The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-02
FLASH LIGHT AND
 PISTOL EMPLOYED
 IN BEDDING CRFlGE

IN BEDDING CRndE,
 ReddingA July Mrs CaTsoline Sherwood, who lives with her four children An the for1ner *Ep krrai m Beers place at Fine Tree Corner, was made the victim early on Sunday morning. of robbery and fe1onions assault by two men, one of whom sine believes to be coIored. She was awakened about o'clock by a, grasp upon her arm and at first supposed it came from her eleven year old daughter who sleeps in another part of the house. but som metimes goes to the mothers room during the night Opening her eyes2 Mrs. Sherwood in distinctly saw the forms, of two men by her bedside. One of them thrust in front, of her face an electric flash light which revealed revolver point ed at her head. At the same instant she received warning that she would be killed if Sshe made an outcry and was ordered to give up her money and iewelry Terrified into comp1i- ance she handed out purse from that she had sno other money or val uailoles. The purse contained only between $1 and .$2. The men made no hunt for further booty, but press ed the pillow across their victims face and subjected her Ato outrageous assault She became unconscious from fright and the pillow smother ing and when she4 regadned her senses some little time afterwards the men had disappeared.
 Deputy Sherin Banks tIearned- of thsa crime soon after daylight and began an investigation which he is still pr1r- suing. He found that the intruders got into the house through a. rear window which was protected only by a movable screen The miscr eaErts left nothing sbeIldnd them to furnish a clue and as Mrs Sherwood did not feel sure that sshe could identify her assaiIants, he shad little material to to work with- oet5iI1, living on the opposite corner, says that about sun rise the same morning he saw a man come out of the barn on the Sher- wood premises and walk down the road. It is hardly likely, however, that one of the offenders would lin ger about the scene of the crime for an hourf or two and tthereaay take the risk of capture. Mrs. Sherwood form er1y lived in Fairfield and came here several months ago after there herself and. children from further ne glect and i'll usage byther intenp crate husband. She has since been in; the employ of Miss J.s H. Sanford.
 The total of former Tax Collector Duncan's shortage now stands at a little more than $2, LOO of which $1,-s 821 represents the deficiency found by the auditors and the other $500 the sI1m disclosed in responses from property owners whose bills appear ed on the books as unpail and who have produced evidence of payment since receiving notices fnoEn the se- Iectnen. At. the boards meeting on Saf Iz<t C0IfeCtO7- kTiNQF11 fCs6r ported collections of $395 since as su ming office and payment you chers of $315 not previously entered on the records. Of t1ris amount $20.4 was on the 1910. list; $125.3 34 on the 1911 list; $123.O5 on the 1912 list and $46.8o on the 1918 list. Henry P1att's tax of about $5 was abated by the se- 1ectnnen- He had no receipt, but sub mitted other evidence which con vinced the board that he had made As an additional measure to insure correctness in the future it is the intention of MT. Muennich. in inaking monthly returns of. collections to the town treasurer to submit. along with the sheets which are entered a statement of individual payments, the receipt book showing duplicate copies of acknowledgements and have the treasurer cheek these up with the list of payments contained in the other exhibits. He will aAso see that payments are drEay credited on the rate books. The American Surety notice from the selectrnen regarding the Duncan deficit and in doing so asked for the figures These are still withheld as the total may receive fur ther additions although probably to only a small extent.
 Mrs. Anna E. Smith. one of the towns oldest residents, passed away last Saturday at her home in the Gem ter aged 89t years and six months. She had failed rapidly during the pre- vfous few months from a general break down attended by rheumatic conditions, but previously had been remarkably we'll and active. She came to Bedding fEom Dedha1n, Mass, something over twenty years ago af7d has since lived mostly with her son. Dr. E- H. Smith. Her other children are Prof. Homer Smith of Pennsylvania and Miss Miriam Smith The deceased was deeply religious and until her final illness a regular at tendaut at. church services. Her an1tabfffty, mental brightness and so- ciaI disposition made her general favorite. Funeral services were held on Monday at her home here, Rev. MT. Case, pastor of the Center Meth odist church, officiating, and the body was taken to Dedhan for burial. The reading of the favortte hymn of the deceased, "Oh God, Our Help in Ages Past,'' was an incident of the funeral services.
 The maiden case of Grand Juror Lenuel Sanford was not an arson prosecution as had been hoped for, but a complaint anent the alarming 1y cratic doings of Andrew Rollins, co1ored, of Pleasant Valley. Matri-
 moniaI bickeTings, aggravated by hard
 cider, bred the trouble. Fleeing from her husbands wrath one day last week, Mrs. Rollins sought refuge in the cellar of Al Bakers house. Di-