Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-14
MURDER AND SUICIDE,
 SAYS CORONER BROW \

6AAS hsbOf sN An inquest conducted by FrahkIit. H. Brown of this city, coroner for New London county, in the Stonington alzfler
 case, in which Bernard B. Geissle shot
 killed Mrs. Arthur E. DeCordoFa, veal. 1 thy New York women, on a lonely i1at several miles north of Stenihgton OH Mon day afternoon, and then shot himself 4 dying at the Lawrence hospital 6n 'FEues-I day morning, developed few important facts that were not published on Tues day n1orning in The Bulletin. The inquest lasted nearly all day, the time being taken up by the examination of the body Of Mrs. De Cordova and the examining of witnesses, including the doctors who i were first on the scene, and several wit l nesses who live on farms within a short distance of the place where the shooting | took place.
 i Coroner Brown stated on Tuesday | evening that in his opinion it was a clear ] case of murder and suicide on the part Of l Geissler. The coroner secuted the theo- ries that Mrs. DeCordoxa did the shoot ing and then turned the gun on herself. 1 and that there may have been a third 1 party involved. These flights of frnag- ifation. he said, could not possibly be true 1 under the existing circumstances without ] leaving some evident fact by which it would be possible to determine whether { the woman did the shooting.
 l Coroner Brown also stated that in his 1 investigation he found no marks or finger ! prints on the TornaE s neck or body that ] would indicate that she had enga red in
 a struggle with the chauffeur or that she l had been cl1oked and assaulted Coroner | Brown gave it as clear case of murder | and suicide.
 1 The body of Mrs. DeCordova was re- moved from the norsue in Mystic and sent to her home in New York on Tues ] day afternoon. An autopsy was to have been held on Tuesday afternoon by Med 1 ical Examiner Gray and Coroner Brown ] but was waived as MT. De Cordova who went to The GriswoId soon after he was notified of the shooting. wished to make arafgements for the funeral in New York. i Mir. De Cordova was unable to give any motive for the crime
 i Says GeissIer Was Insane.
 l George V Bauschle. friend of the family. took over all arrangements and made an investigation into the shooting. He stated that an intimate relationship existing between Mrs. De Cordova and 1 Geissler was preDasterous. He character l ized the dead woman as being one of the i finest women that he had ever met and that she was wrapped up in her family and that her love for her husband and son and daughter was a beautiful one. 1 He laid the crime to the sudden insanity of Geissler.
 The chauffeur had been in the ern- ploy of the DeCordova's for over tpo
 years, and had always performed his
 duties efficiently according to Mir. Baus. chle. and he had never shown any signs 4 0 fan affection for Mrs DeCordova, noI
 any signs of insanity
 Says Geissier Was Queer. 4 Fellow chauffeurs at the Griswold ho
 tel stated that he was queer sort of 2 l fellow, never mixed in with the rest O. them, and was rather hard 6rinl,er 1 He was sur1y and iil-tempered and hat
 frequent run-fns with fellow workers a
 Eastern Point. They claim that he wa. . also given to joy riding"
 He was about five feet. eight inche,
 in height, sandy complexion and unat tractive looking. Fellow lodgers at tb,
 Griswold annex told of having heard hin say several days ago that they had bet ter watch the papers for in a few day; he would be having his name in tb, headlines. This fact would tend to prov, that the affair was contemplated severa days ago by Geissier
 The tragedy has thrown a shadow eye1
 the Grisweld hotel and the Eastern Po;n colony where Mrs. De Coreova was ver, : popular, and the social activities Q, 1 Tuesday were of very quiet character ol At Eastern Point For Five Tears. 8 Mrs. DeCordova was ss years of age s very beautiful and very popular at tn, y fashionable Eastern Point colony ana
 also in New York city, where she va, = 2 leader of society. Her husband main t tains brokerage offices at 25 Broad street New York city, and is prominent anon, s financial and club circles there. Dprini Ia inc vriEfav fAe TAn(
 home at POI West 34th street. New Yorl : city, and their summers for the past fiv :, years have been spent at the Hote s ffriswold. There are two children, Eus l, tace. aged IS, and Gladys, aged 21, ani r they have occupied the suite with thei . mother at the Griswold Mir DeCordov,
 has been at the hotel only over week end
 his last visit being last Sunday Durin, y the week MT. 'DeCordcva is in New YorI l city
 - Early Monday afternoon GeissfAr wa t allied from quarters in the Griswold ho tel annex by Mrs. DeCordova, and order - ed to bring the family car high-p ' ca Mercer Victoria, to the rear Of tn g Grisweld hotel, according to chauffeur t who were acquainted with him. He con, 6 piled with the order. and when last see, 0 i inc automobile was headed towards tn -i Plant estate at the furthermost top c l, Eastern Point with Mrs. DeCordova seat r ed in the tenneau of the car and Ceis sier driving it. This was about O
 cvloek
 Mrs. Geissier in New York city. whe,
 notlfied of the shooting was prostrated She said that she had received only on ; letter from her husband since he cam
 to the GriswoId with the De Cerdevas ol July l. Fellaw chauffeurs of Geissier q . . Eastern Point claim that Mir and Mrs ' Geisler had been separated from etel . . other for some time and that the sep H aratien had come about from the aIlege, !, Il Intimate relations of Geissler and Mrs D Cerdova. Mrs Geissler telephsned to : New London undertaken Tuesday morn . ,. ing, reaaesting him to hold the body afl { til he should hear further.
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