Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume], March 31, 1903, Image 1

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STRIKERS FACED
Ex-Conductor Winnegar
) Be Put
CONDUCTOR MERNA THE FIRST WITNESS CALLED,
lie Mentitied Winncgar As One of the Men Who Attacked Him
Sensational Story Told By Thomas Kenny One of the Young
Men Arrested for Being Implicated In the CaseCourt
Room Crowded and Many Refused Admittance.
The trial of the parties charged with
assault with intent to murder the
strike breakers William Merna and
George . Morrlsette, the crew of the
trolley car on the Watervllle
line on the evening of February 20,
w as opened in the police court this
morning before Judge Peasley, Attor
ney . Durant. assisted ' by Attorney
, Meigs, prosecuting, and John O'Neill.
William Kennedy. W. E. Thorns and
J. E. Russell appearing for the def end
nuts. Half an hour before court con
vened the place was filled with sight
seers, and a11 appeared to be ready to
pit It out for the rest of the day when
Sergeant Cahey came along and put
everybody out wao could not find a
seat. Three or four prominent ladies
occupied seats among the, spectators.
.-It. was agreed to try each case separ
ately. Such a pressure to get into the city
onnrf rvrtiJT- tn fllV thft Cases WBS
never before witnessed. Police officers
had to be stationed at the entrances to
keep out all who had no business In the
room. Policemen, lawyers detectives,
deputy' sheriffs, strikers and: strike
breakers, women, young and old, were
present. Seating accommodations were
certainly at a premium. The commo
tion at first was. considerable, and
things were assuinlng a normal appear
ance when Officer Keegan, who , was
stationed at the rear entrance, revived
the confusion and clamor by chasing
cross the room, elbowing everybody
out of his way, and finally landing his
official hand on the arm of a gray head
. ed man whom he tried to push toward
, the dock. Everybody got the impres-
Plon that the man was trying to es
cape, because the officer said he had
left the dock. Sergeant Cahey pushed
the man one way, while Officer Keegan
pushed him the other way. At last,
after a good deal of pushing both
- ways. It developed that the man was a
well known democratic politician, and
those who had recognized hira could
not help laughing af his predicament.
The man was Henry M. Canfleldiof
Soutbbury, one of the wealthiest farm-;
!.erg in his community and a most con
spicuous democrat. It was the first
time In his long career that he ever
found himself in,, the hand 'Of the po
lice. Officer Keegan's mistake was
made by his seeing Sir Canfleld leave
the dock, which he had mistaken: for a
r nubile seat. Quiet having heen re
sumed. court opened and the following
were put to plea for assault with In
tent to murder George Mornssette nnu
WIlHanvMerna on the evening of Deo
tuary 26, on the Watervllle line. .
Names of Men Arrested :
Clifford Vandemark. conductor, 1020
v West Main street.'
Willis Vandemark. conductor,
Johnson street. - 1 1
John Brearton. trolleyman. son of
Police Officer John Brearton, 128 Cen
tral avenue.
Harrv W. Warren, motorman,- 498
West Main street ;
David C. Marsh, conductor, 240 Cher
ty 'street.' " , u '
Edward B. Wlnnegar, conductor, 45
. Watertown road. . )
John J. McGuire, employe of repair
shop, 021 Bank street. ; '
, .Charles T. Ross, employe of C. It. &
I, Co, 455 West Main street.
Irwin II. Wolcott, proprietor of pool
room, 28 North Riverside street.
Charles Thorpe.
John Ennls, of 55 South Willow
street. ' : ". ..".--, ' .. '
James Quinn of 49 South' Willow
treet. '--'vy "
Thomas Qulmv 49, South .Willow
ftreet.' - .
James Whitty of Seery placaw
Michael Ryan, t
Stephen Ball.
Joseph Kellv. 1
William Costello.
The last five are minors. All plead-
ea not gunty. xne state desired- to
take 'up all the cases at once, as the
evidence in one is the evidence In all,
. but the defense objected to this and
desired that each be tried separately.
The state could not object to this and
proceedings were opened.-
Evidence of Conductor Mcrna.
The case against Winnegar was the
first on. Merna, conductor on the car
on North Willow street on the night in
question and one of the men who was
Attacked, testified the car reached the
switch at 11:38 o'clock. They were
tn the switch about two minutes when
Tied a revolver and ordered the wit
ness and the other man to throw up
. their hands and leave the car. Wit-
uvosf uu iiis vumrauc were KxeuH.uig
when 'the 'men entered. They com
plied without any hesitation with the
. demands of the men. ! As witness was
leaving the car he was struck on the
head with brass knuckles and when ho
fcot out of the car he tried to get away,
but he was felled toy a blow of a club
from behind and rendered unconscious
. Tlaw long he was in this state he could
not feay, but on coming to saw Officer
flealey near him. At this point of his
testimony he was asked to look around
and identify df he could the men who
entered the car, and he pointed toward
Wlnnegar. and. said he was the leader
i pf the trio that "entered the car. Thes'e
tnen. he said, iboarded the car as was-
lengers. When he had stepped off
the car seven men. masked, jumped
up and there his memory stops.. Wit
ness was in hospital until March 7. '
Under cross examination he said he
had come to Waterbury three weeks
rv three weeks
He came from
before the assault.
JUDGE PEASLEY IN COURT
the First of the Prisoners
On Trial.
Englewood, N. J., and at one time was
employed by the- Metropolitan Street
Rail waV company of New York. He
left there because of HlJiealth. Once
he was arrested for Intoxication. '
Describing the, three men who en
tered the car he1 said Wlnnegar wore
dark clothes and, dark Derby hat which-
was down on his ears. His coat was
opened, he wore a watch chain and a
light colored vest. Wlnnegar was the
first man on the car. The second man
was taller than Wlnnegar. ' He wore
a mackintosh which reached to his
shoes. It was buttoned. Heworea
dark Fedora hat. The third man was
about the a me size as the second 'and
wore dark clothes. ' ," ,
Witness was certain the number of
masked men he saw outside the car
was seven because he counted them.
He said he and his companion were
pushed out the rear end of the car, in
stead of being told to go, as he said, In
his direct examination. "The men
said to them why do you take our
,wut ine man who struck mm as
le got on the step of the car . must
have been very tall or had raised him-
seir. to nave struck witness on the
head. 1 Witness admitted this. He
was asked if he had told of this affair
to anybody else, for the purpose of
contradicting himself, and he said he
had! told "Boss" Farley and Detective
Dodds. To-day, he said", was the first
time he had seen Wlnnegar sinca the
night or the assault.
What Officer Keegan Saw. 7
Officer Keegan, the next witness, tes
tified he was on the car on the night
in question. . lie rode to! Watervttle
and walked back. On his way he
heard .shouting and cries of "murder.'
He took out his revolver and walked
back and' as he neared WatervillA he
heard movements- and sounds in the
woods. Then'-he saw the car in dark
ness and next he saw Meraa laid
across the tracks, his head on "the west,
rail. ; Mei-na said; to hImV',,For God's
sake, save me," and: the witness saw
another car liv darkness approaching.
He put on the pole on Mema's car and
took Merna to it. Mema seemed to be
in tad shape. Officer Keegan found the
motor handles and started the far. but-
Merna said , he could take the car in
ana .ho took his place at the controller
supported by Keegam, 1 At Highland'
Park they met a strike breaker and he
boarded the car and took it to the barn.
Afterwards the officer found Merna's
cap and day , sheet near the scene of
the assault. . , -v . ' ,
; Conductor Dane's Testimony. . '
Joseph II.' Dane, the next' wltne?,
paid he was a conductor on the Water
ville line on the night In question. He
found stones on the track and wa9 go
ing slowly. Some of the stones would
weigh 300 pounds. He was proceed
ing slowly when , he saw the officer
bending over Merna's body on the
track. Ills evidence was practically
the same as Keegan's.
Thomas Kenny on the Stand.
Thomas Kenny, 18, said he lives at
485 West Main -street and Is a member
of the. Pastime Social club. On the
night in question he went to Irving
Wolcott si pool room about 8 o'clock.
He recalled that Ryan, Kelly, Ball and
Whitty were there at that time, He
left' the room with iRyan and Whitty,
Kelly, Ennls, Thorpe and others. There
were about nineteen in the crowd.
These went. up the railroad tracks as
far as Brown's Falls. He would not say
tnat Wlnnegar was in the crowd then,
out witness saw Mm on West Main
street before the crowd went up the
tracks. lie heard there were some fel
lows going up the trolley tracks to
"have some fun.'! Mr O'Neill had re
peatedly objected to the method of
questioning by Prosecutor Durant, but
each time the court ruled against him.
I inally ho rose and said he would ask
the witness a question, and Jjs started
to irame His question, but before it
was half asked the court again ruled
against nlm. Witness then stated
mat tne fun they expected to have
was to be "with the trolley men," and:
when aslced what the fun was to be
he declined to answer on, the ground
that It might tend to incriminate him
Attorney Durant appealed to the court
to decide if the question would tend to
Involve the witness In the cases and he
decided it would. Witness then said
he did go up the tracks, but he saw
nothing nor heard anything excepting
that he saw a car standing- about five
minutes on Faber's switch. He was
then with Whitty and Ryan and he left
them and started alone for home. Then
he stated that he did see something on
the tracks; He saw men with hand
Kercmers , on tneir races. j re was
standing in a lot near Dy. ue saw
the lights in the car go out. He heard
no noise whatever and was sure this
was the story he has , always told
Then he was asked if lie had ever said
that he saw Wlnnegar near Hurlburt's
shop. Question was objected to and
sustained.. . Mr Durant was getting
ugly now 'and demanded that witness
look at him. .There was a short
wrangle about 'the witness's right and
the rights of all concerned, after which
Mr Durant proceeded, his last question
with others leading the way to the im
portant one: Did witness see Wlnnegar
near Hurlburt's shop? and witness
isaid ne Old. . unen ne aanun.eu. mi,
iho was one of those who covered. Hhclr.
said he did. . Then he admitted, that
faces with handkerchiefs and proceed
ed to the trolley switch intwos and
threes. ' ;
What had been suspected when wit
ness took the, stand was now realized,
that the witness was being questioned
from a typewritten confession in At
torney Durant's hands. Witness said
he did not know until two days later
that the car crew had been beaten and
also that he was not arrested but sur
rendered himself on hearing that he
was . wanted by the police. He did
not see either the motorman Or. conduc
tor leaye the car. Mr Durant claimed
that he had the right to show that the
witness, when his memory was ex
hausted, had made a previous and -dif
ferent statement from that he now has
made. This was allowed and witness
was asked if he knew John W. Rogers,
detective, and he said (he did. Then
he was asked if he had not "told him
that "they were going up the tracks
to do up a couple of scabs." Witness
admitted that he had. It was said in
the gang that they would meet, at
Hurlburt's shop, but witness did not
recall telling Rogers so. , He admitted
telling Rogers that Wlnnegar, the Van-
demarks, Wolcott, Thorpe, Ennis, Kel
ly, Ball, Brearton and Costello were
In the gang and that when they got or
ders to put handkerchiefs, on i their
faces they put them on. . Then they
went along to the switch and laid
down near by until the car came along.
It was all over in a minute and wit
ness went home. ; He did not see any
of those mentioned go on the car.
Under cross ex-amlnation he said he
saw Rogers last Sunday night. Ennls
told him James Lunny wished to see
him. When he got to Lunny's office
he sa w Rogers there and they went to
tne Hotel Waterbury. Rogers asked
him if he' had a hand In the assault
and' witness 'admitted that he . was
there, Rogers thereunon advise Mm.
to tell all he knew and he promised to
keep him out of Jail, adding that If he
would not tell he would have to go to
jan. xie mean told Mm that he was
"there" with the rest of the 'fellows.
He was an hour and a half alone with
Rogers, and did not sign any papers or
statement. Witness was emnlni
by the American Pin company, the Wa-
tenbnrv Mn wn,vf,. "J "
tho Matthe i w nZ y
IJI WMar company. Ho
Tx Z r;:; n . XT? a' For the
six or seven montns ne 'has been out. vf I
'iitimS'ie3nathe
5 m aIfthletIc which consist-
ed of sixteen members. Tft rnomn
M-ll" V. 4 ' "ttlTS nnmg nmr the
Kni ?ns' -witness, on the night la
question, passed some time at the club
nmS, xnen, witJi a number of, others,
he went to Wolcotf s -oool room.- ThA
"were about twenty men there, but . wit
ness neara norning said there about go-
"'Z'k' we irnc-Ks to nave "fun with
the scabs." He made no such stntA.
ments or confession to (Rogers jor signed
anv ,Twitia i fr. t r,
r no
jmna mg mis signa
ture they are false. Winnegar Is not
" member of the Rosedale club and
he did not remember seeing him in the
pool room.
It was about 10 o'clock when wlf.
ness left the pool room with some of
his companions. ' He hnd hem thcra
twice thatnighVand after leaving the
last time xe neard on the stre thnt
there was going to be fun with the trol-
eymenoathe .Watervllle line. Several
times Mr O'Neill confounded Kenny.
j. wo or inree times he stated that Win
negar was seen by him near Hurlburt's
shop, and again he said lie had not
seen him. Finally he had it. under
stood that he did see him. Then,
again, he said he heard some one in
the crowd going up the t tracks snv
there was going to be fun with the trol-
Jeymen, and again he said he heard no
sucn statement. When asked how he
wished to be understood on that point,
ne saio ne naa neara the statement.
He saw Wlnnegar about midnight, but
could not recall where. Upon arriving
.x1101181.' wit,n.e could not
km v vv nil nun iiunn r orn mnrn
races except himself and Whitty. He
saw, no pistols or clubs with anybody.
He gave the names of the others to
Rogers, v The names he remembered
giving were Kelly, Ball, Winnegar and
the. two Vandemarks. On being ques
tioned regarding the movements' of the
above, he said he saw them coiner uo
the tracks. He could not say if they
crossed the lots to the trolley tracks or
f they had handkerchiefs on their
faces. He included Brearton with the
above, and he saw Ennis near the trol
ley track. As to Ennls's wearing a vlel
or handkerchief over his face, he would
say that he had some covering of that
kind. When they started for the trol
ley tracks witness understood they
were going to give the strike breakers
a drubbing. No one was armed with
chib or firearms. Witness had his face
covered with a handkerchief. He saw
James Quinn at the trolley track, also
Thorpe, Costello and Kelly. Thorpe
and Costello wore disguises on their
faces. He was not certain about
Kelly on this point, but thought he was
not disguised; nor could he explain
how Merna came to be laid on the
tracks. He has not talked over this
matter with anyone nor were they
sworn to secrecy.
Witness, after being questioned a
great deal, said he heard either Thom
as Quinn or Costello say, "the crowd
is going to trim the scabs." He un
derstood the "trimmilng" was to take
place that evening, though he had
heard nothing to lead him to Infer so.
Someone suggested that the crowd
start In "bunches" and witness had no
idea who was to do the trimming. He
was within thirty feet of the car when
the creWiWas attacked, but the lights
were turned off so that he saw noth
ing only a number of men in a mix
up. .-,'..
. Dr Graves on the Stand.
Dr Graves testified that he exam
ined Merna the night of the assault
and found his injuries were a large
contusion back of the head, an abrased
wound on the forehead, a cut on the
chin and a painful bruise on the right
hip.' On a second examination at the
- my. u. a,
. hospital tho doctor. found, a fracture
THIS MORNING.
of the external table of the skull. At
present Merna is better, but not
wholly so. At the time he was hurt
he was generally shocked. The in
juries were caused by external violence.
The fracture of the skull was causea
by a heavy instrument. Morrissette's
face was a complete mass of bruises.
His lower jaw was so badly sprained
that he was hardly able to open it
His "right knee was slightly cut and
two of his left ribs were fractured. In
a general way h was bruised all over,
his head especially.
James Whitty's Story.
James Whitty, 18, was the next wit
ness. Said he lives at 10 beery place.
Before going into the testimony of the
case he' was warned that he need give
no evidence that would tend to impli
cate him in the cases. He was one of
the crowd in Wolcott's pool room on
the night 1 in question. He named
those who have been already men
tioned and Harry Farnsworth. . There
was some talk of "trimming a couple
of scabs." The talk , , was general.
Thomas Kenny, Michael Ryan and
witness left the room about 10:30
o'clock and walked to Hurlburt's shop,
where there was some sort of an un
derstanding that all should meet. They
met Brearton. Ross Ball, the two
Quinns, Thorpe, one of the Vande-
marks and Winnegar. There was a
great deal of talk at that place. Some
said to go to Cottage park and meet a
trolley car. They all walked up the
railroad track, then crossed tne lots,
and some proceeded. He heard soon
after a great deal of shouting and
noise, and the lights of a car 'Standing
by went put. Witness heard, some one
say. "Have mercy on me." ' Then he
saw the crowd run away. He did not
know who, was in the crowd, nor was
hia fnci concealed. He heard next
day that stones were put on the track.
He did not see the car crew either be
fore or after the assault. There were
about sixteen in the crowd that met
near Hurlburt's shop. . Most of them
were ahead of witness, crossing the lots
on the way to meet tne, car. He was
quite sure' Jhat one of the Vandemarks
must have been ahead of him. Here
Mr Durant wanted the two' Vande
marks brought up to be identified by
witness, but the defense oojectea
Witness leit tne sianu xnen ana lueuw-
Aed Willis Vandemark
ref erred to.
as the; one h.e
was asked by Mr O'Neill If he
story, that he would be let off; and he
appealed to Judge Peasley. He'then
..u .iL v.,. i
nee Who visited him in the bollce sta
Uinn Tn.Wii rrMtai-.Hi w.
also promised immunity by the loca
detectives. - Her Mr O'Neill objected
to (being excluded from v the witnesses
and :wanted4o , knovlt ljei 'hanot ,as
mucn right to see them as Mr Durant
It developed that while he and, other
boys wOio turned state's evidence' "were
no under lock and kev thev
"w uHaer iocic na Key tney
were un-
.er police surveillance.
'lllance.
Wdtness went up to the switch to
see "the scabs trimmed."- He did not
hear anyone say, he, indilvldually, was
going to f "trim' the scabs," but every
body was going to see somebody else
do It. Witness was arrested by Offi
cer Hlekey, who advised him to make
g2f. T6 J
4UrauUUcu mui aa u wis ju-
rlve for t11"1111 state's evidence and
ue wao 'e wouia tea tne , truth -any
time. lie was asked If he would fel
It if 'he were to be sent to state prison
ana ne mumbled his answer,
He heard that the two Vandemarks.
James (Ennls and Warren, !had stayed
Dacit . aioux wnere ne . was standing.
The only place he saw WInnegarwas
fin tne pool room.
Story Told by "James Ennls.
James Eunls. ' 10. South Willow-
street, employed by the Waterbury
Brass company, testified he was in the
fcool room when the two Vandemarks
entered and asked him if he cared to
have some fun. He said nothing, but
shop.
I There they waited for Wolcott.
Ennis testified that as soon as he got
up to the car he ran away and Harry
Warren and some others he could not
tell in the dark, ran away with him.
He said that he saw they were vgoing to
whip the non-union men and he was
afraid to stay , Uiere. The next night
ne saia tne . v anaemarks met him arid
J . P qUie.fc ab0Ut the mat
The strikers' executive committee
issued the following satement this
afternoon:
This, the 80th day of our strike finds
us doing business at the old stand, and
will continue to do so. We prefer not
to have anything to say in reference to
the arrests at this time. ,
We also wish to contradict the state
ment published in this morning's pa
per to the effect that John Daly, pres
ident of the Central Labor union, Baid
If the men were held for trial that the
Central Labor union would withdraw
its support. This is another of the
many stories circulated during the last
twenty-four hours. ; .
It is understood that five confes
sions are In the hands, of the authori
ties. , - ' ' '. ' ,
At the present time there, are eigh
teen persons held for the assault on
the strike breakers. The additions to
the list published to-day were made by
the arrest of others during the evening
until eighteen had been rounded up.
One of the saddest sights of the affair
was the bringing in by Officer -Brearton
of his son, John Brearton. He
was balled out by John II. Fruln. Nine
or, ten others were released on bonds
during the evening. .It is understood
that warrants are- out for the arrest
of a few more men, but so far no trace
of them has been found.
John Coleman of Scranton, Pa, is the
last man to refuse to work for the
trolley company. He came here in
answer to an advertisement tor help
and was fitted out with buttons, punch-
.h thfvr rnrvhcrnatla that
es and all the other. p;arap.nonuLUa that
goes to make a full fledged trolleyman,
but after he got out and learned that
a strike "was on he walked across the
way to the company's office and turned
over this punch, buttons and other prop
erty belonging to the company to the
man in charge and walked out into the
world, remarking as he went that he
could secure employment without fall
ing -out with his fellow men' about
obs. ;...! . ' .''
Conductor Maryat, who was brought
here to-day by the trolley company as
a witness in the case against the men
under arrest, had a close call for his
life. He was on the train that col-
ided with the switcher and came with
a an ace of losing his life, the man
who sat beside him being injured so
hadly that it is feared he will not re
cover. Maryat and "Boss' 'Farley cre
ated considerable comment as they en
tered the court room while the trial
was. on, the latter apparently In a
great hurry and the former, with his
hand done up . in a bandage and his
hat battered and daubed with dirt, thus
showing unmistakable evidence of the
experience he had passed. through. ;,
It was heartrending to watch some
of the women about the corridor of the
City t hall building and the police sta
tion to-day. The court room was
crowded so ! that all who wanted to
could not get In, and ' In consequence
many interested parties had to remain
on the outside, and spent their time
running here and there trying to hear
something about what was going on in
side. One old woman persisted in tell
incr everybody how hard she had
worked to keep her boyv out of bad
comoanv. but found it practically im
nossiblo to do so. and. as a result of
it houra he now finds himself in trou
ble. .The wotnan cried enough during
the forenoon to kill a person of oral
nary strength, and yet she showed no
signs of giving out. ; Men ana young
girls and groups of boys gathered here
and there and discussed the probable
outcome of the hearing with an earn
estness which showed that all had con
siderable Interest in the case one way
or the other,
WAITING DIRECTORS' REPLY.
Meeting Scheduled for,Th4s Afternoon
in New York.
(New Haven, March 31. News from
the directors' meeting in New York is
anxiously awaited by the leaders of
the trainmen to-day.; In spite of the
expressions of hope it Is regarded as a
fact by those well informed that the
final crisis has yet to be faced. The
wage question is the principal one and
railroad officials claim it is a serious
question as to whether the directors
can make the necessary concessions as
a matter of business prudence, , - "
New York, 'March 81. A meeting of
the directors of the N. N. H. & H.
railroad, at- which It Is understood the
wage : schedule submlltted by the em
ployes will be considered, was sched
uled lor half -past two. . . f
"-.. , :-,- j ,.-' 'A-
" LOU BETTS IXCKED" Ur. .
New York,; March 31. Lafayette
Betts, known In the sporting world as
"Lou" (Bejtts, was locked up at police
headquarters early to-day. A gamb
ling house was, raided in the Tender-'
loin a few days ago and at that time
a warrant was issued for' Betts, but
he was not arrested. ! It ds alleged
that he went to Mlantic City,' On hb
return he. was arrested.
FRENCH WARSHIP GOING.'
Paris, March 31. In view of the sit
uation In the city of San Domingo, the
French foreign office Is communicating
with the minister of marine and It is
probable that "a Freneh ' warship , will
be dispatched to the scene. French
interests in Santo Domingo are consid
erable. France, Belgium and -fler-
many jointly administer the ' Domini-1
can. debt.
KICKING ON THE MAILS. '
London. March 31. Throughout the
winter there has been much complaint
on the part of business men of the
"Liesurely Manner" in which the mails
are dispatched across the Atlantic.
Lately this state of affairs has been
growing worse. Letters posted in New
York March 18, were only delivered in
London late yesterday evening.
SECRETARY HAY APPROVES.
Washington, March 31. Ratification
of the Cuban reciprocity treaty was ap
proved by Secretary Hay and Minister
Quesad at 10 o'clock this morning, at
the state department. The treaty will
not, be proclaimed' until congress acts
upon it
LEVEE GAVE1 WAY.
New Orleans, March 81. A dispatch
Just received says that the main levee
protecting the state camps and farms
near Baton Rouge gave way this morn
ing at 4 o'clock. Efforts are being
made to protect the camps.
, How to Stew Lobatera.
For luncheon or for a late supper
stewed lobster Is a delicate dish. It is
not difficult to prepareand if the lob
ster is boiled in advance It can be got
ready in a few minutes. First extract
the meat from a boiled lobster, cut It
up into sinall pieces and put in a stew
pan. There should be Just enough wa
ter to keep It from burning and to make
the gravy. Cook it slowly for five min
utes, anoadd one tablespoonful of but
ter, a little pepper and salt and then
heat to boiling. Pour it into a dish
and serve hot.
How to Hake OlWe Sane.
An olive sauce Is an excellent relish
to serve with warmed over meats.
Brown one tablespoonful of butter,
add one heaping tablespoonful of flour
and brown again. Add half a pint of
beef stock (that made from extract of
beef may be used) and stir until smooth
and thick. Season to taste. Add one
tablesooonf ul of Worcestershire sauce
and one csen olives chopped fine and
simmer flYS ttinutes.
simmer nTW.imn.uw8,
BUCK INQUEST ENDED.
The Identity Ol The Murderers lis
Has Not Been Proven.
What Judge Murphy Said About Ten-
nell Mrs Paine and Miss Hutchin
son Were Exonerated and Mrs Bux
dick Was Censured. , '
Buffalo, March 31. Judge Murphy
handed down his findings In the Bur
dick inquest to-day and declared 'that
the identity of the Burdick murderer
had not been proved. The statement
is an exhaustive review of the evi
dence brought out during the inquest.
Special attention is given to the letters
v ,r"", wviwcou ; uiur j-v. xcu-
neu and Mrs Burdick, particularly tne
one containing a threat against Bur
dick life. Judge Murphy says rela
tive to this: . .
"Altogether, these facts would, In
iny opinion, constitute Just ground of
suspicion on which a warrant could
Ka loan vl nrAiA Via alfvA . I
be issued, were he alive.
, Referring to Mrs Hull he says:
"The ' actions of Mrs Hull on , that
morning (the morning after themurder)
and her testimony on the stand, has
caused me much, thought and, worry.
To my mind they are inconsistent, with J
a perrect want ot unowieuge h
what had actually .occurred. &o uttre
apparent reeling ror tne ueaa uuu
crime and no disposition wnatever to
aid the authorities in apprehending
the murderer may be explainable but
has not been explained."
"I find and certify that Edwin L
Burdick came to his death in. the early
morning hours of February 27th, 1903.
at bis residence, No .101 Ashland ave
nue in this ; city; The cause of his
death was compound comminuted
multiple fracture of; the skull. That
said fracture was the result of several
with a dull I
blows' by some 1 person
edged weapon delivered principally , on
the back of the head. That said blows
were delivered, with homicidal intent,
that the Identity '.of said person .has
not been t proved.- This Inquest was
held for, the purpose of - determining
whether or not a crime had been com
mitted and whether or riot there is
reasonable ground to charge some cer
toln nnrsnn with thft snme '. '. '.i
"At the time of the murder the de
ceased was . living with his three little
girls whose agea i range from 15 to 10
years; together with tneir grandmotner,
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his r mother-in-law, at said ' residence;
His wife, the children's mother, had
not been home, since the early days
of December last for reasons which ap
pear later and spent the night of the
murder r: In. Atlantic City, The de
ceased was home to dinner that night
the same as usual. '. He had with him
a bottle of "cocktails, which haB never
been seen since. It does not appear
from the evidence that anything unus
ual occurred; at the house in the fore
part of the evening. Mrs Hull, said,
grandmother, retired with the children
as , usual. One of the maids was out
that night and returning abput 10
q'clock saw Mr Burdick open the door
leading from the front hall into the
rear nail.. lie .stepped;, back and
partially. closed ' , the door
while the maid .went on uo stairs to
bed. A few minutes later she heard
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SSTiffli'TS B?,18 ,.S!0IKt
look after the furnace. The. other
maid had retired as usual. That was
the last seen of Burdick . alive by any
one who has been sworn at this In
quest, according to their testimony
The two maids slept on the third floor;
went down stairs as usual in the morn
lng. The one first down called the at-'
tention of the other to the fact that
the kitchen window was open and
spoke of burglars. - The other went
Into the dining room and found noth
ing disturbed. They found the front
door open, then one, ! according to her
testimony, called Mrs Hull, who was
standing near the door in her room,
and told ' her the front door
was ' open. The kitchen windows
were raised and they thought may
be burglars were in the house. ! ; She
told Mrs Hull that Mr Burdick was
not In his bedroom and the door of his
den was closed. ; The den is on, the
first floor. The family slept on the
second. , Mrs Hull swears positively
that she was In the bathroom "dressing
when the maid called. The maid states
that little Carol came out into the hall
when she and her grandmother were
talking and exclaimed, "Why, I heard
papa go down stairs : a little while
ago." Carol stated on the stand that
it was Alice, the younger sister, who
made the remark. The house is of j
modem- build, with, front and back ;
stairways." The maid said she did not
know, who It was that Carol heard go
down stairs that morning. Mrs Hull
testified that she went alone to Mr Bur
dick's bedroom and then rushed down
stairs, dressing as she went, and that
was the first time she saw the maid
on that morning. The maid, Miss Mur
ray, testified that she was upstairs in
the hall with Mrs Hull, and that when
Mrs Hull came out of Mr. Burdick's
bedroom she told her the den was
closed. Mrs Hull then went down on
the second steps and looked around
the landing to the Sen door; then she
came back, went to her room, got a
skirt and went down the front stairs.
Miss Murray went down the back
stairway. Mrs Hull testified three
times that there was no light in the
room except that which entered
through the door she opened. .
Sneaking of Pennell and his rela
tions with Mrs Burdick. Judge Mur
phy, said:. "His. of all others, was
the 'motive strong enough to incite a
desperate mind, already steeped in
wrongdoing, to so foul and cruel a
murder. He can never be placed on
trial (here nor can his case ever be Ju
dicially determined. Let us be as fair,
then, to the dead as the law presumes
us to be to the Hvilrig. He must be
presumed innocent until proven guilty.
The theory that Burdick had a woman
guest in his den that night has not
been sustained: by the evldejace. It has
not disclosed a aiaffto Immoral act off
bi9 part. ... :
Mrs Paine and Miss Hutchinson ax
completely exonerated in the finding.
In conclusion Judge Murphy said: "Ifl
onr duty to censure Mrs Burdick,
thougn great, as her wrongs have been,
great Is her punishment."
WATEBBURY'S SEWAGE.
Bill Passed Concerning Taking land la
the Senate "To-Day.
Hartford, March 31. In the enate
this noon there was a short debate over
the request of the city of Waterbury
for the right tao take land for sewage
disposal purposes. Senator Brad
street said that "Waterbury on ton of
I all its other troubles was having trou
ble with its sewerage , and that the
towns below were denying the city the
ngnt to use tne river."
Senator New disputed the-need for
the bill and Senator Ti
me Din ,was passed and the senate ad-
uournea at 1:15.
KING OFF FOR LISBON.
Portsmouth, Eng. March 31 Th
royal yacht ..Victoria 'and Albert, wir.
King Edward on board. saJtert for T.ia-
on this. morning. .Royal salutes wero
fired and all warshin drpsspd nnt
urea ana au warships dressed and
manned ship as the yacht put to sex.
escorted by two warship.
SEADS ON BOARD. . ,
St Johns, N. F.. March ai.ThA aaJ.
er Greenland arrived here last night
witn 10,000 seals -on board. V She re-
ports that the other vessels of the fleet'
are Improving on their1 previously rc-
BLAST FURNACE EXPLOSION.
Pittsburg: March Sl-Fourteen men
were seriously burned and three fatal
An ot VlQ aa4. JZl
Edgar Thompson works at Braddock,
Pa. -
SMALLPOX .ON STEAMER.
St Johns.' Nl F., March 31. A case of
virulent smallpox has developed on tho
maif steamer Bruce, plying between ,
Cape Breton and Newfoundland. The
stewardess is the victim. The ship has t
been quarantined.
CITY NEWS.
iCoroner Mix was takeny to his homo
on the 3:43 train this afternoon.
'Special forecast for Connecticut:
Generally cloudy to-ahrht; Wednesday
rj rlsk westerly winds diminishing:
11T' -. T
in force.
Broadway, stables, Joseph Morlnrt.v
proprietor, is making boarding" a &pe ,
clalty. First class accommodation?!.
$20 a month. Satisfaction guarantee
Mrs Clarlnda Stiles, widow of the
late Bennett Stiles, -died suddenly thi
morning at the . family residence, 14 a
Baldwin mil. The funeral will bo
held Thursday afternoon , at ' 2 :30
o'clock. .'
' James , Burns, the, six months old
3on of Mr and Mrs John Burns, died at
the home ot his j, parents on Cassldy
street last nights The funeral wna
held at 3 o'clock this afternoon Willi
Interment in Calvary cemetery.
Jeremiah ' Tpbin died in ; Pittsburg,
Pa ,on Sunday night.4 He leaves a
widow and two children and one slstec
Mrs Tatrick Ieliy of this city. The re
mains were brought here on the 4
o cxock strain in cnarge oi jsergm tj
old St Joseph's .cemetery.. He w
o'clock train in charge of Bergin As
formerly a resident of this city and
was well and favorably known in tho
eastern section where he and many of
his relatives resided.
X The forty hours' devotion which
opened at , St Francis "Xavier's church
last Sunday closed at 0 o'clock thH
morning with a solemn JvJgh mass.
The attendance from the opening to
the ' close of the devotion was very,
large.' At the early ; mass yesterday,
and this morning the place was crowd
ed and .people kept going into and com
ing out of the church during the day
time and until the doors were closed
at night. Several out of town prksta
were in attendance. ,
The funeral of Miss Elizabeth Early,
took place this morning from her lata
home on Park place. to the Immacu-.
late Conception church, whero a sol
emn mass of requiem was celebrated,
with the Rev Father Slocum as cele
brant, Father . Broderick, deacon, and
Father O'Brien, sub-deacon. The bear
ers were George A. GafTney, Joseph T
Gaff ney, John L. Gaffney, Thomas F.
Byrnes, Christopher McGuire and
James Byrnes, all , grand-nephews of
the deceased. The floral tributes in
cluded a bouquet from Fred Stevens;
wreath. Mr and Mrs T. P. Hutchinson,
The Interment was in St Joseph's cem
etery.
The funeral of Alexander Bouffard
took place this morning at ft o'clock: 1
from (his late residence, 08 Charles
street, and was largely attended. A
high mass of requiem was celebrated
at 't Ann's church by the Rev FatheP
Senesac. . ; There was a' special musi
cal, program anil at the offertory "Cat-'
very" was beautifully rendered by
Miss Rose Roberge. Interment was
in the family plot fln the old St Joseph
cemetery. The pall bearers were
George and Xavier Bouffard, Hector
Lanrencelle, Joseph Derry, Alexander
Hupee and Joseph : Boivert, all ne
phews of the deceased. Among- th
many and 'beautiful floral offerings
were the following: Mound; of Easter
lilies 'and roses, children of , the' de
ceased ; wreath marked "Grandpa,
grandchildren; extra large sheaf of
wheat, former employes of the de
ceased; iplllow, Court Stephen J
Meany. F. of A.; harp, Circle La sa
lette, F. of A.t wreath, Helen Ha mm.
New ' Haven; mounted JJiarp, ' Mr and
Mrs A. Morln, Mr and Mrs F, B.
Vance: bunch of Easter lilies, Miss Lil
ian Wiithey ; ; bouquet white roRes. A.
Esinhart; sheaf of wheat, W. C. Hall?
pan palmetto palms and carnation?.
P. J. Kendrick; bouquet) pmlc roses, Jo
sie Cronan; basket of roses, F. Lallier?
"bouquets, , William , Garvais and
(Kline of iNew Haven and many f
era.
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