Evening journal., 1915-03-13

lItmbtlhE Win rear dUu HIS ldNt n /
blush pallor. the blood having reced- !,
ed from his face. told his story in the |
presence OF Chief Black. Sergeant 1
Wardle and the other officials. The /
killing of the priest and his house I
keeper was committed with robbery as ,
the motive. Krakus having demanded
money from the priest on several oc- /
casions.
While he related his story Montyid /
kept imploring the police not TO
allow Kralus 10 know that he had
told them the story The prisoner at
times begged the officers not TO give
the story of his confession TO the
newspapers. saying that Krakus'
friends would kill him. The fear OF
this fate. he kept insisting. was what
prevented him from telling of the
murder before.
Montvid was assured by Chief Black
that Krakus would surely be convict
ed of murder here and there was no
danger OF him harming the prisoner
This appeared 10 ease Montvid's mind
and he started to talk about the case.
That portion OF the confession about
two others being involved and of
Montvid only receiving the keys as
his share Of the loot taken from the
priests house is not believed by the
officials. They are inclined to think
that Montvid is endeavoring to shield
himself by throwing the actual crime
on Krakus. This belief is further
strengthened in the fact that Mont
vid admitted throwing away watch
while running on West Eighth street
last Saturday afternoon. This. it is
thought. was the watch owned by the
dead priest Another statement made
by Montvid. which is doubted by the
police, is that he does not know the
name of the two strange men with
Krakus and himself the night Of the
murder. Montyid. in his confession,
calls Krakus by the name of Kelson.
by which he was known in New
Britain and other Connecticut towns.
The confession ir effect is about as
follows:
ct. Bernard Montvid. do hereby
stste free and unsolicited without any
threats or promises that John Kci-
son and I boarded at No. $50 Arch
street New Britain, Conn. with a
German family. We were there Jan
uary q or about that time. Kelson
remained there about one week and
then he left. He had received teic-
gram which said Sister is Sick.
Come A few DAYS later | met kCi-
son on the street and he told me he
was rooming AZ No. 33 Spring sttcet
and I visited him while he was there
While / was at No. $50 Arch street
let my boarding boss write a ict-
ter on my typewriter but when ! Lett
there l took the typewriter with NE
then went 10 Waterbury. I re-
mo ff,a1 on fn1anl-l cfraof with man
who kept a store While I was wait
irg in New Britain ! was waiting fcI
KoIson to open a barber shop and
was going TO work for him. Th,
first place I ever saw Keison was il
Boston near the Kelevis Publishing
Company's building. at 2S Yves
Broadway. That was about nv
months before we went 10 New Bit
ain. When we did 90 TO New BritaiI
VIC met in a saloon and we got th
room at the $50 Arch street house
At this point Montvid said ina
after he left Now Britain. he did no
sec Kelson again until he met hin
in Philadelphia last Monday nigh
week He said thoy agreed 10 COM
10 this city hut kclson came FIRST
leaving Philadelphia The folloWini
day.
Rlackhand Letter.
Montvid claimed that Krakus wrOt
the blackhand letter to lhe Rev. Lu
cyan Bimonski on February Is. I
week after the murder Of Father Ie
brows. The letter was written o.
Montvid's typewriter and tho note pa
per found in his (Montvid'sl suitcas
was similar TO that in the letter. Thi
letter was written in Montvid's pres
cnce in the Arch street house and TN
) men separated. Montvid going 10 Wa
terbury. Conn. Krakus kept tn
typewriter until he met Monivid i
Philadelphia on March /.
III speaking OF the murder of th
priest and his housekeoper. MONTH
said that he met Krakus at noon o
Monday. February s. in a saloon
Now Britain Krakus told him {
meet him that night in saloon o
Main street at o'clock and on goin
there Montvid met Krakus and tw
strange men. The four then left I'll
saloon walking in single file TO u
church. whore they stopped. Al th
point Montvid drew a sketch OF u
church. showing where he stood 9
watch before the ediicc. Krallus an
the two men. he said. entered u
prests' house by the front door al
they remained there about half Z
hour When they came out MONTY
claims Kralus said; Everything
done" At the same time kraku
handed bunch of keys. taken fro
the body OF the murdered housokce
or. TO Montvid. telling him to ke'
them. The men separated MONTY
claims. he going TO his boardil
house
Montvid claims he could not sic
but cried all night and he did not
down stairs until noon the followi
day. When he did. the boarding bo
al the dinner table started TO ia
about the murder and the prison
said he got so nervous that he dropp
his spoon. Montvid then related he
he had told the boarding house keeT
he was going TO Boston but inste
he went to PlainTlle and then
Waterbury. Before leaving. Mont'
claims. he met Krakus who in la
ing about the murder said "W,
II is done; could not get the mon
and | killed HIM"
Montvid claims this was the Fl
intimation he had of the actual X
ing. II is this statement that
police do not believe and which II
claim shows he is cndeavoring
throw the blame on Krakus. Mont
asserts that while he was but
feet from fhp nripcf'c houco ffo