The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-21

of Struggle in Room
 Fonowing the discovery of a man fatally shot in the head at The Hotel Astor, John street. this forenoons and his death at 1.15 this afternoon, the police are making widespread search for woman companion who has mys- teriOus1y disappeared
 Whether the case will prove to be murder the police are not prepared tp dfe-the police are not prepared to say but they want to interview the woman to clean up certain unusual phases of the shooting case
 Only partial Identification of the man has been made. Evidences of a. struggle in the room, which is much spattered with blood; discovery of a small sum Of money crumpled and hid den behind a radiator; failure to lo- cate any of the many inmates of the hotel who can recall the noise of shooting: and the inability of the man because of his morfbund condition to help the police in their search for in sforroafi oza-all cornp1icate the case.
 The pair en4ezed the Hotel Astor shortly before midnight registered as tsbTr and Mrs John Conroy, New York and retired to their room The hotel employees say they called for two. glasses of ginger ale, but no other word came from the couple. The half drained glasses were in the room to-
 At II o'clock this morning a te1e- phone call for the anbulance was sent from the Hotel Astor. Am bu- A7ance Surgeon Beaudry responding, was told that an accident had occur red in room A on the second floor of the building. He was conducted to the room on the second hoors. directly over the small porch of tho John street entrance
 Sitting On the edge of the much disordered bed. and graspfng the iron rods of ths'Bed, was an elderly, well dressed man. attredi in a neat gray suit Blood coTnp1etely covered him from a bullet wound directly over the right eye, which had penetrated beneath the eyeban forcing the eye from the socket and continuing it's course through the bridge of the nose and into the brain beneath the left eye Though partially conscious, the victim had been blinded A re- vo1ver was partially hidden beneath the folds of a comfortable at the foot of the bed At che side of the bed the bed was a pillow literally covered with blood and dnger-marks, which hid another large pool of blood six to eight inches in diameter. The bed, hed-covering, door window and walls were spat1ered with blood A 
 CT as if clutched lightly in the hand was found behind e radiator and was also stained. apparently, with blood.
 Dr. Beaudry at once ordered the man Into the ambulance and assisted E71y ambulance driver Aubrey Bur1ison carried the fast sinking man to the nnntor-vef1icle which made swift run to St vlncenfss hosp4fa1.
 On the way an attempt to get a statement from the injured man was but partially successful. The victim was both blind and in senai-de1irfu1n- He once gave the name of "Chitten- dens' or sC7itEum'' and then said that 7lis name was Mike Minor" Though he answered Ayes'' to nearly every question propounded, the police and medical authorities are Of the opfn- ion that he was irresponsible.
 The police were at once advised Of the affair and Captain John Began while sending Sergeant Charles Vince Ter to the scene, hurried to St Vim cents hospital with Mrs. Burroughs. department stenographer. in an effort ko secure an ante-nnOrtem statement Irf this the officer was little more sue cessfu1 than the hospital authorities.
 They learned that the victim was probably Mike Minor. of New York, or Waterbury He said he had a boy in Waterbury and that the gun be- 1onged to him. having been given to him by e bartender last Sunday. Com tinued questioning also e1fcited the in- formation that he probably lived in red brick building near lunch room in Broad street. He said that he had lived in Bridgeport about I 5 years This information was gath cred with much effGrt.
 The man is stockf1y built about 50 wears or over, smooth face, and near ilv completely bald, a fringe of spafse gray hair encircling the extremity of t1ne head-a
 Capfain George Arnold with Ser zeant Wheeler who had made the pre- 8irrrfnary Investigation. took charge of f1le case It was learned that Minor and a woman about 80 years old. tall and dark had come to the hotel at Il o'clock last night. After registering 1n screw1fng hand upon the last line ! of the register. which could hardly be dscipzered today as 1.Afr. and Mrs. John Couray, New. Yiork,. they wer. assigned to room 14 by Night Clerk Ernest Nanchester They went to th6fr ro0rn and a, little while later rang for two glasses of gtnger-aIe. These zg1aszes hut partially consumed today as600d stde by side on fhe bureau. The womsn was heard talking to her com ipan4on hetween the hours of { and 5 o'clock this morning,
 The next event that has been uncov- cred by the police is ths< fact that at labout 10.So- this gnorning Henry c. Pamber of I'll Madison avenue, em- ploysd by George B. Clark, on Broad mspset engaged in measuring the win d0Vvs for new awnings, asked for per mission to enter tfe room. This he kas granted by the inmate who at