New Ulm review., 1922-07-19
MARKA GIRL met
VIOLENT DEATH /; 4 Il
FORMER NEW ULM GIRL WENT
RIDING WITH STRANGE
MAN IN FORD.
ATTEMPT TO JUMP FROM CAR
THOUGHT LIKELY CAUSE
OF ACCIDENT.

Mrs. Joseph Hengy, Jr., Of New Ulm
who had been living in St. Paul for
a couple of months under her maiden
name, Clara Marka, was found dying
on the East river road, Minneapolis,
about 3 o'clock on the afternoon of
Monday of last week. She was found
by George Pearson of St. Paul as he
came driving along in his car. Behind
him, came Clarence R. Smith Of Far
60, also in car. She was still alive
but unconscious and life was quickly
ebbing away. The two men hurriedly
took her to Midway hospital from where
she was at once removed to the City
hospital, St. Paul. On the way to
the hospital, DR.. David Kadesky, po-
lice surgeon, endeavored to rouse her
to consciousness so that her name might
be learned, but without success, the
words she tried to speak sounding like
PEARL and "Marko.'
Died at $3.50.
She died at. $50 p. m.t without re-
gaining consciousness. The cause OF
death was a fractured skull. Besides
that, her face was lacerated and her
dress and shoes were torn by gravel
apparently as if she had been dragged
along the road for distance by an
automobile. 1t appeared that she had
fallen on her face, presumably out OF
a car, and had gotten tangled up in
the car and dragged along. -, - Is 49,. {,
Roonmates Identify Mrs. Hengy.
Nothing was known of her identity
until theNnext morning when her room
mates, Miss Asia Klaus and Mrs
Bertha Lorin, and her landlady, Mrs
Joseph Schroepfer, after reading the
description of the dead woman in the
newspapers, went to the hospital and
identified her body 'as that of Mrs.
Hengy. Relatives at New Ulm were
notified and on Wednesday evening a
brother, Joseph Marka, brought the
body here for burial. The funeral
was held last Thursday morning at
9 o'clock from the Catholic church.
Went Riding With Stranger.
Mrs. Schroepfer told the police that
Mrs. Hengy, or Clara Marka, the name
she was known by in St. Paul, left
her lodgings at 1890 on Monday
taking Mrs. Schroepfer's 5-year-old
boy with her to get some groceries
At 1 o'clock the little boy came into
the house with the groceries saying
that they met man in a Ford down
town who had taken them, home ano
that Clara had gone riding with him
All the description the boy was ablt
to give was that the man wore cal
and dark suit and that Clara fhat
called him : Ernest" - No one else a
the place saw the man she went. ou
with. ypt <. f3s.srfsz .te% T.. ~ =,
Mrs. Hengy's roommates and Mrs
Schroepfer became :, alarmed Monda,
night when she did not return, blu
they did not notify the police. Upo,
reading the newspapers the next morn
ing, they. were satisfied that she wa
the young woman that had bee1
killed. ~ ~ Ill
Left New Ulm Two Months Ago,
Mrs. Hengy is the daughter Q
Andrew Marka, 1102 North Broadwa.
street. She was born October Fl, 1885,
and was % years old. Her mothe
died nine vars ago. She has sister
Mrs Alfred Borchert, living on Nort]
German street, one brother, Frank, q
home with his father, and the younges
brother, Joseph 20 years old, has bee
working in St. Paul recently. ..
She was married to Joseph Hengy
Jr.,. about four years ago but live
apart from him. off and on, as 70 resul
Of domestic difficulties. The last tim
she left him was last February Sh
lived at her fathers home q part 9
the time since then .anh part s1 tn
time with Mrs. Schroepfer, who q
that time lived in New Ulm. In May
Mrs. Schroepfer, moved to st. Pau
and Mrs. Hengy and her roommate
moved also and continued to liv
with Mrs. Schroepfer.
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