The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-12
DAGGER Deep
in HIS NECK,
man IS DEAD
Hartford Landlord Found,
Apparently Asleep, Sit
ting Upright in Chair
Quarreled With Two Men
Who Demanded Adopted
Babe-Police Mystified.

a logging mouse keeper or this city,
| who was found dead yesterday morn
ing sitting upright In a chair in the
Office of his establishment. A small
| dagger was buried in the back Of his
neck.
Mr.. Wesley's death is supposed to
be connected in some manner with
the presence in his house of a four
| months-old girl. 1t is understood that
he and his wife, who is in Canada,
adopted the child three weeks ago.
| Tuesday night and demanded the
child and quarrelled with him when
he refused to give her up. The men
were at the place for two hours: Mr..
Wesley was found dead two hours
after they had gone. ~
When Mr.. Wesley was found sit
ting in his chair in the morning the
expression Of his face was so calm
| that Mrs. Arthur Sisson, g. boarder,
| who was the first to enter the office,
injured in a sawmill twelve years ago
and had only one arm and one leg.
It was not until Mrs. Sisson had en-
deavored to awaken the proprietor by
cred the dagger in his neck. Two
deep wounds on each side of the
dagger were hidden by the folds of
his neckcloth, which had been knot
ted tightly.
His crutch. without which he was
unable to walk, stood upright In
far corner of the room.
1t is the opinion of the police that
whoever murdered MIR. Wesley either
killed him where he was found, after
ing his crutch far out Of reach, or
else killed him in some other room
in the house and afterward placed his
body in the chair.
Note Crumpled in Hand.
A note found crumpled in Wesley's
hand read, TELL Mary to forgive me,
but it is better So" is considered as
ted suicide. A Coroner's physician
who examined the body shortly after
it was found said that the wounds
in the back of the mans neck could
have been inflicted by himself. The
police. however. are certain that the
note found in the dead mans hand
Is not in his handwriting.
The police are awaiting anxiously
the arrival of Mrs. Wesley, who, ac-
cording to Mrs. Sisson, will return to
her home today or tomorrow. Mr..
Wesley she declares, told her Tues
day that he had telegraphed to his
wife four times in four days asking
her to come home and that he had
Wesley had begun her journey.
Mrs Sisson is the only person from
whom the police have been able to
learn any facts calculated to throw
light on the mystery of w. WNeslsy,s
pie, who were childless, had often
discussed adopting a child and that
Mrs. Wesley Informed her with every
expression of pleasure four weeks ago
that they had arranged to adopt
little girl.
A week later the baby was brought
to their home, and ten days after
ward Mrs. Wesley went to Quebec, of
which city she is a native, leaving the
child with her husband. Mr.. Wesley
was about fifty years old, and his
wife less than thirty. They had con-
Quoted the lodging house for ten
years and were much respected.
Mrs. Sisson declared that Wesley
came to her room Tuesday night and
for him over night. She took the
child into her bed and fell asleep.
Woman Tells of Quarrel.
Soon after midnight she declared
Wesley received four callers, men
whose voices were strange to her. In
the main, she said, she could not hear
much that was said, but once one of
the men accused Mr.. Wesley of hav-
ing the child concealed in the house
and demanded that he deliver her
up. Mr.. Wesley in a loud voice. which
Mrs. Sisson believes was intended as
al 1iltALldttOi iOA hCt oOiiACo hdV-
ing the child in the house and de-
clared that his wife had taken the
girl to Canada Then Mrs. Sisson
heard another of the men say some
thing about legal papers" Soon
afterward the quarrelling ceased and
Mrs. Sisson said she fell asleep. The
child did not awaken all night.
Mrs. Sisson did not hear the men
leave the house, but she said yester-
day that they were there at least two
a
morning. she went downstairs to in
quire of Mr.. Wesley whether she
should bring the child downstairs or
keep her in her room for the day, |
When she found he was dead her.
screams awakened other dodgers in
the house.
If Mrs. Wesley on her return is I'M
able to give any clue to the identity |
of the men who visited her husband |
the police have nothing but the note |
found clutched in the victims hand |
to work on. 1t was compared with |
several specimens of Mr.. Wesleyss |
handwriting and did not seem to re-
semble any of them. Handwriting ex-
perts will examine it, Even If it shall |
prove to be in Mr.. Wesley's writing I
the police believe that its strong dis
similarity to his ordinary writing can |
be explained by his being under a |
severe nervous strain when he wrote |
it, Possibly they believe, 1t was writ
ten while a dagger was pointed at his |
throat.
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