Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-06

An - 'OStlcF joe case.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY WHICH FOLLOWED AN
ELOPEMENT FROM A CONNECTICUT VILLAGE.
A telegram TO the New York Sun from Nor
walk, March 2, says: Stephen A. Brady and
Miss Stella Kent eloped from Norwalk two
years ago. Before the elopement Brady was one
of the most prosperous and widely-known bust
ness men of the town. He did business as a
leweler on Main street, and lived happily with
his family in pretty little cott;ige in Berk ley
place. until Miss Stella Kent, a sister of Mrs
Brady, went to reside with the family. Miss
kents personal chains and lively dispo-
compelled Miss Kent to seek another boarding
place Not long after came the announcement
that Miss Kent and Brady had eioped 1t is not
known that any attempt was made to trace the
movements of the runaway couple, but 1t was
reported shortly atterward that a gentleman
from this place had seen them in Kansas City.
The affair, which had almost been forgotten,
was revived yesterday.by the receipt of Mis-
edy which occurred in the little village of Iron
Knob on the night OF January 80, and of which
Brady and the woman l Kent are supposed to
have been the victims. The IadeI OF that place
tells the following story CT the tragedy.
Late last summer there arrived in this village
man and woman OF middle aye with an in
FAINT. They stopped for a short time at the
Elmo hotel, where they were known Mr.. and
Mrs. Jackson, of Kansas City. They afterward
setting himself up as a reparer OF watches,
clocks and jewelry. Business, however, was
very poor with him. and together with his pas
sion tor drink, the couple had hard time to
get along. 1t had been observed that the man
was d linking more heavily than ever and had
shown on such occasions very ugly DISPOSE
ton.
On Wednesday night last tine neighbors, hear
ing loud noises and terrible screams coming
from the house, summoned deputy sheriff,
who, with number OF others, entered the
house, but too late to prevent terrible tragedy.
They found that the man, white evidently in
a state Of crazy intoXication, had beaten the
woman with an axe until her features were
scarcely recognizable, and had then cut his
own throat with u knife. The child lay upon
the bed uninjured. too young 10 realize what
had happened. The man was dead when found,
but the woman fingered some two hours be-
fore dying, during which time she was OCCASION
ally conscious and able to talk in an incoherent
manner.
1t was gathered from her conversation that
the couple originally came from Connecticut,
where they were well connected, the man hav-
ing deserted a wife and family to elope with the
woman, who seems not to have been married.
The right name of the parties could not be
clearly understood, but was thought to be either
Kemp or Brady.
When the couple first arrived here they were
quite heshy people, but isspation by the man
and care and worriment on the part OF The
woman had reduced them very much at the
last.
the names or address OF friends found among
their effects, they were buried at the expense OF
the town in the West Branch burying ground.
The child, bright, healthy-lOOklng girl baby
has been taken in charge by the town author-
ties, and will be properly provided for. The true
history of the parties and their wanderings
since leaving their native state will probably
never be known in this section, althoug gin many
are curious to know it,
The description OF the man and woman CORE
spends in every particular with that of Brady
and Miss Kent, and the statements made by the
dying woman are Identical with the circum-
stances attending their eiopement Both the
Brady and Kent families are we'll connected in
N0rwalk, Bradys daughter. "A pretty and ac-
cOmpished young lady, being betyothed to the
retired ~ a hra fl,t.r
of Miss Kent having welded a daughter OF Rep
resentative Bell.