The New York herald., 1879-02-24
KILLED WITH A SCISSORS.

HE STUMBLED AGAINST A PEANUT STAND.
brutal murder. was perpctrnted about hslf-past
six p. NJ yesterday in the public street, by an
Italian who stabbed to the heart with the blade of
q shears partially intoxicated man. who
had accidentally staggered against pea
nut stand. John Sultzer.. the murdered man,
was forty five years Of age and resided at
No 233 East 1l1th street. He was . butcher by oc-
cupstion and lived with his daughter and stepson.
He was regarded as an industrious and inoffensive
man. but occasionally drank to excess. He left his
homo at three O'Clock yesterday afternoon and at
that time was in his cups He visited several saloons
during the afternoon and was decidedly In o mellow
mood when he started to return home about
hclf.past six In the evening. At the northeast
corner of 107th street and Third avenue is located
peanut stand kept by an Italian woman who is known
by the name of Louisa Jackson. She is middle aged
and not bad looking. Tho unfortunate man, John
sultzer, as he about passing tho corner, halted
in front Of the peanut stand. He bandieo
a few good-natured but maudlin words with
the woman, and then purchased . small measure
of peanuts. As he about leaving he staggered
against the stand, but caused no damage. Fearing
recurrence Of the accident the woman showed him
Sway At this moment a low sized. swarthy
plexioned man, with dark mustache and in his
shirt sleeves suddenly made his appearance
Don't shove over the stand!" he exclaimed angry
.Nope of your business" was the response from the
intoxicated Mr.. Sultzer.
MURDER.
With that the swarthy looking man. who appeared
10 be an Italian shouted fercely in broken English
"Il stab you! and Immediately suited the action to
the word. At the moment OF the fatal lunge two
hada AZ tha ~ he
sination and were Gesticulating fercely. as il
lncnacing Mr.. sultzer. The latter fell to
| the sidewalk, with stream Of blood how.
| ing from wound in his breast and
safuratins his clothing. second later on
| rived. He tried to raise the wounded man to his
feet but found that life extinct He had never
| moved from the moment he was stabbed. and death
was instantaneous The weapon which had inflicted
! the fatal wound was the single blade of shears,
and was about six inches: inch, in length. II had
| tho breast bone. piercing tho heart The blade
had broken in the middle, leaving about
three inches of the pointed end sticking in the hesh
The officer. with effort succeeded in Withdrawing
! the broken blade from the wound. and summoned
sSr 70 70 the station house IN the meante the
three Italians at full speed down 10th street in
| the direction of Second avenue. When about the
| story frame shanty number OF which are located
in :he block and designated tho Italian Row or
Young Italy. they being tenanted by colony OF
police as dangerous resort, where desperate men
ccnsregase to drink drink beer = and play cards. forms
leading part in the hands OF the com6atants.
| The women, too, in this interesting colony,
have been known to emulate the sanguinary spirit Of
| the mon. A few weeks ago two of these worthy
| each armed with o formidable scissors. They cut
and slashcd each other In the most determined and
approved manner. both receiving and inhicting
| wounds of serious nature. 1t was into one of
these cns that tho assassin and his acconplces fed
| TRYING SHIELD THE GUILTY.
| Having ascertained that Mr. Sultzcr was dead and
while awaiting the arrival OF other officers. PATROL
| man Ross suddenly became aware that perhaps Mrs:
ssrow some light on the murder which would lead
the identity of the pcrpetrator OF the bloody deed
She profcssed profound ignorance OF the case. She
didn't know rfIything about the stabbing. and was
quite certain that she hal no nowledgc of the par
| ties who were concerned in IL. BY this time crowd
was John Norton the proprietor OF liquor store on
| the corner where the peanut stand is located. He
was standing at his own window window, ana witnessed Messed
| and gave q description Of tho man. This
! testimony criminstci Mrs. Jackson and she
ssn 10 tho onse Station house there se .ti msin
tsincd her ignorance Of the man who committed the
her 70 give the ofnccrs . ccw which would lead to
tho Identification of the assassin. Captain Robbins,
deal With turned ont squad Of seventeen men, and
| headed them himself 20 make search through the
row Of houses inhabited by the Italian laborcrs.
\ In the course OF their search they found thick
set Italian in bed feigning sleep He answered the
description given by Mr.. Norton OF the assassin and
so he was reused from his supposed sluinecrs and
taken into custody At nrst he refused to understand
the meaning Of the officers visit. and TO all ques-
| tions put to him persisted In replying In italian.
| While being taken down stairs he turned on Captain
Robbins and used toward that official certain expc-
tives which were easily understood, and proved that
the irate italian was not altogether unscquaintcd
with the English language. When taken TO the sta
| t,on house he gavo the name of Louis Pnlmero. He
denied that he the guilty party but admitted thot
he knew something about the stabbing He said IL
| Michael Dcwsesa, alias Big Mike. who struck the
| fatal blow. Captain Robbins, believing that Big
Mike concerned in the stsbbihg, sent out gen.
erai alarm for his apprehension He III described as
1--WE feet eight inches IN height stout build. dark
mustachc and wearing long black coat.
Louis Palmero is n brother OF Rezcno Pslmero. Tho
latter is supposed to be the husband OF Louisa
Jackson Rczeno subsequently arrested with
aud Louis Uay. Mr.. Norton pointed out Louis Pal
nero the man who. in his opinion, did tho
stabbing
Robbins that they eye witnesses Of the tragedy.
They are Albert Odridgc and Charles Henry Mosher.
| They said they standing on the corner when
the stabbng took place. They could not identify
the mon. They said they were about calling for the
drove them away.
CAPTAIN Robbins made q careful search In the
vicinity of tho peanut stand for the remaining por
tion of the broken shears. His search proved un
successful. A heavy plain gold ring was, however
discovered In the snow, and 10 Is thought that this
will lead to the Identification of the assassin. The
four Italians who arrested suspicion Of the
murder are desperate looking men and are known
10 tbe police as dangerous characters. They wcrt
locked up. and will be arraigned at the Coroner't
Office to-day.
AN ACTOR INJURED.