The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-03-09
Nathan Busch Killed by
Stranger After Telling Of
Sleep Vision.
SLAYER ENDS OWN LIFE.
Letter in Pocket Tells Of an
Old Grudge Over a
Multi, Il Coin.

I,aho-ing unde~ tic delue'on that q
Brooklyn halter had given him a
plugged dollar ampnG tho change hand
ed him following the purchas" of ha'
two wears ago. man believed Ia he
Charles l.oefeor, u Newark. entered
the hatter's store this morning, and
after killing Young clerk who came
forward to wait ON him, turned TIE
pistol on himself and sent a bullet
crashing through his right temple. dy-
ing instantly.
\ note found in the pocket cf the
slayer.suicidc tola of The transaction Of
the plugged dollar ana this Is tie only
clue the police have TO the mans ident-
ity or the motive OF his double crime.
When Norman Busch entered H."
wholesale and retail hat store con
Quoted by Albert Wiener a: No go
Broadway, Brooklyn. this morning h,
told lis fellow clerks he had dreamed
last night that he had been shot and
that his widowed mother had been left
pennless In her home al No. l0G De
Kalb avenue, with no one TO support
her
Four hours later Busch lay mor,ally
wounded, with bullet in The region OF
Sis heart, while the nan who shot him,
and whom he had never seen or heard
a. before, lay dead on the floor beside
him after having sent bullet crash
inE through his right temple,
The Mortified clerks ran to the street
crying murder" at the top OF their
voices. and this cry was taken up by the
hundreds Of shoppers in the vicinity
and the crush and excitement became
so great that It was necessary to call
the reserves from the Clymer Stree,
station before traffic on Broadway could
be resumed.
Shot Without Warning.
Shortly before ii O'Clock man, ap.
parently about twenty. eight years old.
Of dark complexion and weighing about
clothes We're much the worse for wear
with the exception of his derby hat.
which was new. All the clerks were
busy with customers except Busch, who
was arranging stock In the rear OF the
store. lie came forward and asked the
stranger II he could wait on him
Without a word, say the other clerks
IN the store, the stranger whipped out a
pistol and fred point blank at Busch.
The shot went Wild but Busch was too
terrified to move and before he could
Erapple with his assailant the man fired
three more shots, one Of which entered
Buschs breast just below the heart.
Then the man turned the pistol on him
self and fired shot through his head,
Busch was hurried to the Williams
burg Hospital. where he soon died The
body OF his slayer was taken to the
Clymer street station. where this note
vas found in the pocket OF the dead
mans trousers:
Grudge Two Years Old.
Wiener Is a faklr bought ha,
from him two years ago and | gave
him 81 note lie handed me back my
change. which mad plugged dollar ir
IL. CHARLES LOEFLER
Newark, n. j."
Louis Hinkel, a fellow clerk who wa!
standing near Busch when he was shot
narrowly escaped stopping two Of tn,
bullets. one OF these, after penetrat
ing number OF hat-boNes. yrazec
Hnkels coat sleeve, and another
whizzed so close to his head tina; h,
thought he had been hit and raj
screaming from the store.
Mr. Weiner, when questioned by TN
police. said he could not recall eve
having seen the man who did the shoot
ing before. The new hat he wore, h,
said. was not purchased at his store