The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-01
E. II. DILLON r. co.
Litchfield County News
Sentenced to Prison.

Donald and Sherman Birdsall, the
Waterville boys who held up a troll
ley car bound from Watertown to
Waterbury on the night Of Decem Der
20 by placing ties on track, and then
relieved the conductor OF about $23,
while the other went through his pock-
cts, were brought before Judge Ben
nett in the Superior court at Winsted.
Thursday They pleaded guilty and
were sentenced to not less than two
years nor more than five years in
State prison. Donald Birdsall is II
years Of age and his brother is 10.
Litchfeld, refused to plead guilty to
a charge of stealing ten chickens,
maintaining that he took but six
Prosecutor Warner finally altered the
complaint and Mccarthy was sentenc-
ed to sixty days in JAIL
Peter Smith, aged 40 years, of
Lftchfield, was sentenced to ten
Woodward, aged % years, and Stan
ley Wellman, aged 20 years, both of
WATERFOWL, and charged with break
ing and entering, had sentence sus-
pended and were placed in charge of
the probation officer. Smith forged
the name of J. M. Whittlesey and w.
J. Hall of Litchfie'd to checks, and
WuCh al SSlCO III 1AoI Ilolo iIS 1ldu d
forged check bearing Mr.. Halls name
in his possession.
Five divorces were granted by Judge
Bennett, Friday, as follows: Myrtle M,
Lown of Lakeville, from Sidney r.
Lown of Bridgeport, on the ground of
desertion and intolerable cruelty; Jen-
ME E. Coffey of W:nsted, from Char
les F. Coffey Of Winsted, on the
ground of habitual intemperance; Mrs
Lulu Weldon, negress. of Winsted,
from Edward Perry Weldon of Corn
wall Bridge, on the ground Of deser-
ton; Alice E. Turner of Berlin, for
merly Of New Milford, from James
Turner, on the ground of habitual in
temperance; and Ella NJ Berg of
Winsted, formerly of Bristol from
Elmer F. Berg on the ground of de-
Sertion.
Judge Bennett appointed Attorney
H. F. Landon of Salisbury receiver fos
the Forbes Ore Mining Company of
Lakeville, and named Assessors Good
win and Reed Of Salisbury as apprais-
ers. The appointment was made upon
the application Of the Barnun Rich
ardson Company of Lime Rock, prin-
cipal owner of the mining company.
The mines of the Forbes COMPANY
have not been worked for six years OF
more, having been exhausted.
In the case of Angelina Fem OF
IefryVllle VS.. Clarence rem admin
istrator of the estate of Stephen Fem.
the jury returned verdict for Mrs
Fem to recover $1,5O0 and costs. The
action was for services rendered dur
ing a period of twelve years and dam
ages of $500 were asked.
Bond Issue F.oated.
The 100000 bond issue for rebuild
ing the Taft School in Watertown has
been successfully placed. The new
buildings, it is expected, will be ready
for occupancy in September, 1913. and
will give tn eschool a capacity of
go.
Adjudged Insane.
Ray Howard, the 16-year-old son of
Platt Howard of Torrington, who com
mitted an assault on his father on
Sunday morning, has been adjudged
insane and was taken to the State hos
pital at Norwich.
Gymnasium for Club.
The costly E.dridge gymnasium in
Norfolk has been leased by a group OF
New York people owning homes there
and will be fitted up for club pur-
poses. 1t is to be known as the Nor
folk Country Club. The gymnasium
was built some years ago by the Ell
bridge family and 1t has been open to
the use of the townspeople since as a
Tree 1t Is a handsome
brown stone building, containing an
assembly hall, shower baths and lock-
er rooms.
She Plead Guilty.
Mrs Ida Hallock, one of the wives
of Charles Ha,lock. who is now serv-
ing a sentence in New York State
prison for bigamy, was arrested in
Winsted, Tuesday afternoon, for for
gerry. It was claimed that she cashed
u money order for $50 last April by
forging the name of Mrs. Ida Hallock,
wife of George Halfock of Winstet1
She pleaded guilty when arraigned in
the United States court
Petition in Bankruptcy.
Arthur V. Z. Morgan, who conduct
ed tobacco and stationery store in
Winsted, has filed a petition in bank
ruptcy and made oath that he Gid
not have $50 to pay the filing fee. His
abb titles are listed at $271594 and
OF this amount s2,301.75 is unsecured
Assets for creditors are listed at ST.
$685.
Torrington Grand List
The report of the Torrington Board
of Relief as completed, is as follows:
Total grand list as received from the