Morning journal and courier., 1882-05-29
their goods were being stolen from time te

their goods were being stolen from time to time but could get no proof until last Satur- day night, when William Bradley, one of the firm, caught Charles Thompson in the act of stealing ham from the cellar under the market where Bradley had stationed himself for the purpose of catching the thief
 A young man with a sailboat yesterday af- ternoon capsized in the river near the iron bridge by the mast of the boat coming in contact with the bridge. People on tho shore seeing his situation went to the rescue and brought him and the boat to dry land. After bailing out his boat he started of all right once more.
 The church services were all generally we'll attended. At St James church there was a fine display of flowers. It being Whitsunday the services for that day were read and an eloquent sermon by the rector, Rev. w. k. Vibbert, in commemoration of the event. was delivered. At the Second church the pastor, Rev. H. c. Hovey, preached at theazsmorning service. In the afternoon the pastor ex- changed desks with the Rev. Mir. Teller, of the Howard avenue church, who preached a very beautiful discourse, taking for his text the 3d chapter of Genesis and the 24th verse.
 The game of base ball between the firemen is set for to morrow morning at 9 o'clock. The grounds have not been settled yet, but will probably be this evening. It is expected the game will be quite interesting and very close.
 While Mir. Lewis Gum was away on his recent tour he purchased very fine horse for the firm of l.. Gum & Co.,, of which he is partner. They will use the animal in their business the coming season.
 Some of the most beautiful bouquets (and handsomely arrangeD ever seen are made from the wild flowers that are picked iE the fields by the floral hunters.
  The Peat Beds Train Wrecking Story
 Baggs Arrested but Discharged.
 Meriden dispatch says: ''Frank Baggs, night patrol for the railroad company, who at point two miles above Meriden on the Hartford road claimed to have discovered and removed ties that four men placed on the track shortly before the arrival of the Washington night express Friday night, was taken into custody Saturday afternoon, but was subsequently, released. Vice President Reed and railroad officials were in Mer1den yesterday afternoon Investigating and declare that the whole affair is a fraud that Baggs was not stabbed, as he alleged, and that his object was reward or promotion. The po- lice are now looking for dissipated local character, Stephen Joyce, supposed to have been Baggs' accomplice, and if there are any new developments the watchman will be re. arrested"
 On arriving at the spot Superintendent Da- vidson at once began an examination and ordered the watchman to take off h1s coat
 and shirt. The coat sleeve just above the elbow had 8 ragged hole about one inch and quarter long in it, af though made by knife that had been slowly pulled through the cloth. On his arm were two slight scratches as though made by pin One was an inch and a half long, the other half inch. They were parallel anc about a half inch apart. What attracted Mir Davidson's attention was the fact that while the cut on the coat sleeve ran across 1t, the scratches on the arm ran up and down anc were in an entirely different direction from that which knife thrust through the cut II the sleeve would have made. The super1n tendent at once suspected that the entire af fair was hoax. The place chosen for the per petration of an outrage IS one of the most ex posed on the road and the track could be seen in the moonlight that night for long distance. This particular piece of the road is also travelled by the watchmen at short in tervals of time, and it is very unlikely that an attempt at train wrecking would be made there, when within two miles each way are places which offer much better facilities for a purpose of the kind. By his examination Mr. Davidson was positive that Baggs had put up the job himself. He cross questioned him closely and finally being driven into a corner, he exclaimed, "You didn't suppose did it myself ?' Another point which goes to show that the watchman was responsible, is the fact that while there was no blood up on his shirt where the knife blade went through there was blood upon his cuff, show ing that the sleeve was rolled up when the scratches were made. From the above it must be concluded that the attempted out rage" was no outrage at all. MT. Davidson on Saturday discharged Baggs from the ser vice of the company. He was watchman on the road for about six months.