The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-25
MALINIAK REFUSES TO EAT.
TUE SLAYER OF MRS. kMETs BENT
ON STARVING TO DEATH.

Fasset srhmerz das arme berR
Och rum fass. fHll daa gias!
Trlnk es aus bis an dem grund
Bald wird dir uas herr gesund.
These verses hang in q franc on the wall of
the saloon kept by Mihal Kmets at 81 Broome
street, Newark, and they seem TO express his
sentiments. Kmotz's wife was shot and killed
carly on Thursday morning by Andras Maliniak,
because she would not leave her husband and
20 away and live with him. Instead Of closing
up his saloon and putting the customary notice
on tho door, Kmetz had his wifo's body taken to
Frey's undertaking establishment at l2l Spring
field avenue. The shooting made a big sensa-
ton In tho ncighborhood. The residents are
mostly Poles, Huns, and Slavs.
All day Friday people flocked by tho hundred
to the undertaking shop to view tho remains.
The crowd was mainly made up Of women and
children. Tho men seemed content with calling
on Kmetz at his saloon and condoling with him
over a glass OF beer. The saloon did a splendid
business all day. and yesterday the brewer
had TO put in q fresh supply Of beer. At first,
when surrounded by sympathizing friends,
kmetz was inclined to take tho tragedy philo-
sophically, but yesterday he seemed to DO In a
respondent mood. Ho stuck to his room with
his two little children, leaving his friends to
talk the murder over among themselves in the
saloon.
Kmetz has ordered q highly polished oak cas-
Ktt lot tue Durlal OF MS WIG. Inc caBK0t, with
q silver plato bearing her name and age, was on
Wow yesterday, but the little undertaking shop
was not large enough to hold the throng that
tried to see tho body. and the undertaken had to
keep tho door locked. Tho crowd contented It.
self with pcering through the windows at the
elaborate casket and being assured that they
would have a final view of the body when the
funeral takes place to-day.
Kmetz is very popular with those Of his coun-
trymen who live in tho neighborhood, and six
singing societies meet In his saloon. He is n
member of all Of them and they will attend the
funeral of his wife. Yesterday friends were try
ing to secure a dispensation from Bishop wigger
to allow the funeral Of Mrs. Kmetz to take place
from ST. Stanislaus's Roman Catholic Church.
Mrs. Kmetz was not a church woman. and there
is a prejudice among Catholics against such
funerals.
Maliniak, the murderer. is giving Warden
Underhill and the keepers of the Essex County
Jail no end Of trouble by his determined effort
a state OF nervous collapse ever since his
arrest. He is quiet; but he d~oggedly declines
hours IS after IBIS his arrest that at"i he was taRsn
70 the jail. He ate nothing while in tho
tss' %arde noI prepa %ed a t ens foer meal i0 for hin no
Tho prisoner declared he could not cat anything.
The The Warden " ard anm argn ,sHasS With TIN him; and nd finally got
swallowed a couple of mouthfuls. and then
pretended he was SO sick that his stomach
detailed to watch him constantly, as he kept Sc
peating threats to commit suicide. He arose
early yesterday morning and said he was still
A few minutes later he began to bleed from
the nose, and word was sent to the Warden. He
got a milk punch for the prisoner, but the latter
S Wsyrs t9Ss hack a R %as iurnS Of II AS soon swa as fss
his M" hesd in ot eSe bed sedc iothea and Sadi'o erawl sG1 ander
the mattress, apparently with the idea of smoth-
Warden Underhill released him, and DR..
Chapman. the jail physician. prescribed stimu.
lating medicines. but the guards could not get
Warden underhiil said that il Maliniak per
sis.s in his refusal to eat he win be fed BY srti-
ssars aeo Kohl. he murderer q Prsinel, Al:
he concluded he Would take ' bis meals IN the
Malini%S does not deny tina. he shot MEs.
3ng 2 ct mn He said SHE she Wicked SE% 6 Cd his his life lsn by ID dec elm
wife home to the old country, in order that he
would be free to live here with Mrs. kmetz. He
saXs: he wants the job done lone quickly; p,o,.,v,
ss Mrs st. k Whase b s'sser; M ThG Rm myes IN WENT Sr9 20 In,
Sgo. was In Newark yesterday: She said that
was told that Mrs. Ktmetz WasSot in. "t and vent
sEag' tod I'd that daieq M asai Rn on i %as NOT ana in: T IL
went out and in the meanwhile Mr.. Kmety
called. While he was there a boy called
with a bag Of bananas and a note
from Maliniak. Kmetz got the note
and, after reading It, upbraided his wife. That
night, however, Mrs. Kmetz's sister sent word
to KmetZ that his seven-months-old child was
dead, and later Mrs. KmetZ went home and ef-
fected a reconciliation with be- husband.
Carl Mike. In whose house. at Irvington, Nell
MAX was caught, told yesterday how he held the
man for the police. Meliniak was his friend.
Mike heard OF the shooting at the KmetZ house
and was expecting to hear from Meliniak when
the latter walked into his front yard. Mike said
he was frightened almost to death. He feared
that Meliniak would shoot him or his family.
he pretended to be very glad to meet Meliniak,
and, grabbing both his banda. sat him down in q
chair and began to tell him stories OF the old
country. Then Mike sent bis wife over to the
Post ONCE. telling her to telephone to the detec,
tives. She met Detectives Jackes and Koerber
on the way. They ran into the house and seized
Meliniak before he had time to draw his re-
volver.
KNIGH HIT 81 rs HE DROVE TOO EASE.