The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-08-19
SHOOTS WIFE,
THEN KILLS SELF
Double Crime Occurred In tha
Presence Of Chili;on.
WOMAN HAD FEARED HER FATE

Accused Of Robbery, and Fearing
Arrest, Young Foreigner Committed
Double Crime.
Two children. aged four and SIX
years. saw Bartko Beinarsky IRE two
shots into his wife Mamie ana then
KIN 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 .44calibte, WITH
which the shooting was done. and
was holding IL in his hands when
policeman Regan. Of the Tenth ana
Buttonwood streets station burst into
the room. .
living across the floor Of the little
room where Mrs Bednarsky died, was
her body. blood pouring from a two
inch hole az the back of her head anu
from the wound in her breast made Oy
the heavy slugs.
In q room TO the rear Of this was
the murderer and suicide. fallen upon
a bed. which was dyed red. He had
blown half of his head and all OF his
face off shooting himself In the throat
directly under the chin. the bullet
smashing through his head 70 the ceii-
ing above. where it lodged
Three weeks ago Mrs BednarsKy
went 10 the Franklin street place
which is run as an apartment house
nv Max shodowsky. she had known
Mrs Wnszwisky, who leases the hfse
floor. in Galicia. before she came 70
this country. ten months ago. 20
Mrs. Bednarsky took the third-story
hack rooms told her friends that her
husband had become a criminal ana
was wanted for several foo0eIies IN
Buffalo She had lett that city be-
cause she could no longer stand AIS
vav OF obtaining a living But she
wrote from Franklin street 70 IN
,eiiiog him that if he would be honest
and get work he could come TO 'n''
city and start agalh
pe answered her. agreeing 70 hel
proposal. and said be would come t'
this city az soon as he could go t'
work and earn the necessary money
AT this time he was living in Buffalo
8 with a man named Carol Fabian
d with whom he was very friendly.
On Saturday afternoon he rang th'
. bell II the Franklin street house an'
was admitted by Mrs. Wilczwisky
y Husband and wife met joyfuliy. Blu
. when he LETT. after a two hours stay
70 Mrs Rednarsky told her friend tina
b She was not happy as she did not know
b. where ne had obtained the rare q
l. this city. Bednarsky came again o
Sunday AFTERNOON and again Monda
20 afternoon. Carol Fabian came iroi
y. Runalo 10 her. and said that Bedna
slv had stolen 1888 from him. whic
~ he had buried in can in the 0acl
FL ward He asked her to get the none
back
In pednarslzy came 20 see his wife. Il
So had been pleading with her 70 90
he housekeeping with him. saying tn'
ie he would work and support her 81
I'M had told Mrs. Wilczwisky that he wa
a bad man in Galicia. and had bee
~ IN trouble there. She knew he va
" armed. and would not hesitate
'N shoot. AT least she told her irier
lg that she was afraid he would son
'r' day Kill her.
OF Therefore. when he went 10 u
rs third floor Mrs Wilszwisky was az
H. unstai,s. Her three children. stanle
Ir- AGED six: stephana. aged ten. al
- Lily. four years old, were PLAYING
the Belnarsky rooms stepnana le
- when Mrs Bednarsky told her husDal
H' of the visit of Fabian.
70 'I will not live with you unless y
10. return the money you stole. she sa
ry clearly "I can't do IT," be answer'
9TH according to Mrs Wilczwisky, Il ia
of only SIS lett. paid Sli for
M volver in Buffalo
am Then followed hot, angry Wor'
~ She told him her opinion. that
-n was not fit to live with decent wo
ss' an and that she preferred TO go
ex- work 10 support herself rather ii
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