The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-30
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The shooting took place al
2:30 a. m. Wednesday near the
entrance to n-The-Lake
a roadhouse located on Lake St
Clair at the foot of William p
Rosso highway in Chesterfield
township. Mrs. Cremers, her
body riddled by seven bullets
from a % calibre long automat-
ic rifle, lived less than an hour.
She died shortly after admission
TO st. Jos~ph's hospital in Mount
Clemens.
LIVED WITH RELATIVES
Cremers told the sheriff that
he and Mrs. Cremers separated
three weeks ago and that, since
that time, she has been living
with a sister, Mrs. Rena Carroll
33, and sister-in-law, Mrs.
Gloria Verbecke, 26, at the lat
ter's Richmond nome. She was
accompanied by Mrs. Carroll
and by Mrs. Verbecke at the
time of the shooting.
According TO Cremers he had
encountered the three women IN
a Richmond beer garden at $50
Tuesday evening and that his
wife then rebuffed his request
for dance. She said she
couldn't hear me-" he told
Sheriff Ensign. Angered he
then went TO the nearby home
of brother, Albert, where he
borrowed the death-gun the hus-
band said. He quoted his broth
or as warning him mot to do
anything foolish" when he took
the weapon.
WAITS IN AMBUSH
Returning to the Richmond
tavern, Cremers said, he follow
ed his wife and her two girl
companions to the foot of Rosso
highway, where, he said, he
watched them dancing with 9TH
er men. He said he waited in
ambush until the place closed
up for the night, shortly after 2
a. m, and then confronted his
wife, Mrs. Carroll and Mrs.
Verbecke as we'll as their two
civilian -aHd-tWe- soldier COM
panions, with the gun.
II suppose you thought I was
fooling," Cremers declared he
said to Mrs. Cremers, just before
she attempted 10 grapple with
him and as he fired the first of
the volley of shots that claimed
her life.
Sheriff Ensign said that when
his officers, called by tavern at
PENDANTS, reached the scene only
the fatally injured woman, her
sister, sister-in-law, Cremers
and two Military Police officers
attracted by the commotion
were present.
IDENTIFY COMPANIONS
The two civilians with the
women later were identified as
two Mount Clemens brothers,
Collins and Eric Green, who re-
side at 210 N. Broadway street.
The names of the soldiers in the
party are unknown Undersher-
iff Kaltenbach said.
Mrs. Carroll told the sheriff
that after Cremer had stopped
shooting and was gazing placid
ly at the body of his wife, she
told him II suppose you are hap
Ply now" and that he replied,
That's right. l am"
The sheriff said Mrs. Carroll
likewise told him that when she
told Cremers, I've notion to
take that gun away from you
and fire the balance of the mag
azine load into YOU" he laughed
and calmly discharged all re-
naming shells into the ground
near his PROSTATE wifes body.
Cremers made no effort to
flee and told deputies She had
it coming and he related the
details Of the Staying.
The Cremers two children,
Andrew, Jr., six and Ronald,
three, have been making their
home with the slain woman
since the parents became es-
tranged.
Mrs. Carroll told Ensign that
Cremer had previously threaten
ed his wife's life and that, only
last week, she had reported his
! threats to Richmond officers.