Daily Republican., 1883-01-05

Horrible hatchery Of . Hsees
LaAy-A Lever asA . sassss ssS
posea IL be the MuRAeF0lo.


hatchery Of . Ysass
LsAy-A Lever asa . slssss SAP
possa % b the nusderess.
NEW HAVEN, January 4.-Ons ofthe
most IN ysterious and brutal OF Connse'
ticut's many murders occurfou IN
Strstford last Saturday night or Sun
day morning. and Is Perplexing !ne
local authorities, who have CALLED 10
their assistance the Assistant State At
,ornsy for Fairfield county, and Detso-
tive Wood, who figured In the Or amer
In vsstiRatiOn. The victim VAS Mrs.
PbDte Brush, who separated from her
husband, william Brush, and was
since divorced from him, and who WAS
receiving tho attentions OF Henry Free
man. Of Meriden. Az four o'clock
Sunday afternoon her dead body Vas
discove cred by party who intended to
invite her to . New Years Eve wstch
meeting Ia The Baptist church. Her
cad bore six distinct wounds from
bloody axe found In the room where
the body was, and her head had been
nearly severed from her peck by ter
rife slanting blow under her lett car
BY the same instrument, which WAS be-
foul.d with blood and hair.
The ARA ngelnent Of the room showed
that she had partially prepared her
Saturday night supper and had sat
down to knit. The knitting WAS still In
her hands and the lamp burned on
table. There WAS nothing In the room
10 give u clue to the murderer. Num-
| ters of letters were lhsre from Henry
/ Freeman, VINO had promised to marry
her, word.d In extraSagantly FOND IAN
RusRe. On the table WAS her picture,
add r.ssed to him, but tie supposed
letter in the envelope containing the
picture bad been extracted, supposedly
+''sr the muir, er. Nothing was found
ma her CORES pOudencS 10 indica to pres.
,rnt hostility among her correspondents
one letter showed lhAt Freeman had
formerly been jealous, but Freeman has
esta bllsbed MI alib!, apparently to the
satisfaction OF tn. investigators. There
is no evidence Tia at the missing husband
visited Stratford recently, although be
is suspected. Boston White, Al admir-
or of Mrs. Brush's sister, Della Gilbert,
who uuArr.led with Mrs. Brush, Is
Claimed 10 nave an hiipi. -.
Della Gilbert formerly lived with
Mrs. Brush, and they have not been on
the most friendly terms lately. She
as absent from her home Saturday
night long enough to commit tho muir
der, and the authorities think sho may
be- the guilty party, but no motive fol
the crime on her part clearly appears
although jealousy is alleged. The
wounds on the TOP OF Mrs. Brush's head
were 30 slight, considering tho nature
of the ,Igtiument, that 1t Is thought
p7ohabl" they were dealt bya woman
Della Gilber' tells contradictory sto
rles and on a sleeve Of \ sacque worn
Ivy her Saturday night are stains which
Il Bridgeport microscopic says are
blood. she Ashed the sacque Sunday
Tor Monday, Lu, Says this was that sh'
u..shC have sOmsthing suitable to wear
Al he funeral No one has yet ben ar,
rested.
The Brush house stood in lonely
place in the woods Frank Lally ant
Michael hickey passed the place Fat
arday night, saw light burning aDf
heard WunaE's voice cry ION !
once, as If IN pain, but they did not In
vesugate. There ID a more or les'
apochryphal story that man RESENT
ling Mrs. Rtnsh's divorced husband
. was seen abonL the house aturday
> This man wore dark shirt, striped
pants and a slouch hat. He 10 heinz
, 'o1ked for. MIS-, Rrush was moor, an'
> only raveage or jealousy could haV
been tie motive for murder. freeman
he lover, ala not attend MIS-. Brush
. fuu,ral vi. IN /. contldered suspicion
!, Wien ri. ma"y arden, VOWS OF love ar
recalled.