Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-11-29
FARM TRAGEDY
INQUIRY; GIRL
TO TELL STORY
Former Servant in Home Near
New Brunswick Surren-
ders to Officials.
PROMISED TO "oET EVEN"
FOR TROUBLE OVER WAGES
Grim Funeral Procession Is
Planned for Bodies of Four
of the Victims.
Special to the Evening Star.

Special to the Evening Star.
NEW BRUNSWICK. Nov. 29.-Drs.
Antonia Metusevies. the servant girl,
Prosecutor Edwin A. F'lorance has
been seeking to clear up the mystery
of the violent deaths of six people in
samuel Weitzmans lonely farmhouse
near here last week, gave herself up
to the authorities today. Prosecutor
Florance and County Detective John
R. Ferguson Immediately began a
thorough grilling to see il she could
throw some light on the motive for
the crime. What she told him has
not been revealed. She was released
soon after, however
Joseph petrucha. Polish workman
on the farm Of Samuel WeItzman.
where the six persons were discovered
murdered Saturday night, was found
with a partially loaded revolver con-
cealed in his hand. Prosecutor w.
Edwin F'lorance is not absolutely sat
isfied that he was the wholesale as
sassin.
During the investigation yesterday
it was learned that the girl had had
some trouble with the Weitzman
family relevant to the payment of her
wages and that early last week she
had gone TO Justice of the Peace
Charles w. Sedan in this city with a
complaint. When she learned that
she was not to obtain any redress,
It is alleged. that she threatened to
get square" with her employers
Every Death instantaneous.
All the evidence so far. however.
fanfnfc the pftilf nf PafF3l-
cha. The six victims were Weitz-
man, his wife, his daughter,
Mrs. Beatrice kigner, ana her hus-
band, and Jiba Gannis and Petrucha,
two workmen. All were found in
various rooms of the house with sew
eral bullet wounds in each. Appar-
entity death was instantaneous in
every case.
If the present plans of the surviving
relatives of the tragedy are carried
out, New Brunswick will witness such
! funeral as was never before known
| in this vicinity A grim ard morbid ly
dramatic procession of the bodies
through the streets of the city is
planned Undertaker As Martlp
announced today the relatives wish
I is that the four bodies be placed in
| four Separate hearses and slowly
drawn through the streets, the pace
to be reduced to snaifs crawl when
the Synagogue Agas Helm. on Rich
mond street. m the lower part of the
city, is neared. Past the synagogue
the forbidding encourage win proceed,
and up Albany street, to the Penn
sylvania railroad station, where the
bodies and the mourners, surrounded
by a great crowd of the morbid, VIII
take train for New York
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was perpetrated Tuesday night or
Wednesday morning, for Weitzman
is a dairyman. and is accustomed to
supplying several dealers in this city.
One of these customers, a man by
the name of Wildgoose. failed to re-
ceive his usual order on Wednesday
morning, but neglected to inquire
about il until Saturday. Knocking
and receiving no response on Satur-
day morning, he turned away and
started for home, when he met
Nathan Weitzman. a brother, on the
road.
His queries as to the absence of the
family were such that Weitzman be-
came alarmed and the two Travelled
back to the house. Forcing window
they discovered the bodies of the two
laborers and Kigner in the room, the
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room. and Mr.. and Mrs. Weitzman
dead in bed, shot apparently in their
Sleep The authorities were then
notified.
The house is practically isolated, be-
ing situated a quarter of mile back
from the Cranberry turnpike on the
road to Deans, about four miles from
this city.
County Physician Carroll has per-
formed the autopsieS on all of the
bodies and has secured all the bullets.
He is to report to the prosecutor
office whether they were all fired from
the same revolver.
Murdered Mans Brother Arrested.
Another development of yesterday
was the arrest of Samuel Kigner, OF
New York, brother of the murdered
David Kigner, on a charge, to which
he confessed. of having taken deed
yesterday from the room next TO
that in which the bodies of Mr.. and
Mrs. Weitzman were found. Yester-
day Samuel Kigner appeared at the
house and was present when the deed
Law on a table. Later it was missed,
and upon his arrest Kigner admitted
he had given it to "a cousin" who
had left town. He promised it would
be returned, and he was placed in
$500 bail today for the action of the
grand jury The bail was furnished.
The deed was executed by Max
Kigner, father of David and Samuel,
to Weitzman for the farm which
Weitzman bought from him fourteen
months ago. Weitzman before that
time conducted a cigar store in New
York. A mortgage made out TO Max
Kigner for $500 at that time was
indorsed with his authorization, hav-
ing been paid but the payment had
not been recorded, so the mortgage
might be a first lien on the farm.
An autopsy showed that Petrucha.
the suspected murderer, must have
loaded his revolver twice while he
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