New Britain herald., 1915-02-09
ulet Holes in Priests Left Side Allowed Life Blood Flow---Cord Around Neck of Corpse Placed By Assasss to Insure -Clotheslne Used to KilI Woman
 Previously Shot---No Motivesor Clues Appear --UnpretentiOus Home RanSaCked

last .ght and 9nurdered as he turned in the parlor to see who was be- hind him. Another theory is that an entrance was gained through the cellar way and the barrel of pota- toes was moved against the door to prevent anyone else from entering. The open cellar window would also have been a possible way of entry: Still another opinion is that after returning from his church Father Zebris before he had a chance to remove any of his clothing other than his overcoat. was called 10 the front door by q visitor, who, upon making good his entry to the house, foully and brutally murdered him.
 Attic Door Fried Open.
 Regarding the death of Miss Gill man there is even moro mystery. The wound in her arm might have been received when she rushed to the de- fense of Father Zehris at the time he was shot and then she, after be- ing subdued. was dragged up to the attic and strangled.
 When the police investigated this morning they found that the door to the attic had been pried open, prob ably by the ice pick. The bolt to the lock was still out and the thurli, piece of the key to the lock was twisted off. Thus, it is thought that after vainly trying to unlock the at tic door the brute who committed the crime. grabbed the ice pick and pried open the door. as the fresh tn1,n ind I,-,, T the helpless woman up above where she was cruelty strangIed to death.
 That her death must have been a horribly agonizing one is shown from the condition of her body. Her lower limbs show evidence of hay ing threshed about in pain and her swollen features with the blood burst ing forth from the mouth and nos trils, prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that her death was a dreadful one.
 Evidence in the room where Father Zebris was found does not lead one to believe that he was given an oppor- tunity to offer any resistance. His rabbi and his white shirt were red with blood, which had dried, and the outstretched hands made it appear that he had died where he had fallen. Whether he had been strangled be- fore or after the shooting is a matter of conjecture but it is believed that 'h he was shot first and then strangled to make sure that the job was finished.
 Church Lights Burn All night.
 After the crime was discovered there were a number of unusually suspicious facts learned that were noted by different people during the past few nights Officer Herbert Lyon, who has in this vicinity, passed by St. Andrews church at 3:3o o'clock this morning and thought it peculiar at the time that the lights in the basement of the eoifice were burning brightly Not being familiar with the customs of the religion however, the officer con- Cluded that the, priest was conducting some mass at the time.
 Peter Kolosky employed by J. M. Curtin in his Park street saloon as a bartender, informed Herald re- porter this morning that when he went to work at 4:3O o'clock this morning he passed the church and even then the lights were burning brightly in the basement. Parishion- CTS say the church lights should have been extinguished at 9 D. m.
 These facts may indicate that it was some time after this hour that the priest left his church and returned to his home only to meet with foul murder that cut short his energetic career in this city.
 Other Mysterious Facts.
 This morning the sexton of the church told a story to N Griskonis Peter, prominent member of the church, which tends to prove that several attempts have been made of late to gain admittance to the priests house. According to the story which the dead priest is credited with tell ing his sexton a week ago last Sunday night at 11:30 o'clock the clergyman was called out by q family named kanapka, on Williams street, to christen baby. At 10:30 o'clock, an hour before this call came. two strange men approached the rectory and rang the door bell. As Father ! Zebris had not yet retired he raised the window and saw two well dressed men standing on the porch. A par ticular noticeable thing about them