The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-25
WOMAN'S NUDE BODY FOUND IN
 SHELTON BROOK
Medical Examiner Believes She Was Victim of Foul
 Play
CORONER IN DOUBT
Especial from United Press.)

Shelton, Conn.,, Oct. 25.-Dr. G. A. Shelton, medical examiner who per- formed the autopsy on the body of the unidentified woman found by Bridgeport hunters Saturday afternoon almost nude and badly decomposed in the bed of a shallow brook near the glen called Indian Well, three miles from here today, repeated his state ment that there are indications of foul play. He refused to say, however, what indications there were in the au- topsy that gave him this belief. un- der instructions from Coroner Wilson, no cause for death will be given out until further investigations have been made secretly by the authorities. pr. Shelton stated however, that the cause of death has been definitely de- termined and that the symptoms are almost as clearly defined in the badly decomposed body as they would be in perfectly preserved body.
 The body is now at the undertaking rooms of Cyrus Lewis, in this city where it will remain today and per dertaking establishment have been opened to all and several persons came in early this morning thinking perhaps they might identify the body. Dr. Shelton emphatically denied he made the, statement that there were
  woman's throat. When asked wheth- CT there were indications of poison ing he became reticent and declined to say anything more about the cause of death until Coroner Wilson author izes a statement.
 Daniel Knapp, a farmer of East Vil- lage, declares a woman very similar in appearance to the one found by the hunters asked him for a ride in his wagon on August "A last and that she odo mil wi w stopped at the farmhouse of Charles Thompson where she got a drink of wa ter. Two days later she reappeared at Thompson's house and got food. Four days afterward she returned in a very lishevelled condition and asked for 8 bed for the night but could not be ac- commodated. She then turned into the woods and so far as has been learned, was not seen again.
 The body is th9t of a woman about
 It was found by Fred Hosbach of 103 Madison avenue, Bridgeport and A. L. Russell of 426 Lindley street also of Bridgeport who were hunting and at the time were chasing a, rab- bit The rabbit jumped over the brook and it was while tesitating about cros- sing the brook that the corpse was seen.
 When found the body was partly submerged in the water face upwards. The lower parts of the body was cov- cred by the water but the upper por- tion of it was out of the water. The only clothing on the body was a suit of unmarked underwear. She wore black ties with no laces in them. Her other clothing, a skirt, underwaist, etc, were found about 50 feet from where the body lay. An upper set of false teeth also was found with the clothes. A broken water bottle was found on the bank of the stream near the body.
 Wilson when K. ed this morning regarding the finding of the body of woman in Shelton on Saturday afternoon stated that as yet he was unprepared to make 9 statement, but was following up two or three important clues, expecting to form some opinion within a few days. He would not commit himself as to the probable cause of the woman's death.
 Later in the morning Edward Sims, a Yale medical student, who assisted in the autopsy on the woman's body, left for New Haven with the StOm- ach, lungs and brain, which will be given a scrutinizing test in the Yale laboratories.
 There is now little doubt that the woman was demented as the autopsy showed a decided softening of the brain. Much of the cellular tissue was badly diseased. This announcement by the authorities has caused many rumors as to the probable manner of the woman's death. Near the spot where the body was found, which is between the railroad and a pike road.> the ashes of fire built by tramps has been discovered and it is not be- lieved improbable that the tramps had killed the woman. The examination of the stomach clearly proves that the woman had not suffered from any hunger, giving rise to the belief that she may have had someone with her shortly before her death who was sup plying her with food. The authorities are not uninclined to believe that she had been living with the tramps which have infested this section all sum- mer and that in her weak mental con- dition she might have quarrelled with the wanderers, resulting in their kill ing her.