Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-11
HUNTING
 FOR MARX Colchester Hebrew
 Is Slippery
Sheriff and Posse Baffled But Will Continue on the Hunt Marx Has Clipped His Beard and Changed His Clothing.

Colchester, April 11-John Marx, the farmer for whom the local and county authorities have been search, Ing since the body Of Joseph Paw i, farm hand, was found on his ore ses last Thursday, was still at large fhis morning. In spite of the fact tha an alarm has been sent through all the towns in this section, including the more isolated districts Marx has sue ceeded in eluding his pursuers though ne IS still thought to be somewhere llereaDouts. Early to-day Sheriff 1eorge O- Jackson and a posse were coIluucnng their search in the town of salem, just south of Colchester.
 1t is now known that in addition to clipping his flowing gray beard close to his face, Marx has made a change of clothing since he disappeared. He snow supposed to be wearing a light brown hat and light overcoat. which he obtained at the home of fellow comtryman on Saturday night. This information was brought to Sher- II Jackson by q Salem resident. who is said to have talked with Marx. but as the sheriff was not notified until about ten hours later, the trail was not very. fresh when picked up. According to the Salem man, Marx stated that he was in hiding because he had had trou- ble with his family.
 It developed to-day that in the search for Marx in Wfllimantic, Saturday, the police there confused him with another resident Of Colchester. a German named John Marks. The man for whom search is being made is Rus sian Jew. The other Colchester man named Marks has a daughter in Winl- mantle and children and other reIa- lives in valious parts of the country and since the announcement of the murder he Has been annoyed by the Ie- cefpt of many telegrams and letters of inquiry about the matter. The mis- take is said to have arisen when the Willimantic officers searched the house of daughter of Marks in that city and obtained from her information about her father and relatives, suppos- ing that she was related to the man wanted in Colchester
 According to Mas Marx, who is nll- dRg g5lh. eil1anCe at her hOme. her hIls- band has had other wives. but how many she does not know. She said she had been married to him about seven years They have four children, the youngest of whom is one year old Mrs Marx is about 35 years old. s e told Coroner F. II. Brown that she knew nothing about the death of FavOu and supposed he had gone away to get employment elsewhere un- til she was told that his body had been found in bag in a cellar on the farm
 The theory on which Coroner Brown Is working in his investigation is that the farm hand was killed while asleep with a blow of an axe He is said to have slept, usually on the floor of the bed room occupied by Marx. The floor was covered with straw matting which is now missing. It IS supposed that the murderer, finding the body too heavy to carry from the house, cut it up as 1t lay on the mating and put the portions in bag in the cellar. It is believed that the blood soaked mat ting was afterwards burned.
 According to Joe Straing. the farm hand who found the body and who was acquainted with the murdered man. Marx agreed to pay Payoli $50 for six months service when he hired him last fall Stralng did not think Marx had paid Payolf any money up to the time of the latteT's disappearance. Cor oner Brown Is understood to hold the theory that a demand made upon Marx TOT the money when RAVOl1 deS1Ted 10 go away led to the murder. The cor oner's investigation was continued to- day.
 Chesterfield, April 11.-vSeveral coun- ty omcers were here to-day in the search for Marx. but they failed to find anyone who had seen a stranger. The officers then turned northward to work back toward Salem village, thinking that the fugitive may have. doubled back on his tracks towards Colches- ter.