New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-16
WOMAN SPITE VICTIM
Secaucus, N. J., Man, Whose
Wife Was Slain, Has CIeW.
POLICE ACCEPT HIS THEORY
She Lived in Constant Fear, He
Says, Since Soon After Their
Marriage, 3 Years Ago.

Marriage, 8 Years Ago.
Revenge or robbery. perhaps both. actu-
ated the murderers Of Mrs. Minnie Mack,
farmers wife. who was found early
Tuesday morning strangled to death in
her home at Secaucus. y. J. Her husband,
Jacob Mack. wept when mention OF his
wife was made Yesterday afternoon.
I'm sure she was slain for spite" he
said. ~ little while after l married her,
nearly three years ago. woman with
whom had some words left my home say
ing: 'You'll remember me a long time
The threat frightened my wife, and she
lived in constant fear. Every now and then
she would speak OF her fear. and nothing
that ! could say would dispel the dread that
filled her
II was with reluctance that Mack con-
scented to speak of his wife who at that
moment was lying on a marble slab in the
Jersey city mOrgue.
He was at the GanSovoort Market in This
city when his wife was murdered. and
when he returned Tuesday morning to the
farm and was questioned by DR.. r. T..
Churchill. who IS president OF the First
National Bank of Sccaucus and Mayor OF
the town. he contented himself with say
ing: I'm sure it was done for spite work"
Mack Silent for a Day.
Try rs no would. Mavor Churchill was
unable 80 obtain word from Mack In ex-
PLANTATION ot his theory. And it was not
until Yesterday afternoon that the farmer
amplifed his Original remark.
But the police think that robbery and
revenge Worc the motives Of the murderers
They are inclined ~ believe. they assert
that two Polish farm hands. who were dis
charged last Frdav by Mack. committed
the crime The police have been informed
they were coon al 2 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing. half an hour after the woman &c be-
lieved TO have been murdered near the
Mack home
Al least two had a hand in tho crime
and ono was 4 man ~ unusual strength
His fingers. as they clutched tho unfortu-
nate womsns throat. dug deep into tho
resh. breaking hone IN tho mock. with
his left hand he covered tho woman
mouth whom sha attempted 10 scream. M
hia extraordinary strength Vas shown
again in tho bruises around tho mouth.
There can he no question hut what tho
murdorors we're acquainted with tho house
and vor6 known 10 the five vicious dogs
tina, koep watch said Jacob Sch;ni't 'he
chief 90 police Of Socaucus. They had 10
nass three of tho dogs 10 get into the barn
where thcv obtained the spade and pitch
fork. which woro usod to Jimmy open IN"
I'D N
found I'm tho vostihulo when We arrived On
tho scene shortly after , O'Clock on Tues
dav morning
They know lust where those implements
were stored FOR had they rummaGed around
thav would have awakened tn" two farm
hands who slept IN tho haylo.t. And were
thcv strangers. the dogs would hav" barked
and awakened the I.unrmanns, who live a
couple Of hundred feet away.
tohp Eosasn and John Michel. the two
Polish rarmhands who slept through the
entiro crime. were examined at length
yesterday, bat they could throw no light on
TN. crime They vcr" arrested as material
vi,ness.s. bu; no suspicion attaches itsel:
- them.
Victims Cousins Tells OF Discovery. .
RI. examination Of Mamie karn. the
seveu,ccn-vear-nld cousin ~ tho murdered
,,omau did not assist the police any IN
their search FOR the assasSlns
81 anoke about clock said tn" girl
,oeterdsy when seen AT tho home OF tho
r.uhrmanns who are related To her. !
,or something terrible had happened. MY
,,,d was splitting. / was sleeping In the
r.,t room 10 Minnie. I jumped out OF bed
and ran into nor room screaming | found
bed dead. her corset cover knotted about
her neck.
II was she who gave tho alarm. and tho
notice believe tho murd"rers chloroiormed
rer before attacking Mrs. Mack.
The girl VIII not return 10 her HON" IN
Dutcbcss county until after the inquest. as
sh. has been requested 20 remain by pierre
Garven. the County Prosecutor.
Mrs. Mack must have struggled desper-
atelv with her ASSISTANTS, for the side oi
her head bore several bruises from blows
and the mud from a mans shoe showed on
the coverlet. Indicating he had To CLIMB
partly into tho bed to reach her.
The failure OF the robbers to take with
them the two gold watches OF Mack wher
they took the little jewelry ~ his wife Is
thought by the police TO be due to the tact
that they overlooked them In their haste
10 get away after committing the crime.