The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-20
JENNIE WINTERo'S STORY.
MYSTERY WHICH Il DEFECTIVE rs
TRYING TO SOLTE.
A Romantic Tale of Suicide, "a LonE.iost
Aunt, and InherIted Fortune, which
IL PassiaE Strange, " Perhaps True.

A Romantic Tale of Suicide, "a LonE.lo-t
Aunt, ana an InherIted Fortune, which
IL PassinE Strange, " Perhaps True.
New HAVEN, July 10.-Sixteen- ear. old Jen-
ME Winters OF Painville and Fair Haven is
either phenomenal romancer or there Is a deep
mystery connected with her which her friends
would be glad to have solved. Jennie is n
pretty girl, and was born In Plainville. ie-
cently the story was published that she had
fallen heir to $4,000, and as her family wero
extremely poor this seemed an lmprobability
She affirmed its truth, however and her
friends accepted It, all except Burton Hill, q
second cousin. who lives in Plainville, and who
is said to be smitten with Jcnnie's budding
charms. Mr.. Hill engaged detective. who is
working on the case. lie has not yet finished
his investigation, but as far as they go this is
the story:
When Jennie was seven months old hcr
father ran away from Plainvllle. saying lie had
u wife and two children in Massachusetts, and
Jennle's mother would never 500 him again.
After two years Mrs. Winters got divorce and
married man named Saunders Two years
ago the family came TO this city to live.
childless couple, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Storer
saw Jennie and were 30 pleased with her
beauty and bright looks that they asked her
mother to let her live with them, promising
that II everything was satisfactory and Jennie
proved to be a good girl they would ndopt her.
Tho girls clothes were OF the poorest descrlp-
tion and her education had been sadly
neglected. Mr.. and Mrs. Storer bought her a
new outfit and sent her to school. She i'm
proved rapidly. learned to read well. and join
ed Sunday school, Her benevolent friends
became attached to her, and she loved them
About year ago 1t was arranged between
tho Storers and Mrs. Saunders that papers OF
adoption should be made out. but 1t has been
neglected. During this time Jennie had been
a dutiful daughter to Mr.. and Mrs Storer. She
was accustomed to 20 out in the afternoons.
but never in the evening" and she never went
far away from home. About six weeks ago, or
at the time tho story of her windtnll came out.
she obtained permission to 20 TO tho Post
once. On her return 1t was noticed that she
was under great excitement. Mrs Storer
questioned her and Jennie told remarkable
story. She said as she was on her way homo
from the Post Office she was stopped by Two
richly dressed women. one OF them. who gave
her name as Mrs. Potter asked her II
that twas was. Then Mrs Potter said; ), This is
your aunt and she is very weat by. She lives
on North Main street, Hartford, and has been
looking Tor you 10 make you her heir Then
the woman DESIGNATED as her aunt told jennie
that she had made a will In her favor, leaving
suicide. She showed the girl dagger. which
she said would be the inStrument with which
ED5 was TO XIII UoTSel. linen parted, the
strange woman telling Jennie not to 4iyulgo
the story to anybody but to wait until she
should hear OF her aunt's death.
Two days afterward Jennie went out again.
and on her return told Mrs. Storer that sho
had again seen Mrs. Potter, who told her that
The funeral wa to lake place in Hartford The the
neXt day and she wanted Jennie 10 attend to
Mrs. Storer and her husband questioned ths
girl closely but she stuck to her story. She
al
n1s II oGfs
You'd GGu be- WITH s She vent gS but n" we
cided to 90 to Hartford and look for her lie
had heard her tell oil her aunt; Mrs. Dealing.
The aunt and the cir! in restaurant. When
Jennie saw her friend she made a great scene.
and began to tell her exrerlence Of the past
the girl and Mr.. Storer to her rooms. Here
Jennie told another strange tale, from which
law ers can make her dller.
She said that she was met in Hartford by
closed carriage in which was her father and
who had committed suicide They drove toan
ana m%n sbsr, which Ra the de-
heiress to $4,000, was read. 1t bore no da'o
that she could rememher. but it was signed
subscr bed to before a notary public. whose
name she could not remember. One OF the men
II she went back to New Haven he would
kidnap her She pointed out to Mr.. Storer in
a walk which they took together, tho house
whore she heard the will read. and described
to him the location OF the hall and doors of tho
lover rooms which were afterwarl found to be
correct. She said she went to PlainyiIle after
she left the house and there told tho story OF
her fortune to her friends. who seemed pleased.
ESPECIALLY her stepather, Mr.. Saunders
The next day she came back to the Storers
house In Fair Haven, She received many
visits from her uncle who took her out sailing
on the river and made much of her, one morn
ing Mr. Storer's watch dog was found dead in
the yard from poison. The Storers. who had
become bewldsred 10y the girls stories de-
termlned to send her TO her mother who had
moved back to PlainvilIe. The day after visit
from her supposed uncle she went away but
before she went she told Mrs. Storer mat she
would hear some strange news from Plain
Vile in day or two. The news came. 1t was
the account OF the suicide of her stepiather
Saunders, who took his life in II burynG
g,ound on June rs. The girl is now living
with T.. j. Hopkins. another uncle in Torriug-
ton. and Mr. Hopkins has Joued Mr.. Hill IN
hiring the detective to ferret out the truth OF
a itir