, 1876-03-06
WHISKY AND DEATH.
One Of tho Most sickoning speotaoles
Ever Witnessed In any Civil
i2ed Community.
4 Drunken Mother Expires In Glving
Birth 10 q Still.1,0rn Daho
And tho Drunken Father Is Found Tnsonsi-
bio on tho Bod Of Death.

And tho Drunken Father Is Found Insonsi-
bio on tho Bod Of Desth.
Ono Of ths aaddoss and moot hcar.-sokcn!ng
tragedies that ovor took rlAco In Chicago WAS
brought 10 light II an carly hour yeatofday
morning In low, sQuatty, uuprosenaonu onc-
story frama house at tho cornor Of Nlrth MARKET
and Wendell stfests. The promises Ito occupied
In part BY Patrick IIanrahnn and family, tho
owner. and in part by Edward f1asnIgan. Tho
1Attor Ia m I1ishman by birth, nau who has
I until rccontly occupied, commercially, destr-
ab!o position. and by tho moaus thus
obtained supported Ills faull. in moro
than moderate comfort. Hla houso-
hold was composed OF bis wifo a1d four chill:
dron, the eldost .gisl 8 years o. ago. and
tho romaiping mombers boys raging from Q
to 2. About q o'clock yos.oday morning
IIanrahan WAS aroubed from h!s alun1bers by
sono Qua tappng Mt his door. 1la a. arst paid
no attention to Tie demands for at.ntshnco, bIt,
thoy being repeated with fncroastd violence, no
atoBs and nstcndod to tho call. de was aston
lshod when hc kuew who 1t was that songhs him.
and noarly pasalyzod whom he rco'tzed tho object
stood opposite tho doorway anl In maunor
that
nEaroHE 711EIn rTn1on
rather than by words, indicated that something
beyond thoir comprehension bad occurred IN
Flanuigan'a home. Tho ltuo girl. as fast 40
her trembling tongue permitted uttcranco ro-
lated that hes mother elo va, urablo to avalon.
| that sho fcarcd slle was dead and TINT her
! tloor. For nearly ycar FInnflgan has bcon .
hard drinker, descending in tho scale OF morals
| au1 posit1ou In proportion as biz appetite IN.
crohsod. Io has beon resident Of Chicago for
neasly ton years, mud previous T. tho -hre wAa
employed 10 . tailor shop connected with tho
DrlEgs Uouao, Subsequent te tho tilo he
worked in drv-goods house Ii tho West Di-
vision: Up to tTo yoels ago ho ~ engaged i. il
tl1e "Do.tou Storo," On Htato strot. Since then
he hos beon ona
CONTINUOUS HrnEE
without an interval OF Hobrlesy. Ills wife hnd
several weehs, 40 sho vas approaching oonlinc.
mont. For u,any months eho has Id 1 yretohed
existence conseoucnt upon hor husbands
bnbit, About four months ngo sho
bccamo 90 desperate at hor friend-
icns condition thst sho sought suicide
A. roinaao from her sufforingt < physclan's
ofrorts slnt out Tho Corouor Al that tiino, sud
siucc thon ahe las gradually fJlcn into tho l!no
Of life bor husband iudaigot in. Tho Oldest
I ch;iJ ns statntl In a CHI abnutH yoars old, mud
shrine tho paat fostnient faB cared for Ier
psronsa and brothere, proydi1e tho family moala
and sing such work az sho nns able to mako
| Hin rnihnrnv hnueehoI1 confortabfp When
Finnni1an and lis vito cottomptntel eproo,
mn of tho c,)iren wa sott to d nelehboriug
rrocerr for WHISKY, which was drank By
hnlh until thoy benmo torpid with
;ta affects. Tho edoon-kocpois have
rncaptly ref1sod thom sup,lloa rather from lack
Of inclination. but eomclow they obtained tho
iiouor they crayod, 8attrlay night tho mtaer-
nbc counio obtained auxEt Of whisky, which
sbsy drank, and retired q
| OF into1,cntfon. Thpy wore heard ocoasiopa pa}l7
durIpR tho uIght b7 IIanratlan's family, but
wlon tho latter vas n,akoned yoatorday morn
ing thoy wore not prepared to hear such l,orsl-
bio nows NJ tho it'll ciet rotated. Sho stated
ths. they Ind loft .ho room in which their
motbor 1ay through broken trapgop, and
aslod tho amazod listener to oome will,
thom and avalon hcr. uAnrahuu hurriodiy
drcBpcd apd procuring tho asHiBtanco Of
noighbors yisited tio house. Thoy wo1o unable
| To obtain admittan:o at first, but fnnfly burst
open Tue door leading from Market street. Tho
room. ns It appeared through tho gloom OF np-
| proaoh]u0 day presented spectacle nover boforo
eaua!ed syon IN quarters whore yce and wretch.
| edneas commIngo, Tho interior was mieerabIY
flthY, aud sent out an odor that was shilling
By liz oiTonniyo,oss. II had boon yory gon.eo,y
poarod dingy Nth dirt and falling Into doenJ,
ip ono corner Of tho room stood common bod
stead aboI which the children gath
cred In nun contemplation Of thelr parents,
who lay therson. TIE mother
and tho father insonsiblo with drink. He had
| retired durpg tho nbsence Of Ills childreu closed
The door, md thrown himaelt on tho bed, bis
right arm acroaa tho body Of ths dead wife and
muthor nt,d his Lohyv breathing nIone ipicRt-
tng bia hold on life. As soon ~. tho horror
strickon spectators could rooovor from thu shock
that met theIr Advont Into the promlaes. they
aroused Flannfgan, and attempted to elicit aome
information. But ho was proof against theil
outloaYors. unable to roallzo tho awful calaml.
ty which had oyertakon hs miserable household,
and spoochles.. Ho was given in charge Of tho