l i , afternoon. , ears, F. size free. At all druggists To Get Customers ‘A'da vertise in Their Favor:- ite Paper, THE EVEN: INo GAZETTE! we ‘ ’ze te. Every Reader of THE EVENING GAZETTB' '1 .L, is a Buyer. GiveTheni' ' " aTrial , g c _ f VOL. IX. NO. 2105 ' wns BURNED AT THE STAKE! MOB 0E2 000 MUTILATE A NE-l GRO AND SET HIM oN FIRE. ’ \, HIS HEART CUTOUT. PIECES or THE DEAD MAN’S BODY SE- CURED AS GHASTLY RELICS. THE BONES SOLD FOR 25C. A PIECE. NEWMAN, G-A., April 24.—In the presence of nearly 2,000 people who» sent up yells of defiance and shouts 0f joy, San Hose, a negro who committed two of the basest of crimes, was burned at the stake in a public road one and one-half miles from here yesterday Before the torch was applied to the pyre, the negro was deprived of his fingers and other portions of his body. The negro pleaded pitifully for his life while the mutilation'was going AN AWFUL STORY. .. on, but stood the ordeal of fire with surprising fortitude. Before the body- was cool, it was cut to pieces, the bones were crushed in small bits and even the tree upon which the wretch met his fate was torn up and disposed of as souvenirs. The negro’s heart was cut in several pieces as was also his liver. Those, unable to obtain the ghastly relics direct, more fortunate possessors for them. Small pieces of bone went for paid their extravagant sums Robert Crosby Negotiated Them in Bridgeport and ARRESTED YESTERDAY. Returned to Fairfield and Fell Into the Clutches Elisa Bil] illicit, of the Police. BRIDGEPORT, April 24.-—Robert H. ' Crosbyra former resident of Fail‘field, is the occupant of a cell at the central police station awaiting trial on the charge of negotiating fraudulent checks He was captured yesterday afternoon by Detective Cronan and Patrolman Peter Hall. The police have been af- ter Crosby for several weeks. The complainant in the case is James H. Carroll who cashed three checks for Crosby, in all amounting to $128. They were drawn on the West Branch Na- tional bank of Williamsport, Pa. Last December, Crosby succeeded in passing the checks and left town. He secured employment in Jersey City as an electrician. His wife continued to reside in Fairfield, where she owns property. ‘ He made occasional visits to his home,’ but the police were unable to capture him until yesterday. V New Hospital Charter. Attorney J. Belden Hurlbutt whollas been engaged in'preparing a charter for the new insane asylum, expects to finish the same to-day. He goes to Hartford again tomorrow and expects the matter to be finished this week. ‘A; Some Foolish People Allow a. cough to run until it gets be vond the reach of medicine. They Often say, "Oh, it will wear away,” but in most cases it will wear them away. Could they be induced to try the sue cessful medicine called Kemp’s Balsam, which is sold on a positive guarantee to cure, they would immediately see the excellent effect after taklngnthe first dose. Price 250 and 50c. lrlal iii THE STAMP§ BUGUS. Revenue Collector Ambler Finds Some of Them in Norwalk. WERE 0N CIGAR BOXES. " Made by the Pennsylvania Counterfeiters Re- cently Captured. Deputy collector of internal revenue Ambler, of Bridgeport, was in Norwalk this morning making a search for ci- gars bearing counterfeit revenue stamps. The stamps are those issued by the band of counterfeiters recently cup- tured in Pennsylvania. . Collector Ambler examimed all the cigars in John T. Hayes’ but failed to find any with the spurious stamp affixed. Across the way at M. J. Powers’ saloon, however, he hadbettar luck and confiscated four boxes bearing a counterfeit stamp. The Collector is making a thorough search of his district and will probably find a number of the fraudulent stamps.‘ While in town he incidentally re- quested some of the saloon keepers to affix revenue stamps to their bottles containing wine. ' A ‘ ¥ 7 Col. Cunningham’s Funeral. The funeral of Col. P. L. Cunning- ham. who died suddenly on Saturday, will be held from his late reSAdence on Washington street, Wednesday afttr- noOn at 2 o‘clock. .<0-0> Mrs. Elsiegglnn, widow of the late . Anson Benedict, died on Sunday, aged 62 years. The deceased was also the mother of Nelson Benedict. At the“ Baptist church, Sunday, Rev. Mr. VanDoren paid his respects to the kickers in his congregation. His re- marks were quite warm in reference to the anonymous scribblers and were listened to by a large congregation. 25 cents and a bit of the liver crisply cooked sold for 10 cents. As soon as the negro was seen to be dead, there was a tremendous struggle among the crowd which had witnessed his tragic end to secure the souvenirs. A rush was made for the stake and those near the body were varned against in and. had to fight for their freedom. duced and soon the body was dismem- bored. Knives were quickly pro- —~———<:-o>~~ -———— llililpp WUN. Defeated the Norwalk Uni- versity Team on Sat- urday. THE SCORE WAS 19 T012. Norwalk Boys Played Hard toWin and Put Up Good Game. The Bridgeport High school baseball team came to Norwalk, Saturday at- ternoon, and took the Norwalk univer- alty team into camp by the score of 19 to 12. . ' Donnelly was in the box for the Bridgeports and kept the 12 hits of the opposing team well scattered. He struck out nine men and gave but two bases on balls, an excellent showing. it was in only two innings the first and sixth, that he was solved to any extent. Dodge and Lowe was the bat- tery for the N orwal’ks,--but the Bridge- ports had on their batting clothes and piled up 23 hits. The following is the score : ' NORWALK UNIVERSITY. ab. r. h. p0. a. e. Reynolds, 3b 6 2 2 O 0‘ 1 Buttery, ss 5 I 2 7 1 O DeWitt, rf ‘~ 6 2 1 1 0 O Durand, 2b 5 2 1 0 1 1 Betts, cf 4 1 1 O 0 0 Tolles, lf 4 O O l 0 D Lowe, c 5 1 1 6 O 0 Dodge, p 4 3 1 3 1 0 Hurd, 1b 5 O 2 6 O 1 Totals 44 12 11 .24 3 3 B. H. S. - ab. r. h. po. a. c. Jones, 1f, 6 1 3 - 0 0 2 Lallcy, 3b, 5 2 3 3 - 3 1 Lockwood, ss, 6 1 2 3 4 2 Donnelly, p. 6 4 5 O 4' 2 O’Rourke, rf, 4 1 1 o o ’o ‘Rylands, lb 6 3 3 11 O 1 Ritchell, cf, 4 3 3 O O 0 McLaughlin, c, 4 3 2 9 O 2 MacFarlane, 2b, 5 . 1 1 l 4 0 Totals, 46 19 . 23 27 15 10 SCORE BY INNINGS. B.H.S. 30330541*-—19 N.U.S. 300106002—-12 Earned runs, B. H. S. 17, N. U. S. 7; struck out, by Donnelly 9, by Dodge5; bases on balls, by Donnelly 2, by Dodge 5; wild pitches, Dodge 1; first base on errors, Norwalk 8, B. H,’ S. 2; left on bases, Bridgeport 8, Norwalk 6; passed ball, McLaughlin 3, Lowe 1: double play, Buttery to Hurd: two base hits, Donnelly, Lockwood, Lalley, Rylands, Ritchell, Reynolds,r three base hit, Donnelly. Bishop Brewster confirmed a class of eleven at St.Paul’s church. yesterday morning. The Street Railway company will lower its tracks in 'Winnipauk two inches, to conform'to the new grade. The Men’s Sunday “Evening club expects to hold a sociable MayilOth. ' , The Business Women’s club will hold its regular monthly business meeting to-morrow night. The Ladies’ Aid association of the First Methodist church will meet to- night. Miss Marion Short will be the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Noble at the parsonage during her stay in town. Canva'ssers are at .work securing, sub-. scriptions to pay off St. Mary’s parish debt. and to create a building fund for , the new Catholic club “building. ' ' '.\ w 4:. WAN... You Wont sass? \* people—j ust right. Try it. NORWALK, CONN, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL :24, 1899.. x<>ix<> 0... ”WW W . Get TurnedDown if you put a proposition in the GAZETTE want columns. .7 Somebody will want to buy what you want to sell, Somebody will want to sell what you "want to buy. .- So many thousands of people read the GAZE'DTE want ads that Igost any sort of a proposition will strike somebody—often many fifimflifififififi @fifli’fifiiofiééfiifiiomi om W.) I WWfifiQfi Q WAS spill/ANA. Annie Clark, a Waitress, Said She Had Taken Poison. ' ALCOHOL INSTEAD. Physicians Used the Stomach-Pump But Found V No Poison. NEW HAVEN, April 24.—Annie Clark 19 years old, waitress in‘ Thomas A. Snyder’s restaurant at 146 Dixwell av- enue, disappeared on Saturday. Last evening Frederick C. Green, a waiter living at 73 Eaton‘street, report- ed to the Dixwell avenue police that Miss Clark had inst come to his house in a dazed condition and had stated that she had taken poison. The police called Dr. Isaac N. Porter of 198 Dix- well avenue and. he, advised sending the girl to. the New Haven hospital. She went there in the hospital ambu- lance and the physicians used the stomach pump. They found no traces of poison, except alcohol. She was put to bed in thee-women’s ward and will be dischared in a‘ few days. .GETTFNGTGLOSE. The Contestants For the Rambler WheelClos- ing Up Gaps. As the contest of the firemen for Chief Prowitt’s Rambler wheel closes on May 29th, the leaders in the race are doing their best to keep within hailing distance 'of each other, and while nocandidate has changed posi- tion recently they are closing up the gaps so as to make the finish an excit- ing one. The ballot at noon to-day was as fol- lows .: lrving H. Reed, Pioneer J. J. Goodwin, Old Well 1971. 1958 ‘A‘ V 7 Lieut. Pennington Out. Ingeneral orders issued from the adjutant general’s office at Hartford, Saturday, Captain Frederick J. Breck- bill, of 00. K, and Second Lieutenant Charles Pennington, of Co. D, Fourth regiment, are among the officers re- ported as having failed to pass a satis- factory examination in regard to “mil- itary, moral and general capacity, ‘ qualifications and efiiciency,” and their appointments are revoked and they are ’ discharged from further military ser- vice of the state from date. — i The Appetite of a Goal Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose Stomach and Liver are out of order. All such should know that Dr King’s New Life Pills, the wonderful Stomach and Liver Remedy, .Q‘IVES a splendid appetite, sound digesmon and 9- I‘eEUIm‘ bodily habit that Insures perfect health and great energy. Only 25c. at John ,‘A. Riggs’ drug store,‘ 11 Main street. 7 TOOk a Header. ; While riding dow.l West avenue Saturday afternoon Fred Scam took a header from. his wheel, and was quite ~ severelyEillqu-eil. Dr. A. N. Clark took two'stitch'es in Scam‘s chin to close oue _ of the wepnds he received infll'ls fall. J. H. Magner, Hope Hose 896 Smith Northrop, Phoenix 227 Elbert W. Clark, Putnam Hose 158 D.Hart Weeks, Phoenix 84 Charles M. Smith, Pioneer, 72 Leo Davis, Old Well 68 Samuel McGowan, Putnam Hose 19 Geo. S. Grumman, Phoenix 15 F. W. Darmer, Old Well 16 H. D. Cornell, Fire Police 2 L. M. Smith, Mayflower 2 D. W. Hal-ford, Old Well 2 Chief F. M. Wheeler, E.N.F.D. 1 Patrick F. Slattery, Hope Hose, 1' E. V. Baker, Old Well 1 Joseph Matheis’Pioneer 1 Harry Mitchell, Pioneer 1 Fred Weiseit 1 Howard L.Lowndes, Old Well 1 Geo. F. Foote, Old Well 1 John Yost, Putnam Hose 1 SUNDAliiiAINS. First Run Made Yesterday and Patronage Was ' Good. HEAVY TRAVEL. Big Loads of Passengers Take Advantage of the New Schedule. There was heavy travel on nearly all the trains through South Norwalk yes- terday, The new trains ran for the first time, leaving New York and Bos- ton at 10:93, came in heavily loaded in both directions, and. there was about the same amount of local traffic as pat- ronizes the same trains on week days. The 12:05 train going to Boston carried 10 cars and the 2:30 train for New York had seven cars. The regular train leaving New York at 3 o’clock in. the afternoon was most heavily patronized, however. It came in with 12 cars and another was added at New Haven. There was four thea. tre companies going through from New York to Boston\.on,this train. To ELECT A COLONEL. . Fourth Regiment Ordered to Choose Colonel Sheridan’s Successor. Adjutant General VanKeul-en has issued an order calling for the election of a colonel of the Fourth Regiment, C. N. G., to succeed Col. James Sheri- dan, of Bridgeport, who resigned last summer, and in response to that order Lieut.-Col. Hendrie of Stamford, the commanding officer of the regiment, has issued the following : General Order, No. 1. In compliance with Special Order, No. 83, A. G. 0., Hartford, April 2lst, 1899, the Field and Line Officers of this regiment are hereby warned to appear at the State Armory in Bridge- port, Conn., on Thursday, April 27th, at 10 a. m., in fatigue uniform without side arms, to nominate by ballot a Colonel and in like manner make nom- inations for any vacancies in the Field Officers of this Regiment occurring by reason of said nomination. ‘ . By order of, Lieut. Col. CHARLES W. HENDRIE. April 22, 1899. ' —————-‘...~ >——-—. EAST NORWAL—K.- Miss Lulu Hazard, of Seymour, is visiting Miss Mary Trounson, cf Cove street. ' W. A. Wheeler’s foundry is rushed with orders and is working overtime. The Medea has returned from a trip east. Fred. Fields led the 6:30 o’clock meeting in the East Avenue Methodist church, Sunday. - ‘ ' Mamie Palmer of- Van Zandt avenue spent Sunday in Danbury. Russell Morgan of Cove street is ill with tonsilitis. The grading and repairing of Cove street is being pushed rapidly and 15 about half completed. About two feet have been taken from the cent-er of the street. The raising of the frame of “William LeCount’s house on Riverside avenue was completed on Saturday, and the sideing is being put on. Harry Benedict of South Osborn av- enue has recovered from an attack of the grip. . 4 Samuel Hull of VanZandt avenue is having hls house repainted. 4“ The Weather. Generally fair to-night and Tuesday. A“ V An official meeting of the First Methodist church will be held in the lecture room to-night. ' ‘ boats are being put in readiness for - club. PRICE Two CENTs 3‘ ALONG [it s-Hllll. “* in Readiness for the ' . Summer. i BoATs GETTING 'READY. Boat House Enlarged and New Bath Houses erected at the Knob. The coming summer promises to be a lively one at the several shore re- - f sorts. On every hand new improve- ments are going on andwhenMay 30 arrives, the usual opening day, every- . thing will be in readiness for the calm-- paign. At Dorlon Point Landlord O’Sullivan' is hard at work putting the hotel and grounds in first class condition. The ground about the pavilion,-south of the house, is being filled in and sod— ded, so that the unsightly pond of water which formed after each rain will be a thing of the past. Everywhere about the premises improvements are being made. » At the Knob club grounds the boa house has been, moved back from the water and the rear now rests upon the ledge of rocks which skirt the wa- ter’s edge. Another story has been added to the structure, and the second story will be used for pic-nic parties. A dozen new bath houses have also been erected to accommodate the in- creasing membership of the club. All of the improvements have been made under the personal supervision cf Fred. H. Quintard the able and hustling s’ecj ' retary and treasurer of the club. - All along the shore numerous sail the summer’s campaign, and from the number it is quite probable that the yachting season will be a lively one. On Saturday Thomas Benedict, Jr., put his new jib and mainsail boat Em- main commission, and willprobably enter into all the races at the Yacht Commodore Walsh will put the; Vic. tor in commission this week, while the Marguerite in apple pie order floats gracefully off Dorlonfs. , To-day Representative Osborn will place his handsomeglaunch Gemini in cornmission. She has been completely _ overhauled and painted and will be:- the handsomest boat, in the harbor this year. Messrs. Seymour Curtis and Harry Merrill have had Captain Kellogg overhaul the Edith and she will soon The Ward V. and other boats are in the hands of the painters and sailmakers and willsoona follow the others. Altogether Nor- walk is promised a lively summer. MR. PORTER TO STAY. Foundation for Reported Retirement. be in commission. No! , There is absolutely no foundation for the report that Hon.John Addison Por- ter has resigned his position as secre- tary to the President. The subject has never been mentioned or"consider- ed. Secretary Porter’s health is improving slowly and he will resume his duties when he, has fully recovered. CRANBURY. Mrs. Frank W. Gregory is better Of her illness. . James Campbell,.who has been laid up for two weeks was able to go to work to-day. , - Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hawks, of Bridgeport, visited Miss Minnie Greg- ory, Sunday. ' Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer Fitch of Weston, visited their daughter, Mrs. Frank W. Gregory, Sunday. Rev. Mr. Barhite of Westport preach- ed in the chapel on Sunday. He took occasion to call attention to the small congregations attending services. DIED. CUNNINGHAM—Suddenly, April 22. Col. P. L. Cunningham, in his 85 year. Funeral from his late residenCe, No. 4 Washington street. 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