The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-08-07
KILLED WITH ACLUB
4 Mysterious Sunday Murder =
Kansas Oity, No.
THE POLICE ComPLgrgLY BAFFLsp.
Bernhard s'tciasrt Slater STRUCK with
sC'ub snd Killed by an Unknown
Man n-Ths Murderer 40. om-

Man -Ths Murderer 40 om-
pan od by Wen,n
Kansas City. Mo.-Bernhard stsiasrt,
a slater. who for eight years has lived
at 1873 Grand avenue. was murdered at
Fourteenth street and Grand avenue
shortly before midalght Sunday night
by en- unknown man. Steinert was seen
standing on the corner In front of the
Gcrman-Amtrican bank. when a man
and woman came along Grand ave-
nue.. Some words passed. but what
their nature was no one could ascer-
tain. Suddenly the man who was with
the woman struck Steinert The blow.
which was said BY one Of the two Wit
nesses to have been struck with long
club like buggy spoke. felled Steinert
and as he lay on the stone sidewalk his
assailant kicked him savagely In the
face.
The woman passed on up Fourteenth
street when the AFFAIR started. and In a
moment the man Joined her and the
two walked rapidly eastward on Four
tecnth street and disappeared. II is
presumed that Steinert may have acci-
IDENTIFY gotten In the way OF the man.
or jostled him. or possibly their words
may have grown out OF some remark
made by Steinert.
The two witnesses to the murder
were p. A. Stewart. a boy who lives at
302S Grand avenue, and John Stadler, a
butcher at 70l East Thiry-hrst street.
near the northwest corner, over $50
feet away. They both saw the un-
known assailant strike Steinert, and
saw him and the woman walk away
hastily. Stadler and the boy. as soon
as they saw that the stricken man lay
still on the sidewalk. went over TO him.
He was apparently not dead. but blood
flowed freely from him. over the left
eye was deep gash, which might have
been made by club. or from a kick.
II was that injury that supposedly
caused his death.
Sergeant William Murphy approach
ed few minutes later. as two men
were trying to prop Steinert mp against
the window Of the bank. The police
sergeant saw at once that the injured
man was In dangerous or dying con-
dition. and called for the ambulance
from the Walnut street station. He
was taken To the central police station.
where DIR. J. s. snider, assistant police
surgeon, Mt once pronounced him dead.
Only a superficial examination was
made. but II seemed that the injury
over the left eye caused the death. On
the right Jaw here was also n large
swelling. as Is caused by terrific
blow.
But little could be learned Of Stein
ert Sunday night He had lodgings
over George Bernhardt's restaurant at
1923 Grand avenue. He was said not
to have been married. He was middle
aged. OF heavy build and OF prosperous
appearance. That the purpose Nf the
attack was not robbery was i.,sI Gated
by the fact that Steincrt's watcn and
pocket book were undisturbed. In the
pocket book were receipts from q Ba-
varian weekly newspaper. In the d.
rectory his name Is given m Bernard
Steinhardt, but those who knew him
we'll said his name wac Steinort.
Lieutenant Morley. Sergeant Murphy
and several officers set to work on the
case at once. but there seemed abso-
lutely no direct clue to work on. The
two witnesses could only say that they
saw man and woman. but Il was
impossible to accurately describe them.
They could not even say whether they
were young or old. However. Il Is ex-
pected the woman will como forward
when she learns OF the fatal ending of
the affair and tell what she knows.
An hour after the death OF Steinert
the police gained slight clue. which
may aid In finding tho man who struck
Steincrt. What the clue IA the police
would not divulge.