Perth Amboy evening news., 1914-12-22
DECLARE MAN VOWED
He WAS GOING To KILL
CITY BANK OFFICIAL
Detectives Escort Harry Conard
Home and Arrest Michael
Repak After Securing City,
Hearing Of Alleged Threats.

Cashier Harry Conard, of the Fir5t
National Bank, was escorted from his
office to his home at 236 High street
by Detective Sergeant Huff and Pa
trolman Gutowski shortly after
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Of
f1cers feared for the life Of the bank
;. official after they had learned that a
former foreign agent Of the inctitu-
tion had vowed to shoot Mr.. Conard.
From early in the afternoon until
early this morning the police scoureu
the city for the man, and alleged to
have made the threat and at
O'Clock this morning Michael Repak,
forty-four years old a linguist who
can converse in six different Ian
guages, was nabbed by Roundsman
Morris and Patrolmen Quinn and
Murray while the man was sleepi g
In an apartment at the Amboy hotel
at Smith and Front streets. Rep
was arraigned before Recorder Pick
ersgil1 this morning on a charge OF
threatening the life of Mr.. Conard
and was remanded until witnesses
may be secured who heard the alleged
threats The man denied the charge
"I don't remember anything said
the prisoner, II know that Mr.. Con-
ard is a gentleman" When ques-
toned closely by the recorder the
man said he did not know whether
he had threatened Mr.. Conard, and
finally positively denied the charge.
He was then remanded until witness
es, who declare they heard the
threats, can be produced. 1t is be-
lieved chatting under the humiliation
of banig discharged from the bank,
and fired to frenzy by liquor, caused
him to declare that he was going to
shoot the cashier.
'Repak was the first foreign ex-
change banker employed by the First
National bank when the institution
opened a foreign exchange and
steamship department in the spring.
He came here we'll recommended,
and was conversant in six different
languages, and was at first consid-
cred the man for the position. After
several months, however, during
June, his drinking habits are said
to have lead to his discharge by the
institution. He was arrested and
placed in the lookup over night soon
after he lost his position. when he
went on spree.
city and were not heard of until
Sunday night, when he returned to
visit his brother here. Yesterday he
Is said to have spent most of the day
frequenting saloons and cafes, and
was hardly ever seen by his brother,
Andrew Repak, of Washington
street
1t was early yesterday afternoon
that Detective Sergeant HUFF and
Gutowski were informed by sa-
loonkeeper that Michael Repak had
been in his saloon and on tantrum,
and had threatened to kill Mr.. Con-
ard, whom Repak blamed for losing
his position at the bank. Il am go
ing to shoot Harry Conard; he
brought my family to ruin,' the for
mer exchange agent is alleged to
have declared.
Detective Huff and Patrolman
Gutowski then searched for the man
In vain, and to prevent Repak, who
it was declared was wild with drink,
from committing violence on Mr..
Conard, as the cashier left the bank
they accompanied him home, and
continued the search for the alleged
ssin until IL o'clock, when they
sSr- up, believing Repak had return
ed to Brooklyn. Repak was seen on
the street at l O'Clock, however, and
traced to the Amboy hotel. In a
satchel, which was in his room, were
found number of thirty-two calibre
h,ll1ats