Evening journal., 1915-03-24
KRAKUS INQUIRIES
ABOUT Sentence
FOR HIS crime
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John Scholofsk OF Brockton. Mass,
the jeweler. who on Monday had re-
lated how Kralius had robbed and shot
him. AS the prisoner saw his former
victim he dropped his eyes. while
scholofslKi, with a steady gaze, stared
at the prisoner and held his crippled
arm, caused by Krakus' bullet, closer
to his body
Following the adjournment OF court
hundreds of spectators stood or
the Court House lawn and watched
! for Krakus to make his appearance
About $3.50 o'clock the prisoner with
Warden Crawford and several guards,
| emerged from the building and was
whisked to the workhouse in an au-
tOmobile.
Montvid. who had testified at the
trial on Monday, was In the Court
House yesterday and following the re-
turn OF the verdict, he was turned
over the the Connecticut authorities
by Attorney General Josiah 0. VOL
cott State Police NJ. r. Hurley and
Sergeant Samuel Bamforth, of Connec-
ticut. with Montvid between them.
left here early last evening for New
Britain where Montvid will be ar
raigned on a charge Of numbering the
Rev. Joseph zebrows and his house
keeper, Eva L. Gilman.
Just what grounds David J. Rein
hardt. counsel for Krakus, viii urge
as reasons for a new trial, will not
be known until Friday morning. II
the new trial Is refused Krakus will
in all probability be sentenced. An
appeal to the Supreme Court will be
the next step.
With the krakus case ended, the at
tention of those who were Interested m
the arrest and conviction of the man
here and the arrest of Montvid is di-
, rected toward the rewards offered by
the Connecticut authorities for the ar
rest of the murderers of the priest. II
is said by the local police that Adolpl
. Markell, the Market street pawnbroker
was actually the first man TO give any
> information that connected the two mel
with any crime. Attorneys of New
Britain hold the opinion that no rewards
will be paid in the Tierney murder case
1 Il is pointed out that the arrests made
in Wilmington were not in consequence
! OF knowledge of the murder in Connect
cut. II developed after the arrest. Ih'
: claim is also made that the information
given by local parties concerning th'
, murderers was not what brought abou
) the arrests.
e The Rev. Lucyan BojnOwski, pas
tor Of the Sacred Heart Of Jesus
Polish Church, New Britain, may put
in a claim for the reward of $4,000
The clergyman may base his claim on
? information he gave the Connecticut
= police after receiving letters demand
= ing $4,000. one of which came from
~ Waterbury and one from New York
The missives contained evidence. thu
pastor asserts, that bore out his be
y lief that the writer's were the as
~ sassins of the priest and his house
- keeper. On the receipt Of the sec
ond letter he told the Connecticut po
lice his suspicious.
krakus Follows Priest
Is Father Bojnowsk will not pres
)f his claim for the reward until afte
le the trial OF Montvld Is over. He 4
ID row certain that on his trip to New
4 York on February 20, the day he re
al ceived the second letter demanding
,s the money, he met Krakus face =
10 face In the Grand Central Station.
a. As he left the train and went I
an information booth, his attention
was attracted by a young foreigne
T. who was apparently lost and as II
= one appeared 10 be paying any al
% tention to him, the priest went owe
90 anu talked TO him. Fathe
cg Boinowski learned that the boy ha
Oh come from Pennsylvania an
by wanted to reach Paterson, n.
I'd, During tho conservation anOtht
or stranger walked up and joined
the conservation with the priest an
the boy. The stranger. now believe
to be Krakus, hearing that the Ia
si wanted TO go to Paterson, to
ba Father Boinowski that as he W;
"a on his way 10 the same city
~ would be glad to accompany hiI
~ The priest. however, chose to NAL
the trip with the lad and start'
for South Ferry, y. j. As Faith
BojnOwski neared the ferry
noticed that the stranger was sti
Cd following and after placing the b'
el. on the boat he left and return,
'as TO the depot He learned that q
stranger who represented himst
- to be ON his way to Paterson, hi
- talked with attaches about 4
ia depot and had told them he W
ith from New Britain. He was n
de- known to Father Bojnowski. WI
after seeing pictures of Aiontvid al
-. krakus. feels certain that {
. stranger was Krakas,
Patrolman Willard $. Sahrp'el
-. who Is at the Delaware Hospital 81
fering from gun shot wounds infiict
by Krakus. will observe his birthd
anniversary at the hospital tomorrt
and his friends are planning a pos
shower for him. Such a shower "
,. given Patrolman Horace McDanne
,stb who was also shot by Krakus Ii
Sunday. He received more than
end postcards.
ooo Both officers are recovering frt
YER their injuries and they are in hi
spirits Miss Laura r. Carr is nuI
'le' TO McDannell. while Miss Vera V. L
his Wis is nurse 10 Sharpless.