New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-22
LIGHT on BRIDGEPORT MYSTERY e.
VICTIM IDENTIFIED AS EMMA Gill" or
tAMPTON-WALTER FOSTER AR
RESTED FOR COMPLETELY
IL CRIME


Rrldrenor,. Conn Sept. 2l-For tho hrst time
.,ncn the discovery Of the dismembered portions OF
n woman IN tho yellow MIL Pond on the afternoon
O, ser,ember T. the police have shown their hand.
The result has been so startling that tt Is believed
that the mystery IL about 10 ne solved.
las, nigh, IL was generally believed that the
Identity ~ the woman would never be known. To-
day not only IL the woman positively Identified 10
tho satisfaction ~ the police. but young man
who is an alleged accompce IN the crime. IL under
arrest,
guperintondent OF Police Birmingham is positive
tina, the dead girl IS Emma Gu a daughter ~
Harry GIN. ~ sDuthiuSton. Acting under instric-
tions from him Detective Smith arrested IN that
city this morning Walter {. Foster 81 Hartford for
alleged completely in the girls death.
Tho Identification that thoroughly satisfied the
police that they had at last reached tho solution or
the mystery was made this morning By a brother
Of the murdered girl In speaking Of the matter
Superintendent Birmingham said; No turther
proof ~ the Identification should I've required than
glance at the brothers face. Every feature which
was prominent In the face OF the dead woman IL
duplicated In the features OF the brother
Further Superintendent Birmingham has ali
along maintained that the dead body was that or
a country girl. and Miss Gil, Hho was born AT
Reynolds Bridge. Conn has always lived In the
country Miss GIN twenty -four years Old and
had been employed domestic In the fanly or
lanes H. Pratt OF Southington II was appar-
ent that the arrival OF the brother was expected
this morning. TO- when he reached here accom-
panied by n companion. he went AT once 10 police
Headquarters spoke To the officer In charge ana
vas Immediately admitted to the office OF the
chief whence the entire party proceeded TO the
morgue - ~, -, 80,
| woman and the living man was striking. Before
there any attempt 10 eh'ei i"'o "''"''s' '"o
| brother said - 49,. -. - II,
| of the neck | will believe II is my sister.
An examination made and for the nrst time
| the mole was observed. The young man broke down
completely and for nearly fifteen minutes the OFF,
| Gals left him alone with his grief.
The brother told how his sister started on vaca,
was to he spent according 10 her story, at Light
| house Point, New-Haven. At the end OF the two
| weeks she returned home, but announced to her
| emniover that sha was I'll and unable 10 work and
| was going away again. but wanted him to save her
| mace TO her parents she stated that her suitor
| Walter Foster. OF Hartford had sister living In
STAFFORD and that he had invited her TO go there
| 10 spend a week with them.
Mr. Gill said that two letters were received from
| his sister while she away. In the first one she
wrote that sho was not feeling well and could not
| return az soon as expected Two letters that the
| narsnts sent TO their daughter were answered but
the third one with directions on the outside 10 the
| Tor was received to-day unopened 1t has also been
| learned from the postmaster that letter ad-
| drcssed to Miss Emma GIL has beer In the office
! INCA led for for more than week
| Another arrest was made late tonight, this sec
| ond nerson being n man from Stratford whose name
the bf,,rers refuse to divuge II was intlmaed that
| The man was only held on suspicion.