The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-17
HODOKEN TRAGEDY.
While Cutting a Cartridge
Fritz EIenner Mortally
Wounds Albln
Engel.
PURSUED BY A HoWLING MOB
The Police DO Not Think There
Vas Any Attempt at Murder
The Victim Dying.
PURSUED BY A HOWLING MOB

An accidental shooting affair occurred
IN Hoboken this morning, the victim OF
which lies in ST. Mary's Hospital in an
unconscious condition. After entering the
hospital he recovered consciousness long
enough to state that his name was AIbin
Engel, and that he came from Brooklyn
this morning in the hope of booking with
one of the steamers bound for Germany
where his home is.
The shooting occurred in front of N.
Johnson's sailors employment agency, at
No. 100 River street. near Second. Engel
and Fritz Henner, the man who shot him,
another sailor like himself, looking for
a berth on one of the oltgoing steamers,
with several other sailors were Standing
IN the open doorway Of Johnson's Office
talking over various matters. After a
while Henner pulled out a pistol and
asked Max Liebig, one OF the men in the
crowd, to lend him a knife which Liebig
was using, SO that he could cut the lead
off cartridge in one of the chambers as
l. projected so far that the chambers
would not revolve. Liebig loaned him the
knife and Henner began to whittle the
iead away. As he was doing so Engel
ana tlte others leaned around aim watch
ing him. Suddenly there was a report
ana Engel fell back into the store through
the door way, with a groan. The pistol
had accidentally gone off, the bullet pene-
VraanS the unfortunate mans left side
and lodging in the abdomen
AS soon as ne took in the situation
River street towards First street, where
ne turned west until he reached Hudson
street and then ran south. AT the corner
caught by Policemen MeGuinness and
Patrick Hayes, Jr., and Thomas Nc
Aieer; t1enner was followed by a large
crowd OF sailors, longshoremen and boys,
who kept continually shouting stop
the murderer
When captured Henner admitted doing
the shooting, but said that it was purely
an accident and that he only ran away
because he was so frightened that he did
not know what else TO do. He handed
chambered revolver, to McGuinness. At
the station house he was locked UP with
out making a statement.
Later, the police arrested Max Liebig
e years old, of No. 1874 East Fourth
street, New York; Joseph Brown. %
years. old, of No. 104 Bloomfield street
Hoboken; Henry Smith. q years old, Of
ter Lee S6 Years old, of Ne. 2S1 Willow
avenue, and Paul Deasing 1S years old.
OF No. s. Willow avenue, Hoboken, all
sailors, who were in the crowd and Wit
messed the shooting, and Edmund Stein
speck. 10 years Old a clerk Of Johnson s.
Liebig Deasing and Steinspeck stated
that there was no quarrel, and that the
shooting occurred as above. Smith stated
that he saw Hermer point the revolver
at Engel. but did not hear them quarrel
or see them act as if they were in any
way angry. Lee was held as a witness
because he was overheard to say he was
not going to tell what he knew about the
affair
The police however, do not take much
stock In him, and are inclined to believe
the. shooting was accidental
The two men had never met each other
until this morning. Engel has not yet
talk. He will in all probability die