The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-13
SHOT M'SORIEY AT LAST.
HEICELDERZ had THREdTEabD
THE ICEMAN MANY TIMES.

They HAD Hnd n Discussion About Foh''c'
ana the German Held II In resentment
Finally, when Ncsoricy Had Helped Him
Home. Hc Got N Gun and pid Si"r"er'
Conrad @. Heicclbcrz, a German looorcr' Nv
ing at watchoguor road and Jcwctt avenue, CAS-
Teton, S. l., shot .and' instantly killed THOMAS
McSorlcy, an iccman, outside OF his homc' al
o'clock on Monday night. A shotgun was MS
weapon. and tho charge blew half of tho ice.
mans head of. Hcicclbcrz aftcrward attcmpt'
ed.suicido by gashing his throat and wrists with
n razor. Ho is now in the Smith lntrmary at
New brighton, whcrc:it was said ycstcrday.that
he had an even chance OF pulling through.
Hcicelberz has u VIGOROUSLY bad temper. lie
IA "a years old and lives with his uncle, Joseph
Smith, q wcll.to-do farmer. He Is a hard drink.
or, and when In his cups is likely to be abusive to
any ono who crosses him in any way. Several
months ago at n political meeting hc got into a
controversy with McSorioy. McSorlcy laughed
over the row, but tho German took 1t seriously,
and although silent when sober never failed to
abuse McSorley when drunk. He was constant
ly making threats of what he would do to Nc
sorloy some time. The %latter's friends warned
him to look out for tho German, but McSorley
only laughed and said he guessed Hcicclberz
wouldn't do him any harm. Since the original
quarrel tho two men have met several times.
The German invariably tried to reopen tho dis
putc, but McSorloy wouldn't argue and always
went away when he saw signs of a conflict.
Mrs. Catherine Traitz's saloon at Richmond
turnpike and Jcwett avenue, near Prohibition
Park, is frequentoi by iccmcn and Others living
In the neighborhood. On Friday night McSor-
ley was there with two other iccmcn, Edward
O'Brien and Henry Lush. They were engaged
in a friendly dispute about politics when Hell
celberz came in. Tho German was very drunk
and noisy. He insisted on sitting at the same
table with the iccmcn and joining in the CONVEX
loved to do So. In . few minutes, however.
he turned on McSorcy and began, to abuse
him. Mssorley only laughed sesd which h e ezra Sel
gan walking up and down the room.. shaking
his fists ut the icemen and swearing in n loud
Mrs. Trait asked oRrien to put Helcclberz
out of tho saloon. OBrien tried to induce the
German to go home, but he refused. Tush and ;
McSorley were also unsuccessful in trying. to
make him leave. He BECAME more abusive,
and ant IN fiphail I yos strod S,R En to S U BFi hem n n pn shoS %bi nls
sent him s%prawling on the floor. McSorlcy ran
over, picked him up. and led him out OF the sa-
loon by the arm. shouting back to his friends
that he was going to take the German home.
Hcicelberz lives n half mile from the saloon.
McSorley took him all the way home and then
returned. \ few minutes later the German
burst into the saloon again.,
Go home, you fool" said O,Bricn. IF you
don't stop your nonsense around here you'll get
-, SThs he'll ! will" retortod the German Il can
o'isrien Started over toward the drunken man,
apparently to give him a good druobing. Nc
See here. Heiceiberz," he said. II took you
home, and III do II again. but you want to stay
there this time. Understand
The German sworc at McSorley, and declared
he wouldn't leave the place. The iceman took
him by the arm. however, and led him away:
McSorl-y. and then, fearing that something
might haze h1ssppened, started d, up the the road
about half way when they heard the report of a
shotgun and n cry, and then came silence. The
1 They n ram back a iS the Rsu saloon and teIepSoned %
the Second precinct station house ut New
Brighton that there had been u row and that
they were afraid Il man had been shot.
Sergeant Cobb and "A policeman met O'Brien
and Tusn at the saloon. and the four started up
found fon tpH the body Of Mcsorley. The man M, ' Was
lying on his face in the road. = The whole top OF
ais head Isv had a sh ss !, elG gnow o5' to b T. SaSEi 10 Si nsiesi,
berz. 1t was evident that ,McSorley had been
shot from behind. The police believe that he
standing in the hall, and they believe that the
Sorley. fired. Thc'act:cvidently sobcred him uI.
for he threw the gun down in the road and ran
sergeant Cobb; with his party, lost no time in
getting into the house after finding Mcsorley,,s
body. They, aroused Joseph Lntus,, the mans
from cellar to ,garret without finding Heicel-
utrL, anu nHN uboht Lltlt up llItiT I'M llhL
he had cut out, when they heard a groan from
the dining room. Going in, they found the man
sitting up in a corner between a sidcboard and
the wall. A blood stained razor was lying be-
side him and he was bleeding from gashes in
his throat and on his wrists. He was sent to
the Smith Intirmary in an ambulance and Nc
Sorlcy's body was removed to the Morgue.
Heicelberz hasn't had strength enough to make
q statement OF the murder yet, but the police
think he will be ready to make a full confession,
II he recollects the facts. to-day.
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