Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-08-20
SHOOTS WIFE,
THEN KILLS SELF
Double Crime Occurred In The
Presence Of Children.
WOMAN HAD FEARED HER FATE
Accused Of Robbery, and FEARING
Arrest, Young Foreigner Committed
Double Crime.


Double Crime.
Two children. aged four and six
years. saw Bartko BednarsIy fire two
shots into his wife. Mamie. and then
Kill himself in the third-story back
room Of the house at S27 North Frank
lin street Philadelphia.
The six-year-old boy picked up the
ugly-blued steel weapon fully twelve
inches long and Of .44calibre. With
which the shooting was done. and
was holding it in his hands when
policeman Regain. of the Tenth and
ButtonwOod streets station. burst into
the room.
Lying across the floor Oi the little
room where Mrs. Bednarslly died. was
her body. blood pouring from a two
inch hole al the back of her head and
from the wound in her breast made by
the heavy slugs
In room TO the rear OF this was
the murderer and suicide fdleu upon
a bed. which was dyed red He had
blown half of bis head and all of his
face of. shooting himself i'm the throat
directly under the chin. the bullet
smashing through his head 60 the cell
Ing above. where IL lodged
Three weeks ago Mrs. Bcdnarsllv
went TO the Franklin street place.
which is run as an apartment house
by Max Shod0wsky. She had known
Mrs Wilszwisky who leases the first
hoor. i'm GaliCia. before she came 10
this country ten months ago.
Mrs. Bcdnars5y took the third-storv
back rooms told her friends that her
husband had become a criminal and
was wanted for several robberies in
Buffalo. She had left that city be
cause she could no longer stand his
way of obtaining a living But she
wrote from Franklin street 10 him.
telling him that if me- would be honest
and get work ne could come 20 this
city and start again.
He answered her. agreeing 10 her
proposal and said ne would come TO
this city as soon as ne could 20 20
work and earn the necessary money.
AT this time he was living in Buffalo /
with a man named Carol Fabian.
with whom he was very friendly.
on Saturday afternoon he rang the |
bell at the Franklin street house and |
was admitted by Mrs. Wilczwisllv
Husband and wife met joyfully. but
when he left. after a two hours stay
Mrs. BednarslIy told her friend that
she was not happy. as she did not know
where he had obtained the fare 20
this city. Bednarsky came again on
Sunday afternoon and again Monday
afternoon. Carol Fabian came from
Buffalo 20 her. and said that Bednar
sky had stolen 1888 from him. which |
he had buried In can in the back
yard. He asked her 70 get the money
back
Bcdnarsky came 20 see his wife. He
had been pleading with her to go TO
housekeeping with him. saying that
he would work and support her. She
had told Mrs Wilczwisky that he was
a bad man in Galicia and had been
In trouble there. She knew he was
armed. and would not hesitate 20
shoot Al least she told her friend
that she was afraid he would some
day Kill her
Therefore. when he went 10 the
thlfd moor Mrs. WilSZwisky was also
upstairs. Her three children. Stanley.
aged six. Stephana. aged ten. and
Lily. four years old. were playing in
the Bednarsky rooms. Stephana left
when Mrs. Bednarsky told her husband
OF the visit OF Fabian
Il will not live with you unless you
return the money YOU stole" she said
clearly. Il can't do IT," he answered. s.
according TO Mrs. Wilczwisky. Il have
only SIS left I paid $l4 for a re- ,
volver in Buffalo"
Then followed hot. angry words. (
She told him her opinion that ne
was not fit 10 live with decent WON
an. and that she preferred TO go 10
work to support herself rather than
be bound TO a criminal .