New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-31
MIIRDERED BY BURGLARS.

A LIQUOR SELLER SHOT IN his olohE.
eousEp BY BURGLARS, A FRENCHMAN 1kflN" ~
PROTECT HIS PROPERTY Is SHOT IN WEST l"EN
Ty-sIxra-sT.-ARRRsT OF ONE OF THE sOsfLCiLD
MEN. - -.
Iouis HanIer. a French lquor-seller at NO. la
West Twenty-sixth-st., was murdered at am yes
terlav bv thieves who were surprised by MN III inc
act OF robbing his store. The thieves are thougnV
10 have been three ia number all young men. Inc
police have arrested John II. Brady, age mneteeh
OF No.154 West Twenty -eighth-st who Is suSpec'eu
of having been one of the criminals
Hanier was forty years old, and had been III TINS
co,,,trv six wears After serving in several wealthy
families IA waiter he established himself as hquor
90 Ter wholesale and retail in the little two-st"ry
frame house No. IA West Iwenty-sl&ti-S'.
With his wife and seven children he I'VE"
and slept over tho store. The nel9hOor-
hool is frequently invaded by bands OF ruiiahS
from tho riverside, whose depredations renuer
life anil property unsafe the west alde' on' 'i,o
Frcuchman. who was poaceap'e ana goou-n"' Ni'u'
os,ruallv let alone. On Thursday night he was
oonareptly selected as n victim by the hlif1u'ciS,
He was playing tominoes in his shop at ll;3o win
a friend Vincent Iccarboulc when three young
mo, entered and demanded change for tcn-dollar
bil While Hauicr was making change they 'olN
q survey Of tho place, OF the TILL ana OF 'ie
rear yarl One of them gong ou' III
tLc vorl made pretcaoe of being ILL., and caled lor
hen The scheme To have the ilquor-SeiIer anu MS
friend run TO his assistance, while the Two o'ii'i
members of the band We're to remain n'lnhu anu
p!upder the till failed through the vigilance ol
NJ, Iecorboulc. who's, suspicious were eXclted ny
the actions of the three men. The liqHoF-scIc'
then armed himself with club ana Inc
rnvc,come visitors left the store during
a.. sucoeedinr hour they were observer
1i,,,ri,, In the neichborhoOd and Lccarboule eH-
messed fear for the safety OF his friend Wnei, avc
bning fine latter TO close the store, he went away AZ
iVrest t,velve Hanier went upstairs and to bed
The yard in the rear OF the house rs smut OH rom
The adjoining yard 70 which there Is nee aCce th
naiobbors who had been kept awake Dy lEe hoI>c
fr,m The Assembly Rooms, across the sHeel;
where ball was in progress, heard seNeThl
rerS6ns scrambling over this fence. A man who
had Just pa Ssed IN through the door OF 10 Ii- ho
seen three young men standing ID tle S'icHo siier
is little doubt that they were the same VINO tare
had ANNOYED the Frcnchman, and had now re. ullSu
10 carry out the purpose OF robbery once W 'no
ward. they easily gained access 70 the va -IUon
ihrongh the unprotected window, ana were
hitting the till when Hanier was reused from ~
sleep by their footsteps, and went down 10 see VII"
The stairs leading to the second story start from
+he har-ro m lust inside the front door, ana tlaues
feet were upon the TOP seP Peiore vS iHposS
ble: i'm another minute the Frenchman wouId laGe
them in the door When he was halfway down me
~ stairs one of the burglars Sprang mo liS narrow
massage which the FTenchman almost hileG Win
lis body. and fired his pistol up the stairway.
The ballet struck the hquqr-seIIeI III in9
ONT m the shoulder. The neighbors WHO he"Iu tne
shot heard Immediately after the NOISE OF leet ruu
ming ouickly I'D the street
hIE fas5ersd back groaning into the pres
encc of his frightened wife and fell upon the MOOT.
In ten minutes he was dead. linen tle "oI I.I
ehrieks reused The neighborhood and the ponce were
.ent for CAPTAIN WiillamSs men obtalnel as GooI
description as possible of the three visitors vi ho
preceding evening, and teiegfaphed genera alarm
10 an stations. One man Vas described as twenty
four years Old of stout build ara OF small SIZE ahoneI
Younger slim and with red mOustache; the thlrI
hardly over sixteen ana dark-halIeu nc va t
of three young iders, who we're known TO go TO,
gether and whom the description nttt'l' icu .nc
notice nj daybreak to No. l54 West Twenty eighth
st. As they neaTed the house two OF tDG heh !hey
we're seeking came out At sigh of the officers they
ran back One was caught, the other escaped by
iumping out of a sccond-stOry window. lhe one VINO
was arrested was j. H. Brady, the son OF caIlentfl,
lie asserted, when questioned, that he Hlu Ueh al INC
walking match until half past ocl0ck Ia the loIu-
ing and added that when he came home ms lIothcr
gave him supper To tins statement ne sNoIc pcIuIo
1oronrr Herman. His mother and sister, when
nut under oath testified, however, that Johh hau
gone Ia he'd at half past and had eaten his supper
I'm Thev were not informed of the charge against
him and broke down utterly when tOld OF IL pS, d
reporter at night. The Coroner committed Brady
20 await the inquest IL Is sald oY HIS FANNY ,tC
lie bears a good character ana mas uhtll recently
worked in piano factory. ,.,, =.
the bar-room was found IN the street aha ia'er ID
taken from the gutter by lunkinan. Inc paper
Was iianIcrs dBut from a treelndsonS Lodge IN
France. The papers were lost by the thleNeS III
Great excitement was shown yesterday by the
dead mans cOuntrymen, who gathered III laIBe
Numbers III his house. The police developed nucn
activity aud promised TO have the two suspected
men in custody very soon. They rely on the con
fession of one of the three for conviction OF lhI
murderer, no one saw the act except MS NlcIhh
who Is dead