New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-30

fair specimen of the whole
L came from Prussia in 1871, and for long time
worked for S2 day. Soon after my ARRIVAL IN tn' ou
try became Of strong Chemical o1ois "hieh
their way into my found that vas the victim ol
conspiracy to gct nto room and by means oil these
odors poison and Kill me- am pursued by the agents
wealthy and influential people who do all in ser power
to prevent from rising again In business ana cOh'hue
watching oil my steps make It impossible for me 10
obtain justice Furthermore by day and night am bodily
and mentally tormeDted. My prosecutors used 70 nix my
food with some obnoxious stuff causing me the se7efest
distress keep constant watch on me, and moles me D
| mean immoral talk. This conspiracy was ipauguratea
against in 1879. and has no equal In human niory
The rights OF American citzen VINO never
| harmed anybody, tFodden down My business has
been ruined, and efforts being made to ruin my health
and drive mo mad by tampcring with my meat and drink
The circular goes on to say that Roth west back
70 Germany in 1884, but that even there his
enemies followed him and drove him out of the
country and back to America. lie arrived here
| on the steamer Denmark. For various reasons,
| he said. he had resolved TO write book, and In
this would expose the part that Mrs. A. T. Stew
| art. ex-Judge Hilton, Mrs. Bowdoin, Sexton Gil
| man. DR." Potter and Dr. John Hall had taken
| against him. Dr. John Hall, he said had been
| mixed up in the conspiracy, sometimes for him
and sometimes aga inst him. The consplrators
agreed to give him 81 800, but Dr. Hall objected
then they offered to give him $4,000, and again
Dr. Hall opposed him; Tim the price was raised
to S25 OOO and DR.. Hall would not consent to let
him lave it. Then $4,000 and finally $780,
! 600 was proposed, and, although the conspiratorS
| were almost unanimously in his favor, DR.. Hall
| again stood in his way.
USED TO BEG FROM DIR. HALL
| For many years Roth was member of Dr.
Halls congregation, but for the last twelve months
had not been near the church. lie appealed to
| on
wrote several letters to his benefactor. Dr. Hall
| had several times assisted him, in the belief that
he was deserving object of charity. All that is
| known of Roth where he lodged confirms the
| general impression that the authorities would
have been justified in lodging him safely in
| "a lunatic asylum at any time during the
| last ten years. The huuse in which he
| last lodged is kept by a man named
| Grnner. For some years Roth occupied room
| on the top floor Cray Roth" was the name
| by which he was known, and he had earned It,
| At different times since his arrival in this
try he had lived successively at No. ,O5O Second
| ave- and No. 123 East Ninth-st He described
| himself as a real estate agent, but no one had
| ever seen him do any work, and inasmuch as he
| always had plenty of money it was assumed that
! there were wealthy friends in Europe who helped
him.
| At one time he was engaged with relatives IN
| Jersey in a wholesale chcken-raising scheme. Inc
| venture failed, and Roth returned to New-1orK.
In Grinner's house Roth led the life of recIuSe
| lie never spoke except on his pet subject, ana
tber no would rave about his wrongs by the hour.
| His delight was to get crowd around MN ana
doIiver addresses. When the crowd grew weary
and Melted him, he cursed them. Once week, on
Sunday. he ate a hearty meal For the rest OF
| oh afN on
| furnished room were found three bas-
kets packed with apples, small can
VAS yaIise. a lot of manuscript statements
tied in a bundle. q small box filled with papers
and several empty pill boxes. 1t was just after
q o'clock Yesterday morning when Roth was no.
| ticed walking up Avenue-A dressed WIN extreme
care and neatness When his friends next heard
of him he was prisoner.
| DIR Hall conducted the afternoon services IN his
church after the attempt to aSSasslnate MIN, Dut
| orv nerson in tbe congregation not knowing that
| tho clergyman had had such narrow escape
would not have noticed anything unusual ABOUT
| the Doctors manner in the pulpit. But wheh tue
pastor announced the text, it was evident that he
had not forgotten the ordeal he had passed through
a few hours before lie was in the pulpit promptly
M 4 o'clock and in firm voice announced the
| following text
| Prepare to meet thy God, o Israel
The Doctors discourse was an eloquent
one He spoke of the uncertainties of life, and
of the necessity of being prepared to meet the
| Almighty at all times Some of the illustrations
he used were touching, and there was many
fearful eve in the congregation before the end
of the sermon. But not once did he refer directly
TO the narrow escape from death he had just had.
DIR. HALLS ACCOUNT OF 1T.
t5:15 o'clock, when the Doctor dismissed the
congregation with blessing, fifty or sixty mem
bers of his congregation crowded into the vestry
and congratulated their pastor on his fortunate
escape In reply to numerous inquiries from ms
friends and from representative of The Trib-
unc he gave the following account of the shoot
ing:
"Mr. Burton, the assistant sexton OF
our church. opened the door of the
church for me when left the edice. The door
is near my own house and only have to walk
a few wards to reach the steps of my own house.
When directly in front of my home, l heard the
report of a revolver and turned To see who was
doing the shooting. | saw man in the middle
of the street and at once realized that | was the
person at whom he shooting. | fastened
into the house but did not get into the hallway,
do not think. until after two more shots had been
6rcd Al that time did rot know the name OF
thc man. but afterward, when | saw him at the
noIicr station, / recognized him John Roth, a
man who had frequently come to me for assist
ancc.
Il have helped him on many occasions, and why
he should desire TO take my life do rot know.
He has been a visitor to our church for several
years Some months he would come regularly to
the church, and then l would not see him in the
congregation for three or four months. | do not
think he has been to the church since last August.
AT the police station saw him in cell.
asked him why lie had tried to take my life, and
he replied:
'You know well enough why | shot az you
Il told him l certainly did not know his rca-
son, and when | requested him to tell Police Cap