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VERY SAD CASE.
Could Not Bear to See His Below
ed Wife GO Out
TO WORK FOR OTHERS


Lost His Reason and Killed Her and
Himself-The Couple Had Lived
Happily Together Until the Hus-
band Lost His Health and Spent
His Savings in Doctors Bills and
Medicines in Trying to Get Well.
A pathetic case happened in New
York on last Wednesday night, when
Harry Dhernock awoke and found
that in his sleep or in a trance ne
had stabbed his wife Mollie. four
times, he leaped from a third-story
window and crushed out his own life
on the stone pavement.
Mrs. Dhernock, who is in Bellevue
hospital, may not recover: The cou-
. pie lived with the wife's mother,
Lena Goodman, and their five-year-
old child. They had been married
six years and Wednesday was their
wedding anniversary.
They came to this country from
Russia five years ago. The couple
were very happy until six months
apo. when Dhernock was taken i'll
and had to give up his work. All the
money they had saved went for ply
sicians and medicine.
When the funds were exhausted,
Mrs. Dhernock, Is years old, and
pretty, went out to work to earn q
paltry sum to support the little fam
lily. The young husband brooded
constantly over his i'll health, and the
fact that his wife had to work:
Dhernock was more cheerful Wed
nerday and when his wife was about
to start for her daily toll, he said;
Come home early today, Mollie; you
know this is our wedding anniversary
We will have a little celebration; a
dinner"
Mrs. Dhernock was home prompt
ly and they had a merry little party.
They retired early and shortly at
ter 3 o'clock Wednesday morning the
young wife was awakened by her
husband. !
His eyes were open, but glazed.
He appeared to look at her, but there
was no CLEAN of intelligence in his
eyes. +,
"Mollie," he said, in an unnatural
voice, 81 am going to kill you
"You wouldn't do that Harry, said
the wife, terrified. J.,
Without another word Dhernock
got out of bed and went to the dress
err. He took a pair of scissors from
a drawer while his trembling wife
watched him, too frightened to ut
ter a word.
Returning to the side of the bed
he plunged the scissors into her left
breast, just over the heart.
Mrs. Dhernock gave one scream,
which aroused her mother.
Dhernock, apparently unconscious
of what he had done, walked calmly
into the kitchen, sat in a chair and
lit a cigarette.
He was smoking indifferently when
neighbors, aroused by Mrs. Good
man, rushed into the fiat. Then
Dhernock was awakened by the
noise.
whats the matter??" he asked.
ooh, you have killed her." shout
ed Mrs. Goodman.
Dhernock, dazed, walked into the
bed room. His wife, still conscious,
lay dying on the floor, while their
little girl was weeping beside her.
Whats the matter, Mollie?" ask
ed Dhernock, his voice trembling.
Don't you know Harry, you stab
bed me-" whispered his wife weakly.
"But l know you didn't mean it,"
my God! Did l do'that?" Shrek
ed the husband.
Looking intently at his wife for a
moment, Dhernock rushed to the
window and leaped out. He landed
on his head in the yard, four stories
below. His skull, his legs and arms
were broken and he received inter-
nal injuries.
Meanwhile somebody had tele-
phoned to police headquarters and
policemen from the East Twenty
second street station hurried to the
house. DR.. Mears came in an am
bulance from Bellevue hospital.
Mrs. Dhernock was carried down
the stairs to the ambulance. Her
husband was taken from the yard
and placed beside her.
The young wife, with a great eff
fort, placed her hand on his face and
patted him affectionately.
"Oh. Harry, you didn't mean to do
it, did you? | know you didn't" she
said softly.
But he did not answer. He was
unconscious and never spoke again,
At the hospital he died, and it is
only a question of a few hours when
she will follow him.
After the dying couple had been
removed from the house the wife's
mother became hysterical and she,
too, was taken to Bellevue in an am
bulance.
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