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Brutality and Robberies Charged
at The Soldiers’ Home. '
The Mystery Explained.
The following sensational statements
have been furnished the DAILY GAZETTE
as the result of a long and careful de-
tective piece of work, carried on by
certain Grand Army men who believed
that great wrongs were being perpetra—
ted by Dr. Mnnson, both as regards his
treatment of the inmates and as to his
personal honesty in the business con-
duct of the affairs of the Home. \Ve
held the statement back. because of its
seriously incriminating character, until
we could investigate some of the more
serious charges. Enough has come to
our knowledge to show that oeyond a
doubt, great abuses did exist there un-
der Dr. Munson’s administration and
that the Executive Board had legal
knowledge of some of them, and on ac-
count of his gross, if not dishonest mis—
management, he was driven from the
Institution. While we do not vouch for
the entire accuracy of the grave charges
furnished us, we are compelled, and re-
gretfully so, to say that we believe them
to be in large measure accurate, and
we know that they result from a very
careful and long—continued examina-
tion of the matters, charged'by reputa-
ble G. A. R. men.
The administration of the
at Noroton is in the hands of a board
consisting of Gov. Bulkeley, Adjt.-Gen.
Embler, Surgeon-Gen. Hungerford, of
Stamford, 'Gen. L. A. Dickinson, of
Hartford, Judge A. B. Beers, ’ of
Bridgeport, and Assistant Adjt.-Gen.
George M. White. The last three mem-
bers named were nominated for the po-
sition by the department commander,
G. A. R., and confirmed by the ,Gov-
crnor.
The “statement” sent to the GAZETTE
and vouched for by a G. A. R. man,
personally known to us to be a member
in good standing of Douglas Fowler
Home
Post, is as follows:
TEE G. A. B. DETECTIVES’ STATEMENT.
“The particulars of the recent investi-
gation of the administration of the late
superintendent of the Noroton Soldiers’
Home, although not officially promul-
gated as yet, have in the main been fer-
reted out by various officers of Doug-
las Fowler Post, G. A. R., two of whom
have been employed at the Home some
time past, engaged in painting and oth-
er mechanical work about the place.
“Exactly what charges were proven
against Dru Munson is not definitely
known, but it is believed that they were
based upon neglect of duty and the ex-
ercise of an unwarranted and unneces-
sary dicipline which in some instances
culminated in acts of brutality better
fitted for the racks of the Middle Ages.
The statement of one victim of these
fiendish acts, which, it is said, can be
fully substantiated, is that on one oc-
casion Munson dragged an old veter-
an from his bed, threw him violently on
the floor and then jumped on him with
his whole weight until a stream of blood
issued from the victim’s mouth. Why,
it might be asked, was not this outrage
reported at the time? Simply, itis said,
because Munson coaxed and hired the
old man " not to glue it away! ”
‘ ‘What may be regarded as worst of all,
it is claimed, is the discovery that cer-
tain valuable property of the Home,
such as paintings, books, etc., which
was included in the original gift of the
Home by its founder, largely disap-
peared while Manson was superin-
tendent. The paintings, many of which
were the work of some of the most re-
nowed American and European artists,
were valued at $60,000, a few of which,
it is now said, are all that remain at the
Home. What has become of the oth-
ers? They have, it is believed, been
stolen. They were the property of the
State, and it is certain that the State
has never authorized the sale, gift or
removal of said property from the in-
stitution. But how could such robbery
be perpetrated unknown to the State?
Easily enough : The officials compriS-
ing the Executive Board have charge of
the Home, and the State is solely de-
pendent upon this Board’s official state-
ments as to what transpires at the
Home. The Executive Board,therefore,
are responsible for and should certainly
know what has become of the missing
property. But the Board, so far as can
be ascertained, his not even reported its
disapearance. Why not?
"Many dollars’ worth of valuable books
are also said to be missing and unac-
counted for, and the immense and cost-
ly black walnut- case, which once con-
tained them, was sold to a Five Mile
River carpenter for the paltry sum of
$5 which, so far as can be learned, went
into the pocket of the salesman. Many
of the foregoing charges were sworn to
before the recent court of inquiry held
in Stamford, different witnesses testi-
fying thereto in affirmation.”
Thepeople of this end of the State
well know of the large number of val-
uable paintings collected and exhibited
in Fitch’s Home picture gallery, and it
WEEKLY-NORWALK'GAZETTE " I. a V 3
would seem a duty the Executive Com-
mittee owe to the public and themselves
to explain their admitted disappearance.
Judge Beers of the Executive Board
has always taken an active interest in
the Home, and might be depended on to
explain, but he is in Europe and does
not return until the 29th of the month.
Certain it is, such an ugly report as giv-
en above, ought not to be permitted to
go out without being sifted to the bottom
by the Executive Board to the end that
no guilty man escape. [En GAZETTE.
Ho For Jerusalem!
Journalist \V. A. Crofut has gotten
up an excursion party to leave New
York, August 22d, whose objective
point is Egypt and the Holy Land.
Among others expected to go are Ex-
Senator John J. Ingalls, Hon. E. J
Hill, 0. E. Wilson, George W. Selleck
andthe editor of the DAILY GAZETTE
have been invited and are quite desir-
ous to join the party if they can ar—
range their active business afiairs so as'
to be absent the twelve weeks required
for the trip. Hill has filled \Vilson's
head full of a great real estate boom in
Jerusalem now just start‘ 11;; up in pros-
pect of the restoration or the lost tribes
of Israel and the return of all the Jews
of the earth to that city. Oliver feels
sure he could realize enough in corner
lots in the sacred city to pay all the ex-
penses of the Norwalk party and leave
a handsome margin to carry over to
next year’s election account, when he
expects to contribute liberally again
towards the election of :Gro'ver Cleve-
land. He is specially interested in a
city lot adjoining the present ruins of
Solomon’s temple, said to have been
owned and occupied by Hiram Abif,
during his master-mason workmanship
on that magnificent building. If he
can get hold of the Hiram Abif lot, he
thinks he knows a score of wealthy
Hebrews, who are also leading and
“high up” masons, who would run that
lot up into the hundreds of thousands.
He has heard of a fine dock property
in J oppa awaiting a customer; while
Hill wants to explore the Cedars of
Lebanon and see if they will cut as
good shingles as Michigan pine. A few
Lotus leaves from the Nile, he thinks,
_ might be brought home and transplant-
ed in Allen Betts’ fourteen acre pond,
and beat his water lilies as a specula-
tion. The troubles of the DAILY GA-
ZETTE man are two-fold. Burgess
O’Rellly has cruelly refused to loan
that $25, or to furnish the mendicant'
letters for publication, so that the ten-
der pity of other great capitalists may
be touched; therefore he would go
financially cramped, in the possible
event of Oliver failing to realize quick-
ly on those Jerusalem 10ts, and, worse
than all, he knows he would die of
sheer envy, when he came to see Hill
and Wilson mounted on the backs of
their camels, to see how much more
gracefully they could ride the beasts
than he.
A Former Norwalk Boy.
Rev. Mr. Merwin was a Norwalk boy,
his father being a former editor of the
GAZETTE. The Missmnary herein re-
ferred to is the Rev. A. M. Merwin for
about 20 years in Chili, and now Supt.
Spanish work in California.
So. California letter to Occident,
June 17th.
Strange how old acquaintances will
turn up most unexpectedly! The oth-
er day while in the county jail the
Spanish missionary was talking with
some Mexicans, when a young and
rather finedooking fellow said, “I used
to see that paper, El Faro, in Chili.”
Further conversation brought out the
facts with unmistakable evidence that
this young man had been welcomed by
this very missionary when entering our
school in Valparaiso as a little boy, and
that for two years he had been a com-
municant in our church there. Both
the boy and missionary had so changed
that they did not recognize one anoth-
er. But how did it come to pass that
this mission boy got into a jail in Los
Angeles ? He embarked months ago
on the Itata without knowing her er-
rand, In San Diego he found there
was likely to be a fight and deserted
‘with a companion, on the ground that
he had been shipped under false pre-
tenses. Now he is detained in jail, al-
though enjoying considerable liberty,
that he may bear witness in the Itata
case.
Action Against the Consolidated.
Counsellor Keogh of New York, has
mandamussed the New York, New Ha-
ven and Hartford Railroad company to
show why they shall not build a suit-
able platform at New Rochelle for the
accommodation of east bound paSsen-
gers. The railroad officials refuse and
despute the right of any town through
which they pass to instruct them what
and when they shall build.
A Charming Sight.
It is a lady in middle age, or a young
woman prematurely gray, whom WAL-
NUT LEAF HAIR RESTORER has rein-
stated in the possession of early come-
liness, as far as can be done by the re-
production of the hair’s former beauty,
both as regards hue and quantity.
This incomparable botanic agent, con-
tains no injurious components, and is a
thorough in Its action, exterpates dand-
ruff, is without sediment, and a few ap-
plications will always restore gray hair
to its natural color. Price one dollar.
One bottle will last six months. Sold
everywhere.
CALLED OUT.
Companies F and D go Through
The Riot Driil.
The expected order for the “riot
drill” was received by Lt. Col. Crowe
at 7:15 \Vednesday. At7225 he notified
Capt. Frost of Company D, and at 7 :45
Capt. Rose of Company F, In just 32
minutes there 'were 29 members of
Company F at the armory, and 7 min-
utes later there were 31 members pres-
ent, the required 50 per cent of the
company. CompanyD for some rea-
son did not do nearly as well as F com-,
pany, as it required one hour and fif-
teen minutes to get 35 members to the
armory, the necessary 50 per cent.
To Corp. Pollard of Winnipauk is
due the largest share of praise for the
manner in which he got his squad to-
gether. He received his notice by tel-
ephone while at Randle’s grocery store
in \Vinnipauk, fully a mile and a half
away. Jumping upon his bicycle he
notified four of his men and then
wheeled it to the boundary line be-
tween Silver Mine and New Canaan
and notified his fifth man, after which
he started for the Armory and arrived
there just ahead of the four men first
notified, having gone nearly five miles
in 33 minutes. Pollard was completely
exhausted when he arrived. but came
around all right in a few minutes.
Corporal Honnecker also did good
work. Having a wheel he was given 2
squads which he notified and reported
in 38 minutes.
Art of Advertising.
Whoever Tristram & Hyatt employed
to spread abroad their announcements
of the rich, rare and tempting goods
stored in their dry goods emporium in
the GAZETTE building, he certainly has
shown his fine sense of the true art in
advertising and gone the religious crank
who decorates rocks and fences, one
better. We suspect it was Professor
John Buxton, being possessed of the—,
or rather inspired thereto, by Lester
Hyatt, for this is the way the barns,
pig-sties, chicken houses, fences, rocks
and all sorts of blank surfaces about
our rural roadways read : ‘ ‘Prepare to
meet thy—” Tristram & Hyatt.” “Re-
pent or go to” Tmtram & Hyatt’s.
“Eternity awaits you at’ Tristram &
Hyatt’s. “Be saved by going to” Tris-
tram 8: Hyatt’s.” “Escape eternal per-
dition” at Tristram & Hyatt’s. Such
practical commercial utility was never
before made of the peor, old Scripture
crank’s familiar stencil plate quotations
and everybody and his wife, and his
sisters, and his cousins and his aunts
are talking about Tristram 8: Hyatt.
It is the greatest possible triumph in
the art of advertising, when you reach
that point where you are in everybody’s
mind and mouth.
«of
John Dingee.
The quiet and peaceful passing away
of John Dingec at 11.30 a. m., Tues-
day, at his home on Roton Hill, as
sweet as an infant going to sleep, and
more like a heavenly translation than
an ordinary death, justifies our repro-
duction of the following little local
item that appeared in the DAILY GA-
ZETTE of Monday, Jan. 12th, following
his visit to this office on Saturday, Jan.
10th, to pay his 68th consecutive annu-
al subscription :
“ The venerable John Dingee of R0-
ton Hill, now in his 89th year. made his
regular annual Visit to our office on Sat-
urday and renewed his subscription to
the GAZETTE for the 68th consecutive
year. Unless some one rises to break
this record, we shall rate “Uncle John”
as our oldest subscriber._ we believe
that Mrs. Jonathan Camp is the second
oldest, she havmg {taken the GAZETTE
for 65 consecutive years.”
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Don't Hide Things.
The attempt of Joe Began to hide his
money from his wife, recalls the inci-
dent of the lamentable failure of a cer-
tain local tax collector last Spring, who
attempted to cool his champagne by
hiding it in a snow bank beside his
door-yard fence. Some wicked boys
found and sampled it and finding it
most excellent cider, as they .thought,
made sundry stealthy visits to the snow
drift till the bottles were all emptied
and the poor collector was left to la-
ment over his empty bottles.
After a Murderer.
Postal cards were received in this
city Tuesday from Sheriff Brigham 'of
Hanover, N. H., offering $500 reward
for the capture of Frank Almy, who
murdered Miss Christie Warden, a
pretty school teacher, who had rejected
him. They are being sent all over the
country.
Big Money.
The deposits oflicially reported to the
controller of the currency by the City
National Bank of South Norwalk, July
20th, are $332,107.92 and $11,686.91. or
a total of $343,794.83. A bank with
nearly three hundred and fifty thous-
and' dollars of deposits would be al-
most as good to borrow money of as of
Burgess O’Reilly.
My catarrh was very bad. For thir-
ty years I have been troubled with its——
have tried a number of remedies w1th-
out relief. A druggist advised Ely’s
Cream Balm. I have used. only one
bottle and I can say I feel like a new
man. I make this voluntary statement
that others may know of the Balm—J.
W. Mathewson, (Lawyer,) Pawtucket,
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BUILDING LOTS
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FOR SALE,
0n -:- Wilton -:- Avenue,
APPLY TO
llharlei Olmslead or 0. E. Wilson.
a. eusbwszr,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Is ready to-show the Finest Stock of ’
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And a great variety of Fancy Pants Patterns
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[The Boston Dry Goods Store.
On SaturdaflandiMonday, July 18 and 20 will occur the
Grand Closing Out Sale
Stock Damaged by Smoke
and Water
At the Boston Store Fire on June 30th. Every article, however slightly
wet or soiled, must be closed out before 8 o'clock next Monday evening.
Values will not be considered. The goods must go. This is probably the
last chance you Will have to secure Dry Goods at the prices quoted below
Store open Saturday evening till 10 o’clock; Monday evening till 8:30
o’clock. The sale will positively close on Il-[onday evening. July 20. 1891.
Twenty-one yards Good Brown Sheeting for $1.
Sixteen yards Best Brown Sheeting-for $1. ‘
Thirteen and one-half yards 40-inch Brown Sheeting for 31.
Our 600. grade of Cotton Diaper at 43c. for piece of 10 yards.
About 150 yards Scotch Ginghams—have been 190. per yar(l—'—will
close them out at llljc.
Our entire line of 1212c Ginghams will be closed out at Sc.
\Ve have about 850 yards good lOc. Ginghams that will sell at 5c.
per yard. - '
Crinkled Seersuckers only 3:}c. per yard.
Handsome Challies. 7c. grade, at 3c.
Three hundred yards Armenian Suiting, has been 12%c. per yard, will
be cleared out Saturday and Monday at 8c. per yard.
Twenty-five dozen all linen Huckabuck Towels, would be cheap at 35c.
per pair, for this sale 12%0. each.
Outing Flannels, IOC and 12%c. grades, your choice for 6.10.
Best Ticking only 12.},-c. &
nnanmmes
Upon investigation we discovered that we had overlooked a case of
Heavy All “' ool Blankets in one of our store rooms. They are a trifle
damp and slightly soiled. These Blankets were bought to sell for $4.76
per pair, but on account of the damage they must be closed out immediate-
ly. Hence we offer the entire lot during this sale at $3.19 Per Fair
N ow is the time to prepare for the cold weather while goods are cheap. -
DRESS GQQDS.
Your choice of several handsome Dress Patterns, 8 yard lengths, all
“‘001 Gilbert Suiting only $1.29 Per Pattern.
Fine French Organdies, choice patterns at 121} cents,
Remnants of All Wool Dress Goods at half the regular price.
Hosiery Department.
Three pairs Ladies' Mixed Cotton Hose for 25c.
- Two pairs Ladies’ Black and White Fancy Cotton Hose for 250.;
usually sold at 25c. per pair. '
. Two pairs Ladies’ Fast Black Seamless Hose for 25c., worth 19c. per
pair.
Ladies’ Fine Black Silk Gloves, embroidered wrists, regular price 590.,
reduced to 39c. per pair. '
Five Ladies Ribbed Vests for 25c., regular paice 10c. each.
Five pairs Men’s Seamless Half-Hose for 25c., worth 10c. per pair.
Three pairs Men’s Regular Made Balbriggan Half-Hose for 25c.;
worth 15c. per pair.
Your choice of our 50c. line Men’s Fine Neckwear for 19c.
Your choice of our 25c line Men’s Neckwear for 12%c.
Men’s Heavy All~wool Underwear, worth $1 and $1.50, choice of the
lot for 49c. per garment. ' ’
Our $1 line Men’s Fine Negligee Shirts, handsome styles, at 7 90. each.~
Small Wares-
One lot Germantown Yarn, best quality, 5c. .per skein.
Plush Balls for fancy work, all colors, reduced from 16c. to'12lc. per
dozen. . -
Bias Velvet Dress Facing, worth 15c, at 12%0.
Fancy striped all silk Ribbon, 3 to 4 inches wide, regular price 390., at.
this sale 15%c.
Nos. 12 and 16 Black Gros Grain Silk Ribbon at 10c. per yard.
All shades in Nos. 5 and 7 All Silk Ribbon at 5&0. ~
Knitting Cotton, white black and colors, reduced from Soto 3c per ball,
Brooks’ Machine Cotton only 2c. per spool.
Basting Cotton, 500 yards, only 1c. per spool.
Bound Books, 12 mo. (Gladstone series) 15c. each, regular price 25c.
Ladies’ Belts, leather, canvas, silk, at 5, 10, 19 and 250. Just one-half
the regular prices.
One lot Pearl Dress Buttons for 122w. per card of two dozen, worth
double. -
A choice assortment of fancy metal dress buttons, that sold for 15c. to
25c. per dozen, will close out the entire lot at 125d per card of two dozen.
Silver, gilt and silk buttons, graded sizes, in sets at 45c. per set. worth
'9 cents. , '
Examine our line of fancy dress trimmings at 5 and 10 ‘cents per yard,
former prices 250., 37:}c. and 50c. ’
Ruchings and collars, slightly soiled, marked lessLthan cost to close out.
Choice of our entire line of Colgate’s and Oakley’s Toilet Soaps, none
worth less than 250. per cake at 121}c.
Laces and Embroideries.
A choice assortment of cotton wash Laces, 3;- inches wide, at 2c. a. yard.
One lot fine American lace, cream, white and corn, worth 19c. per yard,
at 8 cents.
Cotton Underwear.
During the rush of last week’s sale we overlooked a lot of wet cotton
underwear reserved in our stock room. These have been brought down to-
day and must be sold quickly, without regard to cost or value. Come early
and secure a choice of these bargains. ‘
The Bus on [l Gun 33 he.
cor. Main and Wall Sis. Norwalk.
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