The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-30
STONE THROWERS
BROUGHT BEFORE
FAIRFIELD JUDGE
Youths Invading Fairfield To
Steal Fruit Sent Back To
Bridgeport.
(Ry Our Special Correspondent

Fairfield, Sept. 30-Stone throwers
had their day before Judge Bacon
Wakeman in the town court yester-
day. 1t cost Charles Malley, a resi-
dent of the Holland Hill district SIS. Sc
because he picked up a. "donnick'' while
Philip Karp, 18, of the Lennox Heights
district paid just four. cents less than
Malley for his folly.
Saturday afternoon while a driver
for Liveryman Iesko of the West End,
Bridgeport, was driving through the
Lennox Heights district on his way to
a funeral three youths jumped upon
the hack. The driver s1ashed at them
with his whip and beat them off. The
youths began thowing stones at the
driver, one of the larger stones going
through the heavy plate glass side
window. Sheriff Elwood happened to
be going along the road in his ma
chine at the time and gave chase. He
caught one of the young men, Karp.
Karp's mother paid his fine of So and
costs of $13.52.
The children of Charles Malley and
Augustus Bohlin had a kid scrap
several weeks ago. Both went home
and told their fathers. In the even
ing MalIey went to- the Bohlin home to
have an explanation. Boh1in shut the
door in Malley's face, whereupon the
latter became angry and threw stones
through the windows. One of the
SCOnSSy Wn1Cn broke a WINDOW nit
Boh1in upon the leg. He did not make
a complaint to the authorities until
Saturday when MalIey was arrested
charged with assault. He was fined
SIS and costs of $13.56. AS he did not
have the money the case was contin-
ued until October Is.
SO as to protect the orchards of To-
cal citizens from the depredations of
youths and men who make a Sunday
habit of raidfng apple trees, Sheriff
EIwood Sunday deputtzed William P.
Bulkley and Clayton Elwood as special
officers to watch the highways and
warn all those whom they had sus-
picions intended carrying off fruit. In
all about Is young men were found by
the special officers with large bags
ready to carry off the stolen fruits.
The thieves had become so bold that
they def1ed owners of trees to come
near them. In several instances a
week ago last Sunday the youths af-
ter gathering bags of apples threw
the apples at their owners when warn
ed to go away.
There was a hearing before Judge
Bacon Wakeman in the civil action
brought against Arthur L. rutland by
John Baldwin. The latter claims 81. so
for work done about the Rutland place
and also for the delivery of milk. Mr..
The court took the papers, but has
yet to. render decision.
The Fairfields cleaned up in their
series with the Stratfords taking the
side bet of $50 and also sixty per cent.
of the gate receipts. Their share of
the gate was about $25. The boys will
divide up the funds among themselves
and they say they will take in one of
the games of the worlds series in New
York. Sundays score was lis.
Only IT out of almost 400 who were
on the lists ito be made voters quail
fed before the registrars on Saturday.
OF the new voters it is stated that
the two old parties broke about even.
The official voting ballot on next
Monday will contain the following
names:
Democra tic-Assessor Carl Schmidt;
board Of relief, William P. Buckley
and John London; selectmen, Hezekiah
R. EIwood and Milton W. Jennings;
James Smith, Joseph H. Sturges, Cas-
sella V. BrothwelI, Charles H. Mills;
constables, Maurice Sullivan, William
P. Buckley, Frederick Hawkins, Ste
phen E. Jennings; registrar of voters,
James H. Farrell; town school COM
rnfttee, william c. KinseIIa
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Clarence H.
Bradley; board of relief, Fred E.
Northrop and William H. Gould; Sc
lectmen, Charles A. Rowe and Fred
erick A Burr; town clerk, Joseph I.
Flint; town treasurer. Luin B. Switz-
er; agent of town deposit fund, Ll1in
B. Switzer; auditor, Robert c. Hitch
cock; grand jurors, Clitus H. King,
James A. Cummings Carl Klfmnt,
John w Meeker; collector of taxes,
Joseph I. Flint; constab1es, John T.
Stevens, Gustav Nelson, Louis Lukorn-
skie; registrar of voters, Edgar S.
Banks; town school committee, Sim
con Pease.