The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-04-09

ling The fence, be made his way into
the basement OF the house on Six
tieih street. There he met domes.
tic. TO whom he showed bis badge and ex.
planned the nature Of bis, business, and on
being let out upon Sxfietb street he hurried
westward, crossing Fourth avenue, and
stopping only when he had reached the cor.
ner OF Madison avenue. At this place a va
cant lot extends up to the Central Park on
the line OF Fifth avenue enclosed on II,
on Madison avenue, and on Sixty and Sixty
first streets by low fence. Campbell
crossed over TO II, and as be reached II be
saw up on the southeast corner Of Madison
avenue and Sixty-frst street young
man louDging about. The detective
saw he was on the watch and slip
ped back in the shadow OF the fence
till he saw another man come along Sixty
first street on The uptown side OF the way.
This last motioned to the other To move
back. and passing on himself crossed Madi-
son avenue and went on toward Fifth.
When half way between the two he passed
over 10 the o'her side and continued on bis
way till be was about fifty feet from Fifth
avenue. He stopped there, and the detec-
tive watching bin across the vacant lot saw
him signal his associate TO 20 up the avenue.
He did so. and Campbell, knowing the gov-
erness was a: hand, kept pace with him
on The other side OF the way. When
the man crossed Siy;y.first street he
walked eastward about dozen feet to es-
cape the attention Of Miss Spetcn, who was
approaching the opposite corner, and the
detective, nov on the alert. took up his po-
slion on the northwest corner OF the ave-
nue. and street Just then the governess
neared the curb ard there suddenly sound
ed up near the park the sharp report OF a
pistol. II was the man who had gone west
ward along Sixtv.tirst street had fired il,
and aS II rang out, the governess. true to
her instructions, let the envelope drop. and,
turning about, moved back toward the
house.
THE BLACKMAILER SHOT DEAD.
At once the nan upon whom Campbel's
eyes were fixed wheeled about and crossed
over TO where the envelope lay. II he
reached it, the detective thought, he might
take 10 his heels, and thinking the moment
for action bad come he hurried across the
street and cane up with the other as be
reached the corner. Campbell was about
Eileen feet distInt from his man, when the
latter looked IN and saw him. In twink.
ling he drew himself up, and as his right
hand went under his coat-tails, as though
to draw weapon. he cried out:
d" You sou Of Il -, III blow your brains
out!'
As he spoke Campbell threw himself for.
ward and gra>ped the other by the collar
while with his right band he thrust his re-
volyer in his face. The man clu;cbed at il
with bis left band so quickly and violently
that the detective himself cannot tell pre-
cisely what happened. There was putl OF
smoke, the crash OF the pisi oil, and then
CampbeIf> ant igOni>t became dead weight
in hi bands aud slipped down 10 the walk,
which WAS presently stained by a red
stream OF blood. The bullet bad struck
hun full in the lett eye and pissed on into
his brain.
THE DEAD MANS IDENTITY.
Several by.pas,ers were summoned BY the
deieCtIye and sent TO the staiiOn.hOuse for a
s'retchcr, on which the body was carried
tbitber. Then q statement OF what had oc-
CARED was made to Captain Gunner, and
Campbell ielded himself up as prisoner.
No one was familiar with the dead mans
face and only by The letters found upon him
was his identity fixed. One was addres sed
10 Elise Schulz, his sweetheart, at No. lC
Thal Srasse, Hanover; the other to bis
mother, Louise Sigert. at No. Is BulOw
Stras,e, Berlin. From them it appeared
that The name Of the deceased was
Edward Hermln Joannes Sagert. He was
q native OF Berlin, twenty-three years old,
and for a time, it would seem, had been
compelled to peddle wares Of some kind for
a living. An envelope was found in his
pocket addressed to Mr.. Strasberger, which
was doubtless the one which had been
snatched from the gOverpess in the previous
night, as the writing on il resembles that on
the rest OF the correspondence.
The man who fired the pistol and others
Of doceased's accomplices were subsequent
ly arrested