Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-23
Sournsl arto Gourier.
Saturuay Alorning. Sent. 23. 18s
Found Drowned.

Rosa Ann Carroll Found Drowned i'm
 West Rtver-Coroner BolIman Investi-
 gates and Decides that the Drowning
 was Accidental.
 Yesterday morning, as is supposed, Rosa | Ann Carroll left her home in Westville about | a quarter of mile east of the Whalley ave- l nue bridge to do some grocery shopping. On l rising she informed her daughter Rosa that | she was going to the grocery in the village to | get something for breakfast The family re- side in house situated in the fields a few hundred rods back from the road. It's direc tion is northeast from the bridge over which the horse railroad track is laid. There is straight path from the house to the road, but path along the bank of the brook which forms branch of West river affords short CT route to the village. The path borders the river so closely that it is not uncommon for those following it to get tumble into the stream in consequence of a misstep. The water is so shallow, however, that these mis. haps have never resulted seriously. Mrs. Carroll, according to her usual custom, took this path when she started for the village.
 few minutes before o'clock Mrs. Car rolls daughter Annie started to look for her mother and went down the river path to- wards the village, thinking she might meet her. short distance above the oil fac tory of the New Haven Compound com pany she saw tin pail which she recognized, and in the stream close by she discovered the dead body of her mother. The head was near the bank, face downward. where the water is less than two feet deep. The daughter gave the alarm and the neighbors soon gathered and removed the body from the water. It was entirely cold and rigidity had set in. The face and halr were covered with mud and sand as was also to some extent, the dress. The arms were bent and raised nearly to the head, and the tightly clenched fingers clutched sand and pieces of the weeds growing at the edge of the water. There were marks on the face except a slight scratch on the left cheek. The body was removed to the house and Coroner Bollman was sent for, and on arriv- 1 ing at the scene at once commenced an inves- ! tigation.
 The members of the family were examined ct the house. Michael Carroll, the dead wo- | mems husband, had not seen his wife since | she went to funeral Thursday afternoon He Is old and feeble and went to bed before l o'clock. The daughter Rose with whom
 Mrs Carroll slept, told of her mothers get ] ting up and making the fire soon after six
 s'clock, and of her starting soon afterwards l to go to Sperry's grocery store in the village ! Annie Carroll did not see her Thursday night I or yesterday morning, but about 3 o'clock ir 1 the night heard her talking and moving about
 in her own room. Her mother, she said, was I 55 years old.
 Frank Carroll, who is young man of very
 honest, intelligent appearance, said he went
 to work at 7:3O o'clock, going by the rive,
 path. In answer to an inquiry by MT. Boil ! man he said that Thursday afternoon his | mother appeared to be under the influence o1 | liquor.
 ! It ascertained that Mrs. Carroll had
 warmly upbraided her son William on Thurs
 day for something he had done which dis
 pleased her. The wrangle was so noisy that it attracted the attention of some neighborf
 who were passing. The son William is the
 youngest of the family. The other children die
 not precisely know where he was yesterday
 but thought he went to Bridgeport to see hit
 married sister. He is spoken of as young
 man of fine habits and exemplary character
 generally.
 The only person in the village who could
 be found that was in the least positive about
 seeing Mrs. Carroll on yesterday morning wal
 John Carrigan, who felt quite positive tha
 he saw her going down Main street toward
 her home about twenty minutes before z
 He said that Mrs. Carroll was quite little
 way ahead of him, yet he felt quite sure that
 it was she, as he had known her for years
 He said she carried pail in her hand an6 | wore plaid shawl. After fully Investigating
 the case the coroner decided not to summon
 jury, and gave certificate of death from l drowning by falling in the water