The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-15

against P. II. Fitzgibbons of Ansonia. The plaintiffs got judgment by default for S300 The court ordered that the case be reopened upon payment of $10 and the costs of the hearing.
 Probate Court-Judge Cleavelnnd. F. D. HENDEE COMPANY ASSIGNS.
 D. D. Hendee & Co.,, merchant tailors at 1042 Chapel street. made a voluntary assignment through Attorney George R, Cooley yesterday morning In the probate court,
 The Hendee company is one of the leading tailoring firms in New Haven It was attached Thursday in a suit for $3,0OO brought by Lent & Go. of New York. Deputy Sheriff Koon, placed a keeper In charge. Attorney J. F. Good hart is the counsel for the New York firm.
 Yesterday morning Hendee & Go. made an assignment and Thomas F. Merwin was nominated as trustee. Next Thursday was fixed as the day for the hearing.
 The concern owes all told about $11,- 900. The biggest part of this was con tracted with two firms, w. H. Lent x Co. of New York and Leal Marsh & Co of Boston The New York firms claim is for 5000 and the Boston firms is $6,- 200 The latter firm is insolvent. It was the attachment of the New York house that precipitated the assignment of the local company.
 The book accounts of the firm amount to about sS,000, and a large part of this is due from Yale students. It Is not known how much of this sum Is col lectable.
 The assets of the insolvent estate are given as S10,5o Of this sS000 Is book accounts and $2,500 is in stock and fix lures.
 The F. D. Hendee company was in- corporated on July 31, 1893. with cap ital stock of $5,000. F. D. Hendee Is it's president and F. W. Bush the secretary and treasurer. Mir Hendee previously
 failed before the organization of the
 joint stock company.
 HEARING TO APPOINT CONSERV- ATOR.
 There will be hearing in the probate court next Monday on the appointment of a conservator for Mrs. Kerwin of Greenwood street, who was removed to the almshouse on Thursday. Although found in a destitute condi- tion, she has considerable money and property. It is thought 1t will be nec- essary to commit her to the Middle town retreat, as her sanity is doubted by all who have seen her and heard of her peculiar doings.
 City Court Criminal Sidc-Judge Dow. The case of breach of peace against Simon Persky which was continued
 from August 8, was brought up yester- day. Persky. who conducts saloon. was charged by Lena Fletcher with breach of peace. Attorney Stein con- ducted the prosecution, and Attorney l Strouse the defense.
 | Judge Dow decided to allow Persky | to go, after advising him not to use such force in handling young ladies Attorney Conlan appeared for George Osgood who is held on pickpoclcet | charge When the case was tried Os- good was bound over to the superior court under $500 bonds, which his at- l torney thought were rather high, so the court continued the case until yester- | day to allow the attorney time to show | why the bonds should not be placed at | that sum. Attorney Conlan said his client could obtain $2o0 bonds, but Judge Dow would not reverse his de- cision.
 | The Edward Madden case was again
 continued, this time for one week, and | the bond raised from $75 to $500 Mrs Madden is still in the hospital, al- though her condition is somewhat inn proved. Madden denies striking his wife.
 l William s. Purdy, alias Scott, charg- ed with stealing an umbrella was fined
 s3 and given twenty days in jail. The case against D. F. Sullivan
 charged with breach of peace against T. H. Sullivan, was nolled l Robert Moran, charged with the theft | of q sink, was fined $3 and given ter days in jail
 Michael O'Sullivan and John J. Nc l Guinness were each fined S2 as re-
 hinder of the fact that they must not l quarrel.
 l The drunk cases occupied by shorr time, fines being imposed in all. the cases and the accused going to jail Court Notes. The hearing of John Morse on tht charge of arson will come up in the citJ | court this morning. Morse Is still 1T 1 the Whalley avenue jail his counsel, J l F. Wynne, having been unable to pro. 1 cure bonds for his release.
 It is said that by an agreement be. | tween counsels the case will go oye1 | another week.
 | HYGEIA co. ATTACHED. The Hygeia Ice Co.'s plant on State street was attached yesterday in sui | for s10,000. The plaintiff is the Hygeis | Distilled Water company of New York l Infringement of copywright is alleged 1 The Now York connapV claims to he IT.