G‘lf you want the best goods for the least money , . read the advertisements ..’f;in the Gazette. *1 : Vening family paperthe Gazette? advertising columns Will i ’ - prove its value to you. :‘ VOL. VIII. NO. 1823 NCRWALK, CONN, MONDAYEYENING, MARCH 14,1898. PRICE oNE CENT. BEHIND IRON Bans. DEIIJAIIIII WILLIS AIID FREDERICK MAXDRDDKIIAIIS, ALLEGED IIIIIIDEIIEIIS OF DAVID 3. II. LAMBERT IIDW III DIIIDEEPDIIT JAIL. . WILLIS THE ALLEGED LEADER. BOTH MEN REACH BRIDGEPORT ON SAME TRAIN, BUT BROCKHAUS DID NOT KNOW WILLIS HAD BEEN CAPTU RED. Benjamin Willis and Frederick Max B11,ockhaus the alleged murders of Da- vid S. R. Lambert of Wilton, are now safely located in the Bridgeport jail. They arrived in charge of Sheriff Haw- ,iley and Deputy Sheriff Lyon at 9:13 I Saturday evening. Brockhaus was in the rear of the train and did not know [that Willis was on the train. Willis knew Brockhaus was there, but did not see him and neither will know I .VWhere the other is until to-day. It is doubtful if Brockhaus will know until to-day that Willis has even been cap- tured. The details of the infamous and fiend- ish murder of David S. R. Lambert at Wilton, on December 17, last, with . which these two are charged, .are I still fresh in the public mind, and need no repetition at this time. fl, Brockhaus was located and arrested at the home of his brother, 111 Mel- ‘ rose street, Chicago, while eating sup- per last Tuesday night. He was com- pletely surprised, but waived extradi- ‘tion and agreed to come on to Cons necticut' peaceably. He had just se- cured employment as a waiter in ares- taurant. Deputy Sheriff Lyon of South N 011- walk left Wednesday noon for New York, whence he' left for Chicago Wednesday night to secure Brockhaus and bring him back. He arrived in Chicago Thursday night and spent Fri- ," day in attending to necessary details. - Friday night he started” east with his prisoner and arrived in New York in time to take the train leaving the Grand Central station at 7 p. 111. Last Friday morning Sheriff Sidney . E. Hawley received word from Chief l of Police Kelly of Columbus, 0., that 'Ben Willis had been caught and ar- rested in that city. Sheriff Hawley immediately made reply and it was found that Willis would also waive ex- tradition. Detective Koch of the Pink- erton agency started east with him and Sheriff Hawley left Bridgeport at 12:29 Saturday for New York and met Detective Koch in Jersey City at 3:20 and relieved him of his prisoner. I He also boarded the 7 o’clock train ’ \vith Willis at the Grand Central sta- 1 tion, but did not know that Sheriff .VLyon and Brockhaus were on the train. 1' Sherifi Hawley and Willis were in the Jsmoker, while the other two were in the ' rear car. The conductor informed Sheriff Hawley of the fact that his dep- uty and the other prisoner were on the train. The sheriff sent back word to keep the two boys apart. Willis, heard this conversation and knew his sup- .» :posed accomplice was on the train, but .1. Brockhaus did not know that he was there. Indeed, it is doubtful if Brock- haus, who has been in confinement 1 since Tuesday, knew that Willis had i been captured at all. " When the train arrived at Bridge- port, Deputy Jailer Keenan‘ met Sher- - if: Hawley and was sent back to hold the Other two until Willis could be ,fgotten out of the way. The two crlmi- '1 £13.13 were taken to the jail separately, and while Willis knows Brockhaus ,1. W813 on the train, he does not know that 1313 companion is. sleeping a few cells y, from him. The two are in the. . and contains a cut of Columbus Grove, same row of cells in which Boinay and Weeks were confined, but neither is in the same cell. Willis wore, when captured, a brown check business suit of neat pattern, which he said he purchased in Cincin- nati, but his hair is long and he looks somewhat 11u5ty. He is about five feet, eight and one-half inches in height, while Brockhaus, who was also well dressed, is five feet, ten inches tall. Within fifteen minutes after the pris- oners were lodged 1n the jail Attorney Charles T. Duffy, of New York, and the Hon. Daniel Davenport of Bridge- port, called at the jail and asked to see the prisoner. They were refused. They have been employed by Willis’ mother, who lives in New York, and still stands by her boy, to defend the prisoner. Ben Willis is the main criminal. De- spite all the reports to the contrary that have been flashed over the country during the past week, he is the man whom the authorities believe to be the leader in the murder of David S. R. Lambert. Brockhaus is supposed to be merely an accomplice. Willis had not been caught when the story that Brock— haus was the leader was sent out. The prisoners will be brought before the superior court on a bench warrant to-day and probable cause being found, they will be held for trial before the May term of the court. ‘ It is expected that when the case . comes to trial, Brockhaus will turn state’s evidence. It is believed that he 1 was only an accomplice and that Willis fired the fatal shot. I E In its general bearings, the whole af- : fair is very much similar to thatof Boi- nay and Weeks. For several reasons Sheriff Hawley is keeping as close a watch on these two prisoners as he did on Boinay and Weeks. Special Officers Keenan and Hoyt will have that duty. THEY STDLE Fun. Three Danbury Italians Arrested for Rob- bing Hat Shops. I The Daubury police station present- ed the appearance of a junk shop yes- terday afternoon, as the result of a raid made on two Italian houses on East Franklin street, when three truck loads of hatters’ fur and other material, ap- parently stolen from hat factories were seized. Michael Carlo and two other Italians, who are entered on the police register as Michael and James Collins, were placed under arrest. The proper- ty recovered will aggregate several hundred dollars 1n value. Suspicion was di1ected towards the men as they were discovered trying to sell some of the fur at different factor- ies. When the houses were searched the stuff was found stowed away in every available place from cellar to garret and in theattic it was hidden knee deep. It is thought the men visit- ed the hat factories at night and stole everything of value they could seize. AA¥ werk to be Commenced. Word was received this morning,that work will soon commence on the new Starin dock at Columbus Grove, and be rapidly pushed to completion. The Starin company has published its catalogue of summer resorts for ’98, as it Will be when completed. Excur- sions are also being booked for that resort. v- FOR Will RELIEF. An. Enthusiastic. Meeting at Music Hall. Several Clergymen and Others Speak for the Cause. General Russell , Frost Presides. In response to a call for a mass meet— ing at Music hall last evening for the benefit of Cuban sufferers therewas a. large attendance, and the meeting was a very enthusiastic one. The meeting was in interest of a collection for the benefit of people who are starving to death in Cuba, and the call for aid met with a hearty and sub- stantial response from those present. General Russell Frost presided and in a happy manner introduced the dif- ferent speakers after having himself outlined in a graphic manner the suf- ferings of Cubans on that island. He also spoke of the present troubles existing between Spain and this coun- try, but counselled peace, although ex- pressing confidence in President Mc- Kinley’s ultimatum in the matter, feel- ing assured that his decision WOuld be for the best interests of the country of which he is the head. His remarks were followed by a pa- triotic, and sympathetic prayer for the sufferers, by Rev. R. O. Sherwood. He then made a brief address in which he dwelt upon the hardships being suf- fered by the residents of the island. He was followed by Rev. A. S. Kav- anagh, who spOke on the same line, and courteously asked Rev. Father Winters why the Pope had failed to exercise his power in a way of abating the suffering. ' Mr. Kavanagh was followed by- Rev. John '1‘. Winters who seemed from his remarks to be heartily in accord with the spirit of the meeting, and conclud- ed his remarks by answering the ques- tion propounded by (the previous speak- er, and did so in a manner that won for him the respect of all present, and to thelr enlightenment of the situation of the church in the premises. Rev. Gerald H. Beard was another one of the speakers and he gave figures of the terrible privations, sufferings and deaths on the island and took occa- ‘sion to say that they had not been gleaned from newspapels of the yellow journal 011 dcr but wele bona fide re- ports fu1n1shed by men who could be relied upon. The speeches were interspersed with patriotic songs by the church choirs, and Paul Schultz, J-r. sang a solo that met witl‘ favor from the audience. A flatt’e ing collection was taken up, of which 1 ‘on. John H. Ferris was ap- pointed to a 1.t as t11eaS11111,e1 and forward the same to the New Englan 1 Relief committee. Apniversary Sale Continued. ’ Owing to the bad weather of Satur- day, the Boston Store, N01 walk, is con- tinuing their great“Anniversal y Sale” to day. The store is stocked with new spring goods from which to make se- lection, and their great offer to sell any jacket in store, whether the price be $18 or' $10, for $5, ought to clear their counters before the store closes to-night. If you want bargains visit the Boston Store to-day. ‘ >7 County Legislators’ Meeting. The County commissioners ha’ve call- ed a meeting of the Senators and Rep- resentatives of Failfield county for Tuesday, March" -2, at 10: 30 a. m., for the purpose of taking into considera tion the advisability of erecting a new court house at Danbury, and the lay- ing of the county tax upon the town grand lists, to provide for the county expenses. The commissionels will recommend that a tax of two- -tenths of a mill be laid, which is one tenth less than the last tax. It is anticipated that there will be a lively session when the Dan~ bury court house matter is brOpght up as there is opposition. New Postmaster. Among the Fourth-class postmastets appointed on Satm day, was Hiram J el-, ,.. . ill will be held thisafterncion. liffe at Saugatuck. A YACHT. WREOKED. Captain Bouton of the .City of Norwalk Tom the Boat ' .to New York. The Crew Also Picked Up and Taken to Beekman Street on the Propeller. The pleasure yacht May Belle, owned by the Cavanaugh brothers, contractors at work on the demolition of the Pali-‘ sades, left Port Chester yesterday morning for Fort Lee. About 10 o’clock, when between Captain’s Island and Execution Light, ofi Larchmont, a squall came up and the boat was cap- sized. The crew, consisting of Capt. Johnson and a father and son named Anderson, were thrown into the water. So was the boat’s yawl, bottom side up. The men managed to right it and climb into it, but the oars were gone, so they sat and drifted for four hours. Then there came along the tug Wins- ton, bound for Boston. She picked the men up, and, meeting the City of Nor- walk coming to New York, transferred them td her. Capt. Bouton of . the N orwalk righted the yacht and towed her to the foot of Beekman street, where the three men were put ashore. The May Belle’s mast and bowsprit were broken when she went over. ~Musicale Wednesday Evening, 16, Lockwood’ s Hall, under the auspices of the First Congregational Sunday school. You don’ t want to fail to heal Miss Osboxn, the whistler; also Mrs. Newkirk and Miss Sherwood with other local talent. A most excellent programme will be given. Don’t miss it. Cha1t at Glen- dening’ s and Plaisted 5 now open. SENTU‘P For LIFE. DeMarco Jury Instructed to Find Second Degree Murder.‘ Court and State’s Attorney Satisfied That the Stamford Italian Committed the Double Murder in a Drunken Frenzy. Antonio DeMarco, 19 years old, was convicted of murder in the second de- gree, on Saturday, in the Superior court, and was at once sentenced to Wethersfield for the rest of his natural life. Disappointed and weeping, his hands bound with manacles, the youth- ful murderer was led away to his prison cell. The slayer of his two uncles, Augustino and Fillippi Pareli, in broken English sobbed out that he ex- pected to go free. His father and sister and other Ital- ian friends from Stamford, with tears running down their cheeks saw- him start for the county jail, from which institution he will be taken to Hartford some day this week. “ v‘ 7‘ "Captain “Sandy” Knapp Dead. Alexander Knapp, one of Norwalk’s oldest and best known ‘colored resi- dent’s died at the Town Farm, yester- day, aged about 56 years.’ ”Sandy,” as he was familiarly called during the 60’s was commander of the clam-boat, “Fearnaught” and estab- lished quite a reputation as a sea farm- er. Steamers were introduced and as “Sandy” frequently said, “My busi- ness was broken up.” Until within a few menths he had acted as “errand boy” for a leading family in this city, but he was finally forced by reason of illness to visit the Town Falm where he died. To the surpl ise of many, it was found that he had $3 in cash' 1n his possession and a bank book that called for some- thing over $100 more. Most of our older citizens will re- -member “Sandy” as a good 'natured colored man, the victim of many upsets in the sound, in which the weight of his feet overbalanced that of his head and he escaped drowning. These es‘ capes have frequently been chronicled in these columns Ser'iously, “Sandy” was at heart, no doubt, a good man, and enjoyed the re- spectof all who knew him. . The funer- EVE’ S RAMBLINGS. COMMENT AND GOSSIP AMONG. THE WOMEN, BY ONE Becausea woman can appreciate a good book, or even write one, 011 talk or think intelligently, is she not to be a stirring, wide-awake, efficient, thor- ough, capable housekeeper ‘9 Is she not to be a soulful wife and a loving, judicious mother? Is she to disdain to comb a little, tumbled head, 01 to with a pair of sticky little paws, 01 to mend a rent in a pair of little trousers ‘? false ring about women who talk that No woman of true intellect ever felt such duties beneath her. much better to read an interesting book, or to write out her own thoughts when she feels the inspiration, than to be much employed this way, but she will never, never disdain it, and she will faithfully stand at her post if there can be no responsible relief guard. She may like You will never find her sentimentally nihining about moonshine, while her neglected children are running loose in the neighbors’ houses, 01 thlough You may be sure she is the wrong sort of woman who does this; neither head enough to attain to that which she is counterfeiting, nor heart enough really to care for the children she has so thoughtlessly launched upon the troubled sea of life. There are few women with a desire for intellectual improvement who can- not secure it if they will. _ plenty of time to put no end of embroid- ery on their children’s clothes; plenty of time to keep up the neck-and-neck race of fashion. They will sit up till midnight, and will trim a dress or bonnet in the latest style, if they cannot hire it done, when the same energy would, if theyfelt in- clined, furnish the inside of their heads much more profitably; I for, mark you, these women who are above household cares will run their feet off to match a trimming, or chase down a coveted color in a ribbon. ing!” That isn’t “trivial!” “beneath them!” It is very funny how such women will fancy they are recommending themselves by this kind of talk to per- sons whose approbation they sometimes If they only knew what a sensible, rational person may be thinking about while they are patiently but politely listening to such befogged nonsense; how pity is where they suppose admir- ation to be the while; how the listener longs to break out and say: woman, I have washed and ironed, and baked and brewed, and swept and dusted, and washed children, and made bonnets, and cut and made dresses, and mended old coats and cleaned house, and made carpets, and nailed them cleaned windows and washed dishes, and done every ‘menial’ thing you can think of, when it came to me, to do, and I’m none the worse for it, though perhaps you would not have complimented my intellect had you known it. M floaty/cf“? ¢€va - Detective Wilkes in Town. Detective Wilkes who took an active interest in the apprehension of Willis and Brockhaus, the alleged murderers of David S. R. Lambert, of Wilton, is It is understood that his pur- pose is to summon certain witnesses who claim to have seen the accused on the night of the murder, identify the accused who are now in the Bridgeport jail and to complete the chain of evidence he has against the prisoners. Died Suddenly In Denver. . Bassick, of Bridgeport, died very suddenly in Denver, Col. . Bassick had just arrived in that city, having left Bridgeport on Tuesday last on a business trip. wholly unexpected, having been caused He was in his 65th His death was by heart disease. It is understood that Mrs. Thomas has presented a new organ to the First Methodist church, and the musical committee yesterday, practic— ally verified the report by asking that space be left in the construction of the chul ch f01 the ceception of the same", and it is believed that all in interest- were in musical and happy accord with PROMPT CAPTURE. A South Norwalk ‘l'hieprpre- hended in Stamford. He Stole a Friend’s Best Wearing Apparel and Skipped. - ’ A short time since a .man who gave his name as Thomas Mackey, occupa- tion painter, drifted into town and se- cured a situation at Tilly’s carriage factory. During his stay here he made the ac- quaintance of a man called “Joe” Lees, a vine-trimmer and tree-cutter, living on Burbank street. Yesterday afternoon at about 5 o’clock “Joe” complained to the police that he had been robbed~of a quantity of cloth- ing, and believed his friend Mackey to be the guilty party. He reported the articles stolen as being a black ulster overcoat, a black suit of clothes, white shirt,‘ collars, handkerchiefs, socks, Derby hat, etc. He said that Mackey had broken in- to the house during his absence and appropriated the articles above men- tioned. Chierollmer telephoned a good de- scription of the man to surrounding towns with the request that he be ar- rested. At? :30 o'clock he was in leceipt of a telegram from Stamford, that the man wanted was under arrest in that city. It might" be well to state that when Mackey appropriated the clothing, he donned the same'add left his own as a clue to his identity. Chief Vollmer sent Captain Glad- stone to Stamford on the 6:15 train and in a short time after, Mackey was land- ed in the station house at South Nbr- walk. The prisoner was taken before Judge Frost in the Town Court this morning, where he received a sentence of thirty days in jail With costs, which will add about thirty days to the term of the culprit in jail. -————<o.o>——-—- ‘ The Nichols Reward. Before the adjournment of the crim- inal term of theSu pe 111011 court this after noon,State’sAttol1neyFeSSendcn will ask that an order be made ' for the division of the reward offered for the arrest and conviction of the murderers of George Marcus Nichols. The state offered $1,000, the town of Trumbull $1,000 and” Miss Mary Nichols, sister of the murder- ed man, $2,500, making a total of $4,500. The reward will be distributed among Supt. Birmingham, and Detectives George Arnold and Edward Cronan, . who captured ‘Weeks and Boinay. There probably will be no contest over the division of the money, as these three are the only ones having any valid claim to it. ‘AL V" Mrs. Colin M. lngersoll Dead. Mrs. Colin M. Ingersoll died at her home in New Haven yesterday after: noon, at an advanced age. Mrs. Ingersoll was a daughter of the Hon. Zadoc Pratt, of Prattsville, N Y., and had become known in the literary field by several works of her pen. She leaves a husband and four children, Mary A., Colin M. Ingersoll jr. , G. P. Ingersoll and Mrs. G. P. Angeli. BEST OF ALL To cleanse the system in a gentle and truly beneficial manner, when the Springtime comes, use the true and per fect remedy, Syrup of Figs. Buy the genuine. Manufactured by the Cali— fornia Fig Sprup Co. only, and for sale by all druggists, at 50 cents per bottle. ______.....__ . The Weather. Fair and slightly colder to-night and Tuesday. DEATHS. ALLYN—In Stamford, March 12, Amos M. Allyn, aged 78 years. BOLLITTI—In Danbul y. Mar ch 11, Dolrille, son of Michael and \lary Bol- litti. aged 3 yeals. ELWELL—In Middle River district, Danbury, Mm ch 11, Eli Elwell. aged 75 y1ea1s, 1 month and —l days. HOYT—In R1dgefield,March‘ 11, JamesH. Hoyt. LYON—In Blidgep01t,\lalch 13, John M. Lyon. aged 58 yeals. SHANLEY—In Bethe], March 1‘2 ._ gene, infant son ()I John and 1 ' rShanley.
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