The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-18
Victims and Assailant Tax en to St. Vincent's
 Hospital
 Women Fought With Um- brellas to Beat Back Mad
 dened Assassin Woud-Be Murderer a Work man In Crane Valve Go. Shop, Evidently planned Crime for He Left Com pany's Employ Yesterday

Enraged at the persistent refusal of the woman he loved to fan back the former spark of affection she bore him. and goaded to desperation by her repeated answer of No to his en- treaties. Steve Soltos, an employe of the Crane Valve Company, today arm ed himself with a. revolver and going to the home of his former love shot both mother and daughter. Both are seriously wounded, in St. Vinoents hospital, the mother probably fatally From the appearance of the apart ment a struggle must have taken place as the women tried to defend themselves by the use of umbrellas, and finally barricaded themselves in a darkened pantry holding the door fast by means of a chair until the super for strength of the man, which is evidenced by the bending of a heavy steel shanked knob, OveTcanne their resistance.
 The injured women are Mrs. Mary Senngol, 51 years of age, who was shot through the left breast, prob ably with a 37 oalibre revolver; and her daughters Miss Sophie SoL 21 years old, 80 Columbia street. accord ing to the hospital records. The lat ter was shot through the throat and again through the right arm, the bull let's in each case having remained in the flesh
 Pursued by the officers Soltos was found in the rear of a Prospect ave- nue house, where with a 32 ca1ibre revolver by his side. fully discharged he had attempted to commit suicide by driving a knife repeatedly into his stomach He is also at St V1neents where he will proba bly, die.
 Although these are the names on record, at the house where the shoot ing occurred, 101 Columbia. street, both are said to have lived at that address and are known as Mrs. Lizzie Senn- gol and her daughter, also named Liz-
 Shortly before noon today Soltos ap- peared at the home of tine women
 The house which is a two story Str1c- ture containing four families, is occu- pied on the lower right hand side, by Comandy, a foreman at the Crane fac tory He rents rooms, both upstairs and on the floor below. With his wife he sleeps on the second floor front. The rear is used as a kitchen by his wife, and a small room adjoining was rented to mother and daughter.
 Mrs. Comandy was home with the two women when Soltos first appeared and asked to talk alone with the wo- men. Mrs. Comandy went downstairs and she had hardly been there five in the room where the three had been left talking and five shots distinctly rang out. She heard a thud as of a failing body and running upstairs was meal by So1tos with the smoking re- volver still in his right hand. Making a gesture warning her to keep from
 
 into the street.
 Mrs. Comandy stepped into the room where she found Mrs. Senngo1 in a heap upon the floor her head resting against a stove. The daUgh- ter had sunk in a prOstrate manner against the wall of the darkened pan try closet Near each were steel rod umbrellas which had undoubtedly been used weapons of defense against the nur 6erOuS attack
 The cries of Mrs Comandy who had been joined by her husband, returning from work, attracted neighbors and an attempt was made to staunch the flow of blood which was running from the wounds of the victims A call to Emergency hospital brought Dr. H. R. Bennett and the police patrol manned by Detectives Cronan and Hall and Pstrplrnen FInnegan. McGOvern B. G4ennOp and McGirr- While the wounded women were being hastily treated and removed to St. Vincent's hospital for operation, an active search was made for the wouId-be murderer
 It was found that he had left his employ in the core-room of the Crane works yesterday expressing his inten- ton of going away from BridgeDcrt Last night he had visited the houne of Peter Boisah, so Co1um bia street and from there had summoned both women after eleven o'clock.
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