The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-02
STORMY SCENES AT
 MILFORD TOWN HALL

(Continued From Page One.) the street which runs northerly off New Haven avenue.
 Reaching the house Kaceraus1as adjusted a black mask which he had provided himself with to conceal his identity and entered the home Mrs. Cherniak had just come down stairs from her baby who had been nursed and put to sleep. The intruder de- manded the money referred to by her husband at the Sunday christe tening and when it was refused Kacerauskas grabbed hold of her. She wrestled with her assai1ant for a time and succeeded in getting out ! of the kitchen into the yard where | she cried for help. Kacerauslxas had | a revolver which he drew but, ap- | parently afraid that the sound of 1 shots would attract attention, he re- turned it to his pocket. Picking up a stone he felled the woman, striking her on the back of the head. His handkerchief which he had tried to force into her mouth to prevent her | cries, was wrapped about the stone and it was then used to beat her into 1 insensibility.
 | kacerauskas then started for the | house, IeaeVlng his victim prostrate in the back yard. But Mrs. Cherniak recovered her senses somewhat and finding him gone, started into the house. Kacerausl1as, engaged in r,an- saclNing the place, became enraged and picking up a shoe last which was on the kitchen floor he beat the wo- man with hs weapon fiercely until he had crushed her skull.
 Chest Crushed In.
 The body also showed the upper i walls of the chest as having been crushed in apparently by the shoe last and it is believed that this hap pened when Mrs. Cherniak tried tc defend herself.
 The crime was discovered by H. H Logan, the nearest neighbor of the Cherniaks, when he was summoned by six-year-old Anna Cherniak, able
 only to tell that someone was hurtins her mother. The murderer had es
 capped into the woods and although i
 has been reported that he was seer twice and fired upon by members O
 the Milford police, there is som doubt held by the county officials ol I this point.
 How Kacerauskas managed to ge l to Bridgeport is a matter of concerl and interest. but he tells three storie
 mined He claims that he cam
 through Milford Center and t
 Bridgeport by bus; also says he mad | his way to New Haven and thence t ! B1dgeport by the 5:29 train fror
 that city and his third version is tha a he was picked up by a Pierce-Arros l automobile and given a ride t Bridgeport.
 In his room the police found sS2.5 v He had paid S10 room rent at tn house. There has been no account s ing for the SIS balance of tn . money stolen.
 | kacerauskas declares that T. , threw a revolver which he had and , mask into a river after the crim t County Coroner Eli Mix of New Hs ~ ven worked all night on the case wit $ Detective Futile and the Milford an
 Bridgeport police and resumed h
 investigation today. The Chernfa
 home in Old Gate Lane was guarde
 by constables and everyone was kel
 from the premises.
 It was the coroner's intention
 take kacerauskas to the scene of Il U crime and learn every detail of h ', movements. The man will be take h to New Haven county jail and ev
 dence will be presented at once
 the New Haven superior court asllil 1- @ bencr warrant charging him wi
 murder. A special grand jury w
 be summoned to bring in an indict |n 1 n1ent.