Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-01
MAILMAN ON GUARD
NEW YORK BAKERS HELD IN
CELLAR BY ARMED LUNATIC.

NEW YORK, March AFTER terrorizng
his wife for a week. until she len him. and
putting an entire block in state OF fear
for three days, Ernest Heinchen yesterday
cut his throat and shot himself at No. 1912
1st avenue. He was dead when a physician
arrived. Heinchen had been driven insane
by idleness and heavy drinking.
Heinchen was a cook, forty years old.
and lived with his wife at No 1918 LIST
avenue. He had not been working of late
and his wife. a dressmaker. had been sup
porting him. Several times lately his wife
had detected him preparing to kill her. On
Sunday night she found him with a razor
and acting queerly. After a sleepless night
she went to the Yorkville court and obtain
ed a summons for her husband.
Two of the court squad were sent 10 the
house heavily armed and prepared for trou-
BILE. They found that Heinchen had board
ed up every opening from the hallway and
was in the three-room apartment. He re-
fused to open the door to come out and
when the policemen started to break down
the door and the barricades Heinchen open
ed fire through the door.
Disappeared on Roof
While the police were considering new
means of attack Heinchen threw open
window on the fire escape, went to the roof
and disappeared. All the efforts of the
policemen to find him failed, although they
made a careful search of all the houses in
the block which he could have reached from
the roof of the house in which he lived.
They at last gave up the search and then
began a time of panic among the dwelierS
Of the houses.
They had all been alarmed by the search
and learned that the missing
armed and desperate. and most of them
locked themselves in their rooms after
searching the closets and looking under the
beds to see If he was hiding there
William Steinperner runs little bakery
at No. 1912 LIST avenue. Steinperner lives
lin 1.-THE pear of the bakery salesroom. The
workroom of the bakery is in the cellar.
Last night about half-past 10 o'clock, two
bakers employed by Steinperner went into
the Darkroom to begin their nights work
They Eugene Reichier and Fritz
Groosman. They began measuring out the
-four and starting the baking operations
when they heard a noise in a coal bin
under the sidewalk They We're about To
investigate when out walked Heinchen
with a revolver in one hand and carving
knife in the other.
Paralyzed With Fear.
Both bakers were parayzed with fear
Henchen told them he did not wish to
hurt them. but he wanted to be let alone
and didn't want them to tell that he was
there He said for them to go ahead with
their work as usual They made the pre-
tense of doing so, but after a time one of
the men started to go to the door leading
upstairs.
Heinchen halted the man with Where
are you going?"
Il want to go after some pans, said the
baker.
No you don't: you'll stay right here
was the rejoinder.
1t was 3 o'clock in the morning before
the bakers dared move from the bakeshop
All the time they were trying to figure a
means of escape. and finally Henchen
seemed to lose patience with them, and
told them he would give them 81 If they
would not try to run away and tell on him.
He paid them the money, which they were
indeed afraid to refuse. About o'clock
Heinchen went to sleep, and a moment
afterward the two men were upstairs.
When a policeman went to the cellar
Heinchen was dead, having cut his throat
and shot himself.