The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-05
PotroImon Kills Nurse, Shoots Self
 Bronx Policeman
 StrangIing Leaves
 No Motive Behind

and paralyzed by a self-lnfncted | bullet wound in the head, Patrol | man Mariana Abello was near death | in Mother Cabrini Hospital today | while other officers sought to learn why he strangled an attractive, 42- year old nurse.
 The body of the victim, Mrs. Catherine Miller, of Warren, Pa, was found early yesterday near the entrance to Tudor City, one of Man hattan's skyscraper apartment col onies. Nearby was Abello's abandon ed radio patrol car.
 Eight hours later, the 35-year-old policeman was trapped in the bath room of a rooming house in the Bronx He refused to surrender. h. stead, he put the muzzle of his serv- ice revolver into his mouth and fired bullet into his brain.
 Little Chance To Live
 Doctors gave him little chance to live. But police officers waited out side his room in the hope he might regain consciousness long enough to tell them why he killed Mrs. Miller
 There were no witnesses to the crime. Police had only the officers admission to a motorist he forced to drive him to the Bronx.
 I'm in jam. killed woman" Frank Nelson, the motorist, said Abello told him.
 None of Abello's associates on the | y1n1iao fnrao tyroouy nf rn1o tinY,- ship between him and the victim. Medical examiners said Mrs. Miller was infected with venereal disease.
 Had Spotless Record
 Police Commissioner Arthur Wal lander, who took charge of the in- yestigation, said Abello had a spot less record for the 10 years he had been on the police force.
 Wallander said Abello, a married man and father of an 11-year-old daughter, was chauffering Sgt. Paul Margolin in a radio patrol car at A. M yesterday when the latter went into the Tudor City Hotel to make a routine check with the night clerk.
 When Margolin reappeared a few minutes later, Abello and the ca, had disappeared.
 Shortly after that, Detective James Brady noticed crowd gathered around police car at lst Ave, anc . 42d St. He investigated. Nearby Was the body of a woman. Driver Tells Story Frank Gender a pus driver, eX. plained to the detective what hae happened.
 T was driving north when a DO. liceman Jagged me down." Gende, said. He told me he had found tht body of woman and asked me tC keep an eye on it while he called al ambulance"
 The policeman explained that hi, :, ear had flat tire, Gender added 7 A little later, Nelson walked int
 precinct station in the Bronx ant s said a policeman, Shield No. 23C g had forced him to drive to tn = Bronx where he ordered him out o
 the car.
 Nelson said the officer held gul
 in his ribs all the time he was driv
 ing.
 Doffs Police Uniform
 Don't you worry, friend" Neilsol
 said Abello told him, "the first bull let in this gun is for me" . After that, Wallander said, Abell went home and changed his clothes , putting on cream-colored sport :, shirt, gray jacket and broWl :. trousers. His wife, Audrey, awaken
 ed and saw him stuff his servic
 revolver in his pocket and pin hi ', badge inside his coat. When she in / quired what he was doing home s s early, he replied:
 ~ I'm in trouble that I don't thin ;, can be strengthened out. I must g a out"
 s At noon police spotted Nelson > car parked in front of Bron ~ ~ rooming house. Abello, who was i . an upstairs room talking to h
 brother, Joe, saw the officers SUI
 rounding the house. He ran to tt Il third floor and barricaded himse y in the bathroom.
 Wanted Time For Thought I'll shoot the first man to con ,+ through that door," he warned. 'I1 .. ~ in terrible trouble. I've got to ha' ., time to think" -4 A few minutes later the office
 heard shot. They broke down u ,, door and found Abello slumped ( s- the floor.
 a.- They took him to Mother Cabri e' Hospital. He refused to talk and
 about P. M. he lapsed into a com . Police said Mrs Miller was the q ; U vorced wife of Otis Miller, heir a a sizable oil fortune. She had wor ed as law secretary in Warren, b CD had concentrated on nursing sin
 her divorce 10 years ago. Relativ said she had been a heavy drink oe e and medical examiners report ''' finding considerable alcohol in t
 brain