The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-28

The woods are between 400 ana 5OO
 acres in extent and are west of No
 2 reservoir of the Bridgeport Hydrau-
 lie Co. Rocks, Assures, caves and
 dense undergrowth in this section,
 which was familiar to Haines make
 innumerab1e hiding places where a
 man could stay for months.
 Justice of the Peace William F..
 Randall discloses his belief this after
 noon that that is where Haines is hid
 ing He says the Trnmbul1l police
 are working on thatA theory. The
 cabin has been visited but has been found empty
 Haines is we'll supplied with am
 munition, it, is believed, and it is
 thought the hiding place was preNar- ed and stocked with fishing tackle and
 food.
 Sheriff Simeon E. Pease had put
 his entire staff of deputies on the case
 State Policeman Frank Virellil has
 been assig gned to it.
 A man thought Ito answer Haines' description was reported to have visit
 ed the home of Mrs. Annie Curtis, in Monroe, early this morning. Deputy
 Sheriffs who investigated the report are sure that it was not .Haines. Jasont Haines, Jr., is leading the
 search for his father. He is working in the belief that his father may have [ committed suicide and his body is ly-
 ing in the woods near the scene of the murder. Former Deputy Sheriff E. P. Berger of TrumbuIl who has had prominent part throughout the course of the tragedy and who is in charge of the
 search for Haines, undoubtedly had a narrow escape from being. a second victim, for Mrs. Haines was undoubt- edly about to appeal to him to come to the farm when shot down.
 1 H1in Sheriff Berger, the latter at the time took the statements to be the rawlings of a drunken man.
 It was on the occasion when Mrs: Haines was taken to 1.-the Bridgeport hospital. last Friday that Berger con- versed with Haines on the subject The full text of what Haines then said, in cluding threats upon the life of both
 Mrs Haines- and himself, the consta- ble refuses tol divulge today but it is known that these statements will do
 much to convict Haines of first degree
 murder in the event that he Is cap tured.
 | At the time whileA Mrs. Haines was being treated in St. Vincents hospital. l the local police apprehended Ha1nes | in a saloon on Water street. They 1 turned him over to the constable who [ took Haines before Justice of the Peace William F. Randall, of Trumbu1 lie was remanded for trial upon an as sau1t charge and hearing set for Mon day at o'clock. At the time 1t was disclosed that if Haines, who then had no money in his pockets, was locked LID in lieu of bonds the four children at the home would be without care. Con- sta bIe Berger consented to become per sonaIIy liable for the return of Ha1neS before the court. Haines round1y abused the constable, stating that he had no business to in i fef 1 and his wife, which Haines claimed came about through his wife throwing stones at him while he was drawing water from the we'll In s9f-defense Haines said that he had hit her over the head with the water bucket, in- hicting the wound that was treated at St. Vincent's hospital.
 Edward Ratigan, who was arrested | in connection with the murder and | who thought he could find Haines ayers that when he went back to the spot with the officers, Iaines was not at the appointed place. Besides veal thv relatives living in Iowa, he has
 no place that he could go for assist ance other than his farm at Fairfell and the Water street saloons that he has freQuented lately.
 It is known that Haines fired -cth shot at, Mrs. Raines in the parlor o1 the old farmhouse. She was standing | beside the telephone as he entered
 tie room. probably from the kitchen | She received a charge of bird sho that tore the flesh from her arm and imbedded it in the wall paper anG 1 plaster to the left of the telephone 1 \ trail of blood, beginning at the tele- sphone, where she must have stood fol i 8 full minute while the blood fell ir
 torrents, leads through the parlor, in l to the kitchen shed, and thence
 across the stones at the rear of th' house 15 feet towards the garden 1 The woman was evidently fleeing il