The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-13
TEARS IN EYES,
 WIFE MURDERER, DIES ON GALLONS

Hartford, Aug 1S.-PIainly nervous but unfalterings Frank Gre1a me- death by hanging soon after midnight this morning at the state prison in Wethersfie1d, paying the penalty for the murder of his wife on June 6 at his home at No. 450 1-2 Main street. For the first time since he confessed the crime to the police here, Grela partly lost his eomposure and there were tears in his eyes, but he did not hesitate when led into the death cham Der and stood firmly on his feet when the guards, who had fastened the straps around his legs, stood back from him and the signal was given for the trap to be sprung
 | Grela, with guards on either side of him and two priests and the prison chaplain preceding him, entered the death chamber at <12 :e4: S3 o'clock and the trap was sprung at z12:o4: 50. pr. Edward G. Fox, the prison physician. applied the stethoseope and Spro- inounced him dead at 12:14s30, ten. nain- tutes after the moose had pulled him into the air.
 Grela's body was lowered and placed 1 in a casket, which bore the inscription: Frank Grela, August 513,N1915.'' The casket was furnised, it was said, by l the Ruthenian priest who has been in attendance with Grela since his con fnefnent, and it was a handsome one. The body will be turned over to the priest for burial.
 ! Those witnessing the execution were: Warden Ward A. Garner, Deputy War den Carl Lewis, pr. Edward G. Fox, the prison physician; pr. Charles H. fGannon, an interne; Rev. Roman Zal- Eitach, the priest who had been in att tendance with Gre1a; the priest and the prison chaplain; Timekeeper Starr and several guards and newspaper tmen<
 1 Gre1a slept well Wednesday night, and part6ok in the morning of a j breakfast. refusing offers to bring him luxuries in the way of food and eating the plain prison fa<e with ap- parent relish. Rev. Roman zalitach, l the priest whose church Grela and his wife once attended, spent much of the day with him and Warden Ward A. Garner read the death warrant to him, but he manifested no emotion. | He even ydonned the black suit with I out any indications of fear or men tai strees, and walked calmly into the death house where with one guard he waited until the hour ar rived and he was led the few steps
 into the death chamber. All, the
 mechanism was tested yesterday !. The history of Grela's attitude dur ing his trial and subsequent frnpris- fonment is one of resignation. At nc
 time whatever has he shown the
 slightest interest in the proceedings that were bringing him to the death
 on the scaffo1d, nor has he cared tc
 attempt to live, nor has he exhibited
 emotion of any kind since he has
 been at thep rison- The nearest ap- k fproach to feeling was a passing in
 terest in his will, to see that his Fyoung children were cared for. He
 has shown no regret over his deed. < I Almost at midnight June 6, GPe1a visited his home at 4507 E Main street
 expecting to find a man with his
 wife, and shot her dead where she
 was lying in her bed with her nine
 naonths-old baby. Shortly afterwards
 Grela, while walking on Main street I accidentally discharged his revolver
 and was arrested by Policeman T. M
 Knevitt on a charge of breach of the
 peace. Later the police asked Gre1a
 if he knew anything about the nur-
 der, and he said, 1T did it.''
 Grela's trial began June 28s in the
 superior court before Judge vii
 liam s. Case and a jury. Samuel H
 Steele was assigned to. defend him a
 the expense of the state. Thep ros
 ecution was condusted by States At
 torney Hugh M. AIcorn and Assist
 ant States Attorney William M. Malt
 bic. Before pronouncing the sen .tence, brought in on June 30, Judge Case asked Gre1a if he had anything to say. Grela asked that sornebod, going back to Europe take hi youngest boy over to the old hont
 in Manyoh, Austrian Ga1icia. ant
 that a guardian be appointed to car' for his oldest son, who he expect to stay in this. country. His wife wa
 a saving woman and had $500 in tn
 bank. This -Grela wants his young
 est son to have |