New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-03-11
Mrs. Henry O'Rda Stricken While
Performing Household Duties.
B0ARDER FINDS LIftLESS BODY
Woman Had Made Purchases From
Butcher a Few Minutes Before Her
DCath--Nas Alone in the House
When Stricken.

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home on Elm Court bAortly alter
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BODY was found short time later
~ Mrs. Thomas q. Russell, Jr., Il
noaroer at the O'IIara home. Mrs.
husseI had been at church ana IL
sW~<5 Oh ner return that she made the
! discovery. Lite was extinct at the
time ana it was apparent that the
woman mad expired suddenly. a..
! MRS. = Hara Was alone IN the house
when she.Was stricken. She seemed
| TO be IN good health a short time be-
| tore. AT o'clock she made some
| purchases from a butcher whose team
! stopped i'll front of her home and at
! the time she seemed to be in good
! spirits She. returned to the house,
swept the floor Of one room and
| apparently had entered the bedroom i'll
which her body was found to do some
| cleaning when she sustained the shock.
| On the bed with her body Il chair
was found, indicating that she had
! moved some of .he furniture prepara-
| tory to sweeping.
| Believing that the woman had faint
D
| Dent and Mrs. Ann Donahue, neigh
| bors, for assistance and then hastily
summoned DR. j. N Bull When the
/ physician arrived the body showed no
sign of life. Dr. Bull notified Med
ical Examiner I. G. Wright of New
| Britain and after viewing the remains
the latter gave apoplexy as the cause
| of death. ,- .N
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| only daughter, was at work in the
plant Of the Bristol Manufacturing
! company, when she was notified of
! her mothers death. She became hys-
terical after arriving home and her
| condition for a time caused her friends
| considerable alarm. She was neon
solable and the efforts of neighbors
| to assuage her grief bore no fruit.
| Word was also sent to Mrs. . Fara
husband, Henry O'Hara, and their son
! Arthur. both of whom were at work
! in Waterbury. They arrived home a
| few hours later.
While arrangements for the fun
! eral have not as yet been completed
| it is expected the services Wall be
| held Saturday morning at the Church
Of Our Lady Of Mercy, with burial in
| ST. Joseph's cemetery.
| Mrs OHara was fifty years of age
| and was a native of ireland. She
| had lived in Plainville for long time
! and was highly esteemed. She was
| woman Of many admirable traits, n
| kind and loving mother and beloved
by all who had the pleasure of her
| acquaintance. Her husband and two
children mourn her loss. Her sudden
death was a big shock TO the com
| munity and expressions of genuine
sorrow were heard on all sides when
the news Of her passing gained circula-
| ton.
Fined $1-Appeals Taken.
Declaring their intention of fighting
| to the end even if it is necessary to
| take their cases before a jury in the
superior court, Paul Leonard, Rich
| ard Cafferty and Frank Graham,
! through their counsel, P. F. McDon
ough, took appeals from the decision
| Of Justice A. H. Condell in which
fines OF 81 and. costs were imposed on
| each for breach Of the peace. The
| young men were up for a hearing yes
| terday afternoon and the court found
| them guilty. Bonds of $50 were re-
| quired. Grand Juror M. A. Norton.
| who took sides with the youths, claim
| them, furnished security for Cafferty
! and Graham and Leonard's father pro-
| vided bail for him. The cases of
James McNally and Eugene Parkin-
son who were fined on Monday for
| their connection with the incident
| have also been appealed, Peter Brock
furnishing security for their appear
ance before the superior court at the
June term.
According to testimony presented
| by Officer Marino, the young men had
! had some words with him about mid
night Saturday and ran into the lunch
room near the railroad crossing to
escape arrest. They stayed in the
| restaurant until after II o'clock and
all were singing when they started
| for home. The officer claimed he
| followed them down Pierce street
| and they kept to the melody even af-
| ter they had passed the town build
| ing Attorney McDonough attempted
| to make the officer admit that he
| could not tell positively just which
! mem bers of the quintet were furnish
| ing the music but he persisted that
all the boys were trying their voices.
| Frederick Babcock told the court
that he was in his boarding house on
| Canal street and that he heard the
singing, although he could not swear
| of course who was providing the mu-
| sic George L. Newton also heard
singing but he thought the sound
of the voices came from the east
rather than from Pierce street
The boys admitted that some of
them were singing, a1othugh they
denied ma king enough noise to dis
turn the peace. They declared that
Graham had no part in the concert
and that if there was any disturbance
II was caused by some other young