The Press., 1905-01-11
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| sOMERs.
Charles Pease has recovered suffic'
iently from his sprained ankle tc
return to his work in New Britain.
The Congregational Ladies' Aid
society will be entertained by Mrs.
Ewdard B. Little of Broad street
Thursday afternoon, with young
peoples social in the evening.
The Congregational Sunday school
has chosen the following officers fol
the coming year: L. W. Percival,
president; W. p, Fuller, vice presi-
dent; secretary and treasurer, S. D.
Percival; superintendent, E. P.
RUSSELL directors, Rev. E. P Root,
Mrs. @. Hubbard, Mrs. Mary Pease,
Mrs. W. P. Fuller, Mrs. O. Y. Burden,
Everett Russell and E. S. Fuller.
The Somers district school began
the winter session Monday with the
following corps of teachers: District
No. 1, Center, Miss Mabelle Avery
of Somers; No. 3, Battle street, Miss
Bessie s. Doyle of Springfield; No 4,
| North Somers, Miss Frances Donnelly
of Waterbury; No. 5, Hall hill, Miss
| Anna S. Dwyer of Somers; No. 6,
Somersville graded school, Mrs. Ger.
trude Bartlett of Somers street; gram.
mar, Miss Bertha M. Wilson of Thomp.
sonville; intermediate, Miss Clara l..
Collins of West Hartford; primary
Miss Clara S. Butler of West Haven
No. s, on the South road, Miss Jennie
King of Somersville.
A brutal murder took place at Som
ersville last Thursday afternoon. Mrs.
Stephen Rules, 25 years old, the
keeper of the Polish boarding house,
was the victim of the crime, which
was committed between 3 and p.
m. The first knowledge that the peo-
pie had of the murder was on the re-
turn of the woman's husband from
work at $50. Mrs. Rules and her
other two months old, we're the only
persons in the house with the muir
derer when the crime was committed
The prime motive of the deed was
undoubtedly robbery, as it was known
that the woman had money in the
house. Her husband stated that she
had SIG on her person, which was
taken by the murderer, who ransacked
the house and stole number of val
uables from the boarders. He found
q number of bank books, but did not
take them Coroner Tingier of Rock
vile viewed the body and discovered
at least seven wounds about the head
ard shoulder. The wounds at the
base of the skull were evidently made
with blunt instrument, but those
on the neck and shoulder gave every
evidence of being made by knife or
some sharp =, instrument He also
found towel around the woman s
neck, as though the murderer tried to
strangle his victim, and, failing in
this; had recourse to club or some
other weapon of the kind. Suspicion
rested on a Pole named Frank Sher-
RE, who boarded at the Rules home
while he was in the employ of the
Somersville Manufacturing company.
Sherrie worked with what is known
as the outside force, doing work
around the mills. He was discharged
a few weeks ago and left Somersville,
and was not seen there again until
the day of the murder, when he was
seen on the main street by several
persons. Sheriff A. P. Dickinson of
Rockville offered reward of $500
for the arrest and conviction of the
murderer. Mr.. and Mrs. Rules have
been residents of Somersville about
two years, going there from Hamp-
ton, Mass. Mr.. Rules is employed at
the Somersville mills and is we'll
known. and respected by the citizens
there. This is the first murder that
has been committed in the town in
over 80 years and caused great .ex-
,oitement. The suspected Pole, Frank
Sherrie, was arrested in a boarding
house on Front street, Hartford, early
Monday morning by Merrill S. Louks,
a member of the state police force.
He was taken to Thompsonville and
after was taken to Rockville for safe
keeping, as the steel cage at the po-
lice headquarters is considered safer
than the Tolland Jail. About $110
and number of articles said to have
been taken from the Rules home were
found in Sherrie's possession. One
of the Hartford officers said that if
Sherrie was proved to be the murderer
of Mrs. Rules, it would not be hard
matter to connect him with the muir
der of Mrs. Praska Sphiller at Hart
ford November %, 1908, which crime
was committed in precisely the same
manner and. for the same motive as
that at, Somersville. The prelimi-
nary hearing will be held at Somers
at 10 O'Clock Thursday, when, it is
that probable cause will
be found and the prisoner held with
out bonds for the next term of the su-
perior court. " .
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