The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-18
Medical Examiner Satisfied That Aged Invahd's Death Game By His Own Hands!
Teacher Hears Youngsters Discussion of Ghastly Find and Notifies Police Auth critics.

Stretched on the ground in the rear of a barn at 200 French street. with. a shot gun barrel in one hand and the stock between his legs. Herbert Richr ards, sr., aged n. formerly of south bury. shot his brains out at 6:sO o'clock this morning
 Two children, George Jarris of 200 French street, and Clifford Reynolds of 215 French street found the body of Richards at o'clock It was not until the Reynolds boy was in class room at shelton school, and he told Pfinci- pal Everett E. Cortright Of the find ing that the police authorities learned of the suicide.
 Richards was despondert. He had left his wife and home in Southbury after some differences there. Fur thers he had been in a hospital twice and he was in such an il condition yesterday that his son wanted him to go back to get further treatN Nent for stomach trouble. which bothered him greatly
 With his son, Herbert. Jr., aged 25, Richards left his farm in Southbury IS months ago. Ills daughter, Mrs. May Buckingham, who is not living with her husband. went to live with > Mrs. Richards when the differences arose Between the latter and Rich ards.
  route in the Black Rock district of the city. They had been living at zs9 Parrott avenue with Mir and Mrs. Isadore Sirlkin- Two months ago, they boarded at the< home of Mrs. Fred Harris of 2O0AFrench street Several times during the last year Richards had to leaves these boarding places to go to a hospital for treatment to his stomach.
 MT, Richards had been fond of the Jarris children and the Jarrts family was fond Of him and his son
 Yesterday, h1sl son. who was support. ing him in his old age, urged niz1i to go back to the hospital, as the old man yxss suffering. His father WAS consfd- . ering this.
 Mrs Sirlxfn heard him leave his room and the house at 1 80 o'clock this morn ing. Probably about 20 minutes after ward Mrs. Jarris, lying in bed- heard a report which >seemedft to come from the direction of her DHrns but she says she assumed it to be noise of blasting. She paid little attention to. it. At S o'clock she heard another report, which she also thought was blasting It wasJ several hours later that she learned man she knew wen was found dead in the hear Of the barn
 The theory is that Richards missed the first shot and then lost his nerve until several hours later, when he tried again and succeeded in killing himself
 Mrs. Iarrfss son, George. aged 4 and Clifford Reynolds, aged 1e. left their homes this morning to go to the Jarr4s barn for pet nnules on which they planned to ride They came upon the body of R1charda. the gun at his side. Little remained of his head but the nose and chin He had turned his head aside. 1t is be- heved. when he pulled the trigger
 They said nothing to anybody un~ til Reyoalds went to school When he heard the story, Prtnc4pa1 Cort- wright te1ephened for the ambulance corps. That was at S.30 o'clock. Tn the belief that a murder had been committed the police patrol was send to the scene with Policemen Robert Egan, Thomas Weller and TEaetna< Kearney.
 pr. E.. .B. Weldon found Richards dead Medical Examiner s. M Gar lick was called. He said he beIiev- ed the death to have been suicide. k Mrs Sirkfn identified the body as that of Richards
 The shot gun with which he killed himself is a. single barreIed one The she'll with which the first shot was fired has not been found.
 The body was taken to the Enorgue of Rourke 6 Boucher. The son of the dead man was notified of the death by George Bellows, general manager o1 the Borden oC., to whom the inforna- lon was conveyed by the police.