Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-20
CLEWS TO THE MURDER
New Stories Told In Connection With
the Bridgeport Mystery.
QUEER LIGHT IN A CELLAR.
House Where 1t Was Seen Located
Near Seaview Avenue Bridge-Is
Now Empty Tall Man and
Short Man story Revived.

Now Empty Tall Man and
Short Man story Revived.
Bridgeport, Sept. 20.-Two new clews
to a solution of the Yellow mill pond
mystery have been unearthed and at
least two more partial identifications of
the body made. The body itself arrived
here early from Middleboro and will
probably be buried by the coroner's Or
ders.
The latest Of the clews Is furnished
by the story of man whose name Is
not given. He is night worker who,
on his way home about $3.50 o'clock ev-
cry morning, passes over the SeaVieW
avenue bridge, from which it is sup
posed that the packages containing the
dismembered body were thrown. He
says that on Monday and Tuesday
mornings of last week, the days when
the packages We're discovered, he no
ticed that the electric light at the north
end of the bridge was not burning. The
fact was fixed in his mind because the
absence of the light annoyed him, as
the walk over the bridge was long and
gloomy without it.
On the farther side of the bridge, as
he walked up Seaview avenue, his at
tention was drawn to a light burning
in the cellar Of a house on the left side
Of the street. 1t was unusual, and he
stopped to listen, thinking that burglars
might be at work on the premises. He
heard voices in the cellar, but after
waiting for few minutes he proceed
ed on and thought no more of the mat
tow ha Of hn6v lp6
him to attribute some connection with
the mystery to the things he had no
ticed and he informed the police. The
house indicated is a double one. One
side has been vacant for some time, and
last week the family who had been oc-
cupying the other side suddenly moved
away, and their present whereabouts
are unknown.
Bears Out Kel1y's story.
There seems to be something of value
in the other clew for the story of 1t
agrees with the assertion Of William
Kelly made last week, that he had seen
a tall and a short man lettering in the
vicinity of the bridge on Monday night.
Not much importance was attached to
this clew on Saturday, When it appeared
in the form of rumor, bat on investi-
cation the story with which the clew is
connected turns out to be the account
of two trustworthy men. 1t is the story
Of the wagon driven rapidly along Sea-
view avenue on Monday night, when the
horse collided with telegraph pole and
was killed, the occupants of the wagon
making away as fast as they could.
The account is corroborated in detail
by residents of the neighborhood who
saw the horse and carriage next day.
There was also small crowd of night
dodgers from saloons and other places,
who had been attracted by the commo-
ton, and it is commonly reported that
two men had been seen in the wagon,
one short, the other tall and the short
man is said to have been seen after the
accident hurryng eff from the scene on
foot 1t is supposed that he deserted
his companion, who probably dragged
himself across the tracks and hid in the
bushes.
The police deny any knowledge of the
accident, but only because they are try
ing to conceal 1t. 1t is known from 9TH
err sources that they attach much i'm
portance to the affair The dead horse
and the broken wagon were carried off
or Tuesday. an occurrence which GER
tainly could not have happened without
the knowledge of the police. They are
working on the incident and have start
ed an investigation into the matter of
the electric light and the house with the
lighted cellar.
Mrs. Dibbins' Identification.
Hopes of an identification of the dead
through photographs and de-
have not been given up. Ear
y a brief report was made from Water
bury and Norwalk which bears out
story told by Mrs. David N. Rtbbins of
this city. who is matron of the home
by the Associated Charities
For Industrial Relief on Main street,
1ear Gilbert street. She said that girl
not much more than 20 years OF age
was brought to the home one night to-
ward the end of July by Policeman Pc
ter Hall. Mrs. Bibbins says that she
noticed that the girl had peculiar
crease across the forehead such as Is
seen on the forehead of the dismember-
I'd woman. In general, as Mrs. Bibbins
the appearance of the girl
with the description Of
he unknown.
"She was nervous" said Mrs. Bib
bins, land half sick. She confessed to
me she was in trouble, that she only !
wanted to be kept for the night, and
that she was going on to her home in
%orwalk the next day. 1 tried to quiet
ner, but she was greatly excited, and
n the worry of the moment neglected
20 take her name, something I haven't
lone in years. 1 visited her room once
The next morning, and she was asleep.
When 1 went back again little later,
she was gone. She was woman of re-
inement, I thought"
A message received from Waterbury
says that Mrs. William G. Hoffman Of |
when she was in Bridge
port few days ago and saw the body, |
thought it was that of Mrs. Carrie ST.
nonds of Norwalll. The Waterbury
message also says that the body is
thought by some to be that of Bessie |
Hope, who used to live in Norwalk. A
detective has gone from Bridgeport to
investigate these identiflcations.
At Work In New Haven.
New Haven, Sept. 20.-The detectives
Of the New Haven police department