Putnam patriot., 1913-09-12
WALSH SWORN
 IN AS COLLECTOR
Meriden Man Takes Place of
 Eaton in Revenue Office
REAPP0INTS OLD DEPUTIES
Retiring Collector Eaton Gave Mem bers of His Former Official Family Dinner at the Allyn House
 With Collector Walsh Present.

With Collector Walsh Present.
 Especial Hartford Cores spondence)
 Hartford.-James J. Walsh. of Meri.
 den, became the collector of internal
 revenue for this district (Connecticut
 and Rhode Island succeeding Colonel
 Robert o Eaton, of North Haven. The
 oath of office was administered to Mr
 Walsh by Samuel D. Amen of Boston.
 and MT. Walsh immediately announced
 the appointment of Theodore NJ. Byx-
 bee, of Meriden, as chief deputy col.
 lector, the position MT. Byxbee held
 under Collector Eaton All of tbe
 books of the office had been examined
 by agents of the government and were
 found to be correct and Mir. Walsh
 signed a receipt for all the property
 of the government which he received
 in his capacity of collector.
 In addition to making public the
 appointment of MT. Byxbee, Collector l Walsh announced the continuance in
 office of all of the other employees of
 the department in this district, these
 including the employees in Rhode Isl. and, as well as in Connecticut, for a
 period of ninety days. Under the law the services of all these, expired with l the retirement of Colonel Eaton. as | the bonds which they provided wers | given to the collector. The bonds of the gaugers are given direct to the l Secretary of Treasury The employees under Colonel Eaton had surprise in store for their chief and this was the gift of gold watch l to him. The watch has the inserip- l tion, Presented to Colonel Robert 0. Eaton, collector of internal revenue. | by his official family, September 1, l 1913" The presentation speech was 1 made by MT. Byxbee and there was a response by Colonel Eaton, who in. Yitee all of those in the internal rev enue service in this district and else where to be his guests at luncheon at the Allyn House. and the following were present from this district. Dep uty Collectors Theodore M Byxbee, L. E. Hunt. R. " Maghlathlin, Chauncey H. Enc, J. w Collins, J. A. Harrison, H. x. Taylor Hartford; E. L. Bryant, A E. Beardsley, E. B. Brown, New Haven; F. c. Hill, Water bury; ]. w Amber. Bridgeport; George M. Phelps. Avon; C. W. Mur- phy, Edward J. Dunn, Patrick Burke. Providence The storekeepers and gaugers present were George R. Kim ball, of New Haven, and c. H. Owen of Providence. George Trapp of New Haven, and George c. Mckee of Ware house Point.
 Collector James J. Walsh, Revenus Agent, Samuel D. Amen, of Boston, and Special Deputy Collectors c. B. Mason and s. c. Smith, of Boston, were also guests of Colonel Eaton at the luncheon.
 Shot by Railroad Sleuth.
 While trying to make arrests in the railroad yards in East Hartford, 1si- dore s. Broder, a New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad detec- tive, shot F. E. West, of SIP Asylum avenue, this city, and John J Donlin, of Is Highland street, East Hartford. Each was wounded in the arm. Bro der is under arrest
 Broder was taken before Judge Henry J. lessen in the town court in East Hartford, and was bound over to the Superior Court under bond of s1000
 Broder made no statement to the court, but the story a told by West and Donlin puts him in a queer light. They declare that they with three others, were in a shack in the rail- road yards provided by the company as a resting place for the night men. All were asleep, they say, and the place was unlighted when they were awakened by Broder's shout Throw up your hands," They assert that Broder at once opened fire with his revolver, emptying all five chambers, West and Donlin were the only ones of the five who were hit. All five in the shack are railroad employees and say that Broder gave no reason for his action-and they are unable to account for it. West is a yard con duetor and Donlin a brakeman. The other three are also brakemen, and gave their testimony to the court.
 The shooting occurred before day light and West and Donlin were at once dlieHueu DS uOCtOI. 4AN wounds do not at present appear to be serious.
 Best Cattle Show.
 The cattle show in connection with the Connecticut Fair, according to ehe verdict of breeders and eattlemeh' was about the biggest, and as to thS quality the best exhibit of it's klau ever held in the State. Words oA praise were heard on all sides TOT the new quarters for sheltering ue lowing kine. immaculate as to clean Illness. There were 330 head in hese sheds, and about twenty other nea1 on the grounds in other exhibits Ing entries exceeded those of last yea by fully twenty-five head, and tAis was one of the chief drawing caIes of the whole show, barring none lAe ring for judgment was located ID sAo grove at the rear of the grandstana v the Charter Oak race track, ana ideal spot ii was for the spectators and the judges to work