The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-28

frequently. Wallace Terrell had been a boarder and roomer at the Brooks house for several years, during which time he had been employed at the Ball and Socket Manufacturing mpany, in Cheshire, across the railroad tracks and old canal from the railroad station. Terrell had been out of employment for some time prior to January 6, 1889 and on that date, just before noon hour, he had been visiting with the sta- ton agent at Cheshire, Arthur N. Pelton, and immediately after noon he went to the Brooks house to get his dinner, in com- pany with Stuart Hall, an em- ploye of the Ball and Socket Manufacturing Company who, al- though he lived in Meriden, took his monday meal at the Brooks boarding-hou having roomed there prior to his marriage in April, l936,
 Reached Rear Door
 It was just about three minutes after twelve when the two men left the railroad station, walked across Railroad avenue, through the hedge and up to a door at the rear of the house. As they reach cd the door and Terrell started to open the door Brooks appeared at the door with a double-barreled shotgun in his hand. He began to curse and at the same time dis charged one of the barrels Into Terrell's abdomen. Terrell scream cd. started to turn around, at which time Brooks fired the other barrel, Terrell receiving It. partly in his side and partly in the back, Hall then went into another back door which led into the kitchen and Terrell staggered back from the doorway down Q cement side walk toward the rear of the building, when Brooks, who had gone in after he fired the second barrel of the shotgun, appeared with @ thirty-eight caliber re- volver set on a gun stock. This he fired twice into Terrell's back and Terrell then fell on to the ground. Brooks then disappeared into the house again and came out a second time with @ repeater shotgun. He fired one shell into the back of Terrell's head, practi- cally blowing the back and top off 1t. Brooks then went into the house, opened the window in the rear room, from which he had made his appearance into the back yard. This window opened on the east side of the building toward Railroad avenue and the railroad station. He then went through into the other room on the first floor on the east side of the house and opened the window in that room on the east side, also VOWdt0 tiiC 1dAIiOdd ouhViVlls
 Many Police Calls
 Several people put in calls for various officers, including the local constable, state police and the medical examiner. Dr. Moore. Dr. Moore arrived at the scene unaware of what was going on, knowing only that there had been a dead man reported to be in that vicinity. MT. Pelton. the station agent, seeing Dr. Moore start for Terrells body, ran over and seiz- cd him by the arm. turned him about, and started him back to- ward the railroad station. Brooks fired a rifle bullet toward them which struck the ground between the two men as they were hurry ing toward the depot. Brooks then fired into the railroad sta- tion, first with shotgun and later with what turned out to be 8 303 Savage rifle. Brooks stayed in the front room on the east side of the building, firing at several people who passed and at auto mobiles passing on the highway. but none of the bullets or shot took effect.
 The State Police arrived at the scene of the shooting but not be- ing equipped with weapons to fire gas projectiles had to send to nearby supplies for them. The Waterbury Police sent group of officers to the scene. one of whom brought a gun to fire gas pro- jectiles. With this weapon sev- eral gas shells were discharged into the house and a quantity of tear gas settled in the rooms. Af- ter that Sergeant Lenzi. of the State Police. approached the open window from which Brooks had been shooting. with a gas hand grenade to throw into the room, and when he reached the window he discovered that Brooks was sit- ting slumped down in a morris chair. with a thirty-eight caliber Smith and Wesson revolver, mounted on a gun-stock, on the floor at his feet and a wound of entrance in the right temple and of exit t, the left temple. and the bullet, which had caused the wounds, lying on the floor where 1t had fallen after striking and dislodging a portion of the l)las- ter from the wall of the room. Brooks was not then dead al- though unconscious. He was takr