The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-05-15
MANSFIELD.

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Mrs. Charles Hobby, Jr., is at work in
E. s. Smiths silk MILL
Miss May Forsyth hurt her knee quite
badly one day last week.
Rev. r. G. Jacobs entertained his |
brother one day last week.
Rev. r. G. Jacobs and brother caught
a fine string of trout last Saturday.
Miss May Thompson attended a teach
er's meeting at Willimantic last Friday.
George Kettle, the sawyer at Ingalls,
mill went home last week for few days.
The Ladies' Aid society of Gurleyville
held bake bean supper last Wednesday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Walker have
moved into Charlotte Turner's tenement
at Gurleyville.
Mrs. Colburn and two children from
North Windham were at Mrs. Turner's at
Gurleyville last week.
The employees of E. S. Smith hung him
In form of a May basket, bushel of pea
nuts last Monday evening. Mr.. Smith
Will not need to buy any peanuts for
while.
The Radcliffe Hicks prize contest takes
place at the Connecticut Agricultural col
lege Friday night. Prizes OF $50 and $2O
IN gold are annually awarded to the
student preparing and delivering the best
Grafton to the public.
State Highway Commissioner Mac
Donald last Thursday visited Mansfield
and looked over the road between Wilt
mantle and Mansfield Center, over which
there is large travel. He stated that it
was his intention to make a state road
from the north end of the mecadam near
the Natchaug pumping station to Mans
field Center and from the south end to
the Willimantic city line. He also re-
commended that the town of Windham,
In conjunction with the city, construct
state road to the city line and thus give
complete road from Willimantic to Mans
fi-ld Center.
The body of woman, too far decom
posed to be recognizable or to show
whether it was that of white or coored
person, was fund last week Thursday
afternoon about a mile east of the Mans.
field depot, In a meadow 800 or 400 feet
from the old Boston turnpike 1t was
lying at the foot of very steep hillside.
There were no evidence of Injuries to be
found and the cause of death could not
be ascertained. No person has been re-
ported as missing hereabouts. Medical
Examiner E. q. Sumner of Mansfield
Center was notified and made an exami-
nation. The woman was of medium size,
had on black dress, black underskirt,
white wooden underclothing, black stock
ings, good laced shoes, good rubbers, and
very good Paisley shawl The head
was nearly bald, but what hair there was
was grayish. In pocket In the under
skirt were pair of old-fashioned steel
bowed spectacles, quite rusty, and
pocketbook containing four one-dollar
bills and eighty-one cents in change
There was nothing in the pock9tbook
that would lead to Identification. From
all the cfrcums. ances DR.. Sumner believes
the woman was elderly, but cannot ap-
proximate her age. DR.. Sumner rotifi9d
County Coroner Phelps of Rockville, and
the latter told him that under the circum-
stances he did not think an inquest was
| necessary, as it could bring out nothing.
The body was buried by the town the next
morning in the Gurley cemeterEa Dr.
Sumner believes that he has heafJ of a
clue that may lead to the Identity of the
woman. A woman, whose dress tailed
exactly with the clothing on the Bodg of
the woman, stopped with Mr. Thresher
in the north part of Mansfield about
month ago, and while there che STATED
that she lived in Last Killingly. 4Dr
Sumner communicated with Dr-Hih of
that place and DR.. Hill told him that a
little over a month ago woman who re.
sided little over the Killingly line in
Rhode Island had disappeared she was
dressed much like the dead woman.
Later.-The body was identified yes.
terday by Mrs. Ellen Sleaph of East Xii
lingly, who was shown the clothing and
other effects of the dead woman, which
she identified as belonging to her mother,
Mrs. Harriet Hopkins, who, she said, dis
appeared from East Killingly on April 10.
Mrs. Sleaph's story was that her mother
was 70 years old and had for many Years
resided with her, that on April 10 she
went to another family in the town to
make visit and did not return at the
time expected. When she found that her
mother had disappeared she made every
effort to find her, but neglected to make
the fact Of her disappearance public in
the newspapers, as she did not like the
notoriety. Mrs. Sleaph could assign no
reason for the disappearance of her moth
er, unless it was that she had become
tired of being dependent and decided to
go away and find work and to support
herself. She said that her mother was in
good health, and that her death must
have been caused by the exposure and
fatigue of so much travelling in the in
clement weather at that time.
GurleyvilIe.
Mary McQuade is at work for E L.
Smith in the mill
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Walker have
moved into Charlotte Turner's tenement,
Dwight Ide and family from Whitman
tic, visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Ide, Sunday.
Rev. Richard Jacobs went to Amherst
last week Wednesday to unite in marriage
two of his friends at that place.
Born.