New Britain herald., 1917-09-19
WOMAN BUTCHERED;
 SOLDIER ACCUSED
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he had no idea what it was. He said he knew that his wife was away from home last night, but he did not know where she was or who she was with.
 At the time Tobin was being held at police headquarters, Lieutenant Samuel Bamforth, in charge of the case, and Prosecutor George w. Klett both stated that they did not think he knew anything about the murder. Asked pointedly if the police suspect Tobin, Lieutenant Bamforth stated We have no reason to think so and nothing seems to point in that direc- tion." Prosecutor G. w. Klett, from the evidence at hand early today, said he thought everything points to Pri vate Wise as the guilty man.
 The police state that when they ar rived at the scene of the murder the woman was dead and Wise was in semi-conscious condition. Laying in the road, about three feet from Mrs. Tobin's lifeless body, was the bloody razor that had apparently been used. Mrs. Tobin's clothes were disheveled and she had apparently fought vigor- ously for her life. The wound across her throat was, in the opinion of the authorities, made with one clean sweep of the razor blade. The wound extended back to the spinal column, having severed both jugular veins as we'll as the victims windpipe. The only other mark on the body was a bad bruise on the left knee where the woman fell when stricken down. Her clothing was blood soaked and the yellow furs she wore around her neck were saturated. The young soldier also presented a gruesome appear ance as he was taken to the hos pital. The olive drab uniform he wore was spattered and his head and shoulders were clotted with blood The doorway of the factory entrance was likewise spattered with blood.
 Soldier Accuses Stranger.
 At the hospital Private Wise made a statement to Medical Examiner FL cock and Officer Hellberg, which they in turn gave to police headquarters. This statement, which is brief, was as follows:
 "I was walking on Pearl street with Mrs. Tobin and was just stopping to kiss her when a man struck me from behind and knocked me down. The girl ran and the man ran after her. He came back and kicked me and
 
 again. He cut her, then came back and cut me. I don't know who the man was"
 The police do not seem inclined to place much credence in this state ment, however, and they have large batch of letters found in Private Wise's pocket which may play an inn portant part in the case. It was also stated this morning that Edward Lindberg found a letter today which he turned over to the police and in which, it is unofficially said, Wise is credited with having written that "it would be all over by Wednesday," Mir. Lindberg is a brother-in-law of the murdered woman.
 The letters which the police found are ones written by Private Wise to Mrs. Tobin and letters which the wo- man wrote to him. The police state that the text of these letters is such that there is no doubt as to the most intimate relations of the two as the most affectionate and endearing terms are used. One 1ette1 n partic- ular, written to Private Wise et Fort Slocum by Mrs. Tobin, speaks of the absent soldier in the foundest manner, mentions the fact that she regrets
 
 graph to the effect that she has already purchased a bottle of car bolic acid with which to do away with herself should anything happen to him. Other letters are in a similar vein, although, it is intimated, the police have some letters which may throw a different light on the case and prove that Wise and the young woman quarrelled frequently.
 Girl Feared for Her Life.
 The police, in a later statement is- sued today, said that information had been received from the dead girls sisters that she had frequently con- fessed to them that she was afraid of Wise. This statement also credits Mrs. Tobin with having declared that Wise had beaten her on several oc- casions and she was afraid that he might kill her. The intimacy of Wise and the Tobin woman was we'll known about the city, Tobin, husband of the dead woman, was aware of their friendship but had been powerless to interfere, it is said. Her relatives, in- cluding her mother and sisters, were also aware of the infatuation of the two and knew that they were fre- QueHlly together dlu COrfeSpOnueQ when separated.
 Tobin holds a responsible position in the pay department at the Corbin Cabinet Lock office and is the son of J. J. Tobin of this city. He was graduated from the local High school with the class of 1908 and while at school eXcelled in his studies, having been particularly bright in history and English. He was also prominent in school athletics. He has many friends about the city who at all times were confident of his entire innocence of any complicity in last nights af- fair and were happy this noon to lea of his diScharSe