The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-18
CONNECTICUT IS
 COMBED FOR CLUES

New Haven, Aug. 18s-With police officers and interested citizens all over Conn necticut keeping an eye open for clues or rurnors as to the course Harry K. Thaw took in his supposed flight through the state yesterday, practi- cally nothing definite has been deve1- oped. The theory that the a-utomo- piles reached Roton Point, near Stam- ford, in the late afternoon, and that Thaw and possibly others embarked upon a yacht which had anchored off there, using a small powerboat which served as the yachts tender. seems to be supported by facts.
 Shortly after o'clock in the after noon, R. H. Fitch, whose home is in Wilton, at the junction of the Ridge field and Danbury road, was accosted by a, man driving a black touring car, as he sat on his piazza. The driver asked where he could get gasoline and was told of a place down the road and then he inquired for the road through New Canaan to Stamford.
 This car had no passengers. Twenty minutes later a second car, also with a New York marker on 1t, stopped at MT. F'itch's and inquiry was made as to the road to Stamford through New Canaan and when directed by the way of Norwalk, the chauffeur said he did not want to take that road. The chauffeur remarked that he had be- come twisted on the roads in Ridge field and was anxious to reach Stam- ford. In the car were two men on the front seat and man and woman on the rear seat
 MT. Fitch says the woman showed great nervousness while the man be- side her was very impatient to pro- ceed, urging the chauffeur not to con tinue talking. The man had a dark moustache which contrasted with his general facial appearance and he wore blue serge suit.
 The woman seemed to be rather tall. This car departed and inside of 20 minutes a third car stopped at the house and a man who sat beside the chauffeur asked for directions to Stamford, laying stress on his desire to avoid Norwalk. He also made an incidental query as to whether any vehicles had gone that way lately. MT. Fitch had not heard of Thaw's pants of the three New York cars in terested him. All cars were of the touring type.
 I MT. F'itch's recollection of the pas senger in the third car was that he was of medium height, light hair, smooth shaven cheeks but with a red dish chin beard.
 The report current at South Nor walk, last night, was that an automo- bile party reached Roton Point be- tween and o'clock when tconmuni- cation was had between shore and a yacht which had been anchored off there. Roton Point is between South Norwalk and Stamford and can be reached by a cross road through New Canaan from Wilton.
 Inquiry made along the roads in the northwest corner of Connecticut, over which a car would go to reach Massa- chusetts, falls to bring out any infor- nation which would throw light upon the movements of any particular car In Danbury, nothing definite is as- certatnable bearing upon the report that lodge in the hills had been prepared for the coming of party There are numerous bungalows be- | longing to fishing and hunting clubs ! in the hilly section both north and south of Danbury, many of them be- ing in quite secluded spots. The opinion is held by many here that as the automobiles of the Thaw party disappeared so quickly it was possi- ble for them to have turned up 2. side road to a lodge where the party re- mained until later in the day. The | statement of MT. Fitch of Wilton, | that the chauffeur of a touring car which had stopped at his house had remarked that he had become twisted ] on the Fidgef1eId road, might be talk en as a clue to the movements of the