The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-28
NANCY. GUILFORD
IN COURT AGAIN
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the police, and sailed for Liverpool.
soon after the ship reached England.
Mrs, Guilford was located in London.
She was extradited on the charge of
murder in the second degree. She
was sentenced to ten years for man
Slaughter. 1t was said at the time
that she was averse tc pleading
guilty to this complaint and States
attorney Fessenden desired to pres
ecute the murder charge, but one
Juror was sick and it was known he
would be unable to continue to do
jury duty much longer and SO a COM.
promise was reached. The woman
had two years of her sentence COM
muted for good behavior. The police
claimed that the body had been cut
up in the bathroom of Nancy Gull
ford's home.
For few days after the body was
have the body of the victim identi-
fled. 1t was first identified as that
of Miss Maria Grace Perkins of Mid
dleboro, Mass, who had been missing
FOR three weeks. She told her folks
that she was going to Onset, Mass,
which is the scene of many of Lin
coins Cape Cod stories. Miss Per-
kins was 81 years old. Charles
the same place. was also missing. The
body was identified by several people
as that of the missing Middleboro
girl and her dentist sent descrip-
slOii VI IltI JecLn WHICH DdD1eQ with
the teeth of the dead woman, even
to the soft filling in one of the molars
OF the upper jaw. The father of Miss
Perkins telephoned to the Bridgeport
authorities to have the body sent c.
q. d. to his address.
All preparations had been ma de for
the funeral of Miss Perkins, the grave
was dug, the funeral party was as
sembled and then Miss Perkins ap-
peared with Charles Bourne, who was
her sweetheart. They said they had
been to Providence. There was a re-
port that they had been married, but
unis was denied. The body was sent
back to Bridgeport.
Then Mrs. Roland r. Thomas of
warrior Run, Pa, sent word that she
thought the body was that of her
SAAghter Grace, who had Etsn miss
ing for some time.
An official of the Associated Chart
ties of Bridgeport next had the body
identified as that of a young woman
VINO had been at the office of the So
ciety and who had made inquiries for
rather S1ocum of Waterbury Some
women from Water street in Bridge
port said they had seen this young
woman about the streets and she tall
lied with the description of the wo-
man who had been killed
On September 10, the body was
Identified by 1.-THE Courant' as that of
Henry Gill of Southington. Emma
Gill was "a years old She had been
shown attentions by Harry Foster,
who was employed by the FTeischman
Yeast Company in Hartford, and he
was arrested for completely in the
crime, but later was discharged.
When the case was cleared up those
who were arrested and held were
Mrs. Guilford, Eudora Guilford, her
daughter, and Rose Drayton, a color
ed servant.
Emma Gill had been employed by
James H. Pratt of Southington and
she said she was going on a vacation
to Lighthouse Point. She said that
Foster had asked her to go to his
sisters in Stratford near Bridgeport
She asked to have her mail sent to
y. Jones, General Delivery, STRAIT
frod." Her mother received two let
ters from her after she left on her
vacation and in the last letter she
wrote that she was unable to return