Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-15
Man Slain and Son
Beaten; Wife Held
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for any certain credence TO be placed
in the syllables he uttered. They seemed
to form a name. which has a meaning
to the police. but for obvious reasons
they will not permit it to be used until
ether evidence confirms what the boy
seemed to say.
One of the nurses bathed the boy S
face with ice-w water to revive him and
to clear away the drops of blood that
still Clung there.
After a while the boys lips moved
though he did not open his eyes. He
said Get away" distinctly. ms the
cold water struck him. but could not
be aroused to talk about the crime.
The boy had nanncd to bag school"
today, his friends say, and go
swimming with other youngsters.
Since tn" news spread round the neigh
borhood that he had been injured, the
lads with whom he played have been
hanging around the hospital. asking
every one who comes out how their pal
is doing
They have abandoned their plans to
go swimming. and instead are waiting
for scraps of news from Peters bed
side. a solemn faced lot of Youngsters.
Showed Roll in Restaurant
Friends of the dead man say he had
$400 last night, and displayed it in a
big roll in restaurant on Brown
street near Third. where he ate his
supper. He was fond of displaying his
money when he had it in quantity, it
is said.
1t cannot be learned whether the
$40O has been stolen or not, as the police
are reticent. II il known however,
that Branch was reputed to be well
of. holding good position and saving
his money. II is said that he and his
son had prepared to return to their
native Austria Hungary, planning to
sail in a week
Mike Branch told the police he
had borrowed hundred dollars
from his father week ago, returning
it few days later. The father did not
have TO go to bank to get the money.
but took it from large roll he had in
his pocket.
Examination of the murdered man 5
body indicated the crime had been COM
mittpd about l or o'clock in the
morning. George Branch discovered
the bodies at 6 o'clock, he told the po-
lice.
George lives at 500 North Third
street. The brothers were employed at
the Betz Brewery. and George went for
John to accompany him to work.
Runs to Police
A few minutes later he came bursting
into the police station, breathless from
running and trembling with excitement.
He gaspcd that his brother had been
f,,rInrnI ,1 Mouth Apnarinap utr
and a detail Of police was sent on the
run. Later he told his story of having
discovered the bodies.
'I went to the house." he said in
broken English. looking for my broth
er. found all the doors open on the
first floor, but heard nothing.
$50 went upstairs to the second
floor Ny brother and his wife had
room on this floor and | went to It.
found that John was not there, though
his wife was. She is his third wife
Sometimes. / knew, when he and she
had quarreled. he went up to the third
foOr to sleep with his son Peter, who
is fourteen, and the son of his first
wife.
$50 / went to the third floor. There
saw n terrible thing. My brother lay
on the floor all huddled up like this
here the excited man threw himself on
a bench in the police station and drew
up his legs and arms in representation
of the body.
my brothers head was beaten, and
he was dead. He had not slept in the
bed. looked toward the bed where
Peter lay. saw that he, too, was
dead or dying. His head was bloody,
too. went near him, and thought he
was breathing, And then came here. 4"
Bulldog Confronts Police
When the police arrived they were
confronted by vicious bulldog which
belonged to the dead man. 1t had not
molested George Brancu, but perhaps
this was because 1t knew him. The
dog, it is said, customarily was kept
In the yard.
The dog refused to let the police pass,
and 1t was not until they had subdued
1t that they could enter the house. They
sent the fathers BODY to the morgue,
and the son TO the Roosevelt Hospital.
He, like his father. had been battered