‘ To Get Customers Ad: vertise in Their Favor: ite Paper, THE EVEN: [N (i GAZETTE! azette. Every Reader of THE EVENING .6 AZETTE is a Buyer. ‘. Give Them :1 Trial as». VOL. IX. NO. 2041 NORWALK, CONN, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY B1,1899. PRICE TWO CENTS. CURTIS KISSED THEM ALL 1 AND MOREHOUSE USED THREE GALLON DEMIJOHNS TO CONVEY“ WHISKEY TO HIS CAMP AT TWIN LAKES. . The $50,000 damage suit brOught by J. J. Morehouse against Henry N. Cur— tis, agent for the General Electric Co., in for alienation of his wife’s affections, was resumed before J uStice Smith in Poughkeepsie. Miss Mabel G. Curtis, a sister of Mr. Curtis, was the first witness for the de- fense. She testified that at Chapin- 'ville it was the habit of people to ride from their homes to the railroad sta- tion. ‘ Q.~Was there ever anything in the greetiing of Mr. Curtis and Mrs. More- holise to attract attention? A.——In our family Mr. Curtis when he arrived was in the habit If Mrs. Morehouse was there he would salute her that way. Miss Grace Curtis, another sister of Mr. Curtis, was in Chapinville in the summer and fall of 1895, at her broth- Mr. were then occupying their cottage. The two cottages Were five minutes’ New York, of kissing us. er’s cottage. Morehouse 's family walk a r art. Q.——VVhat was Mr. Cu‘dt’is’ habit when greeting Mrs. Morehouse ‘9 A.—It was no different from his manner of greet- ing our friends who were his friends. He did kiss her. . Q.—Was it Mr. Curtis’ habit to kiss the guests in your house ? A.——Yes, those that he knew well. Mrs. Mrs. Morehouse, testified that she got a divorce from Mr. Morehouse in May, Minnie Burchard‘, formerly 1-897. and then resumed her maiden name, and is now known as Mrs. Bur- chard. had made her home with her uncle, Since her divorce she said she i Mr. Henry Clark, in Danbury. Conn. She first met Mr. Morehouse in 1883 and married him in 1883. In 1890 they went to Salisbury and boarded . at the Maple Shade Hotel until August, 1891. From there she went to Chapinville, vhere they spent the summers from 1.891 to 1896. 1 llllllllllll] SMASHllP Freight Car Crashes into a Signal Tower House, > at Saugatuck. DRAW HEAD DROPPED. ll Traffic on the Railroad Delayed Several Hours. The wrecking of a freight train on he Consolidated railroad at Saugatuck tan early hour this morning caused onsiderable delay to the traffic on the oad. . l The train was in charge of Conductor ‘oss. As it neared the signal tower a draw-head” fell out and one of the rs under considerable momentum u. shed into'tlic tower. The tower was thrown from its foun- Lion several feet, and almost com etely wrecked. Miraculously enough e operator. Thomas Gorman. escaped juz-y.- , . Four of the freight cars left the acks in such a manner that traffic on rec of the tracks was. complete“. ockedand that on the fourth track -ezitly retarded. The wrecking train reached the " in New York. l The winters they spent‘ Mrs. Burchard assert- ed that from the beginning of her mar- ried life her husband’s habits had been intemperate. He had no desire to as- sociate with anybody who did not drink liquor as he did. He drank continual- ly from early morning until late even— ino. Q. —At Camp Burdock, Twin Lakes, what were your husband’s habits? A.— Very intemperate. ' Large quantities of liquor were brought to the camp and drank there. Three-gallon demijohns were used to convey whiskey to the camp. . In the Pocantico and ,St. John’s flats. New York, Mrs. Burchard said that her h usband continued to drink to ex- cess. He pressed everybody who e11- tered the house to drink with him, and liquor was continually on the sideboard. He got up many times at night to drink. When he drove out in the country he took a bottle of mixed drinks and beer. He drank from the bottles. For an hour Mrs. Burchardsubmitted to an examination relating to a sub- ject of exnreme delicacy. It was a dis« M17. present only a part of the time, and his face flushed hotly under his wife’s dam- tressing ordeal. Morehouse was aging statements relating to his hab- its. —Did Mr. Morehouse ever threaten to strike you, Mrs. Burchard ? A.—In 1894, one day at Chapinville, he came to my room and insulted me and stepped up to me angrily and raised his hand. I said, “Don’t you dare strike me,” and he didn’t. I fainted and was sick for two days. In November, 1894, after a long night- of abuse, he came up from breakfast, and after accusing me of in.- fidelity, gave me a push as I lay in bed, and said, “Lay there and suffer; ’I hope you will lay there until your eyes drop out and that I never see your face again.” ed, which occurred in February. 1896 in the Pocantico flats in New York. At that time, Mrs. Burchard said, Mr. Morehouse put his hands so violently on her neck as to leave marks. On the 23th of that month she left him. ‘ ' Mrs. Burchard passionately denied all charges of improper conduct with Her- bert N. Curtis. Q.——Was there at any time anything foryou to conceal, any act of Curtis with: you or you with Curtis? A.—No sir. ‘ Referring to Mr. Curtis’ habit of kiss- Mrs. Burchard said that Mr. The first Curtis came to her house at Chapinville Mr. Morehouse kissed all the ladies and'invited Curtis to do the same. He said he was afraid they would object. " The joke was kept up until Mr. Curtis kissed all, including Mrs. Bur- ing her, Morehouse encouraged it. time Mr. . chard.‘ It wits denied by Mrs. Burchard with Mr. Curtis on an occasion testified to by Mr. Morehouse. In the summer of 1894 Mr. Morehouse came home very bitter against Mr. Curtis and said that he was going to kick him out of the Hamilton Steel Company and that he would not allow him in the house a- gain. Subsequently he invited Mr. Curtis to call. Once upon her re- turn from Hamilton to New York with her husband she took lunch with Mr. Curtis and Mr. Morehouse said she had insulted him. In December, 1895 Mrs. Burchard said that in company with Miss Kemp, a trained nurse, she visit- ed Dr. Carrington’s ofiicein Chapinville and saw Curtis there. She telephoned that she went fishing alone for him to come there. M r. Wilkinson road a letter written by Mr. Morehouse to his wife, dated March 1, 1896, in which he expressed his regret for his contemptible conduct and characterizedvjhimsdf as jealous and unforgiving. He begged for God’s sake, for the privilege of seeing her and repairing the wrongs he had in~ flicted upon her. His conduct he at- tributed to jealousy and whiskey. In another letter dated March 2, 1896, Mr. Morehouse spoke of the great wrongs he had inflicted on his wife and again attributed them to liquor. He begged her to soften her heart and forgive him, and said he had insured his life for $10,000 for her benefit and hoped she would live long to enjoy the money after his death. ' He signed the letter as her “Absent, heart-broken and de- serted husband.” Mr. Morehouse’s pleas had no effect on his wife. She Another i.stance of cruelty was cit- scene in a short time, and west bound l 1 trains were running. The wreck was one of the worst known in that section and was Visited by hundreds of people. The wreck will be entiiely cleared this afternoon and trains running as usual. Foreclosures. A decree of foreclosure was granted by Judge Elmer yesterday in the case of the South Norwalk Savings bank against Sarah 0. Craw and others. The amount is $3,943.84. and the first Mozi- day in April was fixed as the law day. The samebank was granted a decree of foreclosure against Edward F. Knapp and others, for $3,964.25. «o’er—~— Funeral of James Cousins. The funeral of the late James Cousins was attended from the home of his father- -in-law, Ge01ge M. Holmes, on Main street. this after noon, Rev. T. K. Noble officiating. The pall- -bearers were 'William A. Curtis, P. N. Knapp, A. Avison, Horace Hubbell, Henry P. Price, L. C. Green and Mr. Parker of New York. The interment was in the Holmes plot at the Norwalk cemetery. “~‘I-I’ Broke His Leg. While cutting down atree yesterday, Gershom Bradley of Saugatuck receiv- ed a broken leg by the tree falling up- on him. I m\\ The Weather. Threatening weather to-night; rain Sunday; warmer ‘in interior to-night. .._—x began the action which gave her a di- vorce from him. _ Narrow Escape. Lars Johnson, ol‘South 1‘01 11 alk, had a narrow escape f1 om drowning at the tide mill pond in East Norwalk, yester- day afternoon. It company with a number of others he was skating on the edge of the pond when he suddenly broke through and sank almost out of sight. Other skateiscame to his 1escue and he was fished out and sent home in ' a car. ‘4' A (W Sustained a Broken Ankle By the lu1ching of a train on the Consolidatediailioad at Bridgeport, yesterday. H.11vey Giegory a brake- man.res1din0 in East Norwalk, was th1own fiom a car and sustained a broken ankle which was cared form :1 Bridgeport hospital. ‘ =vvr ' Lieut. Harvey-Dead. The membe1s of the 17th regimen', C. V.. will regiet to learn 'of the death of Lieutenant John Harvey of company I I B, 17th Conn. Vols. who died at Great Barrington, N-lass.,’1‘huisday, January 13. Whist. Three tables were occupied at the whist games of the Woman’s Exchange at the Central club, yesterday after- noon. Mrs. A. N. Clark won the first prize and Miss Luella Lane the second. Gomg to Georgia. \ The Third Connecticut Infantry has 3 been ordered fiom Summe‘rville, S. 0., to Savannah, (1a., to guard quot-tel- mastcr supplies. . PANEL BURELAHS. 1 Thelllnoccupied Residence of Mrs Elizabeth A. Jennings ' on’llVest Street Visited. NOT ANYTHING STOLEN. Gained Entrance With an Augur and 0c- cupied a Bed. - It was found yesterday afternoon that the unoccupied residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Jennings on West street had been visited by some one who had gained an entrance in a forcible man- ner. Mrs. Jennings had been out of town for some time and the place was prac- tically in charge of Mr. Isaac Jennings who lives mar by. During the aftei noon Miss Mary KirbfiJennings visited the house, but the key failed to unlock the door. She advised her father of the fact and he scenting burglars in' turn explained the‘situation to Chief Vollmer and ac?“ companied by Captain Gladstone all three went to the house and forced an entrance. ’ After an investigation it was found that nothing had been stolen and that none of the rooms had been ransacked, but one of the beds had the appearance of having been occupied, and the cur- tains in some of the upper rooms had been drawn dowu. Further investigation showed that the intruders had gained an entrance to the house by boring through a panel in a rear door and pulling back the bolt and turning the key. There were no valuables in the house aside from the furnishings, they having been removed to safer quarters at, the time of Mrs. Jennings leaving for her visit. She is expected home early next week. ‘-‘-_ Red Hot From the Gun Was the ball that hit G. B. Steadman . of Newark, Mich, in the Civil- VVar. It caused horiible Ulcers that no treat- ment helped fo1 20 years. Then Buck- len’ s Arnica Salve cured him. Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Boils, Felons, Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. 25 cts. a box. Cure guaran- teed. Sold by John A. Riggs, Druggist, 11 Main street. ‘ man Warden, ' Conductor, Rebekah Ollicers Installed. Mrs. Katherine L. Reynolds of char- ity Lodge, I. O. O. F. of Bridgeport installed the ofiicers of Eureka Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah, last night. A delegation from the Bridgeport Lodge was present and an elaborate repast was enjoyed. The officers are: N. 'G., Mrs. Fannie Crockett, V. G., Mrs. Bella. Hobson; Sec. Mrs Emma Fallon; Treas, Mrs. Batterson; F. S. Mrs Hattie Hyatt;R. S. toN. G., Miss Etta Brun- dage: L. S. to N. G., Miss Dora Errick- son R. 'S. to V. G. Miss Cornelia Under- deivn; L. S. to V. G. ,Miss Lizzie Gher- Mrs Cornelia Lyons: Miss Emma Cushman; Chaplain, Miss Mary Jennings. The Grand officers present were: Mrs. Katie Reynolds, D. D.; Mrs. Bertha Isabella, G. M.; Mrs. Georgia Bepnett, G. VV.; Mrs. Emma Phinney, G. Treas.;_ Mrs. Mary M. Guide, G. F. Sec.; Mrs. Susie Daun. G. R. Sec; Mrs. Katie Segars. G. Chap; Mrs. Mary Nichols, G. I. G. Surprise Party A party of the friends of' Mr. and Mrs. Allen Scheflier, of Grove street, South Norwalk, tendered them a sur- prise party Thursday evening. Whist was played and the prizes were award- ed Mrs. J. Emory Stevens and George F. Godfrey. A repast was served. Winter Underwear M____nst All Go! BOSTON 8T0 NORWALK’S B USTEST OPENING OF OUR ANNUAL WHITE FAIR. 0111 G1 eaesthsp 1101‘ _ All Jackets Reduced. Must of Them. Half Price. BE. STORE. ushnUnderwear 50 Dozen Corset Covers. 50 Pairs of Drawers. Dozen 50 Dozen Night Gowns. so Dozen Skirts. of Muslin Underwear. Ttr immed Skirsic' a. attending the sale ailv. There is a choice in everythino. The display will outshine anything we ever attempted in the way There are a great many pieces for this sale alone that cannot be duplicated later in the season. Some like Hamburged Night Robes. You can have your choice of trimmings in all the different garments by Others like Lace Corset Covers. 350 high neck corset covers, 9c each. 250 V necked corset covers, Ham- burgh trimmed, 190.. 250 ‘V and square neck corset covers: lace and Hambu‘rgh trimmed, 25c. 200 corset covers, lace, Hamburgh and insertions, 390 to 750. Night Gowns. “Tenderful variety from 39c to $1.75. 100 night gowns made of good mus- lin 39c. 200 night gowns. empire neck, trimmed wit'i insertion, 75c. and high Hamburgh and Drawers. 150 pairs drawers with three tucks, 19c. - - 175 pairs drawers made of the Fruit of the Loomuuuslln 25c, 50 pairs Umbrella drawei s 25c. 100 pairs H11 1111.11rg trimmed drawers 291:. 125 pairs of Hamburg and L we trim- 1§0 night gowns tucked and Han;. burg hed 49c. ' med driw: rs 39; to 75c. Our Muslin“ “Underwear is now manufactuicd for us by M. M.11tin & Co., B111.1dwa\, N. Y. They are the manufact 111e1s lo: the Scotch syndicate of thy goods. We use the onlyones canying their line in this pait of New England. They only man. ut’acture the best grades of undc1 no.1. —~made full, and p‘ entv of room in theii gow 11s and skirts. All the seams in their gaunents are locked stitched and will not rip. 200 night gowns, trimmed with lace, Hamburgh and insertion, 980. 150 fine gowns fron $1.25 to 31,75. .« ' - --\-..'\ ,, .t‘. 1‘. “.2 1“” 5.3%“? . ==r . =1. , Skirts. 100 skirts made of gool 11 uslin, 39.3. 100 skirts, Hambur r11 tri.1med and tucks,” 150 150 skirts, hemstitched and tucked, 89c. , 150 fine umbrell-i skirts, Hzitnburgh and lace trim nod, 980. 100 skirts trimmed with lace, inser- tionand embroilcry, $1.75, $1.50 to MJALKETs AND CAPEs AT HALF PRICE." _ , __ $2. 98. . a
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