The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
MAN WHO STABBED
 MISS VALLEY IS
 STILL AT LARGE
Stenographer Has Little Chance to Recover-Tells of Events Immediately
 Preceding Stabbing

1 Eugene Bernardo. the young Italian
 who attempted to kill Miss Daisy Val l ley in the office of McCarty- -Ormonu
 Brokerage company, 2229 Morris ave- 1 nue. Tuesday morning at 11:so o'clock, I by stabbing her three times, is still at large despite all efforts on the part of the detective department to appre- bend him. Miss Valley is in a critical | condition at St. Vincent's hospital and little hope is held out for her recov-
 cry. She is conscious and seems to realize her condition. The doctors state her chances for recovery are di- unfinished on account of the point of the knife being lodged in her lung. An X-ray examination will be made this morning provided the condition of the wounded woman warrants 1t.
 When seen by an Age Herald report CT yesterday morning, Miss Valley talked freely about the stabbing. She appeared calm and composed, but her voice was weak.
 Arrested by Abernethy
 T am dreadfully sorry this hap pened," she said. q have done every thing in my power to rid myself of that mans attention. l have pleaded, begged and threatened. Despite all my efforts he continued to haunt my very footsteps and called me over the tele- phone necessarily. Of late l have in- variably hung the receiver up in his face the minute I recognized his voice at the other end. The climax of his infatuation came last week when he sat down in a jitney which l had board ed to go home and deliberately pinched me. On complaint Judge Abernethy ar rested him. Fearing the publicity and not wishing to really harm Bernardo, I dropped the case and Judge Abernethy gave him a severe lecture and told him to cease his attentions towards me or else go to jail. He promised to go away and never see me any more.
 T thought that was the last of the man and this idea relieved mo great ly. I knew Bernardo three years while he was going to business college, and through sympathy. my family was nice to him. He said he was alone In this country and appeared to be of a good family in Italy. After a time my moth CT made him leave on account of his open declarations of love and con- tinued pledges that he would win me or die. Maybe all this would not have ] happened if he had left this country for good and forgotten all about his love for me. I often told him l cared nothing for him and never would, and
  some girl who would be able to ap-
 preciate his ardor. He seofiel at these suggestions, and declared that he
 would win me regardless of all the
 obstacles in the world.
 Tuesday morning, sometime between
 II and 12 o'clock, he called me over
 the telephone. He knew I would hang
 up as soon as I recognized his voice,
 so he talked swiftly ferce1y T am |seoming, I am coming, now the words fairly hissed from his mouth and the receiver went back to the hook with d bang. l tried to get in communication with my brotherin-law immediately. Before I could get my connection he bolted into the office His face was white and drawn and sardonic smile hovered about his wicked lips. shud- dered and gasped out, Get out, get out, at once; you can't como here.' "For answer he stabbed at me, the first two blows from the knife cut me about the head. Then with fren- zied lunge he struck for my heart. The blade sank deep and blood oozed from the wound as he pulled the knife out. He strengthened up and gazed into my eyes. l could not speak. I walked to the door of the building. He walked by my side. As l stepped on the threshhold l tottered. He fingered about 30 seconds. then ran down the street. l cf1eu out ana everything De- came black. That is all I know. l
 am willing to go on the witness stand
 and swear to what he did l am sorry
 it all happened"
 According to q statement made by
 Mrs $. E Fisher, with whom Bernardo
 lived at 2020 Fifth avenue, he left her
 house Monday night and appeared to be
 irrational. He was delinquent In his
 room rent and when he found that he
 would not be allowed to take his per-
 sonal effects with him he deliberately
 tore his clothes to shreds saying that
 no one else would ever wear them. It
 is thought that Bernardo entered the
 house sometime early yesterday morn
 ing. but lost his nerve half way up the
 stairs and fled. This information is
 founded on the fact that occupants of
 the house heard some one enter the
 house and leave 1t almost immediately
 about 3 o'clock yesterday morning. lie
 was seen on Sixth avenue early last
 night. It is not thought the man has
 left the city and detectives feel con-
 fident he will be captured sometime to-
 day or tonight.