The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-31
A rRIGIETFUL FRATRICrDE.
Terrible Tragedy at Newark.
ONE BROTHER SLABS ANOTHER TO TIL
IiEART.

A special to the New York HeruM
gives an account of frightful murder by
one brother of another on Tuesday night,
at Newark. New Jersey. The dispatch
says:
The small frame house, No. II Beacon
street. Newark, cmbowcred in graperies
and other foliage, and owned ard occupied
by the widow Birrcll, an aged Scotch wom-
an, and her sons Alexander and James,
was the scene on Tuesday evening, between
seven and eight o'clock of shocking muir
other, stabbing him TO the heart with their
fathers almost worn out shocmaker's knife
But one witness was present. the aged,
gray-haired, bow-backcd mother, and as
she persistently refused TO say a word about
the circumstances, they had to he gathered
at considerable difficulty. As near as
could be ascertained by the New York
HeruM representative, she was at the scene
of the shocking tragedy soon after it oc-
cured From members of the sanity and
from the police it appears that of late AL
cXander Brrell has been
ENAcTiNG THE ROLE OF THE NE'ER-Do-wELI
James, on the contrary, has been very
steady. After finishing up good days
work at hating Tuesday afternoon, he
proceeded home and had some words with
his brother Alexander about some veal cut
lets. The latter, it seems, had eaten more
than his CInrp hat 1,a1 TO
short when he came home. The quarrel
was stopped and Alexander left the house
to visit his brothcr-in-law James Allison.
'Aleck' told him that he had some words
with James, and soon after left and return
ed home. The quarrel between the two
brothers was then renewed, and -Aleck, it
is said, used most insulting language to-
ward the old mother, who stood by. Then
the men flew at each other like wild beasts
and then ensued
THE DEATH STRUGGLE
Who struck the first blow is not known.
but that jim was not killed without strup
gle was manifest from the cut and bruised
condition of Aleyanders throat and face
jim, 1t should be stated, was until lately
known as desperate character, one who
would kill man as quick as look at him.
and, possibly, Alexander, knowing well the
character of his brother. determined TO
make short work of him. and therefore
seized his fathers well nigh worn out
shoemaker's knife and plunged ii into .Jims
breast, on the left side, just few inches
below the collar-bone 1t looked slight.
innocent wound to the reporter as he
viewed it, but it did terrible work. jim
struggled out of the little kitchen extension
into the yard and in few minutes fell
CORPSE on THE swARD.
The murderer who was under the nhu-
cncc of liquor, at once realized what he
had done, and hurried from the spot. In a
few minutes he was again at the house of
his brothcr-in-law, eX-policeman Allison.
"Come right over, JIM" said he F.; ''me and
Jim have had trouble and | think I've
killed him. lie drew knife on me and
drew one on him. He then remarked
that he had better go and give himself up
to the police. Shortly after eight o'clock
he appeared at the first precinct and de-
lvered himself up to the officer in charge.
He was locked up in cell. He vaguely
told the officer he had had trouble with his
brother, and in order to save himself had
to do what he did.
Poor old Mrs Birrcl was distracted, and
on receiving the corpse of her murdered
son, cried, "My God my God Oh, my
poor son +! my poor son!" smoothing his
hair and feeling his cold hands.
THE RECORD
OF the family is sanguinary. In 1866
James, the murdered man, killed German
named William Fritz, in Elizabeth Park,
and served three years State Prison for it.
Two OF his brothers were killed in battle |
turing the war and he himself was almost |
fatally wounded. All served in the Eighth |
New Jersey. James and Alexander were
noted firemen of Newark.
The brothers killed were Davis A. and |