The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-08-08


was the man she had chosen 10
marry.
Testament interrupted
ut was my only purpose In life
10 improve an unfair economic ays.
tenn which held no hope and left
not even o chance TO have X XIX"
At "IiaVe" no was interrupted, A
few minutes later he was falling.
Yesterday afternoon, aceompan.
led by his brother.in.law. William
Nadeau, and his wife, he called on
Or. Edward b. Roedemarker, q psy-
chiatrist, who had been treating
him for manic Oppressive psychoSis.
DR., Hoedemarker told NAdeau In O
confidential aside:
"You had better keep an eye on
him."
they drove directly TO the suite
In the Arctic building which Zion.
check had rented for his campaign
for recollection. Ho had On engage
ment 10 address @ meeting OF pos.
tai workers and told his brotheesin.
law and wife that there were some
papers In the office he wanted to
get.
"wait" he said. I'm DO right
back"
Waited Ten Minutes
They waited 10 minutes. Nadeau
grew nervous and went up Tor him.
The door 10 the office was locked,
Genuine frightened now, Nadeau
called the janitor and had him UNI
lock II. No went through the ante
room, into zlonoheok's office. The
short, heaVysBet congressman was
sitting OF the desk, writing, frown.
Ing.
Nadeau noticed that he was
flushed and seemed nervous.
"Come on, Marion" he said. "Or
we'll DO late"
zloneheck frowned even more, did
not look Up, and continued writing.
Nadeau spoke again, persuasivoly,
and Zioneheck imretuously threw
down his pen, swept the note 10 the
floor, and jumped up, apparently
ready 10 80.
"You have Q hat, haven't your"
Then Came Death Plunge
eyes" zloncheck said, ats on the
Shelf" Nadeau went into the next
room 10 get II. He returned In time
70 see Zioncheck fling off the coat
OF his light gray business suit and
dive through the window. Nadeau
barely missed catching his foot.
The body landed directly In front
Of the car where Mrs. zionchecls
was waiting. She screamed and
tainted and when she regained con-
sclousness she was surrounded BY
policemen and curious strangers, Q
familiar adjunct TO her frenxiod
marital life. She was taken TO q
hospital for emergency treatment
and later 10 the zioncheck home,
where the congressmAns aged
mother "a In precarious health.
The mother was not told and will
not be, X her children and daugh-
ter-in-law can prevent II. They
made plans TO take her 10 . hos
pitai, where she could be more cas-
lily deceived. Her relatives feared
that the truth would kill her.
Came Home To Fight
Zioncheck came home July 4 70
fight for reelection after escaping
from O hospital for the insane
where he had been placed by rela-
tives. The news Of his alteration
spur.of- the-moment marriage, his
riotous honeymoon In Puerto Rico,
the Virgin islands, and New York
city, his invention Of the Zionchecl'
clipper, his charge that Vice Presi-
dent John N. Garner had kindaped
his bride-all this and more, pre-
ceded him.
The reaction Of his constituents
was immediate and unmistakable,
His friends pretended not TO see
him when they met him on the
street. His enemies Of student days
at the University Of Washington,
particularly those boys whose FAM
lilies were Of sufIicient social and
financial stature to permit their
membership In fraternities, made
no effort 20 conceal what they
thought Of his escapades.
Support Crumbied
But more heart-breaking was the
crumbling Of the political support
that sent him to congress in 1881
on the Roosevelt landslide and re.
elected him in 1894. He ran then
on Q platform which he himself
summarized in the phrase: Il am
. radical. He still was q radical
but his constituents quite appar-
emily believed that another quality
had entered his mental makeup.
This dlslntegration reachsd III
peak last week when the Common
wealth federation. Q left~wing dem
ocratic organization, withdrew II
support. Last Saturday zioneheel
annalrueod that. hacnalga Of nj