New Britain herald., 1926-08-24
Bristol Nevs
25 YEAR RESIDENT
 CALLED BY DEATH
Arthur E. Sampson Dies at
 Home After Long Illness
PIPE BURSTS, FLOODS STORE

PIPE BURSTS, FLOODS STORE Heavy Loss Suffered By c. Funk X Sons-Crockery Display Crashes
 in Store Window-FamiIy Has Row Over Auto.
 Arthur F. Sampson, aged 6q, a resident of Bristol for the past 25 years, died at his home this morning after an illness of two weeks from cancer of the stomach, although he had been in i'll health for the pas, two years.
 MT. Sampson was born in Fitch 1 burg, Mass. July 5, 1851, where he attended the public schools and spent the early years of his life. As young man he studied the funda- mentals of salesrnanship and up to the time of his retirement a short time ago had been engaged in that line of work. For a short time he was in the employ of the White Sewing Machine Co. and for years he was connected with the Singer Sewing Machine Co. His connec- ton with the latter concern brought him in touch with large number of people in Bristol and surrounding towns and his customers were in- cluded in his wide circle Of friends.
 Mir. Sampson leaves, besides his wife, two sons, Chester Sampson of Detroit, Mich, and Arthur Sampson of Leominster, Mass. two daugh- ters, Mrs. w. o. Smith of Queens Village, l.. l.. and Mrs. Florence Anderson of Bristol; a brother. AL fred Sampson of Lynn. Mass; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Cross and Mrs. Emma Moore of Lynn, Mass, and by ten grandchildren and three jgreat grandchildren.
 Mir. Sampson for number of years had been an active members of compounce tribe, 1. o. R. Nj. of this city.
 The funeral will be held from his late home at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Rev. John R. Fox, pas tor of the Advent Christian church, will conduct the services and burial will be in the family lot in the West cemetery.
 Water Pipe Bursts
 ., A water pipe on the top floor of the building occupied by c. Funk & Sons of Prospect street burst last night and water flooding that de- partment, seeped through the three floors, causing heavy damage to the stock of furniture, rugs and other stock. The amount of the damage has not as yet been estimated but it is believed that it will run into thousands of dollars.
 Economy Store Entered
 The Economy Store, located on Terryville avenue. near the entrance to Endee Manor, was entered last night and a small amount of change which had been secreted on one of the shelves, was taken. No other loss was reported
 Entrance was gained by removing screen from a rear window and crawling through the iron bars, which had been placed crosswise on the inside of the window frame. The space between each of the bars is only seven inches, which would indicate that the break was com- mitted by boy. Detective Sergeant McGillicuddy is Investigating.
 Priests at Retreat
 Rev. William P. Lafiin. pastor of St. Matthew's Roman Catholic church of Forestville and Rev. Thomas r. Lynch, assistant pastor of St. Joseph's church. this city. left yesterday for Keyser's Island. South Norwalk, where they will remain for the rest Of the week in retreat
 Rev Oliver T. Magnell. pastor of St. Joseph's church, returned last Saturday after having spent the week at the retreat.
 ". R. C. Picnic
 | ile dlllludl plCnlC Ol IT, w. Thompson Post, Women's Relief Corps, will be held tomorrow after noon at Lake Compounce. Dinner wih be served on the second balcony of the Casino at 12:30 p. m.
 Damages Officers Motorcycle
 William Hayes of Park street. in backing his touring car out of its parking place in front of the city hall yesterday afternoon at 12:15 o'clock. struck the motor- cycle of Officer Edgar Norton which was standing in front of police headquarters. The motorcycle was considerably damaged and Mr. Hayes offered to make immediate settlement. No arrest was made al- thought Mir. Hayes was instructed to report to headquarters this morning.
 Bridge Party
 Mrs. Morton c. Treadway will be the hostess at the regular bi-weekly bridge party, which will be held at the Chappanee Country club tomor- row afternoon. She will be assist ed by Mrs. Asline Ward. Mrs. Epa-