The sun., 1873-09-19
MURDER AND 4 SUICIDE.
George Mnun's J en lousy-lIi- Repeated Quar-"
rels with j ohm Il oeting he Carried
out his Terrible ThrrRts-The Tragic End
nj Lang StaudIno Fond.

out his Terrible Threats Tragic End
OF Long standing Fcud.
The preliminarics to bloody tragedy
which was enacted In Greenyille carly yesterday
morning, began two years ago. George Mann
baker In old Bergen avenue. has carried on
profitable business 1--WE years, and accumulated
considerable property. lie had a wife and three
children. In his employ a year ago was John
Koetilr. Mrs Mann was several years younger
than her husband, and Mann accused koetins
Of bcin- too familiar With her. Mann had an
irritable temper, and outbreaks Of anger against
Koctng were frequent. lie was, it is said, Of
GENIAL nature, aud he bore with Mann's fury
until about ten months ago, when he quit his
employ and set w bakery IN Johnson's lane,
Sattersyille, Bayonne.
just before this Mrs. Mann died, and her hus-
band remarked. -Four months aEo Koetins
sued Mann for 900 wages. Mann asserted chat
his ar~t wife had paid Koctiug In full before ne
uut. A. she was dead, and he could not pro-
duce receipts or hooks TO prove II, judgment
was promptly rendered In koeting's or. Tins
increased Mauns anger, lie had always nursed
his Litternes. against his former employee. lie
was violent in Justice Martins court, and made
threats against koetlns's life lie reiterated
| tho threats several times attcrward, but hOet-
! ing paid little attention to them.
! He prosecuted his business In SMtcrsyillc sue
ces,fully, and began to serve ont broad from a
! wagon. lie soon enlarged his route 10 Green
| Vile. Tins Increased Maun's rage. \ few days
]
supply him with bread in part payment Of a
debit Mann had previously furnished bread 10
| this grocer
Gerry. Mann threatened 70 shoot koeting tho
next time he met him. koetlns's friends ad-
! Yscd him to cease ptddlng bread Ia hrCeh-
willie, but he treated Mann's threats with a
laugh.
| On Wednesday Mann visited carpenter In
| Grccnvile and tried to buy his revolver. The
price being too high, he borrowed II to shoot
dog, he said. This carpenters a name is unknown
IA Ina nII i !
baker wagon, and told several persons that he
was nxed, and that Tomorrow they would see
two bakers less IN Greenyle lie also made lue
same assertions To his wife.
Yesterday morning kucting drove up 20 Darn
stattcr's beer saloon in Bergen avenue, and
served him with bread. They took drink, and
kOeting went out. On the doorstcps he met
lhey gaLed al each other an instant and Mann
suid something in German. koet!ng answered
In German, and passed ON toward hls wagon
Mann ran To- his wagon, took out the pistol, and
spoke again to koeting. As the latter turned
Mann nrcd IN mis- face, and haii,ounce bal
! Just above the right eve, kOcting uttered
sharp cry, sank to the curve, ana rolled into the
] gutter, dead.
4 small boy, who was passing screamed an,
ran down the avenue. He met an onioer, whom
he told that man had shot another one "a
place and found Mann rolling and bleeding ol
the sidewalk, and the revolver lying near hy
! with two chambers empty. Mann was TcmONt,
to the police station, whcro no died. Atc
shooting kuoiins, he placed tho pistol to n
mouth, ana sent the hall through ms Dram, II
did not utter word AFT the shooting
koetings wife arrived soon atterWaTd, and th
body Of her husband was given 10 her. she hl
Ave children, the oldest being eleven. They ar
left destitute. Mann had three children, th
eldest a girl Of sixteen. Mrs. Mann and famll
are well provided for. Mann was well know
along the Jersey shore, having llyod in Green
Vile i've years. Ito was over nfty years old
Koetlng was about thirty Ave. Justice MaIti
and several other gentlemen OF Iayunne ycster
day started subscription for the benoht O
kueting's family,