The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-09-14
SHOT DEAD IN HIS STORE.
A HARLEM DRU00ISr KILLED BY 4
NAN LATELY HIS CLERR.

supposed ts be Hasane-Ais Fancy thae
Women Were Following him Evsrywhers.
On tho Recommendation Of friend, DR..
Adolph J. Nockin employed Theodore Buns
as prescription clerk in his pharmacy.
at tho northwest corner OF 10th street
and Third avenue. Bung wns very quiet,
and attended to his business satistac.
torily. He slept In tho roar OF tho store.
DR.. Nockln's family. consisting Of vito and
ten-year-old daughter lived up stairs in the
same building. One Saturday night Bung
packed his valise and went away. He had then
been nearly two months In DR.. Nockin's en-.
ploy and had gained tho reputation of being a
good prescription clerk. but man with par
ticularly sullen disposition. Dr. Nockin said
that he did not know why Bung left so sud-
denly and that he had not given him any rea-
son for going away.
A few minutes before o'clock yesterday
afternoon DunR opened tho door Of DR..
Nockln's pharmacy and walked IN. Albert
Gagel. clerk. was standing at tho cashiers
window, which Is midway between the door
ms%eht: ara th sn said T. Gass i' A'''A' '''
NO" answered. tho clerk. He Inns gone
doWn TOWN On business but expect him back
I'm wait" said Burg. Then lo turned
around vi SO that he faced the door openinG on
cashers DISK Gael u n",ieci hn f. ker, his
rss e h sSou Bis s sn sv ' did not n%E
10 dinner S h4ns lis load low on his . CrS Ssa
and als sGt atsn as S ;S hs sG H. did
hoard the ash y ess Thi 0 Was s' te ss
his position BY the, cashtpr's desk. lie
hfssf lis is SSE S H. CAME tn for rs
hat was pulled low on, his brow. 50 that
fs ans could aay raise SEQ his sanf n d aG
Ss w in 6s hSHd ss s and m S. oSS osIs
Scream. Dunc sill pointed lie nistol and tho
wounded man , ren 9r int Ird nyS9ps and
for help. He leaned for mom.n, naaInst tho
ranS Of S s'Ir r lending 10 S
there for hs ran ranhIy back Q The rharmney;
"a s me hSG a SStsd
turned on him. X,tcr This Buns walked is out
t Sidewalk dew Mrs Noekln and servant girl
5m o and sbs ast held ii Ess Gf
dozen men took him iror, them. Policeman
Mu liGan then arrived and marched Bung to-
"i Dr. Nockn. still holding his hand to his left
breast. staggered back into tho pharmacy. He
from falling BY sa,cinx hold II lis little
daughter Flora, Who had run to help him: Sup.
Back Of n" tho sh ne Oh @Gh he Ell
sa phe S Eta sG By M nsT asss
Monroe opened DR.. Nockin'i vest. anal found
he e ee Of H sha c nors I @ to
two Of the ribs. and apparently PASSED through
think il is ali mp with ms I'm DYING"
He did not rseofnizg my oHs 1risr his Gpd
| Monroe says that his struggles were SO great
that no tore the back from the LOUNGE.
before Justice WsidG,; f. rsimssi t. a:siS;n
answered tho questions required III tho formal
examlnation. Ho snid: -,
He was committed to the Tomhs to await the
dSsR When ssn lna Ts' sr 10
pale and. worried. lle Is, a tall man. and slen-
14 has nrr asG bin. syes se"a os
head; He wears brown moustache and .
small imperlal.
tho shooting" he said. slowly. and in rather .
wandering way. Il don't want to say anything
He said. however that ho was born In Pitts
burgh. md that no had come 70 New York IN
ca He said that he had not been to Harlem
since he left pr Nockin's employ 10 month ago.
Dung was we'll known amons ,iie druggists
shs End Sss G1of so
y Then hf TSs smr9yel by guIt%s
city; In 1879 and 1881 he was prescription
ISntz So. las. night That Bups lei. his employ
because he said that the reoris who came Into
e. Bung next, obtained employmsnt with
Wanier 4 Imsard Of sixth avenue. Then he
stree! nah in Sss T
this place It became apraren; that his mind
women wero watching and following him all
tho timo. and said that one OF these women was
the sister Of veil, snoWn actress who Ia. no
reason that no wanted to escape these. women
shS9rby 20 Ta s went Wb TO- st.
has an office in Gold street In this city. saying
that the women had followed him, South. and
OF them. On his return to New York no was
About siI weeks ago he called upon his friend
- am going to leave DIR. Nockiu's Those
women are after me again. and DIR. Nockin ID
While at Dr. Nockin's Bung constantly car.
rlcd a revolver In his pocket, in tho daytime
and slept with II under his pillow at night, He
sault him. For thrco weeks ho has lodged al
, the Van Dyke Hotel. 70 Catharine, slip. where
, ncIuaintances. He lett his rooin there early
Yesterday morning and Quietly bnhe tho CLERK
good day az he went out. lie left there valist
DE- NoeEln Vas so yos,s old, Ho bore /.
striking rescmbance. To Mr. Jay Gould. He
had been a druggist in Harlem for five years
near Twenty second street. He was born In
Germany, and came to America 80 years ago.
They Failed 10 Throw III tive 's'nn.
A couple Of wel-drcssoi young men have