The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-06-08
Tho bridgeport Tragedy Par
ticniars Of the Murder Of Captain Col.
; yOeOresScs.--I Large Insurance..

ticnlars Of the Murder Of s,aptain Gel.
yoeOresscs..-Large Insurance.
BRIDGEPORT, CoNs, June 5.-Since the
murder Of Captain Colyocorcsses, facts have
transpircd which serve to involve the affair
IN still further mystery. An examination of
tbe clothing OF the dead man shows that the
ball, which entered on the left side, did not
pass through his coat or vest, but the latter
| was open when he was fouud and his SHIRT
was ON lire from the explosion. lii passing
| out the ball went through his coat. This fact
would seem to show That he either in a scuf-
ile which preceded the shot had his vest torn
open or opened it himself for some purpose
unknown. There are various theories attoat
concerning the matter, particularly i'm view
OF the large amount of insurance which the
deceased had recently effected on his life.
/ The friends Of Captain Colyocorcsses in
| Litcbield state that lie 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 time of the shot
was some twenty minutes, ample time for
| him to have reached the boat and returned !;
and the shot was not fired till after the boat
had pushed off from the dock, rs the police
man who heard the shot and found the dying
man testifes. All these facts serve to involve
the matter in tho deepest mystery, and the
| weapon used, the finding Of the bag opened
and riied, and the finding of another ball
corresponding with the one which passed
through the murdered man, on the sidewalk
| near the place of the tragedy, still further
complicute the affair. a post n1o,tem eXalni-
nation, made ut the instance of friends OF
| the deceased, showed that the pisto-shot
wound was the only one the dead man re-
/ ,.I and I,nr n pfhpp marks al
violence upon his body. The authorities
are vigorously working up the case.
| The following is i list of the companies
| i'm which Captain COlvocofesscs was insured !:
| New York Life, $40, 600; Phoenix, $4,000;
st. Louis Mutual, $1,000; Manhattan. $1,000 !:
John Hancock, $1,000; National, Of Yer
mont, $4,000; State Mutual, $4,000; Atlantic
| Mutual, $500: Charter Oak, - 500; Con-
| necticut Mutual (addilionaD, $4,000; Tr.-
vclcrs', $4,000: Berkshire, $1,000; Com
nlunWc;iltb. 10000; Northwestern, so, 600 :
| Mutual Benefit, $I0, 900; Mutual Life, Sl0,-
900; Equitable, $l0,0D0; New England, S10,-
900; North American, 5000; Connecticut
| Mutual, $40, O00--making Il total OF Sl13,0o0
on his life. All Of this, saving $4,000 and
the $1,000 in the Berkshire Company, was
effected since JANUARY -, 1872, and Of the
| total amount $lGS,00O was effected through
| \. IL. smith, OF the firm OF Blanchard ~
Smith, managers OF the Commonwealth
Life, IFS Broadway. The premiums are
payable scmi-annualiy, and amount to about
$4,000. The policies were payable to HIM
self.
Captain Colvocoresses had disappointment
with Mr.. n. +. Smith ut the Astor House OIL
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 shoot
4 ing occurred. or all the runlors afloat this
is the only grain Of truth that can be sitted
out to the present time. but it is confidently
expected that further Developments will soon
i llnruyel the mystery.