New Britain herald., 1919-11-03
GOV7. LS READY TO DO EVERYTHING
 POSSIBLE 70 EACZLIzATE INQUIRY
 INTO STRIKE MERITS, PALMER SAY
UKRAINIAN PRIEST OWES $5,000 AND
 GIRL STOLE FOR HIM, IS ACCUSATION
Creditors From All Over State Said to Be On Trail of Rev. w. Zacerkovny.

A cloud of mystery seems to sur
 round the activities of Rev. w. Zac-
 erkoVnY, d Ckrainian priest of this
 city. Creditors, parishioners, con
 stables and it is strongly suspected,
 the priest himself, are wondering
 what disposal will be made of the
 case Mary Cochin, aged 23 years, is
 serving sentence at the State Farm
 for Women, for theft of money from
 the Austin House, in TerrYville, where
 she worked as a domestic. She is al-
 legged to have given the money to the
 priest. The clergyman is also said to
 owe $5,000 to members of his Terry
 vile flock and it is said that he has creditors in Youngstown, c. His au- tomobile struck and killed Mike Lyga, aged 15. in TerrYville, on Ar
 mistico Day. The priest was cxoner- ated but promised to pay the under taker The bill is yet unpaid and the undertaken has threatened suit, it is said. E. G. Austin. the man from
 whom the girl stole the money,
 threatened to have the priest arrested for complicity, and the latter became frightened and sign ed a check for part of the amount, the story adds, but when the check went to the bank it was returned, marked Not good. His salary Held Up.
 Rev. Zacerkovny's New Britain and Terryville parishes have held up his salary for thre months but there are so many creditors that they do not know to whom to pay the money. His hockS in Waterbury ThomaStOn and other towns in the state are pug zled as his jurisdiction extends from Hartford to Ansonia, and all Ukrain- ia Greek Catholics in the district are , under his sway. He continues to of ficiate at the churches. The bishop of he church is i1 Poiapd aud unsettled [ conditions in the Ukranne are indi- cative that he will stay there. at least for some time. The senior Amer
 ican priest is in Newark, x. J., and his advice will be asked.
 Is Good Business Man.
 No one has received much money from him but despite his apparent lack of worldly wealth, he owns what is conceded to be the best farm in Newington,--but it is in his wife's name It is the privilege of a Ukrain- ian priest to marry. Father Zac- erkovny showed his knowledge of business and legal form in utilizing this privilege. He has unusual eXecu- tive ability and is said to be rapidly learning how to run a farm to advan- tage. It is claimed that he paid $15,- 900 spot cash for the farm. He built d church and a hall the cost of which aggregated $125, 900 in Youngstown, O., where he was formerly pastor. It is said that he was a contractor before
 he became a priest.
 Burglary Is Mystery.
 The action of the girl in committing
 the burglary in Terryville is still a mystery as far as the motive is con- cerned She was q trusted cmpIoye at the Austin house. A strong box, con-
 tainng about $500, was kept by lI. G.
 Austin, the proprietor, in a small room near the hotel office. Nobody knew of it but Mir. and Mrs. Austin and Mary Cochin, the servant. The latter confessed to the theft of the money She hid in a bedroom on the upper floor and waited until o'clock in the morning, when Deputy Sheriff Buckley, who is TerryvilleS police department, entered the hotel and went to bed She then crept down and secured the box. winch is two or | three feet long and hard to carry, as it contained much silver, She got it out of the house and took also pock etbook owned by Mrs Austin. She pried the lid of the box open and left the box in the yard. It was a daring and clever job and the news papers made much of it. Sheriff Buckley got on the trail and deduccd