Year: 1873

g MORE BLO0DSHED.


Inree Men and a Woman Cut ty piece.


IIn sheath knife--One of the


orst eases on Record,


From the New York Herald.


At half-past one o'clock Monday af-
ternoon three laborers entered the lace,
beer saloon of Jacob Schmitt.. at 100
East Seventy-fourth street, and called
for drinks. They were served. A sec.
ono round was demanded and received
and when it had been emptied down
the filthy throats of the Iawless trio
theif leader announced to Mr.. Schmitt
that they did not propose to pay for it.
echmltt stepped from behind the bar
and seized one of them by the collar.
Whereupon he was instantly felled to
tne MOOR by the ringleader, who dealt
him a murderous blow from behind
with beer bottle, laying open his
scalp and rendering him insensible for
lew seconds. While on the floor s..
q II -ssea THE RUFFIANs


began kicking him about the head and
body, and would doubtless make short
work of him had not his faithful wife
hurried to his assistance. But her
coming was unfortunate for herself. for
no sooner had she attempted to push
the scoundrels away from the prostrate
form OF her husband than one of them
whipped out a large murderous-look
ing knife and plunged it into her back
just below the left shoulder blade.
Again and again did the fend ply his
deadly weapon, stabbing the poor wo-
man in the left breast, and in the right
arm near the elbow. She fell, an
parently lifeless, to the floor, and then


THE THREE BUTCHERS


Again turned their undivided attention
to her husband, who had by this time
regained consciousness and staggered
to his feet. One of them laid hold of
his left ear with his teeth, nor relin-
guished his hold till portion of that
member was severed from it's owners
head. Another bit him an the hand
and nearly tore finger off, while the
third contented himself with pounding
him on the head with beer glasses and
bottles.


At this juncture neighbor. Mr..
Jacob Young, attracted by the cri es of
Schmitt and his wife, ran to their as
sistance, and received for his pains a
deadly stab in the abdomen, the vii
lain handling the knife still reeking
with the blood of the unfortunate wo-
man at his feet, plunging the blade in
clean to the hilt and then turning it
round and round as though he would
make sure of. AsE
FINISHING HIS VICTIM 9e
there and then. Young fell heavily to
the floor, and as his life blood ebbed
away and trickled down the floor in a
crimson pool, the unnatural villains
still further amused themselves by
kicking his head and face. Doubtless.
deeming their work well done, the mur-
derers fed, but they had still more blood
to shed before their thirst for it would
be satiated. Fleeing up Third avenue
they came to place in the middle of
the block between Seventy fourth and
Seventy7ifth streets where excavating
was being done. over which narrow
walk of boards had been temporarily
laid. On this bridge stood Mr.. John
Luby, of Seventy-ffth street and Third
avenue, having no thought of interfer-
ing with the retreating butchers, for he
was as yet ignorant of the fatal work
they had been performing. Neverthe-
less he was in the way and might i'm
pede their progress somewhat, SO
plunging


44 THE BLOODY KNIFE


into his back was but the work of
moment, and on they sped, and are,
doubtless still speeding, for the valiant
and ever watchful police know not
their whereabouts, and probably never
will The fatal knife and the hat of
one of the party are now undergoing
contemplation in the nineteenth pre-
cinct station house, where they are
held as rare trophies. Further than
this our protectors and guardians for
give the words) have no "clew on
which to work the case The usual
precaution of sending out a general
alarm to all the station houses had not
been resorted to up to one o'clock this
morning, so it will be readily seen that
the fugitives are not allowed the shadow
of an excuse for not escaping If they
by any possibility do not.


Mr.. Young was removed to his resi-
dence from the


SCENE OF THE BUTCHERY,


and at nine O'Clock last evening Cor
oner Herman was requested to take his
ante-naortena statement, all hopes OF
his recovery being abandoned by the
attending physicians. Mrs. Schm1tts
injuries, too, will probably prove fatal,
and thus we shall hnve another double
murder. Mr.. Schmitt's wounds, as
also the one received by Mr.. Luby, are
not necessarily fatal, although OF a
very serious nature.


Staying is the word


-T It's a deed in fashion.