Morning journal and courier., 1893-03-22
IrLooKs SUSPICIOUS.

Kimball in Regard to the Death of i
Hattie Cowles or Brockett Appear /
to Differ Materially-It Looks Sus- /
piclous for Brockett-The Men Did
Not Belong TO a wood Choppers
Camp. |
Coroner Mix was in Guilford yesterday |
investigating the cause of the death of
Mrs. Hattie Brockett, who is said to be
the wife of Wilbur F. Brockett of Fair
Haven. The report of Medical Examiner
Reynolds was taken by the coroner, and
several other witnesses were examined.
Medical Examiner Reynolds expressed
some suspicion regarding Mrs. Brockett's
death after examining Frank Kimball and
Wilbur F. Brockett Their stories widely
differed in some points, and they failed to
throw any light on the most important
points in the matter, and the medical ex-
aminer believes that they are conceslirg
something
An autopsy of the body was made under
Coroner Mixs direction by DR.. Reynolds.
Brockett came to New Haven Monday
evening and Coroner Mix Immediately
notified the Grand avenue precinct author
tiles to detain him as witness. Captain
Keefe had Brockett in custody four min
| utes after receiving the message. He knew
/ that Brockett was usually found around
| the corner of Grand avenue and Franklin
strest, 80 he sent out Driver Ktmball to
look for him. Driver Kimball found him
| on the corner under the influence of liquor
| and brought him to the precinct, where he
was detained.
At the station Brockett told the follow
ing story: He and his wife came to New
Haven Friday afternoon to buy some gro
| ceries They drifted into MoKenna's ga
loon, at the corner of Grand avenue and
Franklin street, where they drank heavily.
Before leaving they purchased couple of
large TASKS to take homo with them.
EARLY in the evening they started to walk
home, having spent most of their money
for liquor. When in East Haven, or Hem
ingwnytown, as Brockett called it, he met
man named Stevens, of Guilford, who
took them into his wagon and carried
them as far as Crittenden's store.
When they got out they met Frank Kim
ball, wood chopper, employed with
Brockett Ktmball, Brockett says, became
unduly familiar with his wife and a row ROY,
ensued. The trio then started for the
Scranton place. When they had gone G
mile or so his wife began to call him with
vile names and becoming stupid from the
effects of the whisky sank down in the
snow and refused to so on. He said ther
that he took off his coat, covered her with
} it, and laid down beside her. Kimbsl
leaving them and going On to thu
, huts. In the morning rocket
| that she could not walk. When asked i
no had beaten her, Brockett, with start
answered in the negative, but admitted
that they had quarreled. Saturday after
noon he left the woman in the snow aut
went to the huts in the woods, thinking
that she would follow him, aud finding
; that she did not, started out to get her tn
next morning When he arrived she wa
dead. He then reported the case to Selec,
man Crittenden, who ordered the bod
taken to the undertaking shop where
t now lies.
u Kimball, it is understood, told a yer
> different story, one that is likely to i'm
/ | plicete Brockett in a very serious affair
: He has said that Brockett became fur
! ously jealous of him and accused his wifi
n of infdelity. From words they came t
Z blows and that the old man beat his viii
so brutslly that he could no longer stan
g it and left them. This fight, Kimbal say
i occurred near the spot where the woman
s body was found. Brockstt when befcl
l. Coroner Mix, told substantially the sam
: story that he related in the police ststiar
@ When the examination was concluded /
!, | was sent back to the lookup to await fQ
!, Their investigation.
The dead woman was thirty, fvs yea
II old and was well Known in police oircl.
It here, both at the central station and st pr
| cinct 2, under the name Of Hattie CUWls
j, She has the record of having been arreste
IT more than thirty times during the past Il
W years.
n Brockett is about sixty years OF age al
D; is we'll known by the police, also havir
70 been arrested at frequent intervals durir
If the last few years. The family lived {
N St. John street and subsequently near Il
10 old lighthouse. He was usually employt
d. at oystsring when about New Haven.
Ie hes been learned that Brockett al
,e Kimball were employed by North GU
10 ford farmer named Scranton. They
IS not live in hut, as previously stated, b.
E. Brockett and wife lived in an old and di
used house belonging to Scranton, viii
at Kimball boarded with the latter.
GUILToRD, March 21.-Late this evenil
y 1t was learned by representative of Il
Come cticut Associated Press that the q
topsy held today showed cause for 4
belief that Mrs. Brookett's death was d
to the blows on the head. There we
:, other bruises on the body which indioat
that the woman had been severely bet
en-. DR.. Reynolds, however, was u
70 positive that these injuries had caus
3, death, and it was this fact which i
d the coroner to order another examinsti
N tomorrow. The coroner will have DR..
@. White of New Haven assist at the &c
g. ond examination. DR.. White is a specis
II ist in cases of this kind and has probab
20 conducted more examinations than al
n other doctor in the state. 1t is expect
1T that the supplementary examination W
definitely settle the question as to VIII
n caused the woman's death.
3. Late last evening Coroner Mix said th
l. no decision had as yet been reached in L