The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-06

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 CHARTER, OAKS BIG DEBT.
 Hartford, Feb. 5.-At the annual
 meeting of the stockholders of the
 Charter Oak Driving Park association this morning the report of the treasurer, showing a loss of $10,000 by the last meeting, was accepted. The association expects to recuperate itself the coming season if favorable legislation can be se- cured. All the directors were re-elect- ed. The vacancies caused by the death of Henry Keney and William H. Good rich were filled by the election of Hon. William B. Rudd of Lakeville and John H. Parker of Hartford.
 A NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL.
 Plainville, Feb. 5.-Robert Coon, who was arrested for defrauding the Hotel Wellington on January 22, proves to be a notorious criminal.
 Leaving New Haven December l9 with the venteen-year-old girl, Miss Snail er he applied December 27 to R. w. Scranton, a liveryman in Waterbury, for a. horse and buggy, agreeing to re- turn the next day. He drove to Tor rington, where he traded the carriage for a sleigh with Albert Perkins. He then drove to Winsted, where he tried to borrow SEQ on the horse, claiming to have owned the horse three years. L1Y- eryman Afford, to help him out, gave him $10, keeping the horse as security. He then went to Hartford, thence to Southington, and finally ended his trip in Plainville. He registered during his trip as Robert Coone," Robert Coan" and Robert Coyne," always from New Haven.
 When he was fifteen years of age he stole a horse in Litchfield, and was sen fenced to two years imprisonment but on account of his age was released after having served six months.
 Sheriff Hitchcock, who traced his case, will receive the reward of S1OO offered By the state for the capture Of a horse thief. 0%
 NOT CHICKEN FLOODING ELOPE-
 NENT CASE. ai
 Hartford Feb. 5,--Dr Wolff of this city has progressed far enough in his microscopical examination of the dried blood found at East Thompson to assert that it Is not the blood of chickens, as Staszkiewiez asserted. It IS the blood of some mammal. The corpuscles of chicken blood are oval in form; those of mammals round. The corr puscles so far examined are round, and to determine if they are of human blood their exact diameter will have to be determined. Dr. Wolff says he does not expect to conclude his examination for month yet. The elopement theory in the case appears to be completely knocked out. The affectionate letter to Rosa is four years old and was written to her by ta suitor before she was married The letter is as follows
 m Norwich, Dec. 26. l
 My Dear Rosa--Your letter received December 24, and found me in good health, and, I. hope you are enjoying the same. Dear Rosa, you write mel that you are. dissatisfied with my let l ter, but I am dissatisfied with yours I also. Dear Rosa, you say that .l you can live in peace hereafter sol far as I am concerned, and I wish you all blessings from God. Dear Rosa, l would like to know who was so smart I and advised you to write such a niceN letter to me. It wasn't enough that youI wrote such letter, but you put the wrong number upon the address, so that it coulden reach me, as am not1 at 92. : r. saw from all your in- tentions, though you talk with me and wrote to me So.
 But I thought that you would make a laughing stock of me, because you know very well that everybody knows what we were intending to do I don'til care, though if be made laughing stock of ~. My Dear Rosa, why | have you not kept your former prom ises? Where are they gone? Because you must remember very well, Dear Rosa, what you were saying to me when was going away from Webster the first time. But I think you would not forget it. Some one else must have you from keeping your prom Ise
 The mother of Rosa identified the letter as being a letter written to Rosa by one Thomas Zuchowski in December, 1890. Father Chalupka knew the man. and said he was now living in Web 5ter
 A Hartford Courant reporter found Mir. HuchowsSi in dilapidated factory tenement house minding two dirty chil-l lren playing on the floor and anotherI in the cradle, while their father and mother were working in the mill. Thomas being out of work was keeping house for his board The fragments of the letter to Rosa were read to him as he was unable to read and write), He unhesitatingly admitted that the etter was dictated by him on Decen- Der 26, 1890, while stopping at 21 Yantic street, Norwich, the letter to which it vas a reply having been addressed to No. 92 of the same street. His story vas that he and Rosa had fallen in ove and became engaged to marry be- ore he had left Webster and that 2osa's letter to him received December 4 informed him for the first time that he could not fulfill her promise of Her letter did not explain why she could not, which fact called ut some of the sharp words in his etter to her. Zuchowski is very pleasant man, about thirty years old, an talk English fairly well and is till single. He says he had no i'll ceiling towards Rosa and when she vas finally married in Worcester he vas one of the wedding guests.