The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-20
Nephew Suspected of Kill
ing and Robbing Aunt
From Austria.
OFFERED MARRIAGE
TO HER DAUGHTER
Bring Your Money" He Wrote.
Woman hangled by Train,
After Being Shot.

NEW YORK, July 90.-.-oIice Of everz
city in the country today are on tie
lookout for August Eberhardt, OF g St.
Nicholas place, Manhattan. who is want
ed IN connection with the murder 0E
his aunt, Mrs. Ollie Eberhard. and the
attempted murder Of her daughter, on
| the railroad tracks near CoaIbure- y
J. It is believed that Eberhard lured
MS aunt and her daughter here from
/ their home in Austria. under pretext OF
marrying the latter, with the intention
[ Of killing them for the little fortune
he knew they possessed
The murderer OF Mrs. Eberhard took
s., $50 from the bosom Of her dress after
shooting her through the heart and
brain, ana then threw her body before
a train, where, frightfully mangled, IL
was found when the girl, who had been
shot three times. gave the alarm
For moaths Eberha7d. who worked
in z grocery store on the upper West
Side OF New York, has been writing 70
Mrs. Eberhard and her twenty-year-oId
daughter in Austria.
Come 10 America and bring vour
money" he wrote Then the daughter
and I VIII marry and We VIII all be
happy"
Bullets Are Fired.
This amazing development IN the trag-
( edy came when the autopsy revealed
( the presence OF bullet wounds N tne
| woman's head. and following the au-
topsy came The thrilling story OF her
/ beautiful daughter, OttIIee. who was
shot three times. but who escaped from
( the murderers OF her mother and ned
! 70 the refuge OF q farm house.
A feature that adds mystery 70 the
! tragedy IS the disappearance OF August
/ Eberhard, twenty one years old. 4 gro
GERS CLERK, and nephew Of Mrs Eber-
hard Young Eberhard had taken his
aunt and cousin. whom ne met al the
steamer when they arrived from EU-
/ rope, over into New Jersey on an out
! ing, and was with them when the shoot
ling occurred
Eberhard is smooth shaven. with dark
| curly hair and dark eyes. and talks with
/ a German accent II was through his
I glowing pictures Of life in America thar
/ his aunt and cousin resolved 10 make
I their home here, and young Eberhard
was 20 have married Miss OttiIee. wh0
4 is only twenty years old
Mrs Eberhsrd and her daughter AZ
rived on the Hamburg american Hns-
/ Deutschland last Thursday. and were
/ met az the pier By Eberhard- he took
them 70 the Adelphi Hotel, at Tenth
| avenue and Twenty-third street.
Sold Their Home
The problem which the police face is
a difficult one. Mrs Eberhard and her
/ daughter arrived as second-cIass nas-
sengers- They had sold cut their little
7 home in Vienna. and in response 10
] uf0vvTnrr letters
/ had come 10 this country. The girl vas
; 70 marry her cousin as soon after her
arrival a. would be convenient.
/ Eberhard met them at the nier and
/ accompanied them 20 the AdeIpti Hotel
Tenth avenue and Tweuty-third street
F He left them 70 their own devices until
/ the following morning. Miss Eberhard
I IS authority for the statement that her
/ cousin was cordial, but he displayed lit
! tie Of that ardOr which sWains are
! usually expected 10 display
/ With equal frankness she admits that
! she told Gus" that she had become
/ very fond OF a musician. Ernest Held
/ whom she met aboard the shin. ia
/ played IN the Deutchland's orchestra
I When Gus called on them Friday morn
/ ing he escorted her TO 1916 Amsterdam
avenue, where the aunt paid s. DEPOSIT
( on the REM OF small apartment.
Saw the Money.
IL was then, either in conversation or
/ from the sight OF the large roll OF green
backs that the young man. according 10
| the girl, hrst discovered the amount Of
money The aunt had with her. on sat
urday afternoon Gus called again. The
aunt complained Of the excessive hear
4 OF the day and suggested a walk in
the park
( The story at this point is told bv tbs
girl with considerable directness. for she
apparently has q clear recollection OF
I the strange chain OF events that led
up 10 the tragedy.
Otulee EberhaTd told to District At
/ torney Ernest Goester. Of Berger coun-
I ~, how Gus had come TO the hotel and
had been requested by her mother to
! take them for an outing in Central
/ Park The young man said he would
rather take them 10 the country. Otti-
| lee says she noticed a revolver in his
pocket, and asked why he carried IT
He told her that It was necessary for
defense in this country.
They went TO Hackensack. then far
/ ther into the country ard got on al a
lonely station A storm broke. and the
l sky vas overcast with darkness While
Z watkins along q railroad track, lined
/ by tTeisnt cars. CCUilee SAYS she heard
/ a shot and her M theF dropped She
cried ont that she had been struck BY
I lightning Then Gus grabbed her by
the arms and prshed her forward.
Ran to Safety.
She began 20 run Gus dropped back
and she heard more revolver shots. She
did not know that she had been hit.
and kept on running and wandering
about unrn she reached house. where
she was taken in and cared for. After
she removed her clothing the young
woman found that she had been wound
ed in the shoulder. and that her head
and neck had been grazed BY two other