The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-18
Southport
HECTOR DUNSMORE
 GETS JAIL SENTENCE.
Abused His Mother and Refused to WOrk-Is Given Chance to Sober Up and Spend Christmas in
 County Jail.
Special to The Farmer,

(Specaai to The Farmer.)
 Southport, Nov. 1s-Hector Duns- more, of this town, was arrested yes terday morning by Deputy Sheriff H. $. Elwood and Constable William Bulkley, after a long run for their man. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Dunsmore yesterday on a complaint of Mrs. Mary Dunsmore, mother of the accused.
 Deputy Sheriff Elwood with Consta- oie BuIkley came here yesterday nom ing to arrest Dunsmore, but when the accused saw the officers coming, he started on dead run down the street. The chase was on, the route of which was over stone walls, through corn fields, into brooks, and through blow ed fields. Bulkley and Elwood both shot their reyolvers into the air ex- pecting that their man would stop, but he only increased his speed and flew as though he had murdered someone. Dunsmore finally fell, and before he had time to get to his feet Constable Bulkley was at his side and placed him under arrest
 In court yesterday afternoon, which was held before Justice Bacon Wake man, Mrs. Mary Dunsmore, mother of the accused, told the court that her boy was no good and he would not work. She said that he was always intoxicated and when he would come home he would abuse her. She also said that when he was sober there wasn't a better boy in the country, but the accused guilty of abusive lan- guage and intoxication. He was fined 8 and costs on each count and sentenced to 10 days in jail. The costs were $19.7S. He was unable to pay the fine so will have to serve about 36 days.
 Patrick Morehouse of Greenfield Hil, spent yesterday in town.
 Charles B. Jel;iff has returned home from visit in Brooklyn.
 John Conway has hauled his motor boat out of the water for the win
 Joseph Thorpe of Boston, is spend ing few days with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Dilazon Thorpe.
 Gas is being installed in the h. use of c. c. Chambers, on Pequot ave- nue:
 Dr.aJ. L. Hetzel is noticed driving a new Pope Hartford car about the streets.
 Mrs. William Taylor and daughters, Marjorie and Edith, are visiting in New York.
 Peter Collins has accepted a posi- tion with the Charles Mills livery sta- bles.
 Arthur Brown is preparing to take a week off and will try his luck at hunt ing, next week.
 The Southport members of the working hard to make the coming show a success. There are many mem bers in this town.
 The ladies of the Congregational Church are getting ready for their an- nual turkey supper which is to be held in the church parlors on next Thurs 1 day evening. This is always a good ! time and large crowd is expected to be present.
 It has been noticed that in the past ! few days there has been a large l crowd of school children who go to the library after school hours to read l books. This is good idea and the | teachers must have been giving a bit | of advice to the young folks.
 Howard Taylor, who for the past year has been in the employ of W. Fl. | Jennings, the grocer. has resigned.
 John Connors, employed as travel | ing salesman for large wholesale l firm in Ohio, is making a brief visit i with his parents.
 John W. Larson, the soda boy for l L. B. Switzer, last summer, is now l working for L.. c. Billings, the local | painter.
 The local Mems Club, organized by hcF. II. U. ddtCus AeiU US IlFSC meet ing last evening in the chapel of the | Trinity Church. There were about | fifty present, and all voted it a suc- cess all the way through There was l plenty of good tobacco to smoke for | the smokers, and the address given by | Mr. Monroe on Rebel Prisons was | enjoyed to the utmost To wind up | the evening an excellent lunch was | served.
 Ike Banks has rented w. c. Jen- nings' bicycle shop this winter to carry on first class pool and bill | Hard parlor.
 During the winter the local school will be through for the day at 3:15. | This was brought about by not hav-