The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-07
BEDDING
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 [ 0edding, July 7.---As a. sequel to tpaneAa, EAy,s use of a. risia for the fss1 'Kis land Sf T Timothy @ Murphy, butler for .Ma5or Henry Sanford, and ESf Henry Sanford, Jr., aged 10, Gay was axr4a&ned In the Community HoIses 6h N1enday charged with as- saS5k with. d deadly weapon, an of fe1A pansshsbse by. three years inn pxSnnent and a $500 fine There lhab been delay in getting the prosecu- ltia8 Started as Grand Juror A. c. Bar ,neN to whom complaint was first made, refased to act after advising on the matter with Attorney Henry Will lSon of, Dax1bury, Grand Juror D. s. Sanford who was next approached, issued a, complaint after considerable delBberation. MT. Barnett has suffered Emuch annoyance and property dam matter, has MT. Sanford. Justice Lyon, before whom the warrant was ireturnaose, suggested a. transfer of the icase to another justice, preferably one tcalled from another town, but yield ing to tho wish of both sides, con- scented to conduct the hearing. Attor- iney 'W1sson appeared as counsel TOT tho, defense and Attorney Reisnki' from the firm Of DeForest & Klein, .
 The trouble Seading to the pcosecu- tt1on Occurred on June 24 at the sang- atucR river where Murphy and the tSanfprd boy had gone for a days fish irx. The versions of the affair testi- Ef1ed to Ay Gay on one side and the lcompfsinants on the other differed fw1deay as to details, Gay said tha, tho fishing couple did not leave until an hour and a half after he first gave 471ern notice to quit while Murphy and the boy insisted that the interval was Eno&,7onger than I5 minutes which time was occuspied by a leisurely reaSsenl- blfng of their dispersed accoutre- irnents.4 Gay had told them, they tes- ftis1ed, 4alat his bounds on the rivel were. defined By the two bridges ir fvSew, whiae Gay insists that he added *-arrd Reaow the lower bridge" Upor t4uittinsy their first station the couple went above the upper bridge whert b&1tey remained for several hours Or kretrrninss Gay said they again passed over has territory between the bridges tho soy going through his garden fThe aatter statement the others deny-
 They were again fishing severa hundred feet below the lower bridg' when Gay came from his house witt a rffle and fired from a distanc which he describes as 900 feet an' Murphy at not more than half tha distance Murphy says he distinctE heard the whistle of the bullet a feV feet above his head Gay said thi could not have been so as he hell
 the weapon at right angles with ref erence to the others and that tn
 bullet nnmzt have gone into a ban long way short of the place the
 occupied. After the firing MHrph
 told fhe boy to stay where he wa while he, Murphy, went back an sought am explanation from tn shooter Nevertheless, the boy tag ged closely behind, his guardian be ing too much occupied with the per he was facing to notice the proximity Murphy explains that he went to wards Gay instead of running ava
 because he felt that such a cours afforded the best method of protect
 ing the boy for whose safety he wa ,f responsible
 While Murphy was making th1
 approach Gay several times raise
 and sighted the rifle in his direction but did not shoot He says that h
 had no ammunition beyond the sing,
 cartridge that was discharged Tn
 talk had by the pair when they mt
 was brief, not especially 1urid, an
 ended the affair for the time