The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-05


 Beats On Cell Door in
 Brooklyn Station
 New York, May 5-In a cell in Brooklyn police station. Chester Dur yea. who early today fired seven bull lets into the body of his father, Hiram Duryea.s aged S1, millionaire starch manufacturer and veteran of the Civil war, killing him instantly. talked in coherent1y of the events leading up to the shooting and gave evidence of be ing stark mad.
 While he talked he dug his finger nailc into the palms of his hands until they b1ed. He said he shot his father when he received spiritual message from George Washington"
 In saner, calmer tone he added: s.I was the best friend my father had. and he was my best friend. loved him dearly. If he were here now he. could explain the whole matter. really don't know why I shot him. s-
 Two days ago my father and I took. a long walk and during it kissed him for the first time in three years | don't know why kissed him. May show my affection
 had made up my mind before shooting father that as soon as he was dead, I would turn the automatic pistol on myself and end my own life. I fully intended doing that while [ was firing at my father After it was over, though, an impulse came over me and I decided not to ki1l myself. wish I had carried out my original intention
 GROWS VIOLENT IN cHH1. Before this arnaign Izasxaf ira court Duryea became violent and beat on the doors Of his cell with his bare knuck1es. A policeman was stationed outside the door to prevent him from injuring himself seriously
 The murder occurred on the porch at the rear of the Duryea. home in the Bay Ridge section Of Brooklyn, where both father and son were in the habit of sleeping. About o'clock this morning, Chester Duryea, who is 43 years old. slipped from his cot into the house, where he kept number of rifles. revo1vers and sshotguns9 for hunting purposes He selected an automatic pistol and a magazine rifle, both of which he loaded and returned to the open air porch.
 Standing within a few feet of his sleeping father he first fired from the rifle and then emptied the revolver.
 Chester Duryeau would give no req son for killing his father when taken into custody today. For the past few days, servants said he had feared the return of a nervous breakdown. Prev iously, when he showed signs of men tai trouble, his father tried to have him removed to Bellevue hospital for observation but, as he was not violent this request was refused.
 At the outbreak of the Civil war, Hiram Duryea organized the Duryea zouaves and became it's colonel He served throughout the war, retiring at it's close with the rang of brigadier general
 TROUBLES DATE FROM DIVORCE.
 General Duryea's father was foun- der of the National Starch Company and the general succeeded to the pres idency of the company. The general retired from active business life some time ago.
 Chester Duryea was admitted to practice law and had intended to take up the legal business of the starch company of which his father was the head. Domestic troubles that cu1rni- mated in his being divorced by his wife in 1903 discouraged him in this ambi- ton. friends explained.
 The divorce action, begun in 1901, is also said to have been the begin ming of trouble between father and son, the father taking the side of his daughter-in-1aw. Before her mar riage she was Miss Nina Larre Smith, daughter of Franklin Waldo Smith of Boston.
 For some weeks, Chester Duryea has spent much time at home and, after the shooting, it was found that he had been engaged in writing pile of manuscripts, the result of his work, being taken by the police for exami- nation for possible reason for his act
 Although servants said that thers had been no quarrel between General Duryea and his son before they re- tired last night, an overturned table a broken screen and books scattered about the floor of the sleeping porch led the police to believe that Chester had awakened his father and that struggle had ensued before the shots were fired.
 ASKS FOR A LAWYER.
 When Duryea was araigned he ap- peared to be more rational. He said he had no attorney but wanted one, so the examina ton was postponed until Thursday morning
 l.. G. eDuryea, his cousin, said the Duryea family had believed for some time that Chester was mentally un- balanced and had considered taking steps to place him in a sanitarium or asylum.
 Chester's mental condition, said the cousin, was due to overstudy. For two years, he said, the prisoner had been constantly engaged in the study of a formula by which he believed the process Of the manufacture of starch could be revolutionized.
 H. P. Harris, an aviator, was killed Ohio.