Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-11-26

The story in the Evening News
resulted in the Identification Of the
woman by her husband, Joseph, in
the undertaking parlors of James
Flynn on East avenue last night.
and the search for the children wns
started this morning by Lieutenant
Detective John Murray who was de-
tailed on the case by Captain of De-
tectives Lawrence A. Long after the
matter was referred to him by At
torney Stephen F. Somogyi
Antal returned from his work at
6 o'clock last Saturday night and
when he found his wife and children.
Imre or James, four and a half, ana
Joseph, one and a half, missing he
started a search. There was an axe
and a shoe last lying about the house,
and the bed clothes, mattress. ct
were drawn part of the way out of
the door leading into the yara This
led the husband to believe thar hss
wife was somewhat out OF her head.
1t is said.
On Friday the AntaI woman had
an argument with one of her sisters
in-law. while at work. and 1t is al
legged that she went home early and
prepared a poisonous concoction 20
throw on her relative, Mrs. Esther
Solomon. when the latter came into
the Charles street building, where
eight families reside. The sister
tn-law. 1t is said. was burned about
the face and head. and eleven year
old Anna Matusz. also a resident OF
the house. was burned about the
face.
The following morning, it is re-
ported. another sister-in-law set up
on the Antal woman and gave her
a beating for her actions of the night
before. The Solomon woman threat
ened to swear out a warrant for the
work Of the Antal woman on Friday
night. but her husband told her moi
TO do so.
On Monday. Antal came to Attor.
ney Somogyi for assistance. He was
told to visit their friends in this city
and Woodbridge. as the wife had dis
appeared twice before. once last year
and once the year before. Each time
she remained away for three or four
days. The visit to friends in this city
and to Zigmund Jenei in Woodbridge
failed to bring results.
Last night Antal was advised to
go TO the undertaking parlors as the
Evening News carried story Of an
unidentified women being killed.
The Identification was made by the
clothes sne wore.
Children Are Missing
The dead woman has a brother In
New Brunswick and Zigmund Jenei.
of Woodbridge. is a cousin. There
was no chance as far as is known of
the woman taking her children to
New Brunswick and 1t is known that
they were not taken to woodbridge.
The woman's husband is OF the
opinion that his wife was mentally
unbalanced. and this leads TO the be-
lief that she killia the-- and threw
them into the bushes along the rail-
road near Sewaren. or into some or
the waters in that section. When
the Antal woman left home before
she went to her relatives In Wood
bridge. but the Jenei people deny
that she was in Woodbridge on sat
urday.
Detective Murray visited the
Charles street home this morning
and made trip along the tracks as
far as Sewaren. Murray will lead
an extensive search of that section
this afternoon in the company OF
Woodbridge and local authorities
The case was referred to the local
and Woodbridge detectives by Attor-
ney Somogyi.
1t is said that the Antal woman
called her husband to account for
the actions of his sisters and the hus-
band replied that he was not desIrz
Gus of getting into the Tight A
neighbor of the Antals. Mrs. Eleanor
Goez. saw the Antal woman in her
home at 4 o'clock. It is reported
while other residents say she was ii
the building about 1 o'clock In the
afternoon at the latest
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