Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-12-04
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News Items Boiled Down for the Ben
eft of Our Busy Readers.
In the New Haven city court yester-
Jay george w. Parsons was sentenced
to one month on each of ten counts for
obtaining money from New Haven
merchants by an alleged bogus adver>
tisement scheme.
The criminal term of the superior.
court for Holland county opened in
Rockville Tuesday afternoon with
Judge Elmer on the bench. Court
was opened with prayer by the Rev
Luxe fitzsimons, pastor of st Ber-J
nards Roman Catholic church.
George Reed, a Fairfield county nris
oner, and Burton Richards. a New Ha-
ven county prisoner, who were before
the board of pardens on Monday and
who asked to be pardoned from state
prison, have had their petitions grant
ed in decisions fled yesterday.
An aged SlavoniaIl woman was
struck by a freight train while cross
ing railroad tracks at the Bridgeport
station yesterday morning and her
skull was fractured. She was taken
TO the Emergency hospital, where it
was said she cannot recover. She was
known as the ..old potato woman
Joseph Bouchie of Meriden. who sus-
tanned broken back as the result of
a fall from a freight car ten weeks ago
Yesterday, is on the road to recovery
Inc case is considered one of the most
remarkable in the surgical history Of
Meriden and is without parallel il this
vicinity say the doctors. No operation.
was made and the broken yertaIraa
nave grown together of themselves.
As a gravel train was running low
ard Bridgeport yesterday in charge Of
Engineer Frank Gilbert and was about
two miles outside of Derby, it was
run into by freight from New Haven
The fireman jumped, and Gilbert, who
had reversed, was thrown off by the
shock. The engines were not much
injured. The gravel train started
backwards and with only brakeman
on it unable to get into the engine it
ran through Derby at good rate of
speed. The runaway was captured
by Engineer Billings.
Patrick Burke, aged 65. a blacksmith
! at Colebrook River, is dying as a re-
suit of exposure in the rain. Burke
went to Winsted Tuesday to make
noon started to walk home. ten miles
away. He succeeded in covering sew
en- miles. when he was apparently
seized with a fit and fell to the ground
unconscious. Yesterday morning he
was found in the meadow at Sandy
Brook. He was taken home and at a
/ late hour last night he had not re-
1 gained consciousness.
The Bridgeport police have been
notified that James Lichtenstein, aged
about 81, a jeweler and watch maker,
has disappeared after working mum
Der of people and DESERVING bride of
three weeks. He is said to be wanted
in New York for theft and obtaining
money under false pretenses. About
fsix months ago he opened a small
jewelry store on Hancock avenue and
! built up good trade. He met Rose
Weisshaus, aged 81, and three weeks
ago they were married, Lichtenste.n
receiving 5000 from her parents. a
week ago he borrowed from them 5000
more. secured loans from others vary
ing from So to $50 and then pawned
all the watches customers had left in
his shop. Yesterday morning his
shop was found closed and everything
Of value had been taken.