Connecticut western news., 1908-12-17
CANAAN
Railroad Rumbles


 merly run by William P. Ahearn.
 Caught Wildcat
 A young wildcat, weighing about nine pounds, was caught last week, on Toms hill, in trap set by Ralph and Frank Stanton. It was on exhibition at Thurlough's drug store for brief time after which Mir. Thurlough had it mounted.
 Rabbits and Guinea Pigs
 No show window in, town has at tracted more attention from Canaanites big and little, than the east window in the store of Bullock & Felten where a pair of rabbits and pair of guinea pigs indulge in all sorts of frolics.
 Early Christmas Presents
 Practically every family in the village received Christmas present from Bull lock SS Felten last week. The firm pur- chased large number of china placques on each of which is a picture, 8 1909 cal ender in gilt and the firms advertise ment. These were generally distributed about town.
 Sent to Winsted
 The deer which was killed by the cars last week was sent, by Game Warden Ross, to the Gilbert home i'll Winsted, Dr. Ross telephoned to the Home as soon as the deer was delivered on his premises, asking the authorities if 300 pounds of venison would be gladly received and he immediAsely received all affirmative answer.
 Sustaining His Reputation
 Warren Hoag is trying to sustain his reputation as a ''ratter" and few days ago his muskrat score thus far this season was 30 with the number increasing every morning. A skunk is added to the col lection now and then and the other morning he "nearly caught" a mink. Large AntIers.
 Game Warden H. l.. Ross says that the deer which was killed by the cars, between East Canaan and West Norfolk few days ago, had the largest antlers of any deer he ever heard of with one exception. These antlers measured 23 inches and famous deer killed few years ago 1n the Adirondacks, had antlers, which measured 24 inches.
 Lawyer Charged With Fraud
 The New England Lime Company has brought suit against Caleb A. Morse of New Haven and William Britton charging them with fraud. Morse is a we'll known lawyer. THE NEWS told several months ago of the previous suit between the lime company and Brltton. In Superior court at Winsted Satur- days charge of fraud was made. In bringing the case the New England Lime Co. has in reality asked for new trial of case in which judgement was granted to Britton last April for $500, which the lime company is now trying to recover, remarks the Citizen. Britton formerly worked for E. E. Nettleton of Bridgeport and had overdrawn their ao- count $1 100. Nettleton allowed him to settle for $550 by his turning over some personal property. including horses, wagons, etc., Britton giving Nettleton, it is alleged, a bill of sale for the same. The lime company. through it's agent, J. Welcome Wheeler, bought the property of Nettleton and Wheeler, jointly, pay ing Nettleton $550 and agreeing to pay Wheeler whatever the property would bring above that when it was sold. It is now alleged that Britton sold the same property that he had already I turned over to Nettleton and had been bought by the lime company to the lime company, so that he was getting pay for it twice and the lime company had bought and paid for it twice. AS stated above, Britton got judgement for $500 last April against the lime company. Later, when Wheeler was arrested for for selling the property to them, it came out at the trial that Britton had already given a bill of sale of the property to Nettleton when he sold it to the lime
  Morse. after the judgment in April, had seen Wheeler and told him to keep quiet about it. that an agreement had been made to pay Wheeler one-half of the judgment or $500. Upon learning these facts the case against Wheeler was nolled and the new cases against Britton and Lawyer Morse instituted. In court Saturday MT. Morse said the complaint ought to state specifically how he and his client had committed acts of fraud and in what he had misrepre- sented knowingly and in what he had procured false testimony in the former case. He said that it was a serious charge to make, that he had obtained the judgment for his client fraudu- lently. J. c. Roraback, for the lime company, said that Britton had received judgment for property that he had sold to the lime company when he had pre- viously given bill of sale to Nettleton nd hot rI& IoI