Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-10
"A Mysterious Murder.

gage Held i'm BranfOrd-No Clue to His
 Heirs.
 A letter has been received by Dr. H. J.
 Stevens the well known dentist of this city, spprisinR him of g murder that had been
 committed in Pleasant Hill, Missouri, and that
 the victim was Thomas Corson, formerly
 resident in Branford. Ct, who worked on
 farm there, for years. The local paper in
 Pleasant Hill had the following account of the finding Of the remains of the murdered man: 'tThenews was brought down town early this Thursday, morning by MT. Charley Parker, a student at Davis college, that the body of dead man had just been discovered on
 vacant lot on the hillside west of the college, hundred yards or so Squire Race, being
 notified, had Constable Henley summon a jury and with them repaired to the scene of the murder, accompanied and preceded by @
 large number of citizens. On seeing the corpse the exclamation was made by several,
 It's Tom Oorson.' He was lying on his back with head up hill and 8 bullet hole in the | back of his head, from 8 32-inch calibre pistol, and as there were no signs of struggle, death must have been instantaneous. By whom the deed was done is yet mystery, but the cause was robbery, he was observed yesterday to have considerable money which | was gone. Several parties are suspicioned 1 and one arrest was made. The body was removed to Whitsitt's undertaking rooms for further examination and the coroner's jury | given till evening to investigate and report. We await developments. Mir. Corson is well 1 known, having been engaged in farming and 1 stock trading west of the town several years. l No relatives here, as far as known" | The letter to Dr. Stevens was from E. A.
 von de Weld, prominent man in Pleasant Hill, Missouri, relative of pr. Stevens and
 asked for information ss to whether deceased
 had any friends living hereabouts he had
 left considerable property and there were no 1 relatives of the murdered man in that sec- | tion as far as known. The information Mir.
 Won de Weld, who is sheriff of the county, l had concerning the deceased was that he was of Scottish birth and came to New York
 city from Scotland at the age of 19. Before
 leaving the vessel he hired out to some one in Branford or Wallingford and worked for l them for years Deceased some time ago had told the sheriff that he either now, or once
 had, a mortgage on house property in either Branford or Wallingford. The sheriff did not recollect which of the places it was and wrote to New Haven to learn regarding the
 matter, hoping thereby that some informa- l tion might turn up regarding relatives of I the deceased. Deceased when here
 was thrifty and frugal and saved
 money and since he had been in Missouri 1 had been prospered and had left handsome property. The sheriff was in hopes that l something might be learned so that the prop erty might go to the rightful heirs, but as yet no clue had been found to them. No one could be found who could give the desired information. His birthplace was either Dum- fries or Glasgow, and he was about fifty years of age. The letter wss written from
 the office of the Grand Temperance Guards,
 US A., post 10, division corps, Pleasant Hill, I l.. = Tn-. Clerk Mastin, of Wallingford, and Town | Clerk H H. Stedman, of Branford. The former found no clue to Corson, and from Mir. Stedman it was learned that deceased
 had worked in Branford for years prior to going west, and that he had held mortgage
 taken up. All inquiry for relatives had been fruitless.
 Enterta1nmenIs. HENRY IRVING.
 The appearance of England's greatest tra-
 gedian at Carll's this evening in Louis XI
 will be an event of great interest to New
 Haveners. The house will surely be crowded.
 Seats at 257 Chapel street.
 HER AToNEMENT. There will be three hundred people on the stage in Her Atonement" at the New Haven Opera House this evening. The military
 band and New York scenery are great
 features. The play is absorbing and those who have seen the policeman Mulligan will
 be sure to go again. Anne company under Brooks & Dicksons management will give
 the play.
 THE AMERICAN.
 Every evening during the week and Wednesday and Saturday afternoons a fine
 speciality company will appear at the Ameri-
 can theatre. The speciality artists engaged
 are among the foremost in the profession
 and the farce s'Turn Him Out' with which the performance concludes is extremely funny. Nothing low or vulgar is ever seen | at the American.
 THE TWO JOHNS. John Stewart and John Hart and fine
 company will appear at Peck's Grand Opera
 House this evening in three-act musical comedy entitled "The Two Johns.'' The
 company are well known here and have delighted large audiences in previous per- formanoes The comedy embodies some of 1 the popular songs of the day and not an ob- l jectionsble feature is In it. Those who go to | Pecks this evening wlli enjoy themselves. HAvERLY's MINISTRIES. On Thursday evening next, at Peck's Grand Opera House, J. H. Haverly's famous
 minstrel troupe will appear in one of their l new and original performances. The troupe
 is made up of a large number of the best minstrel performers. The acting dogs are
 fine feature. Every act is absolutely new.
 Three acts are presented at once, a double
 mid air swinging somerssult clog is per formed and ''De Lilly's Duet" and other fun ny and astonishing acts given. Seats on sale at I57 Chapel street.
 Personal.
 Miss Jessie Leigh, of the Fatinitza com- pany, scored another success ia the lead ing character in Patience at Hartford Saturday night.
 Captain George M. White has returned from his trip to Colorado.
 Mir. R. N. Gray, of Ansonis, who met with & severe fall, striking on the back of his head, is still critically ill.
 George J. Francis has been appointed post master at Rockfall.
 George Pierpont, who died at Plymouth last month, was the great-great- grandson of Rev. James Pierpont, the second pastor of the First church in this citv the princinal