The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-17
Aged Widow Killed By Farmland, Shot
 Wounds Daughter
Shooting Said to Have Been Result of O1arre1
 Over Work-Ward Fled to Woods After CsQ1-
 nitting Foul Deed-Armed Posse Goes N
 Search of Cuprit

South Kent, Conn.,, May IT, (By the A. P.)-Mrs. Louise Benedict was shot and beaten
 to death in her farm house
 near Kent Mountain, and her daughter, Mrs. Cora Page, shot in the arm early today. A party of neighbors under Con= | stable Eric Hamman, is search
 ing for Sidney Ward, who had
 been employed on the place, as
 the alleged murderer.
 Fled To Woods.
 Ward left the farm after the shoot ing and took to the woods and as an alarm was spread quickly to near by towns. it is expected that he will De traced although owing to the large area of woodland in this section his capture may be delayed
 The shooting is understood to have been the outcome of quarrel be- tween Ward and Mrs. Benedict Such quarrels have been of freuuent oc- curence as Ward had worked on the place for ten years. leaving from time 10 tfrne when he became angry be- cause his employer objected to fre-
 quent drinking spells. Ward. who is 30, and a native of Kent. would i,- Var1abiy return and beg iven re-en- ployment.
 No Disagreement
 This morning, it is understood. thera was no sign of disa agreement when
 w ard began his daily labor. A dispute arose while Mrs. Benedict was in the yard for the purpose of feeding the chickens. Mrs Page was with her and later it is expected the latter will be able to explain what happened N-rs. Bened1ct apparently was attack ana ana beaten and shot Her body fell in the doorway of the house
 Women Lived Alone Mrs. Benedict's farm house uas nack rom the road. The women f flVed alone and had Ward as their
 nation received here from tha Rana dict place in South Kent, where Mrs 1]oulse Benedict was shot and killed oS Sldney Ward today was to the pIoyed on the place the past few days but William Farrell was doing
 the farm work Farrell had also worked for Mrs. Benedict for mary years. It IS said that Wand had ex pressed objection to Farrell taking his place and this morning about fonr clock he appeared in the dooryard and saw Farrell. Ward had 2 r,In and when he became menacine in hi, his attitude Farrell took to the woods Later, Ward is said to have talked Wlln IMfS- Benedict and then shot at her, bullet entering her nose and leaving through the base of the brain Mrs. Page was shot through the fleshy part of one arm
 Ward went up the highway and was last seen entering the woods near Ralph HowIands place. Back from the highway the country tg mountainous and heavily wooded
 Mrs. Benedict was between 75 and 80 years of age and was the widow of German Benedict, a wealthy far
 mer. The farm house is loctaed about three-fourths of a mile from the highway in a little valley, the noun tains rising to considerable hefght around 1t. MT. and Mrs. Benedict had had two daughters, but Mrs. Page. a widow, alone survives. Both Farrell and Ward belong in Kent and both are single men and probably each is over fifty years of age. It is not known that Ward and Farrell had had a quarrel. Both had worked on the farm together or singly, as conditions required.