Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-13
The MontviIIe Tragedy.
A Case of suicids-A Rigam1st and Take
 Hia ONxm Life.

A Case of Suicide-A Bigam1st and Takes
 His Own Life.
 Moses Zadoc the young Russian Jew who was found with his throat cut from ear to ear in Montville, and who it was thought might have been murdered, probably com- mitted suicide, appalled, by the discovery Of his young wife that he was 8 bigamist and had deceived her and had wife in Russia The Bulletin gives fuller details as follows :: 'tZadoc arrived in MontviIle year ago and entered the Palmer Brothers mills as an employe where he had proved himself an industrious, efficient and valuable hand. Af- ter laboring for year, he went in March last to New York city and there he met Mary Petrikowski, aged sixteen. who had recently arrived in this country from Russia, fell in love with her and proposed marriage.
 Miss Petrikowski accepted Zadoc's pro- posal accompanied him to Montville, where she had sister residing. and married him. They went to housekeeping and lived hap oily and prosperously together until about two weeks ago, when his wife discovered some letters Zadoc had received from Russia written partly in Hebrew, partly Tn Russian and the remainder in cipher. These letters she could not read .sbut carried them to her
 
 and was living with her. Mrs. Petrlkowskl took the letters to New York and found there Jew who could translate them. sThe writer, who subscribed herself as Sarah Gittil Pejerskai of Tomkow, Russe, ad- dressed Zadoc as her husband and up- braided him for keeping his affairs so secret saying there was time when he was open | and frank to her and loved her, and if he did not love her now and did not intend to aid her she wished him to say so.
 Zadoc's mother in law returned to her l daughter with the translation of the letters l and an arrangement followed, Miss Petri- | kowski refusing longer to continue in the re- l lation of wife to Zadoc. He became angry | and assaulted her, and she left his house, ! Zadoc refusing to allow her to take her clothes. She went to her sisters house in the same village.
 | sister and Hirseh Kraft of Hartford an in | terpreter, to seek counsel. They called upon
 Judge W. H. Shields and Kraft made known to him the tenor of the letters from Russia
 and the object the woman had in calling. Mrs. Zadoc wished to get possession of her
 clothing and to obtain divorce according to
 the Jewish religion through a Rabbi and to
 take legal proceedings under the State law to
 have her marriage declared null. Counsel
 Tor Shields swith Deputy Sheriff Dewey
 went to Montville on Tuesday and found
 when they had arrived there that
 
 clothing. Deputy Sheriff Dewey served pa
 pers upon Zadoc giving notice of his wife's
 intention to procure 8 divorce. Mrs. Za-
 doc declared that Zadoc must go with
 her to Rabbi and aid her in getting 8 re
 lease from him through the church He re-
 fused to do so, saying that he did not know I anything about the letters which had caused ] all the trouble. She then directed that Za- 1 doc should be arrested for seducing her.
 Finding that he must comply with his l wife's request or submit himself to the law,
 he finally agreed to accompany Mrs. Zadoc and her sister to the Rabbi's in New London at 8. m. Wednesday.
 The women went to New London on the 9
 o'clock train Wednesday morning and re- mained there until p. m., but Zadoc did not put in an appearance. The woman then came to Norwich again to see Judge Shields. power to grant q divorce, and told Mrs. l Zadoc she would have to go to New York, l where three Rabbis had power to divorce l her. The woman then returned home. | It seems that Zadoc left the house and os- | tensibly went on fishing excursion, and ! when found he had his fishing rod in his 1 hand. He was about twenty four years of 1 age In the light of the above facts there is no doubt that Zadoe committed suicide. Coroner Park was summ oned to Oakdale | by telephone last evening to hold an inquest. Death of EEx-.Judge MorrilI IofXVaterbury.
 Ex-Judge Morrill,, of Waterbury, and wide l Iy known in that city, died at 9 o'clock yes terday afternoon. He was born in 1889. His -early education was received at Will braham academy, Massachusetts, and he completed his classical education at Wesleyan university in Middletown. After graduation l he studied law in the office of Judge Graves of Litehfeld, ,Iafterward entering into partner ship with that gentleman. The firm of Graves & Merrill was very well known l throughout the State. Immediately after the war, Judge Morrill, went South and during the reconstruction period under Governor Moses and Governor Chamberlain he held | the important office of assistant | State superintendent of education in South | Carolina. His health was very poor at the 1 time of his removal to the South, and some | of his family had died of consumption. He | returned with health much improved He held the position of judge of probate in Litchfeld in the year of 1871 and in 1874 he settled in Waterbury. In 1876 he was ap- l pointed to the office of judge of the Water | bury police court, and filled the office with much satisfaction for two years Since then he has practiced law in that city, having an office in Irving block