The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-02

ther of Bristol then started to exam inc the woman and after grilling her for about an hour. and a half, finally secured a confession from. her.
 It appeared from her story, which was partially substantiated by evil dence that had been secured by Chief BeIden, that P1ew had. been intimate with her for several years since her marriage with Wakefield. She is "A years old, while her husband was 45. Several times she ran away to live with Plew, but ultimately went back to her husband, several months pre- Vious to this time, Plew had been making frequent visits to the Wake field home, against the husband's s known wishes. About a month ago, Wakefield complained to the police, saying that P1ew was annoying him and trying to run away. with his wife. For several weeks P1ew had sent a number of letters to Mrs. Wakefield, all of which the husband had inter cepted and kept from his wife.
 Sunday morning, it seems, when Plew visited Mrs. Wakefield, it was decided between them that Wakefield must be ''got rid of.' While Wake field was outside chopping wood in the shed, his wife and Plew planned their action. After this conference Plew left the Wakefield home and WS11I out dllO PuTCnaSGd some cnlOrO- form at drug store in Bristol. He did not return until 11:3O o'clock that night, when Wakefield objected to his entering the house and they quarreled The quarrel ended in a struggle, in which PIew choked Wakefield almost into fnsensibility.
 With Wakefield half insensible, Plew drew out the ch1oroforn, had Mrs Wakefield soak handkerchief with it and put it over her husbands nose. He soon became unconscious When he finally recovered sufficiently to walk, P1ew supported him and walked him out of the house and into the open country, starting the walk through the woods which finally end ed at the spot where the body was found.
 Wakefield EIopers.
 All three of the actors in this trag- edy lived originally in Middlebury. a small village near Bristol Wakefield and Mrs Wakefield, who was Bessie Webster before her marriage were married in New York, having eloped from NGidd1ebury together, about sew en years ago. Wakefield worked around in several places as a team ster. In his youth, in Bolton, Wake field suffered from an attack of brain fever and all his life was considered little weak in the mind. Wakefield and his wife went to Bristol to live about three months ago. He worked for Curtiss & Brink, a trucking con- cern.
 Plew, who is a man about AT years old, lived practically all his life in Mfddlebury. Lately he has been work ing for a farmer in Middlebury by the name of David Wheeler. For the last several days he had been working for Wheeler on the farm of Howard Futile, New York millionaire, who has large residence in Middlebury. He was working there yesterday after noon when arrested by State Police man M- J. Downing at the direction of Coroner Mix, after the confession of Mrs. Wakefield in Bristol. He made no effort to escape and for while positively denied any complicity his den5aI of guilt until confronted by Mrs. Wakefield, who recounted her story before him in the police station here last night. He then broke down and told his whole story to Coroner Mix.
 MT and Mrs. Wakefield had two children, boy, aged four. and a. girl, aged six. They also boarded a two- year-oId child belonging to Plew, the murderer, visits to whom PleW often made an excuse for his frequent visits to the Wakefield house. P1ew
  but was not living with his wife.
 After the arrest of Mrs. Wakefield yesterday afternoon, the three chfl- dren were taken to the home of Mrs. wakefeld's parents, MT. and Mrs. Frank Webster, in Middlebury. The woman's parents are a hard-working couple who have lived in Midd1ebury for many years
 Wakefield had a number of relatives living about in that section of the state He had brother in New Brit ain, and sisters in Bristol, Forestville and Midd1ebury.
 Plew and Mrs. Wakefield were talk en to the Waterbury police station in automobiles yesterday afternoon and were then brought on to New Haven from Waterbury last evening. They were taken direct from the railroad station to the police station in a car riage: They were under examination before Coroner Mix for about three hours last night. It is understood that each made sweeping and full confes- sion.
 Mrs. Wakefield andS P1ew were lock- ed up in etmurderers' row. at the county jail last night, after Coroner Mix had completed his investigation.