Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-20
MURDERED AND ROBBED.

A hystericaI girl about 20 years old
her face covered with blood and her
clothes torn and tumbled, beat upon the
door of lonely house near the New
York, ,Susquehsnua and Western Railroad
tracks on the outskirts of Psssaic juno
on, N. j., few minutes before 10
O'Clock Saturday night, and cried for
admission. Some Italians who lived
there opened the door, but they could
not understand the girls speech, it
being in German. They took her down
the road 10 the home Of Charles Wun-
der, near at hand, and Wunder being
able to understand German, took the
girl in.
"SomethiDg's happened to my
mother" the girl gssped. "Something's
happened to me. See the blood. |
think It's robbers They're back here
on the railroad track. Ny mothers
back there on the track, too, think. "
Wundtr mi his wife took the girl II
the light and saw that she was bleeding
from two wounds. One had scored the
right cheek just under the eye, and the
bullet. for that was what had evideu tl7
caused The abrasion of the skin, had
passed up through the brim of her hat.
A red cash on the right side Of her neck
Just below the ear stained her gown.
She told them that the bullet causing
that wound had cut the gold chain Of q
locket about her neck, and that the
lrinket had dropped of the minute that
she felt the sting 10 her neck.
When Wnnder's wife undressed the
girl to put her to bed she found that q
third bullet had ripped the flesh of her
lett srm, scored her back, and fsttened
against one of her corsei ,teels.
Ottilie Eberhsrd, was htr name, the
girl told Wander. Ali else that she
could say was that she and her
mother had been walking with her
cousin along the railroad track some
where back up in the darkness and
that her mother had fallen. Then
her cousin, Gus Eberhsrd was his name,
she said, had tod her TO run. She bad
ruu, and as she ran she had felt the
twinges in her face and along the side.
More than that Wunder could not learn,
for the girl had come ont of the darkness
Eighty with hysteris.
Yesterday, the young woman having
, become more composed, went TO the
Edgewood mUfgue, whtrs she Identified
the body of her mother. Later Miss
Eberhard told the story Of how she and
her mother happened to be on the Sus'
auehauna tracks at such lonely spot at
night.
They came from Vienna, Austria, the
girl said, 6he-e her mother wss married
and where she was born. Her father
had been dead about twenty years and
she and her mother had supported them
selves by dressmsking. While she lived
10 Vienna she had known from girlhood
the son OF one of her mothers cousins.
Gus Eberhard was his name. She and
Gus he'd been friends In q casual sort oil
way aud lstterly, since Gus left Austria
for America FIVE yesrs ago, they had
been lovers. Eberhard, she said, had
induced her mother to sell her business
10 Vienna and come TO this country,
and on Saturday night had prevailed
upon her mother and herself to accom-.
pany him to the place where the shoot
ing took place.
That robbery had been the motive
was established beyond doubt, for in
the little chamois bag about the neck o.
| Mrs. Eberhard nothing Of the 81, SOC
she had when she left New York Sstur
day afteruoon remained bat $l2O ID
| Austrian kronen.
Although the authorities have beer
searching for Gus, they have a. ye'
found 20 clew.