Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-15
KINDRECAN AFFAIRS
Administrator lJsesriih AssIlss
 vyslery h Islsrssllss Csse.

Another chapter in the life of tho late Joseph w. Kindregan who left an estate of s50.000 has come to light through the efforts of the administra- tors Mayor Thoms and Attorney Lynch. It has been shown that Kind regan has been married twice, the first time to Miss Mary Cahill in the Tombs prison, in New York city, and the second time to a woman who lived in Waterbury. The latest devel- opments in the case shows that he ran up against the good luck of being able to marry third time, but ran away from the opportunity.
 Joseph Moncks of New York Is the narrator of the present chapter in the strange career of this lonely man who died as he had lived in his declining years, alone. Just few words about MT Moncks himself.
 He is the inventor of the metal signs which are seen on the street corners of every city in the country almost. He conceived the idea of letters out of metal casting them, in- stead of shaping them out of wood, which at the time in question was most tedious. process. The invention made Moncks very rich man as riches were considered at the time. but his patents running out competi- tion and improvements on his methods of casting reduced the expenses of his craft so that to-day he is just able to get along.
 He knew Kindregan very well. In fact only few years before Kindre- gan's death the two men spent few hours in an old resort of theirs in New York city and drank few fin- gers of liquor while they talked of old times.
 ! The administrators came upon Moncks through the deposition of Kindregan's other old friend, Nick Mclaughlin, silversmith and one time partner of the deceased. His story runs in this way:
 l At the time of the civil war busi- ness depression was far and wide and it had Kindregan in it's clutches. He moved from New York to New Eng land, settling in New Haven after a time. This was following his mar riage to Miss Cahill, who named their child Lucia Montez after celebrat- led Irish actress of that time. Mrs lKindregan as well as her husband hailing from the Emerald isle Kim dregan sought boarding house, the 1 landlady of which had handsome daughter. After being there some time Kindregan found himself one day locked in his room with his land- lady on the outside informing him in no gentle words that he should stay there till he'd rot or make her daugh- ter his wife While the woman was lberating him thus, Kindregan looked out his window, saw it would be an easy matter to reach the groud via the water chute and in this way he escaped
 After Kindregan's marriage to the <. Waterbury woman, Moncks visited .l him one day. At that time Kindre- lgan and his wife were living on what
 Moncks called in his testimony "a horse path" but which is known now as Silver street They were very poor it seems, so poor in fact that there was not even mirror in the house and whenever Moncks or Kin. dregan had to shave, they went through the operation over the we'll, jthe placid face of the water serving as mirror. In this same manner the women of the house saw that their hats were on straight.
 I One day when Moncks and Kindre- gan were more than ordinarily confi- dential, Mencks said to him:
 I Say, Pat, it has been shown that Kindregan changed his name from Patrick to. Joseph Say, Pat" lsaid Moncks, what the divvle made lyou marry such an ugly woman 2" Ugly, 1t should be stated for the ben- left of the uninformed, is colloquia- llism in Ireland and has the same meaning as homely has in this land.
 Well" said Kindregan in reply, l'if she is ugly, Joe, she had bit O money and when I married her I needed money badly and it put me lat me ease.'
 I Faith" said Moncks, better treason you could not have.
 Il Moncks knew that Kindregan mar- ried Miss Cahill but never heard of their child.
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