The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-14
DOUBLE MURDER,
A Poioeman's Head Cut Oper
with q Cleaver.
A TERRIBLE COMBAT.

fearful encounter took place last night between
Oncer Leslie, OF the Eleventh precinct police. ans
Adop Lively, rag picker. at 1lo1 wiett street.
The policeman's head cut open WIKI .
cleaver, and Lively afterward severely
dubbed by the Ofiicer. IL appears that
Lveiys wife went to the Eleventh precinct
station house yesterday afternoon and complained
that her husband was &C home locked up in a room
with the ak children and she dreaded he would
Kill them. Us he was In
A TERRIBLE PASSION.
The Sergeant sent Officer flanagan wiei the We
man, desiring him to render her ali the assistance
In his power. When Mrs. Lively and the police
man had left the station house the Sergeant.
fearing they might want some further assistance.
rang the bell for one OF the reserve fOroo
on duty ut the station house.. Officer Leslie an
swered the summons, and the Sergeant desired him
TO follow Officer Finnegan and Mrs. Lively and give
the policeman any help he might be In want Of
Leslie followed them to Wilett street, and on arrfv
Ing at the house found they could not gain
admission to the room, as Lively had barrlcaded
himself In with the children. The police at 0rst
endeavored to get him to open the door by en-
treaties, but he turned a deaf ear upon them, ana
only answered when he heard the voice or his wife.
He then swore at them, and threatened
they did not leave the place theV
would all suffer for their rashness Leslie
seeing that nothing could be gained by
fair MEANS determined to get into the room BY
some other way and take the man. He was further
determined to this line Of action by the fears o.
Mrs. Lively Tor her children, for she wrung her
hands and tore her hair In the widest manner.
fearing every moment to hear her children
CRYING FOR MERCY
to their father Leslie went down again into the
street. leaving Olicer Fnnegan at the door Of the
room, and, going through the hallway OF the tens-
ment house into the yard, assembled by the nre es-
OPT Of the room in ''V Which Lively was shut Sp
TO enable him to climb to this place the officer was
compelled to put his club into the belt, and when
he got on the window sill he had no available
weapon ready against attack. Lively-fnding tho
noise at the door had ceased-for Oncer Finnegan,
knowing that Leslie, who was most determined
man. would get int the room by some MEANS waited
at the door to give him what assistance would DO
ing the moment OF attack. He huddlcd the children
into corner and made Kind or defence for them
with the chairs and loose furniture IN the apart
sash and jumped Into the room
HE DAsHED AT HIM,
room near the window and drove the Ratchet into
his skull with powerful blow. He must have taken
most deliberate aim, for he struck the unsuspect-
ing policeman just over the left temple and made
a frightful wound. Almost on the moment
Lively who soon Jumped to his feet ana struck this
officer second time with the ceaver. Leslie who
had not for some time felt the effect OF the blood how-
Ing In streams from his opened skull piled his club
vigorously and for several minutes terrible beat
ing out Of brains was carried on The oiicer finally
subdued his assaant but before the tnfuriated
had quite give up the battle Onloer
Finncgan had burst in the door, and his
arrival upon the Of action brought tho
fight to close. Both Leslie and Lively were 10
beaten and weak from the loss OF blood that Finne-
gan was compelled to send to the station house for
assistance to remove them; stretchers were
sent to the house by the captain OF
| the precinct and both were taken
! to the station house. DR.. White was sent for
| but he pronounced both men fatally injured Los
1 lies head in most awful condition, and his
antagonist was In no better state. The room in
which the fight took place looked more like
1 MINIATURE SLAUGHTER HOUSE
! than compartment In the home OF a poor family.
Blood brains tufts OF hair and shreds OF garments
were literally plastered all the place, and the
moaning OF the children at the dreadful sight, ~
they refused to come out OF the hole where their
father had shut them in, made the
scene terrible one to behold Lively
was a raQpicker and his neighbors say, although q
hard working man. was sometimes so violent that
they were all AFRAID OF him. Mrs. Lively made some
such statement to the Sergeant In charge or tho
desk at the station, and that was one OF
tue reasons he sent second Ofncer 20
arrest the man. When the men were brought into
Bellevue Hospital the physician In charge made q
careful examination OF bOth and after doing an
that lay In his power for them was obliged to CON-
fess he did not think either could live through the
night. This time, from oil appearances, the reign.
or blOOdshed has set In