Show LIKE THE BENWELL CRIME among the crowd of Immig immigrants that besieged the labor liaboe bureau at castle garden on monday and tuesday was heinrich Heln rich kraus a german who asked if they find work for him on a farm somewhere hf he is only 21 years yean old and in ia a butcher he is a tell tall broad shouldered red checked cheeked fellow with the physique of an oz ox he told jamb jacob godde who in ie in charge of the bureau that he came to this country in the latter part of 1890 he really came over from germany in 1888 but a confession of this would have de barred him from any claim on the labor bureau there was waa nothing for him on monday so he came again at I 1 bolock the next day while lounging about the place he fell into conversa conversation tiou with some of the hangers on and told them all about himself once be was in 13 was waa his own master he bought a butcher shop and ran it for a year but business was not very good so he sold out he received a nice round sum gum for the store aud and the good will but still he be was raa out of pocket that was waa all al that be told them except the fact that he had been out of work for eight days and was desirous of leaving the city yet some of his hia hearers thought enough of this simple information it would appear to repeat it and so some one else heard it about 3 bolock a well dressed man who did not appear to be more than twenty five years old came to mr gadde and said he was looking for a man to drive a milk wagon from his bis farm at passaic bridge to newark every morning and do general chores about the place he was willing to pay 18 a mouth month with food and lodging this was just what kraus had said he wanted so godde called him over and repeated the oner offer it was accepted accept eJ and when the man had entered his name in the employers pl book as george fredericks photographer passaic ridge bridge 11 they chev left fert the place together kraus said mid ire he wanted to go home first to get some clothes and things to take along his new employer amiably consented to accompany him and they walked up broadway broad way together at the post postoffice ioe office they turned up park row and when they had passed the bridge mr fredericks invited heinrich Hein rioh to take a drink with him to make a good impression kraus drank sarsaparilla sansa parilla after that they proceeded to his home he lives lu iu essex street near broadway with his aunt but for reasons which he gave to the reporter he would not tell the number when they got there he went up stairs alone told his aunt of his good fortune and asked her to pack his trunk dont be a fool heinrich Hem rioh 11 said his aunt maybe you wont like the place if you want to stay there after seeing it therell there lil be plenty of time to come back for your trunk so kraus made up two bundles which he wrapped in a newspaper paper they contained two suits of clothes which he had worn at his big work in slaughter houses and which were covered with grease spots and blood stains in one of them he put a butchers knife such as is a used in skinning the baale was about six inches long and sharp kraus wore his best beat sunday clothes and looked very neat in them as he joined mr fredericks who had been walta waiting ng in front of the house and they walked to christopher street ferry on the way mr fredericks treated him to do another drink and at the ferry he bought two tickets to lyndhurst Lynd burst on the che delaware lackawanna and western road during their walk the conversation had been all one sided mr fredericks telling his now new employed what his du would be he told him that he would have to get up at 5 and drive the milk wagon to newark it if he worked lively he could get back by 11 when after feeding the horses homes he could rest for several hours in the afternoon there would be a little more work to do but at 6 5 he would be through and the rest of the day he could spend as he pleased mr fredericks spoke german which kraus understood better than english and he had bad not the slightest difficult difficulty in winning the young manit man it conw conn dence the train left at and in a short time they were at lyndhurst its a good long w walk a ik raut y yet heinrich 11 said fredericks K kraus laughed and said he be care how far it was they walked along the railroad track for nearly two miles to delana wall wanna station where their train would not have s stopped atop ped and then turned up franklin avenue dela wanna to is a clearing in the woods dotted with small cottages cott agys kraus and his new friend passed all these and walked along the road until they had lost sight night of all signs of habitations they met an old man who works on the railroad coming down the road and mr fredricks said hello li to him in the gathering darkness the man dian could not distinguish faces but he answered how are yell ye in such a cheery way that kraus thought he was well acquainted with his bis companion after a while they came to a footpath which branched off sharply from the road and led into the heart of the wood now well soon see home 31 remarked fredericks and then they brud trudged along in silence soon the path became very indistinct by this time tim the moon was up and her light throw threw shadows on the ground which kraus confused with the path presently he noticed that they were going up hill and when they reached the top he discerned the outlines of a house about four hundred feet away 1 I owned that house once said fredericks frederick but sold it for 2000 kraus stood still a moment and held his big hand to his ear somewhere below him he heard water moving swiftly then he walked on ahead of his companion the next moment he heard a crashing report a bullet struck him iu in the neck and he fell forward flat on his face half stunned he lay there for a second when his companion threw himself upon him and thrust his hands bands into his bis pockets he felt his watch being torn out and felt th the e mans angers flu gers excitedly tear the waistcoat open and pull at his bis inside pocket I 1 then hen he recovered himself threw his assailant off and rose to his feet there stood the man who had lured him to the spot with a revolver in his hand kraus is a giant in strength with one bound he clutched him by the throat with his right hand shook him like a dog would a rat and exclaimed what do you mean in a half stifled voice the man said gaid ill lot let you alone take your hand away 91 with his left hand kraus seized the revolver revo ver but as he be did so the man fired two shots shot one bullet went through the young mans thumb the other furrowed up the arm and lodged near the elbow he gave a shout of pain loosened his hold bold and struck fredericks a terrible blow on the arm the revolver fell to the ground kraus then picked u up one of his bundles which he be had hag dropped when first struck tore open the paper seized the butchers knife and rushed at fredericks he shouted like an enraged bull fredericks started to run away in a second he was upon him the knife was raised and then kraw kraus fainted when he recovered consciousness the moon was directly overhead and he be saw that he was alone his bund less were gone he rose to his feet weak from loss of blood and dragged himself to the house which he had bad noticed before it was an unfinished house without tenants he managed to find the road again and walked for nearly half a mile when he came to a farna farm he rapped at the door and a woman opened it on seeing his bloody face she shrieked and slammed the door shut kraus walked to the back of the house where two men came out they were henry wessel and henry weed at first they berated heinrich Hei arich for disturbing people at that late hour but when they discovered his bis condition they took him to the house of john leboe a veterinary surgeon who lives close clone by kehoe sent a boy on horseback for dr william hollister who arrived within fifteen minutes he advised that a coroner be sent for and accordingly the boy was to rutherford three miles away for coroner nelson W young and marshal colllns collins when mr young arrived he be took kraus ante mortem statement ju in which the man told the story that to is here given then they placed him in a carriage and drove to paterson seven miles away where they took him to st josephs joseph 18 hospital lof spital the surgeon extracted the bullet which had bad lodged in the elbow the firra bullet bad passed though the young mans coat and lodged in the muscles of the neck within an inch of the spine the surgeon burgeon probed for it ii but could not find bud it he groped for it a second time yesterday morning and then decided to let the wound heal and the bullet remain where it was waa marshal collius ollice waked alef gaut gra ut of the patterson Patte raon police out of bedat 4 yesterday morning and they began to look for fredericks 2 the ticket agent at passaic bridge said that shortly after 8 the previous night a man an answering swerin oi the deschi description n which eh kraus ga gave ve of his assailant lant carrying two bundles bought a ticket to rutherford he handed the agent a ten cent piece the exact amount of the fare that is the last that basteen has been seen of him the general opinion is that he c ime cime to new york A Sunye sun reporter porter called on kraus at the hospital yesterday the young man was walking aai aund the ward fretting at his confinement and indignant at himself and the man who attempted to kill him ob the cowardly I be said if I 1 had bad only had an inkling of what he was up to I 1 would have bound him hand and foot and hung him to the nearest tree I 1 could have k ud killed him with one blow oh what a fool I 1 wasl was U ugh lit I 1 I 1 the he met last was a grunt of disgust the reporter asked how much money did you have about you at the time twenty five cents to is all I 1 had with me kraus swore that he never told any one that he had any anny money in his bis pocket and says that someone must have lied to the man maa who wanted to rob him hits his father he said is in germany and is well to do and if he learned of this affair would board the next steamer for new york fork that is the reason that he be would give neither the name nor address addres 8 of his aunt the man who called himself fredericks bad a good chance to escape cape he evidently knew the neighborhood well the path that he be chose which led to the scene of the struggle is in an unfrequented dented one the fact that he shot kraus within sight eight of a house honse points to the belief that he knew it to be unoccupied the water which kraus had heard beard was that of a stream imoh runs ruas within twenty feet of the spot it was quite depp deep just juit at this point A more secluded and bilting spotford spot for a murder could not have been selected kraus will be able to leave the hospital ina in a day or two lwow AV Y 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