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BRIDGEPORT MYSTERI—
OUSLY SHOT.
DIED IN A FEW MINUTES.
NOTHER MURDER MYSTERY
ADDED TO FAIRFIELD COUNTY’S.
LONG LIST OF CRIMES.
Louis Stahlman was murdered yes~ :_
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1 house at 199 Ham11ton street.
erday morning in a lonely locality
lose to the border line between
'ridgeport and Trumbull. Stahlman
as found lying in the rickety old cart
y means of which he carried ron his
usiness as a pedlar, in a green em-
owered land just accross the Trumbull
ine. "
He was taken to the Bridgeport hos-
ital in the ambulance. Here it was
ound that he had a bullet wound in the
orehead, one in his chest, one in the
' ip and another in the shoulder. . He
ied about twenty minutes after his
1 rrival at the hospital without recover-
ng consciousness.
A check found in the pocket of the
end man and drawn pay able to the
order of L. Stahlman, led to the identi-
fication of the murdered man as Louis
Stahlman, a pedlar of crockery
and ~
tinware, who lived in a little one-story
Stahlman was very poor. He leaves
a wife and three children in the pover—
on Hamilton
street, and has four grown up children
in Poland, one-son being in the Rus-
ty-strieken tenement
sian army.
Last evening Sheriff Glover, of New-
town, arrested Joseph Kinsiot, a Ger-
man, aged 42 years; as a suspect in the
case. About 8 o’clock they captured
Kinslot. He was walking along the
tracks in a northerly direction. He
claimed New Milford as his home. His
appearance indicated that he was a
tramp. ‘ . ,
At 9 o’clock last night a'n‘dt‘t'opsy'
was h'eld on the body of the murdered
man. D1. F. B. Downs, medical ex-
aminer, performed the autopsy, assmted
by Drs.John o. Lynch, J. w. Ivers,
FATHER SLOCUM ON CUBA.
Says it Would Be the Greatest Crime of the
Century to Give Up the Island.
Rev. Father Slocum, now of “'ater-
bu1 y. but f01 me1 ly of this city, who has
just returned from a tour in Cuba. was
the Decoration Day orator in Green-
“11.11. Father Slocum made a visit
to Cuba to study the condition of the
island and its people. Among the
many things he said about Cuba was
that if the United States hauled down
the flag there it would be the greatest
crime of the nineteenth century. The
men who composed the Cuban Army
were degraded and without American
control in the island the scenes there
would be worse than those in the
streets in Paris in 1871.
“In the civil war day,” said Father
Slocum, “it made no difference what
a man’s politics were, but if he was
not for the Union he was a traitor, and
any man now who will not uphold the
Government is a traitor. When the
Government has established peace and
order in our island possessions then we
may express the difierence of opinion
regarding the mode of government.”
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Sons- of St- George Officers.
Welcome Stranger Lodge, Sons of
St. George has elected these officers:
President—James Wood.
V ce President—StephenWood ward.
Secretary—Frank Littlefair.
Treasurer—~D. Chittim.
Messenger—Joseph Whitney.
Asst. Secretary—Thomas Blamire.
Trustee—John Ashworth.
Representative to Grand Lodge—
James Wood, F. E. Readman.
Alternates—Charles Holt,
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J. Ash-
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- Woods‘Afire.
-The woods between Village Creek
and Kaiser Island, belonging to Gou'd
Seymour were set afix e yesterday aftez-
noon by some boys and at night after
smouldering for sevei 11.1 hours began to
blaze fiercely. cleaning out all the un-
derbrush. ' .
The Central Labor Union will meet
in Iron Moulders Hall, .Water str.:et,
this evening.
——Advertise in THE GAZETTE.
‘ day.
GRADUATION EXERCISES.
Held at the East Avenue Methodist Church
Wednesday Night.
The graduation exercises of the East
Norwalk High school were held in the
East Avenue Methodist church \Vednes-
day night. _ The stage was prettily
decorated with palms and cut flowers.
Among those who occupied the plat-
form were the graduates Misses Ada F»
Warden, Hannah B. Valentine, James
M. Cameron and Cecile S. Osborn. also
Principal E, H. Gumbart, Miss Smith
the teacher, the school committee,
Messrs. Alonzo Smith, Frank Seymour,
Professor Harry J. Zehm, Rev. W. H.
Hubbard, Rev. Gerald E. Beard, Rev.
J. J. F.0ust Chilton Baker and Pe1cy
Baker. The programme of exercises
follows:
'Prelude, Adagio sostenuto. (Op. 2?)
Beethoven.
Harry J. Zehm.
Invocation ,
Rev. W. H. Hubbard.
Tenor Solo—Ashore
Chilton Baker.
Essay—Character of Lincoln,
Ada F. Warden.
Essay—Self Culture, _
Hannah B. Valentine
Piano Solo—Spinning Song,
Wagner-Liszt
Mr. Zehm.
Essay—Decay of Spain’s Power,
Jennie M. Cameron.
Essay—Disadvantage of Hurry,
Cecile S. Osborn.
Duet—The Moon has Raised Her Lamp
Above J. Benedict.
Messrs. Percy and Chilton Baker.
Address,
Trotere
Rev. J. J. Foust.
Presentation of Diplomas,
,. Rev. J.‘J. Foust.
Benediction. _ _
Rev. J. J. Fousts‘made a very inter-
esting address and presented the di-
plomas.
Rev Gerald E. Bea1dde1ive1ed the
benediction.
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Avezy large audience was present"
and the graduates received many floral
and other gifts. The . class motto,
Finem Respice 'was suspended above
the stage.
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.The Weather.
Showers to-night: 'prolbably. fair Fri-
R. J. Lynch, James E. Hair and F. J.
Adams. The four bullets were re-
moved. The autopsy showed that the
bullet wound in the forehead, over the
right eye and almost central between
the eyebrows, was the one which caused
death. It penetrated the~brain and
passed through to the baseof the skull -
causing a compound fracture. It was
evident that the pistol had been held
close to the victim 5 head. .
Dr. Downs stated that the murdered
man evidently was looking directly at
his assassin, who held the weapon
about a foot from his victim’s head
Both eyes were filled with powder and
the flash of the pistol burned the eye—
lashes, and' blackened the covering of
both of them. Powder was burned in-
to the flesh for three inches around the
eyes. The second bullet entered the
shoulder and lodged in the joint; the
third entered about three inches above
the right‘nipple and went through into
the third rib, and the fourth into the
top of the hip, lodging in the bone.
The bullet taken from the head was
shattered while the other three were
mutilated very little.
The wounds were made by ordinary
conical pistol ”bullets of .32 calibre.
fibefiaszfifibnndcrs
How many more Norwalkers will see
Marion Clark in their minds.
If dieputy sheriff Scully is proud of
his position.
Who is the highest bidder for the
. citybonds.
If Irving Reed has taken his fi1st
header from that new wheel.
When Joe Matheis will present John
Fairchild with a wheel.
When the city streets will receive
attention.
'Why the South Norwalk police don’t
make an example of some of those
South Main street scorchers.
If all of the drunks in town yester-
day escaped the eye of the police.
Why some Norwalk merchants don’t
open their stores earlier in the morn-
ing.
Danbury Gander Hatched Eggs.
The Danbury News tells the follow-
ing: “Michael Delougherty, the hat
manufacturer, has a number of geese
at his home on lower Main street.
Among the poultry is a large annd ferc-
cious gander, which none of the family
dares go near. A short time ago Mrs.
Delougherty was surprised to find that
the gander had apprOpriated a nest
from one of the geese, and had taken
her place on the eggs. It was out of
the question to attempt to take the eggs
from under the gander. so he was al-
lowed to retain possession. Yesterday
the eggs hatched, but the gander, not
being used to the hatching of goslings,
trampled them to death before they
could be rescued.
Died of Consumption
Miss Etta Smith. well known in Nor-
walk, died at the home of her aunt, in
Frankfort, Her-kimer County, New
York on Monday morning. M iss Smith
had been a victim of consumption for
several years. She was a member of
the South Norwalk Baptist Church
under the pastorate of Rev. R. O.‘
Sherwood, and aSSIsted in carrying on
the Graniteville Sunday school. Miss
Smith spent several months in the
South, and was temporarily benefitted,
but during the past year has failed
steadily. She was thirty-one years of
age.
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Crswned From Fishing Smack.
Daniel Wilmot of the fishing smack
Davis of Stamford Was struck by the
boom and knocked overboard and
drowned off Eaton’s Neck on Tuesday.
His body was not recovered. He was
’25 years of age and leaves a wife. V
THE MODERN BEAUTY
Thrives on good food and Sunshine“
with plenty of exercise in the open air.
Her form glows with health and her.
If her
face blooms with itS' beauty.
system needs, the cleansing action of a
laXative. temedy, she luses the gentle
and pleasant Syrup of Figs. made by
the CWO! nia Fig Syi up Co. onlv
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SERIOUS EHAHGES.
ImplieSiMinor Smith Com-
mitted Arson and
A Murder.
SENSATIONAL CASE.
Wife Tells a Startling Story of lnhumanity
and Crime}
The equivalent of accusations of
murder and arson against her husband
was embodied in \Irs. Minor Smith’s
evidence before the court in Bridge-
port, yesterday in defending herself
against her husband’s application for
a decree of divorce. Minor alleged
cruelty against his wife in the appli-‘
cation but yesterday she told a story
of surprisingly cruel treatment from
him. She said'that when their daugh-
ter died it was-from the effects of in-
juries inflicted by her husband when
he was drunk, and that the fire which
destroyed his hotel near the Washing-
ton bridge was started by himself.
Mrs. Smith’s voice was broken by
symptoms of grief as she testified.
Tears filled her eyes, and as each alleg-
ed act- of cruelty was reached by her
she paused and sobbed. While she
testified .her husband sat directly in
front of her, in the jury box, and he,
too, shed tears profusely
Seated in Mrs. Smiths lap was the
little Child the paternity of which Mr.
Sm1thden1es. The th1ee other hand-
some children of the couple were in the
court room, puzzled to know why their
father and mother were weeping.
lune after time Mrs. Smith said in
hertestimony that she believes that
herfirusband. is insaneand that his acts
Of ei'u‘élty' were committed while he
was temporarily out of his mind. She
thought. so because after an interval of
a few minutes after he had maltreated
her and her children he always became
rational of manner and did what he
could to relieve their pain.
Mrs. Smith denied knowledge of any
of the alleged acts of cruelty which her
husband said last week that she had
been guilty of. She never gave him
occasion, she said, to be cruel to her
or the children except by insisting on
receiving one-half of the pro ts of the
business, as her own money was in-
vested in it. On this latter point she
said that her cousin once sent her $900
from the proceeds of the settlement of
her mother’s estate. Her husband, she
said,rstole it out of her bureau drawer.
One other children, she said, had a
nervous trouble when it was born, and
Minor grew savage of manner when he
noticed it. When the child was 15 days
old he said that it was not fit to live
and threw it on the floor, breaking its
nose. Then he Kicked it, and two of its
ribs were broken. . _
Concerning the child that died, Mrs.
Smith said that one night her husband
was diunk and was beating her when
the daughte1 interfered, biting his
fingers to make him desist. ' He turn-
ed On the child and chased her into an-
other room. Then he fell on her, .his
condition being such that he could not
stand. Mrs. Smith said that the injury
to her daughter’s system was such that
her death followed soon.
Her narratwe of the events. of the
night in 1892 when the old shore house
She
said that it was one of the occasions on
which Minor had been most brutal to
her. . She had‘been out of the house and
came back'to find everything xwrapped
was burned down was startling.
up in table cloths. One of the Children,
told her, that the carpets were . all
She looked to see, and saw that
the’narpetswere saturated with kero-
sene; She ran down stairs to tell her
husband, an:l‘there, to her horror, saw
him setting the, place afire. She at-
tempted to get the table ware out of
the house. and was doing this when
Smithknocked her The blow
knocked her senseless and when she
water.
down.
revived she found that one! of her an-
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Fred W. 'Rogers Departs From
Norwalk Quite Suddenly.
WENi TUESDAY NIGHT.
. Left No Word at Last Place of Employment.
Fred W. Rogers well known to bicy-
cle fame shook the dust of Norwalk
from his shoes- Tuesday evening, and,
it is said, departed , for New York
where he will take up his residencein
the future, preferring that large city
to quiet little Norwalk.
Fred cut a wide swath in the bicycle
business some time ago, and when he
failed it is said he dropped something
like $8.000 for a lady who assisted him.
Since his failure he has-been employ-
ed by Luther M. Wright at South Nor.-
walk, and that gentleman stated to the
GAZETTE reporter that Fred had gone
without telling anyone of his intentions.
Inquiring at the Rogers’ heuse on
Main street this afternoon, elicited the
information that Mr. Rogers had gone
away and,would not return for a month
or more, but that Mrs. Rogers would
be home this evening.
RECEIVED‘HIS'REWARD.
John J. Hanlon in Receipt of a Leather Medal.
‘ John J. Hanlon, who discovered the
missing girl, Marion Clark, was this
morning! in receipt of aletter encloSing
a leather medal in circular form with
a yellow ribbon attached and inscribed
“A. G. Plunkerton.”
The letter bore aNorwalk date and
was as follows:
“Here is your reward.
Come out of that. trance.’
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In Search of Health
Arthur B. Hill of the Hill 8: Hubbell
Lumber company, this city, and Engi-
neer Albert B. Hill of New Haven
start this afternoon fora several weeks
vacation at Berkeley Springs, V’V.
Va.. in hopes of regaining their usual
good health which has been impaired
by too close attention to business.
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Volcanic Eruptions
A1e giand. but Skin Eiuptims r0
life of joy. Bucklens A1nica Salve
cures them, alSo Old, Running and
Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons,
Corns, Warts, Cuts, Bruises, Burns,
Scalds. Chapped Hands, Chilblains.
Best Pile Cure on earth. Drives out
Pains and Aches. Only 250ts. a box
Cure guaranteed. Sold by John A.
Riggs, druggist,11 Main street.
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Missed the Wreck.
Mrs. Brown, a-daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. 'VV‘alsh, had a narrow escape from
being in the great excursion wreck in
Iowa a few days ago. She'was to have
taken the excursion train but missed
it: She with her husband and family
are on the way to Los Angeles.
Pleaded Guilty.
Librizzi Gandalfo, who was arrested
. for selling liquor withouta license at
the Fair Grounds on Decoration day,
pleaded guilty before Judge Gregory
in the town court this morning, and
was fl‘ned $15 and costs, amounting to
$31.20.
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Will Train Yale Bicycle Team.
Eben Hill, Jr., is in New Haven
where he will train the Yale bicycle
team for their intercollegiate race 011
Berkeley Oval next Saturday.
kles was so badly sprained that She
could not move. She would have per-
ished in. the flames if she had not been
carried toaplace of safety by a. man
who was attracted by the sight of the
fire.
D1 opping the daughter out of the
second story window of the hotel was
anbther act of cruelty alleged, and
Miner’s reference at all times to the
children as “those little demons” was
.another practice of whichshe com-
plained.
For, two hours Mrs. Smith sat on the
witness stand telling of brutal treat-
ment,,the most prominent instance of
which are referred to above. When
she told of the burnng of the hotel
in the court
there was a sensation
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1111111 11 MUSIC,
Concert by Pupils of Mrs.
Lillian- Sherwood-New-
kirl< To-night.
Al LOCKWOOD’S HALL.
A Programme otRareOExcellence Prepared for
the Occasion.
The annual concert given by. the'
pupils of Mrs. Lillian Sherwood-New-
kirk will take place in Lockwood’s hall
this evening.
A large number of invitations have
been issued and the affair promises to
be the society event of the season. A
programme of rare excellence has been
prepared, and the pupils will be assist—
ed by Mrs. N ewkirk, Mrs. Alice Sher-
wood-Irwin and Dr. Carl Dunn with
Miss Sally Betts accompanist, which is
a guarantee that the concert will be
exceptionally fine.
The programme as- arranged is as
follows: '
“Spring Song, 1” Hawley
M13. Irw1n, MlS. Yarnell, Mrs. New
kirk, Miss Sherwood.
“For All Eternity,” Mascheroni
Mrs. George Buxton.
“Creole Lover’s Song,”
Miss A‘nna Staub.
“Nymphs and Fauns, ” Bemherg
. Miss Flora Bell Sherwood.
“My Guest,” , V. Harris
Miss Grace Adams.
“Litanel, ”
“Au Sylvia,”
“Der Wanderer,”
Dr. Carl Duift. _
“LietiSignor,” (Huguenots)
Meyerbeer
Miss J. Pearl Gregory.
Buck
(a.)
(b-)
(0-)
Schubert
. PS}; ingtime, ” _ M" Schira
4‘th Newki1k, Mrs. It win
“Autumnal Gale,”
Miss Agnes Ross Gibbs.
" 'Imafel, ” V
Mr. Albert Mossman.
“Dost Thou Know Me,” Thomas
Mrs. Alice Sheerod-Irwin.
a.) “Sweetheart,”
(b.) “Love’s Flight,”
Miss Alyse Gregory.
Grieg
King
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Lynes
Shelley
Recitative and Aria, “Vision Fair,,’
Masse’net
Dr. Carl Dui‘ft.
(a.) “L’Oudine du Rhin,” Wekerl‘in
(b.) “lch Liebe Dich,” Grieg
Miss Florence Haviland.
T1io—‘ Blow Gentle Gales,” BishOp
M 3 : Iiuin, D1. Dufft
EAST<NCRWALK.
Arthur Ferris of Riverside avenue,
entertained some friends from New
York Tuesday.
Mrs. David Robinson of 6 Cottage
avenue will sail Saturday for England
where she will visit her father.
Miss Sadie Keogh and Miss Stetson
wheeled to Bridgeport Monday and ‘
spent Decoration day there.
Miss Lulu Reynolds entertained some I,
relatives from Seymour, Conn., Tues-
day.
Miss M‘ay Parcelles of New York,
spent a few days with her parents Mr.
and Mrs. S. A. Parcelles of Cove street
M15. George W. Bell of Cove street
is ill.-
John Taylor of Stamford, spent Dec-
oration day with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. Taylor of Cove street.
A curb is being laid in front of
Thomas Benedict’s residence on the
01 ne1 of Fort Point street and River»
side avenue.
Charles Baker and Miss Anna L.
Smith spent Decoration day in Plain-
ville.
William G. LeCount of Riverside
avenue, was out with his family inhis
launch Tuesday.
Mr. Warren, Frank Coley, 'John
Dufiy and Miss Marsh of Danbury spent
Tuesday w1th Mr. and Mrs. Dufi’y of
Fmt Point stieet.
Burr Day and family of Van,Zandt
avenue, spent Decoration day in Ridge«
field.
Bids Opened Tonight
The city council will meet at 8
o’clock to-night and open the bids to:
the new City of Norwalk bonds. '
number of bids have been -1eceived and
the meeting promises to be an interest-
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