The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-04
Fairfield County News.
westport's BIack-Hands


 Walter Eddy, of Westport. Is years old, who was apprehended while talk ing money secured by threats in the form of a black hand'' letter confess ed his guilt For weeks many resi~ dents of WeStport received letters in which they were requested to leave sums of money varying from S25 to S10O at designated spots wrappedg in salt bags, with the threat that unless this was done their homes would bs dynamited. The letters were signed Black Hand in red ink. Rev. Father J. Duggan, pastor of the letter in which he was directed to leave $25 tied in a salt bag on the doorknob of an outhouse on the prems ises of John H. Robinson. He con- suited with the state police and ,dep posted the money as directed Promptly young Eddy made his ap~ pearance and took the bag and money As he was leaving two state police men placed hi thunder arrest
 The boy, on the thirteenth of De- cennber went to the car barn to meet his father as he usually did. and walked home with him. While walk ing along the boy, suddenly stoop- ing down, picked something from the sidewalk and extending his, hand to his father said. Look dad, I've found IEll5 a dollar, ''' Upon reaching home. :. A4Fs Eddy took the bill out of his pocket and was aStounded to see that it was a hundred dollar bill that the boy ndO 1OunQ. Ol lAlS 1l1StIl OL HIS .e4- rest, young Eddy carried an old re- volver which MT Eddy says has been on a shelf in the home for months and was not in working condition The outer covering of the handle was miss ing and it had no spring.
 To Mrs. Wheelock 2ss
 Caroline Nfarshan SWheefoek chap ta- ne no ahrlrv Children of the Am- erican Revolution decided Friday to establish a fund for the purpose or erecting a monument to the memory Of the late Mrs. c. M. Wheeloeks whose name the chapter bears
 She Had E1oped
 Miss Myrtle Stevens, of Bell Island Norwalk. is believed to have returned to Peekskill, N. Y, after her visit. to Danbury on Thursday last. The girl who was betrayed by sIsynus, Enshay of Danbury, is in hard financial straits and it is doubtful if she will return to her parents home on Bell Island In fact the father, Chas. D. Stevens, when interviewed as to whethei. or not the girl would return. replied: ''I do not think she wilI.' On Thursday. the Stevens girl appeared in Danbury. having come from Peek skill by automobile. She intimated to Chief of Police Bradley that she had no money not. even sen oush tpsf pay the automobile hire that brought her to Danbury To Prosecutor Beers Of Danbury she said of Eoshay- tfHe said he would marry me. Then put It off when the time came Then he deserted me and now what can do9' The girl stated that she had been staying at a hotel in PeeAsExin wait ing for F'orshay to return to her. To the Danbury Su-ho1 .c-zs she stated that she wanted Iynus arrested on serious charge, but she said that they had not lived together as man wire in Connecticut. Foshay is a married man and has a family.
 Losses by Fire
 Only a chance discovery Of the fact that their home in Norwalk was in a mass of flames saved the lives of MT and Mrs. E. W. Walker and their daughter Gladys. four years old. and son. William, two years of age. The building and contents are a total loss. The loss is estimated to be over S7, 900 and is covered mostly by insurance. The Walker family will be heavy los CTS. not having the furniture fully covered.
 Sued for s25.Ooo
 Harvey Stout of Waterbury, min streI man and vocalist. has instituted a suit for $25.O0O damages against Harry Hyatt of South NorWa1S, on the charge that Hyatt. alienated the directions of Mrs Stout, The Wa terburian, a few years AEo, filed a suit for divorce against his wife, who is a manicurist and hair dresser in New York city. Mrs. Stoutsis. alIeg- ed to have-lived- with Hyatt his wife, in various cities