The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-31
Curious Condolences Point to Frederick A. Bennett, Secretary of Manufactur- ers' Association, As Much Sought Man.

Father and Mother of Son
 Asked to Visit Woman
 About to Die.
 Stranger coincidences are seldom uncovered in fiction than the facts to- day pouring into Bridgeport to point an evidential finger at one of it's most prominent young citizens as being perhaps the son of a.4 aged and dying mother who seeks that so1ace in her last moments which can only be given by the child of her travail.
 Although, as published exclusively in the columns of The Farmer, yester- day, Frederick Albert Bennett, a, self made man, and at present holding the dignffed and responsible post of sec retuary of the Manufacturers associ- atfon, strenuousIy Geniee that he is the son of Margaret Bennett, at pres ent on her death bed in WaIthan, Mass, and destined Io live but a few days longer. the coincidence of his birth place, occupations and resi- dences fit with such nicety that were it not for the well established fact that circumstantial evidence some times lies, he would undeniably be accused of deserting his parents in the very shadow of the grim reapers hand.
 For several weeks the police and railroad agents of various cities and towns, throughout Connecticut, have been asked to locate Albert J. Ben nett" Such facts ware published in The Farmer Monday last
 On Tuesday information reached this city, which indfcated that Albert J. and Frederick A. Bennett were one and the same Yesterday the denial of the local man was published.
 Today the following letter from James B. O'Neil, 2e Moody street. ton agent at Sandy Hook, Conn.,, was shown to a reporter for The Farmer:
 Walthann, Mass,
 Dec. 13, 1913- Town Clerk, Sandy Hook, Conn.,:
 Please tell me if you have on your Doll list a young man named Albert J. Bennett, born in Boston about 27 years ago, the son or Andrew and Margaret Bennett. His last place of residence here was Everett street, Al, ston district, oBston. The last wa heard of him was in Sandy Hook though part of the time he was in Newtown- If you can give me any clue to his residence will be very grateful as his mother is i'll with arteriaI hardening. Find stamp for reply.
 Yours truly,
 JOHN B. o'NEh
 26 Moody street,
 Wa1tham, Mass.
 It was further learned from the registrar of marriages and deaths at Newtown, Conn, that one, Frederick Albert Bennett, was married by Rev. Otis OIney Wright, rector of St. Johns church, at Sandy Hook, to Miss Maud Homer BIackman, daughter of James M Blackman. From the records it was ascertained that Frederick Albert Bennett gave his age as 24, his occupa- ton as manager and his birthplace as &Boston The name of his father is given as Andrew Bennett and that of his mother as Margaret WilSbn. To this he swore before Oscar Pitzschler, a registrar.
 It will be noted that by most peculiar coincidence both the father and mothers names in the letter of inquiry and the marriage certificate are the same With a difference of three years, the ages tally, and from information today received from John B. O'Neifl in Waltham, a.letteP writ ten to Albert J. Bonnet in NewtoWn was answered over the signature of Miss Maud Homer Blacknan. So cer- tain are the friends of Mrs. Bennett in WalthaEl that her son is in Bridge port, that they will leave that city today in the hopes of finding Albert Bennett and prevailing upon him to
  Frederick Albert Bennett, could not today be located in this city for fur ther information or denial of the facts received in this city. It was said at the offices of the Manufacturers As sociation that he was at the offices of the Fuel Engineering Company in New York city. There it was admit ted that he had called but refused to leave an address, saying that he~would later call up Bridgeport and say where he could be found
 Of Frederick Bennett, it is said, in Newtown, that he came to that sta ton about six years ago, in the capa- city of a telegraph operator.
 He was later transferred to Sandy Hook station of the Berkshire DivIs- ion of the New Haven road. He ap- piled for a, permanent position as dis patcher at NeWtOwn, but did not get it. He then came to Bridgeport where he entered a local business college and soon gained the requisite knovI- edge of business conditions which eIe- vated him to his present influential and responsible position
 When he first arrived in Newtown he was accredited by those who knew Catholic church He boarded at the home Of the NcNamara family there and was accepted as of the Catholic faith It is asserted that he had a sister. . nun in q convent In Rhode Island which was partially confirmed today through reports from Wa tham-
 Later he became a Protestant and as an officer in Hiram lodge. 1ss F. & known in Masonic circles