The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-11
Coroners' Inquests.

SUICIDE OF A REAL ESTATE AGENT.
About three o'clock yesterday morning Mr. John H.
Sick, real estate agent, who lived at No llo East
Eighty sixth street, arose from his bed and left the
room. Al he failed to return Mrs s went in search
Of her husband and discovered him hanging by the neck
the banistcrs Of the stairs leading from the hallway
to the second floor, by means Of a small rope. Mr.
sck was instantly cut down, but life extinct He
had been sick with fever and disease OF the kidneys
for some time past and his friends seem TO believe that
he was partially deranged No cause other than tenn
porary alteration Of mind Is known for his committing
the deed Coroner Gamble was notified TO hold an In
quest on the body. Deceased has left widow and
several grown up children II Is said that Mr. Silck
was formerly Methodist clergyman.
FATAL RESULT OF A sTABBINa ARRAY.
On the afternoon of the 4h instant John Callahan and
Thomas Duny had angry alteration at the shanty Of
the latter In Fifth avenue 10th street, which re-
suited in Callahan drawing q dirk knife and stabbing
Duffy in the lower part Of the abdomen, inncting .
wound from which the bowels protruded Callahan ar
rested by officer Golden Of the Twelfth precinct, and
locked up. The officer conveyed Duffy 10 the Bellevue
hospital whore no subsequently died from the effects Of
the wound Coroner Cover held an inquest the
mains OF deceased when several witnesses were ex.
amined. The testimony of Mrs Dufry who witnessed
the fatal quarrel throughout, Is given below
Mary Duffy, being duly sworn, dcposcs and says
live In shanty In Firth avenue between 10th and 10Th
streets; the 4th nst about three four o'clock p
NJ, Callahan came up TO our house horseback haloo.
ing, "Duny you Dlack son OF Dbl, Ill nave your
life" deceased in the house them Duffy went out
then, Callahan drove up; Callahan said, what did
you have 70 say ABOUT my wife," DUFFY asked him what
II was Callahan drove up to deceased and kicked
ut him; he then jumped of his horse, and they
caught hold OF each other; cannot say whether they
struck each other then or not; Callahan walked away
while doing my husband picked up stone and threw
IL at him. Callahan then returned and walked TO my
husband and stabbed him; the knife in his
hand; II was a dirk knife, quite bright; Callahan
turned 10 20 away but instantly returned and cnched
Callahan then walked away and came back again, and
caught hold OF him before he reached my husband Cal
lahan threw me my knees; he had the dirk in his
hand all tho time Callahan then walked away, and
cred 'murder and said Callahan had stabbed my hus-
band and number OF my neghbors collected around
my husband; did not see but tho stab; don't
know when he received the second stab deceased had
been drunk In the morning. but sober the time
of the difficulty with Callahan; don't know what was
the origin OF the difficulty, other than heard they had
| few words some time previous
DR.. Lucas House Surgeon OF Bellevue Hospital, testi
fed that deceased was admitted 10 the hospital tn,
9TH instant with puncturcd wound IN tho lower part Of
the abdomen he continued TO fail Till the evening OF TIL
| 7h instant, when death ensued
Tho jury found that the deceased came to bis dea,f
by pertonits the result of stab wound nt the hands
John Callahan. on the Ath day Of July. 1885,"