Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1910 — SHOOTS JEWELER; TAKES ACID [ARTICLE]

SHOOTS JEWELER; TAKES ACID

Foiled In Robbery Thief Drops Dead at Police Station. New York. Jan 21.—An unidentified man went Into a jewelry store at 85 Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn, sandbagged the proprietor, Frederick Boetcher, turned and shot him in the head and a few minutes later killed himself with carbolic acid Apparently thinking that he had killed Boecher the man fled, throwing away his revolver. Boetcher called to his wife to follow the man. She did so. Policeman Malahan tripped the fugitive. At the State street headquarters the prisoner seemed to be dazed and was unable to give his pedigree. “Have him mugged,” the lieutenant said. ‘‘We’ll quiz him later.” But they got. the man only as far as the waiting room where he collapsed as suddenly as though struck with a club He was dead before fin ambulance arrived. The suicide has rot been identified. The jeweler’s chances for recovery are good.