The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-08-28
1 CHICKEN THIEF KILLED
i iFTLR R1IDTNG C. ". CLIRK'S
 HEN BOOST IN MILFORD.

Unknown Marauder Shot Dead by
 Young George Clark While Trying to
 Escape--One of the Thieves Escaped
 The Affair Happened Early Yesterday
 MOrning-Coroner's Inquest 10 be
 Held Here This Forenoon.
 An unknown man, thought to be
 from Springfield, Mass, was shot
 and killed early yesterday morn
 ing in Milford by George Clark, jr,, son l of George W. Clark, d wealthy farmer,
 and former representative in the legis- lature, while endeavoring to escape af-
 ter raid upon the senior Clark's hen nery
 'Indianside," the home of MT. Clark,
 ST. has been the Mecca for chicken
 thieves for some time, but repeated ef-
 forts to catch the thieves have hereto
 fore proved unsuccessful. Yesterday
 morning, daughter of MT Clark was
 awakened shortly before o'clock by disturbance in the hennery and she at once aroused her brother. He awak- ened the hired man and arning them- selves with a shot gun and revolver they started in pursuit of the thief As it proved however, there were two of them, but the second one jumped from the team and all trace of him was lost. The pursuit was hot one, and when about three-quarters of a mile outside the center of the town the young man had overtaken the thieves and jumping out of his wagon into the team of the strangers he found lot of chickens tied up in a bag. About this time Knowledge Hill, which is about quar- ter of a mile from Milford, was reached | and the thieves whipped up their horse | in an effort to escape. MT. Clark then l fired four shots from his revolver In | the meantime, however one of the l thieves jumped out. The team was fol- | lowed, and at Quinnipiac avenue, where it crosses the trolley road, it was over- taken and several bags were found in it containing forty-five live fowl and three dead ones.
 There was no one in the team, how ever. Police Officer Montgomery was notified of the affair and immediately the party retraced their course in search of the missing men, and after going a short distance they found one of the men lying by the roadside dead with bullet through his head. Medical Examiner Heady was notified and the remains were taken to the undertaking rooms of Bailey X Smith, and Coroner Mix was notified.
 Coroner Mix reached Milford shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday morning and at once commenced an investigation. It was the conclusion that the men were driving through the country, starting from Springfield, Mass, as papers found upon the unknown man indicated 1t. A pocketbook with Amos or Adam Wing, Monson, Mass, faintly inscribed, and containing $22, prescription from a Springfield druggist and a loaf of bread with a MiddletoWn bakers adver- tisement on the wrapper were among the dead mans effects.
 After hearing the testimony of sev- 9ral witnesses Coroner Mix continued lis inquest until to-day before render ng a decision. Clark in the meantime S in charge of deputy sheriff George Mallory The inquest will be held In Coroner Mixs office in this city at 10:30 his morning.
 The dead man was about twenty ight years of age, five feet eight nches in height, of light complexion, weighed about 150 pounds, wore soft brown felt hat and the second finger f his left hand had been injured and jed up in a rag. He drove bay horse |, litched to an old business wagon and :, he harness was a new truck harness just purchased in Springfield, /, S in the dead mans pocket was found
 receipt for payment for a harness urchased on the installment plan in ! on August 21. There has been considerable chicken .. tealing in New Haven and vicinity re- antly and the police of this city are of ! 1e opinion that the thieves overhauled esterday morning in Milford were the | [aven Chicken thieves have within le last few days stolen chickens on . lake street, Sherman avenue, Win lrop avenue and ill West Haven. A VI orse and wagon answering the de- ,ription of the one found in Milford a as been seen here recently and the olce are of the opinion that the o lieves after stealing chickens take IL lem to some isolated place in the coun- y and dress them. Sergeant Bergin U : the Howard avenue station and two r atrolmen secured the country districts T
 the immediate vicinity of New Ha- S an yesterday on a hunt for traces of !. Y e chicken thieves. They found sev- ~ al suspicious appearing camping par ,l es, but no traces of stolen chickens FOLD HOME WEEK CELEBRATION. ti
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