Connecticut western news., 1897-08-26
THE BOINAY BUSINESS.

Detectives Search Canaan Mountain
 While Boinay Writes Letters from
 Hudson.-A Round Up In Canaan
 Woods.
 Last Thursday this village was full of mystery and detectives. Six of the mantrackers were domiciled at the War ner House Wednesday night and Thurs day. They were made up of Bridge port and Pinkerton men. They did not try to conceal their identity and were looked at with awe by the dime novel reading small boys. Why they were in Canaan is this: This force of six detectives had arrived in Ct. Bar ripgton, Mass, to keep an outlook for Boinay and Weeks, the Trumbull mur, der suspects, who had been seen in Richmond, Mass, by eight different persons who knew Boinay. This was on Tuesday. On Wednesday hurried dispatch was sent in from Sheffield that the murderers had been seen going to- wards Ashley Falls. The detectives gathered their forces together and hot ly pursued the "clue." A thorough in- vestigation of the report showed that the two williams seen in Ashley Falls proved to be one middle aged stranger on bicycle who had long chin whisk- CTS.
 Disguised with this false scent the detectives came on to Canaan and dis tributed their $I500 co reward circulars. A consultation among them resulted in the conclusion to search Canaan noun tain, where Boinay had oEce worked as collier. The force all went there some of them staying all night, and while they found plenty of Boinays they did not find the one they wanted. Thursday the town was excited over the presence of the detectives and the circulars, and every eye was looking for Boinay. This was on Thursday, the 18th, the day Boinay's letter Preferred to later) was mailed at Hudson. That af- ternoon a citizen brougLt in the word that two trsmps similar to the descrip. tion of Boinay and Weeks were asleep in the woods on Barlow's territory. The detectives and small posse of cit izsns were quickly hurrying to the spot where the two suspects were slumber- ing. They were surrounded and cap- tured and while being very much of the same build as the much wanted men, they gave satisfactory explanations of themselves and convinced the detect ives that they were not the criminals, for whom they had been arrested four times since leaving Lee, Mass They were furnished with circulars and sent on their way.
 Friday there was not a detective in town. they having gone east, west. north and south in search for the murderers.
 On Thursday, the 18th, letter was mailed at Hndson, N Y. at II a. m. which was written and signed by Boin- ay and sent to Chief of Police Ton lin son at Shelton, Conn. The writer pokes fun at the efforts of the detect ives to catch him, and writes instruc- tions as to some of his affairs in Hunt ington. The letter is dated Hudson, N. Y., Aug. IA. About the same time Boinay wrote long letter to the An sonia Sentinel setting forth the merits of his wife whom he says he greatly de- ceived. The signatures of both letters correspond exactly with Boinay's sigma ture in themarrisge record.
 Boinay's record here in Canaan may be Of some interest. Charles BoIusy, the murder suspect, is nephew of the late Casimer Boinay of Canaan, aud has numerous cousins living about here Thirteen years ago he was arrested here by Sheriff John 0. Richmond for steal. ing money from his cousins. He was tried and sent to jail for IS mouths He vowed all kinds of vengeance on his Canaan relatives but he never carried out his threats, and has not been seen here since. He was about twenty years old at the time and was known as 6 tough youth. David Weeks, the other suspect is not known here.