The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-28

1 lowed her and with deliberate aim l shot her down as, possibly. she sway l ed towards him from faintness due | to loss of blood and the shock of the l first shot. As she was falling upon 1 her back, looking towards the house, ] it is probable that she faced the mur- ] derous fire with a last appeal to her husband not to kill her.
 | The murderer then went back into 1 the house, laid the shot gun on the
 bed and. started to leave the house. l The son, hearing the shot, had re- as his father met him. The mur- l derer grabbed a, shot gun and point l ed it at his son, shouting, Look out, f I am desperRtel'' The warning was l needed Eseby the younger man who
 fled tntp the corn6eld.
 ' Ratigah, who says that he was in | the orchard, mot wanting to be any, where near Haines,'' but who met the murderer after he had pointed the gun at his son, walked towards the | barn with Haines who said:
 q have done the job" and James, I am a murderer and if they get me l they will arrest me for murder Walking across lots towards a | swamp Haines mentioned committing suicide by swallowing a quantity of pills that had been given him as | treatment by a Bridgeport physician. Later it was decided that Ratigan should get a covered jitney and return }for Haines that he might give him self up. It is the belief of officials that 1 are seeking him that his intention was to get to the railroad station.
 Whether he made good this decision or went back into the bushes and com mitted suicide is~tlle question that to- day puzzles the authorities.
 l From the fact that it is known Haines deposited about $2O0 Saturday in 9 local a c- tion in secreting all the nfoney in the house upon. her person, it is thought 1 tEat Haines, who is known to usually carry a large roll of bills, may have little cash on his person,
 | When the body of Mrs. Haines was l Searched in preparation for the au- topsy it was discovered that she ap- Kparently had feared her husband, for
 on her person she had secreted
 $272.79 in silver, gold and greenbacks as we'll as a bank book on the Me lchanics and Farmers bank, which showed a balance of $257-46 in her own name. These possessions, in two purses had been wrapped in a. red pocket handkerchief as if hastily gath cred together in preparation for some untoward event.
 l A sad homecoming of Haines' little | children was reported this morning
 by neighbors of the family. It was
 expected that Haines might return
 to I11S nome 1dSC I1S1I ana a CIOSS 1 guard of the house was made by | Constable Berger and two assistants.
 With young Jason EIaines still ex- l pectant that his father might return
 to give himself up the vigil was kept I during the midnight and early morn ing hours, while the three other
 children were cared for by Mrs. 1 Wells, a neighbor. They were aI-
 most inconsolate over their sudden | double loss.
 An autopsy held upon the body of l Mrs. Haines by Assistant Medical Ez-
 aniner Edward F. Fitzgerald and Dr.
 E. B. Weldon disclosed the fact that
 two shots had been fired into the | body apparently. Two gaping wounds | shattered the flesh in the left arm. 1 the second had penetrated the re- | zion of the left breast and heart
 tearing a gaping wound which had
 undoubtedly caused instant death.
 Both shots had taken effect in the
 body, the four waddings remaining in
 the flesh. The shots had been fired
 at comparatively close range and
 evidently from the left side of the
 woman as she faced the gun
 Jason S. Haines, the fugitive from
 justice, comes from an old and highly
 respected family in the Trumbuu
 community. His father, Jason Haines,
 had lived in the old homestead where
 the tragedy occurred for many years,
 haVlng inherited 1t rom the or1girIat
 builder. The murderer, Jason, III,
 was born in the edifce and inherited l it, upon his fathers death some years ago. He had, however, not lived re-
 gently in it, for the reason that he had
 farm of his own on Pine Creek
 road, FairJ1eld, where he had been
 in the truck garden business Last
 April he had removed to the house of his birth, taking. care of the 125 acres Il { CContinued on Page 7)