The evening world., 1894-05-26
BROOKLYN NEWS.
DENY He IS An ANARCHIST.
Brenner's Relatives and Friends
Say He Was Only RsvengefuL
The Would-Bc Murderer and Suicide
May Recover from His Wound.

Adolph Bremen, who tried to kill the
family Of his former partner, William
| Wegerle. at the latter's home. 81
Blocker street, Williamsburg, last
, night, and then attempted to commit
suicide. Is under close guard at st.
GATHERINGS Hospital, on Bushwick ave-
nue.. Two policemen are stationed be-
side his cot in the ambulance room.
He Is kept under constant surveillance.
as the police believe that he Is an
Anarchist Of the most pronounced
and virulent type.
His mother. Mrs. Yaeger, with whom
he lived at ISL Flushing avenue, Will
iamsburg. and everybody else in that
house and in the neighborhood, scout
the idea OF his being an Anarchist.
II was peaceable. sober, industrious
and thrifty" said Bren1er's sister-in-
law, Mrs. Herman Bremen, land he
never associated with any Anarchists
In his life. But he was r~evengeful." she
added, "and believed that Wegerle had
lifetime"
Wegerle and Bremen had been In
partnership in the Progress Novelty
Company at 81 and % Centre street, this
city. The business was begun in Janu-
airy last and wound up its affairs in Feb
ruary: Since then Bremen had fire.
quently asked Wegerle to pay him back
the money he had invested.
Last night he went to the Wegerle
nome, and once more. In the presence
OF the family, demanded his money.
'Wegerle told him that 1t nae been spent
In the course of business. and that he,
too. had suffered loss.
Then IN get square this way!" ex-
claimed Bremen, drawing a revolver
and firing first at Wegerle and then in
turn at the other members of the fam
ny. WaSerle was grazed on the shoulder
by a bail. The others were uninjured.
They ran pell-mell into the street.
Policeman Martin, OF the Cedar street
station, heard the shots and hurried
Into the house. He found Bremen lying
let wounds in his cheek from which
Bremen to the hospital.
In his pockets were found a rudely
constructed dynamite cartridge and a
letter to his mother and one to his
sweetheart, Miss Pauline Zirker, OF 5S7
Flushing avenue.
In these letters he begs forgiveness for
the deed he was about to commit, and
REQUESTS that the dynamite in his room
be thrown into the river.
Last night the police searched Mrs.
haeger.s apartments, and in a trunk in
her, sons room they found aten-pound
package of dynamite. They took IL to
the Cedar street st~ation-house, where 1t
was immersed in water.
u large quantity Of the explosive,
which was sufficient to blow up a whole
block of houses. was originally intended
S WeI Brenner TO- the blowing up Of the
Detective Miller this morning. '' ~
Mrs. Yaeger, called at the hospital
early to-day in company with Miss
Hlrker; On their return home Mrs. Yae-
ger told an " Evening World" reporter
that she had been assured by the hospi-
tai authorities that her son would re-
But the disgrace, the dIsgrace!" she
g%roaned, covering her eyes with her
Miss zlrker, who is a very handsome
lection for Bremen remained unchanged.
Though he go to jail for twenty
years" she said, II shall wait for him:
because Waa ms i know he Is a good man and
Wegerle had robbed him
{. =. Goldman, a manufacturer OF sew
lng.machine fittings. has a shop imme-
occupied by Drummer and Wegerle.
To an Evening World reporter Mr..
Goldman said:
The whole business venture Of these
men seemed to me to be a blind for
some .green-goods game. Beyond a few
sample fountain-pens and cigar-holders
there was absolutely no stock in the
pidct' NtlthtT ulu tntN ADVERTISE.
ut is certainly strange that what was
put irto the place should have cost $500.
as claimed by Wegerle."
Wegerle says that out of $500 he re-
turned 1929 and half the stock to Bren-
ner.
Bremen at one time had n cigar store
at Go! Flushing avenue, Williamsburg.
Flushing avenue line and retained this
position until he went into partnership
with WcgeIie.
He belonged to no society except a
conductors union.
He was in Chicago last year during
there before.
Police Supt. Campbell. of Brooklyn,
this afternoon said that he had re-
ceived no information hat Bremen
was one of the men who figured in the
Haymarket riots in Chicago.
w are investigating his record,
however" said the Superintendent, "and
will soon learn more concerning his
antecedents."