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VOL. 50 NO. 158
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.7 BIONDAY, JULY 6, 1914
PRICE TWO C
FIND OLD INDIA
BURYING GROUND
Oil GOLDEN HILL
i Excavation; at High School Site
Reveals Long Sought
-Cemetery.
i RIC2I INDIAN FINDS
LIKELY TO RESULT
Bodies . Uncovered Today Be
lieved to Belong to Pau
gusett Chief tains..
Discovery of the ancient burying
; ground of the Golden Hill Indiana, be
I Jleved to haT8 been used long before
t the white man settled this country,
innil at least during: that' period when
-! virgin forests covered this section was J
: roaae uu mvi tim j :
' ployed in trenching- for a sewer on
I the new high school building grounds.
But for the keen eye of Superinten
'dent Henry Baas, the discovery "of at
' least three bodies with the probability
!that history would have been deprived
! f the greatest Indian find, in this
; section since the East Haven cemetery
Iwas opened in 1822, would have gone
I unnoted. The bones were so far dis
integrated that the laborers at first
! did not realise their character or ,1m
! portant significance to tie commun
ity. . '
The find, which has already uneover-
j ed portions Of three skeletons with
well outlined skulls, showing mat me
originals were' of a tribe possessing
extremely narrow - foreheads and
though fully developed of small sta
ture was made upon the highest spot
on Golden Hill, almost directly under
the shade of an old tree, and upon a
knoll which is said never to have
been touched since prtmeaval times.'
Though ' the old Kelly house .stood
nearby and before that a house said
to have been occupied by a Hard or
Hurd. family,, the: excavations show
.plainly that aJforest covered the ground
I above that in which the Interments
were made and from the condition of
the 'hones and stala of soil the-bodies
; are determined to- be between two
and- three hundred years under
ground. .
Pieces of shell hurled with the bodies
.and email ossified articles nearby are
! believed to indicate that the hones
of those buried "on Golden Hill were
.f thn remains of Indians or promin-
ience. This fact Is further borne out
j from the knowledge that the -G-sMen
31111 Indian graveyard of the lSth isnd
17th centuries was down below ttis hill
I near the Peqaonnock river,'
"With th necessity ' of' eventually
grading the-premises in front of. the
new high school on Golden Hill street,
it - is believed that antiquarians and
those j interested - in the , history , of
Bridgeport will this afternoon obtain
permission, to level the- small knoll
that all the graves may , be fully ; ex-
I plored. That this work; will tend
to disclose many skeletons and . prob-
: bly further reveal the age and type
. cf aborigines inhabiting ' this coast be
fore the settler arrived is unquestion
ed In arcbeologicaJ circles today.
It may be stated 'for those, who are
not familiar with Indian tradition of
this section, that before the white
man landed oh these shores -the Pau
gusseti . or "Wepauwaug Indians lived
on the west bank of the Housatonic
river. On the east were tbe. Qulnni
piacs of New Haven, to the- west wei'e
the TJncowas of . Fairfield, while to the,
north were the Pot a tucks of New
town. Each held its allotted territory
and though they often warred, gener
ally they lived in peace Upon , their
own territory,- although when in the
lews the Pequots came to ravage
Fairfield, . the Wepauwaug's, of which
the Golden Hill "Indians were a tribal
branch, were suspected of harbouring
them and giving friendly aid..
The Golden Hill tribe as far. back as
the documentary evidence of the col
ony goes, always lived In the section
now known as Bridgeport, distinguish
ed fium the . easterly shore of the Pe
quonnock known as Stratford.
History records that, in tho year 1637
the Indian band was quite numerous
here and that they Were greatly feared
by the settlers who enforced regula
tions that not more than two Indians
L should come into the settlement at
tone time during the day, and that they
must not enter the settlers homes or
examine their firearms, or prowl at
I sight.: Later when the Indians on
; the Hill began to follow the settlers
, example and raise hordes of . pigs, a
fence was caused to be erected at
iflhe boundary of the Indian settlement
7 to prevent the herds from mixing. At
this time there were about 80 or more
, acres under cultivation and ancient
deeds to settlers showed that for years
they had cleared and cultivated land
in this section.
In the year 1639. the So acres" were
set aside on Golden Hill as a reserva-
i lion, at which time the tribe was a
j very large- one. It dwindled grad
ually until in- 1765 there were but
three women and four men upon the
. reservation and the whites began to
! encroach upon the property. Tho
j matter was brought Into" the courts
and a decision rendered in favor of
m the Indians. Those who had tak-n
i the land were ordered to return it,
j tout an agreement was entered into
whereby for 30 bushels of corn, other
trinkets and .blankets with a small
, acreage of -land on "Rocky Hill," near
1 the present site of MTain street ' and
I North "Washington avenue, the In
I dians relinquished their right to the
Golden- HI II reservation. The rem
' rants of- the tribe later removed - to
j Mllfoyd where their famous Chief
I Xonckapotanaugh died in 1765.
One of the Interesting features 'of
j : shells and other trinkets were twirled
; with the Indians, while with one at
ception their heads point towards the
: southwest, or direction in which the
-- superstition of ' the Indians of this
; section placed their Great Vheeen
, chief. The hands were folded across
I the breast ywhile the bodies reclined, in
' a horizontal position.
In the last recorded unearthing of
an Indian cemetery of great ae not
one trinket or article of food was
found in the graves at East . Haven,
pointing probably to the fact' that
VILLA'S ARMY
TO RECOGNIZE
FIRST-CHIEF
Administration Sees Hopes For
Conference and Possi
ble Peace.
Saltlll, Mex,,. July 6, via Laredo,
Tex.. ' July " . The division of the
north. Villa's army," has agreed to ac
knowledge the authority of Carrania
as "first chief" .and .Villa. " will remain
commander of r the division ' of the
north, as a result of the conferences
in Torreon between representatives Of
Villa and Oaxnanaa according to news
received here. '
;On Board U. S. SC CfeJiforaia, Ma
3SLtba.iL, July 5, by wireless va San
Dtegov Cal., July . -Heavy artSHery
firing was reported from Oiiaymas to
night. Beports that the ''constitution
alists were preparing to take that
town have been current recently. '-
"Washington, July President Wil
son and the members of bis- 'cabinet
were encouraged today toy statements
of reports that . an eairly adjustment
'was indicated of difficulties between
constituttocbaKat leaders. With the
promised removal of such a stumbling
block administration officials and some
of the revolutionary agents in Wash
ington saw added- cause for'" hope that
Carranza would send agents to confer
with Huerta'e .delegates ,over -. estab
lishment of a provisional government.
- Developments to the election. situa
tion ta. Mexico ' City yesterday in
which Huerta apparently" was named
for president and General Blanquet,
now 'secretary of - war, was" elected
vlce-pireicterit, - Rrrxionfily were await
ed here. -. Some reports remained in"
circulation to -the effect that - after
Huerta had. obtained an almost unan
imous ' "vote of. confidence, ' snob, as
he - was . said to , have received, he
would j retire In favor of Ptedro Lascu
raTvn. who in turn would surrender
the government to a-conatittstionallst.
- That. Oaxransa was preparing to re
sume his military, .campaign was In
dicated In unofficial - despatches re
ceived. In Washington. B Operations
were to be begun , against Queretaro
under direction of General Pablo 3oa-
sales. -. :: -'."-.'.--,
EARLY BUYER GETS
MERCHUlTS $350
Ll.-- '-,-" . - -;; - :v-..-
A sneaki-thlef robbery which caused
the loss of "over $350 to Mrs. Rosa Teeieh.
of the White House Clashing store, 641
Water' street,- is engaging attention of
the police today. The robbery was
done while -. the roprietoress of the
clothing, store was busily engaged in
waiting Upon a critical customer.
Mrs. Reich upon her arrival at the
store about 7 o'clock this morning.
found a man At her doorway. . He al
leged that he had been . waiting since
6 o'clock and was in a hurry for a pair
of shoes. . ' He was hard to suit and
caused her to go fb various ends of
the .building." She finally had to stop
and wait upon other customers. She
then went to get her ' bag which she
had hung upon a nail with her coat
when she .first came into the store. In
it was the proceeds of Saturday night's
sales,' amounting to $341 in bills and
small .change . , in" 'another compart
ment. It was gone from the nail up
on which she had hung it and so was
tjie -first customer of Monday morn
ing. . .
PLAY AT LITCHFIELD
FOR STATE TEXXIS
TITLE STARTS TUESDAY
Litchfield, .Conn.,- July 6 Tennis
players, began flocking here today for
the touVney in which the state cham
pionship is, the prize.- The drawings
will probably be made tonight and,
with a good list 'of entrants, an in
teresting series of games may be ex
pected, This- tourney is always an
attraction to the summer visitors to
this and adjoining towns. -
The championship . last year- was
won by F. H. Harris of Brattlehoro.
Vt., the former New England cham
pion who defeated Alrick H. Mann, Jr.
lildn From Retreat
Returned By Sheriff
. . - -
(Special to ' the Farmer.)
Fairfield, July 6 Morris 'Curtis was
taken - in, custody by Sheriff ' El wood
this morning and taken to MacFar
land's retreat at Westport. Curtis
has been in this town for several days
and is employed at Washington, D. C
He was supposed to be visiting at tike
home of his parents in Bridgeport.
those remains .uncovered were of
prisoners. Those found today are of
mora value as the oca stmlls and. oth
er articles denote that the" deceased
was some one belongtog to the tribe
and probably of importance. . . v
Of even greater interest- Is the- an
tiquity of- the find, for the skeletons
lie below the regular cultivated strata
of ground, between which is a foot
or more of "forest loam" hat clearly
shows the ' hand of man never dis
turbed it. Below this, the sub-soil
shows the "unkmit" particles of earth
as probably heaped in by the crate
implements of the Indian.
So old are fragments of a skull
brought to The Farmer office today
that- it is almost instantly separated
at the occipital and sincipital lines.
Those well versed . in the decay of
bodies state that unless chemical ac
tion, present in. the earth .where
buried the skull remains " hard, and
firm .for - much over Z00 and some
times 400 years.
That these remains ,are therefore
extremely, old, belong to Indians of
prominence burled a.t .the very crest
of the hill where they might be near
er the "Happy Hunting Grounds" and
that other bodies and possibly articles
of extreme interest to the natural his
tory museum are yet to be excavated
at this point is almost beyond ques-
tion.
99 Deaths In
..."
City During June
Disease's of a Pulmonary Na
ture Claimed Most of
Adults! 21 Infants Sue-
m- . . '
cumbed. ;
'According to the record of vital
statistics for June Just compiled in the
town clerk's, office, there were 99
deaths from all causes In- Bridgeport
during the past monfh. Of .these 14
were from accident or. violence and 5 6
were from all causes other than still
birth. Pneumonia as it has for
months past, leads'all eiseasee in the
number of its victims. 'Thirteen .per
sons died from this disease, last-month;.
7 from consumption; 1 of scarlet 'fev
er; 2 of diphtheria; 1 of spinal menin
gitis; 2 children under 5- years died of
diarrhoeaJa diseases and 4 ;over 5 died
of -the same complaint Twenty-one
of, those whj 'died were less than- one
year, old aand 7 , were hetween 1, and
5 ; years. . There wereJ 9 .still births.
The number of residents who died in
public institutions were 37 and the
number of non-residenta were 6.
MRS GEO. 0. LUIES
DIES AT HOSPITAL
Well Known Woman Suc
cumbed Following An
: Operation ; , .
Tjeath came too Mrs. Eleanor II.
XAnes ait the Bridgeport hospital Sat
urday . after an illness of eeveral
weeks. Kirs. Lines was the " widow of
George 0. Linos, who "for years was a
member cf the firm of P'ecs:'& Lines
in Middle street and head of the first
company opera. ting a street car line
in the1, Eaet Knd and in -Strati ard
For a ' nomtwr of years after Mr.
Lines retirement from,' active busi
ness life in Bridgeport, the couple re
sided at' their beautirul country es
tate in . North iDaln street, Stratford,
known as Columtras. Farms. .. : Mr.-
Lines died there several years ago.
Mrs. Lines "was taken ail about four
weeks ago. Bar condition did. not re
spond to medical treatment and after
a consu1 fcition of physicians an oper
ation at TJie ' Bridgeport hospital was
decided on. &Hrs. Lines' 'was-removed
there last Monday. The operation was
performed the following Tuesday. It
was "' believed it had been successful.
but on Friday her condition. . took a
turn for the worse and death fol
lowed. . ; ; "
Mrs.. Lines was SS years of age and
Is ecirvlvesd toy two sons, George O.
Lines,' conected with the. . automobile
department of the Peck & Lines Co.,
and Henry Lines, a youth. Miss El
eanor Lines, a .daugbtex, also sur
vives. Miss lines as an accomplished
soprano soloist," graduate of Court-
lend school and has sung in Christ
church, Stratford, as well as & num
ber of . Bridgeport churches and in
concerts. - ' ..." . ' '
Mts. Lines was a woman' of lovable
disposition and: fine traits of charac
ter which endeared . hr to all with
whom she came, to contact. She was
a devoted wife and ' mother, a good
neighbor and charitable. She was
tsseesed of rare talent for music
and painting. Before -her marriage
she was aftes Eleanor Mosher. The
splendid soprano voice of her daugh
ter in an enherlted ' gift, for Mrs.
Lines was a " soprano singer of nets
and sang in choirs and concerts both
before and after her marriage. She
also possessed ability to. ' faithfully
portray on canvas and many exam
ples of this gift' are to be found, in
her home or the homes of her "friends.
She was a member of the Stratford
Congregational church and formerly
of the Park Street Congregational
church, of thte city. She wee well
known here and the news of her
death will e received' with : profound
grief both here and in Stratford.
WANTS TO MOVE
CAFE FROM WATER
ST. TO LAFAYETTE
The recent tendency of. saloon
keepers to! move their establishments
from Water street was shown . again
today when Joseph Mondrzeski noti
fied the county commissioners that he
wished to transfer- his license- from
893 Water street to 667 Lafayette St.
"A big remonstrance has been, filed
against the transfer. The Smith &
Egge Co., . Bullard Machine Tool Co.,
Thomas O'Brien, John G. Gerbich, J.
IT. Scully and other residents are
sign era They claim there are al
ready three saloons within 300 teet
of the present location.
BALLOU PROBE TO
COilTIHUE AFTER
AtlYLISTREPORTS
Coroner John J. Phelan said today
that he would continue his hearing
Into the death of Waldo R. Ballou, who
was found in fgront of the Rlppowan
building in Stamford, and in connec
tion with whose death Mrs. Helen M.
Angle is being held without bail, as
soon as the anylist. Dr. Weaver of New
York, has completed his investigation
of the blood stains sent - to him by
the police. . . '
He lared that, while most of them
had been pronounced : blood stains,
there were a number of -'others which
remained in doubt. . He expects to
hear from Dr. eWaver some time to
day or tomorrow, and he will resume
his hearing immediately in Stamford. .
UNOPENED BOX
OF CARTRIDGES
IS NEW CLUE
Dr. Carman Declares He Did
Not Know of Its
Presence. ''
WITNESS DENIES SHE
CHANGED HER STORY
Physician Tells' Story of Half -.
Seen Man Who' Shot
. At Him.
Freeport, N. Y July" ( The tnmaest
into the- death of Mrs. Louise Bailey,
wife of a New York manufacturer,
was resumed here today with a dozen
witnesses ready to testify. Mrs. Bailey
was shot and killed last Tuesday night
as she was leaving the consultation
room- of. Dr. Edwin Carman, a promi
nent Freeport. physician. . . - ,
Assistant District Attorney - Weeks
today exhibited an unopened box o$ 38
calibre revolver .cartridges which He
said he had found in the attic of the
Carman home. Dr. Carman told him
said Weeks, that he did not know how
the cartridg'es came to ibe In his house.
A 38 calibre bullet killed Mrs. Bailey.
Despite assertions of Dr. Bdwfu Car
man that several shots were fired at
him last night by a man on," a bicycle
near Rockville Center while returning
to his home here after visiting a pati
ent at Roosevelt, Lewis Smith, district
attorney and. Sheriff Stephen Petti t to
day declared they wete still firm in
the belief that it was a woman who
shot and killed Mrs. Louise Baey in
Dr. Carman's ! office last Tuesday
night. -' V
Sheriff Pettit today admitted that
the investigation had narrowed down
to three points, each - of -which leads
to the same person or persotfe, and
from information now in his hands he
was led to believe that an arrest would
be made soon. It also became known
today that detectives in the employ of
District Attorney Smith axe engaged in
running flown clues along the. three
lines indicated by'Sheriff Pettit. s.
W J. W. t Haff, Jr of .Lyiihrook.
near here, who strongly reserrtbl es Dr.
Carman and drives an antomobile of
the same typej' reported to the Free-
port police that early ' this morning
While driving his "machine not far
from where Dr. Carman was fired up
on last night, a -man 'standing -beside
the road fired one shot at him. Haff
is a long time friend of Dr. Carmanv
The first witness was Cella Coleman,
a negro maid in" the Carman name;
... 4
hShe ; began , hef story by telling iwho
was at the dinner . taible on Tuesday J
night. - Thewitness said Mrs. Carman
complained of having a headache and
said she was going upstairs. The Wit
ness saw her leave the .dining xoom
and later heard footsteps she believed
were uiose or ivxrs. varman on tne
stairs. ' .
She admitted navfng .' talked with
George Levy, Mrs. Carman's "attorney,
the morning after the murder. - She
insisted, that no one else was present
at the conference.
The district, attorney 'asked several
times if she had not told him prev
iously that Mrs. Carman was present
at they coraf erence. . The witness said
shedid not remember. Her memory
was faulty regarding the things Levy
had talked about 'but she was sure
Mrs. Carman had newer spoken to her
about the shooting and that the physi
cian's wife had not asked her about
what she had seen the night of the
murder. '
'When diid you .change your mind
about what you told me Mrs. Carman
had told you and when did you lose
your memory. -Who . told . you to
tchange your statement?" asked Mr.
Smith.
"Nobody." said the negressi.
The witness admitted that she had
signed a paper for Mr. Levy without
readiner it or without having-it read
to her.
As to the events Just' -before ' the
murder the witness said she had heard
the crash of glass and the report of
the revolver. The shot sounded as if
It was in the doctor's office. She ran
into the pantry and then to (he door.
She denied that she had heard any
thing else or seenj any one running
through the kitchen. It was nearly
an hour later, she said, befone she saw
Mrs. Carman. Mrs. Carman was in
her bedroorp. The next witness was
Mrs. - Jennie Duryea, mother of Mrs.
Bailey. . She was dressed in deep
mourning and had to be assisted to
the stand. She wept constantly.
Mrs. Duryea said her daughter had
been complaining of feeling bad. and
that it was she who urged her to go
to a , doctor.
William D. Bailey, husband of the
murderd woman, was 'called. His
wife had not complained to him of
feeling ill,, he said, and he was not
aware that she ever knew of Dr. Car
man. ,
II. H. JUDGE WILL
PRESIDE HERE AT
SIEMOIIHEARIflG
The hearing of manslaughter chargr
es against President Carl . F. Siemofc
of the Siemon Hard Rubber Corp., as
a result of 'the findings of Coroner
Pnelan will positively take place at
tomorrow's city court session, accord
ing to Prosecuting Attorney DeLaney.
The announcement is made on ac
count of rumors to the effect that!
there will De a oeiay or loruiai con
tinuance. Prosecutor DeLaney has seen to it
that subpoenas have been served up
on witnesses that he deems essential.
.Tiiiiro John TL- Booth of Vew Haven
has . been secured to preside through!
the disqualification of .Judge Coiigt I
lin and Deputy Judge Wilde , 1
ALLEGED TRAIN
WRECKER'S TALE
BADLY TANGLED
-
Youth Held In New Britain
f to Be Examined for
Sanity
i
!Vw Britain, July 6. That J. C
Calhoun, believed to have been the
person who was nearly successful in
an attempt to' wreck a train on the
New Haven road just before noon on
Wednesday last when . he was alleged
to have placed a heavy railroad tie
across the tracks, is mentally irre
sponsible was the opinion of Prose
cuting Attorney W. TI. .GMbney ex
pressed before the iBerlin ' court - when
Calhoun wae bound, ovier to the Sep
tember term of the superior court un
der $2,500 bonds today.
Conflicting , statements coupled with
his description of a correspondence
school in - detective work . caused the
prosecutor to recommend that the
prisoner be examined aa to his san
ity, although the Berlin court could
do nothing -but bind, him over.
.Railroad .detectives produced a doc
ument signed toy Calhoun in which he
admitted his guilt and testified that
he had also admitted , his guilt ver
bally a short time before his arrest.
Calhoun was seen by a section man a
short distance from 'the spot where
the attempt was made less than ah
hour before the time of the attempt.
"Were you in Bridgeport at the time
of the Federal wreck?" asked Prose
cutor.. Glbney. "Yes, , I saw the wreck
there near the ' circus . grounds and
another at Sag Harbor. '
-"Did you attempt to aid the railroad
detectives? "No." "
The prosecuting attorney then shot
at the accused the question:
-"John, didn't you put that tie across
the track' and expect to go- back and
flag, the train and get a reward ?"
"No," said John, thereby contradict
ing his signed statements . and previ
ous testimony. - '
SilENGERFEST
WINNERS ARE
ANNOUNCED
New Haven Captures First
- and Hartford Second
Prizes In1 First Class
Bridgeport Gets First
Prize In Second Class.
Hermanssohne-Maennerchpr of New
Haven with a total of 118 points and
a percentage of 85 for attendance at
rehearsals and concert has been
awarded first prize in the first class
in Connecticut Staats Saengerfest held
at the Casino here last week. The
official announcement was made 'by
the 'committee today. : The second
prize in first class was awarded Hart
ford . Saengerbumd. The Concordia
society of Water-bury is ruled out be
cause of the .; low attendance at re
hearsal and concert." V
- The Schwa.bIseh.er-Maennerch.or of
Bridgeport is awarded the first prtze
in the second class, the CJuartet club
of New Haven second prize and the
Teutonias of New Britain third prize:
No decisions have yet been given in
the third class of contesting societies.
In the fourth class Ltebertefeltor of
Rockville . wins first prize, and -Ger-mania
of Torrington second prize. ,.
EIGHT SMALL FIRES
TOTAL OF FOURTH
Small damage was done in the city
of Bridgeport on the 4th as the result
of fires. There were only eight
alarms,' and of these, none arrived at
serious proportions 'before ' the ap
paratus 'arrived in the scene.'
The greatest damage, $1,000,- was
done at a roof fire at' 89-91 North
Washington avenue., when a balloon
fell upon it. . It required an hour's
hard work to extinguish.
Others were: Rubbish fire, 5:48 a.
m. in the rear of William Crew's store
on State street; rubbish fire, 6:14 p.m.
on lower Main street; awning, fire
from falling skyrocket at 8:17 p.. m.
at 1354 Pembroke street. "
At, 9:10, two fires started simul
taneously from falling fireworks, one
at Carroll and Stratford avenues, and
one on Connecticut avenue. A cellar
fire at 25 Thomas street caused no
damage. A blaze at 29 Cannon street
was the last run of the day for the
department. '
Wounded Man Held
. On Burglary Charge
Norwalk, July 6. James Murphy,
Robert Lynch and Thomas Ryan, who
were arrested after a. fight' wheu
caught robbing a grocery store of Ed
ward T. Mills, Saturday night, were
bound over to the superior court, this
morning, under $1,500 each.
Mills caught the men with their
arms full of goods and was obliged to
subdue Murphy with a shot gun be
fore he submitted to arrest. He fired
a charge at Murphy and some of the
shot entered his head.
Mills then used the butt end of the
gun and injured ' Murphy about the
head and. neck. -
TO RAISE CHIEFS IX STRATFORD
Tonight, Deputy Grand Sachem Wil
liam 'Lounsbury will raise the chiefs
of Okenuck tribe. No. 49, I. O. R. M.,
of Stratford. He will be assisted in
the ceremony by Past Great Sachem
E. T. Buckingham and Past Sachem
James Holt, Jr., of this city.
Warren
Work
Under
Lout
racisror
State Of Public
Authorities
Tolerate Raid
Mayor's Brother Is Temporarii
Out Of A JobDirector Courtad
Not Informed Work Had Cease
Work on the Warrenite b avement has stopped until if,
status has been decided of the $160,000 contracts which Dirr
tor of Public W,orks Jacob A. Court ad e recently mad'?. Jri
dentally Harold J. Wilson, brother of Mayor Wilson", who t?
weeks ago. quit a good job at Warner Brothers factory to ; ?
come foreman for 'the Warren Bros, in laying W&rr-r i'
pavement in . Bridgeport, is out of a job, for the present r.
least. ' . , ' ' -
The authorities and Warren Bros- are said to be conrirx
ed that it Js hopeless' to continue under the illegal contract'
being certain 'the state of public opinion is such as will pre
ventjfunds being devoted to pay for the work.
.Workmen -in employ of the Warren
brothers have been tearing up curb
and gutter in West and Myrtle ave
nues and everything Is In readiness
to' scarify these streets," preparatory
to laying Warrenite. '. Two plants for
the manufacture - of this patented
pavement were put In readiness for
work, one at North avenue and lan
other in South avenue at the dock
of the Crane. Co. Work on the streets
and at these plants stopped Friday
night and will not be resumed again
until the Warren Bros, have assur
ances that the contracts which Direc
tor Courtade signed for the city can
be legalized.
Supt. Balls," for the Warren Bros.,
notified Mayor Wilson today that the
work had stopped and will not be re
sumed untllv after the meeting- of the
'S-lderrMtnic committee with the pav
ing and sewer commissioii or until his
employers are assured they can col
lect for the work done here.
. The Warren Bros, have established
an office in -the Sanford building but
those In charge there in very discour
teous language - refused Ho.day' to say
anything concerning the matter. No
information would be given as to why
the work was stopped, but' Mayor
Wilson today said he had received no
MRS. LOEYITH DEAD
Wife of Well Known Mer
chant Succmnbs to Par-
..... . . i i
alysis Prominent In Re
ligious and Charitable Cir
cles. - i
Profound sorrow was expressed by
many today when news of the death
of i Bella Herz, wife, of Sigmund Loe
with became general. Mr. Ijoewlth,
husband of the deceased is the head
of the firm of S. Loewlth & Co., and
prominent In business, and banking
circles in this city. Mrs. Loewith who
was one cf the. most widely known
Jewish residents of this - city, was
stricken with paralysis in her home,
835 Clinton avenue about ten days
ago.:- She was removed to Hector's
private hospital in Park avenue and
there she responded to treatment so
well that members of her family be
gan to look for her speedy and com
plete recovery.
Early yesterday morning however
she sustained a second shock from
which she never rallied. Her death
occurred about 3 o'clock Sunday
morning. -
Mrs. Xoewith was born -in New
Haven where her mother, Mrs. There
sa Hera, and most of her family still
live." She came to Bridgeport" 32
years ago shortly after her marriage
to -Mr. Xoewith and had resided here
ever since. She was the daughter
of one of the oldest Jewish families
in "New England, her parents coming
from Germany to makevthe Elm City
their homeT more than 60 years ago.
Mrs. TLoewith's father died several
years ago. Her mother, aged abouj;
86, Is still living in New Haven.
Mrs. Loewlth was a quiet home lov
ing woman but she took much In
terest in charitable, religious and fra
ternal affairs. She was devoted to
her husband and famUy and her many
fine qualities endeared her to a large
circle of friends. She wjll be sin
cerely mourned by those who knew
her. Mrs. Loewith was a member of
the " Associated Charities, the. IJebrew
Charities society, Kreundshaft Rebek
ah lodge, I. O. O. F., and a number
of the Jewish organizations.
She was 58 years old. Besides her
husband and mother, two sons, Wal
ter, chemist and. superintendent of
the Home Brewing Co., and Herbert,
clerk at S. Loewith & Co., survive
her; also two daughters, Linda, wife
of Architect Leonard Asheim and
Miss Florence Loewith,- at home. She'
also leaves two brothers, Nathan C.
Here, connected with S. Loewith &
Co.. here, and Henry Here ot New
Haven; also three sisters, Mrs. Pau
line Golden, Mrs. W. X). Machol and
Miss Bertha Here, all of New Haven.
Fire about 2 'o'clock this afternoon
resulted in about $50 damage to a
warehouse in the rear of 270 State
street occupied by H. A. Jasmin, fur
niture dealer, and J. C. Turrell, a con
tractor. , The fire department made a
quick run, and extinguished tho blaze
before it had ?aind any iipa-1r:fiy.
ft-
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Opinion Convinces
Citizens Will Not
On The Treasu
tification from gnpt. BsTiut.
Directors, of Pnblic Wrr (
tade, although he signed ts-.
tracts for the Warrenite, wa n r, -tified
of the intention of the XV
brothers to quit work. He vt'
streets today on his daily tour
work and found nothing -,', r,z.
he said:
; "The Warrenite work "
stopped but not by rr.n. ' r
sentatives of the wrap
it of their own accord. ' - -necessary
for them tri c '
followed the instructions -- - -mon
council and .t s -. t -
for the pavement. Tt.1 j 1
to do with the ma.tr. If t -
pf-i-ny for any reason
work on the contract I - - .-. - -ve-
it."
- :c'.s.ednesday pvrti.i
paving and duror f wm-l w. n
aldermanic committee cr.n.
Xldermen MacFaydcn, Mora a
Moorrey will meet in the ''f
office to discuss the XTz rr-. - "t
tracts and to endeavor to -
out the muddle In which th :
a.drrrfnlstratlon appears to v m
volved the city. Mayor IT j- '
today he expected to attend t'.e
ing.
OLICE
SUSPECT
prisoner o:::
YEGGMAi!
iu t I i
Seek Evidence A;
Found In Antrc:o
& Co. 's Store
Quick work by. PoScecjui
Burns of the Second pre-'-i--.-' t s .
early yesterday morning TrtamTm-ttl a -
attempted looting of tire Ar.'w r
Co.. liquor store at 540 -E- - '-
street, and an indicated y'Tr
on the safe. Hiding in the
the cellar, to which he retra.t-i v
he found that he had been tstv.r . ?
phen Shand of Walter eSxt, w r -.
says he is an employe of the Joy
was discovered and eaaiiy ewer" .i
At today's city court se3ia
held by Judge Cous-bJin tfur m ir .
court with bonds fixed at X'-- j.
Later, Detective Sergsa.nt -
A. Haui of the headquarters' t'ru.
Ion department, recognlwl '-' t ti
one who has been in trou-.' .i .
police. Under another irbJ tst w- i
arraigned for burglary in I'll ar I
fenced. His picture Is fbown
Bertillon "gallery."-
A person passing by the Arr-
store shortly after 1' o'clock tat'etx-1
to- look in the window rn.nl jr a
shadowy form In the rear. As ke was
looking, he noted an arm txrfa?
tended to the gas Jet over the
and the light was extinguished
out making any disturbenare, s'j
time was made towarfl the Feror
precinct station, but Policeman ri'ir
was met on the way. He h av - i
to the store, Investigated ar,-i f - 1
that B. rear door had been force!.
The store was searched bat no or-,
found. Then the searching of the -:-lar
was begun. As he was d5ri;r?
the cellar stairs a faint noise gave 1 i
a hint as to .the location of his
He flashed his search Kght and "coh
ered" his man.
Shan do acted as if lrtfcoxica.t3 a
In city court, said that he-was vrr
drunk and did not remember wfcat s 1
happened. Policeman f?yan saJ-I tha:
Shando feigned intoxication but ',:m
did not believe that he was in t'.
condition port ray ed-
Police investigation is bir.g cte-
tinued with the view of trying t-
termlne as to whether Sri an do Is t:::r.
the truth or was Just the firrrr.r;f
of the gang of safe workers that .-.
been operating recently.
Cook Injured By Car
While Hunting: Wc;
(Special to the Firnwr.)
' Westport, July 6 Louis Kuehne. i.
cook from New Tork city, wa ? t r . ?
by a trolley car at 7 o'clock t;-. . r.- -- -ing
near the Turkey Hill road.
Kuehne was taken to the ?.
hospital where it waa foun-J ::-;;
was suffering from interr.a! r :r -
The injured man was !n . t?
'Vn'-insr for prop toy merit.