New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-31
DETERMINED TO DO MURDER
Form SHOTS FIRED AT A MAN. THREE OF
WHICH TAKE EFFECT.
THE worID-BE ASSASSIN CALLS AT HIS VICTIMS
DOOR. SHOOTS ONCE. RUNS AWAY. Is
BROUGHT BACK BY A POLICEMAN TO
BE IDENTIFIED AND ENTITIES
THREE MORE CHAMBERS
or HIS REVOLVER

OF HIS REVOLVER.
An attempt a murder. evidently determined
md deliberate as ii was mysterious, created
great excitement yesterday morning in the nat
house No.Sl4 West Fifty ninth-st. Edward Hal
,enbach Of Brooklyn went to she house and In
cuirei for young William T. Robinson. dry
goods clerk who lived with his parents and three
brothers on the top floor. The janitor followed
him upstairs and him knock at the door or
Robinsons room. When the young man APP
pcared at the door, Hallenbach drew revolver
and fred. shooting Robinson in the head
Robinson fell as IL he had been killed, and Hal
lcnbach who had dropped his hat, ran out or the
house barehcaded. The janitor also ran OUT anu
yelled Fire A street cleaner dropped MS prooh
hurried around the corner and rang a hre alarm
In less than a minute company OF hremeh ar
rived and IT was quickly followed by number or
other companies The firemen learned that thelr
services were not needed and they returned 10
thcir quarters Chief Gicquel sent out call ior
IN ambulance over the fire gong Before the
ambulance reached the house the man VINO ala
the shooting was taken into custody. Men VINO
followed him out or the house Kept al MS heei'
until he reached Eighth-ave. and f1,ty-esh'h-s"
He did no. appear very anxious 10 get away o"'
walked at a quick gait Policeman slater OF t'o
Wa. E,ortv-soventh-st station noticed the group
following the hatless man, arrested MN anu 'ooN
him back to the nathouse. on the way 10 'ne
bouse the prisoner said he was Edward haHen
bach The policeman pushed his way 'hroue"
the crowd with the prisoner mounted 'he s.""
- the Robinson fat and was shown to hali oeu-
room where young Robinson lay on oeu SUI.
,,rdah nv his family The policeman led MS
r.,sorar forward 20 be identified by the wounded
ma, orc Of the family raised Robinson on 'ne
nil,oN, so that ne could look al the prisoner
THREE MORE SHOTS
without a word Hallenbach pulled revolver
,..,r, his pooket and quickly fired three times
a. Robinson Two of the bullets struck him. anu
no fell back on the pillow with groah' "hiie
his brothers sprang at the assassin, VINO hao
already been seized by the policeman
SLATER was SO much astonished at the mans
so.,.rot. act that the third ehot was fired
before he realized what was happening. iie
then seized Ha'lenbach and, with the aSsi'''
ance of the Robinson brothers, quickly OYER
powered him. Slater took the man "'.1po"
away and then searched him. In one OF his
pockets anorNer loaded pistol was found when
VIZ 8 also taken away. Another policeman assisted
an o.ttine the prisoner to the police station.
The ambulance from Roosevelt Hospital had
arrived while Halenbach was directing MS
second fusillade at his victim Ambulance our
seon Fields examined Robinson He rouno
that the young man had received three Cuilet
wounds. One Of the bullets penetrated his 'eit
side, another took effect in his head whiis
third lodged in his left arm From the cursory
examination which the ambulance surgeon
made Of the wounds. he expressed the opinion
that they would not result fatally
Robinson removed TO Roosevelt hospital
where 1t was said later that there was every
chance for his recovery. After Haienpach
was locked up. in the West Forty seventh-sa;
station the police set about making inquiries
as TO the cause Of the shooting. They could not
learn much. Both the prisoner and the ROD
inson family maintained an inexpfcapie reti-
cence regarding the whole affair Hallenbaoh
declared he never had seen Robinson BEFORE
ne shot him. but was sorry he had not killed
him.
COMMITTED WITHOUT BAIL
At the Yorl<vile Court yesterday Hallenbach
was committed without bail to await the result OF
his attempt to kill Robinson. The police thought
the motive for the crime was similar to that which
led David Hannigan to Say Solomon H. Mann
The one man In the anxious TO talk was
jeremiah Conway. a hack driver, who was locked
up as a witness The police. however, refused TO
\ allow the reporters TO see him They gave as
their reason that he was too drunk TO talk Con-
way bewailed his untoward fate loudly but to no
ni purpose.
Haenbach is clerk thrty-twc years old and
lives at No. 3i3 Lexington-ave., Brooklyn. When
an inquiry was made at the house yesterday Mrs
Haenbach said with much GOODNESS, that she
had heard of the shooting. but had nothing TO
say as to the cause of it. At the proper time the
reason would be ma hs public she said, shutting
the door a0ainst r''"'',Ar jpnuirv.- In the neigh
orhood II was said that he Halenbaa bachS were
eople who kept very closely TO themselvelves They
ave a little daughter. Recently Hauenlenbach has
cen out West. He at time. y Il said,
member Of Democratic ward assoc ocation.
Charges Will undoubte lily be made de against
oliceman James Slater for permitting the second
hooting of Robinson Inspector Brooks oks said yes
srday afternoon that Slater had negl eglected his
uty in not searching Hallenbach the moment he
laced him under arrest. He also said aid that the
Oiceman diCDlaVc6 mt w
rdice. in permitting three shots TO b. be fired by
alenbach after the arrest.