The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-05
Wright Shot Duncan
 Dead He Admitted
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through with her part of the bar gain on account of her husband and children.
 Wright then came back to his rooming house.
 Authorities believe Wright had the intention of meeting Duncan on Monday noon for he admitted having placed the gun in his pock- ct at that time.
 He told his questioners that he met Duncan at o'clock Monday afternoon, after Duncan had quit asked Duncan to go for ride. He said they rode up the road past Lakewood, to Wolcott and drove into the pasture near the deserted shacks of John Grove who lives there in the winter.
 After an hours argument dur ing which Duncan Is said to have refused to step aside, Wright or dered Duncan to "get out of the car"
 Wright told his questioners that he pulled his gun from his pocket and Duncan started to back away. When Duncan was four or five feet away, Wright said he shot all five bullets at him and watched him drop.
 Then he drove back to Water bury and took Mrs Duncan for the ride, had supper together, went to the movies, held a tryst off Hamil- l ton avenue, left her at her home and gave himself up.
 Authorities learned a good deal of Wright's past during his two day stay at police headquarters where he Is held under a -coroner's war. rant. They found that Mrs Dun. can had lived with Wright in Mid. dletown for four months in 1927 and that he had another affair with woman in Meriden. He was friendly with the Duncans in Washburn, Me, their home town and succeeded in getting her to come to Middletown with him.
 He is said to have told police that he was in love with Mrs Dun can and that it was returned. When the Duncans came to Water- bury he often came here to visit them, and renewed his dates" with Mrs Duncan. He finally came to Waterbury about a month ago.
 States Attorney Lawrence L. Lewis took charge of the case in collaboration with Deputy Coroner Smyth when Assistant States Att torney Fitzgerald came to head quarters this morning. Both off, cials were high in their praise of the work accomplished by Lieu tenant Pollard whom they said was invaluable" in his investigations.
 It is expected that Deputy Cor oner Smyth will make known his official finding within a few days and that Wolcott authorities will take Wright to the court in that town for arraignment. It is sup posed that he will waive examina- tion and be bound over to the next criminal term of superior court at Waterbury in September.
 Mrs Hannah Duncan -Rideout, mother of the shooting victim, ar- rived in Waterbury this morning and immediately went to the po- lice station to inquire about the case. Lieutenant James Mulville in charge at headquarters instruct ed Doorman John Galivn to take the woman upstairs to Chief In- spector William P. Keegan of the detective bureau. She was &C., companied by MT and Mrs Henry Russell, her daughter and son in law, all of Washburn, Me. The victims mother was hyster- ical and on the verge of collapse when informed of the shooting by Inspector Reagan who related the case in brief form. He told her the body was at the funeral home of Arthur J. Lunny at 25 Central avenue.
 She needed support from her