New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-26
TIE Fatal PITCHFORK .IPFRAY.

Coroner Gamble yesterday held an inquest on tho
body Of John McLInden, the aged man who died, as
ryev;ousv stated in The TRIBUNE, from the effects OF
j. ;uries received at the hands OF Cornelius Quinn, on
the afternoon ofthe lst instant, during hight which
ersred between tbem. On that occasion Quinn seized
ni,cbGork and struck McIiBden on the head with il,
thereby iuticting fatal wound. Below viii be found
conv If the testimony taken before the coroner: -
Ellen McIinden being duly sworn, deposes ana says
The deceased my husband have snora zoe pro- &,
.oe months previous the LIST day Of January as, PAT eo
had been some III hns between ny ns'esS sns nm he rt
instant the deceased thu house make cali at MI Deans
ar OF ounns house hi. my came IN md od
that they qsrreing OUTSIDE ran OF and az
face was so frightened more the deesa.ed csne
home 'SS after ' Sa Ds's s Quinn .y TO my ls.nS YOa
chuc kle- headed SOP of a b-h III fork you too"
Mary Ward, being duly sworn dep.ses and says.
At my uuces house the 1T OF January asst about
N en- 'Sy the s dteasd came out he xSsd
Dean he toward sixtythrd street whAm Sninn
S"s I some words between my Quinn went toward
them and Ss' with ny sP psA and QUINN replied
chuckle6esded ola b7h III foTs you toe when MI;
Sea Of the fork and tried to ret away Quinn
whether the fork broken in the 'Iasse ssw
Uoos Oh 81, T un with .toSe or bEbs the b.k Quinn
then wen, into his house my uncle hsndherhief o
liam Quinn came with gun in his hand he .sd be wo1d
shoot some person did not know whom; hepy MeLnSn,
the difficulty William Quinn and my usce here sss
No one aI part N ds S,fe C thrown At Quinn 81, took
tbe away from him and made him go mo ns
do not say that my uncle rqe1 Jnh VIII" my weapon "
Elizabeth Dean being duly sworn, deposes and SAYS
i live IN sxty.,hrd street. between Broadway and III hh
avenue mmedsty opposite ounns house, about Geek
the afternoon Of the st inst .aw james onn o
his own stoop; heard talkng but could not Distinguish
.nd sUS attack McIndsn he did him with neither
did McLnden strike him MeLiuden AFTER went away md
Quinn eept into his house hosr after this sitting
at my wndox VIM Quinn into bis house and re-
turn with the same pSSSSs and an aUisa sree o9
rushed Ne Linden and stabbed him IN The head MeLnasn
s t.os sa ho%ds oSn then ran and McLnden
him after this Quinn bring out gun and post u NC
ali saw Of IT, McLmdsn and his then home did not
the sse any stones m as w% fs a.
young Mcinden take Of his coat and 'ay % Quinn
want 70 . bsbsr In was before Quinn Brought out
r. " inter. residing at No. 81 West Thirty-second
m. deceased on the afternoon Sd Of January 1883 found
s % GsS % a
inch above the brow evidently made with pointed
every day days when be- seendt be relieved and
' uvon sssS found him suffering much with shout tho
neck and jaws and great difficulty srsOwns nd stssethr
from man IN the neishborhoOd with pitch1rk am not eer-
tain whether be 3 s Ii. Day 81 % .TmVo a s a%
some nine days previous supposed TINS condition :" be tho
Palmer d. Tucker, being duly sworn, deposes and
ey have heard the statement made BY Mrs Dssa and former
ig additions to her pony: Of The Mcndens
lillian Quinn and that the whole time Of the
hrst quarrel until the second one win ne aecea Go
Drs. o Hanlon and Finnell, being duly sworn de-
pose ssyWe have made mortem examination the
body the deceased found small wound about n inch
and halt above the night eye this % win
wound the depression in the skull circular in form and
the Internal showed no evidences Of the
brain corresponding to the depressed :ass Of the bone was
and the examination We have made we are Of the opinion that
fracture Of the skull ptchlork would make such
wound as the one described
This closed the testimony and the case was given TO
the jury who rendered verdict as follows:
That John McLinden tho deceased bs death BY
fork the Ssnd. q William Quinn ' Jam ne1 ss .qS s1,
Instrumental in causing the death Of the said NcLinden"
After the verdict was rendered, Cornelius Quinn was
discharged from custody, and his father, William
Quinn, sent to the Tombs to await the action of
the Grand Jury previous to which, however, he was
examined follows:
William Quinn, being duly .mined according to
At liberty to answer not all questions put 70 him. states
Q What !. your name a: William Quinn.
q. How Old you7 A. Fifty-.ix.
q. Where YOU born A. Ireland.
q Where do you live A. Sxiythrdsreet between Eighth
aud Broadway.
O. What i. your occGpaon1 A. LsboreL
q Have anything to say end If So what, relative TO
the charge here peied against you A. only say that
not the II hi. death; defending myself and kpt
him awsy with the ptehork long could and when he TOOK
the fork from me ran away from him.
The deceased was 81 yean and months Of age, and
native of Ireland. He was temperate and indus
trious man. year or two ago, McLinden was door
in the 10Th Ward Police Station.