The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-30


 officers that I was positive in the iden-
 tification, for I had known him for
 years. I left immediately after the
 local police took charge of him."
 Dr. F. J. Gale and pr. Thomas Uni ker were summoned to the little lookup where Haines was incarcerat-
 ed in one of the two dingy little cells. The physicians said the man was suf- fering from 8 severe attack of delir- ium tremens and administered a seda- tive.
 Haines continued his rambling talk while in the cell He told of seeing two state policemen during the even ing previous and walking with them
 He had seen one man swallowed alive in a marshy undergrowth where horses were wont to thrive. Arthur Ryde1l, wine clerk at the
 Newtown Inn. said that early this morning a man entered the cafe and
 bought pint of rum for "a stranger
 who was waiting outside" The mess
 enger reported later that the stranger
 had tdowned the pint in one Igulp." Later, says Rydell. Haines had some more drinks while in the bar with Pftzsch1er.
 When arrested. Haines wore an old
 red sweater, dark clothes and a dark,
 slouch hat. He had evidently been
 shaved since Monday, MT. Hayes be-
 lieves.
 MT. Hayes searched him for weap-
 ons before he was locked up. In one
 pocket were found nine shotgun
 shells. They were of .16 and .12 guage He also had money and a
 pipe in his clothes.
 R. H. Beers, who keeps a grocery
 in front of which Ha1nes was arrest ed, said later that he had noticed the
 man around his store for about two
 hours this morning. MT. Beers had .'shooed'' him away from the tele- phone office steps, he said Haines when yet in his teens was wont to spend the summer at the home of his late uncle, Samuel Glover, owner of the Glover grist and sawmill in the Hanover district in Newtown, and residents of Newtown still recall his hunting proWeess. He was reputed to be the best gun shot within the con fines of Sandy Hook and Hanover while he exce11ed all his youthful com panions in the art of woodcraft,
 His favorite sport during the sum rowing about Glover's Mill pond shoot ing bullfrogs and it was looked upon as a poor evenings work if Haines did not return with upwards of 50 or 100 'sbnll punks''
 According to a statement given to a Farmer reporter today by a companion Of Haines in his youthful days, Haines
 
 never known to have taken part in any altercation during his various sojourns to the Hanover district He was a man who, if insulted or rebuffed by any of his companions would take a quiet walk for himself without retail iating.
 Haines was very fond of spirited horses and was loud in his praise of a dashing black colt which he used for driving, when talking to one of his boyhood chums.
 He also owned three other very spirited specimens of horsehesh. Two of them were large brown mares which he used on his farm wagons. The oth- CT animal used to team up with the black colt when Haines was wont to go for long drive through the coun- try.
 On the Hafnes farm is an unlimited stock of breeding cattle. In one pig Sty alone there are about 100 young 1 sucking pigs while his poultry, con sisting of chickens, guinea. hens. and
 ducks, aggregate 950e or more choice fowl. Two bEawny oxen used in blow ing the truck garden have been lying idle in the large yellow barn, which is made in Colonial style, as during the last three weeks Haines has been un-. able to procure sufficient help to gath | CT the produce from the gardens. The Haines I 4 acre farm in the
 Pine Creek Road district in Fairfield
 was purchased by Jason HaineS some Yten years ago The money with which 1 it was purchased was furnished by an uncle of Haines. John Glover of Du-
 buque, Iowa. The uncle in the far
 western state always looked upon Ja-
 ago he communicated with Jason and 1 advised him to purchase a farm at the same time informing him that he
 would furnish the money. to pay the
 cost of the purchase. Jason than 1 bought the Fairfield farm, constitut- ling I4 acres. John Glover, on for Iwarding the purchase price to Jason.
 told his nephew that he was surpris- ed at the small acreage purchased land added: Jason, can plainly 1see that you don't. care much for
 farming If you did so you would
 have purchased a 100 acre farm. 7 1 After perusing the, contents of this letter Haines told his local friend that i he was simple minded in not having l bought a farm of larger acreage. He lgave as his reason that he was afraid that his uncle might believe he was 1 imposing on his good nature had he | done so.
 I Haines was a business man from Ithe word go and many AlocaI produce
 dealers who had dealings with him claim that he was known as the tGyp- Isy Farmer It is also said that on leaving his farnyard with a quantity I of produce he could tell to the ex- 1 act penny how much money he would l derive from the sale of his wagon loan. Produce dealers also say that l if Jason Haines once set a price on his garden truck no man could compel l him to make a reduction in the price.
 In preference to lowering his sale I price he would return to the farm
 with his products. In this manner Ihe accumulated a small fortune in I the course of ten years aside from
 the mone, and property left him by 1 his relativs upeon their decease. Upon his visit to this city Monday l morning at o'clock he met one of his boyhood companions who is now a
 ralaer of the local police depart