Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-04
One Man Dead and
Another Is In
Hospital.
SALOON BRAWL.
George Sapak, Of 263 Prospect
Street, Is the Victim and His
Brother Mike Is in Hospital
With Bullet Through Lung
John Petruny Arrested.

John Petruny Arrested.
While in the saloon of Andrew
Pochvatilia, at As Stanford street,
last night, George Sapak, of 263
Prospect street was shot and killed
by a bullet from a 3S calibre revol-
yer. John Petruny was arrested,
charged with the crime
Mike Sapak, brother of the mur-
dered man, is now in the city hospi-
tai in a critical condition, he having
also been shot through the lung.
According to the story of an eye
witness, Mike Petruny, brother of
the alleged murderer, and Mike Sa-
pax, brother of the dead man, were
in the saloon, and through an argu-
ment, Petruny hit Sapak in the face
with his fist. Mike Sapak then left
the saloon and went outside, return
ing shortly after with his brother
George. The argument was then re-
sumed between the three men, and
during the heated discussion John
Petruny, who was not engaged in
the row, is declared to have suddenly
drawn a revolver and fired two shots
in rapid succession, one entering Sa-
pak's lung, and the other mortally
wounding his brother, George.
The bartender, who is said to have
seen Petruny draw the revolver,
rushed out from behind the bar just
as the first shot was fired and receiv-
ed a Slight flesh wound on the arm by
the bullet that killed Sapak.
A large crowd was in the saloon at
the time, and over a score were wit
nesses to the shooting.
Patrolman Chris. Hanson was on
the scene in a few minutes, and plac-
ed John Petruny and his brother,
Mike, under arrest. The alleged mur-
derer was very calm and expressed
no remorse or grief over the affair.
He is said to have made a remark to
Chief Burke last night, while being
taken to the city hospital to be iden-
titled by the injured men, that there
was no use in worrying over it now.
George and Mike Sapak were talk
en- to the hospital in the ambulance
at once after the affray, where in
spite of the efforts of the doctors, the
former died in a few minutes. Pc
truny was taken there to be identified
by Sapak, before he died, and is de-
clared to have deliberately said that
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shot.
Although Mike Petruny is believed
to have done no shooting, he will be
held as an accessory, together with
his brother John, who is now held on
a charge of murder.
Both the men are in the city lock-
up, and will be taken to New Bruins
wick tomorrow by City Marshal II. A.
Peltier. This afternoon Mike and
John Petruny will be photographed,
the saloon on Stanford street, where
the shooting occurred.
The police say that John Petruny
has a bad record, he having served a
sentence for similar case in the
west
Mike Sapak, who is now at the
hospital, is not expected to live.
Petruny was arraigned before Re
corder Pickersgill this morning, and
confessed to the shooting, and also
acknowledged that he had served
a term of three months in the House
of Correction, in Detroit, Mich.
The murderer is twenty-siX years
old, and has been in this county elev-
en- years. He has been in this city
but two weeks. He has a wife in the
old country.
George Sapak, the dead man, lived
at 263 Prospect street, and leaves a
widow and three children. Sapak
has been employed in the foundry of
years, and was a peaceable, hard
man. He was in the union
parade yesterday, and was perfectly
sober, it is declared, at the time of
his death. He was well liked and
had many friends in this city, and
had not Patrolman Hanson arrived
as he did, the murderer might have
been lynched by the mob in the sa-
loon, who already had a clothes line
around his neck when the policeman
arrived. The officer had to cut it
with a knife to get 1t loose.
Coroner Bishop visited the placel at
II o'clock last night and madel a
Investigation of the affah.
Sapak was lot through the heard
After the lgedy the saloon stih