Litchfield enquirer., 1872-01-11
TRIPLE MURDEa.
Two women and. A:,, Nsn Nssnn,sk. kii'ed'" a

Tuesday evening repOrE was olEcuisIe~ in the town of Windsor Locks that there had been q murder there The seiectmen were informed and they made inquiry ot the man who was the first to tell the story.
 He said that he had been working Tn the woods near Windsor Locks, in place called "Bull Run" He saw two men running from Q house near by. He after wards saw two pack peddlers go up to tnS house and look into the window. One or the peddlers came to him and told nlm that he had seen dead woman Tn the house. He went to the house and saw woman lying dead on the floor. He was afraid to go in and came back to the VT lage. The selectmens on hearing Inls story, sent a party to the house. Iney
 Haying lighted lamps they entered and found one Billings, the proprietor Of the place. which had bad reputation, dead. He sat on stool, Q portion of his skull had been beaten in with an axe and his brains were oozing from the wounds. His pockets had evidently been rifed, as they were found turned inside out.
 The party then turned into an adjoin- ing room and there found another bloody corpse. It was that of the woman lying on the floor. There was deep stab ill the neck, which had severed an artery and she had bleed to death. The body was still warm. In third room another dead woman was found with her head badly cut. Smoke was seen coming from her clothing and 1t was found that her cloth ing was on fire. The flames were quickly extinguished and it was evidently the de- sign of the murderers to burn the house
 The victims were people of low char acter and the house has long borne the worst reputation. The man Timothy Billings was about forty-fve years old, and his wife, another victim, about forty. The other victim, Julia Goody, was about twenty-five. All three had been struck with an axe and the women stab bed.
 It is believed that two men who step ped at the place recently were the mur derers, and their object was plunder There were tracks ill the snow near the house, and indicated that the two men wore rubber boots. They.are further de- scribed as follows: One wore butchers frock, @ slouched hat and rubber boots, and the other light overcoat and were about five feet seven inches, and five feet ten inches tall.
 The object of the murder was probably plumber. Billings had some $60 on his person which was missing, but the thieves did not find some $700 in the house which he had hidden.
 Another story is that the men stayed there and were robbed and committed the murder for revenge-this seems prob able;
 A reward has been offered for their ar rest, and Hartford detectives are already on their track.
 THE PARALLEL RoAD.-We learn that the Committing of citizens of the various towns on and near the line of the prOpos- ed railway from New York to the town of Derby, held ill this place on the 18th, inst. have opened books for subscription to the capital stock of & company to be organized under the provisions of the General Rail road Law passed at the last session of the General Assembly of the State
 Several large subscriptions have already been made and others are promised, and we believe that our people are ill earnest, and that they will, one and ali, do their duty, and that ere many weeks are passed we shall be able to say to our readers that the people of Norwalk are soon to have an other line to New York, line fully as short as the New York and New Haven road, and owned and controlled by Con- necticut people, in fact ''people's road. |" in all respects first class, with passenger fares and communication at popular prices, which will give an impetus to the growth of the towns on the line heretofore unex- ampled in our State. Many believe that the stock will be 8 paying one from the commencement of the running of the trains, as the road will be built for cash at moderate cost, thus saving to the stockholders the immense amounts pob- bled by certain parties in the construe- tion of the New York and New Haven road. Citizens of Norwalk. now Is the time to push the good work along. and let every one who can command the means subscribe for this stock, and thus you will benefit yourselves and at the same time add immensely to the prosperi- ty of our town and dcounty.-Norgcolk Oa- zette,
 THE PROSPECTS OF EMIGRATION to the United States this year are unusually good, and despite unsettled condition of political affairs in the Southern States. q large influx may be expected there. Agents who are men of money and infu- ence are weekly arriving from England and Scotland, and seeking out the adyan- tageous places for investment all the way from Virginia to Georgia. The chief of the bureau of statistics at Washington is daily hesieged by applicants for in- formation relative to the best points for stock raising, etc. Gen. Reed, our Con- sul General at Paris, sends from France the letter of the Secretary General of the Geographical Society for that country stating that that society would at it's neSt meeting consider the subject of emi0ra- ton t0 the United States, and make a re- port thereon. This report, if favorable. would be of great value to our emi0ration interest as 1t would certainly send us large numbers of intelligent artisans who find but little encouragement, in these troub ulous times, to remain at home.
 As the German element has heretofors tended most naturally to the West. SO tbe sturdy and intelligent English and Scotch current flows most readily to the South The inhabitants of the British isles sbr;nL Q little from the rough but glorious effer. vescence of the West; the Iconservatis,n and prejudice of the South suit them het. ter. The Germans themselves now have an ambition to test the southern field. and are pouring in from all sides, despite tbe 1nurmurs of some intriguing politicians who would much prefer to see the Ger manic class all consolidated at the West Nothing could be more advanta0eous to the South than the multiplication fhrouOh. out it's length and breadth of frugal com munities-rich in skilled labor. Scandi- navia continues her generous oyerAow. and even Ireland, against whom we have now and then murmured hard words in these later days, is nothing daunted. and continues her ship-loads. The ChinaneD are still problems-who would venture to say that they will continue to have the patience to suffer the prosecutions attend ant on their arrival here ?--Bostoss Jour- 7anl ...
 The law of the faculty of Yale College, requiring each student to furnish a writ en statement of his place of worship, Bi- ble-class, boarding place, etc., affords unlimited opportunities for the waggish student to display his peculiar talents. The following specimen was recently re- ceived: 'Attend Catholic church. Have