The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-04
TWO MURDERS SEEM
 STRANGELY SIMILAR
NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT POLICE WoRKING ToGETHER.

DiseriptlOn of Man Who Played Cards
 With Manchester Hotel Keeper,
 Found Dead in New York, TaIiiea
 With That of Man Seen Leaving
 Gambler BoswOrth's Room in New
 Britain.
 New York, Aug. s.-The mysterious death. of Timothy o'Connell, of Man chester, Conn. at hotel in this city. and the murder yesterday at New Britain, Conn. of Charles Bosworth, gambler, are believed by the police, who have been Investigating the for mer case. to be strangely similar. The description of a man who left Bos- worth's room a short time before his murder tallies closely with a man who played cards with 0'Connell on the might of his death A mysterious worn- Ian is also said to be involved in the case. The police of Connecticut and New York are working together on the two cases.
 New Britain, Aug. S-Although the police of this city have followed every possible clue that might throw a ray of light on the mysterious murder of Eugene Bosworth, the gambler who was lbeaten to death in Wards block, Main Istreet, yesterday afternoon, they are ss much in the dark tonight as they lwere five minutes after the finding of | the battered body of the policy player. IThey are really further away from solving the mystery than they were lyesterday, for several discoveries that were made to-day, which it was lhoped would help the police in their hunt for Bosworth's assailant, have re- Isulted in nothing. Principally among \ these was the appearance of blood lmarks near a sink in Bosworth's room (which it was thought were made by the lman responsible for BosWorth's death. Selectnnan Gidney this afternoon said Ithat the blood stains on the wall were from his hand. He was the first man Iwho saw Bosworth, and got some blood lon his hand turning the victim over. He also said that he washed his hands lin the sink.
 Another thing that somewhat shat ltered the hopes of the police was the Announcement that Bosworth's heavy Icane, which was supposed to have been. 1.-the weapon with which he was killed tllas been in the dead mans house for lseverBi days, and that Bosworth car-' Tried an umbrella on the day that he
 Twas murdered
 J This fact was known by Boswortfl's s lwife, who is an invalid in Hartford. l Late this afternoon, the stove pipe land part of the chimney in Boswortil's 'ss lroon, where it was thought the mans lweapon might have been thrown, were ltorn away and nothing was found, (which was another discouraging revelr Iation. It is evident says Chief Raw llings, that the murder took his tools lwith him.
 It was reported that suit of clothes lhad been found under a porch in lFranklin street, and it was supposed Ithat they might give clue, but when lthe suit was taken to police head- luuarters and examined, there were no blood marks ,on it, and there was noth- N ing about 1t to which the police could
 attach any importance The suit con
 sists of a dark coat and waistcoat and flight trousers.
 At a meeting of the board of select men to-day 1t was coted to offer g re-
 ward of $500 for the apprehension and
 conviction of the murderer. If was Istated tonight that the police of Dan- bury and Hartford are working on clues that might eventually reveal the , Identity of the man seen with Bos- , worth earlier in the day, but up to a ; late hour tonight they had been unable { to gather any important information.
 The mystery is still as deep as evers