Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-03-07
WHOSH0T
PRIEST ENTERS
INSANITY PLEA
MOTHER OF SEVEN CHILDREN RE-
FUSES TO SAY MORE THAN
FIRST STATEMENT.
CLAIMS PRIEST WR0NGED HER.
ENTERED CHURCH AS WOR-
SHIPPER. SHOT MAN.
fpT Assneiated Press.l

will be- the plea Of Mr.. Amelia Dudek. the
mother Of seven children. who shot Rev.
Henry Jaie-ki IN the Polish Catholic
church Saturday night. The woman re-
fuses to discuss the reason for the shoot
ing, merely repeating her original state
nent, that he wronged her.
Several nuns. two boys and a young man
were IN the church. Their story. inter
pretcd by Polish members Of the church,
J. that the woman entered the church.
knelt in a pew and appeared 70 make the
usual preparations for confession. One
the boys had Just completed confession
when she stepped up in her turn. Just after
knccling before Father JaiiSkv, the par
ishioncrs say the woman whipped out re-
volver and shot five times. The priest
died within a few minutes.
The confessional at which the shooting
occurred was an open affair, consisting
only ~ 4 bench IN front NJ the church, and
not a booth IN which confessions are
usually made.
The woman came from Minneapolis
the police say. Pensioners Of the dead
priest claim she had never worShippcd
at his church and that she is a stranger
The police said that an anarchiStic plot
might have resulted in the priests
death. The priests left eve was blown
out by the bullet that caused his death
Mrs. Dudck was Immediately captured
by the pariNhioncrS in the church and
held until the police arrived. Then She
was placed under arrest and taken to the
central police station.
Immediately after the shooting the
woman walked calmly to the altar and
was k%nccling there when the pariShion
erS came together. She turned saving
she had Killed the priest and told IN,
The gun lying near him was the vc1
pom she used.
MIS- budck was tonight identified >
the claimant in three suits against
priest. alleging that Father .Iaii~lv a..
me Father a her baby born il tpl9
me jury disagreed in two of these sYit.
ana acquitted the priest in the third
The woman in each s,it Souobt .i,iI
damages and money for The ~
i, '"'r" ~ These suits were IN 1914
me priest : defense was that he WAS ~.
N''" 81 frame up growing IF factiopaI
neh at Holy Cross church uiunn,nnry
f"lI""Ing these suits the nrir~t
transferred to II. p,uI
ihdt The woman had cb,rooJ
priest with being the father. of H.. M,
WAS related after the >b,.tir. mn
r"'" 81 tn" dead man. auditor ~ D..
"'ic"h'iie state Bank of Miuuc,noIis
'""F Years ~" IN Mimnrapnlix th.
"'''cr Was thrr~hrd ont ~ cam,
S'"i- The woman lost IN. case T..
|c'rS 'g" She threw pepper in his .,..
"ih'" Then she has repeatedly tbre,,o,
Ell 70 Kill him
on one occasion She r,mc u. III;
VIZ" = haht "a her arms. She
vas "'hi'i aImittancc aud IN. poIi,.
,"'.' called. Before they arrived H..
"'h gone. What She planned ~ III ,hn,
" =" not know. NJ, uncle believed yh.
was lcmcmtcd " =
"''"'c Coroner Homes arrived ~ IN.
'n"rh hundreds 1T members ~ ~. n,r
~ ana residents If the nrirbh,rh.,r
""'N'd a. the huildiug. When ~. go
'' arrived the doors were locker, and
~" ana women kucrlirg in the streets
"''Plhg men and women testified y,
'"' hlSh regard in which H. was hell u,
according Z" the Miuucapoli> pnIi,r
ms -. Paul Practitioners
"r>. l'ndrk. whose husband \. I,h,,
r. i'it her home i'll M-innr,noIix Win
80" IN her possession. With his -.
purchased 4 - calibcr revolver ,nl
""N ~ cartridges. This left her vim
""A sufficient ear fare H. rc.g.h - p,uI
>he took a > O'clock car for = p,nI
Hn' reached the church nearly two bours
'""r. evidently having waited Al some
ff''' Tor = favorable momcn ~ ~
l'"ach me priest. She i said a. have
ten children.
'"li'e Surgeon nohm. after an invrS
"1a'i"n. said that in his opinion >hr
was insane.