New Britain herald., 1929-01-29
CuIEPS AUTO FOUND IN BOSTON
Dlid SIktiuthtod Int Sus- Dectd nulddd k in Canada

Boston, Jan. 9 tUP)-Belief that Christopher Cullen. $ year old war veteran. hed to Canada after the brutal slaying of his five-day bride at Hingham Friday. was substan- tiatsd today when his automobile was discovered in . garage only two blocks from North station.
 Police believed that Cullen drove immediately to this city after the crime, parked his Chevrolet coach at the North Terminal garage on Com- mercial street. north end. and boarded . train for Canada at the nearby station.
 Among various articles found in the automobile, most of them scat tered about the floor of tho machine, was the .ee calibre Winchester model 1890 rifle with which Cullen Is all ,eged to have slain his bride. Mrs. Cora F.. (Jacques) Cullen. 39, only i've days after their marriage.
 When Cullen purchased this gun for Eugene Hutchinson. Jr., of Wey- mouth. shortly before the murder, he also bought a box of 50 cartridges The box was discovered in the auto- mobile but it contained only 2l cartridges.
 Find Purse
 Mrs. Cullen's pocketbook, missing when her bullet-riddled body was found in a snow-covered corntield at tho end of . lovers lane in Hing ham. was lying on the floor of the tonneau.
 The pocketbook. of grey leather. contained s1 cents, a turquoise ring. . jade ring, . white sapphire ring, a string of rosary beads, thimble, a box of rouge, six religious cards, ! prayer book, two 2-cent stamps, lipstick, nine safety pins. a re- ligious medal, a box of nail polish, two nail files. | mirror and blank envelope.
 It also contained | furniture list which probably had guided her when she made recent purchases for her honeymoon fiat" at East Wey- mouth: a list of birthday dates. sales
  ter, Mrs. Bertha Murphy of Lowell: and a receipt from a Lowell dentist.
 Among other articles that the pocketbook contained were box of aspirin tablets, an employees card bearing Mrs. Cullen's name, . re- ccipt from a second Lowell dentist, a letter addressed in her maiden name, and an envelope of the Lowell Cooperative bank on the reverse side of which was written in pencil, Jack Boxwell. .771-17 North Billerica.''
 Road Map
 On the floor of the car was q road map of northern New England and Quebec, recalling several recent trips which Cullen had made to Canada.
 An old raccoon coat. believed that which Cullen was wearing when he left East Weymouth with his bride last Friday on their last ride to- gether. also was discovered in the machine. Police believed he had abandoned this to make his identi- fication more difficult.
 Two robes. one of fur and one of cloth. covered the various articles found on the floor of the tonneau. Indications were that Cullen had used the robes in an effort to con- ceal tho rifle.
 With the rifle, police found a gun case and a ramrod.
 Cullen drove his car to the North Terminal Garage at 1:15 p. m. Fri- day. As 1t is estimated that Mrs. Cullen was slain about l5 minutes after leaving home with her hus- band Friday morning. authorities believed that Cullen drove from Hingham to the Boston garage di- rectly after the murder.
 Signs Own Name
 Strangely enough, although Gull len signed his own name to the gar- age register, his automobile, for which police throughout this sec- ton of the country had been search-