The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-22
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
CLARK'S CASE GOES no THE july
THIS MORNING.

Company-DiVorced and Yet seeking
Divorce-City Court Record.
Prosecuting Attorney Williams fin
ished his argument in the case of Har-
ry T. Clark, now standing trial for
embezzlment in the superior court yes
terday afternoon and at $3.50 this morn
ing Judge Wheeler will charge the jury.
The defence finished its testimony
Wednesday afternoon and yesterday
morning the prosecution offered evil
dence in rebuttal.
William j. Kraft John e. Thompson
and Professor F. A. Fowler testified
that they had never observed Clark act
peculiarly.
Mrs. Clark was asked to identify the
clothes which her husband Wore when
he left her on the night Of September
25. These clothes and the satchel in
which they We're packed were put into
evidence as an exhibit
Hack Driver Kane, E. L. Norton,
Thomas Armstrong and J. H. Bentley
were also called by the state.
Attorneys Chase and Elliott made ar
guments for the defence, laying par
ticular stress on their theory of the
prisoners suffering from masked cpl
lepsy at the time of the embezzlement.
Probate Court-Judge cleveland.
Two assignments were filed in the
probate court yesterday morning. Will
liam c. Blatchley, the saloonkeeper at
SO Cedar street, assigned to Attorney
d. Z. Fitzgerald. The hearing on the
appointment will be held October 2S.
The assets and liabilities are compare
lively small.
The assignment was filed by Attorney
w, j. Walsh, acting for Mr.. Blatchley.
Garrett j. Fitzgerald, a carpenter at
% Farren avenue, made an assignment
in favor of Matthew A. Reynolds The
hearing will be held week hence. The
assets and liabilities are small.
L. L. Stoddard, the tobacconist, has
made application to the probate court
for letters of administration on the es-
tate of the late DIR. Brockaway of
Crown street
The petition of Charles Munson and
others to compel Theodore A. futile to
show the condition of the accounts of
the Elm City company, of which he is
trustee, came up in the probate court
yesterday afternoon before Judge
Cleaveland. The law firm of Bristol,
Stoddard &, Bristol and John S. Beach
appeared for the petitioners, and ex-
Judge s. A. York and William j. Mills
for Mr.. futile. l.. H. Bristol cited a
large number of instances of alleged
mismanagement by Mr.. futile, and
asked for an order for an accounting.
He claimed that the failure of Mr.. Tut
trusted to him was culpable, The hear
ing will be continued later in the week
KNOT UNITED ELSEWHERE.
Mrs. Gertrude Alger of this city, who
has recently brought suit through coun-
sell j. p. Goodhart, for divorce from
her husband, Lyman Spencer Alger,
formerly of Madison, Conn, now of
Chicago, has received information that
she has already been divorced for sew
eral months and that according to the
decree granted her former husband, he
was awarded the custody of their child,
Raymond Stewart Alger. This latter
feature of the decree may be contested.
The Algers were married in this city
| in 1884 and according to the allegations
| in the local suit, Alger, who Is com
| mercial traveller, deserted his wife in
| 1893, and has since made Chicago his
| home. He has done nothing in the way
| of supporting the ehiid, which Is in the
| custody of the mother She proposes,
| If possible, to retain the child.
| ATTACHED FOR 500.
An attachment for 500 was yesterday
| filed in the town clerks office in the
| suit of Il. l.. Leighton and d. r.. Leigh
| ton against Fischel Beloff and Eliza
beth Beloff Property on Wooster
Place was attached, Constable Louis
| Asher served the papers.
City Court-CrIminaI side-Judge Dow.
In the city court before Judge Dow
| yesterday morning, Thomas H. Quigley
was put on trial, charged with attempt
| to burglarize the house of George
| Stanford at the corner of Temple ant
| George streets 1t was shown that the
| door Qugley attempted to enter opened
| into card room directly in the rear o
| the saloon.
Prosecuting Attorney Brown was Civ
en- leave to amend his complaint ant
the case was continued until tomorrow
to give Attorney Conlon, counsel TO
accused, time to prepare his defence.
The case of James Deegan, ARRESTED
for breach of the peace, was continued
until to-day, the breach of the peac
consisting in chasing a boy out of tn
New Haven Clock company's factor
with knife yesterday morning.
Daniel Phalen, who escaped from tn
prisoners dock April 90, was arreste
here Wednesday and pleaded guilt
yesterday to theft, the crime wit
which he was accused when he es
capped.
James Reynolds, saloonkeeper at {
York street, pleaded guilty to violatio
of the Sunday liquor law, and was fine
$50 and costs. This was his sevent
offence.
The case against Patrick j. Donohu
| of Fair Haven, who was arrested Wed
nesday night on suspicion of havin
been implicated in transom burglarie
with Thomas H. Quigley was nOlleC
there being no evidence against him.
A WATERBURY WOMAN.
Died at the New Haven Hospital Yes
terday.
Mrs. George r. Thomas of Waterbur