The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
TREASURE WAS LOOT FROM
 PRIEST MURDER
Hunt in North End Was For Silver and Jewelry Stolen
 in New Britain.
CLUE GIVEN BY MAN
 AS HE WENT TO DEATH
Police Learn Mysterious Quest Originated With
 Murderer's Confession.

Loot of silver, jewels and valued ornaments stolen from the home of Father zebris, the New Britain priest who was murdered with his house keeper. Eva Gilrnainatis, were buried in this city, it was learned to-day
 Peter Krakus, convicted of the murder of a policeman in Wilmington, Del, and charged with the murder of the priest and Mrs. Gilmainatts, is believed to have secretly turned over to his lawyer plans showing where loot of the rectory was hidden in a vacant lot in, Bridgeport.
 Police connected the cases of the
 murder of the Wilmington policeman, the murder of the New Britain per sons, the hanging of Krakus in Will raington last week, and the search in this city last Friday for hidden treas ure-as all one and to-day investlga- ton is being made along those lines,
 The mystery that surrounded all these events and the inexplicable cir instances connected with them baf- fled the detectives who have studied the cases until to-day when they hit upon the solution. According to their belief, many hitherto dark events are perfectly clear.
 Several months ago, the home of Father zebris was entered and he and his housekeeper were murdered, left lying on a floor and the house was robbed. No solution of the mys- tery was procured until New Jersey police working on the case of a po- IiceTntn who had been shot in Wi1- mington, caught Peter Krakus and Bernard Mcntvid, men who had Iv- ed at various times in Bridgeport, Waterbury and, New Britain/ and charged them with murder.
 Facts subsequently brought out led to. the charge against them of the murder of the New Britain priest and Mrs. Gi1naai inatis. Testimony offer ed showed t9Ie4r movements had been much in the neighborhood Of the scene of the murder
 It had been learned that Kralsz and Montvid had told several persons they were going to Bridgeport. The 1 date corresponds with that Of the New Britain murder
 | The police suspect Krakus and ar asccomphce footed the rectory, wen1 to Bridgeport, located the vacant 1ot of M. H. Ford, at Huntington and An. son streets, and there buried tht treasure, working in the dark wheE their movements were unobserved. T 1 is believed a map was then care | fully prepared, showing the exact lp- cation of the treasure
 Then another coincidence followed Peter Krakus was hanged in Wi1rn |, Reinhardt, former prosecuting at torney of wilmington, came to chi. 1 city with a map, said he had procured a confession from a man in prison whose gang had robbed many man
 sions in the east, and i1nmediateI! went to the lot where policemen ant workmen dug many hours for tn, treasure.
 Montvid was then and Is now il prison in Wilmington. On the scaf
 fold. Krakus made the charge tlla | policemen of many cities had para sited on his gang, belonged to it. an, 1 collected blood money from the mem i bers. Montvid said he knew all abou
 the New Britain murder, but Kraku
 said he didn't
 The treasure has not been found
 Some member of the gang with a du plicate of the map is believed to hay I come, and dug it up. A place wa found where lately a hole had bee1 dug and the earth had then been re
 placed. l Attorney Reinhardt was not com
 municattve when he was here an, would not give any statement as iron
 where the jewels were taken.