The New York herald., 1873-12-24
THE RYAN MURDER MYSTERY.
No New DevelOpments-The Police Ef
forts So Far Fruttless-Funeral OF TIA
Vlctims-Rurke'a Bloody Feet.

No New Developments-The Police Eff
forts So Far Fruftless-Funcral OF the
victims-Burke's Bloody Feet.
There was nothing new developed yesterday IN
the Br0ome street tragedy in which Nicholas and
Mary Ryan met such terrible deaths by having
their throats cut from ear 10 ear, early on Mon
day morning. Captain Hedden, Inspector Waling,
Detective Johnson and other police ofhcials
were busy all night OF Monday and yesterday morn
ming In endeavoring to ascertain some new facts
which would tend to solve the bloody mystery, but
their EFFORTS were substantially futile. They worked
out theories and all that sort OF thing, but one
theory was as good as another and therefore only
led to uncertainty and confusion OF ideas.
On Monday night Captain Hedden sent for
Patrick Burke, the occupant OF the apartments
adjoining and IN rear Of the single room in which
the unfortunate brother and sister dwelt Burke
was the discoverer OF the tragedy and
passed over the moor OF the blood
soaked room to the front window and
gave the alarm which summoned the
police. In response TO inquiries by Inspector
Walling, Burke said he did not suppose he could
have passed over the bloody moor without having
stained his feet with the gore, but that he had not
examined them to see whether they were stained.
He was asked to take on his shoes and stockings
which he OF course did, and
on the inside OF his stocking soles. His foot was
then measured, and the measurements were CON-
pared with me footprints on the roof but the foot
prints were an inch shorter and OF different
shape. The fact is, Burke would have got this
blood on his feet In passing through the passage
along which Ryan had passed alter leaving mis-
But the most remarkable part OF the case is in
the TACT that no weapon with which the tragedy
could have been or was committed has yet been
found. IL is impossible TO conceive that II Ryan
had murdered his sister and then cut his own throat
he could have concealed the weapon himself He
did run from the room along passage, down one
hight OF stairs, along second passage and down
second night, and along another passage TO the
almost superhuman to be done by man so ter
ribly wounded as he was and with
BLOOD SPURTING FROM HIS NECK
as II nom pump. But he does not appear to
have either dropped or thrown away hls weapon,
tnousf How Ss ves so mas Been maGs
the roof and found there after daylight,
when three offcers, each with lantern,
the vest was discovered IN looking for . weapon,
much smaller object than vest, with lining
sOis ws'cn ano chan which are equally un0iso0ver-
FOR every one Of the few facts brought forward
by Ryan or OF murder by an outside party, equally
strong explanations may be brought forward In re-
nus s sppes2s Useless ss nsS ss aso1ss Ss
yesterday it is not Improbable, however, that the
from any yet ventilated; but 1t would be impos-
sible TO state what was seen without injuring
their chances OF success and perhaps deeply annoy
ing innocent parties
THE FUNERALS OF THE VICTIMS
took place yesterday afternoon, from st. Mary's
Roman Catholic church, corner OF Grand ana
Ridge streets, and were witnessed by large as
semblage OF people. At halfpast five O'Clock, on
Monday evening, James 7. Murphy, an undertaken,
residing in the locality, took two round topped
black walnut coffins to the room where the bodies
lay. and alter being dressed in grave habliments,
the cOrpses were encoflined. At half-past
nine O'Clock yesterday morning the caskets
were taken from the house to the
church, and at halfpast one O'Clock the
funeral services took place, Rev. Fathers Reilly
McEvOy and Baxter officiating. At the close OF the
services the cOffln lids were removed and nearly
all Of the vast assemblage passed by the
biers to look at the unfortunate victims.
The coffns were then closed, and the funeral pro-
cession proceeded to Calvary Cemetery, where the
remains were inferred. Patrick Ryan, the brother
OF the slaughtered young people, and married
sister were present, and about twenty carriages
conveyed the remaining mourners.