The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1915-11-10

Regular meeting of VIM. Horton
camp Sons of Veterans to night. Fiv,
candidates are to be taken in.
Bert Holt, who has been confine,
to his home by rheumatism has re
covered sufficiently to resume his EN-
ployment.
Charles Gregory has leased the room
in the Tonon block on East MAR
street recently vacated by the candy
store and has opened pool room
The first meeting of the Agors
literary society will he held at the
home of Mr.. Gorham Friday evening
at 100. Mr.. Jubb of Porto Rico
will be the speaker.
The Ladies' Aid of the NJ. E.
church will serve supper next wednes
day evening at O'Clock. Hostesses
Mrs. ]. ]. Clark, Mrs. Robert E.
Kaddy, Mrs. Geo. Brigham, Mrs.
Peter Gordon At 100 Squire Jud-
kins Apple Bee will be presented by
the following cast of i. characters !:
Squire Judkins, L. H. Stevens; Mrs.
Judkins, Miss Filth Cushman; Eliza
beth Judkins, Miss Alberta Eaton =:
Ezekiel Judkins, j, r. Parkhurst ;
Hester Watkins. Miss Hazel Comins ;
Eliza Doolittle, Mrs. L. 81 Stevens /;
Jane Jenkins, Miss Lillian Benton {;
Obidiah Higgins, r. W. Ellis, Sally
Hoskius. Mrs. F. f. Patten; VIM.
Hines, Geo. Eaton; Peter Milliken,
NJ E. Eaton; Seth Dusenberry.
Arthur Snow; Mary Ann Johnson,
Marjorie Eaton; Hiram Liyermore.
Jesse Clifford; Benjamin Stebbins,
B. 7. Eaton; Moses Hoff, F. F.
Patten; Sophronia Weatherby. Mrs.
r. W. Ellis A drill by eight little
girls will help to entertain the guests
of Squire and Mrs. Judkins. Supper
and entertainment, % cents; either
alone, 10 cents.
Clitus Fl King, we'll known locally,
who for the past few months has
been a fugitive from Justice, has given
himself up voluntarily and will stand
trial. The two counts filed against
him amount to but So, sou anil it is
thought that bail will be fixed at not
over $4,000. He will probably be
able to secure bail. King has been
as a book agent aud had
grown a beard which changed his
appearance to snch an extent that he
had not been reoongized. In his state
ment King says: 81 came to Bridge
port with one purpose-to pay every
body who has a claim against me in
any shape, manner or form. If
live 1 will see that every dollar is
paid. thought the matter over care
fully and, while felt that i could
have lived in the place i was until
I died, without my identity becoming
known, / decided the best course was
to come hack and face the charges.
After the state of Connecticut is
through with me l will go out and
work in order to pay the debts 1 owe. "
Speak ing of his beard, be said: 1T
has saved me from arrest many times
during the past ten weeks. In one
Missouri town sat for half an hour
in the private office of the chief of
,olice and endeavored to sell him a
let of books, while, from the opposite
vail, my portrait looked down on me,
oupled with the information that
eward awaited my oaptor. Another
ime I nearly betrayed myself through
orce of habit. went to a stationery
tore to buy a fountain pen, and, in
rying it ON pad of paper which lay |
n the counter, wrote 'Clitus H. |
King several times. l awoke to
What I was doing with a start of
error, but the clerk did not notice
Thomas F. Egan, super
ntendent of state police, says that he
lad been unoffioially informed that
King had given himself up because he
cared arrest and not because he was
prompted by motives of self-sacrifice
Egan said he had not
the rumor. The story
vas that King was informed by his
Chicago book concern,
that his whereabouts would be re-
1ealed if he did not surrender. There
ire two cases against him, one a civil
action, and the other a criminal