Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-10

Lying on his cot in the hospital ward in the Windham county jail in Brooklyn, John Elliott, murderer and most despised of men, closed his eyes at 450 Tuesday morning and died, his lips sealed forever, without having ut- tered one word of his story of crime that is the most brutal in the crimi- nal records of Windham county.
 Fired Pistol Through Mouth.
 Elliott's death was due to a self-in-- f1icted bullet wound. It was learned during Monday night, when Elliott's condition became grave and his mouth, which he has kept closed, was pried open, that the roof Of the mouth had been torn open by bullet from which he had evidently thrust into his l mouth, and that the steel-jacketed bullet had torn its way upward 1 through the head, penetrated the brain and had come out through the skull, causing the fracture that was the out 1 ward sign that Elliott was badly hurt. How the man lived for almost week after having so terribly wounded him. self, is regarded as something of a marvel and there is no doubt that he | following his attempt to destroy his own worthless life. But whatever pain he suffered he endured with the stoicism of Spartan, never giving l the slightest hint even as to how he came by his injury.
 l Never Mentioned Crime. From the time of his capture under a wagon shed at the Roland Mills place in Thompson, last Thursday morning, to the hour of his death, he spoke only limited number of words land not a solitary one about the crime. It is probable that he could have told something about what hap pened at the Pettis place if he had cared to do so on the morning of his capture, for he did show some clear ness of mind, though he was in 8 deplorable condition, but he refused
 to answer questions and as time went on his condition became critical. The
 story of his attack upon MT. Pettis
 the beginning of the affair that ended
 in double murder, will be buried with Elliott, for only victim and mur.
 derer know what took place in tho
 rear of the Pettis homestead, where i is now established that Elliott fireC
 his first shot.
 Body Claimed by Aunt. Elliott's body was claimed Tuesda, , afternoon by his aunt, Mrs Danie | Arnold, resident in Thompson. Sht
 was his mothers sister and even un der the dark pail of the circumstance
 surrounding her nephew's death sh,
 has shown the strength of her char Aty III IdhAIIS upOn uSTSSlI the QuLy O !, providing burial.
 Bitter Feeling Against Murderer.
 News of the death of Elliott wa
 received with more of satisfaction
 than there usually is of regret whel
 a person passes on. The feelin:
 against him has been exceedingly bit ter and there are not a fe wwho hay,
 openly expressed themselves as SOFT, , that he was not lynched by the squat , 1 that captured him.
 Elliott's death means the saving o
 much money for the state. That i regarded by many as the onlp conso
 lation there is in the whole terribt 1 case.
 Justice, Mrs. Pettis Says. When news of the murderer's deatl } was telephoned to Mrs. Lulu F. F Pettis, wife and mother of Elliott t victims she was very much interest cd. Mrs. Pettis said: "I cannot ex press regret; it seems no more tha : Justice that he should die"
 Mrs. Pettis, who is now in Putnam
 staying with her sister, Mrs. Ere
 Card, is still in very nervous con
 dition as the result of the terrible ex :, perience through which she passed
 She said Tuesday that it is her belle l that Elliott never went far from tn l site of his crime, though she say
 there is no truth in the story that sh 3 heard shot during the night follow
 ing the murder, this shot supposedl e fired when Elliott inflicted whs
 proved to be his own fatal wounds