New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 8, 1923, Page 14

PRIEST 15 SLAN BY KNEELING WOMAN hiago Wosippers in Catholc Church Thrown Ioto Panic | §,~The Rev ‘Gl\-‘C.Ofl- 1€ Stetauk, Gresk Catholic shot and killed by Mrs , of Ramey, Pa. Defore him, ostensibly to feasion, at the § o'clock mass at Bt | Michael's Greek Catholic chureh here Mrs, Strutynsky declared to the po- lice that the Rev, Btetsuk had accused her husband, himself a Greek Catholic priest, at Ramey, of misappropriating ohureh funds while he was minister to & Chicago congregation She declared the alleged charges were false and said she came to Chi- | cago from Ramey, nine days ago for| the express purpose of slaying the to avenge what she belleved the wrong to her husband, She went to church last Sunday, she said, but the opportunity to kill the priest did not present itself, and she decided to wait until yesterday. 800 Worshippers in Church About 300 worshippers sat in the | pews of the church as Mrs, Strutyn- wy, heavily veiled, walked down the middle alsle, to the altar, and then 10| the confessional box, at the right.| There, out of sight of the congrega- tion, she knelt as though to offer con- fession, but instead drew a pistol from the folds of her dress and fired five shots .at the priest, standing before | her. Two of the bullets passed through his head. o Exclaiming: “Oh, God help me, the Rev. Mr. Stetsuk staggered to the main alsle and the steps of the| ghurch, where he collapsed. He died in an ambulance on the way to a hospital. Members of the congregation were thrown into & panic, but two women seized Mre, Strutynsky as she emerged | from behind the altar, the pistol still | held In her hand. Squads of police who were summoned were forced tc fight their way to the altar, where geveral members of the congregation were threatening the life of the wom- an slayer. At the police station where she was taken, the woman without hesitation told her story. Mrs. Strutynsky, 44 years of age| and the mother of two children, said that her husband over a year ago obtained more than $100,000 by sub-/ scription to build a Greek Catholic church here. The Rev. Fr. Stetsuk, | she said, posed as a friend of her hus- band, but advised his congregation not to attend the new church and she declared, circulated reports that her| husband had appropriation part the subscription money to his owi use. Al Accuses Victim of Theft. | These reports, she said, were false. | She charged that the Rev. Mr. Stet-| suk himself, had appropriated some of the money. The Rev. Mr. Stetsuk, 36 years old, according to the Moryi told police by members of the con-| gregation, was formerly secretary to! Bishop Soter Ortynski, Greek Catholic| bishop of Philadelphia, who died in| 1916. Mrs. Sturtynsky charged that the Rev. Mr. Stetsuk had also ac- cused the bishop of misappropriatin church funds. After Bishop Ort sky's death, the Rev. Mr. Stetsuk w to Youngstown, O., where he had a charge and then came to Chicago, where he succeeded the Rev. Mr.| Strutynsky as priest at St. Nicholas') church and also held mass at St | Michael’s church, where he was slain. When he took ovéer the pastorate, the police said, he declared that hig predecessor had left a debt of $160,- 000, Mrs. Strutynsky denied this. She said that after her husband had been forced to abandon his pulpit and move to Ramey, members of the | congregation had written that her| husband’s successor had gotten the church deeply into debt. Her hus-| band, she said, did not know she was| coming to Chicago, She told him she | was going to Rochester, N. Y., to visit a brother but first went to Pittshurgh and sent her daughter, Mrs. Mary| Gambal tb Ramey to be with the Rev, Mr. Strutynsky when he should hear r what she had done. Her son, Nicholas, she said, '~ had been a teacher in Ukrainia befor coming to America. Seventeen ycar ago, she sald, her brother, then 17 years old, killed Count Potocky of Poland and was tried and sentenced to be hanged, but was finally re- prieved by former-Emperor Franz Josef, of Austria and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. He escaped, came to the United States and is now attending a Ukrainian college at Rochester, N. Y., she said. May Be Insanc The police and representatives of FOR SALE Two family house of twelve rooms and six car garage on Stanley street. Pays 107, GOX & DUNN 272 MAIN ST. Stromberg Carburetor _ A. G. Hawker | We Clean Everything Under the Sun General Housecleaning A Specialty NEW BRITAIN WINDOW CLEANING €0. 338 Main St.—Tel, 888 tlunofficially that the The perilously Birdseye, who headed a U, river several weeks ago and failed to retu as yet no trace of the missing explorer an mishap. the state's attorney's office said they believed Mrs, Strutynsky is mentally deranged. An Inquest will be held today and Robert E. Crowe, state’s attorney will | decide whether to have Mrs, Strutyn- sky held for murder or committed as insane, Despite her reiterations that she was alone responsible the police are searching for & man who had been heard to say, “Something is going to happen in this church, Father Stetsuk was 44 years old, He was secretary to Bishop Sotter Ortynsky of Philadelphia, head of the Ukrainign church in Am when summoned to Chicago. leaves a widow and two children. His parishioners declared there was no basis for Mrs, Strutynsky's allega- tions of financial discrepancies: She said she set out five weeks ago to kill the priest, stopped at Pitts- burgh, Pa., and sent her daughter to Ramey to “be with my husband when he should hear of this."” The Rev Strutynsky in Ramey, last night told the police that he d no intimation of his w intentions. He telegraphed her he was coming to aid her. The Rev. Strutynsky is under indict- ment charged with embezzlenfent of of $50,000 or more which is said to have gone into the building of the heauti- ful St. Nicholas church here, the pa tor of which aiso officiated at St Michaels. OBREGON NOT IMPROVED His Throat Affligtion is Trouble of Long Standing tAml He Dislikes An Operation. 8.-=It is learned throat trouble trom which President Obregon is suf- fering has been a long standing com- plaint. The physicians have attempt- ed to control the affliction without re- sort to surgery; at least until after the president completes his term next year, The president's disability is causing no public concern. He was able leave his bed for a short time yesfer- day Mexico City, Ocl. RHINELAND REPUBLIUC Paris, Oct. §.—The separatists in tend to attempt establishment of a Rhineland republic at an early data says a Mayence dispateh to Le Jour nal. 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Mrs, Wylie, after having for a long time refused to obtain a divoree, got a de cree in 1916, and the %loped couple, living in Corsica with their three chil dren, were married Three years la the Wylies sepa rated, the wife obtained a divoreo and came to New York to take up iiterary work. New York, Oct, SUIT NEARING END Wilmington, Del., Oct. 8.—Trial of the government's suit against the Chemical Foundation Inc., for the re- covery of more than five thousand German dyc and chemical patents en- tered upon its final phase in federal district court here today with® the Berlin, Oct. 8.—The Zeppelin air- ship ZR-3 bheing built in I'rlederick- shaten for the United States gover mentgcannot be completed hefore ear- Iy next spring, it was announced by the Zeppelin Co. today. Hichborn, the son of | L ¥ 20 the one used by Colonel C, H. h the rolling current of the Colorade jes have been sent out, but CONNECTICUT IS SECOND Battery D of This State Close Behind Alabama in Yearly Average Attend- ance of National Guards. Washington, Oct, §—~The Alabama National Guards battery D, 141st field artillery, carried off all honors for drill attendance for the last fiscal year, reports to the militia burean crediting the battery with a “yearly average attenaance” of 137 per cent. The nearcst competitor was Battery D, 192nd (Connecticut) fleld artillery 1856 per eent. Among the guard battalions, the second battalion, 192nd (Connecticut) | artiliery, was first with 131.4 per cent. The 192nd also led among the regi- | | ments with 117 per cent. What is nicer than a boarder Who makes checks out to your order? ' PHONE A WANTAD OUR NEW HOOVER CLUB CLOSES MON., OCT. 15th You Haven’t Much Time Left Be Sure You Enter Your Name Before It is Too Late. 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