The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-22
BURGLARS LOOT
 BEDDING HOME
 OF NEW YORKER
JeweIry and Other ValuabIes Taken, But Plated Ware
 Is Left Behind

SuIIlIIlGT had been burglariously invaded and thoroughly ransacked. The family have been in New York during the 1 winter. MT. Teets' last previous visit l to the house was onA the day of the Henry Osborn funeral when he found no signs of depreciation.
 1 Just what plunder the thief or 1 thieves secured will not be known u1- til Mrs. Teets looks over the remain ing contents of various boxes and oth- CT receptac1es in which were kept l jewelry and other valuables and which had been broken open
 It is believed that several rings were taken but the only article positively known to have been stolen is a solid silver dish. The plated ware was evidently examined and most if not all of it left behind. Several Hooked doors in the house were forced open and an axe was used in gaining ac- cess to the bathroom. Bureaus and trunks were also explored and the contents scattered about in general l confusion. Entrance was obtained through 8 rear window which was l opened by the shifting of the catch. l This is the first real burglary occur ring in the Ridge section in some time although they have been ire quent among the homes of the sum- ner colony of the west side.
 A hearing was had before Probate 1 Judge Sanford last Friday on an ap- plieation brought by the seIectmen for 1 the commitment to the State insane hospital of Ben Waterman, the roam ing farm hand who became sdemented l over the murder a few weeks since l of an aged cobb1er in Newtown.s pr. Smith of this town and pr. White of 1 Bethel testified that Waterman was 1 llnquestionab the victim of deIusion- 1 al insanity and in bad way generally as to his physical condition, A queer l feature of the case is that Waterman never saw the murdered cobbler and l being unable to read only knew of the tragedy from hearsay. The New I n authorities are convinced that Waterman was not near the scene of the murder at the time of it's occur renee and had no share in it in the sense of being even remotely an ac- icessory.
 It was at first supposed that the
 cost of the mans commitment and Subsequent coping would fall upon ! Bedding but inquiry seemingly -estab- iflishes the facts that he was born in Bethel instead of in this town, that
 he mostly grew up in Danbury and all though subsequently, living in Redding
 at frequent periods never remained here long enough continuously to gain
 a pauper residence. Waterman was
 entirely willing to go to the Middle
 town hospital. According to his own
 statement he has constantly before
 his, visual imagination the Shorrifying g
 spectacle of the cobbler being beaten to death,
 The fire which destroyed Judge J.
 B. Sanford's barns early Tuesday
 morning was the third of it's kind oc-
 curing in the same general locality within a brief period and has greatly
 intensified the public feeling of inse- curity and alarm previously existing g.
 Everyone now favors the offering of d drebug reward, something which the
 selectmen are empowered by statute to do without authorization by a town meeting provided the total resulting Expenditure does not exceed $500 in
 one year. However, a vote of instruc 7 ton for such a reward will proba bly
 be passed at Saturdays town meeting, thereby emphasizing the popular sem
 timent in that direction. About a year ago a store and creamery build
 ing belonging to Judge Sanford wa -' burned, causing a loss of about $4,0Oo.
 There was no insurance on the prop erty and the origin of. the fire was I as mysterious as that of the other ser kious conhagrations from which the : Ftown has suffered. To partly offset e the loss, caused by this weeks fire s there is an insurance of nearly 4,000 y lone of the chemical engines went tc r the Center from the Ridge in response ' to the telephone alarm given fo1 n Tuesdays fire and would probably 4 have rendered valuable service had
 
 z During the winter a yoang man whe
 gave receipts signed f'tE. lHaI'' obtain s ed in the Center district numerous h subscriptions for a New York maga- k zine at a discount of 50 cents per year $ from the publishers price. He rep e resented that certain number o1 ]. subscriptions would entitle him to 2 d valuable scholarship, plea whicK
 was heIpfully effective with many
 whom he approached. MT T7alP:
 
 : Epected copies of the, magazine an6 - upon writing complainingly to the
 publisher learned that the canvasse1 Il did not represent the publication office ' and that no one was in the scholar \ ship class for less than regular rates \ Ereceipts indicated that Hall represent \ led was also appealed to with anoth
 CT refutation as the result.
 Rev. B. B. Case, the new pastor , of the Center Methodist church of. 9i fciated there on Sunday for the frs time. He expects to have his fam fly and effects moved here from II Cheshire by the end of the week. Rev
 MT. Gilman, his predecessor in tho EICenter church pastorate, removed | last week to Brooklyn, N. Y, where
 he takes charge of a mission church at salary of $1,200.
 | The remains Of Mrs Sarah Dun t comb, who died Monday morning al the home at Sport Hill of Mrs. George II Beers her daughter, were brought
 here yesterday afternoon for inter
 ment in the Ridge cemetery, the
 comfnittaI being preceded by services at Christ Episcopal church. Sht Twas a direct descendant of Rev. JohT E Besch, the church's first rector, ana h Ia daughter of the late Hon. lame. I Sanford of Pleasant Valley. From
 the time of her marriage until thu death of her husband, William Dun
 comb, several years ago she resided l at Bedding Center. Her age was S1
 A comedy entitled '@The Villag Schooln' a 'rn''~ will be presented b! \ Bedding Grange at their hall on tn