Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 3, 1916, Page 10

hlmluhlpei.- md‘chb« Lyu:’u ‘Tooth Powder or Dental l.w.:.mcsoxs,m. SnW. 27th 8t., N. Y. City THIS FLAPPER WEARS. A BECOMING GOWN THE VALEDICTORIAN Here is a model of a graduation frock so simple a clever girl can make it herself. The material is white voile inserted with fine val. The surplice waist has a vest trimmed with tiny buttons, and the girdle is wide white satin ribbon crushed and tied on the left side. Organdie is also suitable for this design. Bridgeport—Plans for Bridgeport's bigger police department, including the establishment of a new police precinet, which will be the fourth in the city, and a rearrangement of all patrol posts in the city to-meet the condi- tions arising from the appointment of 60 additional policemen, are being for- mulated. RANDRETH = PILL An Effective Laxative Purely Vegetable Constipation, Indigestion, Biliousness, etc. Q@or _9 © st Nignt ooth Powder & Mb-mawm BRIEF STATE NEWS Torrington—St. Francis’ T. A. and B, soclety- celebrated its 25th anniversary Monday. evening with a grand ball in Agard's ball and & banquet at.Conley New Haven.—The the Council of Jewish Women was held Monday at 12.45 in the palm room of the Taft. Higganum.—The annuail convention of the W. C. T. U. of Middlesex county will be held with the umion in Hig- gu.n‘um at fl;e Congregational church Meriden.—Under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce four plots of ground in various sections of the eity will be used as children’s gardens. Lester Smith has been engaged by the committee to supervise the garden work, which will be started at once. Hartford.—The Stars and Stripes and the state flag of Connecticut now form @ part of the permanent interior dec- orations of Trinity Episcopal church, intended to be a constant source of in- spiration to patriotism and civic Te- sponsibility for those who attend the church, Thompsonville.—Louis Burns con- tracted Friday for the construction of two new houses on Burns avenue. Mr. Burns is the largest owmer of dwell- ing houses in town, and has todav 36 tenants, and upon the completion of his two new houses will have 40 tenements in Thompsonville. New Britain.—The business of the Adams Express company has increased considerably during the last few days because of the inability to ship freight from Hartford Thursday afternoon on account of the strikes among the freight handlers and among the sea- men in New York. Middletown.—Plans for the reception to be given to James J. Flaherty of Philadelphia, Pa. supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, in the Elks’ hall Friday evening are rapidly being completed by the entertainment and membership committees of Forest City council of this city. Southington.—At a meeting of the board of warden and burgesses recent- ly bids f,gr the borough bonds were opened. he bonds were sold to Har- ris & Forbes of New York city. This company bid $105,338 for a borough bond of $118,000. There was one other company which put in a bid. Naugatuck.—A finely executed bust life sized crayon portrait of Grand Master Robert T. W. Adams of the L O. O. F. has just been finished and will soon occupy a prominent position on the walls of Odd Fellows' hail, as Mr. Adams is the first member of Centennial lodge, Ne. 100, who has been honored with elevation to the grand master’s chair. Middletown.—Returning tc his boy- hood home recently, after an absence of 50 years, during which it had been thought he was dead, James W. Over- ton, by the facility with which he re- membered the nicknames of his play- mates and trivial incidents’of his boy- hood, was able to prove to the satis- faction of Judge Milton A. Shumway { in the superior court that he was enti- | tled to a share in the estate of the late | Almira G. Overton, his second cousin. | As a result he will receive about $4,000. forthe lovor 9 HAN Bredery Bottled \Qma/er o7 fleu)m and botlln ya tgljoe/a/e/etd brewers ad‘eny:fl e il o eyreeioj(zu ‘unusual. Jo Z o/ wl;/eea/em, 30{!‘/91@ and Z)efazlem alz wover. {Aza JGC'J 072. %fime& an/e gtz'):lon ce, ? / A st DARK 76 LEY'S ‘BLUE /bl e t%a{ 2 &" i annual spring luncheon of the New Haven section of i 3§g ' her life and, as it proved, that of any other person or persons who in- terfered with his h& Elliott Lying In Wait. At 4.30 ‘l'nz!dny morning Mr. Pet- tis, aged 56, came down from his sleeping apartment on the second floor Df flzo pretty little home that is set le midst of fine farming country und 'ent out into a wood house, at- tached to the dwelling, to get some kindlings with which to start the kit- chen fire. Exactly what happened there will never be known, but the theory as pieced together from later develop- menm and invi lons makes it ap- ar reasonable that Elhott was lying ln wait. The back door of the shed, opening toward the east, was not kept locked and it is belleved that mllott either waited inside the shed, where he may have been all night, or came in through that door when he heard Mr. Pettis coming down stairs. Immediately Opened Fire. In any event, [Elliott immediately opened fire, using two automatic re- volvers. Mr. Pettis, who was first and almost immediately wounded in the right arm, beat a hasty retreat, slam- ming shut behind him a door leading into a little room where there is a cream separator.. He either tried to hold this door or to hook it against Kiliott’s entrance, for it shows the holes made by four bullets. He did not succeed in hooking it, however, and from there retreated throuszh oth- er doorways and into the kitchen. He was wounded at the time, it is shown by blood flecks on one of the doors, so his prosress was sufficiently slow to allow Elliott to rush out of the rear door of the shed and around to the north side -of the house, from where he again peppered 'Mr. Petti with bullets, fired at him through the kitchen window, as the wounded man was making his way toward the stairs leading to his room, where he kept his gun, which he was intending to get, and did get, to defend himself against the mad man attempting to murder him. Wife Beaged for Husband’s Life. Failing to kill Pettis with the ten or a dozen shots fired at him from the she dand through the kitchen window, Elliott, again returned to the rear of the shed, entered and followed Mr. Pettis through the house and upstairs. The sequence of happenings there art difficult of detailed arrangement. but, from what Mrs. Pettis afterwards told Coroner A. G. Bill of Danielson, her husband came in, staggering. and said that John Elliotf had shot him. Mr. { Pettis got his gun to give battle to Elliott, who was by that time ascends ing the stairs. What might have hapt pened had Pettis held “her husband and begzed him not to. shoot is a mer er of guessing. but in any event Eiliott came on without be- ing molested. Father and Daughter Killed. Miss Pettis, who occupied another room on the second floor, was by this time aroused and active. Eiliott open- ed fire with fatal effect. Mr. Pettis and his daughter bot falling throush his deadly When the shooting was~ over their bodies lay close to- gether, the yonng woman’s head near her father's feet. Miss Pettis had come in from her room. sat down on her mother's bed and said: “John has shot me!” Then she toppled off onto the floor—and was dead. Threatened to Blow Up House. Mrs. Pettis, br: in the face tragic death. confronted lliott and pleaded for her life. There nre se: eral versions as to just what took place at that time, one being that E lott threatened to blow up the house with a stick of dynamite. which he drew from one of his pockets, but. in any event, he finally departed with- out deing Mrs. Pettis any injury. She watched him make his way from the house through the fields to the east and toward the Rhode Island line. Had Cut Telephone Wire. Mrs. Pettis then rushed to a neigh- bor's. George R. Ross’, to summon aid, her own telephone beinz out of service. It was later discovered that this was due to the fact that Elliott had cut one of a pair of telephone wires where the connection was run in at the le of the house. This was one of the details that showed with what care the murderer planned his crome. Help From AIll Directions. TImmediately followinz the first mes- sage telling of the crime there was hurried telephoning over all the town and sutrounding towns and it was not long. before officers and many others were at the Pettis 'home or scouring the country for Elliott. Help came from all directions to the Pettis home, where Mrs. Pettis, the tragedy completed and warnings sent out, was in a state of collapse. Result of Autop: Coroner Arthur G. Bill of Daniel- son, Medical Examiner R. C. Paine, M. D., Thompson, and Dr. E. F. Perry, arrived during the forenoon. The physicians performed autopsies. In the case of Miss Pettis it was found that a bullet had entered her body over the right kidney, going through the liver and small intestine and com- ing out on the left side just below the ribs. There was another wound through the left wrist, but there seems to be doubt as to whether this wound was caused by another bullet or by the one that penetrated through her body. When Elliott shot Miss Pettis he held the revolver so close to her side that a hole was burned through her nightdress by the flash of flame. This bullet could also have caused the ‘wrist wound. Pettis Shot Several Times. Mr. Pettis was shot several times. One bullet entered the left elbow, shattering the bones. ‘Amother en- tered the right shoulder. There was a bullet burn on the left side over the hem indicating where another bullet had flashed None of these bul- lets remained in the body. Bullet That Caused Death. The wound that caused death was from a bullet that went in on the right side under the collarbone, through the fimflcfifi Bananas, 13 for 25c m—- 2 ok PICKLES, 5 for 10c 2T TIVERC hoih for I1c | Dot Roee, FRESH FROM OUR OVENS DAILY Cinnamon Buns mains imbedded in h!l body. Coroner A. G. Bill did not attemipt to get Mrs. Pettis’ statement Tuesday, she was in such a state of collapse and he will not take it until after the funerals. Mrs, Pettis talked with newspapermen and though she was suffering pitifully from the shock of the tragedy managed to give a ver- sion of ‘what had taken place. Mr. Pettis had left their sleeping room at about 4.30. She had told her husband to call her at 5 o'clock. It seemed only a very few minutes when there was the sound of firing and Mr. Pettis soon after he came back to the room, saying that he wanted his gun and that John Elliott had shot him. Mrs. Pettis sprang up as her husband grabbed his rifle and asain left the room. Then Mrs. Pettis heard a se- ries of six or eight shots and in the midst of the excitement, Miss Sybil, her step-daughter, came staggering into the room, sat on the bed and sail Mother, John has shot me.” Taunted by Murderer. Then Mrs. Pettis, driven to a state of frenzy rushed out from her room and started down stairs to summon help. Elliott stood at the foot of the stairway flourishing his revolvers and threatening her _with death. She rushed back into the room where the bodies lay, opened a window and shouted for help. Elliott jeered at her and coolly told her that it would do no good to call, for no ove could hear her. It was at this time also that he told her that he had cut the telephoge wire and that she need not hope to summon help that way. Didnt Intend tc Hurt Girl. Mrs. Pettis then pleaded for her life and asked Elliott what he intended to do. His reply was not direct, but that he had mot intended to hurt Sybil, it being taken from this that she may have stepped between Eiliott and her father just before she received her death ‘wound, in an effort to protect her parent. Elliott then declared that he intended to dynamite the house, wlowing the whole place to atoms. Rushed Past Elliott. This declaration drove Mrs. Pettis to desperation and notwithstanding Elliott’s threats that he would shoot her if she again cailed for help she braved her seemingly last chance for life and rushed down stairs and out of the house to call a neighbor. El- liott’s nerve may have failed him at this moment, for he did not shoot and soon afterwards was seen hastily re- treating through the country that leads to the Rhode Island line. Murderer 47, Girl 28. The whole tragédy is due to the in- sane jealousy of Elliott. Miss Pettis never encouraged his intentions. He is 47 years of age; she was but 28. Each morning it was her custom to drive from her home to West Thomp- son, where she put her team up at the Cunningham place and procceded by trolley to her school in Grosvenordale. Elliott was an employe about the Cunningbam place. A part of his du- ties was to care for Miss Pettis’ horse. He seemed to take delight in doing this service until such time as he dis- covered that his growing love for the pretty teacher was not being retur: ed. Then he grew sullen and mopdy and, as later events have shown, to plot against her life. Maddened by Jealousy. Last Saturday Miss Pettis attended the meeting of Quinebaug Pomona grange with Little River grange at Hampton. She was accompanied by a Thompson gentleman, an acquaint- ance. Miss Pettis was much interest- ed in grange matters and was a past master of the grange in Thompson. Elliott evidently heard of Miss Pet- tis’ visit to Hampton. Monday he went to Thompson and called upon Thomas Ryan, a contractor and also a grange member, and bought some sticks of dynamite. He remained for a con- siderable time, much of which he de- voted to talking about Miss Pettis and asking as to_her friends, interests and pastimes.- From Thompson he evi- dently came down to Putnam, for he was in this city Monday evening. He was not a heavy drinker, but did drink some, and it was said that he in- dulged while here. It is believed that he went direct from Putnam to the Pettis place and secreted himself. Razors, Dirks, Etc., in Handbag. He had with him a handbag, which he left at the Pettis place in his hur- ried departure. This bag has been found to contain seven.razors, two dirks, a pair of handcuffs, a police ‘wrist-twister and two sticks of dyna- mite. When Elliott bought the dyna- mite he said he was zoing to use it for blowing out stumps of trees at the place where he was employed. Mrs.. Pettis says that Elliott was not at the Cunningham place to hitch up Miss Pettis’ horse when she was returning from school Monday even- ing. When she arrived home she told her mother that Miss Cunningham had met her and told her that hereaf- ter she would care for the horse and that they would, between themselves, arrive at satisfactory arrangements for settlement. Miss Pettis then inquired of Miss Cunningham as to what had become of John and, she told her mother, the reply was that she didn’t know; that she couldn’t understand John of late. Purchased 100 Rounds of Ammunition. The men who engaged in the chase after Elliott Tuesday were taking their lives in their hands. It is known that he purchased 100 rounds of am- munition at the Chandler and Morse store in this city last Saturday and that he is armed with two automatic revolvers, which he can handle with deadly accuracy. He is a mental de- fective, a leering, cruel degenerate who will not hesitate to kill again if he gets the opportunity of disposing of anyone attempting to capture him. He may have some dynamite with him, but this is uncertain. Some of the bullets in his possession are of the steel-jacketed kind, others of lead. Samples were picked up in and about the Pettis place, where he must have fired, 2 =core of shots. Had a Bad Record. Elliott has a bad record and it was stated Tuesday by relatives who were- at the Pettis place that, years ago, In a Rhode Island town, Tiverton some said, he shot or attempted to shoot another young woman and had to serve a prison sentence for it. Elliott is of medium stature, a man with stooped shoulders and bent head and eyes that peer out at one from under drooping and shifting evelids. His state of mind was tersely summed up by one who knows him well in the words “He is girl crazy.” Pettis a Successful Contractor. Mr. Pettis was known hereabouts as a splendid citizen. He was a contrac- tor and has been doing work Miller place in Thompson, where ho had several men employed. Miss_Pettis was a _graduate of Put- nam High school, class of 1905, and has meny friends in this c was a bright young woman and very popular. Children Cry POR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA L of The Glenwood clevated gas oven and gas broiler are abeve tne coal range just right to get at without stooping. Two ranges in the space of one save room and hundreds of steps each day. WhenmahurrybothCoala.ndGuOvens can be operated at the same time, using one for meats and the other for Call and look them over and you agree that a Glenwood *“