The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-06
Fairfield County News.
Automobile News.


 At the Danbury fair grounds. Sun day, Fred Claus auto. a. five passeng- CT steam car, caught fire as it was standing unoccupied, but an extin- guisher was used and saved the ,car. r, At Greenwich. Sunday evening, near the Town Hall. and went into an office nearby. When he did not find the car where he left it. he noti- fled the police. Harry Allen started miles beyond Bedford he found the car. at the side of the road. Then he found a farmer who had seen the man with the car. The farmer loaned him a pistol. and they waited for the thief to return. He came along soon. and explained that he had been looking for gasoline. When it was apparent that his theft was known. the man started to run Allen fired at him. and he dropped an automobile coat. A which he had been carrying on his arm. Allen pursued. in his automo- bile. but lost trace of the man in the bushes.
 Chauffeur Fined $25. Oscar Hamilton of Riverside won New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad train Wednesday. in a race from Coscob to New Rochelle. Mr. Hamilton caught the train he was after. and then the New Rochelle po- lice caught his chauffeur, Lester Hay. The latter was fined $25.
 Serious Charges.
 Mrs. Lottie A Comstock has again brought suit against W. W. Comstock, of South Norwallz. for divorce. The plaintiff claims that the defendant. on divers days between April 8, 1908. and September. 1909. committed adultery. and that between May 1. 1899, and he dafQ mt guilty of intolerable cruelty to the plaintiff. The plaintiff claims. first, divorce and lastly, alimony.
 Harbormaster at Stamford.
 Edward B.. Palmer of Stamford has been appointed harbor master of Stamford by Governor Weeks, for three years from October 22.
 Struck By Train.
 John Valuscco an employe of the poration at Danbury was found un- conscious on the tracks of the rail- road Sunday evening and died with out regaining consciousness. He was lying close to the rails in such a posi- ton that he probably would have been mangled had a train passed before he was found. The mans side had been crushed in and the ribs fractured. Later developments indicated that the fractured ribs had penetrated one of
 
 Valuscco had been walking and failed to step far enough away from a train and was struck by the side or steps of a car.
 Burglars at Stamford.
 Burglars operated successfully at the residence of O. G. Fessenden. in Stam- ford, Saturday night. and at the resi- dence of Harry F.. Stockwell. In the Stockwell house, they missed a big haul of jewelry and silver. presumably because they were frightened away by the arrival of the maid, a Polish girl. A box of spoons and some desk silver are missing. There was no one in the Fessenden house when the burglars jffnmied an entrance through a win dow. The. list of missing articles in cuff buttons. four gold shirt studs. silver watch chain. a gold watch fob, pieces from a. silver manicure set and a jewel case.
 Bedding Man Robbed.
 John Kelley, a Redding farm hand, appeared at the Danbury police sta ton Sunday night with a story of as- sault and robbery. Kelley said he was not well acquainted with the city and when he started /to walk to Bedding he went in the wrong direction. He was trying to get his bearing when peared And safdted him with Hello John.' sI said 'hello,'" said Kelley, in telling his story, "and then one of the men caught me by the throat and pulled me over backward and while I was down another of the fellows push ed a gag in-o my mouth. They went through all my pockets and took all the money had. a dollar and seventy five cents When they were through with me one said Let's tie his hands and throw him in the river I begged and after a little they said they would let me go this time. and then they all ran away"
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