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read the advertisements
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VOL. VIII. NO. 1941
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NORWALK, CON N .. MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29,1898.
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WENI TIIJAIL.
H. D. Moore Placed Under
$500 Bonds on the Charg'e
of,Stealing a Boat.
His Friends Fail to Put in an Ap-
pearance.
H. D. Moore, the young man who is
charged with having stolen the yacht
Fannie belonging to Captain Garrett
Decker, and who was apprehended at
Port J efferson, L. I., was given a hear-
ing in the Town Court Saturday after-
noon, and bound over in the sum of
$500 for trial before the Superior court,
in default of which he was taken to the
Bridgeport jail.
It will be remembered that the au-
thorities were in receipt of several
telegrams and letters from relatives of
the accused asking that the best of
counsel be secured for him, but none of
them vouchsafed the important infor-
mation that his friends would‘ visit
iSouth N orwalk in his behalf.
Moore was brought before the court
in the morning and his case continued
'until afternoon, he assuring the offi-
cials that his friends would come to his
rescue.
The following letter said to be from
his - mother, addressed to Captain
Gladstone of the police force, and
dated at 115 Ocean street, Lynn,Mass.,
is of pathetic interest: 3
Dear 811: Your telegrams have
frightened and amazed me. There
must be some mistake, my son Har1y
has always been a perfectly steady and
1tlio1oucrhly honor able boy. He has no
bad habits—it 1s impossible he could
have done such a thing. """" I f it is my
son that you have Ibeg that you will
1elease him if possible. I do not know
what to say. I cannot go there because
my daughter is dangerously ill. If she
were to know, or I were to leave her,
she would die.
I have telegraphed to his fathei and
inopc he will be able to go there. If I
could only go I ButI could only testify
to his good character as I have here,
and beg you to release him and not
ruin him f01 life, and disgrace his
family. It must be a mistake. I felt
su1c that he was dead when I received
you1 first telegram.
Ve1y truly yours,
FLORENCE D. MOORE.
The young man’s father, who is at
Tintervale, N. H., on being advised of
the situation, wrote and also telegraph-
(ed to the police and the court, all of
which has been published .in these
c‘olouniuis.
vi‘bis morning Chief Vollmer, who
‘d‘ home on his vacation trip Sat-
urday m Jim, was in receipt of a letter
addressed _o Moore in care of the
chief. It was Lmiled at Intervals, N. H.
and was presumably from Moore’s
father. The chief rimiled it- tO Moore
at Bridgeport.
Before leaving for Bri.
arriv:
igeport, Moore
-requested the police to regain his
clothing which had been left on 111316
boat, and which he said in the pockets
‘ would be found pictures of his brother
:and sister, as well as letters WhiCh he
greatly prized.
'ii‘he owner of the row boat which
. Meme had previously hired at Green-
1 rich, and in which he, Moore, rowed
2m 3 the Fannie, has been advised that
21,11 13 craft awaits his disposal, and he ls
«ex, oectcd here to-day.
C 'pinion is divided as to whether the
'you1 11g man intended stealing the boat
but 1. he majority seem to incline to the
beliei " of the story told by him in effect
that he took it for the purpose of
J'eachifl mg the Long Island shore, and
then i 6 possible advising the otvnei“
where i. t could be found.
’then-za se is a peculiar one and .the
flue 3139f. y of the same will no doubt at
; ..an early date be fully unraveled.’
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Sheriff’s Picnic.
The high sheriffs of this state held
1' their an. nual outing
. Bridgepm t.
gathering at the county court house
and: then took a trip in the electric
. cars to _M1nor Smith’s place in Strat-
Saturday in
They had a little social
I . ford to enjoya shore dinner.
Ail
31011: A WAIST.
To’ Hide Her Guilt .the Thief
Attempts to Burn it Up.
She Has a Husband and Four Children.
A case that appealed to the sympa-
thies of Judge Frost in the Town court
on Saturday, was that of the State vs.
Mrs. Albert Wright, who was under
arrest on the charge of shoplifting.
1 She came into court with an infant
child in her arms and with tears in her
eyes pleaded not guilty to the charge
preferred against her.
The'judge then adjourned the case
until this morning awaiting further
investigation.
M15. Wright is the mothc1 of four
childien and with them and her hus-
band lives on Raymond street, South
N orwalk. ‘-
The facts in the case which led up to
her arrest are in the main as follows:
Minot S. Smith conducts a dry goods
store in South Norwalk. Within a
sho1 t time a cape valued at $7. 50, ten
yards of silk valued at $8.50, one helio-
trope waist valued at $5, and a green
waist valued at $5 have been among
other articles of lesser value missing
from his store. 3
Saturday morning a woman who had
frequently, it is said, been in the store
before, and after whose departure the
thefts had been noticed, came in. Mrs;
Foster, one of the clerks, had occasion
to go to the change counter, leaving
the Soon after the
Woman wentout a silk waist valued at
woman alone.
$5 was missing.
Mrs.- Foster became suspicious that
the woman had stolen the waist and
sent a lad to watch where she went.
The lad followed closely on her
t1acks and saw her go into a grocery
store on East Washington st1 eet and
from thence into a nearby market.
At this junctule he met the pr0p1 ie-
tor of the store to whom he told his er-
rand. Mr. Smith then’ shadowed the
woman and saw her go into a house on
Raymond street. He then returned
and seeming the aid of the police had
the woman placed under a1 rest
When the ofiice1s visited her home,
she asked permission to go into the
kitchen for a moment which was grant-
ed, and as after events proved she went
there on the important ,errand of
destipying evidence of her guilt.
After her appearance in court the
pu1 pose of searching the rooms.
Mrs. W1 ight and the youngest child
were away at the time, and the officers
were admitted by one of the older
children. _
A thorough search was made of some
of the rooms but without result.
Officer Pennington bethought him-
self of the fact that when the arrest
was made the woman went into the
kitchen, and proceeded in his searh to
that room. I
No signs of the missing waist was
apparent. But not content, the ofiicer
raised the lid of the stove and there
found almost burned to a crisp, the
waist. There was enough left of it for
identification. _
In the Town Court, this morning,
the case was continued for a month.
, The New dean.
Rev. Joseph Guernsey preached his
farewell sermon at the South N orwalk
Methodist church, last evening, taking,
as his text “The New Woman.” In
closing Mr. Guernsey took occasion to
say that his sermons had been poorly
reported by the local reporters.
A ‘
er
. Attempt to Steal a Yacht.
It is believed in Bridgeport that the
Dr. H. D. Moore who stole Captain
Decker’s boat, made 'an attempt last
Monday night to steal the Emma L. in
that harbor, as she was run ashore by
some one unacquainted with the
channel and left aground with all sail
'set. '
No‘HeVWOn’t.
Selectman Sam Lynes say that the
alleged town bond “coo-n in the wood-
pile” will emerge in about two weeks.
' month ago,
Officer Hickey of the Stamford police
‘man.
PRISONERS EscAPEu.
Walked Out of Staihford Lock-
up and Disappeared.
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One Was Arrested in South Norwalk Sator-
day Night.
Saturday afternoon the Stamford
police learned that Frank Smith who
was wanted in that city for a burglary
committed in a baker shop about a
was in South Norwalk.
Acting upon the information received,
took the train to South Norwalk, and
while walking on Railroad place in the
even1ng came face to face with his
Smith was promptly arrested
and taken back to Stamford. ‘
JV hen the Stamford lockup was
reached Smith was confined in a cell
with another prisoner named Peter
McNerney, who was charged with a
breach of the peace.
Sunday evening when the officer car-
ried in their supper he forgot to lock
the door when he left the cell, and
both men walked out and disappeared.
A telephone message was sent to
South Norwalk as soon ‘as the escape
was discovered, but although Chief
Vollmer visited a barn in Whistleville
at 4 o’clock this mm 11an he was unable
,ne llorwalk Yacht club’s
THE WANDA. woN.
crack Delboal Wins at
Ilunlinglon.
A. E Dba'smar’s Ayli Finishes last in
Her Class.
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' The annua’i regatta of the Hunting-
ton Yacht cl b was sailed on Saturday
aftei noon 0:, r the inside club course.
The wind w. s fresh out of the north-
east and ga e some of the boats all
they wanted. The class for cabin cats
over 25 and nder 30 feet and that for
twenty-five- foot cabin cats were the
only ones that filled.
The Norwalk Yacht club was repre-
sented by F.3 T Bedford’s crack flyer
Wanda in fihe twenty-five-foot class,
and A. E. Cliasmar s Ayli 1n the thirty-
foot class. é
The Wanda had things pretty much
her own way and defeated the others
easily, but the Ayli stood no show and
finished last in her class.
The races we1e witnessed by a large
assemblage of people' in yachts and on
the shore. ieception was afterward
held at the clubhouse
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NORWALK HOSPITAL.
to find any tiace of Smith.
Smith has a ve1y bad 1ecord and has
served a number of. sentences for bur-
glary and other crimes.
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The Gazette Wonders.
What Rev. Mr. Guernsey
about the new woman.
How many boats will take part in the
Labor Day races at the Yacht club.
'When the boys of Co. “Ix."- will be
home.
> How long this cold weather will re-
main.
When that Hickory Bluff engage-
ment w111 be announced.
What new att1action on Water street
calls the boys down that way.
If Captain Gladstone will be glad to
give up acting chief.
If the advertised rain will be here
on time.
If the South Norwalk boat thief is
really a docto1.
Why the watei 1110' cait did not flood
Wall street this mox ning.
0-0?
Struck by a Train.
knows
with a serious mishap at the Bridge-
po1t depot last evening. He was
bound for Derby and with a big valise
officers again visited the house for the in hand he attempted to boald a, movp but had since “done a good many 900d
ing t1 am He g1asped the rail of the
03.1 and was thrown off his feet and
dragged quite a d stance along the
platform at the 1mm. nent risk of
being thrown under the wheels.
Finally he fell to the planking and
was struck and rolled over. He was
picked up half unconscious and helped
to the emergency hospital. Here it
was found that he had sustained a
scalp wound three inches long as well
as a number of bruises.
‘ An Open Switch.
The passenger train on the Berk-
shire div1sion of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad leaving
Ansonia at 8.52 and due in New Haven
at 9:25 was wrecked Saturday morning
at the Bridge street crossing.
The crew of a drill train had neglect-
ed to close a switch and the passenger
train which had gained considerable
headway ran into a. siding and crashed
into a section of loaded freight and
coal cars. N 0 one was seriously hurt.
After Col. Sheridan. .
Three highwaymen attempted to
hold up Col. Sheridan in Bridgeport
last Saturday morning, but the appear-
ance of a policeman put the trio to
flight. .
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Jeweler Disappears.
William Schroeter, :3. Bridgeport
watch-maker and jewelry repairer. is
missing, and it is said he has left town
without acquainting any of his credit-
ors. . “
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Fined Five Dollars.
Thomas Strong was fined $5 in the
Town Court this morning, for an as-
sault on his shopmate Jacob ‘ Sobelson.
Both men are employed at the Ernst
&. Graham cigar'factory.
Sentinel.
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I.
rSealed Propotals for Building of Same
"“ Tirer‘e' Mlle-eighteen bids in all and
upon filing the required bonds:
was held at Gregory’s Point on Satur- .
day.
John W. Burns, of Danbury, met grand old vets present.
Opened. this Morning.
Sealed prdposals for the carpenter,
mason, plundb‘ing and painting work, .
in the condtructi on of the No1 walk
Hospital wete opened at the South
N01 walk club rooms this morning by
Hon. John H. Ferris president of the
ASSOClathDq
the \following gentlemen being the
lowest, will be awarded the contract
Carpenter Work:
Notice.
~The GAZETTE’S large press broke
down again this morning and we are
obliged to issuea four page paper to-
day. I
The damage is being repaired, and it
is hoped that by Wednesday ou1 re-
gular eight page paper will again
. appear.
THE SEVENTEENTH c. «v.
lls Annual Reunion Held in Hidgefield.
The Seventeenth C. V. held its
thirtieth annual reunion in Ridgefield
on Saturday, 150 survivors being pres-
ent.
A delegation of prominent Ridgefield
the station and escorted them to the
centre of the village.
At the business meeting the follow-
ing officers were elected: President,
George Hall, of Westport; ten vice-
presidents, one from each of the ten
companies; secretary, W. A. Peek, of
N ewtown; treasurer, Patrick Wade,
J r., of Bridgeport.
Among the speakers in the afternoon
were ex‘Governor Lounsbury, ex-Judge
Rufus Pickett, of New Haven, and the
clergymen of the various churches in
Ridgefield.
At the Knob.
Mr. John H. Ferris served one of his
delicious fish chowders to the members
Saturday evening. The tables were
laid upon the lawn and the chowder
served steaming hot by a corps of
waiters. It was pronounced by all the
best ever eaten. ' ~
In the evening there was a club
dance to which the younger members
men with a band met the veterans ~ at'
MENTIONED FOE OFFICE.
' and Democratic Party Who Have
' Been. Discussed For
.Places.
ForGovernor—George E. Lounsbui y
Ridgefield; John Addison Porter:
ven.
. For Lieutenan-t-Governo1n—James D.
Dewell, New Haven; George H. Cowell
VWaterbury; Charles M. Jarvis, Berlin.
For Secretary of State—Samuel A.
Eddy, Canaan; T. AtwaterBarnes,New
Haven; W. Sidney Downs, Derby;
Dwight W. Tuttle, East Haven; Huber
Clark, - Windham; W. A. King,
Willimantic; L. C. Hinman, Meriden.
For Treasurer—Charles W. Grosve-
nor, Pomfret; C. H. Mersick, New
Haven; Alembert O. Crosby, Glaston-
bury;.Lyma'n A. Mills, Middlefield.
For ComptrollerwBenjamin P. Mead,
New Canaan; M. C. Webster, New
Britain; Thomas S. Grant, Enfield;
George M. Harrington, Willimantic?
Charles Coffey, Granby; Benjamin H.
Lee, New London; ex-State Senator
Chapman, , Westbrook; T. Atwater
Barnes, New Haven.
For Attorney-General—Lewis E.
Stanton, Hartford; John R: Buck,
Hartford; William H. Ely, New Haven;
E. M. Warner, Putnam; William E.
Simonds, Canton; Donald T. VVarne1,
Salisbu1y; George McLean, Simsbmy;
Chailes Phelps, Ve1 non.
These me only a few of the many
candidates that would like to serve
their state On the Republican ticket.
Theie a1 numerous othei candidates
who are making a still hunt for the
various offices. As the campaign pro-
gresses these candidates will probably
appear in the political arena.
flocked iii-large numbers.
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The Weather. I
Showers this afternoon and to-night; 1
fair Tuesday; warmer Tuesday morn- I
ing.
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Select'm'an Thbmésh'as returned home
from his fishing trip down east.
. office.
Democratic candidates are not yet in
evidence. There are very few Demo-
crats who are particularly'anxious for
There seems to be more can
didates for governor on the Democratic
ticket than forall the other offices
combined. Among the namesnien-
Various Prominent Men in the Republican ~
Pomfret; JamesD. Dewell, New Ha-
George W.‘ Wheeler - and 'Colouel
‘Stevenson, all of. Bridgeport; ‘ Mayor
Osgood of Norwich; Alexander, Troup
of New Haven, George G. Sumner,
William Waldo Hyde and Mayor P1 es-
ton of Hartford.
For lieutenant-governor the names
of General Bradley of New Haven.
Patrick Coughlin of Bridgeport and
Colonel Graves of Hartford have been
mentioned.
Homer Cummings of Stamford and
J. J. Quinn of Hartford have been
Louis Sperry and J. J. Quinn are
among the possibilities forfattorneye
general. -
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Belle Horton. _
The steamer Belle Horton Will make
an excursion trip to North Beach next
Sunday. The Arion Singing society
will be among the .passengers. The
fare is 50c. The boat leaves South
Norwalk at 9:30 a.m. and North Beach
at 6 0’cloCk. ,_ ,
On Labor Day, Septi'I5th, the same
boat will make an excursion to Coney
Island, an opportunity being given to
witness the naval vessels. The fare
will be 600. The boat will leave South
Norwalk at 9 a. m., Coney Island at
tioned for the office are D. N. Morgan,
4: 48 and East 3lst street at 6 p m.
‘4 Av "
Woman Overboa rd
A domestic in the employ of Charles
Lowndes, of ROWayton, fell overboard
while out sailing in a skiff Saturday
evening. She' wasrescued by Robert
Raymond who plunged into the water
and managed to get her ashore.
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Congressional ,Donvcnticn.
The Republic 1.11 Congressional cen—
vention for the-Fourth distict' will be
held in Bridgeport about Sept. 20. The
call has not yet been issued, but it is
' inderstood thit Lin Igepn-t has been
decided upon.
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Rev. S. B. Pan-l preached in St.
Paul’s church ycszm-Aimy morning and
the choir sang in the chapel in the
evening. Both rector and choir have.
been on a vacation trip. '
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THE BOSTON VIOR j
NOB. W AIL-K: CONN.
H. W. Mather, $9,075
Plumbing:
W. H. Meeker, $1,408
Painting:
J. T. Prowitt, $693.86
Masonry: ' '
Robbins Bros. . $2,100
Total, $13,276.89
28“] (LY.
The annual reunion of the 28th C. V.
There were about sixty of the
O. E. “711301), of this city was elected
an honorary member, by v11tue of the
fact that "he didn’t go to the fi ont’
turns” for the vets. _
Landlord O’Sullivan served a that-
class shc1e dinner and the reunion was
altogether successful.
The election of officers resulted in
the choice of the following veterans:
P1 esident—Levi E. Curtis, Wood-
bury.
Vice-P1eSidents—Co. A, Lewis Pro-
vost, New Canaan; Co. B, Chailes L.
Smith, Stamford; 00. C, Jonathan Tay-
lor, Westport; Co. D, G. L. Stratton,
Coney Island; Co. E, Robert Coon,
Tampville; Co. F, B. Frank Marsh,
Winsted; Co. G, Horace G. Burr, N or-
walk; 00. H, G. W.Olmstead, Stamford.
SecretaryeGeorge L. Andrews, Stain:
ford.
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Wilton.
Mrs. William Hanford, an aged
resident of Chestnut-Hill, was found in
a dying condition early this morning.
She lived about fifteen minutes after
being discovered. Mrs. Hanford was
about80 years ofage, and was in her
usual good heath on Sunday when she
visited at a neighbors:
Two valuable cows belonging to
Lewis Sieder were taken suddenly ill
Sunday afternoon and died within an
hour. Dr. Holly, the Ridgefield ve-
terinary, made an‘ autopsy and. found
that both cows had been poisoned by
paris green. Another {cow is very
sick and apparently from the same
cause. Who the dastardly poisoner is
has not as yet been discovered.
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Look at Your Ticket.
The followmg ticket drew the bi-
cycle given away at the Boston Store,
Saturday night.
Date, 8—26; salesman 21; book 1;
shirt 75c; amount received $5. 00; red
number 43.
THE BOSTON STORE.
for the least money.
ECONOM
econOmy by purchasing goods where you will get the beSt values
7' is one of the ways of acquir-
ingiwealth. You can practice
store THIS WEEK.
Shirt Waists.
We still have a. good assmtment of
shirt waists. They are just as pretty
and just as desirable as those of thei1
class that were sold here for a thiid
and a half more. N o othei store in the
twin cities has had shi1 t waists in such
profusion, such variety or such value,
as the Boston Store has offered you
this season.
Tailor Made Suits.
Don’t forget those tailor made suits
that we advertised last week at such
marvelously low figures.
part of last spring’s purchase, but are
in fall colorings and are made accord-
ing to the lastest dictates of “Dame
Fashion.” You’ll be wise if you come
at your earliest convenience, and make
They are ~
EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITIES
for saving money are afforded you in every Department of '1 our ’
Jackets.
The fall season is approaching, and
the time is nea1 at hand when you can-
not go out evenings without a light
weight jacket 01 cape. All 0111 light
weight garments were bought in the
spring, but are more suitable for fall
wear. They a1e nobby, up-to-date
styles, and we have all sizes and every
desirable shade of cloth. You can se-
lect any jacket from our stock at $5.00.
In most cases' this is only about one
third the original price of the garment.
At Every Counter".
on the main floor will be found many
items that are marked at quick-selling
prices." The close of- summer and be-
ginning of fall finds us with odds and
merchandise that must be cIOSed out to
make room for‘ new goods which are
daily arriving. N ow is your chance to
secure bargains in light weight under»
wear, hosiery, and wash dress goods.
In Our Basement
will be found now, as always, a com- .
plete line of kitchen furnishings. Here
the thrifty housekeeper will find many
items to interest her and loosen her
purse strings.
We have just received another ca1
load of Mason’s fruit jars, pints, and
quarts. , Price of either size, 43c per .
dozen. Lightning fruit jars and jelly
tumblers at prices that will sell them
as fast as we can wrap them up. _ Come
and see the many other bargains which
we have not time to mention—but co 111
early.
your selection.
ends and broken lots of warm weather
BOSToN STORE, 003N111; Mm AND WALL STRE'
spoken of for secretaryof state, and ‘ '
Norwalk Chronicler