Putnam patriot., 1913-08-01
CAUGHT ROBBING
 THE PEST HOUSE
East Hartford Men Taken Info
 Custody by Police
FREAK OF TWO BOLD THIEVES
Admitted They Knew Small Pon Pa tients Had Been Treated There Wished to Make Money on Fur
 niture-EVerythn Fumigsted.
Special Hartford Correspondence)


 Special Hartford CorrespoBdence)
 Hartford One Of the most peculiar theft cases that the police officials have ever had to contend with was tried before Judge Arnott at Man chester. when William Hack and Henry Slater. of East Hartford were bound over to the next term of the Superior Court under bonds of $5OO for stealing all the furniture and bed ding from the pest house at Highland Park.
 The men hired an express wagon from C. E. Darlln, of East Hartford and had stripped the building clean of furnishings when Captain William F. Madden of the police appeared on the scene He placed them under ar rest and conducted them and their load to the Hall of Record building, where they were remanded for court.
 They admitted that they knew that small pox patients had been treated there, but having read that the build ing was to be destroyed they decided to make a little money by disposing of the furniture. None of the livery men would care for the team 80, with it's load, 1t was left and guarded in Centre Park until the selectmen en- gagged Otto Mannell. of Bolton, who is immune 10 small pox, to remove the load to tine town dump and burn ft Health Officer Tinker fumigated the Halls of Record building includ ing the cell room where the prisoners were detained and the court room and refused 10 return Mr. Darlin's outfit to him until 1t had been sprayed with strong solution Of carbolic acid It developed during the trial that Slater was before fined 8 and costs for dis orderly conduct and was placed on probation 10 pay the same This he has failed to do and Judge Arnott re- manded him to jail until such time he had worked out that fine and costs.
 Market Gardeners Meet. sociation held meeting in the Board of Trade rooms and voted to display their produce at this years fair here, which will take place during the first week in September. P. A. Sears, of Elmwood, who presided, was the choice of the members for superinten- dent of the association's exhibit.
 Many Of the members who had been looking forward to the excursion to Andrew Ure's at Highwood near New Haven, on July 29, when a vegetable display was to be shown. were dis appointed when it was announced that on account of the hot and dry weather tlt exhibition had to be postponed until some later date. The members of the association reported that the dry spell which is at hand coupled with the hot weather is having bad effect on some of the crops.
 Rescues Two Children.
 Fire started in the home of MT. and Mrs. James L. Walker. at South Nor walk. and two small children had narrow escape from being burned to death. Mir. and Mrs Walker were visiting in New York city and the children were in the care of Hun garian maid \ neighbor named Hur- tog saw the fire and broke into the residence. rescuing the two children from a bedroom. where the blaze or iginated A few minutes later the maid not knowing that the children had been taken out in safety. at tempted to enter the house and was overcome by smoke She was rescued by firemen. The damage to the house was small
 Dive from Boat Fatal,
 John Ward. aged %. of Enfield a farm hand. was drowned in the Con necticut river near Thompsonyille. He dove into the river from boat. and fl Is though his head must have struck bottom, for although he was an eN- pert swimmer, he did not come to the surface His brother and a companion made frantic efforts to rescue him, but it was half an hour before the body could be located. and life was then extinct.
 Fern Harvesters Must Pay.
 Six men, members of a party of fern gatherers, who claim to have come liOm -NtN bA H NANts NNtN SAA ANNNNN and were fined s and costs each in an endeavor by the authorities to put an end to the practice of fern gathering in that section. which il is claimed has been going on for four years, to the detriment Of the natural beauty of the town The harvesters, 1t Is said. have been accustomed to come into the district with wagons, gather great quantities of the ferns. bale them and cart them away for shipment to New York city.
 Burglars In Clothing Store.
 Burglars forced an entrance Into Bernsteins clothing store and the Singer Sewing Machine Company's of fee at Meriden. The Bernstein safe had not been locked and was relieved of s2O in silver Gold watches and other jewelry fin another door were not touched. Entrance had been forced through window. The rear door of the sewing machine company's office was pried open, The home of A. D. Hobson was robbed Of $500 in jewelry. The work of all three places was not that of a professional
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