The sun., 1872-11-18
WILLIAMsBUR0H TRAGEDTEs.
Two Murders on saturday Nigbi-A hoy
Cnt to the Heart In "a Grocery r ilaD
Found Mortally Wounded.

Two Mnrderr on Saturday Nigbi-A hoy
Cnt to the Heart In u Groccry-h ilnD
Found MortaIly Wounded.
In Williamsburgh there are two rows u1
tenements called Battle Rows. Battle Row ram
ber one ls In North First or Hope street, between
Tenth street and Union avenue. II consists of
range OF four-story brick buildings. On the op.
posite side Of the street a number OF tumble.
down wooden shanties, which, with two excep-
tons, arc only one-story high. Almost all Of
stores and policy shops. Until few years ago,
the brick buildings were occupied by blacksan
whites. Since then tho houses have boen nOld
and reftted, and only whites occupy them.
Bad the neiUhborhood was when these
houses were tenanted by blacks and whites,
IL never witnessed such acts OF lawlessness
as have been committed there since, one of
which culminsted In the murder OF OhiceT
MoGoldricks groggery. This Battle Row is
within 100 feet Of Grand street, one OF the prin-
cipal thOroughfares, which, excepting lroad-
way at the ferries. is more thronRed with people
at all hours OF the day and night than any other
between Ii and le O'Clock on Saturday night,
Officers Holland and Cantwell Of the Fourth
street police station were told by John winship
that a man was lying 10 peddlers wagon In thif
netghborhood insensible and bleeding from q
took the wounded man to the police station.
and then secured the neighborhood, but could
not obtain any knowledge Of how he received
Young Winship who is confined In the policS
station awaiting further Developments. The
that Police Surgeon Brady ordered his instant
| removal g. the City Hospital
Yesterday afternoon the 10 IN was Identified m
| Philip Blclstein. cooper Of SS5 North Fifth
street The P P5cc are Of ths lmPressGn thf bi
| injuries. The fact that his pocket was turned
| inside out points 10 murder and robbery. =.
V.t ,nd 0Ssnh cn,h street m sa oos Which Ms.
| TEN was found said To the Sun reporter yester.
| day afternoon that between 10 and II o'clock o1
| Saturday night n number u young mon entered
| his store and eudeayored tn take Blestein 10
| with them. lie would not allow BlesIein te
| enter, as he was drunk One Of the party called
| for drinks, and insisted on taking some out 70
| his friend Instead Of giving hun liquor giasl
Of seltzcr water was taken out 70 MIN. lileis.
| tein was seated ON the stoop. He would moi
drink the water The barkeeper continued;
shortly afterward young man entered the store and
gol Young teloS to 70 but he hat sclreey gone oG
S S be DO s az NO S Ssr SSS9 9SS Gass e. &
matter unn my 9ToihGrlnlsT ln sa,d "0Ten guess ~
Know him" lie went over, and when he came baek he
says hep MY Goa oven, Tat man is nardSred AZ
y request he T9nt 10 search OF the police ny SISTER
he was on the stoop and that he Was bleeding looked
Y see u there was any blood ON the walk or stocp ou'
The young man whom the barkeeper pointed
| out as the one he requested To assist Hoisteiu
home was unable 10 give any further par ulars.
blelstein yesterday afternoon was -tiil hnc"n
| selous. As the reporter was leaving the hAH
| room the barkecper owen, said
heard thai he lad been ON drunk for some tine
liz never saw A' before & Ss, night I9s e2yssay es s2
the proceeds for lgIo5 don't SNOW whether he had
idis much however do Know that did not gct psie
tor the selzer water and hquur which gave him ans
| BoY MURDERED IN BArrLH ROW NO, 2.
| when Officers Cantwel and Holland arrived at
| the police station with Hleistein, man ran into
the room and asked the sergeant TO send
| Filth and First streets. MY Boy he said.
has been murdered by the croceryman'I
clerk" He said that about half an hour befors
he went 10 bis door in answer to loud knocking
and found his SOU, James Whaen, aged sixteen
years, lying on the stoop. There was No one
| he discovered blood. A doctor was summoned,
| who pronounced him dead. A stab wound WA
The Sergeant immediately despatched OfnreS
| Travis and COrcorau to the grocery, Thl- store
| is at the end OF the row of tenements in south
| Fifth, between First and second Streets known
| az Battle Row No. = The neiRhbOrhOOd ~ al,
| most the exact counterpart OF Battle Row No. l.
| The buildings are OF the same construction, and
are occupied ny the same class Of tenants. OT-
| posite are wooden shanues. IL is distant FROM
the South Seventh street ferries only two bloC is,
| ertLning from the grocery clerk the nanet
oI those who were in the store al tlre time young
| Whalen was stabbed, the officers secured Al tha
| drinking saloons in the neighbOrhood and ar
| rested William Duty, ThomGs Cunnlnghaui
| Martin Rogers, John Connolly, and John
| Dougherty, none OF whom ARE over n years Il
| age. Henry Stuiles. the cler6, was also arrested,
| Ihere are different stores In regard TO thd
| murder Mr. DreWeh says that the young men
| VINO arc arrested and one O Brlen were in ttd
| barrooin connected with the grocery store whtn
| young Nhalen entered. Nhlen called for
drink, and because he did not ask them tOdrus
| with him they began TO abuse HIM Daring tho
| soune Nhalen cried out that he was stabbed
| aGd fell dead on the floor Then the y'pnrm'n
| covered with hlood was found on the luur.
Whalen lived ~ ~ South Fifth street ne"l
opposite the store in which no was stahhrd' lg
| was carried from the store 10 his fathers So So ?
| by his supposed murderer 'lircn, VINO, H'''
Knocking al the door, aou. ana has as ye' '''
capped arrest