cted and sentenced to die, The case was appealed to the New Jersey
Supreme Court a exceptions taken by the defense when the EXEEK trial
court admitted the testimony as to Mrs, Decker's dying declarations
ee Moni.ch nod shot her and the case was affirmed. He was hanged
1 gallows constructed under a temporary roofed struction between the
jadl and the county office building at Morristown on August 10, 1896,
THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Birmingham, Alabama 3 August 10, 1906,
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MONICH, Samuel
Monich, a middle-aged native of Peresce, Hungary, left his wife and
Several chiddren there when he emigrated to the United States ang
settled in Montville, Morris Coes Ne Jey and became a businessman,
He fell in love with Mrs, Hattie Decker, a divorcee who,kat with her
two children, was living with her parents on their farm near Mont-
ville. Monich was jealous of another Hungarian whose company Mrs,
Decker preferred to his own and-he became enraged when, on Jan, Lys
1906, he learned that she had gone into town with his rival, Shortly
after dark that night, Mrs. Decker took a lantern out to the barn for
the purpose of locking K&E up her dog and shortly afterwards her
parents heard two gunshots, Her father went to the door and she was
standing there, still holding the lantern but too week to enter, She
told him that Monich had shot her and that she was dying. As she
grew weaker, she told a number of other persons who Baw her that she
was in a dying condition and that she had seen Month when he shot
her. She was taken to the railfpoed station in Montville to await
transportation to a hospital and she died at the station. Police Offi-
cers went to Monich's house to arrest him and found him in a serious
conc) tion _as_he_had fired three-shots—into his Ptent Side, one of which
parely missedyhis heart, He recovered from his wounds, was tried, con-
MONICH, Samuel
Monich, a middle-aged native of Peresce, Hungary, left his wife and
several chiddren there when he emigrated to the United States and
settled in Montville, Morris Cos, Ne Jey and became a businessman,
He fell in love with Mrs, Hattie Decker, a divorcee who,kam with her
two children, wes living with her parents on their farm near Mont-
ville. Monich was jealous of another Hungarian whose company Mrs,
Decker preferred to his own and -he beeame enraged when, on Jan. Lis
1906, he learned that she had gone into town with his rival, Shortly
after dark that night, Mrs. Decker took a lantern out to the barn for
the purpose of locking KEE up her dog and shortly afterwards her
parents heard two gunshots, Her father went to the door and she was
standing there, still holding the lantern but too weak to enter, She
told him that Monich had shot her and that she was dying. As she
grew weaker, she told a number of other persons who kaw her that she
was in a dying condition and that she had seen Month when he shot
her, She was taken to the railfpad station in Montville to await
transportation to a hospital and she died at the station, Police offi
cers went to Monich's house to arrest him and found him in a serious
Condition as he had fired three shots—into nis right side, one of which
barely missedxhis heart. He recovered from his wounds, was tried, con-|
MONECH, Samuel
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told him that Monich had shot her and +
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sportation to a hospital and she died at the nee Police offi:
cers went to Monich's house to arrest him and found him in a serious
condition as he had fired +t} t right side, one of which
wounds, was tried, con.
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nicsedthis heart, He recovered from his
