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HE. NEVER BEGAINED EDNSCIDUSMESS..
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EVERYTHING WAS DONE TO KEEP HIM ALIVE, AND TO
MAKE HIM SPEAK,
OF NO
BUT IT WAS
AVAIL.
David S. R. Lambert, the victim of
the brutal shooting affair last Friday
died at his home at 1:20 this morning.
‘ ’lhe hope that he would rouse from the
stupor which has held him in its
clutches was not realized, for the end
. came after a slow and gradual failure.
He did not regain consciousness and
the longed for information which he is
supposed to have been able to give of
the identity of his assailants will never
‘ be gained for he did not speak before
he died.
Since the time he was found by the
neighbors stretched-upon the floor of
his dining room, bleeding from the
wounds caused by the shots from the
revolvers of his assailants he has never
indicated that he recognized any one
' near him. At that time he was placed
upon his bed and remained there, able
only to swallow the medicine and nour-
ishment placed in his mouth and to
open his eyes in a vacant stare.
wSunday nightrhe “began to fail and
since thattime he has grown weaker
hour by hour and the exact time of
his death was difficult to determine.
The bullet. in the brain of the fragile
_ man had done its deadly work and aid—
ed by the congestion of the left lung
which also contained a ball had carried
out the intentions of the person who
had pointed the revolver at the inof-
fending man. .
Mrs. Lambert was at his bedside.
. when the end came. Yesterday morn-
ing-it was hardly expected that he
would last till sunset. A ,close watch
was kept over the dying man all day
and up to the time of his death. His
friends hoped and prayed that he
' .would, before the final summons came,
regain the use of his faculties long
enough to throw some light upon the
terrible tragedy of which he was the
’ victim.
The watchers hung over him hoping
against hope that he would be able to
tell his terrible secret. Just before
the end came a slight tremor passed
through his prostrate body, but it was
only momentary and when it was past
the gentle spirit of this, the last. ofa
famous family, had gbne on before.
That so weak and fragile a man could
have lived so long under the conditions
existing in this case is almost beyond = ‘
belief. Prof. Lambert weighed very
little if any over 100 pounds and had
never been a robust man. .Yet weak
and frail as he was he existed over 100
hours with a .38 bullet in his brain,
paralyzing his perceptive faculties, an-
other in his left lung, with all its 'at-
tendant inflammation and congestion,
and still a third embedded in his hip.
The faithful wife who has ministered
to the stricken husband and has hardly
left the bedside since the terrible night
when she was chlorOformed and roused
only to see him prostrate and wounded.
Up to last night there were no new '
developments in the case. The detec-
tives who are at work on the case have
followed seVeral clews but they have
all ended in failure. The additional
shots found on Sunday and the discov-
ery of the masks in the wagon have ad-
ded much to the knowledge of the af
' fair, but have yet 1esulted' in no posi- '
tive results.
Nix-s. Lambert has, given way to the
strain and has taken to her bed. She
is prostrated with grief over the ter-
rible death of her husband and the ,5."
anxiety since he was discovered. Her
face still bears the marks produced by
the fiery liquid which the miscreants
used to produce unconsciousness, and
which scared the skin about her
mouth. She is under the care of the-
physicians who are doing their utmost
to restore her and prevent ~a collapse.
She has been able to add nothing to
the statements already made concern-
ing the attack on her last Friday night.
She' still adheres to the statement first
made that she recognized the voice of
her former pupil when she was losing
consciousness from the effects of the
chloroform.
Yesterday SelectmenSherman More-
house and Elmer Jackson held a. com
ference and decided to offer a reward
for the apprehension of the persons
who shot and robbed Dav id S. R. Lam
bert his? Friday night
the authority vested in them by the
statutes of the state they have offered
a reward of $200 for such information
as shall lead to the detection and con.-
viction of the guilty parties.
This course has been found to be ac-
cordance with public sentiment. It is
probable that the action has come , too
late for the guilty parties are now be-
‘ yond any possibility of immediate cap-
ture,-and their apprehensmn will be :1
matter of long a patient search.
The old blind horse and light spring
wagon which Prof. Lambert drove to
Norwalk the day he was shot and which
his assailants used to make their es-
cape with, was on exhibition at A.
Solman’s livery‘ stable in South N or-
walk yesterday aftei noon, and the po-
requested eve1ybody to come and look
at it in the hope that someone might
,be found who wouldjie able to identify
it and give some description 'of the men
who took :it last Friday night. The
opinion still prevails in Wilton that
Ben Willis is the guilty party.
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. —Come and examine our line of up-
holstered Morris chairs and couches;
also our furniture, Sideboards, exten-
sion tables and Chiffoniers 1n Birdseye-
maple, oak and Mahogany. Raymond
& Son. D 18 tf
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Uncas Officers.
The newly elected officers of the Un-
cas Haylofters are: Past Chief haymak-
ker, Frank H. Fitch; chief haymaker,
W. J. Weisheit; assistant chief hay-
maker, A. M. Pohlman; collector of
straws, C. B. Nash: assistant collector
of straws, Har1y H, Finch. keeper of
bundles, Samuel Norris.
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A—-—I'f you desire to purchase a high
grade pian'o f01 Ch1istmas, you can
save 25 per cent by puzchasing. direct
from the manufactmels, Schleicher &.
Sons, No.19 Main street. Norwalk.
D. 20 5t.
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Colfax Officers.
The following are the newly elected
officers of Colfax Encampment, I. O. O.F.
C. R, Frank St. John; S. W., John
Sniffen; H. P., A. A. Hodson; 'J. V\’.,
George Tobey; scribe, J. H. Batterson,
, and treasurer, James W. Hoyt.
—Woman’ s exchange open every day
this Week f1om 10 21.111. to 8 1). m., Sat-
. ur day excepted.
D. 20 5t
——Lazell’ s extracts at Weed’
D 20 5t
By virtue of _
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ANNOYS HIS WIFE.
Elmer Bennett Followed Her From New
’Canaan to Stamford.
Elmer Bennett, a tpyical rustic from
the vicinity of New Canaan, was ta fen
into custody Monday afternoon by P0-
liceman Nevins of Stamford, upon com-
plaint of Maple avenue parties. aBennctt
was recently arrested and lined for
threatening to shoot his wife. Since
that time she has been afraid to live
with him, and went to Stamford. She
hasbeen stopping with relatives on
Maple avenue. Her husband succeed-
ed in learning her whereabouts, and:
Monday visited the house. He was re-
fused admittance, and spent several
hours in loitering about the place,peer-
ing in the windows and trying the
doors, until one of the family finally re?
ported the annoyance to the police.
He was allowed to go with a repri-
‘ mand from Chief Bowman upon his
promise to return to New Canaan and
remain away from the house in future.
—Fancy Rex fume Atomizers, decor at-
ed and Cut glass at Riggs’ Drug stm e.
D. 16. tf
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WILL on: m APRIL.
Charles A. Boinay, the Nichols Murderer
Sentenced to be Hanged.
Charles A. Boinay, the convicted
murderer of George Marcus Nichols, of
Daniel Farms, was brought before
Judge Elmer, in the Superior court
room, at Bridgeport yesterday morn-
ing, and sentenced to be hanged in the
state prison, at Wethersfield, between
the hours of midnight and sunrise. on
the morning of April 24, next.
—Wright’s perfumes at Weed's.
D 20 5t .
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They Suspected Bradley.
For the past day or two astrange
man named Bradley had’ been abdut
town endeavoring to sell tickets for a
pretended raffle for a horse. Yester-
day the report was circulated that he
-~was .on'e ~of the - trio implicated in the“
Wilton murder of last week. He was
last seen.in Darien and a couple of
Stamford constables visited that town
yesterday afternoon in searchjof him,
but he disappeared.——Stamford. Advo-
cate. .
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—A Catholic Prayer book or a pair
of Pearl Rosa1ies make a splendid
Chiistmas gift, atJ. T. Hayes. 5Main
street. D 20 5t.
New Building at Soldiers’ Home.
Charles B. Fitch of Noroton has been
- awa1 ded the cont1 act to erect the large
new building at Fitch’s Soldiers’ Home
101 the me1nbe1s of the staff. The
structure is. to be 34x36, three stories
in height and will contain sixteen
rooms. It isprobable work- Will be
commenced as seen as the weather'@
mode1 ates. The building will be com-
pleted as rapidly as possible.
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——Ten per cent. discount on pocket
:nives when bought f01 classes. So.
No1 walk Har dwa1e Co. D 20 3t.
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Startling Stamford Suicide.
N 0‘ little excitement was caused in
Stamford yesterday by the discovery of
the dead body of Mz1s.,'Fannie Scofield.
She had retired Monday evening in ap-
parently good health and spirits but
there is no doubt that her death was
self-inflicted. The gas in her room
was found to be turned on at full head,
having doubtless been left in that con-
dition purposely. Her husband is the
senior member of the dry goods firm of
Scofield & Co. -
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—One of those $1 fountain pens will
make an excellent Christmas gift.
Call at GAZETTE office and see them.
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7 ' Collision.
A team driven by a party from'the
Dr. Smith sanitarium at Wiltdn collid-
ed on Wall street yesterday afternoon
with the Tongue turnout from Broad
River, with the result that one of the
shafts of the former turnout was '
wrecked. The wrecked vehicle was
taken to Banks’ stable where another”
one was provided and the dr' 1ve1 p1 0.
ceeded on his way home. 1'
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Animal Reception. *
, The ladies of the First Congregation~
a1 chu1chgvill give their Annual Re—
cepti on to lhé Pastor and his wife on
Wednesday evening ,3 Dec. 29. Pre-
vious to'the reception there will be a
fifteen minute organ 1ecital by Prof.
Gibson. The gale of pews will com-
mence at 7: 30 o ’clo‘ok. During the 1e-
ceptiona musical programme will be
rendered, and refreshments will be
se1 ved. .
insanity.
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LlZZlE FLEMING.
Sent to State Insane Asylum
for Ten Years.
Demented Servant Girl, Who Nearly Killed
the Dixon Family.
Lizzie Fleming, the Stamford ser-
vant girl who tried to kill her
and mistress with an axe, was commit-
ted Tuesday by Judge Elmer to the.
State Insane asylum at Middletown for
The case was called before
the same jury that tried Boinay, her
counsel, M11. Kenealy of Stamford mak-
ing no objection. ,After the jury had
been regularly impanelled the girl
She is apitiable
ten years.
pleaded not guilty.
looking'object, and appeared to take
little interest in her surroundings.
‘ Her eyes had the glare of an insane
person.
Mr. Fessenden called Alanson 6C.
Dixon to the stand. He said that Oct. _
15 last he was awakened by the girl,
Who was raining blows with an axe
upon: his wife. He struggled with her
and she struck him on the head and
hand. 'Both wounds were ugly ones.
He said he had known her for 20 years
and she had been a servant in his
family for 10. She was insane at the
tlme.
Dr. George W. Birch testified that
the injdries inflicted upon Mr. and Mrs.
Dixon were dangerous. Both were
taken to the hospital. Dr. A. G. Gib-
bons testified that since the crime the
girl has been in his care. She was in-
sane when 'she committed the deed,
and has been insane ever since.
The state and defense agreed ' in
making a verdict upon the ground of
Judge Elmer instructed the
jury to retire totheir room” and to re-
turn with awerdict of not guilty on
the-sole ground of insanity. This oc-
cupied but a few minutes.
. When the verdict was announced
the girl was committed to the Connecti-
cut Hospital. for. .the Insane for ten
years, as previded in the statutes.
M11. Fessenden then announced that
he had no further business and the
criminal term was adjourned sine die.”
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—--At the big furniture sto1e, Ray-
mond & Sons, they have a full line of
Ladies desks and par101 tables; also
rattan goods in 1ockers and without
rockeis.
master «
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FBEUDEIITHAI. WON.
The Man Who Offered to Give Half of a
Hog Away if He Won Sécures‘.
the Prize.
. Some weeks since Landlord Hamil-
ton of- the Warwick hotel evolved the
idea that an old fashioned hog guessing
match would not be altogether out of
season and to that end purchased what
was reputed to be the largest hog in
Fairfield county.
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. A Little Child Carried Out of
the Building Unconscious
.from Smoke.
The Fire Department Responded Promptly '
and Extinguished the Flames. '
The porcine was, after considerableg Sh01tly after half past eleven 0 clock
search located in Cranbury and later
transferred to a building specially con-
structed for him at the rear of the ho—
tel.
He was fed with all that an animal of
his specie could desire, and apparently
increased in weight from day to day. 1
And the guessing commenced at fifty
cents a chance. The gueSSers included
all nationalities and they came from
the four corners of the county and “slop-
ped1' over into York state.” ,
Some said his hogship wouldn’t
weigh more than 500 pounds and paid
fifty cents for their opinion.
that he would weigh 600
pounds and paid a like sum for their
opinion.
And the 110g continued to get fat, in
abject ignorance of the fact that his
death was nigh at hand.
Yesterday afternoon in the presence
of a large crowd (as events proved, of
fifty cent mourners) he went the way
of most hogs and was strung up by his
gambrels.
The crowd was a motley one includ-
ing all classes of people, most of whom
followed the remains to Hayes’ market
where he was weighed by Mr. Hayes’
right hand man “Ben’lReed. .
When Mr. Reed announced the
weight of the porcine as being 614
pounds, a shout went up that sent four
turkeys in Hayes’ market off from their
perch.
The one coming nearest the actual
weight of the hog was Frederick Freu-
denthal of Cranbury, whose guess was
612 pounds. ’
At the time Mr. Frendenthal made
his guess he supplemented it With the
statement—that if he won, he would do-
nate one-half'of', the hog to deserving
poor, and he will live up to the text of
his promise.
The butchering» attracted almost as
much attention as would a circus pa-
rade and the reception room at the
Warwick hotel, was, yesterday after-
noon as lively asa hornet’s nest.
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Kalamazoo Seized.
Chief of police Vollmer, yesterday
seized a gambling machine known as
the Kalamazoo,at Carl Schaub’s Imper-
ial Cafe, and loading it on a truck had
it taken to the station house Where it
was locked up. The parties having it
in their possession are liable to prose-
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subsoilpllolzs for the WEEKLY GAZETTE
and New York Weekly Trzbzme for the year in)
For ninety-seem years the GAZETTE has
nevorfafled in its weekly visits to the homes of
Farmers and Villagers throughout Faz'rfield
County, and for more llzcm f fly-six years the
Tribune has fazllzfully labored for their pros- ,
portly and happiness. .
Both popels will be sent to any address upon
recézpl of only one: dollar.
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Meeting of Hotel Men.
The annual meeting of the Connecti-
cut Hotel Association was held yes-
terday at the ScOvilI House, Water-
bury. Officers we1e elected as follows:
President, T. B. Wairen of Bridge-
por;t vice- president, A. A. Pocock 0f
Hartford, secretary, Joth. Dahill of
Ha1tfo1d'j’ t1easu1 er, A. Merritt of
Bridgepoifit executive committee, G.
H. Spencer, Winstead; C. M. Tiuman,
VVaterbui y: _ F1ank Conley, T01 rington;
J. H. Bowli‘er, Hartford; G'. F. 'Heub-
lein, Hartford.
After the business meeting the visit-
ors were guests of Landlord O. M. T1 u-
man of the Scovill House at dinner. ‘
——Get a Home-made Mines pic at
Colby & Smith’s. - D 21 2t.
cution. The Chief had previously
warned saloon-keepers and others to
keep like machines out of their places.
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——Special price on Peck & Snydc1
skates for the holidays. So. Norwalk
Hardware Co. D 20 3t.
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Draws . the Doll;
The sales ticket which'drew the doll
at the Boston store, Tuesday, was as
follows: Date412-2l, Book 10, No. 1,
Item, Books, 49c, Amount received
$1.00, Red Number 28.
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~Commencing to-morrow the Boston
S 01 e,1Norwalk, v: ill inaugurate a great
slaughte1 sale of holiday ar ticles, every
one of 11 hich will make a useful Christ-
mas present.
Others ‘
this morning fire was discovel ed in the
brick block {opposite the City Hotel at
South Norwalk.
The fire was in the rooms occupied
by Louis J assillo.. The first notice of»
the blaze was occasioned by the smoke
that came from a partially opened win-
dow.
An alarm was sent in to which the
fire department promptly responded,
and the blaze was quickly extinguished.
Befbrc the arrival of the firemen it
was reported that‘there wree four chil-
dren in the rooms. This report was
found to be only half true, to the ex-
tent that there were .but two. one a. f
babe the other a girl of perhaps four
years.
The infant was rescued from suffoca-
tion by a barber living nearby and Dr.
F. W. Darmer rescued the little girl
who was nearly suffocated and took her
to Dr. J. T. Kennedy who administer
ed proper restoratives and she was
soon all right again. '
The parents of the children Were ab-
sent at the time of 'the fire and the
mother was almost frantic with grief
when she reached the scene.
The fire is said to have been caused ,
by the dropping of live coals from 'a
grate to the floor. That the fire did
not result in the death of at least two
is all owing to the promptness of those
who rescued them, as both were nearly
suffocated by smoke. I
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Tenth Anniversary.
The G.A.R. hall presented a. splendid
appearance last night, it having been
decorated for the observance of the
tenth anniversary of the Woman’s Re-
lief Corps of Buckingham Post. A‘
splendid programme of exercises was
presented which included an address
by Rev. D11. T. K. Noble and a histori- ‘
cal paper on the organization of the
order from its inception to the present
time. Vocal and instrumental music
was no small pa1t of the progtaflmme
A feast such as only the good ladies of .
the corps know how to propare followed
and the anniversary was made one that
will never be forgotten by the partici—
pants.
—Two days slaughter of useful pres-
ents at the Boston Store, N orwalk com-
mencing to- mor1ow. Read the adv er-
tisement on the 8th page.
’ At a meeting of the Blossom Cycle
club held last evening a committee was
appointed to arrange for a sociable to
be held this winter. The meeting was
held at the home of Edward Kelly and
was followed by a feast of good things' 1n
the edible line. .
The Official Board of the Norwalk M.
E. church will hold a special meeting
'in the Epworth Parlor to-night at 8
o’clock.
—At the great slaughter sale of use-
ful presents, which begins at the Bos-
ton St01 c, Norwalk, to-morrow, the'
prices will be placed so low that the
people will be tempted to visit the
store and take the goods away.
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_ The Weather.
Light snow, clearing Thursday after-
noon or night in south portiOn, warmer
Thursday morning;
‘ DEATHS. n
BEST—In Danbury. Dec. 20, Mary,
wife of Hugh Best. aged 43 years.
CURR AN—Jn Stamford, Dec 20, Mary,
widow of the late John Curran, aged“)
years. -
DOHENEY—In Bridgepm t, Dec. 20‘,
May L. daughte1 of Timothy and Brid-
get Doheney, aged 5 months.
FUNKE—In Bridgeport, Dec.
William Funke, aged 62 years.
GALLAGHER-4n Danbury, Dec. 20,
20,
at the home of her sister, Mrs. Matthew. . '
McMahon, 119 South street, Katie Gal-
laghe1, aged 31 years.
GEILEN—In Greenfield Hill, Dec. 18, ,
Clara, wife of Andrew Geilen, aged 61 .
years. -
SCOFIELD—In StameId, Dec. 20,1 -
Fannie H, wife of Wilbu1 E. Scofield,
aged 38 yea1s.
TITUS—In Bridgeport, Dec. 21, Wil-
liam A. Titus, aged 75 years. '_ '
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