Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-30
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Interesting Items Boiled Down For the Benefit of our Busy Readers.

Interesting Items Boiled Down For
 the Benefit of our Busy Readers.
 The contract for the plumbing at the new state normal school building in Danbury has been awarded to Han lon & Murphy of Hartford for $5,4S2. There were four other bidders.
 "Diamond Lucy" who twenty years ago was well known, died suddenly at Bridgeport Sunday. When she lived in Hartford she went by the name of Lucy Chapman, but her right name is said to have been Lucy A. Rich. She died in tenement adjoining the home of John F. Fellows, also a former resident of Hartford. She died in agony after a debauch.
 James Nolan, while temporarily in- sane, wrecked the office of D. J. Keeler and then entered the tele- graph office in the same building in search of young woman whom he imagined had hypnotized him at Der by. Three men seized him before he could reach the young woman, but 1t was necessary for them to strike him on the head with hammer several times before he was subdued. He will be exaimned by a doctor before any action is taken in the matter.
 Make one move to put up fence on that line and I'll throw this kettle of boiling hot water all over you.n Do 1t and I'll hit you with this spade if I swing for it" These threats were heard In Hartford yesterday morning. Mrs Louis J. Ger held kettlefu of boiling hot water ready to throw at aged Henry Keish, who stood with spade poised in mid-air, pre- pared to carry out his threat This climax came as the result of long discussion over the fence line. There is to be meeting of the selectmen to- day and the case will probably be threshed out.
 Few happenings of recent years southeastern part of Glastonbury as much as the lawless acts of J. O.. Whipple, who is still at large and is able to elude his pursuers The burn ing of the barn on the place occupied by Whipple Tuesday night is another incident of recent date which leads many to think that the former occu- pant of the premises, knowing that the property is now offered for sale by the administrator of Whipple's de- ceased wife's estate, had decided to destroy the buildings, as it is com monly reported that he objected to the sale of the farm.
 The most sensational feature in con- nection with the trial of Gershon Marx yesterday was the appearance of Phil- ip Davis, q young Hebrew, in the po- lice court on the charge of attempting to intimidate Michael Levine, wit ness for the state. Davis was held in a bond of $500 for appearance to- day, when it is expected that other men implicated will be arraigned. Le- vine was instrumental in the capture of Marx in New York last April and Is an important witness for the state. He says that when he left the court room yesterday he was approached by Davis and three other men who cried, Traitor! Hangman! Let us kill him!' The police dispersed the crowd and ar rested Davis.
 August MatZ, "A years old, of Terry vile, would have been fine plucking for Blanche Russell, a Hartford rounder, on Wednesday afternoon but for the intervention of Policeman Babcocl1. He found the old man in the company of the woman and know ing her he arrested both and took them to the police station. The wo- man was charged with being an i'm moral character and Matz was locked up as a. witness against her. When Matz was searched at the station he had SITS In his pockets. The woman was sentenced to Jail for 120 days by Judge Garvan yesterday morning. Matz was allowed to go after he had testified against her.
 Tn the Middletown police court yes terday morning two Wesleyan sopho- mores faced Associate Judge Arthur B. Calef. They were arrested late We'd nesday night for pasting huge bills on the sidewalks. The bills contained in structions as to how the pea green freshmen should deport themselves The posters instructed the freshmen not to call on the "quails" at Webb hall better known as the ''rOost," to walk only on the south side of College street, to be in bed every night by 10 o'clock, and not to smoke on the streets. The boys only spent about an hour at police headquarters as their friends went bonds for them to the ex- tent of $50. After featuring the young men this morning Judge Calef dis missed them.