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NORWALK, CONN.) FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 19. 1897.612 PAGES.
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Two Men Thought to Have
Killed The Italian Girl
Found on The Rail-
road Tracks.
Stamford Policemen, and a Brakeman Iden-
tified‘ The Body Last Night.
The mystery of the young Italian
woman whose dead body Was found ly.
ing across the railroad tracks at East
Norwalk nears a solution.
Officers Pennington and" Hall made
some important discoveries last night
that may lead to the arrest of two men
whom the police are positive are the
murderers.
Both officers went to Stamford late
in the afternoon and there learned that
a trio, two men and one woman, board.
ed the 9: 21 p. m. train Wednesday, for
South Norwalk. Policemen Nevins
and Foley, who were at the depot when
they entered, noticed them, particular-
ly because of the strangeness of their
actions. While the men, who, they
think, were Italians, were much excited
and hasty, the woman slunk behind
and looked solemn and dejected.
She stood at a distance when the
men entered the Stamford depot to
purchase the tickets, and did not ap-
proach them until the train pulled in.
Brakeman Lee also observed the ac-
tions of the trio, and the difference in
spirit was particularly noticeable. The
men entered the smoker, while the we-
man seated herself at the rear of the car.
When Lee asked her her destination,
she replied she did not know, 'but that
the men in front would tell him.
One of the men asked Lee if the train
went to East Norwalk, and, when in-
formed' in the affirmative, they paid the
extra fare for three to that place.
When the train pulled 1n at East N or-
walk the woman refused to leave the
car, saying she did not know where she
, Wits.
It was not until after much persuasion
that she was finally induced to get off,
and the train pulled out. This was twen-
ty-three minutes after they boarded the
car, When Policemen Foley and Nov-
ins and Brakeman Lee viewed the body
of the dead woman at D. W. Raymond’s
morgue last evening, they positively
identified it as that of the woman who
accompanied the two Italians. And
the only object of Chief Vollmer and
his men now, is to locate these two
Italians. They are making a vigorous
search for them. They firmly believe
that they murdered the woman.
Medical Examiner Burke assisted by
Dr. L. M. Allen made an autopsy of the
body yesterday afternoon, Dr. East»
lake, of New York, taking notes.
Twelve wounds were found upon the
body, all but one or two of which would
have produced death They were made
by an axe or cleaver, and the one in the
neck, had penetrated to the spinal
column, and no doubt was the blow that
produced instant death. There was
one stab wound on the light collar bone
which had been made by a knife but
did not enter deeply into the flesh.
Coronor Doten began the hearing
yesterday afternoon as soon as he had
finished the hearing in the Sweet case.
The first witness was Charles L.
Smith of East Norwalk. He said he
had been to the First Baptist church in
that place and reached his home about
10 o’clock and hearing noise on the
tracks .of the Consolidated road went
over to see what it was about. He
found two trains stopped there anda
large number of men around the bodv
of a woman which lay on the track.
He saw bloody foot prints in the snow
and the print of a fist as if the person
had staggered and kept himself from
falling with a clinched hand.
He said that these marks were not
made by any of the railroad men and
that the blood was not spattered, as it
would have been had the woman been
struck with the train, but was soaking
on the ground in pools. The witness
and brakeman remained with the body
.11‘1ntil 2 o’clock when 1t was removed.
William Sachtler, a neighbor of
Sinith’s testified that he saw‘a man and
woman talking near the bridge as he
was going home. A short! time after
he reached home Smith’s boy came
over and told him that the woman he
saw had been killed on the tracks. He
went to the spot and saw the body but
it was not the woman he had seen. He
also saw the blood spots and footprints
in the snow on the bank. Next morn-
ing saw a stone near the body covered
with blood and having several hairs
upon it and a piece of bone, which he
gave to Dr. Burke.
William E. Phillips was the next
He said he crossed
the bridge at 9:45 o’clock. He saw no
after crossing turned and saw a man
standing on the south end of the bridge.
Supposing It to be his boy he went to-
wards home when the man ran down
the stone abutment upon the tracks.
Later when he went out into his yard
he saw the same man slowiy walking
back and forth on the bridge with his
hands in his coat pocket.
Constable A. 'W. Allen of Saugatuck
next testified. He told of taking a
lantern and finding the footprints and
blood,also the bloody impression of the
dead girl’s hand in the snow, which
~ looked sis though the girl had started
to run up the bank and had been pulled
back. He thought she was bleeding as
the blood had spurted upon the snow at
the side of her footprints. He found
the marks of heavv boots in the snow
near those of.the girl. He had since
learned that a Hungarian with a wo-
man had purchased a ticket at the
Saugatuck depot for East Norwalk.
The woman left the man and walked
down the tracks. He further stated
that he stopped a young man from East
Norwalk who was running down the
tracks, but the latter told him he was
.going home to a sick mother and he
released him. Thought he had seen
victim in Westport.
Josiah Jones was the next witness.
He said he lived about 225 feet south of
where the body was found. He was
sitting in his dining room between 9
o’clock and half past 9, smoking and
talking to his wife. Suddenly he was
startled by a shriek. He started up,
thinking that some one had cried fire.
He waited about five seconds, thinking
that, the alarm would be repeated. But
stillness followed. He then went to
the door and looked out. The moon
was shining brightly and objects were
discernible at quite a distance. He
could see no one, and after looking
about for a minute or more, went in-
doors.
Ernest Brundage testified that he
lived about 250 feet from the bridge.
He knew nothing of the murder until
he was awakened at 2 o’clock by the
teams driven by the officers and under-
taker, who had driven to the spot. He
had seen a man andawoman under. the
bridge on several accasions but did not
recognize them.
Officer Walter Hall next described
his finding of the footprints on top of
the bank. There were tracks into
which he had fitted the girl’s shoe. They
had led from the bridge towards the
spot where the body Was found and
were followed by footprints of a man
wearing a No. 12 shoe. In several
places the tracks looked as though the
man and woman had been running. He
did not go down upon the track where
the body was found, simply following
the footprints to a point directly above
where the dead girl was found.
Coronor Doten resumed the hearing
at Police Headquarters this morning at
10: 30 o’c1.ock
Thomas Foley,_ of the Stamford po-
lice, testifiedto seeing the girl at the
Stamford depot on the night of the
murder. She had also been seen sev-
eral times in Stamford. She came into
the depot on the night in question with
a shawl over her head, When the 8:32
train came in she got aboard. There
were two rough loqking Italians stand-
ing on the platform who also took the
same train. He pesitively identified
the dead girl as the one he had seen at
Stamford.
Robert M. Russell,a brakeman on the
the dead girl as the girl who got on at
Stamford on that night. There were two
men with her. One was about 5 ft. 6 in.
tall and wore a black alplne hat and a
short square-cut coat. He was about
27 years old. The other man was taller,
of dark complection and ”thinner but
about the same age. He wore a pecu-
liar round cap and had a small black
moustache. Both men acted strangely,
they hesitated about getting off; the
girl also hesitated until the men alight-
ed. ~
John Leslie, ‘ a motorman on the
Tramway, testified that on the nightiof
the murder two Italians ran down the
bank from the east bound East Norwalk
depot and hailed his car.
about 10:25 o’clock. After they got in-
to the car he turned around and looked
at them. One was tall and the other
shorter and stouter. The tall man wore
a soft hat and the short man a cap that
looked like fur. They rode as far as
Monroe street where they got off and
went towards the depot.
Howard WilmoIit, conductor of Les-
lie’s car, said the tall man had on a
short overcoat and soft hat while the
short one wore a cap. Both men had
mud on their shoes and the short man
had large feet. They got off at Monroe
street and went towards the station.
It was about 10:45 o’clock when the car
reached Monroe street.
Elton Baker, night ticket agent at the
depot, testified that two Italianscame to
the depot close to 11 o ’clock. One of
Ithem asked hirn about the trains to
8:32 train also positively identified the '
and when East Norwalk was reached
This was -~
Glenbrook 1111.1 he told him the 1m
trains to that station had gone. He
then purchased two tickets for Stam-
ford.
Clarence Riordan, stated that he saw
two Italians at the depot that night.
One was shorter than the other and
wore a light alpine hat. There was
mud on one leg of his trousers,and he
appeared to be excited. The taller man
sat in the depot and did not come out
upon the platform. The tall man had
on acap. They both got on the 12:43
train, one sitting in one end of the car
and the other taking a seat at the other
end of the car.
The last witness examined this morn-
ing was a Danbury hatter named Pat-
rick Ford, who positively identified the
dead girl as Mrs. Mary Elizabeth of
thatfcity. As Patrick’s testimony was
so at variance with the autopsy and he
appeared to be laboring from an over
dose of amber fluid, the Coronor dis-
missed him and adjourned the hearing
until this afternoon.
The testimony of all the witnessels
from the brakeman Russell to Ofiicer
Riordan, describe the some men with
the exception that when they left
Stamford the tall man wore the cap
and when they returned on the Tram-
way the smaller man had on the cap.
Ofiicer Riordan also differs in de-
scribing the soft hat worn by one of
the men as light while the others say it
was dark. Beyond these contradictions
it is quite evident that the two men
described are in some way connected
with the mystery, and that the mur-
derer must be searched for in Stamford.
INSTANTLY KILLED.
John Baumberger Struck By '
an Engine at Saugatuck.
Was Picking Up Coal When Hit.
John Baumberger,a German about
45 years of age, who lives on the old
Raymond ’farm on Straw-berry hill. was
struck by the engine on the Northamp-
ton expresswhich leaves South N orwalk
at 3:05, near Saugatuck yesterday after-'
noon and instantly killed.
Baumberger was walking along the
track w1th a basket on his arm picking
up coal when struck. His body was
hurled a number of feet to one side of
the rails.
His body was removed to Charles
Fable’smorgue in Westport where it
awaits the arrival of his wife who is ex-
pected to make arrangements for the in-
terment.
LASIERS TURN OUT.
The McKay Lasters at the L,
M. & Co. Shoe Manufac—
tory Go on Strike.
Have Not Yet Returned to Work.
All of the McKay lasters at the
Lounsbury, Mathewson'dr Co. shoe
manufactory went on strike yesterday
afternoon, and are still out.
Two years ago the lasters were cut
down two cents a pair on shoes. They
now ask for an advance of one cent a
pair, or one-half of the original cut
down.
The lasters do not think the demand
an unreasonable one, and failing to
have it grants] turned out as above.
It is to be hoped that the matter will I
be amicably adjusted and the men
again set at work.
King of Sports.
“Bob” Adams, Norwalk’s king of
sports, has opened an auction room in
the Concert Hall Building, Main street.
His Norwalk friends will no doubt ad-
mire his nerve, but the sporting line,
like everything else, Mr. Adams says,
is somewhat dull at. present.—Stamford
Advocate. ~
AA
Whist.
The Matinee Whist club met at the
home of Miss Alice Chowell on High
street, yesterday. Mrs. Thomas Ben-1
edict secured first prize and Mrs.
David W. Raymond was content with
the consolatlon prize.
Goes to Stamford.
The contract for the new uniforms
for Phoenix Engine company has been
given to a Stamford firm.
William Murphy was arrested this
morning .by officer Morehouse and plac-
ed in the lockup. The charge on which
he was arrested was stealing groceries
from a wagon Saturday night, J an-
nary 39th.
LANE 1111811111.
He Disa‘ppears and His Bond
Called in the Criminal
Superior Court
Yesterday.
Hen Hoyt Céts Six Months in Bridgeport
Jail.
Genrge Lane, the hatter who was or»
rested on Sunday afternoon, January
24, on the charge of breaking into the
store of Henry Goodwin on the Wash-
ington street bridge and stealing a
quantity of goods, has mysteriously dis-
appeared.
He Was arrested and locked up and
shortly after released under bonds of
S500 furnished by his uncle.
Yesterday when his case was called
in the Criminal Superior court, Lane
was missing and his bonds were called.
Henry Hoyt, his accomplice, was not
so fortunate, however, and was sen-
tenced to Bridgeport jail for a term of
six months“
The other. cases before the court were
as follows:
Edward Baldwin, colored, of this
city, was sent to jail for six months for
stealing a bicycle from Fred W. Rog-
ers, last November.
William Schmidt and Frank Body of
Westport Were sent to the state prison
for a term of one year each.
The charges against the accused was
that of entering the dwelling house of
John Graber of Westport in the night
season of October 29.
Samuel J. Johnson, a Danbury cul-
ored youth, committed his first offense
at a “colored ball” in the batting town.
He stole money from the person of a
sleeping negro. {He. was given one
year in prison. '
- A Memorial Service.
Next Sunday evening there will be in
the First Congregational church “A
Washington Memorial Service,” in re-
sponse to a request made by the Board.
of Management of the Connecticut
Sons of the American Revolution. Dr.
Noble will make the address and the
choir of the church will render some
fine music. The Sons of the American
Revolution and the Daughters of the
American Revolution of Norwalk, will
occupy reserved seats in the middle
aisle of the church.
His Prayer Granted.
Attorney John J. Walsh counsel for
Charles I. Ezekiel, in his suit for a di-
vorce from his wife Jennie I. Ezekiel
received notice last night from Judge
Ralph Wheeler of the Superior Court
that the prayer of the petitioner had
been granted, on statutory grounds.
The cross bill of Mrs. Ezekiel was dis-
missed. The father was given the cus-
tody of the son Howard E. and the
mother the custody of the daughter
Gladys.
Phoenix Engine 00. Meets.
A meeting of Phoenix Engine com-
pany was held last evening at which it
was voted to attend the fair at the Ar-
mory; it was. also voted to accept the in-
vitation of Rev. T. K. Neble to listen
to an address to be given by himself at
the Congregational church one week
from next Sunday. The members were
measured for their new uniforms the
contract for which has been given to a
Stamford concern.
Dinner Declined.
The dinner tendered. John Addison
Porter,‘ President-elect McKinley’s
private secretary, by the executive
committee of the league of Republican
clubs of Connecticut, has been declined
with regret, owing to his recent illness,
the near approach of the inauguration
and the great amount of business to
which the executive secretary must at
oncedevote himself.
Granted a Pension.
A pensmn of 88 per month has been
granted toMrs. Jennie Geddes of Sil-
ver Mine. She is the widow of the late
Henry'L. Geddes deceased who served
during the late War in the 3rd Conn.
Battery of Light Artillery.
‘4‘
Returned to Business.
Miss Room, of losses place, who has
undergone a five week’s siege of pneu-
monia., has so for recovered as to be
able to resume her position in the Bos-
ton Store;
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Weston.
Miss Kate Smith has returned from a
visit in Norwalk.
Miss Lillian Bennett of Norwalk has
. town Bee.
visited Mrs. Horace Hurlbult —New-
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