The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-11-19
WBLLINGFORD HAPPENINGS
JUDGE JUDD SEIZED WITH 4
 PAINTING SPELL.
stricken while Hearing the Arson Case
 Against Mrs. chase aud L.wi. wh,ts-

Against Mrss Chase aud Lewis Whtte-
 Trial Adjourned Untii To-day.
 A fainting spell which seized Judge Judd, in the borough court yesterday afternoon. as he was hearing the case of Mrs. Chase and Lewis White. charg- ed with arson, interrupted the proceed ings and the case was adjourned until to-day. The greater part of the day was taken up with an argument con- corning the age of Mrs. Chase the state claiming that she was under age. while the defense claimed that she was twenty-two years old. Judge Judd af- ter looking up the records decided that Mrs. Chase was over twenty-one.
 Mrs. Gigure then took the stand and testified that her reason for entering a complaint against Mrs. Chase was that the latter had threatened to burn her house. Contradictory to her testimony of Monday, when she said that Mrs. Chase informed her that she had set her own house on fire, the witness de- clared that Mrs. Chase told her that White committed the act.
 Dr. c. E. Smith, the next witness, testified that Mrs. Chase came to him on January F, 1903, to be examined that she might take out life insur- ance policy, of which White was the beneficiary. At that time she gave her. age as eighteen years.
 c. H. Ty1neson stated that he sold a stove and sewing machine, which the defendant claimed were burned in the fire. Later, however, the witness found the stove and machine in her boarding house.
 Mrs. Tymeson and Florence Gigure, aged twelve years, both testified that the accused woman told them that the house had been set on fire in order that she might secure the insurance The Gigure girl said that there were very few articles of furniture in the house at the time and Mrs. Chase, taking knife, threatened to kill the girl if shes informed on her.
 It is estimated that over $500 will be netted for the library fund by the two nights presentation of '1The Chimes of Normandy"
 The cold was struck here yesterday afternoon and it was relished by very few.
 The tramps were plenty early last ev- ening looking for lodging. and at an early hour Janitor James had house fif- teen.
 Lawrence Grant of Meriden is now section foreman on the Consolidated road at the station in place of B. R. Futile. resigned.
 The Norwalks will play basketball here Friday evening.
 Linus H. Hall is one of the jurymen in Waterbury on the trial in the s,l- perior court of the eight boys alleged to be implicated in the assault upon the trolley car conductor and motorman in Waterville last winter.
 The new court of burgesses will meet for organization Saturday evening, No- vember 2S.
 The result Of the annual borough election was a great surprise to many, especially the democrats.
 Albert Sutterlin, for burgess, got the largest vote on the republican tincket, 5S6, excepting G. G. Thomson for treas urer. who was on both tickets. Will liam Hodgkinson for collector came next with 5S0.
 Tuesdays election demonstrated the fact that a rainy election day does not always portend democratic victory. It always used to in this town, but things have changed somewhat in the last few years.
 Hello Bill' is booked for the opera house Tuesday evening, November "A.
 There will be but little. if any, change in the police and fire departments this year. But if the democrats had won it would have been different