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NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1899.
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Judge Curtis Renders a De-
cision Against Charles
R. Helmer.
JUDGMENT FOR $617.66.
The Case of the Defunct Morning Call De-
cided.
court on
In the civil common pleas
‘Monday a decision in the case of
Charles R. Helmer and others against
George Lauder was handed down by
Judge Howard J. Curtis. Judgment is
rendered for the defendant to recover
$617.66 on the counter claim.
Plaintiff who was the publisher of the
defunct Morning Call, sued to recover
$1,300 damages for an alleged breach
of contract in selling the. plaintiff a
printing press and the appurtenances
of a printing office which were not ac-
cording to contract. Plaintiff claimed
that the press was not in good order,
that certain parts were missing and
that other parts were given that would
not work. Defendant denied all the
allegations in the complaint and put in
a counter claim for $750, the amount
due on two notes.
The court does not find that the
plaintiff’s contentions are maintained
by the evidence.
court finds ,that the plaintiff went to
the office where the press, was in com-
pany with a practical printer and pur-
chased the property with a full know-
ledge of its worth. The court finds
further that the plaintiff failed to meet
certainnotes which he gave and that~
the defendant is entitled to recover on
them. ‘ I _ l
The plaintiff was represented by
Joseph A. Gray and the defendant,
who is given the judgment by Leo
'Davis. '
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Wenthome Without the Wheel.
James Manning of Norwalk,’ rode to
Shippan on his bicycle yesterday, and
while there int‘ulged too freply. When,
. hestartcd for home he was unnbLe to
ride his wheel and after several falls
‘he concluded to leave the wheel at one
‘ of the resorts and he went libme by
way of the trolley. ~—Stamf0rd
Advocate.
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Town Assessments Increased.
Tue state board of equalization has
completed its work on the tax lists, in
consequence of which the assessments
of live towns in Fairfield county have
been increased as follows: Bethel,$100-
000: Danbury, $2,000,000; Greenwich
2,000,000; Stamford. $3,000,000; West-
.port. $300,000. The valuations estab.
lished-Ere bases only for state and
‘céunty taxes. , .
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Arrested on Serious Charge.
Sheriff Stagg captured Frank Van-
derpeck in Greenfield Hill last evening
at? o’clock‘ on the farm of Thomas
Perry for whom he is employed. The
sheriff has strong evidence to connect
him with an attempt at rape on an
eight year old child in Stratford Sun-
day morning about 11 o’clock.
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Base Ball Notes-
The Kelsey club will play the Y. M.
C. A. ’s on the' Baxter Grounds next
Saturday.
The Kelsey’s are figuring on two
games with the Stored Heart League of
Bridgeport, for July 4th.
Thomas Dowd will pitch Oie of the
games for-Jgglsey July 4th.
"Eifdld .Annual Meeting.
At the annual meeting of the board
of Fire Underwriters of the Town of
Norwalk Monday afternoon, the follow-
ing officers were elected for the ensu-
ing year: Homer Merrill, president;
F. M. Raymond, vice-president; Samuel
Lynes, treasurer; Charles E. Hoyt,
secretary.
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To-Night and To-morrow Night,
And each day and night during thi
week, you can get at any druggist’s,
Kemp‘s Balsam for the Throat and
Lungs acknowledged to be the most
successful remedy ever sold for Coughs,
Group, Bronchitis, Asthma and Con-’
sumption. Get a bottle today and
keep it always in the house, so you can
check your cold at once. Pricc 25c
and 500. Sample bottle free. a
On the contrary, the.
LOST BOY RETURNS."
When Mrs. Washburn Got Home Freddie Was
In Bed-
Last night about 9:30 o’clock Mrs.
VVashburn, who lives on ‘Ward street,
reported to the police that her 7 year
old son Freddie was missing. The boy
came down town early in the day with
an 'older brother but became separated
from him, and it was feared something
had happened to the youngster. .
Liter when Mrs. VVashburn reached
home "after notifying the police, she
was happy to find that during her
absence Freddie had come home and
gone to bed. ‘
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At the Library.
Among the books of the week at the
Norwalk Library, there are an unusual
number of especial interest. “Social
Life in the British Army” by a British
Ofiicer is a readable littlevol‘ume giv-
ing an idea of the pleasures and duties
cf the officers in Her Majesty’s service.
“Nursery Ethics” by Miss W'interburn
should appeal to everyone having to
deal with children in any way. “Col-
lege Requirements in English” is most
useful.
For the out of door lovers there are
“ Field Forest, and “’ayside Flowers”
by Maud Going, one of the most poetic
and readable of the books on wild-
flowers, Alice Lounsberry’s. “Guide to
the \Vildfiowers” illustrated with
colored prints, and “Common Land
Birds of New England,” a pocket‘guide
of convenient size.
“Dr. Neesenis Book on Wheeling” is
timely and will undoubtedly be much
sought after. “Orchestra and Orches-
tral Music" by W. J. Henderson, who
is an authority in musical criticism is
a popular dissertation. In poetry
there is a very elegant translation of
the Antigone of Sophocles, by G. H.
Palmer, the last collection of the lovely
little poems of Edward Rowland Sill
and a funny book of rhymes illustrated
with exquisite cleverness called “Just
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so well remembered in Norwalk. .
In Biography we have Thomas Carl";
lyle’s Letters to His Youngest Sister,
Hale’s James Russell Lowell and His
Friends, and Dr. Pierson’s George
Muller of Bristol. In History G.’ VT.
Stevens’s spirited account of his
travels as a newspaper correspondent
"o'With Kitchener to Khartum” will
captivate lovers of adventure. For the
children there are a book by William
Drysdale, “Four Hundred Animal
Stories" excellently told, and Miss
"Caner's “Bee People” a book now
deservedly attracting much attention.
There are fifteen titles in Fiction, one
by Beatrice Harraden, one by Harold
Frederic, one by Gilbert Parker, and
Several by new writers or merit. Per-
haps the most rioteworthy’ of all is the
"Cougar-Tamer” by F. W. Calkins.
which tells a series of adventure stories
in the most spirited manner.
THE LIBRARIAN.
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Badly Bruised.
Walter, the 6 year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Eason was knocked down
and run over in front ofhis home on
South Main street by a bicyclist coming
f.'om Roton Point Sunday afternoon.
The little fellow was crossing the street
at the time. A party of wheelmen
came along at a. rapid speed, and the
child stood still and Daniel Hall one of
the party ran into him knocking him
down. The boy was badly bruised and
out. Dr. Coburn and Dr. Burnell were
called. After several hours work over
him he regained consciousness, and is
now getting along nicely.
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Buoying Oyster Beds.
Engineer sanford cf the shell fish
00mmission has begun the work of
buoying natural oyster beds OE Roton.
'Point.
This work is done abolit twice a
year. The buoys shift their position
and are frequently lost and it is nec-
essary to keep a. close watch on them
in order to prevent the oyster men who
make a. living dredging on the natural
beds from encroaching on cultivated
grounds.
. The Steamboat Here.
Resplendent in a new suit of white
paint the steamboat Harlem arrived a.
her'dock in South Norwalk yesterday
ready’to begin her trip to New York
on Thursday morning.
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Working Night and Day. ‘
The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is Dr. King’s
New Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar-
coated globule of health, that changes
weakness into strength, listlessneés in-
' to energy, brain-fag into mental power.
They’re wonderful in building up the
health. Only 250 per box.“ Sold by
John A. Riggs, ’
street
Druggist,‘ 11 Main
THEHENU moun-
Morrison Pleads Guilty to As-V
saulting Mrs. Roberts. f
WANTED TO LYNCH HIM.
Crowd Gathers and Menaces the Black Rav-
isher.
Sherifi' Charles E. Stagg prevented
William Morrison the black fiend,
wm committeda criminal assault on
Mrs. Margaret Roberts at her home
‘lynching yesterday, as he was being
led from the court room between Con-
stable F. B. Beardsley and the sheriff.
Edward B. Roberts, a nephew of
Mrs. Roberts, the victim, stood at the
entrance to the court room and when the
prisoner was brought. out after being
bound over to the superior court under
negro with terrific force. ‘3‘
The sheriff called out to Constable
Beardsley to hang on to the prisoner
andhe in turn fell against Mr. Rob-
,taking effect. The latter was thor-
ioughly enraged and tried in every im-
' aginable way to break away from the
‘sherit‘f. .
About 100 men and boys‘were on the
street and cries 'Of
“Lynch him.” came from a dozen.
quieted down to acertain extent, Mn
Stagg jumped through the crowd and
grabbing the prisoner by the left arm,
with the aid of Constable Beardsley
hustled him into the lockup, the crowd
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‘ ahner of threats. ,
Mrs. Roberts was presentayé-iid
tied the prisoner and told th§'—,stoi'y' of
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entir
his crimesubstantially as’told' in Mon-
day’s GAZETTE. _ " ' f .
Morrison pleaded guilty and;"aftei-
being placed under bonds was ,ttikéll to
Bridgeport jail. "
Hunter-iobbins.
"‘ards are out for. the marriage re-
ception of George 'William Hunter, Jr.,
of this city and Miss Emily Isabel Job-
bins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. TVil—
iiam F. Jobbins of Aurora, Ill, to take
place at 11:30 o’clock, a. m. June 10th,
at me home of the bride.
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Stratford Pastor Resigns.
Rev. ,Joel S. Ives, pastor of the Strata
ford Congregational church for 16
years, on Sunday read his resignation
to take effect October 1. He will as-
sume the secretaryship of the Connecti-
cut State Missionary society which
pays a salary of $2.500 a year.
HELP
Wanted--Quick .'
When you want help
any kind of help,
from a private secretary to a
Bitch; Digger,
please remember that pretty
nearly everybody in Norwalk
who is "open for engage- ‘ '
menls” has an eye on
the Gazette.
Found Dead.
Mrs. James‘Dowd was found dead in
bed at her home on Chestnut Hill,
Wilton, Sunday morning, by her hus-
band. Mrs. Dowd was in this city on
Saturday and was apparently in as
good health as usual. The aged couple
lived alone but have severil grbwn
children.
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Glorious News
Comesfrom Dr. D. B. Cargile, of
Washita, I. T. He writes: “Four
bottles of Electric Bitters has cured
Mrs. Brower of scrotula, which had
caused her great suffering for years.
Terrible sores would break out on her
head and face, and the best doctors
could give no help; but her cure is
complete and her health is excellent.”
This shows what thousands have proved
—that Electric Bitters is the best blood
purifier known. Its the supreme
remedy~for eczema, Letter, salt rheum,
ulcers, boils and running sores. It
stimulates liver, kidneys and bowels,
'expels poisons, helps "digestion builds
.up the strength. Only :30 cents. Sold
by John A. Riggs, druggisn ll Main
street. Guaranteed. ~ '.
in Stratford, Saturday from a- probable '
a bond 0f S5:000, he struck out at the?
erts, thereby preventing the blow from .
"Lynch him,”,
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throats. After Mr. Roberts had. been h'
CUT RATES i0 BOSTON.
New Haven Boats in Opposition to the New
'.
Haven Railroad.
ME.
The New York and New Haven line
of steamboats beganva service between
New York and Providence yesterday
in opposition to the boats controlled by
the New York, New Haven and Hart‘
ford Railroad. ' The Richard Peck left
Providence for New York at 4:30 P. M.,
and the Shinnecock, chartered from
the Long Island Railroad by the New
Haven line, left Peck slip for Provi-
dence at 4 P. M. The fare to and
from Providence is $2.50, and the fare
between Providence and Boston by
way of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad is $1. The fare
to Providence on the boats controlled
by the railroad is $3. The new line
buys the railioad tickets it sells to its
patrons in the open market. It is
said the railroad Will meet the cut of
the New Haven line.
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imltctfiazctfcflilgnmlcrs
, if Captain Gladstone continues to
wear those rubber heeled shoes if he
fwill have to carry a lantern.
Where the Water street rat catchers
were this morning.
Who will be the new officers of Com-
pany D.
If it has forgotten how to rain.
Why the Norwalk commuters who
took part in Saturday’s ball game walk
as though they had corns.
Why the trolley companies don’t
sprinkle oil on their tracks to lay the
gdust.
‘ Who will be the next postmaster at
South Norwalk.
If the New York yellow journals in-
tend to kill little Marion Clark with
the measles.
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'_ . ments Being Made.
Landlord O’Sullivan has begun the
creation of 50 new bath houses on the
east shore at Dorlon Point, and the
present houses are to be moved further
"to the east.
Arrangements are also being made
to light the restaurant opposite the
hotel with g.solene. Several other
improvements are also in contempla-
tion.
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CHANBUHY.
Hayiug is the order of the day.
Clark Ely is out with a new mowing
machine. .
Allen Benton of New York spent
Sunday at the old homestead. .
George Mills, who has been danger-
ously ill with blood poisoning is improv:
ing.
Miss Lulu Beers, who has been} visit-
ing F. F. Clark will leave on'Thursday
for Staten Island to spend-a week or
two with her aunt. ' . '
Mrs. John Bartell will" occupy her
summer home on'June-lo'th. .
"Miss Theodosia Goodsell and John
Bates of Darien will be married to-
morrow evening.
F. F. Clark was yesterday knocked
down by a kick from a colt which struck
him in the ankle. The animal then
stood upon him and had to be pushed
off before Clark could get up.
A strawberry festival will be held in
the Cran‘oury chapel to-morrow even-
ing.
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Bicycle Riders Suspended.
- ChairmanGerlaCh of the L. A. W
racing committee yesterday suspended
W. A. Rutz and E. C. Hausman, of
lNew Haven. for competing on tin-
sanctioned tracks and for officiating at
unsanctioned races the following men
are ruled off all L. A. W. tracks: F. N.
Ryan, E. T. Bump, H. H. Brautigam,
'F. H. Smith, H. M. Manwaring, B.
Miller, R. Howell, T. J. Carr, G. W.
Chappee, F. C. M. Smith, J. H. Kelley,
F. J. Edgett, A. Frederickson, W.
Nelson, C. W. Williams and R. F.
Kelsey.
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Epworth League Social.
The Ep‘worth League of the First.
Methodist church held an ice cream
and cream puff social in the church
last night. , l .
Miss Ella. ,Korn rendered a. piano,
solo; William Johnson sang, and Miss
Florence Ellendorf gave sevaral reci-
tations. Rev. James Montgomery ad‘
dressed the gathering. , -
‘rtlast .Mifigsfireve‘ls called her a
New Bath Houses Erected and Other l‘mprove- -'
SEHUUL__MEEIING.
North Center District Elects
”Officers for the Ensuing
Year.
LAY TAX 0F'3 MILLS.
Also Vote to Place a New Roof on the School
Building.
At a meeting of the North Center
school district, held in the school build-
ing Monday night, the following offi-
cers were elected for the ensuing year:
Committee, Franklin D. Gregory.
Clerk, Percy Glendening.
Treasurer, Floyd Ruscoe.
Collector, Nelson \V.Benedict.
Auditors, Homer Merrill, Albert A.
Bette.-
It was also voced to lay a 3 mill tax,
to become due and payable on January
15 next, and Edward Merrill swas ap-
pointed a committee to make up the
rate list.
Attention was called to the condition
of the school house roof, and after dis-
cussion it was voted to place a new
shingle roof on the building which will
be done during the vacation months.
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CALLED HERA THIEF.
Ellen Cullen'Sues? Margaret-Novels for $500
. Damages-l
Deputy sheriff Scully acting for John
J. Walsh attorney for John and Mary
Cullen, has attached property in Val-
le'y Place belonging to Margaret Nev-
els in adamagesuit for $500..
Mrs. Cullen claims that on Friday
thief,
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Ellis’MuSical Club. ‘ .
:g'rhe Ellis Musical club held 3.9, .3331;
meeting of tile season in Red Men’s
hal‘. last night. There was a- good at-
tendence.
Misses Natalie and Nellie Disbrow
rendered a beautiful duet on thelpiano',
Miss Flora uJennings recited. several
selections, Mrs. C. F. Boutwell sang a
solo.
Harry W'ilson furnished a piano solo
and there were vocal s'olos by George
Hirst.
\V'illiam Morgan recited and all. the
ladies of the club sang together which
was a specially delightful feature.
Ice cream and cake were served and.
the club disbanded for the season.
City Bond Printing.
The printing ofthe new city of Nor-
walk bonds has been awarded to
Charles M. Carman of New York.
‘
Howafd Zeluff ofCliestnut‘ street, is
out after a week’s illness.
The Broad River chapel society will
hold their annual strawberry festival
to-night. ‘
The International Whist Trust _had
night.
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Mrs. Ernest Hopkins of Osborn
avenue, has'returned from a visit of
New Jersey.
Mr. and Mrs. Mead of Wilton are
spending two weeks at the Haviland
house, Bell Island. ‘
-‘ Mrs: Homer B. Hoyt of South Third
Street, who has sulfered a relapse is
slightly improved.
Harry, the 6 year old son of Richard
Fay, of 37 \Vater street, South Nor-
walk, died this morning.
A social will be held in the parsona :e
of the East Avenue Methodist church
neXt Friday evening. '
Miss Kelleher will open an ice
cream saloon in the building at the
corner of Hoyt and Main street.
' St. Jeseph’s '1‘. A. B. & L. ‘ society
Will ' hold its annual meeting and
election of officers Thursday evening.
John Higgins was arrested yesterday
at the Railroad -SD-Ll.lou ahd fined - $5.
Sentence was suspended to allow him
to leave town.
George L. Rockwell of Lounsbury,
Mathewson & Co.’s is attending the
Episcopal convention in Hartford as
representative of St. Stephen’s church.
Ridgefield, of which he is a vestryman.
ashore dinner at Dorlon Point last
lHE HUBBELL ESTATE.
To Be Settled and Distribution Made Next
Monday-
There was a meeting of the heirs of
the Joseph W. Hubbell estate in the
probate office yesterday, at which time
an accounting was made by Maj. G. M.
Holmes, the trustee, and accepted by
all parties in interest. I
The hearing was continued until
Monday next when tbgfdestate Will be
closed and a distribiition to the heirs
made.
. BOUNT) rd DIE.
Jacob Rerjinsky Swallowed Carbolic Acid and
Fired Three Bullets Into His Breast.
NEW HAVEN, ‘June 13.—Jacob Rer-
jinsky, aged 55 years, got despondent
last night because Miss Annie Niers-
tienien, aged 26 years, refused to marry
him, and he took about an ounce and a
half of carbolic 'acid and for fear that
the dose of poison would not kill, put
two bullets in his body. ‘He was im-
mediately removed to
where he died soon after his arrival.
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The Weather.
Increasing cloudiness to—night; jshow-
ers Wednesday. ~
DEATH DEALING STORM.
Over Four Hundred Persons Report-
éd Killed by a, Tornado.
.MINNEAPOLIS, June 13. — New
RichmOnd, “715” was struck late yester-
day afternoon by a tornado in which sev-
eral persons were killed and many build-
ings destroyed. It is impossible at,.this
hour to get direct connection with the
town. .
A messenger has reached Burkhardt
from Nev: Richmond and has telegraph-
ed to Hudsonfor doctors and help, say-
ing that a large number of persons were
killed and ‘wounded. - '
The railroad tried toget out a special
train, but was unable to do so on ac-
count of washouts.
A “spatcli from Hudson says: “One
of the most terrific cyclones ever witness-
ed in this vicinity‘passed through this
county at‘5530 p. m. 'It‘ formed in a wa-
terspout fOur miles south of Hudson on
Lake St. Croix. It.was 20 rods wide
and destroyed everything in its track.”
The latest reports place the number 'of
killcd'at over 400. '
Heavy Storm In ‘Viseonsin.
LACROSSE, “15., June 13.-—The
worst rainstorm in 17 years swept over
this section Sunday night and yesterday.
Nearly five inches oi; rain fell. It came
down in sheets. doing great damage to
railroad property. All railway commu—
nication except on the C.. B. & N. from
South Dubuque and the Southern Mili-
ineso division of the Milwaukee line is
cut off. Fifty families in North La-
‘Ci'osse were compelled to desert their
homes in boats. and the water is still
rising. Much live stock was drowned.
Nearly every bridge in the Lacrosse river
valley is gone. '
Jeflries'ana Sharkey Next.
SAN FRANCISCO, June .-13.——Tom‘
Sharkey, the pugilist. has received the
following telegram from his manager,
Tom O’Rourke, dated New lYork, June
11: “Have accepted Jeffries challenge to
fight you early in September. You had
better come here at once. There is noth—
lug out there. Answer.” To the above
the sailor replied from Paso Robles:
“Am at springs, doing well, working
right along. “rill leave for New York
in three weeks. “leather is rather warm
here.” From the above it would appear
that the caustic challenge issued by J ef-
fries just after his defeatrof Fitzsimmons
will lead to solme‘arrangemeut for a bat—
tle between the aspiring sailor and the . ,,
new champion. Sharkey is in good con-
dition, and very little work is required to
put him on edge for a bruising contest.
Minister Bridgemam Arrives.
NEW YORK, June 13.—George H.
Bridgeman, United States minister to
Bolivia, has arrived in New York_._on the-
steamer Finance. Speaking of;tl§e’_,revo-
lntion which began in Bolivia}; Pill-the
middle of January, Mr. Bridgéhan said:
“Althoughthe excuse for theéfiéiblution'
was supposed to be a dispute regarding
the‘location of the seat of government,
it was really in the interest of Colonel
Pando, the insurgent leader. The revo-
lution was ended early in~ApriI by .a de-
cisive battle near Oruro, Pando with des-
perate courage and bold maneuvering
plucking victory. out of defeat.
Crops Drying Up.
MIDDLETOVVN.‘N. Y., June 13.—-
The ‘farmers throughout this county re-
port that their crops are dying as a re-
sult of the great drought. There has
been no rainfall since April 10, when on
that day, there was only a slight shower.
The meadows are burning up, and the
crop of cats, wheat, rye and euro is with-
ering. '
The President Invitéol.
PEORIA, Ills., June I3.—Tlle Ladies’
Memorial Day association, thei-icity of- \
ticials, the board of trade ‘and other or-
ganizations have united in an invitaion to
President McKinley to visit Peoria on
Oct. 5 and'de‘dicate the new soldiers’
monument. '
Lees and Taylor: Still Killing.
MIDDLESBORO, Ky., June 13.—
Thomas Messier, a member of the Taylor
faction of the Lee-Taylor feud-in Har-
lan county, was killed Sunday by a ma("
na‘med Lee, a member of the. Lee 'cIar.
More trouble is feared; .
the hospital “
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