Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-06

A brutal and mysterious murder was COM
mitted in Bridgeport on Monday night, which
was very briefly reported in our dispatches yes
terday morning, although the telegraph hope
lessy obscured the name of the victim. This
was George NJ. Colvoeoresses, a resident of
Litchheld, and formerly captain in the navy.
A corr espondent of the Hartford COurant thus
tells the story SO far as the facts are yet known:
sit appears that the murdered man came down
the Naugauck railroad, on his way TO New York,
either in the afternoon or evening, probably by
the train reaching here at eight O'Clock. He
went to the office of the steamboat and engaged
a state-room, leaving his luggage therein. As
the boat does not leave till eleven O'Clock, Or
later, he left the boa: and came up to the Sterl-
ing house, where he was well known, and as the
time approached for the boat to leave he started
TO go aboard. AS the gang plank was being
drawn in and the boat about starting, the report
of Il pistol was heard near by, and, upon search
being made the body of the murdered man was
found at the intersection of Clinton with Water
street, where evidently there had been a severe
struggle before the murder was cOnsummated. A
large horse pistol was found near the body, the
handle Of which was broken. The murdered
man carried sword-cane and this had evident
~ been used in his defense as it was broken in
several places. The bullet passed directly
through the body from the front on line near
T.
the right side. The body was taken TO the
station house and jury of inquest held. 1t
was then taken in charge by the undertaken and
will be delivered to his friends VINO have been
telegrapbed to come Mt once. The occupants of
the house in front of which the murder was
committed, heard the discharge of the pistol
and the grOans of the wounded man, but were
afraid to 90 out of doors. The ball from the
pistol struck the corner of this house and was
there found by the police. Everything CON
nected with the affair goes to show that robbery
was the object the assasSins had in view 1t is
said the murdered man had $40 900 on his per-
son
Captain COlvocoresses was a Greek by birth,
and left his native land when boy, escaping
from Missoloughi when that place was besieged
by the Turks in 1924. He came TO this country
and was educated at Annapolis and appointed
to the United States navy from Vermont in 1882
He served always with credit and frequently
with distinction, rising by successive promotions
to the rank Of captain, which he attained in
| 1861, when he was retired. He had served in
the Wilkes exploring expedition from 1888 to
1912, on the East India squadron from 1855 to
1858, where he was honorably conspicuous by
his gallantry at the capture of the Barrier forts,
near Canton, and in the war of the rebellion,
where he won both honor and prize money.
Captain Colvocoresses was between fifty
and sixty years old, and is said TO have
been rich. 1t is strange that man who barely
escaped from the general massacre of his be-
sieged countrymen when child, and for forty
years had been exposed to the perils of storm
and battle, should survive them all only to fall
victim to a vulgar robber in the quiet street of
a Connecticut town.