New Britain herald., 1915-02-13
EVIDENCE POINTS TO
 MAN IN BROWN COAT"
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was gleaned from half a dozen peo- pie with whom she had talked before being visited by the police.
 Sees Man Peer Into Window.
 That there was a mysterious man seen hanging about the parish house of St. Andrews church on the night of the murder was definitely settled this afternoon by Mrs. s. o. Johnson, who lives at 500 Church street. Mrs. Johnson declares that between $ and
 o'clock Monday night she saw strange man, with brown overcoat, walk up and down in front of the church, and later she saw him step in- to the front yard of the parish house and peer into the bay window. It is significant to note that the window in- to which she saw the man look was the one near which the body of Fath- CT Zebris was found the next morn- ing.
 Mrs Johnson was :nterviewed by two men working on the murder ccse early this afternoon and she politely told them all she knew of the affair. She said that between 8 and o'clock Monday evening sine went to her tail- OTIS on Church street and on return ing stopped at Lacey's store. As she
 
 the street walking slowly to and fro She described him as being garbed in big brown overcoat, having a strap across the back.
 When she came out of the store | and started up the street towards her own home she was somewhat sur prised to see this same man sneak in | to the priests yard on the west side l and look carefully into the bay win dow. She could not see his face and | she soon passed from where she could l, observe him. While she thought it | peculiar at the time she did not at- tach any special significance to his movements until told of the murder the next morning.
 It is deemed significant that other people have also described a stranger dressed in a brown overcoat and two separate people say that they saw l man answering this description stand ing on the platform of the Plainvile railroad station Tuesday morning at s:45 o'clock. He got on the train and left it at North Adams, Mass.
 Mysterious Man Hires Room.
 A third clue of importance was traced to No. 12 Maple street where Andrew S. Johnson makes his home. On Tuesday night a we'll dressed stranger stopped at one lady's apart ments in the same building and asked if he could hire room. She said he might find one upstairs with Mrs Johnson. and he did so.
 4 The stranger was we'll dressed and of big build. He wore a mackinaw of dark blue and dark red shades. He had small suit case and when he took possession of his room he said he had pupils in Bristol but did not say what kind. He also told Mrs, Johnson he did not caretl whether his room was we'll heated or not as all he wanted it for was to sleep in. He said he might not need it more than week anyway, and paid for it in advance. The stranger gave the name of Parker.
 Early Tuesday morning he left his room without saving anything to any body and since that time has not been seen. A fact that makes his more strange is that he took Mrs. Johnson's door key with him. The family has arranged to have the house securely locked at night to prevent his possible sudden return s. 1
 Heirs Want Settlement of Estate.
 Heirs of the murdered priest took l initial steps today to claim his es tate when they applied to Judge B. 1 F. Gaffney of the court of probate | for letters of administration. The l l, hi ,,io They are John Zebris of Brockton, Mass: Bessie Shotoka of | Bridgewater, Mass; Wilerza Zebrs of 1 Brockton; John zebrs of 136 | South street, Lowell, Mass, and | Charles l.. Klinger of 1O9 Round Hill | Mass. There are also two brothers of the murdered priest Rev. Charles Zebris and John Zeb- ris, both of Parsoll, province of Kovno, Russia.
 Judge Gaffney has set the time for a hearing on the granting of let ters of administration at o'clock l next Saturday morning.
 Attorney F. F. McDonough has been retained by the heirs living in this country
 Interested in Waterbury Bakery.
 It has been learned that Father ] Zebris was financially interested in 1 the Lithuanian Baking company of Waterbury, now being conducted by ] a MT Penikas. Father Zebris had a mortgage of SS,000 on farm owned i by Penikas and he was also interest ! cd in real estate in Naugatuck which l was in the name of the banking com pany. A foreclosure suit is now pending in superior court against the NaugatuclS property. It is said that Father Zebris was in debt to sev eral people who loaned him money ! It is believed that he had ot her in