The San Francisco call., 1910-06-20
PROXY WEDDING
CULMINATES IN
FATAL QUARREL
San Jose Restaurant EmpIoye
Shoots Young Bride and
Stabs Himself 4
Girl Courted by Mail Tells
Spouse She Does Not Love
Him and Is Shot 4
Especial Dispatch 10 The Coll]

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love him, Petrinovich shot and stabbed
her and then cut his own throat. The
double tragedy occurred in the bedroom
which they occupied in. fiat at ia
| Orchard street and was witnessed by
Mrs. A. p Petrinovich, distant rela-
tive of the man.
Surrounded by nurses, physicians and
prominent members of the local Sla-
vonian colony the young girl made a
short dying statement in the Austrian
| language on the operating table to-
night Her words were translated by
L. ". Slavich, a wealthy restaurantman.
j and were taken down by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney James p. Sex.
Jealousy Caused Tragedy
MY name is Catherine Marcesovich,"
she stated. 81 am 10 years of age. My
! husband shot me because I did not
| love him. He was trying to make me
care for him, but I could not. He did
not threaten me. He never did. I
knew that he was going to do me harm
because he said he would not let me
| out of the room unless I promised that
1 would care for him. He was talking
a great deal about his caring for me
and my not caring. for him."
Petrinovitch was unconscious within
few minutes after the shooting and
ibid not speak afterward. He is in very
critical condition and may die any min
ute. Mrs. Petrinovitch is not expected
to live until morning. Her wounds
consist of cut across the throat and
| abdomen and a ballet wound in the
right breast.
/ Mrs Petrinovitch before her mar
! riage was prominent society girl In
| Split, Dalmatia, and was unusually ac-
| complished. She speaks three langua ges
and possesses a beautiful voice. Pc
trinovitch learned of her, it is said,
| through brother who was living in
the same city. A correspondence was
| established between the two. Whether
or not the girl was deceived by the man
it is not known, but gossip among
1 members of the Slavonian colony is to
the effect that he did. They assert that
she was led into the belief that he had
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fine home and that he was a young man
about 80 years of age. AS matter of
4 fact he was employed as night cook in
the restaurant of L. v. Slavich, but did
not own a home and was between 81
and 40 years of age. A picture was
sent to the girl in Delmatia, but it fiat
tered the original.
1 Become Engaged
With half the world between them
they became engaged. A date for the
wedding was set and to economize a
brother of Petrinovith in Split was
given power of attorney and fulfilled
the legal requirements of marriage
between the beautiful society girl and
the cook in California. After the icere-
mony the young bride set out alone
upon the long trip to San Jose. She
arrived here about a month ago and
for the first time husband and wife
saw each other. A second ceremony
was performed and the couple took up
their residence in the little fat in
Orchard street.
It soon became apparent to the mem
bers of the Slavonian colony that the
man was intensely jealous of his beau
tiful young bride. He never let her 90
pany with his aged relative, Mrs. Pc
trinovitch. A week ago it was COM
mon knowledge that the girl rebelled
at this treatment and words followed.
Today most of the members Of the
Slavonian colony of this city partici-
pated in big picnic in the hills. The
newly married couple remained at
home, the husband keeping his wife
in her room.
.lsWitnesses Tragedy
About the middle of the afternoon
Mrs. Petrinovitch, who was sitting with
her daughter in a room under that oc-
cupied by the. couple. was disturbed by
much noise. They became ANNOYED
when it did not cease and finally the
! elder woman went up stairs and
| | knocked on the door.
Let me in. Jerry she said.
Il cannot he replied. The woman
| on the outside. attempted to open the
door. but found that it was locked.
!; She persisted In her attempt and
finally the young wife asked her hus-
band to unlock the door. He opened
A it slightly and the old woman prornpt1v
forced her way in, walking by the .hus-
| band Hardly had she done this when
Petrinovitch sprang forward and pulled
a pistol out of coat hanging on !
chair. He began firing mediatelv At
, his wife. who was lying on bed. and
; then cut his throat with large knife
after slashing his bride.
The elder Mrs. Petrinovitch Screamed
and called for her daughter to assist
her, but the latter WAS terrorstricken
& and refused to move,
The police were summoned. and with