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Confeaaaa Murder.
After his capture he confessed
that he had murdered his brother,
William Smith, in the fall of 1009
' - said that he had spent the in-
tervening years in Canada. Alaska
man ‘the Pacific Coast. iie came
‘ ‘ to ‘iiaddam Neck last Saturdai’
aioause he wished to “see the old
‘ 900 again" and to make sure that
Iiater, Miss Minnie Smith. had
‘ suffered'from his crime. and had
» it the last few days in the woods.
”our food and without money. lie
V, under the inuflence of liquor when
taken; The authorities think he is
mane.
.. Claims Self-Defense.
’Captured in the woods near a
. up a short distance to the west
Bowen's house, after neighbors
jhad recognized him had notified
It: Sheriff 0. M. O'Neil and after
deputy had sworn in four dep-
? as a posse. Smith was taken to
tune of E. P. Chapman nearby
in answer to questions by the
‘ ties. told the story of the
. which he said he had com-
. in aelfdefense. and of his wan-‘
. since then. He refused to sar‘
7 “as had set fire to Bowen’s barn.’
5a} taken to the county jail at,
The Crime. / ,
Leescaped from the authorities
‘years ago after suspicion had
ed to him for tifi death,
brother. whose body was found
Connecticut River with a stone
the neck. by jumping from the
story of a window of a house
the police had surrounded and
~..._ in the woods. He was.
trace 'of him was lost, until
you‘to Hie stators
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The CLIFFORD RATHSKELLER
SERVES DAILY 12 TO 2 P. M.
ABusinessMan’sLunchAOc
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told the authorities that they would
find two quart bottles of
here. but they were not found. Dur-
ing his four days in the woods die did
not have anything to eat. except that
which he wa'a able to obtain in the
woods.
ForcadJJut By Hunger, Sets Fire.
Forced forth today by his hunger
under the influence of liquor and
with something akin to an insane
mania, he went to the farm of \N‘.‘
8. Bowen. situated about a mile from
the Smith farm. Arrived there about
5 o'clock. and, finding the place un-
occupied. its Mr. Bowen had gone tOISmlill and O’Neil Jumped at him at no money. but carried 'a plentiful sup-
Eaist Hampton. he entered the barn
first. There he found an old violin.’ the revolver from his hand the other; H... clothes were not in bad condition.
which he broke into many pieces.
Setting fire to the barn by ignitinx
piles of hay, he went intothe house.
taking the pieces of the old violin
with him. These be carefully ar-
ranged in MM piles in three rooms, the time the posse had reached the!“ d in neighboring towns and. when
80 farmhouse of E. P. Chapman. a short‘ he was taken ‘0‘ East Hampton on his
arranged that with slight headway digtance .nway' and began the queg-iw‘y m "10 Haddam all. 01‘0st co].
iih? house would have been destroyed. , “onlng of Smith.
and then set fire to each pile.
By this time the flames and the
smoke from the barn had attracted
neighbors. who ran to the
mass of flames and in the lurid.,smo
ky glare which the fire cast they saw
Smith standing in front of the house.
in one hand he flourished a revolver. ! members of the family, and he thoughtiwel‘e high in their praise of Deputy
In the other was a shovel which they
“mm he had “a“ m an mm“ m petty. Boih had been drinking and‘of the pose which captured Smith.
beat out the flames. ,
‘ "il'a Henry Smith."
No one recognized him after his
long absence. ilie shouted at them
that the house was also atlre and
they rushed toward it. From one
of the crowd came the sudden
words:—
'it’s Henry Smith}? -
For a moment he appeared dazed.
Then firing five shots from his re-
volver in quick succession at the crowd
he turned and ran down the road and
into the woods. '
- Officer-a Start Afta'r Him.
tingulshed the small area in the
house and‘whiie ' the barn slowly
burned to the wound. others tele-
whiakey
..ene..i
'“ hen they “HIV“ the barn was a, the brothers had quarreled over flu-[Some “111011150?“ “1&1 “’6 death °f
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Drew Revolver on Officer.
liowen farm a thorough search of the
woods in the vicinity was started.
Hardly a quarter of a mile from the
Bowen house Deputy Metcaif saw
Smith cross the road and go into the
woods which lined it. Calling the 0th
era the posse took up the pursuit and
within a few minutes came tip to
Smith. who did not seem to know
that he was being followed.
Deputy Sheriff O'Neil spoke to him.
and he whirled and drew a revolver
lfrom his hip pocket. Deputy Harry
the same time and while one kn od
:pinioned his .arms. He struggled
‘flereely but when he had been hand-
.cuffed at length subsided and went
:calmly with his captors.
Sheriff Thompson had arrived by
The story of the
‘crinle as he told it follows:—
= Smith‘s Story of the Crime.
0n the night of August 29, 1909.
'tarm on which they lived. Henry did
imoist of the work on the farm and
ihad been made the "butt" by other
that the farm should become his pro-
as the quarrel grew warmer William
illit Henry on the head with a club:
ihit him so that he “felt his brains go
4 to one side." He was knocked uncorr-
scious by’ the blow and lay on the
floor in this condition for three hours.
When he cam! to he discovered
himself lying in a pool of his own
blood. With some difficulty he made
has way to the river. but a‘short than total umber of accidental deaths we
itance from the farmhouse waded in
'to his knees and washed his face and
arms.
Then the realisation came to» hint
suddenly that either he or his broth-
!ar aa'New York state and While some of the neighbors ex-.er must die. “it was either his death
or mine." he told his questioners. and
he said it calmly.
Two Men With Gun.
Md undo-it Neck sam- phoned to Deputy Sheriff 0.x. O'Neil. n. comma ht. shotgun and went
.' . walking from Giochestar. in East Hampton and to Sheri! B. into the barn, where he waited. In a
violinist-rived by train from"
0m. Aftervlsl hosts-
at.
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andwiaratholn was.
in too» be-
Sheri!
in a
0. Thompson at Hiddletown
O'Neil. who has the '
amusxmmmmts.
am- W In. ‘1 am no
”humanism-«Mu
short time his brothers came from the
house and in his hand was a title.
manta: _ mien- Houston ofbeinssmldotnotntnsuhlsoroutot.mts‘r‘6una one side
who livenlaneonthfiqnickly swominuosuuaqmofthsmmnntaroundtheothse
flabnthafm-SmithArfldNordhar-gand m'andonthomrthusidethum,
“Put up your hands.” said William
Henry did so. Raising his rifle. Wil-
liam shot bin. The ballot
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‘csu sooth au‘atwm 1m.» out-um.
‘ 'my sister was getting into trouble he
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and“ his shirt and showed a but
lot from his brother‘s rile had struck
hill.
TM PM Matt.
Continuing his story. he laid that
1 again the realization came to hi- that
one or the other of them must die.
Then he raised his gin aimed it at
its brother and "bored him through.“
Weak from the loss of blood he
ragged his brother“; dead body to
:1: bank of the river and tied a stone
.=o it by means of a large manilla
l mp» fastened around the neck That
i' we waded out into the river and sank
E be body.
l Sank Body in Shallow Water.
l "l sunk him." he told the sheriff,
but not (14;) ”laugh“ And. from his
Inlvaoint. he did not. for it was due
{to the rising of part of the body to
woundudertheann wherethebni-i
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at the High School yesterday morning
in the long recess.
An inventory of all ten books now
in students’ hands is being taken
They will be classed under four head-
ings: excellent, good. fair. and poor.
Howard Comstock. manager of the
baseball ‘
scription for the benefit of the Boy's
Athletic Association, who are in a hole;
financially All those interested, may
leave their subscriptions .with Mr.’
Comatock. ‘
All German and French studentsI
are invited to attend a social to be|
{the surface that the murder was dts~
covert-d. And strangely enough. he
did not sink it further Neckline of a
sudden memory that in the cellar ofv
the farmhouse were the heads of
twenty deer. illegally killed.
“1 was so scared that i really didn't
.know what i was doing." he said. .“i
remembered that i had twenty deer
iltads in the cellar and I was afraid
that the officers would find them if
they searched the house" This was
the reason he gave for not taking his
brothfl’s body deeper before sinking
it.
‘ Hie Escape.
Suspicion was not at first attached
to Smith aflt r the ho) had been found
but it gradually shifted to him and ills
arrest was sought. lie was found in
‘tlle home of his aunt, .\lr.~. liebotnh
Clark. but escaped by jumping from
the window and disappearing into the
woods. practically every foot of which
‘he knew. as he had been an e'xper-
ielced trapper and hunter. His aunt
‘was later taken to the insane asylum
‘at hilddletown.
in Canada and Alaska.
‘l‘lliilli remained for several weeks
about Haddam Neck after the mur-
‘dcr. After his escape from his aunt‘s
‘hotlse he took a boat down the river.
.reached New York and~from that|
l‘lly went north. lie spent some time‘
gill Canada. where he work-ed as a
farmer. and then went on to Alaska.
:where he remained for two years.
I He did not give the details of his lifts
fduring the seven years that» he had,
{ been missing.
i From Alaska his wanderings led
[him to the Pacific coast. lie came
East from Portland. Ore. where he
”lid spent the last fewlmonths.
. Came lack to See bid Place.
‘ “i came back to see the old place
lagain," he said, ‘ and l was afraid that
lcause of me and that the farm would.
was willing to give myself up if I had
,to."
i Smith reiterated that he had killed!
7his brother in selfdefense. He would
jnot say ‘why he had burned Bowen's
lbsm. and enied at first that he had
.been near the Bus-on farm. Later.
. however. he acknowledged this .
l Laydanum to Pocket.
‘ When searched. a bottle of lauda
.num was discovered in one of his
ipockets. He explained that he had
.used this to ease a sort neck. He had
.ply of ammunition for his receiver.
.although they were somewhat disheV-
leled.
Crowds to See Him.
. Thc capture of Smith caused a great
deal of excitement in bat HamptOn
leafed to see him. Persons who knew
.both him and his brother said
lthat both had been "bad charactel‘s."
Band that they had drunk heavily.
lanother brother. Peter, who was
[drowned several years before Will-
iam's death, seemed suspicious. All
lSherlff and of Sheriff Thompson. and
who was said to be the “best shot in
1 Connecticut."
ANY Killian av Auromolees
NEW HAVEN, June I—Twenty-one
10f the total ninety-six violent deaths
in Connecticut during the month of
May. according to‘an unofficial combu-
Iation. were due to automobiles. The
‘M
71, as compared with 69 in Avril. hom-
icides 7, as-aalnat an April and
suicides 18. as aginilt 26 in April.
.Sixtednparsons were drowned. 11
died of burns. 8 on the‘rallroad. and
the remainder from a variety of
causes.
WOMAN’S CLUB BUYS BUILDING
SITE.
CHICAGO, Juno 1.~—'l‘he Chicago
Woman's Club has closed a deal for
property in Eleventh street, near
Michigan avenue. on which will be
erected a permanent home. to cost
$500,000. ’ .
. In Milli-I00 to also more
b will bottle a theater. 'dhtna
held Friday evening in the aaserxiblyI
hall at 7:45. There will be dancing,‘
music and refreshments. All those'
who expect to attend. must leave3
their names with either Miss Brother i
to: or Miss Chancellor before Friday‘s I
long recess. A silver collection wilii
be taken up to defray the expenses of!
the refreshments and the music.
There was a meeting of the Boy's‘
Athletic Association yesterday after
noon in the assembly hall at 1:15, the
meeting was called. chiefly for the
purpose of connidertng the financial
developments of the association. The
association must. solve their dimcul-l
ties. even if. in the minds of some of"
its members. the track and baseball
teams are made to suffer; that means
that no more appropriations will be
made to either of the teams. This
will seem hard in the minds of some.
but the finance committee thinks did
erently. 0n the other hand. the en
tries for the track team at Danbury
have already been made. and they
will be in a hole if they got no appro
prialion to defray the expanses of the
trip up there and back. in fact. it will
reflect on Norwaik High as a,holo. if
it is not represented at the athletic
meet next Sataday. The difficulties
were discussed for almost two hours.
and the more they were discussed. the.l
worse the situation seemed. The chief‘
speakers were: hr. Gumbart. Mr.
Thompson. Vincent lli‘errettl. Mr. Per-
ry. and Edward Tracey. Mr. (‘om
l stock made a motion which was our
rled. to the effect that in the future.
citation be posted. on the builtln
boards in the future. to avoid confus :
ion concerning the rules and especial l
ly. the by-lawa. Dr. Gumbart amend
ed the motion. adding that. in the fu
ture. all oncera. including managers
of the different teams receive type-
\\‘hen the posse had arrived at tho‘be lost. I wanted to see u gnln, lm-Ttten. or "“0”?“ copies of the
constitution. Mr. Perry suggested rc-
viaing thd constitution. but that was
not acted upon. as school is almost,
over. and as it would be better to do
that early next fall. Being unable to
decide anything further concerning
the money matters. the meeting was
adjourned until Friday in the 6th per-
iod. when further developments will
be made known.
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not fret about the loss of tenants—
for they know that tenant-finding is
one of the usual tasks of want adver-
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