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29 June 2003 Sunding
NY.NT- Daily News
SHOWTIME 6
In the upcoming movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: The
Curse of the Black Pearl," Johnny Depp plays buffoon-
ish pirate-turned-pirate hunter Capt. Jack Sparrow.
His mission sounds a little like that undertaken by
Capt. William Kidd, a Scottish-born privateer who set
sail from New York in 1696 to hunt down buccaneers
for the British Crown. Unfortunately, Kidd staffed his
expedition with (who else?) pirates - 70 roughnecks
with a hunger for gold.
Kidd departed the East Coast a legitimate business-
man; he returned three years later as one of history's
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most infamous rogues.
To read more about Kidd's pre-voyage preparations,
visit the Maritime History Web site (www.maritime
history.info/pirates/Pirate-Hunter.html), which has
an abridged version of the first chapter of Richard
Zacks' book "Pirate Hunter: The True Story of
Captain Kidd.
A few months after Kidd set out, his raffish crew
mutinied, and he defended himself by striking his gun-
ner's mate in the head with an iron bucket. That experi-
ence, and the dearth of spoils, persuaded Kidd to turn
CAPTAIN
KIDD
FRAUNCES
TAVERN
MUSEUM
to piracy. He
soon began
attacking
merchant
ships along
India's
Malabar
Coast. His
most valuable
prize was the
Quedagh Merchant,
a 400-ton ship laden
with gold.
In 1699, Kidd
returned to New York, where he was arrested for piracy
and sent to London to stand trial. He was hanged twice
(the first rope broke), and his tarred corpse was left in
an iron cage over the Thames as a warning to would-be
freebooters. The stolen gold was never found.
According to legend, Kidd's treasure is buried
on a secluded island in the Connecticut River, and
can only be dug up by three men at midnight when
the full moon is directly overhead. A page on the
University of Massachusetts biology department's
Web site (www.bio.umass.edu/biology/conn.river/
kidd.html) recounts the tale in gripping detail. It also
offers locations where the treasure could be buried.
Kidd's nautical adventures also inspired
Edgar Allan Poe to write "The Gold-Bug"
(www.pambytes.com/poe/stories/goldbug.html)
and influenced Robert Louis Stevenson as he
wrote "Treasure Island" (www.online-literature.com/
stevenson/treasureisland/).
Steve Bryant

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BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Nov. 10, 18
dents of this city bave decided opl
the Morristown gold digging myster
upon their intimate nequalitance in
years with three of the principal actors l
drama, ns as been diruigel.
The Rev. Tatier Duffy was once an wel
known here any man could be to the mem-
bers of the antly of James Leverty and of
James brott. Alexander, be was known as
men know e members of their own house
hold Edw R and bis brother, Patrick
Hoe, as rousins of Mrs. Ella Laverty, the
mother of Jnes and Alexander Leverly, were
also well known here, from the time of Ed-
ward's coming to this country from Ireland,
back in the thirties, to the time of the re-
pective deaths
James Larty Is a recall grocer He Uvea
at No. 21s street. In a house furnlabed
with Bost the reineruen's of wealth. Hin
brother. Alexander, is a promluent real estate
dealer and lives in Washington avenue, the
most fashionable street in Bridgeport Their
familles are numbered among the rst Catholle
families of Coppercut. Roth these gentlemen
and their friends, who have had knowledge of
the facts, these that the stone covered jar
found at bottom of tavation made
r three sangers and contain treasure of a
value inteurbosly at froth 5.0 to $75,000
In bonds eenbacks and gold pupposed to
have been retet e l'atrick R. with the
assistance of his hired man
EDWARD ROSE FORTUNE
It was in 1, or therealots, according to
people ww him intimately that Edward
The ata hwd Celtic blood, emigrated
to New York and started nor store at
Fim street ad 'atharine lain. of Broadway.
and uir fortim in a few years. Shortly
after estashing himself het to the ol
untry for his brother l'etrick to and bis
sister, Margaret the latter a maiden of far
from tender, years and Patrick a confirmed
ld barhele Edward was willing to establisb
his brother business, but as be proved re-
fractory
Inst resort, Edward bought a
farm at Patrick the manager of it.
This is farm ow owned by the Kennel-
lys In Morristown
During the veral rears that followed the
visits of Patrick and Edward to their cousin
Ellen Laverty were frequent At her house
te dar they were frilure to the Rer.
Father Duty bus was at the time curate
of the old St. James Church, wow the magnif
cent parish of St Augustine under Ber
Father Synnott. When he heard that the
eller R was a man of considerable wealth,
Duffy immediately cultivated Lls niptance.
frequently golux to New York to see him It
would not untar that Duty ingratiated hiro

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rick. for Fantwas expressed the inten
1100 of leaving all his unex
Ellen
Fatward In
16 ils cousin
Iwer, astroke of apoplexy
Is story ane dar nu denih found
The property, dla the
stown then went to Patrick
him Intest
farm a
Duffy Int
fully fret
Patrik
is alleges
and he
In Patrick Increased wonder.
K'S LOVE OF
fond of drink
DRINK
I'ather Duffy, It
that he had sli that he could be
Induced to drink and Patrin bume al
most imbelle although he had at time
ments of sound recollection During these
lr moments he expressed the profoundest al
horrence of Father Duffy and dread of him
a dread which he often expressed in the hear
Ing of distinguished equalutances In this city.
as well us to the Laverty. Is ney, he fre
quently wald, Tr should neved a penny
It should all go to Ellen Laverty
de iny. It Is renibered,
rusly enough the same lawyer
Ird drew the will in favor of Duty)
he Levertys to talk at a testa.
their vor Patrick. It all, while
rmined, and sometime while not
devoted many moments to plans for cir
the vigilame of the watchful
ng other things he llevel
ertel real estate and ber valu
able proper Int cash, which he secreted In
and surners of the farmhouse,
to put it in a saber place. 11
lu Units States bonds
and $25 gold were secreted in this way.
people her think, formed the
the t unearthed In Morristown.
several things that put to th
ith great precision r Instance.
Fath.
Moing his
content
There
when
de and Duffy produced the will
avor, he placed the value of the
arge sum. After an Inventory had
de is said to have placed the
sum many thousands of dol-
There ara numer of things about Duffy's
part in the matter that have ever been anti-
factorily explated. One is why did l'atrick
Hoe with property to a man whom he dia-
1ks nende as much as he lid Duffy?
Anuther hy was Dus als ass especially
anxustave it appear that Patrick was a
comparatively aber wan, nind that he could
read at yrite when, as a mater of fact, be
WAK not or and could not read or write?
James Laterts believes, and be substantl
ates his claim with much sound log that the
Morristown form, with all the er property
of which atrik y dil pesed, be
Jonge father and inther by right as
the nearest slag best of hip, and that Daffy
obtained session of It by doubifal methods.
If not by uual forgery
The elder Leerty at the time was about to
en hark uiu a litigation regarding It, but.
finding the awer he dependel on for a
low as Dus lawyer, he listened to
the use of thuffy and the attorney
and the word of the former that
when that was settled he Duffy would
se that was fairly divided Mr Leverty
was influer than anything else by bis
respect the priestly orders.
It turned out that the heverte Dever re-
cred even the light legales left them under
a matter which was never formally
use the elder Mr. Leverty, be
affair wealth k the and that
never had he had never lost, and
objected
Ing an
what he
It is
the title
ferrel, or
tuleratol today, however, how the
the farm has been cally trans-
ha l'atrick Hoe ever ok lettera
Acles
stratiers
Int that
Assisted in
Daine of
the possible Identity of one of the
dug up the jar is found in the
rik Roe is believed to have been
rying ir ly his hired gaan. The
man is not membred bere. al-
thongh than himself is remembered very
distinctly
11 !s not thangbt, however, that at
had any idea of the value of
the jar but supposed merely
oring the vagary of a drunke
rward be, or perhaps
Inkling co to the rea
the time
he was hu
Whether
gained so
only be Joctored.
Patriekiniself is remembere
tere simge hints regarding
ure." oflch only he and
knowledg Mr. James
there wo nephew of
Hoe who er worked
rick, as bh the br
the sister Margar

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une Shoreham Motor Hotel Nationwide Mover
ketball League Sunday by edg-up. scored 11 points to lead his
Ing Nationwide Movers 40 to 37, team, and Frank Caulfield add-
at the Kingswood School gym.
ed 10. Dave Carlson sunk 19 for
Laure! Beef, with Frank Shar-
ry and Jack Scully added 3
each
In the Northern Division,
Kingswood Market became the
Sanitas
Shoreham
Laurel Beel
Sticklor Electric
Northern Division
sole occupant of first place by High scorer for Sanitas Clean- Kingswood Market
downing Shoreham West Moers was Tom Renison with 15 Shoreham-West
tor Lodge. 48 to 34
points, and Jeff Bussolari add- Kerin Agency
Kern Agency increased its ed 12 Larry Gavens led Stick- Buckley Assoc
hold on third place in the lor with 6. and Mark McGurk, Oil Power
Northern Division by defeating in scored 4.
Oil Power. 32 to 26.
In another Northern Division
game. Buckley Associates
downed Rozinsky's, 38 to 24
In the Southern Division
Rozinsky's
Mystery of Lead Mine
Shoreham Motor Hotel edged Alive After Centuries
Laurel Beef 32 to 30, making
use of a league rule against a HARWINTON (Special)
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The
The first account of an actual Clust
full court press, which is under Wednesday will mark the 310th sighting of the lead blocks was Claim
protest A Shoreham player anniversary of Harwinton's mys- given by Joseph Merriman, an
was able to bounce the ball for tery of the vanishing lead-mune early resident of the town. variot
the last eight seconds of the The missing lead-mine has Chipman says.
game to hold a two-point lead been mentioned by area his- Huge in Form
Contest.
school
credit
nuson
while the rules prevented Laurel torians through the years, in- Merriman came upon the claim
Beef from crossing the center cluding Woodruff's History of block lead, which he described with t
line to take part in the game Litchfield" and Chipman's "His- as "rock-like and huge in uct, a
In another Southern Division tory of Harwinton.
form. while walking through 22 per
Sanitas Cleaners In spite of local legends, sev- the woods Chipman says he cut Sch
downed Sticklor Electric. 48 to eral reported sitings, literary large, solid ingots" from the
21. to hold on to third place in references and a deed purport- block, took them home and remar
the division.
ing to convey the much sought molded them into bullets.
Ferry
Dave Francis was the big ore deposit, to this day no one When Merriman tried to re- princi
gun in the GM victory, scoring has been able to pinpoint its turn to the site. Chipman adds. tern
13 points, while Chuck George location.
he found nothing This in spite Charle
Jed Nationwide with 18
The first authoratative refer- of the fact he had made ef- Schoo
John Niekrash scored 20 ence to the lost mine occurs in forts to mark the route by med h
points in helping to keep his an ancient deed taken from cutting bushes along the path. The
Kingswood Market team in first Farmington records dated Feb. During the Revolutionary $100.0
place Marty Chotiner added 10 8, 1657. The deed conveys the War. Hawrinton residents at- juncti
and Stephen Chotiner 7 Paul hill from whence John Standley tempted to locate the mine in dant
Ritter scored 11 points for and John Andrews brought the order to supply patriots with ther
Shoreham West. while Mark black lead and all the land with- sorely needed lead.
Fisher and Jed Hayes added in eight miles of that hill: on According to Chipman, about
every side
to dig and carry 500 of the town's then 1,200
Tommy Redden scored 10 away what they will and to population formed three search
points for the Kerin Agency. build on for use of them that parties and began scouring the
and Bill Quish added 6 High labor there"
general vicinity of the mine ren B
scorer for Oil Power was Craig. The deed bears the marks of site.
Barro
Lees with 9, with Stuart Cohen Kepaquamp, Querrimus and The central division. Chioman South-
Mataneage. Tunxis Indian says, carried a large bell to Dallas
Chuck Stone accounted for 14 tribesmen, the apparent grant- give notice to all as quickly as his m
points for Buckley Associates, ors
possible, when the expected dis-
and Rick Kamins added 10 The document places the land covery was made Although teriou
in the southern section of Har- the company searched until clappe
winton, according to Woodruff, nightfall, they failed to turn up head
in his "History of Litchfield" a slug
five each.
scoring 6
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Bridgeport, Conn
A22 CONNECTICUT POST Sunday, September 6, 1998
CONNECTICUT
Effort launched to save Sound's underwater treasures
NEW LONDON (AP).
Visions of Revolutionary War-era
ships rotting at the bottom of Long
Island Sound tease State
Archaeologist Nicholas
Bellantoni.
There's the schooner Defence,
a Connecticut privateer that went
down on Bartlett's Reef off
Waterford on March 10, 1779, and
the sloop Hermoine that ran
aground and sank east of New
London Harbor in 1782,
reportedly carrying $100,000 in
gold.
Bellantoni would love to study
these wrecks for whatever they can
add to the state's historical record,
and he's moving toward that goal
with proposed legislation that
would protect these sites from
plunder while giving the public
access to them.
He describes a cooperative
agreement with scuba divers who
would help locate wrecks that
could be included in underwater
preserves or parks.
Some scuba divers are
cooperating with Bellantoni and
have joined a steering committee
to draft the legislation.
Others see only bureaucratic
regulations robbing them of a
hobby they spend hours and small
fortunes pursuing.
They claim anything of
historical significance lost long
ago, and say the bits and pieces
they do resurrect are readily shared
with others.
They say the plan to start the
effort with a state grant is a misuse
of public funds.
Bellantoni knows a challenge
awaits him.
So far he has only an $18,000
grant to launch a public relations
campaign to make people aware of
what is sitting off the coast, and a
steering committee of volunteers
tossing around ideas for the
legislation.
The plate program will produce
a Web page, brochures and a
traveling exhibit.
The committee has not
determined which wrecks would
be eligible for protection, but
Bellantoni noted the National
Register of Historic Places accepts
properties that are at least 50 years
old.
"We're still talking about a time
frame," he said.
"Fifty would take us back to
World War II so we may want to
than 10 objects from one wreck
Bill Peterson, curator of the
Maritime Museums saying they
and it has to be by hand. Maryland Mystic Seaport Museums, said the will not take materials from
says no more than five artifacts at
no more than 25 pounds each."
Museums are currently
reluctant to accept artifacts from
divers in the interest of
preserving
the integrity of these sites.
Seaport and similar facilities have
agreed not to take such articles
from recreational divers.
anyone not sanctioned to do so.
"It's an educational process to
get the divers thinking about what
they do when they remove
something from a wreck," Peterson
The Seaport and other such
museums have signed resolutions
passed by the Council of American said.

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include those for thick tumary
significance."
The goal is to create policies to
preserve historic wrecks and rivers
in case any wrecks are threatened
through vandalism or development
like laying cables," Bellantoni
said.
"We want to work with divers
to develop a network to locate
these wrecks and evaluate their
historic significance.
"Our goal would be to
create underwater parks. Grant
money could be used and
divers could do the work,"
Bellantoni said, speculating
that divers would welcome the
chance to help.
"We're trying to develop a
database with help from divers
to put it on a GPS [Global
Positioning System] mapping
system. From what the divers
tell me, there are literally
thousands [of wrecks] out there,
but what is historically
significant is one of the things
we want to identify."
Bellantoni said he's unsure
what forms the parks would take.
The state has been remiss in failing
to set policies protecting
underwater archaeological sites, he
said.
"We are one of just a few
coastal states in the union that does
not have policies for underwater
sites," he said.
"Also, there's more increased
awareness of shipwrecks among
divers and the general public, and
in response to that we want to have
these guidelines in place. Plus, the
technology is allowing us to get to
wrecks that we couldn't get to
before, so the time is right.'
Only Connecticut and Delaware
have failed to enact legislation
protecting underwater cultural
resources after Congress enacted
the Abandoned Shipwrecks Act of
1987, said Jim Correnti, a student
of Bellantoni's who wrote his
master's thesis on the law and how
the state would go about enacting
its own legislation.
"There is no artifact collecting
allowed in Georgia, Louisiana,
Rhode Island and Maine on wrecks
that are deemed historic," Correnti
said. "There aren't many
restrictions in Massachusetts.
Florida says you can't collect
anything in salt water, and in South
Carolina you can collect no more
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Aa
Register, Sunday, August 28, 1988
28 Ay 1988 Sunday pageBY New Haven Regriter, Console 3-6
Diver plunges into archeaology
By Beth Burrell
Register Staff
NEW HAVEN - You might
say Wilburn A. Cockrell dwells
in the past.
He dives hundreds of feet un-
derwater, digs up 11,000-year-
old skeletons of native Ameri-
cans, horses and saber-tooth cats
and ponders the daily lives of
these people and animals.
In New Haven to talk about
his coming part in public televi-
sion's "The Infinite Voyage: The
Search for Ancient Americans,'
Cockrell said underwater archae-
ology is a priceless tool that can
be used in various parts of the
country, including Connecticut,
to reveal how Indians lived.
More than likely, a lot of their
past is buried beneath Long Is-
land Sound, he said. Sea level
was 100 to 300 feet lower before
the glaciers of the last ice age
melted and people could walk
from Connecticut to Block Is-
land, R.I., and Martha's Vine-
yard, Mass.
Cockrell, director of the Flor-
ida State University's Warm
Mineral Springs Archaeological
Research Project, is one of only a
handful of underwater
archeaologists.
Many call themselves that but
they dive in shipwrecks for trea-
sure, he said. He uses trowels to
chip away at buried bones, tools
and other remains.
"The beauty of doing archae-
ology underwater is the under-
water environment retards bac-
terial growth by keeping oxygen
away," he said. In other words,
skeletal remains can survive in
underwater caves and rock crev-
ices for thousands of years with- counts his adventures. In 1973,
out decaying.
The university hopes to open
an underwater archeology insti-
tute where archaeologists from
all over the world can train, he
said.
But diving 230 feet below the
surface, as he does in the Warm
Mineral Springs sinkhole in Flor-
ida, has its price. Co-workers
have drowned, suffered de-
compression sickness, known as
the bends, and become paralyzed
or permanently disabled.
Decompression sickness oc-
curs when bubbles of gas form in
the blood stream from coming to
the surface too quickly.
Despite the dangers, Cockrell
continues diving and eagerly re-
he emerged from the sinkhole
with an almost complete skele-
ton of a 25-year-old Paleo-Indian
male. The body was intentional-
ly buried apparently in a rock
crevice in the side of the sink
hole.
The man also was buried with
a spear-thrower, the earliest
spear-thrower found in the Wes-
tern Hemisphere, he said.
The skeletons of 20 people
have been discovered in the
sinkhole. Cockrell has disco-
vered skeletal remains 280 feet
below the surface that date back
30,000 years.
"The Infinite Voyage," which
will feature Cockrell and other
co-workers, will be broadcast in
New Haven Sept. 7 on PBS and
on WTNH on Sept. 14.

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artlett's
Reef, Niantic Prior to the sink-
ing, the Defence had plun-
dered several heavily laden
British merchant ships. She was
carrying over $500,000 in gold
and silver when she went down.
A close study of Capt. Sam
Smedley's papers showed that
the money still remains on the
wreck site. Four separate trea-
sure
diving groups have
searched the reef in vain. Hea-
vy marine growth, rocky under-
seas terrain and swift currents
have managed to deter the
searching eyes of divers. How-
ever, the coming warm weather
will likely produce another flur-
ry of treasure - diving activity.
A few hundred yards west of
Bartlett's reef there lies another
wreck. It is the watery berth
of the "G-2" submarine that
sank in the middle of Two Tree
Channel, Waterford on July 3,
1919. Although this old Ameri-
can test sub was not carrying
gold bullion, her hull has yield-
ed many valuable bronze sou-
venirs. She carried 50 tons of
lead ballast and several tons
of bronze fittings. Since 1956,
divers have visited this wreck
and just last year the main
bull sections were raised by
salvage crews New Haven div-
ers, Stan Levine, John Metcalf
and Bill Contois have excellent
collections of brass gauges and
fixtures.
Another wreck that has given
up treasure to skin divers is
the "Silver Bar Wreck" off
Saybrook Her true identity un-
known, this mystery ship is he
lieved to have sunk around 1890
in 80 feet of water at Long
Shoal, Saybrook Treasure div-
er Roy Wagner and his crew
accidentally stumbled upon the
wreckage two years ago while
searching the area for a more
modern metal hull wreck. They
recovered six silver ingots be-
fore the tide became too swift
to dive. They later returned to
the wreck site only to discover
that shifting sands had cov-
ered the ship's remains. But
a storm may uncover the "Sil-
ver Bar Wreck" and Wagner in-
tends to revisit the location pe-
riodicaly.
AT NEW London, trea-
sure fever runs high. The wreck
of the "San Jose", a Spanish
galleon, has been the treasure
diver's goal for many years
The San Jose was carrying a
cargo of 41 barrels of silver
and gold valued at more than
[AD] $400,000 when she ran aground
on Nov. 24, 1752. Her suspi-
cious captain and crew refused
help from the British for fear
of losing their precious cargo
When New Londoners offered to
move the treasure ashore for
safe keeping, the captain again
refused, saying the gold would
never be separated from the
ship. A winter storm then de-
molished the ship and the en-
tire treasure was lost. As yet,
no one has found the remains of
the San Jose which is probably
buried in mud and sand.
On Nov. 1, 1782, an Ameri-
can privateer, the Hermione.
went on the rocks just east of
New London. She too, was load-
ed with an undetermined quan-
Lity of gold and silver The
Hermione may be an easier
find than the San Jose, since the
accumulation of mud is less of
a problem.
A 20-minute boat ride west
from Stonington will put divers
over a stretch of reefs that run
from the west end of Fisher's
Island to Watch Hill Light-
house. Upon these rocky ridges
lie the ruins of nearly 100 ships
Included are schooners, steam-
ers, cutters, brigantines, rum
runners and tug boats. The mos!
often visited wreck is that of
the Onondaga. She was a gen
eral cargo steamer that was
chased into the reef one night
in 1918 by a German U-boal
The vessel now rests in 50 feet
of water; it's hull broken in
constantly
two. Divers are
bringing up souvenirs such as
dishes, flower pots, Model-T
Lires, and shoes. Since the ves
sel is half buried by sand, it's
difficult to penetrate the lower
cargo holds.
The Onondaga was carrying
fine load of expensive India-cul
crystal and genuine egg-shell
china. Only a handful of divers
know the exact location of this
special cargo" and they are
hopeful of some day penetral-
ing the heart of the vessel.
Stan Levine of North Haven, president of the Conn. Council
of Diving Clubs and a top wreck diver (back), and Al Stett.
backer bring up a heavy piece of bronze wreckage off New
London. Underwater "junking" helps divers defray expenses.
Stern section of the G-2 submarine was raised (left)
team in search of brass, bronze, copper.
off Waterford in 1962 by a professional salvage
Last summer, one salvage group
removed the propeller and sold
il for $6,000.
LAST but not least, is an
underwater treasure of World
War II vintage. About six miles
off Block Island rests the U-853
German submarine. She was
sunk in 127 feet of water by
American planes and ships on
May 5, 1945, just one day be
fore the official surrender of
Germany. Many
researchers
are convinced the U-853 was se-
crelly carrying more than $1
million in jewels and currency.
Apparently this was a last-ditch
attempt to smuggle Germany's
riches out of that fast falling
country Fortunately, the sub-
marine never reached Ameri-
can shores Skin divers have
been searching the maze of
sub compartments for the past
four years.
The treasure, if there is one,
remains well hidden somewhere
aboard the rotting hulk. Five
different
groups of treasure
hunters have tried to solve this
great war mystery. The diver
who finds the secret hiding place
will probably make the greatest
single treasure find of the cen-
tury
Well known Hartford diver, Lee Prettyman, pre-
pares to explore a sunken ship somewhere off the
Thimble Islands, Stony Creek. Veteran treasure
divers prefer to work in secrecy to avoid followers.
Levine here displays some of his prizes from treasure hunts. Gauges and fittings were salvaged and
some restored to working condition after being cleaned and treated.
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The writer of this story is shown above after making a dive on
the wreck of the submarine G-2 that sank in the middle of Two
Tree Channel near Waterford in 1919. Though his objective
was taking pictures, he recovered an unusual souvenir. The cone-
shaped relic is a solid bronze propeller hub.
Treasure hunters often
come up with materials
such as these. This is a
stack of pure lead in-
gots. Old-time ships car.
ried them for ballast.
Each weighs about 80
pounds, commands good
scrap metal price.
HARTFORD
NEW HAVEN
BRIDGEPORT
LONG ISLAND SOUND
TH
Gold Coast
Millions in sunken shipwrecked treasure
lure skin divers to 17 points on Sound.
HERE'S more than $3 mil
lion just waiting for the
taking in cold waters off
Connecticut's shoreline. This is
the estimated value of trea-
sure known to be aboard scores
of ships that have gone down
during the course of more than
two centuries.
Curiously, the treasure that
awaits expert divers may be
a scant 20 feet below the sur-
face of the water - or as
much as 120 feet down.
With such inviting thoughts,
Connecticut sportsmen have
been taking to the sea for years
now, laden with expensive and
up-to-date diving equipment, in
search of gold, silver, jewelry
and other valued commodities.
Research of maritime records
has revealed that some 11 ma-
jor shipwrecks lie untouched be-
by PAUL TZIMOULIS
tween Bridgeport and Block Is-
land Some have already been
visited by divers and small
amounts of treasure retrieved.
But the bulk of about $3 mil-
lion is still to be hauled up by
modern sea adventurers.
One of the sites popular to
many treasure divers is just
off Bridgeport. This is where a
side-wheeler steamer, the Lex-
ington, burned and sank on the
night of Jan. 3, 1840, with a loss
of nearly 100 lives. Stored in
an express car on the deck was
[AD] $60,000 in specie and $10,000 in
gold bar. All this went to the
bottom with the crew and pas-
sengers. A group of divers
under the direction of Howell
Brose, located the charred re-
mains of the Lexington last
year. Upon raising the express
car vault, they discovered it
NEW
LONDON
THREE MILLION IN SUNKEN TREASURE (17 WRECKS)
600
BLOCK
ISLAND
1. Lexington (steamer) burned and sank 1-13-1840; Bridgeport: $60,000 specie, $10,000 gold. 2. Frigate (Spanish); Savin Rock,
West Haven; est. $150,000 gold and cannon. 3. Frigate (French); aank 1875; Thimble Islands, Branford; $20,000 gold, French
brandy. 4. Captain Kidd's treasure; Thimble Islands, Branford; $90,000 gold and silver. 5. Silver Bar Wreck; sank 1890; Long
Shoal, Saybrook; $50,000 silver. 6 Defence (American privateer); sank 1779; Bartlett's Reef, Niantic; est. $500,000 gold and silver.
7. G-2 Submarine; sank 1919; Two-Tree Channel, Waterford; $16,000 bronze and lead. 8. Hermione (American privateer); east
of New London; gold and silver. 10. Nellie (brigantine); sank 1880; west end Fisher's Island; unknown value. 11. Highlander
(brigantine); sank 1893; west end Fisher's Island; unknown value. 12. Rum runner (Helen); 1924; east end Fisher's Island;
Scotch and whiskey. 13. Onondaga (steamer): sank 1918: Stonington.Watch Hill Reef; $18,000 India cut crystal egg shell China.
14. Carmac (110 ft. steel yacht); sank 1953; Stonington-Watch Hill Reef; value unknown. 15. U-853 (German sub); sank 1945;
6 miles off Block Island: $1,000,000 currency and jewels. 16. Putza (collier). 17. Lightburn (oil tanker); Block Island.
The Courant Magazine June 14, 1964
open and empty. Apparently
the treasure had been removed
Guring the panic of the ship's
fire in a vain attempt to save
the gold. Evidence Indicates
that most of the money still
remains scattered through the
burned wreckage that is strewn
over a large area of the ocean
floor Coins and gold barg
await discovery by some lucky
skin diver
JUST OFF Savin Rock In
West Haven lies an old frigate
buried in mud and sand. Be-
fore World War II. clam diggers
had come upon one of the
ship's bronze cannons and
hauled it ashore Recent stud-
ies of old records indicate this
ship may have been carrying
gold and silver besides its val-
uable cannons Skin divers have
yet to find the exact location
of the wreck The bonanza
could amount to $150,000.
For five years now, divers
have been prowling the waters
around the Thimble Islands,
Branford Buried pirate trea-
sure, shipwrecks, and lost rich-
es are interwoven in the Thim-
bles history. In 1875, a French
frigate sank just off the main
Island group during a severe
storm. She carried with her $20-
000 in gold plus a cargo of
French brandy. None has ever
been recovered.
The same islands were once
bost to the famous pirate, Capt.
Kidd. There are rumors he bur-
ied $90,000 in treasure on one
of the smaller islands. A gold
ring and several coins were
found in the area about 16 years
ago. Much digging and search-
ing followed but nothing turned
up The latest theory as to the
location of Kido's treasure is
that it lies underwater. Kidd
may have hidden his treasure
below the low water mark dur-
ing an apogee tide. Access to
the treasure would only be pos-
sible during certain phases of
the moon Kidd was a very su-
perstitious pirate and often con-
nected moon phases with good
fortune Skin divers may find
this $90,000 cache in very shal-
low water.
mous
PROBABLY the most fa-
Connecticut treasure
wreck is that of the Defence, an
American privatter. She ran
aground and sank on the night
of March 10& 1779, at Bartlett's

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Harford Courant
Connectist Gold Coast Aug 4,85 Hair Grant Magazin, Hartford Connetint, 14 Juve 764
1964

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And bow to make He room
hind a room in the baru near by. He had been
all, the watchman,
not feel quite easy concerning the situation.
drunk all the afternoon, aud Mrs. Bennis did
His Throne, that all the world may Accordingly at about 8 o'clock she went to the
It Has palace, is ahiding be?
the grountain, clear the jungle glootas
pomp of angels overmunch,
the earth of ours Ne stand,
Ling Heaven with the touch
atonis all its sea and land?
ot bear Thy presence! From our consta
not bold Thee, Mighty Oue, depart!
scarred! How is Be Lord of Hosts,
His home with every hunan heart?
always is His Advent no,-
new Saviour in our weakest need,
blost waiting; would we only know,
rest is Elis Bethlebem indsed"
man, want wearied, plague-bestead:
N
ut the place wherein the beasts have fed,
sweet Christ shall cradle in the manger.
rs, A. D. F. Whitney in the Churchman.
WHAT THE PARSON-EDITORS SAY.
(Congregationalist.)
Jess Christianity, could there be such,
a Babby, honeless beast, which could
aw nor carry.
(Watchman.)
over professors think it reasonable to be
gma nowhere mentioned in Scripture, in
lieve the Divine Government from an im-
of Injustice. Unitariaus, for similar ra
reasons, reject teachings of Scripture,
hat there is any authoritative revelation.
the Scripture, and taking from Scripture,
at things, but they agree in essential prin
(Christian Union.)
Issue of which is the survival of thes
ays Science, coolly, with its slippered
the fittest means also the despair and the
e unfittest; means the ghastly corpse of
oman. or her more ghastly life, if cruel
Its open fire, society is a struggle for ex:
Science stop a little and ponder that the
ore ber reason, and then toss her out
shall find some way to sew up ber
truggle for existence Survival of the
at the losing battle for herself and her
barn and took two watch dogs, with her.
Everything seemed to be all right and, shutting
the dogs in the barn, she returned to the house.
At 9 o'clock sho looked toward the barn again
ertions the building was saved.
part of
wn, name not given, lost a fine horse
week with colic.
The animal in great
Intubation of the Laryns.
Recently the comparatively new operation
threw itself violently upon the ground, intubation of the larynx, in place of trache
some of the attendants noticed a report as tomy was tried at Bridgeport In consists i
ething had been ruptured, and the aut introducing a tube through which respiratio
died immediately. A post mortem alowed may be be obtained. The Former says:
diaphragm badly runtured.
The
CAPTAIN KIDD'S TREASURE.
The child was is a dying condition on account c
e membrane in the throat. Its life was a questio
of a few hours. The tube was inserted, and almo
instantly the breathing became quiet and the chil
was soon asleep The tube was worn until the
tube was removed on Friday last, but the child die
while set in. The result is intensely intere ting fo
immediately gave the aların and the neighbors
and saw flames coming out of one corner. She of It Reported Found at Haddam.
The roof of the houso caught, but by great ex-
Middlesex County Record has a way of throat became clear and free from membrane, the
And here is another:-
rallied. In the absence of fire apparatus they onally publishing startling stories. One child being comfortable but not able to talk. Th
were unable to check the progress of the fire. reproduced in these columus not long ago, Monday, faom another disease which had mean
carelessness. In the baru were soven horses to nie,
flames, probably kindled by his own drunken we repeating so )
Nothing was seen of the watchman; and there,Arious story, the truth of which la vouched for the medical profession of this vicinity, as practicalls
liable citizen of this town, was tohi to your establishing the value of this new appliance in the
is no reason to doubt that he perished in the pondent a day of two since. It is certainly treatment of laryngeal croup and diphtheria
I give it in substance as it was tubo was inserted in this cage by Dr. Blodget.
State Board of Agriculture.
The Connecticut board of agriculture will
meet at Torrington December 14-16. Follow
insurance in a Hartford agency,
THE NEW HOWE.
Business there.
The
Tursday- Introductory address: practical points
in fruit colture, emphasized by the past year's ex
Arbor Day, its history and aims, plan of work for
W.
Each paper will be followed by discussion.
and there will be a question box. There will
be agricultural and ponological exhibits. The
following railroads will give free return to those
in attendance who have paid one full fare, re-
turn tickets to be obtained from the secretary
New York, New Haven & Hartford, and
branches embracing Shore Lane and Air Line,
New London Northern, Hartford & Connecti
cut Westeru, Naugatuck, Housatonic. Danbury
Connecticut Valley.
& Norwalk, New Haven & Derby, Hartford &
England will give return tickets from Water
bury office on certificate of secretary, at one
sign, what message, could be clearer, and fourteen pigs. Three of the horses escaped, men from Wethersfield were hunting in the
but the other four were burned, together with woods about two weeks ago, when they
Oo the noted "Blow Hole." This is a deep ra-
large quantity of hav, farming implements, side are almost inaccessible hills, densely
etc., but the loss could not he ascertained last weed from base to pinnacle, and interspersed with
the pigs and the dogs. The barn contained a stunt ruus west from the Connecticut river. On ing is the programme: -
themselves into the raviue, merely by the support of
night, owing to the out of the way location. Lage crags that appear to le loosely upon the soil, perience, touching peach, grape and quince, with i
It was understood that Mr. Bennis bad some in many cases are prevented from precipitating suggestions to secure better results, M. Augur.
the trees against which they recline. It is a tract of individuals, schools and village ociations, B. G.
atry excessively wild aml desolate, little visited Northrop: Agriculture and the State, J M Hub-
the summit of one of the steep sides of this ra
beat, because of the dense undergrowth that bard; Shall we have the New Education for our
will buy the machinery, t
Organized at Bridgeport, and to Carry on human travel almost Impossible Standing Farmers' Daughters Miss Sara Sauth, Connecti
was organized at Bridgeport on Saturday and an the declivity.
rabbit, disappear under a crag about half way
The New Howe Manufacturing company, a hunter saw an animal, which his thoght was England Agriculture, Dr. G A Bowen,
cut Farming, Joseph Road; Opportunities of New
Wednesday Chat of a Station Director, Dr. E. 1.
Patents, finished parts, etc., formerly ownel rachit the spot. Finding that the rock was inse
Holding on by the trees and Sturtevant: the Nitrogen Question, Profesor
und fixtures, uses that grew on the bank, he succeeded in Johnson; Land and Labor, Professor W. H. Brewer
Thursday-Sheep and Lambs for Marke, Hon
by The Howe Machine Co," and to occupy curly fixyd in the soil, he called to his companions, John E. Russell; Meadows, Pastures, Grass and l'eo
which is known as the "Center factory," which who after no little difficulty, went to his assistance, ple, J. B. Olcott, a Farm View of Education, Mist
four-story building 75 feet long, 36 feet wide;
a machine room 155 feet long, 55 feet wide; a steep hillside to the bottom of the ravine.
comprises a foundry 237 feet long,, 75 feet wide; alder, which went crashing and thundering down Kirkham.
altogether they succeeded in dislodging the huge Mary A. Tudor; a poem, "Mistakes, Mrs. John s
The nuimal, whatever it was had escaped, but all
Stoddard.
anuealing, case-hardening and forge room 100 thoughts of it were soon banished, as one of the
James Staples, Frank Armstrong, Goodwin leoin. After long rubbing and careful examina
feet long, 10 feet wide, and capable of employ- men in pushing around in the dirt and leaves that
Henry R. Parrott, E. Parmly, it was found to be a foreign piece of money,
ing 300 hands. The signers of the articles are hat formed the bed of the rock, turned ont a rusty
procuring sticks they began a more careful search
lings, Jobi P. Kennedy, Mrs. Lavinia L. in the soil and among the decayed leaves, and
E. Flathers of Bridgeport, Frederick Bi-known to any one of the three hunters Hastily
A. 1, Ayres of Chicago. The first meeting of a number of other pieces varying in size, but
Parmly, W. N. Coler, Jr., of New York, and presently their efforts were rewarded by the discov-
story that they had ever heard or read of the dis
was held, electing as directors Frank Billings; orroded as to be beyond identification. Every
Parmly, secretary and
John P. Kennedy was elected president; E. come to them with both hands full. Finding it
John P. Kennedy, W. N. Coler, James Staples every of hidden treasure passed rapidly through
treasurer, and E. difficult to make muen progress in the earth with the
and E. Parmly. At a meeting of directors their minds, and they felt that fortune hnd perhaps
Flathers appointed superintendent of the facts they had, it was finally decided that one should
tory. The Bridgeport. Standard says of the sto some farmi house near by, and get a spade or
nes as inany converts to Christ. Ten
umulating consecration on this line of
This was done, and on the pretence
enable the church to complete the
that a manufactory, the fame of which is world- that he wanted to dig out a fox, the hunter pro
organization: Bridgeport is to be congratulated, while the other two remained to watch the
wide and has been so long associated with the cured a spade and a shovel With these the men
the day of the Lord's glory.
name of our enterprising city, is to remain eagerly to work and after digging down about
Jesus to every creature under Heaven Parmly, the secretary and treasurer of the which upon being taken out and opened was
new company, has done much in securing this to be full of gold coins. It is need-
here and to add to our future prosperity. Mr. three feet discovered a good sized earthen Jar,
great credit is due.
les to attempt to describe the feelings of
result, and to his active and good management the three men as they gazed in dumb amazement
with hard work and excitement. It was necessary
upcu their new found wealth. They were exhausted
that the treasure should be speedily removed. It
WAS therefore hastily transferred from the jar,
how long-to the game bags
the men,
where it had remained hidden, for nobody knows
The meeting of the intercollegiate association who, without waiting to gs and pockets of and hoe
to decide on the Yale-Princeton foot ball game which they had borrowed, hurried to the railroad
was called to order at 7:30 Saturday evening, and made the best of their way home.
The ten endeavored to keep the matter a secret,
the following delegates being present: Prince- but it was impossible. It was too good to keep. They
Captain Corwin, ex-Captain Peters and Walter out. Then, too, they returned the next day, after
E. Crump: Harvard. Captain Brooks; Univer that me to reflect a little, to to return the
sity of Pennsylvanin, Young and Posey, and hele that the jar was taken from and to return, the
During the long wait for thy had borrowed. On reaching the place
the announcement of the decision the situation round the farmer, who had started out in
search of his lost farming impliments, gazing in
The Yale graduates amazement down into the hole, having arrived at
brothers: is a great city only a great
[ prey? God forbid
men and women only beasts of burden
(Independent)
e Christian people of the Congregational
re giving ten per cent of their incomes
for the home and foreign flelds; and,
of Christ at home and abroad. It would
1,000,000 per annum. That would mean
any ministers, three times as many
cration which such an offering would
(Evangelist,)
best very slight and transient. It is
ical influence of Edwards upon Prince-
to say, in this connection. that the wi-
sm known to Calvinistic theology in
at between the Edwardsan system as
im and his successors, from Hopkins
t. and that held and taught by Alex-
dge and their Irinceton associateн.
able and persistent opposition_to
s come from the very spot where Ed-
nter of thought on the continent where
THE DECISION AGAINST YALE.
The Intercollegiate Association Says Yale
Should Have It But Shall Not.
cent per mile,
The New York & Now
Pomona Grange at Berlin.
Tuesday forenoon there met at Brandages
subordinate Granges of Berlin, Middletown,
Westfield, Meriden, Southington, Whigville,
New Britain and Newington, for the purpose of
organizing a Pomona, or fifth degree grangu
of the Patrons of Ilusbandry, being an order
one degree higher than that of a subordinate
grange, and an organization that is expected to
look after the business interests of the Patrons
within its jurisdiction. J. H. Hale, master of
the State Grange, was master of ceremonies,
assisted by the Hon. Mortimer Whitehead, lec
turer of the National Grange, and William H.
Stinson, master of the New Hampshire State
Grange. One hundred and thirty became char-
ter inembers. J. M. Hubbard of Middletown was
elected master, and C. P. Ives of Meridien was
chosen secretary. A royal feast was served in
noon taken up in routine business of the organ-
hall, Berlin, the representatives of the eight
pinnacles toward the sky.
e been least recognized, that center
o have stamped his iron heel; and if tou, Captain Suvage and C. W. Bird; Yale, all it to one or two and of course it soon leaked the basement of the hall at noon, and the atter.
eration where the college of New
SH FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Wesleyan, Stevens,
was very fully discussed.
Letters of the New York Herald and and undergraduates were very sure of being the place just ahead of them. The impression made
Sun.)
in their
excitement overlooked.
So far no one has
ization, closing, at 5:30 p.m., one of the largest
and most interesting farmers' meetings ever
held in Hartford county.
The Yale Catalogue.
The Yaie catalogue this year will be a book
of some 300 of the old familiar
Professor Dexter
due to President Dwight, who wants the coming
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Tewmarket the other day, the game was theirs beyond the shadow of a doubt, seen by a number of people. Then, too, in poking pamphlet. It will be fuller in all particulars
les made a pilgrimage to Fred with a score of 4 to 0. The first motion of the round in the loose soil one or two gold pieces were than the former catalognes,
sacks containing mails from Yale team, who moved that the foot-ball cham- been able to discover the value of the gold found.
meeting was that of Captain Corwin, of the found, which the original finders of the treasure bad has had chaoge of the work, its new form being deb
The other letters were final. Captain Bird of Princeton then made an
cut open and plunderad of all ground that the referee's decision, "a draw," was Eogs guineas. There was no American money.
rmany, Russia, Austria and the pionship of 1886 be awarded to Yale. This mo- was all of antique date and of great variety, catalogue to furnish more information than its
transat on a train in Belgium, tion was objected to by the Princeton men on the Spanish, German and French money with a few predecessors. It is modelled on the English uni-
of course the money is credited to Captain university" instend of "college" will be used
containing mony and din- from the meeting and left the discussion to the
the train at Verviera. Letters Yale and Princeton representatives withdrew the Blow Holo has already been discovered.
The robbery was discovered upon agreement with Captain Corwin of Yale, and both Kidd, and a tradition that he burried money at throughout the catalogue. The catalogue will
letters.
mount of £10,000, were stolen.
and fourteen horen
three remaining college delegates
versity calendars. For the first time the word
be issued within a month
the
Und
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ON
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ave the
Hartford,
Carvant, Coun
the train at Verviers.
LAMA
containing money and dia-
mount of £40,000, were stolen.
And fourteen hone
from the meeting.
three remaining college delegates

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Detan
Fraud probe
could sink
treasure hunt
By Fred Laberge
Register Staff
and David Ross
Register Correspondent
MILFORD A Florida fortune hunter's
hopes to find buried treasure on Charles
Island may be sinking fast the state
attorney general is advising all state agen-
cies to beware of his company.
Connecticut Attorney General Richard
Blumenthal released a statement Wednes-
day warning state officials that Sunken
Treasure Inc. of Fort Myers, Fla. - which
has been doing an extensive survey on the
16-acre island off the Milford coast since
Monday -is under investigation in Flor-
ida for securities fraud.
"My office has been informed by the
Florida State Comptroller's office of an
active criminal investigation into this
company..." Blumenthal's memo states.
He also said the U.S. Attorney's office in
St. Croix, Virgin Islands, is taking action
against the company in connection with a
proposed exploration there.
Ray Vlader, one of the investors and a
member of treasure hunter Don Johnson's
group, said Wednesday night that the Flor-
ida charges were news to Johnson.
Turn to Treasure, Page 26
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INDEX
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46
Bridge column
46
Business
29-34
City/state
3-5,7
Classified
35-40
Comics
46-47
Crossword puzzle
47
Doonesbury
10
Editorials
10
Health column
46
Horoscope
46
Local news
13-26
Lottery numbers
Movie guide
43
Obituaries
26-27
Science & Health
41
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49-56
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45
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CONNECTICUT POST, Bridgeport, CoNN
EWS 23 June 2000 FRIDAY page Atcal 3-5
Ring mystery comes full circle
WEST HAVEN (AP) - This
Connecticut shoreline town and the
Pacific paradise of Hawaii have lit-
tle in common, but they were key
players in a little mystery that has
spanned six decades and thousands
of miles.
The mystery began more than a
year ago when Richard Fernwalt,
running his metal detector across
the sands of Waikiki Beach in
Honolulu, came across a small
ring.
"It's a real tiny ring, probably
14-karat gold, and has a black onyx
stone. It's cracked on the band on
the bottom, but it's in great shape,"
Fernwalt said.
The ring was heavily crusted
over with sand, but after cleaning it
up Fernwalt was able to make out
the words "West Haven High." It
also bore the initials "M.T" and the
year 1938.
Fernwalt said a friend hit the In-
ternet for some information and
found out that apparently the "only
high school in the United States
that's West Haven High" is in Con-
necticut.
Fernwalt called the school and
spoke to then-Principal John Kara-
janis. Karajanis looked up the ini-
tials in the 1938 yearbook and
found that Mildred Thayer was the
only student whose name matched
them.
After coming up with that in-
formation, Fernwalt then heard
nothing for months from anybody
connected with the high school,
Thayer or the ring.
However, in March, he got a
call from Beth Denton, who works
in the computer room of the high
school library's media center.
"The guy wrote a letter to the
school and the letter ended up in
the library," Denton said. "Nobody
really seemed to be interested and I
said, 'Oh, isn't this interesting?""
When Denton began to search
for Thayer, she found a few people
who knew her from high school,
including former city official Don-
ald Wrinn. She even found people
who thought Thayer had gotten
married and moved out west, but
the information was old and the
trail had grown cold.
"It was kind of like one of those
mystery stories and it sparked my
interest," Denton said.
Then last week, she found a
couple of ex-West Haveners who
had moved to California and stayed
in touch with Thayer, who had, in
fact, moved out west. They told her
that Thayer's married name was
Kent. They said that she had passed
away in 1994 but that her son,
Kevin Kent, and his wife, Sandra,
lived in her old house in Sunland,
Calif.
Minutes later, Denton had found
their telephone number on the Inter-
net and was on the phone with San-
dra Kent. Phone numbers including
Fernwalt's have been exchanged to
work out a return of the ring.
There is still another mystery

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B4
CONNECTICUT FOCUS
NEW HAVEN REGISTER, SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 1984
Women's gestures served to boost morale
OUR CONNECTICUT
By
Harold
Hornstein
American women didn't bear
arms against the British, but Gro-
ton's Anna Warner Bailey man-
aged to serve her country with her
"martial petticoat."
During the War of 1812, Bailey
raised the spirits of American
troops with her great spirit and
warm-hearted bravery. She be-
came known as the legendary
"Mother Bailey.'"
In a prelude to her memorable
deed during the War of 1812, she
had ministered to the wounded
soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
So she fully appreciated the need
for bravery and firmness when the
British threatened New London in
1813.
The American soldiers needed
all the support they could get when
the British showed up. Fort Gris-
wold in Groton, Scene of a massa-
cre at the hands of the British dur-
ing the Revolutionary War, was
hastily prepared by a company of
volunteers.
Off the Connecticut coast ap-
peared Commodore Stephen Deca-
teur and his small fleet. Decateur's
ships had been pursued by a block-
ading British squadron. The Amer-
ican and his small fleet had taken
shelter in New London harbor.
The people of New London and
Groton were in a state of disarray.
Hardly knowing what to expect,
they tossed their household goods
into carts and hastened inland.
Not many people were on hand to
help when a messenger from Fort
Griswold arrived in Groton to col-
lect flannel needed to be used as
wadding for the guns of the fort.
The supply problem stemmed
from two causes. The federal go-
vernment hadn't done much to
protect the state's coastline. And
the state had opposed the declara-
tion of war against Britain, a war
that hurt Connecticut
economically.
Complicating the problem was
the fact that not much material
was left in town. It had been carted
off by the fleeing folks of Groton.
The volunteer militia force, lack-
ing experience, was having a hard
enough time without being handi-
capped by lack of material
resources.
Enter Anna Bailey. She instant-
ly supplied what material she
could for the gun wadding by shed-
ding her flannel petticoat and con-
tributing it to the nation's defense.
"There are plenty more where
this came from," she is said to
have remarked when she provided
the petticoat.
The petticoat proved a great
morale booster at the fort. It was
displayed at the end of a pike and
planted on the ramparts as a sym-
bol of devotion of the partiotic
lady. The garrison cheered the
"martial petticoat" upon learning
how "Mother Bailey" had contrib-
uted it to the cause.
After the war, President Andrew
Jackson is reported to have visited
Bailey and gave her an iron fence
for her house, which became a
landmark, as a token of apprecia-
tion. Her husband, Elijah, a Revo-
lutionary War veteran, was
appointed postmaster at Groton
by President Jefferson and held the
post for 40 years. Anna Bailey was
92 years old when she died in
1851.
Massachusetts has its own
"martial petticoat" legend. It took
place during the start of the Revo-
lutionary War.
Sally Jackson, of Abingdon, was
said to be one of the prettiest girls
in the state. She was skillful at the
loom, spinning and weaving the
material that was used for men's
and women's clothing.
As the story goes, she was 16
years old when she became aware
of the serious disagreements
between the colonies and the
mother country. Often, as she spun
and wove during the long winter
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This Doolittle engraving gives a "box score" on naval battles of
nights, she would hear bitter com-
plaints about the stamp tax and
taxation without representation.
The winter before the Battle Of
Lexington, she had woven some
cloth for a petticoat and laid it
away in a chest. She had no idea
that the material would enable her
to do something for her country,
When news of the Battle of Lex-
ington was brought to her by
neighbor, she experienced deep
frustration. A young man who told
her about the fighting said that she
clenched her fists and said:
a
"Oh, if I were only a man, then
I might do something for my
country. I too could fight and die
for her. But I am only a girl and
can do nothing."
Equally frustrated was a young
man she met the next morning. He
had come over from a nearby farm
to talk about "the shot heard
'round the world." At first Sally
envied him, saying at least he
could enlist in the armed forces.
But then she learned he, too, had a
problem.
He looked down at his ragged
clothes and is reported to have
said:
"Oh, Sally, how can I go in
rags? My father is not able to buy
me new clothes; sickness had
brought hard times to us. No, I
Nowaves March was bed by
Engraver
the War of 1812, which sparked the spirit of "Mother Bailey."
can't go like this; I must eat my
heart out at home."'
Suddenly, an idea flashed to
Sally. She told him to wait, raced
up to her room and took the cloth
she had woven from the chest. Re-
turning to the kitched she pushed
the course material into his arms.
"Here is cloth for new clothes. I
wove it for a petticoat but I can go
without. You can enlist and fight
for me. Oh, I can do something if I
am only a girl," she said.
Sally and her friends made a
suit of clothes out of the material
that had been woven for the petti-
coat. They were able to do this
because the petticoats of those
days were made of heavy material
against the bitter cold winters.
So off the young man proudly
went to fight for his country.
Weeks later, the Battle of Bunker
Hill was fought. Sally heard the
cannon's boom and the rattle of
muskets. She wondered how her
soldier was doing. Weeks later, she
learned that had survived and had
not been hurt. Later, she was mar-
ried, but to someone else.
"Ah," she said, "I couldn't fight
but my petticoat was there and
helped to punish the British."
She lived until the age of 96,
often telling the story of how her
petticoat went to war.

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D16
TRAVEL
NEW HAVEN REGISTER, SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 1984
Ex-mining town
a peaceful oasis
By Jerry Hulse
Los Angeles Times Service
AUBURN, Calif. If you are
weary of reading in the newspaper
or peering at the tube about nu-
clear terror, murder and mayhem,
this backwater town in the Mother
Lode could be your detour to
sweet sanity.
Although barely two hours by
jet and automobile from Southern
California, Auburn is a lifetime re-
moved from the tumult of our
times.
To get a fix on this "oldest gold
mining town in the West," figure it
as barely 40 miles northeast of Sa-
cramento on the route the '49ers
took to reach the gold camps of the
Sierra.
Low-key, low-gear, Auburn is
peacefully confined to a tight-knit
little world of old-fashioned
pleasure.
To be precise, it is one of those
slow-lane burgs where city types
lose themselves in a sense of well-
being simply by switching off the
pressure valve.
It would be difficult to get up-
tight in a town that still favors a
volunteer fire department, oper-
ates California's oldest post office
and turns out in force during the
county fair each fall with its cake
and pie sales.
Whenever boredom sets in, lo-
cals gather at the Shanghai, a
scruffy bar and grill featuring a
floor strewn with peanut shells, elk
antlers screwed to the walls, min-
with a repertoire of 3,000 melodies
ers' lamps and a reproducing piano
stop, 20 hours a day, seven days a
week.
Customers shuffle in wearing
Western hats and faded jeans to
hear pianist Forrest Cattlett who
used to play with Glen Gray's old
Casa Loma Orchestra as he belts
out ditties ranging from "Home on
he Range" to "As Time Goes By."
Romantics are found, even among
the mountain men.
The Shanghai does business in
Old Town, a slice of Auburn that
brings to mind the early West ex-
cept for the paved streets and Bri-
tish bangers. The bangers are
served at the Blue Heron Gallery
and Cafe where local artists dis-
play oils and watercolors while a
harpist-guitarist turns out generous
servings of Bach and Beethoven.
Besides bangers, the menu lists
homemade cakes and pies, Black
Forest ham, German sausage,
spinach salads and a variety of
beers ranging from River City
Gold to Sierra Nevada. What with
walls papered with rosebud pat-
terns and lace curtains fluttering at
the windows, the Blue Heron
brings to mind one of those nifty
old coffeehouses in far off
Salzburg.
A few doors away other musi-
cians crank out Western and con-
temporary salutes at a snug cafe
called Awful Annie's, which isn't
awful but is really rather nice.
Downright charming, for a fact.
On a recent night entertainers in-
cluded a local employment coun-
selor and her boyfriend who ad-
mits to being a computer
programmer for the IRS.
Ann Beck (Awful Annie) is an
ex-schoolteacher who teamed with
an artist-draftsman after tiring of
the classroom and now finds her-
self full-bore in this business of
concocting salads and sandwiches
A
BYGONE ERA: Ghost towns in Nevada abound, with dozens of
ruins as close as 30 minutes from Las Vegas. This is the town of
Rhyolite, which boomed in the early 1900's. It had a population of
8,000 to 10,000 during its peak, but now only about 10 persons reside
here. Millions of dollars were taken out of the hills.
department this side of Boston.
Wherever there's smoke there's ac-
tion, with locals pouring out of
banks, groceries, law offices and
drugstores.
At the sound of an alarm day or
night, volunteers have been man-
ning the buckets and fire hoses
1050 Not that it alwave hap
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that's the impossible dream.
A lovely thought, but, well,
But let it slumber?
skiing and quiet, after-dark streets.
the perfect alpine retreat with its
ever visited Telluride agrees: It's
gions of others. Everyone who's
Telluride has been a lure for le-
the annual Telluride Film Festival.
sical groups, and playing host to
movies and booking plays and mu-
Sheridan Opera House, screening
Today Williams operates the
hard part.
Telluride is easy, leaving is the
lethargy and end forever its isola-
tain to arouse Telluride from its
billion satellite village that's cer-
Developers have in mind a $1-
by bus or train.
the capital, takes about three hours
area 185 miles (300 km) south of
Moon Lake, in a mountainous
The trip from Taipei to Sun
second time.
brought her to the island for the
- and said it was the lake that had
most beautiful she had ever seen
Moon Lake in central Taiwan the
wan in April, the actress called Sun
friend, Victor Luna, visited Tai-
beth Taylor and her Mexican boy-
TAIPEI (UPI) - When Eliza-
Taiwan attraction
Sun Moon Lake
the satellite vil-
modern resort -
proposes for the 1980s is a totally
This was in 1933. What Mahoney
old Nash that'd been jacked up.
affair hooked to the rear axle of an
town's first ski tow, a jerry-built
credited with putting together the
ride when he was 3 years old, is
Mahoney, who moved to Tellu-
expected to draw the masses.
mountain climbing and jeeping is
works. This along with fishing,
an 18-hole golf course is in the
To attract summer vacationers,
miners. That leaves tourism.
ment, and there is little left for the
bolted or else joined the Establish-
By now, the hippies have either
that's all there was left."
"Only a few hippies and miners -
is planning the new community.
ecutive with the Telluride Co. that
Mahoney, an ex-miner and an ex-
the street," said 56-year-old Billy
"You'd see maybe just a dog on
o'clock each afternoon.
Street was totally deserted by 5
One old-timer recalls how Main
onetime boom town.
pital was a pitiful reminder of a
luride in 1969, the old mining ca-
verly Hills, Calif., ambled into Tel-
By the time Joe Zoline of Be-
But it never quite came off.
and the resurrection of Telluride.
Miners dreamed of new wealth
Ore trains began to move again.
to trickle back, gin mills reopened.
sumed in 1935. As workers began
memory when mining was re-
Telluride was little more than a
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D16
TRAVEL
NEW HAVEN REGISTER, SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 1984
Ex-mining town
a peaceful oasis
By Jerry Hulse
JI
Los Angeles Times Service
AUBURN, Calif.
you are
weary of reading in the newspaper
or peering at the tube about nu-
clear terror, murder and mayhem,
this backwater town in the Mother
Lode could be your detour to
sweet sanity.
Although barely two hours by
jet and automobile from Southern
California, Auburn is a lifetime re-
moved from the tumult of our
times.
To get a fix on this "oldest gold
mining town in the West," figure it
as barely 40 miles northeast of Sa-
cramento on the route the '49ers
took to reach the gold camps of the
Sierra.
Low-key, low-gear, Auburn is
peacefully confined to a tight-knit
little world of old-fashioned
pleasure.
To be precise, it is one of those
slow-lane burgs where city types
lose themselves in a sense of well-
being simply by switching off the
pressure valve.
It would be difficult to get up-
tight in a town that still favors a
volunteer fire department, oper-
ates California's oldest post office
and turns out in force during the
county fair each fall with its cake
and pie sales.
Whenever boredom sets in, lo-
cals gather at the Shanghai, a
scruffy bar and grill featuring a
floor strewn with peanut shells, elk
antlers screwed to the walls, min-
ers' lamps and a reproducing piano
with a repertoire of 3,000 melodies
ries 5 to 3, THE SECOND
stop, 20 hours a day, seven days a
week.
☐ ☐ ☐
Customers shuffle in wearing
Western hats and faded jeans to
hear pianist Forrest Cattlett who
used to play with Glen Gray's old
Casa Loma Orchestra as he belts
out ditties ranging from "Home on
he Range" to "As Time Goes By."
Romantics are found, even among
the mountain men.
The Shanghai does business in
Old Town, a slice of Auburn that
brings to mind the early West ex-
cept for the paved streets and Bri-
tish bangers. The bangers are
served at the Blue Heron Gallery
and Cafe where local artists dis-
play oils and watercolors while a
harpist-guitarist turns out generous
servings of Bach and Beethoven.
Besides bangers, the menu lists
homemade cakes and pies, Black
Forest ham, German sausage,
spinach salads and a variety of
beers ranging from River City
Gold to Sierra Nevada. What with
walls papered with rosebud pat-
terns and lace curtains fluttering at
the windows, the Blue Heron
brings to mind one of those nifty
old coffeehouses in far off
Salzburg.
A few doors away other musi-
cians crank out Western and con-
temporary salutes at a snug cafe
called Awful Annie's, which isn't
awful but is really rather nice.
Downright charming, for a fact.
On a recent night entertainers in-
cluded a local employment coun-
selor and her boyfriend who ad-
mits to being a computer
programmer for the IRS.
Ann Beck (Awful Annie) is an
ex-schoolteacher who teamed with
so an artist-draftsman after tiring of
the classroom and now finds her-
self full-bore in this business of
concocting salads and sandwiches
BYGONE ERA: Ghost towns in Nevada abound, with dozens of
Rhyolite, which boomed in the early 1900's. It had a population of
ruins as close as 30 minutes from Las Vegas. This is the town of
8,000 to 10,000 during its peak, but now only about 10 persons reside
here. Millions of dollars were taken out of the hills.
department this side of Boston.
Wherever there's smoke there's ac-
tion, with locals pouring out of
banks, groceries, law offices and
night, volunteers have been man-
At the sound of an alarm day or
ning the buckets and fire hoses
drugstores.
1952 Not that it alive
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tain to arouse Telluride from its
billion satellite village that's cer-
Developers have in mind a $1-
that's the impossible dream.
A lovely thought, but, well,
But let it slumber?
skiing and quiet, after-dark streets.
the perfect alpine retreat with its
ever visited Telluride agrees: It's
gions of others. Everyone who's
Telluride has been a lure for le-
the annual Telluride Film Festival.
sical groups, and playing host to
movies and booking plays and mu-
Sheridan Opera House, screening
Today Williams operates the
hard part."
Telluride is easy, leaving is the
Taiwan attraction
Sun Moon Lake
When Eliza-
the capital, takes about three hours
area 185 miles (300 km) south of
Moon Lake, in a mountainous
The trip from Taipei to Sun
second time.
brought her to the island for the
- and said it was the lake that had
most beautiful she had ever seen
Moon Lake in central Taiwan the
wan in April, the actress called Sun
friend, Victor Luna, visited Tai-
beth Taylor and her Mexican boy-
TAIPEI (UPI)
by bus or train.
proposes for the 1980s is a totally
This was in 1933. What Mahoney
old Nash that'd been jacked up.
affair hooked to the rear axle of an
town's first ski tow, a jerry-built
credited with putting together the
ride when he was 3 years old, is
Mahoney, who moved to Tellu-
expected to draw the masses.
mountain climbing and jeeping is
works. This along with fishing,
an 18-hole golf course is in the
To attract summer vacationers,
miners. That leaves tourism.
ment, and there is little left for the
bolted or else joined the Establish-
By now, the hippies have either
that's all there was left.
"Only a few hippies and miners
is planning the new community.
ecutive with the Telluride Co. that
Mahoney, an ex-miner and an ex-
the street," said 56-year-old Billy
"You'd see maybe just a dog on
o'clock each afternoon.
Street was totally deserted by 5
One old-timer recalls how Main
onetime boom town.
pital was a pitiful reminder of a
luride in 1969, the old mining ca-
verly Hills, Calif., ambled into Tel-
By the time Joe Zoline of Be-
But it never quite came off.
and the resurrection of Telluride.
Miners dreamed of new wealth
Ore trains began to move again.
to trickle back, gin mills reopened.
sumed in 1935. As workers began
memory when mining was re-
Telluride was little more than a
modern resort
the satellite vil-
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TREAT
DETECTCOR &
New Hare Register, Con Sunday 10 May 1987 page BG
William Peckham, who with his wife, Jean, runs
Will-Jean Metal Detectors in Killingworth, sifts
By Virginia Morris/Register
through some of the "treasures" he has found in
years of scouring the ground.
Relaxation, fellowship are riches
discovered by metal
By Virginia Morris
Register Staff
It was a cold, windy, overcast
day, but the beach at Hammonas-
set Beach State Park was dotted
with treasure hunters.
Each of them had one arm at-
tached to a metal pole, extended
and probing the sand like an ant-
eater looking for dinner.
Metal detecting has become in-
creasingly popular in recent years.
Hunters can be found at beaches,
abandoned fairgrounds, church
parks, old house foundations,
lawns or any other place where
people have gathered.
"If this bug bites you, you're
hooked," said William Peckham,
who with his wife, Jean, runs Will-
Jean Metal Detectors in Killing-
beeps, you've got to dig."
worth. "Every time that thing
Detectors run the gamut from
simple transmitters, which cost
[AD] $80, to underwater detectors with
microprocessors, which can cost
more than $800.
The people who use them, and
what they find, are equally diverse.
Lou DeLeonardo and Ben Bri-
ar, retired brothers-in-law from
Hamden, sifted through the sand
not the diamond ring they envi-
at Hammonasset and pulled up,
sioned, but a rusty old spike. They
held it up as a prize and began to
chuckle.
For them, metal detecting is an
excuse to get outdoors and relax,
Our law is,
finders
keepers.
they said.
William Peckham
"We're a couple of old guys
with nothing much to do," De-
Leonardo said. "I don't think
we're ever going to get rich on it."
Others, however, see metal de-
tecting as a sport, an art, a science
and a source of revenue.
Some people, known as "pie in
the sky" hunters, spend thousands
of dollars researching old maps,
traveling around the country and
searching for large treasures, Peck-
ham said.
Others can watch the tide and
know whether it has turned up a
good layer of sand filled with trea-
sures, he said.
Peckham would probably be
considered a "relic hunter." He
likes the curiosities he finds more
than the wedding bands and odd
earrings.
From a small pile of gold rings,
earrings and and brooches, he
pulled out a silver and gold ring
bearing a man's profile. It looked
like George Washington and may
be from a 1892 commemorative
for Washington, he said.
Or, he said, raising his eyebrows
detectors
slightly, it could have something to
do with Samuel Huntington, Con-
necticut's governor in 1792. The
ring bore the initials Ș.H. and a
worn-down date that Peckham
thought might read 1792.
Metal detectors, coin shooters,
or treasure hunters, as they are
commonly called, usually don't
sell their finds, but keep them as
some sort of trophy, Peckham
said, sifting through a chest of
coins, trinkets and costume
jewelry.
For years, he said, he would try
to find the owners of the wedding
rings and class rings. But rather
than thanking him for finding the
jewelry, people often acted as if he
had stolen it. So he stopped trying.
"Our law is, finders keepers,'
he said with a shrug.
Frequently the state police will
borrow equipment to look for a
weapon or other metal piece that
might pertain to an investigation,
Peckham said. And sometimes res-
idents who have lost a ring or ear-
ring will rent the devices and come
racing back all excited that they
found the object, he said.
Though Peckham doesn't have
as much time for metal detecting
since he began his business 12
years ago, he said when he retires
from his job as milk inspector for
the state, he's going to hit the
beaches and parks again.
"It's the greatest escape," he
said. "In five minutes, the whole
world disappears."

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AA2 east/valley/milford
THE SUNDAY POST, Bridgeport, March 16, 1986
without getting wet
Searching for shipwrecks without
By RHONDA HILLBERY
Sunday Post staff writer
REDDING - A local couple
that has built a business around un-
derwater exploration plans to tackle
the remains of Block Island, R.I.
shipwrecks next summer.
The public is invited.
David and Rebecca Lovalvo,
owners of Eastern Oceanics Inc.,
say that the deep sea exploration
that once all but excluded those un-
by trained in diving is now an altogeth-
ver different proposition.
diving for nuclear power plants.
Since they launched their busi-
ness in about 1977, their specific
work varies from project to project.
They might work with marine biol-
ogists one week and pipeline com-
panies the next.
Since buying the New England-
manufactured robot last summer,
which cost upwards of $50,000, they
have employed its wizardry on three
projects.
In one project, they were hired
by the University of Connecticut to
"We're on the surface essentially watching TV" with a
sophisticated robot, says David Lovalvo, who along with
his wife owns Eastern Oceanics, Inc. "We can stay
indefinitely and can go as much as 600 feet down,
something we would never have been able to do before
it would have been too expensive.'
Thanks to a small yellow robot,
the mysteries of the deep can be en-
joyed even by those who don't know
a wet suit from the three-piece vari-
ety.
The robot is no more than three
feet long and two and one-half feet
Controlled by sophisticated elec-
wide and weighs about 50 pounds.
tronics, the robot can go anywhere
underwater, contains a video cam-
era, and is not subject to the bends.
And while the robot is doing
most of the work, the Lovalvos and
their clients remain dry and com-
fortable overhead in a specially
equipped 42-foot boat.
On monitors, they watch the
Images taken below, the robot and
its high resolution photography
controlled by the Lovalvos.
"We're on the surface essentially
watching TV," David says. "We can
stay indefinitely and can go as much
as 600 feet down, something we
would never have been able to do
before it would have been too ex-
pensive.'
Until about a year ago, the robot
technology was cost-prohibitive for
a small business. Before then, the
Lovalvos relied on a small research
submarine and diving for their busi-
ness, which has meant everything
from salvage operations to tunnel
work with marine biologists study-
ing herring spawning off the coast
of Maine. Researchers hope to learn
where herring spawn as part as ef-
forts to protect the endangered spe-
cies.
Local fishermen and biologists
alike are concerned that excess har-
wrecks.
of as many as six, look for ship-
The Lovalvos have in their
home a map of the island that is
bordered by a list of more than 150
wrecks, some dating back hundreds
of years.
The new focus will bring them
back to the island where they met in
the mid-1970s.
U-
An ad touting the new emphasis
offers exploration of a German
boat, U.S. submarine, schooner
barge, tanker, steamer, marine life
and wreck exploration.
"We are looking forward to ex-
ploring with people their of
spirit
adventure," David says. "There is
something exciting about sitting on
a boat and knowing there is some-
thing underneath you that you are
seeing on a screen.".
"We're going to allow people to
see things they have never seen be-
fore. We'll essentially be filming
shipwrecks and allowing people to
come along as we do it."
The young couple works closely
together in their business and on
restoring their early 18th century
salt box in West Redding. They ex-
pect to spend several years restoring
"We're going to allow people to see things they have
never seen before. We'll essentially be filming ship-
wrecks and allowing people to come along as we do it,"
says David Lovalvo.
vesting of spawning beds could lead the historic home to its
to the destruction of the herring.
close-to-original condition, at least
when they are not searching under-
water.
Before protective legislation can
be proposed, however, researchers
must learn more about the habits of
the herring.
David began his oceanic training
at an early age in Florida and has
The Lavalvos also have brought completed many technical courses
the robot to work on dam safety in the skills necessary to work in the
studies and pipeline inspection field.
work since it joined their business.
"With the robot, we're doing
everything the submarine could do
but without the risking of life,"
David says. "Now we like to think
we work smarter. "
Becky has a degree in environ-
mental studies and a minor in biolo-
gy, both of which she says lend
themselves nicely to their business.
Although her studies and experi-
ence have lacked a marine empha-
sis, she found she grasped oceanics
quickly. "I always had that interest
and it wasn't difficult to pick it up,"
The educational and recreation-
al angle they are promoting is a new
one. For about $600 for a half-day,
Block Island tourists can, in groups she says.
Sunday Post/Viorel Floresu
David Lovalvo with his robot that probes the ocean floor equipped with a video
camera.

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NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, J
A'S TARIFF Tradition Says a Wealthy Man
WAS FRAMED
ional Republican
nsulted Before
Compromise,
BY GOVERNOR
sed and Perfect-
ington, Chicago
s Moines
CH TO THE HERALD.]
Saturday. Since the
onvention was held last
nepla of the tariff, re-
planks, which Governor
friends assert preserve
so-called Iowa, Idea, but
d in their entirety by
esolutions, controlled by
d to the Governor, has
after consultation with
State and nation, rough-
ks. Material modifica-
Senator Allson, J. W.
Representativo Perkins,
ave the finishing
uction, his work being
ith whom ho consulted.
aders in the State had
ho platform prior to the
was unqualifiedly in-
Cummins and Senators
in the convention, but
oy and Cousins made
walle not rejecting the
ed changes in the Ding-
IN WASHINGTON.
was called to Wash-
He then discussed
nd the lowa idea with
Director of the Mint
hat the Governor out-
as for tariff and trust
draft was submitted to
Mr. Roberts, the Gov-
was willing to oliml-
monopoly' clause and
found in the national
Teas, after their return
on and Governor Cum-
atform again by cor-
n found themselves in
and reciprocity planks.
ey disagreed, Senator
e unqualified condem-
In the first draft of
ld in Chicago, attend-
Buried Treasure on Turk's Island
FL
Suspicions of a Hoax Met by Story of Lone Resident, Whi
Wanted to Conceal His Riches
from His Wife.
TUKS ISLAND-THE ISLAND DELIGHT.
[SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD.)
Conn., Saturday.
NEW HAVEN,
Tuzio
Island was known until a few years ago an
Treasure Island. It was not inhabitated
except by occasional boatmen, who weath-
ored out storms, or by fishermen and clam
discere until about the middle of the nine-
teenth century, when a wealthy man, whose
name is lost, la cald to have lived, there a
portion of the year. Tradition has it that
before he died he told that he had buried
wealth there to prevent his wife or any one
el from, getting it.
During spring and autumn, when the isl-
and was without inhabitants and beford the
summer home became so general along the
Connectiout coast, residents of shore towns
traversed the island singly and in parties.
searching for the fabled wealth. None wana
ever found, but the stories of treasure per-
sisted, just as they do still of Money Island,
where Captain Kidd may or may not have
buried loot.
About three years ago the Young Men's
Christian Association obtained the band for
a summer camp.
Old shore residents are incredulous and
some say that the 'box" which was dug up
under the stone rolled over by the olam dig-
ging campers was probably "planted" there
to afford excitement.
At a late hour to-night the secretaries of
the Young Men's Christian Association here
had received no word of to-day's develop-
ments in the, search for treasure on the Isl-
and They say that the account of the find-
ing of a small chest yesterday by James Wil-
son, of the camp, was verified, however, but
PLACE WHERE TREASURE BOX WAS JUD
as to whether the chest had been buried
there thirty-five or forty years ago or re-
centia heax, they say they have no
knowle
The chest found is said to have contained
a small unset diamond, a gold bracelet, cop.
per coins and a clipping containing an ac-
count of the assassination of President Lin-
coln, as well as directions to where more
"treasure" was burled.
SEEKING DAUCHTER THREE LINERS CALL
DASHED IN
A PILLAR
Electrician, Ma
Blazing Clothin
Ing Through
FOUGHT OFF
Anderson, Dying
Subdued After
Struggle with
Enveloped in a sheet
clothing care and tor
Anderson, Metropo
electricid raped thre
car horas repairing
Third avanud et his
along the street, knook
fighting the policeman
and held him. While e
which inflated mortal
A crowd of five hund
the chocking sight, and
bitement in the vicin
lanes bore the unfortu
lem Hospital.
Anderson, who is t
and lives at No. 1
was summoned to car
street crosstown line,
stalled while being sw
to the west track,
A car device, called
clogged in a slot, and
ordered all passengers
the flooring, and was at
and chisel, made a mi
loud explosion. Insta
shot up into the car f
which the electric cur
and Anderson was frig
the head, face and bod
For coond the inter
filled with a bluish far
crazed by pain and fer
the window. a pillar c
to his feet, he ran dir
bor of women, uttering
He knacked the wom
fore they could get
when Policeman Christ
East 120th street stati
sistance, followed by
Anderson battled despe
kicking the policemar
nalls into his face and
strength.
The policeman's han
badly burned before h

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ington, Chicago
es Moines.
CM TO THE BERALD.]
a, Saturday.-Since the
onvention was held last
neals of the tariff, re-
planks, which Governor
friends assert preserve
so-called lows. Idea, but
d in their entirety by
esolutions, controlled by
d to the Governor, has
, after consultation with
State and nation, rough-
ks. Material modifica-
Benator Almon, J. W.
Representative Perkins,
n
gave the finishing
uction, his work being
ith whom he consulted.
aders in the State had
he platform prior to the
was unqualifiedly in-
Cummins and Senators
In the convention, but
ey and Cousins made
while not rejecting the
ed changes in the Ding-
IN WASHINGTON.
was called to Wash-
Y. He then discussed
nd the lowa idea with
5. Director of the Mint
hat the Governor out-
as for tarif and trust
raft was submitted to
Mr. Roberts, the Gov-
was willing to elimi-
monopoly' clause and
found in the national
reas, after their return
on and Governor Cum-
atform again by oor-
n found themselves in
and reciprocity planks.
ey disagreed. Senator
e unqualified condem-
In the first draft of
ld in Chicago, attend-
Governor Cummins
Burlington, leader in
Cummins wing of the
the Resolutions Com-
s convention. It was
k should be modified.
dification was ar
TUXIS ISLAND-THE ISLAND DELIGHT.
t
[SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD.]
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Saturday.
Tuzla
Island was known until a few years ago as
Treasure Island. It was not inhabitated
except by occasional boatmen, who weath-
ared out storms, or by fishermen and clam
diggers until about the middle of the nine-
teenth century, when a wealthy man, whose
name is lost, is said to have lived, there a
portion of the year. Tradition has it that
before he died he told that he had buried
wealth there to prevent his wife or any one
else from getting it.
During spring and autumn, when the isl-
and was without inhabitants and before the
summer home became so general along the
Connectiout coast, residents of shore towns
traversed the island singly and in parties,
searching for the fabled wealth. None was
ever found, but the stories of treasure per-
sisted, just as they do still of Money Island,
where Captain Kidd may or may not have
buried loot.
i
About three years ago the Young Men's
Christian Association obtained the band for
a summer camp.
Old shore residents are incredulous and
some say that the "box" which was dug up
under the stone rolled over by the olam dig-
ging campera was probably planted" there
to afford excitement.
At a late hour to-night the secretaries of
the Young Men's Christian Association here
had received no word of to-day's develop-
and
ments in the search for treasure on the Isl-
They say that the account of the find-
ing of a small chest yesterday by James Wil-
son, of the camp, was verified, however, but
SEEKING
PLACE WHERE TREASURE BOX WAS JUEND
as to whether the chest had been buried
there thirty-five or forty years ago or re-
cently is a heax, they say they have no
knowle
The chest found is said to have contained
a small unset diamond, a gold bracelet, cop.
per coins and a clipping containing an ac.
count of the assassination of President Lin-
coln, as well as directions to where more
"treasure" was buried.
DAUGHTER, THREE LINERS SAIL,
HEARS OF SUICIDE CARRYING NOTADICC
Anderson By
Subdued After
Struggle with
Enveloped in a bheot
clothing jere and tor
Anderson, a Metropo
electrician, leaped thro
car ho was repairing
Third avanud test nis
along the street, knock
Aghting the policeman
and held him. wpile e
whloh inflated mortal
A crowd of Ava hund
the shocking sight, and
citement in the vicin
lance bore the unfortu
lem Hospital.
Anderson, who is t
and lives at No. 41
was summoned to cas
street crosstown line,
stalled while being aw
to the west track.
A car device, called
clogged in a slot, and
ordered all passengers
the flooring, and was at
and chisel, made a mi
loud explosion. Insta
shot up into the car f
which the electric cur
and Anderson was frig
the head, faca and bod
For ccond the inter
filled with a bluish fla
crazed by pain and fea
the window, a pillar
to him feet, he ran dir
bor of women, uttering
He knocked the wom
fore they could get d
when Policeman Christ
East 120th street stati
sistance, followed by
Anderson battled despe
kicking the policemar
nails into his face and
strength.
The policeman's han
badly burned before h
<ring Anderson's flam
son is not expected to
Before another electr
car trame had been del
a great crowd had wat

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5 July 1903 page1 2 1st section
N.Y. N.Y. Herald

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THIC RIca was not the road before the CrasII.
pse 4-5
Rare counterfeit coin
found at state school
COLCHESTER (AP)
Bogus coins don't turn up
nearly as often as counter-
feit bills, but a Colchester
school has had both in the
past several weeks and fed-
eral agents have begun an
investigation.
A quarter deposited into
a vending machine at Bacon
Academy High School was
discovered when bank offi-
cials tallied the regular de-
posit of coins from the
school's three vending ma-
chines last week.
The quarter appeared to
be one of the special state-is-
sue coins and displayed the
symbol of Maine, but was
missing ridges on the edge.
"It was so good," state
Trooper Thomas Moysey
told the Norwich Bulletin. "I
could hand it to you and you
would never know [the dif-
ference]."
than two weeks after school
officials notified police of
an "altered" $1 bill, also
pulled from a school vend-
ing machine.
The $1 bill, said school
principal Jeffrey Mathieu,
"felt like a dollar bill," but
upon closer inspection was
"not even close.
State Police notified the
Secret Service, which has
jurisdiction in counterfeit-
ing investigations.
Counterfeit coins are
rare, according to Sean Gal-
lagher, resident agent in
charge at the Secret Ser-
vice's New Haven office.
"In my 19 years here I've
never seen a counterfeit
coin," Gallagher said. "The
denomination most fre-
quently counterfeited is a
[AD] $20. Counterfeiting U.S.
currency is punishable by a
fine or imprisonment for up
The discovery comęs less to 15 years, or both.
5 NOV 2003 Ned CONNECTICUT POST
Bn, de A Co

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benefit of the fund. Mrs. Wilcox
this same thing for several sea-
the great financla advantage of the
BODY MAY BE
MISSING SCULPTOR'S
John W. Young, the original promoter of
the shipyards combinations, returned from
Paris yesterday, in response to the call sent
to him by his counsel, former Postmaster
Charles A. Dayton. He did not find Mr.
Dayton in town, however, and may not be
able to confer with him until Mondaris in
was to
ption of Man Found Near
neyville Lake Tallies with
hat of John Donoghue.
dent with the unexplained absence
w York of John Donoghue, a well
culptor, comes the story of the find-
the body of a man in New Haven,
he description of which so closely
with that of Mr. Donoghue that his
are worried.
ody was found near Whitneyville
hursday morning. There was a bul-
in the head, and near by lay a re-
The only thing that served as means
Uncation was a card found in the
of the coat, which bore the name,
rl Turner." This had been crossed
a pencil and on the back of the
s written "Ed. Deland, Mr. Smort,
venue Hotel, Friday, nine P. M."
Dimond, who lives at No. 874 West
econd street, said last night that on
the early days of the United, States Ship-
building Company flotation and apparently
arranged with French bankers to take up
[AD] $4,000,000 of the first mortgage bonds, but
when these Anandlers heard that Mr.
Schwab's Bethlehem plant was to be incor-
porated in the scheme they declined.
Former Senator Smith, receiver of the
United States Shipbuilding Company, an-
nounced yesterday that he had appointed
Richard V. Lindabury, of Newark, one of
the counsel for the complainants in the suit
for a receiver, as his counsell
Mr. Smith and Mr. Nixon conferred most
of the day at the offices of the company, in
Cedar street, but neither would say what is
likely to be done in regard to Mr. Schwab's
desire to re-acquire the Bethlehem steal
plant.
cepted the Conference adjourned sine dle.
ST. LOUIS STRIKE ORDERED.
Street Car Union Directs Men to LeaTO
To-Day, but Company Omolals
Expect Little Trouble.
[SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD.]
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Friday.-At a meeting of
representatives of the Amalgamated Asso-
clation of Street Carmen this evening it was
decided to call out all members in the em-
ploy of the St. Louis Transit Company to-
morrow morning, as the demands presented
to the company for increased wages and re-
duced hours had been ignored.
Oficials of the company say that not more
than three hundred of their men are mem-
bers of the Amalgamated Association and
that not all of these will obey the order to
go out. It is not belleved that the strikers
will command public sympathy, as they did
in 1900.
Buried Treasure Found on an Island
day he had given one of Dr. Turner's Casket Unearthed Containing a Diamond and Other Valu
milarly marked to Mr. Donoghue.
test news from the front in the
alagt mosquitoes, with practi-
estions for freeing your own
rom the posts, will be found in
row's Sunday HERALD.
BIAL ATTRACTIONS
ables, with Directions for Discovery of Main
Body of Concealed Riches
[PECIAL DEPATCH TO THE HERALD.]
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Friday.-"Tuxis Lal-
and." formerly known as "Treasure Island,"
with the cook. They overturned a rock and
found an open box, about a foot square. In
It they found a casket encased in wax. They
broke the meal and found a small upset dia
N DRY GOODS STORES - treasure bez with fermond, colla gold bracelet, como o meri
A. HEARN & BON, Non, 20, 23, 24.
West Fourteenth street, announce,
to-day, July 4, and until further
beir stores will be closed all day,
the discovery of a treasure box with direc- can copper coins, a newspaper clipping riv
Ing an account of the comination of
tions as to where the main treasure is burdent Lincoln and minute directions as to
led The island is now & camp where a where the treasure lies.
party of boys and young men from the
Y.M.C.A is placed.
Some of the landmarks mentioned,
ularly a big tree, have disappeared lette
One of the boys, James Wilson, son of W.
Wilson, of this city, was claming to-day rections in the casket.

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49
Buried treasure
To a gem hunter, the quarry is riches
By PETER S. HAWES
Associated Press writer
NEW MILFORD
Howard Peck re-
calls the hot July day in about 1950 when
a short, heavy man he calls "Mr. Five-by-
Five" walked into his office, dripping
with sweat and weak with exhaustion.
A few short breaths and a long drink of
water later, the man introduced himself
as Howard Hewitt of New Jersey and
eagerly asked Peck, then New Milford's
town clerk, how to get to an old mica
years.
mine that hadn't been worked for about 20
Now 91 and retired, Peck recalls grab-
bing his pad of yellow note paper and
sending him on his way.
sketching the man a rough map before
But before he left, Hewitt did some-
thing that puzzles Peck to this day:
"He reached into a bulging old wallet
and pulled out a lot of notes, all creased,
soiled and dirty. He carefully unfolded a
the desk to me.
piece of white paper and handed it across
"The substance of the note was, 'You
will go to New Milford, Connecticut, and
there you will find a person who will draw
you a map on a yellow sheet of note
paper.""
The note, Hewitt explained, had been
tune teller in New Jersey.
given to him several days earlier by a for-
Be it luck, talent, or fate, Hewitt stum-
bled upon what has been, and still could
be, one of the largest beryl mines in the
United States. And though Hewitt worked
the property extensively until his death in
1981, Mike DeLuca of Ridgefield, one of
his former colleagues, insists there's still
plenty of golden beryl, or heliodor, in the
mine.
THE SUNDAY POST, Bridgeport, June 10, 1984
RECEPTIONIST
Valike to meet people.
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The prace is famous for the stuff,
DeLuca said during a recent trek through
it."
the mine. "It's there. I just have to find
Beryl, found generally in coarse-
grained metamorphic rock called pegma-
tite, is the base of some of the world's
best gemstones
and heliodor.
emerald, aquamarine
DeLuca estimates the current worth of
heliodor at about $100 per carat and
guesses that the mine could yield as much
as $250,000 worth of the golden gems.
"It will be well worth my while if I
find any," he said. "Of course, I could
also lose a quarter of a million dollars.
"The other big location is in Brazil
and this stuff here is the best I've ever
seen. It's the purest. No other heliodor in
the world has matched its color.'
DeLuca hopes to secure permission to
begin full-scale mining of the quarry in
several weeks, an undertaking he figures
will cost close to $2,000 per day.
There are some who say it's just not
worth it.
The open-pit quarry, known to some as
Roebling's Mine, to others as Hewitt's
Mine or, simply, the old mica mine, first
was opened in 1880. Its appeal was feld-
spar, a glassy mineral used in pottery and
fine china. The operation was financed in
part by Washington A. Roebling of New
Jersey, an avid mineralogist and son of
Brooklyn Bridge designer John A. Roe-
bling.
At peak production, 35 men worked to
remove more than 20 feet of granite that
overlay the narrow mineral-bearing vein.
According to local records, 4,000 gems
were cut from its contents in 1896. At the
turn of the century, new operators discov-
ered uranium salts there and charged pa-
trons to sit and bask in natural radiation
thought to cure arthritis.
One of the mine's strongest years was
1936, when more than a ton of beryl was
removed. But it soon closed and was
worked only sporadically until Hewitt, a
mistrusting 400-pound hulk of a man, re-
opened it in 1953.
Despite his conviction that just east of
the original cut were enough emeralds
AP Laserphoto
Howard Hewitt spent years
trying to get valuable miner-
als out of Roebling's Mine.
and other gem-quality minerals "to make
hundreds of people wealthy beyond all
avarice," Hewitt never made much
money there.
Most of his time, he was after beryl-
lium, a metallic component of beryl that
was key to making a tough, heat-resistant
alloy thought to have an important future
in aerospace and military applications.
Hewitt once said he was "trying to win
World War III before it starts because
whoever runs out of beryllium first will
lose.
His speculation proved incorrect, and
the major use of beryl compounds now is
in jewelry.
Today, the 13-acre quarry is hidden
behind brush and mature birch trees in
the Upper Merryall section of New Mil-
ford.
Hewitt's red work shack, littered with
scrap rock, boxes and rusty kitchen appli-
ances, squats at the quarry entrance, its
roof crushed by a fallen oak.
Around the 80-foot gorge formed when
the miners' original cut collapsed in 1903,
the ground glistens with shards of white
and black mica. Scattered about the
ground. most unseen even on close in-
spection - are small specimens of com-
mon green beryl, their murky hexagonal
crystals taunting of the more refined and
valuable mineral that may lie below.
Since 1920, the property has been
owned by the family of Henry Orzech, an
insurance salesman who has sold many of
his original 100-plus acres to developers.
"As a young man, I was told that
property would make me a millionaire
someday," Orzech recalled. "While I've
sold off a lot of property, I've always held
onto the mine. Anybody who could make
me a millionaire would be a great buddy
of mine."

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staff photo by PETER HVIZDAK
Tom Howd spreads out some of the artifacts he's found, including a gold-plated
bugle, a silver snuff box and lots of bottles.
Harbor diver really digs the past
By BILL LAZARUS
Staff Reporter
Beneath the cool steel-gray waters of Bran-
ford Harbor, Tom Howd hovers just a foot from
the bottom. He lets the current wash across his
face as he studies the sand and mud with a
hand-held light. Visibility is only 5 or 6 feet.
He sees something and moves toward it,
digging rapidly with his gloved hands. With an
occasional shark or lobster to watch him in his
lonely sport, he gradually peels back the years,
rediscovering the past in a flurry of motion.
"I know someday I'll find something that will
make me wealthy," he said grimly as he sat in
the sightseeing boat, the Sea Mist, and looked
out on the water around the Thimble Islands.
A solidly built man with the powerful, sloped
shoulders of a diver, he has been searching the
slowly accumulating silt on the bottom for more
than two years. One of the few scuba divers who
explore these waters, he starts in early March
when the temperature just tops the freezing
point and continues well into November, diving
in the early evening and on weekends.
He is not sure what he will find, but he
knows one thing: It won't be the treasure of
Capt. William Kidd. The pirate, hanged in Eng-
land in 1701 for his misdeeds, supposedly buried
some of his wealth on one of the islands in the
harbor.
Howd, whose family was living in Stony
Creek before Kidd sailed through it, dismissed
the legends. "He would have buried any treasure
on land," he noted. "Besides, some of the treas-
ure was found in New York."
That doesn't mean no treasure waits below.
Since he started rummaging along the harbor
bottom and sifting through the old sea channels,
Howd has turned up an odd and extensive
assortment of household goods, jewelry, bottles
and debris, some of it dating from the 1700s.
There's a gold-plated bugle possibly from the
Civil War, a porcelain egg cup, a carved ele-
phant pewter bookend, a headless nude clay
figurine, porcelain jars, a handmade Chinese
ashtray, silverware, a silver snuff box a gold
nugget and silver rings, one dating from 1855.
He has found so many bottles that he stores
duplicates in underwater caches around the
harbor.
He doesn't know what the articles are worth,
but he has an idea. Bottle collectors have asked
him about a few of the aged pieces he has found.
"When their eyes get big, I know it's something
of value," he explained.
He even found a gold wedding ring inside a
clamshell. "It was shining like the sun coming
up from the bottom," he recalled.
He put his collection on display last year in a
local library and plans a bigger show this year.
He also hopes to sell some of his recovered
items this year. In the meantime, he continues
to search.
He has two wet suits: a standard one and a
work one with pockets. He uses the latter
occasionally on his full-time job with a marine
construction company. In addition, he covers
every square inch of flesh with gloves, mask,
hood and boots.
The covering is absolutely necessary. A diver
since he was 12, Howd is allergic to almost all
insect and animal bites. He once spent three
days in a Florida hospital after an attack by a
Portugese man-of-war jellyfish.
Howd, 32, spent seven years swimming in the
clear waters off Florida before returning to
Connecticut in 1979. "I had a feeling there were
not too many divers here and I'd have a shot at
looking around before other people did," he said.
Locations are selected at random. There are
365 islands in the harbor,, each with secret coves
and the possibility of treasure scattered around
them. "People can't believe ships came here,"
Howd noted. "But between Boston and New
York, they had to come somewhere.'"
He smiled. "We don't even know what hap-
pened to some ships. Why couldn't they be
here?" He already has found a wreck to support
his contention. In addition, he added, hurricanes
washed complete houses away. Their contents
have to be somewhere, too.
What he hasn't been able to find about the
harbor in the Mystic Seaport library, he has
learned from veteran residents in Stony Creek.
There are a few old-timers sitting on the wharf
who have heard the stories, lived through the
hurricanes and have even seen some of the ships
go down 50 or more years ago when the harbor
"was a haven for bootleggers.
He looked out again across the water.
"There's a lot of stuff out there. The only way to
find it is by luck."
Sometime this year, he hopes to increase his
odds by buying an underwater metal detector. It
costs $600 to $800. That will take a lot of bottles
and many more underwater expeditions.
Wearing 30 pounds of weight around his
waist, he slips into the water alone. His girl-
friend or a friend tends the square-ender, a boat
akin to a work scow that he borrows from his
boss. Howd prefers to dive with only an occa-
sional shellfish or curious skate for company.
"Down there, the only one I want to worry
about is me," he said. "It's not that I'm greedy;
I just feel more comfortable diving by myself."
Actually, he admitted, the preference resulted
from an incident in Florida when a diving
partner mistook his leg for an eel and speared
it.
He takes a clam basket with him when he
dives. The water is rarely warm; the current
rushes by at 7 to 10 knots. He gets within a foot
of the bottom, about 35 feet below the surface,
and begins to dig like a crazed turtle. The
current carries the mud and sand past his face.
Sometimes he sees something, like the top of
a bottle poking through the sand. Other times,
he just fans the sand, hoping something will turn
up. Either way, once he starts, he doesn't want
to stop.
"I'm so tired when I finish, I can hardly get
back into the boat," he said. "I use the last
breath of air in my tank." His oxygen tank is
good for 60 to 90 minutes, and he always takes
an extra one along.
His brown eyes were alive as the evening sun
danced on the waves. "If I could," he said, "I'd
do this seven days a week, 365 days a year. The
sea is part of me."
He took one last look at the harbor before
the sunset ended diving plans for this night. "I
do a lot of things I'm not supposed to do as a
diver," he noted. "But if I go, this is the way I
want to go.
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LOCAL
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Merchants warned of forged credit cards
By Michael Gannon
Register Staff
STRATFORD Police warned
merchants Thursday to keep a
close watch over credit card pur-
chases following four arrests in
two weeks involving the use of
forged American Express credit
left Bradlees department store at
The Dock Shopping Center with-
out her intended purchase after
store personnel became suspi-
cious.
Police said merchants should
make sure their employees follow
all necessary procedures when
accepting credit cards as payment
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ing their wallets or purses stolen
out of their shopping carts while in
Stratford grocery stores.
Police said the thefts occurred
when women walked away from
their carts, leaving their pocket-
books unattended.
"During this time of year we all
seem to be a little busier and tend
to overlook the cautions we nor-
mally take during the rest of the
year," a police statement says.
"When you are out and about,
please take the extra few minutes
to make sure you are aware of
what you are doing and who is
around you," the statement says.
Lawyer dismissed;
murder trial delayed
Continued from Page B1
ɔų interviewed the same witness,
p! who gave conflicting statements.
"One of the witnesses who was
of on the defense list had given us a
statement as well, and that state-
ment was contradictory to what he
I had told the defense attorney,
Assistant State's Attorney Kevin
Lawlor said Thursday. "So that
I called into question whether (Cas-
- tignoli) himself might be a poten-
(tial witness."
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Lawlor declined to name or
describe the witness and said only
the trial process will have to start
anew.
The starting date for a new jury
selection process is contingent
upon the selection of a new public
defender for Lminggio and the
completion of an attempted mur-
der trial for Lawrence Kuranko of
Weston, who is accused of trying
to suffocate and strangle a former
business partner. A complete jury
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of the Harbor.
Richard Hosking, operations director for the
'A part of Milford history' retrieved
By Carrie Melago
Register Staff
MILFORD
bor, where they will sit alongside
other nautical items such as the
After lying for "Explorer" submarine created by
more than a century on the
murky floor of the Long Island
Sound Charles Island, two
anchors from large sailing ves-
sels have been hoisted from their
watery graves.
And though the hulking, rust-
ed anchors aren't exactly chests
of gold and jewels, they are as
good as buried treasure to Harbor
Operations Director Richard
Hosking.
"This is really a nice part of
Milford history. They've been
down there a long time," said
Hosking as he sprayed a stream
of water on one of the anchors to
clean off decades of salt and rust.
The two relics were given
separately to the Head of the Har-
famed inventor Simon Lake.
The larger of the iron anchors
was forged by hand for a sailing
ship around 1860, Hosking said,
and recovered off of Charles
Island by a clam boat who caught
the 500-pound weight in its
dredge recently.
"It's really a find. It's gor-
geous. We got it and I was
thrilled to death," said Hosking.
"It took a craftsman a long time
to put this together."
what
The thinner anchor was used
to weigh down the sides of a
Spanish admiralty ship in the late
1600s or early 1700s
Hosking described as the "Cap-
tain Kidd" era. Another sailing
enthusiast found this anchor off
Point Lookout near Gulf Beach.
"You see these things in Mys-
tic. The fact that it comes from
here makes it special, both of
them," Hosking said.
Employees at Milford Land-
ing will clean the anchors by tak-
ing off layers of rust and salt to
get down to the actual metal, then
cover them with primer and them
with coats of black paint, Hosk-
ing said.
decade ago. A footbridge span-
ning the mouth of the Wepawaug
River was completed more than a
year ago, just after the Simon
Lake submarine was returned to
the city.
"It's tedious, but it's going to
be worth it. It's really going to be
worth it," Hosking said. "We'll
get it displayed so the public can
take a look at it."
Hosking said he has been
looking for years for anchors to
add to the Head of the Harbor,
which has undertaken a series of
improvements since it was a run-
down sewage treatment plant a
The transformation of the area
was honored by the State Harbor
Management Association, who
named Milford's marina "Har-
bor of the Year" in 1996. After
three years, the city received the
official plaque honoring
achievements at the harbor
Thursday.
"When you think 10 years ago
it was a sewage treatment plant,
that's quite a transition," said
Robert Sammis, president of the
state association. "Many land
lovers go down there for lunch.
It's not just for boaters."
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Richard Hosking, operations director for the Milford Harbor Commission, cleans up an 1860 anchor for future display in the refurbished Head
of the Harbor.
'A part of Milford history' retrieved
By Carrie Melago
Register Staff
After lying for
MILFORD
more than a century on the
murky floor of the Long Island
Sound Charles Island, two
anchors from large sailing ves-
sels have been hoisted from their
watery graves.
And though the hulking, rust-
ed anchors aren't exactly chests
of gold and jewels, they are as
good as buried treasure to Harbor
Operations Director Richard
Hosking.
"This is really a nice part of
Milford history. They've been
down there a long time," said
Hosking as he sprayed a stream
of water on one of the anchors to
clean off decades of salt and rust.
The two relics were given
separately to the Head of the Har-
bor, where they will sit alongside
other nautical items such as the
"Explorer" submarine created by
famed inventor Simon Lake.
The larger of the iron anchors
was forged by hand for a sailing
ship around 1860, Hosking said,
and recovered off of Charles
Island by a clam boat who caught
the 500-pound weight in its
dredge recently.
"It's really a find. It's gor-
geous. We got it and I was
thrilled to death," said Hosking.
"It took a craftsman a long time
to put this together."
The thinner anchor was used
to weigh down the sides of a
Spanish admiralty ship in the late
1600s or early 1700s
what
Hosking described as the "Cap-
tain Kidd" era. Another sailing
enthusiast found this anchor off
Point Lookout near Gulf Beach.
"You see these things in Mys-
tic. The fact that it comes from
here makes it special, both of
them," Hosking said.
Employees at Milford Land-
ing will clean the anchors by tak-
ing off layers of rust and salt to
get down to the actual metal, then
cover them with primer and them
with coats of black paint, Hosk-
ing said.
"It's tedious, but it's going to
be worth it. It's really going to be
worth it," Hosking said. "We'll
get it displayed so the public can
take a look at it.'"
Hosking said he has been
looking for years for anchors to
add to the Head of the Harbor,
which has undertaken a series of
improvements since it was a run-
down sewage treatment plant a
decade ago. A footbridge span-
ning the mouth of the Wepawaug
River was completed more than a
year ago, just after the Simon
Lake submarine was returned to
the city.
The transformation of the area
was honored by the State Harbor
Management Association, who
named Milford's marina "Har-
bor of the Year" in 1996. After
three years, the city received the
official plaque honoring
achievements at the harbor
Thursday.
"When you think 10 years ago
it was a sewage treatment plant,
that's quite a transition," said
Robert Sammis, president of the
state association. "Many land
lovers down there for lunch.
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LOCAL
Mis
Merchants warned of forged credit cards
By Michael Gannon
Register Staff
STRATFORD-
merchants Thursday to keep a
Police warned
close watch over credit card pur-
chases following four arrests in
two weeks involving the use of
forged American Express credit
cards.
Thieves have been using the
local stores and then taking the
bogus cards to make purchases in
chandise out of town to seek
left Bra
The Do
out her
lees department store at
Shopping Center with-
ntended purchase after
store personnel became suspi-
cious.
Police
make sure their employees follow
all neces
said merchants should
ry procedures when
accepting credit cards as payment
for mercha
Official
dise.
at American Express
ment.
could not be reached for com-
Police a
o are advising shop-
n
ing their wallets or purses stolen
out of their shopping carts while in
Stratford grocery stores.
Police said the thefts occurred
when women walked away from
their carts, leaving their pocket-
books unattended.
"During this time of year we all
seem to be a little busier and tend
to overlook the cautions we nor-
mally take during the rest of the
year," a police statement says.
"When you are out and about,
please take the extra few minutes
to make sure you are aware of
what you are doing and who is
around you," the statement says.
Lawyer dismissed;
murder trial delayed
Continued from Page B1
interviewed the same witness,
who gave conflicting statements.
"One of the witnesses who was
on the defense list had given us a
statement as well, and that state-
ment was contradictory to what he
had told the defense attorney,'
Assistant State's Attorney Kevin
Lawlor said Thursday. "So that
called into question whether (Cas-
tial witness."
tignoli) himself might be a poten-
Lawlor declined to name or
describe the witness and said only
the trial process will have to start
anew.
The starting date for a new jury
selection process is contingent
upon the selection of a new public
defender for Lminggio and the
completion of an attempted mur-
der trial for Lawrence Kuranko of
Weston, who is accused of trying
to suffocate and strangle a former
business partner. A complete jury
for Kuranko's trial was picked
earlier this week, Lawlor said.
Lminggio, 18, is charged with
gunning down Lawrence Mayes
Jr., 19, and faces life in prison.
Police said Mayes, also of West
Haven, was a suspect in a stabbing
attack on Lminggio's younger
brother, Nyron Dumas, now 15.
Dumas himself was sentenced
Wednesday to 30 years in prison
for manslaughter in the shooting
death of Leonard Lambert, who
police believe was a friend of
Mayes.
In prior court hearings, Castig-
noli has claimed the shooting of
Mayes was not a murder because
Lminggio never intended to kill
him. The shots that killed Mayes
struck him in the legs, a factor
e leading some authorities to ques-
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At Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven, Larry Rondeau of Wallingford scoops up some sand when his metal detector picks up a hint of metal.
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Treasure hunter Tom Kunkler of Old Lyme tries some underwater
detecting in New Haven Harbor.
Buried treasure beckons
those who comb the park
or beach with metal detectors
By Jim Shelton
Register Staff
ON THE BEACH IN
NEW HAVEN, a group of
female sunbathers is
checking out Larry
Rondeau's equipment.
You can't blame them.
With his fully extended
Spectrum DFX metal detec-
tor, his high-tech headset
and his silver scoop bucket,
Rondeau, 79, cuts quite a
figure on the surf.
"I've found a nickel, a
dime and two or three
pennies," says the
Wallingford resident, lift-
ing his gaze from the sand
At the monthly meeting of the Nutmeg
Treasure Hunters, one of the highlights is
a Revolutionary War-era button found by
David Suiter of Colchester.
at Lighthouse Point Park. "I've got this set on beach mode now. The
machine is balanced for the salt and minerals."
Out in the water, Rondeau's colleague, Tom Kunkler of Old Lyme, is
having even more luck. He and his Surfmaster Pulse have located 20
coins and a rusty turquoise ring.
"Boy, I bet that's been in there a couple of years," Kunkler says,
pulling the ring out of his nylon catch pouch. He looks it over, carefully
puts it back in the pouch and resumes his work.
"There's always more to be found," he says.
That's true of people with metal detectors, too.
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
At beaches, parks and woodlands across the nation, a battalion of
"detectorists" scour the countryside for earth-trapped goodies. They turn
up rings, buttons, coins, bracelets, bottle caps and all manner of cans.
According to the Federation of Metal Detector and Archeological
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CoverStory
On the
SOUND
In an on-going series,
the Connecticut Post takes
a look at Long Island
Sound and its vital
importance to our region.
In their
own words
"As I was doing
research I found
underwater
cultural
resources
haven't even
begun to be
studied in
Connecticut.
Connecticut is
one of the
states that have no
regulations or
management plans for
SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1999
A5
TREASURES the SOUND
State studies ways
to preserve newly
found shipwrecks
BY MIKE PATRICK
Staff writer
H
is title was a pretty
name for "pirate," his
ship a grand frigate
loaded with treasure
he'd stolen from the
British, with whom the
13 colonies were fighting a
bloody battle for freedom.
Perhaps sailors once sang
chanteys about the fierce storm
that slammed the Defence into
Bartlett's Reef off the coast of
New London. Maybe children
were told bedtime stories about
brave privateer Sam Smedley and
his crew, who sank to the bottom
of Long Island Sound with their
cargo of stolen Redcoat guns and
silver.
It's been two centuries and
then some, the stories and songs
long since silenced. The ports of
call where pirates and privateers,
merchants and mariners once an-
chored are now teeming with
posh condominiums and com-
mercial developments.
History seems to have forgot-
ten Smedley, the doomed bucca-
neer. But not the Sound. It keeps
the pirate's secrets hidden in its
murky depths.
The Defence is one of dozens
of shipwrecks known to lie in
Connecticut waters, and histori-
ans say there are probably hun-
dreds, if not thousands more
remnants of Connecticut's mar-
itime past buried in the Sound.
"Historically, some of the
wrecks could be very important
in terms of the kind of vessels
they are," said Bill Peterson, a se-
nior curator at Mystic Seaport.
He said that while it's doubtful
there are gold laden galleons
Mike Fledler/Connecticut Post
Tranquil waters: After years of diving, Rich Wincapaw of Fairfield
has accumulated many interesting tales of the deep. "Still to this
day, I still have a good feeling when I get underwater," said the
38-year-old owner of Advanced Diving Technologies.
miles out from their borders, but
cifically
do
study them.
He and Mystic's Peterson are
Profile
Farifield diver knows
his career is a ...
DEEP
SUBJECT
By JARRET LIOTTA
Correspondent
S
chools of sharks, mud-filled trenches and
some of the most spectacular underwater
scenery in the world are all in a day's work for
Rich Wincapaw.
The 38-year-old Fairfielder has an unusual job:
He's a professional diver who owns Advanced Diving
Technologies.
"Still to this day, I still have a good feeling when I get
underwater," Wincapaw said. "I get peaceful and quiet,
and think about all the poor suckers sitting on I-95."
Wincapaw spent much of his childhood on the
docks of Fairfield and took his first dive more than
20 years ago.
From the Florida Keys to Maine, his work has in-
cluded recovering sunken equipment and vessels and
cleaning underwater oil rigs.
"We were once hired by the Navy to look for a
downed F-16," he said. The jet was never found.
Nonetheless, Wincapaw has many interesting
tales. Once he was using a long line to dive to a depth
of 140 feet in the Gulf of Mexico. Deep below he
could see something shimmering. As he moved deep-
er, he could see what it was: about a dozen sharks
were snagged on hooks attached to the long line.
"That was one that got the hair on the back of my
neck up a little," he said.
In 1991, while helping install the Iroquois gas
pipeline, Wincapaw worked a 26-mile stretch across
Long Island Sound from Milford to Northport, N.Y.
"We were constantly getting caught up in all the
lobster traps, but that's another story," he said.
Sound can be dangerous. For ex-
ample, in 1997, two divers from
ent had
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shipwrecks that belong
to them."
- Jim Correnti,
who began listing all of
the state's sunken ships
"Historically, some of
the wrecks could be very
important in
terms of the
kind of
vessels
they are.
there
are
historical
treasures to
be found for sure."
- Bill Peterson,
senior curator at Mystic Seaport
such as those found in southern
waters, "there are historical trea-
sures to be found for sure."
Treasure map
Hundreds of years ago, they
were etched with dark dyes on
animal hides or heavy paper. But
at the dawning of the next centu-
ry, one man has drawn his trea-
sure map on the Internet.
Jim Correnti, a 56-year-old
construction worker from Mans-
field with a master's degree in
Connecticut does for op
regulate the salvage of ship
wrecks.
That means divers routinely
visit sunken ships and retrieve all
Correnti lists wrecks ranging
sorts of souvenirs.
from Smedley's pirate ship to
three decaying 1970s barges In
Bridgeport Harbor.
schooners that
Included are
went down in the 19th century,
freighters from the 1930s to the
1950s, a tug from 1984 and the
marine affairs from the Universi- famed Cornfield Lightship,
ty of Rhode Island, recently stud- which guided ships into harbor
ied anthropology at the
University of Connecticut and
began listing all of the state's
nearly two dozen sunken ships.
"As I was doing research I
found underwater cultural re-
sources haven't even begun to be
near Old Saybrook, much like a
lighthouse, until it sank in 1919
probably a lot
And there are
more, Correnti said. "I haven't
even begun the research,"he
added.
working to create laws that
would allow them to study and
preserve the wrecks.
The Minora ponce depa
to be treated in the hyperbaric
chamber at Norwalk Hospital af-
ter one of the men became entan-
gled in debris near a shipwreck 60
feet underwater near Charles Is-
land and his diving partner had to
"One of the things we're try-
ing to do is to develop, in work-
ing with divers and others who
are knowledgeable, an inventory
of what might be there, what's al- struggle to free him.
ready known, and develop some
kind of regulations to protect
those that might need protecting
and to see that proper underwater
archaeology is done," Bellantoni
said. "It's an exciting time for un-
derwater archaeology in Con-
necticut. We don't really know
what's out there. We've had
divers talk to us about what
they've seen, but from what I un-
derstand it's a relative unknown.'
There are several reasons why
His study is aimed specifical- it's hard for even the brightest
studied in Connecticut," Correnti ly at how the state can protect
said. "Connecticut is one of
states that have no regulations or
management plans for ship-
wrecks that belong to them.'
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The federal Abandoned Ship-
wreck Act gives states jurisdic-
tion over cultural resources three
what's left. "I was approaching
from the management point of
view," he said. "As a policymak-
do with these re-
er, what do you
sources?"
State Archaeologist Nicholas
scholars to say what's out there,
not the least of which is the silt
and sediment that cloud coastal
waters.
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Divers said they can't see
much more than 10 feet or so on a
good day. On a bad day it could
There's a dearth of records
about sunken ships in the state,
so historians have to rely on
divers' descriptions, newspaper
accounts, and sailor lore.
Mystic man
One of the country's foremost
shipwreck investigators is locat-
ed in Connecticut, but he hasn't
spent a lot of time on Long Is-
land Sound shipwrecks.
Robert D. Ballard is the presi-
dent of the Institute for Explo-
ration, a research center
dedicated to underwater archae-
ology, based at Mystic Aquarium.
But he may be best known for
discovering the wreck of the
RMS Titanic in 1984, as well as
for his discoveries of the Bis-
Bellantoni knows what he would be barely 2 feet. And diving in the mark, warships from the lost
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Sunken British warship acts young men in the tone that is the ones that, in or
as an underwater classroom
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) -
For more than 200 years, the
British warship Cerberus has rest-
ed beneath 30 feet of murky sea-
water here, its story buried with it
under the silt and mud to all but
divers and historians.
But last week, as Navy divers
walked through the remains of the
vessel on the ocean floor, students,
archaeologists
watched on televisions, The New-
teachers and
The divers used underwater
port Daily News reports.
cameras and radios to relay images
and sounds of their exploration to
television sets on the ship - turn-
ing the old wreck into an underwa-
ter classroom.
"When a ship sinks, it's like a
time capsule," said underwater
archeologist Charlotte Taylor.
The Cerberus, a Royal Navy
frigate named for the mythological
hound that guards the gate to hell,
lies in pieces on the ocean floor. Its
heavy cannons are covered in olive-
colored sea plants and its gear is
buried in sand, but the wreckage is
an open book to historians.
In 1778, when the British con-
trolled Newport, four British
frigates patrolled Narragansett
Bay, blocking American ships from
entering Newport.
One of the British ships, the
Cerberus, was abandoned and
burned to the waterline when its
crew thought it would be overtaken
by an enemy French vessel. The
the Or-
other British frigates
also
pheus, Lark and Juneau
were scuttled and lie at the bottom
of the bay.
When the Cerberus' crewmen
set fire to their ship, gunpowder on
board exploded and tossed debris
into the waters off Weaver Cove.
Students from New York and
Illinois boarded the HMS Rose to
watch the underwater exploration
and to learn about life aboard an
18th century British frigate.
"It sure beats reading in a text-
book," School administrator Jayne
Greenberg said.
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last month when he discovered
the oldest known deepwater ship-
wrecks. A pair of 2,500-year-old
Phoenician cargo ships, still
holding hundreds of large ceram-
ic containers filled with wine
called "amphorae," were found
off the coast of Israel.
Mystic officials said Ballard
is off on another expedition and
couldn't comment, but invited
the Connecticut Post to visit his
"Challenge of the Deep" exhibit
describing his adventures.
The exhibit includes Ballard's
vehicle the Argus, named after
the mythical vessel Jason used to
find the golden fleece, which
Ballard uses to search for ancient
shipwrecks, and a Navy deep-sea
submarine, the Turtle.
You can hear audio recordings
made of Ballard's discovery of
the Titanic, as well as view bar-
nacle-encrusted wine amphorae
like those he found on Phoeni-
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it is also well known that when he for-
merly attempted to do field work on the
water, he was unable to do it with any.
thing like the efficiency that was shown by
his assistants, it being impossible for him
to keep his eye fixed upon the distant ob-
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THREE DAYS FOR NEW BILLS.
No New Measures After Thursday-Two Months
Work Before the Judlelary Committee.
HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 29.-But three
days are now left to the general assembly
in which new business can be introduced,
if the resolution restricting the reception
of new business to February 3 is adhered
to. Next Thursday will wind up the
allotted time, and then the lawmakers will
cease suggesting laws and commence mak-
ing them. It is very possible, of course,
that the time for the reception of new bus-
iness will be extended, but just now the
general impression in the house is that
such a course will not be necessary. It is
understood that the labor men have put in
nearly all the bills they intended to, and
that the few that still remain to be present
ed will be all in by next Wednesday.
Thus far there has been nothing remark-
have gone along in well-worn grooves, bus-
able about the first biennial session. Things
iness has been pushed along without any
has made himself very popular with all in
great unnecessary delay and Speaker Hoyt
the house. The new state officers are all
pretty well accustomed to their work by
this time and Governor Lounsbury, it is
said; is displaying qualities of sociability
that are bound to make him popular.
As soon as the new business is all in and
the committees get to work in dead earnest
the members of the house will enjoy their
offices better. From a silent, inactive
body the representative will become argu-
mentative and discussive and the house
looks very much as though it would do a
great deal of talking. Then, also, will the
house will be in its glory.
lords of the lobby get to work and the third
The judiciary committee has already
for two weeks.
business enough on hand to keep it busy
GOING AFTER A HAT.
Cardinals Gibbons and Tascherau Depart on a
Trip to Rome.
French
NEW YORK; Jan. 29.-The
at 8 o'clock for Havre, having among the
steamer La Bourgogne, sailed this morning
passengers Cardinals Gibbons of Baltimore
and Tascherau of Ottawa. The cardinals
did not sleep on board the steamer last
night, but attended mass at the palace and
then came down to the vessel
TITTIE when
Albany the other day. He is a v
broad-shouldered, big man with 1
eyes, a heavy mane of iron-grey h
a beard that leaves only his upper
forehead and eyes and the upper
his cheeks exposed. When he n
seems to drag himself along and he
to move only to leave a reclining
on a lounge and take up a restful
chair, with his endlessly long legs 1
half across the room. He is apt to
ate a parlor conversation with yav
"I don't (yawn) know how man
York Congressmen (yawn) are anx
see me Senator," he says. "I (yaw
many have said that they were a
but (yawn) there is sometimes a di
between what some of them say
and what they mean.
He lacks the quality of master
has not what is called force of
ter. He will be happy in the easy
senate. He did very well in the
and fought for his bills when they
it, but the senate will suit him bette
will be young and enterprising com
with many of his colleagues there.
BRADSTREET'S ESTIMATE.
P
The Number of 'Longshoremen Suppose
Out on Strike.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.--Bradstree
day says: The strike of about 27,900 f
and grain handling employes at the
New York, including many engaged
lied lines is a most serious blow to coas
and foreign commerce centering here.
un outgrowth of the New Jersey coal
dlers' strike, which is a practical fa
as more
Some
coal is being shipped c
Jersey coal handlers 81
against a reduction of wages, but mo
them for an advance of 2 cents per 1
The strike of the Old Dominion Stean
company's freight handlers for hi
wages was also a practical failure, v
the Knights of Labor concentrated=
energies to sustain both the coal and fr
strikes by calling out 'longshoremen, 1
men, grain handlers and other worker
New York, Jersey City and Brook
In this, District assembly No. 49, K. of
has followed the line of action to
by Martin Irons of St. Louis
year. The traffic of four st
Was temporarily checked by
calling out 5,000, and now at the c
entry port of the United States the m
bers of the Home club" check the m
ment of the world's produce until cert
demands are complied with, The strik
'longshoremen demanded an advance fr
25 cents to 30 cents per hour, and 60 ce
per hour for night work, which the ste
ship companies refused, some of them
fering $12 for sixty hours work per we
Bradstreets has been at some pains
learn the extent of the 'longshoremen a
the freight handlers' strikes as the part
New York, with the following result:
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Own
in a single night. The republicans
have a quorum of their
sent if they wish to unseat Breck-
dge. The democrats will employ
tactics that were employed by
opponents of the Conger compound
bill. They will absent themselves
the room when a roll call is bad, but
I appear whenever a call of the house
rdered. In this way they will not be
sent for Reed to count as a quoruin,
I will at the same time be able to reaist
charge of absenteeism that may be
ught against them. They will
an advantage over the anti-lard
forces in numbers, and it will
uire the presence of 166 republicans to
eat Breckinridge. This will be hard
It will require
the leaders to secure.
presence of nearly every republican,
as there are many of them away look-
after their chances of a renomination
y will be loth to leave. The democrats
to keep the game up throughout the
ole of the session and thus prevent the
of a seat which belongs to them.
BROOKS.
THE ATTACK ON QUAY.
medy Stands by His Speech and Says That is
Must Go On the Record.
REGISTER BUREAU,
14TH STREET AND PENNSYLVANIA AVI
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. 1890.
ho attack of Mr. Kennedy of Ohio, upon
ator Quay in the house yesterday is the
itical sensation of the house here.
'he Pennsylvania delegation has been
atly stirred up over it and has been in
sultation during the morning as to
at steps shall be taken to meet it.
The
ault was so grave that even the demo-
ta condemn it and they made the offer
ere the session began this morning to
sent
resolution expunging
nnedy's remarks from the rec-
Mr. Quinn of New York,
ted that he would present it. The
ublicans thought they saw a democrat-
riok, however, in it, and said they were
o to deal with the matter themselves.
ator Quay in speaking of the attack,
ich was just before the house adjourned
when hardly a dozen members were in
ir seats, said: "It is a matter for the
se to deal with. If the house thinks
ent to permit such an attack upon a
mber of the senate to be made, it in hot
me to answer it."
peaker Pro. Tem. Burrows of Michigan,
o was in the chair, is being roundly
demned for not having called Kennedy
order, but he defends himself on the
und that there was no precedent for it.
vas the duty, he says, of a member to
e objected. Kennedy, however, stands
his speech and says that it has got to
Into the Record, although it does not
ear in the issue of to-day. BROOKS.
AST QUANTITIES OF IMPORTS.
felpation of the Passage of the Mckinley
11-Extraordinary Increase Over Last Year.
REGISTER BUREAU,
4TH STREET AND PENNSYLVANIA AVE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 1800,
AVE
he treasury reports of the value of mer-
ndise Amported for the past seven
aths show very clearly that the im-
ers are bringing into the country vast
The club has been losing money slowly
but steadily since the last week in June.
The month of May and the first weeks in
June were very profitable, but about
that time the interest began to lag,
and the withdrawal of Worces
ter, Hartford, Baltimore and Jersey
City only served to make matters worse.
As the association stands to-day New Ha
ven has a lead over the other three clubs
that cannot possibly be overcome, so that
the only interest in the games still to
be played is in the contests themselves. No
matter how they result they cannot affect
the standing of the New Haven club, and
when the season closes that club will have
won the championship of the association.
Lally will be transferred from center
feld to first base to succeed Schoeneok,
and Cudworth will play center. Next
week Lebanon plays here Monday, Tues-
day and Wednesday, and Harrisburg will
be here Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
If the attendance at these games is no
larger than that at recent games it would
not be surprising to see some more of the
New Haven players eased.
THE PASSENGERS EXCITED.
Accident to the Steamer Rosedale of Bridge
port-Sho Suffers from Two Collisions.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Sept. 4.-The steam-
er Rosedale narrowly escaped being badly
wrecked yesterday afternoon. She had
left Pier 24 eight minutes late. Just be-
low the Thirty-First street landing, she
fell behind a schooner going in the same
direction. The pilot thought that the
schooner would proceed on its course, but
to his dismay the schooner suddenly
came about and crashed into the portside
of the Rosedale just above the wheelhouse.
The side of the vessel at this point was
completely torn away, and but for an iron
davitt which runs up the side of the vessel,
three horses which were hitched inside,
would probably have been killed. The
davitt was badly bent, showing the force
with which the vessel had been struck.
The bowsprit of the colliding schooner was
also badly damaged. Great excitement for
a few minutes prevailed among the passen-
gers on the steamer Rosedale. The mate
hastily rushed among them and hurried
all hands to the opposite side of the vessel
assuring them that there was no immedi-
ate danger.
Scarcely three minutes elapsed when an-
other collision occurred. In front of the
damaged steamer were two more schoon-
ers which were in tow of a steam tug. The
pilot on the latter vessel in endeavoring to
avoid the colliding craft, caused one of his
schooners to swing about, and the vessel
crashed against the flag staff of the Rose-
dale. The second collision was more se
vere than the first, and but for the hog-
frame on the Rosedale the Bridgeport
steamer would have been badly damaged.
The anchor of the Rosedale was hurled in-
to the water and the frame which sup-
ported it was torn completely away
An
Investigation was immediately made and
it was ascertained that the Rosedale was
not disabled. The landing at Thirty-first
street was then made, more freight was
taken on, and the steamer started for this
city, arriving here on time
NO ASSESSMENT FOR SEPTEMBER.
The Ancient Order of United Workmen Receive
chael McDermott, No. 67, WI
liam H. Tighe; No. 58, Stephen F. McGann
No. 59, George L. Hvde; No. 60, Jame
Shamp, No. 61. John Kelley: No. 6a, Joh
Roach; No. 63, Frank D. Cook; No. 04
Feunah W. Watrous; No. 65, Isaac Shields
No. 66, Ellis J. Good; No. 67. John H. GILI
gan; No. 68, George Marshall, No. 69, Rich
ard T. Moore; No. 70, Albert Gates; No. 71
John T. McGrath, No. 72, John A. Dip
pold; No. 78, John H. Moore, No. 74, John
Stauford; No. 75, Louis J. St. Clair; No. 76,
George J. Murphy; No. 77, Joseph F. Stew
art. No. 78 George Taylor; No. 79, James
Lonergan; ; No. 80, Henry S. Jarrett; No. 81,
Thomas J. Dunn; No. 82, Owen J. Daily.
Supt. Bollmann this morning assigned
Driver B. J. Railly of the precinct to duty
as patrolman, for the present.
The
strengthening of the precinct force is much
needed. After Officer McKeon was so bad-
ly assaulted three days ago, Capt. Smith
made a request for two additional men for
immediate service in strengthenin
force. Supernumerary Lawler
ceed Reilly as driver for the present.
CAPT. KIDD'S TREASURES.
the
800
The Natives at Stony Creek Stirred Up Over
Hollows in the Rocks.
The
STONY CREEK, Conn., Sept. 7.-James C.
Murtha, deputy commissioner of public
works of Brooklyn, and Contractor Freel
of the same city, are working a large gran-
ite quarry here, the stone of which is being
used in paving Brooklyn streets.
quarry is working on both paving blocks
and building stone, mainly the latter at
present. In the vicinity of 150 hands are
employed. The islands and rocks of Stony
Creek are literally blanketed with tradi-
tions of Capt. Kidd. The whole row of
little islands, Big Curtis, Little Curtis,
Little Pumpkin, Big Pumpkin, Money
island, Cut in Two island, Pot island,
Hugh island' and East and West Crib, have
all been dug over in the search for Capt.
Kidd's treasure until the soil is all a fine
loam. Money island receives its name
from one of the most extravagant of these
legends. On Pot island is a hollow in the
cliffs which appears to have been chiseled
out by human hands, and is supposed to
have been the receptacle of the doughty
pirate's plunder.
While blasting this week the workmen
at Murtha's quarry exposed a similar hol-
low in the granite ledge. Although in
such a position that it could hardly have
been the work of human hands, the way
in which it is formed makes difficult any
other explanation of the phenomenon. The
hole is three feet in diameter, almost cir
cular, and about four feet in circumfer
ence. It was filled with gravel and round
stones about the size of hen's eggs. The
natives have at once awakened to the nеw
possibilities of the Captain Kidd tradi-
tions, and the older inhabitants think that
the workmen are breaking ground for the
new quarry where the pirate must have
kept his central store. This theory is made
more plausible by the fact that Captain
Kidd's store hasn't been found anywhere
else.
THE TENTH CONNECTICUT.
A Reunion in Middletown-A Massachusetts Man
Elected Prealdent.
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THE PICCADILLY FIGHT.
MARQUIS AND HIS SON IN COURT.
Held in £500 Kack to Keep the Pesce Queens
berry's Uhr to Fight Lard Douglas for 10,-
000-road Trial of Oscar Wilde Be-
E-Ne Looks Pale and Hasard,
Kridently the Effort of the
Result of Taylor's Trial.
London, May 22-Yesterday's report
that, the Marquis of Queensberry and
hla son. Lord Alfred Douglas, were en-
gured in a fight in Piccadilly, was er-
roneous In respect of the younger par.
thepant in the affray. It was the Mar-
quis eldest mon, Lord Douglas of Ha-
wick. who was his antagonist Both
were arraigned in the Mamborough
Street Police Court this morning and
placed in the dock together to answer
a charge of disorderly conduct and
fighting on the street. The Marquis
said that his son was the aggressor,
having frat assaulted him and that he
only struck haak in self defense.
m, placing Its
of the bridge
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the walorg
reached Lha
Lord Douglas of Hawick sald he
merely desired his father's assurance
that he would cease writing obscene
letters to his (Hawick's) wife reviling
her husband His aim in meeting his
father was to stop these foul communi-
cations.
Lord Queensberry objected to the let
tera in queaton being called obscene.
Hearing that Oscar Wilde was residing
wirh Lord Iouglas he went to the lat-
ter's house and obtained the assurance
of his daughter-in-law that his young-
eat son, Lord Alfred Douglas, was not
There als He thereupon ceased writ
ing letters to Lord Alfred Dougian'
Lord Douglas lawyer wished to read
the letters in question, but the mngin-
Irate would not allow it The lawyer
sald that at the conclusion of Taylor a
trial the Marquis of Queensberry had
sent a telegram to 1ord Douglas and
his wife
Hoth the Marqule and his son wer
bound in sureties of £500 each to keep
the pence for six months
The Marquis, who wore af resh bou-
tonniere and presented a very Jaunty
appearance, admitted that he had of.
fered to fight his son. Lord Douglan of
Hack, anywhere or at any time, for
10,000 Lord Douglas showed a very
ck eye an the result of his encoun
with his father, but the latter did
tot bow, a mark. The crowd cheered
Marquis as he drove away in a
hand as earnestly hissed and hooted
Douglas as he took his departure.
The Marls went directly from the
Mac rough Street Pollee Court to the
ey Court, where he was an at-
listener at the trial of Oscar
Bomd Trial.
Mal oscar Wilde be
entral Criminal Court, Old
Wilde upon en-
1 amp in by but
- Hey Stewart Head-
leman, Lord Douk-
wing engage in the
elle Court in de-
against a charge of dis-
Wilde looked pale
ax he tried the dock,
ig greatly affected by there.
the trial of Taylor yesterday
nk Lockwood, QC, M. P
the prosecution The al-
Tnces charge against Wilde
hed in his opening address,
d beween February 1992,
ober 1893 He laid especial str
upon the charge in which Wilde wi
volved with Shelley Mr Lockwood
thought the Jury should accept the
evidence
Wilde mole of life at the Savoy Hotel
Edward Phelley was called to the
stand and repeated what he had pre-
viously testified to He declared that
he had rakented the overtures made to
him by Wilde
putiom's
OC-
and
regarded
Sir Edward Clark severely crown ex-
amined Shelley, who admitted that he
was mistaken in his testimony in the
How Htreet Police Court, giving the
time of his breaking off intimney with
Wilde, and also admitted that Wilde
did not mention or Uget anything
wrong after the first Interview
Wilde became Indisposed at
point and was obliged to temporarily
leave the dock. The examination of
Shelley was meanwhile suspended The
proceedings were resumed in a few
minutes
this
Elkin MatthAwe the publisher. dr.
pound that Wilde was acquainted with
Shelley.
GRINDELWALD REUNION SUNDAY
An Appeal That Whit-Bunday he De-
vited to a pecial Purpose Hot Forth.
6. Ensleigh Gardens, London, N. W
May 8, 1835
New Haven
To the FAltor of The
Register.
A perial committee of Tarhops in
the lambeth Conference, dealing with
the subject of home reunion, pray 1
the Conference "to recommend the
maller to the prayers of all Christian
people both within and (so far na It
may rightly do so) without our com-
NEW HAVEN, CONN.:
WEDNESDAY, MAY 221895
HARVARD IS DISSATISFIED.
Prof. Amea Reply to the Demands of
Yale Not Strong neigh
Cambridge, Mass. May -There W
good deal of grumbling among the under-
graduates here when they read Prof.
Amea' reply to the extraordinary request
for an apology from Yale, the general
complaint being that the letter was not
strong enough. It certainly was not wo
far an expreeing the feelings of the stu-
dents and
Was foncéraed, bot
alumni
these who look at the matter with un-
ruffled temper say that Prof. Ames' letter
was dignified and propen, thiother words,
the Athletic Committeo was disposed to
let Yale have an opportunity to recedo
from her peculiar position before further
action is taken.
This would soar to Indirate that Har-
vard has not had her full say as yet, but
she will have in due ume. Yale gradu-
ates In Boston who at nrat were diaposed
to hurrah at Capt. Thorne's nerve have
had plenty of time for refection, and now
Anding themselves between the devil and
the deep sea, they hardly know what to
do.
It is not improbable that the trouble
will be amicably settled, and that the
two colleges will play foot ball next year..
then listen for something to drop Har
Bhould much settlement not be effected
vard is not going to be sat on, and, after
being subjected to that indignity, be made
a foot ball of. Bho may rotallate, and
there are whisperings of much a possibil
ity in the gymnasium to-day, In the
Carey building, and on Holmes Field. One
thing is certain, in spite of talk and rap-
idly arrived at conclusions to the on-
trary, the race at New London will be
rowed. Harvard had already entered into
an agreement for the Thames race, and
what Harvard agrees to do she may be
depended upon to full The crew are in
active practice, and they will do their
best to win when they meet the wearers
of the blue in Connecticut'ajold-fashioned
town. But in years to come, how about
the race? That depends entirely on Yale
The New Haven Institution has entered
the wedge of separation, and if she is
disposed to drive it by adhering to her
extraordinary position), KAD will be
opened between the two universities o
wide that all boat racer ball games
track athletics, and gridiron sports will
be forever lost in it
This in a natural and logical conclusion
of the final outcome. Many, of the Yale
mon who attended the games here last
Saturday were outspoken in their de-
nunciation of the stand taken by Yale
They thought bygonee should be bygone.
and the whole thing seemed to them ex-
ceedingly childleh
"SUBS" IN THE HARVARD SHELL.
Boston, May 22 -The Harvard vari-
ty crew was out yesterday with the
order somewhat changed owing to the
Illneas of some of the men Stevenson,
who has been sick, has not yet re-
and
turned to practice,
Hollister B
still troubled with tonsilitis. Hollis-
ter's place at No. 5 we taken yenter-
day by Chapman and Stevenson's at
No by Sullman, these two '97 men
having been taken or the 'varsity
quad Following is the order in which
the men mowed yesterday, Stroke, Bil-
lard, 7, Fennessy; 6, Watria, G. Chap-
man; Sollman; 3, Damon, 2. Shep-
ard. bow, Lewis.
POSTMASTER BEACH'S PLAN.
For Fixing the Responsibility For Er-
rors Made in the Distribution of the
Mails
Postmaster Beach has perfected a
plan and put it in operation for Axing
the blame for all mistakes which are
made in the New Hten Posioffles In
the distribution of the mall IL has
been the custom for the clerks to
stamp each letter with their number
so that a mistake in boxing the let TN
could be traced This has been found
not to accomplish fully what was In-
tended, hence the new arrangement.
The Postoffice has been divided up
Into sections, and for each Section
Postmaster Reach has provided
printed blank giving the time of ar-
rival of each mall, each day of the
month Each clark in give a certain
Rection, and he is obliged to put ilm
Dumber
on the blank opposite the
mall he is distribuiing. In this way
any mistake can readily be eitain-
ed from the postmark or the receiving
mark on the letter when compared
with the tanks of the action in which
the particular box in bocated.
The plan is very simple, but it is a
very accurate system and can not be
doctored. The Postmaster is now giving
the plan a teat, and it is working sat-
Isfactorily. and In a short time he
proposes to bring it to the attention of
the department at Whington
JAS OVER 400 SIGNATURES
The Petitions Circulating in Opposition
to the Calvary Industrial Home.
Over 400 names have been signed to
the petitions that are in circulation
among the ralents in the vicinity of
the old Edward E. Hall property on
Chapel Street, which is being fitted up
for a lodging house for the Oalvary In-
dustrial Home The petition which is
to be presented to the Fire Commis-
Akers
attention to buldinge
which the managers of the home pro-
pose to construct on the property In
which to store large amounts of In-
nammable material hearing up of the
KIDD TREASURE FOUND. LA GASCOGNE ARRIVES.
TWO LUCKY BRIDGEPORT "HOBOES.
They Diared From Their 044 Baunts Last
October and Botarsed Last Week Bedecked With
Diamonds and With Quelut and AD-
gee Bell In Their Pocket
Disposed of Their Find.
Bridgeport, onn., May 22, 1896.-The
sensation eng othered there by the Col-
vocorresses gallery about 23 years
go, and the tuttering Jack" tragedy,
a few years iter, pale into inagnifi-
cunice when compared with that of the
present, produced by the finding of the
famous Kidd treasure at almost the
Identical spot signalled by tradition
as the place of interment.
dog cold of quaint, yet artistic design,
several times doodly encircling thair
neaks, and banging dar below the hea
of their ganly weast-coats, while their
capsalous troques pooles bulged out
to their most and with goth of
the realm, which they scattered with
prodigal fiberality among their former
davorite beveragerten, distributed along
Bridgeport's elado thoroughfare, Wa-
er Btneat.
Now, our two heroes bad made be-
tween themselves a solemn compact,
before noturading for brevi to
their former hunt, to religiously re-
Brain from divulging to any person
whatsoever, the source, or secret, of
their prement affluence; thiniding that
Abere might be more treasure of the
me sont repeting in the name
enchanted domain, and which they
might at some future period, conclude
bo seck, should their present plethoric
exchequer need replenishing. But, how-
Tradition that in the year ever, the secret was too good or pon-
1054, Cap
bodthirsty and
derous for at least one of the brillant
relen taas pirate, maana exploits cover-
duo to keep, as, on one day while in
a palpably bonential mood, superin-
ed the high es of both hemispheres.duced evidently by an over-indulgence
he patrolling Long and Bound in In this tavorite brand of spiritus fru-
quest of prey, one exodedingly dark men, he gave away the whole story
night, and Imagining that he was be- of the "find" There were among his
auditors, however, some who evinced
ing purstied, put in under cover of much skepticism, openly scouting at
Strafford harbor, and it chanced to the truth of the story, indeed unresory-
be that pordon known as Point No
edly euying its relator, but her skep-
Point, and naturally being anxious in
Licham was quickly allayed, when the
relator, diving into the depths of one
the event of capiture to effectually oov-
of the poolbells of his spring overcoat,
er up all evidence of eylems and
dastardly calls onder his men to
Corey hore a massive tron chest
containing tabulous renares, and
there bury it.
Point No Point, the scene of the pres-
ent interesting and important discov-
ery, a sand epit, or, considering its.
elongated territorial area, might ap-
propriately be dignified by the appella-
tion of peninsula, it being about three
Blew in length, by an average width of
about a quarter of a mbe. It adjoina
on the cast an elevated kalbau, yclept
the Loop daran, pan which is
Jovated
0 Barford light house,
thence extending westerly to a point In
Bridgepo harbor just opposite Bridge-
pon's pride, Seaside Park. Is north-
iy order ing washed by the rapid
currant of a narrow suream bearing the
euphonius nume of lune "Gut," while
1 southerly boundary comprehends
the, alt this point, expanalve bosom of
Long Lund Bound.
Now, prior to the beginning of the
past two dendee, Point No Point was
looked upon by the atald and practiqal
busbandmen of the tocary as nothing
more than a sterile, wout.thless waste of
and, and laudably so, in view of the
fact that its surface presented naught
of vegetation, nave a faw puling apec-
Imens of the genus beach plum, and
an exceedingly spare gjuh of coarse
ige: yek wall, by the achete, it
has always been regarded as one of
chr most charming spots uong the
New England cost, ita mailne ensem-
ble being caloulated to en.rince the in-
herent ante ausoepbles of the
mo: cultured marine palater.
a 1.4-
Thus we have briefly outlined that
wh tradition niya the veritable
rponitory of the Kidd treasure, and in
this cannellen t may not be uner-
ng to append a cup of "local"
history brang upon the subjet and
which re
to donate na
marked degree the implicit rich with
which for gene galare
pandout may of the der zens of
s and neighboring him have em-
racel the authen lely of the trail-
tion nam d, being unded for our
dal to Ool O B. H, Bidgeport s
octogenarian historian, who is devot-
ed the past five years of his rapidly
wanding life to the preparation as a al-
Lory of Patrfield County. fail wherein
The devons considerable spice to the
subject in hand Col. Hall By "In
he year 1900 subject of the burial
of the Kid treasure in the sands of
Long Bearth, or Paint No Pont, Lit
In variously called to-day, becure the
all-absorbing topic of Interest und dis-
cuanton aming he go people of Patr
nald County, und panoularly of that
* known as the Town of Wetton;
it happening at ih's Juncture that the
Minу wat in a edly depl
tition, and wh the laudable ob-
et in view of s planishment, St
was declds! by the l people in town
neting Asscted to apsnt a m
spe to be compd of five nible-st
d freehot lure,
luty it should
te to all one proceed to Pent No Point
ach for the burls treasure, Julge
DB. Lockwood being appointed mod-
tor of the meeting, ant the follow-
K preamalte are realuons were of
rel by Frank R. Taylor, the same
being copied verbatim et Ifterat im from
records, and are as
to w
Whereas, ot being well known that
a vart turure of get, hver and
pried within the
rwe of Paint No Pent, a pot bal
lwin the townshop of Strand, ye
wald treasure having been buried there
4 year 1696. by y in ateful pri and
Biter, Capt. Kiild, an
Whereas, ye town treury of y
Tan of Warton bing out ye pr
time in a ot deplorable condition.
herefore be it, and it is hereby
Rolved, that in view of the fore-
Committee to be compose of
Ave freeholders of unquestioned probd-
ty, and payload endurance be appoin
ed, and at once proceed to ye mad
Point No Poting a secure
P
drew therefrom a quod cumber of
gleaming yellow coins of foreign mint-
age, and which he trtumphantly hid
up before he wandering and myati-
find eyes, while from another pocket
he produced an array of massive gold-
en medals, betarking all sorts of legend-
ary Inoriptions in every known Lin-
guage, and sudded with diamonds an
other precious stones. The medals had
perhaps alt some time or other adored
the breasts of dings or other high
muck-a-mucks of the world.
ta nedies to aver here that the
latter exhibition was proof portive of
the authenticity of the Flory, and it
preald Ike wildfine, in all directions of
the Park City. permeating every
nook and corner, and quickly becoming
the all-abrorbing itople of conversa Mon
among all class, from the family of
the monale and avant, to tha: of
the humble day laborer, seated about
he kitchen table, mantiesling by the
dim light of a tallow dp the dally
bread vouch afed by a kind Providence.
Among the interested Inteners to the
le as told were Mesars. MaMathon &
W and who sought an inter
wh the "lucky prospectora," with che
view of anquing pocenion of at least
a portion of the "treasure," offering in
unn honeyed words and dire threats
decapitation and imprisonment for
trepass and tht unter this de-
mands were directly omplid with, o
hers molle, however, mnmin-
ng a mething degree of rong
dinacy, only replying that
any had abay pared wth th cov.
ed pe, having and dallverd
At to par in Nw York, thence they
had nhipped ft the very momte: of s
yoming into thr poemon, except-
ng. however, the friw rining objects
which they had displayed on previous
ocenions, and the, they designed to
retain a mementoes and heirlooms, and
that, with a portion of the avals, ench
one had purta smself a homentend
kuated on Went Thirty-second Street.
New York, Invening he balance In
Government 31-2 per cert. bonis and
ock of the B-idgeport Tran on Com-
piny, cofoula ng that the (noome de
ved from the ecules thus nam
would mir in them in comparative
Affluence for the remainder of their
earthly pilgrimage.
Now a to Jun: what further Peps
Mens M Mahon & Wren, will take to
reover the purloined treasure, it is not
at prosent known, although be ed
that directly upon its arrival at New
York it was re-hipped to New Orleans,
masnuoh as Mr McMahon hur-
rielly left for that point this morning.
1 ts presumed that he has obtained a
Mutisfactory clue to its prevent loca-
IN THE THEATERS
In Dr. Byntax." that Jolllest of all
comle operas which DeWolf Hopper
will present at the Hyperion Theater
on next Monday evening for the first
time in this City, the comedian esanуn
the role of a good-natured, up-to-date
professor. The Jovial "Dr. Syntax" es-
teems it his duty to make everybody
happy and his opportunitier to carry
out this benevolent plan are many.
EAST OF FIRE ISLAND AT 10 A. M.
She Was Proceeding Very lowly and the Fock That
the signalled for Tegs at Once howd
That Her Machlaary Was Damaged.
bbould be & Mer Pier
This Evening.
Sandy Hook, N. J., May 21.-The
overdue French tipe steamer La Bas-
cogue, trays Havre three days overdue,
as sighted at 10 o'clock this morning
cast of Fire Island. She was proced.
ing very alowly.
When the atomer was spied off
Fire Island she began to signal for
tug at once. his proves that ber
machinery is dehaged
Agent Forget the French line sald
that La Gascogne would probably ar-
rive at ber pier at the foot of Morton
street, this evening.
UNIFORMED HEPTI9OPHB.
The First Regiment of Baltimore Ar-
rives in the City-Exercises To-mor-
row Night.
PRICE TE
M188 HERB
The Queen Telu
Princess of Wa
Drawing on
London,
May
the Princess of
pected brief vialt
10 for the purpo
Majesty to excus
drawing room to-
a reluctant conse
cording to Truth.
Bow for absenting
elon and the Aut
to Princess Loub
cean Christian is
Beatrice hal em
the Queen 3o vy
Mas H
State & v
Berrie
Herbert
drap
wore a
having
and plant an
were all
CHICAGO FED
Milwaukee, May
fed on horsefea
this City. The h
day discovered t
horses had been
meat salted and
cago, where it n
The barn in in a
none of the farm
wuspected what w
The real work of the 12th regular
blennial conclave of the Improved Or-
dor of Heptasophs was begun this
morning at Harmonie Hall. The enure
day was devoted to businees of the
order, the sessions being private. The
main feature of interest to the public
to-day was the arrival of the First
Regiment. Uniformed Rank, Indepan-
dent Order of Hep:asophs of Balti-
more. Md. The regiment came from
by its band,
Baltimore accompanied
and reached this City at 11 55. After a
short street parade they marched to
the Tontine Hotel, where they will
make their headquarters during their
ay in this City. To-night a compll-
mentary reception, exhibition
drill
and concert will be given at Harmonte
Hall. The program to be rendered by
the Halting band is as follows.
March-Tanhauser
A POINT FO
The Injunction
of residence of
Ing Counxhe
over
this more TE
the Fir
if they
do s
Wagner
Lafferty
PINAN TA
WIS
T
renade Twilight Shadows..Peckham
March-Belle of the Fair.
Section-Remembrance of Naple
Bennet
Carnet Bolo-Allance Polka .Cogswell
L
J. Wesley Lafferty.
Rustic Dance-In the Village Tav-
Laurendeau
March-Colonel Carter.........Lafferty
To-marrow will be the most Import-
ant day of the conclave as the R11-
preme officers will be elected. In the
evening there will be exercises nt the
Hyperion Theater, which are expected
Manny
be extremely interesting
prominent officials of the State will b
present and take part besides the lead
Ing ofcers of the order. The program
arranged is as follows:
to
11
Band Concert from 7:30 to 1
First Regiment Rand. UR
H, J. Wesley Lafferty, Band Master
March-Harlem Wheelmen
Selection-Squeegee Polka descrip
tive)
Flower Song-Where the Pretty V
oleta Grow...
March-Americanus ..******
LI
F
the lu
French:
Lafferty
m
Exercises at 8 O'clock.
Temporary Chairman, Walter S.
Compton.
1. Introductory address by the Chair-
man, Judge Livingston W. Cleave
land, Past Archon Yale Conclave.
0.
2 Address of Welcome by His Ex-
cellency, Hon.
Vincent Coffin.
Governor of Connecticut.
Address of Welcome by His Hon-
or. Albert C. Hendrick, Mayor of
New Haven.
3.
4.
6.
Address of Welcome on the part
of the conclaves of New Haven, and
the Heptasophs of New England,
Hon. George H. Cowell, Past Arch-
on. Waterbury Conclave.
Response to Adress of Welcome, by
F. L. Brown. Supreme Archon,
Beranton, Penna.
6. Wesleyen Fonga ....
The Glee Club.
Davla
7. Quartet-The Old Oaken Bucket
Lyons
Ladies' Quartet.
8. Address by John W Cruett. Su-
preme Organizer. Baltimore, Md-
The Objects and Purposes of the
Improved Order Hephtasopha
9. Fairy Dream Graglani Walter
The Mandolin Club.
10. Akirers by 8. A. Will, Esq. Pitts-
burgh. Pa, Past Supreme Archon,
President of the Fraternal Congress
-The National Fraternal Congress,
tta origin, purposes and benefits.
The Star of Bethlemen... Adams
Selection-Recollections of War
11.
Mr. Hopper is supported by his dain-
ty little wife, Edna Wallace-Hopper:
Bertha Waltzinger, until recently the
leading soprano of the Bostonians, Jen-
nle Goldthwaite, a bewitching sou- 12.
brette, Allee Hosmer, a clever imper-
Bonator of eccentrle old women Flor-
Ine Murray, an excellent comedienne.
nx well as Edmund Stanley, Cyril
Hentt, Alfred Klein, Thomas 8. Quine,
Harry P. Stone, and many other pop-
ular favoriter.
The Hopper-Byntax engagement will
be for one night only, the sale of re-
Berved
Beata commencing on next
Thursday morning.
"Trilby." a play in four acta drama-
11zel from George Du Maurier's hove
by Paul M. Potter, will be presented
by A. M. Palmer's company at the
Hyperion on Tuesday and Wednesday,
May and 29. This company does
13.
First Regiment Band.
Addres-8. W. Trent, E. Pitta-
burgh, Pa. Supreme Representa-
tive, A Modern Factor in Civiliza-
Uon.
14. The Grasshopper on the Sweet
Potato vine. (A Tragle Cantata)
The Glee Club.
...Mias
15. Quintette Popular aire of the
day
Quintette Club.
16.
17. Contralto
19
Bellinghi
Firentinnella
The Mandolin Club.
Bolo-The Broken
Promise .....
Mas Russell.
Mw-The h
www.Jahnson
Prime m
ht
SAPINE
tual h
1-4
for demand
Posted
h
The cleat ne
[AD] $130.
The tre
at the clearleg
Bar sveri
Mexican do as
Governme
Railroad
There wa
Industrial
heavy p
from 119 313
2333 S to
to 1151 N
11-2 to 11-2-
er 11-4
wise wax 1 3.
speculation wr
NEW HAVEN 1
Furnished every W
LY. ROOT &
Brokers, 13 Oran
BANK ST
City Bank par sim
County National Bar
Mechanica Hank, a
Merchants Nationa
860
National New Have
Second National Han
Tradesmen's Nation
[AD] $100.
Yale National tank.
RAILROA
Boston & New York
pfd.. par $100
Connecticut & Pass
[AD] $100
Danbury & Norwal
Detra
Hosa ton to
Nougatuck
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here'd Be
state of affairs
Mason and D.x-
Republican or
ewspaper, fro
elle, but what
Democrate
le shame
this bill with
ir 1 believe and
pol feat party
an unfair and
seppanent in
and the facu
ne organization
to work with.
wenale except
o Repub
y h there
Land shule for
rift. They
There
of this Com
remarkable for
what it does
th Page)
D HER LIFE
Legran
of
1. Capt. Aaron
eamboat Com-
wollte dog res
Ipa, aged 57. of
drowning this
officer Flannery
Tomin'
is attracted by
xas pering in-
the middle of
1 barking furl.
the officer and
him and then
ng and barking
Flannery W.LA
K unusual was
such an exclted
n to the bridge
was standing
il ran towards
m as if to ex-
en ran back to
The dog
een.
nce while the
and then took
n, placing Its
of the bridge
the
reached
water.
the
he saw a wo-
g to one of the
fficer Lonegran
had come to
tance and the
which Bridge-
keeps ready
cued thr WD-
son. She
arried on
to
not have been
uch longeT.
in the woman
ra
Lord Don COOK BIR asparture
The Marquis went directly from, the
Marlborough Street Poller Court to the
Old Bailey Court, where lie was an at-
tentive latener at the trial of Oscar
Wilde.
Wilde's Second Trial.
The second trial of Oscar Wilde be-
an in the Central Criminal Court. Old
Bailey, bla mornin Wilde upon el-
tering Court accompanied by but
on of his sureties. Rex. Stewart Head-
lam, his other bondeman, Lord Doug
Hawick, being engaged in the
Marlboroug Beret Toilee Court in de
fen Ung himself against a charge of dis-
orderly onnduet. Wilde looked pale
and baggard as he entered the dock,
evidently being greatly affected by the re-
sult of the grial of Taylor yerday
Sir Frank Lockwood, d C. MP
conducted the prosecution The al-
leges offences charged against Wilde
he said in his opening address, oc-
eu-red be ween February 1992 and
October 1893 He laid especial stres
up the charg which Wilde was in-
Mr. Lockwood
volved with Shey
thought the Jury hould
accept the
evidence
prosecution's
regarded
Wilde's mode of life at the Savoy Hotel.
Edward Shelley was called to the
stand and repeated what he had pre-
viously testifled to. He declared that
he had resented the overtures made to
him by Wilde
Sir Edward Clark severely cross-ex-
amined Shelley, who admitted that he
was mistaken in his testimony in the
Flow Htreet Police Court, giving the
time of his breaking of intimacy with
Wilde, and aino admitted that Wilde
did not mention or suggest anything
wrong after the first Interview.
Wilde became Indisposed at this
polnt and was obliged to temporarily
leave the dock. The examination of
Shelley was meanwhile suspended The
proceedings were resumed in a few
minutia
Flkin Matthews the publisher, de-
posed that Wilde was acquainted with
Shelley.
GRINDELWALD REUNION SUNDAY
An Appeal That Whit-Sunday he De-
voted to a Special Purpose Set Forth.
6. Endsleigh Gardens, London, NW
May 8, 1895.
To the Editor of The New Haven
Register.
A special committee of Bishops In
the Lambeth Conference, dealing with
the subject of home reunion, prayed
the Conference "to recommend the
matter to the prayers of all Christian
people both within and (so far as it
may rightly do so) without our com-
munion." The Conference received
the report with the nspiration: "May
he aprit of love move on the troubled
waters of our religious differences"
In harmony with these suggestions an
Influentially signed appeal han bean
tasued in two successive years by the
leading members of the Grindelwald
Conference. This appeal
mended that on Whit-9unday, which
fans on June 2 this year, Christian
ministers should devote at least one
sermon to calling attention to the
good work of some branch of the
church other than their own, especial-
ly those branches whose many excel-
lencles are obscurl from the observa-
11om of their fellow ristians by the
prejudice and suspicion engendered by
cnturies of strife.
8 Phelps.
Prince Street,
nd the woman
rran.
o a end to
hatan ing the
1. he thought
richt
fr
F
hought to be
home
mpan-
She wan
" the
11
red her
ATTAC
Islands
eport proves
the Spanish
May 20 as
Capones. No
record, and is
want ads of
received for
HIDE PARK.
of the season
Park in Foxon
fernoon. Bev-
trotters owned
the new track
he events. The
ll be free art
e borsemen is
obtaining bust.
ay of obtaining
ACKWOOD.
-Tale-Harvard
recom-
of
Amongst those who are supporting
the recommendation of the Grindel-
wald Conference to observe Whit-Sun-
day as a day of Delal prayer for
Christian unlty, are. The Archbishop
the
of Canterbury.
Archbishop
Armagh, the Archbishop of Dirblim, the
Bishop of Durh 1, Lie Bishop of
the Bishop of Llandaff, the
Ishop of Ilchfled,
I hop
the
Manchester, the Bishop of Peter-
horough, the Bishop of Ripon. the
Bishop of St. David's, the Bishop of
Sodor and Man, the Bishop of Wake-
field. the Bishop of Worcester. the
Moderators of the Church of Scotland,
the Moderator of the Free Church of
Bow.und. the Moderator
the
Presbyterian Church of England, the
Chairman of the Congregational Union,
the President of the Baptist Union, the
Presidents of the Five Methodist Con-
ferences, the President of the Free
Church Congress.
I am glad to say that thome. dis-
tinguished American ministers whose
names I append, have agreed to sup-
recommendation
Tort is
In the
Inited States, and I trust that by
the publication of this letter you will
help to secure the uniform observance
of Walt-Sunday in this manner by all
churches in the English peaking
world The Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott,
Brooklyn, the Rev Dr John Henry
Brows, Chicago, the Rev. Bishop O.
P Pald. San Francisco, the Rev.
Galloway Jackson. Mas, the
Iligit Rev. P. D. Hunting lon. B shop
of Syracuse, N. Y. the Right Rev. M.
A D. E. Wolfe Hour. Bishop of Cen-
tra Pennsylvania, the Rev. B) hop
Jon F. Horst, Wahington, D. C.,
the Rev. R. 8. MacArthur, Calvary
Baptist Church, N. Y, the Rev. Bish-
op Nichols, Ban Mateo, Cal.. the Right
Rev. H. C. Potter, Bishop of New
York, the Rev. Blahop Henry W.
Warren. University Park, Col.. the
Rev. Bishop Walden, Cincinnati, Ohto.
Yours very truly,
Henry S. Lunn.
Senator Thomas H. Carter of Mon-
tana, who was Chairman of the Nation-
al Republican Committee in 1892, called
on ex-President Harrison In New York
to-day. De says that the Republican
prospect west of the Mississippi depends
on how the party meets the silver ques-
tion. The western demand must be met
in the platform as 69 eleo oral votea de-
pends on such action and would not be
given to any man not willing to pledge
Timself to algn the silver legislation
sent to him by Congress He said that
Allison was & pabular man west of the
Missisipp) was almo ex-Senator
| Spooner of Wisconsin, and were consid-
ereply talked of as Presidential posal-
bilties.
Soft lustroud betr-Tale-Harvard Sham
DOG
place at Na 6 wa-taken year-
by Chapman and Stennon's at
4 by tiliman, the 7 man
having been taken
the varalty
No
quad Following to the order in which
the men med yesterd Stroke, Bal-
Jard. 7. Feinesey, . W ris: & Chip-
maan; 4. :illman 3, D noa, 2 Shep
ard; bow, Lewis
POSTMASTER BEATS PLAN.
For Fixing the Responsibility For Br-
rors Made in the Distribution of the
Malls.
Fistmaster Beach has perfettel a
plan and put it in operation for fixing
the blame for all mistakes which are
made in the New Haven Pos.offie In
the distribution of the mail It has
been the custom for the clerks to
stamp each letter with their number
Bo that a mistake in boxing the letters
could be traced. This has been found
not to accomplish fully what was in-
tended. hence the new arrangement.
The Postoffice has been divided up
Into sections, and for each section
Postmaster Beach has provided a
printed blank giving the time of ar-
rival of each mall, each day of the
month. Each clerk is given a certain
section, and he is obliged to put his
number
the blank opposite the
mall he Is distributing. In this way
any mistake can readily be ascertain-
ed from the postmark or the receiving
mark
the letter when
on
with the tanks of the aetion in which
the particular box is located.
on
compared
The plan is very simple, but it is a
very accurate system in can not be
doctored The Postmaster snow giving
the plan a test and it is working sal-
Isfactorily and
short time he
propises to bring it to the attention of
the departmen 143
T
HAS OVER 400 SIGNATURES
The Itions in alating in Opposition
to the Calvary Industrid Home
Over 400 names have been signed to
the petitions that are in circulation
among the raiderts in the vicinity of
the old Edward E Hall property on
Chapel Street. which is being fitted up
for a lodging house for the Calvary In-
dustrial Home. The petition which is
to be presented to the Fire Commis-
aloners calls attention to buildings
which the managers of the home pro-
pose to construct on the property in
which to store large amounts of In-
flammable material the tearing up of the
sidewalk and making it very objection-
able to pedestrians. The petitioners ap-
peal to the Fire Commissioners to do
what is in their power to check what
is belleved will be a public danger and
a nuisance, by locating the home for
tramps in the neighborhood.
Among those who have signed the
petition are President Purmalee of the
Fair Haven road, Gen. George H. Ford,
Rtaard Peck, B. Shoninger, Dr. Paul
C. Skift and Mayer Strouse & Co.
There is another parition to the man-
ngers of the home, asking them to con-
sider the objections of the property
owners in the neighborhood and to se-
cure another location for the home.
Some of those who have signed the
petition against the lodging house, are
Baptist
of the Calvary
members
Church.
TREASURER BANFORD'S REPORT.
Annual Meeting of the New Haven City
Rurial Ground Association.
The annual meeting of the New Haven
City Burial Ground Association was held
this afternoon.
The report of the Treasurer, Nathan H.
Sanford, was read as follows:
Expenditures.
Isalah Hickman...
Willam Hine, bills
Linsley, Root & Co.
Curtis & Plerpont
Nathan H Banfor
Thomas Welch, bills
N. H Water Co
Taxes
[AD] $330 00
257 50
26 11
116 37
1.000 00
234 35
T. Phillipe & Son
Sundry bills
Postage
Loan to Bamuel G. Close
30 00
10 71
47 83
489 29
10 20
1,800 00
Deposit National Bavings Bank.
Deposit In Connecticu
300 00
Bavings
Bank -
GOO 00
Dwight B Snow, sextong.
436 00
Laborers ***
Cash on hand to new account.
Receipts
By cash on hand from old account
By perpetual care of lots
By annual care of lots.
Opening graves
1.306 20
1,813 54
[AD] $8,054 00
519 03
2,30 00
963 50
728 48
moking
now
mounds
Lot sold
289 FO
1,087 Go
Bingle graves Bold
24 50
trees, etc...
from National
DEAwn
29 84
Savings
230.00
Dividends collected
Bold old chair
Interest received
not...:
231 80
13 00
on
Odd jobs, regrading and turning.
cutting
Other work done, taking down
Bank
Bills pald
1,656 00
[AD] $8,664 00
THE BIG VALKYRIE III.
Will be the Largest Yacht That Ever
Competed for the America's Cup!
London, May 22.-A dispatch to the
Central News from Glasgow says:
of vegetation, are a few paling pe
Ima of gands beach plu
an exceedingly spare growth of barve
Age: yet will, by the helic,
bus swag been regarded as one of
Che most charming pots won the
New England cost, is mailne -
ble being caloulated to enhance the in-
herent able wumoep.biles of the
ma cultured marine painter.
Thus we have briefly outlined that
a tradition mayn the veritable
repontory of the Kid itressure, and in
mis canneall may not be unles
eting to append a scup of "local"
history beaning upon the subject and
NYC to date in a
marked degree the Implicit Rash with
which for. ne s galore BLU-
prindous moto y of the der Bems of
la and neighboring hamlets hive cm-
braced the authen Jelly of the tradi-
ton nam d, being und
for our
dulu to Col O B. Han, B-idgeport's
ocbogonaran historian, who has devot-
ed the past five years of his rapidly
waning fe to the preparation of a mis-
tory of Patrfield County, nd wherein
the devotes conuiderable space to the
subjest in hand. Col.
"In
Han Bay.
the year 1900 he subject of the burlal
of the Kidd treasure in the sands of
Long Bearth, or Point No Point, as it
La variously called to-day, became the
all-absorbing topic of interest und dis-
cumon Bong the good people of Fair.
field County, and panicularly of that
son lawn as the Town of Weaton:
It happening at this juncture that the
town treasury was in a etadly depleted
ndition, and with the laudable ob-
Ject in view of its raplonishment. It
was decided by the good people in town
meeting assemtted to appoint a Com-
Lee to be compard of five able-bod
d freehotlure, who duty it should
le to all once proceed to Point No Point
"earch for burled treasure, Judge
D. B. Lockwo being appointed mod-
abor of the resting, and the follow-
g preamble reolutions were of
fered by Fral B. Taylor, the same
being copied vbatim et 18teral. im from
he recorda, an are as follows, to wit
Whereas, et being well known that
a vast treasure of gci, selver and
precious stones les burled within the
bwe of Paint No Point, a spot local-
ed within the township of Stratford, ye
said treasure having been buried there
in ye year 1696. by ye hateful pirit and
Bredbodter, Capt. Kidd, and
Whereaa, ye town treasury of ye
Town of Weton being at ye present
time in a ot deplorable condition.
therefore be tt, and it is hereby
Resolved, that in view of the fore-
troing, a Committee to be composed of
five treeholders of unquestioned probi-
ty, and physical endurance be appoint-
ed, and at once proceed mo ye mud
Point No Point and secure yo add
treasure for ye benefit of ye aforesaid
Town of Weston; and be tt further
"Resolved, that ye avulls of ye cald
expedition be forthwith covered Into
the town treasury; and as due recom-
pense for ye said freeholders for their
asduous tabons, ye town Treasurer
ethal pay to ye mid freeholders a one-
tenth part of all ye avails of ye said
expedition"
The Committee as aforesaid was duly
appointed and acted in accordance with
the resolution, and after having work-
ed diligently for about a weed, but
without aval, returned home in a much
dippointed and dejected condition.
and so dar as the records of the Town
DO Gunther efforts have ever
been made by the Town of Wiston to
ahan ponsession of the long-buried
Kild treasure.
It is a master of local history that the
Jate great showman, ·P. T. Burnum,
cape made tenuous efforts to obtain
possession of Point No Poln: by pur-
chane of the Town of Stratford, which
calmed oworship, but was not suc-
cessful.
Mr. Barmum always indulged the be-
Me that the Kidd trea are exubad
wilhin the torvotory pramed, and 5:
aafd to be is fixed purpore, ahould he
ever acquire possortion of the property,
to inaugurate a syrtemmate excavation
of every inch of ground neccesary, to
obtain it, deeming that the possession
of the treasure would prove a vent-
ble bonanza for show purposes.
The
Town of Stratford retained ownership
of the property until 1886, when they
eold it to Walter Nichols. a reddent of
Bridgeport, for the seemingly fabulous
eum of $50,000, and who in turn wold Ot
to Mesars McMahon & Wren, the mill-
Connire Brewers, two years later, for
[AD] $100,000.
Ofra MaMaton & Wren, Illre the
10trious showman, had preconoel ved
kideas of vast treasures within tos con-
fines, not only from an internal, but an
extol andpoint, decerning a epot
truly Blyglam in its aspecte, and they
at once proceeded under a broad and
beral aystem of development to com-
vent it into one of the most attractive
and degrabul summer resorts to be
Coupi within the boundaries of New
England
The Treasure Found.
It appears that one day during the
1ather part of October Last, two well
konk
drahapters, fam burly called
horeabouts as "Curt" Dart and "BIR"
odge, both of whom having passed
the meridian of life and earning a pre-
carious and meager living by digging
ohms and doing any odd jobs which
presented themselves, but, however, be-
ing more partial to lostering around
roberthur aught else, disappeared
mth view one day as effectually es
though the darth had yawned at their
feat and awalowed them. Many were
the conjectus as to their oudden and
mysterious departure by their former
croates, and the time waned and they
returned not anil as several severe
storths had prevalled about the period
of their disappearance, et was philo-
sophically dried that they had been
the victims of some mare disamLAT
but on Belinday of the past week, the
She will be the returned to their former
largest yacht that ever competed for, but, oli! bow cred! Instead
Her keel, which bring in their backs as of yore
the America's oup.
The SembTumen of abject poventy, they
weighs 70 tons, is shorter, deeper and
are 20 speak. "arrared in purple
heavier than the keels of the previous
Her mainsail will contain One Men and other evi-
Valkyries.
Open they be of intertal prosperity
5,000 square feet of canvas and br
mist, exclusive, of her topmast, wi
by minds all Intern
but a guy migoths before, was e
be 10 feet high. Her boom will
feet long and extend-10 feet beyond the intake of age Koblinoor in
taffTall."
Motrate hirt front, a
The new yacht Valkyrie III, will be
launched to-morrow. It la ascertained
as nearly as possible that her length
is 110 feat, her beam 26 feet and her
dead weight 300 tons.
Kories Face Each. All Dr
heroes maribe, hoever mis-
ing & trenbong gree of mong
Froid an characy, only relying int
y nd ireedy parted with cov-
ted pre having and delivered
it to paes in New York, thence they
had nhlpped t the very moment of L
coming into thehr ponevalon, except-
Ing. however the few rifling objects
which they had played on previous
occasion, and me, they designed to
retain as mementoes an 1 heirlooms and
that, with a poon of the atas.h
one had purchand himself a homestead
und ca Wet Thirty-second Street,
New York, Investng the balance In
Government 31-2 per cent. bonds and
Tack of the Bridgeport Tran on Com-
pay, fouling that the inoomne de-
Eved from the secures thus named
wwk mala hem n comparative
remainder of their
affluence for the
earthly plg.mage.
Now a to jun: what further teps
Me MdMahon & Wren will take to
recover the purbined treasure, ft to not
at present known, although be te
that directly upon its arrival at New
York it was rehipped to New Orleans.
and hasmuch as Mr McMahon hur-
riedly left for that ponit this morning.
the presumed that he has obtained a
Matisfactory clue to its present loca-
(5on
IN THE THEATERS.
evening there will be ex
In Dr. Byntax." that jolliest of all
comic operas, which DeWolf Hopper
will present at the Hyperion Theater
on next Monday evening for the first
time in this City, the comedian essays
the role of a good-natured, up-to-date
professor. The jovial "Dr. Syntax es-
teems it his duty to make everybody
happy and his opportunitier to carry
out this benevolent plan are many.
Hyperion Theater, which are expected
to be extremely interesting Manz
prominent officials of the State will be
present and take part besides the lead
Ing offers of the order. The program
arranged to as follows
Band Concert from 7:30
CH
P
First Regiment Band. URIO
Wealey Lafferty. Band Master
March-Harlem Wheelmen
Selection-Bqueegee Folka (descrip-
Mr. Hopper is supported by his dain-
ty little wife, Edna Wallace-Hopper:
Bertha Waltzinger, until recently the
leading soprano of the Bostonluns. Jen-
nle Goldthwaite, a bewitching BOU-
brette, Alice Hosmer, a clever imper-
sonator of eccentric old women. Flor-
ine Murray, an excellent comedienne.
as Edmund Stanley, Cyril
AB well
Scott, Alfred Klein, Thomas 9. Guise,
Harry Stone, and many other pop-
ular favoriten.
The Hopper-Syntax engagement will
be for one night only, the sale of re-
Berved seats commencing on next
Thursday morning
"Trilby," a play in four acts drama-
tized from George Du Maurier's novel
by Paul M. Potter, will be presented
by A. M. Palmer's company at the
Hyperion on Tuesday and Wednesday.
May 28, and 29. This company does
not advertise to play any other point
nearer than Hartford. The sale of
Beata is now open and there has been
a good demand for seats for both per-
formances.
The last act represents "Trilby on
couch convalescent. Her friends dre
around her. "Billee" la with her ready
to marry her. "Billee's" mother la
ready to give her consent and every-
thing is arranged for ber happiness,
when she dies.
A company of admirable players has
been brought together by Manager
Palmer for the Interpretation of "Tril-
by." Every role le taken by a compe
tent person, and there is an attention
to minor details that
mendable.
most com-
"Little Lord Fauntleroy" drew a
large and appreciative audience at the
Grand Opera House last night. The
orange tea this afternoon was, if any--
thing a greater success than the one
Riven yesterday All the little ks be-
ing delighted to mest the clever child
actress. 1tle Anna Laughlin. who
plays the part of the little Lord. Too
much cannot be sald in praise of the
presenting company It is the best
seen here in some time. Miss Annie
Clarke plays her original character of
"Minna," an adventuress, as
clever artist only can play it. The
clever work done by E. D. Denison,
James Horne. Gertrude Mansfield,
Mattle Beauford and Ada Dennison
adds much to the success of the pro-
duellon. The concluding performance
takes place this evening. The prices at
the matinees are 10 and 20 cents. In
the evening reserved seats 30 and 60
cents.
thlo
The Police Inspector" comes to the
Grand Opera House Friday and Sat-
urday this week. There will be mati-
nees both days.
Poll's Wonderland.
It is an uncommonly good bill that is
running this week at the Wonderland.
The three Donasottas, who head it, are
gymnasts and pantomimists, and they
present an exhibition that is replete with
fun and Interest Clayton and Jenkins
give a lively circus burlesque with the ald
of their trick mule Jasper which seems to
be fully as Intelligent addts owners. The
pretty Washburn alters are charting
singers, and their songs are of a kind to
please and interest every lateber. Charley
Harris and Misa Walters make much fun
with thelo quaint burlesque on the local
lamp Inspectorship contest, and Allen
May presents an entertaining singing nov-
elty. Alustrated with dioramio effecta
Dalsy Mayer and her pickanninion, the
little Ferguson brothers, and Grifin and
Bryce, are all clever entertainers.
MOONLIGHT EXCURSION.
The second annual moonlight excursion
and supper and hop of Pheonix Lodge,
No. 4, A. O. U. W., will take place June
6 at Banford's Hotel, Woodmont. Special
cars will leave Church and Chapel Street
at 5 and 7 p. m. No postponement on ac-
count of weather. Tickets can be pro-
cured of the following committeer George
A. Treat W. C. Talmadge T. N. Brone,
Frederick Holt, George Oldershaw, Jr. F.
H. Rockville, W. G. Cox, A R. Leighton
and J. L. Clark.
The Register holds the record, and ta
the recognised medium for want ads of
all kinds. Sixty-two realles, received for
one ad in twenty-four hour
CITY COURT JUDGE DOW.
Matthew Brennan, drun
tinued ent
and James
Balat, discharged: Jame
Violation of Sunday
Bunday
tive)
Lafferty
Flower Bong-Where the Pretty VI
olets Grow
March-Americanus.***
Cey
Frerich
Lafferty
Walter B.
Exercises at 80 dock.
Temporary Chairman,
Compton.
1. Introductory address by the Chair
man. Judge Livingaidn W. Cleave.
land Past Archon Yale Conclave
Address of Welcome by His Ex-
cellency, Hon. O. Vincent Cofn.
Governor of Connecticut.
prominence and on
Improved 14 11
m1-4 to 119 6-9
1-3. Le
3. Address of Welcome by His Hon-
or, Albert C. Hendrick, Mayor of
New Haven.
4. Address of Welcome on the part
of the conclaves of New Haven, and
the Heptasophs of New England.
Hon. George H. Cell, Past Arch-
on. Waterbury Conclave
6. Response to Adress of Welcome, by
F. L. Brown.
Beranton, Penna.
6.
118
to 3-4 and Ru
7-8 The buy ma
Supreme Archon,
Wesleyen Songs 2
The Glee Club.
Davla
7. Quartet-The Old Oaken Bucket
to the wetivity in
eta L
Annual report prin
Os advanced
to 74 5-8
Ladies' Quartet.
Cruett, Su-
8. Address by John W.
preme Organizer, Baltimore, Md.-
The Objects and Purposes of the
Improved Order Henhtasophs.
9. Fairy Dream.
favorable run
Kanding lewilatio
the Industrials h
The neral list a
market fm 1
Noon-Money on
Prime mercanti
cent.
Graglani Walter
The Mandolin Club.
10. Address by 8. A. Will, Esq., Pitts-
burgh, Pa, Past Supreme Archon,
President of the Fraternal Congress.
-The National Fraternal Congress,
Its origin, purposes and benefits.
The Star of Bethlemen......Adams
Selection-Recollections of War
12
11.
12.
13.
Barer
First Regment Band.
Address-8. Trent, Esq., Pitts-
Representa-
burgh. Pa., Supreme
tive. A Moder Faotor In Civiliza-
tion.
14. The Grasshopper on the Sweet
Potato vine. (Tragic Cantata)
The Glee Club.
15. Quintette Popular airs of the
day
Mins
....Jahnson
16.
Quintette Club.
Firentinnella
The Mandolin Club.
Bellinghi
17. Contralto
Promise
Bolo-The Broken
18.
19.
1.
Miss Russell.
March-The Glee Club
Matal
Dust-Love's Golden Dream Miller
MLas Conde and Mr. Johnson.
The Glee Mandolin Club.
Quintette Going Home.
Quintette Club.
..Miss
23. Grand March..1st Regiment Band
Sterling exchans
Tual business in h
1-4@1-2 for 60 d
for demand
Poated rates 14
Commercial bil
The clearing hr
follows Exing
ances 15.630.29
The sub-treasur;
at the clearing h
Bar silver 67 1-8
Mexican dollars
Government bon
Hanroad bonds
There was a ah
Industriais after
heavy pressure to
from 119 6-8 to 118
233 3-8 to 232. Man
to 116 1-2 Norther
1 1-2 to 18 1-2. and
er 11-4 to 22-8.
wise was 18 to 3-
speculation was ra
NEW BATEN I
Furnished every W
LY ROOT &
Brokers, 13 Orang
BANK ST
City Bank parsim
County National Ban
Mechanics' lank, par
Merchants National
National New Have
Bocond National lian
Tradesmen's Nations
[AD] $100
Yale National lank.
RAILROA
Boston & New York
pfd., par $100
Connecticut & Pans
100
Lanbury & Norwal
pars50
Detr Hillsdale, SW
Housatonic RRO
Naugatuck R. R. Co
New Haven & Irby
par $100
& North
New Haven a
[AD] $100
New York, New Ha
ford R R Co., par
Shore Lino...
MISCELLA
Adams Express Co..
Boston Electric Ligh
Bridgeport Electric
Consolidated Hollin
#100
Mercantile safe rep
Meridan terle
New Haven
New Haven tra- Ligh
New Haven, ster
Security Insurance C
bwift & Ca, par $10
Telephone, Chesape
c. par $100
SENATOR STEWART ON SILVER.
Senator WHlam M. Stewart of Ne
vada addressed a large audience at the
Church of the Messiah last evening on
Ho was intro-
the silver question
by x-Judge Sheldon. The
duced
speaker reviewed the history commence
Ing from the time of the Romana.
He explained how the Sherman act
became a law and alleged that it was
through a falsehood and misrepresenta-
tion of facts that the tin ever became
Mr. Sherman, Senator Stewart
a law.
alleged, stated that the gold standard
was an American Idea, whereas It wBS
In truth a Eng Hah idea and Impressed
upon the international monetary con-
ference by the English Commissioners
In conclusion Mr. Stewart mid that
one-half of the railroads in the United
Bates bullt during the last 20 years,
were but under the influences of busi-
nes made by the discovery of allver
mines.
The gold standard wherever
adopted has never falled to cause a fall
In prices, and an increased debt. By
the election of another gold standard
President and six years more of falling
prices, our government will become ex-
He then scored the people of
tinct.
New England for their apathy in re-
gard to the misery being caused, as he
claimed, In the West by the demonetiz-
Ing of silver, and drew A Graphle
picture of the state of affairs in the
western silver mining regions.
WANT THE CONVENTION HERE.
An earnest effort is being made to
have the contention of the Internation-
al Christian Workers' Association held
this year in this City. The convention
bas never been held in this City be-
fore, and an invitation with the names
of nearly all the ministers of the City
and vicinity signed to it has been for-
warded to the managing Committee
Those who bave signed are: Revs. E.
M Poteat, F. A. M. Brown, W. J.
Mutch, W. C. Meyer, A. Hutchins,
W. W. McLane. Watson L. Phillips J.
EL Twitchell, L. C. Meserve, J. H. Ma-
con, T. T. Munger, D. N. Griffin, J. Bal-
four Smith, Crandall J. North, Henry
McCrod, Newman Smyth, F. R. Luck-
ey, Dennison B. Tucker, Frank A. Sco-
ville, D. Ms James, J. Lee Mitchell, C.
P. Masden, M. W. Prince, Charles B.
Clark, President of the New Haven
Christian Endeavor Union; William H.
Ballmon, General Secretary of the Yale
T. M. C. A.: Martin B. Cheney, O.
Raymond Howe, Westville: George T.
Pelton, Stony Creek, and G. B. Dual-
Chere, Ravigon.
Ex-Sharif John J. Gorman of Notr
art City died in that city yesterday
Moon of derebral morrbage, be
stricken with
nd bow a promis
Erie, par $100
N.Y.&N Jpars
bouthern N. E, pal
RAILROA
Roston & N Y. Air J
1905......
Danbury & Norwalk 1.
183
Holyoke & Westeld
Housatonic It. RL Co 4
Housatonic Consola
New Hareu & Derby
due 100.
New llaven &
erby
1800, due 1899
Now llaven & North
1874, que 13
New Haven & So
Con's 6's due
New Haren & North
6' due
New London Northern
New London Norther
New York & New Eng
due as.
New York & Sew Fog
due sus
hew York & New E
6 due ...
New York, New v
ford d'a due DO.
New Yurk. New Have
ford K K Cun
New York. Providenc
KR. 7', 18
New York, Providenc
gold.
Fouthern New Engl
Phone &'s,
West diveu i KK.
MISCLA
Connecticut Siste
Fair liaven
erte
Que MG
Miudletown 3,5, d
New Haventity is
New haven City 4's, c
New Haven City 3's
New Harea school 4x
New Haven lown l'a
New Haven Town Air
Tex..
NEW YORK PR
Flour-Moderato d
11.175 packages; sale
Wheat-Rece
120,000 bushels; ad
foreign buying, bigb
ecizig, fell 1-80; atly
Core-
000 busbela, strong
Oata-Recep
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Hill in Naugatuck may still hold pirate's buried loot
For years, New Englanders have
scoured the Connecticut coast for a trea-
sure supposedly hidden by the notori-
ous pirate Capt. Kidd in the late 1600s.
While searching high and low for
Kidd's gold, however, treasure hunters
have all but ignored that of another
infamous brigand who, legend has it, left
a chest full of treasure on a hill high
above the Naugatuck Valley.
His name was Scarrett - in typi-
cal swashbuckling fashion no one used
his first name and during the years
before the American Revolution, he was
one of the buccaneers who infested
the waters of Long Island Sound. He
hid in Oyster Bay, Cold Springs Har-
bor and other coves along the New York
shore of Long Island Sound and
preyed on ships from Boston to Chesa-
peake Bay.
While cruising off Montauk Point
one day, Scarrett spied a merchant ship
heading for New York. The pirate
took chase and soon came alongside the
merchant ship, halting it with a volley
or two across its bow and sending a
boarding party to seize it.
Not content to just steal the riches
aboard the merchant vessel, Scarrett
supposedly tortured its crew and fin-
ished his day by making most of them
walk the plank.
Unfortunately for him, one of the
merchant crewmen escaped in a dory
and rowed his way across the Sound
to New London. A British man-of-war
was docked in New London and
when word of Scarrett's atrocities
NEIL HOGAN
OUR CONNECTICUT
reached the authorities there, they de-
cided to send the warship to bring the pi-
rate to justice.
Sailing along the northern shore
of Long Island, Scarrett spotted the war-
ship. Knowing that he couldn't out-
run it, he decided to sail across the
Sound for the mouth of the Housa-
tonic River hoping that the British
ship's size would keep him from
being followed once he reached the
river.
The pirate ship reached the Housa-
tonic safely, but much to Scarrett's sur-
prise the British warship continued
in hot pursuit.
By the time he reached Derby,
Scarrett realized he would be unable to
shake the warship and he hastily
beached his own ship, set it afire and
with the dozen members of his crew
set out along the Naugatuck River carry-
ing a chest filled with gold coins.
The British landed a party of sol-
diers and continued to pursue Scarrett
and his band.
8 January 1989 page BE
Finally, at a place known as High
Rock in what is today Naugatuck, the
pirates were overtaken by the British
soldiers. The pirates hid among the
rocks and drove the British off after a
lively gunfight.
Then they lifted the treasure chest
onto their shoulders and continued on
up the Valley until they saw a great
rock covered with pine trees towering
above the other hills in the Valley.
They made for the crest, later known as
Pine Hill, and buried their treasure at
a spot overlooking the Valley.
The pirates intended to defend the
hill should the British come after them.
As often happens among pirates,
however, no sooner was the treasure
buried than the brigands became sus-
picious of each other and a fight broke
out in which Scarrett and his lieuten-
ant, a Portuguese seaman, were killed.
The rest of the pirates made their
way to New York and never returned.
Years later, so goes the story, visi-
tors to the site discovered two skeletons,
several large buttons and buckles and
a broken saber among the rocks at the
crest of the hill. These, it was said,
were the remains of Scarrett and his lieu-
tenant, and rumors spread that the
treasure must be buried nearby.
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SANDI KAHN SHELTON
MIGHT AS WELL LAUGH
Elsa's boyfriend
passes the illness
and oxygen tests
I
think my friend Elsa is edging ever
closer to getting married to this guy
she's been seeing. My first inkling
that things were moving along seriously
came when I realized it had been
months since she'd complained about
him using up all the oxygen in her
apartment.
Back when they were still in the
just-dating stage, she would call me up
and tell me that he breathed up all the
air. Time and again he did this.
"How do you manage to share air
with your husband?" she wanted to
know.
I said I didn't know, which made
her conclude that my husband is so
thoughtful that he carefully parcels out
only his own air and wouldn't think of
taking any more without asking
which I now realize I must remember to
thank him for.
In the meantime, I advised Elsa that
she may want to hold off thinking about
caterers and florists. After all, who
would want to take on 50 years with a
man who didn't have enough decency
to leave any oxygen around for others
who may also want to breathe?
But, anyway, she's stopped asking
these kinds of questions. She's even
stopped asking all that stuff like how
do you stand the little hairs they put in
the sink, and how is it that they always
seem to know how to get the vacuum
cleaner working again, even when you
spent four hours working on it and
couldn't figure it out?
So the guy Jeff is his name
came to stay with her over an extended
period, and frankly, her friends were
all a little nervous. He lives in L.A., you
see, so Elsa doesn't get to see him
much, and we were all scared that maybe
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The pirates who
sailed local waters
left treasured
tales all along
our shores
By Jim Shelton
Register Staff
It's not the roguish earrings, matey.
It's not the fancy firearms, either, or
the distant prospect of buried treasure.
No, the real allure of pirates
- for
young and old alike - is a free-spirited,
swashbuckling, romantic sense of ad-
venture. Just ask any kid who digs up the
back yard with a bandana around his
head and a plastic sword tucked into his
belt.
Nowhere is that allure stronger than
along the Connecticut shore, where pi-
rate tales of Captain Kidd and other
scalawags lurk like freebooters on the
quarterdeck.
"There are legends of Kidd being
on every island in Long Island Sound,"
says Gerry Sawyer, an archaeologist in
Stratford. "There is evidence of pirates
having come through the area and a lot
of small-scale privateering in and around
Long Island Sound. People are always
fascinated with the legends."
Those pirate legends include a stol-
en kiss in Milford, a swordfight on a
Branford lawn and countless instances
of clandestine treasure-burying.
But observers say none of that
would be so interesting if it weren't for
the pirate mystique.
"Pirates were great believers in per-
sonal liberty and freedom," says Neal
Kirk, an East Hampton man who has

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It would turn out mat this was meant to
be a phone-and-e-mail thing, you know
- not the kind of relationship where
people can, say, breathe the same air and
use the same sink.
But, from all the preliminary phone
calls during his first week on the scene,
Elsa seemed delighted with him
up
until a terrible, terrible thing happened.
He caught a cold.
will
"Well, Elsa," I said. "This will be
very educational for you. Now
you
definitely see what kind of man you
have on your hands."
I was thinking of my friend Jenni-
fer, whose husband becomes an absolute
basket case when he is sick. He gets
the kind of illnesses where external
things start going wrong for him.
Once, for instance, she was at my house
having tea when he was sick, and he
called to say she had to return home im-
mediately because all the buttons had
fallen off his pajamas and the crack in
the ceiling was getting longer, and he
was sure the family room was going to
separate from the rest of the house.
Incidentally, he also needed another
box of tissues, a gallon of orange juice,
and a long conversation about how he
would feel better in a few days.
Other friends of mine have the kind
of husbands-warrior types - who get
sick and go off alone to suffer, and
perhaps die, in the wilderness. With
these guys, you look around, wonder-
ing where they have gone to when they
know dinner's almost ready. - and it
turns out they have gone to bed, even
though it's 2:30 in the afternoon.
Six months later, you find out they
had a temperature of 105.9, sat in the
chair all night long while you slept -
and that, in fact, several heart and lung
specialists were standing by to do or-
gan replacements, and you never knew.
My friend Vicky has a husband who
keeps charts of his illness, and calls her
at work to report on fluid intakes and
outflows, as well as his height, weight
and temperature readings. He also has
a list of strange, possibly significant
symptoms that he feels medical sci-
ence may need to know about some day,
such as: when he sneezes sitting down,
the hair shafts on the left side of his head
actually hurt.
Actually I didn't see how Elsa was
going to hold up, given the possibilities.
But Jeff seems to have passed the
Big Illness Test. He threw out his own
tissues, only moaned and groaned spo-
radically, and was grateful for cups of
tea, but not to the point of obsequious-
ness. Also, he didn't complain about any
button problems or ceiling cracks, and
so far, she hasn't found any charts or
gotten calls from medical personnel
wanting to come pick him up.
I don't even think he
put his germs
in with her oxygen. It may be time to call
the caterers.
Readers can meet Sandi Kahn Shelton at
Barnes & Noble, 470 Universal Drive, North
Haven, at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
Peter R. Hvizdok/Register
Neal Kirk, an expert on pirate lore, has the full complement of buccaneer gear.
Your small fry will
have a ball touring
a state fish hatchery
By Nicole Schiavi
Associated Press Writer
BURLINGTON
Why would anyone
want to visit a fish hatchery? Just for the
halibut.
Or, in Connecticut's case, the trout and
salmon.
no
There's
place better than a
fish hatchery to
see hundreds of
eggs hatching and
trout wriggling.
Three state hat-
cheries produce
750,000 trout and
salmon each year
THE DAY
FOR
to stock Connecticut waters. The hatcheries
are open to the public all year and offer an
educational trip that's perfect for a day of
adventure with the kids.
Set adjacent to a state forest near the
Farmington River, the Trout Fish Hatchery
in Burlington holds about 60 miniature
pools and earthen ponds where some
250,000 fish are bred annually.
Please see Fish, Page D3
Douglas Healey/AP
Rainbow trout at the Burlington hatchery.
given lectures and demonstrations as a
pirate recreator for 20 years. "Every-
body likes them. There's a romance
about them, and that gray area of
outlawry."
Certainly, all the tall tales and sto-
ries tend to resurface this time of year, as
weekend sailors head back to the water
and tourists flock to Stony Creek Harbor
to take a Thimble Islands cruise (the
cruises start up again in about two
weeks).
There's also the much-discussed
plan to create a pirate museum in Bran-
ford, spearheaded by local business-
man Wayne Cook.
Yet despite such enthusiasm, much
of what we know of pirates is false.
Scholar David Cordingly, in his new
book, "Under the Black Flag, the Ro-
mance and the Reality of Life Among
the Pirates," notes that hundreds of years
of literary and dramatic interpretation
have obscured the real story.
For example, experts say, pirates
didn't force traitors or prisoners to
"walk the plank." They would've
simply thrown the person overboard (af-
ter shooting him first, most likely).
Please see Ahoy, Page D2
A letter from Martha
Letter writing is a tradition
in my family. I inherited my
fondness for writing letters
from my mother, who still com-
municates with many of her
friends and relatives this way. My
young nieces and nephews are
also avid letter writers.
I save all the letters I receive,
and I've even kept copies of
many that I've sent. They form
a journal of sorts. When I read
them, I relive memories that
would otherwise be lost.
Today, many of the letters I
write are sent by fax or e-mail,
but there are many occasions
when a handwritten note is the
best way to communicate.
That's why it's still important to
have a supply of personal sta-
tionery on hand.
Years ago there were strict
rules of etiquette concerning sta-
tionery. Many households had a
stationery "wardrobe," which
consisted of papers, cards and
envelopes for every occasion. The
rules have gradually changed,
and today your choice of station-
ery reflects your personality,
not your social status.
ASK MARTHA STEWART
For everyday correspon-
dence, a supply of letter paper and
note cards (single stiff cards or
a folded version) with appropriate
envelopes are sufficient. Call-
ing cards are rarely used for their
original purpose but make per-
fect gift enclosures.
For special occasions, you
may want to print invitations,
menus and place cards.
Here are some things to con-
sider when choosing stationery:
Designing stationery
Traditionally, a name and
address or a monogram are print-
ed in black ink at the top of a
page of letter paper. This is still a
fine choice but far from the
only one. You can print this infor-
Please see Martha, Page D2

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Bozzutos' 50th
Mr. and Mrs. John Bozzuto
of Hamden recently celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary
with a surprise party.
The former Marie Cantore
and her husband were married
April 19, 1947, in St. Antho-
ny's Church, New Haven.
Hosts were their children
and spouses, John and Jackie
Bozzuto of Carmel, Ind., Rob-
ert and Helen Bozzuto and Mi-
chael and Sara Bozzuto of
Hamden; and the couple's seven
grandchildren.
In attendance were the cou-
ple's maid of honor, Catherine
Vorio, bridesmaids Lucy Kissel
and Chris Hayes, best man Dan
Rubertone, and ushers Eddie
Cantore, Angelo Greco and Frank
Cantore.
DiGioias' 50th
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Di-
Gioia of Northford recently cele-
brated their 50th wedding anni-
versary at the Foxon Country
House, East Haven. The former
Angelina Esposito and her hus-
band were married Feb. 13,
1947, in St. Michael's Church,
New Haven.
Mr. DiGioia, a World War II
veteran, was employed by M & B
Electronics, New Haven. He re-
tired in 1988 from Precision
Products of Wallingford.
Hosts were their four chil-
dren, son-in-law and two grand-
children.
"About 50th anniversaries
The newspaper prints anni-
versaries for couples who have
been married at least 50 years.
Send in name of the couple,
maiden name of the wife, the
date, month, year and location
of the wedding and their current
address. Also, send in the
names and towns of their chil-
dren. If there was a party, speci-
fy who the host was.
Send info to: 50th Anniver-
saries, the New Haven Register,
Living Department, 40 Sargent
Drive, New Haven 06511.
Clelian Adult Day Center.
220 Benham St., Hamden, will
journey to Boston at 7 a.m.
Tuesday for a Charles River
cruise and look at the Leonar-
do da Vinci exhibit. Cost is $70
and includes lunch. For de-
tails, call Terry Schuster at 281-
4077.
Luncheon tickets on sale now
Wallingford Associated
Seniors will host a "Festival of
Nations International Lun-
cheon' at the Wallingford Sen-
ior Center at 11:30 a.m. April
Raphael's Hospital.
For reservations, call 203-
[AD] 789-3777.
Care for low-income elderly
Home care workers from
Sage Services Employment
Service will participate in a
new program sponsored by the
state through the South Cen-
tral Connecticut Agency on
Aging.
Workers will be assigned
to home-care positions to pro-
vide companionship, meal
preparation and housekeeping
events in the town high
school.
Registration by May 30 is
[AD] $15 for those 50 and older. Call
[AD] 860-621-4661 or write CSO,
Box 790, Milldale, CT 06467.
Aid for boomers & parents
Briggs Corp., a Des
Moines company, has launched
an Internet site http://
www.BriggsCorp.com to pro-
vide information on resources
to aid baby boomers and their
parents.
Compiled by Al Sizer.
Ahoy: Pirates left behind treasured tales
Continued from Page Dl
Piracy reached its height in
the years from 1692 to 1720, when
pirates such as Kidd, Blackbeard
and Bartholomew Roberts
wreaked havoc on the sea lanes.
Cordingly writes that by 1720,
there were 1,500 to 2,000 pirates
operating in the Caribbean and
North American waters.
William Kidd is the one most
associated with Connecticut.
"My favorite story about
Captain Kidd is how he was ca-
rousing in someone's house in
Milford," says Milford City Clerk
Alan Jepson. "The story is that
he and the man of the house were
downstairs drinking. The man's
daughters were so impressed with
him, one of them wrote a letter
to a friend saying he was the hand-
somest man she'd ever seen.
In truth, William Kidd's ex-
perience as a pirate was rather
brief and some would say
tragic. An experienced merchant
seaman in New York, he was se-
lected in 1696 to helm a ship that
would go out and do battle with
the pirates who were disrupting
trade. The ship, the Adventure
Galley, set out with a crew of 155
men.
The Adventure Galley sailed
for months without encountering a
pirate ship. Finally, as supplies
dwindled and the crew became
disgruntled at the thought of re-
turning empty-handed (their pay
was determined by how many
pirate vessels they engaged), Kidd
attacked a number of vessels.
Kidd rationalized the attacks as
necessary, but the British gov-
ernment was less charitable.
Knowing the government
sought his arrest, Kidd headed
back to New England with his
treasure. He reached Long Island
Sound in the spring of 1699, ar-
ranging with the owner of Gardi-
MORE LORE
Haven't had enough, bucko?
Well, here are a few more nuggets of pirate lore:
There were women pirates. Two of the most famous, Anne
Bonny and Mary Read, dressed like men and sailed with John
"Calico Jack" Rackam.
The first known use of the skull and crossbones pirate flag, the
"Jolly Roger," was in 1700 by the French pirate Emanuel Wynne.
Pirates sometimes used other symbols, as well, such as bleeding.
hearts, hourglasses, skeletons and swords.
No one knows for certain why pirates wore those gold ear-
rings, but Kirk believes it was motivated by financial concerns as
much as fashion. The earrings' value made them something of a
savings account, in case a pirate gambled and drank his money
away. If he were to die, the earrings would pay for his burial.
Before battle, pirates often would make noises by blowing
horns and beating drums. It was meant to intimidate victims.
The image of pirates being loaded down with weaponry is
accurate. Their guns frequently got damp and misfired, so a pirate
would carry four or more guns into a fight. Sword fights tended to
be of the cut-and-slash variety, rather than fencing.
ner's Island to bury 24 chests of
treasure in a swamp - and the
stories began.
that
""There are all the little tales
crop up about where he
might've buried treasure," Kirk
says. "He obviously had friends
along the coast. Kidd was an
enigma.
In the book "Legendary Con-
necticut, Traditional Tales from
the Nutmeg State," author Da-
vid E. Philips lists many of the
possible locations for treasure.
In Milford, attention has fo-
cused on Charles Island; in the
Thimble Islands off Branford,
Money Island is said to be a likely
spot; in Clinton, Coburn's Island
has been mentioned.
Not only that, but Kidd also
supposedly created a stir by his
presence. In downtown Milford,
Kidd was the talk of the town
when he kissed a young woman
in public, says Sandy Elgee, a
caretaker for the Milford Histor-
ical Society.
In Branford, the good captain
allegedly staged a sword fight on
the lawn of the John Blackstone
House on First Avenue. Local lore
has it that Kidd arranged the
fight between one of his lieuten-
ants and Capt. Blackstone's
brother, who was visiting from
England.
"The legends abound. It's
amazing," says Cook, the driving
force behind Captain Kidd's
Landing, the proposed pirate mu-
seum in Branford.
Cook says the museum,
which may begin construction this
fall, will use the legends as a
jumping-off point to teach about
the reality of pirate life and New
England society at that time.
If people's response to Kirk
when he's in full pirate regalia is
any indication, there will be
plenty of interest.
"Pirates get a strong reac-
tion,' "Kirk says, sheathing his
lass. "You're not quite Darth
Vader, but close.
stationery.
Bookstores and libraries carry
books of clip art (copyright-free il-
lustrations). Look through them
for an emblem that suits your
style. Also look at books of ty-
pography; each typeface has its
own personality. Of course, your
local printing shop also will offer a
selection of typefaces.
If you have a home computer,
experiment on it. Then, when you
go to the printing shop, you may
be able to supply its staff with fin-
ished artwork. Or you can dis-
cuss your ideas with the profes-
sionals there.
Printing stationery
Metal engraving is a true art
form. With this method, words and
images are hand-engraved onto a
copper or steel die. When stamped
onto paper, the letters are raised
on the front, and there's a slight in-|
dentation on the back ― the
mark of true engraving.
Engraved stationery is an in-
dulgence, but for formal corre-
spondence or special occasions,
such as wedding invitations, it
may be worth the cost.
Thermography is a printing
technique that approximates the ef-
fect of raised, engraved printing,
but the results are not as fine, and
there are no telltale indentations.
It's a more affordable choice.
Several other printing meth-
ods are available. Offset lithogra-
phy gives a crisp, flat image. Po-
lymer printing is an updated
variation of the traditional letter-
press (which is also still available,
though rare). Prices vary; dis-
cuss the different options with
your printer.
Selecting paper
Look for good-quality paper.
Rag paper, made from unlaun-
dered, undyed cotton rags, is the
classic choice. Recycled paper is
another attractive option.
Years ago we were limited in
terms of color. White, gray and
cream paper still make beautiful
stationery, but so do pale blue,
sage green, rose and lemon yel-
low. Just make sure that anything
printed or written on the paper
will be easy to read.
Questions should be addressed to
Martha Stewart, care of The New York
Times Syndication Sales Corp., 122 E.
42nd St., New York, N.Y. 10168. Ques-
tions also may be sent to Stewart by
electronic mail. Her address is:
mstewart@marthastewart.com. Ques-
tions of general interest will be an-
cut-swered in this column; Martha
Stewart regrets that unpublished let-
ters cannot be answered individually.
Hospice benefit show today. Ac.
cording to spokeswoman and
troup member Doryce Blake-Coon of
Wallingford, the ladies range in
ages from 57 to 79 and they put on
quite a snappy performance.
Under the direction of chore-
ographer Judyth E. Nilsson and
dance captain Dorothy Levitsky,
the tappers have been featured in
many area community events in-
cluding the Special Olympics,
WTNH-8 Health Fair, Senior
Olympics, the New Haven Harbor-
fest and the SoNo Arts
Celebration.
On the mend
Speedy recovery wishes go
out to John Kmetzo, retired owner
of Metzo Brothers East Haven
Kitchen Store, who is convalesc-
ing from illness in Vermont.
John is a lifelong East Haven
resident, recently of Bella Vista,
and is well known on the area
golfing circuit especially at the.
Clinton Country Club and the
Alling Memorial Golf Course.
Fellow hackers and friends
can cheer up this fine chap by
sending a get-well card to John
Kmetzo, Hilltop House, 9 Harris
Ave., Brattleboro, Vt. 05301.
Cancer benefit
Members of the Hospital of
St. Raphael Auxiliary will sponsor
a benefit dinner theater produc-
tion at 7 p.m.Saturday at Antho-
ny's Ocean View in Morris
Cove.
Entertainment will be provid-
ed by Barbie Harger and Timothy
Barrett and tickets and reserva-
tions can be secured by contacting
[AD] Marie Capobianco at 795-3188 or
[AD] Betty Shanley at 248-7515.
Proceeds will benefit the Fa-
ther Michael J. McGivney Cancer
Center.
Best on the march
Top awards for the best
marching units in the recent St.
Patrick's Day parade were hand-
ed out last week by chairwomen
Eileen Donadio and Sylvette
McCabe.
Receiving such honors were
the New Haven County Sheriff's
Association; the New Haven
Gaelic Football and Hurling Club;
the Hillhouse High School
Marching Band and the Masonic
Pyramid Shriners Marching Unit
which walked off with the Grand
Marshal's Award.
God bless!
- John Quinn

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E3
Author
By JOE MEYERS
Staff writer
ARTS
CONNECTICUT POST Sunday, October 6, 1996
says pirates of old like crooks of today
When it comes to pirates we
prefer legend to reality, says
British author David Cordingly,
who was in Connecticut last week
to promote his new myth-
debunking book "Under the Black
Flag: The Romance and Reality of
Life Among the Pirates" (Random
House).
"I think it's only the passage of
time that's made them into
romantic figures - they weren't
that much different from today's
violent
BOOK BEAT
criminals.
As things
recede into
the past we tend to forget," the
British author said in a phone
interview from Mystic, where he
delivered a lecture at the Seaport
museum (the writer also spoke at
R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison
last week).
"People felt about pirates then
exactly the way we feel about
(street) criminals today," the writer
added. Cordingly backs up that
assertion with descriptions of
pirates' crimes that could be torn
from today's tabloids or TV news.
We'll be seeing and hearing a
lot about pirates from this British
historian during the next six
months.
In addition to the Random
House volume, Cordingly is also
the editor of a beautiful coffee
table book, "Pirates," just
published by Turner Books, and he
served as consultant for a six-part
documentary the TBS cable
service will show next February.
What boosted the image of the
men who pillaged and plundered
during the Great Age of Piracy -
from 1650 to 1725 - were the
storytellers and illustrators who
came afterward, Cordingly asserts.
Most of us form our
impressions of pirates from "Peter
Pan" and "Treasure Island" and
CORDINGLY
those wonderful
old Errol Flynn
swashbuckler
movies like
"Captain
Blood."
Great artists
like N.C. Wyeth
also clouded the
issue with the
beautiful and
romantic
illustrations
they provided
for early editions of books such as
"Treasure Island" with the
immortal Long John Silver.
Cordingly didn't start to look
beyond the myth until he organized
an exhibit at the National Maritime
Museum in Greenwich, England
(where he was on the staff for 12
years).
The 1992 show was called
"Pirates, Fact and Fiction" and it
proved to be one of the most
popular exhibits in the history of
the museum.
Set to run four months, the
show remained open for the
subsequent three years.
"It was really quite
extraordinary," Cordingly recalled,
adding, "we had people who came
back again and again."
"The show attracted a lot of
publicity and after the Wall Street
Journal did an article, I was
approached by an agent at ICM to
do a book," Cordingly said.
When I asked Cordingly what
surprised him the most in his
research, he said, "I suppose the
idea that a figure like Blackbeard
was a real character...as I sat there
reading some of the historical
records these characters came to
life."
"Under the Black Flag"
includes a chapter on women who
posed as men to join pirate ships,
and a handful of other women
such as Anne Bonny
became famous pirates.
who
But the author believes there's a
lot more to be discovered - and
written
about that chapter in
maritime history.
"I don't think I've cracked that
one at all," Cordingly said, adding
that he still frankly wonders how
women could have been mistaken
for men in the cramped quarters of
pirate ships.
"We're told they wore loose
clothes and could pass for young
teenagers or boys, but it's still hard
to believe they got away with it,"
he noted.
"Perhaps the other pirates did
know, but they just turned a blind
eye to it," Cordingly added.
TRIO OF AUTHORS: Just
Books in Greenwich is sponsoring
a Meet-the-Author Breakfast on
Oct. 22 featuring Jimmy Breslin,
Lady Antonia Fraser and Ed
Rollins.
The event at the Stamford
Sheraton will start with breakfast
at 8:15 a.m. and the speakers will
start at 8:45.
Breslin is touring on behalf of
his memoir, "I Want to Thank My
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ALHESKI
For the Post/Robin Fellows
This ID bracelet, found in silt dredged from Legion Pond in
Seymour, was returned Monday to its original owner-
nearly 50 years after he lost it.
Treasure found
ID bracelets returned 50 years later
By DANIEL PETERSEN
Correspondent
SEYMOUR Frank Della-
Mura netted a pair of shiners at
Legion Pool recently, but this
catch had nothing to do with
fish.
Using a metal detector to
pore over tons of silt dredged
from the once-popular swim-
the amateur treasure hunter
from North Haven found two
sterling silver identification
bracelets that were lost half a
century ago.
DellaMura, 47, returned one
of the bracelets Sunday to life-
long Seymour resident Henry
Macheski, 65, of Clifton Street.
Joseph A. Evangelist, the
ming hole off Chatfield Road, See TREASURE on A9
August 15, 1995, CONNECTICUT.
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CONNECTICUT POST Tuesday, August 15, 1995
A9
For the Post/Robin Fellows
Henry Macheski, left, receives his long-lost bracelet from
treasure hunter Frank DellaMura, right, as Seymour Land
Trust president Ron Skurat looks on.
Treasure hunter lauds hobby
Continued from A1
owner of the other long-lost
bracelet, has been tracked down
in North Carolina, and he, too,
will be reunited with his proper-
ty, said DellaMura, a member of
the Nutmeg Treasure Hunters
Club of North Haven.
"It was a pleasant surprise,"
Macheski said of the news that
his bracelet had been found.
"You'd think after 48 years it.
would be all deteriorated," he
said, admiring the still-smooth
finish of the bracelet.
mour Paper Mill. A group of res-
idents and American Legion
members later turned it into a
town park.
Decades ago, it was an idyl-
lic spot where a generation of
residents learned how to swim
and whiled away summer days
with freckle-counting and water-
melon-counting contests. Ero-
sion turned the pool into a silty
backwater.
Volunteers rallied by Frank
Conroy, a member of the Sey-
mour Land Trust, have been
working for about a year to re-
"The funny thing is, I don't store the site to its former beau-
remember losing it."
Macheski said the bracelet
must have slipped from his wrist
while he was swimming in the
pool, which is a dammed section
of Bladen's Brook, around 1947,
the year he graduated from high
school.
"Back then, Legion Pool was
the place to go," he recalled.
"We'd go there in the morning,
and we wouldn't go home until
the evening."
The pool was created in 1926
as a retention basin for the Sey-
ty.
Conroy was a classmate of
Macheski and recognized the
name when DellaMura showed
him the bracelet.
DellaMura, an auto-body re-
pairman, said he has been a trea-
sure hunter for the past 20 years,
combing beaches, fields, woods!
and even while scuba diving un-
der water "every day I can get
out there, on my lunch hour and
weekends. It's a great hobby, and
you meet a lot of interesting
people while you're doing it."

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CONNECTICUT POST Sunday, December 11, 1994
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Post/Jason Wise
Glenn Burrell, president the Lakes Phipps Association, Tracy Tsombanidis and Nicole Burrell, Glenn's
daughter, are upset the state has drained the man-made lake.
West Haven
Bull Hill La.
Sawmill Rd.
Allingscrossing Rd.
Morgan La.
New Haven County
Sawmill Rd.
Jones Hill Rd.
Platt Ave.
West Haven
Main St.
Phipps
Lake
Long Island
Sound
Post/staff
Lake Phipps drained;
property owners irate
By CHRISTIAN MILLER
Staff writer
WEST HAVEN - The fate of
scenic man-made Lake Phipps, has
long been the center of a simmering
dispute between property owners
and the state.
The debate over who is respon-
sible for the lake came to a boil last
week when Lake Phipps was
drained by the state Department of
Environmental Protection.
Now it appears the nearly 100
property owners along the muddy
shores of what was once a 27-acre
lake will have to foot an expensive
bill estimates run as high as
[AD] $500,000 - to sustain their water-
front view.
The city has refused to assume
responsibility for the dam because
there's no public access to the water
and the liability from a possible
break is too great, Mayor H. Rich-
ard Borer Jr. said.
The dam was deemed unsafe in
1966 by the state and since then the
state has tried to force someone,
anyone, to patch up the aging dam
and maintain it.
Since 1990, the DEP has owned
the dam by default and has tried to
pass it on to the city or the local
property owners. State officials do
not want the dam for the same rea-
sons as the city.
So last week, the DEP decided
the best way to force the issue was
to reduce the stress on the dam by
draining the lake by nine feet.
"There is no statewide benefit
of owning the lake," said Chuck
Berger, assistant director of DEP's
inland water resources division.
"Our goal here is to prevent cata-
strophic failure where the entire
pond released at once."
For Glenn Burrell and other
Lake Phipps residents, the DEP de-
cision left them literally high and
dry. The gently lapping waters of
the lake have been replaced with
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surround slow-moving streams.
And Burrell, who is also presi-
dent of the Lake Phipps Associa-
tion, said he feels slighted. The lake
is largely created by runoff, includ-
ing a 36-inch pipe that drains ex-
cess water from nearby Interstate-
95, he said.
"They built all around this lake
with no consideration for us," said
Burrell, who plans a meeting of
property owners this week to assess
their options.
Last week, the DEP told dozens
of residents and city officials the
state could no longer maintain the
dam and the lake. If the home-
owners refused to take control of
the dam, the state would keep the
lake drained.
All sides the state, the resi-
last week
dents and the city
agreed to compromise and raise the
lake level five feet still below its
while a study is
normal levels
completed to determine how much
work is needed to repair the dam.
Meanwhile, residents are look-
ing into creating a special taxation
district to patch up the dam and
fund its ongoing maintenance. But
that promises to be a costly propo-
sition, considering of the 96 home-
owners with lake rights, only a little
more than a third pay the $100 an-
nual dues to the Lake Phipps Asso-
ciation.
Through the years, Burrell's or-
ganization has collected some dues
to pay for a handful of repairs
around the lake mandated by the
DEP, including trimming trees,
clearing out sluiceways and solidi-
fying an earth dike with clay, he
said. In the 1980s, residents even
raised a spillway on the dam to ac-
commodate a higher lake level, he
said.
Lake Phipps was created about
100 years ago by some property
owners who erected a dam near
West Main Street and Hilltop Lane.
At first, most of the property
along the small lake contained cot-
tages or summer homes. Perma-
nent homes started popping up
after World War II.
Through the years, maintenance
of the dam and property in the area
fell on the shoulders of the former
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CONNECTICUT POST Sunday, December 11, 1994
Pooling their efforts
Volunteers
help clear old
swimming site
BY DANIEL PETERSEN
Correspondent
T
he park at Legion Pool in
Seymour buzzed with
activity Saturday as about
volunteers helped to
start turning back the hands of
time.
Under the direction of Seymour
Land and Conservation Trust
members Frank Conroy and
Michael O'Hara, the group of men,
women and Boy Scouts spent more
than six hours clearing brush and
trees from the site on Chatfield
Road.
Another work session is
scheduled for Saturday from 9 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. Anyone who can lend
a hand is invited. Lunch will be
provided.
Decades of erosion and neglect
have turned the once-thriving
swimming area and community
center into a silt-choked, weedy
backwater.
"Many hands make light the
work," Martha Rochelle said while
pausing from her labors, a bundle
of branches cradled beneath her
arm. The longtime Seymour
resident recently moved back to
Post/Michael D. Winokur
At top, volunteer Richard Sperling of Seymour carries freshly cut
trees to a spot for burning at the site of the Legion Pool, which the
Seymour Land and Conservation Trust is clearing. Above, Frank
Niezelski, 11, and Chris Bacha, 11, both Boy Scouts from Seymour,
take a break from helping clear the area.

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CONNECTICUT POST Sunday, December 11, 1994
A 7
daughter, are upset the state has drained the man-made lake.
Glenn Burrell, president the Lakes Phipps Association, Tracy Tsombanid
West Haven
Sawmill Rd.
Bull Hill La.
Allingscrossing Rd.
Morgan La.
New Haven County
Jones Hill Rd.
West Haven
Sawmill Rd.
Platt Ave.
Main St.
Lake
Phipps
Sound
Long Island
Post/staff
By CHRISTIAN MILLER
property ow
Lake Phipps
Staff writer
WEST HAVEN
- The fate of
bill estimates run as high as
lake will have to foot an expensive
shores of what was once a 27-acre
property owners along the muddy
Now it appears the nearly 100
Environmental Protection.
drained by the state Department of
week when Lake Phipps was
sible for the lake came to a boil last
The debate over who is respon-
and the state.
dispute between property owners
long been the center of a simmering
scenic man-made Lake Phipps, has
f
town after an eight-year absence.
Rochelle said she read about the
work party in the newspaper and
decided to pitch in.
"I came because I thought it
would be fun," Chris Bacha, 11, a
member of Boy Scout Troop 65,
said while snipping away at a
bramble patch with a pair of shears.
The fun came later when land trust
member Brian Barrett supervised
the burning of some of the cleared
vegetation.
"We're making history repeat
itself here," Conroy, 65, said
between swipes with his chainsaw.
Saturday's session was the first
major step in an ambitious effort to
give the site off New Haven Road
back to the public.
The land trust's plans include
landscaping the three-acre park,
repairing two dams on the site,
excavating a portion of the bank to
expand the surface area of the pool,
dredging, and creating a waterfall
upstream.
"I first learned to swim here
when I was eight years old," said
Conroy, a former first selectman.
"We had as many as 200 to 300
kids here at one time.
The pool was created in 1926
when dozens of volunteers, many
from the local American Legion
Post, built a dam across Bladen's
Brook.
Spring rains the following year MO
washed away the dam, which was
made of sandbags. George
Matthies, a philanthropic and
influential Seymour resident,
donated money to build a concrete
dam.
The land trust purchased the
park six years ago using $160,000
donated by the Katharine Matthies
Foundation, named after the late
daughter of the site's earlier
benefactor.
A developer had permission to
build houses there, but he was
persuaded to sell, Barrett said. "We
knew once we lost it, it would be
gone forever," he said.
The park fell into disuse in the
1950s because of contamination
from septic tanks nearby. The
municipal sewer system has cleared
up that problem, Conroy said.

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Page B4 New Haven Register, Sunday, January 25, 1998
CONNECTICUT
Lake: Profits reinvested in inventions
Continued from Page Bl
In 1894, Lake built his first sub-
marine in response to a Navy de-
sign competition. Lake's Argonaut
Junior was a box made of yellow
pine, about the size of a car. It
used a tank from an old soda foun-
tain for air and had wheels, allow-
ing it to maneuver along the ocean
floor.
Lake's machine included an es-
cape hatch that allowed a diver to
enter the water and retrieve items.
His basic design for the hatch is
still in use today.
From the beginning, Lake saw
submarines as a way to salvage
cargo and find lost treasure, not as
military weapons.
"I was not interested in drown-
ing people and sinking ships," he
wrote in his autobiography.
Lake improved on his design
with the Argonaut in 1897, an iron
boat that was seaworthy enough to
sail from Baltimore, where it was
built, to New York City in a severe
storm.
The Navy, however, rejected
Lake's designs in favor of boats
built by Holland, marking the start
of a long and bitter battle with the
military. Lake attributed his prob-
lems to the money and political
influence behind Holland.
"There was
an investigation
into potential bribes, Finnigan
said. "There were actual (congres-
sional) hearings held.
But the Navy could have had
other reasons for rejecting Lake's
boats, Finnigan said. Lake con-
stantly tinkered with designs and
always needed a few more months
to add the latest improvements.
Holland, on the other hand, always
had a finished product ready for
service, Finnigan said.
at any
a superior design, Finnigan said.
Lake's Argonaut was, however,
meaning it could "hover"
The boat had neutral bouyancy,
depth. The design combined with
dive planes allowed the crew to
literally "fly" the boat through the
water.
Holland's Plunger was postive-
ly buoyant, meaning it wanted to
rise to the surface and had to be
forced to stay underwater. The
helmsman had the difficult task of
continuously adjusting the rudder
to keep the vessel on a plane. If the
motors were turned off, the subma-
rine, because of its positive buoy-
ancy, immediately surfaced.
Lake, who by this time had set
up a boat yard in Bridgeport, built
an improved version of his sub
called Protector, but again lost in a
Navy competition to a Holland
boat.
In 1905, Lake was finally vindi-
cated when Russia purchased the
Protector for $250,000. The Rus-
sians planned to use the submarine
in their war with the Japanese,
which had broken out the year be-
fore, but it arrived too late to take
part in the conflict.
Lake built five submarines for
the Russians, but left after he grew
uncomfortable with what he called
the country's "unmorality.
"Lake,
who admitted a strong puritanical
streak, was put off by Russian aris-
tocrats who flaunted their
mistresses.
Lake built the Austro-Hungari-
an navy's first two submarines and
then tried unsuccessfully to negoti-
ate a contract with the German
arms giant Krupps. Lake later
claimed Krupps stole many of his
patents and used them to build the
U-boats that decimated Allied
shipping in World War 1.
In 1912, the U.S. Navy started
purchasing Lake's submarines. A
flood of orders followed the out-
break of World War I, making
Lake a wealthy man.
His good fortune, however,
didn't last. In 1922, the United
States and other nations signed
treaties limiting the size of their
navies. The restrictions greatly re-
duced the demand for Lake's
submarines.
Lake then started making and
selling prefabricated houses. The
venture failed, and Lake repaid in-
vestors with his own money.
"I don't think money ever
meant anything to Grandpa," Ol-
droyd said. "If he had a lot of
money, he'd invest it in another
invention.'
In the early 1930s, Lake re-
turned to his first interest. He built
the Explorer in 1932 to salvage
cargo.
Lake used the sub in a failed
attempt to salvage gold from the
Hussar, a British frigate that sank
in 1780 in New York's East River.
He again paid back investors with
his own funds, which left him
broke and cost him his Broad
Street home.
Lake's insistence on paying
back his investors shows the kind
of man he was, Finnigan said.
"He was a good father and a
good grandfather," Oldroyd said.
"He was a nice man.'

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LIVING
New Haven Register, Sunday, September 9, 2001 Page D3
ELIZABETH G. CURREN IS OFF TODAY. HER COLUMN RETURNS NEXT WEEK.
Metal detectors uncover long-lost treasures Step-mom should have
Continued from Page DI
Clubs, there are 148 clubs with
more than 4,000 members in the
U.S. A local group, the Nutmeg
Treasure Hunters, has more than
30 members.
"Hey, seagulls pick up organic
trash; we pick up the metallic
trash," Kunkler says. "We're
looking for things people have
dropped. You're the first person
to touch it since it's been
dropped."
Kunkler and Rondeau are Nut-
meg Treasure Hunters - as is
Steve Florio of West Haven, who
joins his friends at Lighthouse
Point to demonstrate their
prowess.
"I'm getting all kinds of sig-
nals," Florio says, consulting his
Garrett Crossfire. "You pick up a
lot of junk. Bottle caps, mostly."
Florio laments both the
increased competition from other
detectorists and more restrictive
laws. "They outlaw us," he barks.
"They recently outlawed us from
Avon. And you can't go to state
parks."
Indeed, towns such as Sharon
in upstate Connecticut have dealt
in recent years with hobbyists
descending on the town Green to
find items. Some officials are con-
cerned that detectorists are
destroying the archaeological
integrity of sites by their digging.
Elsewhere, detectorists are
barred from historical sites, feder-
al parks and national seashore
areas.
"There's a sad thing that's hap-
pening now, "Kunkler says. "The
rchaeological aspect of it, people
e getting very sensitive about
back to childhood.
LAB
Mara Lavitt/Register
David Suiter of Colchester, left, and Jerry Burr of Oxford sift through
Burr's finds at a meeting of the Nutmeg Treasure Hunters in North Haven.
just about everything else. The
club's Find of the Month entries,
spread out on a folding table,
include four rings, a metal toy sol-
dier, two Revolutionary War-era
buttons, four 19th-century coins,
a gold necklace and an enormous
silver chain.
"Geez, It's got everything but
an anchor on it," remarks Michael
Rea of West Haven, as he surveys
the silver chain.
Rea, who puts together the club
newsletter, says many people
have the wrong idea about guys
who use metal detectors. "They
think we're trying to earn extra
money because we're poor," he
says. "I've had people throw pen-
nies at me!"
They'd have to throw an awful
There's some envy out there," lot of pennies to pay for a high-
badds.
T THE DETECTORISTS
Trdown with the Nutmeg
ded Hunters shows just how
the h many detectorists are to
Th
in a chup meets every month
Haven.asement in North
two dozers day, more than
chew the fibers are here to
stories. swap detecting
They are a
age from 23-yen, ranging in
old Jeff Lam-
bert of East Hav
ian Rondeau. The septuagenar-
nclude sales-
and retirees.
men, auto mechan
"Half the fun is 1
ring out
end metal detector. Today's mod-
els, which can do everything from
go underwater to pinpoint specific
metals, sell for anywhere from
[AD] $199 to $1,100.
"With this here you can go
down 25 feet in the water," says
club member Arthur G. Kohloff,
president of A.K. Electric in New
Haven. He's swinging a White's
Beach Hunter unit that he brought
to the meeting.
"You get to where you recog-
nize silver," he says of experi-
enced practitioners. "Dimes and
quarters will make a much mel-
lower sound when you get a hit."
Yet no matter how sophisticat-
ed the equipment becomes, a key
what the stuff is," no Tony Fap- element to the hobby seems to be
piano, 55, of West Han. He's
an enthusiasm for unfound boun-
been detecting off and since the ty
1970s.
"You never know wha
there,"
sout
"Fappio, whose fids
include a 1911 old coin and an
18642-cent piece, explains
he mea
"Do I get goosebumps when I
hear about a new place? Yes, I
do," offers Kunkler. "I'm going to
Italy with wife in October.
my
You know I'm taking my detector
with me.
Looking for Captain
und Haven, it's a passion that goes
For Frank Dellamura of North
ve
"Even as a kid, I used to bring
home all kinds of stuff," Dellamu-
ra, a graybeard with 30 years of
detecting experience, says. "It's
the excitement of finding what
comes out of the ground."
His philosophy of detecting is
simple. "I don't go home empty-
handed," he says. "The weather
doesn't stop me. I'll be out there at
10 at night in saltwater. I've found
gold, I've found silver, I've found
diamonds."
LENDING A HAND
Not that detectorists aren't
willing to help others with their
skills. Various Nutmeg Treasure
Hunters have helped homeowners
locate oil tanks, helped motorists
find car keys and helped police
search crime scenes.
In 1999, for example, club
members helped New Haven
police hunt for evidence in the
murder of Yale student Suzanne
Jovin.
Then there are the ring stories.
Any detectorist worth his
headset has a good story about
finding an old ring and tracking
down the owner.
But Kunkler may have the best
ring anecdote.
He found a 1919 class ring in
the Farmington River some time
back. He identified the school,
researched class records and
Kohloff once found a signet
ring that belonged to the son of
former New Haven Mayor
Richard Lee; Dellamura found a
26-year-old class ring from Quin-
nipiac College that he returned to
the original owner.
Dellamura has a ring story in
the making right now.
been seated elsewhere
Dear Ann Landers: Please tell
me if I did something wrong. I
need to know. My son was mar-
ried a few months ago. As the
mother of the groom, I was sup-
found a man's name that matched posed to sit in the first seat on the
the initials.
"It's a man's wedding ring,
with an inscription," he says, hop-
ing the publicity will help locate
the owner. "I found it at Wharton
Brook during the hot spell."
Finally, he tracked down the
address and went to the man's
house. The man's wife answered
the door.
Dellamura says the owner may
call him at Walt's Auto Body in
North Branford, where he works,
to describe the ring and get it
back.
"She burst into tears," Kunkler
remembers. "On their class night,
he'd given the ring to her. They
went swimming and she lost the
ring. She hadn't seen it since that
night."
PRIZE FINDS
Luckily, there are no tears over
the Nutmeg Treasure Hunters'
Find of the Month competition.
The winners include Jerry Burr
of Oxford, who brought in an
1817 1-cent coin; Jesse Huckabee
of Stratford, who found the large
silver chain; and David Suiter of
Colchester, who found a Revolu-
tionary War-era button from a
French Army uniform.
Such finds aren't routine, Ron-
deau notes.
"Man, if you find a silver dime,
that's a beautiful day, "he says.
The rest of the meeting is
devoted to such things as the
club's annual picnic (this reporter
has been sworn to secrecy regard-
ing its location) and a slide show
about Kunkler's prospecting trip
to Alaska.
Kunkler says his wife, daugh-
ter and son all have metal detec-
tors of their own. It's a far cry
from the days when he used to
drag his kids with him to parks
and beaches to search for coins.
"They'd say, 'Dad, can we go
now?"" Kunkler recalls. "I'd say,
'Not until we find enough money
to buy ice cream.
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right side of the room - accord-
ing to the etiquette books. When I
arrived at the hall, I discovered
that my son's stepmother was sit-
ting in that seat. I immediately
asked the head usher about the
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Preserves will protect
sunken lightship, yacht
By Walt Platteborze
Register Correspondent
The crew of Lightship 51,
which was anchored off Old Say-
brook's Cornfield Point, had only
about eight minutes to scamper
for their lives before the 119-
foot-long coal-fired vessel went
to the bottom on April 24, 1919.
The marine disaster occurred
when an oil barge under tow by
the tug Standard struck the ship.
All that was saved, besides the
crew, were the ship's log and a
fog signal book.
Lightship 51 was one of a
string of U.S. Coast Guard float-
ing lighthouses once anchored
along America's coasts to pre-
vent shipping vessels from crash-
ing into shoals and other coastal
hazards.
The wreck lies at a depth of
about 190 feet, accessible only to
remote cameras and highly
trained deep-sea divers. But a
coalition of private interests, non-
profit groups and the state gov-
ernment intends to put Lightship
51 back in the public eye as one of
Connecticut's first two underwa-
ter archaeological preserves.
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NEW HAVEN REGISTER
FROM THE FRONT PAGE
Lightship 51 lies at a depth of about 190 feet in the waters of Long Island Sound off Old Saybrook's Cornfield Point. The once-floating light-
house is accessible only to remote cameras and highly-trained deep-sea divers.
WRECK: Site may be deemed historic preserve
Continued from Page Al
cal preservation involving construction
Westport-based consultant for archaeologi-
sites, in May received a $25,000 grant from
the Long Island Sound Fund to establish pre-
actor William Gillette's opulent 144-foot
serves over Lightship 51 and the Aunt Polly,
houseboat that burned and sank in the Con-
necticut River at East Haddam in 1932.
The preserve designation means that a
wreck area is officially designated as a his-
they are prohibited by law from disturbing or
torical site, and that while divers may visit,
ologist Nicholas Bellantoni said.
removing any of the artifacts, State Archae-
Historical Perspective will prepare docu-
mentation for the state Historical Commis-
sion to weigh in granting the preserve desig-
nation, Bellantoni said.
In addition, the grant will help pay for
publication of brochures on the two wrecks,
which will contain photos and other graphic
detail of the sites and narrative about the ves-
sels and preserves.
Cece Saunders, an archaeologist with
Historical Perspectives, said the contract for
the project is being finalized and that plans
are to have divers doing documentation
work in the fall.
The purpose of setting up the preserves
and publishing the information is a "desire to
expand the recognition to the public that
underwater archaeology is part of our her-
itage... The designation is really a celebra-
tion of the importance of shipping on Long
Island Sound to our history," she said.
Saunders said her firm will donate some
funds to the effort, which also will involve
the state, divers from the public and Mystic
Seaport volunteers.
While Lightship 51 is nearly inaccessible
because of its depth, parts of Aunt Polly, sit-
uated below Gillette Castle State Park "are
exposed at low, low tide," she said.
Gillette, an actor who first brought Sher-
lock Holmes to the New York stage, lived
aboard the well-appointed boat for five years
while supervising construction of his castle-
style home on the river's Hadlyme heights.
"We're not real sure what's there" in the
way of artifacts, Saunders said, adding that
some of the china and other effects from the
boat and part of the keel are housed in the
castle and will likely become part of an
exhibit.
Several things make the remains of
Lightship 51 unique.
Built in 1892, it was the first iron-hulled,
self-propelled and electrically illuminated
lightship, according to U.S. Coast Guard
records. It was transferred to other locations in
the Northeast, including Sandy Hook in New
York, before returning to Cornfield Point and
its fateful rendezvous with the barge.
"Retired from lightship duty 1919,"
records tersely note.
Diver Peter Johnson of Stratford, a mem-
ber of the state's Underwater Archaeology
Steering Committee, who dived to the
wreck, said Lightship 51 "is level and
upright. Visibility, with our very strong
lights, was eight to 10 feet. It's midnight at
noon out there.'
Actually seeing Lightship 51 was a thrill,
Johnson said, "knowing you're the very first
one to dive it."
Johnson said the wreck has historical sig-
nificance because of its place in the evolution
of marine-safety technology. "It was the first
electrified lightship. Everything up to then
was (illuminated with) acetylene or oil. This
ship's light was much brighter," he said.
It's important to find and protect under-
sea wrecks to "stop unregulated salvage" of
relics, Johnson said.
Bellantoni said that besides making
underwater sites off-limits to salvagers, the
preserve designation will provide "educa-
tional possibilities" involving the seafaring
history of Connecticut.
He said the state recently set up a Website
- www.mnh.uconn.edu/underwater - that
provides information on various underwater
historical sites and what's being done to pre-
serve them.
"The grant helps to enhance our goals
and strengthen our partnership with divers"
in keeping the sites safe for posterity, Bel-
lantoni said.
The Long Island Sound Fund is financed
through the sale of special license plates.
The Historical Perspectives project was one
of 23 receiving a total $390,573 in May for
projects involving the environment, land
use, educational programs and other issues
involving the betterment of Long Island
Sound. The fund has disbursed more than
[AD] $3.6 million since it was established in 1992.
For more information, call 1-800-
CTSOUND.
MONDAY, JULY 29, 2002
PAGE A5
FETUS: Couple suing
hospital for negligence
Continued from Page Al
ical institutions should respond to
later, Yale called their funeral parents' concerns. In a case evolv
director- not the family, they say ee determined that a couple could
- to tell them they could not find sue a Rye Brook facility for the
ing in Stamford, a judge trial refer
the baby.
wrongful death of their 8-month-
"We knew something had to be old fetus, the Connecticut Law
very wrong," said Zilinskas, 25.
"But we never suspected that they
lost him.
Now Zilinskas and Liscio are
suing Yale-New Haven H
for neglige
Tribune reported last week.
In New Haven, Judge Jon C
Blue touched on the issue in a
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2002
Connecticut
www.nhregister.com
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NEW HAVEN REGISTER
NOAA
The Rude, a 90-foot, steel-hulled vessel, leaves New Haven Harbor for the Milford
coastline. The survey vessel maps the ocean floor to aid navagation.
Beneath
the
surface
Survey vessel discovers
historical shipwrecks
off Milford shoreline
Lt. Commander Andrew Beaver, skipper of the Rude, talks to another
NOAA vessel elsewhere in Long Island Sound.
By Helen Bennett Harvey
Milford Bureau Chief
ON LONG ISLAND SOUND
She's definitely not the Titanic.
The wreck, believed to be the steam-
boat Washington, in fact appears as mere
shadow and light on images created by
the sonar device that found her.
There is not much left in the murky
waters off Milford, where a 180-foot
boat collided with another vessel and
sank in May 1831.
What has survived for 171 years
pieces of copper, nails, rotted wood, a
large hunk of iron - is now being
revealed only as a result of the work of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration survey vessel Rude and
its crew.
"There is a lot of satisfaction in find-
ing something that someone has been
looking for finding an underwater wreck
that nobody knew was there, that no one
has seen," said Lt. Cmdr. Andrew
Beaver, captain of the 90-foot Rude.
For Beaver, and Rude's 10 other
crewmembers, the underwater archaeo-
logical finds are a bonus to their real
work: using side-scan sonar to map the
Crew member Toshi Uozuni processes data that will be used to create
maps of Long Island Sound's seafloor.
Hidden treasures
The survey ship Rude has recently
discovered six wrecks off Milford and
Stratford. Among the highlights:
➤ The steamship Washington, a 180-
foot vessel collided with another boat
and sunk in 1831.
➤ An old rum running boat.
➤ An unidentified 150-foot metal
hulled steamer.
An unidentified metal-hulled boat
with the bow pointing straight up.
bottom of Long Island Sound so naviga-
tion is safe for all vessels.
To maritime buffs and experts, how-
ever, the work of Rude's crew is nothing
short of historical.
"I'm one of the first people to touch
that (wreck) in over 170 years, being the
first there is like being the first person to
open King Tut's tomb," said Peter
Johnson, of Stratford, a maritime histori-
an and experienced wreck diver.
Johnson, 41, said his research makes
him "95 to 98 percent" sure the wreck is
the Washington, a vessel that is histori-
cally significant in part because its
owner, Capt. Elihu S. Bunker, set a
precedent by competing against the
Fulton Co. with a steamship.
With her copper-sheathed hull, single
mast rigging, and first-of-a-kind twin
engines, the design of the well-fitted
Washington also represents the line that
separates the eons when sail power ruled
the sea from the time engines took over,
Johnson said.
A hulk of metal Rude's crew found
on a dive may be one of the
Washington's iron engines, and the crew
plans to dive the wreck to seek more
remnants of the ship, said Beaver, 39, a
16-year NOAA veteran who lives in
Virginia when he's not at sea.
Finding the wreck at all was unex-
pected, as the initial images collected
last year from Rude's side-scan sonar
showed what Beaver describes only as
an anomaly on the Sound floor. Further
investigation, using coordinates reported
when Washington went down, made
Beaver believe he had found the wreck.
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NEW HAVEN REGISTER, CONN
PAGE B8 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2002
CONNECTICUT/HE
WRECKS: Long Island Sound
dotted with sunken vessels
Continued from Page Bl
Beaver believe he had found the
wreck.
Johnson has collected reams of
information about the Washing-
ton, drawing from books and
newspaper accounts of the time,
which recount that the vessel was
struck by the Steamship Chancel-
lor Livingston, somewhere off the
coast of Milford, near Stratford.
One person, Washington's second
engineer, died in the accident.
Tests conducted on copper
pieces taken from the wreck show
that the metal is of a type likely to
have been used on the Washing-
ton, according to Johnson's
research.
State Archeologist Nicholas F.
Bellantoni said that while "it does
look like" the wreck is the Wash-
ington, he believes more investi-
gation, including more dives, is
necessary to prove the vessel's
identity.
As 19th Century shipbuilders
were often secretive about their
techniques, the wreck could be
extremely significant because it
could yield information about
designs and materials, Bellantoni
said. The find, he said, points out
the important role the work done
on Rude plays in underwater his-
torical research.
"It is going to provide us with a
wealth of information about a
wreck that we were never aware
of," Bellantoni said. "If it has the
significance to yield information
about shipbuilding in the past,
then it has the potential to yield
important information.'"
Aboard the Rude, crewmem-
bers, who rotate off the ship every
18 months or so, have now
mapped significant portions of the
Sound's bottom, from Branford to
Stratford, and will continue chart-
"We are up to our
eyeballs in protect-
ing sites on land.
But we now know
we have to step up
to the plate and
protect our under-
water resources.'
State Archeologist
Nicholas F. Bellantoni
ing off the coast of Bridgeport this
year. They say the torpedo-
shaped, 200-pound side-scan
sonar device - they affectionate-
ly call it the "fish" - creates
uncannily sharp images of objects
that might otherwise remain hid-
den in the gloomy and muddy
depths.
The technical work of charting
any hazard to navigation is crucial
at least 95 percent of goods that
come into the U.S. come by ships
that need safe passage. But the
wrecks are where the fun is, the
crew says. Within the past year or
so, the Rude crew also located five
other points of interest in waters
off Milford and Stratford.
One might be an old rum run-
ning boat, and another appears to
be an as yet unidentified 150-foot
metal hulled steamer, a third is a
boat with the bow pointing
straight up, Beaver said. Johnson
is researching the identity of the
metal-hulled boat, Beaver said.
"We haven't found any gold
yet, and no treasure, but, as a div-
er, it's extraordinary to be among
the first people to dive it...to find
things that were
not found
before," said Executive Officer
James Crocker, 33, a Rhode Island
native and 8 ½-year NOAA veter-
an.
Sixty feet down, on the bottom
of the Sound, where visibility is at
best 2 to 3 feet, the once speedy
Washington has collapsed in on
itself because it sank bottom up,
Beaver said.
Washington was laden with 50
passengers and goods the night of
May 14, 1831, as she headed from
New York to Providence on an ill-
fated trip. Johnson's research
shows the Livingston likely hit her
on the starboard, or right, side.
Bellantoni said that despite
great technological advances, pro-
tection of underwater archeologi-
cal sites remains in its infancy.
Knowing what lies under the
state's waters helps to protect it,
he said.
NOAA's work even can help
keep underwater structures
such as pipelines
away from
historically significant finds, he
said.
"We are up to our eyeballs in
protecting sites on land," Bellen-
toni said. "But we now know we
have to step up to the plate and
protect
resources."
our
underwater
The Rude crew, which is some-
times diverted from its mapping to
do classified "homeland security"
work, docks on Long Island on
weekends, Beaver said. The work
is sometimes routine, but is never
boring, crew members said.
"I think we even found a Buick
down there once, off New York,"
Beaver said.
Helen Bennett Harvey can be reached
at hbennettharvey@nhregister.com,
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CONNECTICUT POST Wednesday, January 1, 2003
A13
Diamond ring returned after 15 years
HARTFORD (AP)
Call it
the diamond in the rough.
Fifteen years after Diane
Kurtz lost her engagement
ring, it was returned to her by
a Hartford sewage treatment
plant worker who found it at
the bottom of a wastewater
drainage pool. He also found
her onyx ring that disappeared
at the same time.
Kurtz, of New Hartford, be-
lieves the rings fell down a sink
drain in a bathroom. She said
she left them on the sink to dry
after painting a room.
Kurtz and her husband,
Michael, think the rings were
pumped out of their septic tank
by a contractor who took the
waste to the treatment plant.
Bill Zuerblis, a treatment op-
erator at the Metropolitan Dis-
trict Commission's sewage
treatment plant in Hartford,
found the rings, then did some
Associated Press
Return of the rings: Diane Kurtz
of New Hartford shows the rings
returned to her after they were lost
15 years ago.
detective work to find the
Kurtzes. He called them Dec. 19.
"He was asking me if I lost
anything,"
," said Diane Kurtz,
who thought that someone had
found car keys she lost earlier
the same day. "Finally it dawns
on me. My heart started pound-
ing, and he said he found my
wedding ring."
The Kurtzes have been mar-
ried for 17 years. Michael Kurtz
gave his wife the 1-carat dia-
mond ring which was later
soldered to her wedding band
- 18 years ago.
Zuerblis initially mistook
the rings in the plant's sludge
for costume jewelry. He and co-
workers had often dug up cheap
rings and other such jewelry
while sifting debris at the
plant.
He found the diamond and
onyx rings a few feet from each
other, but only realized their
value after seeing the inscrip-
tion "P.O.M.G." on the dia-
mond's band. The inscription,
meaning "Peace of Mind Guar-
anteed," was the slogan of
famed Hartford jeweler Bill
Savitt.
The Kurtzes said they had
lost any hope of finding Di-
ane's rings.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2005
CONNECTICUT
CONN
NEW HAVEN REGISTER B9
State man rues loss of rare stamp possibly worth $170,000
Associated Press
comes once in a lifetime."
DANBURY Call it an act of Jennies" would later fetch
fate. Call it a case of misfortune.
Either way, former Danbury
resident Paul Johnson has just
found out that a 24-cent airmail
stamp that mysteriously disap-
peared from his father's collec-
tion 40 years ago could now be
worth more than $170,000.
Stamp experts say a block of
four of them could even fetch up
to $1.2 million. Johnson discov-
ered the true worth of the stamp
when he found it listed in a post
office stamp catalog.
"I was shocked," said John-
son, now 60. "I always thought
it might have been valuable, but
not that much."
13
The stamp, issued in 1918,
shows a red and blue picture of
an old-fashioned biplane used
for U.S. airmail that was known
as a JN-4, or a Curtiss "Jenny."
Because of a printing error, the
plane appears upside down as if
flying at the top of a loop or in the
middle of a slow roll. Although
700 of the stamps were printed,
only 100 slipped by embarrassed
postal printing inspectors.
All were bought May 14,
1918, for $24 at a post office in
Washington, D.C.
The customer, William T.
Robey, an avid local collector,
couldn't believe his luck.
"My heart stood still," Robey
said later. "The image was
upside down. It was a thrill that
Robey's sheet of 100 "Inverted The stamp, issued in 1918, shows a red and blue pic-
[AD] $35,000 in two other private sales ture of an old-fashioned biplane used for U.S. airmail
before being dispersed as single that was known as a JN-4, or a Curtiss "Jenny."
stamps or in blocks of four.
Paul Johnson was living in
Danbury and in eighth grade
when he first saw his father's that day. All I know is that we
"Jenny."
"He had three or four little
books loaded with stamps," said
Johnson. "He always said the
one with the plane upside down
would be worth something
some day. I don't know where
he got it."
Around 1963, Johnson invit-
ed some Danbury High School
classmates to his house and
showed them the collection.
"I left them for a while and
went downstairs because my
mother called me," Johnson said.
"I never thought any more about it
and I never saw the guys again.'
Johnson's father, Fred, first
missed the stamp in about 1965
when he thought it might help
pay some family medical bills.
"He tore the house apart but
he couldn't find it," Johnson said.
Johnson was reminded of the
collection at a 1993 Danbury
High School reunion.
"A guy I didn't remember
came up to me and said the last
time I saw him we were looking
at my father's stamps," Johnson
said. "Then he walked off. I don't
have any concrete proof but I
think someone took the stamp
couldn't find it afterwards.'
Wilson Hulme, curator of
philately at the Smithsonian's
National Postal Museum in
Washington, said about 97 of
the original 100 "Jennies" have
been accounted for in the last 50
years. The museum, which
owns one, is showing a block of
four "Jennies" loaned to the
museum for a special "Stamps
Take Flight" exhibit this year.
"It's the most popular stamp in
our collection," Hulme said.
According to the Ohio-based Scott
Catalog, considered to be the
most accurate yardstick of stamp
values, single "Jennies" in good
condition can fetch $170,000.
Blocks of four are valued
between $750,000 and $1.2 mil-
lion. Johnson, married and liv-
ing in Morris, is still curious to
know what happened to his fam-
ily's "Jenny" and said it would
help his stepmother, who lives
in a Brookfield retirement home.
"It would be nice to have the
money and some closure,"
Johnson said. "I've contacted a
private investigator to look at a
couple of angles but I think I've
a better chance of winning the
lottery or being hit by lightning
than finding the stamp."

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The Hartford wed
Cauvant
Metal detector brings to light
life at an old swimming hole
SEYMOUR-When Frank Della-
Mura uses his metal detector, he
expects to find scrap metal and
maybe a few coins. His most recent
find, however, brought up memo-
ries of the old swimming hole off
Chatfield Road.
DellaMura found in dredged silt
from the pond two silver identifica-
tion bracelets, lost 48 years ago.
"It was a pleasant surprise," said
65-year-old Henry Macheski of
Sterling, owner of one of the brace-
lets. "The funny thing is, I don't
remember losing it.'
The other bracelet belongs to Jo-
seph A. Evangelist who now lives in
North Carolina, and will also be
returned, DellaMura said.
Macheski said he probably lost
the bracelet the summer after he
graduated from high school,
around 1947.
Back then, everyone used to
spend summers at the swimming
hole, formed in 1926 as a retention
basin for the Seymour Paper Mill.
The swimming hole in later years
became filled with silt. Volunteers
have been dredging the pond this
summer to restore the area for
swimming.,
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lence
Officer shoots,
kills man after
arrest attempt
By AARON LEO
and DANIEL TEPFER
Staff writers
BRIDGEPORT - A city man
who apparently had a history
of robbery and drug arrests
was fatally shot by police
Thursday afternoon after a
chase through the Marina Vil-
lage housing complex, punctu-
ating a two-day streak of
violence that has left five peo-
ple dead.
Raylyn "Ray Ray" George
died in Bridgeport Hospital. In
a particularly bloody week, his
death was the 17th homicide in
the city this year including
the second of the day and the
fifth in two days.
A 30-year-old Stratford man
was gunned down by masked
men in an apparent robbery
early Thursday on East Avenue
and three people were slaugh-
tered in a Charles Street condo-
Deadly days
Wednesday: Nineteen-
year-old Leroy Whittingham
discovers the body of three
people his mother, Tina
Johnson, 42; her boyfriend,
James Reid, 40; and Basil
Williams, 54- at a Charles
Street condominium.
Thursday: One minute
after midnight, police respond
to the shooting death of
30-year-old James Lamont
Dorsey on East Avenue.
Thursday: Police shoot
and kill 24-year-old Raylyn
"Ray Ray" George after a
chase at the Marina Village
housing complex.
minium Wednesday.
In the Thursday afternoon
incident at Marina Village, po-
lice said a narcotics and vice
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Johnathon Henninger/Connecticut Post
Crime busters: Observant youngsters Vivian Zhao, 10, left; Elizabeth
O'Reilly, 9, center; and Kenzie Burns, 9, show the place along the
Rooster River in Fairfield where they found a safe, then notified police.
Girls look for fish,
locate stolen safe
By ANDREW BROPHY
abrophy@ctpost.com
FAIRFIELD They dubbed
themselves The Crimewatchers
after discovering a 500-pound
clue Wednesday afternoon.
Three Fairfield girls, ages 9
and 10, found a stolen commer-
cial safe in the Rooster River, be-
low a bridge by Valley Road and
Brooklawn Parkway. The safe
was stolen from a Blockbuster
Video store in Bridgeport earli-
er this week, police said.
"We were looking for fish
and we saw it. It was huge,'
Elizabeth O'Reilly, 9, one of
The Crimewatchers, said
Thursday.
Kenzie Burns, 9, another
Crimewatcher, said she was
surprised to see a safe in the
river. "I don't know why they
would throw it there. A lot of
kids play in the river," she said.
Police Detective Lt. Christo-
pher Lyddy said the steel safe,
about 3 feet high and just as
wide and deep, had pry marks
near the handle and on its top.
When the girls found the
safe, its door could be opened
only three-quarters of an inch,
according to the girls and Tom
Conway, owner of Conway Tow-
ing, who used chains and cables
to haul the safe out of the water.
Teresa O'Reilly, Elizabeth's
mother, said the girls could
peek inside the safe and see
boxes, papers and bags.
"You were able to open the
door maybe three-quarters of
an inch, and with a flashlight,
you could just peek in," Con-
way said.
Detective Peter Bravo said
the burglars had successfully
pried the safe's door open and
then closed it before dumping it
in the river. "They got it open
Elizabeth and Vivian Zhao,
10, first spotted the safe on Tues-
day while looking for fish in the
river, and they returned with
their friend, Kenzie, on Wednes-
day. "The first day, we didn't
think it was that special. We did-
n't think it was that important.
The second day we noticed it was
stolen," Elizabeth said.
Kenzie said the girls knew the
safe was stolen from a store be-
cause it had a sign on it advising
employees not to touch it.
The girls told Teresa O'Reil-
ly, Elizabeth's mom, about their
discovery Wednesday after-
noon. "I was shocked at how
big it was," Teresa said of the
safe. "I just assumed it was
some small, little thing."
A police officer met the girls
at the river about 3 p.m., and
detectives showed up a short
time later. The safe was too
heavy to be moved, so police
called Conway's Towing.
Conway said it took him
about an hour to haul the safe
out of the river and bring it to
the police headquarters.
Conway, observing it was
the first time he ever towed a
safe, estimated its weight at 500
pounds. "I could barely move it,
especially when it was full of
water," he said.
Lyddy said police deter-
mined the safe was from Block-
buster Video because it had a
company logo and name on it,
along with a serial number.
Detectives called the compa-
ny and found out it belonged to
Blockbuster, Lyddy said.
Tim Nolan, a Blockbuster
spokesman, thanked the girls
for finding the safe. "It must
have been an interesting after-
noon,' " he said.
Teresa O'Reilly said she was
proud the girls told her about
finding the safe. "They knew it

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Johnathon Henninger/Connecticut Post
Crime busters: Observant youngsters Vivian Zhao, 10, left; Elizabeth
O'Reilly, 9, center; and Kenzie Burns, 9, show the place along the
Rooster River in Fairfield where they found a safe, then notified police.
Girls look for fish,
locate stolen safe
By ANDREW BROPHY
abrophy@ctpost.com
hey dubbed
themselves The Crimewatchers
after discovering a 500-pound
clue Wednesday afternoon.
Three Fairfield girls, ages 9
and 10, found a stolen commer-
cial safe in the Rooster River, be-
low a bridge by Valley Road and
Brooklawn Parkway. The safe
was stolen from a Blockbuster
Video store in Bridgeport earli-
er this week, police said.
"We were looking for fish
and we saw it. It was huge,"
Elizabeth O'Reilly, 9, one of
The Crimewatchers, said
Thursday.
Kenzie Burns, 9, another
Crimewatcher, said she was
surprised to see a safe in the
river. "I don't know why they
would throw it there. A lot of
kids play in the river," she said.
Police Detective Lt. Christo-
pher Lyddy said the steel safe,
about 3 feet high and just as
wide and deep, had pry marks
near the handle and on its top.
When the girls found the
safe, its door could be opened
only three-quarters of an inch,
according to the girls and Tom
Conway, owner of Conway Tow-
ing, who used chains and cables
to haul the safe out of the water.
Teresa O'Reilly, Elizabeth's
mother, said the girls could
peek inside the safe and see
boxes, papers and bags.
"You were able to open the
door maybe three-quarters of
an inch, and with a flashlight,
you could just peek in," Con-
way said.
Detective Peter Bravo said
the burglars had successfully
pried the safe's door open and
then closed it before dumping it
in the river. "They got it open
all the way," Bravo said, adding
that detectives found papers
and travelers' checks, but no
money, inside.
Elizabeth and Vivian Zhao,
10, first spotted the safe on Tues-
day while looking for fish in the
river; and they returned with
their friend, Kenzie, on Wednes-
day. "The first day, we didn't
think it was that special. We did-
n't think it was that important.
The second day we noticed it was
stolen," Elizabeth said.
Kenzie said the girls knew the
safe was stolen from a store be-
cause it had a sign on it advising
employees not to touch it.
The girls told Teresa O'Reil-
ly, Elizabeth's mom, about their
discovery Wednesday after-
noon. "I was shocked at how
big it was," Teresa said of the
safe. "I just assumed it was
some small, little thing."
A police officer met the girls
at the river about 3 p.m., and
detectives showed up a short
time later. The safe was too
heavy to be moved, so police
called Conway's Towing.
Conway said it took him
about an hour to haul the safe
out of the river and bring it to
the police headquarters.
Conway, observing it was
the first time he ever towed a
safe, estimated its weight at 500
pounds. "I could barely move it,
especially when it was full of
water," he said.
Lyddy said police deter-
mined the safe was from Block-
buster Video because it had a
company logo and name on it,
along with a serial number.
Detectives called the compa-
ny and found out it belonged to
Blockbuster, Lyddy said.
Tim Nolan, a Blockbuster
spokesman, thanked the girls
for finding the safe. "It must
have been an interesting after-
noon," he said.
Teresa O'Reilly said she was
proud the girls told her about
finding the safe. "They knew it
wasn't theirs, and they wanted
to find out who it belonged to,"
she said.

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Made of money
Ed Zehall, owner of Valley Coins in Seymour, started the business five years ago.
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SEYMOUR You can bet
your bottom dollar that coin
collecting is fast becoming a
popular hobby.
Just ask Valley Coins
owner Ed Zehall.
Zehall, an avid numisma-
tist, recently celebrated the
fifth anniversary of the small
coin shop he owns in the Sey-
bridge Plaza on Route 67.
Business is as booming today
as it was when he first opened
his doors.
"It's hot and getting hotter
said.
every day," Zehall
Perched behind the counter of
new buffalo nickels, rare
several glass display cases are
paper money, bars of silver
and gold, tons of half-dollars
and much more.
Whether collectors are in
the market for a rare penny
from the late 1700s, looking
for the latest state commemo-
rative quarter or seeking a
free appraisal, Zehall is there
to offer a smile and knowl-
edge of the industry.
Joseph Knapik of Shelton
stopped by Valley Coins
recently with one goal in
mind: finding one of three
rare Indian head pennies, dat-
ing back to the 1700s. He
found it, and didn't mind
ing more than $400 for the
treasure.
pay-
"I started collecting when I
11 years old," said
was
Knapik, a retired history
teacher from the Wilton
school system. "It's the histo-
ry (of the coins) which
appeals to me most.'"
Zehall first caught the coin-
collecting bug in elementary
school, some 30 years ago,
when a classmate brought a
handful of coins for show and
tell.
Zehall bought a couple
coins and purchased reference
books to find out about his
newfound
treasure.
From
there, he was hooked.
"As I read more about
coins, it developed into a pas-
sion," he said.
Zehall began reading and
researching everything he
could about coin collecting
and later started trading with
coin dealers.
He began a mail-order
business from his home and
did that for 11 years before
turning the hobby into a full-
time career by opening his
own store.
Zehall said coin collecting
skyrocketed in 1999 when the
U.S. Mint launched the 50
state Quarter Commemorative
Program. Twenty million peo-
ple soon jumped on the quar-
ter collecting bandwagon,
Zehall said.
By 2001, up to 125 million
Americans had begun collect-
ing the state coins; before
1999, about 2 million Ameri-
cans overall had been coin
collectors, according to the
www.coincollec-
Web site
tor.org.
Zehall said the time is right
now to buy and sell coins, and
people often bring him coins
to appraise that they found in
an attic or while treasure
hunting on the beach or in
back yards.
One woman from Wood-
bridge brought Zehall a coin
for an appraisal once that was
worth $600, he said.
It warms his heart when he
sees a grandparent bring a
grandchild in to browse or
make a first-time purchase,
Zehall said.
"It's really a hobby that
gets the family together," he
said.
Valley Coins is open 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tues-
day, Wednesday and Friday,
until 7 p.m. Thursdays, and
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Satur-
days.
25 July 2005 Monday NEW HAVEN REGISTER, CONN
page B1, col 2-5
Peter Casolino/Register
ve rope and fibers from native plants and used the fibers to make fabric.
stin Pegnataro shows a group how to make natural rope from the fibrous inner bark of a Dogbane plant Sunday. The program demonstrated how Native
Ps Main Street demolition to resume
contract with the city to redevel-
ment LLC, which has signed a
er Ceruzzi Derby Redevelop-
working with preferred develop-
Garofalo said Stoneridge is
have been unsuccessful.
attempts to reach Stoneridge
Recent
along," Garofalo said.
"Things have started to move
must be removed first.
in some of the buildings that
Officials said there is asbestos
associated with the removal of
The company disputed costs
by Standard Demolition.
lawsuit was filed against the city
2003, but was stopped after a
The process was started in
that remain to be demolished.
the south side of Main Street
but there are three buildings on
Some buildings are down,
asbestos.
The legal dispute has held up
officials said.
in the process of being settled, creating a pedestrian-friendly
700 apartments.
1,500 parking spaces and 650 to
sible amphitheater, restaurants,
feet of commercial space, a pos-
movie complex, 100,000 square
designs call for a six-screen
Main Street and conceptual
Ceruzzi has big plans for
loop.
comment.
ings, could not be reached for
taken to bring down the build-
ical of the lengthy time it has
Orazietti D-3, who has been crit-
Aldermanic President John
It also calls for the extension Joanne M. Pelton can be reached

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LOCAL/STATE
Archaeology students survey wreck
Associated Press
EAST HADDAM Laurent Matson, a
UConn-Avery Point senior, is shin-deep in
water with his sleeve pushed up, fishing for
the end of a piece of metal. A boat goes by
and the wake splashes him. Nearby, Arthur
Williams, a junior, is also suffering. Water
has long since slopped over his knee-high
boots and now it's marinating his cold toes.
Ah, archaeology. Ah, water. Ah, the pains
of mixing the two on a chilly fall day.
In a class assignment that could help pro-
tect the East Haddam archaeological site, col-
lege students are measuring the effects of the
environment on the wreckage of the Aunt
Polly, a 144-foot boat once owned by eccen-
tric actor William Gillette.
The boat, which burned in 1932, has been
hidden in plain sight down the hill from Gil-
lette Castle, a state park. The wreck has been
battered by waves and wakes from heavy
boat traffic on the Connecticut River. In the
winter and spring, ice loosens ship beams
like a giant thumb. Friends of the site want
something done to protect it from the ravages
of the splash zone in which it rests, partially
submerged in the sand.
The erosion is evident by comparing the
site today with images taken as recently as
20 years ago.
And though the river temperature is still
pleasant, the air and wind make wading an
uncomfortable proposition.
Matson finds the end of the steel and
laughs.
"I better get an A," he says.
But the man guiding the class, David S.
Robinson, doesn't even glance up. Robinson
is an adjunct professor and senior underwa-
ter archaeologist from the Public Archaeol-
ogy Laboratory in Pawtucket, R.I. Being wet
and cold is part and parcel of maritime stud-
ies.
Robinson warns the group to move quick-
ly. In an hour, the tide will again cover the
wreckage. In fact, the tide has kept the site
mostly hidden all these years. Outside of
archaeology circles and interested neighbors,
the boat's remains are often overlooked.
On a recent fall morning when the class
assembled to work, one area resident was
walking his Labrador retriever, Mystic, near
the project, and he recited all the better-
known facts about the ship.
The Aunt Polly was Gillette's second
houseboat, an oddly long and slender steam-
boat built in the late 1800s in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Gillette, a Hartford playwright who made his
name portraying sleuth Sherlock Holmes,
intended to live aboard the ship while build-
ing a home on Long Island - until, that is, he
motored up the Connecticut River and found
the land of his dreams. Work on what would
become Gillette Castle - a name he didn't love
- began atop a hill in East Haddam.
The boat was lengthened by 44 feet in 1903
to include a larger salon. The well-appoint-
ed vessel, known as a "little palace afloat,"
included accoutrements like a working brick
fireplace and a piano. Guests included Albert
Einstein.
The craft may have been named for a
woman Gillette knew in North Carolina,
where he'd gone earlier to recuperate after
the death of his wife, Helen. His first boat -
ugly enough to be called an "aquatic freak"
by one newspaper - was known as the Holy
Terror.
When Gillette moved into his decidedly
eccentric home in 1919, the Aunt Polly was
placed on a concrete foundation and convert-
ed into a garden house. There it sat until it
burned in December 1932. Firefighters tried
to extinguish the blazes, officially said to be
of "undetermined origin," but the boat was
lost. In a clever note to a local newspaper,
Gillette denied destroying the boat for insur-
ance, as had been rumored. That notion, he
wrote, "is a trifle incorrect, owing to the fact
that there was no insurance. I did not think
of it in time."
Maybe it's the spirit of Gillette - a play
ful man whose interests are reflected in a
castle that looks like dribbled sand but
students from Robinson's Methods in Mari-
time Archaeology have learned to expect
anything, at this, one of the state's two deep-
water archaeological preserves. The class is
part of a new minor in marine archaeology,
said Joseph Comprone, Avery Point Campus
director and associate vice provost.
The ocean-based course, and others like it,
are meant to be hands-on. On the first day
of class at Avery Point, Robinson showed up
in a dry suit and hard-hat diving helmet that
made him sound, he said, like Darth Vader.
It got students' attention, and served to
illustrate Robinson's point that fancy under-
water technology is only part of what goes
into researching sites like the Aunt Polly.
The first significant study of the site was
conducted in 2002 by a variety of offices and
entities, including state archaeologist Nicho-
las Bellantoni. Robinson's class work will
help assess the damage from ice and wake
action. A small dam may be necessary to
protect the site, Bellantoni said. Aunt Polly is
among countless significant and unheralded
historical sites in Connecticut, he said.
"I tell people when I do my public lectures,
'Every day of your life, you walk over and
drive over archeology," he said. "It's invis-
ible. It's below ground or below water."
Thus far, the one scourge not visited upon
the site is vandalism, Bellantoni said. "The
great majority of people who come to visit
know there's something of significance
here," he said. "They're fascinated by it, and
they respect it.
For those who seek to harm the site or
steal artifacts, there's not much to take, and
those who vandalize significant archaeologi-
cal sites are subject to stiff penalties. In fact,
Robinson's project is called a "non-distur-
bance survey." Nothing is moved, and study
is conducted with the approval of the Con-
necticut Historical Commission and the state
Department of Environmental Protection.
That scientists and scientists-in-training
are paying attention to the site delights Ken-
neth Beatrice, of the Friends of the Office of
State Archeology Inc., a nonprofit formed
to provide support to Bellantoni's office. A
retired mechanical engineer, Beatrice has
been taking pictures at the site for nearly 20
years and he assisted in the earlier survey.
He'd like to see the site marked, and better-
protected, he said.
"We are looking at a lot of history here,"
said Beatrice, who was instrumental in get-
ting the site declared an underwater archae-
ological preserve.

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New Haven Register, CoNN page A6, cal 4-6
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2006
Family reveals treasures found in old house
By Angela Carter
Register Staff
NEW HAVEN -
When lan
and Carolyn Christmann bought
their 1873 Victorian home three
years ago, the seller told them
she was including items they
could sell to restore the roof and
other historical architectural
features.
Unsuspecting, they found love
letters, 1960s magazines, a stun-
ning painting, World War II-era
firearms and other items valued
at about $22,000.
Their story will be aired at 6
tonight on "If Walls Could Talk,"
on HGTV (Home and Garden
Television).
Ian Christmann said they have
invited the Fair Haven neighbor-
hood to join them at their home
at 154 E. Grand Ave. to see the
segment. "It is such an iconic
house. We love showing it," he
said.
They bought the house in 2003
from Gordona Lamb, widow
and third wife of George Lamb.
Lamb's second wife, Jennette
Brinsmade, was an artist, and a
collection of her work was stored
in the attic. "The house looks
terrific adorned with her work,"
Christmann said.
love letters George Lamb wrote
while stationed in Europe during
World War II.
So, without giving too much
away, tune in tonight for more
on their fascinating discoveries.
The segment was taped in the
spring and already has aired Sun-
day and Monday.
"We love Fair Haven and this
community on the (Quinnipiac)
river," he said.
Angela Carter can be reached at 789-
The Christmanns also found 5614 or acarter@nhregister.com.
Comedy night to raise funds for parade group
EAST HAVEN
A "Comedy Night Special" will be held at 7:30
p.m. on Dec. 1 at the Irish American Community Center, 9 Venice
Place, as a fund-raiser for the St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee.
The evening will feature entertainment by Treehouse Comedy,
Liberati who
Amon

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Kids
TO THE RESCUE
TALES OF SHIPWRECKS PROGRAM IDEAL FOR KIDS ON SCHOOL BREAK
BY SCOTT GARGAN
CORRESPONDENT
Aquaman may be the most
famous seafaring superhero,
but he's dead in the water when
compared to the real-life
lionheart Capt. Isaac Jennings.
In the mid-19th century,
Jennings rescued not one, but
two crews who had survived
catastrophic shipwrecks in the
Atlantic. To many sailors of the
period, he was a hero.
"He was pretty daring," said
Walter Matis of the Fairfield
Museum and History Center, a
nautical history buff.
Kids will get the chance to
hear about Jennings, along with
tales of other famous Fairfield
captains, when the museum
hosts "Sea Storms and Ship-
wrecks" Friday morning.
Led by Matis, a program and
volunteer coordinator at the
museum, the interactive
discussion also will focus on
boat disasters and ships lost at
sea. Matis will share the story
of the Steamship Lexington,
which caught fire and sank off
the coast of Stratfield in 1840.
Following the talk, kids will
construct a ship and create a
stormy scene or rescue in their
own dioramas. The program is
designed for children in grades
3 to 5. Those stories will serve as
a jumping-off point for a
broader discussion of Fair-
field's rich marine history-
from the naval battles of the
Revolutionary War to the rise of
lucrative maritime industries in
the 18th and 19th centuries.
Matis will highlight the Penfield
Reef Lighthouse, an important
beacon for hundreds of ships
that docked in the area.
"This will help kids get in
touch with the region's nautical
heritage," he said. "It will help
The Fairfield Museum
and History Center is at
370 Beach Road,
Fairfield. Friday 9 a.m.-
noon. $40, $30 members.
[AD] 203-259-1598,
www.fairfieldhs.org.
dit traitpation of the Men
LEXINGTON Long Island Sound on Monda
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An antique postcard of the Steamship Lexington, which caught fire and sank off the coast of Stratford in 1840. The story
will be one of several told as part of "Sea Storms and Shipwrecks" Friday at the Fairfield Museum & History Center.
them think back 160 years,
about the men who sailed from
Fairfield and neighboring
towns.'
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A prolific seaman, Jennings
became well-known in New
England for his rescue at-
tempts. In 1846, while on board
another ship, Jennings con-
vinced his captain to allow him
to take a row boat and retrieve
the surviving crew members of
the Rienzi, after a shipwreck left
them stranded. Then, as the
captain of his own vessel 15
years later, Jennings saved the
crew of the Garland, after a
violent storm nearly tore the
ship apart.
To show their appreciation,
the Rienzi crew offered Jen-
nings a gold coin. That keep-
sake, along with a medicine
chest from the Garland, is now
part of the museum's private
collection. Matis will show off
those items as he discusses the
storied history of Fairfield's
naval heroes.
"We're going to have a lot of
fun,'
"Matis said. "It's the time
of year for thinking about
sailing and being out on the
water.'
MORE FUN STUFF
Stepping Stones Museum for Children, 303 West Ave., Norwalk, will
host its fourth Annual Teddy Bear Care and Repair. Kids can bring their
favorite stuffed animal and get to know the doctors at Greenwich
Hospital. Friday, 10 a.m.-noon. $9, free for children younger than 1.
[AD] 203-899-0606, www.steppingstonesmuseum.org.
Wilton Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Road, hosts a kid-friendly perfor-
mance by Airborne Jazz Trio. During this interactive program, kids will
have the opportunity to hear jazz music and learn about the roots of the
genre, the instruments and the different sounds. Saturday, 2-3 p.m.
[AD] 203-762-3950, www.wiltonlibrary.org.
The Westchester Broadway Theatre, 1 Broadway Plaza, Elmsford, N.Y,
presents "Nickelodeon's Blues Clues Live!," a performance of songs,
stories and laughs with TV's favorite cartoon dog. Sat 11 a.m., 1 and
[AD] 3 p.m. $25.914-592-2222, www.BroadwayTheatre.com.

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Only in print: On the surface, Long Island Sound can seem
stricts serene and unspoiled, but the remains of shipwrecks, utility
cables and other debris suggest otherwise
life
upport What lies
beneath?
Budget crunch:
Departments
forced to reduce
staff, services
By Amanda Cuda
Staff Writer
Focus.
That's been something
of a mantra for Karen
Spargo in recent years.
Spargo is executive direc-
tor of the Naugatuck Val-
ley Health District, which
covers the six Valley
towns. Like most health
districts, hers has a vari-
ety of responsibilities, in-
cluding vaccination clin-
ics, health education and
the inspections of restau-
rants, day care facilities
and other businesses.
But, over the past few
years, the department has
had to cut down its staff-
ing. Bit by bit. In 2008,
budget constraints re-
quired the district to cut
By Frank Juliano
Staff Writer
The Sound has its secrets.
More than 140 shipwrecks lie on the bottom
of Long Island Sound, the remains of vessels
from the 17th to the 20th centuries doomed
by storms, fog or human error. An expanse
of water known to divers as "Wreck Alley,"
the Sound has claimed brigs and schooners,
steamboats and yachts.
And that's not all that's down there.
Lining the floor of the Sound are strands
of cables, lobster pots, oyster beds, a gas
pipeline and other manmade structures, as
much a part of the Sound's ecology as the
spits of beach and placid water enjoyed by le-
gions of sunbathers, swimmers and sailors
each year.
All of this is overseen by a polyglot of gov-
ernment agencies and consortiums.
Para
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series of books cataloging the shipwrecks of
the Sound, a body of water far more perilous
than most realize.
"If you dive from shore the visibility can
be poor, 10 to 15 feet, and in the middle of the
Sound it's even less," Berg said.
Among those wrecks is a wooden Chinese
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vessel is spread over 30 feet, nothing like the
mile-long debris field left by the Titanic, the
dive captain said.
"The wooden ribs of the schooner are still
showing, but it is lying in muck and silt, so the
visibility is pretty bad," Berg said. "But people
have recovered pieces of porcelain and other

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smoker $8 million."
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ground outside the Starbucks in
Trumbull, where he holds an al-
fresco court among his buddies.
"Do
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you
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life and she wants to make the
tobacco industry pay for her
choice. That's some nerve."
For a few moments, biker
dude whose clothes, by the
forgets
way, reek of smoke -
to take a drag on his cigarette.
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MARIAN
GAIL
BROWN
the article about a jury award-
ing $8 million to Barbara Izza-
relli, of Norwich, who developed
throat cancer and had to have
her larynx removed. He has no
intention of quitting, not that he
couldn't if he wanted to. Izzarel-
li's victory is something he "just
can't abide."
So how did a jury of nine, in-
cluding three smokers conclud
smoking Salem cigarettes?
The answer lies in the moun-
tain of exhibits, which included
internal memos from R.J. Reyn-
olds on its desire to hook young
kids. It included scientific re-
search from the cigarette manu-
facturer on the optimal amount
of nicotine to include to make
teens crave their smokes and fill
them with a sense of euphoria,
well-being and calm. Izzarelli's
attorney, David Golub of Sil-
ver, Golub & Teitell, likens what
R.J. Reynolds did to creating a
nicotine addiction. All it takes is
an average of five to eight mil-
ligrams of nicotine a day to cre-
ate an addiction, which equates
to about six cigarettes, far less
than a pack.
ing out the trash and keeping
her room clean, they rewarded
her with cigarettes. It was also
how they punished her - by
withholding them if Izzarelli for-
got any of her chores.
Izzarelli smoked one to two
packs a day from the time she
was in elementary school to just
before surgery to remove a tu-
mor in her throat in 1996 at the
age of 36. The tumor was the
size of a half-dollar. The surgery
also removed her larynx.
Living without a larynx is
not like going without tonsils
or an appendix. When surgeons
remove a larynx, it means pa-
tients can never breathe through
their nose or mouth. They for-
- that you'll lose your voice,
too, but that doesn't even begin
to prepare you," Izzarelli says,
her voice vibrating with a metal-
lic hint from another spot in her
throat. She can't chew most so
id food unless it's cut into itsy
bitsy pieces so she won't chol
"I used to love to swim. I
swam all the time at the bea
Izzarelli says. "Now, I can't
that more." If the tube
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U.S.S. BELLEAU WOOD
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on in the Pacific Theater.
'plaque, hanging on his wall, depicting the ship
ar II Navy veteran Bill Wright's image is reflected
CHRISTIAN ABRAHAM/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
REMEMBERING WORLD WAR II
Veteran recounts Japanese kamikaze attack
Staff Writer
By Frank Juliano
Wood, in 1944. The photos, which
attack on his ship, the USS Belleau
his walls of the Japanese kamikaze
has large black and white photos on
The Bridgeport native, now 84,
flooding back to Bill Wright,
ries of a darker, stormier time come
placid Long Island Sound, memo-
room of his Milford home, facing
Even sitting in the sunny living
ous assault ship nicknamed "Devil
low the flight deck of the amphibi-
was in a narrow room, just be-
When the attack came, Wright
were 62 dead over there."
ties. The Franklin got hit, too; there
hit. We had 92 dead and 245 casual-
Wright asked. "That was a direct
"See that column of smoke?"
Franklin, anchored nearby.
taken from a sister ship, the USS
Navy archives after the war, were
Wright purchased from the U.S.
and a little older than me. He was
"He was a shipfitter second class,
standing.
struck the ship near where Fox was
so fortunate: the kamikaze pilot
the Belleau Wood, Fred Fox, wasn't
But another Bridgeport man on
veteran said.
here talking to you now," the Navy
a lookout, "I probably wouldn't be
Dog." If he still had his first duty, as
maybe
See Veteran on A3
30, but I was 18, so that was

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2 Feb 2009 Monday PA3, call-3.
times, it is impor
Lost painting by Colonial-era artist found
HARTFORD (AP) - A lost
miniature painting by Con-
necticut native and Colonial-
era painter John Trumbull
has been found in England,
where it was mislabeled for
generations.
A London art dealer
bought the painting for $280
last month. A researcher for
the dealer says the miniature,
ascribed to "Humbert,
turned out to be one of many
by Trumbull and was worth
closer to $22,000.
Bendor Grosvenor, a re-
searcher for London art deal-
er Philip Mould Ltd., said the
1793 portrait of Philadelphia
lawyer William West turned
up at what Grosvenor called
"a very small country auc-
tion in Devon.
The people who possessed
the West portrait for years
may have misread Trum-
bull's signature as "Hum-
bert," Grosvenor said. The
Philip Mould art dealership
found Trumbull's signature
on the back of the painting,
he said.
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24 Dec 2008 Welp £3, 41-3
acknowledged some errors occurred, but
Divers find 1903 wreck near Block Island
MYSTIC (AP)
A group of divers
say they have found the wreckage of a
schooner that collided with a steamship
and sank in 1903 near Block Island, R.I.
Mark Munro, of Griswold, said his
Sound Underwater Survey group and the
Baccala Wreck Divers began looking for the
remains of the Jennie R. Dubois in 2002,
searching a few times a year in an area that
eventually stretched to 17 square miles.
The group positively identified the
shipwreck in September 2007, but kept it a
secret until Monday so more research
could be done and others interested in the
ship couldn't claim the find, Munro said.
It was discovered about six miles south-
east of Block Island in federal waters.
"We were pretty elated," Munro said
Tuesday. "It was one of those projects
that you were starting to wonder if you
were really going to solve the mystery
of what happened."
The 2,227-ton, five-masted schooner,
which was launched only 19 months before
the collision, was named after the wife of a
Rhode Island Supreme Court justice who
owned stock in the company that built the
ship, Holmes Shipbuilding Co. of Mystic.
Munro said the vessel, which cost
[AD] $100,000 to build, was the largest ever
built on Connecticut's Mystic River. Jen-
nie Dubois christened her namesake
ship with a bottle of wine on Feb. 11,
1902, in a ceremony that attracted 6,000
people, Munro said.
The Jennie R. Dubois went down on
Sept. 5, 1903, after colliding with the steam-
ship Schoenfels in dense fog about seven
miles southeast of Block Island. All 11 men
aboard were rescued, Munro said.
A lot of people had looked for the
wreckage over the years. Munro said it
was difficult to find because the Army
Corps of Engineers blasted the wreck-
age with dynamite in 1903 so it wouldn't
be a hazard to other ships.
"They were looking for something that
would look like a schooner," Munro said.
"In this case, it was not what you would typ-
ically see at the bottom. It was spread out."
Munro and his fellow divers were
able to identify the shipwreck by its an-
chors, size and location, he said. They
researched local newspapers, examined
the National Archives in Washington,
looked at Mystic Seaport records and
talked with Block Island residents.

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A10 | Connecticut Post | Sunday, May 30, 2010
From the front page
Surprises aplenty under the Sound
Continued from A1
Among the ships lost
off Milford is a brig owned
by merchant Peter Pierett,
which sank in the 1700s as
it returned from Europe
with a cargo of French
wine.
Two steamboats have
exploded on the Sound.
The Oliver Ellsworth's boil-
er blew up in March 1827,
killing one person and in-
juring several off Old Say-
brook. When the Lexing-
ton, bound for Stonington,
caught fire and sank in
1840, more than 60 people
went down with it.
Berg said that none of
the wreck divers in the
Sound have found trea-
sure of any kind. "The
stuff we're finding isn't
really worth anything be-
sides historical value.
"But we do know that
pirates were active in the
area, and if you think of
all of the ships that have
been in and out of Long
Island Sound since the
uropean settlers arrived
ho knows what's down
there," he said.
BRIC-A-BRAC AT THE
BOTTOM
The remains of vessels
large and small are hardly
the only things on the bot-
tom of the Sound. An ar-
ray of wires, cables, lob-
ster pots and other man-
made structures dot its
bottom.
For starters, there are
telephone lines. AT&T ar-
chivist William Coughlin
said a cable between the
Connecticut shore and
Fisher's Island, N.Y., was
first laid in 1928.
There are also electric
power lines. The Cross
Sound Cable between New
Haven and Shoreham,
L.I., was energized shortly
after the 2003 New York
City blackout.
Kate Brown of the Office
of Long Island Sound, part
of the state Department of
Environmental Protection,
said that seven older elec-
tric cables, owned by the
former Long Island Light-
ing Co., were replaced by
three solid-core cables as
part of a settlement with
the Cross Sound Cable's
owners.
The earlier cables rest-
ed on the bottom and oc-
casionally leaked insulat-
ing fluid into the water,
Brown said. "That wasn't
good for the environ-
ment," she noted. The
new cables were buried
below the bottom's
surface.
The Iroquois natural
gas pipeline, completed in
1992, connects New York
and New England with
gas from western Canada.
A second pipeline, the Is-
lander East, was rejected
by DEP officials over con-
cerns that its construc-
tion would destroy oyster
beds. The U.S. Supreme
Court upheld that decision
in 2008.
The Broadwater Energy
application for a floating
natural gas terminal in
the Sound was rejected by
New York environmental
officials last year.
A PLETHORA OF POWERS
THAT BE
There is no federally
controlled water in the
Sound. Jurisdiction over
the body of water is shared
by New York and Connect-
icut. A Long Island Sound
Assembly brings together
officials and citizens from
the coastal areas of both
states to examine regional
issues.
The U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers does have ju-
risdiction over the several
deep-water dumping sites
for dredged materials.
The state Department
of Agriculture's aquacul-
ture division, based in
Milford, issues permits
and leases sections of the
sea floor for commercial
and recreational shellfish-
ing, said David Carey, the
division's director.
"Oystering grounds
have been in existence
since the 1840s, and now
in some area of the Sound
you have oyster beds,
clams in nets, conch in
cages and lobster pots,"
Carey said. "Some of
these things are in close,
maybe under the docks
you walk out to your boat
on."
The state DEP also is-
sues permits for dredg-
ing, beach replenish-
ment, repairs to breakwa-
ters and other projects,
spokesman Dennis Schain
said. "We also have a ma-
rine research vessel, the
Dempsey, that does trawl
studies, bringing up speci-
mens of fish and other
species."
The National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Admin-
istration maintains charts
of shipwrecks and other
structures in the Sound
that can pose a hazard to
navigation, officials said.
The DEP has mapped
the Sound floor, pinpoint-
ing the cables and pipe-
lines on nautical charts,
said environmental ana-
lyst Kevin O'Brien.
The state is working
with the U.S. Environ-
mental Protection Agency
and New York officials
on a project to use high-
resolution digital imag-
ing equipment to create a
more precise map, Brown
said.
Interested parties have
until Tuesday to submit
their qualifications to the'
Long Island Sound Study,
Brown said. "It is fairly
technical work, but some
states including Massa-
chusetts, Rhode Island,
Oregon and California,
have done these, and
we've been in contact with
them," she said.
The project will be paid
for with a $6 million set-
tlement from Cross Sound
Cable and its utility part-
ners and about $1 million
in interest on that mon-
ey, said Brown, the fund
manager.
"We want to get as
much information as pos-.
sible on the sea floor, so
we can manage it," she
said. "Right now we often
have to rely on informa-
tion provided by the appli-
cant and on what the DEP
can gather on its own."

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24 January 2009 Sutpage A6, W1-3 CONNECTICUT POST
Bol, Crn
Class ring found 20 years later
Continued from A1
And since Couture's
initials are the only J.C.C. on
the list of the Masuk Class of
'83, the women linked the
ring to him.
They found Couture's e-
mail address on the Web site
where his wife had registered
him, and soon the ring was
winging its way south.
Like virtually every other
moment in this digital world,
both personal and profound,
the whole thing was captured
on video and posted to
YouTube. It can be viewed at:
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=6uAl-u2rPn8
"I lost it in the spring of
1989, and I hadn't really
thought much about it since
then," Couture said in a
telephone interview. "But I
was thrilled to have it back."
Debbie Couture said her
husband told her that he lost
the ring during a romantic
interlude on the beach in Mil-
ford.
"He took it off and put it
in his pants pocket and it
must have fallen out. He
wasn't with me, this was
before we met," the Monroe
native's wife said. "But he
couldn't tell his mother
about it, because she paid for
it and it was an expensive
ring."
The ring was found by
Derby resident Lorraine
Zuba during a recent visit to
Seaside Park in Bridgeport,
about 15 miles west of where
it was lost. She was patrol-
ling the sand with her metal
Like virtually every other moment in
this digital world, both personal and
profound, the whole thing was captured on
video and posted to YouTube.
detector when she heard a
loud ping and started dig-
ging, the Coutures said.
Zuba, a retired music
teacher, said she frequently
finds old coins and has found
rings, but schools are often
reluctant to give out informa-
tion to help locate the owner.
In this case, she said, she
drove to Monroe, found
Couture's photo in the
Masuk yearbook and asked
Luckner to send him her e-
mail address.
"He called me and I
arranged to send him the
ring," Zuba said. "I told him
all I wanted was a photo of
him wearing it.'
Zuba's husband, Henry,
said his wife makes regular
trips to area beaches with
her metal detector. "Once she
found a double wedding
band. There was no name in
it. We figure they must have
had an argument or some-
thing."
Apparently, the years
buried in the sand were good
for the platinum-plated ring.
"It looks amazing,"
Debbie Couture said. "It just
had a small dent that the
jeweler took out, and it has to
be resized."
Luckner said that her job
at Masuk High includes
keeping class lists, gradua-
tion programs and other
records, so she was already
working on the reunion,
which will be held next
Saturday.
But don't look for Jim
Couture there. "I'm not
coming back up for that," he
said. "It's cold enough down
here."
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