The Washington times., 1908-08-10
He KILLS WOMAN.
SHOOTS HER BABY
Jealous Sutton, Cornered in
Cellar, Sends Bullet
Into Own Brain.
KNOCKS DOWN MAN
WHO BARS FLIGHT
Young Boarder, Put Out for At
tentions TO Proprietress, Makes
Night Attack.

NEW YORK, Aug. l0.-In a ut OF
jealousy. Ernest Seitz. young fireman.
who formerly boarded with Mrs. Bertha
Hood, at $50 Bergen street, Brooklyn,
forced his way into her apartments
there last night and shot her TO death.
Then, after stunning another boarder
with a blow from the butt OF his re-
volver, Seitz paused IN his flight from
the house and fired a bullet into the
head Of his victims year-and-a-half-old
daughter, Alice.
At last, cornered in the cellar OF the
house, he fred two shots into his own
head
Died at Once.
Mrs. Hood died at once. but both the
man and the baby were alive when am
bulance surgeons picked them up. They
were taken to the Brooklyn Hospital
The baby undoubtedly viii die. the doc
tors there said, but they thought they
might be able TO save Seitzs life for
the law TO dispose Of
II was a strange tragedy. Mrs Hood
was thirty-two years old. and was
neither good looking nor especially at
tractive. She was merely a hard-work-
ing little woman, who was trying 10
make a living by running a boarding
house. Seitz is twenty-three. He board
ed in the house for a time, until his
attentions grew so obnoxious that the
woman was obliged TO put him out.
Bergen street is a quiet tbOTOughfaTe
on Sunday night. but there were a few
nelghbOrs sitting about at o'clock
when Seitz appeared. They say he walk
ed up and down in front of the house
several times. with one hand in his
pocket. Then he entered.
The room Mrs Hood occupied IS
reached from the hallway. This was
unlighted, and when there came a knock
al her door the women opened IL a little
DIT, and apparently could not see who
the visitor was.
Who's there?' she was heard TO ask.
Ernest, was the reply. Il want 10
see you very much"
Tried to Keep Him Out.
What do you want here? 1 told you
not to come around any more" Mrs.
Hood protested trying 10 close the door
But apparently the man Overpowered
her and forced his way in. The door
was heard 10 slam, and then there were
two loud reports.
Asleep in a room directly back Of Mrs.
Hoods was Fritz MalIewitz, one of the
boarders. He was awakened by the
crash Of the shots and the sound Of
Mrs. Hoods body falling on the Moor.
He half sprang from his bed, but Just
ar that instant SeitZ burst through his
door and felled him with the butt Of the
heavy gun.
Back OF this room is another that was
occupied by Mrs. Josephine HendricE-
son. the victim sister. She tried u
stop SeitZ, who sin held the revolver
but he pushed her aside and ran into
the kitchen.
Here. in a perambulator that stood in
a corner, was little Alice. asleep. Evil
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through the kitchen into the yard 70
escape, but the sight Of the baby seemed
10 reEtndle his jealous rage and he
paused TO aim and fire at the child,
There was only one shot. but IL tore
q great piece out of the baby's head.
Ran into Cellar
After firing this Seitz opened the kitch-
en- door and ran out into the yard, out
the fence separating this house from
the one an the rear was too nigh for
him to scale, and he ran down a flight
of cellar stairs to make his way through
q lower passage TO the back street.
BY this time the Bergen street house
was thoroughly aroused, and neighboTs
were running in from all sides. The
first to give chase to Seitz was George
Loeffier Of 3S4 Bergen street, who
CHANGED 10 be in the room above Mrs
Hoods. visiting his mother
He ran after the man. heard him clat'
slammed and locked him in the cellar
by closing and barring a pair of doors
there and another door in front.
Meanwhile, an alarm had been sent &c
IS only short distance away, and re-
serves under Sergeant McCahilI were
responding on the run
Attempts Suicide.
Just before they reached the house.
and just as Loefflar had armed himself
and was starting into the cellar after
Seitz. two -munIed reports were heard
below. The police and Loeffler went
down and found Seitz lying unconscious
Both bullets had taken effect, but the
doctors later thought that neither had
penetrated vital part of the brain.
When the victims were sent off TO the
hospital, the police took Mrs. Hendrick-
son and Fritz MolleWitz to the station
as witnesses, and from them learned
as much Of the story as they knew.
Mrs. Hood, her sister said. lived on
Henry street until a few months ago.
but her husband treated her badly and
she left him. He was an engineer. Mrs.
HendricksOn did not know his present
address. without support she had 10
make her own living, so she opened up
the little boarding house in Bergen
street, and SeitZ was one Of the first
boarders.
Mrs. Hendrickson said that neither
she nor Mrs. Hood ever knew much
about the man. He was a fireman in
an office building somewhere in Man.
haitian, he told them. and that was all
they ever learned.
Soon after he took his place in the
Bergen street house the young man be-
gan to make love TO Mrs. Hood. She
laughed at him at first. and told him
that one matrimonial venture was
enough for her She made fun Of his
youth too But his suit finally be-
came too serious to be disregarded, SC
a few days ago she told him. to get
rid OF him. that she was going TO close
the house and 90 away.
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