Dr. Louis E. Bertine, President of the Board of Health of Mount Vernon, who was attacked by four highwaymen Saturday night while returning to his home from a meeting of the City Council, died last night without having regained consciousness. It was after 11 o'clock when he left the Common Council meeting. He started home, and when but a short distance from his residence four men approached him. They demanded his valuables and money. Dr. Bertine is somewhat of an athlete, and he struggled desperately to escape his captors. He was making a good impression with his fists when he was suddenly stuck a blow back of the right ear, crushing his skull. This knocked him down, and the men after searching his pockets, disappeared. After the highwaymen departed, Dr. Bertine managed to struggle to his feet and reach his home. He opened his front door and aroused his wife. He told his wife that he and been attacked, and the police were notified over the telephone. Dr. Bertine then became unconscious, and remained so until his death. An operation was performed yesterday, part of Dr. Bertine's skull having been removed from where it pressed against his brain. The doctors did not then express much hope of his recovery. The police say that they do not think that Dr. Bertine was the victim of highwaymen, bu it is the general opinion that he is. The physicians state that it would have been impossible for Dr. Bertine to have received such frightful injuries from a fall.
New York Times, 31 May 1898
Survived by father Samuel, wife Mabel, daus Helen & Lucille; brothers Frederick, Arthur, Samuel & Harry
New York Times, 31 May 1898
Survived by father Samuel, wife Mabel, daus Helen & Lucille; brothers Frederick, Arthur, Samuel & Harry
Dr. Louis E. Bertine, President of the Board of Health of Mount Vernon, who was attacked by four highwaymen Saturday night while returning to his home from a meeting of the City Council, died last night without having regained consciousness. It was after 11 o'clock when he left the Common Council meeting. He started home, and when but a short distance from his residence four men approached him. They demanded his valuables and money. Dr. Bertine is somewhat of an athlete, and he struggled desperately to escape his captors. He was making a good impression with his fists when he was suddenly stuck a blow back of the right ear, crushing his skull. This knocked him down, and the men after searching his pockets, disappeared. After the highwaymen departed, Dr. Bertine managed to struggle to his feet and reach his home. He opened his front door and aroused his wife. He told his wife that he and been attacked, and the police were notified over the telephone. Dr. Bertine then became unconscious, and remained so until his death. An operation was performed yesterday, part of Dr. Bertine's skull having been removed from where it pressed against his brain. The doctors did not then express much hope of his recovery. The police say that they do not think that Dr. Bertine was the victim of highwaymen, bu it is the general opinion that he is. The physicians state that it would have been impossible for Dr. Bertine to have received such frightful injuries from a fall.
New York Times, 31 May 1898
Survived by father Samuel, wife Mabel, daus Helen & Lucille; brothers Frederick, Arthur, Samuel & Harry
New York Times, 31 May 1898
Survived by father Samuel, wife Mabel, daus Helen & Lucille; brothers Frederick, Arthur, Samuel & Harry
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