The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-04

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at the express o4Iices il .HetllsI NO
suit cases which KeaIy left there THE
day previous. These were packed
with. Kealyss clothes and other per
sonaI effects, the contents including
several articles marked wi tn the
name ofsH S. Barnes for whom Keafy
formerly work ed 1ne Of the suit
acquaintance here. vsao at the same
time lent Really sic. The cireuIn-
stances therefore showed plainly
enough that Kealy had deliberately
planned to turn the hired team into
money and to skip out with the pro-
ceeds and the other stolen property.
But for getting drunk he might have
made a success of the enterprise. The
case would not appear to be one in
viting the exercise of c1emency in its
final disposition the only excuse APP
parent being the mans intoxicated
condition At the same time he was
sober when he hired the team and.
according to the evidence was only
slightly under the influence of liquor
when he picked up West. A side
issue of the case was the interest
e1HncedS in 1t by certain Danbury poll
of their utterance Of statements to
the effect that the prosecution was a
frame up having for its object the
obtaining Of the S so reward which a
statute awards to parties causing the
apprehension of "a horse thief. Such
talk was of course absurd. There Isl
no reason to suppose that it had
any effect in the virtual dropping of
the case. but it, may reasonably be
assumed sthatthe states attorney took
the action he did without being fully
informed~as to the facts.
The grand list as finally made up
is $1.709,717. This is the amount
after deductions Of $25, 701 from the
original total OF the deductions
5000 represents valuation reductions
made by the board of relief and the
rest exemptions, which the law allows
ed Commodore Iuttgen a reduction Of
81, SOS on land, but nothing on build
ings No reduction was granted
Senator Il O. Peck on his real estate
All his land is listed at the rate of
500 per acre, which is Considerably
tract as he owns some 400 acres, but
the relief board considered that the
assessors appraisal was warranted in
view OF the quality OF most of the
land and the fact that it-comprdsed
much especially available for build
tos the board reduced the figures to
1900 from $4,000 and on his eight
horses to SIS per head from $1OO. AS
it stands, the grand list is virtually
the same as last year. A IL mill
rate upon it will raise $40, SIG and one
of 13 mills, $22.226. 1t now looks
as dc g. still higher rate must be levied
to meet the towns financial require
ments for next year. Since the first
OF last October the towns expendf-
lures have been approximately $16s-l
600 of which about $4,000 represents
the payment Of money borrowed last
year and nearly $4,000 Il the towns.
Georgetown state road. AS the
town 3 income from taxation this year
will be less than $4,000 and seven
months expenses are yet to be met
a deficit is unavoidable despite the
towns effort to live up to the s'pay
as you go'' policy. On this account
some are in favor OF suspending any
outlay for state road construction dur
ing the next two years Such q
course would be regrettajbIe and Will
not hastily be decided upon. The
bill for state road repairs was receiT-
ed by. the seIdctmen last Saturday
"from the state highway department.
The amount was $287, which is less
than had been anticipated.
The two new members of the Put
nam Park commission named by
Governor Holcomb are Mrs. Albert A
Gorham sof this town. and Nathan
Spiro, the latter a. clothing merchant
of Danbury. They succeed Mrs.
John TWeedy OF Danbugys and Capt.
Henry A. Gilbert Of Bethel Those
who continue on the board by reap
pointment are d. s. Sanford of Red
ding; Mrs. e. J. Hill of Norwa1kz;
John H. Reid of Bethel. and Edward
E. Bradley of New Haven. Although