New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-03-11

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glance for him to form this opin-
ion.
According to Mr.. Dehm, Montvid
came into his cafe on the afternoon
lot January 20 and asked permission
to leave his suit case there for a
short time. He had been across
the street for the purpose of engag-
ing a room from the boarding mis-
tress there, but had found that she
was out. AS Montvid stood up to the
bar and asked for drink, one of
the customers in the saloon remarked
an an undertone, THAT fellow looks
Ike a bad one" The stranger
4eard the remark and swung around
md glared at the speaker. He then
left.
We're Extravagant
About two hours later, he returned
for his suit case, saying that he had
engaged lodgings across the street.
! Two days later, Mr.. Denim says, Mont
] vid appeared in the saloon again.
This time he was accompanied by
d conn anion. Judging from the
I Herald's photograph, Mr.. Dehm said
4 that the companion was Melba.
During the several days following
1.-THE two men were frequent visitors
Fat Mr.. Dehm's cafe. They were ex-
sceedingly extravagant and on one oc-
acasion paid a man five dollars to re-
main out of work for the afternoon
Ito keep them company In CONVEX
station they told many conflicting
stories regarding their occupation.
Displayed Revolvers.
@ The boarding mistress told Mr..
|aNDehm that the strangers explained to
M her that they were detectives in the
6R9employ of the city and that is was on
baccount Of their profession that they
atSdesired back room sin her block.
They even went SO far as to show her
fSa number of false whiskers, wigs and
@pther DISCUSSES. Frequently they
displayed revolvers. The boarding
IS lady tells that the men never went
81 out in the day time except when they
rpent over to Mr.. Dehm's saloon, but
they always went out nights. Mont
yid told fellow boarder at the sup
N per table one evening that he was go
s ing to the city hall to complete some
II work after he had been to the post
q office. Being suspicious, the boarder
u followed Montvid The stranger went
NJ to the post office and walked up the
III stone steps in front Of the city hall,
s# But. did not enter. He then hurried
q down Commercial street
n Mr.. DENNIS books show that Mont
q vid and his corporation bought beer
in quantities of two and three dozen
81 bottles at several times during their
stay in the block opposite his place.
which fact would tend to strengthen
the theory that they were not alone.
!, Left on Day of Discovery.
T. The boarding lady last saw her pc
/ culiar acting boarders at about l
o'clock Tuesday, February 8, on the
morning Of the discovery Of the dead
bodies at the parish house. News of
s#ihe dastardly deed had been spread
aobut the city rapidly and reached
NJ the boarding mistress ears. When she
told Montvid about it, he replied with
n a smile, They'll never catch those
4 fellows Since then, she never saw
the men again, but soon after she
and Mr. Dehm concluded that they
might have been the perpetrators Of
the awful deed
From a large photograph taken of
NJ the crowd that stood in front of the
& Lithuanian church during the funeral
# one particular man has been partially
identified, with the aid of a powerful
magnifying glass, as Montvid.
Oficer Identifies Church Keys.
officer Ted Malone, Of the local
police force, who has been doing
some commendable detective work in
connection with the Zebris murder,
was able to state positively this af-
ternoon that the keys found on the
person of Montvid and Media We're
those stolen from the priest when he
p was murdered. When the murder was
4 discovered the church was locked up
nnd a most diligent search of the
dead priests effects failed to disclose
the keys to the house of worship that
he always carried with him. There
fore it was impossible for the po-
lice to enter the church until the
sexton had been brought around. The
= authorities finally came to the con-
clusion that the murderers had taken
the church keys with them
When, late yesterday afternoon,
Chief Rawlings received a telegram
from Detective Bamforth at Whining
ton stating that he was of the firm
q belief that the keys found on the
two prisoners were those stolen from
the priest another substantial link
had been welded against the two
suspects. The local detective sent UP
the serial numb ers of the keys taken
from the two men and they were
stamped with the Corbin trade mark
Factory Assists Authorities.
This morning Officer Malone again
took up the chase and was finally
able with the aid of some of the high
officials of the Hardware corporation
~ obsolutolv ,,rove that the kevs ore