The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-02
Westport FOUR MONTHS IN JAIL
 FOR LOzlER BAKER
Especial to The Farlner.9

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 weeks, Lozier Baker, an inmate of [ the town poorhouse. is now in the l county jail for a stay of at least four m months, and probably an extra month
 or more after that. l Two weeks ago, Baker got hold of some money, in some way best known 1 to himself. and proceeded to enjoy
 the sensation of being really drunk, | something which an inmate of such
 an institution does not often have the i opportunity of doing. When he re-
 turned to the poorhouse that even i ing he was in a rather boisterous condition, and made himself obnox- | ious to the other inmates, and parti-
 cularly so to one of the servants, Mrs.
 Mary Welsh. In the general disturb | ance he created, Mrs. Welsh was
 somewhat bruised about the face and | arms. l The matter, though, was allowed to
 stand, without any action being talk
 en, until late Thursday evening when
 Baker again showed up drunk. This
 was too much. and he was placed ] under arrest. But since the first dis turbance, Mrs. Welsh, who would be | the principal witness, had given birth | to a daughter, and is still too i'll to attend court, therefore conference was hastily called, and it was decid-
 ed that it was best to finish the af- | fair up right there and then. Jus | tice s. A. Purdy was called. and, with Prosecutor Harry R. Sherwood, went at once the poorhouse, where court
 was convened late Thursday evening
 near the bedside of Mrs. Welsh. ! Baker was held on four counts,
 charging him. variously with being
 drunk and disorderly, and generally | disturbing the peace. The teStim ony
 of Mrs. Welch was taken, and no de- fense was made by Baker. After
 some deliberation, Judge Purdy pro- | Of
 jail for each count in addition to pay | ing the costs of the court. Baker,
 who has been an inmate of the town poorhouse for some time, is man
 means to pay the costs. Therefore | he was committed to jail to work out the costs, in addition 60 the total
 sentence of one hundred and twenty days. He was taken early Friday
 morning to Bridgeport to begin his | Mrs Mary Kelly Welsh, who was quite badly bruised in the mixup Bak-
 CT caused, had been employed in the
 kitchen at the poorhouse for the past six months. On Wednesday of this
 week Mrs. Welsh gave birth to a l daughter.
 | Word has just been received here
 of the death of MT. Robert Snagg of Waterbury, a former resident of this
 town. The body of MT. Snagg will | be brought to this town on Monday | afternoon, arriving here On the train
 due from Waterbury at 12:45 p. m. | for interment in the Willow Brook | cemetery. The funeral services will
 be held in Waterbury before the de- parture and the only services in town | will be those at the cemetery in
 charge of Temple Lodge of Masons | Temple Lodge will meet at the lodge
 rooms at one o'clock in the after 1 noon and will accompany the body to i, the cemetery where services will be | held from the Masonic ritual at two l o'clock. MT. Snagg was formerly very we'll known in this town, having liv- | ed here all his life until about thirty l years ago, when he moved to Water | bury Since his residence in that city l he has been a frequent visitor in town and is still very we'll remembered by | the older residents of the town. l Robert H. Wheeler. 6S. died late Fri | day afternoon at his home on Compo | St., Saugatuck. MT. Wheeler had been | i'll for some time with a throat trouble l and his death was not unexpected. MT. | Wheeler was the oldest son of the late | Alonzo s. Wheeler who founded the { Saugatuck Mfg. Go. Living here all 1 his life, he has made many friends,
 who mourn his death He leaves a 1 widow and two children, Charles Of 1 Bridgeport, and Edith, who lives at | home.
 l It has become known that Frank | B. Dayton, of Saugatuck, will again manage the Saugatuck Baseball club
 for the coming season. MT. Dayton had many good games here last sea-
 son and promises much good ball for
 the coming spring. The club will use
 again this year the old grounds on l Compo street.
 Master Russell Taylor, son of Rev.
 Chas. F. Taylor, gave party yester-
 day afternoon to eight of his young
 friends, in honor of his eighth birth | day. Games were enjoyed and a
 bountiful supply of eatables was at E. A. Sipperley has returned home 1 after an extended stay in Brooklyn. l MT. and Mrs. R. l.. Willis are again 1 at home, having been spending the
 past few weeks in Washington, ?. c. l William E. Mills, of Baker avenue, | is confined to his home with 8 serious
 rheumatic trouble.
 Frederick Bradley,of Charles street,
 Saugatuck, is entertaining his son,
 Jesse F. Bradley, of Upper Montclair,
 to his home on Monday.
 D. N. Sipperley has received an | other contract for a we'll in Long Hill.
 On Monday he will start the drilling
 Sherman. This is the seventh con-
 tract this season from that town. l Mrs. Albert W. Allen, of Imperial avenue, is seriously Ill at her home g, with lung trouble.
 | Regular services will be held to-
 morrow morning at the Church of
 the Assumption, Rev. Fr. Duggan, | pastor.
 At the Congregational church Sun day morning, Holy Communion will
 be observed. with a short sermon by
 the pastor on "The Faith Once De-
 livered." Sunday School at 12 m.,
 with evening preaching service at 7:3O. Rev. Chas. F. Taylor, pastor. Holy Communion at the Methodist ! Episcopal church at 10:30 a. m., Sun
 day School at noon, Epworth League l at 6:45 D. m. Rev. Arthur G. Boyn- | ton, pastor.
 ! Regular Sunday services at the
 usual hours at Holy Trinity church.
 Rev. Kenneth Mackenzie, rector. l meeting of the Selectmen will be l held on Tuesday, March fifth. Aside from paying outstanding bills, the 1 principal business to come before the
 meeting will be the calling of a spe- 1 cial town meeting for the purpose of
 laying the tax rate.
 1 F. L. Merritt of Stamford has been awarded the contract for building the new state road on Riverside avenue. Work will be commenced upon it as ! soon as the condition of the ground will allow it.
 ! MT. and Mrs William Saimer are
 entertaining Miss Mabel Swanson of Boston.
 i Mrs. Irving B. Goodsell, of New | town, has returned to her home, af- ! ter a weeks visit at the home of her | m other. Mrs. Frederick Hubben. | The funeral of Frank L1hent was l held N6Star61U noOrpinp Q o'clock