The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-05
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MURDERS GIRL,
SHOOTS SELF
Edward Weiss Sends Three Bnlls(
Into Body Of i7-Year-old Ger
trude Lakowitz When She
Refuses To Marry Him.
Tragedy Occurs in Presence Of Your
Woman's Blind Sister -Mnr.
derer Dying in Hospital.

Spurned by the girl he would have
made his wife. Edward Weiss love
was famed to jealous fury. Tuesdax
morning. His passion changed to un-
reasoning rage, he stalked upon Ger
trude Labowitz while she bent over y
bteaming washtub and fired thrse
shots from a revolver into her body.
He saw her stumble blindly down
the rear steps OF the home OF saiuuei
Weiss, his brother, No. S0S Erskiner'
ST., and fall dead, then turned tho
weapon on himself. Twice he sent
death missiles into his body TO make
the tragedy OF his unreQuited low
complete. He is dying In st. Mays
hospital. .-.2 81
Mrs. Samuel Weiss. blind sister "a
Gertrude Labowitz, was the only pei
son present when the shooting tooA|
Mace Helpless, she stod and iistelic1.
| to 1--WE hurried shots. She heard thf
screams OF her sister, the hoars5
shouts of men who rushed to the scent
and intuitiveiy, she knew what had
happened.
Three weeks ego TO the day, Ger
trude Labowitz came TO Detroit with
her sister from McKeesport,. Pa MrA.
Weiss husband had come about saveu
weeks ago. Edward Weiss has been
here five months. ~ a-a.1.sss.s.as.s = :,
They took up their abode at No. BOB
Erskine-st. Edward Weiss fell In love
with Gertrude. Daily he made over
lures to her. To each request tnAx
she marry him, she replied that she
was too young-she was only IL
and that they Shad better walt.
| Monday he was vehement In mn
Ilove-making. She laughed at him. "a
"why don't you waltz" she said
Later may find some man ! iiko
better, and, maybe, you will find q
woman you will like better than ma
Tuesday morning, Edward Weiss
and his brother, Sam, started for their
work at the Packard Motor Car ca.
About 9 o'clock Edward returned. NE
found the girl bending over the wash
Tub in the kitchen. She had co1ne
here purposely to do the houseWork
for her blind sister.
He came into the kitchen and talked
with her. He asked her IL she would
marry him right away and she again
refused him.
Then he walked up to her and fired.
So close did he hold the weapon that
the powder scorched her flimsy dress.
AS she stumbled, screaming from the
house, he turned the weapon on hifp-
self.
Neighbors say that Weiss had no
reason to be jealous OF the girl She
kept company with no man.
| IYotbnt DanSar uhn Huoa Favf
door to the Weiss family, says Cor.
trude came to see her. Monday. She
told Mrs. Panser about Edward Weiss
love overtures and said she did not
think she would marry him because
she was too young to wed.
News OF the tragedy spread quickly
| through the Ghetto and soon the doors
OF the home were pressed by throngs
hungry with curiosity. A squad OF
police came from central station ana
Detectives Cotter Kane and. Brooks
hurried to the scene.
Weiss was hurried to ST. Mary's hos
pital in the. police auto patrol Cor
cner Burgess was called and ordered
the body remved TO the county
morgue. where q postmortem examir-
alton will be made.
The most tragic figure In the
Ghetto today Is Mrs. Samuel Weiss.
blind sister OF the dead girl. Neigh
Dor women try in vain to tell her that
her sister is not dead. but she Will
not believe Her husband was mott
fed and came Immediately from his
work at the Packard plant
| Weiss has a wound through nis
hroast and another in the abdomen.
It is impossible 10 get a statement
from him. He Is 26 years old.
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