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around looes- It Was fuu quarter Of = rails
from the house to he river, and would require
Te1y strong man TO wheel corpse that tar,


numbering fel1ow-being, whose discovered re-
mains, minus the head which was never found,
had been three years previously discovered in the
oozy depths OF the Bridgeport section Of the
Chicago hTex. is not very pleasant in its nature,
especially when the party undertaking the job
has been given to understand that the family Ia =
pretty tough one. the "boys" being counted a.
ton their muscle" eyen in Mark She1ldzn's do
main, where that expression means mora, per-
hsps, than it would mean in any Other
unciviEzed part Of the civilized world
journey through any portion OF Bridgspo1s
Ia not an appotizng one. There aro smo2ls
and smells in tho world, but it ia safe to say thai
for tbs punSency, and portinacitg, and omoi-
present qualities OF its odors, Bridgeport can
hold it's own against any locality. Ons singular
thing which tho TRIBUNE reporter who was sent
yesterday to call upon the Haseett family and
their noiGabors, and chat pleasantly with than
upon the subject OF the murder, could not heIp
noticing, was ths evident fondness for poultry
which pery2des the whole district. Hardly
house was to bs aeea r'a:ch did not pos.;oss iks
quota nj d,::.:n 81 ,.e-so and hens stma OF
th. ti.,cts tc.zt fe.y large, aud all Of them rety
dirty; in tact ae.o it not that the general shape
Of the birds indicated their genus, the rppozter
would 1aya had somo difficulty in deciding which
were hens md which ducks from the p!umasn
which MAS all Of the same co1or-a dirty drab-
The prevalence Of big dogs, too, WIS rather
remarkable, many Of them keeping such stern
watch over the front gate leading to tho dwelhn8-
houses that tho reporter felt rather Earyoua
occasionally in making his afternoon calls.
Another thing which adds to the unpleasGntncaa
Of repo.to1al trip to Bridgeport ia tho Inct that
tho Inhabitants Of the locality &re not fond OF
newspaper meu. Whether they have caught
ft,uf hoir s~ +tn
Police Boacd, or whether it ia that 80 many OF
the Inhabitants have suffered III unpleasant
publicity at the hands OF the press, it IS h.sd to
say, but there is no doubt that tho
is looked upon with distrust in the
Archer avenue region Of tho city. and 10 about ~
welcome whea his duties call him that way al
he is ct i County Board committee meeting
which has the consideration Of contracts on
hand. Personal considerations, however, must
give way when the question OF supplying the
public with news is concerned, and, aiming tina-
self With the uoat &Eable smile aud auave ad-
dress, The TRHUSE reporter got OF tho Archer
arenae car, and proceeded to hunt up hia dsa.t-
nation.
He gained
THE HoME OF THE HAssErrB
without trouble. It turned dat to b. No. IA
Butler strcet-not No A., - stated in the eysn-
street between Napoleon place and Twenty-seo-
ond street The house is smal1-aized wooden
shanty containing two rooms and cock-1o:t, =
pattern much in vogue in Bridgeport The rs-
porter had to fight his WAY in the front yard Of
the domicile through dock Of drab-plumaged
geese, sho hissed, and cackled, and pecked ut
him, and would probably have swallowed him
piecemeal but for the arrival on the aca1a
Of 3 stout. elderly lady, who chased the
filthy birds awa;, and invited the yisitor to enter
her house, having meanwhile announced herself
to be no lcss Important parsonage than N1*.
Iassekt- Ha7inS taken seat On = chair which
tic old lady brushed OF for him With tho sleeJeo
OF her Jacket the reporter cast his eye round
THE room AND ITS occCPASTs-
These we're eha old lady, tTo very scaatily-sp-
payelled young wouaen, and q lad Of 10 or 20, who
was exercising = peculiarly heavy under jaw and
bunting yillsinous. looking pockat-knife, whose
ute Is dangerous weapon, upon coupla sf
picIled pigs feet OF courae, the room WAS
bedroom Where 3 family Of seven, with occa-
s;onal visitors over night lire, in tuo-room shan,
ty.eyerr room has to be bedroom. lts furnitus
was PLAIN bat substantial, the bsd-inen VIE
clcau, the stovewas bslght-poEiahed1 and, though
ti,sre are no evidences OF luxury round the plaza,
it woro IN aic Of neatuess and comfort thai
showed t1at, whs:ever faults might appertsin to
the hsal Of tbs house, his spougo 1t iecat kept
Lor little home tidy and comfortable with Tbs
means placed at her disposal Having aatistied
h,s curiosity with regard to the inside appta7.
apce of tho home Of the alleged murderer, the
reporter proceeded to talk to tho occupants ID
the room regarding
Reportec-Well, Mrs H.ssett, I sec your hms-
band stands charged With tbs murder OF tha
nau who waB found in the rircr IN March, 1871.
Mrs. Hassett-Sure enough he Ia that, but
What business is tha. OF your5
Repozter-I want to ha7e = Little talk with you
about it, in order to let the readers Of TEL
Tc1BuSE learn Whist you know OF the affair.
Mrs Hasset+1t's 4 reporter Jou are, is i: Z
Il TVnH hints Inn Akfet1f III or IT h4R
lis all lies, I tell you. and God in Heavon knoxa
I N telling the truth at this inmate.
RepoEtcr-That may be, but the story told br
the I'D against hia father is so straight tha. it
viii De believed BY most people, unless tho old
man can provo bis Innocence.
Mrs. Hassett- the 1ad's crazy. Three
year ago next Hay
he Had THE SMALLPOX.
and his head hasn't been right Huce- Always
fighting and quarrehng, and SAVING thlnss about
people that hare no truth in them at ali, ae Au-
II aov OF tho lads came round to SEQ
little Nellie (here she looked towards tho youn%-
er Of the two girls in the ROOM, he was alnavs
i. ,oaa ase best
whenever he thought had money which would
not give up to him.
Eoporter-Wn7t VAS
TIE 1.11EDArE CAUSE or THE TROUBLE
between the boy and his father
Mrs. Hassett-Tley have been 4oazre1iog ot
late and Tuesday Daa Eas arrested Tor beating
the old nan. Tnis has na.ds him mad, and he
has told this s:ory to got even. l tell you his
head i, not right since he had the smallpox,
three years ago come next Hay
Hero the lad, who WAS appcasius his arpetitet
dropped the pigs foot he Was holdiuR in his
rig1t hand, and scid eEnphatically: "Nhat moth
Ct =ays ia jus: SO. Dams foolish II ho wasn't
foolish ho never would have got up that yazn
kea;n the old man" statemcps which Was in
dorsed by the two young sornen, who said that
rhea aroused, Dan behaved "perfectly awful"
The reporter resumed his conversation viii,
The old lady. ~ follows:
Kepcrter-Of cou.ze yea remember when tha
body of the man v;as found in The river?
Hrs. Rassett-Narer = word did hexr Of IL
1ntil to-dnJ.
r. WAS oRKAr NBWs TO NE
whom I heard it this morning. Its IN awful
thing, whoever did it. but l tell sou God IL
nj; chty kuows it wasn't my husband that douo it.
Responsibilities we're Jou Living 1T tho tins
ot the finding Of the body in March, 16717
Mrs. HaEsest-At the corner Of Hanover 2nd
Twenty fourth streets.
Ro2orter-How far is shat from here?
Mrs. Hassett-About three OF four blocks
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