The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-22
DID HE DEMAND MONEY :
HOLDTNG FERDINAND BiEUDGE IN,
THE MURDER or ON MR. 1DIuS

Evidence thnt nny Prove Coiin.ion bc,,,o..
Husband md Wire-The Woman Inu,b-
tug ms the Wounded Man staggered AVIAN.
An inquest was held before Coroner W,l..
man yesterday. in the case of 7. Wolf Adams
who met his death on Tuesday from wound,
received in rear tenement at 10 Stanton street
Bleudge, the German butcher accused " In.
nicting the wounds was present ms n prisoner
and Mrs. Blcudge as n witness. He looked
cool and collected. md her face WINS impassiye.
The sons of the dead man were also in at.
tendance.
Mary Moeckle n 12-vcnr old girl living in
the front tenement AZ IS Stanton street testified
that on Tuesday afternoon. when she was in
the yard between the tcncmcnls. through tho
windows 81 Bleudgc's room. which was on tho
ground floor. shr saw the prisoner threatening
the old man" Adamsl with knife Adams
caught hold " the knife. and Bleudgc said: II
You do not lci 60. I'll kin you" Adams an.
swrred didn't do ANYTHING" The pri4.
oncr's wife here camc to the window. a.i
laughed. The witness next saw Adams sosioi
on n chair with the prisoner standing in front,
and rapuing bureau with police club sur.
ing: Put an tie money you've got hero. or IN
Kill you" The old man afcrwnrd pushed thu
shutter open. ana called "polire." The pris.
oncr ordered him tH sny when policeman
came. that he fallen down stairs. An onivr
came. and the old man said: Officer | hun
myself falling down stairs" Tho prisoner
then washed the old nuns face, put on his roat.
and pushed him out ~ the room. saying:
You've had enough now" The old man went
away II was % o'clock when hr came. lie
WINS in tho room of tho prisoner in the morning.
Margaret DuiIy. also VI ~ Stuntou street tasti-
n"i thai on Tuesday afternoon. h.twocn nni
entering Mrs. Bi"uig"S room with the prs
oncr following them. Bl"udle came out and
ordered "a woman ON the ncx floor to KNOX Mt
She did &c. hut Mrs Bloulgr made no ropiy
He then went down g. whore his wife and Adams
were. and. from the window IN her room, tho
nothing. Tho old man said: on. oh. ~ NJ cvrrT
Glowi He came on, afierTyari Cov"}rGGl with
$50 East Fiiirih street. and recognized il IA iat
Of the Old man she had seen in Blrudgr's room.
Blcudge has lived on Stanton street a month
but has not worked during that time
sophie kurth said that. IN. compliance with
rcdues, OF Blepdee she, told his wife To- como
would do so Soon after, witness heard n noise
in Bleudgc's room. and voice crying So oh,
on; NrM an old man came out with his hand
Patrick Mcclure. police officer. testified that
hearing. on Tuesday afternoon. that there was
light at ! ) Stanton street he entered the front
room On the first ipor ~ the rcnr house. An
old man. with cut on his forehead. was seated
man said that he had fallen down stairs and md
TINT no ono had struck him. Witness asked:
PA NOT THIS man lblssudGel s,rike You z" Tho
comes from his tBcudge washing the cut ] got
falling down stairs" The prisoner explained
ihai ne hood On his Shir' also CAM; from
man whore he lived. and he answered THAT'S
all right Witness knew the house ut IS STAN
ton street 90 he disrcuufnrle one.
Isaac Oppenheimer. VI. D.. testified 10 attcnd-
ing Mr. Ainms on Tuesday qt his rcsdcncc in
East liftieth street, and ilniins him suffering
from compression Of tho brain and fracture Z
M skull which were tho causes OF death AZ 3
O'Clock that evening.
Emil ana Julius Adams told " their fathers
going out. ostonsihly for hoer ON TuDslry
afternoon, and coming VA X hrui~cd ami bloody.
and unable To- account for his condition.
Mary Beudge, tho prisoners wife. testified in
German. She said that Adams camc t. her
room at lo O'Clock on Tuesday morning and
asked II Shr to,k la washing. she answered
that she did. and ha said TINT h.. would como
that afternoon with his wash. He came be-
tween and 3, but hH nothing with him. After
entering her room. Adams shut tn, door be-;
hind him. He took hold II her. aui she toll
MN That size was married woman. II WIS
only by M cN"rtiOn ~ strength that she rr-
sisted nm assault. B"udgo wio had been look
ing through the keyhulr. entered aud struck
Adams. asking. " What are YOU doing with nF
wiie?' II" tucn struck him with club. point
ing out a broken police wraprn on tho Cpronor's
desk. more times thrn IN" witness could count.
Adams. under The blows fell over the stove.
Witness did NOT cry for help Will" Adams u.s.
which Adams had hotrl Witness had a,lvrr-
tised for mems washing IN q German paper
charge on the ground taken hy the d"ionre in
the Sickles- Key and Mrfnrland-iirhHrI-o
cases; hut the Jury returned n verdict Thai
crllcd nj tho hands OF Ferdinand B.eulEr"
Bl"uigc WIS committed for trlu without h1i
IN rcspnns" 10 tho usual IN nns. he declared
detained. her husbands lawyer Promising ID
Produce her at the trial