New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 18, 1915, Page 9

(Continued from First Page)) n by Krakas, was also written on jér from this samé pad, declared expert. Wilmington Woman Called. S. Anthony Wishowsky, a Wil- On woman was examined by 'S Attorney Alcorn and she told " that she rented a private room iher house to Peter Melba (alias 88 )on March 2. When Krakas ® he was alone and had a square case. He represented himself be & barber and paid $1.50 a week the, room. = He stayed there four Bts and it was his custom to leave tenin. the morning and return at the evening. Sometimes he it out in - the . evening. Mrs. owsky said that Krakas always Pl ‘effects under lock and key s never saw him with a type- L Neither did she ever tvid visit him. 1 ¥id and Krakas Keep Apart. h&r Wilmington woman, Mrs. Harris, said that on March 2 d came to her house to rent 0. She did not see Krakas at time. When Montvid called at ' Rouse he told Mrs. Harris he to stay one night, but he his mind and stayed four léaving on the follow- aturday morning. He told Harris he was* an insurance ent 2nd in his room hé had a type- Wter “just like” the one exhibited see aand ¥ S8R ed AR - Impressions of fithe state and en. which the threat- letters were written to the lo- st ting of Policeman Tiérney. Iph. Markle, a Wilmington jew- nd pawn broker, pointed out ¥id #s the man who came to him reh 6 and wanted to pawn two watches and one man’s watch: s identified the 'watches held es’ éxhibits as the ones carried ntvid at the time of this visit. okér was suspicious and ques- Montvid closely. He hsked ) watches belonged to and he o: my wife,” and asked $15 on pe. pieces.. The broker de- [ to lend dny money and Mont- nt out. The shop keeper fol- lim and saw him meet Krak- a short walk the two. part- At the corner of Seventh street yn broker met Officer F, X. and told him of his suspic-, he two ' followed and saw and Montvid meet again and rdted. Tierney followed “While Markle and another 1 glolluwed Montvid. He then severa] shots. He saw Mont- wnning from his pursuers. At jee station latér Montvid: de- er seeing Krakas. On the pre- jight Krakas had .yisited.the and tried in’.vain’ atch, ‘bit said he [d. he heard the shots fired by which killed Officer Tierney. h “heé ‘neard more shots, he see Montvid do any shooting jw Officer Manly chase the ac- e’'s account of the chase in B on, was most vividly ren- d he told in an accurate of the running fight down streets, the crackling of the and thé subsequent meet- Montvid at the police sta- e # & tf f Black Tells of Arrest. §f George..Black of the Wil- n police, testified -that his at- on. was first called to the arrest P kas and Montvid on March 6 n when he say people carrying r Sharpless, the first man who st Krakas. At the same heard that another officer had ot and an instant later Officer was brought in apparently en with the ‘men in the ouse the chief chased Krakas blocks until he was rounded slaughter house yard. Here gwbehind a wagon and was not sy until he had been shot in o Montvid was brought into fon house,by Officers' Washing- Afanly he at first denied ac- fnce with: Krakas, The® pris- i two magazines for an auto- oiver, one loaded and one Bk shots in it, in his pocket and Wibaggage check. Chief Black check and Tecovered Mont- faveling bag at_ the railroad volver :nagazines were ex- the state’s attornéy and by the chief, as well as a gasine, which Montvid pod in his flight. Chief Black ”.? tified a stocking with sev- ibre automatic cartridzes in d in Montvid's ie revolver Ind By an officer where Mont- Mew it away as heé rau, was aiso f by the chief as were the buniches of keys, one of which fotiga in Montvid’s bag and the Iy i<rakas’ bag. Previous states sls have identified these kevs nes carriéd by Kva Gilmanai- fitting the locks at St hureh’ « The previously ex- watches and . Jjewelry taken ntyid's bag were also identi- e Wilmington man. i Britain Check Produced, rticles found in Montvid's the telltale RBiickensderfer or, the pad of writing paper additional typowriter eretdentified by Chief Black, n - Montvid's person, Chief d, wéls & railroad ticket from a Waterbury, dated Feb- febste: chegk een 7 rhury, going east, o (Gheck between “New erbury, going weét, Iy ' 0 : WILLIAM & CASE ~ Boston, one Blickensderfer typawriter end one extra script type” and thése were produced and -identified by the witness. This typewritér bill of sale fixes the ownership . of. the machine which wrote the Bojncwski letters on Montvid beyond. doubt. State's Attorney Alcorn _produced two watches offered to Markle by Krakas and which were offered. to him by Montvid the next day. This| proved that Montvid and Krakas were togeéther, as they exchanged some of the jewelry and tried individually to pawn it. Montvid’s Gun “Choked.” Chief Black testified ' “that ‘when Montvid's revolver was brought to him he ‘suspected that ‘it ‘had ‘been dis- charged. He tried to shoot it off to see and found that it had béen discharged but had -been ‘‘choked.” That is, the bullet was wedged tight- 1y in the barrel. Aftér a short recess at 11:30 a. m.| Chiéf Black resumed his testimony, and identified the falsé mustaches which he found in Montvid's pocket. New Britain witnesses had previously | told of these .disguises in Montvid's| Ppossession. A flashlight takeén from Krakas was | identified by Chief Black as well as a beautiful nickel platéd, pearl han- dled automatic revolver with which Officer Tierney was killed by Krakas. Chief Black tald Attorney Day that Tierney had beéen killed béfore he got ‘on the scerne. Krakas was run fo cover about flve blocks from the police station and then it ‘was that two more policemén were wounded, Officers Scott and McDaniels. Eight murders and one suicide in one day is the record in Wilmington, said) Chief Black. The chief said a large crowd outside of the station house made wild threats against both Kra. kas and Montvid. When Montvid's revalver was given to the chief there was no magazine in it, he thought, but 'Montvid had two or three mag- azines on his person. . In either Kra-| kas's or Montvid’s bag was a razor but no other barber’s supplies. He told Attorney Day that he found no typewritter in Krakas's bag, but he did find a box of writing paper. A post card taken from Montvid! was identified by the chief. It was! mailed to “B, Montvid” from Bridge- part on February 18 and said "comei to' me tomorrow at 4. have no news. I hope to see you soon. Peter.” t was written in Lithuanian and was translated for Mr. Alcorn. Gets Father Zebris’ Watch. Detective Sergeant David Waddel of Wilmington told of seeing Montvid a steel wire. veloped with hot water and glycerine brought out the writing. - Mr. Buckley had told it to him. of paper taken from Montvid’s pocket was washed with the Boric acfd and then rinsed ih a solution of glycernie. In a short time legible writing de- veloped plainly. Lithuanian. told him as soon as the paper dried | the writing would disappear, BERNARD MANTVID — MAN WK (s e oNn fRIA?— ATTORNEY. DAY DGE - LAWYER For MONTVID wie- Swerenes BY DOVCHERT YV — former warden at Wethersfigld but now a deputy jajlér at the Hartford county jail, identified papers he took from Montvid. He found the papers hidden in the lining of Montvid’s overcoat on April 19. 'Objection made by Attorney Day was overruled by Judgé Case. Among thé papers was an envelope containing beric acid, which Montvid told the jailer he used in writing'codé messages. He told the Jailer he washed a piece of paper in boric acid and then traced over it with The paper then de- demonstrated the. process as Montvid One of the pieces It was all written in The jailer sald Montvid but it could be brought out again by repeat- ing the operation of developing. Interpreter M. R. Malinowski had ' translated the letter and Attorney Al- corn read the deciphered code mes- | “Sake 8. 'B. guard sage, which said: against capture. R. H.” v Another paper found hidden on Montvid . .when deciphered read: “(Picture of a revolver.) The auto- matic revolver take you're B. M. Good for you and you talk all what you knew. C. P. We all red hands want- ed you.” This is thought to haye.been . a warning from Krakas to Montvid|not to talk to much. These letters can be developed with plain water as well as glycerine. Sensations Late Yesterday. After press time yesterday Chief George Black of Wilmington was sum- moned to the stand and identified the typewriter roll which he took from Montvid. Detective Sergeant Bam- forth told of receiving the typewriter and roll from the Wilmington chief. This testimony, together with that of Mr. Kinsley, positively identified the typewriter. Then. . Attorney - Day made his first strenuous objection during the ‘trial,. when he objected' to the admission of a letter to Father Bojnowski purporting to have been written by Montvid. The lawyer argued that it had been proved that when this letter was written the typewritter was in the possession of Krakas. At- torney Alcorn answered that the wit- nesses had.all failed to identify the machine as the exact one owned by Krakas; therefore, he said, it is as. sumed that this machine was in Montvid's possession until it was taken from-him in Wilmington. The oh. An-- rael. and Krakas in the cell room at Wil- He corroborated previous iestimony regarding the conténts of the prisoner’'s effects. The sergeant ticket taken from Krakas and going to Phila- helphia, where he secured a watch which helonged to Father Zebris and Krakas “Jobhn Schmidt” on March 5, and on which $15 was mington. told of betug given a pawn whick had been nunder tha name of pawned by Priest Takes Stand. loaned. Father Karakazkas of New Haven, formerly of Waterbury, where e was located until a month ago when he was sent to New Haven to succeed Rev. Edward Grikas, who succeeded Father Zebris, was the next witness. knew Father Zebris very well as a priest and oec- casionally visited him in New Britain. The priest identified the watch pawned in Philadelphia by Krakas as property of Father Zebris. He was suré this was Father Zebris' watch as he had it for a month himself and did not re- turn it to the Néw Britain priest until The witness said he two months before his murder. Detective R. J. Benson of Wilming- ton is the man who recovered Mont- vid’s travelling bag and told of his connéction with the case. I Secret Code. i ckley of Harttord, Jjection was overruled and Attorney Day took an exception. Demand $10,000 of Priest. The famous letters received by Father Bojnowski demanding money under pain of death were read to the jury by State’'s Attorney Alcorn and a reply from the clergyman was also read and introduced as evidence. The reading of these letters produced a mild sensation in court. The text of these missives follows: “From the Red Hands, U. 8. A. “Rev. Lueyan Bojnowski, New Brit- ajni— ~ “Look at this picture and think where is this man, now. ‘We sent him to the Devil, and you are the next. You have thousands of dol- lars. If you want to live longer it cost you $10,000. Send us the money or we send you to Rev. Zebris. ““Beware yourself. Be sure that you will get a few bullets right in {the church. ‘J. GILMAN, “772 Bank Street, Waterbury, “P. 8.—If you tell, somebody we send You to! Zebris. Fven if they get us we geét you, because there are enough more of us.” This lettér was .,ggq@plmed by a cut.of Father.Zebsig::as: Was Drinted in the Herald: at the time of “the a 'murder, and by a cut of 4n autematic revolver clipped from a ‘Savage cat- alégue. : The second letter was written by Father Bojnowski to the signer of the above and was, in part as fol- lows: “This just brgaks my heart, as you know I value my life dearly. 1 beg of you to spare my life. 1f you really need money I will gladly give you a couple hundred. You ask for $10,000, but I cannot give so large an amount. In the name of God, be merciful and spare my life. Let me know if I can help you. | “LUCYAN BOJNOWSKIL" i In answer to this Father Bojnow- ski received a third letter beginning with some insulting epithets and con- tinuing, in part, as follows: ‘“What have yvou done? you are cheaper than $10,0007 Be sure you will be executed soon. It is now too late. As president ot the Red Hands, 1 have sent a man to get you.” This letter was signed by a hand drawn in red ink. Code Telegrams Read. O. C. Faupel, manager of the West+ ern Union Telegraph office in Hart- ford, protested against discrosing a telegram from Krakas.to Montvid, but was ordered to do so by Judge Case. The telegram was not dated but was taken from the files of February 11, indicating that it was sent from Hart- ford at noon on that day. The mes- sage read: “Charjes Morris, 330 Arch street, New Britain. Sir:— “Your sister very sick. “J. KBLLY.” Kelly was an alias of Krakas. Miss Ellen Murnane, a ¢lerk in the Postal Telegraph office at Water- bury, was ordered by, the court to praduce a telegram sent by “Charles Morris” from Waterbury to “‘J. Kelly” in New Britain on February 16. It said, ‘‘Sister very sick. K. Morris.” This. is alleged to be the telegram received by Krakas af Vinikaitis’ house after which he left the city. Seen in Waterbury. Frank Mulesky of Waterbury said he saw Montvid in Waterbury on: Feb-] ruary 11 when he came to his house to rent a room. He stayed at the witness’ house for about nine days. Mulesky said Montvid told him he was a barber from Taunton, Mass., and wanted to start in business in Waterbury. On February 20 Mont- vid told him his ‘‘sister was sick,” as he was informed by a letter, and was in a “bad condition.” At the depot the witness saw Montvid on the New York train side and -took him to the Boston side, as he had pre- viously mentioned Boston as his des- tination. Mulesky’s wife gave cor- roborative testimony and said she was always afraid of Montvid as he was a stranger. Adam Radaukas of Waterbury, a former boarder at Mulesky’'s house, also identified Montvid as the stranger who lived at this house for about nine days and with whom he went to a theater. Montvid told Radaukas he was going to start a barber shop. On the nihgt of February 14 he went to concert with Montvid and saw the latter buy a paper called the “‘Sache.” {1t is a Lithuanian paper printed in Worcester. On the day before Mont- vid left he gave Radaukas a hair cut and the witness noticed that he acted nérvously. The witness said Montvid told him his right name was ‘“‘Charlie Montvillis.”” but he used the name “Charlie Morris” for short. He told Radaukas that a meat man at 772 Rank street, was a relative. This man Is it that CROWDS WANTED---25,000 Peogle Sall;turday AL ese Bargains a DAY---To Feast on T Hundreds of Others. 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While at this | and Virginia Reel, as well as right Bernard Montvid came to the | nouse the witness saw his .young | modern waltzes and hesitation, house. The witness knew Montvid's btrother, Anton, in Chicago and seeing the family resemblance, he asked him 11 his name was Montvid and he said: “Yes, C. Montvid.” While Montvid was there Krakas came home but the two did not appear to recognize each other. They were seen whispering to- gether. While talking with Montvid the witness said he got into an argu- ment over the former’s brother, Mike Vlyakis, thc Philadelphia man, to whose house Montvid and Krakas came, identified a picture of Krakag and Montvid and sald that the two men professed to be strangers. When Sirkus came in he got into an argument with Montvid, after which the latter got excited and angry. Seeing that Montvid was so angry Viyakis told him he would have to get out, but at 10 o'clock the next day he came back looking for Sinkus. Krakas stayed at this house from February 27 to March 1, on which day was John Adamaitis, but was absent {rom the court room when called on to testify. In Brooklyn and Philadelphia. Paul Sinkus of Brooklyn, N. ¥, formerly of Philadelphia, Pa., where he lived on Titan street, was called as a twitnees. While living there he worked for the Kova Publishing cem. | | pany, a Lithuanian paper. he got a telegram. This message was gent from Philadelphia and said: “Sister very sick. J. Malenus.” sAfter receiving this message Krakas left the house for good 5 Joseph Zainebraitis, of 228 Manton street, Philadelphia, said that during the latter part ‘came - to Nis holll | ve Gaughter with Montvid and from tthe actions of the witness it was evident Montvid had abused the child to some cxtent, At this point court adjourned urtil 10 o'clock today UNITY REBEKAH OUTING. Pleasant Social 8t Home of Mr. Mrs. Treat Hubbell, Yesterday afternoon an! evening, | between forty and fifty members of { Unity Rebekah lodge, No. 54, 1. O, O. 1 F. enjoyed a pleasant time at the home of Mr. .and Mrs, Treat Hubbell of Newington. The afternoon qufck- ly passed in a social way, some of the very young members adding interest to the genera] entertainment. A ball game by the ladies caused a good deal of fun, though they do say that the ball ground was rather uneven, as could be testified to by two of the la- dies The gentiemen arrived in time for 2 ‘bountiful supper and as the occa- #ion was the twelfth ‘anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mre. Hubbell, their ‘guests presented .them with a ry handsome silver bread tra In the evening a program of vocal and ""mn Montvid | and instrumental music, both piano yat 11la'clock onejand wielin. and recititions was en. In Phila. | niyht with a~friend of tHE witness and ' joyed.. The party then adjourned to All agreed that they had most enjoyble time, and shoul forward to other pleasant which of all that they might many more vears of wedded ness. 4 2 BRIDES TENDERED SHO My The Misses Mary -Hartigan Unionville, Miss Anna Kelly and Mis Mary Dunn, school teachers, whe A to embark on the matri 7 sea, were pleasantly surprised evening at the home of Mrs, Anthi Pliz, 5 Winthrop street, in o their approaching weddings @ house was prettily decorated for occasion and a number of teachets | the public schools gathered to the prospective brides a mi neous shower. A program “of and instrumental solos WaSs ren and a dainty collation engagement of Miks Dunn have been previ in the Herald. Miss ¥ wed William Reynol street in the near fi soon Martha o will hold a Masonic p the Masonic home.