Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-19
IT'S STILL A MYSTERY
Return of Miss Perkins Deepens
Bridgeport's Sensation.
OFFICIALS MUCH PUZZLED.
che GirI's Arrival at 1IiGdlebOrO Cree
utes Great ELECTROMAGNETIC Meets
Her MOthcr-Mr. Perkins
Gets the Tidin,-s.

GeIA the
lsSf
Middleboro, Mass, Sept. 19.-The sup
posed victim of the Bridgeport Comm
murder, Miss Grace Perkins, has ar
rived at her home in perfect health to
the great joy of the family and the I'M
bounded establishment of the entire
community Her father was not in
town, for at the time of his daughters
arrival he was on his way back from
Bridgeport with the grewsome remains
which he had identified as those of
Grace and for whom the funeral ar
engagements, including the digging of
the grave, had already been completed.
Miss Perkins came from Providence
and was accompanied by her lover,
Charles Bourne, and at first it was
stated that the couple had been mar
ried. This was afterward denied by
Charles Thompson, the uncle OF young
Bourne So unexpected was the coming
of Miss Perkins and young Bourne that
outside of Mr.. Thompson and one or
two friends who had been previously
notified there were very few at the rail-
road station when the train came in.
The young lady, however was imme-
diately recognized by the bystanders at
the station and the news spread around
the town with incredible rapidity. A
carriage with a messenger bearing the
joyful news that the dead was alive
and the "lost had been found" was dis
patched to the Perkins home, and Mrs.
Perkins, the mother, suffered almost
as badly from the shock of the good
news as she did two days before, when
the circumstances of her daughters
supposed horrible death were gently
broken to her. The joyful news had also
spread throughout the neighborhood be-
fore Miss Perkins drove up to the house
and there was a large crowd at the
gate as the young lady stepped from
the carriage and ran into the house.
She Meets Her Mother.
Her welcorhe was most touching, for
a greater portion of the family had has
tly assembled and the tears flowed
freely. Her mother was the first to
clasp her in her arms, and for some
minutes both were so overcome by their
emotion that they could net speak.
Her greeting with her brothers and
others of the family We're not less af-
fecting. and it was some minutes be-
fore they could realize that the good
news was really true. The whole cir
cumstances attending the astonishing
temperance in the flesh of the sup
posed victim of the awful tragedy were
highly sensational, especially so from
the widespread interest in the mysteri-
Gus discovery in Yellow pond and the
positive identification of the parts Of
the body by Frank W. Perkins as being
the remains Of his daughter. The whole
affair has so enSrossed the interest of
the town and in fact nearly the whole
of Plymouth county that the uneXpect-
ed turning up of the victim seemed al
most incredible, and few would believe
it until assured that Miss Perkins was
really at her home and in the arms of
her mother.
So positive had Mr.. Perkins been that
his daughter was the victim of the foul
crime that he had gone to bridgeport to
get the remains ana had sent word
from there to his family to make ar
rangements for the funeral
Just across the street from the Per-
kins house is a little cematery. and IN
response t. the request OF tho rDc'a of
Mrs. Perkins a grave had be. Igs by
the seXtCn in the 'ly lot and t. , new
earth thrown up beside ii CcNl9 be
plainly seen from the home. Ia f an
hour after Mss Pe1li rs arrived horne a
local undertaker's wagon drove up to
the house and in it vas q en- which
had been ordered by the family. The
funeral arrangs ments had even gene so
far that the family minister had been
notified and ask ed to conduct the S. rv-
ices.
The undertaken who brought the body
over from Taunton sGid that from the
talk he he'd with M. Perkins lie (el'
sure that the latter WIS ir9ane. He
also said II | he shcu'A hold tie re"
mains of the woman whio'i ar. p rkirs
brought on bridgeport until some
proper authority a&2uned further
charge of them. "FrGnk Fee '-irG hay
ing sworn to the ren1'ne." sai he, rs
those of his daughter, ! Stall not feel it
my duty to release them until he with
draws his sworn statement. Julg,n
from his condition, l Go nct think he
will be able to make the withdrawal for
some time"