The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-06
OUR VIEWPOINT
 NEWS LETTER
to The Farmer.)

i Naw+own. Feb. 6-Hiram Kellogg or Danbury, who was arrested py SnefIil M. D. Beers Jan. 1S, upon colnpiaih' of Grand Juror P. H. Cannon on charge of theft, was arralgneo Satui- day before. Justice McCartny anu nls oa se was nolled. Kellogg, who is father of the senior partner In the oeluio' contracting firm of Kellogg & Gregory, claims the arrest unwarranted. and that the offense, if any was commit ted came under the provisions Of the c;vi, law. and should have been brought by the injured party. Charles E Brakeman, against the 1nsolvent estate of Kellogg & Gregory for whom the accused acted as employe or agent. The offense alleged was the taking awav from Blackman's premises load of planking for use on the sugar street state road work in December 1916 then in charge of the contrac- tors. He maintains his arrest on criminal charge was unwarranteo' Justice Mccarthy sfound that the charge could not lie, owing to the fact that the date of commission of the same was more than a year ago, ana the statute of limitation of actions was a bar. He therefore nolled the case
 Who will pay for the costs of the ease is a question now up to the tax payers, in view of the opposition or the selectmen to paying excessive pllis for court actions not resulting Tn trials. Blakeman has lost all chance to recover for his lumber bill as the firm of Kellogg & Gregory has been discharged from bankruptcy. What inc accused will do is not known, but he was in belligerent mood, Satur- day.
 Newtown is agog with excitement over the war developments III toWns Saturday night at dusk four guaros began patrolling the line of the H1gn- land division tracks from the >Sanoy Hook station to the Pomperaug r1Ver in Southbury, a distance of mile ana a quarter Their beat covers the bridges over the Pootatuck. Housa- tonic and Pomeraug rivers on this railroad The night guards were re- lieyed. Sunday, by three, others who did day duty. All trespassers on the tracks or bridges are halted, and ar fer examination are ordered off rail- road property.
 Each guard carries a powerful cleo trio f1ashlight and presumably armed and while two of the guards cover the beats to the lesser bridges, the other two are constantly patrolling the larg- est bridge over the Housatonic river. It is remembered by the townspeople that the bridge over the Housatonic river was the center of the strategical movements of the red and blue armies in the war manoeuvres of 1912.
 MT. and Mrs. s. F. King of Bridge port spent Sunday with Mrs. Kings parents, Mr. and Mrs. c. B. Johnson, of South Center.
 Leo Kirby of Bantam, Conn.,, is wis., iting his parents, MT. and Mrs. Frank Kirby of Dayton street.
 Mrs F. Larner is in the Danbury hospital, suffering from an infected leg. An amputation of a part of the limb is probable.
 Mrs. Jane F. George has been ap- pointed administrative on the estate of her husnand, the late Rev. James H. George.
 The fourteenth meeting of the Equal Franchise league at Mrs. E. J. Halls at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon is open to all interested or indifferent to the principles and propaganda the suf- fragists espouse.
 The Dodg1ngtown Fire Company Mo- will give an old fashioned country