The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-16
MURDERED In BROADWAY.
FOREMAN eEBHARDr sHoT DOWN M
A DISCHARGED WORKMAN

A ou.rrei with e~ebh.rdcs Son HAD Caused
Wsuner 70 Lose His Job-He Lay in
Wait In Front OF the Broadway Central
Hotei-Kiled Gebhardt and Himself.
The report Of q pistol shot startled pedes-
TRANS in the neighborhood OF the Broadway
Central Hotel early yesterday morning. Almost
before any one could tell what had happened a
man whe had been walking In front Of the
hotel an instant before threw up his hands
and. swaying dizzily for n moment. fell 10 q
heap on tho sidewalk. While the crowd Of
clorks and shop girls stopped In terrified sur.
prise. q slender. poorly dressed man. who held
an ugly-lookinR revolver in his right hand.
took two steps into q neiRhboring doorway.
and raising the weapon to q level With his
head sent O bullet through his brain. The
suicide fell almost across the FIRST corpse. and
the crowd pressed forward. Yelling and strue-
Cling about the bodies on the sidewalk.
The man who had been shot down with out
warning was Henry Gebhardt. foreman and
nominal partner Of 8. F. Helstsin l. Co.. fur
riers at $50 Broadway. The murderer was
August Warmer 35 years old. a German fur
rier. who. until last Saturday. had been in the
employ Of the firm. The tragedy grew out Of
a quarrel which occurred between the two
men four days ago. MANNERS Job as q fur
mailer earned him SIT a week. He was sober
and industrious. but was reported to have o
sullen temper. Gebhardt as foreman for the
firm earned $50 a week. He lived with his
wife and five children at 7 Clinton place. One
OF his sons. who is p years old. worked a. .
fur mailer with Manner. The young mar felt
his position as the son Of the foreman and he
sn E. Ms fSsr. dare S sR Ssd tf tsr guanr man erlti.
saely to mind his own business Young deb.
which the elder Gebhardt aided with his son.
On Saturday the foreman told W9nner that, he
s sSH,a ter tem peri made him Snnbsalrabie.s Wanfer
laid his case before Mr.. H~elstein. who refused
to interiors r., y s,l xa,pn uls,S ords sra to Manner
"A At ~ e'eiosk yesterday morning the elder
VAR Gshes down Ie Bro n.d nSm 70 & U.s. e''n II. h HIaeG lu sc
passed II. entrance Of ths broadway Central
heavy 4t-eslibrs English bulldog revolver and
from me doorSay Of =; slmSns 1 Cos Gather
Warmer; who had evidently. been Watching or
Gebhsrdt. Warner thrust the paperi Into ,Geb:
the revolver against tho back OF GeDhardts
h. if, a sioct down oSnn Br Re; d%Sspas Before T I fh' s so"ld
reach the spot Wanner, had shot himself. and
r.. r s,b % nan, T rs x oSIig ssto,, to use IS. all s1oh his
hardt moved, his lips isehiy and died. An am
pital. whore he died at $40 o'clock.
That Wanner had planned to Kill Gsbhardt
and then commit suicide was shown BY the
papers which no held in his hand. and by a
aecond which was found In his pocket. Tho
former was Gebhardt'o death sentence. ana
read thus:
AsIhavs been In business. for thirty years and no man
was coward enough TO di'charge me, but you viilAinl
trying to gain sympathy by turning on me. you shall
pay for It with your lite. Sir. aebhardt. the convicted,
August Wanner. the executioner.
The second. paper was evidently intended
for a will, and read:
E.w YORK, May II. 1898.
thereby certify that my friend - shall look thatI
BIO crematsd. aud that my head be opened.
August wASSER.
The name OF the friend had been written, but
had been cut out with n knife.
Wanpsr was married. and lived on Jersey
City Heights. At a late hour yesterday no one
had to ZONE to claim the lody.