The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-27

full thing had happened to Emily Kirk, girl so difident she never had steady boy friend" The clergyman, the Rev William c. La- throp, recalled her as brown haired, attractive girl who never missed Sunday school session. Neighbors told of her proficiency in riding the thoroughbred horses on her fathers extensive farm.
 The aged parents, crushed by the shock, remained away from church. Emily had been their pride and joy. In grammar school and the fresh- man year of high school she had shone as a scholar. She was ath- sister Marion married Clement Wet more. she left school to remain at home and aid her mother in taking care of the big farmhouse.
 Emily was in high spirits when she left Saturday afternoon to help prepare the frehouse for the eve- nings festivities. The Saturday night chicken dinners were reg ular feature of the volunteer fire mems activities. Farmers came from miles around to attend the dinners and dances and their reputa- tion for jollity had even spread to nearby New Haven and brought sleek -haired dancing youths to par ticipate in the entertainment. A large part of this far-fung town rural, and the Mix district volunteer fire company's headquarters is the center of its social life.
 MT and Mrs Kirk drove Emily to the frehouse in their sedan. Emily wore a simple frock and apron in which to act as waitress and left her party dress" in the automobile. She intended to draw the curtains of the car and change dresses as soon as the dinner was over and dhe danc- ing began.
 After the supper. the orchestra began playing in the hall upstairs and friends saw Emily skip gaily out of the firehouse. That was at D. m. She never was seen alive again by any of her dancing friends. l8s :"
 What happened after she stepped outside of the ly-lighted firehouse was n mystery which pug zled authorities to-day. Coroner Corrigan believes she was shot when she, went to the parked automobile and that the music of the five-piece band drowned out the report.
 He believes two men struck her with a bottle and dragged her barbed wire fence and 1000 feet of dense thicket to the spot where her body was found. There. apparently, they attempted criminal attack and crushed her head with q boulder dug from the ground 36 feet away.
 However, police believe she met the men by prearrangement and went for ride. This theory is Clement Wetmore that he saw girl in q white dress. resembling Emily, seated with two men in q parked car quarter-mile from the fire house shortly after 9 D. m. It was his report that caused the girls father to suspect Kidnapping when Emily failed to return after the dance.
 Investigators searching the terri tory around the firehouse stumbled over dozens of liquor bottles, many of which apparently had been emp tied recently.
 Upon the coroner's orders, the body was taken to a New Haven un- establishment, where Dr Marvin M. Scarbrough and Dr George H. Joslin, New Haven and Hamden medical examiners, per- formed an autopsy.
 The doctors found particles of the bottle with which the girl was struck, still clinging to her matted hair. They believed she was alive when the boulder was dropped.
 This was the second tragedy to be- fall the Kirks. Eight years ago the girls brother, Howard, was crushed to death when his body was caught on a belt of gasoline engine at- tG ched to a silo on the farm.