Perth Amboy evening news., 1914-05-01
MAN 0NFESSES
He SHOT RIVAL
Tilted, He Claims, by Wood
bridge Girl Who Spurned
Him for Another.
POLICE CHAIN OF EVIDENCE

Because for a year he had been
the only suitor of pretty eighteen
year-old Barbery Mestanek, domes-
tic in the household of Edward G..
Cone, Of Dover road, Colonia, and
because the young woman Tilted him
for man who had only known her
for month, led to the shooting oi
William Konieczny at ColoDia, Tues
day night, according to confession
made to Chief of Police Murphy, OF
Woodbridge, by Frank Walla, of 649
Sayre avenue, who is held In Jail on
the charge OF attempting to kill
Konieczny.
Walla maintained that he was In
nocent OF the shooting even after he
had been identified by Konieczny at
the city hospital, where the man Is
recovering from a bullet wound in
his right shoulder. He broke down
and declared that he would tell Chief
Murphy all he knew when the officer
had welded a tight chain of circum-
stantial evidence about him. Walla
denies that he intended to kill
Konieczny, and declares that he only
wanted to thrash him and took the
gun to scare his rival. He said the
revolver went off in the scuffle with
his rival.
Chief Murphy had witness that
swore that Walla was on a trolley
car that was on it's way to Wood
bridge about o'clock Tuesday night.
When the man confronted Walla, and
other circumstances which fixed the
shooting on him had been presented,
Walla forsook his former persistent
denial that he was the man wanted
and confessed.
The story rang of true love and
bore the color of a romantic tragedy
In hearts, according to those hearing
the man. Walla declared that he
had known Barbery Mestanek for a
year and that he had grown to love
her. He told how she had thrown
him down" for his rival, Konieczny,
who had only known her for about a
month. He declared that this almost
broke his heart, and he swore to
avenge himself by thrashing the sue
cessful suitor. He swore this several
weeks ago when the servant belle
had told him that she did not desire
his company any more.
Walla says he quit work early
Tuesday afternoon, got supper be-
fore the regular time, and started to
Avenel about 7 o'clock. He left the
trolley at AveneI and walked to the
farm of Mr.. Cone in Dover road,
Colonia, with his revolver in his coat
pocket. He says he crept around to
the barn where his rival was work
ing. He laid down in the dark close
to the house until Konieczny came
from the stable. When the latter
got into the yard Walla says he pull
ed the revolver, pointing the muzzle
at his breast, and that in the scuffle
which followed, with konieczny try
ing to protect himself, the gun went
off. Walla then fed to his home at
$40 Sayre avenue, this city, where he
was found in bed by Patrolmen
Gutowski and Rymarczyk, of the
local police, and Officer Cullinane, Of
Woodbridge.
Walla said he hid the revolver III
his trunk, but search of same Tues
day night by the patrolmen and an
other search yesterday afternoon by
Chief Murphy failed to disclose the
weapon. Bail will be fixed by the
recorder today, and Walla taken to
the county Jail to await indictment.
The excellent work done by the
Woodbridge police In speedily work
Ing up evidence against Walla that
caused him to confess, is being COM
mented on today, and credit is being
given to Chief Murphy and his force.