Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-07-16
CARETAKER SHOOTS
BROKER THEN TURNS.
WEAPON ON SELF.
DEAD MAN FAILED TO HEED
WlFE'S WARNING THAT EN-.
PLOYE WOULD HARM HIM
KILLING FOLLOWED RECON.
COLLATION..


New York, July 16,-Henry G. Hem
y ming, broker shot to death late Thurs
day night by Frank Eberhart, care
- taker OF his wife's estate at Duck is.
. land, Northport, l.. l., was warned by
his wife that Eberhart would kill
him
This was disclosed last night by
the brokers' son, John II. Hemming,
: also broker
when my father insisted on a
reconciliation his wife was willing,
said the son. when he persisted in
returning to Northport, she eXclaim-
ed: please don't or Frank will kill
you,
when he laughed it OFF she became
historical. She turned to me and
pleaded with me to stop him from go
ing to Long Island
Eberhart, a special deputy sheriff OF
Suffolk county shot himself dead after
killing the broker
The couple were married in North
port May 81. Previously the bride
was Mrs. Helen Henderson. Hemming
had been the husband of her sister
The day after the marriage Hem
ming discharged Eberhart Eberhart
pleaded and Mrs Hemming Joined in
the appeal Hemming agreed to take
him back III you will admit that | am
the boss" Since then the caretaker
had borne a bitter grudge
Thirteen days after the marriage
the Hemmings parted and the broker !
went to his sons apartment.
Hemming thereafter made many eff |
forts at reconciliation. His wife was
obdurately opposed. However he got
word Thursday that she was coming !
TO New York and encountered her at !
4 o'clock In the Pennsylvania station |
He induced her to 60 to the apart |
ment OF his son.
She was willing. after some CONVEX !
sation, to live with Hemming again, /
but insisted that it be in New York |
Then Hemming announced he would |
start with her for the Long Island |
place Despite his wife's pleadngs,
they started from the apartment at
O'Clock in the evening the woman in
tears and the man scornful OF the
doom she portrayed.
Mrs. Henderson inherited a large
estate from George Henderson, Wall
Street broker, who died in 1910 They
had one child. Helen. Later she was
married to Richard Van Wyck, a
mortgage broker. who disappeared
December 10, 1915, under. charges. of
forgery She obtained a divorce
Almost all Duck Island, overlooking
Northport Bay belongs to Mrs Hem
ming Both she and her daughter
have been conspicuous figures at
horse shows.
She objected strongly to his an
nouncement he proposed to remain at
the estate At Centreport she per
shaded him to stop the car before
roadhouse while she telephoned She
called up her house and got Eberhart
on the wire.
1t was the call that prepared. Eber-
hart for the trouble Mrs Hemming
admitted she instructed Eberhart to
be prepared to keep her husband from
entering her house,
Eberhart then, it has been learned,
turned from the telephone at the
house and told Helen, the daughter.
he would kill Hemming and himself
"if necessary"
They turned into the mile-long drive
OF the estate that leads to the two
story frame residence of twenty. five
rooms. About sixty feet from the
hn rofa al.r ha
from a bluff about 200 feet high
AS the car drew up Eberhart, Helen
and Charles Quirin, the butler, were
on the screened porch Schmidt. the
chauffeur, opened the car door Mrs
Hemmng ran up the porch steps and ;
was greeted by Helen
Eberhart flashed revolver and
blocked Hemnings path The broker
shouted:
This is my house This is my
wife. | am going in.
Powerfully built. Hemming started
to force his way past the caretaker.
Eberhart thrust the broker back
and held the revolver almost against
Hemming's heart He threatened
The broker started forward again |
Eberhart fired The bullet entered
near the heart. Mrs Hemming |
groaned:
ooh, my God" |
Again Eberhart fred the bullet en-
tering the left temple A third erazed |
the brokers' scalp, He rolled to the |
lawn dead
Eberhart made a gesture as though II
40 shoot himself whirled quickly and |
started into the house. shouting to |
Mrs Hemmtng;
Take good care of little Helen. |
He ran to his room upstairs
The butler pursued AS Qurin |
reached Eherharts door he heard |
shot The caretaker had fired a bullet Il
into his own temple. He was dead |
when Quirin reached him /
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