Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-26

The finding of the body of Harry Levine, the 4 1-2-year-old boy who had been missing 12 days from the Witter farm in Hanover, oil Tuesday morning, ana the subsequent aut6psy showed that there was foul play ill connection with the ease afd that lie had been J1inatura1ly assaulted; the assailant evidently following the crime with death to cover his deed: The body was held in the town of Scotland over night and today an inquest will be held by Coroner Bill of Windham county. Weitzick Bernard, the farm hand at the Writer place, is under sur veillance.
 Berry Pickers Found Body.
 Between nine and ten o'clock Tues day morning. Peter Croft, aged 14 and Jeremiah Donnelly, aged 12, who had for the missing boy, started out on the double mission of picking huckle- berries and at the same time looking for the boy. While berrying a mile and a half to the north of the Witter place they were attracted to clump of huckleberry bushes and there mo- -tloed strong and disagreeable odor, which, upon investigation. disclosed the naked body of the missing boy Beside him lay his clothes. consisting of pants and waist. It was on a hill- side at a distance greater than the S0dIciGTS l1dQ been lOOklnS TOT nm, and in secluded section. They at once hurried to the nearest place and gave the information that the body had been found. but. in order to allow time for investigation, the news was kept from the family as long as possf- ble. Coroner Brown of this city was notified and it was learned that the body was in Windham county, SC Dr. L. l. Mason of Willimantic, m medical examiner for Scotland, was called. and about F o'clock he saw the body.
 Suspicious Circumstances.
 There had then collected large crowd of people. including many
 boarders from the farm, and by order of the medical examiner the body was removed to the farm of Frank l.. Smith for further investigation. The body was partly decomposed and lay in a elump of bushes which had been tram pied down somewhat. It was reached from a cartpath into the woods, which
 was rough and hard to travel and was distant from the road. It was the opinion of Dr. Mason after viewing the body, it's position, condition and location, that the boy had not died a natural death. and decided to inves tigate further. The fact that the body was nude looked suspicious, and the fact that the child's feet and legs were not bruised and scratched by the W Wdih Ol o I1iIiC dIN ot Iloll ONSI IOuSu and briery ground when it was not accustomed to going barefoot, indicat- ed that he had been brought, there There were marks on his neck, which also made the case look bad.
 What Autopsy Showedx
 The body of the boy was taken tc l the home of Frank L. Smith im order to keep it within the jurisdiction o1 the medical examiner, and there he performed the autopsy, which showed l that the boy had been unnaturally as sau1ted. as was his suspicion on view | ing the body. Decomposition had 4e 1 in, so that he was unable to state 1 about the marks on the neck or wha l part they may have played in tht ending of the boys life. There wa. also found near the body a Russiar l cigarette box. which may or may no have been dropped by the party dis 1 posing of the body Undertaken Gran I was called to take charge of the re l mains, but the body was left at thu l Smith place over night.
 1 Farmland Under Surveillance. l. Coroner Bill has been acquain tet l with the facts and said Medical Exam l iner Dr. Mason will hold an inques 1 this morning. Regarding the guilt. l opinion the farmland, Weitzich Der l nard, should be held, and while he dit 1 not have the authority to order hi l arrest. he directed Constable Lanaber 1 to keep him under surveillance, whicl