The New York herald., 1876-11-22
THE DEATH OF PADDEN.

THE DEATH OF PADDEN.
YuRrHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HISTORY or
THE MAN SHOT IN BoAT-A prrrFuL
SCENE IN THE DEsoLATED HOME. .
Last night, at haEpast ten O'Clock, Patrick Padden,
Who had been found At O'Clock A. N. on Monday
unconscious In boat the river, suffering IRON
pistol shot wound was lying slin and stark a. the
Chambers Street Hospital. lie bad piled the oar for
the last time. Religion through her ministers. had
soohcd the dying agonics OF poor man. whose In
coherent. derious mutterngs bore from time 10 time
sn their troubled surface tho words-
Il am no pirate. ! always worked for what got,
and l worked hard for ii.n
He was the father OF large family His wife. who
lives at No. $50 Water street. has already borne him
nine children, and is again about to become mother
II seems singular that having many ties TO life
should rcckessy his own as TO run the risk
OF the river waichman's bullet. Men with family OF
ninc children, the oldest sixteen, the youngest three
years OF age in the habit OF making such des-
perate ventures as those which allure the
wild beasts OF great cities into danger
and death. II, therefore, seems improbable
that tho unfortunate man who lay dead In tho Cham
bers Hospital had sakcd his life against the
precarous chance OF doubtful gain upon tho mid
night tide.
HERALD reporter, therefore, called last night ut
tho above mentioned hour ut what had been his home
The place but dimly nghtcd ani, upon entering,
there was something on the lett hand OF the room
which looked very much like bar In disguise.
Seated the right hand OF the apartment about
tscnty thirty persons, ranging from twenty
10 seventy years, in all the varied Al
and fatigue, be In those who waiting
for corpse that does not come. Grayharei women
raised their hands when the reporter preceded by
officer, entered the place as though tho unfortunate
wiic OF the dead man about to be consigned TO
jail. The brows of the few present became sud-
denly knit. On q word or two from The officer the
widow OF u few hours made her appearance, broken
down with grief with ialterng step and crinsoned
ryes. She conducted the reporter into back room,
totally devoid of furniture and. before he could say
single word, broke out into p,roxysm OF wild grief.
''Oh, he's gone They've taken him from me, the
light Of my eyes and the one man OF my heart And
they wouldn't let stay by him when they knew he
dying, and he can't speak his Ellen any more!
He wss river pirate. lie worked long and hard,
and II made It bitter Tor HIM to know they called him
the bad maine
She wen, on thus for sorne time respect for this
humble though terrible grief cnccrng the writer mute
Al last having IN measure recovered herself, She
made the following statement IN reply to his Quer,cs
sho SAID that tho ;, apers had done her husband
great injustice and that she was glad TO have an op-
probably made She said that her husband was born
III county Mayo Ireland and was yelght years OF
age; that he had always had hiking Tor ,no sea
AMI sailors lie, and took up the
faring trade means OF living when very young
II had been his tathcrs desire TO make farmer OF
him. but as boy he evnccd such strong inclination
TO become a sailor that HIS father saw u
oppose hn IN what appeared to be the chief ambition
oi his lie He left home the first time when mere
lsi and Joined the OF small coaster, seemed
during his alter hie to have preference for small
scls He sometimes however shipped ou larger ones
md duFl htS liner t0 Inns ma Aup
voyages on ships OF the Black Ball line between New
York and Liverpool He held positions as second and
Lrst mate nunocr OF the lore -sicrs A SIS
her OF Mrs. Paddcn was particularly dcsirous OF i'm
pressing the reporter with the Information that tho
ncccascd born the l7th vi Marcn and
named alter tho great saint whose memory is ccle
brated with SO much scidt on that day to this age.
Their marriage took place about seventeen years
They first met III THIS country NJ which time Padden
was going TO sea a means OF subsistence. Shortly
after the marriage Padden went On three months
voyage TO Galveston, but when he returned he nm
nounced his intention OF stopping ashore for tho
o his lie. He lea tao hic Of 'longshorcman for
year, but ndins that the business Was not sufficiently
remnneratvc his WHO suggested that they open
sailors boarding house.
This plan met with Paddcn's approbaio aud It was
adopted. Mrs. Paddcn looked after tho affairs Of tho
house and he opened traffic IN ship junk, which
ns,s OF old rope canvas and yarn aud ssslush, or
tam livelihood Tor fifteen years Nine children
have been born TO them, OF whom SIX arc living or
these boys two girls the oldest being
nxtecn years OF ngc and the youngest three.
Mrs. Padden says the last time she saw her husband
n,ne O'clock when ne came into the house greatly
under the influence OF liquor
''Ycs said she, sobolnI loudly Ms she spoke, shc
very drunk. II he had not been be would not
have gone out with that iuan 0'Bren, bad luck 10
him! wish the devil had broken his neck when ho
came into the house,
The man O'Brep who was thus severely apos-
trophzed, Is man who lives at No ?. Cherry street,
ana who bore very choice reputation among those
who composed the assembly u. Mrs. padiea's house.
Mrs. Pa raddcn sa'd ,ha. she did not know h'm per.
sonally, but nom what she had heard
Of hun since Sunday she was satisfied
that he was a very bad man. O'Brcn, It
and, finding Padden In state of inioxcaon (which,
Mrs Paddeu sald. was her husbands only iauiu en-
That the last OF him until he found the
boat floating In the East River.
Mrs. Padden could advance no theory to how her
husband got the boat except that he was too drunk
to know wnat he was dong, and sue added, moro
calmly " don't like to put the blame o. Brcn, but
! don't know what 10 think Oh! It's very hard 10
say he wasn't-don't speak the truth. He
never stole dollar IN his lie, but al
ways worked hari. He has been arrested
on susp.cioD, but any man who works on the river
liable TO that; but he was always discharged af.er his
examination. He never served q day in PRISON IN his
hic
ten deposition, that he was boatman by trade aud
had been taking trunk Ia the ship John Mann lying
In the East River. This story afterward proved TO be
false. Two men. named Grotc and Linstrom, cnme 10
the Coroncrs Office in tho afternoon and said :hat they
had shot Padden while he, In company with another
man, was attempting to steal package VI sugar from
hCoroncr woltman notified of Padden's death
yesterday afternoon Deputy Coroner Marsh will make
post examination OF The body this morning.
jury has been summoned 10 view the remains at one
O'Clock to-day
THE CESNOLA COLLECTION.
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