The New York herald., 1875-11-01
CLUBBED TO DEATH.

GERMAN SALOON KEEPER KILLED By THE
''TENTH AVENUE GANG"
Antoine BechtoId, German saloon keeper, struck
on the head with club during fight at a late hour
Saturday night and died yesterday morning.
Bechtod the proprietor Of the lager beer saloon
No. 4Os West Thirtydrst street, at which place the
murder committed. He used to be a
stone mason, but by assduous labor and frugal
living saved sufficient money start a saloon. This
four years ago. Two years later-REcoRDER HACK
ETT sAYs:-'IF THE NOTIONS YoU FoREsHADow SHOULD
DE AcoUIEscED BY CRIMINAL JUDGES nsoMUcH
As THE COMPOSITION POLITICAL COMMITTEES OFTEN
CHANGES, MIGHT THE COMPOSITION COURT OFFICERS
AND THEREBY CONFUSION, LEAST, DE occAsIoSED I
CANNOT YOUR PRoPosrIoS'-he had done so well in
business that no was able to buy the property on
which his saloon was located. Last fall he built
an extension to the main building which
he intended TO a ballroom, but
during the winter and the following was oc-
cupied by the Union Mannerchoir German organiza-
ton, TO which Bechtod belonged being himself good
tenor singer week ago last Saturday Bechtold
opened his ballroom the German people the neigh
borhood intending each succeeding Saturday evening to
give a sociablo. Shortly after opening the ballroom
crowd Of some ten eleven OF what IS known as the
Tenth avenue gang went in and began insulting the
women and defymg the They we're all OF the
LOWEST AND MOST BRUTAL CLASS,
and have long been known by the police as desperate
characters IL was a little natural therefore that
the staid quiet Germans who were enjoying them-
selves az the top should feel highly indignant
and at the same time RECORDER HAcKETT SAYS
EVEN If DISPOSED TO THROW OPEN BOOKS AND
RECORDS THE COURT TO A POLITICIAN COULD NOT DO
Ir BECAUSE DEPUTY NOT APPOINTED ny TIM
JrpGEs or THE CoURT or GENERAL sEssroNsn some
what stirred at the presence of these ruans Bechold
went TO them and requested them to behave themselves
but answered in the most brutal manner
imaginable aud given TO understand that II
he made any further objections TO their presence
they would ''clean out the place. of them
nounced t. Finally, however they LETT the ballroom,
but not until they saw preparations were being made
for their forcblc election,
For the purpose OF preventing tho return OF this
mob, Bechtold raised tho price Of admission to ffty
cents Last saturday night another ball was
gwen, and about half past ten O'Clock six OF
the ronghs who had visited the place the week pre-
vious, came. When they found the price Of admission
had been raised they became frghully abusive, but
finally all pad except one, and he forced his way IN
and deed any to put HIM out As they were pass
ing in leona Miller, the sstern.law Of JACOB Been
told, who Is Antoine Bechtods son. heard one q them
say, eve will FIX the Dutch - this time
Once inside, these rowdes tried IN every way 70 GET
upa
Mr. Bcchold told them to leave and on thelr Ieius-
ing got club and called upon hs friends 70 assist nun
in eiccting them. desperate hght now ensued, the
rouqhs scizng whatever they could and and striking
and cutting right and len Bechtold was stabbed
twice in the back, and this caused MN 10
drop his club, which was AZ once sel1ed
dealt Bechtold powerful blow Telling him TO the floor,
aer which the roughs made their escape To the streey
Rechtold got up and saying he was not badly hurt,
went INTO an adjoining room, where ho washed his head
and changed his shirt This done he returned TO tho
ballroom and the festivities went on as 6oorethe DIS
turbance Several Of the Germans were quite badly
cut and bruised but none, with the exccp-
ton OF Bcchtold, were dangerously injured
About halfpast twelve Bechtod complained OF a Sc
vero pain in his head and RECORDER HAcKETr sAxs:-
oTHE LEGISLATURE HAs WISELY PLACED THK sELEoTfoN
or OFFICERS OF THE COuRr OF GENERAL SESSIONS S rus
tsxrIfs m NaTur
EVERY DAY oP ExrEBIENcE CONTRIBUTES COURT or.
usRPuLNEss. was finally connaed TO retire 10