The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-09
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
 FINDING OF CHILD'S
 CASKET IN FAIRFIELD
tton-Looking for Banks North District Thief.
8y Our Special correspondent.)

1 I.J
 Fairfield, Aug e-Sheriff H. E. Ed-
 wood is convinced that the finding of 1 a baby's caszet along the Easton turn 1 pike in Plattsville on Thursday is the l work of some grave robber and is
 making a quiet investigation to fer
 ret out the solution There are cir l cunstances about the mystery that grave was entered either for the pur- l pose of robbing a body or to se-
 cretly remove the remains from one
 casket to another and to another cem-
 etery.
 The gruesorne find was made by
 Rhinehart Link who noted what he 1 believed to be a sack containing po- tatoes along the roadside. Investiga- ton brought out that 1t was an in-
 fant's coffin large enough for a. child
 of one to two years. Medical Exam
 finer W. 1T. Dona1dson and Sheriff El-
 wood were notified as well as Select man Rowe. Before the arrival of any. of the town officials many viewed the
 casket but all seemed too timorous to
 peer into it's contents, if any. With the arrival of the sheriff and the med. -ical examiner the casket was opened
 but all that could be found was a vacuum. There were, however, un-
 nistakable evidences that the coffin
 had seen usage
 The casket was of the couch variety.
 opening both at the top and on one side. The interior was lined with
 pink satin, while the outer covering was of white plush over a polished wood surface. The lining bore many stains while the plush cover was worn in places, as if it came in contact with an outer box. The bottom of the cas- ket was very much water stained, evil dentiy through water which soaked through the outer box into the casket. The casket was not one of a cheap order but of a. costly nature.
 What makes the authorities believe that there is mystery connected with the find is the action of a party of automobiIists on the turnpike the night before the find MT. Link in formed the sheriff that he was re- turning home late that evening and that after entering his home he heard a machine stop. The stopping place was about where he found the casket the next morning. He was positive the casket was not there when he went by as he believes he would have stunn- b1ed over it. About fifteen minutes after the machine left, the same or another machine stopped at the same place. NT41e next morning he found the caslzet where the machine had stop ped
 The casket is now with Sheriff E- Rvood, who has notified the sextons Of most of the cemeteries in this To- cality of the finding suggesting that they. make an investigation of all graves under their charge. The sher- if is of the belief that the mystery will out within a short while.
 Officials of all towns in this vicinity. especially of Bridgeport, have been notified to be on the lookout for a l resident of the Banks North District i who is supposed to be the man who broke into the home of Nels Meals, an Of sl7aa E T21TIl in Q him of. $40. besides a number of Danish | coins. The man wanted has often | been befriended by Meals and has of | ten stopped at his home. He has worked in that district. aThe money | was stolen from a heavy wooden trunk in which Meals kept his earnings. The trunk was split open with an axe. A bank book was undisturbed. When E Meals returned from his labors he discovered the wreckage reporting the ing else in the house has been dis E tT1rbed outside the trunk, denoting that the thief was well acquainted with the habits of the occupant
 Mrs. Lizzie Zemble,, who did reside near the Hydraulic company's pump ing station has removed her abode at the request of Judge Bacon Wake man to a new address in North ave- Eue, Bridgeport, care of the county. Mrs. Zernble when tried before the town court on the theft charge ad- Initted her guilt but with Varia tions. She was charged with the theft of a hammock, a stool and two pillows bor. Mrs. Goodwin, Mrs. Philip Cro-I marty and Mrs. Murfe1 Goodwin Rossa- no told the court that they saw Mrs ZembIe take the veranda f1xings. It was II o'clock at night that the worn en noted Mrs Zemble walk off with the goods. The latter denied that it was Il, she was positive that it was o'clock ir the morning.
 As the woman had been before the court cn a previous occasion she was not dealt with leniently. She got off i with a fine Of S and costs of $23 g and sertence of 10 days.
 Cottagers along the beaches nnrfL i and south of Fairfield beach have Ii