The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-22
SOLVED BY NEw HAVEN POLICE.
Sergennts DOherty and Hayes Unraveled
 Bridgeport Murder Mystery.

Bridgeport Murder Mystery.
 It is now firmly believed that the identity of the victim of the Bridge port murder has been established by Sergeants Doherty and Hayes of the New Haven police department and that the murdered woman was Emma Gill of Southington. Walter c. Foster, a young man employed by the Fleisch- man Yeast company in Hartford, was arrested in that city yesterday morn ing for alleged complicity in the mur- der. The Gill girl stayed a week at Lighthouse Point early in August, and it was from people there who knew her, and from descriptions they had read of the murdered girl, that the sergeants first obtained the clue which is now thought to have led to the solu- tion of the mystery.
 Sergeant Hayes was seen last night, and although he refused to give much information about his part in the case, he told some facts in regard to the search by himself and Sergeant Doher- ty. He said that they had been work ing on the clue about two days and had an agent in Southington assisting them. Tuesday night they learned that the man in Southington had talked some about the clue on which they were working, and they decided at once to act, although they had not fully work ed up their case. They took the 4:05 train to Bridgeport. Arriving at Bridgeport, they went direct to the po- lice station and there found Sergeant Redgate, who went with them to Su- perintendent Birmingham home, The facts which the sergeantS had learned were laid before him and he at once concluded that they were on the right track He told them to go on with the case and he would assist them. Ser geant Doherty then telephoned to Hart ford from the Bridgeport police station, asking that Foster be arrested and stating that the Hartford police would hear again from him in Southington. Sergeants Hayes and Doherty then returned to New Haven and took the 7:30 train out of this city for Southing- ton, and from that place telephoned to Superintendent Birmingham in Bridge port to send an officer to Hartford to get Foster In response to this mes sage Detective Arnold was sent to Hartford and took Foster to Bridgeport with him.
 It was stated last night by one of the officers who has been working on the | case that yesterday morning a man named c. A. Plumb who keeps a fish market in Stratford, called at the post 1 office in that place and asked if there was letter there for Miss Emma Gill. He was informed that there was no letter in the office for anyone of that name. After learning this he laughed lzand said that he was only joking and laha6 not thought there was a letter in the office addressed with that name. 1 This occurred in the morning before | the news of the arrest had been noised about and was known only to the po- lice. It was learned last night that there had been in the office for about a week an uncalled for letter addressed i the man arrested by the Bridgeport po- 1 lice last night, although they refused to divulge the name of the prisoner. | Sergeant Hayes stated last night that he did not think Dr. Guilford was | identified with the case in any way. He | said that the laundry mark "G 51'' could not be found on any of Miss GilPs clothing. It is understood that when l Hayes and Doherty visited Southing- l ton yesterday they obtained some old letters which had been received by Miss 1,o1. .,1,o Isrr1,+ | the case.
 Bridgeport, Sept. 21.-Another arrest 1 was made in connection with the Yel- ! low Mill pond murder mystery late. to- l night, the second party being a man I from Stratford, but whose name the
 officers refuse to divulge. It was inti-
 mated that the man was only held on
 suspicion Chief Birmingham and De- i tective Arnold visited Stratford to-
 night and called upon Deputy Sheriff Stagg, who accompanied them in their
 quest and about 11:3o the party return
 ed to the police station with man in
 custody. No name was entered on the
 slate and no particulars could be learn- | ed from the officers.
 Foster reached here on the $50 train
 in charge of Detective Arnold and there were great many people gathered l about the station to endeavor to get a
 view of him. An attempt was made to | get @ statement from him after he was locked up, but he utterly refused to
 talk Several reports have come from Southington to-day tending to discred-
 it this latest identification, but both Captain Cowles of New Haven and Superintendent Birmingham express
 themselves as positive that the young
 woman, a portion of whose body is
 buried in the Potter's field, and whose 1 head is now in the morgue, was in life l Emma Gill of Southington.