The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-22
Brooklyn City News.

TIN RECENT OrTRAcE AT EAST NEW YoRK-CoRoyEgs IN.
|ouxsr VERDICT JuRy-Coroner Horton held an
nqucs yesterday upon the body Of Dennis Kennedy, who
died at the Cry Hospital Monday from the effects Of
blows inflicted by persons who entered his house,
East New York, The night of tho 10th inst. The de-
ceased was lsborer the water works. and had some
difficulty with bis fellow wofkmeu, some OF whom
supposed 10 he the pNtes implicated Two arrest
cd suspicion but they could not be identified, they
discharged The circumstances Of the affair de-
DR.. Green, physician OF tho City Hospital, testified that
deccaeed was brought to the iustaon on the 18th inst
and died on Monday last he made post norton cxsm-
patton, in conjunction with Dr. En0s, externally they
found two confused wounds on the left side Of the head
removing the scalp they found the skull fractured aud
from ard bali four Of BLOOD partly CO.
,guatc1 under the middle lobe Of the right side of the
he wounds were inflicted with some blunt instrument
ind might have been done with club the deceased died
of compression of the BRAIN
Dr. ErSe ss'i6ed to the came eject.
Margaret Kennedy, the wife Of deceased testified that
our into her house Sunday night, 10th inst
ersclf anc daughter were sitting in the room tho
broke open the door each had club in his hani they
demanded n lighted candle, which she furnished her
husband IN bed, and they wen to the where he
vas and exclaimed, "You d. s. Of a b., you are
ust the looking for;" they then commenced
beating him with clubs she caught hold Of one of he
alans, and in The meantime her daughter blew cut the
andc all in the dark; her husband got clear Of
be men and went out Of the house unknown to her;
no men still searched about the room, tore down
ne bed nrd knocked every thing upside down; they
hen left ard told the daughter that If she opened her
ouh they would shoot her, her daughter and self closed
he door and shut themselves mp; few minutes after
he went out and called her husband; he answered. and
be found him lying about hundred yards distant Ia
car; herself and Jane Donohuo got him out and took
i'm back the house, the deceased told them that when
got out Ct the house no met five men, and those men
eat him and left him In the condition in which was
und. He inkco 10 The City Hospital the following
uesday by James Don)huc her husband did not tell
onchue Who II was; tod her no thought oae Of tho
Esanants Brian Mahoncy; she kDo va Maboney and
nck OKeefe, tho parties arrested but saw neither that
Rht
Maria Kennedy, eighteen years OF age the daughter of
eceased, testified 10 the same facts.
Several other witnesses were examined but nothing
hving the least bearing on the outrage was elected
The case being given 10 the jury they brought In tho
flowing verdict" That Dennis Kennedy TO his
path by compression OF the brain, which compression
as produced by blows from person or persons UNI
hown 10 ,bo Jury; and further they acqult Bren Ma
ncy and Patrick OKcefe the prisoners of any blame"
The accused were thereupon discharged and the perpe
ators Of Tho outrage remain Of large.