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IDENTIFtCATION
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NORWALK STORY EXPLODED.
A TRAVELING ’.SALE’SMAN SAYS THE
MURDERED GIRL BELONGED
IN NEW HAVEN.
The body of the young woman whose
dismembered portions were found in
the Yellow Mill pond a week ago was
yesterday interred in Potters field.
. Whether it will ever again be neces-
sary. for the mutilated corpse to be dug
up and the horribly. hacked remnants
exposed to the view of another Per-
kins, who has a little book full of iden-
. tificationgnarks that don’t identify, is
a question for future consideration.
One thing the coroner has made up his
mind to is that there will be no more
mistakes.
Undertaker Cullinan, will hold the
head as long as possible, by the cor-
oner’s orders. The face, owing to the
powerful drugs used in the embalming‘
fluids, is as hard as a rock, and the
features are finely preserved. The
flesh, of cc11rseI, is badly discolored, but
anyone who lice knc‘wm that face in
life can easily identify it now dcspite.
the presenbconditions 8Under no cir}.
‘cumstances will the ghastly visage be
exposed to view except to those who
can prove their right to see it.
The theory that the victim might be
the stranger who stopped at the Asso-
ciated Charities does not receive geng-v
eral credence, as Father Slocum has.
learned that the young woman placed
in the New York convent is alive and
well. Again, Mr: Bibbins feels certain
that the girl stopped at the house about
Aug..1. Officer Hall says it was the
early apart-I of July, while 011162.51 Shau—
weckér Was away, for a few nights.
Shauwecker retur‘néd ’bcfore July 12,
so it must have been prior. to that
time. The officer is positive that the
young woman was not the victim and.
bore no resemblance to the photograph
of the deadgirl
E. G. Van Keuren, a brother of Gen.
L. N. Van Keuren, of Bridgepcrt, was
one of the many visitors at Cullinan’ s
morgue last evening. The object of
his visit, he said, was to view the head,
, as he had a strong suspicion that it was
a woman whom he had met.
Mr. Van Keur‘en is a traveliné saless‘
man for a New York house. He had
‘read the published accounts of the
crime and description ‘of the unknown
victim.- The published cuts of the
head is what impressed him the most,
He was first shown a photograph of
the head. The resemblance was very
close. The woman whom he referred
to was boarding 1n New Haven where
he was stopping on a busingggidrip
some time ago. She was rather pre-
possessing and her description tallies
The name of the woman he does not
know. He saw her last' in Providence
recently. When taken into the morgue
and shown the head he was startled
. 1. and declared the identification positive.
' '_j No information pouldkbe furnishegldrex 4., 2,
garding the woman but he intends to
visit New Haven and question the
proprietress of the boarding house on
York street at which place he first saw
the woman.
It was learned last evening that the
a clue that leads to .a young woman
named Mary Cradford, who had been
employed in Richard Frost’s restaur-
ant at 131 Fairfield avenue, as a wait-
It seems that the Cradford wom-
an is well connected and her parents
are reputed to be quite wealthy. The
P885.
story is that the girl ran away from
home ‘after having some trouble with
her parents. She had a strong will
and was determined to support herself.
A detective was placed upon her
track by the parents who felt worried.
It was feared that she had fallen into
bad company. He located her and af-
ter much persuasion induced ‘er to
come home. Thigwas {a short time be-
fore the prriprietcr of the 1estAur-ant
went out of business several weeks ago.
The girl did not \stay home long.
When she ran away the second time
she spent some time in New Haven
with a girl acquaintance. The detec-
tive who first located her was again
employed but his trail ended abruptly
in the Elm City. He has been unable
to find any trace of her from there. It
is now feared that she met with foul
play-
The police are in receipt of a letter
from Emma Curtis, who keeps a board. I
ing house at the corner of Grove and?
West.:. Mains. streets, Meriden, to the.
effect that the description of the
murdered woman tallies exactly with
that of a young woman who stopped a
week at her house about three weeks
ago. The woman was accompanied by
a. young man and they gave the names
of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Barnes. They
claimed to belong in New Haven. Mrs.
Curtis stated that their actions were
peculiar and whenever the man went
out he always locked the woman in the
room. They also had their meals
served in their room, The young
woman appeared to be ’very sad and
despondent.
After remaining with Mrs. Curtis 11.
week they removed to the‘ Arlington
House in Meriden where they stopped
2. {another week and then took their de-
parture very suddenly. Mrs. Curtis is
most positive in her 1dentificati0n.
Dr. Nancy A. Guilford is in hiding in
Montreal, and staid for two days at the
Place Viger hotel under the name of.
N. A12G00d1‘ich, butane the Bridgeport
authorities have officially intirfi‘5.ted
that they do not want her, the police
are making no effort to locate her.
A Bridgeport police official said last
night: "The further we go the strong
er the defence ofDr. Guilford bpcovnes
Advertise in 111. GIAZIE'l'l‘lt
I
HILL RENDMIHATED
mented by a Renami-
ff _2 nafion. ‘
Congressional an :I Shr-ievaity Conventions
1
_l-leld in Bridgeport
police of NewHaven are working 011
The republican convr>ssmnal and
held in
Bridgeport this morning, the former
in Warner Hall, Y5 M. C. A. build-no
and the latter at Republican head»
quarters. " - 5 -* =‘2
Commodore James D Smith of Stam-
ford presidel as, chairman ovei- the
shr ievalty conventions war 1
the usual rcsolutio1s were presented
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unanimously renominated. .
At' t'13' bounty convention Shez‘ilf
Sidney E. Hiwley s name was present,-
ed by Attoz ney-J. C. Chamberlain, of
Bridgeport, and there ba'idg no rippe-
sitio'n he,‘ too, 'raé3‘i1‘red ‘an unannmous
renomination. . . . . .
At the clcs e of the Congressional
convention the delegates . went 'to
Pleasure beach as the guests of Con~
gressman Hill to enjoy a' shore dinner,-
where they wece joined :by the dele-.
gates of the county convention, who
were the guests of Sheriff! Hawl‘ey.
.The delegatcs from Norwalk Were as
follows: Congressional, W G La
Count, E. E. Got-him, John H. Ferris,
R.‘JI_ _Cutbill; County, Samuel Lynes,
S. S. L’Hommedieu, H4. W. IWells, J.-
W. Bogardus.
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Selectmen. '
.The republican caucus for the seleci
tion of candidates to fill the several
en called for to-
morrow night, and while it is a very
short notice to the .- East Norwalk
voters, they will probably be on hand
with their candidates.
It is said that East Norwalk will
preso out two candidates, Oscar W Ray-_
mood and J.' Sturges Randa-llp Both.
are good men and if elected would serve
the town to the best .of their abllity
:1n the First: district Samuel Lynes,
the present incumbent, will seek to
succeed himself. Whether he will be
successful will depend entirely. upon
how the voters
tofwn' oliices hLS be
View the recent at-
tempt to place the town bonds in IN (43va
York. 1n p1 efenence to our own local
banks; whether the Republicans desire
a man who will not be led by a Demo;
cratic colleague,'
least, whethera fair vote and honest
count is bad. ,. .4 I
There is. however, another
date mentioned as selectman, but it is
not knowu Whether he will allow his
We refer to
and, last but not
Candh
name to be 11331419,; not.
Captain Isaac Sellecln
Captain “Ike" " served two terms as
Selectman Iand while we did not agree
with him in all things and frankly told
him so, yet we ale forced to believe; as
are manv others. that as a Selectman
Captain “Ike’ ’ was the peer of any
man than ever held the office. I‘ f::
As far as the tcivn is concerned, 00
man that ever held the office was more
exacting in seeing that the town was
protected and its mouey afialr were
straight to a. far thing than: was Captain
i‘Ik’e’, ” and With 't'1'o’u s’tnd's of others
the GAZ_E;L‘J,‘E won-ll. Ilike to see the
voters of Norwtlk reno ninatIzg Ihim, at
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tts'cmhs t'oini‘b'rrow' night. .
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Sheriff Hawley Alsc Compli—3
Congressional convention, and- after:-
Conrrressman E J Hillof Norwalk was ‘
. ject to go'od. m'en :fcr chine.
- nomination for governor to-morrow.
,NNNRNIEN IN TOWN
EAn Ideal Opera Company
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1:; Young Lady Weds a Hol-
' yoke Man
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The Ceremony Performed by Rev. A. S‘.
Kavanagh.-
The Boston Ideal 01era company
opened a three nights’ engagement at
Hoyt’s Theatre, South Norwalk, last
night.
The leading lady of the troupe is
Miss Ethel 31111311, and she was regis-
tered at the Mahackemo hotel. Among
r.: the other guests at Landlord Walz’ s
hbstélry was A. C Pratt of Holyoke.
Mass. '
Both names appear on the register in
' the same handwriting, but this fact
would not have been recognized had it
: :not been for the after proceedings.
After dinner yesterday a coach with
driverin livery appeared in front of
the' hotel into' which Miss Balch and
Mr. Pratt. entered, and Were driVen to
the town clerk’s office,- where a. license
to wed was procured after. the usual
formalities were gone through.
Armed with the license Ethe couple
then hastened to the home of Rev. A-. S-
Kavanagh pastor of the south Nor-
walk Alethodist church, where they
They then
returned to the hotel; - : . - 2 .. 2. ~2 m;
In the evening Mrs, Pratt appeared
were united in marriage
. at the presentatiOn of Girofle—Girofla at
Hoyt' s as th0ugh nothing unusual had
,happened and. the. audience was unaI-II
ware that a newly-made bride
standing before them. i ;.
..Be1"ng rather prepossessmg in' looks
\VflS'
--and a sweet singer, the announcement
of her weddinbr will no d0ubt add
interest to her appearance, and: it may
be that she will receive a snower of
floral congratulations. .
Mr. and Mrs, Pratt a‘n'd the Ideal
Opera Company have the hearty con--
gratulations '_6f the GAZETTE" coupled
with the wish that prosperity and hap-
pinesIs accompany them cue and all.
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"Tll'e' Gazette Wonders.-
If the call' fer the republican town I
, caucus was not rather sudden.
Why Ccmmcdore Cooney should 9‘".
If the East Norwalk republicans are-
pleased with the rapidhfire Caucus;
Who will- receive the democratic
If Mayor Bohannan will [receive the
democratic nomination for representa-
tive at South Norwalki- ' -
Why yesterday’ 5 editcrial in a. local
paper: should not cause. Secretary '
Porter’s resignation to be forthcoming.
If the, “113.1411 workers” will at-
tend the republican caucus tomorrow
night and follow- instructions. ,
Why the best interests 0f the town
would not result' in a _rIe'norninatiOn of
Captain Ike. - -
If .th democrats would nct be wise
to nomi ate ex- postmaster Malone for
selectman. '7 ~ 2 . .
Why the ring is on the anxious Seat.
If something is going to drop. at Ito-
morrow night’s caucus.
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V“,‘
I Another Mista'ke."' “
By the’leaving' out Of the Call for the
special town'mé‘eting cited to be held
on Friday evening, of the words “the
said town to issue bonds,” in the body
of arath 3r lengthy resolution relative
to :the issuing of town bonds’to pay- the.
fl eating indebtedness of the tovrn, the:
call has been adjudged illegal, anda
day evening will be issued. Ameetlng,
however, will be held _on Friday 'éven-i
ing as cited in the original call,
listen toth'e annual rapcrzs' of the
town. "I...”
_Bt’publican ITOIWIl‘l' Caucus."
The Call for. the Icaucus of the Bepub—
licans of the First and Third voting
districts, 11711441 be .:O‘qu in another
column. '
.The caucus is to be held 111 the town
assemblvrooms on Wednesday ,evene
in‘g, Septéin'ber 21, 'at‘8 o’clock
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new cdll for a meeting to be h'éld Mon--
GUUNGIL MEETS. ‘ '
The Library Approprlatmn De-
ferred and Its Bills
Laid Over
A Ne'w Board of City As‘sessors Elected.
absent last evening when
Glover called an adjourned meeting
of the city council to order.-
before theboard and it was regretted
that (all of' the members werenot
present.-‘ ‘ h
After the reading of the minutes of
'previous meetings by the clerk, the
Mayor presentgd a batch of" bills,
which, with the exception of those of
the library, were ordered Ipaiyd
These amounted to about $115, and
were temporarily tabled.
A report from the librarian was read
month to have been 3,830 and the num-
ber of books taken out as 2, 486.
The matter of making the appropria~'
tion of $1, 000 voted at a city meeting
for the benefit of -.the library then
~ received attention, and was the sub-
ject of- considerable attention.
Mayor Glover" ex'fiained that it
'lrequired a two-thirds vote ofthe entire
council to make the appropriation.
lost by a tie vote, Councilmen P. W.
,Bates and W. R. Bates votingin the
affirmative and Councilmen George B.
GIegory and Chailes A. Burr in the
negative.
that $500 be appropriated, and his
inotion was secorfded by Councilman
Gregory ' ‘f “ 2 ‘ , ‘ I
This _motion was also lost by Council-
man Burr voting in the negative.. ‘53?
Councilman Burr said that he was in
money was spent upon 1t.
Ocuncilman Gregory was in favor of
. giving the library enough to carry it
through to the first of January, and
suggested that the board of directors
furnish the council with an estima te of
fconduct' 11; until Such time as the present
2 council’s successors were elected.
A petition fcr an extension of 1,000
feet. of the sewer on Fitch’s hill- to
' 'Ma‘ple street was referred to the sewer
:committee, they to report at the next
regdlar meeting of the‘board.
The Congregational society asked
for a rebate'on the tax charged by the
city'againstthe society. The matter
was. referred to . Councilmen W. R.
Bates, Burr and Gregory.
to remove a building 26x18 from
Franklin ' ‘South Norwalk,
through the main streets .to -Westport
avenue. After the matter'had 'been
fully looked into the: board? voted-that
theib‘ermit be not granted.
Mayor Glover stated ‘that' in. ac;
cordance :with instructions from the
street, _
council, the clerk had conferred 'with
the. officials of the New York & New
Haven railroad in reference to the
dangerous approaches to the railroad
station, more especially the point at or
near '_the freight-house He said that
. Mr. Platt of the road had called upon
him, (the Mayor) and seemed disposed
to dc whatever was best to be done at
present, explaining that the company
had' in contemplation extensive changes
at and about the station in this city,
which would be commenced as soon as
other work now under “way was com-
pleted.-— .- . 2 -
He' subm1tted a map of what the
' company was willing to do in Ithe
meantime to avert the danger of acci-
dent at, the point complained of, It is
propOSed aboord‘ing- to this map, to
remove the present freight house to
the west side' of the track's, and -'t0_
move :the. latter a few feet nearer the
Wharf? _ _ I
, The election of city assessms follcw-
y,1fi,.g.
e'd, it being understood that two mém-
. firm» i” ' - "'- ~ -~.'."'* “tn-u
Councilmen Meeker and Cotter were .
Mayor
,Matte‘i‘s of importance'wer'e brought '
showing the attendance for the past '
A- motion that the sum of $1,000
‘be appropriated for the librai y was
Councilman W. R. Bates then moved "
favbr of the maintenance of the library .
’but thought that altogether too much .
the amount that would be required to 3‘
H. Van‘Wagner asked for a permit .
1 1
here were to LbeI democrats and the
third arepublican. . C.“ ‘2 . .2
Three ballots were taken for the '
first member of the board resulting as
follows. .
First ballot:
‘ I S. L. Weed, .‘ .r :1... 2 .~ : 3‘2I.‘
William Mitchell} I ' 4"'_'9 '1'2
' SecOnd ballot , "‘°-
s. L. Weed, " .' 2‘
’ William Mitchell. ,; 1' 2-
" Third ballot: ..
s. .L- Weed,_ . .7. t. 3-2.3?-
William Mitchell, ml;
r.;Weed was déclamed electedr . 2
' Mr. William Mitchell received the
entire vote. for second member of the
board and was declared elected.
On motion of Councilman Burr. it
Was voted that nominations be made.
for the last member of the :board, he. to/
be a republican. s 'j' . '
The name of. E. S. Adams" was men- I
tioned but quickly dropped when some
one suggested. that perhaps: he would
prefer to be Mayor. ._ '.j ' ' .
Samuel Lynes name was presented.
Councilman Gregory thought that Mr.
Lynes had oflice enough and he,- too, '
was dropped
The name. of Francis Leonard Was
then presented This led .a member of
the' council to jokingly remark, “He' 1s
‘boss on the' rodd‘s and is a demccrat
now,” and another member of: the
council‘tc add, ‘He s but of the coal
business, Meeker can't object. ”
The name of D." W. F1tch yias pre-
'sented, and some one saidz, “.he’ s got:
office enough, too.” 4
The council then proceeded to: ballot
for the third member, and [.th until
ten ballots had been taken did- they
succeed in making a selection. _ . . “.
The ballots in detail were as follows:
' First ballot II "
Francis Leonard, " 3"." . " '2 22
F. B. Gregory, ' ' . - 1
J A. Buckley, . . ._, 1
Second ballot: _, .' 7 .’“.". .:‘:
Leonard .. , . 'I 1"“? !
Gregory, ," .-: ’ '3 " 7‘ ,", "1" '
Buckley.r. :1 ‘ .l; 2 1
"I“ ‘ Third ballot ‘" " "‘
Leonard, .'.,'. _. 1?."
GI‘ngry) .' " ' . 1. ' 2 “
Budklé‘y, .'-. - , '.. 2. . ., J: .
' Fourth ball‘o‘t, '
Gregory, - .. . .. .- . 2‘"
Buckley, .- 2 v2 1
Leonard, ' . . 7 2 1
[Fifth ballot: .
Gregory“: . .. . . - 3 I 4 .,4..2 .
IBu'ckley,=‘~‘ . -2 1: an . :: -21
Leonard. ‘I ‘ ' 1'
:42 Sixthballdti ': 2
Gregory, ‘ - .1
Leonard, I 4 - ' ._ 2 ‘
Blank, , .- ' 1
’ Seventh-ballot: ' I
GregOry, " . , 1 ‘.I " . ,2; '
Leonard, ‘ ‘ .L‘ 15; 2.2:‘1‘2'
J.- M. Benedict, 2": It" ‘5 1 :12"
Eighth’ballotif," "
Gregory, ~ , ‘ 1
Leonard, 21'“
Benedict, _ . . 4' .. . ‘ ‘2
:Nainth-fballot: .
Giegct‘y,“4:44' ' 2 2 -' 2'
Leonard, ' 1 ' ‘ “‘1_ 'I
'Benedict .11: '
" 'Tenth ballot ‘-
Gi’e‘TOII‘X: .2 11f; ; " 1
T. S. .3St0ut,; :2 ,- . - .34 2_
Mr.' Stout was, declared electEd.
A motion was made that the previous
action on the library matter 'be recon-
sidered. It was finally decided to sus-
pend further aetion ‘until next Monday
evening, to. which time the council ad-
jo'urned ‘ ' ' " ' '
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Fair to- night and Wednesday, cooler
'Wednesday morning, 'with frosts
interior; . fresh northweoterly winds
diminishing. - 2
NNINE
NEPunLIt-IIN caucus.
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The Republican Electors of the F11 st-
and Third Voting Districts are hereby
notified to meet in- the: Town' Assembly
Room corner Wall and WaterxSt. Nor--
walk, on Wednesday; evening Sept.
21st,1898, at 8 o’clock to nominate can- '
didates for Town’ 0111693 181’ the ensu-
in‘g year, and to transact any. Other
bn'sinese" proper' to come before said
meetlng’
, 4 By Order,
‘ Town. Committee.
Norwalk Conn, Sept. '19th, 1898 5 '
Norwalk Chronicler