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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-17
Spencer Nervous
As MBless5s s!en
Of His Insanity
fspecial from United. Press


Springfield. Mass. Nov. 17.-Con-
tinuing its efforts to show that the
prisoner il insane. the defense in the
trfal Of Bertram G. Spencer, for the
murder Of Miss Martha Blackstone
resumed the examination Of its wit.
nesses, this morning, with the proba-
bility that Wilbur L. L. Spencer, faith
er of Bertram and whose inhuman
punishment Of his son was related by
Mrs. Spencer, yesterday, will take the
stand. today. The story of the cruel
" of this father as told by his wife
on the sand sounded like a tale ol
the middle ages. And yet, the faith
er, who admitted, today, that his sor
hates him, win immediate himself or
the witness stand to save from the
electric chair the victim of his crue
~ viii prove" said Spencer, Sr.
s4that my sons grandparents on both
sides were insane and that insanity
has been transmitted to the son from
Mrs. Norman e. Pultz, sister of the
defendant, was the first witness
called, this morning. She teetifiej
that, while she was playing the piano
I'm Spencer's home about 2years ago
Spencer suddenly jumped up anc
sane attack Spencer made on a man
because the latter would not let him
have q boat to use on the river.
T-Other relatives and acquaintance
OF the defendant united in testifyins
that his actions had been strange on
many occasions.
The defendant was greatly pertub-
ed in the sitting, today. His face
was haegard and worn following q
restless light and he seemed to face
the ordeal Of today with less cour.
age than on any previous occasion
during the trial. His wife used her
influence to keep him quiet The
urisoner's eyes had a wild stare wher
disturbed and he muttered frequent
protests to those by his side when
anything occurred that was unusual
Much OF the time the prisoner sat
with bowed head as though payfns
little attention to what was going on
Toward the close of the morning
session. Mrs. Elizabeth Krailing
grandmother of the defendant, was
called to the stand. There was many
. moist eye in the courtroom as, frai
and feeble. this aged relative walked
to the witness chair to take her place
in the ranks Of the army fighting for
the slayer's life. Her testimony was
merely cummulative of that of the
other which featured the morning
session, detailing outbreaks Of temper
by young Spencer.
The Spencer trial will prove the
most costly one that Hampden Coun-
ty has had to settle for. The county
has to stand the expenses of botf
Of the great number of witnesses. ex-
pert and otherwise, summoned. the to-
tai expense to the county will be In
excess of $40 900.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-17
THE PRICE OF GAS
IN SPRINGFIELD, MASS,
AND IN BRIDGEPORT

The Springfield Gas Light Company
runs a large advertisement i'm tho
Springfield Union, of yesterday, the
burden of which is as fOlows:-
''ThuS it is that in the infancy of
the industry gas was sold for five and
six dollars a thousand cubic feet
while today. with both the commodity
and the service perfected, the price
i'm Springfield is but-EIGHTY-F FIVE
CENTS. NET"
to be SI net, though gas is sold in
not a few cities under IS cents at q
prot to the makers.
The last report of the Springfield
Gas Light Company to the Board OF
Gas and Electric Light Commissions
ers OF Massachusetts, shows that the
company had an income for the year
from gas ami residuals of $484,54s
of which S14S,769 was charged to
profit account.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-17
SLEUTH SENATOR
BOLDLY BOARDS
BUCCkNEER BRIG
Coal Pirates A tempt to Make
Archibald Mcneil Jr. "Walk
the Plank
Fci'ed When He Draws Pre-
tended PiStO.-"ii. ateS"
S. ntenced in City
COu,t

''The Pirate flag was at the mast,
The bonny wind blew free;
The captain bold on the Old King
Coal
Shifted at the raging sea-.
'What'n we do with him, boys? he
asked
While the cold salt spray blew dank
And Sen Mcneil, bound head and heel
Was forced to walk the plank"
Tales of the Jolly Roger.
Senator Archibald Mcneil, Jr., came
near filing a watery grave last night
in one of the most unpleasant por-
tions. of Bridgeport harbor when the
Senator in company with Policemen
John Barton and James Walker
and grappled with the husky crew
While the two officers were subdufns
the rovers in the cabin, Senator Nc
Neil was pounced upon by others out
side.
''What'n we do with him. boys?'
rang out the well known pirate wal
cry in the still night air.
''Give him the rahsberry," came the
sturdy answer.
Sem McNeiPs captors were just
about to tumble him over the side,
when he flashed his pocket knife from
his pocket, pointed it at his captors,
and sang out:
DrOp me OF LII SQOOC.
The "bluff'' worked like a charm and
they dropped the Senator,-but in the
boat, not in the perfumed waters OF
the harbor. When the battle was
over, John Long, captain of the sloop;
John Noland, mate; and Albert Darn
of 391 Main street, local oysterman.
were placed under arrest on the charge
of theft and assault.
In the city court this morning Long
was sentenced to pay a fine of SIC
and costs and spend 80 days in jail,
for breach of the peace, theft, and
resistance. Albert Darn appealed
from a sentence of 20 days in Jail for
theft. The other was released.
Local coal men have long been fight
ing coal thieves, who sell coal from
the barges of which they are in
charge. Senator Mcneil lasts night
received a '.tip'' that sloop was
drawn up alongside the barge Balloon
near the Nauga tuck dock, and that
coal was being sold. He summoned
the police and they secured a motor
boat and went out to the barge with
the result stated. A Anumber of bags
of coal were found in the pit of Darn's
sloop which was drawn up alongside
the barge.
All the local coal dealers are joined
together in lighting the coal pirates,
through whom they lose thousands of
dollars annually.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-17
Three Resued,
Frozen Stiff in
Open Motorboa'
Especial from United Prees.) }

Especial from United Press.
faces, hands and feet frozen and COM
pletely exhausted after a 13 hour
struggle against a terrible sea In a
35 foot open motorboat. Captain Frank
A. Raymond, 35. Plymouth, Alexander
Stevenson, 30, North Plymouth and
Albert Thomas. 18. Middleboro, were
brought here, today, by Captain Au-
gustus Rogers and his lifeboat crew
from the Monomet station.
The three men started out, yester-
day morning, against advice of friends
in the face of a gale. Raymond told,
today, how, with propeller sdisabled
and anchor dragging, they went drift
ing toward certain death on the
Iedges off shore hwen rescued, just
before midnight. Stevenson and
Thomas are in critical condition.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-17
Bishop Milan
Assigns Priests

Bishop ]. J. Milan of the diocese
of Hartford announces the following
assignment of priests:
Rev. William A. Fitzgerald, from
ST. Francis church. Naugatuck: to
Sacred Heart. New Haven, assistant }
Rev. Micha el j. Regan from Sacred
Heart church. New Haven to Holy
Trinity church, Wallingford, assist
anti
Rev. Edward Morrison to St Fran
cis' church, Naugatuck (assistant0
Rev. Francis Wladasz to Sacred
Heart church, New Britain, (assitant.) }
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-17
Fox Fails To
Identify Man
Held In Winsled
Especial from United Press.

Wiusted. Nov. 17.-Detective Fox.
Of the Bridgeport police department,
this afternoon, failed to identify Vim
cenzo Traino. arrested for drunken
ness. last night, as Antonio Esposito,
who 10 wanted in the Park City, for
murder. Traino was given 10 days
IN jail and during his term will be
viewed by other Bridgeport officers.
Fox does not believe the prisoner is
Esposito. The latter is described as
being ptgeon-toed which Traino de-
c1dedly - not.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-17
Dr.. Atwood Keeps Up
Chambers Attack
On Com. LverIIl
Especial from United Press.)


New Haven, Nov. 17-Refusing to
down, DR.. Frank G. Atwood, Nemesis
of the State Domestic Animal Commits
sioner, came back today with an open
letter to the departments local agent,
alleging incompetence and careless
ness, and holding the State depart
ment, from Commissioner Averill
down, responsible for the prevalence
of g1anders around. the State
Commissioner H. o. Averill, of
Washington Center, on the other hand,
stated that persons having knowledge
or suspicion of glanders cases were
negligent in not reporting the case to
him. Averill said that every case re-
ported to his department was prompt
ly handled. He believed there was
less glanders today in New Haven,
Stamford, and Greenwich, where epi-
dennis have occurred, than six months
ago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-17
Two Local Couple
Wed Out Of Town

Returns from the REGISTRARS of vital
statistics in other cities received by
Town Clerk Thomas TO-DAY show that
Carl H. Brandt, carpenter of this
city and Miss Anna s. Quarford We're
united in marriage by the Rev. c. NJ.
Eebjorn of New Haven on Oct. 21; /;
and Frank Funkie a salesman of this
city and Miss Margaret Mcintosh, OF
West Haven, were married in the lat
ter place by Rev. Morgan Millar Of
this city, on Oct. 10. 81
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-17
BITTEN BY DOG; HENRY
HARRIS AWARDED 5000.

Henry Harris "a years old. who
sued George Welterlen of this city
for $500 damages because he was
bitten by Welterlen's dog, was award
ed $500 damages by a jury in the
court OF common pleas yecterday.
Harris said the animal knocked him
down and caused such injuries that
Harris hasn't been able to work
since. Welterlen claimed Harris
threw stones at the dag.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-17
DR.. J. W. Wright
Sells His Interest
IN Galen Hospital
Private INSTITUTION For Su-gica'
and Medical Treatment Pa Sc
Into Control of Virginia
Surgeon

The Galen Hospital, at 80 Myrtle
avenue, will pass under new manage
ment Jan. 1. DR.. j. w. Wright,
president of the corporation, and its
active manager and chief surgeon,
has sold his majority interest to DR..
w. A. Weadon, a Virginia surgeon.
The Galen was Incorporated in 1906
with capital of $4,000. f. Winthrop
Pyle, M. D., is secretary and treas
urer. Other well known medical men
OF, Bridgeport are among the stock
holders.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-17
G.r,,s Make Escape
In Moving Picture
Show Blaze TODAY
Especial from United Press.

Milwaukee, Nov. 17-Fire, which fol-
lowed an explosion in the storeroom
of the Western Film Company, in the
Enterprise building, gutted the fire
proof structure and seriously threat
ened nearby property for a time. Loss
$3.50, 600.
Over 5000 ree's of motion picture
Inns were destroyed. A score of girls
employed in a factory on the Bird floor
made thrilling escape through
smoke filled Railways and down a fire.
escape.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-17
ALDERMAN vols BUYS
JULIUS SEIFERT'S ClF.

man r. J. Voos, Jr., the liquor bus
mess. at 1640 Main street The con-
sideration is $1,000. The Alderman has
been employed with the Challenge Cut
lery Corporation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-17

New York-Ca simir Ilg, on trial for
murder, pleaded he was guilty of no
crime because he accidentally killed
Thomas Callan, II. while defending
himself from Charles Schultz. whom
he also killed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-17
B.l[DGEPORT SLAYER
MAY Be IN CUSTODY
CT WINSTED POLICE.
Man Answer. g Description of
Antonio Esposito is held
For Local Authorities

Appearance Tallies to Description Of
Young Man Who Cut Uncle's
Throat in This City October %, in
Quarrel Over Godfather of Unborn
Child-Local Authorities Hasten to
Winsted to Make Identification if
Possible.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-17

-CIassiBed" sds op ss-sae psxe -
this pap~r
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-17

-Classihed' ads on isslue page
This paper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-17

MERCHANTS-Priut your Wjnf1W
display cards with a set Of our sign
makers. Call and see o1r stock
All the latest styles. The schwer3-
tie Stamp Co., ~ Cannon ~.
Hf7d Sc
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-10

~ZHOS4OG very
near, followed by a dozen baby
screams and a dozen sharp reports.
while a flash of light Illuminated the
scene. Then it was realized that the
enemy wanted blood. 1t was a fuse
shell, something which no man could
dodge.
The advent of the fuse shell led to
the complete evacuation of the lower
part Of Charleston, and from that
time on until the Union anne in"
that portion Of the city was abandon
ed to the rabbits. the wild pigeons
and the bats. Work on the fortifca-
ton "bTeastwOTks' that had been
started in Meeting, near Queen
street, was abandoned, and although
Fort Sumter still held out. the fate
OF Charleston seemed settled.
when the cruel war was over"
thousands of condemned cannons,
that had seen service in boih the
Union and Confederate armies were
sold to the various iron fouudries
throughout the country. Great ship
ments Of these discarded trophies Of
war were purchased by Mr.. Charles
Carr. Of Trenton, New Jersey, and
the writer, then a reporter in that
city, frequently visited the foundry
to inspect those interesting relics.
Mr.. Carr had a contract with the gov
eminent to furnish iron work for the
present New York postof1ce, and for
a long time it vas g daily occurrence
to witness the passage Of great loads
OF melted cannon, which had been
converted into building material.
passing through the streets.
Among the millions of tons Of
condemned ordnance which Mr.. Carr
purchased was the celebrated
Swamp Angel" which was singled
out for preservation. It was present.
ed TO the city of Trenton by Mr.. Carr.
and it rests today upon a beautiful
pedestal at the junction of Clinton
and Perry streets in that CITY. Thou
sands of people from all parts of the
world have gone there to inspect it.
Grave on Staten Island.
On a sloptng embankment, close to
the roadside, in the cemetery al Ross
vile, Staten Island, stands a modest,
beautiful monument, marking the
grave of General Edward w. Serrell.
1t bears the following inscription:
In memory of General Edward
w. Serrell, Colonel First New York
Engineers. Born November 5. 1928.
Died April 25, 1908. BY his COM
rades."
On the side Of the monument are
these words; Jane Pound Serrell,
wife of Edward w, Serrell; born
September "a, 1924; died August,
1898.
On the reverse side: Department
OF the South, Army of the James;
1SS1-1SS5. On the opposite side is
engraved the badge of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
At the foot of the grave is a large
bronze G. A. R. emblem. placed there
by the members of Lafayette Post,
No. 140, OF Brooklyn.
General Serrell, it will be remem-
bered. was confined in the Smith In
tirmary a short time before his death,
but was removed to a hospital on
Manhattan Island, where he died.
The gallant men whom he led viii
ever honor his memory.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-10

Charleston had abundant time to
study the peculisrities of the percus-
sion Parrot shell. The shell, OF
course, could only be exploded when
it came IL contact with a hard sur
face, and was. therefore, only danger
Gus under these conditions. In nine
cases out Of ten a percussion shell
that struck a wooden building simply
buried itself In the earth and remain
ed there. The only danger to life or
limb, therefore, was in being struck
by the shell on its passage, and most
people soon learned TO avoid this.
In 1864 there was a startling
change in the condition of things. By
this time those who were compelled
TO remain in the city had become
used to the Swamp Angel. Up to
this time not more than two or three
people had been killed, nOtwith-
standing the fact that fully five thou
sand had been almost constantly IN
der fire, to say nothing of tho ex-
pOsure Of the fremen, who, besides
doing military duty at night along
the water front, were called upon
frequently to subdue the flames in
the shelled district. On the night of
September 2, 1854, A building was
fired in the lower wards. The alarm
was sounded and in five minutes the
engines we're on their way to the
scene of the confagration.
The boom of the alarm bell and
the bright glare Of the fire Invariably
caused the Swamp Angels to wake up
and redouble their attentions to the
sHOrmc6 riTy An nuufup thn
Phoenix, was on its way to the fire,
dragged by a dozen or more men. In
Hayne street an obstacle was met. A
messenger from the Swamp Angel
plunged into the earth Directly III
front Of the men, and making a hole
six feet wide and as many feet deep.
buried itself in the ground A half
dozen men We're precipitatcd into the
excavation, and the engine, "Old
Betsy" followed suit. The shell did
not explode, however, and beyond
several painful bruises nobody was
hurt.
Advent Of the Puse Shell.
While the men were getting the
dust out of their eyes and trying to
lift "Old Betsy" the boom" which
signifed the advent of another mes
senger from the Swamp Angel was
heard. Then every one stood still
and listened. A few seconds after
the boom came the peculiar and ex-
c%ruciating whistle" which marked
the passage Of the messenger
through the air. The whistle was
not familiar Thsr- ascrib-
able something f9pportunlty Is.
- -Es-~-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-10

% FTuOehce OrAno&fs
Canterbury, Conn, Aug. 10. Tho
state of Connecticut will erect a monu-
ment here to Prudence Crandah, who,
before the eivl war. founded a school
for negro children and was a leader
In aiding slaves TO freedom by the up,
foreground route.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-10

As a rule you would not expect to find a census
of the United States In IA dictionary, but that is one
of the important and distinctive features of Web
ster's New Standard Dictionary (Hlustrated),
which Is being distributed to the amount of sev-
eral thousand copies per day among our readers
who have clipped six coupons from the columns of
The JEWS. This new census is of great impor-
sounties and States is truly remarkable, and is of
vital Importance to every man, woman and child
who would know of the wonderful progress of this
our native land.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-10

The accuracy which the Swamp
Angel gunners attained was remark
able. On n occasion the buildings
on Browns wharf were fired during
the day, The fire department was
promptly on the spot and set to work
TO extinguish the flames. The build
ing was on the water front, and the
dense columns OF smoke offered a
splendid target to General Gillmore's
marksmen. There are perhaps a
dozen men in Charleston today who
will recall the incident. and who will
testify to the fact that during the
progress of that fire at least three
shells were thrown into the burning
building. The accuracy with which
the Swamp Angel guns were fired, in
fact, gave color TO the statement sub
sequently made that the gunners In
~tentionally refrained from firing at
ST. MIchael's steeple, which was
never hit during the entire two years
of the bombardment.
Percussion shells were used by the
Swamp Angel gunners for W a
year. During this time the people of
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-29
ANOTHER MASONIC FUNC-
TON.

Last week we called attention
to the Masonic ceremony at the
cornerstone laying Of the federal
building in Austin, Mimi, and
characterized it as an unwarranted
assumption Of authority on the
part of the Grand Masonic Lodge
Of Minnesota.
A similar offence against the
constitutional provisions Of the
United States took place last Tues
day at DEBORAH, Iowa. The cor
nerstone of the new post office was
laid by the Masons under the d.
rection of high officials CT the Or
der and in presence of many visit
ing brethren from different parts
Of the state. From the account
given in the press one would nat
urally think that this post office
was for the exclusive use Of the
Masons instead of being, as it
really is, a government building
paid for by public money and in
tended for the use Of the public,
irrespective Of religious affiliation.
The local Elks joined in the
celebration; and the parade which
preceded the ceremony was parti-
cipated in by the firemen, school
children and city officials In this
way, the city, as a whole, counte-
nanced this usurpation of author
ity by the Masons; and, no doubt,
the little children who were
pressed into service to grace a Ma
sonic event received the impress
sion that they were doing a patri-
otto thing, whereas, by associating
themselves with the Masonic body
in this ceremony, they were, in
reality, taking part in a religious
rite for which there can be no
official sanction on the part of the
United States Government.
We take it for granted that the
local Catholics, at least, registered
an energetic protest against their
exclusion from a purely civic func,
ton, in which they were entitled
by the constitution, to take as con.
4spicuous a part as any other body
of citizens. That they were not
given due recognition On this oc,
casion argues the usual lack OF
public-spirited fairness and respect
for the rights of others on the
part of the Masonic fraternity.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-29

other lines of work in order to
support themselves, declare that
the churches had to be closed be-
cause Of indifference to religious
matters" on the part of the laity.
What else can be expected of the
rank and file when the ministers
themselves have shown an utter
disregard for religious matters
if their sermons may be taken as
an index of what they believe?
One has only to read over the list
of subjects for the Sunday SER
mons in the non-Catholic churches
of any large city to realize how far
from the Gospel these preachers
have wandered. Their people
would not be indifferent to ere
ligious matters if they received
any real religious instruction. But
they are beginning to tire of the
unsubstantial husks Of so-called
religion with which they are re-
called Sunday after Sunday from
their pulpits. The empty pew is
the natural consequence of the
striving after novelty which too
often disgraces non-Catholic serv-
iooc
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-29
RESPECT FOR THE HOLY
FATHER.

Even in Rome the defamers Of
the Holy Father are not given free
scope for their vile insults. There
is limit beyond which the worst
atheist dare not go. This was
shown by an incident which occur
red last week in the Italian Senate.
Dom Romulo Murri, the ex-priest,
in the course Of a speech in which
he urged further state interven-
ton in the affairs of the Church,
was applauded by the Socialists
and listened to by the other sena-
tors, but when he began to hurl in
suit at the sacred person of the
Holy Father there arose such a
storm Of protest that not a word of
his speech could be heard. He had,
at length, to resume his seat. Even
the most anti-religious papers did
not dare to report his speech; and
his uncalled-for attack on the
hottest figure in christendom has
destroyed whatever influence his
undoubted eloquence had gained
for him.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-29
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE.
A PENETRATING SIN.

The world forgets, some Of our own
people forget, that drunkenness is
sin; that 1t is an enemy of God. There
is no slavery that sin can place upon
man so degrading as the slavery OF
drink. Bad as man il, sin has never
entered into his nature SO as to be-
come an inseparable part of 1t. BY
the grace of repentance he can always
shake off sin and cast it out from his
soul, but this sin of drunkenness, as
you know, almost becomes part Of his
nature, 1t enters his very blood, his
very brain, affects the thoughts of his
mind, the acts of his will, the very
members of his body; it becomes al
most as much a part of him as the
original sin in which he was born. 1t
Is most difficult habit to root out, as
the continued excess eats away and
destroys SO much of the nerve and
brain that there is scarcely neral and
intellectual power sufficient left to
make that strong resolution which is
necessary for the overcoming of the
habit But all may recover as long as
reason lies behind prayer and the
grace of God.
Bishop CGneDin.