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

| possession of one of the murderers,
to say nothing of finding cord similar
| to that used in committing the local
| murder in the pockets of the sus-
poets, the murdered priests name in
a note book owned by one of the
| men and the saloon checks from New
| Britain and the other bits of convinc-
| ing evidence has now proved almost
| beyond the shadow of doubt that
| Montvid and Media are two members
| of the gang wanted for the murder
Of Father Zebris and Eva Gilmanaitis.
| Typewriter Material Clue.
Although the police did not dare
have the fact made known yesterday
i for fear of warning some local men,
Der of the numbering gang, the my
| sterious evidence that proves Melba
| and MontVid to be the men wanted
J was some typewriter letters found on
! their persons which were written, SO
| the experts declare, with the same
| machine that was used in writing
| threatening letters to Rev. Lucyan
! Bojnowski and Rev. Joseph Zebris
! According to the experts called into
| conference, the paper on which the
threatening letters was written is SINH
lar to that found among Montvid's
personal effects. Montvid was also
! the owner of small pocket typewrit-
| err, which has been found, and 1t has
been proved to the satisfaction of
| the authorities that the machine used
| to write the letters to the local priests
| is exactly Of the same type as this
! one.
| With Detective Bamforth at Will
mington is Court Interpreter Mathew
Malinowski, who has been working
on the case and State Policeman Hur-
ley, who has been conducting the
states end of the famous murder case.
All three of these men united in de-
claring that they are Of the firm
opinion that this time they have the
right men.
The hat worn by Melba and which
was identified by Detective Bam-
forth as belonging to Father Zebris,
was worn by the criminal when he
was arrested. He had shot one officer
when Policeman Tierney grappled
with him. In the melee the patrol
man knocked the hat off with his club
but a moment later the murderer
pressed an automatic against the
brave ~patrolman's chest and fired four
shots in rapid succession. AS he fell
for. God have mercy on me-" He
most Immediately. Melba, however,
fed, and later the hat was picked up
and brought to police headquarters
Expect to Bring Back One.
Thomas F. Egan, superintendent Of
the state police, is now of the firm
belief that at last the mystery is
about to be cleared up. He says that
while he does not believe it will be
possible to extradite Melba because
he killed a Wilmington policeman and
the authorities will want him tried
and punished there, he does not
think there will be any trouble about
bringing Montvid back to the scene
of his alleged crimes here in Connec-
ticut. i look to see Montvid back in
side of two weeks" says the state po-
liceman.
/ Waterbury, March 11.-With the
state police busy in Brooklyn yester-
day and last night questioning resi-
dents who were in the company of
Bernard Montvid while there for
| nine days after the murder of
Father zebris, and the New Britain
authorities attempting to discover
| just how long he and his companion
Peter Krakas, or Melba, spent in New
Britain, there is every indication that
| the mystery of the double murder will
| be cleared within few hours. Both
Krakas and Montvid, now believed by
the authorities to be the slayers of
| Father Zebris and his housekeeper,
Eva Gilmanaitis, are held under close
! guard by the Wilmington authorities,
to prevent lynching for the murder of
a policeman.
Renew Investigation.
| Following the discovery that the
! men arrested in connection with the
! killing Of Patrolrnan Francis x Tier
| ney and Wounding three Others had
1 Travelled extensively in Connecticut
| and particularly between New Britain
| and Waterbury about the time of the
| New Britain murder, the state police
! renewed their investigations with
| more vim. With the discovery that
Moras spent nearly two weeks in Wa
terbury Immediately following the
| murder, the state police again visited
| the Brooklyn section and interviewed
the residents whose names appeared
as having known Moras. 1t has
| even been intimated that the plot to-
| wards robbery in Wilmington. if NOT
| murder was Matched while Moras was
in this city. Every day he was here
Moras, or Montvid came to the CEN
| ter of the city, to receive mail at the
| post office, and it is suspected he NAV
have been in the habit Of meeting
| friends here.
From railroad checks found in tn o
! possession of both men, Waterbury
| and New Britain seem to have been
their. headquarters. Montvid became
| we'll acquainted while in BROOKLYN and
/ Snant his tim In