New Britain herald., 1928-10-04
talks OF MURDER,
BELIEVED insane
SuloVskl Locked Up Pending
Sanity Test in Jail
EC0ND CASE OF KIND
First congregational Church Elects
Officers for Ycar-Ruling Made
Oh Voting prisilegC-Hcalth OH.
Ger Satisfied With Cou;lcil Verdict

Peter Suhowski OF Lois street is
today Ia.4su.o.lilI. la the nar.lol Il
couA,y Jln. vince ne WIN remain
tor inirty day period and where
he viii be Examined by atheists 70
det., Aiine whether he Is sane or IN
SANE, Simply becau.e ne walked IN
TO ponce ntluuual us la.,t n..n at ;.ud
lnto...lcu Captain Thomas J.. Guvk-
IN That ne WAS going to loI4uw IN
The too>.teps Ut howard T.. AIurews
building contractor and school COM
tn1teehlan, Mno Oh Tuesday morn
ing murdered his wife and child and
then committed suicide. To suspend
or at least postpone the tragedy
Captain Guckin ordered the man
locked up for the night. His sem
tence in police court this morning
by Judge Joseph NJ. Donovan. upon
the recommendation Of Prosecuting
Attorney JAMES 7. Mather. was the
outcome.
Suhowski's record in local police
circles is not an enviable one. On
August s, 1926. he was fined SIS
and costs for drunkenness and
breach Of the peace: March q. 1927
he was given suspended Jail sem
tence OF three months for assault
aud breach of the peace: on April
). 1927, he was sentenced to 50
days in Jail for drunkenness and
breach Of the peace; and on april
s. 1928, and September l. 1928.
charges of assault and breach of the
peace were nolled on payment Of
costs.
In presenting the case to the
court this morning, Prosecuting At
torney Mather poin,e out that in
his opinion Suhowski was on the
border line between sanity and in
sanity. The tragedy Of last Tues
Iday had apparently impressed itself
on Suhowski's mind to such an ex-
tent that he had actually consid-
cred taking the lives of his wife and
children. according to Mr.. Mather.
Suhowski expressed no surprise at
the sentence of the court and ex-
pressed hts willingness to submit 10
/ the examination by alienists.
Second Case Since Tragedy
according to Mr.. Mather, the case
this morning is the second of its
nature which has been called to his
/ attention since the double murd er
and suicide last Tuesday. Last eve-
ming a woman visited his home and
asked that her husband be taken
into custody because he had threat
ened to kill both her and their
young child. The husband. who had
been away from home for three
weeks, leaving when his wife had
refused to support him any longer.
returned earlier In the evening and
gave her the alternative Of furnish
ing him with the necessities Of life
or meeting the fate Of the Wolcott
street mother and child. Police are
still searching the l,ty this morn
ing In an attempt to locate the hus-
band.
vanflals destroy Stands
Youthful vandals last evening tore
Town two tiers OF stands at the east
-nd'of the high scool athletic field.
Police believe that the parties, re-
sponsible for the destroying Of the
ubber signs in the pavement near
The soldiers memorial several weeks
go. committed last nights act of
vandalism.
Last year a large section Of the
lands at the athletic field were
orn down but the guilty parties
we're never apprehended. These
stands are erected each year by the
boys in the manual training classes
at the high school.
Congregational Church Annual
Officers OF the First Congrega-
tional church for the ensuing year
were elected at the annual meeting
held last evening as follows Dea-
con for six years. H. Il. Wilson.
deacon for five years, Edison NJ
Peck: treasurer, Dwight Morey;