New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-05
JOHN DINWELL, TIE RLC!CIDE.
. CONTROVERSY ABOUT HIS GRAVE IN NE"
HAVEN
q The Boston Herald.

CorrespOrlpnce q The Boston l'id'"'
DR. John DiXweL Of Boston Is engaEeu ~ q
controv,rsv with the city OF NeW-liaNch ''','
hoIag el,s.ly tho attention of ali New hhs'aHu'
He has served notice that he Will MAKE an ~ a.,
tempt 70 remove from the Central Green III .'','
city the bones of his disunsulsheu a'l.,.9'j
John DixWell. one Of the Judges WIN O"''u0
Charles ! 70 death 49,. condition
DR.. Dixwel is cXasperated over 'he col'' i t',
~ HE an..s,or's monument, which STANDS JUST
behind Centre Church. and he wishes - IAN
the bones oi the ics1CIuc ~ ''"'Y |
nent intcIncut. T., Gao,,
Mavor Farnsworth Of this city, Is conhieht
that DR. DNwcli will fail in his attempt nv
Mayor said. in speaking about 'he matter ~
DAY: ~, $780, o,a tho
monument ~ thc Judge In lsi' Al 'na' NM
A T. Dixwel Of Boston, a relative OF the p'. -
ent principal in the controversy, 'I''t'" W 'Io
o,crs,cr's memory the monument Whlch 10"
stands between Centre Church and the iais
CAMPUS At that time the grave was upeH'u dii'
the bones were transferred 10 Their present - -
ing place only a few feet from where they "rIc
originally buried. The city VIII not perm" II
Dixuen to remove either the remains OF the
monument" o
one Of the most interesting chapters OF Amer
ican colonial history as well as OF Engilsh ma
tonal history is reopened by the pIot'sl OF III
Djyweu AT The treatment Of his ancestors re-
mains H. came here two or three Jay 'sp ~
arec, a more elaborate tablet to the regicide $
memnry and found that the marble heaustolc
was literally peppered with bullet holes. re ~
.ured out That Yale men sat in 'helr u"i'"l'oi ~.
on The car,rus and blazed away at Inc MAJ nic
Ebef, uitb fhoir Flohort rifles He laid the mat
Ter before President Timothy Dwight OF rae
who solenny said TO the indignant bos'o" uoo-
tor 49,.
DR. Djxwcl has decided to offer reward ioi
the apprehen sion Of any vandal whose gum can
be proven. He says that he VIII make IL MS
mission In life 10 find the acthor VI INC ue'"'
ment Of the monument. Wa,
The memory Of no past resident OF New-Ha'eh
Is perhaps as much honored as are inc mem mem
cries Of the regiridcs Whallcy. Gone anu DlA-
well. All three lived here after conducting .ne
execution a. Charles |. escaping to this country
after Charles II asceaded the EnGllsh ihiohc'
Whaliey and COTE were pursued neTe' anu a
couple OF English commissioners he''pnu az.
Kirk, were sent here after them. The regicides
lodged their pursuers by hiding IN what mas
since been called Judges Cave. situated on
West Rock 1t will be remembered that bo'h
left New-Hayen and went to Hauley ,vn MAJ
where they died After the death OF Whaney'
COTE, then an old man. emerged from ms hlu-
ing-place and led the IIadey settlers when 'he
town was attacked by the Indians.
Dixwelrs coming 10 New-Haven was chireiy
Independent Of the visit Of Whalley and Gone.
Charles II thought that Dixwell was IN S"lthei-
land. and never looked for him in America, DiH-
well arrived here in 1910. ten years after 'he ac-
cessOn Of Charles II and the flight from Eng
land OF the Judges His identity was Kept con,
ceaed and he was given home with MT ana
Mrs. Joseph Ling who lived Oh the site Oh 'ne
present Sheffield Scientific SchOOl DuiIulHbS ~
1915 Ling died leaving in his VIII chafee ~
Judge Dxwe to assist and take care OF MS
VIE" and recommending her to be khd 10
Judge DXwcl. In November. 1913. MIS- Ldng
became MIS-. Dxwell. She lived only two weeks
after her marriage leaving the Judge prop
erty of 1900. In 1871 Judge Dxwell, thcn sew
ehty years old, married Miss Bathsheba lowe d
young woman who resided in New-Havrn. Ihree
children John. Elizabeth and Mary, were porn
70 them Elizabeth died in childhood Mary mar
Eed John Collins. Of Middletown, and one OF hcf
children became Governor Collins Of Connecticut
Sohn removed to Boston, where his descendants
nave since resided
Three of the leading avenues OF New Haven
Mhalley. COTE and DixWel-are named for the
regicides. The remains Of Whalley are buried IN
Muadey; those OF COTE are probably buried
taere and those OF Dixwell in this city. The lat
YER monument Is the only one left OF all the
monuments Of the Centre Church cemetery
winch was changed from the church "burying'
Ground" L the unner city Green q century aGQ