New Britain herald., 1924-04-12
I'D BRING MRS. TELL
 BACK THIS EVENING
Will Be Lodged in Haddam Jail Awaiting Grand Jury Action
CRIME WAS WELL HIDDEN
Had Woman Not Confessed Chances Are Murder of Blair Might Never Have Been Discovered, According 10 Police.

Killingworth. Conn.,, April 1e.-
 Mrs. Johanna Tell, who confessed to
 the murder Of Charles Blair, whose
 body was bound buried in a fertilizer pit here yesterday is expected to arrive here late tonight if she valves extra dition and agrees 10 come to Connec- ticut with state police who left this forenoon for New York with war rant for her arrest on charge of murder.
 It is planned to take her at once before Justice Fall, who signed the warrant. It was expected that she would be held for the superior court which is now sitting here, and taken 10 Haddam jail to await the action of a grand jury.
 Autopsy Held Today
 The autopsy on the body of Blair, which was begun at Clinton this after- noon by Medical Examiner D. 4. Fox and Dr. Jesse W. Flasher of Middle town, would especially be directed toward determination of the direc- tion taken by the bullet which Mrs. ! Tell says she fired at Blair, before she ! hacked his body with an axe. An ef- 1 fort will also be made to learn wheth- CT death resulted from the bullet or from the other wounds on the body. { Tell says she used.
 The state police removed everything from tho home on the farm of l Dlair at Pea Hill, which might have n bearing on the case. Among the ef- fects were a number of letters received by Blair and Mra Tell. These have been turned over to States Attorney Ernest Inglis at Middletown, Their has not been disclosed.
 Blair Wanted Divorce
 Attorney NJ. Eugene Culver of Mid iletown made known today that he mad on February 2s last received 0 etter from Blair which read as fol- ows:
 "I would like to make an appoint nent regarding proceedings necessary Or a divorce. Please let me know when most convenient for me to call or an interview"
 The letter was written in good hand vas signed "C. Blair" and indicated hat Blair, if he wrote the letter was man of considerable education.
 Relatives of Blair in New York lad made it known that he had some ealing with a lawyer in Middletown rt E-ahrtfa -. r.,i4t, raaa rd to n dt,.oroa { Hrs. Tell in her confession said that [ Hair had urged her to get divorce that she could marry him and that ! CT refusal was the reason for fre- ! uent quarrels which culminated in ] ne last Tuesday which ended when C he killed Blair and buried his body. c
 Meantime state police and agents of ( le states attorney were busy at the lair home, checking up in detail the T .ory Of Mrs. Tell who declared that T le killed Blair by shooting him after T e had threatened her with an axe, q uring one of a number of quarrels U Ter her refusal to marry him. 4 bui- u { wound in the head and other e ounds on the body were believed to ? 'rroborate the woman's story that i' le had first shot Blair and then VI lcked his body with an axe. Today's O itopsy is expected to develop cer- u inly the evidence in this matter. A finger print expert was at the e' rm late yesterday and began a hunt el r bloody finger prints in an effort pI
 establish whether Mrs. Tells story st informs to facts in every detail. Her T orough scrubbins of the house how h' CT made the work of the expert dif- SC ult having obliterated all sign Of inc tl urder so far as state police and tV her visitors to the house could ob- th rye. State police are on guard al the in rm and will probably remain there az til the investigation Of the states .orney is completed. va