The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-20

to-day papers were served upon the city clerk in suit against the city brought by Dr. Enlind, eX-chairman or the board of health Dr. Enlind claims s20O for salary and $500 as damages for removal.
 HERALD VS. DISPATCH,
 Hartford, Feb. 19,-The Herald Pub fishing company of New Britain has brought suit against the Morning Dis patch Publishing company to recover s200 due on a note.
 POND WILL CASE.
 Hartford, Feb. 19,--In the Pond will suit to-day Judge Thayer denied the request of counsel for the will that Thomas Mack of Boston, described as a gentleman of independent fortune" be allowed to testify by deposition. He was passenger on the Pavonia on June, 1894, and Charles M. Pond, the testator, and positively refuses to come here to testify. Judge Thayer said that he would sit on Saturday and also on Monday.
 James T. Pratt, an undertaken tes- tified that when he prepared MT. Pond $ body for burial his legs and arms were covered with scars such as are caused by hypodermic injections of morphine.
 Daniel T. Wadsworth, who had known MT. Pond since 1868, saw him trying to set fire to green grass in 1893 and rum ming around and otherwise acting fool ishly. Witness had told people that he was against the will.
 Edward M Bliss testified to having seen MT. Pond driving home drunk In 1877 with his head hanging out of the hack window. He went to Europe with him in 1894 by request of Dr. Hildreth, who told him not to try to curry favor with MT. Pond because his will was al- ready made MT. Pond paid his ex- penses. They occupied the same state room and MT. Pond used steamer chair to communicate with spirits. lie would take four or five drinks before breakfast, injected morphine into his legs frequently, and said the effect was heavenly. He used quart Of morphine tablets on the voyage to Liverpool. The first day they were at the St. George hotel, Llandudno, Wales, Mir. Pond drank two quart bottles of gin and had the delirium tremens. On the voyage MT. Pond thought the noise of block pounding on the deck was spirits rap ping. At London he bought $20 worth of morphine tablets and sent for more in Wales, where they were ordered out of the hotel on account of MT Pond s habits and actions
 MT Bliss added that after reaching New York MT. Pond said, "D--n the city of Hartford. wish I wasn't going m wa 1nf ,n oft Q no ort of my farm, but not the rest of the Pond estate" MT. Pond died August 30, 1894 five weeks after his return from Europe.
 Dr. J. s. Curtis. MT. Ponds medical attendant from 1881, testified that he visited him professionally 150 times 6 year until he died. He drank to ex- cess, used morphine, cocaine and sul- fonal and wouldn't stop. In 1885 he took to his bed voluntarily and stayed there for two years. He had cirrhosis of the liver caused by whiskey drink ing.
 ITALIAN MURDERER FREE. Waterbury, Feb. 19.-In the superior court this morning before Judge Elmer States Attorney Terry brought up the murder case of Joseph Calo, against whom at the last session of the superior court the grand jury brought an indict- ment for murder in the first degree. Mr. Terry said that the state's wit nesses had been spirited away, first to Brooklyn, N. Y, and then to Italy. and asked the advice of the court. Judge Elmer nolied the complaint and the prisoner was discharged. The crime could easily have been fastened on Gale | if the witnesses had not been inter- | fered with.
 | The case of Edward A Parsons of Prospect, charged with murder in the first degree, the boy victim being Irv- ing J. Buckley of the same town, was given to a grand jury consisting prin- cipally of business men of Meriden, New Haven, Ansonia and Waterbury witf Coloney John B. Doherty of this city as | foreman.
 MANY CRIMINALS SENTENCED. | Bridgeport, Feb. 19---In the crimina superior court here to-day George Mar, tin, the burglar caught emerging from the home of Miss Carrie Betts in Fair. field on the night of November 27plead. ed guilty and was given five years il the state prison. The prisoner has { long criminal record in New York. ant had turned off two other jobs here jus before his arrest.
 William Baker, young New Yorker who got stranded in Stamford on Jan uary F and passed off two forged checks there also admitted his guilt and Judge Prentice gave him one yea in Wethersfield.
 Richard Gregory, who lived in Nev Haven for year after passing a worth less check on c. Russell & Co.,, of thi city, also pleaded guilty and was givei a year in the state prison.
 John Mullins and Richard Fahey, tn boys who kept local butchers for a Ions time supplied with stolen poultry, sait guilty, and each received ten months il jail
 Charles Mason, Thomas Clark ant William Edmonds, the clever New Yorl crooks who relieved the different China. men here last month of about $500 pleaded guilty and were each given Il months in the state prison.
 Andrew Ferguson, Joseph Fuller an( Charles Harvey, who were captured bl a posse of citizens while robbing Will
 liam J. Sniffen's jewelry store in Sandy Hook last fall, also pleaded guilty ant each was given IS months in prison. BOYS CANNOT BOWL. Bridgeport, Feb. 19.-Police Superin
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