The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-30
BEDDING VOTERS
 MAY PICK ROADS
 FOR IMP PRO ENT T
Atty. Burgess, Again in Public View, Terms Last Wife
 Bigarnist.
Vents Back Property Which Is Relieved to Belong to
 His Daughter.


 Rsdding July SO-The old part of the state road rom the Center to the Bethei line has been placed in hrst- class condition by a partial re-surrac- irig with crushed stone and gravel fol- lowed by oiling The mile of new road built last fall ranks as one of the best pieces of highway in Connec- ticut and the uncommon -thoroughness with which the recent repair job on. to indicate a fixed purpose on the part of Highway Commissioners Bennett to make this route part of a trunk line between Bridgeport and Danbury. In d talk Hast fall with SelectmAn Barnes the com missioner said he had such project under consideration. but MT. fBsznes tried to dissuade him from 1t by pointing out the superior advan- tages offered by ycarrying the line clear anross the Ridge and on to Bethel by way of the. Park road. The latter would fofLloW practically straight line corresponding in general to tho hypothenuse Of a right angled triangle while the route via the Center would represent the triangless two other sides Besides being mile and half longers lSthe Center route comprises two long and hard hills which make up most Iof the distance between the Center E and the Ridge.
 one of these hills has undergone lpefunansnt improvement and the other lneeds the process badly enough, bur a tnroug gh line would be queer engin-s eeringz And after it was done most motorists would probably prefer to lluse fthe Park road which has an addi- llBefore furtirer state improvements can lbe made however there must be furtaer appropriation as the George town AbaH now under construction will Hse up the funds So far available IT the next legislature makes the cus- Ireuuisitaon vote next fall, Is likely to. l fix conditions as to where the money ! Snail be expended or if this cannot pe done, defeat the proposition alto7 l eBther.
 mostly of New York and occasionally l Of Redding. This time he seeks to 1 have the court of common pleas va 1 cate a deed by which he undertook I to convey to his wife the life use of the house at Bedding Center owned by 1 his daughter When he made the lconveyance, which is the subject Of l7the present action. the daughter was
 all'eady the owner so that Burgess at l teahpted transfer of any interest in t 1 to a third party was of course nulIity. I By the terms Of the lastssale deed ab-
 solute title was to become vested Tn l the daughter as soon as she attained I fer najority, the father to have the use of The property meanwhile Miss. ] lagn. and about the same time her fath- I CT filed a claim against her in the pro- l lbate court for sso00. representing aI- fleged niprovements he had made on 4 rhe property. The cIaaM which in
 araount exceeded the propSrtys value lfwas reflected hy the court Not long lpefore this Burgess had taken fo him IseIf a second wife and it was in her
 flavor that he executed the life Inter- lest deed he now wishes to void. Tn
 his pending petition he alleges that heir supposed marriage was no mar E1age because as he subsequently, learn
 ed the woman already had husband. iErne couple separated some time ago, lathef woman asserting that by various devices, Burgess had divested her of EIn ost of her property A year or SO lbefore the marriage Burgess brought Ftc the. Center from New York a young fSpanish woman w31o aft@r being here Efor two or three days. coRplafned to the late Judge NIckerson that ehe had l lbeen made the d11pe Of his f 4hoods and unkept promises He represent ed to her she said that he owned a I1ragnl ncent country seat in Bedding and that upon arriving there they
 would be married in high and festa1 style. She was speedily disi11usioned
 and tearfuIly sought advice and aid from Judge Nickerson. He could do little or nothing for her. but when the story of her wrongs became known
 a5out the Center hastily organized band of vigflantes descended on Bur gess in the night. dfagEed him out of the house and gave him a severe maui ling From New York he sent threats Of civil and criminal proceedings against his hazers. but did nothing. A year or so later he reappeared at the l Center with the woman whom he now
 accuses of Receiving him Into a bigam- cus marriage
 Commodore Iluttgen and Senator L. o. Peck went to Black Rock last Sun ] lay to embark there at noon on the formers yacht en route for New Lon l don. They went to New Bedford af-
 terwards Joining the New York Yacht
 Club squadron, probably at Newport. Belmont & Go. of which firm Com l rnodore Luttgen is member, pro-
 noted and financed the Cape Cod canal at an approximate cost Of $12,-
 100000. While on the cruise Com
 nnodore Luttgen flies the co1ors Of the
 IT. r. Yacht club. He and the guests
 on his steam yacht Iinta. will prob
 ably. be absent about two weeks on 4 this trip. some of the guests Joining the party at New Bedford. The Linta is 10S feet over all and is the third
 steam craft the Commodore has had
 built bearing that name. His itiner-
 ssry for the trip will be that of the