The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-17
RUM FROM TIE DEAD HOLE.
THE QU1RREL nv UHIcH RIDEM CHER
GOT ms DEITH BLOW.
a Spectacle In the Cabin In which Two Rag
pickcrs have Dweh-A Place Famous for
the killing Qualities of Its Dccocttons.

All day yesterday women and boys sur
rounded cabin in Eighty -cighth street. near
Ninth avenue. The rickcty cabins roof Is
hardly seven feet above the sidewalk but its
interior IL nearly twice that distance below, so
that two of its stories are below the level ofthe
street In II room not six feet square in the
lowest story Of ALL ON what seemed To- be the
bare ground. lay the dead body Of n man. Only
a soilcd newspaper served To protect it from the
hot rays Of the sun which strcamcd through
the single window. The paper was black with
flies the mans face and naked chest were black
with flies. A discoloration on the side Of the
face indicated that he had died violent death.
Over this the flies bu2zcd and fought. and the
sun shonc on it all from noon until evening.
On II little table under the window were half
empticd pipe, an empty beer bottle. an uncookcd
onion. fragments of bread and meat, Il knife.
and nm unclcan plate or two. ON the stove near
10y were pot filed with greasy fluid and
natiron turned upside down. Further along
WIS doorl"ss cupboard containing more bread
and meat, some cheese, u pot Of French mus
ttrd. pieces Of crOckrry. and AN unmstaknbic
liuuOr flask. Opposite the cupboard WIS an
old fashioned mahogany bureau that had evil
IDENTITY once seen better days on which were
clock that had run down. aud a kcruscn" lamp
without oil Ncar the bureau was bed With
mattresses black with age and dirt honpcd To-
gcthcr in Il confused mass. Around th" room
were scattered pluylnE falhS. ana III on ''Tll'I
was pile ut rags surmOuhtrt 10y morocco
belt aud an old silk hat. Another Liquor pp-k.
IN cdgcle-s t'hct and two empty pocket
books near the dcni body. completed the con.
tents Of the ROOM There were no chairs. anu
the walls were unornamentcd. Outside in the
entry. lust beneath the Stone wall that forms the
street ruhankmcit. wat 'hud Il dog. Ncarcrthc
outer air was u policeman.
Tue body Mis- that Ol Charles liadfmnrhcr.
who WIS ON sunday morning knock "a down 10y
hl~ nciEhhor IN the upper story, Charles Shrf-
fer. and who in falling struck his hcud against
stone and died ON sunday night
Shtner apparently b'svn neuuarr'l ny Slrlk-
ing the elder oi hiucmlehrr Two boys WIN or
without proNocaton Thc iHih,r -pranE To- We
res Ne of his son. struck az Shon"r, ami Nh.u.r
struck him un tho nose, drawing blood. u
a good thing my nose hlrcis, docs ne good.
a n"iLhhur in the adjoining yard hear ludr-
machor say in German. This happened IN the
An hour or two later. Rademacher mounted
To- Sh, nrr door. and drii"d him To- follow him
10 the street outside. In thc interval. half grown
BOYS had ggsrd Shcn'r on saying. kick he'll
walk. kademarlor struck at shelter and shelter
retiliatrd 10y knocking hls antagonist down
with u swinging blow IN the ear. Hldcma her
lay motonlrs-. but tw" n"ishhofs. who carried
HIM 20 his room. thought II was the liquor he
had drank. H. had. one If them said ycsicr;
day. M TO the time he was struck punished
thirty-iivc cents worth 81 u drco.tiun that he
had bought in the "Dend Hole" low GROCERY
horr The " bead Hole gets It's nam. from
the killing qualities Of it, tap.
Tho man being locked upon as simply dead
drunk. there WAS no thought Of sending for a
physician. and l,udcmachcr lay unattended
the entire day. one ct the men who carried
him to his room had company in the afternoon
and forgot all about him. When he remembered
and returned hctwccn and ia the evening.
/ kadrmachor still lay where he had been pa ed.
hut "a change had come over him. II" no longer
looked like "a drunken man. In hustle "a mos
sru..rr WIS sent To- the police station in luWh
street. Oliccr Mclaughlin MAS called in. tut
when police surgeon arrived kademachcr was
] dead.
Snoflrr when arrested. seemed So cons inus
a. il a. D l.
4 tie disconnected u the result ui hi- blow. His
principal concern W. how h : Wife and lat"
T might Doe supported without him. Yesterday
] their urlENlul- l,tNr turm food.
/ Hagruiichers bows went through th"ir
/ fathers pockets yesterday morning. - tu"
/ nr-,nhor, say. and with a 4 Limo found there
/ bought dainilr- AMI ait'rward went swimming.
] In the afternoon tIe polIru took them in charge.
Both lad,macher and Shc:f-r were ragplck-
/ 'iS. and l.dchaehrr~ oldest hoy got food hy
] hrsging. Hadrmaehrr- children have never
/ entered either church or % school
shelter. who is slight hunt man oi 90 is well
/ liked and bears a comparatively good rcputa-
! ton IN the ncishbprhooi.