The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-26
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 .westport, June z2e e.--f] f]aarged9s 9swath
 criminal assault upon As*sNefyeo year
 old girl, Christopher BaneoM a8ed 6s
 years, was bound over to the nexe
 term Of the Criminal Superior Court
 bys Justice Morton yesterday gnofm-
 ing~ Benson pleaded not guilty to
 the offense but the evidence of tile
 young girl and an eye witnese was 50
 ifsfess si3s Bensnii. Judge Mof- tom IT F ' Der revoltine nature of the Eyaf q s6e1d court. in chambefs. Benson ib a lArried man, his family
 sfri is s New Forker | stopping M with a
 local family for the past several
 x john0sheridan of westport and
 BddgaPort was fined $3 and costs of
 $27.76 in< Judge Morton's court yes terday morning for the theft of fifty John Muthaney on May 20. Sheridan took appeal but when sa1e learned that bonds in his case would beA $1Oo, |srhich he could not furnish, and that he would haze to 50 to 5ail to await mon Pleas court he decided, not to appeal but to work the fine and costs out at the. jail in. Bridgeport. Sherf- dan'6 companion in the theft. William Gould was caught after the theft and fined $5 and costs. Sheridan has been keeping under cover in Bridge ed last Sunday through clever work on the part of Constable Mills. The first. witness called in the case was John Muihaney. from whom the eels were stolen. 5- He testified that after catching the eels he placed them. in tuck liver. There were between 90 and 75 pounds of the cells in his car on May 18 but they were gone Aon May 90. Hiram Sheppard, Of Sa.Mga- tuck told the court that in the early morning of May 20 he saw Gould
 he recognized as belonging to Mulhan- ey, into their boat In his owp be- helf Sheridan tried to prove an alibi, stating that he was with Gould upstiA III o'clock the night before the theft after which he went to tho railrOad depot staying fhere until 5 o'clock in the evidence of Gould before him that Sheridan was his companion at the time of the. theft, found the ac- cused guilty and imposed fine. It was here that Sheridan took appeal. Learning that the man could not fur- nish q bond of 4100 and would have to langiish> in Jail until. September for a new trial. when he might Just as we'll accept the present penalty, Justice Morton suggested that when I the case would again come to trial the state would have much stronger
 evidence to pfesent against the ac- |icused. As Mnlhaney had stated that the offense Of May 20 was not the E first theft and as cars of other owners had been robbed at various times
 Justice Morton said, This matter; has
 gone justs a little too far. it's time
 Something wase done. |. yt, x Jn r n [, q. t,,cir sr1.nr,l hoe h.es,.
 sawarded, the .prize of $10 by the Wo-
 men s, Town Improvement Association for: making the best advances in im-
 proving school .property during the past year. The Staples High School
 secured s,. the Erl4e Sf s1e o. Tor the % best sangatuck schools split the prize of |$1e> for the best Interior improve ments. Poplar Plains was awarded
 the second prize. $9,. for improve ment in school property. Others
 followed; third. staPles, g. H saish, ts, ss; Saugatuck, $8;; sixth. Cro1s Highway. $5; seventh, Greens Farms $4; and eighth, West Long Lots, $3.
 There are advertised letters at the Westport postoffice for Mrs Nellie Clark, Miss Sarah Edwards Charles Shannon, Robert. Waksnaan, Albert w. FoT1 and Miss Ella sRoberts.S
 The All-Stars, a nifty team of young men gotten together bys Consta ble AL len will contest wlth the yEhiting Mfg. Co. team of, RridEApert at the .Connpo grounds. July A. atg9.: 30. o'clock.
 MT. and Mrs. Darwin Bourger are rejoicing over tie arrival of a
 The Junior Christian Endeavor ,so- ciety of the Greens Farms church will hold their consecration meeting and social at Compo Beach Saturday June 29. k,s A son was born Friday to MT. and Mrs. Chauncey Allen at their home in Ha&t Main street. Itsa .sthe ninth stranger to be added to the fold.
 The annual supper and sale of the CongregatiOnaF church will be held on the church lawn this evening A pleasant evening is assured all those who attend. 4 ,,sssssssE
 Mrs .Lela Love, wife of Wiley Love, a farmer living near Covena, Ga. eays: .'I have talk en Foley Kidney Pills and find them to be- all you claim for them They gave me almost instan: relief when my kidneys were sluggish and inactive. can cl1eerfully recom- mend them to all sufferers from kid-