Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-07
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| Ine hofousn tnarter Revision -
 Arthur Turner Accused or Seriou,
 Crfme-Accident 10 n New Haver
 Brakeman-His Len Leg TerribI, | manslcd-Personal and other Item. ofNews.
 The matter of the petition fer the re
 vision of the borough charter, so as to dc
 awsy with the board of water commis
 sioners and place the supervision of the water works in the hands of the board of burgesees, that has besn presented to the legislature, Is the source of much dig cussion among our citizens, and it meets
 with considerable opposition, or will do SO.
 Warden ". H. Newton expresses himself
 as decidedly opposed to the scheme from
 its present standpoint, snd shall express
 himself on the question when 1t comes up before
 the board of burgesses st its next meeting this
 evening. Mir. Newton is Of the opinion that if
 the matter is to be acted upon at this time il
 shouli be brought about 10 c different manner
 aud in more open way. without the secrecy
 that seemed to cover the whole trAnEAcstou.
 Other prominent citizens express theuselres
 with the same mind, and are Of the opinion thA, from legal point Of view the present novemen; Is lacking the necessary qualifications
 Arthur Turner of H al avenue was arrested hy officer Luke Martin yesterday afternoon the complaint of Mir. and Mrs. Sharpe Ko~p or Shei. ton, who charge the young man with euiicing away and ruiS ing their seventeen year-o,d daurh. ter Minnie. Turner came home from New Ha- V. n, where he had been with the girl since Sun day afternoon cn the i0:3s train. and on the isSi train came Mr. and Mrs K, cp in search Of their daughter, hsviug found out by means of letters found in their daughters rooms the clue as 10 their child whereabouts and the name of her betrayer. The enFaged part uis stated that they show that A meeting arranged for SasnsrhaN evening in Biriningt am At the station and the mother was al the oePot in time to prevent her daughter from boarding the train with Turner She wss taken home and kep; there until Sunday morning. when she was sent 10 church with place ot worshIp Minnie slipped away and has not been seen by her parents tince, although noon and laier in the evening ID New Haven. In company with Turner. The parents. who are Respectable Germans, ard Turner were brought face 10 face in ]. CanuOn's store on Center street, and the meet ng was stormy one. and there Is no doubt but that If Ille father had in his possession any weapon there would have been tragedy such ss the borough has rot had Tor several years. Turner deni~d any wrong doings and stated that he Ieft Minnie on Con gress avenue at 2 o'clock Sunday night with some of her friends and that he stayed at the Aldrich house, on State street. and had not seen her since kOop declared the statement false as Minnie had not 6 fr end or acquaintance on Congress avenue or anywhere in New Haven. Mir and Mrs. kOOp returned home in the s.SS train ard an officer with the necessary papers wall come up here from B.rmin gham this morning 10 take charge Of the accused, who will be taken to that borough Tor triai Turner is young man not over twenIy-oue years of age sE.i comes ol highly respectable family, and hss b-for- been Turner was released from the lookup late lAst evening, his father furnishing bond fo. his ap- pearance this morning
 W. II. Smith CccI9red). better known as Tony Smith, and his sonn law. Charles wsrmsley, form the nucleus Of an orchestra, and Saturday evening were engaged 10 fGrDhh music for 6 kitchen dancs dcwn Lear "Quiunie," and, as Tony himself tells the story. about midnight, burst open and twelve 'Wtite Caps csm- in and cleared ont the guests. The men wore white. caps that entirely covered their heaos and faces warmsey was 70 scared that lac could Dot stop fiddling and kept up the same tune until ihe wis i'ors had helped themselves to all the refresh | meDts avnilasle and went away ny states that he was not scared bit and Kept ughirg 10 see his son in-law, who was Iearly scared to death. He says that he stayed CO., there until | hoa and he dId Tot want To come away and leave him. The yarn Is rather peculiar one, but Tony has been known 10 speak JEe truth st times and entitled to have hts side Of the srcry given
 Edgar POmeroy, aged tinrty-cight years died in Meriden yesterday morning after a long i'll ness with consumption. The fooy vii! be brought here for burial on the l:i7 train Thurs day afts moon. The deceased was well known here and resided here msny years. He was e son of Michael Pomeroy. n former resident
 The Chimes of Normandy will be given in the opera house the evenings Of February i3 and F, by local talent under tue auspices of The Wheel club.
 The New Haven Decorating company will dec crate the armOry for the Rambler promenade concert Wednesday evening. The concert by Ssv- rus orch -strG of twenty pieces, from Hsrt- ford, will begin at e-i5 and the grand march at s:3l.
 Owing to the storm ihe attendance at the Iect- ure by Judge Denlir last eycBing was rot very large The leclur'. was very instructive and entertaining. and those SEO ui1 moi at- tend missed a rare trest-
 James Wood, a brakeman on Conductor Brett's freight train due here from New Haven about :30 a. m fell between ths cars yesterday morning just north of II. B. Todd s lumber yard, and his left leg above the knee was terribly mangled. None of The train hands knew of the accident until the train reached Nalt svIIle. The man carried to the baggage room in the depot, and a CoCtOr sent fer, bat + was nearly an honr before one sTtiSeu- iT- 1SIuert aTtiNea @ urst and later Dr. McGaushey. who was sum moned by telephone whit. he was visiting a pa tient in YalesvI'is. Ire man. ho is only twenty years of age, shoSed VI. nderfui tlGck- The woupd was attended 10 as well as possible, rope being twisted about the leg to stop the dow of blood. He was taken 70 his home m Hartford on the l2:3I train. Superintendent Davidson was on the train snd took charge of the wounded man
 J. F. Cassin goes 10 NewlOrk 10 day 10 receive treatment from Professor Snyre-
 The boa-d Of burgesses viii hold an important meeting this evening. the firsi in nNe weeks
 Mrs. George Doech and child have gone 10 to make their home with her parents
 The stockholders Of SimTson, Hal, Miiler & Co. will hold Ih ir annual nivc ing Sn Fr1dsy-
 George Taylor could not raise The mouey 10 pay his fine of sl aLd 6 @ costS and was taken 10 jail yesterday by officer iieineman
 There were SIX cesIEs in tOgn during January.
 Jerry Mccarthy Nas brought before Judge Hubbard yesterday morning and vas fined S and S5 5s costs
 The selectmen paid out Ss.IOSs4 last month in orders
 News was received here yesterday morning by Cornelius Tracy tha1 hts sistcr, ha1le. was dead in New Yo-k. She formerly resided bere. Iut went to the bad several years ago.
 A child of George Anthony of Colony street Is III with diphtbrria.
 Officer Dan O'Reiliy captured runaway from the state reform school ncar bunl-y' < crossing a mile south Of the deppT. yes;endAy morning The boys name is Chaiil- ! oupg, and he as taken back To his quarters ia Merlden.