New-York tribune., 1922-01-18
Jealous Wife
Stays Sister
As She Sleeps
Lures Girl Back TO Lonely
Jersey Home, Shoots Her
and Remains Alone With
Body for Day and Nigh,
Letter Warned Husband
Woman, Held OH Murder
Charge. Says She Found
Pair Together in N. Y.

Just after dayhreak Sunday Mrs.
Hermionc Renzelman, who lives in n
small wcather-beaten house on lonely
road at South Eatontown, n. j.. near
Long Branch, took her husbands re-
volver from drawer, went upstairs
and shot and killed her twenty-se
year-old sister, Gcrninc Vessels as
she slept.
AT noon yesterday Mrs. Renzelma s
husband, Fred, summoned from New
York by a letter written by Mrs
Ronzelman, in which she told him that
she had killed her sister because she
had stolen his love. arrived at the
house. He found His wife in the
kitchen calmly attending to her house
hold duties. In the upstairs room was
the body, a bullet wound in the head
Mrs. Rcnzelman had spoken to no one
since killing her sister and during the
ertire time had remained ID the house
with the body and her fourteen
months-old son. The nearest neigh
Dor, negro, lives mile away
Held on Murder Charge
Mrs Renzelman shot her sister, &C
cording to the Eatontowl police after
she had gone to New York City for her
and had brought her back to the lonely
farmhouse for that express purpose
Mrs. Renzelman. showing not the slight
est emotion, was taken before Justice
of the Peace K. Herman Stoye at
Eatontown and held on a charge of
murder. She was locked in the Free
hold County Jail Her husband was
held in $1,000 bail as material wit
ness. He took the child with him.
For more than two years Rcnzel-
man and his wife lived in the small
house, and because Of their isolation
were known by few. Renzcman is q
chauffeur and is frequently away from,
home, Mrs. Rcnzelman being left dur
ing his absences with her infant son
and the family's dog. The loneliness
became trying. and it was decided tc
bring Mrs. Renzelman's sister over from
Germany to live with them.
Mrs. Renzelman. according to he1
story to the police used her owr
money to pay her sisters passage. Two
months ago Gerninc arrived, but hel
presence in the home seemed to annoy
Mrs. Renzelman. Several weeks age
the sister left the house, with the idea
of getting employment in New Ro
chele
Persuaded Sister to Return
Rcnzclman, it seemed to his wife
had become too much interested ir
! Miss Vessels. and Mrs. Renzelmar
found it impossible, she said, to kceE
herself from being jealous. Last Fri
day, she said, she went to New York
and found her sister living there with
! Renzelman. She then persuaded hel
sister to return with her. Her mind
was made up, according to the police
| about what she would do after reach
ing the house at South Eatontown.
ceived, written by Mrs. Renzeman sew.
ter, he was told that when he returned
home he would find his son, his wife
and his dog dead. Renzelman found
that the dog had been killed by q
bullet through the head. His baby was
playing about the kitchen floor as he
entered.
Prosecutor Charles Sexton and Coun.
ty Detective John M. Smith arrived in
short time and placed both the wife
and husband under arrest. Mrs. Renzel-
man showed no concern and quietly
packed few things when told that she
was to be taken away
"My sister tried to steal my hus-
band" was her only statement to JUS
tice of the Peace Stoye
Mrs. Renzeman is thirty-one years
old. Her husband, about the same age
is employed by family who have a
summer home at Deal Beach.