Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-09-23
a GrueSOmc Story.
The bridgeport. Conn, Murder Mys-
terry.

terry.
A murder mystery at Bridgeport. Conn,
has developed into a sensation Of the first
rank, Of its kind. About two weeks ago
the body of young woman was found in
Yellow Mill pond near that city. 1t had
been mutt ated and dismembered and was
found i'm three separate packages. 1t was
believed that the victim had been in a del
icate condition and that death bad proba-
bly, resulted from a criminal cause. For
several days the police had no clue to the
identity of the young woman. Then
Frank w. Perkins of Mddleboro, Mass,
appeared and positively identified the body
as that of his own daughter who had left
home with her lover, young man named
BOurns, three weeks ago, and had not since
been heard from. The identification was
| complete as to certain birthmarks on the
body, chicken-poX scar, scar on the
forehead, and the filling in the teeth.
SO well assured was the father that he
had the body made ready for burial, prep
aratons were made for the funeral, and a
grave was dug.
Last Saturday afternoon Mr.. Perkins
and friend left Bridgeport for Middle
boro with the body. While they were on
their way another train reached that town
from another direction and from it alight-
ed Grace Perkins, alive and well, and the
young man who was suspected of causing
her DEATH The glr went to her hOme.
and it is small wonder that her appearance
| in the flesh was an even greater shock to
her mother than the first news of her
death. The claim of the young people
was that they had simply been away on a
vacation, ana that letter written by the
daughter had never reached the mother.
However this may be, OIL ,ials from
Bridgeport visited Middleboro Monday, and
| after some red tape had been cut the mutt
lated body was taken back to Bridgeport,
and there have since been three Identified
tions almost as positive as was that Of Mr..
Perkins
The suggestive thing about the whole
dreadful business is the number of missing
young women which such an occurrence
reveals, and the number Of family skeletons
which are unveiled. For the Middleboro
girl, whether guilty or innocent, it Is a cruel
punishment which has fallen on her in
the notoriety which she has called down
upon herself and her family.
Later---The Mystery Solved.
Hartford, Conn, Sept. 2l.-Water c.
Foster, young man employed as sales
man by the Fleischman Yeast company of
this city, was arrested here this morning
for alleged completely in the Bridgeport
murder mystery. The arrest was made at
the request of the Bridgeport police. Fos-
ter was taken to Bridgeport this after
noon.
Foster had been keeping company with
Miss Emma Gill of Southington, who dis
appeared recently. The body of the young
woman found in the mill pond at Bridge
port tallies exactly with the description
given of Miss Gill.
Later--The body of the Gill girl has been
positively identified by her brother, whose
face is the exact counterpart of the dead
girls. The girl told her parents when she
left home that she was to spend her vaca-
tion at Stratford, and the road over the
mill pond led from Bridgeport to that place.
The Latest.
Bridgeport, Conn, Sept. 22.-Link by
link the chain of evidence has been bound
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