The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-05
Husband, Alarmed At Her Disappearance, Comes To Bridgeport in Search of Her.
  RETURNING, MAKES DISCOVERY OF BODY Couple, Sweethearts From Childhood in Russia, Had Just Completed New Home in Daniels Farms.

Despondent because of continued i1I-hea1th. Mrs. Stefan Banas, for a number of years a resident of Trum- bull, crept from her bed at her home in Daniels Farms about 8 o'clock this morning and at daylight was found by her husband suspended from the branch of an apple tree in the or chard in the rear of the house. Mrs Banas was about 45 years of age and several times since her illness she had threatened to take her life. Her husband had kept a close watch on her but &Iats morning she eluded his vigilance. g Shortly after she had crept from the house her husband discovered her absence. He arose and dressed and began a, search for her. Not finding her about the premises he concluded she had gone to Bridgeport where he had a brother, ton street. Not overriding his wife been here, MT. Banas hurried home again, there to discover her dead body hanging from the tree.
 Mrs. Banas who was rather stout woman. had taken the clothes line and doubling the strands to better support her weight, she placed 8 plank against the tree and crawled up ten or twelve feet into the branches. There she knotted a moose about her neck and after fastening tn erope securely to one large limb, she dropped down. Death from strangulation resulted. Her husband after finding the body, cut it down and then called some of his neigh bors.
 Deputy Sheriff John w. French inn mediate1y attempted to inform Coro- ner Phelan. He was given telephone connection with Dr. Edward M Fitg- gerald of this city who is medical ex- aminer for Trumbull The sheriff at first refused to give the medical ex- aminer any information about the case and insisted on talking with the coroner. It was some time before Dr. Fitzgerald could get at the facts and convince the sheriff that he was the proper official to be notified.
 MT. Banas is prostrated today as a, result of his wife's act Her recent illness and death are the only clouds which have marred a life time of happiness and devotion to each other. Years ago when they were children MT. and Mrs. Banas were sweeth carts in Russia. They grew up there, mar ried and soon after the marriage came to the United States. No children were born to the couple, but they lived for each other and found much joy in life as they worked and saved together. 2,
 Mir. Banas has recently been the farmer of an estate in TrumbuI ws9er his wife was housekeeper. In Janu- arY Mrs. Banas became i'll and deve1- oped symptoms of mental alteration. Her condition at last became violent and on January 21 of this year she was placed under restraint by the TrumbuI1 authorities and taken to Lakeview home. Four days later she was committed to the state hospital at NiddIc town. Her husband visited her there frequently. She would improve in both mind and body if she had change of scene and was in a home of her own, he took their life savings to build the home at Daniels Farms where he brought his wife several weeks ago.
 At first Mrs:gBanas appeared to have been benefited by the change. but of late she had been moody and given to breeding over imaginary troubles Her husband had kept a close watch on her the last few days, fearing that she would attempt to take her own life.