The New York herald., 1922-07-27
JEALOUS WIFE SAYS
SHE KILLED SISTER
Mrs. Reisler Declares Miss
Katz Stole Husband,
John the Barber
WAS GUIDED BY DREAM
Detectives Say Victim Ac-
cused Nephew After
Shooting.
THREE ARE ARRESTED
Sister, Brother and Another
Nephew Of Victim Seized
in Family Tragedy.
THREE ARE ARRESTED

Detectives left the Liberty avenue
station in Brooklyn early yesterday
morning for the home Of Miss Bertha
Katz in 1875 Sterling place, Brooklyn.
after they had been notified by tele-
phone that the woman had been shot.
Standing on the stoop of the apart
ment house they found Miss Katz's
mother, Mrs. Jennie Katz. The de-
tectives say as they approached Mrs.
Katz cried:
Morris did it.! Morris did it,"
The detectives found Miss Katz
lying on a bed In one of the rooms of
the apartment, dying from four bullet
wounds. In another room they found
her sister, Mrs. Minnie Reisler of so
West 112th street, the wife of John
Reisler prizefight promoter, known
as John the Barber; Mrs. Reisler's
brother, Max Katz, and her two sons,
Morris and George. Mrs. Reisler, the
police say, had revolver.
Mrs. Katz as she followed the detec-
tives into the room again cried out that
Morris had shot Miss KatG. but Mrs.
Reisler turned to her and shouted:
You lie! 20
Accuses Husband.
Mrs Reisler then told the detectives
that she herself had shot her sister be-
cause her husband had spent money on
40 OIL Inc nf on In 70 mil w
and would not let her alone. She showed
the policemen the gun with which. she
said, she had done the shooting. and as
serted that she felt no regret over what
she had done When she was told two
hours later that her sister had died in
st. Johns Hospital Mrs. Reisler ex-
pressed her satisfaction and said she
was glad that Miss Katz was out Of the
~w9y at last.
The Liberty avenue police, however.
declare that before Miss Katz died they
took Morris Reisler into the room where
she lay half conscious and that she
Identified him as the person who had
shot her. She also made an ante-mor-
tenn statement which the police refused
TO make public. The detectives, after
they had sent Miss Katz to the hospital.
arrested Mrs. Reisler, her two sons and
katz and locked them up charged with
homicide.
At the police station Mrs. Reisler
told reporters in the presence of detec-
tives that her only regret was that
she could not go to the funeral Of her
sister and put lily in her hand.
II wish l had killed them BOTH" she
said Il did the shooting. / waited a
long time 20 get her and I only wish
had been able to get both Of them.
! am not sorry. Aave no regrets My
son Morris did not know was going
to kill her.
sues for Separation.
Eight years ago. before my father
died. / gave my sister the best i had.
Then she stole my husband. Two years
ago he left me. For a short time he
paid for my gas. rent and food. but then
stopped paying even for these. / sued
Sim for separation because / did not
want him to have q divorce. That
would have made him able to marry my
sister. They have been intimate for about
eight years to my knowledge I told
him he could have any other woman he
wanted, but not to take my own flesh
and blood.
II stood near Bertha's house in the
rain on several occasions waiting to get
her. ! went there last night after mid
night and In little while my husband
and Bertha came along In an automobile.
Norris, George and Max were with ue.
and when Bertha saw me she told my
husband and he stepped on the gas and
sped away We hid. In little while my
sister came back accompanied by a de-
tective. / asked the detective to let
me go into the house, but he refused.
He went away after a little while.
IT waited around until he had gone.
/ ho.y 1r,,a
the door. They refused to let me in,
so we smashed the door down. BERTHA
was standing there in nightgown. We
argued for few moments and then I
drew a .32 caliber revolver and gave
her one shot. She grabbed my wrist
and with the other hand / fired another
and another and another. I fired four
shots altogether. 1 had six shots In
the gun. and I wanted to wipe her off
the earth.
Advised in n Dream.
IT did 1t because my father. who is
dead. came to me in dream and told
me to put stop to this business, as he
knew what was going on. In the Jewish
religion people believe those dreams /
alone am to blame. Morris and George
and Max came with me because they
thought wanted to beat my husband
and my sister. They didn't know I in
tended to kill her."
The Reislers were married twenty
seven years ago. Reisler was one of the
early managers Of Jack Dempsey, and
has. also handled other well known
pugilists. AT the present time he Is an
automobile salesman. In the suit for
separation fled by Mrs. Reisler last No
vember she declared that her husband
had been unduiy intimate with Miss
Katz. that he had employed her In his
barber shop and given her money to go
to business college.
The Brooklyn police had not been able
UP to late last night to get In touch with
Reisler His sister, Mrs. Cecilia Under
wiser of 612 Ashford street. Brooklyn.
told the detectives that he came to her
home early yesterday morning remained
n few minutes and then went away, say
ing he intended to kill himself. She has
not heard from him since that time. she
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