New-York tribune., 1907-11-25
BOY KILLS HIS FATHER.
SHOOTS TO SAVE MOTHER.
Tragic End to Late Package Party
IN WILLIAMSBURG.

During a struggle to prevent his father from
shooting his mother. Peter IindeTmeyer, sew
enteen years old, fired a bullet into his fathers
brain and killed him in their home, NO 95l
Grand street Williamsburg, early yesterday
morning, while the four younger children or the
family looked on in terror. The boy was ar
rested by Patrolnan Elder of the Herbert
street station, after his father had been pro-
nounced dead by an ambulance surgeon or the
Eastern District Hospital
The attendants of the Manhattan avenue court
witnessed one of the most affecting scenes IN
it's history, when the grief crazed boy his
heartbroken mother aad the younger children
were arraigned Magistrate Hgginbotham sor-
roUfullv committed tho boy without ball tos
examination Tuesday.
Frederick Lindermeyer, the dead man. Win
his wife Catherine and their eldest son. Fete''
returned to their home at o'clock yesterday
morning after attending a package party III "
hall at Hiurod street and Central avenue Ihe
elder Iindermeyer II Is said, had oeen orllAlhs
and was irritable. While they were prepdII"s
to go to bed Lindermeyer began quarrel WIN
H., -,ifa She went into their parlor TO avoid
him. but he started after her with a iarse
vo,ver According TO the account given oY MIs.
,,,derr,ever to the police. her son Peter rushed
into the pariors ahead of his father and slammed
Tho door Instantly a bullet crashed through the
woodwork narrowly missing young Llhder-
never. who had his shoulder against '"e uooI
to prevent its being opened,
Realizing that his brothers and sisters weTe
IN danger in the rooms with his father the ooS
told his mother TO go into the hall. opened .ie
door and began struggle with MS tatner lo'
the rossession Of tho gun FREDERICK hli'ue'
never was teamster. and was wen Aho"H '''
.to roigbborbood for his enormous strength.
TN n,
fopgbt nercely. while the terror stricken chill
7o, b,,ddled together and were unwilling Wit
reseos IN the killing of their father. Suddenly
aro+bAr shot was fired and the elder Llnder-
xoavar sank to the floor Peter went into the
,,itcber thinking that he had knocked his father
down with a blow from his fist, and that the
shot had gone wild. In a few minutes MIS-
I,ndermever went into the room, thinking to
MT her husband to bed. She found him
s+ra+cbed on the floor with bullet hole over
his right eye.
Peter you have killed your father she sa'o'
as she fell fainting beside the body Rushlng 10
the room the boy lifted his father IN ms arms
and iroplored him to speak and forgive him. but
it was too late.
The noise of the shots aroused the nelghoor-
tood and brought Patrolman Elder. The fam
uv ,Uas taken to the Herbert street station,
Peter charged with the killing Of his father ana
the others as witnesses In the Manhattan ave-
nue court Magistrate Higginbotham asked the
how why he had fired the shot
Il did it to save my mother" he answered I
saw murder in fathers eyes when he started
after nv mother When he fired the first shot
through the door knew he intended to murder
the whole family. 1t was all done in self-de-
fence"
This is an extremely sad case said Mag
istrate Higginbotham. Il am sorry for you my
boy. but the law compels me to hold you with
out bail for further examination"
Young Lindermeyer has always been regarded
as a model youth He was employed IN 4
wagon painting shop as letterer He has a
reputation for sobriety and steadlness HIS
mother tearfully asserts her sons innocence OF
any intention TO kill his father, and says that
the killing was accidental.
Idndermeyers three little sisters and his four
teen-year-old brother say that their brother
acted entirely in self defence.
The police theory Of the murder Is that young
Lindermeyer got the revolver from his father
and went into the parlor TO protect his mother
The father started toward them with something
that cleaned in his hand. and the son fired to
frghten him. Intending to shoot over his fathers
head.