The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-21
BOYS WALKED HAND
 IN HAND TO DEATH
This Is Opinion of Mrs. Me Mahon, Mother of Little Joe = Freddie Chambers Talked About Beautiful Angels

At the Chambers home 13 William
 street, this morning, the family felt much relief from the terrible suspense they have gone through during the
 preceding five days and nights. Mrs.
 Chambers. the mother of little Fred erick, was under the care of Dr. O'Hara and Dr. Topping during the night, and after a few hours sleep, sit up this morning. Mrs. Chambers
 had just recovered from the shock of finding her mother. Mrs. Catherine Mc- Govern, dead in bed a week before the
 disappearance of her little son. Mrs. Chambers said this morning that she felt that she would never be able to reconcile herself to the loss of
 the boy, whom she says never had to be told not to do a. thing more than
 once, and found a great deal of pleas
 ure playing alone.
 "At times he would disturb me great ly,'' she said, "by asking if he would have wings like other angels when he died. He was continually talking about angels and wanted to know the color of angels wings. It seemed as though the little fellow was continual | ly thinking about heaven. Only last | Saturday night he wanted to know if he was always a good boy if he would | be an angel.
 "Only a mother can realize the feel ing that came over us every evening
 
 | morning there had been hope that it would be the last day of the search, and then night would come with the | bitterness of failure, and the ugliest | thoughts of what was perhaps the fate | or the child and his little companion D | The father, Arthur Chambers. said: | There is little consolation in finding | our son dead, but thank God, he did | not die through long suffering or star
 yation, as we feared. We want to l thank all of the people for the assist ance they have given us in our search, and particularly the newspapers which | kept alive the interest in the case. | MT. Chambers believes that the boys l went to the fire and followed No. 4
 steamer from the scene of the fire in 1 Middle street to Bulls Head and from there crossed the East Wash
 ington avence bridge and lost their | way, with the result that they wan 1 dered to the foot of Barnum avenue ] He believes then even though the boys 1 did not fall off the Congress street | foot bridge that that structure should l be fixed. He found four places in the | structure where it was possible for | children to fall through.
 The aged mother of Fireman Cham | berS who made a most systematic search of the city for the missing boys, has not slept wink, nor tast- ed food, since Sunday night. | at the Chambers home during the | day.
 | There are three children in the fam | fly who survive the drowned boy. I They are Lawrence aged 15 Viola ag- | ed 12, and Wallace aged 20 months. At the McMahon home, 30 William | street where the death of little Joseph has caused great sorrow, there were not many callers, for the family are practically stranger in Bridgeport. The father, Joseph M. McMahon, is a ! bridge builder and his work takes 1 him to various cities to stay as long | as a bridge is being built. He ar | rived home at 5:3Ofo' clock this morn- | ing, from Marblehead, Mass, and started arrangements for the funeral of his son.
 Mrs. McMahon was seen by Farm CT reporter this morning. She said | that to learn of the death of the little boys was not terrible as had | been the suspense and anxiety follow l ing his disappearance. Little Joseph | was one of nine strong, healthy chil- 1 dren. The others are Mathew aged IT, l Thomas aged 15, Mary aged 13, Alice l aged 10, Wallace aged 8, Albert aged
 3, and Marshall aged IS months. | Mrs. McMahon said that she was
 convinced that the children walked l into the end of Barnum avenue and l fell into the hole back of the bulk 1 head as they walked hand in hand
 Joseph, she said had the habit of talk l ing the hand of whoever he was walk l ing with.
 l Mrs. McMahon is not settled in her | convictions that the dead boys went to the fire in Middle street at all | Shortly after o'clock, last Sunday 1 evening, an automobile broke down near Washington avenue and William
 street, and a number of children went l %~ &aI, %1a 1v.ixy Exr h, ] thinks that perhaps the children l straxed away at this time