New-York tribune., 1866-12-31
CRIME.
HOMICIDE IN TIE EIanrn WARD.

HOMICIDE IN THE ElGnIH NAkD.
. GERMAN srIoEMAKJE NoRrurY STABBED IN HIS
EMPLOYERS sHOr.
Shortly before o'clock on Saturday evening two
unknown men, one coorcd and the other white, entered
te shoe shop of Christian Manch located In the basement
of No 6 Thompsonst None OF the inmates were present
Al the time hut q workman known as Charley" The
proprieo tor mad but few moments previous stepped ont
o procure his supper. man named Maso employed IN
a 4 hle i'm The vicinity saw the mcu the shop, and
hearing loud talk a moment after stopped down, and
looked through the glass door leading into the place The
party .cemrd quafcling about the price Of pair O
Bli few words passed, when. 10 the horror Of the
ookeron the negro drew dirk knife from his pocket
and stabbed the workman three times In the lower part OF
the abdomeu the right breast and near the center Of the
breast The wounded man AT once fc. backward 10 the
floor with the blood gushing rom his wounds. The as
saant AT once fed into the street accompanied by his
companion, and before the Mortified witness could
cover from his surprise ut tho suddenness OF the
renee they had disappeared around the corner Mason
then gave alarm and information of the affair having
been conveyed To the station House Capt Mills at
dispatched Two OF his most skful Officers in pursuit OF
the men.
In the meantime the wounded man had been conveyed
10 drug store m the vicinity but u was at once appar
ent 20 the attendant physician that there no chance
for his recovery Hc was nsrnsbe when taken from the
o the sho shop and never recovered
Death ensned IN few moments aer being taken into
The body was then taken to the Eighth Precinct sta
ion-IIouse in Woosters Prlnces aud yesterday
Ills employer did not know the full name OF the mur-
nor Where hi friends or relatives lived Mr. Manch BE-
Heved however that he had friends residing IN Brooklyn
INT In what street he could not tell He added that de
&c sed had told him that before entering his employ, he
worked in shop In Thirty lourtlst between Eighth and
Ninthayes Under these circumstances, Coroner Wldey
deemed best 10 remove tie body 10 the Morgue at
Bellevue Hospital for Identification, and adjourned the
inguest until Thursday next Deceased was native OF
GesInany aged about Is years, and had been In this
country nine years He about feet Inches IN hight
of medium build, has black hair thin imperial and IL
dressed in black felt hat brown Cardigan Jacket, black
ribbed csssinere pantaloonf white shirt, and boots
soon after midnight Detective Glynn OF the Eighth Pre-
einct arrested coored man IN the Fnh Ward snsp-
cion OF being the murderer but confronting him with
Mason and inmates of shoe shop 1T No. ~ Th0mp
r0Ist which place the men had entered but few mo
ents before the assault, they at decided that he
was not the man, and the suspected Individual was
cOrdlngly discharged -
ON Saturday night a coored man known as Hummer
Charley" was arrested by Detective Field Of the Firth
Precinct having seriously stabbed man on the 10th
OF November last since his arrest from facts that have
since transpred, II j. believed that he concerned In
the murder and is accordingly held 10 await further de
vclOpments