The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-26
NEWTOWN JUSTICE DEMANDS ARREST
 IN HALL ASSAULT
] Especial to The Farmero

Newtown, April 26-After vainly waiting fer the return of the war rane of arrest against John Thome and George Balinger Tor the murder ous assault on B. J. Hall, the mer- chant plumber of Sandy Hook. upon which Bal1inger was held last week for the superior court in bonds or $1.000 and Thorme released by pro ceedings, not sanctioned by the court, Justice F. H. Mccarthy, Saturoay morning temporarily ordered Deputy Sheriff A. B.. Blakeman to bring Thome before him or some other J us tice of the peace for Fairfield county, or return the warrantlto him as orig inaI Justice. to be executed by some other officer.
 As soon as the sheriff got the war rant he appeared before Justice Mc-i Carthy and signified his willingness to re-arrest Thone and taking Con- stable Thomas Carlson with him, re- paired at once to the Webber home on Mile Hill, where Thorne is ern- pIoyed Mrs. J. F. Webbers his ern-- ployer's wife. was highly indignant and scored the officers for what she denoninated an outrage, saying she would appear at the court hearing and prove am aIibi for her hired man Promptly at 2:5O Saturday afternoon court was held in the office of Judge .J J.F.E gave substantially the same evidence given by him against Ballinger and again, as in the case Of BaHinger. would not say Thorne was the man who struck him three times on the head until he was rendered uncon- scious. a little before o'clock on that dark night at the door of his estab- nshment. Questioned as to the mo- stives for the deed, he knew of none. and supposed he had no enemy in the world although he had been told that [Thome had threatened to kill him, but could assign no reason for such hatred.
 When Mrs. Webher was put. on the stand for the defense she stated that Thorne came into the house the night in question between 8 80 and g lso'cIock and would not admit that she could be mistaken as to the exact t1ne by; any questioning of the judge 1 or prosecutor, Judge Beecher. It Hooked like a discharge for Thone on the word orgthe lady: who had reluct- antly stopped talking out in court expressing many very unhatterirg re- marks on the conduct of ltne case. I until the judge called her sharply to I order Everybody was getting ready to hear the prosecutor ask for the l discharge Of the prisoner when a sur I prise was sprung. Martin Conger 1AAS man who in all sincerity, had warn I ed his employer of the threat made
 by Thone about five weeks before
 and told to be on the lookout fol
 trouble Thome had given him a If on his wagon on his way home from I work, and after discussing the stor5
 of the woman in the case said ts l Conger. You tell Hall I'll kill him i I he interferes again
 l That is as far as the justice fin
 quired into the slime of the story bacl Il of the threat and deerning it sufacien
 inm ediately found probable cause
 and bonnd the prisoner over to tn,
 superior court in bonds of s1.O0O. Bu
 Thome will not keep company wIt1
 Ballinger, for Mrs Webber, althougl
 refusing at the first hearing to g.
 bonds for either suspect, prompt,
 came to the rescue and signed tn, I bail bond.
 The friends of Attorney Beeche
 decry the strictures placed upon hi
 conduct of the case by Justice Nc
 Carthy in his signed statement in tn
 local paper, Friday. and insist tha
 the officers are to blame in not build ing up a proper case fof presentinl l in court.