The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-02
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CONNUBIAL COURTESIES.
The Leavy Homicide Mixed Case-Who Threw
the Bricks 7-0ficial Investiga-
ton Yesterday

The street fight, amounting almost to riot which
occurred In front OF Bernard Leavy's groggery 442
West FOry-rst street. late on the night OF the oath
ult., resulting in the fatal wOundng OF Lcavy. was
yesterday investigated before Coroner Young at the
City Hall. Captain Carney or tile Twentieth pre-
cnct brought down q formidable array Of witnesses,
most Of whom, however, although mixed up in the
fight seemed to know little or nothing about II. 1t
was utterly impossible to show cOnclusvely who
threw the bricks stones which caused Leavy's
death. The widow, who admitted giving her hus-
band
TIP on THE HEAD
with hammer and TO breaking club over his
head, was present as prisoner and seemed to bear
her loss with much comp0sure-in fact, she seemed
quite indisposed to have any one punished On &C
count OF her husbands death. Deceased, 1t is SAID.
came near taking her life In savage domestic brol
about nine months ago.
Daniel COrrison. lad living In Forty fifth street.
near Eleventh avenue, was the first witness exa-
mined. He deposed that he saw deceased and his
wife at their place, AL West FOrty-rst street. last
Saturday night; they drunk ana Quarreing,
striking at each other; Christopher and James Far
rel then came Into the house and Christopher had
large cheese knife and made thrust at the other
Farrell; others then came up deceased being out In
the street;
STEPHEN LARKIN HAD A PISTOL
which he fired In the air; bricks were fired lndis
criminatey Dy crowd OF twelve or fifteen persons.
who had collected in the street; deceased got q
Ratchet and fred at the crowd; dld not anybody
strike deceased, but he was struck with bricks and
stones and badly cut; deceased had hammer
Ratchet and shovel IN his hands; he threw the
Ratchet ana hammer at the crowd, but kept the
shovel, which he braDdisned around, when deceased
was Knocked down: he lay ten minutes saw James
Farrell and Christopher Farrell throw stones at de-
ceased before he fell; did not any blood de-
ceased wnen he came out OF the house.
Christopher Farrell, OF No. 442 West Forty-6rst
street. knew deceased ana his wife; they quar-
renng; she hit him on the arm with q ham ler; the
witness took the hammer from her and put It on the
icebox; is IN the employ Of Leavy; at halfpast ten
o'clock on Saturday night saw deceased ana his
wife and Quinn in the store; there was then crowd
around the door: went into the store and Barney
and his wife We mt toward the door; Barncy took
shovel and the
WITNESS HAD LARGE KNIFE
with which 10 frIghten the crowd; they struck no
one, the crowd going awav; the witness then re-
turned TO the house, and IN doing 80. bricks were
fired by James Farrell and James Moore: suppose
some OF the bricks struck deceased and he Tell other
per.ons also threw bricks; witness threw bricks;
did not hear pistol fired; Leavy was badly hurt;
am sure did not the knife; Leavy, when taken
up, could not speak; his head was cut badly by
Charles Mo0innls, OF a4O West Forty.nrst strccr.
testfed-Knew deceased and his vile; was called
into their house at half past nve O'Clock on Satur-
day evening, ana saw him bleeding from a wound
on the right OF his head; she was then OUT but
coming in. hit him oh the head with cup theu .eft
and went home; about eleven O'Clock that night saw
q crowd In front OF the house and some bricks
fred but saw none OF them hit Leavy.
william Quinn, Of SOC Tenth avenue. testincd-At
eleven clock last Saturday night was In deceusedS
place and saw a difficulty between him and his vile
and the witness separated them. taking her away.
OfYicer Joyce. OF TIE twentieth precinct, testified
that on the night OF the difficulty Mrs. Iesvy told
him that
SHE HAD STRUCK HER HUSBAND
with a hammer and saucer, both taking eject on
the head.
Ann Leavy. the widow OF deceased testified that
SATURDAY. night she and her husband mad u dIfi-
cuily when She hit him either on the head or arm
wnn a BANNER, but did NOT knock him down or
sta9ger HIM.
" ooster Beach, n. d., made postmortcm ex-
animation Oh the body OF deceased and iouud that
he mad Dad fracture OF the skull.
The case was then submitted To the Jury, who
found chat deceased came TO his death from frac-
BLOWS BY BRICKS OR STONES
thrown. AZ we believe from the testimony, by James
Moore and James Farrell ut 442 West Forty drst
street. ON saturday, June "a, 1871" Both the pri-
soners In their formal examinations claim to be in
nocent OF the charge against them. Moore Is nineteen
years old and lives at SOS West FOrtyrst street. Far.
rc twenty ve years Of age and resides at a40 lest
Forty street. Both natives OF this CITY, and
claim to he honest laborcrs They were committed
to the TOmbs, but Coroner Young VIII admit them TO
bah for their future appearance when called upon.
CHRISTOPHER Farrell and Daniel C0rris0n, the hrst
. witnesses. were sent 10 the House nf uctAptlOu.