Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-10
SHOT HIMSELF
AFTER KILLING
WIFE, CHARGE
Argument Over Note Causes
Tragedy at Carteret-Man
in the Hospital
ALEX 10TH BEING HELD
House, Cause of Argument
Was in Name of Common
Law Wife
ALEX 10TH BEING HELD

CA RTERET, Dec. 10.-Enraged in
the course of an argument over
$1,000 note, Alex 10th, forty-eight
years old, of l 5 Lowell street, flred
a bullet from .32 automatic gun
into the breast of his common-law
wife, Sophie CsasZar, fifty-one years
old. killing her almost instantly. lie
then turned the gun to himself ana
fired a shot into his own body, short
ly before 5 o'clock Saturday evening.
10th is in the Perth Amboy City
Hospital with the bullet in his back
ssand his condition is not serious, the
gAospital attaches said this morning.
n According to Chief of Police Hen
Try j. Harrington, who was notl1ed
at about $3.50 of the shooting. 10th
started the argument about note,
which she gave to 10th at the time
he lent her $1,000 to purchase the
home in which they resided. The
house is said to be recorded in the
name of the woman. 10th, missing
the note he had received from the
woman, brought UP the quarrel,
blaming her and accusing her OF
destroying the document.
Still insisting that she had torn or
taken away the note, 10th paced up
and OOWI anu ICCClNAnS iiO SoSA9
faction as to where the note was
grabbed for his gun and fired. The
bullet landed in the right side of
the womans chest. She staggered
and fell to the floor. She was dead
a few minutes later. Motorcycle
officer Andres was first to reach the
house. He looked at the body of the
woman while blood was streaming
from 10th. He took away the gun
officers Bradley, O'Rorke and Dono-
van Joined in the investigation. A
complete confession of the shooting
was obtained the police say, not only
bv 10th but others who were near
the house and heard the heated
argument. 10th was taken to the
hospital by officer Andres. Yester-
day officer Freeman kept close sur
veiilance at the hospital over the
man.
Mrs. Csaszar according to Chief
Harrington has been living with
10th for nearly four years. The wo-
man has five sons from her first
marriage. They range in ages from
twenty-four to thirty-two years old
ONLY one son, Charles. lived in the
borough in the upper part of the
house. Her four other sons, Joseph,
Alex, Louis ana Gdul are eHlployeu
in an automobile factory at Detroit
An autopsy was performed on the
body of the woman by County Phys
Aeian DR.. John L. Suydam in She
Iresence of Chief Harrington. Tt
Showed that the bullet took an up
ward course, piercing through the
lung and landed into the side. The
remains are still at the undertaking
establishment of Burns. o. Roosevelt
avenue. Chief of County Detectives
Ferd A. David has been notified.
10th who is expected to recover will
be transferred to the county jail as
as soon as it is permissible and there
charged with the murder.
The case. it is understood, will be
presented to the grand jury tomor-
row County Detective William
FITZPATRICK is making the murder
charge against 10th today. having
In his hands a signed confession of
the man. Detective Fitzpatrick, in
vestigating the case found that the
pistol had been purchased in Perth
Amboy some three weeks ago. He
also was told that 10th has wife
and daughter in Hungary