Jacob Ginrovich

1895 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Jacob Ginrovich
  Born	1895	, Czechoslovakia
  Gender	Male
  Crime	1925	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	killed woman
  Name	Jacob Tender
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-282047
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I282047	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

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  Man Responsible For Girl's Death Now In Hamilton Asylum Believed Jacob Ginrovich Doped and Killed Girl in Kitchener in 1925. Skeleton Found by Children in Woodside Park. ARRESTED AND ORDERED DEPORTED TO EUROPE Chief of Police Hodgson of Kitchener declares he has learned definitely that Jacob Ginrovich, alias Jacob Tender, aged about 38, who claimed he had killed a girl and buried her body at Kitchener, was in the Hamilton Hospital for the Insane. Letter on Confession. Ginrovich wrote police here a letter from Montreal in September, 1930, stating he had killed the girl. Ginrovich was awaiting deportation to Austria at the time, but, police said, he was returned to Hamilton for treatment. Chief Hodgson went to Hamilton to learn what Ginrovich knows about the bones of a 26-year-old girl found buried near the point where Ginrovich's letter indicated he had placed the girl's body. Ginrovich, described as a dope fiend, stated in his letter that he had killed the girl the night of Sept. 10, 1925, by an overdose of cocaine. The girl's skeleton was found by children playing in a sandpit at Woodside Park, Kitchener, on April 4th. Police at once recalled the letter received in 1930 from a man who signed his name as Jacob Ginrovich, awaiting deportation in Montreal at the time The children saw the skeleton as it rolled down the sand bank. They informed older children, who told police of the discovery. Ginrovich was well-known to Kitchener police in 1930, as he had been arrested in connection with the sending of anonymous letters to city officials, Ontario's Premier, and the Prime Minister of Canada. Former Austrian Soldier. Search of his room by police revealed an old chest containing various effects and pictures of the man taken as an Austrian soldier in full uniform. From papers found in the chest, suspicion arose that he had left his native country under shadow of crime. Ginrovich was taken to the Ontario Mental Hospital at Hamilton as insane, but he escaped and write a threatening letter to the Chief of Police of Kitchener. The letter. said Ginrovich was on his way to Kitchener and intended to kill Chief O'Neill. He was found on the highway between Breslau and Kitchener and held for deportation. Ginrovich Not Deported It. was while he was in Montreal awaiting embarkation for Europe that he wrote to the chief and told the story of murdering the girl and burying her body in the park. He was not deported, but returned to Hamilton. At the time of his arrest here he was said by police to be forcing his attentions on a young woman and her complaints had been part of the cause for police action. The report of the letter written from Montreal by Ginrovich was located in a local newspaper. The newspaper report quoted the letter as declaring the writer was making his confession "For God's sake and to save my soul." The letter said the man had met a girl in a railway office and the Was purchasing a ticket for Detroit. She went for a walk with him and when they reached the outskirts of the city he gave her cocaine. He gave her an overdose and she died, the letter said, Collecting her belongings, he buried them in a tin can beside the body. In Hospital Several Years. Jacob Ginrovich is a patient at the Ontario Hospital on the Mountain, Dr. J. J. Williams, superintendent, states. The story of the slaying of the girl at Kitchener has been told on several occasions by Ginrovich, it was learned. Ginrovich came here from Czecho-Slovakia, and Dr. Williams some time ago arranged for his deportation. He actually crossed the ocean, but was refused admission to the country. Returning to Canada, he was again taken to the Ontario Hospital. Chief Hodgson of Kitchener reports that in a later interview Ginrovich said he thought the girl's name was Mary, but forgot the surname. Police are in communication with Winnipeg police and hope to learn the girl's identity. Waterloo Chronicle 12 Apr 1934 Pg 1 ________________ SLAIN GIRL REPORTED FROM WINNIPEG AREA Jacob Ginrovich, alias Jacob Tender, clings to his story that he killed a girl in Kitchener in 1925 and buried her body in a sandpit near Woodside Park. According to Ginrovich, the girl's first name was Mary and she came from Winnipeg district. Chief William Hodgins of Kitchener police force, questioned Ginrovich at the Ontario Hospital, Hamilton, and said: "I have every reason to believe that his statement' that he killed the girl is correct." The police chief first questioned Ginrovich last Saturday afternoon. Tuesday he went to Hamilton to renew the questioning, which was attended by the superintendent of the hospital and a court stenographer. According to Ginrocich's story, the girl told him she came from the Winnipeg district but Ginrovich did not remember her surname.. Ginrovich thought the girl was around 25 years of age. She was described as fairly well built, about five feet seven inches in height with dark hair. According to Ginrovich's confession, he killed the girl by giving her an overdose of cocaine. Chief Hodgson declined to state I what his next move would be, declaring he was working on the case and could say no more. The mystery evolved last Wednesday when some boys playing in the sand pit near Woodside Park unearthed a skeleton. They became frightened and called some adults who got in touch with police. The hands and feet and part of the spine of the skeleton were missing. The bones were in good state of preservation and could have been there for three to 15 years, according to Coroner Dr. L. Lang. Dr. Lang believed the bones were these of a girl about 25 years of age, the age Ginrovich claims for the girl he killed. Following the discovery of the skeleton, police recalled a letter they had received in September, 1930, from a man being held for deportation to Europe at Montreal. The man signed his name was Ginrovich and claimed he had killed a girl at Kitchener in 1925 and buried the body. The police then started the search for Ginrovich and discovered he had been returned to Canada when the Country to which he was deported refused him entry. New Hamburg Independent 13 Apr 1934

  
  

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