The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-23


Alleged Murder OF = Son by HIS Father.
STRANGE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AyFAm-ALs
LKGED BAD CHARACTER OF THE DECEAsED-AR.
kEsT OF THE FATHER BY THE POLICE, ETC.
Coroner Hilton was called yesterday to hold inquest
on inc BODY Of young named William Sullivan
twenty one years OF age, Of Cornelius Sullivan,
siding In Forty FIRST street. Tenth avenue who samo
70 MS oeath a. 10 alleged from in nctsd ON his head
Win club BY his father The body OF thu dsosassd no
lies In the dead house ct Bellevue HOSPITAL vbsrs thu
Coroner intends holding the investigation at IL oc,oc
this day However, in advance Of the Coronsrs inou.J
ton-tns case being one of terrible forth
with TO CLEAN IS many of the facts pos.
sibe to be obtained prior to the legal nves tigatou
In the first place. Cornelius Sullivan the father Of tho
deceased man Of respectable appsarAncs over sixty
years OF age native OF Ireland, but resident Of thia
country since his childhood. Ii the father Of sig
ehildren-dve boys and one girl; the Oldest boy n
now about twenty Eve years Of age, and william. thu
deceased Ia the second Oldest being between II and
years For seine years past the deceased has bssu
intimately connected with gang Of dishonest boys Of
about his own age, who sesgrsgss In that neghborhosd
and time aEe again has he arrested BY the police for
Arceniss Of various and a. often has hs
been seat to Blachwells Island Psnitentary, there IA
serve out terra Of imprisonment ~ penalty for thu
crime.
During the last two years the deceased has been 4
Of great trouble to his poor old father Ms,v
time has ~ deceased returned home intoxicated Ana
demanded money from his father and because he did ma
comply with his request has seized hatehet or ont viii,
dirk knifs and, with terrible OATH tbrsateasd to n,
his fathers body OPEN The pslce would be- called s.d
the iaebriats son conveyed OF 10 the station houss
Such has been the career Of this undutiful bow
who, not willing to work. whereby to obtain An honest
living, has now, by his misconduct brought hnsef
to an untimely death.
On Tue day last the deceased asked his father TO LET
Archibald, younger brother of fifteen years Of age 20
to neiehborng grocery stere for Ave shiIipgs left in
the charge Of the him. some parties the
night previous The father told the deceased he had bet
ter himself for the money but the earnest soca-
ons Of deceased, the father consented and Archibald
went to the grocery store and obtained the money,
The father prohibited the deceased from taking
Archibald away with him, ~ he knew he want.
ed to make him . thief well as himself and there.
fore would never permit the younger son to asso.
ciate with deceased away frcm the house After the
money was obtaired the deceased induced his young.
or brother to accompany him to Fulton Market, foe
the purpose of buying rooster to shoot ON Christmas
day. They went to the market related by Archibald
and the deceased bought live rooster for three shnss
and three cents and both returned in the cars hos but
Archibald knowing father permitted his ac
compsnyiss deceased, kept back from the house. and
from the hill looked at the reception deceased had with
rooster under his and the father observing deceased
considerably under the influence Of liquor and feeling
he dared to take Archibald when no prchbitec IT, The
deceased became very insolsnt and, with oaths
s So7s n0!d 10, o. piece o. p.s wood used BY the
blow At his father. The old man. to defend hia
person, took up also piece Of pine wood and followed
after his who h.d then reeated outside the door, he
and the old not being able to catch him. hurled
the sOk hch struck the deceased about the middle q
the back bat from the distance the father off, tha
blow must have been very slight. The old man then
stepped pursuit Deceased. in Jumping drain oe
ditch Of water stumbled and fell but regulating his ies
turned around the rear Of the house. and as he wa
ascending the h not being able to balance himself pro-
thereby inncting scalp wound from which the blood
s ms TO b for
asked his father Il he might be allowed to
made NO reply to him, and without any bsng said
the mother Of deceased mtted him to hs
evening" where deceased remained on the bed until he
parents .nted 10 retire for the night and bed then
made for deceased In Of the During the
following morning deceased Sensible but remained
TIE bed In the afternoon he became much worse and
also nsensbl: Dr. Hepburn then sent for, who, on
examination found that deceased had compression Of the
BRAIN and that little hope existed Of his recov
cry That night it thor ght advisable to send the de-
ceased TO Bellevue hospital which DONE and every
effort there made to relieve the deceased bu to
avail tAth ensued the following day (rhursday)
evidently from the effects Of the injury received on the
Captain Maynard Of the Nineteenth ward police learn
ing on Wednesday night that hope entertained Of
the recovery Of deceased, sent on GERS Ross and Mo-
Cracker to arrest the father whs conveyed to the
station houfe, where he was detained = charge of
causing the death OF his The arrest made
the rumor that the father had indicted blow the
head Of declared 9TH club We think this rumor can
not be sustained In fact the above account Of the At
fair obtained from authentic sources but have
been mislead the whole story will DO brought to light BY
the Coropers investigation The father states that but
short time ago he assaulted by the deceased, who
threw kettle Of boiling water him. scaldng his side
In very manner, and that the only safety they
experienced at the times when the deceased i'm
prsoned in ths Psntentiary When asked BY his father
to 20 to work. he would reply: 81 shan't work; cam
get much more in one night than you can all the
week.