The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-12
MURDEROUS. ASSAILANT
 HELD IN $2,OOO BONDS
Rowifes In Stratford Attack Home And Drive Woman From House.
STAMFORD.
Special to The Farmer.>

Stratford, Nov. 411-Janes Necheld,
 well known contractor living on
 inch, last night, at Il o'clock when
 Antonio PagOna, aged B, shot -32
 ca,libre revolver at him point blank.
 Pagona. entered the saloon conducted
 about g o'clock last night and lounged
 about the place apparently waiting for
 some one. He was not known in the
 place and there was nothing unusual
 about him which would attract atten-
 ton. An hour more later James
 Neeho1 entered the place and bought
 Half an hour later Pagona walked up
 to NechoI and said, q have got it in
 for you a year" and producing re-
 voIver he fired point blank at Nechol,
 one cartridge exploded and the ball
 passed close to Nechol. ploughfng a
 stood about six feet from Nechol when
 he fired. The ball passed between
 Nechol and another man to whom he
 was talking and who stood next to
 the bar at the shot and threw Pagona
 t5 the floor. Others in the place,
 Joined in the melee, taking the pistol
 from Pagona and pounding up the
 wolsld-be murderer who fought fierce
 ly. Pagona. broke away from his cap-
 tors and escape6sfr from the saloon The
 Center was notified by telephone and
 State Policeman Rowe Wheeler and
 Fire Chief Judson were taken to Avon
 Park lby George O. Lines in his auto
 mobile. The woods in the vicinity Ll3y 3y1. of
 and a number Of volunteers. Pagona
 had disappeared.
 The stopping of a trolley car on
 Sstratford avenue gave the officers clue. The car was followed and over
 taken at Union avenue. Pagona was
 inside, hatless and carrying his coat cuts and bruises administered in the saloon The car was stopped and the officers arrested Pagona- The prfs-
 oner was brought to the lookup and watched during the night This morn ing he denied all knowledge of the af- fair and asserted that he had no re- facts as stated above were established by the testimony. Attorney Ivan Morehouse prosecuted. him before Judge Charles H. Peck, who bound in the sum of $2s000 on a charge of as- sauIt with intent to kill. The only
 motive for the crime appears in the fact that a year ago Nechol took State PoIuicernan Antonio Fellows and Pagona, whom the the former had ar rested in the Center, in his wagon. for SO days. Nechol had forgotten the occurrence and did not recognize Pagona as the man who was arrest ed at that time. About year ago a valuable horse owned by NechoI was stabbed in several places and perma- nent1y injured. Necho1 says that he believes that JneG6 IS an OISanlZ00 plan to injure him and that he cannot account for it as he has no Knowledge of having injured anyone to an extent that would instigate any such re- venge.
 Charles C9ary, IS, of Bunnell street. and Joseph Rose, 19, of 1270 Seavfew avenue, two of a gang of six young men who appeared on the railroad track near St MichaeIs cemetery at 6 o'clock last night, were fined H and costs by Judge Charles HI Peck in charges of drunkenness, abusive lam guage and breach of the peace They were held in bonds of $50 on an appeal The gang attempted to break into the home of E. c. Wood on Stratford ave- nue and frightened Mrs. Wood, who was at home alone at the time. Mrs. Wood testified that the gang made efforts to break in the door and that their language and actions were beyond description. Mrs. Wood ed from the front door as trolley car passed. She begged the motor 1 man to take her to her husband who was at work at the Aluminium casting | shop. The rowdies saw the woman l b bard the car and followed. They | arrived at the shop while the woman | was breath1essly telling her story 1 pickets taken from fences on the route l and they dared the whole shop to come l out and fight The he en4 empl9yes tf3e a of the and they fled. Clary and Rose were ca blurred with the assistance of the | lights on the automobiles standing at l inc door, Constable Simon, aided by 1 supt J. W. Frantz and others, made The arrests. The other four made 1 their escape in theA darkness. The prisoners accompanied the officers peaceably until the Center was reach ed. when Rose broke out in a tirade against the officers. They were brought to the lookup in Supt F'rantz' motor car The prisoners are mem oers of the toughest gang which visits and it is alleged that the affair of last night is not the first lime they have attempted to break in to houses and terrify women in the of Avon Park The people ,f the vicinity who attended the trial 1 and the officers were of the opinion that the punishment was altogether -oo light for tbe nffense