MURDER OF AN. AUSTRIAN DETEC TIVE.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 356, 13 May 1884, Page 2

MURDER OF AN. AUSTRIAN DETEC TIVE.

"■ '♦ — • — • -THe '-Timea Vienna! Urrispondeiit g* ve * the foUawiag acsoiijito of thii affair •—Anfw/? ?i° ?-- r ha 3 beea murdered in the: f^T 1 n i m^ ' • avmo3fc able 'and ftftfy de- - tective, who had.arxestcd one of those accused fp^-T l^- o^'^ 6 P.° lice officer -Hlubek y i in^ tl 1- m Muhfe ehutti at 7.30 T a|n. to I ffi? 1 P ° hCe( °^ cc in Floridsa&r His ffi*^ v a Mm desolate, .field and ] The lStprf T 1 pit a^ out two me^es deep. ] side by fn 9 f B?** B^^ border on onV 'enclosLeSS^^^idingitfromagardeiß. Sfc bant '"fj^^e'^^ltt exteniditb the^ J about ton theDan »be s The gravel-pit i» A Floridado^ Pa^l 8 J roax the am ro^ t» J heard [ S^ ttt - '^W* a - was- M Se the 4 / Ple / aii!fl ' oni all si< iea to en^ vvaa shoemaker named 7iWpr N garden borders. oT^a ,'|SS I BaSJa **?»*& «fs# thetoit aUUb f and made Ws way.over wS-'pS? • ° e - S placed there in :tlj e : sfellow SeTsiZf g lat | o the old river On thl . cw h f e 1 me J n haV^g thei? attention chSed h/ kud.shouts, and seeing a man . . Sf crowd 1 ma king Ms way across the water, awaited the fugitive s0 as to stop mi

• :■,..",; ,-. : — j — — .-.— Xhe man,:hbweYer, produced a revolver, am nreatened to shoot anyone] who shoul< approach. Most of those who collected fel back, And he might perhaps have escaped ha( there not come up some brave men who wer< not'daunted by the danger to their lives. Tbej were the day laborers Ferdinand Mellon Johann Filler, Leopold Stroh and Augus Aimer. These four ran after the man, Melloi "being the first to reach him. Th< mtirderer turned round and firec Quickly two revolver shots at him, botl " ' Of Which wounded him severely in the righi leg. He fell down and had afterwards to be ! / carried away. The assassin fired a third shot, but stumbled at the moment, and the s^ot'missed. His slip was taken advantage of by Stroh and Piller, who seized his hand? 'and wrenched away the revolver. The twe workmen, who held each one hand of the prisoner and were supported by some constables who had come up, escorted him to ; " the police station. On the way there the man in custody attempted to carry out, a fiendish plan. He made a movement with his left hand as if he were going to take a handkerchief out ol his pocket. Instead of this; however, he drew, out a dynamite cartridge, which he threw with his full force on the ground. He had, of course, hoped that the cartridge would, fall on a; stone and would explode. Fortunately it fell on soft ground and Temained harmless. Detective Block, a man of forty years of age, and father of two ; -children of eight and three years respectively 'has been attached since 1875 to the police ' ■ ; : f ores in Floridsdorf .' As one of the most active and trustworthy'detectivfcs in the service he was much valued by . hia superiors. When after 1 the murder of Hlubek an order came to - : change the detectives, and one of them was actually transferred to Vienna, Block asked leave to remain, pleading that he could render better service in Floridsdorf thar» in i:, the capital. His wife swooned when she neard of the. murder ,of her husband. On the way to the police station after tha cartridge had been-thrown the crowd wanted to lynch ... -„ the assassin, and was ■ only prevented by the guard who formed a cordon round him. The man arrested is about 30 years old, and wears a fair moustache. In order to disguise himself he had parted' a false.vbeard upon his face, which was torn off when he was seized. ; , ' He" has hitherto obstinately refused any information about himself. The Prefect of ■-.;!-. Police and two' assistants went to Floridsdorf, and at noon the man, who exhibited great coolness, was taken to a prison in the town. - The wdtindei workman, after having one ball extracted, but with the other one still in the joint of the right ankle -r causing a dangerous : wound— was 1 conveyed to the general hos'/.j Yipit&U"' '^--'i ■'<••■■>"■' ' ■ >'