New-York tribune., 1922-08-21
" oman Shoots
Man She SAYS
Betrayed Her
Mosher of Three, Separated
From Husband. Wounds
Companion for Refusing
10 Make Her His Wife
Hotel Scene of Tragedy
.sWhy Did You DO It?''
Means Victim as the Di-
yorcee Stands Over Hin,

Mrs. Saran 5erAa became aware iASs
february that she was going to become
mother for the third time. She had
seen separated for three years from
Ter husband, Louis, contracting house
s.inter. Soon afterward she caned on
ssr husbands lawyer, made her con-
fsssion and urged him to hasten di-
rorSe action.
Moe Schneider might have left town
.hsn or else have resolved to marry
Wss Berlin as soon as the court grant
= the decree to the father Of Mrs.
.,,iiu's first two children. But Moe
sol,owed neither of these courses, and
81. il why he is In Harlem Hospital
ss.h bullet from an automatic pistol
,,,sssfh his heart. 1t is tho reason
asy Ma Berlin is in xhe Harlem
,y;sor cn the charge OF Yeie,.ious as
sssuH ss2 why the baby is an inmate of
tSe Jewish Orphanage, at Kingsbridge
Rosd and University Avenue, the
Bronx
Screams Heard In Room
four shots and the screams of a
scnran echoed in the corridors of the
Hstel Theresa, at 125th Street and Sew
srss Avenue, at o'clock yesterday
sorning When policemen from the
;2Sd Street station broke into Room
fg0 about fifteen minutes later they
ssw Moe Schneider on the floor beside
rumpled bed. A red stain on the
tuuic of his pajamas grew wider with
avery painting exhalation. Standing
ever him, clad in night robe, was
MS. Berlin, and she was laughing hys-
terically in response to Noes tiresome
repetition of the query:
'.Why did you shoot me z"
Z fslf AA vaa royffsna
tor such cases as prescribed in police
EQUATIONS. The wounded man was
ssSen to Harlem Hospital in an ambu-
jsnce. Mrs. Berlin was taken success
syeiy to the West 123d Street police sta
tion. before Magistrate w. Bruce Cobb
Il the Washington Heights Court and
hen to Harlem prison, 20 be held there
sithout bail for examination on Thurs
aay ON the charge of felonious assault.
fat over store in 2l16 Nostrand
lvenue. which is near Flatbush Ascalc,
|, fhe home of Mrs. Beriin's former
Susband and their two children, Theo-
Sare. fourteen years old, and Abner,
srht. The grandmother Of the boys
rms the household.
vi Il hope she will go free,a said
iris unorthodox mother-in- Law. That
fellow gets what he deserved de
should of married her when she had
III baby. He ruined her life. The,
sether ~ ~ Of Louis Berlin pushed her
glasses up on her forehead, dried her
svss on the corner of white apron
snd then continued darning neat honey.
fnn,b stitches into white COTTON
ssoeking held taut over a wine glass.
aIs will be four years in January
wbsn my boy Louis came here one
n;cht ard said. Mama, want to come
anS live with you again. That was All
X told me and he brought Theodore,
Il. oldest boy. She kept little Abner
Ind made Louis pay for his living. +
sone day Louis comes home and ne
ssgs. Mamma, what do you think!
Sarah's going to have q baby de
cried then and Theodore he cried when
We tcld him. She had gone to Louls,s
lawyer and told him the evidence and
asked for quick divorce, but the papy
was two months old before she got IT,
Size thought that fellow Schneider
would marry her. My son Louis says
he's beautiful fellow, but guess ne
thinks he's the only one in the world.
Selfish! My son said If she had come
tc him the first month he would have
given her grounds for divorce and
saved her disgrace.
Saw Her Last Wednesday
aLast Wednesday she was here and
took the children to Coney Island. She
waited for them down on the corner
but didn't come up. They came home
early She told them she was very
tired. She has tired disposition. Just
think that was only Wednesday and
now see what trouble. She comes from
a nice, respectable family. What will
they do TO her? If r.
The motherin-law of Mrs. Sarah
Berlin had to abandon her darning then
and devote her attention to her tears.
AS the third child of Mrs. Berlin was
born two months prior to the decree Of
divorce, granted on June 1, it now is
nearly five months old No one seemed
TO be concerned with its sex, its name
OF It's fate yesterday. It was merely
evidence In the case, motive, Ex-
hibit A.
AT the hospital late last night an in
terne expressed the belief that Moe
scaneider probably would recover