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ESSEX'S SENSATION.

Essex, June 1.-THE finding of hui
man bones in an old ruin here by some
boys has created a sensation, and "old
residents" a racking their brains to re-
member the mysterious disappearance
which occurred long enough ago to war
rant connecting it with the find. A
thorough search of the town records,
however. fails to disclose such a disap-
pearance, and the problem still remains
unsolved. The boys who found the
bones were searching for Indian relics,
and though it is known that is was a
burying ground Of the aboriginal resi-
dents of Connecticut, Yet it is assured
that the remains are not those of a
good Indian" The bones were found
in an underground chamber. apparently
a dungeon, IN the ruins of a tavern
which stood during Revolutionary days.
During the days of the prosperity of
the Spanish main, when pirates were
numerous on American shores, this sec
ton of the Connecticut coast was much
used by the free hooters as a place of
hiding when pursued by the ships Of
his majesty, and many a spot here
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NORTH HAVEN.

June 1.-THE next item of interest for
the public is the Passion Play of Ober
Ammergau, illustrated by Timothy
Drake over one hundred brilliant
Views, with powerful calcium lights, to
be given in Memorial hall on Thursday
evening, June is, for the benefit of the
public library. Admission IS and %
cents. The opening tableau is Adam
and Eve Driven from Paradise" 9th
ers are: Mary and Martha" "The
Farewell of Jesus and Mary" "Prepar-
ing for the Passover" Portraits of the
Apostles" The Judas Kiss" Before
Ananias," Before PLATE" Before He
rod" The Death of Jesus, The De
scent from the Cross, The Resurrec-
ton" The Ascension" closing with
the Rock of Ages" illustrated by
twelve beautiful highly colored, dis
solving views. After the Passion Play
the photograph will be used, connected
with the Mcgaphone, The Megaphone
has a wonderful power for transmitting
sound. Band music, songs, sayings OF
great men, etc, can be clearly heard
in the largest auditorium. Entertain
ment begins at o'clock.
The annual school meeting was held
in the Center district on Tuesday even
ing. General e. d. S. Goodyear was
elected school committeeman; L. p.
futile, clerk of the district; Rev. Will
liam Lusk, treasurer; and II. NJ. Blakes-
lee, collector
Miss Mary Day and Miss Dox OF
South NorWalk and Mr., and Mrs. FRS
bic of New Haven were guests of Mrs
c. n. Turner on last Friday and Satur-
| day.
| Rev. Mr., Lathrop will preach a ser
mon especially to the yourg people neXt
| Sunday evening.
| Robert Goodyear has a new sailboat
| just painted, with green trimmings
| which will be launched in the QUINN
| piaC river in a few days.
The Ladies Benevolent society me
in the Center chapel on Thursday.
Five clusters of different varieties O.
choice roses were displayed in Churcl
on Sunday morning. This would seen
| to be rose year from the quantity anC
| quality of the roses. Miss Mary Elio
probably has the largest variety o
choice roses in town, and Mrs. Ruff;
Thorpe, at the Center, has a large mum
| Der of choice kinds. At General Good
years the variety is also fine and man.
others, whom we do not hear Of in pub
| lie, pay much attention to roses.
Next Sunday Children's day is to b
| observed in the Congregational church
as has been said before, but it must b
kept in mind, in order for the children
to remember that the superintendent
| requested them to be present in TIL
church on Saturday afternoon at tw
O'Clock and promptly at ten o'clock o.
Sunday morning Flowers are to b
brought to the church on Saturday af
| ternoOn at 8 O'Clock.
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CRUSHED rHRouGn 1 rAnL.

Serious Freight Wreck on northampton
Division-Cars Loaded with Grain
Travel Blocked for Six or Seven Hours.
Southington, June n.-One of the
worst wrecks that has occurred on the
Northampton division of the Consoli-
dated road, occurred this morning about
II O'Clock A northbound freight train
in charge of Conductor John Deskin
and Engineer Gamester were derailed
at the factory of the Atwater Manufac-
turing company, one half mile below
Plantsville station, and fifteen cars
were damaged more or less. About six
Of the cars We're demolished and their
contents streWn along the tracks for
quite a distance.
The tracks were torn up for dist
ance of about $50 yards. One freight
car, loaded with baled hay, crashed
through the side wall Of the brick store
house Of the Atwater company, causing
considerable damage.
Robert Walker, of the Atwater COM
pany, was Just entering his office in
the storehouse when the cars crashed
into the building. Fortunately they
did not quite reach him, although he
was stirred up by the shock. 1t was
narrow escape.
Most of the cars derailed were heavi-
ly loaded with oatmeal, hay and grain
The railroad men say that the accident
was caused by a broken journal. None
Of the crew was injured, although two
brakeman had narrow escapes.
Word was sent to New Haven and
Westfield and wreckers soon arrived
on the scene, and began the work OF
clearing the tracks. 1t was expected
that it would require six or seven hours
to remove the debris. Travel is greatly
delayed, and all passengers are being
transferred. The train was bound fol
| Southington and other places north Of
! here.
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2yranellers' 5ntde,
New York, New Haven and
Hartford IL. IL.
April Is. 1896.

FOR NEW YORK-$4:05, $3.50, x6:00,
1880, "SIO, $50, 1895, x1O;SO am, 1890,
l2:O6, $3.50 (parlor car limited), "1:S5,
145' $50, 800, 1880, 1859, X4:2O. t5S0,
$50 $50, $40, $40 (S15 Bridgeport ac-
CONF 1910, 9I5 p. m. Sundays-*40 5
400 500 a. M, x5;00, x6;15, *7:10, $40,
SIS, 1910 p. IN.
FOR WASHINGTON via Harlem
RiVer-Fl:O5, *11.50 p. m. (daily.)
tOR BOSTON via Springfield-'11 10,
Xlo;lO, %ll;05 am. %1:O5, *1:44, $3.50 pm.
Sundays-"1:10 (night), 1852 p. m.
FOR BOSTON via New London and
Provldence-"210, 1920, "11:S5 (parlor
car limited) a. m, "12:O5 $500, 1920,
$780, $3.50 p. m. Sundays-*21O, 1920.
a. M, *4:55, $685. p. m.
FOR MERIDEN, HARTFORD,
SPRINGFIELD, Etc.-*1:10 (night).
GAO, $780, x1010, "11 05 a. M, 1906, II O5.
*1;44 (f1rst stop Hartford), 3:15, 500.
1852, (6:15 to Hartford), sos, 1905 D. m.
Sundays-*1:10 (nigh). $3.50, S:25 (ac-
commodation) p. M
NEW LONDON DIVISION
| For New London, etc.-*210, (night).
1920 (nighD, 7.50, 11:05, *l1:35, (parlor
| car, limited), a. M, *12:05, $500, S:05,
1920. *4:55. SIS. Gas (Guilford acc),
*6:55 p. M, HIS (Guilford acc.). Sum
sundays-*2:10 (night). 1920 (nighD.
4;55 $3.50 p m.
AIR LINE DIVISION
For Middletown, Willimantic, etc.
| 7;45 a. M, 2:10 6:05 p. m. Sundays
| *7:15 L. M Connecting at Middletown
with Valley Division and at Williman-
tic with the N. e, r. R. and N. L. N.
r. r.: at Turnerville at Colchester
branch.
| NORTHAMPTON DIVISION
For Shelburne Falls, Turner's Falls.
| Williamsburg, Holyoke and New Hart
ford and intermediate stations-7:45 a.
m. and 400 p. m.
For Pennington and New Hartford
and points this side-7:45 a. M, 1904,
400, 5:55 p. m.
BERKSHIRE DIVISION.
For Derby Junction, Birmingham,
Ansonia, etc.-7:00, 9:40 a. M, 1900, 1927,
APO, 5:35, 1850. 1920 p. m. Sundays
$40 a. M, $50 p. M
For Waterbury-7:O0, 9:40 a. M, 1900.
2:27, 5:35, ESQ p. m. Sundays-S:10 a.
M, 6;15 p. nj. (via Naugatuck Junction
For Winsted-7:00. $40 a. M, 2:27. 5:3s
p. M Sundays-S:10 a. m.
For Shelton, Botsford, Newtown, DAN
bury, Pittsfield. State Line-9:4O a. M,
APO p. m.
For Albany Buffalo, Detroit, Cincin-
natl. st. Louis, Chicago and the West,
via State Line-9:40 a. M, 4:2O p. m.
For Litchfield and points on s., L. &
N. r. R.-9:40 a. m. (via Derby juno
tion), APO p. M (via Derby Junction).
express Trains. xLocal Express. .
C. It. Hampstead,
General Passenger Agent.
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SAFETY.

Here's a shoe for railroad
folks. 1t is called Beale's
Patent Safety Railroad Con-
gress." If a mans foot gets
caught in frog, it matters
little, because he can withdraw
it from his shoe in an instant.
The shoe is gored all around
the, top, SO that the foot slips
out easily. No railroad man
should wear anything else. He
is safe with these shoes on his
feet. He is in danger without.
$500 a pair. A pretty low
price for safety.
A. B. GREENWOOD,
773 Chapel St.
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SANTANELLT QUITS.
Had a Quarrel With His Managers and
They Separated.


Merlden, June 1.-THE enga gement
of Santanelli, the hypnotist, terminal
ed here suddenly this morning, the re-
suit Of a break between him and his
managers, Richardson and Mccoy of
the New York Dramatic News. The
trouble was over money matters. Man
ager Mccoy, who came here last night,
claims Satanelli has overdrawn his
accounts $5SS, and besides that wanted
to run the show; in fact, assumed to
dictate to his managers. That caused
the row and the breakup of the show
to-day, which had been here for three
nights and was booked to run until
Saturday.
1t was billed for Bridgeport next
week Santanelli and his five subjects
will go west, where they came from.
Harmon Leonard, whom Santanelli put
to sleep on Monday night at the opera
house, intending to keep him in hyp-
MOTTO sleep until Saturday night, was
awakened by Santanelli when the split
occurred to-day It took five men to
control Leonard when he came out of
the sleep.
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abouts is noted for the carousals of the
pirates, This inn was then in the height
of its glory, and there is a theory that
during a drunken orgy among some
members os black flag crew one of
the number was killed and the remains
hastily showed into the dungeon, the
door locked and the incident long ago
forgotten. An investigation Is In pro-
gress, and an expert ethnologist win
examine the skull to determine the ma
tionality Of the being to whom it once
belonged.
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FAIR HAVEN.

The wedding of Miss Imogene White
head and Sherman Haight took place
last evening as told in another column.
The old ladies OF the Home of the
Friendless were entertained yesterday
afternoon at the home Of Mrs. VIM H.
Thompson of Grand avenue. Mrs.
Thompson is one of the lady managers
of the Home, and it has been her GUS
tom to invite the lady inmates to her
home once a year. Ice cream and
Strawberries were served, and the call
lers enjoyed their call very much.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Crawford started
yesterday on q drive of two or three
days over the Litchfied hills.
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773 Chapel St.
Have You Seen

/ the new PozzoNI PUFF Box? 1t Is given
free with each box of Powder. Ask for it.
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PRISON UrLEY,S CHILDREN's DAY.
1t will be Regular Picnic on the Village
Green.

New Canaan June n,-Rev W. L.
Utley, the Unitarian clergyman of
Darien, who attracted such attention
by the novel method ne employed to
raise funds to build church, is out
with a big poster announcing chill
dren's day fete at Long Ridge, small
village about six miles north of this
place, on Sunday next. The people are
invited to bring their lunch baskets and
camp out on the village green for the
day. The poster is gotten up in fiashy
style, and looks more like an advertise
ment for circus than for a church
affair.
It is thought that if the weather is
fair, next Sunday, big crowds will at
Hend the fete.
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King Neighbor accompanied by a
large mastiff, to a little girl very much
afraid of him)-He's good dog; he
never hurts any one. Don't you see how
he's wagging his tail?
Little Girl (stll shrinking back)-Yes,
/ see; but that isn't the end I'm afraid
of.-LOndon Bits
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pEREupToRy SArE

WY have for sale a tirst-class livery bust
w ness that in these hard times is pay
ing large net profit The property consists
of horses, hacks, carriages and all that per-
tains to trst-class paying livery busin ess,
including the land and barns occupied by the
same. 1t must be sold to close an estate: also
the dwelling house and lot adjoining; will be
sold separate or together.
MERWIN'S REAL ESTATE OFFICE,
les If T59 Chapel street.
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posed by Mr.. Morrison. You see. che
affair had hardly Fonefar enough fo,
that hinning vas "a patient wooer
NO, II there wer my quarreis as a Tc
suit ofthis affair they were i'm shc Nor
risorh household" k3
"Bctween father and dsughterW =
Perhaps the mother took part" =
"Preble, can't follow you"
any dear fellow. 1 don'tsintend,thai
you shall. You came here 10 be amused
Isn'tthe entertainment-ws success?"
y 1T is, indeed"
''Tben don't, compInin.if seem to be
a bit theatrical. / might have told you
IN the beginning howthis case was com.
ing out. Instead have let.yon deceive
yourself, and have even contributed ia
the deception without absolutely tell
ing falschoods."
but tell me this: Does the Brent
Road robber figure In the case?"
"Hc does. 1t was he who lay in wait
In the shadow of DIR. Bishops stable.
It was he who drew that moose around
Douglass Morrison's throat as he was
dying"
''Then VIII Morrison Is the highway.
man, and Dunning is shielding him for
the girls sake!"
"Wait. Hear what Dunning will say.
The coroner is ready for him now"
The disturbance in the room had sub
sided. 1t was replaced by breathless
! curiosity as the coroner bent forward
to question the witness.
Mr.. Dunning," he said, 'you have
made an extraordinary statement. II
demands explanation. Yet am legally
bound TO give you the benefit of the stat.
ute which says that no person shall be
forced TO testify against himself. With
that in view. do you desire to proceed?"
Il must" groaned Dunning. "Iwould
have wished to conceal my knowledge
of this terrible affair, but that is no
longer possible. The facts are these:
IL was returning to my home shortly
before midnight Tuesday. 1t was very
dark. had in mind the robberies that
have taken place hereabouts, but l felt
no fear. was armed, and, besides, it
seemed to me that the criminal might
hesitate to attack man of my stature.
"Just as passed DR.. Bishops stable
a man who was lurking in the dense
shadow sprang upon me. He aimed
terrible blow at my head with a heavy
cane.
81 lodged the blow which only grazed
my shoulder. Forgetting my own
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stantly., as.I had supposed, .Htcs Fecos.
cred sufficiently to- find his way home.
and TO hide the weupon' which he had
attempted, to- nsc pgsiustme, Thenihe
must; have, fallen unconscious- Iiewas
found as hie son. and daughter hive de-
'scribed. believe;that afterwards he
regained consciousness. remembered
what. had passed, and knew that his
guilt had been discovered. Not know
ing whether his injuries were fatal. he
attempted to insure his death. Itwas
he, l have no doubt, who twisted the
handkerchief about his own throat"
/ This conclusion seemed to be accept
ed. by all who heard il. ri would have
thought that DunningA extraordinary
story would have been received with
doubt if not with derision. But SO inn
pressive was the manner of narration
that ii carried instant conviction. On
my own part, did not doubt for mo-
ment that he was telling the truth, and
i did not need Preble's whispered words
to convince me.
"The truth has come out at last, was
what the detective said.
II ought to have checked the wit
ness" remarked the coroner. somewhat
apologetically. The closing portion
of his remarks is theory, not evidence.
However, I trust that no harm Is done.
At this point think il best to recall
William Morrison"
!. The young man took tho stand inn
mediately. He was very pale, but had
acquired the calmness which comes to
one who feels that the fight is over.
He testified that his father had re-
gained consciousness during the few
minutes when they were alone to-
gether. In broken words he had be-
gun to confess his guilt; to beg that an
effort might be made to hide the truth
from his daughter.
The younger Morrison had rushed
away to obtain restoratives for his fa-
ther. Returning, he had found Doug
lass Morrison dead, with the hand
kerchief tightly drawn about his throat.
The sons attempt to conceal it is easily
understood.
Thus the case closed. In commenting
upon il TO me, Preble said that il waS
undoubtedly an instance of .nono-
mania. Douglass Morrison had had for
many years an insane dread of robbery.
He had been somewhat miscrly, and
had concealed at various times large
sums of money iD the house. About a
year before his death one of the New
York newspapers had made a sensa-
tional attempt to show great increase
of burglary and crimes of violence
especially highway robbery-in the
city. Among Douglass Morrison's pa
pcrs was found an enormous bundle of
clippings dealing with that subject
There can be little doubt" said
Preble, "that he brooded over the. sub
ject until I've becs me insane, and his
mania took the form of the extraordi-
nary robberies which made the name of
Brent Road so conspicuous. He had
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PART III.

A QUICK DECISION


1t wns almost impossible for the
coroner to restore order. Thought for
a few minutes that violence might be at
tempted, but the crowd did not lose its
senses SO completely. After the tumult
had begun to subside, the coroner held
conference with the assistant district
attorney, probably with the intention
of giving an opportunity for the excite
nient to subside before proceeding to
question Dunning further. ~
A,ailing myself of this pause, I ques-
toned Preble about Dunning.
HE is a bachelor, about forty-flve
year old, and reputed to be rich," Ie.
piled the detective. Ills father was
one of the so-called discoverers Vt
estate prices gave him fortune which
his son inherited q few years ago"
"A bachelor" said /, glancing at the
eelf-accused murderer, whose agonized
gaze was fixed upon Emily Morrison.
lis there a love affair in this case?"
There Is" replied Preble. "Dun-
ming is one of many who have fallen
under the spell of Miss Morrison's
beauty. I've been reviewing the gossip
of the neighborhood during the past
year, and have learned that there were
many who thought Miss Morrison fu-
vored Dunning in spite of the fact that
he is 80 much her senior"
Hes n man who would be attractive
10 the majority of women. " said 1. lie
is tall, and strong,nnd under moro favor
able conditions would show grace aud
dignity, have no docbt."
"They would have make fine couple"
said Prcble, speaking as IL we had been
in n ballroom rather than In the center
of a scene of deadly excitement. "Shs
Is strong woman, both i'm body and
mind. though her face has more prettl-
ness than beauty. A fine couple. de-
clare; but her father couldn't see il. IL
gossip is TO he trusted--and l haven't
much else 10 go by--Douglass Morrison
commanded his daughter Ia freeze this
fellows hopes"
"Thcn there was personal III will be-
tween them2' exclaimed. "Did that
give you the clew?'
'Not at ALL" replied Preble. "r gave
correct account OF my work when
was on the stand. Oh, tell the truth,
usler oath. AS 10 the i'll will. I'm not
aware that Dunnine knew he was on.
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weapon entirely, struck out with my
right hand"
Hes great boxer" whispered
rreble.
more by chance than Skill" con-
tinued the witness, "the blow struck
fairly on the jaw of my assailant. Tie
had slipped vixen he missed me. and had
fallen against the fence. When i
struck, felt that his head went crash
ing against the iron.
.He seemed TO rebound from it, and,
half turning around, he fell upon his
back on the fiagstones where he lay
notionless. / bent over him. 1t was
no dark that / could scarcely see his
face. yet something familiar in the
faint glimmer of the pale countenance
startled me.
There were matches in my overcoat
pocket. lit one, and by its flash was
horrifed to recognize the face of my
neighbor, Douglass Morrison.
"Even with the evidence of the un-
provoked attacl. upon myself, would
not have suspected the truth. But
when saw that tie upper part of his
face had been concealed by u mask
or wizard, which had slipped to one side
us q result of my blow and his fall, the
conclusion flashed upon me irresistibly
that this man was the robber whose
deeds had startled us all.
81 believe then and still believe that
ne was insane; that his crimes were the
result of monomania and had no moral
significance; that they cast no true dis
grace upon his name, nor Gull for shame
on the part of those TO whom he was
near and dear.
what should I do? Should / call
for help and denounce him as the high
waymnn? j believed him TO be dead.
He was no longer an enemy OF society
lie was an object of pity rather than
hatred. What course OF action would
cause the least pain to all concerned'
In an instant / recognized that, IL no
were found dead under such circum-
stances, he would seem to have been
victim of the highwayman of whom we
have all stood more or less in Tear
Would not that be less painful to--te
his daughter, to his son, than the truth
would have been?
$50 believing, I snatcked the mask
away, and fled like guilty man
This is no place for me to tell the agony
i have suffered. j ask for no pity, nor
do 1 crave forgiveness, except that |
have told what 1 believe would better
have remained forever n secret. i have
been forced 10 do IL. The perilous posi-.
ton In which William Morrison stood
would have caused me TO speak had not
I learned Of his strong defense, which
seemed TO me-knowing his innocence
as did-to be stronger than il was, and
quite sufficient 10 clear him absolutely.
"Then came this examination. and the
revealing OF this chain OF evidence
forged with such wonderful skill,
around me-, Even so, / might have
mlinfained silence- -hnifor the single
fact which absolutely required cxplann-
tion. refer IN the testimony of DIR.
bishop regarding the ntterhst TO
sicangle Douglass Morrison.
1T serr,ad % 10 'hpt could have been
insdc by no one on; his ON; yet think
that my evidence will make aSother
explanation seem more probable. My
blow did not Kill Douglass Morrison In.
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THE, STAR WITNESS.


The coroner raped for order; and
~,len commanded the, physician 70 de-
acribcswhat he had seen.
"rherc. were marks upon. the throat
of the CORPSE" he said. "rhey clearly
indicated that an attempt had been
made.to strangle Douglass Morrisonyby
means of a moose drawn about his
F, neck" -
entirely pew," whispered Prehe,
with enthusiasm. ''Not discovered in
post. mortem. Wait minute and you'll
ysee what that means"
"Death was not due in any degree,to
etrangulation, however" continuedithe
doctor. "It was caused, as stated al
ready, by fracture of the skull"
, "When, in your opinion" askedf fthe
coroner, ''was the strangulation at.
5Itempted?"
= "Within ten minutes Of fthertimewhen
u first saw the body" replied DIR. Bish-
up, firmly. II Judge of the time by the
3hct that the marks were faint, and
&ere rapidly disappearing"
~ ''II6w longd il take you toreach the
Morrison house after you were called 2"
was the nextquestion.
Somewhat more than tensminutes,N
answered therwitness.
Il looked at the prisoner. His head
had fallen forward upon hishueast.
I'm the pocket of the prisoner" con-
hnued DIR. Bishop, ''was u handkerchief
|. Slightly stained with blood, and twisted
as IL ii hnd been used in an attempt
at strangulation, which I have de-
scribed. / secretly removed IL from
the prisoners pocket, and afterwards
Substituted handkerchief which I
fpund in the clothing of the deceased.
The latter 1 twisted, in my hand
70 as to make it resemble the,