Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-06-24
HE IS THE BROTAEROF DEAD WOMAN
Although THE Trial is Set For Next
"Wednesday There is Now Little
Probability of the Case Coming Up
Until september-Dr. Leper Also
Sends Letter.


trial OF Julian Pavlinic, the self
confessed wire-murderer, is called
i'll the Circuit Couyt next week the
counsel for the men will ask that
the hearing be continued until the
September term of the tribunal.
The postponement will be request
ed on the ground that relatives of
Pavlinic expect to come here from
Germany in order to he in attend
ance upon the. trial and to rander
assistance to the unfortunate man.
Mr.. Robert Marcus, who has inter-
ested himself in behalf of Pavlinic,
received cablegram from Prof.
Felix Berber, in Munchen yester-
day asking that the trial be delay
ed until later SO that he may be
able to reach the United States In
time to be present at the hearing.
Impossible to Come Now.
Prof Berber is the brother OF. Mrs
Paylinic, the murdered woman, and
he is firmly of the opinion that Jul
liam Pavlinic acted right and just
ly when he shot Mrs Paylnic In
the caDlegrams Prof Berber said it
would be impossible For him to come
10 Hampton Just at this season and
for that reason he hoped that the
trial could be arranged for a later
date.
MIR. Marcus also received letters
yesterday from DR.. Leper,. who signs
himself as Judge of one of the
higher courts in Germany. and who
earnestly desires to see Pavlinic ac-
quilted of the charge of numbering
his wife. DR.. IIeper, like Prof Ber-
Der yesterday also stated that he ex.
pected to come to Hampton to hear
the trial and TO see that Pavlnic
is given the strongest and best de-
tense possible. Prof. Berber is GER
tain that Pavllnic had nothing but
the purest thoughts when he shot his
wife.
Letter to DR.. Vanderslice.
Dr. George K.iVanderslice, the COR
oner, has received the following let
ter from Prof Berber:
'Munchen Prlnzenstrasse Is. May
4 q. 1906. Ell. l'.
"Mr. George K. yanderslice, M. D.,
Coroner Of Elizabeth City Co., Va.
Sir: The news about the death of
my sister reached metyesterday and l
am very much obliged to you for Civ.
H ing me some particulars about this
+ very sad case. 1t can't he the place
here for me to get into sentiments,
: but believe 1t to be my duty to sup
port the situation, in particulars.
which may perhaps clear the situation
in which my brotherin-lnw has come.
My sister (born March 25th, 1870
at Tena) Lisa Maria Martha Berber
4 married In April 1897 a man of the
Patitzsth who proposed to have big
farms in U. S. A. never got to
know him, as at the time of this mar.
riage, II was in Russia and couldn't
come to Dresden-I .oshwlz. The stor-
ries told by the man Patlzsth proved
to be false and one morning my sister
found herself quite alone without n
penny in her pocket, for Patizsth had
disappeared with everything except
his child (about,1 10 years old). which
he left to the care Of his wife The
result OF this most dishonorable be-
hapfor was the divorce,
IF my sister hadn't had the neigh
hors who took care of her, she would
have. had an awful time. To my
4 knowledge at this time my sister
/ made the acquaintance of Lii. julius
Pavlinic, and after the divorce had
taken place the two got married and
? through all of the last for eight years
they lived happy matrimonial life.
/ The letters of my sister and her hus-
Z band show 1t evidently that they were
most happy though they had not NJ
ways a very easy life.
Perhaps the only calamity in this
Z matrimony was the want of q baby.
I l believe. that this Is the first reason
[, to the mental illness of my sister,
From her letters it was clear to see
4 that the missing of child compared
with a longing for Germany, and her
own family brought out a very melan-
tcholic state of mind which after
Z all seems to have grown to- such an
extent that Pavlinic had to give her
( to an asylum. That this necessity was
{ simply dreadful for ,Paylinic and that
he suffered enormously In his heart
( is shown by letters which he wrote to
4 me Il on the subject He{was, always
{ trying TO, get her. out ofssthe asylum;
s but was thwarted by want, OF mon
ey. In the mean time / got letters
y from3my sister which certainly show
.fsed that she was not In a healthy
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