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VOLVII. No.- 1769.
THE FATAL BULLETS FOUND.
ANIDPSY Inn YESTERDAY on I'll! now or llllll-
llEllEll nIIvIII LIIIIIEIII.
ONE MISSILE UNDISCOVEBED.
THE HORSE AND WAGON AOAIN EXHIBITED IAND
EXAMINED BY HUNDREDS AT SOUTH
_NORWALK.
The announcement in yesterday’s
GAZETTE of the death of Prof. David
S. R. Lambert, the victim of the Wil-
ton assassins caused a general feeling of
SOI‘lOW ovei the western part of the
count1 y. To the genuine regret at his
untimely end was added a feeling of
disappointment that he had, passed
, away carrying his terrible secret with
. him. Every 'one who had read of the
I case had hoped that he would regain
his faculties long enough to tell what
he knew of the terrible affair.
There had been a gradual failme in
the condition of the wounded man f01
several hours and when the end came
at 1:20, it was unexpected, for the physi-
cians had indicated that life might be
prolonged for indefinite period.
Messengers were immediately de
spatched to Wilton and Dr. A. B. Gor—
ham, medical examiner for the town
was notified of the death. £13.33;-
.. mediately notified Coroner Doten. As
Mrs. Lambert was, yesterday, in no *
condition to make a statement, the
coroner arranged to hold an inquest
over the remains to-day. ‘
Yesterday afternoon Medical Exam-
iner Gorham of Wilton, assisted by
Medical Examiner Burke of South Nor-
walk, and Dr. Tracey cf Norwalk and
Dr. Mansfield of Georgetown, made an
autopsy. '
Nothing of great importance was dis-
closed by the examination. The bul—
let which entered the head was found
imbedded in the interior portion of the
brain. It had carried with it in its
course splinters of the inner table.
These splinters had penetrated the
brain matter and with the bullet itself
were responsible for the coma which
enthralled the wounded man’s facul-
ties.
The second wound was caused by a
bullet fired from the left side and, a
little to the rear of the left shoulder.
It was found close to the heart, having
passed entirely through the. left lung
and impinged upon the pericardium.
The pericardium and the adjacent
membranes were bruised by the pass-
ing bullet. There had been considera-
ble hemorrhage and the lung, as well
as the pleural cavity contained much
blood.
The ball which entered the left hip
was not located. Its course was easily
followed for a distance, but was finally
lost and the physicians believe that it
passed through the body.
ficial.
Either the wound' 1n the head or that
in the pleural cavity was sufficient to
eventually cause death. Thewonder is :
that so frail and weak aman should"
exist so long with such terrible in—
juries. All of the other organs of the
body were in a perfectly healthy condi-
tion.
It is now reported that only one
mask was found ill the wagon which
the essassins took when they made
their escape from the Lambert home
on the night of the shooting.
If both of the men were masked one.
’ef them must have been disposed of
before they left the wagon.
.. The result of the autopsy has added
, ‘ nothing to the information already be-
~ ’ fore the public concerning the murder.
The feurth
wound was in the left arm and Super--
There are numberless reports from all
parts of the state of men answering the
uncertain description given by Mrs;-
Lambert having been seen, but none of
them are of the right mien.
The Old blind horse and the spring -
wagon in which the assassins made
their escape was again on exhibition at
Solman’s stable in South Nor-walk yes-
terday. It was viewed by hundreds of
people during the afternoon, bup no
one could say positively that they had
seen it or the men who used it on that
fatal night. There were several who
thought that they had seen such a rig
with two men in the wagon but no
further description could be’obtained.
The mask found in the wagon on
Saturday morning is now at the South
Norwalk police station. It is reason-
ably clean and in perfect preservation.
It is an ordinary mask such as is used
at parties and balls and was evidently
bought for the affair it figured in.
The house in which the crime was
committed was the oldest house in
Wilton and was built in 1715.
generations of Lamberts had previously
resided there. The murdered man
was born in the family homestead Jan.
23, 1852. He entered Yale with high
‘honors, but owing to ill health was 0-
bliged to discontinue his studies in the
second year. He afterwards passed a
successful examination for a position in
the signal service at Washington, but
was again forced by ill health to give
up the position. Later he became pro-
fessor of language in a private academy
In 1881 he founded
the Lambert academy which be con-_
in Washington.
tinued as a successful private school
until about three years ago when be
discontinued it.
children of some noted New York fam-
Thus' far the officials allege
there is no trace of the murderers.
ilies.
The funeral of the murdered man
will be held this afternoon at 2 :30 at
St. Matthew 5 church of which he was
amember, after which the body will
be placed in the family vault in the
churchyard.
, Bennie Willis, whose voice ,Mr’s.
Lambert claims to have~1ecognized
when she was first attacked, is the son
- of Dr. Benjamin Willis of Brooklyn,
N. .Y. The report comes f1 om that
city that the relatives of the young
man ape to make an effort to clear him
of the charge made against him.
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—Come and examine our line of up-
holstered Morris chaiis and couches;
also our fux niture, sidelioar ds, exten-
siOn tables and Chiffoniei s in Birdseye-
maple, oak and Mahogany. Raymond
& Son. D 18 tf
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Oyster Growers Election.
The annual meeting” of the Connecti-
'cut Oyster G1 owers Association will
be held at‘ the Atlantic Hotel, Bridge-
port, on the second Tuesday in Janu-
ary. The meeting will be of unusual
importance, as officers are to beelected
and action will be taken on the propo-
sition fer hearings to get expressions
as to the advisability of simplifying
the laws relating to oyster culture.
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—-<At the big furniture store, Ray-
mond & Sens, they have a' full line of
Ladies desks and parlor tables; also
rattan goods in rockers and 'without
rockers. D 18 tf
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”Advertise in THE GAZETTE.
Three.
His pupils included,
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,lcunnrncv REFORM.
Interesting Letter From Congressman Hill
- to the Hartford Guarani.-
To the editor of the Cour-ant:—
A fortnight ago when Congress as- ‘
sembled the papers were filled with in-
terviews with senators and representa-
tives, most of whom pred1cted that no
‘ currency legislation could be secured
and that no effort even, would or should
be made to accomplish anything 1n that
direction.
To-day currency reform is the most
absorbingquestion before Congress and
'these same men dre now in doubt
whether it is the best ‘policy to adopt
the President’s few plain simple recom-
mendations or to go still further and,
accept the proposals of the secretary of
the treasury for the refunding of the
bonded debt into a“ 2% per cent. gold
bond and the withdraw] of two hundred
millions of legal tenders and the substi.
tution therefor of an equal amount of
national bank notes, with such added
provisions as will ultimately bring the.
country to gold redemption and a bank
currency based on assets. In other
words, the change wrought is from a
do—nothing policy to a discussion of the
best thing to be done, and this of it-
Self is a great advance.
Meanwhile the Indianapolis mone-
tary commlssion, after a most thorough
and exhaustive consideration of the
whole financial problem, has agreed
upon the substance of a report and ad-
journed. This report will be cdm-
pleted and presented with a formulated
bill to Congress upon its re-assembling
in J anuary.‘ If rumors are true, the
plan which the commission has pre-
pared is an ideal one, scientifically
correct, based upon common sense, and
ré'cogn 12ing the fact that a debt is‘
something to be paid, and that the
business of banking is not a govern-
ment function. '
The situation is a hopeful one.
Back of the recommendations of the
President are those who will take What
they can get rather than lose all in
striving for what they believe to be
the unattainable, and with them are
those who reluctantly submit to this
through fear of more radical action.
To-day these are in the majority and
the President’s recommendations will
probably be reported favorably to the
House, passed by that body and sent to
the Senate.
This done, the deck will be cleared
for action and the fight be on between
political expediency as represented by ,
Mr. Gage’s plan,,and radical financial
reform as advocated by the. monetary
commission.
As I now see it, I believe the latter
will ultimately win, for before the con.-
test is over. the business interests of
this country will again dictate to Con-
gressa forward policy as they did to
the St. Louis cenvention in '96.
Of one”thing they may‘rest assured.
If this country is to have. a -permaneut ‘
prosperity which can only come With a
fixed standard of value and a settled fi-
nancial system based upon it, they must
make it a matter of individual concern
as they did the tariff question at the
special session.
If they will show the same earnest-
ness and persistence and determination
in this far more important matter, this
result will be seeured;but, on the other
hand, if the boards of trade and cham-
bers of commerce and the people of all
classes who are gitally interested in
financial r eform adopt a do-nothing pol—
icy. they will find ready imitators in
their representatives in, Congress who
will go out from here into the fall elec-
tions, for many of them would prefer
not to make a yea or nay record upon
this subject, upon which to go before
the people for re-electidn.
When the rebels attacked Fert Sum-
ter in ’61 a certain Connecticut editor
prefaced the announcement in his paper,»
by the declaration that. the Almighty
was jerking this,.country forward at. the
rate of a quarter of a century every
day. While I do not think we are mak-
ing quite as swift progress as that in
financial reform, I do believe that the
issue is rapidly moving beyond the con-
trol of any political party and that it
’will soon be settled by the common,-
sense and patriotism of the people.
E J. Hill.
Washington, D. 0., Dec. 19.
—Special price on Peck 8r. Snydei
skates for the holidays.
Ha1dware Co. D 20 3t.
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Look at Your Checks.
The sales ticket which drew the
jacket at the Boston store, yesterday .'
was as follows.
Date 12-22, book 32, No.2, Item. 'silk
Sc, Amt. received 80, 1ed number 43.
—— r' 1191; erfumes at West?!» 5" 1 -,
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NORWALK, CONN. THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 231897.
IN STATE PRISllN.
Boinay Now Occupying His
5- Last Earthly Home.
Sheriff Hawley Not Sorry to Part
CoInpany with Him.
'Charles A. Boinay was taken to
Wethersfield yesterday morning by
Sheriff Hawley and formally turned
over to-Warden Woodbridge.
Early yesterday morning Sheriff
Hawley in company with Jailer Wil-
liam Scofield, left the Bridgeport jail
with Boinay. The party took the 7:05
train to Hartford. As soon as the
croud on the platform at the depot
found out who the prisoner was, a rush
was made, to get a‘view of him. The
people in thecars crowded round the
man and he became the center upon
which all eyes were focussed.
The party arrived at the state prison
at 9:45and then Boinay wasgiven over
to the warden who will be responsible
for him until his execution.
Throughout Tuesday night and yes-
terday morning, Boinay was nervous.
His position has assumed its awful
truthfulness in his mind and he reali-
zes that the world is well nigh done
with him. He talked but little after
being informed that he was to be taken
at once to the state prison. He asked
Sheriff Hawley to collect his beldng-
ings which are at Weeks’ house and
hold them until he is notified what dis-
position to make of them. The sheriff
said he would do so.
One of Boinay’s requests was that
the Bible which he used during his
former imprisonment be sent to him,
which will be done at once.
To say that the sheriff is glad to get
rid‘if'c‘if such a desperate character, is
no word for it. The jail is scarcely se
ing Boinay’s stay there, a special watch
was placed about the building eyery
night. Last night this was discon-
tinued much to the sheriff 's delight.
It will be a short four months for
Boinay, but to'th'ose whom he has 10b-
bed it may seem quite a long time.
There are but few of the people who
have been his victims who have eveI
felt safe since his visit to them and
even now though 'he is confined, the
fear that he may escape makes all wish
that the hour of his death was‘nearer. -
ninety-eight.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeesees
9 S
. At the state pr ispn Boinay’s clothes
were taken from hun and he. was given
a new suit of prison clothes of the gray
pattern. He was measured and weigh-
ed, and then put into cellNo. '9, loca-
ted on the east side of the prison block,
first tier. The cell had been prepared
for him. It-is comfortably furnished.
A wire netting has been attached to
the door to prevent the possibility of
anything being conveyed to Boinay by
which he could commit suicide. Boi-
rnay is 33 years old. He is 5 feet 5:} 1n.
in height and weighs 155 pounds. He
. bade Sheriff Hawley and Deputy Sco-
ville good-bye and thanked them for
what they had done f01 him while he
» was in jail.
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cure enough for such criminals, so dur-o
Now Is the Time .
For old and new subscribers to soud 212 than
_ szl‘bSbI'lblzoIzs for the WEEKLY GAZETTE
and New York W eokly, Trz'buuo for the your (a
- For m'uely- seven yams the GAZETTE bus
' uevorfuz’led in its weekly w’szls to the homes of
Farmers and l/lllogors throughout qu'rfiold
County, and for more Hum f fly-six years the @
Tribune has faz’llfully‘l labored for their pros-
portly cud bappz'uos5
, Bot/z papers wzll be soul to any address upon
rooezpl of only one dollar.
lo the GAZETTE, Norwolle,
THE COMMDDORE LOSES.
y‘—
ludge Comley Finds for the Plaintifl' in the
Barker Case.
The decision of Judge William H.
Comley of the Bridgeport city court up-
holds Attorney Henry C. Stevenson in
every particular in his claims in the
case against Commodore Francis" Bur-
ritt of South Norwalk. Yesterday judg-
ment was rendered for the plaintiff to
recover $49.97 damages and costs of suit.
The case was tried last week and de-
cision reserved by Judge Comley in
order to carefully. review the questions
arising-in the case.
The litigation was a suit on a bond
which wasgiven by Burritt for the re-
lease of the body of O. E. Barker, of
South Norwalk, whose body had been
arrested on a fraud writ, - The condi-
tion in the bond was that Burritt
should pay any judgment rendered
against Barker in the case. When the
case was heard in the justice court the
fraud charge was not claimed and a
judgment was secured on a claim in
contract. ' On demand being made
on the bond, Burritt refused to pay,
saying he‘had been released as surety
' on account cf the change in the claim
from fraud to contract.
Suit was brought on the bond. The
claim of the plaintiff was that the word
“case” in the bond was the same “cause
of action” and that the charge from
fraud to contract did not release the
surety, as it was the same cause of ac-
tion. Judge Comley so found and gave
judgment for the plalntifi. It is not
unlikely that the case will go to the
Supreme court.
—Fancy Perfume Atomizers, decorat-
ed, and Cut glass at Riggs’ Drug store.
D. 16. tf
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AMUSEMENTS.
Under the dec.
A hurricane in full operation, blast--
ing winds, savage lightning, surging
waves and tossing ships would be con-
sidered pretty fair equipments for a
melodrama even in this exacting age.
But Lincoln J. Carter has~been gener-
ous with the ,public in producing “Un-
der The Dome” which comes to Hoyt’s
Theatre next Monday night.
In addition to the'above effects, a
view of the illuminated Capitol at
Washington, three pretty Washington
scenes, the ferry-boat trip from Jersey
City to New York are shown. The
play while abounding in sensatibn, is
said to be very well written and to con-
tain a pm fectlj logical and somewhat
original story.
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grade piano for Christmas, you can
save 25 pm cent by purchasing direct
from the manufacturers. Schleicher &
Sons, No. 19 Main street, Nor walk.
D. 20 5t.
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Good Oysters.
The H. Rowland Co. among other
orders‘to foreign ports, yesterday. ship-
ped a barrel of bivalves to the U. S.
Consul at Naples.
that no better oysters are opened at any
house on the shores of Long Island
sound. The firm has a corps of thirty
or more oyster openers continually em-
ployed and even at that, find it difficult
to keep pace with” their Orders. Cap-
tain Rowland, the head of the firm, has
several steam and sail boats at work
harvesting the best oysters to be found
in the sound, and takes general super-
vision of the entire business of the firm.
“and he knows how to do it”.
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—-Advertise in THE GAZETTE;
It is acknowledged '
PRICE oNE CENT
TWO WERE snot
Burglars Cami-Grief in the
Town of Canaan
Four of Them w'ere Captured and» one
Escaped.
There was an exciting scene in the
town of Canaan, Litchfield county,
early yesterday morning which resulted
in» the capture of four burglars, two of
the number being shot. JWhen discov-
ered the burglars were preparing to
loot the general store of'Jackson &“
Eggleston, which theyhad entered.
Jackson & Eggleston’s store is located
on Main street, a stone’s throw from
the P. R. a N. E. and Housatonic de-
pots. It was 1:30 o’clock when five
burglars effected an entrance through
a window on the ground floor. About
10 minutes later Night Watchman
Rood, who was reclining on a bed in
the bank building, which adjoins the
store, heard a noise that seemed to
emanate from the front of the estabj
lishment. His suspicions were at once"
amused and arming himself with a re-
volver he made his way cautiously to a
pointlfrom which he could dlscern the
The
burglars carried no light and were
quietly reino'ving shoes from the
dim outlines of moving figures.
shelves.
Rood pointed his weapon in the di-
rectidn of the men andfired. Simul- I
staneously with the report came the
exclamation intones 'of anguish ‘I’m
shot.’ Rood emptied another barrel“
and then procured a lantern and an ad-
ditional revolver. Thus armed. he
went to where the men were standing
ahd found one lying onthe floor, appar-
ently suffering intense pain.‘ His three
companions were standing near him,
but the other was nowhereto be found.
Mr. Jackson, one of the proprietors
of the store, Dr. Lee and Sheriff Frank
Van Deusen were notified of the oc-
currence and arrived in due time.
Upon Dr. Lee’s arrival an examina-
tion was instituted to ascertain the ex-
tent of the wounded man’s injury, it be-
ing discovered that the bullet had ‘
taken effect in one of his legs just be;
low the knee. It was extracted with-'
out difficulty, and the fellow was taken
to Sheriff Van Deusen’s house in a
wagon. The bullet with which the
other had been struck was found in his
coat. A red mark on his body was the:
only effect produced by it. The three ,
were taken to the lockup and placed in
separate cells. No attempt wasmade to
ascertain their identity. They have I
every appearance of being tramps, but
said they hailed from Danbury. There
is not the slightest clue to the one who
escaped. His pals say that he is the
prime mover in the gang.
Three of the men were arraigned be-
fore Justice Edward S. Robei ts, the
One who was shot in the leg being, of
course, unable to appear.
The charge was breaking and- enter-
ing, towhich'th-ey pleaded guilty and
Were bound over to the next term of the
criminal superior court under bonds d
$500 each. The accused men gave their
names as McGraw. Percy St. Clair and
Thomas Mertin. 'They will be taken
to the com jail at Litchfield to-day.
From papers found on the person of
their companion, who is still in the .
custody of Deputy ,Sherlff Van Deusen
at the residence of the latter, his name
is supposed'to be John C.» Davis. He
will be given a hearing as soon as his
condition warrants such a. proceeding.
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The Weather.
Snow to-night and Friday; probably
Clearing Friday afternoon or night;
colder.
DEATHS.
BENNETT—In New Canaan, Dec. 22,
James Bennett, of Sterling, N. Y.,
fSather of Dr. James A. Bennett,-Edwin
.Bennett and Mrs. Sarah J. Hoyt.
bBARTRAM—In Bridgeport, Dec. 215t,4
Mary, widow of George B. Bart1 am,
aged 60 years.
HENDRICKSON—In Faii field, Dec. 22,
Mai tha J., widéw of Daniel H endrick-
son, aged 61 years. - ,
MILLS—In Norwalk, Dec. 22, Arthur,
Mills, aged 28 years. ,
Norwalk Chronicler