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VOL. IX. 510.2043
DOCTOR NANCY IN 1:1
HER COUNSEL
CLAIMS [ERROR
1N CHARGE TO GRAND JURY
AND MDVES To DUASH
. INDICTMENT.
In the form of a motion to quash the
charged with the killing of Emma Gill
by malpractice, occupied the attention
of Judge George W. Wheeler yesterday
at a special session ,of the Superior
court, criminal side. The accused wo-
man sat in the court room and listened
attentively to the arguments of oppos~
ing counsel. Her manner was stoical.
The court adjourned until Saturday,
February 4, the decision being reserved.
When the court was opened at 10
there were
minutes after 10 o’clock,
less than a dozen spectators assembled.
Mrs. Guilford was becomingly attired
' She
showed no signs of her incarceration
in a close fitting black suit.
indictment of murder in the second de-
gree, the case of Dr. Nancy Guilfordg
nor trace of mental disturbance.
thin veil worn did not hide her face
and through it could be seen every
' line in her countenance.
Attorney J acob‘B. Klein asked for
the quashing of the mdictment on the
ground that Judge Silas C. ' Robinson
improperly charged the jury and mis—_
took the law in the case. Assistant
Court Stenographer George S. Hawley
was put on the witness stand to testify
‘to the judge’s charge to which excep- .
tion is taken. The witness then read
a porton of the charge.
If
The
Attorney Klein argued that if there
was no statute defining murder the
common law mustbe resorted to. He
claimed it was not murder at com-
mon law to procure an abortion
A llflllllllli SlGHl.
Children-Find Their Mother
\Afire on the '
Floor. ' .
BURNED TO DEATH.
Little Ones Tried to Put Down the
Blaze.
NEW BRITIAN, Jan. 24,—Mrs. John
B. Dyson, aged 53, was burned to death
t her home, 546 West Main street,
last evening by the explosion of a
erosene lamp.
Mrs. Dyson was engaged in prepar-
Ing supper and the lamp was on the
~ining room table. Three children,
he eldest a boy of 16, were upstairs
{11d hearing a peculiar noise ,beloyv
cut down and were horrified to find
1 heir mother lying on the floor and all
’- flame. They attempted to put out the
re unmindful of the burns they re-
~eived and with the aid of G. M. Bines,
. neighbor, finally succeeded, but Mrs.
ll yson was dead. The table cloth was
. fire and a brisk blaze in the room also 3
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threatened the destruction of the house.
Medical Examiner Lyon ' who was
alled coincided with the belief that the
.ccident was caused by the lamp ex-
oloding. Mr. Dyson had been out of?
own during the day and returned a.
ew moments after the affair occurred.
I he family is one of 1he best knowu in
he city.
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Will Complete the Church.
Rev. John T. Winters read theannu-
1 report of, St. Joseph’s parish in the
hurch, Sunday morning. Over $9,700
- ere the gross receipts for the year.
if this $4,000 has been paid on the
nortgage debt, reducing the same to
9,000. The pastor said that it was
neemed advisable that the main au-
itorium of the edifice be completed at
11 early date. The expense of renting
usic hall is greater than the amount of
ntereston the uncompleted church debt
ould be and when the upper portion
f the church is finished the basement
an be utilized fer entertainments,
tc., thus doing away with the necessi-
of hiring Music hall.
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Searles Fined $50.
Oscar Searles of Long Ridge, who
as ZINC-935801 last Friday night, by
onstables Schlechtwew and, Greeney,
.r firing a load of sh0t into a crowd of'
later-s, and hitting severa’l, was ar-
aigned before Judge Downs 1111 the
taniford city court yesterday, and fined
'0 for assault. /
-Wednesday and Thursday.
The last days of the Boston Store’s
great sale.
All Standard muslins 51c.
Ladies 250 fast black stockings 190.
Boys' ribb
100 best cum 5 c “
Hand lamps complete 10c.
Galvanized Tea Kettle 250.
5 qt. granite iron saucepans 190.
Table tumblers cut pattern 20.
75c c orsets. one pair to costumer 55c.
White muslin drawers 19c.
Night gowns 39c.
$10. 00 jackets $5.00.
Heavy 60 brown muslin 40.
$1. 00 silk 1emnants 55c.
39c silk remnants 250. ~
400 ps. Val. lacs (12 yd) 25c.
9- 4 brown sheeting 12110.
$1 ’5 and 980 wrappers 83c.
75c wrappers file.
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Fishing Contrary to Law.
An ex~mayor, of South Norwalk, has
caused quite a ripple of excitement
among piscatorial, people by alleging
that the South Norwalk Water com?
missioners have granted fishing per-
mits in the city reservoir contrary to
law.and'he, it is alleged, proposes bring-
ing the ‘fbi-eakers of the law” to an
accounting in the courts. One of the
fish, a good sized pickeral, is swimming
about in the aquarium at- Hunt &
Zelut‘f’s and is decimating the small fry
in the tank with a voraciousness born
of a good appetite.
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Kelly-Goodwin.
John J. Kelly and Miss Jane Good
win, of South Norwalk, were married
” in St. Joseph’s church Monday morn-
ing by Rev. J. T. Winters. The bride
was gowned in a blue cloth traveling
suit and was attended by her sister
Miss May Goodwin as maid of honor.
Edward J. Hayes was best man. After
the ceremony at wedding breakfast was
served at the home of the groom on
' Marshall street, South Norwalk. The
couple are enjoying athoneymoon in
Brooklyn.
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Raymond- Hoyt.
Another marriige which occurred
September4th, has just'been made
public. The contracting-parties were
Miss Sadie Hoyt, of 14, West street,
South Norwalk, and Arthur Raymond
of Darien. The marriage was per-
formed in Port Chester. The young
people have commenced housekeeping
with Mr. Raymond’s father, George
W. Raymond'in Darien. '
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Within 24 Hours.
Smith Burt, an aged Ridgefield man
died Saturday night of pneumonia,
The death of his wife occurred 24 heurs
afterward ~1rom the . same disease.
They had been married fifty years.
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Pensions.
Connecticut pensions granted are:
Original. James Elton, Whigville, $6;
increase, Ransom C. Russell, New Ha-
ven. $10 to $12; original widows, Mrs.
[Imogene 1". Stone, Wategbury, 585.
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record' is now held by A. M.C€11t1s of
upon a pregnant woman unless she was
“quick with child.” Numerous au-
thorities were quoted to substantiate
the claim made.
Attorney Fessenden stated that in
presenting the indictment to the grand
jury he had followed the usual customs“
of the state. After citing a case in
Connecticut where a manwas sentenc-
ed to life imprisonment on second
degree murder, the crime being - simi-
lar to the case now before the court,
he said : " I know of no other case in
this state 'where a motion to quash Was
made unless the defect'was apparent
in the record.”~ Numerous cases were
cited where the second degree murder
allegation insimilar cases was taken
as Connecticut law. The court ad-
'journed until the above date.
HINAAEMMMAA.
“Press” Sherwood ,WiII
Ride From New
YDrk to Boston.
WlLL SOON TRAIN.
C. Ford Seeley Will Pace Him in a Motor
Wagon. ‘
One of the present topics among
Bridgeport wheel‘men is the promised
A. Preston ' Sherwood,
formerly of this city and ex-capt-ain of
the Bridgeport VVheei club, to lower
New York and
attempt of
the record between
Season,
Meriden. .
“Press” will make a dangerous com-
He is of athletic
build, and always . had a barrel of
ptrength in reserve. He now holdsthe
2, 3, 4 and 5 mile ameteur records for
the state, made two years ago at
Pleasure Beach. He holds the road
record between Danbury and South
Nor-walk (1:03) and the road record be-
tween Hartford and Norwalk (5:15).
When making them he had no thought
of going in for road records, but simply
plugged along. It used to be a joke
with him to have his father take the
train in Bridgeport for his home at
petitor for the record.
Sherwood Point, while “Press” would
jump on his wheel and would be at
home'reading the paper by the time his
father arrived. ’
It is not settled just when ‘N'Press”
will make the attempt at the record be-
It will
depend upon his business, but he will
get himself in shape this spring. He
and will be
tween New York and Boston.
will use a Barnes racer,
paced by C. Ford Seelc
a steam motor carriage which will be
constructed especially fo1 the pacino'.
A pictu1e of the car1iage was in a 1e-
J". . Bulletin.
Mr. Seeley is the Eastern representa-
cent numbe1 of the L. A.
tive of the Barnes people and the car-
riage, painted white, will be called the
“White Flyer. ”
The question of this method of pac-
ingéthe use of‘a motor carriages in-
stead of the orthodox pacing by relays
of wheelmen will perhaps create diS‘
cassion. i
is really accepted between Boston and
New York. Perhaps Curtis made his
record clean enough, but who knows
but that he was helped over many a hill
The motor machine has
been cmployedat pace making in the
by his pace.
Madison Square garden recently and it
is just as fair to use on the road;
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gThompson-Wilson. '
Miss Bertha M. Wilson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Q. E. Wilson of TVest
avenue, will be married this evening at
5:30 o’clock to Mr. William ’P. Thomp-
son in the First Congregational church
at Denver,
Col. The happy . couple
will go to Southern California on a wed-
ding tour after which theytwill return
, to Denver where they willrresidc.
which ‘
, -‘.—’.w".¢gus~ .-..- _.
y,‘ who will use.
In regard to that no record f
NORWALK, com, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24,1899...
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HANDSDME COSTUMES, “GOOD
MUSIC ANDAN ENJDYABLE
TIME AT THE ANNUAL BALL.
Anion hall on Madison street, South
Nogwalk, was crowded, last evening
‘7 the members and friends of the
n Singing society. on the occasion
the society’s annual masquerade
ball.
The walls were decoratedwith greens .
while here and there a miniature “Old
Glory” was added to the decorations,
and together with the handsome cos-
tumes, ofthe dancers formed a pic-
turesque sight.
Music for dancing was furnished by
Bridgeport and local musicians, and it
is safe to say that no finer music was
ever heard in town on a similar occa-
sion. I l l . ..
The reception committee was com-
posed of'Charles Walters, chairman;
George Schaub, Henry Froeb, Carl
Schaub, Albert Berg, G. Lange, Jacob
Schaub and William Meeker, to whom
is due the success of the evening’s
pleasures. . ,
' The programme was quite an exten-
sive one, twentyafour numbers preced-h
SCENES 1N CHINATOWN
Rev. T. De Witt Talmadge Van Doren Lec-
tures at the First Baptist Church.
Rev. T. DenWitt Talmadge Van
Doren held the closest attention of the
audience in the First Baptist church,
Monday evening, when he delivered
his lecture On “Life and. Scenes in
Chinatown, San Francisco.” ‘ The
church was wellgfilled with the mem-
bers and friends of the society.
Mr. Van Doren is a fluent speaker
andéhis lecture ev‘inced thorough
know1'edge ofthe subject on which he
spoke. The lecture was unusually in-
teresting fro‘in start to finish.
Among the anecdotes included were
some from the great opium joints, the
Chinese as cooks, the Chinese mer'
chants Americanized, their extrava-
gance and honesty; the latter seemed
to be exercised more freely with their
own countrymen than with Americans.
The Chinese. love for their families
was also one of their virtues.
At the clo’se all seemed well pleased
with the evening’s entertainment and
many were the expressions of pleasure
among those who attended.
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Harriet Palmer Dixon Dead.
Mrs. Harriet Palmer Dixon, widow
of Nathan Dixon 3rd. died in Westerly,
Rhode Island on Sunday.
M15. Dixon was a daughter of Rev.
Roswell R.S Swan. who was pastor of
., he First Congregational church, this
city, from 1807 to 1819. _
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Mon‘day Afternoon Club.
The Monday Afternoon club was en-
tertained‘ ey M: s. Flank W. Woodward
at her home on North avenue. The
prizes were awarled to Mrs. Herbert
A. Mathewson and Mrs. L. N. Phinney.
The next meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. H. A. Mathewson 011
“Test W'ashiugton street, January 30th.
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Hospital Benefit.
The Ministering and Golden Rule
circles of the King’s Daughters, of the
First Congregational church, will give
an entertainment, in the chapel on
Tuesday evening, February? 7, for the
benefit of the hospital. Several of the
childien of. the Sunday school will
assist. ~.
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Peck-Tooth.
The marriage of Milton B. A. Z.
Peck. son of Capt. and Mrs. Solomon
Peck, of'Mnin street and Miss 'ElSie
Tdoth, of Br ooklvn, was 1101 f111 med by
Rev. D1 Biumdell, of B100k1yn, Sal-
unday, last. Mr. and Mrs. Peck will
reside in Brooklyn.
ing “Home, Siveet Home,” which
closed the festivities in the early morn-
ing hours.
The opening number on the musical
programme was a selection from Flow-
tow’s opera “ Martha,” followed by a
comet solo by J. Hyslop, whose beauti-
ful rendition of “Favorite, ” Theme and
Variations, delighted all by its sweet-
ness and pure tones. Then came Pro-
‘motion Overture,whibh closed the mus-
cal part of the program, and the mas-
queraders gathered upon the floor for
the grand march.
' The grand March which opened the
dancing followed,'and was led by floor
directors Herman Malmo and George
mcheer followed by the aides, Fred
Schlitt, A. Schroeder, George Weiss,
P. Kramarcik, G. Kocour and Henry
Kriete, all in magnificent costumes.
About one hundred couples joined in
the march, and as they passed around
the hall the pan ticipants combined with
the electric lights presented a sight
long to be remembered by the c1owd of
L
gourmet AWARDED.
“The Burned Out Store 111,15?“ Firieger to be
Rehabilitated.
The contract for the extensive repairs
of the store in the. Mahackemo bleek at
South NorWalk, for many years occu-
pied by H. Krieger, the milliner, has
been awarded by the trustees of the
Ely estate tothe well known carpenter
and builder, J. R. Raymond. The plans
call for a thorough refitting of the store
both on the ground floor and basement,
and when completed it is expected that
it will be in even better shape than be-
fore the fire which made such repairs
necessary. Mr. Krieger expects to re-
sume business at the old stand some
time next month.
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Table in Use.
If any-one doubts that the table and
chairs for small children does not fill a
long felt want at the Nor walk Library,
they have only to visit the room,partic-
.
alarly between the hours, 'of three and‘
five, to see the children sitting about
the table deeply interested in the books
and pictures placed there for their
special use. Surely the T. L. T. may
well feel gratified with the result of
their labors.
An Unwelcome Caller. _
A man who gave his name as James
O’Brien and his home Hartford, made
himself obnoxious about the Electric
Light station at South Norwalk, late
yesterday afternoon.
'in by Capt. Gladstone and placed in a
cage. He was suffering a too ~ free
indulgence of intoxicating liquor.
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Pine Ledge Whist.
- Miss Anna Morgan Smith entertain-
el the Pine Ledge’Whist club at her
home on East avenue Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Louise Day won the prize.
Will Not Allend-
Ma-yor‘ Glover, of 'Norwalk, and
M Lin‘ (.‘obur‘n, of South Norwalk, will
not; attend the meeting of mayors of all
the cities'of the state in Hartford to—day.
Birthday Surprise. -
Mrs. Priscilla. Eustis of Connecticut
avenue, was the victim ofabirthday
surprise party last night.‘ Her “vic-
timizers” came well ladened with vocal
and instrumental "music and cakes, pics,
chicken salads and ssndwic‘nes, to say
nothing of an amount of good cheer
that permeated the surroundings and
caused a reluctance in the saying of
good-night on the part of the guests.
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iM.rs W. F. Bishop of Belden avenue,
111 New Y01 k.
He was gathered
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guests occupying the balcony and seats
at the sides of the hall.
At the close of the march the real
dancing of the evening commenced
and five numbers were danced, when
at the order, the participants unmasked.
Five more numbers followed when
the merry party was given a short
1ntermission to partake of refreshments.
Dancing was soon resumed and con-
tinued until the twenty-fourth number
had been finished when the orchestra
began “Home, Sweet Home” inicdating
to the dance that the Arion ball of ’99
had come to a successful close. V
The characters upon the floor were
and princesses, sailor lads and lassies,
nurses, darkies and their colored girls,
and the fun of guessing the wearers
.was highly enjoyed up to the hour when
masks were removed.
It is safe to say that the Arion mass
querade of ’99 was on'e of, the most en-
joyable; ever given by this large and
popular organization, and its success
was largely augmented by the able
efforts of the reception committee,
floor directors and aides.
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Case Continued.
The case of State vs. James Delaney
who was arrested on the charge of hav-
ing created a disturbance ata Franklin
avenue saloon, Saturday night, has
been continued without date.
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PETERSON SHOT.
A Member of Co. L,.Third U. S. V. Halted
by a Gun Shot.
Privaté Peterson of Company L,
Thll‘d U. S. V. is laid up in the hospi—
tal at Camp Marion, with a bullet
wound in his arm. .
A detail f1 om a Pennsylvania regi-
ment was sent out to apprehend soldiers
at a disorderly house. It is alleged
that Peterson attempted to avoid arrest
and that one of the detail fired on. him
with the above result .
An investigatio '
been o1de1ed by .-_t e
mand ‘
- general in com-
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St. Mary’s Church Doings.
Services will be held every morning,
at 7 o’clock in the convent, and at 8
o’clock in the chapel. These service!
season.
M. McSally had a child baptized On
Sunday afternoon. '
' A requiem service will be held at 8
o’clock to-mOrrow morning for the late
Mrs. M. J. Sullivan.
A large class of'chiidren ale
ing for their first communion at the
church.
To-morrow will. be observed as the
Feast of the conversion of St. Paul.
Arrangements have been- made
among the Children of Mary to de-
bate on generaltopics of interest. l3
Several of the Sistels of Mercy who
have been ill from the grip are con-
val.escent
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Still on Strike.
The strike at the SilkMill continues
without any appreciable chafige in the
situation. There are eleven regular
workmen still out, and. two non-union
men are at w01k in their places. The
st1ikers are behaving in a. lawful man-
ner, and are gaining many friends by
so doing.
this morning asked the interference of
Chief Vollmer under the supposition
that the two non-union menmight meet
with violencé‘ at the hands ‘of the
strikers, but later events proved that
his fears were unfounded, the strikers
.who had appeared in the vicinity of
the factory, wisely acting on the sug-
gestion of the chief that they disperse.
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Property Exchanged.
S‘. B. Wilson, of Norw,alk Friday,
disposed of the Sullivan place on Fair-
view av‘enue, Norwalk, to Robert J.
Lee, of Stamford. In exchange for the
place Mr. Wilson took Mr. Lee’s sta;
tionary store at Stamford. He will run
the business for the present.
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The Weather.
Rain, clearing and
wednesday afternoon ul‘ night.
1'
quite numerous and consisted of princes ..
will be continued through the Lenten-
prepar- .
Superintendent Trowbridge'
much colder
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