Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-01
4 DOUBLE MURDER.

A DOUBLE MURDER.
 An Aged German Couple Murdered by Tramp - Great Excitement In BIoomfeld-Two Arrests Made. HARTFORD, Aug. 31. = The town of Bloomfield is all excitement oyer.a horri- ble bloody murder which was committed Sunday morning on the farm of an aged German couple.
 The horrible deed was discovered this when neighbors, who had seen nothing of the couple for twenty-four hours, made search of the premises and found the dead bodies of the victims, ,Fred- erick Bushenhagen and his wife, Emily, in an old we'll.
 The murders were committed some time Saturday night or early Sunday morning by tramp, for whom the authorities are now searching for miles around. |
 The tramp was discovered in the barn by Bushenhagen and ordered to leave. He left the barn when ordered and the old far l mer followed him into the yard.
 It is presumed that hot words passed be- l tween them and that the tramp picked up | billet of kindling wood and killed Bus henhagen. There was pile of kindling wood in the yard and the head of the mur- dered man shows a wound from an instru- ment of that description.
 Mrs. Bushenhagen must have heard loud talk in the yard or the cries of her husband for help and she went out to see what the matter was. The tramp took an axe to her and split her head open. He then threw the dead bodies of his victims in the well and made good his escape. ----- The murdered couple were each about seventy years of age and were quiet, in dustrious and inotfensive' people. Their farm house was mile from that of any other and the tramp in consequence had them athis mercy. @a~.,-s-Nr , ,'"s - The selectmen of the town have offered a reward of $200 for the murderer's arrest THE SUPPOSED MURDERER
 Is a tramp named Kain, or Kane, whose name on the jail records is spelled the lat l ter way. He is man about forty-two years of age, giant in statue, standing six | feet one-half inch in his stocking feet and l weighing about 215 pounds. He halls from | New Jersey, but has been familiar figure | about the towns of Windsor and Bloom | field for about three summers past. He l has on two occasions been arrested. Six months ago he was sentenced to the county l Jdll 1OI 5AAIy udyS Oy JuStlCc 1lOuSA oA l Poquonnock for vagrancy. Complaints against the man have been numerous Sev ! eral times women driving along the lonely roads near the Windsor line have been l frightened at seeing Kane jump from the bushes and speak to them. He has never attempted any violence, however. Little of his past is known. He is apparently 1 sane.
 Kane was seen by several farmers living | on Blue Hills avenue.
 l THE DISCOVERY.
 It was at about 11:30 o'clock Sunday night that James Ryan, young man liv- ing over the Windsor line, left house in the neighborhood where he had been visit ing and started to drive to Windsor. The night was dark and the roads in bad condi- ton because of the recent rains. While driving along the turnpike he bethought himself of the Bushenhagen's and deter mined to stop at their home and borrow a lantern with which to tighten his dark drive home. So he turned into the mar row road that led to the weather beaten farm house of the aged couple. With 8 loud "Hello!' he halted his horse near their front porch which faces to the east rather than toward the turnpike to the west. His cry was answered by the barking of dog, and over in the fields he heard the low believing of cattle. Again he shouted out his greeting and again came only to his listening ears the cry of the dog and of the cattle. Alighting and hitching his horse, he groped his way to their front door. It was open, and so was l the side door.
 "Mein herrl Mein herrl' he cried, (for the neighbors always called the dead man 'Mein herrD "where are youg' But there was no answer except the low growl of the big dog tied in the kitchen. MIR. RYAN WAS ALARMED.
 A hasty examination revealed no traces of the missing couple. Suspectin g that { crime had been committed in that lonely spot, but not wishing to investigate at that late hour of the night he drove his horse away from the place. Finding no one he drove to his home. Early this morning he was up and driving back to Bloom.
 field. The first person he met was Albert Viets. To him he communicated his sus- picions. Viets jumped into Ryan's wagon and together they drove on. Shortly af. terward they met Selectman J. Gabb, and later Deputy Sheriff Pinney. In the mean
 time yiets had left Ryan, who had me, Dwight Newbury, and they were the first to reach the vacant farm house. It wa. then they made the awful decovery mar
 rated above. After Coroner Taintor'l official examination the bodies were taker l in charge by the undertakers, Messrs Cook & Whitmore of this city.
 ) THE MURDERED COUPLE.
 MT. Bushenhagen and his wife were na
 tives of Germany, but had resided in thii
 country for the past forty years. MT Bushenhagen served in the war as pri
 vate in Company I, Twenty-second Con
 necticut. He has brother in New Yorl
 who is a musician. MT. Bushenhanger and his wife were accustomed to drive into Hartford Friday of each week for the purpose of disposing of their farm produce
 They came into town last Friday as usual 7 They had a number of friends in the citJ and called on some of these last Friday
 They were generally respected by the citi
 zens of Bloomfield.
 TWO ARRESTS MADE-oNE IN WINDSOR, THE OTHER NEAR BLOOMFIELD.
 WINDSOR, Aug. 31.-A man giving the name of Louis Loner has been arrested here by Deputy Sheriff Hetherton on sus
 picion of murdering the Bloomfield vic
 tims, and he is now in the Windsor lackup Loner was released from jail last Friday after seventeen months confinement.
 Deputy Sheriff Pinney has arrested an. other man and taken him to Bloomfield Three men have been arrested. Consta- ble Hetherton arrested Louis Lauer in Ris ley's brickyard in Windsor, Deputy Sheriff Pinney found Pat Mcdonald in the woods near Pequonnock and Sheriff Preston cap tured John Perker in that neighborhood. Followed by a Wolf.
 MIDDLETowN, Aug. 31.-For some time past John Ames has been followed to his home in Portland by what he supposed to be large dog. Last night he shot he ani- nal and upon examination it proved to be l a wolf. This is the first one seen in this section in some years.
 The Sermon by Rev. MT. Poteat.
 A council has been called for Thursday next to meet at Newton Center, Mass, to examine Mr. Henry W. Pinkham as to his fitness and qualifications as a minister of the gospel. Should the council report fa- vorab1y MT. Pinkham will be ordained on Wednesday evening, September 9, and rec ognition services will be held in the East Washington avenue Baptist church, Bridge port, Thursday evening, September 10. the Rev. MT. Poteat of New Haven to preach l tba oarnoon and fba local clarov to fo1ro