The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-08-23
YORK COUNTY,
BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK.
a Drunxara muracr. .... rami.y

New YORK, Aug. 22-Early this evening
Michael Broderick, while in state of semi
intoxication, quarrelled with his mother-in law
at 81 Carmine street. One of his daughters
fearing he might seriously injure Der, called on
her two brothers, one of whom, aged 10, named
James, rushed into the room and endeavOred to
take his father away from the poor woman he
was severely beating, when he turned on him
with large knife stabbed him twice in the
heart. He succeeded in gaining the second
floor when he fell dead. Meanwhile his brother
interfered. and the father, now beside himself
with rage, made lunge at him and stabbed
him nearly in the same place as he did James,
but without, however, wounding him fatally.
At this point the police rushed in and secured
Broderick, who was perfectly mad with rage.
At the station house he professed he knew
nothing about the bloody deed.
Interesting, Perhaps.
An interesting question of law came up in
discussion before Judge Daniels in the Supreme
Court to day. When the alleged swindler La
grove was brought back from France. % orders
of arrest were taken out against him by his
victims Jndgo Fancher decided that the
proceedings were irregular and not authorized
by the treaty, being taken not for public but
private ends Meantime a counsel to whom
Lagrove owed debt served summons on him
and the judgment went by default. To-day
Lagrove's counsel moved to reverse the iudg-
ment. Under Judge Fencher's ruling, inasmuch
as the prisoner should be considered as on
French soil and ou- government is bound to
return him, and therefore personal service Of
summons is void. Decision reserved.
The Building Accident - Several Men
Killed.
The building on West Eleventh street. which
fell to-day was an old pork packing establish
ment, being cheaply altered into five-story
tenement house. Part of the front had been
taken down, floors removed and new joists mt
in. The gable ends were left standing, and on
the joists bricks and other material taken from
the front were piled, which caused a dead
weight on the center of the josts, which drew
the gable walls toward the interior of the
building At the time of the accident, some
Il or Is men were at work in the interior and
several were on ladders outside aud on the
sidewalk. All of sudden there was culver
and a crash and the entire gable walls, the re-
mainder of the front and rear and quantity
of materials fell int the center of the building
The groans and shrieks of those who were thus
buried, anc the cries and shouts of horror of
those who witnessed the accident was appall-
ing. A large force Of police arrived and hose
company and all proceeded Immediately to re-
move the ruins and extricate those buried.
Nine were soon taken out. A laborer named
j. Driscoll was killed, his body being mashed
to jelly. Michael Foster was killed and also
John Foster, an apprentice and four bodies re-
main at the station house unrecogn:zed Three
of the nine injured and now at the hospital
cannot survive. A great crowd gathered in
the vicinity, and much excitement prevailed.
All the killed and injured, except the appren-
tice, are men having large families.
Rumor Of q Railroad Accident.
A railroad accident is rumored as having
occurred on the Southside Railroad at Maspoh,
L. l., this evening, by which one car was
smashed, the conductor killed, two others re-
ported killed and several wounded.
L. Francis, clerk to custom house broker,
was arrested to-day, having lost over $1,000
worth of gold certificates and could not give a
satisfactory explanation therefor
Up to midnight the fatalities reported by the
falling building on 18th street were five dead
bodies who were known, and two unknown.
Five victims are also in the hospital
Challenge to Senator Carpenter.
The Tribune editorially refers to despatch
from Milwaukee which quoted the comments
of the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin that
charges against United States Senator Carpen-
ter were uttered by journals Of ample pecuniary
responsibility which could be made to su fer
seriously if the reports were Iibelous. The
Tribune, in response, says that it makes no
charges that cannot be substantiated; that it
is journal Of ample pecuniary responsibility;
that if Mr.. Carpenter has been aggrieved BY
any PuDlcatlon IN Its columns. he has his
remedy at law and whatever damages a Jury
shall say he has sustained it will be promptly
paid.
Various Matters.
The building on Fourth Avenue owned by A.
L. Stewart, erected for homes for single and
widowed women where they could live cheaply
will be devoted to other purposes, it having been
deemed impossible to establish home such as
Mr.. Stewart proposed.
Great damage is reported by the railroads
from the late storm.
John A. Laoon, Chinaman, has been sent
to Ludlow street Jail on Charge of attempting
to swindle cigar merchant out of $4,000 worth
of cigars. 1t appears that John n short time
ago, married colored lady of means. later OBJ.
tanned 800 from a countryman whom he sent
to Belleville Landing, and having made another
thousand by his peculiar practices, attempted
his operation in cigars on Mr. Solomon.
The second company of Mennonites from the
Crimea came by the Halsatia yesterday. They
include eight families and fifty persons. Like
their predecessors they are all well to do, bring
ing about 100000 in gold. They will start to-
day for Elkhart, Ind.
The Corporation Council has written to the
Department of Education that corporate or
UNCONVENTIONAL schools are not entitled IN any
part of the money which the city raises by tax
for school purposes.