New-York tribune., 1920-09-13
Maniac Slays
Two Sister 8
With One Shot
Ex-Service Man Fires Into
Auto NearNew Brunswick.
N. j., When His Command
to SsHalt'' Is Ignored
Robbed Home Near Bv
Soldiers Wound Murderer
When He Tries to Escape; =;
Victims Were Teachers

Victims Were Teachers
Two spinsters Of New Brunswick, N.
j., were killed there yesterday by a
man said to be "Ctazy Mike" Mazako-
vich, former soldier and "harmless
simpleton" of Middlesex County. The
maniac, it is charged, shot the Misses
Daisy and. Susan Felter, sisters, when
their automobile did not obey his
command, HALT"
Later Raritan Arsenal soldier shot
"Crazy Mike" as he was trying to es-
| cape. Doctors at Middlesex Hospital
operated last night to extract the bull
let from his thigh.
Mazakovich would not say he had
fired the fatal shots until the nurses
told him they must prepare him for
an operation Then at p. m. he con-
fessed. it is said, but his confession
included vague tale which the au-
thorities declared had no connection
with the facts.
The police believe the madman set
out to be highwayman and desperate
last night, after prohibition whisky"
had upset his already chaotic mind.
First he bedeeked the army uniform
which he wears habitually with Vic
toria Gross, service ribbons of the
Boer, Spanish-American, and other
wars, several other medals and a police
badge. He then broke into the house
of Alexander Monroe, retired English
army officer, at Stelton, near New
Brunswick, and stole. the authorities
knife and knapsack. Then he went
to a dark point on country road and
waited. :. .-...
Auto Refused to Stop
An automobile whirled toward him.
| Mazakovich says that he cried "Halt!"
but the automobile did not stop. Maza-
kovich tried it again, but the motorists
paid no attention to his commands, nor
to the shouts or the shots that followed.
! The next car chanced to be the auto
mobile of Frank Whitlock of io7 South
Fourth Street, Highland Park. He was
taking Miss Nettie Sims home to Stel-
ton from New Brunswick. Mrs. Whit
lock was also in the car with the
Misses Felter.
Appa rently "Crazy Mike" was nom
plussed when the automobile stopped
not far from him in front of the Sims
farm. He advanced or rather staggered
| and made some demand. He dropped
his revolver. Whtlock picked it up and
thrust it into his own pocket. z. Sims,
| father of Miss Sims, came out of the
house. He and Whitlock thought
Mazakovich so harmless that they
merely shook hands with him and told
| him to "get out"
Fired Into Automobile
Whitlock began to drive back to
Highland Park, but met an acquaint-
ance, George Merrill, on the way, and
gave him Gift" back toward the
Sims farm. Suddenly they heard a
voice crying: "You have got something
of mine in that machine; I'm going to
I have it, Whitlock says he saw Maza-
kovich raise his rifle. Whitock speed
ed up, but it was too late. The man
fired.
ut seems to me that he fired only
one shot" Whtlock said 81 think that
one bullet must have killed both sis
ters. My wife got down in the car
! when she saw the man aim. One of
the sisters sank to the floor. She
screamed, 4 have been shot!' or some
| thing like that. Then the other
dropped.
81 jumped out and rushed at the man.
He backed away from me, about twenty
feet: / thought perhaps he was load
! ing his gun. 1t was too dark for me to
see him plainly or tell even whether
! his army uniform was American, Eng
llsh or Canadian. / wrested the gun
from him, but he got away. felt that
the important thing was to get the
girls to the hospital, 80 drove right
there, telephoni2g to the police after !
arrived"
Miss Sadie Fclter died at 1880
o'clock, after an operation. She had
been in the rear seat Of the automo-
bile and the bullet passed through
her neck, cut the spinal cord and then
struck Miss Daisy Felter The one bull
let Ryent through both, County Detec-
! tive David said Miss Susie Feiter died
at 8 o'clock. Her injury was too severe
to permit an operation.
Sixteen soldiers went from Raritan
Arsenal to search for "Crazy Mike
| Some Of them saw a man coming along
Woodbridge Avenue. One soldier fired
and he dropped. 1t was "Crazy Mike
He had been making h;s way toward
Sims farm. He had in his hand the
| long knife that he had stolen
Miss Daisy Felter, sixty years old
and Miss Sadie Felter, 9orty-tive, were
members Of the First Baptist Church
near their home, at los Fourth Avenue
in Highland Park. They were school
teachers and supported an aged mother
and invalid brother. Their father, che
late Daniel Felter, was the owner OF
o factory.
Middaesex County cfYicials all seemed
to Enow "Crazy Mike" but their infor-
mat!en on him varied. Raritan arsenal
o,uccrs declared nc was never in the
army, but acquaintance said he
iougnt in france. They believe he won
yome Of the medals he wore. He is q
Hungarian by birth and speaks with q
marked accent.
In his confession to William Fitz-
patrick, acting gor County Prosecutor
Joseph Stricker. Mazakovich Is said ia
have admitted that two soldiers trying
70 desert from Raritan had sold him ar
army rife and @ revolver on Saturday
night and two medals.
~ man shot at me. 90 | shot at him
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