Year: 1876

At No. q Bayard street II. Mentz keeps barroOm
which Is rendezvous tor German bakers On New
Years Eve eight ten bakers assembled the
place. among which number were Armand Ling aged
twenty-five years aud Louis Verbetz about thirty
years old Shortly after three O'Clock these two men
commenced alteration, which resulted in Ling
stabbins verbetz three times inncting wounds from
which the injured recover Officer
Eldrldge, Of the Tenth precinct called in
immediately at er the ARRAY and took the wounded
man to the station house When the officer arrived at
the saloon Ling still there The latter acknow
edged having stabbed Verbetz, quietly gave himself
up TO the officer, and went with him to the station
house A large knife, covered with blood was found
on the door the place where the men had
fought.


A HERALD reporter questioned the proprietor OF the
place concerning the aTray, but that person insisted
that he saw nothing Of any disturbance between tho
mon de acknowledged that he knew Verbetz, who had
been employed on Staten Island for about year. and
who had come to New York Friday spend New
Year Both men were IN his saloon about three
O'Clock, having been IN there some time, and he
heard Verbetz say, "Give US drinks for the whole
party except that - there" pointing to Ling He
then turned the rger beer keg ulhll tho order
and when he turned around again Verbetz lying
on the floor bleeding, near the counter Both men
we're sober he thought He had known Ling for
ouiet man The men had had some hard
words about an hour before but had evidently
cooled OF More than shat he said, he did not know.
The reporter then tried 10 procure the names OF some
OF the men who were present during the alteration,
bat could only procure those Of Frank Schuler and
Frederick Briseumelster, who lived IN the house.
These individuals also stouty denied any knowledge OF
the affair A fear OF becoming inmates OF the House OF
Detention evidently influenced them 20 say they knew
nothing about The case for they were certainly the
room the the scutte took place Belle
Hospital then visited, whittier the wounded
man had been conveyed from the station house
IL was impossible however, to hold any conversatIon
utb his TIM tn ff1tf
Of any exertion. Dr. Silver who has charge Of The
ward IN which the patient lay stated that when Yer.
betz was brought to the hospital hIs mind
pared to such an extent that he vas unable 70 say
when where OF by whom he had been injured He had
two stabs in the abdomen and the breast of
thOso IN the abdomen oolng aeeP ana VIDE cut IRON
which the inesnes were prOtrudng His fingers on his
right hand were cut though he lad closed his hand
the blade OF the knife IN attempting 10 wrest Il from
his adversary. IL found necessary keep him
under the influence OF opaies This Doctor thought the
patients wounds were OF fatal character.


Ling, the stabher. in his cell in the
Tenth precinct station house. He was found to be
very nolensye. innocent looking German, little be-
low middle height, aud seemed very much overcome by
what he had done. He told straightforward story,
the substance OF which Is as follows II have been
this country about years and am baker by
patton have no relatives hero Ny last position was
in Ghe bakery OF James Lewis al No 81 Norfolk
The foreman OF the shop VAS a man named George
Bowers did not Ike Bowers, and could not get along
with him, / went TO Mr. Lewis about
week ago aud told him that could not
agree with the foreman aud was gong to leave





Nerbcz used TO come into the shop 10 Bowers and
the latter told that Verbetz his best friend
! never spoke to Ncrbctz until last night think
Bowers OF the opinion that wanted TO njure him
when told our employer that / could not get along
with him let the place Thursday last and mado
my headquarters al No % Bayard street | In
there ali Friday evening, and about twelve O'Clock
Nerbct1 came IN WAS then sitting by the stove talk
ing 20 q countryman OF mine whom ! know a.
.'GfJrge." Amer sOmo time NerbcH came 10
Zero sitting and said, effect, "YOu nsulted
my friend Bowers, ana TO insult him IS 10 In
suit mo" Then he his me the face and
s,,d be had come TO lick me laughed and sad that
I hat meant no harm % his friend About an hour
ate, that walked to the bar with George TO get glass
OF beer Ancr we had drank II Nerbetz came up 10
the bar and said. "Give everybody drink except
that -- there, pointing TO me He then took hold
OF me aud began TO hit mo and threw my arms
around his waist and struggled until we both fell
! was underneath. and ho bcai me about the head
Here Ling displayed bruises on his headl could not
free myself from him, 80 took out my knife and cut
him. don't know how many times ] stabbed nim
Tor ! excited and afraid. policeman came IN
dd not mean TO hurt Verbetz seriously. Ling then
asked u Neroetz was dangerously wounded and added
n conclusion, IT'S the urst blood ever spilled aud u
he dies ! want 70 die TOO


Coroner Croker took vcrbctz's ante-mortem state.
mcnt al Bellevue Hospital last evening He stated
that no came from staten Island FRIDAY night and
vent 20 Bowers house He went ~ No q Bayard
street IN tho evening. where be heard two quar-.
rcclng. lie SAID 20 them. That ls NOS right y He
sflcrward went into the yard IA the rear Of the
house HIS Intention was - 20 70 bed that house,
out orlcr 90 gct up STAIRS he obliged % pass
through The barro0m. AS gong through one
of The men io on him. bore hm TO tue ground aud
stabbed hlm. He knew The man BY sight snd that he
baker, did not know hls name de sad he did
not eNccs 10 die before he made the stAtnment