Connecticut western news., 1907-04-25
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A. II. Allen and a woman alleged to be his wife, who were held in Glovers- vile, N. l., In connection with the kid. naping Of Horace Marvin, IT,, of Do yer, bel, have been released. The boy who was with them was not young Marvin, but his resemblance to tho missing child wns striking.
 Left sole protector of three weak, timid children in lonely farmhouse in Singac, N. l., a collie dog fulfill ed his trust at the cost Of his life. Leaping through a window pane, he gave ferocious battle to tramp bent on robbery, drove off the intruder and then died from a deep wound in the throat received as he went to tho res- cue. William Greshauber, who has farm near the old Singac race track, went with his wife to church, leaving the children, Helen, eleven years old; Mabel, eight and William, five, in charge of Rover, the dog. The elder girl was preparing dinner and the oth- CTS were playing on the floor when, an ugly looking tramp entered by the rear door and, finding himself alone with the young ones, commanded Helen to give him all the money In the house and threatened to kill them all. At the same time he boltcd the door be- hind. In m effort to frighten the man away the oldest child screamed, and her cries attracted Rover, who was outside. The animal ran up to the door and scratched for admission, but the tramp stood between the door and the child. Several times the dog ran around the house trying to find way to get in and finally, excited by the shouts for help from the children, leap cd through the lower pane. An in- stant later he was at the tramp's throat and the fight for life began.
 The Brooklyn Democratic club gave dinner at the Assembly, at which Will liam J. Bryan was the guest of honor Mir. Bryan said his sole desire was that the Democratic party should enter the next campaign with the strongest Democratic strength 1t could find in order to bring out triumphant vote. 1t was not necessary for him, he thought. to be candidate for any of- fee, as there was joy enough for him in private life, provided he could get his ideas put Into operation. In con clusion Mir Bryan declared that 1t was perfectly proper and perfectly reason able for the Democrats to praise the Republicans for incorporating into their platforms Democratic principles, He urged all present to work stead 1 fastly for a unified party and for faith full adherence to the principles of Dc mocracy laid down by Thomas Jefrer. son.
 Close on the heels of the announce ment of a probable contest by rela- tives for the estate of James Henry ('Silent'D Smith, estimated between S50,0o0, 900 and $75,o00,0 900, comes the interesting assertion by friends in the widows confidence that the advent of posthumous child must be consider ed in the reckoning. From London also comes the news that Lady Mary Cooper, q sister of the dead multlmil- | lionaire, and her husband Sir George Alexander Cooper Bart, sailed for America on the Deutschland to par tcipate in the settlement of the es- tate. Friends of Lady Cooper say that the bulk of her brothers fortune | nus Deen le1I IO HeT. lsuug 1oOpeI previous inheritance having been $50,- 100000. she will. if she obtains the bulk of James Henry's millions, be the richest woman in the world.
 | A ghost has kept the Thaw family in fear of Lyndhurst the beautiful fam fly mansion near Pittsburg, for i've | years. Belief that the specter of a relative of the family who killed her self in the house in 1902 nightly stalks Its halls is said to have determined Mrs. William Thaw to sell the proper. ty. The secret has just come out after having been suppressed for nearly five years. In the spring of 1902 Ken lucky woman, relative of Mrs. Wil- | liam Thaw. while visiting Mrs. Thaw at Lyndhurst, committed suicide by hanging in one of the large bathrooms nf the house. Not word of the trag- edy was allowed to creep out. A regu. lar inquest was held, but the matter was not allowed to go any further.