Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-27
FATHER WILL ARRANGE
FOR nAuGHTERss FUNERAL


Saturday morning Gottfred Weiss
grader left here for Hartford to make
sure that the girl who had been shot
was his daughter and to make ar
first decided that her brother would
go, but the father finally decided 1t
was his place. He visited the un-
dertaking rooms where the body was,
together with Otto Weisgraher of
Meriden, uncle of the girl He made
the identity positive and said that he
would make the arrangements for the
funeral though it liz not known as
yet when it will take place or whether
the body will be brought here. Mr.
Weisgraber had not returned Sunday
night,
Jeremiah j. Casey of Ansonia, who
was supposed to have been the girls
husband when informed by Chief
Gum of Hartford of the particulars
Of the case. remarked with much fse1=
ing, This is tough, indeed. 1t hurts
inc to think she came to this" Casey
was. quite frank in talking about his
relations with the dead woman. He
said that he had become infatuated
with the girl and wanted her to MARRY
him. Il guess she liked the gay life
too well" he remarked, for she passed
up good home for It. and wouldn't
marry me. even for the sake of the
child" Casey. who is about SO years
old. is we'll known in Ansonia, where
he works as q cigarmaker. Casey met
the girl in November, 1909, when she
was working as a waitress in AM
sonia. She left there the following
March and went to a hotel at Indian
Neck. He frequently went to see her
there. The child was born last An
gust. Casey paid the board of the
girl and her child. Casey wanted to
marry her. but the girl didn't accept
the proposition. running away q short
fit1oo lott r. =
man, who had criminal record, as
previously noted.
Said She Was Good Lossr.'
ford. and he wrote to her, saying that
he would marry her for the sake of
"squaring things for the boy" The
girl answered all the letters. and
Casey showed them to the police. She
intimated in some of them that she
In another letter she told Casey that
she liked him better than any one
she knew and respected him for his
position in regard to the child, but she
was of the opinion that it would be
best for them not to marry. She con-
cluded by saying: II guess I'll never
be anything to you. Jerry, but a. sad
memory In another letter to Casey
the girl wrote: I'm a failure and
have lost verything in life. but I'm
going to be good loser
Casey has already made arrange
ments to board the child whom the
girl called by his name. Jeremiah J.
Casey. Mrs. Sarah E. Brown of No.
SO Flower street Hartford, is caring
for the boy. She took him to board
through an advertisement which the
young woman put in a newspaper
shortly after going to Hartford with
Burns. Mrs. Brown was informed that
h. 1v1fI n 20 law h To
seph Casey His board was paid reg
ularly. Lillian took the child away
for time, but brought him back later.
Casey has been in the habit of call
ing at the Brown home every Sunday
to see the child. He saw Lillian a
couple of times at the house, but was
not aware of the fact that she was
leading the life, that her death re-
vealed. In one letter she had told
Casey that she was through with men
and would live straight" He knew
nothing about Cavanaugh.
Bullet Struck Hat.
In examining some of the woman's
effects at the police station Saturday
Detective Henry l.. Hart secured what
is considered an important piece Of
evidence and one which the police
believe will help materially toward
convicting Cavanaugh, il he persists
in his denial of guilt. 1t is the wire in
the brim of the young woman's hat.
The hat is very wide and has low
crown. The brim is one of the yari-
ETY. that shades the eyes to some ex-
tent. In the center of the front of
the brim the cloth was torn by the
bullet and the wire was almost cut
in two. 1t is bent for nearly two inch
es in v shape and has some resem-
blance to lairpin. The police as
sert that the young woman could not
have raised her arm above her head
and shot through her hat