Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-30
CALLED DOCTOR
Census Office Clerk Whom IL is Thought Shot His Wife and
 Three Months Old Baby
CORONER IS PROBING

a call from w. F. Cooley, census
 office clerk, Dr John s. Dorsey, .
 physician at Langdon, rushed to the
 mans residence at midnight and
 there found the wife and 3-months-
 old child of the clerk dead, with sev-
 eral bullet wounds in their bodies. Copley, pr Dorsey said. reported
 that his wife had shot herself and the baby.
 My wife has shot herself. and I
 want you to hasten to the house at
 once," Copley is said to have ex-
 claimed when he aroused the physi-
 clan.
 When the doctor arrived at the
 Copley residence both Mrs Copley and the baby were dead. The former
 had been shot in the right side and
 the latter was shot through the head.
 Dr Dorsey notified the police of the Ninth precinct as soon as he had grasped the situation, and as re- Isult the husband and father was placed under arrest. He was taken to the Ninth precinct station house. Dr Dorsey early to-day refused to discuss the shooting or give any of the details which had been learned by him through his connection with the case. He said: T don't care to make statement. When go before the coroner to-day it will be time enough for that. was called about 11:3O by MT Copley. He appeared to have dressed hurriedly and seemed somewhat excited. went to the house and found Mrs Copley and the baby dead"
 Copley resides at Rhode Island ave- nue and Queen Chapel road, North east.
 Police Lieutenant Falvey, after ex- amining the wound which caused Mrs Copley's death, said that it would have been next to impossible for the woman to have inflicted the injury herself.
 Shortly after midnight Copley called in Dr Dorsey, telling him that his wife had attempted to commit suicide. When the physician arrived at the Copley residence, Rhode Island avenue and Queen Chapel road. Northeast, both Mrs Copley and the baby were dead. Copley was placed under arrest and subjected to se- were examination. but insisted that his wife had killed herself. The pris- oner declared that he did not know the baby had been shot until Dr Dorsey pulled down the covers of the bed in which the two were lying. Cooley admitted that he and his wife had quarreled early last night and said that his wife had taken the two children, Raymond, years old, and Ruth, the baby. and gone to a room and that he went to his room on the second floor to retire for the night. Shortly before midnight. he said, he heard two shots in the bedroom occu- pied by his wife and rushed into the room. He found that his wife had shot herself and without making a further examination he hurried to find Dr Dorsey.
 MT and Mrs COpley, until they . here in 1902, resided at Wal mutt, Ia. Copley is 35 years old. He was a member of the Thirty-fourth Iowa regiment and served some time In the Philippines. Mrs Copley was 29 years old. Her maiden name was Bunker. Persons living near the Copley home said that MT ard Mrs Copley had always appeared to be happy. Both were given excellent 
 Corner Nevitt will hold an inquest to-day.
 Raymond, the 3-years-old son, is being cared for by friends of the Cop- ley family. He was sleeping in a crib in his mothers room, but was not molested.