Mary Herget
Cincinnati Enquirer, Friday, 9 May 1902, page 6
MURDERED
Mrs. George W Herget was killed by her husband at their home in
Dayton Ky. shortly after 2 o'clock Thursday morning and a few hours later a
Coroner's jury returned a verdict of willful murder against him. The killing was
the culmination of a series of assaults extending over a period of many months.
Two other assaults had occurred within the past month.
The first resulted in the inflicting of a large scalp wound in Mrs. Herget's head by means of a skillet while the more recent on was an attempt by Mr. Herget to cremate his wife. She was placed in a gasoline stove, which resulted in the burning of her dress. The final orgy was held at the residence, 907 Thornton street, Dayton Ky. yesterday morning. Frank Kerr, a young man residing at 138 Fourth avenue was the first to give the alarm. He ran to Betz's undertaking and told Officer Wormald of Bellevue, that a woman had been cut by her husband and was slowly bleeding to death.
He found Mrs. Herget lying on the sidewalk with a gaping wound in her left arm, from which the blood was still flowing. The sidewalk, doorstep and the walls and furniture of the house were all saturated with blood. Officer Gerrein of Dayton, arrived and they dying woman was hurried to Speers Hospital in the Bellevue patrol.
Dr. Wendt found that the brachial artery had been severed jut above the elbow of the left arm. She expired within 10 minutes of arrival at the hospital. The body was removed to Betz's morgue in Bellevue. About 30 minutes later, George Herget called at the hospital and asked how his wife was. When informed that she was dead, he seemed much worried and remarked "It is all off."
Those arrested included William Murray "Sports Maddox" Tom Shields, Frank Kerr and Allan Blake, all of Dayton. George Herget was also arrested. The Coroner's jury composed of; Charles Dietz, Aen Tomlin, Joseph Tomlin, Joseph Bauman, Ed Chambers and Eugene Ranklins returned a verdict after being out 25 minutes.
"We the jury find that Mrs. Mary Herget came to her death from hemorrhage caused by the severing of the brachial artery of the left arm; wound inflicted by George William Herget. We recommend that George William Herget be held without bail on the charge of willful murder."
George Herget, the accused, will be given a preliminary hearing in the County Court tomorrow morning before Judge Hissem. He is the son of the late millionaire distiller Herget, who died at Pekin Ill. about two years ago. He was a prominent politician in Illinois. By the terms of the will George Herget was not allowed any of the principal of his inheritance, but an allowance of $70 and later $50 a month. This was done on account of Herget's habits.
He was 42 years of age and resided in Dayton for three years. He was married to Mary Sellinger, of Clyde Ohio in 1896. the dead woman was 45 years of age. Herget has retained Colonel R W Nelson and Attorney Arthur Hall to defend him.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, Sunday, 11 May 1902, page 15
The funeral of Mrs. George W Herget took place at 2 o'clock yesterday from Betz's undertaking establishment, Bellevue. Nearly 100 friends and acquaintances of the deceased assembled to take last leave of the remains. The services were conducted by Rev C Emigholz, of the German Episcopal Church. George Herget, the accused and husband was in the audience and sat in stoic silence.
He stood looking at the corpse and imprinted a kiss upon the lips. There were not relatives of either the deceased or Herget in attendance at the funeral. Burial was at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 6 January 1903, page 5
The bond of George W Herget, who is charged with killing his wife in Dayton on May 8 of last year, has been forfeited because he failed to appear for trial in the Campbell Circuit Court. The bond was $2000 and the money was paid Monday afternoon by G F Ahlers of Covington. That Herget will never return for trial is believed by a story circulated he is in South America, superintendent of a large distillery. His relatives are very wealthy and came to his rescue and succeeded in having the bond signed for his release.
The relatives of the dead wife live in Northern Ohio and have shown no disposition to push the case. On the night of May 8, 1902, Herget and several companions were at the formers home drinking freely. After midnight a drunken brawl was started and Mrs. Herget rushed to the street where she fell from many wounds from a razor and died shortly after. Herget was arrested along with the companions and was indicted for murder. In the meantime Herget gave the required bail and fled.