The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-27

tached to the revolver, that the mat 1 ter of a broken engagement, return of ring, or burned letter had entered into the tragedy. It is believed, however, 1 by the evidence in ight that the fam lily in their moment of intense grief had overlooked these matters. pr. ECogswe1I, in displaying the gun today to newspaper reporters, was entirely uaware that the family had denied the ribbon episode He was of the belief, however, that sthe girl did not have strength sufficient to pull the trigger | by means of the ribbon, which is still attached to the weapon.
 In connection with the present sad | termination of Miss Wheeler's engage znent it is recalled that her sister, now Mrs. Dorothy Trimmingham was about to be married when i'll health caused a broken engagepnent that was later renewed, but still occasions her to live in Bermuda
 Miss Wheeler is said to have met iCowI in the younger society set of New l Y ork, and to have known him for over three years. Their engagement fol- lowed a trip to Stratford by Cowl in his private yacht last summer. He of fen came across tne Sound from the summer home at Great Neck.
 At the Wheeler home on Academy ! hiIl outside. upon the walk. garden CTS had been busily engaged in spread l ing new dirt and gravel over the great patch of blood which stained the walk and border Of the grassy i lawn. The porch had been newly scrubbed, and within the house where all had been up during the night the greatest silence and gloom of tragedy prevailed.
 lE CIarkson CowI, father Of the youthfuI suicide, had been acquainted with his death shortly after midnight and at once motored to Bridgeport
 with the boys mother. They were met by mem bers of the Wheeler fam fly and taken to the Wheeler home in
 Stratford where Miss Wheeler be-
 back from the Bridgeport hospital in her fathers big nmousine. pr. Coggswen was said to have been in attendance all during the night. and today the young girl was guarded by servants and other members of thel ] family lest she should be awakened from, the vicarious sIumber that had .overtaken her shortly after sun
 rise.
 To reporters. Arthur DeF'Orest EVheeIer said:
 This sad anair has utterly un- nerved us and I cannot talk upon
 it for nubiication. must refer you 1 to Mi Cowl wE1o.is now telephoning l to New York. Still bearing traces of the grief that I had overcome him, but bearing up
 admirably under the strain both MT. I CowI and. MT. Wheeler led reporters
 to the front porch where they refus- | ed to make any statements.
 This is a terrible blow said Mir.
 Cowl, and was the act of my son dur ling a moment of extreme nervous I depression-
 secure audiences with either MT. CowI or MT. Wheeler, who. servants said,, | were in New York.
 Miss Emily Dunbar Wheeler. aged x 22, is the daughter of Arthur DeF'or- 5I est Wheeler, a retired coffee broker of New York, formerly a member of the New York produce exchange. His father Ezra wheeler was one of the best known dry goods merchants in New York city and 9 descendant of Nathan Birdsey. one Of the revolu- tionary heroes of Connecticut.
 The young girl, beautiful in appear ance and having 3. very forcefu1 and ! strong character, had been graduated
 from the Stratford public and High school, later attending Miss Porter's Seminary at Farnington, Conn.
 where she was graduated over three
 years ago. She had been a member
 of the younger social set in New York to which her family connections and
 lineage had given her easy entre She
 later became attached to the Suffrage
 cause and has been an ardent worker
 for suffrage.
 She was seen but little in Stratford
 though as a member of St. John's | Episcopal church she taught Sunday ! school classes and interested herself lin civic matters.
 She had recently spent considerable time with her sister, Mrs Dorothy
 Trimming gharn, at Hamilton, BerEnu- , da, who owing to i'll health had been compelled to seek that climate and
 now has resided there for several 1 years. Miss Wheeler returned to Stratford three days ago, Young CowI
 who during the spring suffered a se- , were breakdown in his nervous sys- !, tenn had first gone to Southern Pines,
 N. C., and later Hot Springs As he wanted complete rest and also wanted Ito see Miss Wheeler he Joined the house party in Bermuda. He had left , l there so as to arrive in New York a week ago Monday.
 The body of Eoang. CowI was ship
 ped from St sf rsaEf8ra eeo Bridgeport ana , thence to New York on the 10 o'clock train from Bridgeport, being accom-
 panied by Undertaken Frank Curtis, 3 of Stratford, who remained up all
 night preparing the remains for trans : portation. All that is left today in the : undertaker's small room in Stratford is