_-. . \ To Get Customers Ada vertise in Th 1- Favor- ite Paper, T EVEN: [N6 GAZETTE! VOL. IX. NO. 2188 EVe — 1 ing PETER GRAHAM ISGUILTY! ‘— .‘ CONFESSES THATHE MURDER- ED THE JEWISH PEDDLER IN BRIDGEPORT. CAVE FIRST INFORMATION. VICTIM WAS \ SHOT IN THE HOUSE AUD' CARRIED oUT ‘ AND PLACED IN HIS CART. The murder of Louis Stahlman, the Jewish pedlar, whose body was found Wednesday morning in his own wagon in Seeley’s lane in Bridgeport; by the boy, Peter Graham, has been appre-V ,hended. The murderer proves to be the same Peter Graham who first gave the information, the 15-year-old son of Peter Graham, a fireman at Plumb & Wintonls slaughter house. of how the police came to fasten sus- icion on Graham. and follow up what- ever yet. The authorities are reserving their knowledge on the. matter ,fOl the prosecution. officers. ' Louis Stahlman was killed by young Peter Graham while rummaging in the Graham house on the Trumbull road. The crockery p‘edlar was not assassin.- ated on the highway by the boy for a mere degenerate thirst for' blood, but was found by young Graham id the otherwise unoocupied ”house under suspicious circumstances. Graham was accompanied by another boy whose identity must not yet be revealed. A 3 fight ensued between the man and the boys. and young Graham hunted up Jurors. The Selectmen have selected the fol- lowing eighty names from which forty will be drawn by the commission for jury duty: A. E. Austin,.-G. H. Allen, F. S. Ambler, E. S. Adams, J. M. Benedict, A A. Betta, C. W. Bell, G. T. Brady, G. W. Bryan, C. A. Burr, W. H. By- ington, G. R. Byington,J. H. Crockett, J. M. Creagh, Matthew Corbett, J. C. Crowe, H. W. Cole, W. W . Comstock, S. W. Curtis, C. M. Ely, J. W. Daké, J. S. Dunning, H. E. Dann, Wallace Darn, S. E. Dibble, Jeremiah Donovan, P. H. Dwyer, Leo Davis, E. E. Gorham, T. E. Gregory, G. S. Gregory, G. W. Gladstone, C. H. Guider, G. S. Grum- man, J. J. Goodwin. Goold Hoyt, 2d, E. G. Hoyt, S. C. Horton, W. S. Hanford, J. L. Hoyt, Frank Hollins, L. D. Keeler, Josiah Kellogg, Charles Kellogg, G. D. Keel- er, G. W. Knapp, T. W. Lockwood, F. S. Lyon, Sr., W. G. LeCount, Francis Leonard, E. J. Ladrigan, J. M. Lane. S. S. L’Hommedieu, 3 William Mosher, G. W. Mills, W. -.F Mather,J. H. Man- ning, B. G. Mitchell, Smith Northrop, C. F. Osborn, Charles Olmstead, John Paul, James Paul, O. W. Raymond. J. C. Handle, J. S. Randall, Hezekiah Sitts, V. A. Scofield, Christian swartz, James Sutherland, ‘Isaac Selleck, E. B. . Smith. Herman Theile, F. A. Tolles, William Vollmer, W. Wells, G. A. Wicks S. L. Weed, E. A. WoodWard, R. M. Wilcox Died of a Cancer. ' "William S. Peebles of Stamford, aged 62 years, died suddenly yesterday from cancer. For many years he had been engaged in the hide and tallow busi- - ness in that city, and was well known all over Connecticut as an ardent Pro hi bition ist. The story clue they had, is not given out‘ she returned is a question. John Valieant, H. l 33' Caleb Wood . Widley known among the young people ' the revolver and killed Stahlman with it. It is also known that Stahlman's body was loaded into his wagon and driven to the 01d byway where it was found. . Young Graham and his companion were in the field hard by his home, which is the last house on the Trum- bull road before reaching the old lane. Stahlman drove up to the house. Find- ing no one in the house he entered. From the field the boys saw the wagon standing in the road. They hurried to the house and found Stahlman ranv Both boys were in- volved in the quarrel that followed with the pedlar, but whether Graham’s companion was present when the shoot- sacking the house. ing occdrred is not ascertained. , The body was carried out of the house and placed in the wagon' by young Graham andsome other ”person, and the little money which was in. the pedlar’s pockets was removed to give the appearance of robbery. ‘ 3 Young Graham’s mother was not in the house when Stahlman entered, nor until after the killing, but how soon How much Sudden Death. Eliza B. Rel’ihan, wife of Daniel F. Relihan of New York, and daughter of officer John Valieant of this city, died suddenly at hér parents’ home on Main street yesterday afternoon, aged 20 years. 3 Mrs. Relihan was ill and requested that she be brought to Norwalk, which was done yesterday afternoon butupon her arrival at her parents’ residence ‘she fainted and expired a few minutes later. The deceased in addition to her husband. leaves a daughter six months old. 3 The funeral will be held from St. Mary’s church Monday morning. SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES. FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.— Thomas K. Noble, pastor. Services at 10:30 a. m. and‘7z30 p. m. The pastor will conduct the services assisted by the Rev, J. Spencer Voorhees of Hart- ford. Sunday School at 12 111. Y. P. S. C. E. at 6:30 p. m. .————————‘.-.>—_———— Mrs. Swords Dead. 3 Lillle‘VanlBuskirk, 'wife of W. w_' Swords, died suddenly Thursday even- ing at her home in Newtonville, Mass. Mrs. Swords was the daughter of Jacob Van Buskirk, formerly of Row- ton and South Norwalk. She was of N or walk ——-—‘0.0>———,—-- Very True. There have been 600 dog licenses issued in ' Norwalk up to-date. Any- body having husmess down that way at night can easily swear to . it that there are 17,000 licenses yet to be issued for the swearing may as well be done to that as .at the dogs—Stamford Telegram. or how little she knew of the crime is a secret with the police, but it is known that a .32 calibre revolver was found in her pocket. The bullets that killed Louis Stahlman were of .32 calibre. Graham was the last person to be suspected of the crime by his acquaint- ances or those who came in contact with him after the discovery ,of the ' murder. Suspicion was first directed towards him Wednesday, when the po- lice visited Mrs. Faulkner, who resides in the house nearest the place where the murdered man was ‘found. She told how Graham had come to- her house and asked the time. After receiving the information desired, he told her of a man dying in a wagon in the lane. When arrested at midnight Graham was taken before Superintendent Birm- ingham and Detective Arnold. It was said that he had made full confession. 4-: fithélfiuzlfieidbnwders How much money was lost on the Sharkey-McCoy fight at Dorlon Point last night. If the city streets were ever in worse condition. 3 Why health officer Tracey does not get after that street sprinkler again. If Capt. Joe Crossman can teach Eph Merritt how to builtfhnd sail a boat. If the bicycle lantern bill will be- come a law. Why George Whelpley does challenge Billy Weed to a ten mile bicycle race. If Chief Prowitt will advocate a fire- man’s parade in the fall. 'When weak fish will begih to run. When Captain Dann will claim his reward for the Marion Clark discovery If Fairfield county murders are not becoming too numerous. RIDCEFIELD. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Jenner and fam- ily, have. moved into their summer home on High Ridge. ‘ The Misses Vinton’s school has clos- ed for the season. Miss Bessie Lawrence of South Salem, is visiting Miss Helen Rock- well. Miss Josephine Render has moved to the Farmingville district. 3 , Col. and Mrs. J. Lewis Sands and family have occupied their summer home on Main street for the season. The fire department held a monthly meeting Wednesday night. Two mem- bers were received into P. C. Louns- bury Engine Co.No.1. John W. Lowe of New Haven, is visiting friends here. EdwardJ. Couch of the Whipstick district spent Wednesday in New York. A meeting of the Center school district will be held Saturday and officers will be elected for the coming year. - Col. H. R. Scott has recovered from his illness. The regular monthly meeting of the Selectmen, auditors and acting school visitor was held Thursday. Work is progressing rapidly on the home of J. W. Mitchell, editor of “Life” lune Calendar The Central Club has prepared this programme of June events. The Connecticut State Federation of Women’ s Clubs meets in Norwalk June 6—7. 3 Tuesday, June 13, at 3. 30 p.111. whist party, for members of Central club. unv der the direction of Mrs. H. W Gregory, Tuesday, June 27, from 8 to 10 p. m 1 garden party, under the direction of Mrs. F. S. Lyon, Jr. ‘ Fr A. 0. H. Officers. The Norwalk Hibernians hive elect- ed these officers: President—Patrick Slatte‘ry. Vice-President—James P. Barrett. Recording» Secretary—Thomas Clune. Financial Secretary—Daniel Hogan. Treasurer-Petpr B. Kava'nagh. \ Finance Cammittee—Jas. M. Creagh, George Hands, Patrick McSally. —-Advo,r.ti5e in' THE GAZETTE. 0 not; N ORWALK, CON N., SA'l’UR DAY EVEN ING, JUNE 3, 1899. M ME. I. EEHMAN. Professort/German of New York Conducts _the Affair. L'ARGE ATTENDANCE. Young Gentlemen of the Norwalks and Many From out of Town Participate Ever since spring commenced the pupils and many friends of Miss Baird’s Institute have been looking forward to commencement week with great expec- tations, as each year the entertain- ments seem to excel the past ones. That ’99 is no exception, will be testi- fied to, by all who were present at the «. state and has lived in Ridgefield about first social event, the German in the school hall last evening. About eight o’clock the guests com- menced to arrive and it was not long before the entire hall was filled with happy couples enjoying the pretty and intlicate figures of the German con- ducted by Professor Rutledge, of New York, the professor of dancing at the Institute. The hall was beautifully decorated with daisies, American Beauty roses, and greens, and with the mellow glow of the electric lights, shaded with ‘yel- ,. ‘1ovvic0verings,-upon the-pretty and ar- tistic gowns of the young ladies made a charming sight. .Miss Baird and the Faculty occupied ,thé’eplatform at the south end of the hall: and seemed to secure almost as much pleasure from watching the scene of happiness as the dancers who en- joyed their hospitality. There were many unique favors showing the handiwork of the class of ’99 and their classmates. A‘si do from the‘ young gentlemen .of N orwalk others were present from various cities and the attendace of former graduates was especially large, and there will be even more present on Class Day and at the graduation exercises on Tuesday next. Only two members of the Class of ’98 were absent:- and they are expected to arrive to-day. During the evening refreshments were served and at about eleven o’clock this most successful German, the first festivity of commencement week, was brought to a close. OBTTHARY. A nether old resident of N orwalk was called home this morning in the person 3 of our esteemed townsman Henry I. Hoyt, who passed to the beyond short- ly after 10 o ’,clock in the 85th year of his age. Mr. Hoyt was at one time one of the most prominent business men of N or- walk, having established tlie Me'rwin street shirt factory new conducted by Hutchinson. Cole. & Co. He has also been connected with numerous enter- prises during his fifty years residence here. ‘ Mr. Hoyt was well known and es- teemed, outside of Nor-walk, and‘ prob- ably no one had met and been enter- tained by more distinguished men than he, and he was ever happy in enter- taining his numerous friends with an- ecdotes of his experiences and travels. A number of years ago Mr. Hoyt gave up business life and has passed his declining- years in his beautiful home “Highwood” waiting for the summons to his eternal rest which came this morning. Mr. Hoyt leaves a son and two daugh- ters. . “v ‘7 Fourth Regiment Officers Resign. Governor Lounsbury has accepted the resignationg of Captain Philip W. Prior and Second Lieutenant Fred- erick G. C. Smith, Company C (Stam- ford), and First Lieutenant Francis S. Hubbard, Company I (Winsted), Fourth Regiment, 0. N. G. . Red Hot From the Gun ‘Was the ball that hit G: B. Ste of Newark, Mi" , 1n the Civil dmaIn ar. ‘ caused horn“ .r' Ulcers that no treaIt- ment helped for 20 years. "1 hen Buck- len’ s Arnica Salve cured him. Cuies 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, Diuzgist 11 Main street. HUNG HIMSELF. Committed Suicide Last Night. wAs 50 YEARS OLD. Came Near Being Killed by a Bull a Few Years Ago- Maldus F. Knapp, a respected citizen of Ridgefield, committed. suicide by hanging last night. Mr. Knapp was employed by Dr. A. L. Northrop, a wealthy New York dentist, who has his summer home a short distance outside of the village. The deceased came from New York 6 years. He leaves a widow and four sons. ‘ A few years ago Mr. Knapp hada narrow escape from being gored to death by an angry bull belonging to Dr. Northrop. ’ WORKS FN HFSVVSLEEP. Peculiar Habit of a Danbury Man Who Has the Sleep-Walking Habit. There is a man in Danbury who is so unfortunate as to be a victim of the sleep-walking habit. The fact that he walks around the hou'se o’nights is not so bad in itself, but the peculiarway in which he conducts himself .while on his nocturnal expeditions makes things exceedingly uncomfortable for his wife. The subject of this story is employed in an establishment where horseblank- ets and robes are kept for sale, and an important pgrt of his duties is the keep- » ing of these articles in order. When in one of his somnambulistic divertisei ments he invariably becomes impress-3, ed with the idea that he is engaged in his- duties caring for innumerable horse blankets and lap robes. Generally the first thing his wife knows of the affair is when she feels the blankets being pulled from over her as she lies in bed, and sees her hus- band folding them carefully and piling them neatly in one corner of the room. When one has been placed in the cor- ner, after beingfolded. the Sleepwalker returns to thebed, where he pulls an- other of the coverings from over his“ wife, continuing until he has taken all the is, unless he is awakened first. In the winter it was exceedingly un- pleasant for the wife to he suddenly divested of the bedding on a cold night, but during the warm weather it is not quite so bad, HELP Wanted--Quick. ' ' W hen you want help any kind of help, from a private secretary to a Ditch Digger, please remember that pretty nearly everybody in N orwalk who is “open for engage- ments” has an eye on the Gazette. Rodney Dennis Dead. Mr. Rodney Dennis, one of the best known citizens of Hartford, died late last night at his home in Washington . street. He suffered a severe attack of the grip some weeksago and has been unable to rally from it, but his death Was sudden and unexpected. ~~Burr Smith Retires. On June lst Commodore Burr Smith severed his connection with the ‘New York ét'Norwalk Steamboat company. The company’s collections will here- after he made by Captain Secor. Danbury Fire. The barn of F. T. Austin on Patch street, Danbury, was destroyed by fire shortly after 10 o’clock last night with all its contents causing a loss of about. $1.000. The origin of the .fire is un- known. ‘ 7. A Sensible Man , 1;, Would use Kemp’s Balsam for the Threat and Lungs. It 15 acui ing more of Coughs, Colds. Asthma, Bronchitis, Group and all Throat and Lung Troubles than anyother medicine. The proprietor has authm med any druggist to give you a Sample Bottle Free to convince you of the merit of this great temedy. Price 25c. ahd .1250 . v. 1, . 11):}: Every Reader of TEE "EVENING (ii XEE’ITE is a Buyer. (ilveThem a Trial :5 PRICE TWOTC—ENTS BICYCLE LANTERN BILL.” House Reconsiders} and Tables the MeaSUre.” In the House- yesterday the bicycle lantern bill, which was passed on Thursday afternoon, was reoonsidered and the measure laid on the table; ‘ 4 --‘ The Weather. - Partly cloudy to- -night and to- -mor- 1-.ow ‘4 vA 7‘ NASH NOMINATED. Ohio Republicans Name un’Admlnls- tration Man For Governor. COLUMBUS, 0., June 33.—George K Nash of Columbus, the candidate of Sen ator Hanna andthc national administra‘ tion f01 governor of Ohio, was yesterday" nominated £01 that office by the Repub3 lican state convention in session héi’e Mi. Nash was formeily attmney general of the state and was subsquently made supreme court justice. He was a lead- ing candidate for governor in 1895 when Governor Asa S. Bushnell was nominat- ed. Nash was nominated on the second ballot. The nomination of Judge Nash was made possible by the desertion from the anti-Hanna forces of George B. Cox, the Cincinnati leader. He had been counted with the antiadministration crowd and, holding 86 votes from Hamilton county. was a power in the convention. Ex- Cong1essman John A. Caldwell of Cincinnati was nominated for lieutenant governor. . Among othei things the. platform, which was unanimously adopted, says: “Under the splendid administration of Plesident McKinley the public credit! has been 1estored, our commerce has grown great, and our trade, domestic and3 foreign, has inelcased. ” The platform then lands the remarka- ble achievement of our army and navy in the war. with Spain, commends the presi- dent for his judicious modification of the civil service rules and demands the en-. actment of a law similar to the Hanna subsidy bill, praises the action of the Seventy-third Ohio assembly “for pass- ing stringent antitrust laws, denounces such unlawful combinations as inimical to the interests of the people and pledges , the party to further legislation as expe rience may determine" necessary to. pre- ' vent the formation and opelation of such iniquitous and dangeious combinations. Resolutions plotesting against lynch- ing and £01 equalizing taxes were also adopted. ESTERHAZY COINFE‘SSES.‘ He Wrote the Bordereau and Wu Ordered to Do It. LONDON, June 3.—The Daily Chron-, icle says that Major Comte Ferdinandj a 3......” Walsin Este1hazy called at its office late last evening with a confidential friend and, after declaiing that the time had ariived when the whole t1uth should be told, although hitherto by reason of con- stant orders and inducements he had kept silence on the essential point, made: the following statement: 1 “The chiefs of the almy have disgrace- fully abandoned me. My cup is full, and I shall speak out. ‘ “Yes,” raising his voice and glaring‘: around, “it was I who wrote the border- ‘- eau. I wrote it upon orders received from Sandherrfi Esteihazy, The Chionicle says, then proceeded to explain that 1501 months he- f01e 1893 moral p100fs had been obtained of leakages which were only possible through an, officer belonging to the min— istry of ar, and it was necessaryto catch the guilty party by material evi- dence. Hence the b'ordereau. When asked what the chiefs of the French general staff would say to this confession, Esterhazy, shrugging his shoulders, disdain’fully replied: “They will lie as they know how to lie, but I have them tight. I have proofs that they knew the whole thing and share the responsibility” with me, and I will produce the p1oof’s” He then denounced the chiefs as a “set of scoundrels, who have abandoned me basely," and added, "But at one time they used to come to thank “me. Pays for her assistance." Este1hazy ass'eited that quite recently the chiefs sent M.La‘g11e1re, a former deputy, to London with seductive ofiers to him to keep silence. “Now they are using threats.” he 3 shouted, “but I will not be deterred. ” ‘n. ; Wanted to See a. Wreck. - NEW YORK, June 3.—-Because they wanted to see a train wreck and wedged a Central Railroad of New Jersey switch so they could do so Emil Mades and Henry Hansen, two _ 12-year-old boys of Jersey City,~we1’e arrested last night. The. boys blamed each other, but both admitted they wanted to see a train-thrown from the track. A track . walker discovered the wedge in time. DIED. HOYT—«InkNorwalk June 3d, at “Ht—:11; wood,’ Henry I. Hoyt, in the 85th year of his age. Notice of funeral hereafter. No Right to Ugliness. The woman who is lovely in face, form and temper will always have friends, but one who would be attrac- tive must keep her health. If she is - weak, sickly and all run down. she will be nervous and irritable. If she has condtipatio’n or kidney trouble, her impure blood will cause pimples, blotches. skin eruptions and :1. W1 etched complexion. Electric Bittersris the best medicine' in the w01ld to regulate stomach, liver and kidneys and to purify the blood. It givesastrong nerves, bright eyes, smooth, velvet skin, rich complexion. It will make a good- -looking,,- charmin woman ofa run-down invalid. Only 50 cents at John A Rings! qtlrug stem, 11 Main l LP of”? 3-1? £51111 ‘93 3'11 . .'.‘ 1: 1?." 71:13“! Weld ‘ . 15373933 111337 H.311? : ii ML ,.
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