New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-03
NV v0pu nAyy TRIBUNE TUESDAY, JANUARY g. 1904.

ga a. r rant n bed o. 10 O'Clock last ngol
"a ,,dsrsd INV barkeepsr to Close Up the house on
.esr lizard no;.e below and told my wife there was
s.bt. vent down and found deceased aense' n"'sN
pushing George Murphy down upon chan seal 70
tween them and told deceased not to hurt Murphy nc
Ia ,hs, IA woud told him that would not lee MN
be then caught hold Of By the neck ana we unu -
scuf e and finally go, loose from MN "a, Re W.
Eve strangers present; one of them-a tan man-.1
two glass decaniers and raised one to striSe me "i
s - cupbosrd and took out old sword a. inc same
time deceased was beating Murphy toa ,nen ~ ~
about their business seeing tnat tne oon make
them 90 out and Immediately ran up staifs aa
60, double bareled gum on coming , ao" ascs.ssa
der.d the party I'd e 90 he Us was coming in the door
I'D Nike now 20 home" at the same time placsne nc
muze Of the gun against his breast ana pushing n n,
hd Of him and asked him II he was hurt do not ecoecs
cooking the gun loaded about three months snse
with shot TO Kin birds Tlih aS rh h0 eame down and
.s1 The marty beating Murphy, which was pr9oaoiy ~
creased by the man taking the bottles in his hands IN
~ rrs.snce of Almighty God never intended 70 sooos
U,sn and when saw what had done, caught nun III
INV arms and asked him he was hurt he never sRoSe
told my wife what had done ana .aen Deceased was
+; INV bouse every day and were the greatest OF enu
and never had any difficulty previous held me gun III
rdaI The impression when deceased turned to come
baek that the party coming also did 1o' nov ~;
any fears Of deceased alone as knew NJ so ro four
ina M
o. five others present besides Murphy and the par
Rv JurorEDid you ever take the gun to any one be-
srsxerI took the gun once before and drove out two
nm bo cot INTO fight All finally attack ed me with
cart ring for interfering few days since TOOK the
sword in my hand when two men made disturbance Du
did not threaten them ..,n.L
John Conner bar tender for Brennan testified tiat ne
present at the aay Koran and his friends attacked
Muir hy drove of them out with stick thar struck
Murphy but he came back Brennan was in bed at this
time he soon after down and tried oseparate Koran
and Murphy and then went to cupboard and took out
sword friend Of deceased seized two bottles went toward
the door, and raised If throw 1t Brennan dropped
the sword and stairs told the young man 10 go
AWAY for fear Mr. b would down and fire at him, as
thought be had gone for the gun Mr. Ii had ordered
them out several times when he came out with the gun
he told deceased to out nj the same time pushing him
with the muzze Of the gun, when 1t went on did not
hear him say anything except to order deceased to go out
the prisoner threw down his and said he had shot his
best friend he caught deceased in his arms and cried and
appeared to feel very bad know Koran and Brennan
were on friendly terms.
of deceased and Charles Murphy, taken, which cor
roborated in the main the above statements 1t appears
from their tatemt nts that the assaing party had drank
several glasses of beer each.
The verdict of the Jury was that Michael Koran came
to his death by gun discharged while in the hands of VIM
Brennan Sgned-Henry Guischard Foreman John d.
Hunt Rapelyea Ward, Johp VAIL Richard Pink and Hugh
ONeil
On the rendition of the verdict Coroner Cooke committed
the prisoner to the County jail to await trial
Deceased was shipwright, about 30 years Of age and
leaves wife and two children who reside in Fourth St, be-
tween North Fifth and North Sixth sts.
Deceased and Brennan both men in good standing
among their acquaintance and were known to be on init
mate terms and it the general impression that the deed
was unintentonal