The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-07
TIE BLOOD MONEY! sor rArD.
Mrs.. Hraun Seeking $500 she t.y. Kue-
huek Pren,ised After Ktllirn IIer Hubbard.

Mrs.. Hraun seek,nr $500 She fay. Kue-
huck Promised After Kiiiinr Her hu-hsud.
| A clerical-lookina man. who said he was
| John Baltzer. n Catholic priest OF Glendale. L.
| J.. accompanied by q wel-dressed. middle
| aged woman. who described hsrself as Mrs.
| Marguerite Braun. n widow. Of Fenchon. place.
| East New York. went to the Lee Avenue Police
Court Williamsburgh. yesterday and asked
| the Clerk how to proceed to recover $500
which Fritz Kuckuck. farm laborer Of Ridge
wood. owed the woman. Tho alleged priost
| did all the talking and whom his companion
tried to put In word he told her to keep silent
The woman was finally allowed to speak. Then
she said that her husband was Avis Braun
and that he died about two years ago from In
jurios inflicted by Kuckuck In quarrel.
+ "Kuckuck was fricnd OF tho family" said
Mrs. Braun, and on the day that no assaulted
my husband they had been drinking. My hus-
band was brought home unconscious. and
while he lowered between life and death
Kuckuck came to me and begged me not to
tell the authorities that 1t was he who Injured
Braun. Just before my husband died Kuckuck
came to me and promised to give me $500 not
TO tell about him. When my husband lay dead
in the house Kuckuck came to me again and
promised in addition to the $500 to pay all OF
my husbands funeral expenses and whatever
other outlay had during his illness. finally
consented aud after my husband was buried
went with Kuckuck to a place called a law
peomSed f e. pay ms tho $500 in instaments.
beginning May ]. 1897. was made
kt putting nnd yr En- the
Of myself and flve, ,ehildren. At this time l
lived In Glendale; When moved to Fast New
money. He did not answer my letter 4 few
weeks ago went e Father Batter m and told
case and had four OF my children placed In
the Holy Trinity Orphan Asylum In Montrose
avenue. williamsburgh. 1 have the other
Baitzer told the ClerS that he was formerly
attached to the CHURCH l1, Of the Annuncatio1 IN
pair had told their story they we're advised to
return to court to day when Justice Goetting
When a Sun reporter started to investigate
the story. the first discovery he made was that
ectea n, the Gend or the
cffs Of he of the
some time age, q man named John B.ltSer
th s hs s" Tor
not he is tho man. don't know"
found f in n st tenement house. at Fanehon place
and Jamaica plank road. She said that BaltZer
nSt IN
near North Fifth street.
Fe dtS s4 IS II the nc sss II the lie
continued. My husband worked for n con-
tractor named John Kuckusk. and In June.
husband on tho road where my husbands wa
gon had broken down. Frederick called my
hus band names. and my husband turned ROUND
my husband. and no fell back and Knocked his
head against q stone. He died the next day Of
his Injuries. Young Mr.. Kuckuck promised to
pay me $500 and also the. funeral expenses.
liz. never gave me dollar.
Lawyer Pink who has an office in Remsen
street. Brooklyn. was retained by her to bring
suit against Kuckuck to recover the money.
Upon Kuckuck's promise to nay the suit was
Withdrawn. but Kuckuck has not paid.
Concerning Baltzer. Mrs. Braun said that he
must have represented himself as a priest.
thinking he would get better satisfaction IN
court