The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-09
FAIRFIELD


 Federal agents and authorities are not content with letting the myster- | tous case of pr. Elizabeth Radon. whose dead body was found on Beach nings estate. rest and several agents were in Fairfield working upon the l case, it was declared today, according | to a reliable Fairfield official. The on the theory that Dr. Radon was member of dope ring that oper- ates between New York city and BoS- ton, the officer said They believe that she was in the company of sev- eral members of the ring the night | before her death, it is alleged, and that while in their company she took or was given an overdose of drug story now being told here. 1 The belief is that the members of the party were high in the so-called ring and that when pr. Radon died they thought it best to leave the body in some distant place in order to avoid the questioning of the police. So far as the Fairfield authorities are concerned the case is closed and the finding made by Dr. Donaldson, medi- cal examiner for Fairfield, of suicide and confirmed by Coroner Phelan is final
 A case was cited by this official of certain man in Stamford who was of an advanced age, rich. and mar
 
 morning the aged man was found dead in bed and had had from all appearances of natural causes. The parents of the girl insisted that he relatives sensed foul play and asked the State police to investigate. Final ly an autopsy was ordered and per formed. In the stomach of the man nothing was found to indicate foul play and the doctor performing the operation did not wish to carry the operation any further. The states witness insisted that the skull be the man was found a hat pin which had been driven through the mans head and broken off below the scalp. The young bride was arrest ed, convicted, and sent to states pris- on for life The argument given by those who are still interested in the case is that the body was taken away too quickly and that if an in vestigation was made something sim liar to the case cited might have been disclosed.
 The price paid for the former resi- dence of Judge Banks by Mrs. Mary Brenzinger was disclosed as S19,0OO. The residence fronts on the Post Road for 100 feet. The house is of frame rear of the property.
 A warning will be issued by Town Clerk Fnnt shortly for the next Town meeting which is tos be held during the latter part of this month. At the meeting the tax rate for the year will be voted upon. It is estimated that it will be about 1 , mills. The Board of Finance recommends what the tax rate shall be.
 In the civil suit brought before Jus tice Robert Hitchcock by Henry Sher- man, of Southport. against Joseph Lutinsky, of Greenfield, the former was awarded damages. Lutinsky was ordered to pay court proceedings and damages for wrecking the automobile belonging to Sherman
 Thomas Sweeney, employed as a electrician at the Flint theatre may lose the sight of his left eye as the result of being struck by 8 plank. Sweeney was engaged in some work when the plank accidentally fell upon his head striking the eye.
 Fire did damage to the extent of several hundred dollars to the home of Stephen Royak, Southport, when it broke out yesterday morning at 5 o'clock from an overloaded stove The Southport Fire department responded to the alarm and quickly extinguished the flames that were eating into the floor of the home and were menacing the store kept in the front of the Royak home.