. History of Bridgeport and vicinity. sts which he made may be mentioned that of TodSloan, the notorious jockey, who on July 19, 1904, was speeding from New York to Bostonin a forty horsepower Decouville racer, a seven thousand dollar machine, at a mile a slieriff stoppwl him at Washington bridge. Another arrest was that of the notedhorse thief, Murty Savage, whom he drove out of Straford, and Leonard Davidson, anequally notorious burglar. Mr. Stagg figured in the raid on the Modoc Club and otherplaces of similar character. He served as a member of the board of relief of Stratford f
. History of Bridgeport and vicinity. sts which he made may be mentioned that of TodSloan, the notorious jockey, who on July 19, 1904, was speeding from New York to Bostonin a forty horsepower Decouville racer, a seven thousand dollar machine, at a mile a slieriff stoppwl him at Washington bridge. Another arrest was that of the notedhorse thief, Murty Savage, whom he drove out of Straford, and Leonard Davidson, anequally notorious burglar. Mr. Stagg figured in the raid on the Modoc Club and otherplaces of similar character. He served as a member of the board of relief of Stratford for several years and fortwo years occupied the position of tax collector. He was popular witli all classes and hetook a deep interest in liis town and its institutions, doing everything in his power topromote their upbuilding and progress. He possessd a very genial manner, was kind andgenerous to a fault and was greatly devoted to his home and family. It was on October 26, 1882, that he wedded Miss Emma E. Moore, a lady of refinement. CHARLES E. STAGG BRIDGEPORT AND VICIXITY 179 and cultnro. wlio was Imni in nttawii, Canada, and was a daiijilitiT uf .lanirs and MargeryMoore. Tlicy bccanie ]iarints of one cliild. Pauline iMoore, who married Frank 11. Weller, ofPalm Beach. Florida, and has one son, tharles Stagg Weller, born January 24, lilltj, in thehome of his grandmother on Fast Broadway, Htratlord. Ilie family are members of theCongregational ehureh. In the later years of his life Mr. Stagg sjient tlu winter montlis at Palm Beach, Florida,where he built a home whieh is still owned by the family. He also erected a tine residenceon East Broadway in Stratford, where his widow still resides. Mr. Stagg passed away inStratford, Jlanh Hi, and was laid to rest in Inion cemetery. On the day of thefuneral all business was suspended in Stratford as a nuirk of respect. The Bridgeport Post,under the head of A Town Leader, said editorially, in part: The death of former deputy sheril
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