The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-20
POLICE PROBE
 QUARRELS IN
 MOLMAR HOME Widow and Boarder Formally Charged With Murder in First Degree. SHE ADMITS LIFE WAS
 NOT HAPPY WITH HIM At Same Time She Speaks Fondly of Boarder Who Is
 Arrested With Her.

Warrants charging first degree mur- der for the shooting of Steve Molmar, S37 Wordin avenue, two weeks ago were served today upon Mrs. Annie Mo1nar. his widow, and John Kere- kas, boarder at the Mo1mar home. Presentation of the charges before Judge Coughlin in city court today was purely formal, the hearing being continued until November 27 without bail. The issuance of warrants quick ly followed conference between Su- perintendent of Police Birmingham and Prosecutor Delaney during which the disclosures of the police inyesti- gation were carefully gone over
 Both Mrs. Molmal and Kerekas re- tain their air of ignorance concerning material details although Captain of Detectives Arnold and men under him admit that some of their disclosures have materially added to the chain of damaging circumstantiaI evidence that is hourly being woven. Perhaps one of the most damaging pieces of testi- rnony is that of Mrs. Molmar, who today admitted that she had known Kerekas for nearly six years, thought most highly of him and admired his personal traits. On the other hand, she admitted that her life with Mol mar had been unhappy almost from the time of marriage, that he drank ", for her and compared poorly with Kerekas. She was Molmar's second wife and there is one child, a boy of about six years, by this union.
 Reports have reached the police in- dicating that among those viewing the horribly burned body when it was found and later at the morgue were some who knew him intimately, both as a fellow workman at the West End plant of the Crane Valve Go, and personally. Why they did not make the desired identification is a mystery, particularly as the face of the corpse was not uutflated badly. Names of several supposed to have viewed the body ara in the possession of detec- tfves and they will be questioned closely.
 The MoImar house has been thor ough1y searched for traces of alcohol or kerosene used in the attempted burning of the body. No trace has been found and search among nearby drug stores and other places where the liquids could have been Bought has been equally unsuccessful. Police officials are inclined to believe that alcohol was the material used.
 Mrs. <Molmar admitted this morning that the trv. M. c. 11N5'' ring belonged to her husband, that he seldom wore it excepting on Sunday but usually carried it. in a vest pocket Its be-
 
 is taken to indicate it rolled out on the ground when the clothing was loosened to apply the means of burn ing
 Her story, that Moimar had g $2 bill in hds pocket when he was last seen by her and that only a penny was found in his pocket afterwards is not Believed to support any theory of rob- bery and murder by tramps. The pockets of his clothing were so burn ed that a bill would have been de- stroyed. Only the metal parts of what had been his pocketbook were found in the ashes:
 Closely questioned by Captain Ar mold with Policeman Tobis acting as interpreter, Mrs. Molrnar was free in the criticism Of her husband and his conduct. She said that he spent much on liquor. became intoxicated at times and had even struck her. In Pennsylvania, Eshe said, he received anywhere from $35 to s45 in his pay en- velope and spent at least a third. of this for liquor. Kerekas, on the oth- CT hand, had never been seen by her under the influence of liquor and she (Continued on Page n