New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-05
MURDER OF A STRANGER.

A FATAL ARRAY WITH THREE MYSTERIOUS AssAIL'
ANTS.
An unknown man was struck on the hedu
with weapon at Greene and Spring sts at ii D. m yes
terday and received wound from the effects OF winch
he died half an hour aferward The witnesses OF 'ne
assault saw a slender man pushed out OF hpuoi
saloon on the corner by man OF somo'
what burlier form aud thrown into the gutter
With stagger the weaker man arose from the gutter
and walked from Greene-st around the corner into
sprng-st where the spectators saw man In straw
hat suddenly spring toward and strike him on the head
The stranger wac Frustrated by the blow and while ~
ing on the sidewalk was kicked In the face by tnru
assailant who wore black hat. Inc last
two assailants then walked rapidly down Spring,
toward WoOsterst Several boys who had witnessed the
assault gathered around the who had been attacked
and on discovering that he insensble asked some
men TO come TO his assistance The stranger was fed
up and placed upon inclined cellar door One OF the
crowd of men which quickly gathered felt the sense
less mans pulse and discovered thatt was beating very
rapidly, and indicating the approach OF death.
Information OF the crime sent TO the Eighth Pre-
cnct Station house and Capt. Williams hurried to the
spot The stranger was carried TO the Princest. Sta
ton house. where died in a short time. The deceased
was found be OF apparently IS years OF age,
feet inches in hight, OF light complexion, with au
burn hair, and full beard and mustache He was
dressed completely in black garments. His pockets
found; there was merely empty purse. Policemen
were at once sent out from the staonhouse TO arrest
the murderers if possible.
Roundsman Keller on arriving at the scence OF the
tragedy told that the barkeeper Of the saloon had
been Of those who assaulted the deceased The Off
Ger at once arrested this Klaus Meyer age 49, and
took the satiOnhouse. Meyer asserted his nno
cence and gave the following account OF the ARRAY
The deceased had entered the saloon while two other
men~Vicfor Post and Jeremiah Fuller-were drinking
at the bar The stranger was drunk and attempted TO
take of Fuler's money. Fuller at once knocked
him down and left the saloon. The stranger got up
from the floor and then tried TO go behind
the bar. He had taken the man and put him
out of doors; not striking him. Soon ter he heard
men quarreing the Sidewalk. and looking out saw
man in a white hat strike the stranger. few moments
afterward he was told that the man was dead In the
saloon at the time were two women, Mary New
man OF No % Greenest, and Maggie Kirby Of Garden
row.
Meyers account seemed very plausible, especially as
il confirmed by the testimony OF another witness OF
the murder Ann Mcclure OF No. 81 sprngst said that
she was standing the corner, and the deceased
leave the saloon. Soon after he was accosted by
woman, who asked him question. The man shook his
head, and at attacked by man in white hat
and by another in a black hat. They knocked the
stranger down, and kicked him in the face The assal-
ants then fed toward wooster-st.
Capt. Williams had been TO the saloon while this evil
dence being taken. and had there found concealed
beneath the counter polcemans cuo, which hsd evi
IDENTIFY been recently used He had also secured most
important witness Of the ARRAY in the person OF Charles
Kuhn, p age 10, of No. IL Lispenard-st Kuhn
saloon he looked within and Never struggling with
the DECEASED Meyer held club in his right hand and
was apparently striking the stranger with It, The
eombatants went the sidewalk, where the stranger
attempted pull Meyer down, selling him by the legs
Never resisted, and, Overpowering the anger threw
him into the gutter The stranger got up and walked
few feet, when he was attacked by man hay-
ing straw hat and then by another having felt
hat The man who struck the blow outside Of the saloon
was above the medium hight, and had smooth face.
Whether the fatal blow struck by Meyer by the
stranger of course cannot be determined until the tes
mOny OF all the witnesses has been taken At a late
hour last night the assaans who last attacked the
murdered man had been arrested All the witnesses
OF the ARRAY were locked up In the Prncest. station
house. Coroner Young was asked TO old inquest.