The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-12
a BROOKLYN ANARCHIST.
Albert Maiser Sets Out TO Kill His
Former Employer.
Efonl The NeIr York SIM


Frederick w. Stedfeders, a German
baker, of 3O1 Floyd street, Brooklyn, had a
narrow escape yesterday morning. He has
carried on business at the above place for
several years, and has had frequent troubles
with his employees. Strikes have occurred
three or four times. The men complained
that Stedfeders overworked aud undergrad
them, and they made charges against him
before the bakers union, and sue
ceeded in having his name enrolled on the
list of tho "boycotted He man
aged to survive the boycott, having had
little difficulty in employing non-union
bakers. Threats of violence had often been
made against him-one, it is sud, being to
the effect that he and his family would be
burned up in their beds some night if he
did not come to terms. He went about his
business, however, without paying much
attention to these threats. Something &C.
Cured early yesterday morning which has
convinced him that it was the intention
of his enemies to carry the threats into
execution.
1t was near midnight on Saturday night
when he closed up the store and retired to
his bedroom directly over it on the second
floor. His wife and Youngest child, his
asleep, and the two other children, aged IL
and years, were sleepi & in the hail bed
room adjoining, the connecting door between
the rooms being open. Seifeders' duties
necessitate his rising before daylight, and it
is his custom to leave the gas jet in his bed
room lighted When he went to bed yes
terday morning the gas jet was lighted as
usual. About 3 o'clock his little daughter
awoke him, and told him that the gas had
Just gone out. Mr.. Stedfeders quickly
arose. and, lighting a match, placed it to
the gas jet He was surprised to find that
he could II It light the gas. and he assured
himself by placing his nose to the Jet that
it was not escaping Pulling on his trousers,
he hurried downstairs to the cellar to
examine the meter.
Just as he pa ,sed through the cellar door,
with lighted lamp in his hand. he heard a
rustling among the barrels as il some one
was trying to conceal himself. Placing the
lamp on the top of one of the barrels, he
was about to search for the supposed in
truder, when there was report Of pistol
aud the fash of the powder 50 close to his
face that it dazed him for an inst mt. Be-
fore he could recover his senses a man
brushed past him, and rushing up the
cellar stairs to the street, escaped
It was not until his assailant had fled that
Mr.. Stedfeders discovered that blood was
dripping from his throat The bullet
plowed its way through the flesh, but in
flicted only slight wound. As quickly as
poss BILE he mad his way upstairs, and
told what had occurred to his wife nd
children, who were in a state of intense
alarm over the report of the pistol. Then
he lost no time in hurrying to the Flushing
avenue police station, where ne repor ed
the facts Capt. NJ irtin, Detective Weiser
and Policeman Downey returned with
him to the house and made
search of the cellar. They found a Derby
hat behind one Of the barrels, which
did not belong to any one connected
with the house. During the afternoon the
hat was identified as having belonged
to Albert Maiser, young man who had
formerly worked for Mr.. Stedfeders, and
who had taken a leading part in having a
boycott declared against him. Capt. Martin
finding that Maiser lived at S03 Park
avenue. detailed Detective Wessr and
Policeman Downey to arrest him. About4
oc ock they reac ned the Park avenue house
and were told that Maiser and his wife, to
whom he had been married only three
days before, occupied the front rooms
on the second floor, and that they were
then in the house. Frequent knocks,
however, on the doors of the lAaiser apart
ments failed to get any respo Sc, and one of
the policemen went to the street and, pro-
curing ladder, climbed up to one of the
windows on the second floor, while the other
kept watch at the door. Tho policeman
who climbed to the window looked in and
saw Maiser stretched OF the bed. The
officer motioned to him and he got up, and,
opening the window, asked sulenly what
was wanted. the officer entered the room
through the window, and. admitting his
companion through the door, placed Maiser
unde' ar est.
The prisoner before leaving the house ad-
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cellar Of the Floyd street ba cry belo ged
to MIN. On the way to the station Maiser
broke away from the officers and made an
effort to escape. He flew like a deer from
his pursuers, and three pistol shots fired
after him by D)wney had the effect only of
increasing MS speed. In turning from Park
avenue into Hopkins street he stumbled
and fell into the gutter, and before he
had Strengthened himself up to renew his
flight the officers had pounced upon him. He
was then handcuffed and taken to the
station. He is q years old aud he mas been in
this country two years. Since he was dis
Charged by Mr.. Stockholders, four months
ago, he has been working in this city. He
had not been long in the station until he
made full confession to Cap. Martin of
his attempt to kill his former employer
He said tn t Stedfeders had aroused his
b ito by his ill-treatment and abuse, and
especially by the way he belittled him in
salo ms, and he fully made up his mind to
kill him. He went to the cellar, he said,
and turned off the gas, being confident that
Stedfeders, as soon as he discovered that
there was some trouble with the IS, would
go to the cellar. He denied that there was
any other person connec ed with him in the
matter, or that he had any other purpose
except revenge.
1t is the imp ession of the police authori-
ties that Maiser's intention was to turn on
the gas again and suffocate his intended
victim, utterly regardless of tue conse-
quences to his wife aud children. 1t is also
thought that robbery may have been in
tended, as fro papers found in the prison.
ers pocket it appeared that he was in ar
rears couple of hundred dollars for furni-
ture he had purchased on the installment
plan in anticiDation of his marriage.
TRAvELgR-See here, my friend; noticed the
way you threw that trunk around and smashed
In four sides Of 1t.
Baggage Smasher--Well, wot Of it? A Teller