The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-29
TIMOTHY LENAlIAN'S DEATH.
CONFLTCriNG TESTIMONY THfT MiY
PERpLEN IHE REiDER.


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pcrsion or Hough- In Batavia street Tell
Tale Bruisc. against ~ Pbysici"n's Opinion.
In an upper room at Is Roosevelt street,
Yesterday morning. lay the body Of Timothy
Lcnahan. who IT is charged. WINS clubbed to
death by police officers early on sunday morn
ing. Near the cofln sat the widow. carefully
supported in n large caey chair and surround
ed 10y sympathizng friends. Only a week ago
she gave birth to babe She said that the day
Of her husbands death was tho nth annivcr-
sary OF thcr marriage.
Mrs Lcnahnn being very weak on saturday
evening her husband determined to sit up all
night with her. Both were in cXccllen, spirits.
and talked mcrrily about the little fellow Just
born to them. shortly after one o'clock Mrs.
Lcnahan grew both thirsty und hungry. Mr..
Lcnahan gave her some lemon crackers. and
made a pitcher of lemonade. OF which she
drank glass. About two O'Clock the husband
said that he would 40 down TO havo smoke
and cool of His wife urged him not to 20 out
at that hour. as there might be roughs in the
street. He replied. I'm good deal moro
afraid Of me policemen clubs than am Of the
roughs around here" He then put cn his hat
and walked out. and that was the at she saw OF
him until he was taken home dead
1t could not have been more than an hour
after he went out OF his room before he was
carried into the Oak stree, police station dying,
with an ugly cut acro-s the bridg, of his moss.
Michael Corcoran Of 81 Oak street said ye-tor-
day: " | saw the whole of It. Lnnahan cnm"
down stairs at about O'Clock in the morning
to cool of bit and then started to get drop ~
wine for his wife. He mot two polio men tax
ing in "A drunken woman. and IA they wcr"
abusing her shametuy he said that it was an
outrage ono Of them retorted. You --
| --. II you don't shut W III come OVER and
| take you IN 700, lh'n lheS nv on am '',h
/ the woman To the station. Aitrrwnrd IN" two
! policemen came back and cluhhrd Lenalan
who was sitting ON coal boy in front 81 hi-
! own huu-" They siru X his head and shout
! der. lie shouted. For Gods sake. don't
! strike me again. and ran aS FAR ~ the alley
] next door to 81 and there he fell. The on Gers
were then joined iy another on 'r. and nll
/ three went to lamp post near by and stood
th' r. for u tim" taking. Then they came back
body. h. said. He must have fallen on thi.
| railing tpo.niins 10 one ON the sloop next
/ Ihrn they took hmi 10 the station but lac du
JOHN GRADY of - Roosevelt -trect snil
| was a-lorp on our ilrr escape, when ! wi'
! awakened hy "a noise in the street. and hpArln-
"A man cry ont. For Gods sake don't clJh me.
| went down and saw tho OH '-r- clubbing Len
lhan IN Ne aliryway. | concluded that 1t wa-
~ pla', for iur. for The on ,r- W.. their olulr
vrrJ lively around here. and ran OIL a. puic'
4 woman who lives opposite tho alley sal,
thui she WIS awakened hV thr cry Tor u - nn'
going To- the window -nw man ia th" Hl"'
NluE "r u - ih'r. .tu il"""r thIr' I'l-r 'Hi T.
punching HIM With their clubs Au'rwurdtNf f,
turned nim over ON his back and then carried
Anoihcr womnn. whose windows look down oi
the aley, 4 -tln,ty heard the sound "i "a. c.ui
hut she did not look out. her hu-bani tol'
her not To. lest she should get mixed NY IN som
In tie Oak street station the clubbing Of Lena
| han IL secuted All the officers there -ay tina
when he was taken into the station h" bore n
marks. exropi a little : raich on his nose. TIN
4t a. 1 lay o. flt4 "a of