Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-06-07
Further Particulars of the Murder of
Captain COIHncaresSeS

Since the murder OF Captain Colyocoresses
Iaets have uansPired which serve to involve
the affair in still further mystery. A dispatch
from Bridgeport, Conn, june 9th, says:-"An
examination of the clothing of the dead man
shows that the ball, which entered at the left
side, did not pass through his coat or vest but
the latter was open when he was found, and his
shirt was on fire from the explosion. In passing
out, the ball went through his coat. This fact
would seem to show that he either in a scuffle
which preceded the shet bad his vest torn open
or opened 1t himself for some purpose unknown.
There are various theories afiOat concerning the
matter, particularly in view of the large amount
OF insurance which the deceased had recently
effected on his life The friends of Captain
ColvocoresseS in Litchfeld state that he
took no money with him when he left
home, and even left his watch behind him
From the time that he was last seen alive to the
ample time for him to have reached the boat
and returned; and the shot was not fired till
after the boat had pushed of from the dock as
the policeman who heard the shot and found
the dying man testifes- All these facts serve to
Involve the matter in the deepest MYSTERY and
the weapon used, the finding of the bag opened
responding with the one which passed through
the murdered man, on the sidewalk near the
place OF the tragedy, still further complicate
the affair. post norton examination, m ade
at the instance of friends OF the deceased
showed that the pistol-shot wound was the ONLY
one the dead man received, and there were no
other marks OF violence upon his body. The
authorities are vigorously working up the case
Capt. ColvOcoresses was insured for Sl73, 900 on
his life. All of this, saving $4,000 and 81, 900
IN the Berkshire company, was effected since
January -, 1872. and of the total amount $685.
Too was effected through A. T.. Smith, of the
firm of Blanchard & Smith, managers of the
Commonwealth Life, 17s Broadway. The pre-
miums are payable semi annually, and amount
70 about $1,000. The policies were payable to
himself.
Captain Colvocoresses had an appointment
with Mr.. A. E Smith at the Aston House on
Tuesday, and was on his way to New York to
Keep that appointment when his death occurred.
Reliable and competent witnesses testify that
only few moments previous to the shot they
saw men standing in close conversation on the
corner of Clinton and Main streets, not one
hundred feet from where the shooting occurred.
OF all the rumOrs afiOat this is the only grain of
truth that can be sifted ont to the present time,
but ii is expected that further Developments
will soon unravel the mystery.
UA Detroit dog mangled two small children
and drove of. a street commissioner VINO had
tired seven shots at him.
~A writer on physiognomy sagely says: ga
human face without a nose does not amount to
much" vhereupon Singles observes that a
human nose without face dOsen't amount to
much. either.
TBilly Brennan, while playing cards in San
Antonio. Texas, said, as the game turned
against him, ''May Christ paralyze me!"-a
tayorite expression of his. No sooner had the
WORDS escaped him than he fell down in a lit
from which at last accounts he had not recovered
stolen, in the course of a long and eventful life
one thousand and one umbrellas. The one
thousandth and oneth was taken on the evening
Of her eightieth birthday. and she had to spend
her La al night in durance vile.
DNTs. Charles Coates, OF Washington, NJ ass
became insane about two months ago, anC
refused to eat anything, SAYING that her foo
was poisoned AL efforts to induce her to takt
nourishment since that time have been almost
fruitless, and she died last week from actus
starvation