New Britain herald., 1924-04-11
Mrs. Tell Confesses To New York District At- torney Regarding Staying In Little Conn. Town.

Fertilizer Pit-COnfessed
 Killer Furnished Police
 With Maps to Aid in i Search. klllngworth, April 1.-The
 body of Charles F. Blair, about 6O, a farmer. whom Mrs. Johan- na Tell, his housekeeper, told the police she had killed was found this noon in a fertilizer pit about l6O feet from the farm house by two state police offi- eers who did the digging.
 Body Bound With Wire
 The body was covered with heavy stones and tin cans. When 1t was eXhumed it was found to have been bound with wire which apparently had been taken from a window shade rol- Ter spring. The mans throat had been cut almost entirely across.
 The body was clothed in brown trousers and a gray shirt. There were no shoes on the feet. The body had been placed face downward.
 Blair Dug Pit
 The fertilizer pit was due several days ago by Blair who had intended to fill the pit with fertilizer and refuse to decay in readiness for his spring plant ing.
 The pit was under an apple tree and the earth over the pit had been smoothed off.
 Police lind uurpse
 The state officers with n numbor o, and officers from inc Bronx had searched the farm and 1t was not until ll;So q. m. that decision wn. made to dig into tho place which ooked as If hole had been filled in recently. state Officers Michael smith and Max Chtistiansen of Mid. ileiown did tho digging. In about ialf an hour they came upon the body Iiter removing an accumulation of icavy stones.
 The body was cleared of the earth nd tin cans and other rubbish mon and then lifted out and laid upon he ground.
 Dr. D. A. Fox the medical examinev ias at once notified.
 The officers then turned their at- antion 10 checking up the story Mrs. eH told in New York yesterday and 'on after they expressed their opin- 'n that Mrs Tells story will be cor oborated by facts
 Body Was Yer, Heavy
 The officers were of the oninio, nat Mrs. Tell must be strong. n. Hair was a man weighing probably SO pounds and it must have been Iiite burden to Eot the body from ie house 10 inc pit
 The officers began a more careful 'rutiny Of the farm house.
 In the party al the farm when Iair's body was found were District ttorney Albert Cohen. Assistant Dist ttorney Felix Dickson. Dctectivs larles Armstrong. all Of the Bronx. ate's Attorney Ernest A. Ingiis of iddleseS county. Captain Frank X. ichols or the state police and Ser ant IT, s. Williams of the Center 'ook barracks
 In Isolated Section The officers and others had a hard rugglc to get to the farm on account
 the rono'eness or fine place and Q terrible muddy condition Of the ads. Many Of those who sfarted for Q place in machines got ruir,d Others left their machinrs and imped to the farm
 Old Murder Huu~,. The farm is the same ono uu witch 1898 HertrHm Hotch.iss was mur- red Someone shot at Ht4l through window. Close ty fine Blair house ihr GoodeT house the birthplarc of Urge GoodeI who was murdered ga ars ago by man named na's who "r w1s hanged for tts crime The country roundabout is quite 70 and only sparsc3y srttlcd The Blair H0-ise Is a sruaU wooden q srt about 1Np feet back from the ld. It is tl1irfv years old and had angei hands many tintes If vas ught by Blair three years ago. Blair. it appears from inquiry today, town was uot well known. No one med 10 know much about his af- rs. It was known that he had usekeeper. a woman about ss years who has a daughter about f4. ist q the townspeople Who knew Of ! thought her name was Belle. ere was nc one on the farm last .ht when state officeEs got there.
 Looks Like Bullet Hole. an examinatioa of Blair's body sr revealed what appeared to be let wound iH tho forehead. rhere were also iaceratioms on the so. but Hnti surgeon made an ex- iuafion t was not possible to defit sly describe the nature of the ontInued on Twenty Ninth Parsl