New-York tribune., 1885-03-24
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
A FRAcAs THAT ENDED IN A MURDER.

cIGARMAKER SHOT By A DEPUTY SHERIFF
CLAIMING TO HAVE ACTED IN sELF-DEFENcE.
Andrew Kreuter, German with only one
arm who is employed watch stores in Avenue b. be-
tween Houston and Tenth sts at night was passing
Third-st. at 2:3O a. m. yesterday when stranger
called him;
Can You find policeman There's q drunken man
lying helpless the sidewalk"
Kreuter walked to the closed fruit stand the north
east and the body Of fat man stretched on
the fagstOnes the stand. The stranger who had
attracted the watchmans attention tall and well
built, with fair idewhskers He carried himself like
possessing authority. and Kreuter thought he prob
ably was an officer in plain clothes.
haven't any stick to send alarm WITH" Kreuter
said.
Never mind" the stranger remarked =" I'll give
alarm myself
revolver from his pocket fired shot hold
ing the muZzle of the weapon toward the pavement Kreu
ter walked up the far seventhst and met
policeman who belonged the Seventeenth Precinct.
He returned with the officer but two patromen OF the
Eleventh Precinct had arrived meanwhile and had ascer
tained that the the sidewalk dead They
had the stranger who fired the shot There was
bruse the dead mans forehead, probably received
when he fell his face, but he had been killed by
bullet which had penetrated his heart Apparently he
had been dead some little time his body growing
cold. Neither Kreuter the officers had heard
than shot and Kreuter said the alarm shot fired by
the tall stranger could not possibly have killed the
the sidewalk When the policemen raised the body
TO carry 1t to the Union Market Police Station they
found two knives on the hagstones. The blade OF
open but the other knife evidently had fallen out OF
the mans pocket In OF the pockets book OF
membership in the Cigarmakers' Progressive Union in
the OF Alvin jacob. 1t was learned
later that jacob was forty-two years OF age
and to this city In 1883 from Germany.
where his wife is living. For time jacob had
,.;,ba No Eoat hist
Detectives and Sheridan Of the Eleventh Pre-
cinct arrested Otto Lingen. cigarmaker OF No. 43l
East Ffteenthst., who with jacob in the morning
Lngen said " in beer-shop in Ffteenthst late
last night, when jacob came in with friend whose
name don't know. He urged me to go to Concordia
Hail. in Avenue A, where he said there dance. We
got there after o'clock, and were refused admission
young who at the door tried to strike me- and
away. think jacob ana his friend fighting
with the dOorkeepcrs when went out OF the building
went TO Thrd-st and walked toward AyeeleIB. jacob
another aS '' man n9 ran after Sn They were on the
opposite side of the street did not know
the man who after jacob. He was large, stout
When they had got out Of sight heard shot
Then went directly home"
GOttfred Teuschcr. accompanied by the secretary Of
office No. $50 Sevenhave and said that he Jacobs
officer from the Seventeenth Precinct and had
iSgscher locked up as win aanS St@G'' whom aGu'
had since last November Gottleb Goutschky's
place No. 435 East Fifteenth ST., playing cards from
No. 433 East Ffteenth-st and had several glasses OF
beer Neither OF intoxicated, however. We
from there another saloon in the street,
where met friend OF Jacobs. and we all three went
TO COncorda Hall. There was music there and we
thought we could get another drink and went up
one flight OF stairs Then ,. saw tue tue
ns tO purchase tickets and said. Let's away The
other friend OF jacob, named otto and the two young
who wanted take the ticket had some words.
struck the young and then ran away and
jacob after HIM The young man who had been
he called for his stick 10 the other
young man. They down Thrd-st toward Ave. B. l
left the place unm0rsed had been quiet ana peace
able When about the uiddle Oi the block, bet ween
Avenues and Il in ThirJst, heard Jacob call To
Otto. Immediately after heard pstoshot, ana then
the young who had after otto ana jacob came
running back This was about 2oclock IN the lnorh-
Detectives Brennan and Sheridan of the Eleventh Pre-
cuct worked hard all day the and about $50
y. m. arrested George kluberdauz, twenty-four
halter employed Dunaps hat factory, at Nostrani
and Park aves Brooklyn who admitted doing the shoot
ny claimed that 10 IdOnc In self-efence, Nhen
arrested Kberdauz had his possession Sl3l In cash,
a gold watch, diamond ring and other articles OF
jewery He had two deputy sherih's badges-ono with
his maine it aud the other numbered l76.
kunberlauz said: Three men tried to force their
"I o e a AfsD item & @ at ehec ~SS When S
they began To swear at me- and OF them threw me
the place | followed them In order to mako them pay
the cost OF the broken glass. overlook them In Third
st., near Avenue b. when they turned me- and the
| shot struck the head with something
and cut my head open. All three then jumped
After kicking around for while they left still
followed them, when the man shot turned on me again
with something IN his hand. ana then drew my gun
and let him have IT, l went back 10 the hail
aud told Onicer Rott. OF the Seventeenth Pre-
cinct, that IL anything turned up he knew
where mud think told him had fired shot,
but I'm not went home aud cleaned my clothes
stayed home until o'clock ana then went TO work
until the detectives came for me-"
Kluberdauz locked up and will be arraigned in
court this morning.