The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-29
GIRL NOW SOUGHT
IN MURDER OF FIVE
Maid Found to Have Quar-.
relied With Slain Family
shortly Before killing.
VICTIMS BROTHER HELD

New BRUNSWICK. n. j., Nov. 2s.-To-
days developments have mystifled rather
than enlightened Prosecutor w. Il. Flor
ance in his efforts to rcassure himself
that the murders of Samuel Weitzfnar,
his wife. their %son-in-law. David Klg-
nor. and his wife. and John Gannas. a
Hungarian farmland. were the work OF
n crazed man, who afterward COM
mitted suicide.
In searching for information regard
ing the domestic life Of the family.
which lived in seclusion in the farm
house three miles from here where the
murders and suicide occurred last Tues
day. Mr.. F1orance has stumbled on in
formation Tint a servant girl employed
there left after "A quarrel with the
family. Tho girls name Is not known.
but she came to the Wcitzmans two
months ago. Shortly before the night
Of the murder h girl went to Justice
Charles W. Sedan here in an effort 20
collect money she said was u her as
wages. Unsuccessful In this. she IL said
20 have threatened to get square" with
the Weitzmans.
81 am anxious to fin that girl" said
| Mr.. Florance to-day, and my men are
lDOklIk IpT nFT. We van INV 'uN iioe
! tically nothing abou her. except that
when she left she said she Ia going
TO South River. We would like to find
out from her about the Weitznlans'
| family life and the actions OF Joseph
retrucha. the farmland whom We be-
lievc 10 be the murderer"
Another development Of to-day was
the arrest OF Samuel Kigncr OF New
York. n brother OF the murdered David
Kigner, on a charge, to which he con-
fessei, OF having taken a deed this
/ morning from the room next to that In
which the bodies OF Mr.. and Mrs. We''z-
man were found. This morning Samuel
kigner appeared at the house aud was
present when tho deed lay on a table.
Later II was missed. and upon his arrest
Kigner admitted ~ had given II 10 "a
| cousin who had left town. lie promised
II would he returned.
The deed was executed by Max klgner,
father OF David and Samuel To- Weitz-
man for the farm which Weitznar
bought from him fourteen months ago
weitzman before that time conducted n
cigar store In New York. 4 mortgage
made out to Max kigner FOR $500 al
that time was lndorsed with his au,hori.
sation. having been paid. but the pay
Inent had not been recorded. SO the
mortgage might be a first lien OH III,
farm.
An autopsy to-day showed that
Petrucha. the suspected murderer. must
have reloaded his revolver twice while
he tiptoed from one bedroom to another,
There were three Wounds In David kic-
rer's body. two In that Of Mrs. Weitz-
man and one each IN those Of the other
| victims. One cartridge was found On the
floor and three uneXploded cartridges ii
the revolver.
The finding OF jewelry worth $500 m
disturbed and of some money has salts
ied Mr.. F1orance that robbery was not
the motive. County Physician Carroll
who performed the autopsy. thinks II wa
a quarrel Over the war between the Hun.
Garian and Russian farmhanhs.
David kisuer. Il was found. Wa, a
member Of the firm of -. E.gnor n Bro.
manufacturing furrierS at L. i.,S'
Thirty-se,ond street. New Work.. Ruhir
Kigner, the other memhc Df the firm. f.
Used Ia the city directory as living IA
7O7j Bedford avenue. Brooklyn. Their.
is no such address. lsadc W-.tZmai
Of lti2 Seventeen street, Brooklyn. =
brother Of the murdered man. said laA
night that h" could think Of ~ rvyoI
for tho deed except insanity.