The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-03
In-treated by Husband,
Woman Takes Son and
Leaps Into Canal.
MRS. FRANK NEMETH
AND CHILD PERISH
Wife's Spirit Crushed by Blows
at Home, II Is Alleged
by Neighbors.

After she had been beaten last night
by sullen husband, out of work Mrs.
Julia Nemeth, p years old, walked cut
from her dingy little three-room fat in
ga Ferry street early today with her
S-months-old baby boy. went to the
bank Of the Morris canal. strapped tn
little one to her waist with a leather
belt, and jumped into the water.
A little after o'clock this morning
Foreman Holden at Bullocks dock saw
the bodies floating in the water The
baby was clasped tightly in the
mothers arms. He notified the police,
summoned aid and drew the bodies TO
the bank The presence of the strap
which held the little one close TO its
mother in their death struggle pro-
claimed suicide.
WomaD's Body Bruised.
Bruises on the young wifes face and
hands caused an early theory of MUIR
der. This was dissipated when the
tragedy was investigated later The
bodies were taken to Mullins n1orgue
in Lafayette street and were imme-
diately identified.
Policemen were sent out from the
Third Precinct at once after Frank
Nemeth, the husband. He was not at
home. They sought him throughout
the district. Everywhere from those
who knew the family and it's circum-
stances the police pieced out the ac-
count of the mans vicious cruelty.
which had driven his wife to death
with her baby. Finally Plainclothes-
man Miller found Nemeth in a saloon
next door to his home at 279 Ferry
street
Husband Held for Grand Jury.
He questioned the man. but could get
no satisfactory answers He took him
to the Third Precinct Court. where he
was arraigned, charged with assault
and battery, and held in $4,000 bail for
bltt ctilOi VI liO Jul IntfC
are times when that desire to go out
side the law in Furnishing wrong-doing
seizes even policemen and court Off
cials, whose duty it is always TO quel
that lawless enforcement of law. There
was much of that feeling in evidence
today when Nemeth was arraigned
Those who knew the story looked upon
him as murderer. as much as though
he had actually pushed his wife and
baby in the canal and watched them
drown.
According to Miss Mary Sep. sister
of Mrs. Nemeth. who was found at
1S9 Ferry street, Nemeth had beaten
his wife often. Miss Sep said her sis
ter had been urged again and again TO
leave Nemeth, whose actions. she
claimed, had attracted the attention
of the entire neighborhood in which
they lived and that her steadfast re-
fusal had finally exhausted the patience
of the family.
Neighbors Tell of Assault.
Mrs. Anna Herman, who occupied ths
three back rooms on the second floor
of the Ferry street house. said that
last night Mrs. Nemeth ran into her
rooms and begged for help. Nemeth
followed her closely with a broom in
his hand and in the presence of the
neighbor struck his wife across the
face With the handle Then he dragged
her back into his own rooms. Mrs.
Herman was too terrified TO interfere
and only awaited second outbreak to
summon the police.
Mrs Anna Narbetzsky, who livse on
the third floor of the Ferry street house.
said she returned from a dance at I
a. m. today and as she was ascending
the stairs saw through the partially
opened door of the Nemeth apartment.
Nemeth choking his wife. The sight
was too common to excite more than
passing sympathy She said Mrs.
Nemeth was behind a door and her
husband was jamming the door against
her
Plainclothesman Brex and Prosecu-
tors Detective Slutsky were told By
Amelia Fuzzia, 13-year-old girl, who
lives in the same house, that Mrs.
Nemeth went to their apartment early
in the morning and begged to be al
lowed to stay there the rest of the
night, saying she was afraid her hus-
band would kill her. Mrs. Fuzzia was
afraid to let her stay.
1t is believed that shortly after that.
or about 1880 a. m. Mrs. Nemeth took
advantage of an interval when her hus-
band was DOING in the window. stois
ever to the bed where the baby lay
and slipped out Of the house. Fearing