The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-27

STRANGE ASSAULT And ROBBERY or oEEMA,
TAILOR IN SUFFOLK STREET.

STRANGE ASSAULT And ROBBERY or GERMAN
TAILOR IN SUFFOLK STREET
EDWARD Diereks. Of No. s23 last fifteenth street.
died Al Bellevue Hospital al ha'fpas, nine 4. NJ on
Monday. lie was brought there AZ ten minutes past
twelve ?. " Of tho Same day from the Thiricenih
precinct whore he had locked up on the previous
night Tho circumstances OF hts arrest and
death are Of very Suspicious character
Tho pos,-norlem made by DR. Cushman ycster-
day revealed that his skull had been fractured
and the injury had caused his death. How ho sus
timed IL tho police, Who have been investigating tho
matter were unable 10 discover up to a hour last
night Indeed. they did not KNOW who he was until
Jacob Meyer, OF No 33s East sixth street. ,dentiaea
the body al the Morguo yesterday evening
ruE AnusirES Buxp.
From Meyers statement II appears that deceased
ana he members OF the Deuischcr Arbciten
Bund, benevolent society, OF which Meyer IL prasi-
dent and Dcrcks secretary. There some eight
or nine lodges OF the order IN this city and a new
formed aud dedicated on sunday afternoon IN
New Jersey. AT three y. N. ot that day Dicrcks,
with Meyer AMI several other brethren Of the Order
met IN 4. kloppmanD's lager beer saloon, No Deln-
ccy street, aud proceeded 20 New Jersey They
returned about nine 4. NJ aud after brief soiourn n
the lager beer saloon started Tor home. Meyer and
Dlercks going out together Before leaving Dicrcks
called for a drunk, 1nd pulled out a handful Of
bus To pay Tor tho ilaor lie altered ms
mind, however. saying that he wanted Tho motley
and would hand the amount nincty-two cents. on
the following day TO Mr. kloppmann Meyer and do
ceased from the saloon 10 Tho formers house "a.
333 East sixth street, aud the latter remained there
some ton o fifteen minutes. Neither Meyer nor Ats
heard any Diercks until hts absence from
home was reported u them fbey positively that
DIercks was perfectly sober when he lett Tor home,
about eleven O. clock ite later on sunday night.
The police took hin into the station house twenty
minutes afteTward, quite tnscnsible Onlcer kiug oi
the Thirteenth precinct. found him
srKrSoLE . rnK MAILMAN
II appears FROM the statement Of MIRA Meadows. OF
No. ~ suffolk street. that iouy.nva minutes past
eleven o'clock Sunday night she heard a
struggle 10 her hallway and then ike some.
window aud called the officer. who entered tbs place
aud found man stretched ON the hoor apparently IN
a drunken stupor. lilo carried him OF 10
tho station house. where he ws- entered
man The prisoner into a cell and locked
up Tor the night lie showed signs ~ retGrntn X
consciousness IN the morning. wherefore CAPITA a
Copeland scat Tor Police surgeon flunrer, wLo a.
cent TO the hospital nt Tho Chambers
Street Hospital ambulance hlgn.led ADD
camc to the station house, but The doctor ~ho ac-
conpancd The vehicle did rot feel nchei TO take tho
prisoner = he seemed TO be merely suffering from
drunkenness. Al noon Captain Copeland had the stli
inscnslblc man conveyed 10 bellevue where he died
on Monday evening
AID MtnpEEKn
That BIO met with ioal play - not doubted b. any
one; and This 20 be certan iron the I.cl
that Dicrcks known to have had as silver
watch ana gold chain two gold sleeve b1ttans
shirt studs with gold setting, which not
station house Yesterday evening Meyer came
the Central oce aud related tho foregoing tacfs
strenuousiy declaring also that blereks ~ao I'd
with him as tailor. Wa sober man habluaiiy ADD
Captain Copeland aud Detective Damn worsins ~
the case.