Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-07-22
SENSATIONAL AFFAIR.
hale Of Crime RepIete With Cruel
CraftinesS.
HAS SHE LURED 70 DEATH 2

1890 o, Mrs. Eberhard, q WeIl-to-
"a vIsnnsse Widow, u Thought by
N. Police to Have Killed His Aunt
TO obtain Money.
Many York July q The tale OF
tine 90 revolving and replete with
.,,sl craftiness as to be almost I'M
Ao,,svahle Is told in the case OF MIS-
gonnIe Eberhard. a wellto-do Vien-
ress widow, whose body was found'on
Nc railroad track In lonely section
!, Hackensack, N. T., early Sunday.
Al FIRST it was believed that the
woman had been strhck By a train and
dlled. subsequently It was revealed
hat she had been murdered and her
BODY placed upon the track. It was
with this discovery that there came
ltAe first intimation Of the deep and
.cuaningly executed plot which places
he case almost In a class by itself
h the history of crime.
As result OF investigation, the po-
N Nee are now searching for August
Eberhard, the dead woman's nephew.
WHO had lmportuned Mrs Ebernard to
cone to this country and 10 bring with
her her little fortune OF 81, 600 and
her wenty-year-old daughter whom
August bad promised to marry. II
& vas largely due to the story told by
he daughter after the finding of the
elder woman's body that the search for
August was begun.
August Is wanted to tell what ne
Knows Of the circumstances related by
the girl, who was to have been mis-
wife. The young woman herself,
however. refuses to believe that Au-
gusi had any part In the tragic death
\ OF her mother.
Alleged Plot Of Eberhsrd.
According TO the police. Eberhard
had been at work for months care
fuliy plotting the crime TO gain pos
session OF the little fortune that his
X aunt in Austria possessed. He wrote
many letters painting In glowing col.
on the riches that would be hers u
abe only would leave the old home In
Austria and come TO this land. The
Nomans daughter. aged twenty. also
bearing the name OF 0ttillle, Eberhard
promised marriage II they would bat
cone 10 America. Finally yielding 10
eis opportunities, Mrs. Eberhard and
aer daughter arrived Ia New York
as Thursday. the mother carrying
'4syo 10 the bosom II her dress Eb
eFaara, who had been employed IN a
tIocery store in 81. Nicholas avenue,
eset bis employed for vacation on
'Ae day OF the women's arrival, and
1s' taem at the pier. After set
tlag 'asm temporarily At a little hotel
~ Imta avenue and Twenty-third
sfee' no took the sldsr woman "a
! Money changer. where her little
ere oi wealth was quickly convert
. INTO American notes.
Suggested a Trolley Ride.
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7'po1n which furnished Che prere&'
Z" ne TRIP 10 the country. Eberhar.
ss'sied q trolley ride In New Jersey
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- lae three crossed TIE Hudson b,
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eN 20 stroll, through the feldl
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track 81 ihe View York sur
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