New Britain herald., 1915-10-09
WILMINGTON POLICE LENT LITTLE AID
Sapt. Hurley and States Attorney
 AlCorn Speak for MainOWSki

According to Robert T. Hurley, cap- . tain of the state police, who yesterday
 testified in superior court before
 Judge Joseph P. Futile on behalf of The claim of Matthew R. Malinowski, - for share in the rewards offered for the arrest and conviction of the mur-
 derers of Rev. Joseph Zebris and his
 housekeeper, Miss Eva Gilmaniatis,
 of the city of Wilmington, Delaware, < sent little aid to the local authorities In their efforts to secure convicting
 evidence against Peter Krakas and
 Bernard Montvid. In fact, Captain
 Hurley's testimony went to show that
 the Wilmington authorities were
 averse to assisting the Connecticut
 men and rather resented the latter's efforts to secure confessions from the linen under arrest there. Captain
 Hurley testified that before the ar rests of Krakas and Montvid in Will mington, he was on their trail and
 held warrants for their arrest Nal inowski having been of material as- sistance to him in ferreting out the necessary evidence, which pointed to Krakas and Montvid as the mer guilty of the murder. ...
 SlAfter all the evidence in the case had been submitted by the appli- cants for the rewards, Judge Futile ruled that Stanley Yasik, the Will
 mington undertaken; Robert IF. Washington of Philadelphia, former Wilmington police officer, who claimed to have captured Montvid, and Charles Gray and Walter Weir,
 v%io also made similar claims, would
 De eliminated from participation ir.
 the rewards, as he did not consider
 from the evidence submitted they were entitled to anything. # States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn made statement to Judge Futile yes terday afternoon which may have an Important bearing in the distribution of the money. It referred to the work of MT. Malinowski and to the informa- ton furnished by MT. and Mrs. ito Bffether of 330 Arch street, this city l with whom Krakas and Montvid | boarded when the murders were com l nlitted. Counsel for the remaining l Claimants will be permitted to furnish | DFISlS III SdppOTI OI the CldlHlS or Ln01r clients within the next week.
 Yasik's Claim.
 When the hearing was resumed yes- terday afternoon, John T. Mckinley | ssxatchman at the Union National b1 nk in Wilmington, was called by Judge l klett representing the claim of -Stan- | ley Yasfk, the Polish undertarer Yasik had read of the New Britain murders in Lithuanian newspaper and concluded that the men arres ed l in&Vilmington might know some ring about them. He communicated his 1 suspicious to MT. Mckinley, who ad- vised him to see the police, which he | did.
 The Briether Claim.
 Mr. and Mrs. Otto Briether, cl~im- | ants for the rewards, were called Iy | Judge Klett. Briether testified that l Krakas and Montvid came to board at l his house on Arch street, January 20. ] They claimed to be detectives. Vixen l the murders were committed, Br. .h- l CT heard about them in the shop an5 l went home to tell the "detectives' | about the crimes. The next day l court at that time for failure to l Montvid left for Springfield. Brieth- l CT was summoned to appear In pOl1ce | clean his sidewalk. He testified that | hE did shovel the walk and was aided | by detectives, but no significance was | attached to the statement then Later | he went to City Hall to tell about l the detectives, but could find no one to talk to, ard twice afterwards he ! went to police headquarters to tell his | story. Mrs. Briether gave testimony siH4dlar to her husband. She said she l told the whole story to Interp .ster l Malinowski.
 After Captain Hurley had testified ] for Malinowski, Judge Futile acrreed | to permit States Attorney Alcorn to make a statement in MT. Malinowski's | behalf relating to the work the latter did after Montvid was brought back to this state. MT. Alcorn made 2 stD5ng statement. He considered his | swork invaluable. He was tireless worker and put his own life in danger by the vigor of his Investigations as both Krakas and Montvid learned he 1 was trailing them and had sworn to ssget" him. The states attorney ad. mitted that the information of the | Briether's was likewise valuable.
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