New Britain herald., 1915-03-10
NET DRAWS TIGHTER . ABOUT SUSPECTS IN
 zEBR|S MURDER CASE
Men Held at Wilmington, Del, Had Dead Priests Hat, Asserts De-
 tcctiVt Sergeant BamfoTth

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 THAT USED ON VICTIMS Detective Sergeant Samuel Bamforth Arrives in Wilmington and Finds
 Ont Facts That Point Directly to
 Prisoners as Murlercrs of Father
 zebris and Eva Gilmanaitis-
 Priests Name in Notebook.
 Wilmington, Delaware, March lo.- ~rhis afternoon a representative ot +b1 New Britain. Conn.,, 'Herald,' who has been working on the Aeorls murder mystery, is able to give out positive assurance that the men who so atrociously murdered Rev. Joseph Zebris and Miss Eva Gilmanaitis, his < housekeeper, in the Church stret Pa- .rochial residence in New Britain on the night of February are known and that Bernard Montvid, alias ~>N~~~ Krakas, arrested here Saturday for tha murder of a policeman, are either the real murderers themselves or are < so closely connected with the real murderers that their arrest makes possible the solution of the mystery. Detective Sergeant Samuel Bamofrth, of the New Britain police department, arrived here early today and While he did not see the two prisoners per- sonally, he identified them as the men !, wanted from certain article Tn con- nection with the murder that makes the identification possible. While the Herald is in possession of the nature of this convictisg evidence it is With held out of courtesy to the authorities ' who fear that to publish it would !. hamper their efforts to run down oth-' | CT mem bers of this band of murder CTS Another article found on the men that makes their Identification even more complete is quantity of heavy cord, exactly like that which was used to strangle Miss Gilmanaitis 
 and which was twisted around the neck of Father zebris after he was shot.
 Had Priests Hat.
 Late this afternoon the Herald re- ceived a message from Wilmington which stated that Detective Bamforth :. has identified the hat worn by Mel !. ba. alias Krakas, as the one formerly worn by Father zebris. The name of Rev. Father Zebris was also found prisoners possession As this paper goes to press Detective Bamforth is starting off to see the two prisoners.
 Thus, today, through it's special cor respondent at Wilmington, the Her ald is able to give to it's readers the first positive assurance that at least the police are on the close trail of the dastardly murderers of the defense less priest and housekeeper.
 Police Fear Lynching.
 Feeling against the two prisoners is running high in Wilmington and there is serious talk of lynching. : Because of this the police are not de- taining Montvid and Melba at the Gen. tral police station, but have spirited them away to a strong prison about 5 miles outside of the city where it would be practically impossible for d lynching party to break in and get E the prisoners. The Heralds cor-c- attempt to secure an interview with the two men, suspected of being the ~ New Britain murderers, but the au- t- thorities would not permit such an ' audience to take place. Before the two men were placed under such strict surveillance they were inter viewed by a Wilmington reporter and Montvid stated that Melba or Krakas as he is also known, is a stranger tc him. He insists that he is a watch dealer by trade and came here from Taunton, Mass When attempts were made to take photographs of the two men Krakas distorted his face ano closed his eyes. Montvid however brazenly faced the camera with a de
 liant smile on his face.
 Cord Clinches Identity.
 It is expected that as soon as De tective Bamfirth visits the workhous