New Britain herald., 1926-11-16
KIzL|S INJURED IN
 THREE STORY FALL
Police Satisfied Man Found in
 Hallway Was Not Beaten
ASLEEP, ROLLS OUT WINDOW
Detectives Learn that Man Now at Hospital Was Principal in Drink ing Bout Before Long Tumble From Grove St. Home.

Joseph Kizlis of 40 Grove street. who was found seriously injured in a hallway of the house next to his own early yesterday morning, and about whom a mystery seemed liable to develop because of the in ability of the police to learn any thing of the circumstances sur rounding the case, fell from the third story of his home and struck on the roof of a single story build ing, from which he rolled to the ground, in the opinion of Detective Sergeant w. P. McCue and Sergeant P. J. OMara, who made an investi- gation yesterday and today.
 William Kulak of A Grove street found kizlis in the hallway and had the report sent to the police. He was interviewed and satisfied the police that he knew nothing of the case beyond the finding of the injured man who was moaning and semi conscious. Kulak arises early be- cause of his work in a local foundry and when he passed through the yard from his home. which is in the rear, going to a store to make a pur- chase. he heard no unusual noises. but as he was waiting for the store to open he was attracted to the hallway by the moans.
 Kizlis at Drinking Party
 Michael Poppey, who lives in the rear of 4S5 Main street, told the police he was at kizlis's home Sun day evening and took part in drinking party. Kizlis left twice and returned with bottles of liquor. Scyman Rudy, who boards with Kizlis, was drinking with them, he told the police, and went to the yard with Poppey to insure the lat ter safe start on his homeward walk. When he returned, Kizlis took a pillow and went Into the front room to sleep. This was about 1 o'clock Monday morning.
 When Sergeants McCue and O'Mara and Court Interpreter John Partyka went to the kizlis home, they found the front room bolted on the inside. Sergeant O'Mara went out on the roof and entered through a window, after which he unfasten- ed the bolts and admitted his com panions. They found the pillow near an open window, and the slippers, which Rudy said Kizlis was wearing when he entered the room, were also there. The police deduced that kizlis fell out of the window.
 Fall Broken Near Ground
 Marks were found in the soft earth below the window, indicating that Ki2lis's fall was broken when he struck the roof of the single story building. His momentum probably caused him to roll from the latter roof and when he struck the ground he was so dazed he did not have his sense of direction. and wandered through the yard, finally stumbling into the hallway of the house next door, where he was found a few hours later.
 Interviewed at the hospital by the police, Kizlis admitted that he was intoxicated Sunday night and could not recall what happened to him. He did not believe he had been as saulted. and Poppey and kulak agreed that there was no roughness in the party all evening. Asked if he thought it possible for him to have tumbled through the open window. kizlis said it was very probable.
 Because of the lack of informal tion at the outset, the police yester- day entertained the theory that an assault had been committed and Kizlis left injured in the hallway, but they also believed he had been either in his own home or elsewhere and had fallen down be- fore reaching the stairs. This morn ing Officer Michael Meehan brought 8 man to the police station on but at the hospital Kizlis absolved him of having had any with the occurrence.
 At New Britain General hospital today it was said kizlis may re- cover, although he is still in condition. He has about the head and in- ternal injuries, in addition to in iuries about the chest. He is 67 years of age.
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