The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-14
SHOT BY Her LOVER
Sadie Wertz Found Uncon-
SCi0uS on the Rocks at
Snake Hill.
had BEEN THERE TWELVE HOURS
Regaining Consciousness She
!, Tells a Tale Of E~lopement,
Wandering and Murder
Gus Assault.
ACCUSES BERNARD HALLENBERG
Large Sum Of Money and Jewelry
Missing-Her Condition Serious
Accused Lover Not Caught.

a democratic attempt at mufuef UooA piaC0
last night in a grocery store on the slopes OF
Snake Hill. A young German named Ber-
hard Holdenberg, of Rome, N. Y, shot
twice at his sweetheart, Sadie Wertz, then
robbed her and left her for dead. She Law
on the rocks all night long until ~daybreak
this morning.
About six o'clock this morning the work
men employed By the Trap Rock Company;
climbed the southern side of Snake Hill to
begin the days work quarrying out the
stone.
That portion of the Hill is only frequented
by quarrYmen. There are no roads except
ing beaten footpaths used by the men in as
cending to the quarry half up the side of the
Hill.
AS the men approached a small dump of
bushes among the rocks a few yards from
where their work lay they heard means as if
from one in pain. Two of the men FASTENED
to the spot-whence anne the piteous cries
and found a fair haired, well dressed young
woman lying on her side with her head in a
pool of blood. AS fast as his legs could
carry him one of the quarrymen ran back to
the almshouse on the other side of the hill
and told Warden Ryan and DR.. George W.
King that a woman had been shot and was
dying among the rocks. A stretcher was
procured and the doctor and attendants
rushed as quickly as possible to the place.
She was brought to the AlmshouSe hospital
and instantly placed in bed.
THE GIRLS WOUNDS.
DR.. King found that she had been shot be-
hind the right ear and on the nipple of the
left breast. Blood slowly oozed from both
wounds.
She was suffering from the shock and the
exposure from lying eleven hours in the
night air.
She had evidently been roughly handled,
for her neat dark cheyiot tweed dress was torn
in places. Her pocket had been turned inside
out. and the bosom of her dress had evidently
been violently torn open because several of
the buttons were missing. There were slight
marks on her throat and wrist as if some
strong hand had grasped them, apd con-
tusions on the back of head and hips; but
these might have been caused by falling
when shot.
Her hat was found beside her and also her
parasol and gloves, and these from the way
they were lying corroborated the preliminary
surmise of DR.. King that a violent struggle
he'd taken place. She had not been out
ragged.
It was some time before she gave any
signs to the doctor that she understood his
questions. She would open her eyes, utter a
groan, and then relapse into a comatose
r@o%a NThop %ha ruoJrr,dc uyara dr0Sca6 oD6
some brandy forced down her throat, she
opened her eyes and muttered to the doc
tor
BERNARD shot me-"
THE GIRLS TORY.
By degrees she revived sufficiently to be able
to talk intelligently, and she first said that
her nasne is Sadie Wertz, and afterwards
called herself Kraft.
Il am thirty years old. / live at Rome,
N. " she managed to stammer
Then, in answer to the doctors question
ing, she said that on Saturday evening she
left her home with Bernard H%oilenberg,
who was in love with her, and who induced
her to come to New York and be married,
Bernard is a tailor by trade, and she had
known him, she said, for many years.
He asked me to marry him in New York
and / consented. He was working steadily
and earned good wages. On Saturday he
persuaded me to leave my home and &c
with him. At his suggestion | drew out of
the bank 1925. and we reached New York
carly Sunday morning. He took me to an
hotel in New York for breakfast, and |
rested in the dining-room of the hotel ]
don't know whore it Is"
Between these statements she was obliged
to pause, and the doctor fearing danger IN
her talking about herself, tried TO stop her,
but she struggled on. saying.
1--WE walked about New York for some
time, and hen Bernard said we would go to
Jersey.
sHe told me he had friends there and we
could stop with them until Monday, when
we would be married by a Justice of the
Peace.
AT THE FIVE CORNERS.
aWhen we reached Jersey City it wa
past noon. and we took a car up to the hill
where we got out Five Corners. Then we
walked down the Hill and along a country
road to saloon where there
was a big fat woman who
gave us some fried 9 g cakes and beer and
coffee. / don't know the name of th
house. but it was a candy store and road
lsouse. We stopped here for about tw'
hours, when Bernard suggested q walk OF
the hin. I was SO tired with walking" sht
stopped here, and for some minutes couit
not speak. Each sentence was slowly utter
ed and the information came out piecemeal
At last she opened her eyes and continued
eve reached the big hill on the side Q
which were some big buildings. Bernard
told me bis friends were working there
AS it was growing dark tolc
him we had better go to som
place to rest. He asked me for q photo
graph of him I kept in my pocketbook, be
cause he said he wanted to send it to New
York and have it framed. Because re
fused to let him have it he became angry
struck me. We had a tussle. and ther
Bernard drew his revolver and shot me il
the breast. 1 could feel the sting and | be
gan to feel dizzy.
~ forgot to tell you that he gave me SOM
drink at the roadhouse, which ! believe wa
drugged. git for a time made me feel Jus
ike when the dizziness after being sho
ca,ne over me. I screamed and managed t.