Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-29
A SAD AFFAIR IN WOODBRIDGE.

A SAD AFFAIR IN WOODBRIDGE. Young Man of Seventeen Found
 Insensible by the Roadside-A
 Young Lady Discovers Him-His
 Death-A Conflict at the school
 HOuse-The Teacher MT. Elliott
 Assailed By Two Young Men-The
 Painful Denouement-The Coroner's
 Inquiry-The Teacher's Statement.
 At the residence of Mrs. Benjamin Bishop, Woodbridge, her grandson Charles H. Bishop lay 8 corpse last evening. The circumstances which led to the death of young Bishop are told as follows by those who know of the affair: The deceased at tended school during the winter at the Mid dle district school, which has been taught by Harry Elliott. During last winter young Bishop was detained after school for reel tation, when 6 scuff1e between teacher and scholar ensued which resulted in Charlie's leaving the school. Those who live near the school house and are familiar with the do- ings there say that two fellows who were so disguised that they could not be recognized were seen around the school house on last Wednesday afternoon just after the scholars had left the school at o'clock. On Thurs | day afternoon at the same time two fellows again appeared at the school house, who | were completely disguised with old hats | which were drawn over their heads, while their faces were covered with masks. When the teacher came out of the school house they deluged him with a shower of rotten eggs, when MT. Elliott with a billet of wood which he picked up struck one of his assailants on the arm and then struck him on the head, felling him to the ground, when | the other drew pistol, which caused Elliott to run to the house Of Dr. J. w. Barker l about 300 feet away, where Elliott boarded, for the assistance of Adolph, 8 farm la borer When Adolph and Elliott returned to the scene of the conflict both of the fellows were missing and a search was started for them without success. Soon after this occurrence at the school house as Miss Winnie French, of Woodbridge, was driving by the late resi- dence of the deceased she saw Charlie Bishop lying on bank near the road. She informed the residents of the next house and Fred. Buck went to Bishops assistance and helped him home. Young Bishep was nearly insen- sible and remained in that state during the night. Mir. Buck remained with him during the entire night and yesterday morning asked him if he was better, when he replied, 'Yes, I guess so, and soon after relapsed again into unconsciousness. remaining un- til his death, which occurred about o'clock yesterday afternoon. Fred. Buck says when he found Charlie he had no hat. The place where he was found was about quarter of a mile from the school by direct route across lots and nearly 8 mile by the road route.
 Young Bishop 8 slender youth of sev- o1t 1rrh hn old. He was ordinarily very genial and pleasant, and since the death of his grand father, Benjamin Bishop, he had lived with his grandmother Bishop, about a mile and a half above Westville, who with his mother, Mrs. Todd, deeply mourn his sudden death. As Charlie's father died when he was quite young he has not had the advantage of fathers guidance. It is surmised that when Elliott ran to get aid, the uninjured assail- ant helped his insensible comrade to where the young lady saw him lying, which was quite near the residence of the deceased. It is also supposed that the reason that Bishop was left where he was found was because Bishop was about 300 feet from his home, and may have partially revived and ex- pressed himself as able to get home. Who the comrade is is still a mystery, and conjec- lures are rife on the subject.
 Coroner Mix, when seen last evening, said I was called out to Woodbridge this evening
 
 about as given above. I will continue my investigation tomorrow (Saturday), when a postmortem examination will probably be held. The Bishop boy had a bad cut on his arm, where he had been struck, and an other on his head. The great difficulty will be to find the other boy, which we will try to do. Elliott have not as yet seen, and whether he will be put under arrest or not I cannot say until the investigation is finished.
 Dr. Gustavus Elliott, of this city, the school teachers brother, said: Harry has had a good deal of trouble since he has been there with certain gang of these rough boys and has had to be very cautious. When he whipped this Bishop boy last fall, the latter threatened to shoot him, and it is said since then Bishop has carried revolver and sev- eral times laid in wait for Harry by the road onsd side; so%e Of Of Raes these boys n one night Harry boarded, and tried to call him out, but he would not come After the thrashing Bishop got in the fall he was not allowed to attend school up to the pres ent time. This thing will make things unpleasant for Harry, but it was evi- dently done in self-defense, as he had rough crowd to deal with.
 A search was made for Teacher Elliott, but he had come in to see his brother as usual Friday afternoon and returned to North Haven to spend Sunday with his parents.
 Henry Whitney Elliott is twenty years of age and son of Deacon Whitney Elliott, ,one of North Haven's prominent men. He is about six feet tall, rather thin, with a very rosy complexion, light blue eyes and sandy moustache, and looked like the very mild young man which he is. He was member of the class of 'S4, Hopkins Grammar school, but left in the third year and went to the Hillhouse High school, where he was for about year, after which he went to teaching school in Guilford, and about year ago he was appointed teacher of the Woodbridge district school where he has been since He has been very popular young man and his friends feel deeply for him in this matter, but think it was done wholly in self-defence He will probably be on hand when he is wanted.