The Press., 1904-05-11
WILLIMANTIC.

Two boys, Harold Taylor, aged Is,
of George F. Taylor and James w.
Hillhouse, we're caught fishing on the
premises of G. W. Chaplin at Mansfield
Center last Saturday. The boys were
released on the assurance that they
would appear for trial next Saturday.
They claimed that they did not know
that the premises were posted. An
effort was being made to settle the
matter out of court, but it is said that
Mr.. Chaplin insisted on the payment
of $3.50, and that the parents refused
to pay it. It is stated that Albert
Barrows, who has charge of the Chaplin
property and captured the boys, broke
quarantine to get them. A case of
scarlet fever is in his house, his wife
being i'll, and he and members of the
household were under quarantine.
The matter of the mans breaking the
health rules has been reported to the
authorities, and it is expected that
some action will be taken in the
matter
Mary Cross, a colored woman who
lives near Hop River, was on her way
home from Andover Friday afternoon,
about 6 O'Clock, and at the home of
John jones. about q mile and a half
east of Andover, she found Mrs. Jones
in the yard, near the railroad tracks,
her body burned to a crisp, and all
her clothing burned from the body
except the shoes. Mrs. Jones' hus-
band, who is q laborer, was away
from home, working in Bolton, and
her two children were at neighbours.
The grass in the yard had been burn
ing, and it is supposed that sparks
from the engine of the express leaving
Willimantic for Hartford at 4. OF pm.
had set fire to the grass, and that Mrs.
Jones had made an effort to put the
blaze out, her clothes catching fire
from the burning grass. DR.. w. L.
Higgins Of South Coventry was called
as medical examiner, and after he had
viewed the remains the body was re-
moved to the house. Mrs. Jones was
80 years old, and besides her husband
and two children she leaves three
brothers, Charles, Abraham and George
Lincoln.
A travelling man driving from
South Coventry to Willimantic last
Thursday afternoon discovered the
body of man lying by the side of the
Willimantic river, about thirty feet
from the iron bridge on the South
Coventry road, on the Mansfield side
of the river. The body was lying on
the east bank. A bullet hole was
found over the mans right temple.
Medical Examiner Higgins of South
Coventry, upon moving the body,
found a 35-caliber five-chambered
revolver. 1t appears to have been a
case of suicide. There was nothing
on the body by which it could be
identified. The man was apparently
about so years of age, face smoothly
shaven, the top of the head bald
The hair was gray and the face some
what pitted. The outside clothing
consisted of overalls and jumper, with
a soft white shirt. The same man
was seen at Eagleville on Wednesday
at midnight, waking up the family of
Fred Vinton. The man was then
soaking wet, and explained that he
had fallen in the river. Mr.. Vinton
gave him a cap, as he had lost his hat,
and this cap was found on the river
bank Thursday. He also gave him
coat to wrap around him, as he COM
planned of being SO cold. He said
that he was a German. The body
was placed in the vanlt at the Wilt
mantle cemetery Saturday afternoon,
where it will be kept until to-day.
If no one appears to claim the re-
mains, the body will be buried in
Mansfield by the selectmen of that
town.