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VOL. VIII. NO. 1958 NORWALK, CONN, THURSDAYEVENING, SEPTEMBER 22,1898. ' PRICE ONE CENT
MYSTERY
SOLVED!
BRIDGEPORT’S BUTCHERED
WOMAN IDENTIFI
BY
J.
D
HER BROTHER.
IAN ADMIRER UNDER ARREST.
THE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR MAU-
RICE A. BEERS A SOUTHINGTON
BUTCHER: AND C. A. PLUMB
OF STRATFORD.
It can now be stated,-positively, that
Emma Gill of Southington, is the much
sought victim of the Yellow Mill pond
horror. Her brother identified the
head yesterday. Superintendent Birf
mingham says the identification is cor-
rect. Walter C. Foster of Hartford is
now held in the Bridgeport police
station under suspicion of complicity
in the crime.
Charles A. Plumb, J r., proprietor of
the Stratford Fish market, has been '
- 1:4s1tfiile‘rpolice snm‘éiihnce but when the}
astofl-fithedatest cluesappeared .yes-. _.
1htday:P1nmb:.mademarrang1§inents to
‘ heave? town. ,. .Byzsheerrlnck 'heiescaped
1’ (the‘poliee'rwhowmafiersfiiimowester- ,
. asldayafternoon. .iNowhe is a. fugitive 1
from justice. . - i
Supt. BirminghamDetective Arnold
and Chief Cowles, of ‘New Haven, spent
Tuesdaynight in Stratford. What they
discoveredisnot known, but the object
of their visit was to locate Fost er.
. The New Haven and Hartford police
had been posted to do likewise and
consequently sharp lookouts were kept.
- Detective Walter Smith located Foster
. and placed him under arrest on the
charge of complicity in the crime. On
the way to the police station Foster
was asked if he knew the Gill woman.
He admitted having seen the girl and
said thathe had talked to her by long
distance telephone. He stoutly main-
tained that he had not met her for
oome time. Persistent endeavors on
the part of the police failed to elicit '
the desired information.
Detective Arnold was detailed to go
. to Hartford early yesterday, morning
with instructions to bring the prisoner
.to Bridgeport. Curious crowds gath-
ered-at the depot waiting to get a
glimpse at Foster. .Hearrived on the
8.40 train and was taken at once to the
police station. He was closeted with
the superintendent and [detectives but
refused to talk except to deny the
charge. '
In response to a telegraphic request,
Harry ‘Gill, a brother of Emma, visited
Superintendent Birmingham yesterday
for the purpose of identifying the re-
mains. The superintendent and young
Gill visited the morgue together. Care-
fully were the facial features scrutin-
ized by the young brother Who broke
down and wept after recognizing the
head. I
A mark which had not been noticed
' before was discovered by the girl’s
brother. It was a small male on the
neck on a direct line with the ear clos e
to the place where the head was sever-
ed p In fact the mole came near being
incised when the cutting was done so
close was it to the dividing line. Supt.
Birmingham asked numerous questions
of the young man to whom he said that
_ made.
' het'wanted no more Marion Perkins
identifications as they proved a loss of
much valuable time and money. The
young man was poaitive and the su-
perintendent was convinced. of the gen-
uineness of the identification.
, To make the latter circumstance
doubly sure an incident which occurred
at the morgue last evening is related.
Thomas B. Elliott, of Southifigto’n, a
delegate from that place to the Demo-
cratic state convention, read of the
identification last evening. Ho resides
'justthree houses abb‘ve the Pratt
household wherein was employed the
.:unfortunate victim
crime.
In coming and going from
hisresidence he often saw the pretty
domestic andpassed her on the street.
She was of a pleasant: disposition and
would always give a salutation when
passing.
cast sealed glass he announced that he
was satisfied that no mistake had been
any other woman.
Charles A. Plumb, jr., of Stratford
is wanted by the police to explain a
few things regarding the mysterious
crime. His actions of late are at least
very strange and from the present in-
dications he is a fugitive from justice.
Plumb has the well earned reputation
of being a sporty youth. He was al-
ways considered harmless, neverthe-
less. With the girls he made it a
point to always out a figure and he
generally succeeded. ‘Not only could
he count among his list girls from all
parts of Stratford but his visitors came
from all parts of the state as well.
Before noon yesterday Plumb had
the afidacity to ask Postmaster Wells
for the letter addressed to Miss Emma
Gill, general delivery. The request
was refused to which Plumb demon-
"strated his displeasure by indignant
remarks. Walking to the long dis.
tance telephone he asked for a connec-
tion .with Hartford. When this was
given him a long and earnest conver-
sation ensued. The upshot of the con-
fabrather scared Plumb, who went out
and immediately left for home leaving ,
the store in charge of a young relative.
Preparations for a journey were has-
tily perfected. A change of clothing
was all that was taken, no grip or
bundlebeingcarried. Without attract-
ing any attention Plumb boarded a
trolley car and it later developed that
be boarded the 1:45 train for Hart-
ford.
When Plumb was getting aboard the
train, Supt. Birmingham, Detective
Cronan and Capt. Co wles, of New Ha-
ven, ‘were driying in the direction of
Stratford. Arriving there they at once
.to go her own way.
of an atrocious1
There was not the slightest
rdoubt in his mind, he said, that would
cause him to believe it was the body of.
proceeded to Plumb’s home at 9 Par-
rott street. In response to vigOrous
ringing of the doorbell a midd-leaged
woman responded. She said that
f‘Charlie” was not home and she could
not state what time it would be ivhen
he would arrive.
The team was then driven rapidly
towards the fish market. The youth
was entirely at sea, according to the
statements made. A search through
the stores along the centre of the city
Plumb’s whereabouts.
A telegraph message was sent at
once to New Haven to apprehend the
sporty youth if possible, but the train
for Hartford had just pulled out of. it.
Several other places in town where vis-
ited but what was secured has not been
devulged.
Another party the police are looking
for' 13 Maurice D. Beers, a marketman
of Southington. Beers left his business
suddenly at 12:40 ,on the noon of Mon-
day, September 12, saying that he was
going to work in Boston for the Armour
Beef Company and that he had sold
his fixtures to Armour & Co. of Meri-
den. He had numberless small bills
unpaid and one or two larger ones, but
nothing was thought of this until he
suddenly decamped, leaving the key of
the place with a hack driver at the
SouthingtOn station. A boy who worked
for him says that since his departure
he has received letters from Beers
from his parents’ home near Shelton
- and that he has not been in Boston
at atl.
It is known that Miss Gill has re-
iquired the services of a liveryteam and
{driver to take her to Waterbury on
lseVeral occasions when she invariably
was deposited On the street corner
There are
thoseintown who connect her visits
Ewires known to be smitten with ~Mise
Gill.
Another speculation in relatioh to
the unfortunate victim’s location when
death came is this: Thepolice of New
crash skirt' 1n that city They did not
connect it with this case. in any way
, ~ but it is now known that when Miss
After one glance at the head which
is now incased in a jar with :a plaster-
Gill went fl om Southington on the
afternoon of August _26, saying that
she was going'tc visit Foster’s aunt in
Stratford, she wore a mesh skirt and a
green and black checked shirt wal st.
‘
<vr
CORPOBAL OAKES STRUCK.
Remained Unconscious at the Hospital tor
Two Hours.
on Monday Corporal John W.O_akes,
of Company L, now stationed at Camp
Meade, Middletown, Pa., was severely
handled for refusing to show his pass
and was struck a blow on the back of
the head'with the butt of a gun, which
necessitated his removal to the Harris-
burg hospital, where he remained un-
conscious for nearly two hours after
which he was sent te camp where he is
now confined in the hospital.
T0 MERCHANTS.
The opening-of the fall season ls now
at hand. All indications point to good
times.
Crops are good and there are plenty
of hungry people.
Money that has been tied up will now
be invested.
The opportunity to secure your share
of this money presents itself now.
Are you alive to the possibilities of
your opportunity ?
THE GAZETTE is a medium in which
is secured both quality and . quantity.
It goes into the homes and is read by
thewell-to-do. Hand in your adver:
tisements now.
. Visiting Odd Fellows.
Wascusse Encampment of Odd Fel-
lows of Stamford will take a trolley
ride this evening and will visit Kabaosa
Encampment of Norwalk. The third".
degree will be conferred 0:1 11. candi-
date.
A ‘
B. F. Andrews has severed his con-
nection with the National Bank of
Norwalk.
finally revealed the information of ‘
there. with Beers-’3 movements, who 31.
Haven some days ago found. a bloody '
A'HAPPY ENDING.
The Republican Town Caucus
Be-Nominates Samuel
Lynes.
His Name, However, to Appear Second
on the Ticket.
The Republican caucus for the nomi
nation of Town ofiicers was held in the
Town assembly rooms last evening,
and the threatened split between the
first and second districts over the office
of first selectman was amicably settled.
The ordinary counter would say that
there were fully 400 people present,
but the vote later developed .the fact
that less than 250 deposited ballots.
Francis Leonard acted as chairman
and E. S. Adams as clerk.
A motion that the meeting proceed to
nominate a candidate for first ~select-
man was presented.
J. Belden Hurlbutt asked that the
motion be amended by the striking out
of the word first.
A letter was read signed by E. E:
Crowe, committeeman of the Second
Voting district, asking that the nom-
ination for the office of first selectman
be accorded tolthat district.
This was in the line of Mr. Hurl-
butt’s amendment. '
amendment, claiming that the Second
Voting district already had more than
its proportion of the ofiices, and assert—
ed that the first district “had the little
a financial standpoint.
B. W. Maples said that it had been a
long time since he had taken any
active interest in a caucus, andthought
th'ii remarks of Mr. Gray 3:5... being: 111
- advised. He thought that "in" justice
the claims of the second district ought
no be accorded, and he was fully in
favor of the amendment.
The motion as amended prevailed,
and the meeting proceeded to ballot
for the nomination of a selectman, but
without naming candidates.
The chair appointed tellers after
which it was voted that the ballots be
depOSited at the desk by each individual
voter.
There seemedto be an idea that
other than Republicans were present
who were willing to cast a ballot for
some particular candidate.
The chair as well as Mr. Hurlbutt
Were inclined to scout the idea that
there was any one present who would
vote other than they intended doing on
election dayz "
The result of the balloting was as
follows: I
, Samuel Lynes, 198
Isaac Selleck, 33
Oscar Raymond, 4
J. Sturges Randall, 1 .
George B. St. John, . 1
A. A. Betts, _ 2
Mr. Lynes was declared nominated,
after which there was quite an exodus
of voters.
' The meeting instructed the clerk to
cast a ballot as the sense of the caucus
that William A. Curtis be nominated
as treasurer, and in the same manner
George B. St. John was renominated
as tax collector. _
The sum of $7.82 Was collected for
caucus expenses.
Messrs. Robert N. Morehouse and L.
D. Keeler were renominated as con-
stables. .
James L’Hommedieu and George T.
Brady were nominated as grand jurors.
The vote for assessors was as fol-
lows:
J. Sturges Randall, 51
W. H. Hendrick, 2-1
Mr. Randall was declal ed elect ed.
The vote f01 member of the be 1rd of
relief Was:
Oscar W. Raymond, . 30
Jarvis Kellogg, 35
Mr. Kellogg was dtclarsd elected.
Messrs. E. O. Keeler. and Samuel
'Lynes were appointed a committee to
fill any vacancies that might occur on
the ticket.
_._. [CONTINUED ON PAGE 5]
Joseph A. Gray spoke against the »
end of it,” he basing his remarks from ‘
iURKS ROBBED.
Another Burglary at“Whist|e-
ville,” South Norwalk.
The Burglars Shot at by Frank, Libner,
Possibly Winged.
Bouton street, located at Whistle-
ville, was the scene of a visitation of
burglars, one of whom it is possible
has a part of a cartridge in his anatony
sent to him through a revolver in the
hands of Frank Libner.
Libner lives at 5 Bouton street. At
an early hour this morning, Libner
claims to have heard some one trying
to enter his house from a window at
the rear. He chased the intruder from
the premises with a couple of revolver
shots.
The burglals were more successful
at the store of Antonio Fabio on the
same street. They, as at Libner’s,
gained an entrance to the building.
' There were two Turkish peddlers of
jewelry, notions, etc., lodging in the
house.
They were robbed of the satchels
containing their “stock in trade.”
Later the satchels were found in the
woods near by and taken charge of by
the police.
It is thought to have been the work
of parties acquainted with the sur-
roundings of the places.
ssuuontnou DEAD.
m—
Explrog gt llis ,ltloplo in Hartford Yos—
. insertion-nint-
ExSenator William W Eaton died
at his home in Hartford, yesterday
morning.- He sulfered- from a ghock of
paralysis Sunday;
Ex-SenatorEaton WW barn in. Tols-
land, Oct. 11,1 1816. He studied for the
bar with Hon’: Calvin Willey who had.
been United States Senator from Con-
necticut. Mr. Eaton’s father was Hon.
Luther Eaton. In his early life Mr.
Eaton engaged in mercantile. persuits
in Columbia, S.~C-., He continued in
business in Columbia for about four
years and then returned to the North.
Shortly after his return he was ad-
mitted to the bar of Tolland county.
In 1847 he was elected a member of the
House from Tolland. He was elected
to the State Senate in 1850 from the
old Twentieth district. After he
moved to Hartford he was appointed
clerk of the Hartford county court. In‘
1853 he was elected a member of the
House and was chosen Speaker. In
1873 he was elected Speaker for the
second time. In 1874 he was elected
U. S. Senator, succeeding William A-
Buckingham. In the fall 'of 1882 he
was elected to Congress from the First
district. He has been a hard money
Democrat. Mr. Eaton married Miss
Eliza Wood, and leaves a wife and one
son, William L. Eaton.
The Danbury Fair.
The great Danbury Fair, among the
largest and best of all the fairs of the
country, is advertised in our columns
this'week to take place as usual, the
first week in October, giving as its
dates Oct. 3d to 8th,1898. Tuesday,
Oct. 4th, will be given up to bicycle
races, with special attractions. Wheel-
men from all quarters are preparing to
attend anda big day is assured. The
balance of the week offers a very
attractive speed programme for trot-
ters and pacers, and many special
attractions each day. Soon after the
fair of 1897 the Main Building, Dog
and Poultry Buildings, Art Gallery,
Floral Hall and Machinery Building
were burned. Immense new build-
ings, models of their kind, have been
erected, and are in complete readiness
for this year’s exhibition. Don’t
fail to avail yourself of the excursion
rates olfered from this city, with
admission ticket to the fair.
The Gazette Wonders.
Why the East’ Norwalk voters re-
mained away from last night’s caucus.
If their absence indicates dissatis-
faction. .
Why so many left the. caucus after
the filst ballot.
If the departing ones were democrats.
Why the South N orwalk republicans
should not be happy.
If there will be any trouble in
securing good men to run on the city
tickets.
MtIIII-AII wms.
Ex- United States Treasurer
Nominated for Governor
by the Democrats.
The Golll Men Bout’tbo Silverites.
The democrats of Connecticut, the
last of the three nominating parties.
in the state to place in the field
their ticket, last night concluded
their bi-ennial state convention in
Bridgeport after sessions which
lasted from 10 o’clock in the morn-
ing until after 1] o’clock at night,
bringing to a, close the deliberations of
the most remarkable political con-
vention ever held within the Nutmeg
state.
The gold faction completely routed
the silver ~ element by securing the
adoption of a platform which totally
eliminated reaflirmation of the Chicago
platform of 1896, and obtaining control
of the state organization in the person-
inated:
For Governor—Daniel Nash Morgan
of Bridgeport.
Lieutenant Governor-Samuel Bassett
of New Britain.
Secretary of State—Joseph T. Fan-
ning of Norwich.
Treasurer—Asa M. Ross of Thomp-
son.
Comptroller—Edward S.‘ Roberts of
Canaan.
Attorney General—Levi N.
burgh of New Haven.
Blyden-
The great contest of the convention
was incessantly fought from; the“ hour
of the meeting of thestiite central cem-
mittee until the gold men wonkout in a
testvote. on. the platform preamble. At
the announcement” of the. result of the
vote. the silver men premptly conceded
their defeat and formally gave expres-
sion to their acquieSence to the {hill of
the majority and announced their in-
tention of standing on the platform
cOntribute to the success of the ticket.
The scenes of the day on the floor of
the convention were unparalleled, but
with the main issue of silver and gold
supremacy settled, the convention be-
came a generally calm, deliberative
inating candidates speedily and with a
in its pronouncedness. On_.all sides it
is held that the party has. been tried
sine die ata late hour the delegates
united, regardless of currency affilia-
“reunited democratic party.”
er
Our College Boys and Girls.
Miss Jeannette L.‘ Gregory has gone
to Wellesley, Mass, to enter Wellesley
college.
Miss Julia B. Lockwood and Miss
Helen M. Swartz have returned to
sume their studies.
Ward S. Gregory and Charles C.
Swartz will return to Yale to resume
study on Monday next.
_ “Clint” Davis Dead.
Clinton B. Davis, who for many
years has been prominent in state
politics by reason of being chairman of
the Democratic State Central 'com-
mittee. died at his home in Higganum
yesterday morning from pleura-pneu-
monia, aged 56.
Caucuses.
The Republican town caucus of the
Second Voting district will be held
Monday night, and that of the city of
South Norwalk Tuesday night. .
The Weather.
Rain to-night and Friday; warmer.
Friday morning.
The barge Puritan is at Wilson Paint
with a 296 ton cargo Of coal.
A seventy pound watermelon was pre-.
sented to landlord Hall of the City
Hotel by Charles Remson of Annapolis,
Md.
nel of the state central committee and
the following state ticket was nom-'
and assisting in thework calculated to .
body and carried on the work of norm -
harmony which was almost paradoxical -
as by fire and With: the adjournment.
tion, in three cheers and a tiger for a ‘
Vassar college, Poughkeepsie, to rot
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