The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-21
DELIBERATE MURDER.
Shocking Deed in Bayonne
Today-Iss the Culprit
Insane?

deliberate murder was committed in
the heart of the business section of Bav-
onne, at 1910 o'clock this morning. The
murderer. is James Marks, a painter. of
No. 140 Mulberry street Newark. His
victim was John Sauerbrei, delicatessen
dealer of No. 666 Avenue D, Bayonne.
Marks was captured red-handed, from
his crime, by Patrolman P. j. Tierney,
and was identified by Sauerbrei before
the latter died. No direct motive is as
signed for the crime. Marks protests that
he shot Sauerbrei in sef-defence, but con-
tradicts himself by saying that he placed
loaded revolver in his pocket before
calling ON Sauerbrei, anticipating trouble
and determined not to be hurt The act
ual shooting was not witnessed by any
one save the participants.
The events which Immediately followed
were observed by three persons who all
tell the same story. Sauerbreis store is
at the corner of Avenue D and Thirty
fifth street. 1t has an entrance on either
street. When Marks fired upon Sauer-
brei there were two shots in rapid
succession; John Haver was at the cor
ner, putting letter III the box. Gus
Huber, a barber, was in his shop across
the street. A sister-in-law of the muir
dered man was in window opposite. All
three had their attention attracted by
the shot to the delicatessen store, whence
the shots proceeded. They saw Marks
come out of the front door. He had a
smoking revolver in one hand and the
key to the door in his other hand. With
the key he locked the door,
What happened to him subsequently
will appear from the statement of PATROL
man Tierney, who arrested him. AS he
emerged from the front door Sauerbrei
came out of the side door. AS he reach
ed the sidewalk he placed his hand over
his heart and staggering would have fall
en- had not Haver and Huber rushed to,
his assistance, catching him just in time
to save him from collapsing.
Now for the story of PatrolGnan Tier
ney, who arrested the Marks
s.At about ten o'clock this morning."
his statement says. Il was going down
Avenue D, from THIRTEEN street towards
Thirty-first street, when I heard a re-
port that sounded like an explosion. I
saw a couple of men running across the
street, and looking through the glass door
of a house on the opposite side of the
street. A single lumber truck stood on
the street The driver shouted, Hurry
up, officer; he is going to shoot again I
hurried down and found man locking
the door. The crowd said
.' He is the man, he has got gun /
caught his hand and wrenched the revol-
yer from him. Then took the key from
him and opened the door, and rushed him
through the store and into the yard, then
out on to the side street in search of the
man he had shot. When / reached the
street saw three men carrying a fourth
man between them. hurried the man /
had arrested to the man they were car
rying. and placed him SO that the wound
ed man could get good look at him.
asked him if he was the man who had
shot him. and he said. Yes
Sauerbrei lost consciousness immediate
IL after Identifying Marks as his assail-
ant. He was removed to the hospital
which is but half a<hdock from the scene