Twenty-seven-year-old James Van Wert of Winsted, Connecticut, was arrested in Southwick, Massachusetts, at about 11:00 pm, Friday, February 3, 1860. Authorities reportedly found him in bed with a woman believed to be his wife's younger sister. If, in fact, true, adultery was the least of his worries. Earlier that Friday, Van Wert and his female companion had breakfast at Day's, a hotel in Otis, Massachusetts, before riding in a one-horse sleigh to nearby West Becket, where they had a second breakfast at Kendall Baird's Tavern. Van Wert paid for their breakfast at each place using a $3 bill, for which he received $2.50 back in change.  As the couple was leaving Baird's, they were recognized by hotel proprietor Mr. Day, who happened to be in town. Finding it rather odd that they had had breakfast a second time, he compared the $3 bill his establishment received to that of Baird's. Meanwhile, the pair arrived at Chester Factories Village, where they stopped ...