New Britain herald., 1917-09-19

were very intimate and the police state that while he was lodged in the police station here she came to visit him several times and was also pres ent at the railroad station to bid him farewell when the police took him to Jail.
 definite information on the subject it has become noised about in police circles that Wise came to New Brit ain from New York to escape arrest One rumor was to the effect that he was a gunman wanted by the police and other stories indicated that he was wanted in both New York and Boston for highway robbery. Upon being released from jail Wise returned to New Britain and obtained various employments. Last April he enlisted in Company I, First Connecticut h. fantry, and went with that company to Norwich where he was discharged from the service as being under the required height. Subsequently he en- listed in Company K of Hartford and also in Go. M of Winsted but was again discharged for the same reason. Once more he returned to New Brit ain and renewed his acquaintance with Mrs. Tobin. While here this last time he was again employed at Long 1ey's restaurant and was later en- ployed at the Kilby house in Berlin. Several weeks ago he left these parts and when next heard from he was en- listed as a cook, with the rank of private, in the quartermaster's corps of the regular army at Fort Slocum N. Y.
 L.. in with the other Hebrew soldiers in the service he was given a furlough from Sunday night to this morning to ob- serve the Jewish holiday. He came at once to New Britain and is known to have been in the company of Mrs. Tobin on Monday night by his own ad- mission. Wise also told various ac- quaintances about the city that it was only by the merest chance that he was not at present on his way to France, for, he said, volunteers for service in France in the capacity of cooks had been asked for at Fort Slocum and he had responded He was already to sail, he said, when the examining surgeon learned that he had not received the full number of typhoid innoculations and he was re- jected.
 Yesterday Wise was around the city in excellent spirits and exhibited an invitation sent him to attend the ban ouet given last night in honor of the Jewish men in the service. He ex- pressed determination to attend. He is also said to have exhibited a num- Der of letters written him by Mrs. Tobin. Those present at the banquet given the soldiers last night state that
 
 and sat at the guests table Before. leaving, between 10 and II o'clock. he made a speech in which he thanked the committee for their courtesies. At this time he remarked that he was due to report at Fort Slocum this morning and was about to catch the 2 A. M. train which would get him there in time. Before leaving the banquet hall the young soldier walked around, shaking hands with all pres ent and assuring them that the mem ory of last nights party would ever be a tender one.
 Mrs. Tobin was the daughter of MT. and. Mrs. William Bacon. She was 25 years of age and was married to To- bin in April, 1910. The couple had one child, a son, Howard aged years Besides her father and her mother, the latter living at 1S2 Arch street, the dead woman lea1 es three sisters and two brothers. They are: Mrs Porter Blinn of 60 High street, Rockville; Mrs. Edward McDonough of 182 Arch street Mrs. Edward Lind berg of 27 Maple street. Fred Bacon of 14S Cherry street and George Bacon of 214 Main street.
 Jealousy the Causco
 According to a theory advanced by the police jealousy might have been responsible for the crime. The police believe that Wise is guilty of the mur- der and think that he was madly in fatuated with the girl and that possi- bly, she had either rejected his affec- tions and advances or that they had quarreled. Then, goaded to anger, he may have committed the murder, it is argued.
 Many Stories Ahoat.
 Since the discovery of the murder there have been numerous stories anoat concerning the couple, many of which however, should be discounted as the usual sensational aftermath
 It was learned today however, that Wise took his razor to a Main street barber shop yesterday and had it honed It has also been learned that Wise and Mrs. Tobin were seen sitting tOo-ether in the C. C. T.. factory door