The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-18
SHOT TO KILL. THE \
 MAN SUSPECTED OF
 WRECKING HIS HOME

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 cf the bullet sstunned EckersoI and
 caused him to lie Still after he fell to
 the floor Nafmani +thereupon think
 ing him dead turned the revolver upon
 himself.
 The tragedy screated intense excite
 ment among. the Hungarian res dents
 of the neighborhood, In fact the fam
 fly affairs of the dead man nave been the cause of much gossip in the com
 suit for $1, 0D0 for islander. against
 Charles Reyes. brought by the wife of
 the dead man Is now pending before the Superior. court In her complaint
 Mrs, Naimani alleges that Reyes has accused her of improper conduct with
 Eckersol at Fairfield beach. The dead
 man was tailor and presser em- ployed in New York. He was away from home much of the time. In her
 suit for islander Mrs. Najmani alleges that Reyes has told neighbors that during her h1sba nd S absence she had
 gone bathing at Fairfield beach with Eclxersol She alleges that Reyes had said, that she dressed and undrfsse in the same bathing house with Eckef- sol Keyes>is also alleged to have said that the couple would be refused ad- mission at the bath houses if they ap- piled again. &
 This story has preyedh on Najmina's mind and wife and he have frequently had words over It.. Saturday, evening he returned from New York and the subject was again brought up. In the end he fell upon his wife and assaulted hex
 The. wife finally managed to escape the clutches of her enraged husband and to flee from the house. With her youngest child, a boy of eleven, she ran to the home of Leonerd Kolwal- ski, a livery man. There she spent the right. ajnnani was latter arrest ed for the assault and jailed in Bridge port Through Attorney James Cum r1ings he obtained. bail and his trial had been set for this afternoon at the Fairfield town court. .s.-
 In the meantime his wife returned to her home on the Danbury road. Najmani came home this morning and it is said attempted to effect a recof1-s with her According to the stories told bS the neighbors, she re- pulsed his advances and told him that because of the beating he had given her that she intended to begin proceed- ings for a divorce. Najnani pleaded with her in vain. Then he left the house and went to the school which his: boys, aged 1H and 12 years, respec- lively, were attending. The scholars were out to recess. lNajmani called them to him, kissed them and told them he intended to kill himself. Then he went back home,
 It was curious trick of fate which sent Eckersol directly into the path of Najmani, for the would-be murderer had scarcely seated himself in his own house and glanced across the street, when his eye fell on the man he held responsible for all his troubles. In, an instant he had formed his resolve and with firm step he left the house and crossed the street, bent on obtaining from the man he believed had wronged him. That he did not 1u r,.x1 nJ1f vtaG n fault of his own.
 In Fairfield the dead man was held in high esteem and those who know him best attribute his rash act to the fact that his mind has long been un- settled by. over work. He was am bilious to secure competence which would provide for himself and his wife in their old age and which would guarantee his boys a good education. With this purpose in view he worked at his trade in New York It is said that his weekly wage averaged be- tween SIS and $20. During the sum- mer months he would rise. often as early as three in the morning to work on his little farm Then he would take the earliest train from New York. Re- turning home after six in the even- ing, he would milk COWS and do other necessary chores before retiring. / His work about the farm and his duties I" he had little time to give to his wife. and family except on Sundays. t
 Lately this hard work began to tell on him and he was given to periods of irritability during which it is said he roundly scelded his wife and chil- dren for trivial causes.
 He was about 43 years old and had lived in this country about twenty years. HeNis said to have been the youngest son of a prominent Hungar- ian family
 SEckersoI is also married ; and has three children. His home is within a stones throw of that of Najmani and the families of hoth~xisited each other and the children played togeth- CT. The: tragic affair cast a gloom over. the whole Hungarian section. z It was said at the hospital this af- ternoon that Eckersol's condition is very critical. The bullet entered the left ear and taking a downward course lodged in the right side of the neck.