The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-07-06

POLICE PITY"
Probable Fatal Fall Into Wander
bits Sunken Track.

Probable Fatal Fall Into Wander
bits sunken Track.
After nine O'Clock on Saturday evening two
persons-man and wife-whose names are Francis
OHagan and Henrietta O'Hagan were brought on
stretchers 70 the station house Of the Nineteenth
precinct, in Fifty ninth street, near Thrd avenue
The man was very dangerously injured, and the
woman was in a state OF active delrlum from the
pain which she was suffering caused by her
WOUNDS. Frank O'Hagan Is small man, weigh
ing about 100 POUNDS, while his vile is
large woman, OF splendid physique. and
quite tall and OF good figure These two
people keep q store at No. ia Bleecker
street, and IL seems that on saturday evening
they had been visiting friends, and, taking a walk
afterward IN the vicinity OF Central PARK, while
walking through Sixty-second street TO Fourth
avenue they both tumb ed into commodore Wander
biits excavation, whicn at this point is very deep
and dangerous and has no guard or protection TO
prevent the loss OF lie or The breakage Of LIMBS.
There Is not in this spot any light whereby the
Wen known citizen IN the uelghborhood,
heard screams OF agony proceeding from
the sunken track, and his SOP, young
gentlemen Of sixteen years OF age, who was e5-
corting q young lady home from church, ran TO
the assistance OF the injured man and woman.
Down at tue bottom OF the emLankment, On
heap OF rough stones the man and woman were
found, The former terribly injured and the latter
nsensible IRON combined pain ana terror.
O'Hagan ana his vile were eXtrcated bleeding
and mangled and taken to the station house IN
Captain Gunners precinct. Here the wounded
man was dumped in a proinscuoBs way, his face
and the palms OF his hands prone on the door,
his upper Jaw smashed, mis- throat torn by tae
jagged stones~on winch he TELL and the lower
part OF MS spine broken badly. Mrs. OHagan was
placed IN "A wooden arm chair in an upright posi-
ton, although she was suffering terribly and was
ravlng IN an lnconerent manner. This IN the
back room OF the station house, which was filed
with loungers and idle curiosity seekers and a
number OF police who mad been detailed 10 watch
q riot which did not take place. Dr. Satteriee and
DR.. shannon both examined THE wounded persons,
ana IL was their opinion that Mr.. O'Hagan could
not live, while 1t also their opinion that MRS.
OHagan was seriously injured an badly shocked.
The dying man-ior die he must shortly-was lying
on hls lace, and no more attention was paid 10 him
than II he had been NANCY cur whose existence
had been terminated at the Pound. TIE blood
his throat yawSea wa OK fH 9hs s en pr6duced
nom feeling policeman standing by the renark:--
''lt's no use taking about him guess he's gong
to cash in"
Every moment the woman who was beng tor
tured with questions, IN ner dilerium OF agony
would cry out ~ voice that would melt a breast
ION, Tor Gods sake, lie, me lie down For Gods
sake let me die eesyl Let me die easy, IN the name
OF Cod % But no heed was PAID 10 her REQUESTS,
and her dress was torn open 70 the waist and her
form exposed 10 the curiosity OF the brutal crowd.
volumes about her neck, ana every now
and then the physician would turn up her
eyeiid TO examine her chances iVr lite or death.
The agoniZing situation Of the woman manded
that she should be placed III recumbent position,
but hcr ptteOuS entreate5 were nUhceded by al
present. she was interf gated and crosse Xanl-
med as If she mad been in the witness box and in
pc vfect health, and she was asked II her husband
was not jealous OF her, II he mad not pushed her
over the emDarkment or If she had not pushed
him. TO all these questions the poor woman
answered in a wild way, beng in that state when
borders on lie ana death. 10 II possible that her
tOrmeDtOts did not know what pam they we're IN
nlcting on the suffering woman, nor did they heed
the fact that modestV miRRt have pinned up
the garment which 80 fudely exposed her bosom.
Alter IL was tound to be Impossible to get any
OF canvas with Swo carrying poles, was brought
IN and placed by the side OF o lI0gau who ala not
seem 10 breathe. "iaKe hum mp tendery, llt MIN
with Carev IS not the motto OF the average police
man lie was rolled oyer nse heavy gag Of feed,