The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-20
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Bedding. Oct 20.-A proposition is afoot for a recount of the votes cast Ut the recent local election but wheth-
 sr petition to secure one shall De
 brought to the Superior Court re- mains undecided. Should a. recount
 effect a change in the result as off
 rially declared the only candidate likely to benefit thereby is E. A. P1nko and that for Walter E. Rowland, h1s nearest competitor, 99. The move
 ment for a recount was not started by MT Pinkney, but by two or three lea ding citizens who think there may have been errors to his disadvantage
 When the counters first went oyer the ballots the correctness or the ngv E. Charles Sanford, Democratic cand1- date for first selectmAn, and he ask ed that the ballots be counted sec nnd time. This was done with the result that MT. Sanford was credited with g more votes than on the nrst second and that result became the official declaration The second ana. third counts were made solely by B. R IsnBgpdfS Bgp A5RnSaRaE te 6theF fof cGSanterse tp lslngs no s4pasrt E. elp them NEither did they seek to do-- w hether their non pa anticipation would, Tn the. opinion of the court, furnish sufficient reason for ordering recount IS OF course a matter of conjecture. There is however another reason which might be advanced in the petition. 1T13e baiIo+s on which the Democratic column had been marked in the cir cle at the top gave MT. Pinkney live votes whereas at least nine Demo crats say and are doubtless willing to make oath that they voted for PInkney, although voting for the Democratic candidates in general Unless four of these nine ballots were among those thrown out it would ap-L tied with all the votes which belong ed to him. A decision in the matter of seeking an order from the court for a recount will probably be reach CT of those agitating the matter is J. Moss Ives of Danbury.
 The New York residence of Com modore Lutgen at 6S0 West End ave nue. was entered by a burglar about B. o'clock last Thursday morning Michael Mccormack, an ex-policeman who is employed by MT. Luttgen as a watchnnan for the premises, heard the noise made by the intruder and covered him with a revolver You've got me dead to rights said the visit or, raising his hands above his head, ssgo ahead and shoot. McCormack did not shoot, but turned his prisoner over to the police. The man said he was Gilbert Puckert, aged 34. He served several terms. A feature of the case not mentioned in the reports of the New York papers is the sup posed complicity in the affair of Com modorezLuttgen butler whom he had recently hired without looking up his references. ''Ill get even with him for putting me up to thiS, was one of the remarks made by Pickert. It is supposed that this remark referred to the butler as the latter, upon be- ing told in the morning of what had occurred, quickly disappeared. It is also supposed that Pickert, following a common rule among professional :crininals. did not betray his accom- ;plice to the police because he prefer red to seek satisfaction by more di- rect methods. Some time will prob ably. elapse before he is at liberty to do this as he is held for trial in $2,00O bail.
 With the aid of Accountant sou1e the Selectmen last Friday partly made up the list of taxes due on the list of 1907 and back to 1885, They abat- military taxes rescinded and also small number of liens. The list, as far as completed, has been turned over to Collector Duncan who is sending out bills to the debtors. The review work will be finished next week.
 Humane Agent Wraner is still feed ing the horse which figured in the M Muennich-Tarlov transaction. He wants to get the animal off his hands but is advised by the higher officers of the society to wait until it's own ersE1ip is JudiciaIIy determined. Months are likely to elapse before this happens and meanwhile the horses board bill mounts up. pupil at the Sanford school. died at his home in Brooklyn last week of 1 typhoid fever. He was q grandson 1 Of P. NJ. Brotherton of the Cetner.
 Miss Esther Waterman, owner of | the former Turney Sanford place in ! Pleasant Valley, returned last week
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