Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-11-20
coNNEcrIour GRIMES.


Murders which Are stin Unavenged-A
Dreadful List.
The Worlds Bridgeport correspondent says
Of the mysteries of Connecticut:
A case noted even yet occurred twenty-five
years ago when Miss Leland, beautiful
Brooklyn girl, was murdered and thrown
from the Washington bridge.
Several years ago Mary Stannard was
found murdered in piece of woods near the
residence Of Rev II. II. Hayden, in Haddam.
Her throat was cut Pinkerton detectives
found bottle of poison in Hayden's barn,
bought in Mddietown, and the minister was
brought TO trial. The jury disagreed.
Two years ago a shoe box was found in the
woods, near Wallingford, containing an I'M
known man chopped.in pieces. 1t has never
been discovered who the murdered man was
or who did the deed.
A case that received great attention was
the death of Capt. George NJ Colvocoresses,
n wealthy Greek. He was on his way to
take the night boat for New York. He car
ried handbag filed with large quantity
of bonds While passing down Clinton street
he was shot Afterwards the bag was found
hear the boat landing minus the bonds Col
vocoresses' life was insured for S215,000.
Insurance companies tried to prove that he
heirs by paying a little over half of the poll
cies.
About three years ago Baldwin Jensen, a
sailor, coafessel on his deathbed that he had
murdered Colyocoresses and had secured the
bonds, but being pursued had thrown them
overheard
The sailor was buried at sea, off Honolulu,
and his confession repeated here by Capt
Donaldson Jensen's confession received
some recognition until promptly squelched
by the insurance companies.
The case Of Jennie Cramer, OF New Haven
has never been cleared up Jennie Cramer
was very beautiful Together with Blanche
DOUGLAS she visited the home of the Malley
brother She was last seen alive in their
company. The following day her dead body
was found on the beach The Malley broth
ers were tried for her murder and were ac-
quilted.
Rose Amber. of Orinoak, met her death
in some mysterious manner. She was en-
RACED to be married to William Lewis, Of
Stratfora The night she met her death she
had been visiting Lewis and was walking
back home alone Her dead body was found
beside a stone wall the next morning. She
had been outraged Lewis was tried and &C.
quilted, he being clearly proven innocent
Twelve years ago Nicholas Sanger, a sa-
loonkeeper in East Bridgeport. was murdered
bv being struck with chair. Horton and
Griffin. who were in the saloon at the time,
were arrested, tried and acquitted. Detec
tive Frank B. Taylor says "the man that
killed Sanger died two years ago.
A few years ago Mrs Selleck was muir
aered in her own house in New Canaan
Conn. The throat was cut from ear TO ear
The house was set on FIRE evidently with the
intent az burning up the murdered woman
Henry Willis was arrested and locke up in
Danbury Jail, but was acquitted, and thii
murder remeins mystery.
About ten years ago two aged maiden ladie.
were murdered in their home at Avon, neal
Hartford. Pinkerton's detectives worked on
the case for long time, but finally aban
doned it 1t has never been discovered VIII,
killed them.
six years ago Phoebe Brush, colores
woman, was found murdered in her home
She lived in dismal locality in Stratford
She was killed with an AK.
The proprietor Of the Woodbury. hotel, il
Woodbury.. was murdered. also an Irish la
b0ser. SIX years ago. Neither crime was eve
punished