Evening journal., 1897-07-12
MYSTERIOUS CASE
Massachusetts Man Found Dead
by the Roadside.
IS FRIEND HELD ON SUSPICION.
hey Were said to Have Quarreled Abou
the Wife Of the Suspected Man.
Who She Had Formerly Been
the Others House'speper.

b Fall River Mass. July 12-Holder
81 lonzo Trip, a farmer Of Westport,
fas found dead on the New Bedford
bad and Jerry Mang hester anothi
%Nestport farmer, is under arrest in this
4ity charged with his murder. Tripp
4ved on Fishers road. Westport, and
1or some time past until a week ago
lad as his housekeeper Sarah Reagan,
& no was also known as Sarah Smith.
q bout week ago Manchester. who was
<nfatrated with the woman, married
Ter and took her from Tripps house to
is own, on Sanfords road.
The marriage and the removal Of the
vomsn have caused much jealousy and
pad feeling between the two men, but
What passed between them was known
lnly TO themselves and Mrs. Manches-
er. Manchester and his wife drove
nto Fall River and Tripp also came
B 10 the city with his own team. The
\ wo men were drinking together I'm
Nsaloon in Flint village. but nothing is
known of their movements after leaving
Hhe saloon. except by the statements
. made by Manchester after his arrest.
About 1850 y. IN. the last car on the
StVew Bedford and Fall River electric
sine, when one mile out of the city.
came across Trips bodys In the road.
'Mrs. Manchester was sitting in the road
|holding the injured mans head in her
Hap, while her husband was standing
over them. Trips head was covered
with blood. and he was fearfully
bruised. He was then dying and ex-
pired before a physician could be sum-
moned.
The passengers on the car while not
laying hands upon Manchester, man
aged TO detain him until Fall River Off
GERS could be notihed. when he was
taken into custody and brought to this
city. where he was locked up.
Story OF the Suspected Man.
He protested his innocence and told
his story of the affair, as follows:
He said that he started first from
Fall River for his home in Westpori
with his wife In their wagon. They
stopped at a watering trough on East
ern avenue. just on the outskirts of tho
city. TO water their horse and while
there Tripp drove by alone In his wag-
on, also on his way home After thei
horse had finished drinking they fol
lowed on after.
When they reached the point in the
road where Trips body was founC
later, their horse SHE'D, but he though
little about 1t and kept on TO the San
fords road where they overlook Trippl
team, but the driver Of the latter wal
not in sight. Manchester says he thei
associated the shying Of his horse will
the fact that Tripp wa 5missing. ant
knowing the latter had been drinkini
and fearing that some accident had be
fallen the latter he got into Trip wag
on, turned the horse around and, tellinl
his wife to follow in his own wagon
drove back to the place where he foun
Tripp lying in the middle OF the road
bruised and bleeding.
An autopsy held by Medical Exami
ner Dolan and other physicians reveal
ed the fact that death was caused b.
fractures Of the skull. There were sew
eral fractures and many cuts an
bruises, indicating that some blunt in
strument had been used upon him.
Is believed by the police that the me
met and quarreled about the woma
and that Trip was kicked to death.
The woman made but few statements
among them one to the effect that "bot
these men were crazy about me, but
had no hand in this
She was covered with blood, ther
were blood stains on the prisoner
clothes. and traces Of blood were foun
in both wagons.