Record-Journal from Meriden, Connecticut • 11

i- r- Wednasdoy Auguit 6 1 Record-Journal the: By ED GlLHULY RaeordJmtntai ttaff path near the Cheshire town liae The 100-year anniversary of that case which became known as the' Box will be Fri- 7icUm- AibertCooleyworkedjt Jl ening-devetopmente revived JMf place fr history with the its hiding place beneath the busher Wallingford slaughterhouse and case United Stater or for a short time disappeared about the time of the Th the chief of the Apaches They body could have not been went out on a warm Sunday af- long detected as the blood was temoon merely to gather huckle- fresh on the box although decom-berries pofittort iiH Mt accordina to Beneath a pack of bushes they JhaAug9 1M UtridnSSfy disappeared murder It was also belieVed that he had recently cashed a check for S1S00 a virtual fortune at a time when a suit cost $5 in iskarmypayr- The daughter of Yalesville Walter Case reported that late July or early August she not remember which a with blood covering his hands hues' came-to' her-doorrWitlr The theory went that Cooley was killed for his money carved and crated by a fellow worker But that theory evaporated when eyewitnesses claimed Cooley was seen alive in Old Saybrook and when it wu determined that the dimensions of the trunk did not match those of Cooley resident in did stranger and Urge bloody bundle under hU arm he asked for the directions to Da- Pond Miss Cue told him that there wu no such pond in the area but pointed him toward the Quinni-pUc River Miss Case said that she saw him walk past the house in the opposite direction about an hour Uter He a clean set of clothing bundle under his arm Thniaryippirtmiy will tfflg ai a bundle of bloody clothing was found on the riverbank The river wu dragged in hopes of finding the head andlimbs of the victim or any See SHOE BOX page 13 In UOI Robert Louis fiendish tale of "Dr Jekyll and Mr chilled the world TS hocked by the ghoulish trial of Alfred Packer a gold miner on his way to California Starving and stranded in the Colorado wilderness Packer killed his five companions -and devoured'their raw "I threw away the strips of flesh I had left and 1 confess I did so reluctantly as I had grown fond of hn- In Wallingford that same year residents had their own stories of the bizarre A bloody crate containing a dismembered and decapitated torso was found beside case captured national attention and captivated local imagi- Hie mystery shared the New York Times front page with articles about President Grover Cleveland and the war with Chief Geronlmo and the Apache Indians of a Man Found in a Box Near Wallingford" headlined the limes story Oat went on to call the murder one of the most brutal in the criminal annals of the state the mutilated condition limbs had been hastily hacked off perhaps with an the story aid Edward and Joseph Terrell and Giles Somers the three youths who found the crate and its gruesome publican Austin came up with no more firm conclusions out held several theories that went unproyen or were proven wrong The first theory was that the body was simply a prank of area medical student with the access and ability to dissect' cadavers Austin and Medical Examiner JD McGaughey firmly denied the student tneoryj-lieved that the killer did have some butchering skill Farmers and slai employees familiar with butchering techniques were questioned and Austin came up with a possible During the course of the investigation just about every missing and had no was wearing assistance program on rec By LEIGH RADER RteordrJoumal staff Old Issues never die they Just get recycled Seven years after the demise of the Wallingford Recycling Center Torn Councilman David Gessert has said he is willing to work with opponents of a resource recovery plant in Wallingford to create a new program "Without a doubt there hu been more talk about garbage In the lut even months than la the previous Gessert wrote in a recent letter to Geno Zandri Jr president of People Against Garbage Burning "I believe that this public discussion hu significantly heightened the awareneu of file people of Wallingford of the need for a better method than landfill for disposal of Gessert added The discussion is one in which several town leaders and PAGB members have been unable to agree The protest group hu filed a lawsuit in state court to try to block construction of the plant that would burn garbage from Wallingford Meriden Cheshire North Haven and Hamden and produce steam and electricity PAGB members are also trying to recall the mayor and two town council members one of whom is Gessert for their support of the project found a crate once contai bearing the label toe fine The youths do-' fled the horrible odpr emanating from the box and peered inside to find file headless limbless trunk Then and there began the investigation of the most bizarre crime in the history of Wallingford still unsolved a century later long after the end of the Cleveland tha-Apachea at the hands of Gem Nelson A Miles Deputy Sheriff RS Austin Wallingford's chief law officer at the time said that it was apparent that file ante wu hauled or carried Staff photo bp Konnolh Rohbwon Mi in- opposition move ahead with their plans Mooney said the track design would remain the fame he proposed in 1984 The 200-acre site would have included a 12847-seat grandstand complex hone barn the main track and a practice-track-He also proposed building a swimming pool an indoor ice rink tennis courts and a baseball diamond Mooney also proposed constructing a new interchange with Interstate 81 fb exclusively serve the track "We always wanted Wallingford-1 always felt it wu beneficial to the Mooney Mid in 1184 investment would produce $2 million in property taxes for the town each year and a hare of the betting receipts In addition the track would have employed SOOto 1000 people Town Council Chairman David Gessert advised Mooney to on your horse and leave town We need him in Wallingford persun to the-area was considered a possible victim Most of them turned out to be alive and in other towns the others were discounted possible victims for various rea- But then turd seemingly enlight- Gessert hu proposed spending $25-000 of the more than $380000 in extra money Wallingford is scheduled to receive a result of the state budget surplus to construct a recycling center at the town landfill Gessert hu asked PAGB members who have advocated an aggressive recycling campaign one alternative to the regional trash-burning plant for their help in organizing and staffing the project with this increased public awareness of the trash problem facing our community and the state this project will succeed where put efforts nave Gessert uid Zandri Mid PAGB members have told town officials several times that they would be willing to sit down with them and discuss recycling as well other Issues concerning the plant However he Mid the $25000 Gessert suggested would not be enough to fully fund a comprehensive project a start but $25000 is not very realistic if you go into this project with the idea that you really want it to Zandri Mid get out of something what you put into He also suggested that the town draft an ordinance that would make recycling of certain materials mandatory would have to mandate that le separate their he I hu to do it not jut Lhn co-founders in 1872 Mid lie hopes the production shutdown will be temporary and that the semiconductor market will recover not Jut KTI with the problem but everyone who produces products that supply the electronics Wilkinson Mid Mikhael Stepp plant manager in Wallingford Mid Tuesday are not shutting down the' Slant and we moving away ft hope to reopen in 1987 but who knows if that will be He Mid company officials are confident the industry hurt partially by flagging home computer Mies will recover with the in to send 25 employees packing those who feel like it" Donald Roe the economic development coordinator uid there are already independent recycling programs available In Wallingford He Mid the Wallingford Jaycees routinely collect old newspapers and that the town recycles rubber tires and discarded' metal appliances that are delivered to the landfill The bottle bill has also cut down on the amount of glass that has been discarded However Roe said a program to recycle glus not covered' by the state law would be beneficial According to a July 1181 article In Waste Age magazine recyclable materials account for about 25 percent of the residential wute stream Several municipalities nationwide have set up recycling programs but often find the markets for recycled goods are limited previous recycling program began In 1872 and was staffed by volunteers until the program disbanded in 1878 The program recycled as much as two ton of paper a week and also took in glus and aluminum The project wu stalled temporarily when fire destroyed one of the recycling sheds in 1884 The recycling sheds were also subject to periodic vandalism creased uu of semiconductors in the automotive industry and credit card operations In addition he said "The United States hu finally reached an agreement with Japan to stop the Japaneu from dumping their (computer) chips on' the market The agreement may' help the United States regain some of the 50000 jobs1 It has lost industrywide But until the computer industry ecks up all but 12 workers at the allingford KTI plant will have to look for new jobs Stepp said the workers range from skilled chemists to hourly-wage production workers Most are residents of Wallingford Meriden and Southington he said- A subsidiary of Union Carbide Core Eledironics Division the Wallingford plant is the second-latest of four plants owned by The company's customers will continue to be served by plants in Carrollton Texas the headquarters at Sunnyvale Calif and Tempe Arts -The cutback is the second the company hu made according to Dianne Mastilock director of personnel About 15 people lost their jobs when the company st production at the Arizona plant he uid -RADER iMtriber yard blaze Flames engulf piles of lumber during cause of the blaze is under fire at Colony Lumber Co The vestigatlonStory page 1 Track proposal faces Commisiion rejected a zoning amendment that would have cleared the first hurdle for firm Sawmill Brook Racing Association Inc' to build the track on a site west of Northrup Road between the Meriden line and within a quarter-mile of Route 88 Mooney had options to buy land from' Elizabeth MacDonald former Town Councilman Thomu Wall Emma Wall Jean Wall and the Greenbacker family ---Since the PZC struck down the plans part of the land hu changed hands The Greenbacker form hu been sold to Saab-Scania of America Inc part of the Swedish automak- Twenty-five employees at KTI Chemicals Inc learned Tuesday that they will lose their jobs on Oct 1 when officials Mid they will upend their manufacturing and administrative operations in Wal- lingford Officials say a troubled electronics industry and foreign competition are the primary culprits "This action is necesMiy because the semiconductor industry hu failed to recover as antic-' I uid KTI president Wit liamThurber The company will keep a staff of 12 employeu to continue its warehousing Mies engineering and customer support services at the plant at 2 Barnes Industrial Park Road Charles Paddock a quality con- trol laboratory supervisor said the production shutdown wu not entirely unexpected (company officials) Mid they were losing money for the 1 8th straight month but we never mw any figures on paper" he said The Meriden resident mU worked at the plant for five years and will stay until the Oct 1 deadline Art Lefane a processor at the plant for 1 years agreed that the announcement wu not a complete surpriMbe-caue of the industry slump He uid he plans to start looking now for a new line of work Carl Wilkinson vice pretjident of operations and one of the firm's By TOM SMITH Racord-Jovntal staff It hu been two years since the tovhi denied Ronald Mooney a chance to tend in the circle Mooney said recently he may try again to put in a horse racing track If he does Mooney will find state and town officials giving him the odd shoulder do have Mooney said -in a telephone interview from his home in Fort Lauderdale Fla not Wallingford there are other sites We profo never gave up on Mooney said "Many people have encouraged us to come Mooney owner of Racing Management Mid he is consid- with other undisclosed Wail ey said he would be announcing his "not in the nekr future but fat the foreseeable When asked to clarify that statement Moo-ney responded we are 1 1184 the Planning and Zoning er's US headquarters The we" 10 aid form hubeen pold to a New York partnership the family Mid Mooney Mid there till room ip Proponents of the track that top $70 to $100 million the area for the race course Town Planner Linda Bush Mid Tuesday that her office hu not been contacted about the track plans Track promoters would have to follow the Mme path they did in 1184 in order to build the track in Walling-Bush said The zoning code I have to be amended to permit a race track before promoters can.