The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-11
Mrs. Papp Murders Spendthrift Husband
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ley as she tried to detain the woman who forced herself away and got her hat and coat, anad left the shop, cry ing bitterly
 Mrs. Willy, observing the rules of the shop punched out her tine-card at 7:16 a. m. The event was the topic of conversation in the shop and guffaws from the men about Papp were indignantly frowned down by the women with whom Mrs. Papp worked.
 At a few minutes before o'clock, after visiting her home, dressing in her best clothing, and hiring a jitney driver to purchase a five shot reVol- yer, which she placed in her right hand coat pocket, Mrs. Papp walk ed into the room she had left in tears.
 Straight to her husbands bench she went. Laying hand on his shoul- der she said distinctly.
 Nick, come on!, Let's go back to our old home in Canada This was heard by nearly everybody in the room. They dropped their work to listen and watch.
 In a statement later given to the police Mrs Papp says that she also asked him if he wanted her with him or not
 s'He only looked at me-, she said.
 She further said: s.Nick! Don't throw me over, for love you.''
 He is alleged to have replied, 'In fix you when get home at dinner time.''
 Mrs. Papp fired once, the bullet pen etrating the right side of Papp's neck below his jaw bone, passing through the vertebral column and lodging just beneath the skin on the left side of his neck.
 Papp collapsed in his chair. Mrs. Papp did not know how to work a se1f-cocking revolver and had to turn the cylinder with one hand while she cooked the revolver with the other. A minute or less elapsed before the second shot which penetrated the right side of his face in the region brain.
 Dr. B. W. Paine, summoned on the emergency ambulance, which trans ferred the body to Cullinan & Mullins morgue, later declared that either shot would haveN caused almost in Fstantaneous death.
 In her distraction Mrs. Papp then turned the revolver upon herself and in the struggle for possession of the weapon which was wrested from her hand, by Duki. one shot was fired. ''I want to die. He is the only one l love- she shouted as she was over powered.
 The police who were notified at 9:15 a. m., came from two stations under command of Acting Captain Fred Webb of. the Third precinct.
 When they arrived the woman was held in the office of Factory Manager I. |. Ferris of s1 Glenwood avenue, who restored order in the depart ment. Ferris stated to the police that both. had been model mployes during their employment there. They worked in factory No. on Cherry street, department 100. The woman
 o husband $10 a week on the bench. Both lived at 357 Spruce street She is a comedy woman with dark brown hair in abundance, dark brown eyes, regular features and shining teeth
 Detective Sergeant Peter Hall, as- sisted by Lieut.. suckley took a signed statement from the woman.
 Coroner John J. Phelan announced that he would begin an inquest at 5 O clock today in the county, court
 Mrs. Papp's own story of the shoot ing and the circumstances that led up to it. follows:
 we are married five years and al ways lived happily together. A month ago my husband sold our home in We1land, and we came to Bridge port. We had S1,000x and he started in to spend it. I went to work in the Bridgeport Metal Goods factory three weeks ago. When I saw he was spending the money so quickly I told him to come and work with me, and he did.
 He met some friends in the shop. I only knew one by name. Joseph Sanders. Since he met them he has been out late every night. I tried to keep him away from them but he would not listen to me. He always told me if did not like the way he was doing I could go where I liked
 Last night he went out again and stayed out until 12 o'clock. So got out of bed and went to Rosenlborg's saloon after him. He told me then would have to go away from the house because went after him. and he told me he had no more money. I felt hear5broken. I asked him to go with me to our parents in Canada. He said T won't go back, you can go back if you want to. I don't want you any more I told him. T can't leave you, Nick, because I love you sd much. I will kill myself before will go back to my parents alone
 e.He said. T don't care what you do. Do as you please So I did not sleep all night. was awful sick. This morning we both went to work just the same and while we were walking to the shop he said, T am going to ask for nay pay and gol away, as long as you won't go away
 @tI told him T can't go and he said, TO as you please. I'm going if you ain't.' Then lost my senses and cried. The girls in the shop asked me what was the matter. told them was crying because my hus- band sent me away without a cent I then went out of the factory and went home. I got dressed and went down town. got in a jitney at the corner of Bostwick avenue and State street. As soon as I got on the jit- ney, asked the driver to take me somewhere to buy a revolver
 'I gave him S4.50. He bought me a revolver and a box of cartridges and gave them to me. I went home in the jitney. I went into my bed room and put the bullets in the re-