The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-10
LTTCHFIELD COUNTY NEWS
Another Parole.


 At. the same meeting at which i Walker gained his parole5 Saveggio
 Ricci of 1Winsted. sentenced in Feb
 ruary, 1909, to from seven to I 5 years l on a. charge of mans1aughter, was
 paroled.. Ricci maintains that he was attacked by a crowd of men and that
 He stabbed only in selfzdefense.
 Wildcats Drag Traps. l Charles Root of Pine Meadow, who has been successful this fall in trap ping wild game, found large and
 handsomely marked wildcat in one of
 his traps the other morning. The cat
 had climbed to the top of high tree dragging the large trap and anchor 1 up with him. MT. Roots son. Frank, lclimbed another tree and shot him. State Land Grant. I The foreclosure of a mortgage for ] $1,300 on a farm in Goshen in the case of Samuel s. Miles against AL bert F4eury and Thomas J. Wa1l,. was l the case in the superior court at Win sted Wednesday before Judge Gager. The land covered by the mortgage consists Of 15O acres. and is part of a grant of land in the towns of Goshen, Cornwall, Norfolk and Warren, given by the Connecticut legislature to Yale College in I737. This land was 1eas- ed by the college for 999 years. It. is alleged that MT. Miles gave a var ranty deed of the farm to MT. F'1eury, subject to the Yale lease. and then took back the mortgage. MT Wall, who bought the F1eury interests, says that hte warranty deed held by him is not subject to any lease. Deeds show ing the title in the farm from 1737 on on were introduced as evidence. Divorces Granted. Four divorces were granted by Judge Gager Saturday afternoon. decree from Fred B. Bierce and the custody of her son. They were mar ried Feb. 13, 1908, and he deserted his wife Sept. g, 1908.
 William s. Cooper of Torrington got a divorce from Mabel H. Cooper
 of Los Angeles. Cal, on the ground of assertion. MT. Cooper said the trouble by a former wife, They were married June 28, 1899, and separated Aug. IS, 1908-
 Pauline RotsIaf of Hartford, for merIy of Terryville. got a divorce from Michael Rotslaf of Southington on the, grounds of intoIerab1e cruelty and habituaI intemperance, and got the custody of their three children. Mrs. Tsotslaf told of MT. Rotslaf being ar rested four or five times and of his l abusing her.
 l / Edith Warner of Terryvi1le got a divorce from Newton Warner whose wher reabouts are unknown. They werem arried Oct. 5, 1899, and he left May IT,, 1903. She got the custody i Of their child.
 Judge Gager accepted the account of Hiram Bissell. receiver of the Bar tram & Flynn Go. of Lakeville. Another dividend of 15 per cent was ordered to be paid, making 40 per cent thus far, The receiver was al- lowed $500 on account and Warner & Landon $500. The receiver was di- rected to sell all accounts uncollected at public auction.
 Bar Association Election. L The following officers were elected at the recent annual meeting of the LitchfieId County Bar Association: l President, Donald T. Warner; vice
 president, L. J. Nickerson; secretary and treasurer, Wheaton F. Dowd; col Hector, Frank B. Mum; auditors. L. J. =Nickerson, R. T. Higgins; grievance committee, l.. J. Ntckerson, R.. T. Hig-
 gins and Walter Holcomb.