, 1876-07-14
BLOOD.
Ono Of the Most Exciting
Tragedies Of Mod
crn Times.
Three German Brothers OF
Newark, NJ. j., Scatter
Terror and
Death.
Their Cruel Butchery of
Four Inotfensive Fell
low-Beings.
An Enraged Populaco at Last
Turns upon Them.
The N1a1l-Slaycrs' Wild Flight
Before Inevitable
Death.
They Spring Into a River and
Are Quickly Stoned to
Death.
This Summary Retribution Meets
with Unqualified Approval
in Newark. j.,
Miscellaneous Record Of
Yesterdays Grim.
inal Events.
They Spring Into a River and
Are Quickly Stoned to
Death.
This Summary Retribution Meets
with Unqualified Approval
in Newark, =.
Miscellaneous Record Of
Yesterdays Grim
inal Events.

eSteTday'S Grim
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Ant awTI1r, TRAGEDY.
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Special Dttpasea to 7oe Tribune
NEwAnH, N. j., July 18.--ono Of tho most
terrible and exciting tragedies that has occurred
IN this city since the Pet Halsted murder took
place in this city yesterday afternoon.
The first act wns tho shooting dead
Of Officer. Benjamin Elsdcn, Of the
police force, In m upper room
at No. % jackson street BY three brothers
scrye awarrant; tho shooting fatally Of Officer
Delserson, whom Eladcu bad taken to assist
him; and seriously woundiug person natncd
John Cahill Of No. 10l Jnckson street.
Tho second act was tho deliberate murder Of
Charles Fischer and JOHN Albcrt at tho tanncyy
OF F. w. Dawson d Co., on River street. Tho
third act was tho chasing Of tho assasstns into
tho PassaIc River by tho infurlatcd employees
Of tho fuctory, and their drowning, after bciug
pcltcd with stones and other missiles by tho cu
RACED crowd upon the banks.
THE PULL HISTORY
Of this terrible affair, whereby I've lives were
lost Inside OF ]lalf an hour, one man wounded
so that l,e soon died, and two others fatally
shot, dates hack to Wednesday afternoon.
Charles ". Never, d fireman In T. W. Dawson &
Co.'s factory on River street, residing
at No. Bt1 Ferry street, appeared before
Justice Jcssup, Of tho First Precinct Court, and
made affidavit to tho effect that, on the 2lst Of
june, Albert, Charles, and Actin Thielhorn, Of
IT.
atrcet and demanded money, and Threatened to
shuot him. Revenge for this complalnt, Us we'll
| as for the Incarceration Of one OF tho Thlel-
horns In tho State Prison for atrocIuus assault
and battery On Meyer, prompted tho horrible
| tragedy.
ACT p1Rs1.
All o'clock this afternoon, Otflccr benjamin
Elsdcn went to arrest the Thtclhorns. There Is
no person living TO tell tho whole story OF this
murder. Elsdcn was eeen going up to tho Sec
| oul floor by Mrs. Varderhoot, who oc-
c1,pIcs tho first noor rs tcll-
ant. Mrs. Varrlerloof SAYS that size
heard some conversation between the officer md
tho Thlelllosns, they being noisy and violent, al
was their habit. She understood that the officer
| yas ecryinu d yarrnnt, Officer Elsdcn then
came down stairs and requested her to call in
Officer Dlckerson, which she did, and tic two
noliccmsu went up STAIRS Then
SIZE HEARD SHOTS FIRED,
and the co1orcd man ran t]own.stairs aud pussct
out at tho door. uo appeared to be hurt, and
fell. Shc noticed TINT tho other officer did not
como down. Ono Of the Germans rau down.
stairs. md. fearing that he would shoot
her. Mrs. Vaudcrhoof lied To the
back door, The German passed through
the frnnt room to the back door aud thcpce Into
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