Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-30
DETAILS OF THE KILLING
 OF DAREDEVIL" BERGEN

Edgewater. \. J.. Aug. 29.-Two nor, movie peoplye today were revealed a, witnesses 10 the tragedy enacted al the nome of George F. Cline. location direc. tor. last Friday night, when .Handsoms Jack Bergen. daredevil double f1r film stars. was fatally shot.
 Miss Alice Thornton. whom Bergen had iifted from stenographer's desk 1T nnancial Manhattan to a p,ace befor. the camera was identified as "the rnvs. terious blonde" who was in the cline home when the man who befriende6 he, was killed.
 Another witness. who today shed new light on the affair, was Joseph Iuriio hreworks expert in battle scene movies known to have seen tn tragedy enacted at the Cline home. County suthoritie, 1 announced they were ready to proceed With the case. and 100 men and womer
 were impannelled for the September Jury. The grand jury will convene or September s to prepare the way fol them, it was announced
 Miss Thornton's story was told after detectives had trailed her to her home
 oin upper Manhattan. She it was. ac- cording to that story. who first Informed Cline that his wife had an affair vitt Bergen. Then. on the night when Ser.
 gen was summoned to the Clins's hon,s
 and denounced by the husband, she wal
 a witness, the police assert.
 The movie actress is alleged by the police to have cleared up a pu=zlius
 phase of the investigation, by answerinl the question. Why, when he feared Cline. did Bergen accept the invitation to their homer
 The answer is said to have been Afizf Thornton Bergen was attentive to her
 she ss! | un ll they quarrelled ovsr
 BerGen's alleged relations with Mrs Cline
 during the recent filming Of some scene,
 at Saransc Lake, N. Y.
 Miss Thornton said she told C,ine what she had learned but he did not
 believe her and he asked her If sht
 would tell the story before Bergen. Cline telephoned her Friday night. shs said. and asked her to come to Edge water. She declared she did not know
 then and does not know now whether she was used as lure to get Berger to the house. The Edgewater investi
 gators believe ergen went to the Clint house thinking Miss Thornton wanted {, . make friends with him again. after hi had been informed. it is alleged thai he could make up with Alice"
 When reached the Cline house Miss Thornton said. "AIr. Bergen wa already there. The Scullions. Mrs
 Cline's brothers, also wehe there and on
 or two others. As soon as I was il ! the house MT. Cline asked me to re , peat what I had told him.
 f Mir. Cline said to Bergen: Now ar you satisfed% Mir Bergen shrugged
 his shoulders and said something in
 different and sighting. Mir. Cline an, Mir. Bergen went upstairs.
 "A moment later I heard scuffle ol f the stairs and then a shot. We ran t
 the door and MT. Bergen came stumblin : downstairs and rarS out of the iron 2 door. I did not know then that . was the one who had been shot The Il Mfr. Cline came down and told me. got out of the house as soon couic a Mir. Iur;lo. the fireworks man, who lei l at the same time. took me to the For '. Lee ferry in his car
 e Iurilo said he reached the house SOD - after o'clock and heard sounds c 5 quarreling inside. When the door wa
 opened he said he walked in upon Clin, n who was starting up the stairs proddin ) Bergen ahead of him with the niuzzl l. of a pistol. Cline turned his head. an l. said: ''He wronged my wife.' whe y, the two men disappeared on the landin y above Iurilo said he heard footsteps br $ no, sound of scuffle. Mrs. Cline. | # said. was screaming Some one dc some
 IllnE, TOT GOu cdAt- NAcsNC HrdSc hs e tween them' Then there was a shot an e Bergen came down with his hand owe e his chest. gasping, and ran out 'l Seven persons are now known to hay n been in the Cline home at the shootin II Mir. and Mrs. Cline. ergen. Mrs. Cline le two brothers, Miss Thornton and Iuril
 Mrs Mary Cine. wife of the slay' and the cause of the shooting. told h' | story of the tregedy tonight for the fir " time.
 !. !. Jack Bergen told the truth just b ' fore they went up stairs that night
 she said After my husband had a , cused him of having maltreated me. ,s threw his coat back as If to bare h 1., chest and shouted: T know I am a dir S rat; I know I'm no good I'm rott' s friend I'm a rat Then he said: A right. I'll fight. That was when thu ,t went upstairs. Down in the recepti' -S room we heard them struggling. Mi . Thornton knows that, and she'll ha'
 to tell the truth. She knows too. tn
 Jack Bergen made a peaceful settlenne
 Of the trouble impossible when E sneered out an unprintable name at T
 after admitting my husbands charges