The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-01
WALLINGFORD HAPPENINGS
VOTES AND HAPPENINGS IN THE
BUSY LITTLE BoROUGH.


Factories Running Full Time-satur.
day Baseball William Don.
nelly and Mas Florence Morton United
In Marriage-Big Shad Catch by WiliIl
z. Ro,ve-Death of William Holds.
worth mt Masonic Home.
Three young men from New Haven
were arrested yesterday afternoon near
I lWallingford on the charge of drunken
Ing. The three young men are James J.
Searles of III Franklin street, John j
Mcnamara of Franklin street and
James j. Hickey of Locust street. These
three, with one other young man, start
ed out from New Haven yesterday with
one horse and surrey to take a drive.
Their wagon was stocked up with liz
uid refreshments, and about one mile
north of North Haven, on the Walling-
ford road, they drove upon the bicycle
path and continued to drive along on it
by the keeper of bicycllsts' rest booth
that they were violating the law by
driving on the path. They paid no at
tention to the warning, but abused the
person who warned them and kept on.
Soon after they had passed three BIZ
cyclists came along, two on tandem
and one on a single wheel, and were
told about the driving party driving on
the path. The bicyclists hurried up
and caught up with the party, which
refused to leave the path at their re-
quest. The bicyclists then rode on ahead
TO Tolle's bicyclists' rest, where they
found twenty-five or thirty bicyclists
and related the fact to them. Fifteen
bicyclists in body started back to see
that the team was kept off the path,
but the four men in the surrey, seeing
the riders coming, whipped up their
horse and went through the crowd of
wheelmen at the gallop. The bicyclists
followed and had gotten close to the
team, when it was turned into a sandy
road leading from Colony street to Elm
street in Wallingford.
The bicyclsts went on to Deputy
Sheriff Booths house and told him
about what had taken place. The dep
uty sheriff started with team after
the surrey and followed 1t towards
Northford While going down what is
known as Ben Smiths Hill, near North
ford, one of the rear wheels of the sur
rey came off. One of the occupants of
the surrey then jumped out and ran
across lots to hiding place. The other
three kept on, however, with their horse
going at a hot pace, the hub of the
broken wheel dragging on the ground.
In this condition the race was kept up
for six miles further. They were over
taken on the Middletown turnpike near
Montowese, where the three men in the
surrey were arrested. The horse which
they were driving was completely eX-
hausted, having dragged the wagon,
with one hub on the ground, for six
miles. The three men were taken back
to Wallingford ard locked up. The
horse is owned by James Griffin of the
Tontine stables in New Haven. NJ
Griffin went to Wallingford last night |
and brought the horse home.
Complaints of the men driving on the
bicycle path, statutory offense for
which the maximum penalty is $50 fine |
and sixty days in Jail, were made yes
terday afternoon to Justice Lindsey of |
North Haven, who issued warrants |
which will be served as soon as the Wal
lingford cases are disposed of. The
fourth man, who jumped from the sur
rey and ran, also lives in New Haven.
A warrant for his arrest has been is
sued.
While the chase was going on the oc-
of the surrey threw out several
empty beer bottles, and when they were
overhauled several full bottles were
found in the wagon.
The attendance at the ball game Sat
urday afternoon between the Walling-
Fords and Yale Law school was not as
arge as the game deserved. The teams
we're lined up about the same as week
ago. The Yale team brought up new
battery, Hart and Fessenden, the lat
ter formerly of the Hillhouse high
school team, but it did not prove as eff
,ectiye as in the previous game. Dow
ley and Gardner formed the local bat
cry. as Brace of New Haven, who had
,een advertised to pitch, did not ma
,erialize. Owing to the strong south
Wind that was blowing there was. very
little heavy batting, although one of the
Yale players made two hits that Melted
lin two bases each Downey pitched a
rood game considering that it was his
irst of the season, and the visitors only
four safe hits off his delivery. ,
The local team made better showing
nd were credited with eleven safe hits
Buckley of Meriden played third base
n place of Barry, and Dray of the ,
3amblers' team attended to the work I
n right field. The score was to 8 in
avor of Walingford. E. ]. Kavanagh ,
vas umpire. ]
The high school team went to Ham
en Saturday afternoon and returned
ZONE early in the evening jublant, as I
/ had won a victory and defeated the :
Iamden team by the close score of 10 !
0 16. s
William Donnelly and Miss Florence
Jorton were married Saturday after !
DON at the rectory by Rev. j. e. Wild :
nan. |
H. f. Hall is circulating petition, I
o be presented-to the board of bur-
esses, asking that the promised i'm n
rovements on Valley street be made at r
nee. Y
Warden Bull has signed the electric
ght plant bonds, and now it is hoped '
vallingford will have more light, even
it does come high. (
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