The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-04
VICTIM OF MURDER.
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went to call his guest, but upon en- tering the chamber thought he was sleeping and left the room.
 About an hour later, shortly after g o'clock, MT. Hitler asked pr. Metcalf to come to the house, saying he be- lieved his brother-in-law suffered an attack of apoplexy Dr. Metcalf came in, and finding the man still warm at- tempted to restore him. Dr. Benjamin Ii. Cheney, the family physician of the Killers for thirty years, was summon ed, his son. Arthur s. Cheney, whose office is nearby, not being in, pr. Met calf had noted blood upon the deceas- eds ear and face, but he believed that when taken with the attack he had gotten up and fallen, striking his head, and Wounding himself, Upon looking back of the ear he perceived that the wound was incisive, and not an abra- sion such as a fall would cause, The conclusion was then reached that the man had been shot.
 pr. Cheney probed the wound from the back of the year at first, but found no passage The wound was then probed from the front and a passage into the brain discovered. Deputy Coroner Pond. who was in the city court trying a case, and Dr. aBrtlett were then notified of the death.
 All efforts had been made by the doc tors to restorethe dead man, but it was found that he was dead before pr. Cheney's arrival. and all restoratives were useless.
 When Dr. Metcalf arrived he found the deceased lying on the edge of the hed. There was only a little blood on his face, and he noticed none on the led clothes. MT. Edwards was attired (in his underclothing only.
 z When the bullet wound was discover ed the apoplexy theory was abandoned in favor of suicide. The latter theory however, as the result of later develop ments, appears entirely untenable. The man was shot through the left ear and 1t would have been almost impossible for him to have shot himself and have the bullet take the course it did. Mr. Edwards was right handed and in ad- dition one of the joints of a finger on his left hand was gone as the result of felon making it still less probable that he would attempt suicide with his left hand.
 No weapon was found in the room and the thorough ransacking of the house by the, detectives and last nights Investigation failed to reveal any clew of the pistol with which the deed had been committed.
 \ Another thing that is still shrouded in deep mystery Is the opening of the back door and several inside doors. Deputy Coroner Pond stated that the evidence showed that all these doors were bolted with heavy old fashioned bolts on tn einside so that they could bolts on the inside so that they could servant is positive that the doors were all bolted carefully Tuesday evening. Nevertheless the back door and several inner doors were found unbolted in the morning and the back door was open. The servant Mary Reynolds. declares that all the lights in the basement were extinguished Tuesday evening, and when she returned yesterday morning two of the gas jets were lighted Be- sides Mary Reynolds, a Susan Gibbons, a companion of hers, was also in the house Some of the neighbors, it is said, report that they heard pistol shot fired during the night.
 According to the testimony of an in- innate personal friend of MT. Edwards he was the last man in the world who would be expected to commit suicide He was hearty kindly man, cheery in good health and spirits, prosperour in business and entirely an unlikely man for suicide.
 It was stated by Coroner Pond that there had been some trouble in the family in question of the settlement of Mrs. Hiller's estate
 The Hitler house was guarded by a police officer all last night and the fam lily did not occupy the house
 Charles Edwards was born in New York city and was sixty three years of age. He was graduated from Yale with the class of 1866. He was secretary of the General Chemical company, the chemical trust, which position he as- sumed when the Passaic Chemical com pany, of which he was formerly presi- dent, was merged in the trust. He had been in business in New York since graduation having his offices first at S5 John street and since the merger at 25 J Broad street MT. Edwards was an active business man, highly esteemed 7 by his brother business men and is said to have been well to do He mar ried Miss Susan Hitler, daughter of the late Mir. and Mrs. Jonathan Hitler, and sister of Charles A. and tho Hon. A. Maxcy Hitler of Temple stre ct. He is survived by hls wife and two daugh- ters, Daisy and Katherine. The former, it is stated, is an intimate friend of Miss Helen Gould. Mr. Edwards was direct lineal descendant of the fam ous Jonathan Edwards
 The Hiller family is one of the most prominent and respected in New Ha- ven. Mrs. Abigail Hitler, who died but a few months ago. was very highly esteemed woman. Charles Hitler, the elder son, whose guest the deceased man was at the time of the tragedy, was for many years a resident of Kan sas, connected with a land office busi- ness in Salina, in that state. He is somewhat over sixty years of age. He