The evening world., 1913-03-15
Husband, Half Clad, Walks
Away Into Woods as Neigh
bors Fight Flames.
CHILD SEES HIS DEED.
Creeps From Bed and Watches
Tragic Ending of Quarrel in
Nutley, N. j., Home.

Peter Deskowitz. living on the ground
moor OF two-famiiy house at No. q
South Centre street. Nutley. N. J., quar-.
relied with his wife. Maria. to-day. and
after hot words. threw her on the floor,
knelt on her and emptied about a gallon
OF gasoline on her. Then he set fire 10
her soaked clothing.
While neighbors were trying to quench
the Are which wrapped the tortured
woman In a terrible. burning mantle.
Deskowitz. clad only In undershirt,
trousers and shoes. walked out OF the
house and disappeared In the woods be-
yond Nutley. The police Of Nutley and
adjacent towns. who are searching for
him. Will without question have a MUIR
der charge to lodge against him. for the
woman lies at the point OF death In the
Passaic General Hospital and her
recovery Is impossible.
Early to-day Mrs. Deskowits arose
and started to get breakfas. Will, her
husband dressed. Their four children,
Of whom Michael. aged nine. IL the cid
est. we're all asSep In another room.
When the husband came into the
kitchen a quarrel. which had started
the night before. was renewed.
TeRRoR-sTRickEN LAD GEES
FATHERS DEED.
The children heard the high words,
but paid no attention because family
Jars have been a common thing In the
life OF the household. suddenly they
fan
The terrified youngsters huddled to-
gether In bed. their arms wrapped about
each other. The screams continued and
a note OF agony sharpened them.
Little Michael dared to creep to the
door and look out. He saw his father
Just rising from where the form OF
his mother lay on the floor. A whiri-
wind Of blue and yellow name was
whipping up from the mothers dress.
A bottle. which had contasned gasoline
and which lay near che woman's body.
exploded with . puny pop. ns a tongue
Of hre explored the neck and detonatad
the gases sim remaining In the bottle.
you 20 back and get In bedr'
Michasl's father thundered at him. when
he caught sight OF the white face OF
the boy at the bedroom door.
Tho boy obeyed. even though the
agony OF his mothers shrieks now fillci
the house.
HUSBAND WALKS OUT As NEIGH.
BORIS PUT OUT FIRE.
Murren and Is wife. living on the floor
above. heard the sound and rushed
down. Samuel Vituccio. a friend Of Des-
kowitz. hurried In from his homo mex.
door. Policeman johnson. who had Just
started for the station. from his homs
next door. ran to the Deskowits apart.
ment.
When all OF these neigh bors burst intn
the kitchen they saw Mrs. Deskowitz
writhinE. q bundle Of fire. on the floc!
before the stove. The husband was
going about the room. patting out with
\ towel the fire that had communicate
itself to . wall calendar. to the table,
cloth. TO an old coat on a nail back OF
the door. He waA paying not the least
attention to his wife.
While Murren and the policeman. IL
the high spur OF excitsnssnt. were wrap.
ping bsdclothss about the flaming figure
on tho floor. Deskowitx. half clad
walked out of the front door. He was
gone when the others looked up from
their work OF rescue to ind him.
The horribly burned woman still re.
tained consciousness.
He poured gasoline over me-" she
gasped-"two bottles and can Of IT,"