The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-23
TRAGEDY in NEW YORK.
A Drunken and EnRlOas Man At.
Jacks His M0IheT.tnsLaW and
Stabs His Two Sons, Ono Fatally.

A Drunken and RnEloas Man At
Jacks His M0IheE.tnsLaW aHt
1 stabs His Two Sons, Ono Fatally
NEW YORK, August ga Mr.. solo-
Imon Michael Broderick, who has beer
drinking for some days past, quarrelled
this morning with his mOther.in:law o.
their residence, No. 81 CorWin street
One Of Broderick's 3 daughters, becoming
alarmed at his violence, called 10 hel
brothers in an adjoining room TO save
their grandmother. james, aged nine
teen, ran into the room, and endeaVoFed
Ito take his father away, when the latter
turned upon the youth and stabbed him
fatally. Another brother, John, now
came upon the scene, and was In turn
stabbed by the maddened falher, but not
fatally. The cries Of tho family and
neighbors attracted the police, who, after
a great struggle, succeeded in pinioning
Broderick and taking him to the station.
house, where he expressed himself tgno-
rant Of any quarrel or murder having
taken place. Owing 10 the beating the
old grandmother received, together with
the excitement, she lies In critical con.
ditlon. Broderick and his sons were cart.
men, and because Of liquor were frequent
ly Quarrelling. .at %, d. g.
Mrs. BrOdeFick gives the following story
OF the murder OF her son by her husband
and Of the events in tho family imme-
dlately preceding: my two oldest sons,
my daughter and my mother, Mrs. Wal
dron, attended picnic. Michael made
no open objection, but did not want US TO
go, and was angry because we did. MY
Oldest daughter, my youngest daughter,
and nv Youngest child remained Rt home
with their father We returned from the
picnic about one o'clock, and found
Micheal at the front door, somewhat
under the influence Of liquor. We went
up stairs and went to be bed. Michael
got up about six o'clock this morning in
a very bad humor, and going into. the
kitchen, asked her il she had seWed o
button on his pantaloons, as he had told
her to do last night, and. when she
told him she had forgotten It she COM
menced abusing her. My mother, Gath.
crime Waldron, who iR seventy.fve years
old, told him he ought not 10 talk In that
manner 10 his daughter, when lie picked
up ono Of the boys boots and threw It at
her. At this point, John, aged twenty.
six, entered the room, and tried to per.
suade his father 10 keep quiet But the
old man seized bed.slst that was lying
near, and the two closed, John trying to
take the slat away, when james, the
dead man, interiered, and the thT,eHS. 20 -.
cllnched in the hall between Tue Kltcneu
and the back room. l started to separate
them, but before had got hall way TO
thsra james screamed lam murdered
and ran past me and down the stairs; John
followed him Immediately and the old
man went TO achair and sat down." This
Is all of moment the mother had to say,
but her Oldest daughter told hoWishe fol:
lowed her brothers down stairs and found
them both on the first landing, John was
attempting to lit his brother, but he was
80 weak from the wounds that he could
not accomplish 1t. She lifted james head
in her lap, he opened his eyes and said
"good bye" and died. He had been
stabbed in the heart twice and was
dead In four minutes after the knife
touched him. John will probably re-
cover.