The evening world., 1905-07-14

me. 1 thought I loved him. and came
here to New York. Two nights after
We landed he put me on the streets.
Then the trouble began.
II had to do this terrible business and
turn over to him the money / made. He
expected at least $40 a night. II /
couldn't bring him as much as that he
would beat me INT turn me out on the
streets again. 1t was always for money
that he ill-treated me. When l could
manage to deceive him. DAYS when l
earned than that. l would hide the
same from hin n tuck 1t away in an
old couch we had. Then when rainy
days came / would have n little store
to save ne from a whipping.
"When he did abuse me II was ALWAYS
with blows on my body. He would not
scar my face. because that would spoil
my chances on the street"
The woman-beater was a man 6 feet
3 inches. weighing ESQ pounds
Bought Pistol After Man Beat Her
But the last time Emil beat me- he
was not so careful. and wbe, | ran
screaming from the house with him fol.
lowing me my face was blackened with
his blows and my throat was covered
with blood. He was beating me as
ran through the streets clad in my night
dress.
1T was that night I bought the
pistol"
This was FOUR weeks before she shot
Gerdron. The girl fed to her mothers
house. There she procured clothing and
went to the station-house and obtained
n W. rra N = fAr rnrl-nn w. ~. Girl
and the detectives arrived at Gsrdron's
fiat he was gone.
1t was on the way back to the hous@
that Berthe bought the pistol. She
wished to be able to protect herself n
case her cruel master could MT be
controlled by the detectives.
Many times he had acid his loaded
pistol to my head, crying You vii. sc.
this soIne day!' ] knew he meant 10
kill me-"
But Gerdron had anticips ted Berthe s
design and he was not to be found.
Her venture failing, the girl r~etlrnel
to her mothers house and remained
there in seclusion before Gerdron found
definitely that she was there.
THE dav after ! left Emil he came
to my mothers swearing that he knew
] was there, But my mother would no
let him come upstairs. aid toli h!m !
was in Brooklyn. To fool h ! wrote
him a letter and got a man 10 pys. II
in Brooklyn for me.
Every day ne came around insist
ing that ! was there; but my mother
kept MIN off.
Then. after four weeks. he spied
me one day at the window. lie called
TO me TO come down. But ! snooR
my neau at nm, AXE this. Non, aul
/ tod my sister to tel MIN. II yuu
try 10 go up Bernie Will scream Iol
the police" Then he went away.
wrote Threatening Letter.
But hat night my mother got +.
letter from him. 1t sad. II berthe
war, IeIl her 10 meet me Tonight ~
y Q clock al me corner OF seventh ave
nue. and Twenty-ttth street
lie saw my SISTER ana told her. III
Berthe ~ not there tonight i Will Kill
her
MY family begged me not to leavt
the house. but l did, With the oipeers
u TO the officers. They went yer L
arrest him; He saw me There wa
crazy With the feaI that he would breai
from the men. He turned toward M
crying, i VIII XIII you,' II seemed tt
me he was reaching for a pistol anC
meant to shoot. II was in a fash.
do not quite know, | was crazed
But then the pistol went on and h,
was saying when ] get on
"The rest ] do not know, except tina
, ] seemed sick and was In q drug-storl
with officers leaning over me.
Now Gerdron Is dead and I an
here."
often Gave Money to Mother.
There are other things In Berth,
Cliiche's stoTy-some sad. some ter
rible, some Incredible. even for
woman in the bondage OF Il brute suci
az GerdroG.
F, The girl told sadly how poor he
mother Was that GerdrDn ragged an
beat Berthe whenever she smuggle
some message T. her mother and h
, 1T was in my heart TO give mothe
' money sid the unfortunate girl. "bu
4 Emil would not permit H."
: ~ one time Berthe pVaspered ana he
I primitive bank, the old couch. he'll
torty-hve M-earned dollars In trust. Bu
the doctor upon whom Berthe was dc
pendent IN her broken-d0wn conlltio
Was unpaid. because Gerdron. VIII
bought she food and Berthe's clothes
a refused q settle with the physician, S
. Byrtne drew all the money out OF he
: ! hank" and paid the doctor.
would mol see him need the money,