New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-11
KILLED FOR JOSTLING A MAN.
COOK STABBED BY PEDLER IN SEVENTH
AyE-AEREST OF THE MURDERER

a.
In the rear room Of the Nineteenth Precinct Police
station last night Charles Fuchs, cook. lay dead
with n gaming knife wound in his right breast The
man who inflicted the blow /, Albert Denis a vegetable
pedler about whom no appeared to know anything
Why the murder was committed is not entirely clear
II was about 80 O'Clock yesterday afternoon wheh
Leo Fisher a barber. who was standing at the door
Of his shop at No. 90 Sevcntave. near West twenty
dfth-st Denis who was carrying market
basket on his arm. walk unsteadly past ana stop at
Twenty hnhst. Fuchs at the same moment crossed
the avenue from the opposite side and appeared To
jo-te Denis Fisher saw the two men gesticuating as
il quarrclling violently. Then Denis drew a big
butchers knife from the basket as Fuchs started back
ward and put his hands before him a. II To shien MN
self. Denis jumped forward three times the hama
which held the big knife rose and fell. and then he
turned and ran Hike a deer up the avenue to twenty
fourth.st. Fuchs staggered forward few PAGES, and
then with the blood pouring down the front OF MS coat
turnbcd in a heap the sidewalk. lie had deep
wound In the breast slight In the neck, and his
trousers were cut AT the hip. Among those who had
soon the quarrel was william A. MCGOWAN. Of NO
25l West Thirty second It. A. Denis turned to rum he
darted after him. Denis had turned into Twenty
fourth-st. and had barely gone half dozen yards
when he felt himself violently jerked backward. Nc
Gowan had got vice like grip on his collar ana
dragged him into seventh ave. where Policeman Hugh
lone, came ND and pat the murderer under arrest
Denis wa led up where Fuchs lay gaspng out his
life on the Sidewalk A. Jones bent over aud spoke
10 him he opened his eyes, glared hXcdly Ut Denis.
and then with eroan died
ON the way "a the police station Denis, VINO seemed
10 be drunk told The policeman that Fuchs hah struck
him In the breast aud that he had killed him IN sell
defence The knife which + five Inches long ana one
wide WAS found In the basket on seeing IT, Dchi'
exclaimed cxctcdly: That's nv knife dld H.
You ought to cut my head OF with It," He stubborhy
refused 10 tell the police anything about the croum
stances u the quarrel and gave two addresses one at
81, li0 West Twenty NTH y. and another at NO 10
HIreckrrst Both OF these fal-c. 80 Tar as can
bo learned no one in the ncighb rhood OF West twenty
nth st. knew anything about him. but his manner oil
speech showed that hc Alsatian.
Fuchs who was thirty five years old, had been Only
q, few year, In the country lie lodged with MIS-
ANNA Koussciot AZ 40. 2:IS Seventh ave. 'p I"
within week ago he had been employed NJ the STRAIT
ford a well known hotel In Philadelphia. The propfle-
t,r Of the ,tratiorl had transferred nhs Ia the
Ncthcrwood. summer resort at Phlnield, y. De-
where ne was io begin work on May 20 lie was
,s..p i'm hi, room when Mr.. Rou~scot gave MN q
letter from his employer This letter named m dht"
ON which h. would bchn hs new duiic' inmeIi
atcy ON reading II h. got up and started on the walk
which ended In his death.