The sun., 1900-12-14
SHOT IN PIANO FACTORY.
oyy wOsNut, NST'Nrit HTLbD'
A>OTHTR UOf ND'D
shot. v,,.s h. .n rmpi"''' "'''''n 70 ne
C,.r, n. led thr r"l'ce . Ions '"Ae
p.,,d stht,ns III" wufd't-'' George
sr,..u.randUerT, Usoh"f WIS '"""''

srhssnsT aud Werf' b''h'' W. ''''"-'
pavtd schrnrk 90 years Oh "' 'l h"s'
st,tv.nf,h street. yesterday "h"' ana IN
.,.ptly Killed Gsors" Nrh'"I"', ,""'
,i Of Nilhut Hvruu". DH"h N'u'' LONG
Island CIV. and seriously "o"ho"' n'nI'
u.cker, - yesr- olI of 's t'm suee" A
-, tn,, Island ,lty. shooting HIN In
ths rlsht shOIlief AH l"I'' We" "'''
.,',l,yct In the sounding board depart
.,, -, ~. sohncr lano factory at Boule-
,,,, and Jamaica avenue IN the Astoria
..,l,, ~ Long Island tty. Thirteen men
.ro .urI,y.d In TINS department. oil which
t.,,y D.ck.r th. wounded man. " foreman.
m. s.ootlrg was done shortly after IL
o,olo,L ,s.terday afternoon. when most OF
tho erployep- ~ the factory had LETT the
budding for lunch. SiS men. lhVtd SchtshA'
Usnry Becker. George Schaeher' 'hhrles
nv.ns William Koch. Sr.. and "ilham hoch'
Ir remained in the sounding board depart
rneut 20 eat their lunch Schrahk sat AZ the
ea.t end u the room at his worn ocH'" ana
Rec.er was at his work bench at tie sonth
aide Of the room. directly opposite h'h'
hut hidden from his y.ew by an ihcIoNc st@''-
way IN the middle OF the room. 'st "eo'So
schael.r Srhaeifer and Schrahh were NOV
on speaklns terms. They GuArehed over
noltics about year ago. "hen SchaeHer'
II Is alleged. spoke In s!urrhg way ABOUT
Sohrank's vie. I
All three men we're eating their lunch'
schrark GnlsAed Grst and ,fter putting his
luncheon utensils away he walAcd quietly over
,n Sch elers worf hench Schleler did
NOT look up Schrau6 drew istol ana
before .sch sIer could utter woru nreu az
Rim suyirg: There. damn YOU mere
he doft / owe you!" Tie bullet took enect
over SCAaeler- right t"milr, KIlunS hlH
Instantly. Becker. On the otner ,'le OF 'he
a a. ~.
called out t. NCGriHk. thinking that ne was
fCoing Sthrank co'lly walked back 70 ms
WORK nenCh ana Brts"r wn2 20 WMa Was ss5 riHfrs re-
Scfrsnk went ~ 10 liccAsr and. pulling hts
plstol. said -I'N shoot von. too. demr yon
He fired. but the bullet went wa "' tAe
A pile Of sounding boards Schrank ,hlrd
again and tie bullet legged N 9he ,tL %, we
Schrank tore aside the sounding boards
and fred point blank Il him, the bu! !let AZ
lie Srsd again but missed. and Eeclier staE-
uered over to the stairway. where he iell.
Workm from the other depnrtmen,- we're
docking abou, the door and S'ATS.R ran
AZ them. threatening to shoot. lhe men
scattered NJ i,i- nppr9ach and ne ran GOWN
'I.I slIs 1RT '',s resn-d II th. factory
From the upper Hoors men were screaming
70 those on the lower doors warning that
from the windows to intercept the murderer
Sohrank reached the. street unmolested.
and ,Hrnins aS % '%S Se S tod s9e them 10 20 bSSk
into the building poliCemssn r,rS, John j. Cor.
coming through Jamaica avenue toward the
East River on his way TO lunch seeing INA.
something was wrons at the iaGStory S r ne n,t rs9
Gerrity yelled for him % stop threstenins
him and pulled the trigger twice, but the
rsvslver was empty and did no harm
Tsnk, Then ran ana es esos5 5hf ra% .ss .s
wall into the East River Gerri,y climbed
down the wall. calling to schrank 70 stop,
but schrank paid no attention % 20 MN ,nard ard
Wander hofY's dock. which is situated between
Csrmelia street and Jamaica avenue Inc
suit, After a long search Schrsnk was found
under the dock in an exhausted condtlop
Gerri,y, pulled him INTO ne D, ooa. . ahn 'SoSS
sathered some Of them were armed with
sticks and stones Patrolman partinston
Sisted 3. sd' Gsrrity H in bringing schrank ashore
on the way 10 the station house In Astoria
she policemen had hard y. York to p,S,esto
reason for hi, rnurderous acts He was
Locked ss 1'e'on to ne ao9s
JAN Herrity found the pistol. an old fash
lonad s2-ra ihe. ave-shooter, on The 500 vi
arm was removed to ST Johns Hospital
n an Ambulance nr Brennan extracted
the bullet and said his condition was criu-
cal. When seen by a reporter last night
SebHsnk'e acts -Schrank must haye been
cra1v,. he said; i knew that he and
Sriend OF Schrank for wears Why he shot
me cannot conceive. unless. as ! cay. he
was crazy and did not know what he was
The factory oflcials said that Schrank
bore an excellent reputation He had been
employed In the Sohner factory for ten years
and during that time he had always per-
formed his duties faithfully and was not
known as a heavy drinker. The factory
shooting Schrank was alec seen by a re-
porter, but refused to make statement.