The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-11
Fairfield County News
Auto Accidents

| A large automobile truck loaded with household goods and bound from twenty-five foot embankment at Greenwich Friday, landing bottom side up with its driver. Clifford Soden underneath. The truck was half way up Puts Hill when under the ight of it's load it began to slip backwards l Soden applied the brakes but they back down the decline. It became l unmanageable and ran into a stone wall breaking through this and top bling down the. bank.
 A large limousine car owned by Judge James F. Walsh was badly damaged at Greenwich, Friday. fn collision with an auto owned by Geo. Rowland. The fact that no one was seriously injured is regarded as most fortunate Judge and Mrs. Walsh accompanied by a friend, were their car came out of Brookside Drive and crashed into them.
 Postmaster Jessup Reappointed.
 Among the nominations of postrnas- ters sent to the Senate recently by President Taft was that of Nelson R. Jessup, Stamford. MT. Jessup's term expires this month.
 Voting Machines
 Norwall1 has voted to purchase vot- ing machines to be used at all ensu- Ing state and town elections.
 Cases in Bankruptcy
 Charles Francis Bates of Stamford, a matchmaker and jeweler, filed petition in bankruptcy and he made oath that he did not have the money are listed. at s1z.515S4 and of this amount $12,276.40 is unsecured As sets for creditors are listed at $3, 489. 90 and represent debts due on open ac- count
 Petitions to place the Colonial Col unn Manufa curing company of East Norwalk in the hands of a receiver f72T tle0r Ja6 1aTr hYeHrr which have claims aggregating 5000 or thereabouts Other claims are said to have been filed.
 Starvation and Exposure
 Hanford Smith. constable. was call ed to the home of Rev. George Benton Smith, in Darien last week, and was told that there was a man lying in face downward in the road, in a half was due to starvation and exhaus- ton. His name is Robert Kline. and he had travelled from California in drawing and painting, and, as side line, decorates windows. He tried to obtain work in New York, but failed, and. when his funds ran out, started to walk to New Haven. A ticket was provided to get him to New Haven Ror Re-survey of Stamford Harbor.
 Representative Hill has proposed in the House an amendment to the riv- CTS and harbors bill providing for a
 
 the army engineers, with a. view to determining the need for further work to maintain the 9-foot channel. During low water, sfaere has been trouble in the harbor because of ledge of rock in the channel.
 Touring Car Burned.
 A touring car owned by Ira B. Bliss, and valued at S900 was destroyed by fire in Glenbrook Friday afternoon. The car had been repaired, and Barry Sennewald and John Barrett, the men who had made the repairs, were test ing it. pipe which connected with the carburettor broke and the gaso- line caught fire. The car was de- stroyed. There was about $500 insur- ance.
 Drops Dead in Street.
 Henry S. Luer, was found dead in the roadway, within a short distance of his daughters home, in Greenwich Sunday. Medical Examiner Clarke pronounced death as being due to heart failure, but an autopsy will be held as there seemed mystery surround ing the case. A gold watch and chain vest pocket, well as a pocketbooiz containing about s40a. and many were led to believe that the old man was attacked by robbers, and, being sub from fright. There were no marks or bruises of any kind upon the body.
 Caught in Snare
 While Robert Williams was carting rom the WOOQS III w Saturday he discovered one of his fox terriers which had followed him, swinging by the neck from a snare some Iaw-breaker had set. The lit tie dog was nearly strangled when re- leased.
 Is Wild Deer in Herd.
 It has been a. well known fact for a long while that there are many deers in the Norwalks, but it was up to Samuel Waring, a South NorwaIk man. to discover the record number of deer at one tirne- MT. Waring saw IS deer ganabolins together Sunday in West Norwalk
 H. H. Hendley Disappears
 Herbert Fl. HendIey, of Danbury, bookkeeper at the factory of B. A. Mallory & Sons, disappeared Wednes- daY% afternoon. Nothing that might lead to the discovery of his where Rbouts or the cause of his disappear ance has developed since MT Hen alley was thirty years of age, married and was considered a man of high character. His health was apparently vigorous. His home life was pleas ant. An examination Of his books at the Mallory factory is said to have failed to bring to light any shortage suspicion. Hendley returned home