New-York tribune., 1876-07-25
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
A WARD POLITICIAN FATALLY STABBED.
SERIOUS RESULTS OF QUARREL BETWEEN TWO
WOMEN.

A WARD pOLl1lC1AN ia Aii@' "NNA
SERIOUS RESULTS OF QUARREL BETWEEN TWO
WOMEN.
Patrick Harraher, man about 50 years OF
acc has been living in the tenement at No 247 Muoer!
~ with Patrick Brice and his family. with Harraher
lived n woman named Margaret Shea. Mrs bIlce
and M.rgore have the reputation OF being quaTeSoio
,comen BTice is somewhat OF politician ana mas so'no
;nrence in the Fourteenth Ward among the laboring
classes lie has several carts employed py 'he 0'eev
Cleaning Bureau and thus Is enabled 10 make soou
living Early Sunday morning Margaret shea sent 'us
for LIQUOR and during the day she had parties OF h anu
women in her apartments drinking and caIousiNe' o
a,rec1 with HarFaher late in the AFTERNOON ana nc
,ut her out Of the room. She met Nrs' biloe oh 'e
stairs and both women talked In such a amer "s % "
attract the attention Of everyone III the NelAS' '
women at length were parted before any blows were
struck About 10 O'Clock Mrs. Brice ana heI ntsp"'i
,ycni IN he'd but after a short time Mr. Brice got up anu
went IN a rear window TO smoke his pipe Wme ne sat
,l,o, s,,oking Mis- Brice saw arm thrust INTO hei
window which was open and manu- WIN
burning candle raised TO SET nIo " No
curtain Very much excited, MIS-. bIlee it9H'u
70 the window and recognized the son oi one OF her
reiyblors She called to husband Patsy McG!Enn
"a trying 10 set the house fire. Al inns brlee JuuPou
mn and ran out to catch the boy Mrs Bree threw OIL
r,nper and ran out Their cries raised the nelshDo
hood and a crowd collected about the stOop
Marearet shea met Mrs Brice near the stoop ana ac
cused her of endeavoring to- ALLEVIATE HarraieTs ahec
tisns from her Both women had been DRINKING MIS-
Brice struck her Opponent upon the eye ana cheeA
unockinc her down the soOp and against he wneti "f
tuck cntng her head severely hargalel h M
The 1oiicN Several officers appeared ana look po'H
women tU the police station ,,.. 49, .,,ses of tbe
while the women explaining the causes '' Ul rIv
+ro,hle 10 Sergeants PorChCT and Mead at me
street Police Station HarTahcr met Bilce on ln stv
No ~ Nnberryst ana accused linn of being be author
nj All his troubles. Brice replied that HarfaheI & VIZ
W az @ dr1nken oafcr' and accused biR OF lnrlis
The boy 10 sci fire his window curtain, WIN S I
-. ~ destrnyug the house aud his wife ana iaullN
From words the came 10 blows Harfdn'i , uio"
= cIs,t1 fe and plunged il twice into Bruce s aIuHhtn
Rio fel upon the floor HaTaher was Seizt't oa @ on
sicer and taken TO the Mulberry street Police staioh
RrSce was borne the station on siIetthfd 49, 80, -,
1;re an rWard. His wound was abOut iHFee ohes :"
ssngtS and Was double cut in the center O1 ms apuo
mn Both The Police and the Ambulance surgeon w
of tha oaDiou that Brices wound must prove idI'
SyoInd NJ made in such direction thar was eonSiu
.Id prolt5e that the ntCSIiDes we're cut beSuts tnS
seyoTal bsod-vessels divided and there We
erahle heuOrrE we internally well as eNlcltiS ns
soop As the hcmOrrhage could be cOnticIcd broe "a
T.keu Ia bellevue Hospital When he was carried ou5 o
fhe TO the smbulauce the street was SO cTO"utl
with llse vino knew him III the ward that p'ss'Ee
could DE made fOT the carrying lhe S'ci'i,l Vu
wifi great al fcuty The crowd was very huVh
snd tbreats were made against both Hai amer ana N,,i
earet Dca HaTiaheT arTa.gned al me IoiulS ~
lice Court Yesterday, and held TO await the TesU U
13rfCe's INJURIES.