Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-26
A MEAN PRISONER.

Charles Conaty, of Ansenia, Breaks
 His Promises to a Sheriff of Bran
 ford-He Attempts to Escape
 Wounded by the Sheriff in the
 Chase.
 Charles Conaty, of Ansonia, has recently been employed at the Branford lock shop having fled there from Ansouia, he being wanted in the latter place for an assault on James Phillips committed last December. Sunday Chief Ellis of Ansonia found out where Conaty was and wrote to Sheriff Nettleton of Branford to arrest him. Early yesterday morning the sheriff went to Conaty's board ing house and finding the latter in bed put him under arrest. Conaty objected to being seen in the company of the sheriff and asked to be allowed to go alone past the lock shop anyway, where all his companions would see him if he was under arrest. The sheriff did as requested by Conaty and pro ceeded to the postoffice to wait for him. Conaty, however, sneaked out of the back door, and tried to make his escape, but the jumped into Butcher Wilfred's wagon with Blacksmith Nichols and soon overlook Conaty. When the sheriff jumped out of the wagon to catch Conaty, the latter tried to dodge around the wagon and the sheriff, tired of his fooling, pulled out his revolver and aiming at the ground fired, the ball glancing and striking Conaty in the back. The ball hit rib and glancing around to the left came out in front. Even then the prisoner showed fight, but upon Sheriff Nettleton's drawing club he gave in, ex- claiming: "Well I've run before, but it never did me any good. I'll go along with you.'
 The prisoner was met at the depot in this ifv hv Tbiaf E11is and n fha ar6cnOnmendatIOn of Drs. Adams and Jewett he was taken to the hospital, where the ball was extracted, after which Conaty was taken back to An sonia.
 ILLUMINATION IN wESTvILLE. The old Connecticut Oil Extracting
 Works Burned l. ast Night-A Dance
 Interrupted.
 About half-past ten o'clock last evening as party of Westville's young society people were in the midst of a dance in the hall near ly opposite the old Connecticut Oil Extract ing company's works near the west bank of West river on Whalley avenue they were surprised to see the hall brilliantly illumin- ated by flames shooting up from a shed in the rear of the old oil buildings. A rush was made for the door and the dance for the tltu6 DClLlk WdS DIOhSu OuC O1 ILC SCii tlemen rushed up Whalley avenue to John Lines place and the latter sounded an alarm from box No. GA, corner of Hobart street and Whalley avenue. Engines Nos. 6, and and No. 3 hook and ladder responded to the alarm, but at Hobart street they were met by Chief Hendrick and Nos. and were sent back to their houses, as the fire was out of the city limits, while No. was sent to the scene of the fire at the request of Westville people. Before the engine arrived however, the structures, which consisted of a large two story wooden building which fronted on the street, a small one-story building in the rear of this, another two-story building forming an east wing on the main building, and one story brick building just east of the main building, were in mass of flames, which shot up bright into the sky and sent showers of sparks in every direction, illumi- mating the dense fog for quarter of mile in all directions. Two lines of hose were laid, and a rear brick building was saved by the efforts of the firemen, who waded around with the water above their rubber boots and got wet through to the skin. It was of no use to try and save the other buildings, as they burned like so much finder, the timbers b. ing soaked with oil, and about two hundred Westville people who stood on the bridge seemed to highly enjoy the sight The build ings were owned by Elihu Mix, of Westville, and for number of years had not been oc- cupied, except that in one of the buildings was stored lot of hay. Tramps were in the habit of making a lodging house of the buildings, and it is thought that they in some way set the place on fire. The loss on the buildings was about $2, 800, but the in- surance fully covers the loss.