New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

as told by Mr.. MaIinoWski and often
It was read to him. Montvid signed it.
He was then questioned and told Of
buying the typewriter and further
1 more told how he, Peter Krakas, Joe
4 Schultz and John Gilman had gone 10
i the house and how he watched OUT
side as guard. The story of the kill
j Ing was the same as previously told.
Mr. Malinowski said he got four
different signed statements from,
1 Montvid that day and often asking
for Krakas' note book the prisoner
developed the pages in water and
! writing in the secret code appeared.
So Points Out Kralxas.
Mr.. Malinowski next saw Montvid
on March 20 in the Wilmington court
1 house at Krakas' trial On the next
day he visited Krakas and Officer
/ Hurley accompanied Montvid and the
latter pointed at Krakas and said he
was the man he had been telling then
I about.
1 Retreats Previous Confessions
From Wilmington to Philadelphia
! and to New York Montvid talked
/ freely and after arriving at New York
] the accused made statement in
/ which he said his previous stories
/ were false. This time he told of the
murder saying he met krakas at
| noon on February at which time
he told him to meet him that night
and get some money from Father Ze-
| bris. Then he told the story OF the
murder in which he, claimed four
men were implicated. Montvid also
4 said that both Krakas and Schultz
shot Father zebris and the former
4.ssft susI L1..g
!; priest The lights were then extin-
pushed and hesnouse was searched,
the woman being killed in the attic.
the loot amounting to s7.35.
Threatens NIalinowsli's Life.
After making this statement Mont
vid told Mr. MalinowskiS that Schultz,
Krakas, Gilman and himself had met
at Philadelphia and decided to go to
New Britain later in the summer to
kill him (aIalinowski) because he
was working in tho case and knows
too much about U.s." The quartet de-
cided to walt a few months. until the.
double murder was forgotten before
going back to New Britain to MUIR
der the local interpreter
A graphic story Of the early morn
ing visit to the parish house with
Montvid was also told by the local
man in which he explained to the of
fcer just how the two murders were
committed.
On the morning Montvid was given
a hearing in this city in Sergeant
Bamforths Office he identified MS
various articles, including the re-
volver and the false mustache which
he said was the one he wore on the
night Of the muredr
On April rs Malinowsk visited
Montvid in Jail and the latter gave
him a paper written by his own hand,
in which he said hetold the true facts
of the murder The translation as
made by Mr.. Malinowski for the
states attorney was introduced as evil
dence.
Tells on Killing and Torture.
In it Montvid called his companions
williams and told graphically Of the |
shooting, torture and subsequent MUIR
der Of Father. zebris and the house
KEEPER Montvid in this confession, |
mentions no names, but says that only |
one of the criminals has been caught;
that the other two are at liberty but
are daily in danger of capture as sin-
nocent blod can never suffer.
Montvid lauds Father Zebris high
ly and deplores his death at the hand
Of the -four Williams.
On March 81, said Mr.. Malinowski,
Montvid said that on Sunday, Febru-
airy Z, he and Krakas went to the
priests house to get plans. At this
time he still insisted that there were
four men in the murder. Again on
April 6 Montvid was interviewed in
his cell at the Hartford jail and he
said We'll, now / am going to tell
you the truth. This time it will be
the TRUTH This was the fourth time
he had told the interpreter the same
thing, after which he made contra
sdictory Confessions. This time he
said he first met Krakas in his own
Taunton barber shop. Krakas seemed
a good fellow and always paid twenty
five cents instead Of fifteen cents for
q shave. In December when business
went bad, he went to Boston and
there ran across Krakas and went to
Spring On January Il they went
to New Britain n New Britain the
two talked Of robbing Father zebris.
1sSiIencer" Used on Gun.
When Krakas shot the priest he
used a sfIencer on his revolver, said
Montvid to the Interpreter. He also
admitted. at this time that he and
Krakas were alone in their crime, but
insisted that it was Krakas who conf
mitted both Murders. Going into the
attic Krakas went first. the woman
next and himself last. When Krakas
said he was going to kill the woman.
Montvid said he said Don't kill her"
but his friend proceeded to cut the,
clothes line and strangle her.
The first letter Mr.. Malinowski re-
ceived which put him on Montvid's
trail was found at the Spring street
house and in it Montvid, who was in
Waterbury, upbraided Krakas for not