Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-05-17
STARTLING JERSEY TRAGEDY.

A Young Woman From Rome, n. ",
Decoyed to Jersey City by Her Lover
and There sh0t-LIkoly to Die OF Her
Nounts.
JERSEY Cry, N. j., MGy 14.-The
body Of a prG;iy, woll.dressed, brunette
young woman %as found IS 2 party Of
wor1iireTGn IA they were passing BY IN
unfrn4laatcd rqrd ut 80 o'tl"ci: this
morning, 90 thsj: way - wc'k near
Snake iii. The bohy was 4"rs.sl with
blood, which flowed !rsl ballet wounds
in her head and ho3y. l'he wounds
were in the right car sad Lot breast.
The young woman w: nJt deal. the
men finding thGt lirr heart beet Inintly.
They carried hermit lie Hudson county
almshouse at SnaHr I'LL. He's clothing
was notdisarrangcd when she was found
which would indicate that she had not
been assaulted, but her dress was badly
torn and there were marks on the
ground Of q severe struggle.
The young woman was placed upon
q cot in the hospital and DR.. Quinn, the
house surgeon applied rcstoratives and
the woman rogained consciousness.
After Il long time She was able to make
statement 10 Dr. Quinn. She said:
"My name is Sadie Wertz Tor Kraft
as they made it out later. My home is
ut Rome, N. y. was shot last night
by bernard Holden Berger,also OF Rome,
N. Y. ! am 22 years of age. lie is a
tailor. We were engaged to be married.
We were TO be married very soon. For
some reason Bernard wished me to
cloPe. ] consented. We cloped from
Rome yesterday morning and reached
New York yesterday afternoon. Ber-
nard asked me TO come to Jersey City
and did SO. When we reached Jersey
City, Bernard suggested that we take d
walk and ! consented. Bernard took
me to the outskirts of the city and chose
lonely roads. When it became dark we
were ont on the meadows. | became
frightened. looked at my watch and by
the dim light saw that it was Z o'clock.
We had been walking some hours. l
was tired and hungry. We were then
near the almshouse. | asked Bernard
to take me somewhere to hotel where
we could obtain food and rest. Bernard
said he did not want to go back yet |
told him L was going back to Jersey
City whether he went or not. This
angered him and he raised his hand and
struck me in the face. Then he grabbed
hold Of me. | struggled to release my
self. We had sharp struggle. Then
Bernard drew his revolver and shot me
in the left breast. / broke away from
him and turned to run. / ran a few
feet and Bernard followed me. lie
fired second time, shooting me behind
the right ear, Then | fell down and
became unconscious. | knew nothing
more until awoke in the hospital this
morning."
Miss Wertz says that she had $685. in
money, a gold watch and chain and a
picture of her lover ON her person when
she was shot. Everything was stripped
from the body by her assailant, who
doubtless left tine girl for dead
A report was in circulation this morn
ing that a man answering the descrip-
ton of the assassin entered the Pennsyl-
vania station shortly after 8, and bought
a ticket to Philadelphia. Berger's de-
scription is as follows: About 5 feet 6
inches in height, beardless and pimpled
face. He wore white hat and light
trousers
The wounded girl is in critical con.
dition. She will probably die before
midnight.