The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-10
woman's Statement.


confidence in the priest.
womap's Statement.
From what she believed to be her
deathbed in ST. Barnabass Hospital.
Antonina Sabzycka the wounded
domestic, made the following statement
to the police:
'"Three men, whom, j did not know,
entered the alleyway leading to the
rear of the parsonage about 1880
O'clock this morning. They knocked at
the kitchen door, where was engaged,
and asked for Father Ansion.
Il invited them into the dining-room
and went to the front of the building,
10 the office, where Father Ansion was
reading from his breviary. He went
+, into the dining-room. following me.
| left him with the strangers and went
back to my work in the Kitchen Z
could hear the voices of the men talk
I ing with Father Ansion in the dIlling~
| room.
}xfsss Enur SHUTS lttixe a.ss4l-a6s
| "All of sudden | heard four pistol
| shots and fall. | ran to the door
| connecting the dining room and kitch-
EN- and saw Father Ansion in a heap
/, in the corner. One of the men held q
| pistol in his hand. | screamed for help.
| He pointed the pistol at me and fred
| twice. When | fell the three men
! jumped over my body out of the
kitchen into the alleyway, and ran
| away"
Arrest Is Made.
/ On the strength OF a further state-
! nent made by the woman. Detectives
Tuite and Horter arrested Alexander
! Senginkosky at his home. II Fairvtew
avenue, less than two hours later. Flo
| was taken TO police headquarters,
whore he denied all knowledge Of tho
affair.
| The detectives took Senginkosky'g
shoes, however. and fitted them into
the footprints in the soft mud back OF
| the house. They fitted almost exactly,
| they claim.
| Assistant at Mass.
| Three other arrests were made during
| the morning. Two of the arrested men
were held as suspects at the Fourth
| Precinct police station. Captain Vogei
| declined to make public their names.
| saying that it was possible they could
| shed no light on the identity OF tho
slayers. The third of this trio was ar
rested by Detective Sergeant Frank
| The same secrecy regarding his identity
! was maintained there.
| AT the time of the shooting the Rev.
| Peter Duga, Father Ansion's assistant,
was celebrating mass in the church. A
| sister of charity whispered the news to
| him. but he remained in the pulpit until
1 the celebration was completed. Then
! the church hell tolled for on hour.
| Makes no statement.
| Mrs Arendarski, who lives six doors
away from the rectory at 153 Belmont
avenue, heard the sound of the shots
| and rushed into the rectory. She took
| in the situation at q glance and noti-
! fled Sigmund Pslwick, q storekeeper at
| 156 Belmont avenue who in turn,
called the police on the telephone
| The ambulance carried the dying
priest erd the injured domestic to st.
Bsrrabss's Hospital. Father Ansicn
expired on the way, He made no statea
ment.
| Surgeons al the hospital had not
located the two bullets which struck
| the domestic at O'Clock. 1t is believed
that one went through her body
When the hospital was reached and
1t was found that Father Ansion was
dead MS BODY was sent 10 tole y
morgue. County Physician Mckenzie
viewed the remains.
SIeutbs' Quick Work.
Detectives Tuite and Horter took
hold of the case with a vim, and the
four arrests were made in rapid sue
cession. The sleuths found that one Of
the men had made his escape by rum
ming through the rear yardway, leapirg
fence and running down Livingston
street. The other two men. it was
found had escaped by running ont
the alleyway they had entered on come
ing into the house, TO Belmont avenues
One of the four mep held IS suspects
is said 70 be q former member of tho
police force end Is now special pO-
liceman.
The dead mans nearest friend, Faith
er Pawlowski, Of New Brunswick, arr
rived at the rectory shortly after the
shooting. He had been invited to take
dinner with Father Ansion today, and
was overcome when he heard the news.
why, was a student at the Vatican
Seminary In Rome with Father Eras>