The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-08
Watchman Shot Sunday. Fact That It Was Murder Not Disclosed Until
 Yesterday
CASE HAS MANY
 UNUSUAL FEATURES
Suspect Held at Police Headquarters, Alleged to Have Made Threats-But Little Evidence.

On suspicion of knowing someUhing about the mysterious murder of Mar ton SzoVah, night watchman at the Tait & Sons paper mill on Railroad avenue, who was shot from behind and instantly killed while on his rounds of duty about 1:30 o'clock Sun day morning. Antonio Necsner, a cob bier with a place of business at WOr- din and Lesko court, IS held fol Investigation at police headquarters. today.
 Necsner frankly admits that the deao man owed him $5 which he re fused to pay The police aIlege that Necsner made threats, but he denies this.
 Beyond these SO s. the police case is one of the most bafflIng to come to the attention of the local de- pertinent in years
 Although the crime was committed Sunday morning, the facE that it was murder was not ascertained until yes terday afternoon when an autopsy was performed and it was discovered that Watchman SZoTah had been ShOc in the back of the neck and that the bullet entered the spine and travel led downward through the spinal ca nal a most extraordinary course
 Owing to the fact that the bullet was small one and entered the spine it did not leave a drop of blood. and the mark of it's entrance was so small that it entirely escaped notice This combina ton Of circumstances proved happy one for the murderer for it has given him several days or grace before the commission of the crime was discovered.
 In fact 1t might never have been discovered, and the anair might have been let go as a natural death. were it not for the intuition of Coroner John J Phelan. Although no appar- ent maA As of any kind were present to indicate foul play, and 1t was as- Suned tha1 the man h3dd jed Cf hear failure, Coroner Prelau learned that the body was found flat on it's back with the arnn1 folded across the chest and the legs crossed, just as though laid out by an undertaken.
 Not one man in million. dying Of heart failure would expire in that orderly fashion. On this scant clue, Coroner PheIan set to work. The body had been found by a roundsman when Watchman Szovah failed to ring in his regular alarms. The rounds man confirmed the fact that the body had been found in position that in dicated that it had been laid out by somebody.
 On a chance that something might be disclosed, Coroner Phelan ordered the autopsy and the result was the discovery of the pistol bullet wound The theory is that someone lay in wait for the watchman and shot him while he was making his rounds. His lantern was found nearby
 One of the most baffliRg features about the case IS Tn the fact that the authorities have been able to learn little or nothing about the murdered man He was about 50 years of age, came from the province of Horovath in Hungary, and had a wife living in the old country. He was man Of good habits, it seemed, but nOn-com- and had few friends and about the city
 Some time ago he made trip to Europe. and it was upon that occasion that he borrowed $5 of Necsner, the man now under arrest After an ab-= sence of three or four months Szovah returned and at that time Necsner tried to collect his loan but was put off.