The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-30
Fairfield County News
Losses by Fire.

The origin of the fire which destroy ed the apartments house owned by Michael CastigIione in Greenwich, Christmas night. is not known. but it is believed to have been started from defective insulation on an electric light wire Mir Castig1Ione's loss of $7, 500 on the house is partially cover ed by insurance. Peter F. Castignone, Andrew Pdetro and R. c. VerreIH and their respective families. the three tenants, lost practically all Of their. belongings.
 Charles Foote, of Danbury, a colored man about sixty years Of age. had a rarroy escape from being SeyerA1y burned about o'clock Sunday morn ing, when while sleeping, he accident ally turned over 9 small heating stove which he had at the side of his cot in his little one-story house. Foote did not hear the stove fall over and was not awakened until the flames, which set his cot ablaze, Scorched his right hand. The ire was quickly extin- guished when a -streaIn of water was turned upon it, The interior was practically wrecked and Foote lost all his clothes and furnishin nea
 Bankrupt in Danbury
 Charles IT. Smith and William B. Benedict, truckInen in Danbury under the firm name of Smith 6 Benedict have filed a petition in Bankruptcy. and they made oath that they did not have the money to pay the nling fee They have liabilities of $5,5S1-07, and g, ,838.39 is unsecured and $2.470.50, it is. said, should be paid by other than the o-partnership. Assets consist of stock in trade. valued at $325-95: horses, $50. debts due on open account. $621.61 and $s56. in bank that is under attachment.
 Gorharn Case Settled.
 Announcement made by counsel for
 
 New Fairfield, that the case of the State against MT. Gorhan. who was charged with embedding about S, 600 Of the funds of the town, has been sat- isfactorily settled and that MT. Cor ham will not be tried.
 The New Fairfield seIectmen brought civil suits against Mr. GoFha1n's bonds men to recover the amount the eoIlec- tor was alleged to have taken. While the hearing was in progress the bonds men for MT Gorham offered to settle the civil suits. The se1ectmen did not Icept the amount offered in settlement and a petition was circulated which in- structed the selectmen to call a. town meeting for the purpose of acting on the pronered settlement. Mir. Cor hams bondsFnen offered to pay the drawn The proposition was accept ed It is understood that an account ant from the states attorneys office has examined the books MT. Gorham used while collector and that the accountant made a report to the states attorney that the shortage was prob ably due to bad bookkeeping as claim ed by the defense and not to a. delfb- crate taking of the funds by Mir. Cor ham. As the result of this report 1t is said, the states attorney decided not to press the criminal action AL though the exact amount of the short age in MT. Gorhamss accounts has not been made known, it ills said that the town recovered it's losses in full by the IsettIement with the bondsmen for s. 900.
 Hawthorne Inn Raided
 Thirteen men and four women were arrested Sunday night in raid by the state police on the Hawthorne Inn in fWestport. All but two of those ar- rested put up bonds of $20 and were released on the aliases which they gave. Lena. Ffke, who runs the Inn, was freed after posting a bond of $250 The books were con-hscated as evil dence.
 The charges that will be preferred against the Filke woman are those of selling Intoxicating liquors on Sunday and keeping a disreputable house