The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-18

f friendly, and that these differences and unfriendly feelings had existed some time previous to Mrs. Abigail Hiller's death, which. occurred I during the month of November, 1905; that Allan Maxcy Hitler had been very abusive and violent to his mother and to his sister; that he had repeatedly made threats that he would do violence to his sister and to himself, these threats being made both before and after the death of his mother; that he had made threats that if he could not be ap- pointed administrator of the estate of his mother and be allowed to continue to possess himself of the income of the Chapel street property, located corner of Chapel and High streets, New Haven, which belonged to his mothers estate, he would shoot Charles Ed wards and his sister, the wife of MT. Edwards, and himself, and that he would cut his own throat and that of his sister. These threats were regard ed at the time by the persons who heard them as being idle threats, they believing that he was very angry and in violent temper when he made them. Mrs. Edwards, however, became some
 what concerned, and was fearful that these threats might be followed by acts of violence to her husband and to herself, and she spoke to her husband about them, and warned him ito be up- on his guard.
 1 After MT. Edwards death Allan Max cy Hitler told Charles A. Hitler that he, Charles, would be suspected as well as himself, that they must both stand ' together, and he advised Charles to say nothing, and asked him if he had told the coroner about the threats, Charles replied yes, and Allan Maxcy Hitler said, You ought not Ito have told the coroner about the threats" Mr. Edwards, both before and after his mother-in-law's death, frequently came 1 to New Haven, coming here sometimes three times, and very often twice each week, and whenever he remained over night always slept at the Hitler home l stead on College street. His last visit to New Haven previous to Monday, January l, being the Saturday pre- ceding.
 The evidence also disclosed the fact that Allan Maxcy Hitler had latch key to the house, 117 College street; that he visited the house daily; that upon the evening of Tuesday, January 2, the front door of the house which | had bolts, both upon the upper and lower inside part, was not bolted, and that the door was only secured by the night latch; that Allan Maxcy Hiller's last call at the College street house, Tuesday evening, January 2, was about foclock in the evening; that after said call he went at once to his own home on Temple street, where he remained until about 9:30 o'clock Wednesday ! morning, January 3; not going out of his house between said hours; that his wife was in the house continuously dur ing said time, that she knew he had not been out of the house; that Allan lMaxcy Hitler neither owned nor pos sessed revolvers or pistols other than I those herein before mentioned. anl that i hes had not been in the possession of one for a long time; that he neither used, nor had in his possession or con- trol morphine or laudanum. That I Charles A. Hitler neither used nor had in his possession or control any such drugs That during the morning hours l of January 3, both Margaret Reynolds, a maid at the College street house, who slept upon the top floor of the house, and Prof. Robert l.. Taylor of Dart mouth college, who slept Tuesday night at the Graduates club on Elm street, heard, as near as can be determined, about or half-past five o'clock, two ' pistol shots, which shots Prof. Taylor is positive were fired in the open; that 1 Charles A. Hitler, who slept in room near the one occupied by MT. Edwards, heard no pistol shot and no person up or about the house during the night of January 2, or the early morning hours of January 8, other than has been here in detailed.
 The maid Margaret is of the opinion that the shots were fired at a short | interval between. Prof. Taylor, that a l period of four or five minutes elapsed between the two shots.
 | There was upon the second floor of the house, at the head and to the rear of the front stairway, a room in which there was a closet in which closet there was wooden safe covered with iron plates; this safe had been unopen- ed for number of years, and the key had been missing; this safe was open ed, and there were found two old ac- count books and an old Bible.
 A thorough search was made of the house and grounds adjacent thereto, and on Saturday, January 6, four ounce vial was found by Detective Don- nelly in the back yard about thirty feet to the right of the rear basement door, opening out from the dining room to the yard. A bottle was seen on Thurs day, January 1, by William E. Foster, who was looking into the College street yard, near the spot where this bottle was found, and he is almost certain, upon being shown this bottle, that it is the identical bottle then seen by him. This bottle contained 8 small quantity of c. dark liquid, and had pasted upon it a piece of white paper on which pa- per was written in the handwriting of Mrs. Abigail A. Hitler the words Rock and Rye for C." A portion of the paper having been torn or washed off; it had the appearance of having been exposed to the weather 1t was without a cork, and had last been seen by Mrs, Bezan- I,n s,,