New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-07
REVOLVING MURDER.
Fratricide in East Rroadwny-A Young
Man Shot Dead by His Brother
Coroner,s IuQucst-Vcrdicf Of the Jury.

Shortly after 3 o'clock on Saturday morning
CRY of murder" was heard in the tenement house
No. "a East Broadway Officers Sut.re and Woods OF
the 18th Precinct who were duty In the vicinity,
hurried into the building and the second floor IN
one of the apartments occupied by Mrs. Rebecca Iris
tram and family found of her named Thomas
living dead upon the loor with pistol shot wound In
the right breast None of the family woud give any
information on the subject and the officers therefore
arrested John and Richard brothers Of the deceased
on suspicion of having caused his death Later in the
day Coroner Wildey held inquest upon the body AZ
the Seventh Precinct Staon.house, and the following
testimony elected.
Emily Seaman testified that she lives in room adj
Joining the one in which the murder was committed.
About Q. o'clock on Saturday morning she beard a
noise and loud talking in the occupied by the de-
ceased. witness got on chair and looked through a
side.window into the hall, and also into deceased $
room the light suddenly went out, and witness heard
say, IN have your blood; shc saw 'ne nasn %
pistol and heard the report Of firearms almost instant
ly afterward before the pistol was fired witness heard
a woman say. Go out for q policeman; she beneNeu
il was the mother OF deceased VITO made the remaIs
after The shooting witness saw two men go out OF the
room: they came back with policeman; witness
asked Mrs Trisram what was the matter, but the
made no reply; witness then went back 10 her room
Rebecca rristram testified that she was the mother
Of the deceased aud lived at No. "a East Broadway;
her sons Richard, Thomas and John and Catherine,
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occupied four rooms the second floor; John came
home about 10 o'clock on Friday night; he was ltte
ntoxcated DO had some marks OF violence on his ace
witness under stood he had had row In neighborlng
lager beer saloon; witness sent for some lager beers
Thomas the deceased IL bed In the Kitchen; she
gave Rim some beer wtless and her ughter-in.law
Catharne, went to bed about II O'clock witness dld
she was awoke about u O'Clock on Saturday morning
bv hearing noise which she thought was lamp fall
ing. she awoke Catharine; afterward she Thomas
i.r;, 4ho fnnr VI ll.X
door witness went and aroused the others she sent
Richard out for doctor; the small pistol which was
shown witness belonged TO Thomas and the large one
was purchased by Richard TO send TO California; Eeh-
ard and Thomas had no quaUel on fridayj they were
Freaerick Eickhof testified that he keeps lager
beer saloon on the first floor Of premises No. "a East
Broadway on Friday night he closed his place about
l2, o'clock witness could not sleep he afterward head
some one say. Tommy get up, you s-n of bh, you
told my mother YOU wanted TO Kill hers" witness got up
and listened; he heard the old lady say, mo, he
didn't" and told Samuel 10 90 out and get policeman
the same said, Get up III shoot you'll must
have your blood" there was light in the room they
commenced again. and there was no light In the room
witness heard the man say "Get up, i want yonr
blood !" he then heard a scuiile. though
pulling another ont Of beds witness then heard
Johns voice, which he recognized. and Immediately
aefward heard the report OF pisto witness called,
Watch, and an officer came; witness thought II was
Richards voice he heard using threatening language;
about u o'clock Friday night, witness saw Richard
In his saloon with two pistols the small one and the
new large one shown to the witness were the ones that
Richard had witness remarked that the large pistol
was unhaDdy, when Richard produced the small one,
and said "this one IL better"
Caharne Tristram, wife of John, testified that al
about o'clock Saturday morning her mother in.law
came into her bedroom and said that Thomas dy
ing and asked for light she said that some one had
fred shot at him. Witness heard the shot and thought
the report appeared TO be in the entry.
John TrisiFan testified that DO came home about IL
O'clock on Friday night much intoxicaed he had been
ont witt his brother Ton and others his brother Tom
and himself had quarrel in lagerber saloon,
of Catharine and Diysion-ss they came Ia blows and
his brother BACKED witness and bit his hngor his
brother Richard came in and separated them; his wife
shook witness some time during the night and said
there was q row: Immediately aiterward he heard the
report Of pistol; he got up and saw Tom lying on the
sill Of the back room doors witness was IN bedwhen the
pistol was fired.
DR.. Wooster Beach jr., made post mortem exami
nation on the body and found pistol shot wound in
the left breast On opening the body was discovered
that the ball had passed through the lungs and several
large blood vessels. The ball continued its course
through the body and lodged in the spinal column.
In his opinion, death must nave resulted almost H.
The nry returned verdict THAT the deceased came
TO his death by pistol shot wound at the hands Of his
brother. Richard Irstarm. Auguet D. leo1 ut No. u
East broadway" , -
The ACCUSED was then committed TO the Tombs
by the Coroner, 10 await the action OF the Grand
jury He is aged % years, native OF Ireland ana by
trade wire worker. When asked by the Coroner
what be had TO say, he replied, Il did not shoot my
brother" Deceased was native Of Ireland, aged 80
years and was also "a wire worker lie had served IN
The Mexican war and but lately discharged from
an artillery regiment in which he had served during
the latter portion of the war just closed AL OF the
relatives " the deceased and accused whose evidence
given above were committed to the House OF Deteh-
ton as witnesses by the Coroner.