Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08
Tine strat6ord Murder.

The authorities are making earnest lnquIry into the Stratford murder case. The suspi- cion against Freeman having been averted' the inquiry is bent in part to the doings of Brush, the husband of the deceased. The aged father of Brush lives in Norwalk. The old man is good citizen, according to cur rent rumor. He quarreled with his boy be- cause the latter was bad. The history Of William Henry Brush is briefly told. He was a bad boy and is credited with not very good powers of understanding by the Nor walk people generally. After serving out his term in the State prison he wanted his wife to return to him. She would not. He was unfortunate. To Chief of Police Cullom of South Norwalk he frequently talked about his wife. Two years or so ago he wanted Chief Cullom to prevent his wife from get ting divorce He felt badly about it and it was on his mind constantly, so it appeared. Last spring, or early summer, when he visit ited her at Stratford, he again talked to Chief Cullom. He told the chief then that she would not live with him. It could hardly be expected that she would when she considered him 'fthat BeIzebub" According to the fathers story Brush left Norwalk some months ago and went to work in New York, 1 tending furnaces and doing such work. Since then he has not been seen in South | Norwalk, so far as known. The police have not seen him, nor have those who were for merly acquainted with him. He is said by ] some to have an ugly disposition by others not. eff anything came on him sudden" | said the father to the writer, Che might get excited" He is stranger in Stratford. The jury in the case meet again to-mor- row afternoon. At the last session Dr. Wm' CoggswelI testified that he had made post mortem examination of the body of Phoebe Brush. This he did on Monday. He was assisted by Dr. Cummings, of Bridgeport
 He found no marks of violence on the body. except those on the head and neck. He found on the right side of the head two wounds, one having the appearance of having been made by the head of an axe, and the other by the edge, both of which fractured the skull. He also found thu head nearly severed from the body. He said that either of the first two wounds was sufficient to cause death. The cut on the neck severed the jugular vein and cut nearly half way through the spinal column. He said in his opinion the first two wounds caused her death. His opinion was that the wounds were inflicted with an axe, 1 they could not have been done by knife or razor, and must have been done by some | heavy instrument.
 l Besten White, colored, who resides ln Fub- ney, the next witness, said he was acquainted
 with Phoebe Brush, but had not seen her since last summer except two weeks ago last Sunday night at the colored church. He said he was acquainted with Della Gilbert, her sis ter, and saw her and staid at her house on Friday night before her sister was killed.
 He spoke to her about her sisters being killed and she said she did not believe it was
 her. The witness said he went to the inquest
 and went up to Delia's after that and expect
 ed to find her crying. He said Della did not
 seem surprised at her sisters death. He be-
 came acquainted with Mrs. Brush last sum
 mer. He knew Della first and said as far as
 he knew both women were on good terms | with each other.