New Britain herald., 1928-08-30
CONFESSES HE PUT
cyanide IN BEER
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ANi at every opportunity.
Brings Wife Back Again
In the meantime, her husband
whose love for his wife had appar-
emily remained constant despite her
bold falthlessness, went to North
ampton and brought her back, the
iauer part of July. Relative to the
money she took when she left, her
story is that it was hers and she
spent 1t for hospital treatment of
which she was in need. Two weeks
after her return to New Britain,
Samuel Weiss was back, and while
John Weiss toiled on a night shift
in the Stanley Works, his wife and
her sweetheart held trysts in the
Curtis street home.
Woman Ends Triangle Arrangement
Inc break came, however a few
weeks ago. Mrs. Weiss, either
through the weight of her con-
science or out of a feeling of dis
gust and shame at the life she was
leading, told Samuel their relations
must cease. He argued and pleaded,
but she was firm. Her husband
alone would have her affection, she
declared. and Samuel must not see
her again
Samuel, according to the admis-
sions contained in his confession,
had grown to hate his brother and
more than once during the past
year had resolved to kill him. Every
time they FLASHED over Johns wife,
Samuel's hatred increased, and
when he was brought to a realiza-
ton of Mrs. Weiss determination to
end the affair, he was overcome by
a great frenzy that drove him to the
murder. he said in his confession,
according to the police.
Source Of Cyanide Not known
Where the cyanide was obtained
is point which the police have not
cleared up. According to Weiss, an
acquaintance whose name he did not
know, met him in Plainvile by ap-
polntment last Saturday and gave
him number of crystals of the poi
son which had been taken from the
New Departure factory in Bristol.
! The police, however, doubt the trut
OF this part of the story, and are of
the opinion that the poison was
taken from the Stanley Works,
where Weiss is employed as a press
man in one Of the hinge DEPART
ments. 1t was comparatively easy
for him to get the stuff without be-
ing detected, the authorities believe,
and an additional reason for their
doubt Of his story is that he stated
he had told his acquaintance he
wanted to use the poison in beer
or moonshine. He would have be-
trayed his guilt at once. the police
point out, had he given anyone such
a reason for wanting the poison
and in all probability he would have
been unable to obtain it in that way
because of the natural fear the other
man would have. OF being implicated
in a murder.
Drops Poison Into Bottles
At any rate, he set out Saturday
night about 8 o'clock, with murder
in his heart, according to his con-
fession, and entering the cellar of
his brothers home. he went directly
to the batch OF home brew He was
familiar with the layout of the place,
having been there many times while
boarding in the house, and it took
him but few minutes to remove
the caps from several bottles and
drop small bits of the poison into the
beer, afterwards replacing the caps.
While the death trap was thus be-
ing set, John Weiss and his wife
were in their tenement on the Sec
ond floor, drinking home brew which
they had brought up from the cellar
earlier in the evening. According to
Mrs. Weiss, she and her husband
retired shortly after 2 o'clock, and
the next morning Stehr and Weiss
died.
Expected Poison to Torture Brother
Questioned as to his feeling to-
wards Stehr and Stein, Weiss told
the detectives he was sorry they had
met death, as he had no enmity
whatever towards them. He was sur
prised, he said, that his brother died
oo AulNhly, ho llC lliu SApSSlCu luC
poison would work in a slow. tor
turing manner From another source,
the police say. they learned that
some time ago Weiss declared that
his brother would die like a dog in
the yard and l won't even lay
finger on him. Witnesses inter-
viewed by the police are said to have
to1. 80 rnt.
threatening to do away with his
brother. Yesterday afternoon. Ser
geant McCue was closeted with three
men. said to be relatives of the vic
Tins of the poisoning. and that they
made statements of great value to
the states case was not denied at
headquarters.
Absent From Brothers Funeral
Weiss was on Arch street Tuesday
afternoon while his brothers funeral
was being held at st. Johns Ger
man Lutheran church, he disclosed.
Asked whether or not he had gone
into the church to attend services.
he replied negatively. His brother
some years ago told him he hoped
to see the day when Samuel's hands
and feet would be torn from his
body, and he wanted Samuel to be
absent from his funeral, should it
occur first, he said.
That Samuel did not intend to
marry his brothers widow was stat
ed by the police today. They said
he realized that he would involve
himself in serious difficulty II he
committed igamy. and therefore he
had nothing to gain by doing away
with his brother except the satisfy
ing of his burning desire for revenge
for the loss of the affections Of the
IN he bod Lost