New Britain herald., 1924-08-11
.ONEILL DEATH
 STILL MYSTERIOUS
BIOther.in.Law Thinks State.
 Police Were Late

The time oi ihp mnAlhs al nay field may haAe considerable Co de Nilh determinin3 lnsl how iohs illh hnhS of James u'Aelll late msAi Aalehhlah al the stanley chenivai Co., Easl lIerlin, was suspended on The lshse lh Cromwell, where he Mas ionnl hs ah Last Iieriin resident last FlihaA all' srnaon, ... The field in question Is shlFlel hs inc fpnee upon which uArilIs hahs was found, lt Was reported today lial ihe field had been moved between me time Of o'Neills disappearance and last Friday and it seems highly pfoh' able that fl tho hndN was on me renee al that time t would ha'e hssh discovered,
 Richard Pershkcn, u'Aeill's Dfoth- er.in.law, said today that another factor may enter into detsfihinlls how long the body had been on me fence. some time aso, he said shofl- ly after the disappearance Of o'Ntl'h he stood on the hill, moi far rom where the body was found. ana nos ticed that the eornhcld just west of inc fence. had not been eulllNaleh' Friday. he said, he took particular trouble to note the condition ni 'h" held. md snid that the ileld hah neeh cultivated when he looked at II lhnt tune, ,,
 No Admission From Police
 Neither Captain Frank Nicho's "' inc state police department nor UT, Charles F.. Bush, medical examiner ol f.ronwell. would venture m opinion ,oday of how O'Neill met his death' pr. Rush said that he does no' WISH ,o say much about the affair uhu' o,,or inc coroncr's inquest, which nv said. will take place within three "' four days. ,..,,, .. ,ts
 The suspicion that o'Ncill met ms death AS result Of violence stllI per .,sts and when a contradictory hnsM', Ia given. East Berlin residents poi'' to inc two broken ribs founh ny ,"' .xo,,iper at the autopsy last Frihhy ricbt If is hard to believe that ,n' ribs were broken as result o' I , iuries self-inflicted. Mr. forshheil s''' today that O'Neil never had any broken ribs during his liIe' so 'n, breaks could not have been shs'a''''u when poorly knit bones gave way as '' result of a slight fall
 sta.e wide attention has been at ...,,ed as a result of the iindine o' the body and the sympathy o' NV" Britain goes out to the "'uo" o' ''' late night watchman.
 state Police started Latc
 rha state police are working on the ease Mir. Pershkcn admitted thal 'o' dav. but it is his opinion tna' '"e9 ,t.rted to work Ln it entirely too 'a'e That they did not regard the case ser ously enough is his cohten''on conferred with Superintendent i>one' unr,ey of the state police this a'''' noon do
 otherwise, there are no ne" oe ,.a,o,nents and. in the opinioh' many. the slayer of O'NclIl' assur'''- that he was murdered, never VIII o' found. .,t,.,a,
 Mrs o'Nein called at the "Hefa'n office today and expressed uesne ss thank all who aided In any way u Anding the body. and the nia"s friends who sent flowers. She "'s'e' n thank especially Joseph Earcel'a o East Berlin. who found the oo'E o, Ut her hushnnd, Walter c. CooN' sco' commissioner ot New Hritaih' WI, sent 40 Roy Scouts out Tn seare,' VI the missing night watchman' N''-' NcC1uire and Henry FoSan' the 'N' 70 scouts who were nearest ''e 'N't r.hon i, was round; officials of 'ns Stanley Chemical Co, who were s''' orous in their aid in the scarch an' who did all in thoir power to ease tn' tcrrible suspcrse under which Mr7 o,,,ciu was held, and all other ,1ends thc.e who sent flowers an' ,h,se who made hcr burden easie' 10 hear.