The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-02
Joseph Gedeon Not
 Broken By Police
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 0niV once did ne exhibit any sign M emotion. That was when a de- l1rtirs asked fl he were married.
 0tfeon bent his head Q moment r.ght1 deeply and almost whispered Xe1.n
 Have Dome Nothing
 q have done nothing" the slight ne1pectacled man repeated, while detectives took turns trying to break down his claim that he had been drinking beer and bowling during ti,e hours when the murders were committed last Saturday night ana Sunday morning. :,
 Gedeon lay exhausted in Jall cen early today, awaiting arralgn- xncnt in felony court on charge of possessing revolver without a permit. The weapon was found m Gedeon's shop beneath 8 pile oi fiphOlsterer's trimmings. He read- tly admitted ownership.
 I've Motives For Crime
 Investigators believed that the motive for the series of murders was either sexual or one of revenge, but that it would be impossible 10 determine definitely until a complete report had been submitted by the medical examiner. Veronica Gedeon' 20-year-old artists model, and her mother, Mrs. Mary Gedeon, 54, had heen strangled. Byrnes had been stabbed with an instrument sucn as afl ice pick or an upholsterer $ needle. Investigators believe that Mrs. Gedeon died shortly after II b. m.. Saturday, Byrnes a short time later and Veronica soon after Sne returned from a date at 3 a. m' Sunday.
 GedeOn Attends Funerals
 The verbal third degree" to which Gedeon was subjected was inter- rupted long enough to permit nm to attend the funeral of his wife ana daughter yesterday. As stolid as he had been throughout the question: 4ng. the wiry little man, escorted by five detectives, attended private services in the chapel of a funeral home and watched the burial in s. Mary's cemetery in Yonkers, N. '.
 Investigators searched Gedeon's aIpholsterers' shop so thoroughly that it looked as if hurricane had struck it, but they appeared baked at every turn. A similar search was ordered of the five-room apartment where the slayings occurred. Plumb 1ng will be ripped out and the drain pipes searched today for the weap- on that killed Byrnes. A num- Der of upholsterers' needles were removed from Gedeon's shop and and taken to the police laboratory for examination.
 Intensive Hunt for Weapon
 So intensive has been the hunt for the weapon that all sewers in the area surrounding the scene of the slayings have been searched by crews of men from the Bureau of Sewers, the police said; but with out result. One witness came for- ward to strengthen Gedeon's alibi. Anthony Rocco, 31, who occupies the apartment above Gedeon, told detectives that he saw the up- hoisterer stagger home at 3:05 a.. m. Sunday-the hour investigators believed Veronica met her slayer. Rocco said Gedeon was wearing hat at the time-a hat the police never have been able to find. Ge- 6leon said he lost it, probably in the bar where he said he spent Saturday night. Rocco's statement only complicated the puzzle.
 Cloth Is No Clue
 The police reluctantly admitted that several tiny fragments of dark red knitting yarn had been dis covered by microscopic examination on . piece of adhesive tape found on Veronica's body. A piece of red cloth about two inches in liameter was found elsewhere in the apartment. Both yarn and cloth have been compared with samples of every bolt of cloth found in Gedeon's shop, investigators said, but neither correspond in the slight est degree with the textiles taken from the shop.
 Although the police were reticent, the adhesive tape was said to have been found clinging to Veronica s hair, as if it might have been in- tended to silence her lips but had slipped out of position. It was examined by Dr. Alexander O. Gettler, city toxicologist.
 Gedeon Is Hungarian
 GedeOn, a Hungarian who came to the United States 30 years ago and became a citizen eight years ago. told police he enjoyed looking at pictures of naked women and study ing erotic books. The police hunt cd five women who at one time or another had figured in the little mans life. were interested in every woman Gedeon knew" said Lieut.. Walter Harding. Although Gedeon has the appearance of be- Ing weak, the police said he was