Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-09-28

James Horton and John Martino, of Philadel-
Richard Peterson, offs anne place For design for
the plates Of stove; and for design for the plates
of cylinder stove.
Walter w. stanard, Of Buffalo, N Y :, asst gnor
to s. 8 Jeweet and F. II Root, Of same place
For designs for cooks stoves.
4 Horrible Murder I'm New York.
MAN BurcHRRED-ARREsr OF THE SUPPOSED
MuRDERER-A MIsRRA BILE ScRNK-SrArEMENr
OF THB MURDERED MANS WIPE.
From the N. Y. Post Of Sept a5l
This morning, at six O'Clock, officers Coakley
and Conklin, Of the fourth ward, was standing al
the corner Of Roosevelt and w ater streets, when
woman suddenly threw open a window In the
attic Of tenement house No 3l9 Water street, and
screamed [" Murder murder they are numbering
man with an axen' The officers immedia iately
entered the house and hastily mounted to the at
tic, where ghastly scene was presented. man
named Daniel O'Rourfe lay upon the floor stone
dead, and weltering In pools OF blood, which
flowed from three or four terrible gashes In bis
throat, neck and breast; while around him were
gathered dozen women and children frantically
shouting and screaming: Not far from the dead
man stood another named Jas McCue, or McCiee.
with a bloody Eheath-knife In bis hand with
which the stabs had been inflicted and around
him another group Of women and children en-.
gagged In the same frenZied demonstrations An
Immense crowd at once collected In the street,
and the widest excitement prevailed In the neigh.
borhood The officers arrested McCue and his
who lived with him, and took them to the fourth
ward station-house, though considerable dificulty
was experienced I'm forcing a way through the
crowd. An officer was placed In charge Of the
premises, and another was sent to request the at
tendance CT a coroner.
An hour later our reporter visited the scene
The house Is a very old one, five stories high the
first story occupied by cheap drinking places and
all the upper floors crowded with Irish families
most Of whom live In the most wrstched sQual lor
and filth There are eleven families In the house,
which nightly gives shelter TO about seventy or
eighty persons, most Of whom are children The
attic was occupied at one end by the family of
the murdered man consisting Of himself, his Wife
and three small children, and sister and at the
other end by the family Of his supposed murderer,
about an equal number Of persons. Their premi-
ses were divided by the stairway landing and a
sort Of dark hall or passage way, which was the
scene Of the murder. Upon mounting the stair
where you step, for there Is puddle Of blood on
the stairs, I" and then opened kind Of gate which
admitted us into the passage way. BY the dim
skylight In the low roof overhead, several large
pools Of thick blood were visible on the dirty
floor. Beyond these was the attic room where
the dead man lay, and around Ii was gathered the
bereaved family. The sister sat on the floor with
dishsvelled hair, and held the dead mans head
In her lap, rocking herself to and fro, screaming
and lamenting, talking wildly to him partly in
English and partly in Gaelic, and passonately
kissing his bloOdlest lips and unclosed eyes The
ehildrsn9the eldeet only wears old-stood
sat leaning against the wall, quietly nursing her
bade, complete picture Of a6ject despair. The
furniture Of the garret was poor and scanty, and
all around were dabs and spatters of blood The
officer said he had just come and did not know
the particulars Of the homicide we had better ask
the widow herself, il would be good for her to
rouse her mind
The poor woman told her tale In an intelligent
manner. The difficulty had been of several DAYS
standing Last Saturday night Dan was paid OF,
and was naturally little bit high, when he went
L.. 1Tz(N.
peace she went TO him and said, "Dan, IL you
will come home now and 90 TO bed, I'll GO down
and get you a bottle Of beer" He said he would
she went down to get IL, and when she was com
McCue striking him on the head with an ak; her
husband and two women who lived with them
We're helping to put him out; and she told them il
was a shame to strike man with an AK when ne
was in liquor. Finally an ofRcer came In and
made peace, and she went with her husband and
had his wounds dressed; they were severe cuts on
the temple, and the strips Of plaster still cover
them. Dan then came home and went to sleep
and she managed to keep him in all day Sunday
and Monday. Last night he went out again, to
get little money that was due him for work, and
Of course again got little high, but she got him
to bed without trouble
This morning he got up early, and asked, els
she replied, fearing evil might come Of it If they
met. He then went down stairs, and when he
came up be met Mrs. McCue on the landing. He
said to her, ''You cut me when was drunk and
did not know what was doing, and IL won't 90
good with You for IT." Then McCue came out
and said, "If You put your foot across here I'll
have your life.o Then Dan said, 'I'll put nv foot
across for bigger man than you; you can take
my life;" and he stepped across McCue then
drew his Sailors sheath knife, rushed on him and
killed him. His wife helped to hold his hands.
and when she Mrs. O'Rourke) tried to get her
husband away she was covered with his blood
McCue struck furiously at her. and CUT her dress
open with the knife. Finally they got him in, but
he was dead. and that was all she knew about It.
"His name 10 Jenny, mother" said the FIVE
ar-old boy.
"w hist! darling" she answered, ssWe know
him too well this blessed mornin'''
The stories Of the neighbors, though greatly
confused, corroborate in the main the statement
Of Mrs. O'Rourke. The men were both steve
dores or 'longshoremen, and addicted to drink.
ORourke was generally quarrelsome when in
liquor He was thirty-two Years Of aye and
McCue IL forty-one. Both have been several
years In this country. The sheath kuife with
which the murder was committed is at the police
station. The point Is bent over IL IL had struck
bone, and II Is coated with blood nearly TO the
haft The first stab was In the neck Ii left a
gaping, ghastly wound, and appears to have sew
cred the jugular vein.
oUrRAsEs. AT HANOVER, N. H.-A correspon-