Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-26
ALL AnoUND THE STATE.

The Danbury Case-Dr. Richardson |
Acquitted-A Condemned Murder
er's Last Chance to Escape the Cal
lOws-An Aged Defaulter Exile
Longs for HOme-Thc Missing BOs.
ton Young WidOw-Five Hundred
Dollars Reward-Athletes, Trotting |
and Prohibition.
The case against DR.. Richardson. who was |
charged with causing the death Of Mrs. Elsie |
Leach by criminal malpractice, was finished yes.
terday morning at Danbury after a four-days
trial. The case has attracted the greatest atten
ton that any trial in that part of the state ever
attracted, and the court room has been crowded
with spectators every day Judge Hough in
giving his decision said that the evidence intro
duced was not sufficient to hold the accused on
and he would discharge him. The decision was
a surprise and the doctor was warmly greeted
by his friends when the verdict was made known.
Possibly Jacob Scheele the condemned muir
derer of Constable Drucker of New Canaan, may
not expiate his crime on the gallows the 18th of
June next Within the past week two
physicians have made examinations of
Scheele for the purpose of determining
his sanity and it is rumored that the
of new counsel, whose services Scheele has en-
listed It is also said that the purpose of the
lawyers Is to have Scheele pronounced insane by
competent experts and then petition the legisla-
ture for communication of his sentence in lieu
thereof to petition the state board of pardons,
tionaP plea Of the petition VIII be That scheeie
who is now ffty-eight years DID, had never in all
person His unf a9 with the Ways Of this
country and the manner in which the liquor laws
are enforced, will also be advanced as grounds
in extenuation of his crime and also the fanciful
persecution on the part of Drucker;
Ge9sge foicaain ene agea az near ao
million of dollars, is tired of living as an exile in
Canada, whittier he fled to escape his creditors
fIaI I1cI 10 Vo<xy yr1h CnfTn 10 NOT
believed that he had much money when he fed,
and the report is that he has been receiving as
| whom he is related by marriage. Recently prop
osition has been made to settle with his creditors
at 80 cents on the dollar and this has been fol
and leading professional and business men have
| signed, praying for an abandonment of legal
new is seSenty-four years old in delicate health
and that he has been sufficiently punished by his
to Chief Justice Andrews, with request to call
a special meeting of the judges to consider it.
The state attorney for Hartford county Will op-
Hon John T. Wait of Norwich this week visit
his alma ma Trinity Hnaaf me
i Mrs. Welcome Bartlett,s buildings at East XII
| lingly occupied by Joseph Bercie as a stable,
were burned on Wednesday. Loss unknown; in
| sured.
| widow aged thirty who SO suddenly disappeared
from her home in Boston in pouring rain, is
I
| person answering her description has been seen
| In both places. Her friends have offered $500
reward for information that will lead to finding
| her.
Hiram Graham, aged forty and single, resi-;
dent of Buckshill a suburb of Waterbury, and
| an employee of the Benedict & Durham com
| pany, shot himself through the left eye Wednes
day, night. The doctors say he cannot live
Graham had just recovered from the typhoid
fever and was very, Respondent.
A. P. Fitch, who has been soliciting agent fol
for the past few months, and for many years it,
general freight agent, has resigned to accept
position with the New England Savings Bank ane
| Trust company of Boston.
| state temperance convention will be held IL
| Hartford January 90 and 81, 1891, under the aus
The remains of John Chittenden, who wa
killed by the cars at Thomaston September II
have been identified by his brothers, Henry ant
mains were exhumed and taken to Killingworth
} A match race has been arranged to take plac
New England Boy. jr., VS.. Curran,s J. R, C., bot
r of New Britain, will trot one mill heats for tn
best three in five; stake $780,
ATHLETICS BOOMING.
8 | SOUTH NoRwALK Sept 25-Athletics here, an
in fact in all the towns of the state, just be
n ginning to boom, and all the amateur athletic
4 | are active. The athletic association OF Compan
= c, Fourth regiment, has been reorganized, an
Citation games The New Canaan Athletic ciu
is to be reorganized The association propose
where an athletic plant will be constructed ,whc
y, will be fitted up with all the modern appliances
- G. D. Nichols, a wealthy capitalist Of New q
l. naan, is backing the enterprise. He has assoc
ated with him c. S. Benedict wealthy she
ID manufacturer, and another wealthy maj
" 1t is intended to have thoroughly mrs
J | class organization. AS soon as the membershi
It | reaches the necessary quota, application will
| made to the Amateur Athletic association Il
Q | membership. The association will be represente
!, in open competition by some first class athlete
| An open amateur athletic meeting will be he
v | next season, and football eleven and base ba
| team will be put in the field.
THE ROCKVILLE DRIVING CLUB.
ROCKVILLE Sept 25.-The second annual rat
y meeting of the Rockville Driving club will be he
N | at Hyde Park, this city, Tuesday, WEDNESDAY
K l October ii and IS. The entries will close wit
. | the secretary, o. c. West, next Thursday ,Octob
:; | 0. Tuesday there will be q 800 class, member
az horses, road wagons, purse $50, and 2:45 al
~ | 2:33 class for purse OF $50 each. Wednesds
lee | there will be 2:45 class, purse 800, and g:
~ ,. class for purse Of $3.50 each.
A PROHIBITION NOMINATIONS.
Re SOUTH NoRwALK, Sept. 25.-The prohibiti'
convention came to a close last night with ma
re | meeting. Late in the afternoon the followiI
a. | nominations were made: Sheriff of Fairfe
al | county, William r. Miles, Danbury; sheriff
IN | Litchfield county, Charles Hudson, Waterbur
in | senator from the Twelfth district 81. Comstoc
10 New Canaan; Thirteenth district, Oliver w Wee
y South Norwalk; Fourteenth district DR.. G.
ig Strang Bridgeport; Fifteenth district, Oliver
is Beard, Huntington. This morning all the de
40 | pates had left town.