The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-17
Husband of Slain
 Woman Chilled
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 that might house a car for Roberts that he might go to his work in Sing CTS factory, he finally gave in and last April the Roberts went to the was made between voight and Rob erts and his wife, whereby they were to be fed and housed for the re- n1ainder of their lives by Voight in sell his farm. This was to be done in consideration for services which they were to render on the farm. The agreement worked for a time but petty arguments soon began to exist. First about the way in which Voight scattered the garbage he col lected for his pigs again about Rob- erts' housing a dog, another time meal and was interrupted by Rob- eS:s and finally last Tuesday when the fatal argument over the breaking of the swing occurred.
 The statements of VOfght and Rob- erts to the police follow:
 "I went to Live with Mr. Voight the eighth of last May. His wife died last November. He has known us for died he asked us to come ana live with him. He holds a mortgage on my house at 1156 Noble avenue for 5000.
 
 ago last Monday. He always goes after garbage and he puts it all over the yard I told him it didn't look good and he got mad. We sat down to eat at o'clock and he prays at the table, in the German way. I took a piece of meat and chopped it on the baby's plate while he was praying; he was drunk anyway. He said, Hey, while I pray?' I said. pray, too. but I don't know what you are saying He (Voight) said, sget away from my table and I walked away My wife didn't say a word to him but she came upstairs and she said, T don't know what is the matter with him; he gets drunk and he thinks I am his wife for the day time and your wife from work on Tuesday for a half day and he said to my wife, What is the matter with Roberts?' He no work, she said. we are looking for a rent, we can't stay here He said, you don't need to look for rent, there IS plenty of room for you to stay here. She said. We'll, you bother us Tor six months to come up here and if my husband don't bring up everything to eat. we don't have anything.
 We had no arguments from that time until today Always when come home from the shop I help my wife to feed the pigs, chickens and the geese. I told my wife last night that wanted supper before nine o'clock as I can't wait so long for. it. Voight didn't like supper so early. he gets supper in the restaurants. When I came home tonight at six o'clock brought two pounds of frankfurters, and me. my cousin and her daughter had supper at seven o'clock. After that my wife said go feed the chick ems. I got two pai1s and then met MT voight's son, Gus, between the pail cut of myT hands. I said, if you do that I will throw the pails to you and you get the water and feed the chickens, then he (Gus) ran up to l me and said will pull every whtsker i out of your neck. I said go ahead l and then I came back and sat down didn't feed the pigs because Gus might lick me if I went down there. MT. Voight came with the garbage and fed the pigs and his cousins wife ] Vofght found out that we had supper and he got mad.
 i :. We had swing in the middle of the yard and nothing but the chick ers roasted on it. I took the swing 1 off last Sunday and washed it and put it under the shed. MT. Weights i cousins son came over and threw I the swing out of the shed. my little baby was in. the shed when he did that The boy said we will break your swing. My wife went over to | look at it and then came in the house. MT. Voight came in the house and I heard him say, what kind of a boss are you to let somebody else break my furniture, you brought that up here on the team and now you want to break it.. I heard the con- versation, I was outside of the door anad my wife was crying. Voight said something but I ddint understand what he said. Just then I heard the gun go off, ran up to the kitchen door and looked in and saw my wife | lying on the floor and the baby laid beside her crying. Voight was stand ng over her holding the gun and when he saw me he ran after me with the gun and drove me down Reservoir avenue to MT. Bestick's house. I ran inside and ho1lered for help. I asked MT. Bestick if he had a telephone and he said no go down to Camps (meaning Camp OmansN and I went down there and te1ephoned road and met the kids, they were Lcrying.
 I MT. and Mrs. Roberts came to live at my house three four months ago. Mrs. Roberts was to keep house | for the whole family for their rent I have been acquainted with them for | the last eight years and we have been good friends until about three months ago when we began to have argu- l longing to Mr.. and Mrs. Roberts I wanted him to keep the dog in the dog house and MT. Roberts insisted upon taking the dog up to his bed room and letting him sleep in the bed. Mrs. Roberts said she was the housekeeper and could keep four logs if she wanted to- A week ago Monday Mi. Roberts told me was Ia pig and also my daughter was