladder rested on the eaves
. It owing to the icy con-
dition of the eaves began slipping from
the roof.
Appreciating his Gilbert
made a grab for the ladder alongside
of him upon which Waters was engaged
danger
at work. .
The result was that both men were
precipitated from the roof, Gilbert
leading in the descentand Waters
closely following.
In their downward course both men
struck a shed below which somewhat
.broke the force of their fall.
Gilbert landed in a pile of rocks on
his knees, and Waters fell on top of
him. The distance from the starting
pbint was about twenty-five feet.
The other painters hastened to the
assistance of the unfortunate men
expecting to ‘find them either dead or
maimed for life. They were agreeably
surprised, however, to find that their
fears were causeless.
1 Waters had escaped with a pretty
thorough shaking up, his landing on
top of Gilbert having served to break
the force of his fall. He in a short
time continued on at wo1k
Gilbert was not quite as f01tunate
his knees were badly bruised, and his
legs wrenched. He also received sev-
eral bruises about his body. After a
short time he revived sufficiently to be
taken to his home in Ridgefield in a
carriage, but it is thought that it will
be several weeks before he will be able
to resume work. ’
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~Fancy Perfume Atomizers, decorat-
ed and Cut glass at Riggs’ D1 ug store.
. - D. 16. tf
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“ Address loll orders
Received the Howard.
Constable ,Bolster of Stamford has
been allowed the $100 reward offered
by the state for the capture of James
Kelley, who stole a team in Wethers-
field and was apprehended in Stamford.
F ire. at. Shippan.
A barn belonging to Dr. A. H. Sco-
field at Shippan, was destroyed by fire
with most of its contents last Friday
night. .
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~—Put your securities and valuable
papers where they cannot be Stolen.
lost, or mislaid. . A box 1n the safede-
’posit vault of the National Bank of
N orwalk is the best place for them.
.—Advertlse in THE GAZETTE:
0110011011100st
Henry ~Parkerfsllorse Sti‘ays .
on the Railroad Bails
at Wilton.
The Wagon Strewn’ Along the Tracks fur
an Eighth of a Mile.
Hem y Burr Parker, of Wilton
bought a new horse last week. Satu1 -
day night he left his tuflnout standing.
in front of GeorgeC .M. Gregory’ 5 store
while he went in to make some pu1-
chases. When he came out the horse '
and wagon had disappeared.
It was at once thought that the team
had began stolen and a vigorous search
was instituted Without finding any .
trace of the missing turnout. :
Sunday morning the wagon was
found strewn along the tracks of the
Danbury & Norwalk railroad for an
eight Of a mile and the horse lying
dead beside the tfacks. .
The horse had wandered on to the
track and the night freight from Dan-
bury reduced the ontfit to sausage
meat and kindling wood.
V
. Norwalk Family History.
The decease, recently, of James Rus-
co, 3d, of the Westport road recalls
afresh the fact of Norwalk’s rich family '
history.
John Rusco the settler, who like
John Bouton was a Huguenot, brought.
his young bride to Norwalk and plant-
ed himself next neighbor to Rev.
Thomas Hanford.’ Mrs. Hanford and
Mrs. Rusco were of excellent Colonial
stock andprobably quite intimate. The
Sachem Winnipauke whose Wekuwun
or home embraced the handsome ridge a .
little south of Catonah’s splendidRidge-
field possession, was a close friend of
the Hanford’s and quite likely the Bus-
eos saw considerable of him. At all .
events-the sightly Indian domain, of
great acreage, became Rusco propertyJ
Here, blessed with many acres and '
a full larder, lived the grand-
paients of the late James Rusco, 3d.
The home was well known and the
la1ge family of childien was well
In ought up. The second son, James,
married a Hoyt whose .ancestors, ac-
cording to investigations made in late
years by Mrs. President Porter, seems
to have belonged to the old Taylor
family. The son of this Rusco-Hoyt
alliance, James, who has just died, was,
like his fathers before him, of distinct
Rosco personality, and a man of high
worth of character. He has lived dur-
ing the greater portion of 'his life in the
Oblong, but his ending dayshave been’
spent with his son, Floyd T. Rusco, in
N orwalk., The memory of such, pro-
genitors is a legacy, not alone to their
immediate families but to the commun-
ity at large. '
5
Run Into By a Wagon.
George N. 133115, of the Book Haunt,
Waterbury, came near meeting with
serious injury in that city one day last
week. He was about to cross Exchange
place, When he stepped back out of the
way‘of a trolley car and was run into
by. a passing wagon and thrown to the
pavement. He was picked up unin-
jured, although he was a very much
frightened man after the accident.
The Standard’s Annual.
The B1 idgeport Standard, always
alive to the times, is out with its Annual _
for 1898. It is a handsome publication
filled with choice reading matter, valu-
able information and electros, and. best
of all contains a generous supply of ads
from live Bridgeport merchants. The-
work is a credit to the-Standard.
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—The big hog guessing match at the
Wa1 wick hotel will close on the 215;. )
D 1 t
— AA;
The Weather.
For to-night and Tuesday snow turn- ,
ing to rain, warmer. .
DEATHS.
AYER S—In Port Austin. Michl. Dec.
18, F1 ede1 ick Seymour Ayers, father of
Mrs. F. St. John Lockwood.-
HEWITT~—In South N01 walk Dec. 19
William Hewitt. aged 50 years.
MILLER—In Bridgeport,_ Dec. 18, Ar-_
thu1 S. Miller, aged 30 years.
PERRY—In Bridgeport, Dec. 18, John
Peri y of N orwalk aged 65 yea1s. '
RUSCOL—In Waterbury,Dec .18, James
H. Rusco, aged 87 years.
ROWE—In Bridgeport, Dec. 19, RiCh-
aid Rowe, aged§60 years. .
WEST—In Bridgeport, Dec. 17, Ma ’
bel A., daughter of Charles H. and J en- . .
nie West, aged 13 years, 4 months.
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