The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-17
First Degree Murder Charge On Wright
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IT Oul age [ street. Waterbury, Conn; Mrs Viol; Duncan, 821 North Main street
 Waterbury, Conn; George Duncan Jr, 821 North Main street, Water
 bury, Conn; Shirley Duncan, 82. North Main street, Waterbury Conn; Daniel Griffin, 110 Twinin; avenue, Waterbury, Conn; Mr. Elizabeth Hildbrecht, 451 Nortf Main street, Waterbury, Conn John Hendsbee, , Seymour street Meriden. Conn; William Klitka Woodtic road. Wolcott, Conn; Ed
 ward II. Lunt, % Nelson avenue Waterbury, Conn; Captain Richard LeRoy; George Mccarthy, 14 Easton avenue, Louis F.. McCor. mack, West street, Charles Moyni. han, Henry l.. Norton, Spindle Hill, Wolcott, Conn; Harris Petty 28 Hill street, Waterbury, Conn; Thomas Bedding, Waterbury police department; Joseph W. Wright, 451 North Main street, Waterbury Conn.
 Having considered all of the testimony taken at the inquest, to- gether with the report of the autopsy, l, on the I7th day of August, A. D. 1931, made the fol lowing finding concerning said death:
 The deceased, George Duncan lived with his wife, Beulah Dun can and eight children on the tor floor of tenement house at 82l North Main street, in the city ol Waterbury. About five years age Mrs Duncan, while living with hel husband in Rumford, Maine, met one Joseph Wright. Their relations became intimate and Mrs Duncan and Wright went to Middletown Connecticut and lived together foi period of about four months Wright was married at the time and the father of two small chil dren. Duncan then went to Mid
 dletown and Mrs Duncan returned with him to Maine and began liv ing again with her husband there Wright returned to Maine.
 About two years ago Duncar moved to Waterbury and shortl, thereafter Wright came to Meri- den. Connecticut, with a Mrs Eliza beth Whitney, of Madison. Maine with whom he lived at 47 Myrtle street, Meriden. When Wright was in Meriden he and Mrs Dun- can were in communication with each other, and in the early part of June. 1881, Wright moved from Meriden to Waterbury, obtaining employment with the White Sew ing Machine company as sales man. During the time of his em- ployment in Waterbury he and Mrs Duncan resumed their intimate relations. Duncan resented Wright attention 10 his wife and informed his wife that he had received a letter from the woman with whom Wright was living in Mcriden that Wright had threatened him.
 On Friday. July 31st, 1881, Mrs Duncan met Wright at about. 9 o'clock in the morning and they remained together until about three o'clock in the afternooX Wright then asked Mrs Duncan to go away with him, stating that if she would refuse to do so. he would kill her husband, George Duncan. Mrs Duncan told Wright that she would so with him and arranged to meet him at about 8:30 d. m. the next day, August 1st. Mrs Duncan did not keep this appoint ment and informed her husband of the threat Wright had made. Duncan, apparently, did not take the threat seriously.
 About a month ago Wright pur- chased a .32 calibre revolver, to- gether with a box containing about l5 cartridges, from an unidenti- fled man. The gun and the cart ridges he kept in his room at 451 North Main street. On Monday August Sd, shortly after 12 o'clock procured the gun and the cart ridges. At about , o'clock he loaded the gun, placed In in his | pocket and drove to place about 200 feet south of Winchester street on North Main street. He there parked his car, q model T FoNl coach, on the easterly side of the
 street and waited until Duncan came from work.
 Duncan left the place of his em plyoment at Lakewood park at 1 o'clock D.S.T) and walked down North Main street In company with his ten year old son, George Duncan, Jr. When he approached
 the place where Wright's car was parked, Wright called to him and asked him to go for a ride. Dun- | can, who had his coat off, got into the car and Wright drove north or
 North Main street past Lakewood and on to the Wolcott road finally turning on to the Spindle Hill Road in the town of Wolcott. He
 proceeded westerly on Spindle Hil
 road for about one thousand feet and then turned by an old cart path into vacant lot in the real of which were two old shacks This is a very secluded place and the shacks are about 75 feel apart and about 800 feet from the travelled road. When Wright and Duncan reached this spit, Wright stopped the car. They remained in the car and talked for some time, after which Wright told Dun. can to get out of the car and they would settle the difficulty, the difficulty being the relationship between Wright and Mrs Duncan Wright got out of the car first walked around the back of 1t and up to Duncan. who was just get. ting out of the car. Duncan began backing away from Wright and continued to do so for a distanct of about 30 or 35 feet. Wright advanced toward Duncan until he was about five or six feet away when he drew his revolver from his right hip pocket and fired five shots into the body of Duncan