The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06
GETS DAGGER AND
 LETTERS THREATENING BABE
 AND WIFE; HOME IS GUARDED


 Newport, R. l.. Aug. e-Since the arrival of Governor Whitman lat his house here. 50. many threats aesAnst his life as well as against that of Mr@. Whitman have been received in his mail that a special guard of regular police and plain clothes men has been < detailed by Chief Crowley. of the local police, to keep constant watch over them and their residence on the Ocean Drive.
 based upon She failure of the gover- nor to save Becker from the electric chair and come not merely in written for4n but in letters and packages con- tainlng daggers and miniature cofhns with plates bearing the name of sCharles S. Whitman. This form of terror has even extended to the months old child of the governor and Mrs. Whitman. who, the ano1ly- nous writers declare. will be kidnap- i. zed and murdered.
 I1nmed1aHe1y after Becker was put to death terrorizing communicati lions began to flood the Whitman mail here Tn almost every instance they were addressed to Mrs Whitman For years past, even while district attor- ney of New York during the Becker trial the governor has received such threats, but few had been addr ressed to his wife. Fearing such an outpurst as the present, the Governor directed blaat all mail sent to him or Mrs Whit man here should be opened and only letters intended for the personal pe- rusad Of Mrs. whitman be given to her Tn this way the anonymous co1nn1u na- cations have not come under her eye although she is aware that threats have been made against all the mem here IF f74eA faY71ily.
 Dagger in the Mail
 The Governor arrived last night. coming from New London on board 4hA d estrOyer Armen, accompanied by Curtain Lorii1ard Spencer, Jr-s Of his stair Tn his mail delivered at his house at Prices Neck at noon today were several letters addressed to Mrs. whitman declaring that she would be blown up, her baby child Kidnapped and the Governor murdered. The mail also brought a. dagger sent to the Governor carrying a tag on which was written esOne like this will be embedded in your heart. and a small cofffn bearing the message that he soon would need full sized one. All these letters and packages b0re the Newpcrf pozt1nark and had been mai1- ed during the early forenoon
 Although Mrs Whitman was not a1are 6f il. she wrs watchedf by pla1u clo4hes man every time she left fhe house Every person enler1nS or leaving The house is under constant surveIllance by guards who are near at hand but out of sight
 Threats have been received even over the telephone A servant an s7tsring ia call today from Nar1 agan- that MrssN Whlfnanss fate would be worse than Beckerss Efforts are be- ing made by the police to trace the origin of the telephone calls and the letters sent from this city and Mar ragauAett Pier
 Governor Whitman hesfta4es to- night about permitting photogra plas to be taken of the dagger and other menacing articles, but may permit it tomorrow
 onezof t1ae Letters
 relieving letter receivedin Mrs V vhltn1anss mall today was heaoed New York, but bore Newport posfmaxk Of this date. Mrs. " hit naansI ann awful1y sorry to ap- proach you in this manner but I wrote your husband d letter telling him # Becker must go to the chair your husbands life is short also, be- cause he could have saved him, and as true as God is the judge of your husbands wrongful deeds against Becker, we shall have the life of him. and as he hurt Mrs. Becker's heart, Sd shall you suffer the same.
 Your husband is a damned rascal a thief robber of the poor and a villain and we will get him and blow his brains in hell. He was damned rascal when in New York, but take warning. we will get him and get him good One of his own kind will gel him. and you also will be blown into eternity.
 $5,oO0 reward has been made for tl7s man who will get whitman, and get him right, and we can do ii and we will get you, too. We are going to make the higher ones crawl and give them hot lead to swallow in stead Of the best of drinks and eats and graft whitman is the man for the chair. not Becker, and as true as God Is alive. i've will get him
 Here follow several words which canont be published
 he letter Is signed. -tone of the Gang
 Sovernor Whitman made 1t clear to- dsE that this new outburst of threats against him is not worrying hi He declared he would like to get a4 the anonymous author of ter rorism against his wife and family, which he characterized as the most dastard1y form of cowardiee
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