New Britain herald., 1915-02-09
Church Lights, Usually Extinguished by priest, X Burn All Night---Stories of Strange Men
 Around House Told by Neighbors

, lengths of heavy clothes line, that had apparently been torn from the raEers, and around her left wrist was an- other piece of rope. On her right arm was a smal wound, giving the appear cornered stab wound.
 Chief William J. Rawlings, Detec- tive Sergeant Samuel Bamforth and Medical Examiner Dr. T. G. Wright were at once notified and they hur- ried to the scene in the police patrol. Already a large crowd had collected in front of the house and it was neces- ] sary for the chief to detail an officer to take charge. Special Officer Gus tave Nelson guarded the door, per: uniting only those who had the off, cial right, to enter and Sergeant Bam- forth, Officer Lyon and Officer Ted" Malone conducted an investigation with the chief and medical exami- ner.
 Lived in Eight Room Cottage. The house in which Father zebris made his home is in an eight room cottage. On the first floor is a par Tor leading from the front hall on the west side and across the hall is |another small room. An arch way connects the parlor with another fair sized room and the kitchen, sink room and pantry are in the north east corner of the house. Upstairs there are also four rOoms hall way and bath Father Zebris' sleeping room was in the northwest corner of the house and leading from his room was the stairway to the attic. Over the parlor was another room and two bed rooms are located -ton, the east side of the house, the oaseroom being in the extreme north east e@s:ner of the building and at tne heao~ae the stairs leading from below.
 Priest Murdef.a in Parlor. Father Zebris' dead boa u-,s for,d
 lying in the parlor on the frs. eloor. directly under the chandelier and w,,o his feet towards the door. The left ! side of his body abou- tine chest wa 1 completely soaked with blood and at l least two bullet wounds over .he heart 1 told how he met his death. That his [ assassins were anxious to make sure that he was dead was shown when the
 police found a heavy cord twisted
 tightly about the dead mans throat. ! Both arms were outstretched and the
 legs were laying straight in front of 1 the body, showing that the unfortun- ate man apparently had been shot from the doorway and had fallen where he stood, with scarcely any l struggle.
 Bodies Fully Dressed
 The body was completely dressed.
 He had on black broadcloth suit oJ- l>I Ios 1 lar. One leg of his trousers was
 pulled up partly to the knee and the
 feet were encased in red house slip
 pers and arctic rubbers. In a chair at
 one side of the room was the dead
 clergyman's heavy overcoat, where be
 had apparently thrown it on coming
 into the house. Nothing was found in
 the pockets
 His housekeeper's body was also full
 ly dressed and she had apparently
 been murdered or wounded down
 stairs and dragged up the two flights
 to the attic. A trail of candle grease
 could be traced from the room where
 the dead priest was found through the
 various other rooms and up the two flights of stairs to where her body was
 found on the attic floor. On the stairs ] were spatters of blood and along the
 white washed walls of the staircase
 were other bloody stains proving be-
 yOnd a doubt that the unfortunate
 woman had been dragged there by her
 murderers.
 Foot Prints On Attic Floor. z That the woman had not submitted
 without a fight was evidenced by the fact that her body was apparently , thrown to the floor and two side
 combs from her head were found on
 the floor, some few feet away. The
 ropes with which she had been strangled to death had been taken from the attic rafters and similar ropes are still stretched across With blan-