Milford chronicle., 1910-08-19
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.


Two children, aged four and six
years, saw Bartko Bednarsky fire two
shots into his wife. Mamie. and then
Kill himself in the thirdstory 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 il in his hands when
policeman Regan. of the Tenth and
ButtonwOod streets station burst into
the room.
Lying across the floor of the little
room where Mrs. Bednarsky died was
her body, blood pouring from two
inch hole at the back Of her head and
from the Yougd in her breast made by
the heavy slugs.
In a 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 on. shooting himself in the throat
directly under the chin, the bullet
smashing through his head to the cell
ing above, where it lodged.
Three weeks ago Mrs. Bednarsky !
went to the Franklin street place, |
which is run as an apartment house /
by Max Shodowsky. She had known |
Mrs. WIszwisky, who leases the first
floor, in Galicia, before she came to /
this country. ten months ago.
Mrs. Bednarsky took the third-story
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 0uld no longer stand his
way Of obtaining a living But she
wrote from Franklin street to him,
telling him that if he would be honest
and get work he could come to this
city and start again.
He answered her, agreeing to her
and said he would come to
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 Wilczwisky
and wife met joyfully, but
when he left after a two hours stay, {
Mrs. Bednarsky told her friend that &
The was not happy, as she did not know {
where he had obtained the fare to S
his city. Bednarsky came again on
Sunday afternoon and again Monday |
afternoon. Carol Fabian came from I
Buffalo to her, and said that Bednar- '
ky had stolen $139 from him. which t
le had buried in a can in the back
ard. He asked her to get the money q
Dack :
Bednarsky came to see his wife. He e
lad been pleading with her to go to }
with him. saying that a
e would work and support her. She '
ad told Mrs. Wilczwisky that he was a
bad man in Galicia. and had been J
D trouble there. She knew he was ,
Tmed, and would not hesitate to b
boot. At least she told her friend o
hat she was afraid he would some o
ay kill her. q
Therefore, when he went to the G.
bird floor Mrs. Wilszwisky was also L
pstairs. Her three children. Stanley, q
ged six; Stephana, aged ten. and u
ily, four years old, we're playing in p
le Bednarsky rooms. Stephana left u
hen Mrs. Bednarsky told her husband
the visit of Fabian.
81 will not live with you unless you tc
turn the money you stole" she said ca
early. Il can't do it," he answered, N
,cording to Mrs. Wilczwisky 81 have el
lly SIS left l paid $14 for a re- ca
liver in Buffalo" ~
Then followed hot. angry words 10
he told him her opinion, thai he al
as not at to live with a decent wom- aS
], and that she preferred to go to "
ork to support herself rather than u'
bound to a criminal. sa