The Newtown bee., 1895-02-22

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 tending private school that was beinl
 run free of all expense to the town, Q patrons of the school. He said Mis-
 Boutelle assured him, she stood ready t' l take that school whenever the coas
 should be clear and she was granted
 certificate, unless she should in tn
 mean time engage elsewhere, he gave
 as his opinion based upon the correspon
 dence already in his possession, that il
 case she could not come, he could have
 teacher engaged within very shor
 time. In reply to what offices of trus
 he had held in the town he said: Consta
 ble, justice of the peace, grand juror
 road inspector, tax collector, selectman
 had represented the town in the stat
 Legislature, and was postmaster il Sandy Hook three years under Presi dent Cleveland.
 | WILLIAM J. BREW,
 chairman of the school board, testified Wright, Beers, and Johnson, petitioned him to call a special meeting of the school board to consider the Gray's Plain matter, at his earliest convenience, That he himself fixed the time and place of meeting at Glover's Hall, Sandy l Hook, on Friday evening at s o'clock, | November 3, 1894. That he was not present, but was at a democratic caucus | with the other absentees at the Town hall in Newtown street. He voted for the resolution of putting the school board in full charge of the Gray's Plain district and acted as mem- Der of the committee under the advice of the counsel employed.
 That Miss Julia Egan applied to him for an examination for the school and he informed her the board would examine no person for that school, as 8 teacher was already in charge who had been granted certificate and the board would have no right to grant certificates to two candidates for the same school. If can- didate was again offered for that school, he could not tell whether as a member of the school,board he would consent to ex anime her or not. He was not prepared to say now.
 Rev O. o. Wright testified to being present at 8 meeting October 19, 1894, when a resolution was offered in sub stance to empower the school board to take full charge and control of the Gray's Plain school. That the resolution WAS offered by Mir Corbett, the full board be- ing present; that it failed to pass by vote of three to two, Mir Brew being chairman, not voting. That at that same meeting he offered for the consideration of the board communication from Sec retary Hine in answer to questions put to him by himself in connection with some facts laid before the secretary bearing upon the Gray's Plain trouble. That he had sought information from that source, in order that the
 BOARD MIGHT ACT INTELLIGENTLY That the communication was not read, MT Corbett ohjecting to the reading, be- cause it was not in order, and the chair man, MT Brew sustained the objection. He attended the call for the special meet ing at Glover's hall, November 2, 1894. No business was done, Beers and John son being the only other members pres. ent. He did not attend the meeting of November l6, 1894, when the resolution was passed putting charge of Gray's Plain school in the hands of the school board. He was at the Town hall the af- ternoon of that day, but he was not we'll and he had chance to ride home by go- ing early, and he knew if he staid to the meeting of the board, he would be out late, as the meetings called at s o'clock seemed to mean S.30 and would not be out sometimes until after 10, and he did not want to be oat so late. And further more, he felt that if that faction of the board were determined to have their way, or not have anything, perhaps 1t was as much his duty to stay away ard let them have their way and bring things to cri- sis. He was ready and willing at any time to examine any person who might come befGre the board for examination for Gray's Plain school who had been hired by MT Winton.
 It was nearing o'clock when Ezra ]. Johnson was called to take the stand. The judge looked at the clock and said unless some new ground was to be gone over by calling other witnesses he would excuse further testimony, that enough had been taken so that he felt confident he understood the situation, and st his suggestion the attorneys for the district rested the case.
 ATTORNEY sToDDARD
 called Miss Agnes Ryan on the stand, who testified that on the first Monday of September she went to the district com. mittee, Mir Winton, and asked him for the key to the school house. That up to that time she had not been notified by him that she had been discharged That he then told her she had been discharged by the district, and that he as committee then discharged her again. and that she would never go in there to teach school 80 long as he could prevent it. That he would not give her the key; and that she did not go into the school house to teach until Messrs Brew and | Northrop put her in possession. She still wished to keep the school. and want ed to stay until the end of the year, al though she had only two pupils and theae were her sisters.
 | William Ryan, Jr.. was next witness He lived in Monroe. Had talked wiIl Miss Julia Egan about teaching the | school. Had talked with her once or