The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-01

smokes to this day. He is great lover of the Bible and generally he carries a Bible with him. He is slow in speech now and his hearing is faul- ty. Nor does he think so quickly as he usedNto. But he seems likely to i've many years.
 Disappeared From Westport. Nothing definite has been unearthed in the case of James Pierce Evans, Westport's young author wh on Wed nesday night disappeared leaving no clue whatever. At the time of his disappearance he had only two cents with him, as far as can be ascertain ed, and was dressed in knockabout clothes. < the time of his disappear snce he Wa: ,,rc<seI in black eh res eol GI:oy tToUaels, gray wooien sE |, i sray woolen sweater, brown coat and a gray soft alpine hat. He has brown eyes and curly brown hair, brushed back from the forehead, IS five feet, eight inches in height and of a slim build. The family has offer ed $1OO reward for any information In connection with the whereabouts of Evans.
 All Stores Closed.
 The Bethel stores that do business on Sundays, and were not previously notified in regard to closing their places of business on the Sabbath day, have since been complained against. Grand Juror W. T. Mason, to whom all of the complaints in the Sunday closing movement have been made, says: "When complaint came to me against any one for doing an il eg al Sunday business, I have gone to that one and warned them that second complaint might result in prosecu- ton ;rever in any instance have I used the powers of my office except as stat ed,. although under the law I might have done so and received my fees as reward. Thus you see I have put it up to the public as to whether the stores shall be closed or not
 Unconscious on Walk.
 Michael Hunt, of Danbury, proprie- tor of a plumbing business was found ying unconscious on a sidewalk Fri day morning. He had a deep scalp wound on the back of his head and bruises about the eyes and nose. Re- gaining consciousness, MT. Hunt told the police that he had been attacked by a group of men after they had de- manded his money He said that they secured what change he had, but that he held the bills in his hand and kept paper money that he had in his pos sessi ion.
 He says that he dealt many blows to his assailants and received several hard blows He does not know how he received the cut on the back oi his head. A broken whiskey bottle lay on the stoop of a house several feet from the point where he lay. The wound is believed to be one, which might have been inflicted with the bot tie. When he left his home MT. Hunt had about s90. At the police station s37 was found in his clothes MT. Hunt believes that most of the other S53 was sto'en from him.
 Killed by a Ladder.
 A ladder protruding from an auto mobile truck caused the upsettfng of another truck with ter men in it and resulted Thursday in the death of Flu gene Tompkins, foreman carpenter at Greenwich. Benjamin Acker, driv- ing the first truck, had stopped in the road, when the second vehicle appear ed. Acker started to turn, but decid- ed to straightenout and go ahead. In doing so the ladder swept into the windshield of the second truck and up- set it. Tompkins died on his way to the hospital. Two other workmen re- ceived painful injuries.