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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1923
Page
8
Sammel Michelman of this city was found liable for damages totaling 4500 in a case arising from injuries sustained when a horse and wagon were involved. The ruling specifies the defendant as the individual, not the Connecticut company, and notes the incident details leading to the claim.
Sam Longo, a Newtown cobbler, is held without bonds at the County Jail on suspicion of involvement in the DeBiase murder near Bethel last August. Danbury suspects Antonio Dinte and Dontin with no bonds at the Danbury jail, while Guerrise and others deny knowledge. Authorities doubt Longo's tale of confession via Guercise though no conclusive evidence is disclosed.
Multiple funeral notices list the deaths of Lucy A Pond widow of Seth C Pond who died yesterday and whose funeral is tomorrow at Sho Park avenue with burial at Lakeview cemetery Carrie Soney Milner widow of ? will be buried at Mountain Grove cemetery Minnie Lentz Kalkert wife of Frederick Kalkert died yesterday in Middletown her private funeral is this afternoon with interment at Park cemetery Catherine Ryan widow of John Ryan funeral services this morning at 8 30 from M J Gannon funeral home and a requiem mass at Blessed Sacrament burial at St Michael Cemetery
Communication efforts with the Bowdoin as it sails north toward Greenland face difficulties from continuous daylight. Hartford based American Radio Relay League upgrades gear, setting up an 800 E transmitter at Maxim’s home to improve chances of contact during the Arctic summer and approaching winter.
Waterbury August 29 Connecticut personal envoy Montague to the New York conference of eastern governors reported to Governor Piel that little was accomplished toward meeting the coal crisis. He said more would have been done if the meeting were limited to the federal fuel administrator and governors. Montague urged surveying domestic coal shipments and arranging substitutes, noting limited anthracite supply and proposing soft coal for steam and hot water plants. He stressed training a person in every community to burn coal safely and teach dealers and customers proper methods.
In Winsted Aug 21 a man identifying as Michael Libbys from wrassy Plain Bethe attempted to unload a 20 gallon cash from his car in front of a hotel on Malm street. The liquor was spilled and firefighters used a hose to remove the odor while authorities sort charges under the incomo vehicle law.
A local teamster, Robert Searls, reportedly drunk, was driving a team along North Washington Avenue when a horse fell breaking a leg. The injured horse was shot to end its suffering. Searls was arrested and charged with drunkenness.
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