The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-14

Firearms figured for the first time today in the now bitter quarrel in progress among the parishioners o1 St. Johns church in Brooks street. Fortunately the weapons were brought to light as negative rather than active force in the parish squabble,
 for it was while one of the parishion- CTS was unloading his pistol that an accident occurred hat brought to light
 the fact that he was prepared fof vio- lence. On top of the shooting sensa- tion came the startling alleged infor- nation that the missing priest is ST. 900 short in his accounts.
 Theodore Erdei, a Hungarian, aged 22, bro ,her-tn-law of Rev. Desidirious Major, the now absent pastor, was the victim of an accidental shooting. and only because he was injured did the fact that he had armed himself be- come known.
 Several threatening letters were said yesterday to have been forwarded to the priest. Erdei, who was the without the knowledge of the p<lest he had loaded his pistol to have 1t in readiness for trouble. But the priest, he added, demonstrated when he learn ed of his brother-in-law's preparations for his safety. He ordered him to unload the weapon.
 It was not until this morning, how ever, that he prepared to comply with the priests orders. He succeeded in getting out all the cartridges but one. Then the mechanism stuck. He plac- ed the pistol against the end of a table, the barrel in the palm of his left hand. and tried to force the chamber around so es to extract the lone cartridge. In some way. he does not know just how it happened, the through the palm of his hand, enter ing near the thumb, plofghing through the f1eshy part of the palm and emerging between the bases of the fourth and fifth fingers through the back of the hand. He applied tenn porary handage. and hurried to the emergency hospital where Dr. Andrew McQueeney dressed the wound.
 Although the parishioxaers of the Church of St. John, Ner smuck in Brooks street were demanding Sunday night that Rev. Desiderius Major be retained as pastor Of the church, they. were of the opposite frame of mind this. morning. Father Major is $6,9C0 the church, according to the statement of the trustees this morning through their spokesman, Theodore Gerak.
 When Father Major left this city on Sunday night he said that he would return this morning. A Farmer re- porter at the rectory today asked his handsome sister, Poeris Major, who bears a striking resemblance to the priest, when Father Major would re- turn. She replied: "God knows Asked where her brother was, she replied: God knows"
 Father Major was g. friend of Rev. Paul Stavovroski, pastor of St. John the Baptist Greek Catholic church. in Arctic street, who left the city about three weeks ago s2,200 short in his accounts and promising to make resti- tuition to the church. He is said to have used the money to educate two sons in Austria.
 Father Majors parishfoners are so shocked to learn that the church treas ury contains practically nothing, and that the young priest they loved so dearly has gone, that they are at loss for words to express themselves. Last Sunday night after an inter view with Bishop Milan in this city. Father Major announced that he was going to leave at once. and that he was tired of receiving anonymous let ters. When beseeched by his parish toners to remain, Father Major said he would be governed entirely by what ever decision that would be made by