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Show I.Ik!. Tilt: 1IL.Mii.Li, tIMMlU an iMMtuiiANT Trrjji now in: was ULCUXIUI UlU, Tllll MUOIIA. Among the rrowd of Immlgranla Dial besieged the Labor llureitu at CaalleUarden on Monday aud Tuesday Tues-day waa llelnrleh Kraus, a (lerman, who naked If they couLIu't find work for him on a farm eomoivhiru. He I only II year old an 1 Is a butcher. He Is a tall, broad shouldered, red-cheeked Mia w, with the physluue ofan ox. He told Jacob Uodde, who la lu ehargu ot the bureau, that he came to nil country In the latter part of 1S00. Ho really eame over from Uernuny lu 1SH, but n confeaalou of this would have debarred him from any claim on Iho Labor llurcau. There w aa nothing for him on Monday, so he came again at 1 o'clock Ihe next day. While louuglug about the lsce he fell Into conversation with some if thu hangi rs-oti, aud (old them all about hlnself. Once he was lu business for himself, he boa-ted and was hla on mailer. He bought a butcher shopand ran It for a year, but business was not vvry good a i he sold out He received a nice round sum forthestoreaudtho good will, but still he waa JW) out of pocket. That was all that he told them, except the fait that he ha J been out of work for eight clays and was desirous of leaving the clt). Vet some of his hearer thought enough of title simple Information, It would appear, to reieat It, aud so some ecu eli-a heard It. About 3 o'cloik a well-dres-ted man, who did not apiear to lu more than twenty.flvo years olJ, came to Mr. Oolde an I said ha wo looking for n man (odrlvaa tnllk wngou from his fnrm nt I'smuiIo HrlJgu to Newark every morning nnd do general chores about the place. Ho whs willing to pity $19 a month, with food and lodging. Tills was Jiut what Kraus had Bald ho wanted, so Oudde called him over nnd repealed Iho offer It waotcctoJ, and when tho man had entered his name In tho employers' em-ployers' book at "(Jeorge Fredericks, Jihotograi her, I'arsalo llrldge," thoy ritthephuo together. Kraus said he wanted to go home first togelaome clothes Olid things to take Along, Ills new employer amiably i-nuaeuted to aconmpany hlmand they walked up Hroadway together. At the oaUinico thcyturuod up 1'ierk row, mil when they had passed the brldgo Mr. Fredericks Fred-ericks Invited llelnrleh to taku n drink with him. To make a good lmrrciIon Kraus drank sarsaparllla. After that they proceeded to his home. Ha Uvea In l.saex street, near llroalway, with his uunt, but, for reasons which he gave to the reporter, he woul 1 not tell the number. When they got thete he went up stairs aloue, told Ids aunt f his good fortune, and asked hur to pack ills trunk. "Don't bo a fool, Helnrlch,"saldhls aunt. "Mavba joii won't like the place. If you want to slay theroaflir ecelug It there'll lie plenty of lime to come lack for eour ImuL " Bo Krnua inado up two bundles which ha wraptd In a u.iwsijier. They contained two mils of eloihi which he list J worn at his work In slaughter houses, nnd which were covered with greaso s-ot and blood stains, luonuof themhoiiut a butcher's but-cher's knife eiicliasls used In skinning. skinn-ing. The hlnle waa about six Inches long an 1 sharp. Kraus wore his ln-el Hutiuay elolhea and looked very neat In them as hu Joined Mr. Fredericks, who had been waiting In front of thu house, aud they walked to Chrlitopher stree t ferry. On tho u ay Mr, Fredericks troalod hlui to auothsr drink and at the ferry lie bought two tickets to Lyndhurtt on the Delaware, I.acla. w imia and Western rond. During theli walk Ihe conversation Iiadlreunlltineldrd, Mr. Fredericks telling hit new employe what hit du-the du-the would lie. He loll him that he woul I have to get up at A ti'ilock and drive thn Milk wagon to Newark, If ho w orked Hu ly ho could get luck by II o'clock, when, rier fee-ling the lionis, hennildreet for several hours. In lliuafttrnoou there woul 1 be a little more work lo do, hut al A o'clock ho would lie tfarouah. and the rt of Ilia day lie coul I s-n I at ha h nted. Mr. Frederick spoke (Itrman, which Kraus ii aderttood better than Kngllsh, nnd he hnl not the sllghteat tlinicully In winning the young man' coulf-denee. coulf-denee. Tha train left at 0 M, an 1 In a thott tlmn Ihey were at Lyiillmtst. "It'll n g-etd long walk yet, llelnrleh," lleln-rleh," said Frr.erlcks. Kraus laughed, nnd end hedl In'tcarohow far II sat, Tliey walked along the rallriui trick for marly two miles to Dela-wanna Dela-wanna sttllon, where their train woul l not have slopje-d, and then turned up Fiaukllu avenue. lMs-wanua lMs-wanua Is a charing In the woods, dotted w 1th small cottazi-s. Kraus and his new friend auted all Ihe-e, and walked along the Mad until Ihey haj lottslhtof nil signs of liihiutlona, T hey met an old man who work en Ihe rallron I, coming down tho road, and Mr, Fredrick sail "Hello" lu him. In the gathering darkness the man colli 1 not dlillnguiah faces, lait he anaecred '-How are yu" In luch n cheery way that Kraus thought he was well artpialuled with hi i-unit-aiilon. After a while they came to n lootpalli which branrhtdoir sharply from the ma I and led Into the heart of the "Now, we'll soon ace home," remarked re-marked Frtderlcks, ami then Ihey trudged almg In alienee. Boon the path lieeame very Indistinct. Ily Ihl time the moon wo up, and her light Ihruweholowson the ground, which Krau ronfiiaeil with Ihe th. I'res-enlly I'res-enlly ho noticed lhal Ihey were going uphill, au I when Ihey reached the lop hedlaterned the niilllnia or a homo About four hundred fret away. "i owned that houio once," said Fro (cricks, "but aol I It for $axx).'' Kraus stood still a momi nl nml liel 1 his hand to hit esr, HomewherHl-rlow him ha heard water moving ewlnly. Then he walked on ahead of hla com-Inloii. com-Inloii. Tho next moment hu heard a crushing rciwrt, a bullet struck hint In thaticckAiidhortll firward, flat on hla face. Half stunned, ho lay there for a second, when Ids companion (drew himself upon hlut and thrust his hands Into lilt pockita. He lelt hla watch being torn uutand felt the man' ringers excitedly tear tha waistcoat open and pull at his Inside poUit. Then ha n covered himself, throw his aseallsut oir, and rose to his feci. There stood tha man who had lured him lo the spot, with a revolver In his hand. Kraus la a giant lu strength. Willi one bound he clutched him by the throat Willi his right hand, shook hint like a dog would a rat, and exclaimed: ex-claimed: "What do you lutao7" In n half suited voice, (lie manstlJt "I'll let yell alone. Take jour hand AVIV." tt Ith til left hand Kraut se lied Ihe revolver, but as he did totheman fired twoehots. One bullet wcut through tho voting man's thumb, the other furrowed up the arm an J lodged near the elbow, lie garo a elioul of ili, loosened hli hold, and struck Frederick Freder-ick a terrible blow ou Iho arm. Tho revolver Ml to Ihe ground. Kraus then picked un one of hi bundles, which he had dropi-ed when first struck, lore oiien the paer, seised the butcher's knife, and rushed at Fredericks. Fred-ericks. He shouted like an cnragid bull. Frederick sinned lo runaway. In a secool he waa uiton him, Ihe knife was raised, aud then Klsus fainted. When lie recovered consciousness the moon waa directly ovcr!nad,aud he aaw that he was nluue. Ills bund Irs were gone. He rose to hi feet, weak from lost of blood, and dragged himself him-self to thu house which he had noticed before. It wai an unfinished homo, without tenants. Hu managed to flud the road again nnd walked for nearly half a mile, when he came to a farmhouse. farm-house. He rapiod at the door and a woiiiau iinl It. On seeing his bloody face she shrieked and tltmmed IhedoorshuL Krau walked to Iho lock of the house, win re two men mine out. They were Henry Wen-el and Henry Weed. Al first they la-rated la-rated llelnrleh forilltturhlng iopIoat that late hour, but wheii they ditc-ov-trod hi condition they look hi in to the homo of John Kehoa, a veterinary surgeon, who Uvea close by, Kehoo sent n boy on horseback for Dr. William Holllster, vho arrived within fllteen minutes. Hoadvlsed tliatacoruner be sent fur, nn I Accordingly the toy waa deatcli-ed deatcli-ed to lluiherford, three mile awav. ror Coroner Nelson W. Young ami Marshal Collins. When Mr. Young arrived ho took Krius' ante-mortem statement, In which the man told the story that Is here give n. Then they (laced him In A carriage and drove to l'ateniou, seven tulles away, where they took him toBt, Joaeih' iloii Ital. The surgeon extracted tho bullet which had lodged In Iho ejluw. Tin, rlrit bullet ha I aued though tho young man' coat and lodged In Iho muscles of Ihe neck, within an Inch of thoipliio. The surgeon probed for It, hut could nut And It. Heproped for It a second time, yesterday morning, nnd thendecldtil to let the wound heal aud the bullet remain where It was. juaraitai evollliia waked Chlif Oranl of thu 1'utU rson rnllcuoutof bed at 4 o'clock r4trdsy morning, and they began to look for "Fredericks." Tho ticket agent at I'asnslo brldgo raid that shortly After 8 o'clock lha previous night a man antwerlng the desorli tlon which Kraus cava ot Id assailant, earning two bundles, bought n ticket to llcthtrford. He handid thu agent a ten cent idee e, the t xact amount of tho fare. That Is tho last that hat teen teenof hint. The general o(lnloula Hint tin csme to New York, A .Sui reur(er called on Kraus at the hospital vtslerday. The joung man was walking arouuil tho ward fretting at his evititlnement, and Indignant Indig-nant at himself and the man wlio attempted at-tempted to kill him. "Uh, thu coward!" he said. "If I had only had an Inkling of what he was up to, I would havo bound him hand und fuel and hung him to Hie nearest tree. I could have killed him with one blow. Oh, hat a fool I wan! Ughl" rholastwasagruiitofdlsguit. The reivorter askedi "How much money did you have About jcslaltliotlmeV" "Twenly.flvo cents I all I had wih me." Krau swore that he never told any one that ha had any money lu hit nket, nnd aula that someone mutt have lied to the man who wauled to rnh him. Hla father, he said, la In (icrminynnd la well to du, and If he lenrnnl of Ihla affair would limnl Hi" next sliamer fur New York. That la Ihu reason that ho woul I ulvu neither the iiamu norn 1 Iret-a 1 f Ida aunt Tho man who called himself Freder. lershada goodchanre totscai-e, Hu evidently knew the neighborhood well. The path that he thiwe, which ltd lo the scene of Ihu struiriile. la an unlre. iiiienti-il one. The fact lhat he shot KratiB within sight of n lum-e litta hi the liellef that he km w It 1 1 1 unot-cu (ltd. Tho water which Kraus ha I hi ard was lhat of a itreum which ruua within twenty feel nflhort. Ilwa nulla deep Just at this -,lnt. A mora Mcluled and fitting spot for a murder could not have been si lected. Krau will lie able tolenen the hospital hos-pital In nday or two. A", F. Sun. |