New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-26
MURDER IN THE FOURTH WARD.
MAN INSTANTLY KILLED ARREST OF
THE MURDERER.

The MURDERER.
Yesterday morning about 6 o'clock Daoiel o Rourke
and John McKeogh, both Irish laborers, living at
No 319 Water street. got into an alteration, the result
of difficulty which had long existed between them,
when McKeogh drew knife and stabbed his antagonist
in the Leck severng the uguar vein and causing the
almost instant death of o Rourke. The alarm was
given, when Officers Conkn and Coakley ofthe Fourth
Wa,d ran 10 the house and arrested the muir
derer as he was making bis escape down flight OF
stairp The prisoner taken to the Station House
ard committed to sa the ACTON of the Coroner who
was notified to hold inquest. The deceased, as also
the accused it is faid addicted to habits Of in
temperance and were very qusrresome psrs ms.
0 Rourke was about 80 years of age. He has left
wife and three children. McKeogh is also married
man.
CORoNER's INQUEST.
Coroner Jackman yesterday afternoon held an in
Quest on the body of O'Rouike, when the following
testimony was elicted:
Maurice deposed that be lives at No as Water street.
ard uncle Of deceased saw d'oeassd sPpoash the prs
neck deceased fell inside the prisoners door, and then the
oowed him down stairs keeping him in sight the police
arrived the pris ne h.d the knife his hand when arrested
ns desSes.sd left K. Toem and Went down stars
coming up in about an hour serard then hes the
of yonn Deceased told bin out the sidewalk aud
@ ted toward prsoners door just then the prisoner drew
knife stabbed deceased Ia the neck the deceased fell
being stabbed when the prisoner upon him aud STABBED MN
again the prisoner tried to stab de easeds WIFE, because
tried his while the prisoner stabbing
the prisoners wife cried cut hive IL to him" Th pd
%as struck aTS es With an axe and club
URourke dep0sed a. follows live at No 5g wafer
street saturday last my husband the dead mani had quar-
rel with the family Of he prisoner a'd been out ana woen
whom did know beating husband bis head was cut
end bleeding deceased e his about O'clock this
morning and down stairs In about an hour heard hln
coming up sgan talking hnse he into room and
spoke Morris Lane telling hun what cut no had got the
prisoner csed out nom his which Is OPPOSITE Now
ORouIke out Pm ready for minut I'LL ALL yon
or you shall XII me - deceased said that would take
a bigger man than the prisoner to do that, and he
walked over 10 where the prisoner stosd; thsn saw
the prisoner had knife tried t. drag husband
minute the prisoner stabbed husband in the
prsober wifi. then held my husband down while the prisoner
stabbed him again the prisoner then tried TO go oown s and
when ied stop him, he turned and tried TO stab me on
night before heard h prisoner tha he had got KNIFE u
hill that he would kill him he got cnsnce
deceased had no weapon about him when he st5bed
COakey the Fourth Precinct esned T. arreng
the prisoner 1oing bloody sheath knife hs person and
tie prisoner admitted that be had stabbed the man
TIE Jury rendered the following verdict
eve find that Daniel RouTSe came 10 his death
by abs irfc'ed oy the ptisoner. John McKeogh and
that Ann McKeogh was accessory TO the murder"
Tie prisoners were then examined, when McKeogh
said he stabbed deceased in sefdeense but his wife
sad she took no part in the affair, and WAS in bed at
the time.
The prisoners were committed, snd tie witnesses all
sent TO tte house of Dete' ton