New-York tribune., 1881-11-19
A sHOEMAKER's FATAL MISTAKE.

Adolph Meyer, age sixty-One a German machniSt,
was shot and killed yesterday morning by Alfred
Two weeks ago he married and invested his m2ney
in little shoe store at No. 80 Lewls-st lie had
hardly been settled in the store before burglars
broke through the rear windows az night and stole
S2O0 and some of his stock. The shoemaker re-
ported his loss to the police and purchased pistol
with which to protect himself and his property IN
future. At night he placed the weapon under his
pillow Meyer worked in the Singer Sewing Ma
chine factory in ElizabethpOr; he lived at No. 2S6
Deancey-st.. and every morning as ne went 20 work
he was in the habit of stopping at a liquor shop
two doors from Lyons shoe store to get drink
When the front door closed he would arouse the
baTkeeper by knocking on the blinds IN the rear.
L. the dark Yesterday morning, shortly after .
o'clock he appears to have found the wrong door
and gone INTO the yard in the rear OF the shoe store
He tried the blind and then the door and aroused
Mrs. Lyons who called her husband, shouting that
the thieves had come back The shoemaker sprang
from his bed with the pistol and throwing open the
door TO the yard fired AT the supposed burglar stand
ing there. With cry of pain tho man vaulted oyer
a fence and ran for the street. The shoemaker
followed, and reaching the door fired second
shot at the running man. II brought hlm
down. Meyer fell on the pavement NOR
tally wounded, with a pistol-bullet in the breast
aad another through both temples, just az Police
man Benjamin ran up, attracted by the firing. To
him Lyons surrendered lunself, explaining that be
had shot the burglar" The policeman who knew
Meyer took in the situation a. once and marched
with both men TO the Delaucey street Station. There
Never died without regauing consciousness and the
shoemaker learned of bis fatal mistake.
vestlgaton. Lyons story Of the previous robbery
at his stCTe was supported by tho police. lie
claimed to have seen two men, instead OF one, run
ming away but of the truth Of the statement there
was no evidence. The Coroner committed Lyons to
the Tombs without bail to await the inquest:
Captain Copeland informed Inspector Dlks last
evening that he had discovered an important wit
ness OF the shooting. The witness be said, was
Adam Walthers, a German baker, who lives at No.
80 LewS-s in rooms directly across the hall from
those occupied by Lyons. Walthers said that he
was awakened about 0:3O a. IN. by hearing some
one in the hail fumbling at his door He got up and
went into the hail where he saw Lyons. The latter
was dressed. He said he had seen two men, a tail
man ard a short one, go into the yard. Wathcrs
and Lyons went into the yard, but found no one
there. They then went into the street Wluie they
were standing in front of the building Meyer came
up the street and said TO Walters: What are you
looking forP Lyons at once drew his revolver and
shot at Meyer twice.
The story of Wathers is IN direct contradiction to
that told by Lyons. Captain Copeland said that
MEYERS could not have get TO the street IN the way
described by Lyons and that the story told by
Walthers was correct in all probability.