Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-07
WALLINGFORD.

Burglary Case on Hand-RObbery
 at John A1en's HOuse-COmpany
 Els SOc1able-The Btcyclists-The
 Railroad Surveying-GeneralN News.
 Philip Heary was arrested yesterday by Sheriff Austin and will be brought before Judge Hub bard at o'clock this morning and tried for bur glary. The facts of the case are somewhat pecu- liar. Heary is a well known character about town and lives at Pine Hill on South Elm street. He is a born cripple, being clubfooted from his birth and has for many years worked at farming and doing odd jobs for several of the farmers about Pond Hill Early Thursday evening John Allen and his wife were returning from visit to the shore, where they have a cottage. As they drove into the yard Mr. Allen noticed a light in his house, which was supposed to be unoccupied, and saw ladder up to the second-story window on the back side of the house. Listening near the door he heard noises upstairs as though some person was going through the bureau drawers, and soon he heard steps across the floor which, owing to Heary's and at once qui-tly unlocked the front d1pr and stepped auety inside ss The The burglar
 worked very hard he was unable to get 'he door ance and asked Mr. Allen what he was going to te %oTnng Allen came uptown and notified the authorities and Sheriff Austin sent down and time MT. Allen started for the seashore he had $500 in bills in his possession in he did not care to leave the money in the house during his absence, so he took it across to his @ to be no doubt that Heary, who has been work ing about the farm, was aware of the fact that Sv, Mr nny,fc lo supposed it was concealed about the house. An investigation shows that every drawer in the
 e search. M Heary @ % has never borne @ very eood name and has always been 8 good d-for nothing,
 not the first scrape of the kind he has been con, I nected with. Although there has before been
 strong him there has l MT. Allen is 8 much respected resident of Pond Hill and about seventy or more years of age aud showed courage in entering the house as he did. The first annual sociable of Company F, Hi l bernian Rifles, in the armory last evening was
 largely att nded and was q decided succees. l On the 8:29 train from Meriden came Captain | Cashen and twenty five members of Company c | of that city, who were met at the depot and es- l where they were ente tained in a royal manner. | The visitors returned home on the Washington The bicycle club rooms will be opened again | this evening after having been closed all the week for cleaning and ting. The gang of railroad surveyors who have been l encamped near James Russells in "Quinne'' for ! the past two weeks was brOk en up yesterday. ! The surveyors have been over the proposed route of the new parallel road from the tide wa- | ter at Merwiu's Point to the camp at Quinnie
 and another gang has been working from there | to the junction with the M. c. and w. railroad l near South Meriden.
 Another child of Frank Taylor of North Cher | " street was reported as dying with scarlet
 MT Mrs. .Ai Patrick Roach, mother of James c. Roach, is seriously ill with spinal troubles and
 Miss Nellie Riggs of New Haven is the guest of Miss Lulu Allis.
 | A telegram from Hamden announces that an other child of George Walker was dying las, evening.
 Pawnee Bills Wild West company's advertis | ing car came here early last evening" l Mrs. Walter Hall, who has been quite ill., is re ported as improving.
 | stranger attempted to get off the west side | of the 8:45 train from New Haven last evening l and was stopped by the conductor just in time to save him from slipping down in front of the freight train which was passing the dowI | track. The escape was a narrow one. l E. J. Murphy s three-year old child, May, dieG ! at 12 o'clock Thursday night of scarlet fever and | was buried yesterday.
 l Will Stocking is the latest addition to the | reportoria1 cranks in the borough.
 | The Yale sophomOreS play here this afternoon | on the athletic grounds Game called at 3:3O.
 H. F. Kramp and B. W. Warren are to have 6 l checker contest.
 Miss H. c. Lane returns to New York to-day
 She intends to spend the summer months ir | Wallingford
 Rev. Lewis o. Brastew of New Haven will | preach in the Congregational church to-mor l row.
 State Agent Thrall of the Humane society was l in town yesterday.