Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-15
ALL OVER THE STATE,
His Case is Critical-Struck by a Hal meE-A HfghWaY R0hherY i'm Ha

ford-A Jeweler Disappears-Prop- 1 erty Taken Along-The Fordham Students Escapade in Bridgeport. NoRwALK, Sept. 14.-The fve-year- old son of Theodore Rogers of the Broad River district was struck on the head by @ ham mer yesterday and is in a critical condi- tion. Young Rogers with other boys was playing in John Bangs' blacksmith shop, when Bangs ordered them away and threw a hammer at them, the missile striking Rogers, rendering him unconscious.
 KNOCKED DOWN AND ROBBED.
 HARTFORD, Sept. 14.-John Gaulet, barber at the Heublein hotel, was knocked down on Governor street about 9 o'clock last evening and robbed by three men. The men, Charles Smith, Thomas, ,McMahon and Morris Hennibsr, three toughs, were soon arrested, and in the police court this morning were each sentenced to three months in jail.
 TIES.
 HARTFORD, Sept. 14.-United States Dis trict Attorney George P. Mclean to-day is- susd warrant for the arrest of Dwight W. Shurtletf of West Ashford, whose distillery wss seized on Tuesday. He will be brought to this city on Saturday for hearing before United States Commission CT Marvin.
 LEFT CONTENTIOUS CREDITORS.
 HARTFORD, Sept 14.-R. Jergensen, a jsweler at Windsor Looks, made hurried sale of his property to New York parties yesterday afternoon and left for parts un- known, leaving his family behind. A number of watches and some jewslry left with him to repair cannot be found. The parties to whom he sold are to-day remov- ing the goods. Jergersen has been in Windsor Locks about two years and 1t Is reported was engaged in similar transac- tions before.
 DEATH OF GURDoN H. CHILDs.
 HARTFORD, Sept. 14-Gurdon H. Childs died of old age at his home in this city Wednesday, aged eighty-nine. He was born in Stafford in 1904. In 1880 he moved to Hartford where he resided for about forty years, during which time he conducted 8 clothing business and was at that time one of the principal clothing dealers in Hartford.
 TRIAL OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES CONTINUED.
 HARTFORD, Sept. 14-In the superior cou1t the case of Evan W. Scott, time keeper, and twenty other employees of the New York and New England railroad for alleged conspiracy la detrauding the road by means of falsi6ed payrolls wes contin- ued to the December term.
 TWO SUITS BROUGHT The B. Goodman Manufacturing com. pany of Bridgeport, which was recently placed in the hands Of receiver, has beer made the defendant in two suits amount ing to s6,5Oe, brought by two New York | merchants for material furnished. FUNERAL DIRECTORS, At the fifth annual meeting of the Con neoticut Funeral Directors association helt in Meriden Wednesday, these new member 1 Norwich, o. H. Martin of Stamford, ". T Marchant of Hartford, o. A. Sessions oi Willimantic, H. 8. Clark of Meri den, D. P. Griswold of Walling ford, Martin Bergen of Waterbury Mayor Wilson gave an address of welcome The following officers were elected: Presi dent. George H. Afford of Winsted vic president, A. R. Leete of Thompsonville secretary, Edward 0. Root of Thomaston recording secretsry,O, Blackwell of South ington; treasurer, H. W. Crawford of Ney Haven; executive committee, o. W, Hill of Hartford, George B. Hswley of Bridge port, Theodore Keller of New Haven, E M. Leete of Guilford, George A. Maycoc of New Haven, G. H. Woollsy of Hartford 0. Mead of Greenwich.
 PRETTY AND wAYwARD-THE CoLLEa STUDENTS GET OFF WITH A BERTRAND.
 BRIDGEPORT, Sept. 14.-The police frus trated yesterday afternoon an attempt O.
 the part of two Fordham students to 1T duoe young girl to run away from home | The girl was Sadie Cook, seven teen year ! of age, daughter of Lewis A. Cook.
 painter, who resides at 32 Grand stree
 The young men were Thomas Minnook an l Oscar Hoffman, students of St. John's col lege in Fordham, N. Y.
 Minnook, who is only eighteen years (
 age, is & grandson of the late Marti
 Grace, who was for years 8 resident (
 this city. MT. Grace lived at 1050 Mai
 street and Minnock used to visit him. I
 this way he became acquainted with tt
 Cook girl and he began paying her marke
 attention. Both were very young, and { Minnock was a wild youth, the girls p.
 rents discouraged his attentions in ever
 possible way.
 Tuesday Minnock and his friend cams
 this city to induce the girl to go to Ne
 York. The girl started for school yestel } day morning as usual, but instead of goin met the students at the depot, and the finally took her to the Atlantic hote
 They went to the parlors, and the youn men were drinking dangerous connection when their seance was interrupted.
 Officer Fallon, who is on duty at the d.
 pot, first noticed the trio, when the youn
 men were trying to induce the girl board train for New York. She refuse to go, and then they urged her to board a East End car. This request she also d. clined, and then the trio repaired to tt hotel.
 The officer communicated with Csptsi Birmingham and he ordered the youn , people taken into custody. There th
 whole matter was explained. Mrs. Coo was notified and, calling at the police st
 tion, she took her daughter home. IT , young men were locked up for few hour but were subsequently released with rel ,, rimand. Captain Birminnham and th , prosecuting attorney concluded that | criminal charge could be preferred againl them, bat they were warned not to a : tempt anything of the kind in this cit
 again. The parents of the girl are greatl
 wrought up over the occurrence.
 The young girl felt her unfortunate p' sition keenly when the two students wei led to their cells. She sat silently in
 corner of Captain Birminghsm's office wit large tears rolling down her cheeks
 Mrs. Cook said this morning that thel
 was no secret correspondence carried o
 between her daughter and Minnook. St r had seen every letter written. She ol jected to Minnocks paying any attentio , to Katie because they were both te , young. Her daughter is an attendant g
 the high school, and Is one of Professt
 simonds' best behaved pupils, Mrs. Cos
 says, and Professor Porter of the Gran street school also highly recommends her. Mrs. Cook objected to the erroneor
 report which has been published and whic throws discredit upon the girls nor character.
 Board of Education.